The Sun.
London, England, 1863-12-09 00:00:00

Course of the Exchange—Yesterday.

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3. Locke and his Constituents,

Last night Mr. J. Locke, M.P. for Southwark,
met his constituents at the Bridge House Hotel,
London -bridge, for the purpose of rendering an ac-
count of his stewardship during the last session.
The chair was occupied by Mr. J. Oastler, of the
firm of Messrs. Hoseley, Palmer, and Co., leather
mcinufacturers, in the Borough.

Mr. LOCKE said that this was the seventh time
he had appeared before his constituents during the
Parliamentary recess, in order that they might
commune together upon the interests of the nation
at large, and those of the borough of Southwark in
particular, and it was extremely gratifying to him
to find that the course he pursued always met with
their approval. Since he first came before them, his
opinions and those of the great bulk of the commu-
nity had coincided, and he believed that the great
benefits conferred upon this country, during the
time he had been their representative, were due
to that party in the House of Commons whom,
through him, they had supported. (Hear, hear.)
Since they had hot met, they had lost several most
influential and active persons in the borough, and
smong them Dr. Challiee and Mr, Day, the latter of
'whom had done much to promote the movement for
the equalisation of the poor rates. (Hear, hear.) It
Was said that the late session of Parliament did
nothing.. That was always said at the end of every
session, but he shoul I like those who made the com-
plaint to sit in the House of Commons, as members
did, until 2 o'clock in the morning three days a
week, and see what was done. During the session
125 public and 250 private acts had been passed,
and therefore Parliament must have laboured to
some extent. (Hear, hear.) With regard to local
matters he expressed his regret that no site had
been found in Southwark for St. Thomas's Hospital.
Had the committee of the hospital done their duty,
they would have kept it within the borough,
and thus carried out the object of King Edward
VIA charter. Diffi3ulties had arisen, however,
in one! quarter and another, and now, un-
less the parties peculiarly interested did
not exert themselves, there seemed to be every pros-
pect that the hospital would be rebuilt at Stangate.
That would certainly be better than the original
proposition to take the hospital five or six miles
cut of town ; bat he contended that the men of
Southwark had alone the right to possess that hos-
pital. (Cheers.) Another important local question
was the proposal to have a park for Southwark,
which was much discussed seven years ago. The
Metropolitan Board of Works, for whom they en-
tertained deep gratitude from a lively sense of
Le-yours to come—(laughter)—had resolved that
there should be a park for Southwark ; and, if he
were rightly informed, they had given notice to pro-
ceed next session with a bill on the subject contain-
ing powers for rating the whole metropolis for the
expense of forming the park. If the inhabitants of
Southwark were united, and did not quarrel among
themselves as to where exactly it should be, their
chance of getting a park would be much improved.
It VOICE—The miserable dwellings of the poor
are of more importance. (Cheers.)
3lr. LOCKE said he had forgotten that subject, but
be thought that a park was intimately connected
with the dwellings of the poor. (Hear, hear.) With
those dwellings was also closely bound up the
equalisation of poor rates. Complaints were made
throughout the country, and especially in the agri-
cultural districts, that the houses of the labouring
classes were not only in a very bad state, but too
far removed from the places where they performed
their work. One reason was that until last session
a man was not irremovable until after five years'
residence in a parish, but now that period was re-
duced to three years. The object of those inte-
rested in land in certain parishes was to prevent
working men residing within them, because, if they
fell into distress after a three years' residence, they
would be irremovable, and those parishes would
have to keep them. The present system of poor
law weighed heavily on the working classes in
the agricultural districts, because they mere
obliged to crowd together in small parishes far
away from their work. But, fortunately, there
-was at the head of the Poor-law Board one of the
most distinguished men of the cour try for phiii.n-
thropy, intelligence and honesty, Mr. Charles Vil-
liers—(cheers)—the man whofirst agitated the repeal
of the corn laws, and therefore before either Mr. Cob-
den or Mr. Bright took up the question. (Cheers.)
He was untrammelled by the cobwebs which con-
glomerated round the minds of those who previously
occupied his position, looked straightforward, and
kept always in view the principle that the rich of a
community should be taxed for the support of the
poor. (Cheers.) Under the present system in South-
wark the poor were compelled to support the poor.
(Hear, hear.) The dwellings of the labouring classes
in many parts of the metropolis were pulled down
to make way for improvements, without others being
erected for their accommodation, and the result was
that those people all congregated together in poorer
districts of the town. Mr. Villiers succeeded last
session in extending the area for poor rates to unions
and rendering a man irremovable after three years'
residence. The first provision did not benefit South-
wark, as large parishes in themselves formed unions,
but it was a step in the right direction. (Hear, hear.)
They could not do everything at once. In commit-
tee he moved an amendment to the effect that for
the purpose of the bill the whole metropolis should
be
taken to be a union, and, though he never ex-
pected to carry it, no one gainsaid the justice of the
peenel •
Pie that all who benefited by the labours of the
'working classes,
or possessedo property, should con-
tribute their
fouzdttdisposition among
to the relief of the poor
er bs to among a large class of mem-
aholiehthe law of settlement, which gave
rise to onormona inconvenience and expense, and,
especially in the
elountry, bound down the working
classes to the soil,
other parishes. .itti.teid prevented them going into
at, hear.) With regard to the
Thames Conservancy,
take hen,
Government had hon, member said the
n into consideration the
report of the committee of last session on that sub-
ject, and had given notice
of a bill for next session,
making the board of commissioners,
popular. Then, there was t more represen-
tative and
he impor-
tant question
of the Thames Embankment,
(Hear, hear.) It was somewhat remarkable that he
said by
bad Lever heard a word his constituents
about the embankment of the Surrey side, (" It is
Ina former session
indispensable.") In a bill was
passed for the embankment of the no
another north
Side the
Thames, and last session ano was passed for
an
from
embankment on the Surrey side Westminster.
bridge to a point, he believed, beyond Vauxhall.
bridge. If his constituents bestirred themselves it
was not too late yet to get that embankment con.
tinued from Westminster-bridge in a direction
towards London-bridge. (Hear, hear.) In thecourse
of the session some very important public measures
were passed. First, there was the bill founded on the
budget, taking off 2d. from the income tax and sd.
he
from the duty on tea—another advance in the
direction of free trade, which had been so beneficial
to the country at large. (Cheers.) He need do no
more than simply refer to that subject, as there
was hardly a man in Southwark who was not a
stern and strong free-trader. (Hear.) (A Voice—
" What about the game laws ?") An act was passed
last session called the Nuisance Removal Amend-
ment Act. (Laughter.) Everybody knew the disad-
vantage of eating bad meat. Formerly they could
seize diseased meat, but not the animal which con-
tained within it disease, and the act in question rec-
tified that omission, and increased the penalties.
.Nothing was so insidious and so dangerous as bad
meat. If taken by a human being, it not only
affected him at the moment, but ate into his whole
system, and Caused bl diseases and
innumerable
plaints which ended fatally. (Hear.) There was
no queation en welch there was such a diversion of
opinion in this cout
IT as the war in America.
Some were Confederates, seine Federals some both
and some neither. (Laughter.) But it should not
forgotten that last Selision an act was passed giving
effect to a
treaty entered into between this
the United States, coun-
try and
extending the
cf both countries
powers for the suppression
trade. (Cheers.)
of the slave The Law Revision
ba" the direction of
Act, prepared the Lord C ian
• troduced by the Attorne G
celor, and introduced y- ederal
extremely importantand '
would also have en Hain-
off from the statute-book
tary effect. It struck

obsolete or unnecessary acts of Parliament, whose
short titles extended over 76 closely-printed pages,
and thus tended greatly to simplify the lr.w. He
trusted that both the Lord Advocate! n the At- ,
torney-General would continue their k xertions in
this good work of law reform. (He hear.) They
might all congratulate themselves on the general
prosperous condition of the country. (" The Lanca-
shire weavers.") Considering the American war,
the present state of things was most wonderful, and '
he attributed it to free trade and the French treaty.
If there had not been that scope for the industry of
the country which free trade gave, the condition of
the Lancashire weavers would have been much
worse, but the rest of the community being pros-
perous, they had been able to contribute largely to
their support. (Cheers.) Now, however, matters
seemed to have taken a turn, and they would be
able, he hoped, soon to get a supply of cotton from
other sources than America. If they were, and the
cotton was untainted with slavery, such a result
would be for the benefit not only of this country but
for the whole human race. (Cheers.) Therefore,
after all, the American war might turn out, under
Providence, to be for the benefit of mankind; but,
whatever the result—whether the North overcame
the South, or the South became independent—he
believed slavery was doomed. (Cheers.) It was
strictly
not for us to interfere in the struggle;
hi
and
as the Go-
vernmentiapnenopdle at
large.
accordance
had(Cries
f iadopted
wot,h,
No, the
n o
aopi, andcourse
which w
cheers,
ftha
con-
siderable uproar.) The policy of the Government was
non-intervention, which he believed had the appro-
bation of the whole land. (No, no," and cheers.)
England had been violently abused by both the
the,North
ha:lde tAbengSionu.stha,xob:t
race
een
othnethwear wm z .seer
io
hevaadenr
continent would appreciate the course Ash
taken. We ought not to be too thin-skinned as
to what the American press said of us, nor
should those across the Atlantic be too
themthi in
thin-skinned as to what was said respecting
the English newspapers. He did not
himself believe that the New York, Herald expressed
the opinions of the better classes in the United States.
But however that might be, we had a simple duty
to perform—to remain neutral, and we should ulti-
mately have our reward. The great majority of the
nation were clearly for non-intervention. There
were many foreign questions of extreme import-
ance, but with respect to a great number of them
they had not full information, The Cabinet, they
must presume, had, and they must trust to them as
the executive, deciding those questions in accord-
ance with the information they possessed. There
was the difference between Denmark and Schleswig
Holstein, He had been in many societies of intel-
ligent men, and he never met with more than two
who distinctly affirmed that they understood that
question. Although Lord Palmerston had not said

he did not understand it, he had not distinctly de-
clare that he did. (A Voice—" He knows every-
thing.") (Laughter.) But Lord Palmerston had
said that it was an extremely difficult question.
Prussia seemed to have taken up the matter as if
for the purpose of deferring that liberal constitution
which she had so long promised to har people, but
looking at the good sense displayed by other coun-
tries, he did not think it would lead to war. Next
came the question of Poland. (Hear, hear.) That
was a most melancholy question, and he should
deeply regret if any hopes had been raised in the
minds of the Poles by the course taken by this
country. No doubt the Poles were 'entitled to the
consideration and sympathy of this country, and
something more, but did England see her way to a
war with Russia on their account ? (Cries of No,
and Yes, and much disturbance, chiefly caused by
a vehement individual in the crowd declaiming
against the Emperor of Russia as a wholesale mur-
derer.) We were upon this subject placed in a very
unenviable position. Twice had we remonstrated
with Russia on behalf of the Poles, in IS3I and again
recently, but without avail. (A cry of " Gunpow-
der," and laughter.) Did the people of England
think that their going to war with Russia would
ameliorate the condition of the Poles. (Hear.) He
wished that Poland were an independent nation,
and regretted that steps were not taken at the time
of the Crimean war for the purpose of establishing
her independence, but at present all they could do

was to leave the matter in the hands of the Govern.
ment. Another question of foreign politics was
that relating to Japan. Our admiral on that st-tion
had been found great fault with for having fired a
broadside on the Japanese. Our merchants ex-
pected protection from the British flag in whatever
quarter of the world they traded, and if they did
not get it, no set of men would be more vociferous
in blaming the Government. The Chinese war
took place for the protection of our trade, and the
object of the war with Japan was the extension and
protection of our trade with that country. And if
they were to have trading establishments among a
semi-barbarous people like the Japanese, the pro-
bability was that they would come in collision with
there. An English vessel sailed by one of their
forts and was fired upon, and if the admiral had not
retaliated, what would have been said of him? (An
elector, "He would have been called a coward.")
And did any man like to be called a coward,
especially an officer in her Majesty's service ?
(Hear, hear.) The admiral, after ample warning,
fired ; but the sea being rough the shot went over
the fort, and unfortunately set the town, which was
built of wood, on fire; but he had not heard that
any people had been killed. Therefore, until they
understood the thing fully, they ought not to cc n•
demn him, and should not suppose that any British
admiral or officer in the army would be guilty of
any cruelty if he could avoid it. (Hear, hear.)
An ELECTOR—What is your opinion about
church rates ? (Hear, hear.)
Mr. LOCKE said he had always steadily voted
for the abolition of church rates ; but he thought
that the more violent advocates of that measure—
and especially the memhers of the Liberation
Society, who were examined before the Lords'
committee—had thrown back the question. They
had given evidence in favour of the abolition of

tithes and other matters, which afforded their
opponents a powerful weapon of attack. The hon.

member then declared that all the measures be
advocated were for the advancement of the people,
and concluded by asking his constituents to say
whether, after the explanation he had given, they
thought he had done his duty towards them.
(Cheers.)

Mr. WELLER complained of the injurious effect
which petroleum stored in warehouses in South-
wark had upon the health of the inhabitants, and
asked what Mr. Locke's views were on the subject.
Mr. LOCKE said that an act for the prevention of
the evil
was passed last session, and if its provisions
wer
nnote tolaboim
not carried
earried out the House of Commons was
he
South-- In reply to other questions he said
notin favour of the recognition of the
m,
for uni rs)—and that he was not as advocate
of the versal
s
franch4tiffrag e , but desired a great extension
(Hear, hear.)
Upon the raetio
TilomAs
wllAef Dr. E. B. JONES, seconded
by Mr.
LvICER, the following resolution
was unanimously
passed :—" That this meeting
action at the course pur-
expresses its entire
by Mr. Locke in
of his Parliament, and its
appreciation zealoug end high
sued
affecting
attention,
not only to those meas
interest of the country, but 1110
to the the general
tions involving the welfare of the b
local ques-
which eminently entitles him to the continued con-
fidence and support of his constitueuts2.

A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the
proceedings.

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THE LATE GALES,

Telegrams received yesterday afternoon in the city from
Lloyd's agents at Nienw Diep, on the Dutch coast, com-
municate the particulars of one of the most dreadful ship-
wrecks that have happened on that range of coast for many
years past. The ill-fated ship was the Wilhelmsborg, Capt.
Kress commander, built in 1853, and of upwards of 1,200
tons burden. She left Hamburg in the early part of last
week for Australia, and is reported to have had nearly 400
German emigrants anc
cargo
ono
of board,
merchandise. It would
general men, women, and children.
Shee hadan m
also i
seem that she had scarcely cleared the Elbe before the
awful gale of Thursday was encountered, and the wind
Ge
blowing directly upon the shore the ship evidently was un-
able to get an offing clear of the long line of low shoals which
abound on this part of the coast. The ship was brought
up at her anchor, but the high gale and the heavy waves
which kept tumbling in from the North Sea no doubt quite
overwhelmed the vessel, and she was driven on the Ter-
schelling sandbank, a dangerous shoal near the entrance to
the Zuyder Zse, where she speedily began to break up,
and of 400 lives on board only 44 are reported to have been
saved. On this line of coast upwards of 100 coasting
vessels are stated by the agents to have been wrecked or
stranded, and many of the crews were drowned. Several
were bound for England.
Intelligence continues to be received at Great Yarmouth
of frightful destruction of property and life by the late
gales. It appears that when the storm burst in its fury on
Thursday there were from 80 to 100 fishing-boats off Win-
terton, and that in the course of a few hours the whole fleet
was scattered, some foundering, others being completely
disabled, while not a few lost several of their crew. On
Monday evening there were still about fifty fishing-boats
unaccounted for at Great Yarmouth, and the scenes pre-
sented on the quay in consequence of the assemblage of
relatives and friends anxious to obtain tidings of missing
boats and fishermen have been very affecting, A telegram
was received on Monday afternoon to the effect that the
fishing-boat Francis, belonging to Mr. Shuckford, of Yar-
mouth, had been driven ashore on the coast of Holland, and
it is believed that the whole of the crew had perished. The
Whim fishing boat lost two hands, who were washed over-
board—the Swallow, two—the Star, one—the Fortitude,
one—the Velocity, three—the Catherine, three—Harriett
Todd, tour—the Rosa, two—the Pelican, one—the Olive
Branch, three—and the Dido, one, the mate. The following
boats have been lost, although the crews are stated to have
been saved—The Twilight, Indefatigable, North Star, Fear
Not, Seven Brothers, Fortitude, Agenoria, Miriam (one
band lost), Napier, &c. The loss in fishing gear, nets, &c.,
has been very considerable, At the Sailors' Home since
Thursday upwards of GO sailors from variuus wrecked vessels
have been received and comfortable housed. Two of the poor
fellows were in such a prostrate condition that they had
to be nursed with the utmost care ; but with the attention
of the superintendent, Mr. Watson, and medical aid, they
gradually recovered.
On Monday morning the fishing smack Uncle Tom, of
Hull, arrived at that port from sea, having on board Capt.
Vetch and 12 of the crew of the bark Frederick Franz, of
Mecklenburg. The vessel was bound from that port for
London in ballast. She became disabled in the gale of
Thursday last, and on the following day was fallen in with
by the Uncle Tom in a sinking state. The crew had been
pumping for about 30 hours, and were exhausted. The
smack bore up alongside, and a rope was thrown out to the
crew of the disabled vessel. One of them passed this rope
round his body, but, instead of tying it, he merely held it
with his hands He jumped overboard, and was hauled
towards the smack, but when near her he was carried

away by a heavy wave and drowned. At the same mo-
ment a man on board the smack had one of his arms broken
After a time the captain of the smack ordered his small
boat to bo launched. This done, he got into her, but
the other seamen refused to go in her, saying that
it would be certain death. The captain, therefore,
determined to go alone, when one of the boys volun-
teered to go with him. These two rowed the boat to
the bark, and at much peril succeeded in saving the lives of
the remainder of her crew. The bark went down about two
hours after being abandoned. On Sunday the smack Secret
arrived at Hull with the crew of a Grimsby smack which
went down on Friday. She also had on board the captain
and nine of the crew of the bark Orlanda, of Shields, whom
she picked up on Friday in the North Sea. The Orlanda
sank almost immediately after her crew had been taken off.
The smack Dasher also arrived on Sunday, having on board
the captain and four hands belonging to a Welsh schooner.
On Thursday night the Foam, of Grangemouth, and the
Plover, Captain Hudson, of Ipswich, went ashore inside
Spurn Point, and the whole of their crews, with the excep-
tion of one man, were drowned. On Monday afternoon the
smack Standard arrived at Hull, having on board the crew
of the smsck Rival, Captain Cross, of Grimsby. These ves-
sels were blown towards the Dutch coast on Thursday, and
during the night a tremendous sea struck the Rival, filling
her with water. The crew began to pump her, and remained
so engaged until Friday afternoon, when, as she appeared
to be settling down, a signal of distress was hoisted. The
Standard bore down towards them and took them off in
safety. The crew of the Standard had only just taken their
unfortunate brethren on board when they were again called
upon to put forth their exertions to save life. At a short
distance from them they saw a steamer, the Lord Cardigan,
Captain Wharton, of Grimsby-, from Hamburg, come into
collision with a fishing smack. The smack appeared to be
cut nearly in two, and she went down almost immediately.
The clew managed to cling to spars and pieces of wreck
until assistance came. The smack turned out to be the
Test, of Bull. One of her crow was picked up by the
Standard, and the remainder were taken on board a Barking
smack. On Monday the screw steamer Excelsior, Captain
J. Toogood, arrived at Hull from Hamburg. She was nearly
a week overdue. The Excelsior left Hamburg on Wednes-
day evening, was overtaken by the gale on Thursday, but
put back again for Cuxhaven. She lay in tho roadstead
at this place on Thursday night, with two anchors
down, and the engine moving ahead. On Friday she again
started for Hull. On Sunday the Excelsior passed several
wrecks about half-way across the North Sea. Among them
were two vessels, bottom upwards ; one a vessel of about
1,000 tons burden, and the other a large brig. They also
passed the stern of some large vessel, but could not see any
name upon it. The eaptain states that off the Humber the
sea was covered with masts, spars, deals, timber, and other
wreckage. Fears are entertained for the safety of the screw
steamers Panther, Captain Ruther, and Leopard, Captain
Fowler. These are first-class vessels, and belong to Messrs.
Brownlow, Lumsden, and Co. ; one was bound to Copen
hagen and the other to Dantsic, and nothing has been heard
of them, although they have been gone nearly a week. A
telegram arrived yesterday, which states that the steamer
Alert, Captain Dawson, from Hull for Hamburg, has been
abandoned, waterlogged ; her crew had landed in Holland,
and the vessel has since been picked up and taken into
Nieuw Diep.

The westerly gale continued to blow at Shields all Monday
night, and during the whole of yesterday forenoon the
weather continued Tory stormy. The large fleet of colliers
which sailed from the Tyne on Friday passed Whitby on
Sunday, but it is thought that many of them will be blown
off the land with the prevailing gale. The greatest appre-
hension prevails, however, with regard to the 20 sail of ships
which left Shields on Wednesday night last, despite of the
storm warnings. It is feared some of them would not be able
to withstand the fury of the tempest of Thursday. Infor-
mation has reached Shields that the Thomas Kennion, be-
longing to that port, from Cronstadt for London, has been
abandoned in the North Sea, and that another collier brig,
the Orlando, has been lost. The number of disabled
ships, mostly from the north, taken into the Norfolk and
Suffolk ports is something extraordinary ; and there is
every reason to fear that when all is counted up it will
be found that there is a sad loss of life through
ill. found and leaky laden ships foundering at sea. Several
ships have been seen to founder the names of which are un-
known. The gale of Monday did some mischief inland and
upon the river, but nothing to a very serious extent. It
blew in the gable ends of several new houses.
At Newcastle the gale of Monday blew in the end of a
house in the Shield-field. Four men were seated at dinner.
Two escaped, but the other two, John Long and Robert
Simms, were so severely injured that they had to be removed
to the infirmary.
The Scotsman of yesterday states that the gale during the
last few days blew at intervals with considerable violence
over Edinburgh, accompanied occasionally with heavy
showers of rain. Early on Tuesday morning the wind rose
to a hurricane, and continued to blow for about two hours
with unabated fury. The two London steamers, one for
Granton and the other for Leith, which left the Thames in
the middle of last week, had to run into ports for shelter.
The Hull and Newcastle steamers bad been running with-
out much interruption. Several steamers left Leith, but
none of the sailing vessels would venture our. So high is
the wind and rough the water that no boat can go out. The
oyster and deep sea fishing has been suspended for some
days. On Monday forenoon the ferry passenger steamer
Thane of Fife, which left Granton about 10 o'clock, failed
to make the shore on account of a break-down in her ma-
chinery. When about three-fourths of the way over a sud-
den lurch in the vessel caused the main shaft of the engine
to give way, and brought her at once to a stand-still, the
sudden 'quietness of her machinery causing considerable
alarm among the passengers till the nature of the accident
was ascertained. The main or intermediate shaft was found
to be completely broken, and the boat being thereby reduced
to a helpless condition, the captain resolved to bring her to
anchor and signal for assistance. This was obtained as
speedily as possible. The company's steamer Forth, pro-
ceeding from Granton, took the Thane in tow, fully an
hour and a half after the accident occurred, and brought
her into Burntisland harbour, when, having transferred the
of sever
stead had great difficulty
Passengers and goods, the Forth landed them at the rail-
neynPier. A special train was thereupon despatched for
g consideirnabklyee.plint
the north with the passengets.
ridaY eight and on Monday there was a recurrence
gales at Greenock, and the vessels in the road-
the LiverpoNl
of them draggin
and Glasgow traders had gone ashore in the
gisthreepiroratnedchtohraatgeth,
rmeeanoyf
Belfast, which left the Clyde f'or
channel. The brig Agnesidtfor,sof Port Glasgow, which left the
Clyde on the 29th
wi
sThomas, has put back leaky,
feks,aiwlsiathndlobsuslowfarstka. anchor, cable, and spars.
The brig Flying Cloud, of
Santos on the 28th ult, has
tohpluo loss sb oa
als
The ship ashore at Toward is the John

pool for Boston. She sprung a leak on the 30th ult., 250
miles west of land, and turned back. She tried to make
Liverpool, but could not; she then ran for Belfast, bu',
could not go in, when she run up the Clyde, and made for
Rothesay. She was driven on the Toward shore, near the
Castle. Attempts have been made twice to get her off, but
these failed. She is loaded with pig-iron.