The Sun.
London, England, 1864-08-18 00:00:00

The Connector Steamvessel,

A model vessel, which is intended by its projee.
tors to Le the precursor of a large fleet of cargo.
carrying craft for the coasting trade, has for many
months been the object of curiosity and remark to
the traveller by the river steamboats. The peel'.
liarities of this model vessel—the Connector—have
already been described in The Sun, and it is only
necessary to remind our readers that she is in-
tended to show the practicability of adding together
separate cargo-carrying compartments, in the same
way luggage trucks are formed into a train upon a
railway, the motive power being comprised in
distinct compartment. The object sought to be
gained by this arrangement has special reference to
the London coal trade, and consists in the avoid.
ante of delay and consequent waste of expenditure
by detaining the machinery compartment while
the cargo sections are being unladen, and there-
fore it is proposed that upon a laden water-train—
as it may be termed—reaching its destination the
machinery section shall be disconnected and trans-
ferred to another train of empty vessels, with which
it will return, while those which it has just brought
into port are being unladen. The advantages of
such a plan, if practicable, are obvious ; but the
means proposed to that end are so novel that at the
first sight of the model vessel few persons can avoid
entertaining doubts as to its success. The vessel,
as it at present lies in the river, consists of three
compartments connected together by projecting
bolts fastening in the eyes of overlapping iron spoil-
sons.jhe idea of excessive friction upon these con.
fleeting points naturally presents itself as a pro-
bable difficulty to the success of the plan ; but the
inventor and captain of the vessel, Mr M'S weeny,
affirms that the amount of friction is surprisingly
small, and certainly after more then two years' wear
no signs of injury are discernible in either
bolts or sponsons, although the vessel has
i,wice made the passage from Hartlepool
to London, laden with 43 tons of coal in
heavy weather. When it is borne in mind that the
three connected compartments are 110 ft in length,
1 with a beam of only Sit 4in and bulwarks of only
2ft in height, the motive power being an engine of
10-horse power, the exposure of such a craft to the
rough waters of the North Sea would seem to be a
bold venture. However, the Connector went to Hart-
lepool and returned, and on Tuesday she started
upon an experimental trip down the river to Sea
Reach. Notwithstanding her disproportionate
length she got easily through the intricacies of the
crowded Pool, her singular appearance and the
snake-like motion of her various sections exciting
greet curiosity. At Tilbury a stoppage became ne,

Yesterday afternoon Messrs. Kinglake and Mar-
tin, the Liberal members for the city of Rochester,
met their constituents, to render an account of their
Parliamentary stewardship, and express their opi-
nions relative to various important public questions.
The honourable members were met at the North
Kent Railway Station at two o'clock by many
hundreds of the freemen, electors, and burgesses of
the city, and a procession was then formed, which
marched through the principal streets to a meadow
situated on the Maidstone-road, where arrangements
had been made for a banquet in a spacious booth,
capable of accommodating at least 1,200 guests.
The line of route from the railway station to the
Maidstone-road was crowded with spectators, and
flags, banners, and various devices were freely
exhibited. At four o'clock upwards of 800 of the
Liberal freemen and other electors and friends sat
down to an excellent dinner. The chair was
occupied by Mr. Stephen Steele, one of the City
magistrates, and amongst the guests present, in
addition to the members for Rochester, were Messrs.
Lee and Buxton, the Liberal members for Maid.
stone; Mr C. W. Martin, formerly M.P. for West
Kent ; and a large number of the most influential
Reformers of the district.

The usual loyal toasts having been duly hon.
oured,

The CHAIRMAN proposed " TheArnay, Navy, and
Volunteers," which was ably responded to by
Colonel MOODY, of the Royal Engineers, and Mr
C. NV. MARTIN, the late Liberal member for West
Kent, who, in the course of an excellent speech,
thanked the assembly for the honour they had ren-
dered to his son—one of the members for that city
—and stated that he had himself already stood eight
contested elections in the Liberal interest, and al-
though a veteran in the cause he had just completed
his ninth canvass, and he felt perfectly certain that
when the next g‘meral election took place he should
again enter the House of Commons as a supporter of
the greet cause of Reform and human progression.

The toast of " The Archbishop of Canterbury, the
Bishop and Clergy of the Diocese, and the Ministers
of other Denominations," was ably responded to by
the Rev. J. KINGLAKE, end the Rev. E. W. SrrAL-
DERS, Congregational minister.
The CHAIRMAN, in an impressive address, then
gave the toast of the evening, "The Members for
the City of Rochester, Messrs. Martin and Ring-
lake."

Mr. P. W. MARTIN, M.P., in responding, ob-
served—He well remembered the time—nine years
since—when he first appeared before the citizens of
Rochester as a candidate to represent them in Par-
liament. At that time he was a mere boy, and the
Tory party in the city was supreme. Bat where
were they now ? Talk about Conservative reaction—
where was it at Rochester ? He did not see it when
he looked around him; and it was a well-known
fact that the Conservatives had not only lost
the representation of the city, but their power
' and presit:ge in the corporation. He had been
returned as a pledged supporter of the great Liberal
party, and that party had for its object to confer
the greatest happiness upon the greatest number.
He believed the present Government had endea-
voured to carry out that principle, and the tendency
of recent legislation had been to remove the fetters
which obstructed the free development of industry,
and to reduce as far as possible the taxation which
pressed most directly upon the necessary articles of
life, and therefore most injudiciously affected the
working classes. When he first appeared before
that constituency, this country was in the midst of
a war with Russia, and a large expense was incurred
by that war. It was, however, satisfactory to state
that at least one-half of that additional expense had
already been paid off; and that notwithstanding
every drawback, this country, and especially the
industrial classes, was at present in a condition of
comparative prosperity. He believed that the policy
of the present Chancellor of the Exchequer was a
sound and good policy. Some time since this country
was naturally in a state of great alarm as to the
detrimental results arising from the frightful civil
war raging in America. The loss of the cotton
required for our manufacturing districts was at first
severely felt, and by the last returns it appeared
that our trade with America had decreased twelve
and a-half millions ; but to counterbalance this we
had the French treaty, carried out by Mr. Cobden,
and which, in the corresponding period, had in-
creased our trade with France by seventeen
millions. The honourable member then referred
to various acts passed during the past session
which he considered of a beneficial nature, and
stated that he had felt it his duty to give a steady
and consistent support to the Government Lord
Palmerston, believing that the policy of that Go.
vernment, especially under the difficult circum•
stances in which it had been placed, was, on the
whole, conducive to the prosperity of the country
and the happiness of the people. It leas scarcely
necessary that he should recapitulate to them his
political creed, which they had heard so often. He
was sorry to find that the question of church rates
was still in a very unsatisfactory position. As a
Churchman, he did not believe that the prosperity
of the Church depended upon the rate, and he had
therefore voted for its abolition. His views upon
the necessity of a measure of reform remain tin.
changed. He was returned as a supporter of those
principles, and to those principles he still adhered.
The time had eurcly arrived when the franchise
should be extended to the honest,
intelligent work-
ing men of this country, and that
weed of justice
could not much longer be delayed. Referring to
the question of Denmark, the hon. member said that
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would be unwise and impolitic for England to rush
into a war, the result of which would be to in-
crease taxation, and the end of which could not
be foreseen.
Air. Serjeant KINGLAKE, M,P., observed that
whatever might be said as to a reaction in the
country in favour of Toryism, he thought that meet.
jog might be taken as a proof that such reaction did
not extend to Rochester. At the same time, it be-
hoved them to be vigilant and watchful, so that if
the enemy came like a thief in the night they
shoula nit he caught asleep. hio hoped and be-

Mr. LEE, M.P., in a brief address, expressed kis
opinion that Conservative reaction existed only in
name, and that the constituencies of this cone,ery
were prepared to return as representatives those who
would stand fast to the canoe of Reform and pros
gress. He anxiously desired to see a comprehens
sive measure of Reform passed, and such a measure
could not long be withheld. He was proud to at-
tend such an assembly as the present, as it cell-
vineed him that the Conservatives could not boast
of a reaction in the city of Rochester.
Mr C. BUXTON, M.P., observed that the present
large meeting of freemen and other electors proved
that the constituency of Rochester had not deserted
the cause of Liberalism, but was prepared again to
return their present excellent representatives, who.
were, in fact, two of the most useful members oitb.e
House of Commons. Unity was at present esiie-
cially desirable in the ranks of the Liberal party.
These were most eventful times, and there wen
many things which could not fail to depress all trae
lovers of liberty and constitutional freedom.
America, that great country to which all true
Liberals were wont to refer with pride, was now
plunged into the horrors of dreadful civil war. and
no matter whether he advocated the cause of the
North or South, all must deplore the fearful state
of things which existed on that continent. Looking
at Europe, the Polish revolution had been finall y
crushed by the execution, a few days since, ()f
patriots whose only crime was that they loved tht it
country too well. The Circassians had been drivis.o
as fugitives from their native land by the ems
spotic power of Russia. Prussia and Austria had
succeeded in crushing constitutional liberty in Dem a
mark, and very recently the French Emperor had
punished some leading citizens of Paris for the
crime of peaceably meeting together. Viewing
these things, it was essential that the Liberals of
this country should, by unity of purpose and action,
maintain their position, and prevent any possibility
of that Tory reaction which had been so much
vaunted, but which did not in reality exist.
The CHAIRMAN then gave "The Health of Sir,
Edward Dering, M.P., and the Liberals of East
Kent."

Mr. PLUMMER, of Canterbury, in reply, observed
that the last election fcr East Ken!, was a striking
instance of what might be effected by a complete
unity in the ranks of the Liberal party. Sir E.
Deriog was returned by a majority of 80, notwith-
standing all the adverse eircumstancs with which
they had to contend. Tne Tories were generally
more united than the Liberals. They followed their
leader without adc.ing questions, but the Liberals
had many crotchets andshades of opinion. If they
wi3hed to beat the enemy they must, however,
sink all minor differences, and be firmly united,
" The Health of the Mayor of Rochester" was
then given, and responded to.

Several other touts followed, and the asaerably
broke up about eight o'clock.

BAD NEWS FROM THE WHALERS.—lntelligence
was received in Dundee on Monday that the Intrepid:and
Elena had arrived at Peterhead on Sunday, the former
vessel with just what she was last reported as having (GO
tuns seal oil), and the Elena clean. They report the whale
fishing at Greenland almost a total blank. The Polynia, of
Dundee, is said to have been seen before the 25th of July,
but it is not said if she had any success. The Elena left
from getting short of provisions, and all they vessels out are
expected to remain another month if the weather keeps clear.
—Duna'ee, Courier.

THE BLOOMSBURY FLOWER Snow.—Bat bore
in Russell-square I was among the friends of my
childhood. I knew the elegant full-belled fuchsias, hang-
ing with their bursting petals each over each, and drooping
over the pots containing them ; I knew the sturdy gera-
niums, with their scarlet flowers, their broad soft hairy
leaves, theft' thick resolute stems ; I knew the annuals,
bright and gaudy, and fleeting ; and I pushed my way in
among admiring crowds, and felt quite young again as 1.
looked upon many a bud and leaf once familiar, but long
forgotten, I was not critical in my judgment, but there
were plenty who were ; old men and women, dod-
dering and placable, mechanics severely scruti-
nising each prize, and openly speaking their minds
as to the justice which had awarded it, boys and
girls swooping down upon the assembly with a pleasant dis-
regard of corns. So through the tent, looking to the right
and left, and remarking many excellent specimens of my
favourite flowers. Outside the tent a police band, all tho
members in blue coats and oilskin-topped hats; number-
less young ladies in the most delightful of summer costumes
with young gentlemen to match, behaving as the youth of
both sexes do under such circumstances; numberless rich
old people bored, and stupid ; numberless poor old people,
wondering and dazed " which how they can wear them
bonnets on the tops of their 'cads, and such rolls of 'air be-

'ind, good gracious!" numberless poor children ; save those
who were evidently exhibitors, there did not appear to be
many poor people of middle age, they were mostly veterans
or children, interspersed among the promenaders. And it was
one of the curious sights of the day, to witness how
thoroughly at home the children made themselves, and how, .
in the blessed ignorance of childhood, they utterly ignored
any deference to the powers that were. They sat in little
at a game which culminated in
played at being owners of the
kgrnoouthad; underan and the hteh
et rye eplayed
d
the height of the fashionable promenade, so that gentlemen
bowed over the (in many cases) extensively jewelled ears
of
their inamoratas, were nearly flung to the earth by a little
infantile procession running in and out among their legs,
the members whereof were shouting, " Thee's thimple
Thally, and the'th thold her thop," and with outstretched
forefingers and hissing voices invoking objurgations on the
said Sarah. I believe that heretofore the presence of a num-
ber of boys in muffin caps had not been considered essen-
tial to the success of a flower show ; I am bound to say that
those young gentlemen added in no small degree to the
enjoyment of ours. Before qpitting the garden, I
had some talk with the genial and earnest hono-
rary secretary of the flower-show, and learned from him
some of its statistics, This exhibition at which I assisted
was, it appeared, the fourth exhibition of the Blooms-
bury Bouquets : the first took place at a private house in
Little Coram-strcet ; the second at the National School;
and the third and fourth were, through th,, kindness of the
inhabitants, held in Russell-square garden. They are self-
supporting; there is no touting, or sending round of the
hat ; there are 1,500 shilling tickets subscribed for by the
well-to-do parishioners ; and that amount, with the shilling
charged for admission to casual visitors, and 1500 entrance
tickets for porxr parishioners at a penny each, amply cover
all expenses.—. Dickens's " All the jrca Round."

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LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 1864.

Mr. LINDSAY's remarks cn the American war
are always worth attending to. The honourable
member has proved himself a true prophet in all
be has said on the subject, and though it may suit
some captious listeners to decry all statements that
do not immediately meet their views, the test of
time has shown how valid were the opinions ex-
pressed by Mr. LINDSAY, and corroborated by all
who took a comprehensive view of the great Ame-
rican question. Mr. LINDSAY predicted that the
Union would never be restored, and in this he was
borne out by the most astute of American politi-
cians, and the sequel will most assuredly verifythe
prediction. The honourable member, in his clear
and comprehensive address, showed to his hearers
the fallacy of the notions entertained by the North
from the outset of the affuir. He believed that the
6; rebellion," as they emphatically termed it, would
be soon put down, and with this conviction went
to war, and with what results all know. This is
certainly an instance of the mistakes which men
wake who are blinded by their own perversity, and
so self-opinionated that they will not see the reason
of unpalatable truths. Doubtless the Northern
part of the combatants really felt convinced that
they *would soon put down and crush out the revolt,
and that in lees than a year they would have suc-
cessfully disposed of all inimical proceedings. They
had not the foresight to take note of the height
and depth of the resolve which animated and ac-
tuated their opponents, the deeply rooted con-
viction—which was firmly fixed in their
minds—that the time had come for them
to be free from the galling bondage they
had so long borne. A want of extensive know-
ledge of this sort is fatal to those who would
grapple with difficult and dangerous tasks, and the
Washington, Government have made a lamentalk,
failure in their attempt to rush at conclusionr% and
believe that they have power to put down till oppo.
neat?, without listening to the dictates of right or
the voice of reason. Mr. LINDSAY 'forcibly showed
that the North are not really in earnest in their
Condemnation of Slavery. Triad they really and
truly desired its extinction as an Institution from
their soil, they would have taker, matters up very
differeetly, and 0 4u, pted very contrary measure'
to
those which they have r,mpleyed. He br- , •
out if the North pained
-Led to put a Pr:
practis
• e of Slav, ;toe' to the
Slavery they woi,'
have ended the
Fugitive Sla,o Law, _
slave woul,d b., mve foa .1 then the " oppressed
10,1 way across the frontier
to the 'lsnd of freedom." saen._,
a test as this is the
y way to judge rightly of the
purity of men's
motives, and to discover the real nature of their
assertions, This cry of Slavery has been a grand
catch for the supporters of the North, bat its
efficacy is now pretty well departed, and it will
soon be of no use to attempt trying its powers to the
most unenlightened and inexperienced assembly.
• Experience has taught, with its unerring wisdom,
that no remote idea of such a thing ever actuated
the Federals in the proaecation of the war. The