The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-07 00:00:00

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ow business and yet not be competent to govern. This re-
minded him of a story told of Machiavelli. That subtle
statesman having gone to Rome from Florence in search of
employment, wrote back to a friend that, although he was
not skilful in the weaving of silk or the spinning of wool,
and was therefore unable to obtain a living at Florence, he
found that he had abundant talents for governing, and by
exercising them obtained great endowments. hat con-
firsion had been introduced into the question of drainage
by the absurd systems which had been devised by diffe-
rent authorities ; while nothing would have been easier
than to set right the question of intramural interments by
an act of Parliament, but a jobbing act had been passed,
the effect of which was to make the Government a mighty
undertaker, and it had, of course, broken down. Then
there was the water question; instead of compelling the
companies to provide water from purer sources, the Go-
vernment had gone, of all places in the world, to obtain
water, to Bagshot-heath. The administration of the nation's
social affairs required men of practical experience, no less
than did that of its military and naval departments. Sir
W. Moleswarth, who was remarkable for his knowledge of
colonial affairs, had been selected for the Woods and
Forests, and what was the consequence ? The Building
Act had come to a dead lock, and the last new measure
of the same kind was even more absurd than all its pre-
decessors. But, returning to the subject of the war, early
last winter a body of scientific gentlemen connected
with the Royal Society held a meeting, at which he
(Mr. Tite) was present, and the shocking number of deaths
occurring at Scutari hospital, not alone from wounds, frost-
bite, cholera, and the like, which one could have under-
stood, but from dysentery, having been remarked upon, one
of the most eminent philosophers of the day observed that
the cause of this frightful mortality arose from the want of
ventilation, and then said that he could suggest a simple
remedy—without which there could be no cessation of the
deaths from dysentery—which could be applied at a cost of
not more thanlo/. He (Mr. Tite) afterwards wrote to the
Duke of Newcastle on the subject, furnishing him with the
name and address of the inventor of this apparatus. This
was about the time when the Rev. Mr. Osborne was dis-
closing those horrible details which so afflicted the public ;"
and yet what did they think was the answer he received
from the War Minister to his letter ? Why, instead of
applying, as he had recommended him to do, directly to
the inventor himself, the Duke of Newcastle asked him
(Mr. Tite) if ;le would be good enough to explain the nature
of the invention of the learned doctor to whom his letter
referred. Now, if the friends of that movement would
only put their hands in their purses and liberally support
it, in 3 years' time, and, perhaps, less, an end would be
put to the present disgraceful system of red-tapism.
Mr. J. HUTCHINSON, of the Stock Exchange, seconded
the resolution, which was also very briefly supported by
Mr. G. BISHOP, jun.
Mr. OLIVEIRA, M.P., who had just returned from the
second meeting (over which he had presided) at the Guild-
hall, said that he had not intended to take any part in their
proceedings, having come there to listen to the sentiments
of the inhabitants of that intelligent city, that he might
shape his conduct as a member of the House of Commons
in accordance with them. The meeting at the Guildhall
was very numerous and perfectly orderly, and the resolu-
tions it adopted were the same as they were now discus.
sing, with the exception that a rider was added to the first
one, to the effect that, in order to effect administrative
reform, it was necessary to have an enlarged constituency.
(Hear, hear.) The movement just originated in that great
and wealthy city would be speedily followed by the rest of
the country ; and the members of the House of Commons
there present would return to their duty next week with
an increased sense of their responsibility. (Hear.)
The resolution was then put, and carried nem. con. .

the CHAIRMAN announced, as a proof of the earnest and
sincere character of the movement, that 25 gentlemen in
the room had already put down their names for a subscrip-
tion of 100/. each.

The announcement was received with loud cheering.
Mr. HENDERSON proposed, and Mr. N. WILKINSON
seconded, a vote of thanks to the chairman, and the meet-
ing then separated, after three cheers for the Queen, three
for the Emperor of the French, and three for the inde-
pendent members of Parliament.