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The unenfranchised classes of York have he. _
meeting, and unanimously voted an address b the Chian-
cellor of the Exchequer, which, elegantly bound as a thin
quarto volume, and every page illuminated with exquisite
art, has just been presented to Mr Gladstone by a deputa-
tion represented by Mr Westhead, M.P., and Mr Alderman
Leeman. The address, which was signed by Mr Charles
Ernest, the chairman of the working class meeting, was as
creditable to its originators, from the terms in which it was
expressed, as from the taste with which it was executed.
The address, and the answer returned by Mr Gladstone
were the following;

"To the Right Honourable William E wart, Gladstone,
M.P., Chancellor of the Exchequer.
"Honoured Sir,

" We, the working men of the city of York, in public
meeting assembled, desire to express to you our appreciation
of your masterly and courageous speech, delivered in the
House of Commons on the 11th of May last, in defence of
the worls;ig classes, and in advocacy of their right to a fair
share of representation in the Parliament of this country.
"We real your speech with admiration and a deep
feeling of gratitude. It is a rare thing for a Minister of
the Crown to speak with so much pride c-ad generous
warmth of our order. From the lime when you first re-
vised the tariff, and, standing by the side of Sir Robert
Peel, by your eloquence assisted him to break down the
ramparts of Protection, and give cheap bread to the
labouring poor, you have, by many acts of statesmanship,
been winning the hearts and affections of the people of this
nation.

" Your great financial scheme of 18(30 is still fresh in our
memory. The treaty of commerce with France, and the
abolition of the taxes on knowledge, with both Of Which
measures your name is honourably and conspicuously asso-
ciated, are producing blessings and benEfits which are
inestimable.

" We have marked the manifestations of your sympathy
with the down-trodden and oppressed of every clime. Yon
have advanced the cause of freedom in foreign lands by the
withering power and unflinching courage Rath which you
have from time to time assailed and exposed the misdeeds
and cruelties of continental tyrants.

" To the provident operative you have, by your Post-
office Savings Bank Bill, given security for his small sav-
ings; and your Government Annuities Bill of this session
is a measure which will stimulate the people to greater
thrift and forethought, and inspire them with more inde-
pendence. These acts, together with your sp3eches on the
last-named measure, and on Mr. Baines' Borough Fran-
chise Bill, make up a life that commands our lasting gra-
titude.

" We believe that when you say it is for the interests of
the country that the question of Parliamentary Reform
should be speedily ascertained and settled, that you will
strive to accomplish a settlement that will be satisfactory to
the people. We believe this because we think you incapable
of deceiving. We have marked the integrity and rectitude
—the deep sincerity—which guide your life,
" We wish to sustain you in your noble efforts to obtain
for us political recognition. Hitherto we have been, and we
now are, aliens in the land of our birth, We have no poli-
tical existence. Against the injustice of our position we
have petitioned and protested. We have shown, by argu-
ment and conduct, our fitness for the exercise of the Parlia-
mentary franchise.

" But we have been stigmatised as a 'vile mob,' as
brutally depraved,' that would take bribes,' and ' over-
bear the other classes of society.' This has been said by
members of t hat house which the lustre of your intellect
adorns. Where is our violence ? Where our disorder? In
what have we manifested a desire not to submit to the law ?
We are Englishmen: we love our country: we regard her
honour, and should be as ready in the day of danger to shed
our blood in her defence as the highest in the land.
"You, respected Sir, believe this. You have declared it,
end spoken words that have sunk deep into the hearts of
every working man in every corner of the land. We thank
you from our inmost souls. Wo look to you as a powerful
and consistent advocate of our cause, and may God long
preserve your life. That you may continue to be the sound
and impartial statesman—the friend of the poor—seeking
simple justice to all—is the fervent wish and desire of the
working men of this ancient city."

- " Signed on behalf of the meeting,
" June 7, 1864." " CHARLES ERNEST."

" 11, Carlton House-terrace, June 16, 1564.
"My Dear Sirs,—l have to acknowledge with sincere
gratitude the receipt of the address from the working men of
the city of York, which you have been ao good as to place
in my hands.
" The terms and spirit of that addrooB supply me with a
fresh proof of a truth which has long been impressed upon
my mind, namely, that in this country, while the errors
and shortcomings of a public man are regarded with every
indulgence, his well• intended efforts to render set v:ee to
the State will never fail to receive en appreciation, which
in some inAtances, like that now before me, goes far beyond
his deKrts,

" I hope that the thanks I now cordially return to those
whom you represent, will be taken as addressed to all who
have expressed, or who mi(,-ht be inoli-.ed to express, parll •
cularly with regard to the subject of the franchise, senti-
ments corresponding with theirs,—l remain, my dear Sirs,
very faithfully yours,

(Signed) " W. E. GLADSTONE,
"To J. P. Brown-W,3stilead, Esq., td.P,, and
Mr Alderman Leeman."

Railway and Public Companies in Parliament,

Yesterday the case for the opposition of the cor-
poration of London to the East London Railway
closed in Lord Stanley's committee, and Mr Phinn,
Q.C., and Mr Murphey opened the opposition for
the London Docks, who object to that portion of
the line which proposes to ran under their water•
ways and warehouses. The evidence yesterday was
principally confined to the alleged injurious effect
which the vibration caused by trains was calculated
to have on the vast stock of wines and spirits in the
dock company's vats and vaults, the probability of
which had excited, according to the witnesses, wine
merchants and brokers, considerable apprehension
in the trade, who were in the habit of drawing their
finest supplies from the dock depots. The commit-
tee of which Mr Hassard is chairman, after hearing
Mr Coleridge and Mr Cripps on the whole case of
the competing lines of the Worcester, Dean Forest,
and Monmouth Railway, and Gloucester and Led-
bury Railway, intimated, subject to argument be.
tween the parties, that they were disposed to pass
the bill of the Gloucester and Ledbury Railway,
striking out the running powers to the junction at
Hartford and to the Ledbury Station, that they
would give power to the Dean Forest and Mon-
, mouth to elect to become, within six months, joint
proprietors of so much of the line as intervenes be-
tween Newent and Gloucester, with suspensory
clauses for two years, and should the Gloucester
and Ledbury not proceed then, that the Worcester,
Dean Forest, and 11Ionmonth should be at liberty
to make their own line. If on the contrary the
Gloucester and Ledbury did make their line the
PoWers of Worcester and Dean Forest should cease.
Adjourned to Monday for farther consideration of
clauses. In Mr Watlington's committee f ter hearing
Mr Somerset, the bill for the Swansea and Neath and
Brecon Railway passed. After taking the evidence
of Mr Stewart, Secretary of the Company, and bear-
ing the opposition of the Lancashire and Carlisle, the
committe approved and passed the bill of the London
and North Western for various additional powers.
Mr Burke, Q.C., stated the case of the Wellington
and Drayton Railway, for an extension between two
points in the company's authorised line of 1862, at
Wellington and Longden, and for a lease or amal-
gamation with the Great Western. After hearing
counsel and general evidence the committee passed
the bill. Sir F. Goldsznid's committee on the steam
boat bill of the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincoln..
shire Railway took additional evidence in favour of
autkorising that company to work steam vessels
between their port at Great Grimsby and Rotter-
dam, Antwerp, Hamburg, Bordeaux, Dieppe, Flush.
ing, Lubeck, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Revel, Cron-
stadt, St.
Petersburg, and Koningsberg, and for
that psrpose to raise £250,000 by new or preference
shares, and £83,000 by loan. In the Lords the bill
for the Wrexham, Mold,
end Connah's Quay Rail-
way was passed, and the .Argyllshire Roads and
Wisbeach Water Works came on in the other com-
mittees.

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COMMENCEMENT OF TILE WORKS AT SMITHFIELD.
—Yesterday morning the engineers connected with
the railway companies and new metropolitan market under
the Corporation, proceeded to set out the site for the new
Metropolitan Meat and Poultry Markets at Smithfield, and
to determine, in accordance with the working plane, the
points at which the Metropolitan loop line, and the London,
Chatham and Dover curve, from the junction at Skinner--
street—the former at the north-western corner of the mar-
ket, and the latter at the south-western—are to enter the
underground surface of the proposed markets. Workmen
were also engaged all day in removing the pillar lamp posts
and the lamps, and in taking up the gas mains belonging
to the respective gas companies. The routes of the streets
which are to surround the market arc also being staked out,
and we are informed that the works will be henceforward
carried out jointly by the Corporation and the companies
with as little delay as may be possible—those at the top of
King-street, or the western end, being first undertaken.