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London, England, 1865-04-11 00:00:00

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A special meeting of the National Association for
the Promotion of Social Science was held in Adam-
street, Adelphi, last evening, to hear Mr. Thomas
Hare read a paper " On such an organisation of the
metropolitan elections as would call into exercise
the greatest amount of the knowledge and judg-
ment of the constituencies, and as far as possible
discourage all corrupt and pernicious influences."
The chair was taken by Lord Stanley, M.P. The
company was limited, and comprised nearlyas many
ladies as gentlemen. Mr. Hare, in the paper read
by him on this occasion, stated that even when the
metropolitan seats in Parliament are contested, little
more than half the constituencies can be induced to
vote. His object was to establish a mode of voting
which would make the exercise of the franchise a far
more interesting duty, as well as a more valuable
right, than it was now felt to be. London, West-
minster, Southwark, Marylebone, Finsbury, Lam-
beth, the Tower Hamlets, and Greenwich returned
18 members. With these he would include the
members for Middlesex and East Surrey, and so
make the number of " metropolitan" members 22.
To enable the ten metropolitan constituencies to
select representatives his first step would be to invite
all who believed themselves, or whose friends be-
lieved, that they possessed qualities which would
render their services useful in Parliament to become
candidates. This would be done by such a law as
the following :-Ist. A candidate for the metropo-
litan constituencies, or any of them, on paying a
sum of £5O to the Chamberlain of London (to be
applied in the payment of the expenses of the elec-
tion) should be liable to no further charge ; and a
list of the candidates being made, such payment
should be published day by day. This limit of the
necessary charge would not affect any expenses
which the candidates might severally think proper
to incur in making known their principles or claims
by meetings, addresses, or otherwise. Mr. Hare
thought it probable that for the 22 seats there might
be 50 or 100 candidates—including some of the most
eminent men of the time in science, in political life,
in public labours and literature, in naval and mili-
tary service, in manufacture and commerce, the ener-
getic promoters of home and foreign trade, and colo-
nial enterprise. Every vote should be given on paper
specifying the name or names of the candidate or can-
didates for whom it was given, such names being
numbered successively 1,2, 3, &c., and the vote
should be valid for one candidate only, according to
such order. The names of the more eminent or
popular candidates might be placed at the head of
many thousand voting papers, and a waste of votes
would follow if this consequence were not averted,
thus—Every candidate for -whom the number of
votes given should be equal to 1.22 d part of the total
number of votes polled should be elected, and the
papers exceeding that number on which his name
occurred should be available for the next can-
didates named on them respectively, and when no
more candidates were found to have such 22d part,
the remainder of the 22 seats should be filled by the
candidates having the highest number of votes less
than such 22d part. The votes not distributed under
Rule 3 should be appropriated to the members re-
spectively whose names stood highest on the respec-
tive voting papers, and the entire number of votes
taken for every, member respectively should be then
set apart as his special constituency, and the four
members having the greatest number in the city of
London should he returned for London; the two hav-
ing the greatest number in the city of Westminster
for Westminster, the two having the greatest num-
ber in the boroughof Southwark for Southwark, and
the like as to the other constituencies respectively,
and those (if any) who should fail to be returned
under this rule should be returned in that election
as an additional member or additional members for
the constituencies in which they had polled the
greatest number of votes. The reading of the paper
was received with applause. When Mr. Hare had
concluded, Mr. Dunne suggested that the paper
should be referred to the committee for the purpose
of having the details of the plan considered, as he
thought there was some difficulty in understanding
how it was to be worked out. Mr. Torrens observed
that a somewhat similar system to that proposed by
Mr. Hare had been tried in Australia, where it was
given up as a failure. He doubted, too, whether the
object aimed at in the paper was desirable. From an
experience in countries in which universal suffrage '
prevailed, he held that the greatest curse which could
fall on this country would be to have such members
of the House of Commons returned by mere num-
bers, without reference to education, intellectual ac-
quirements, and the possession of property. A
gentleman present remarked that some experience in
the working of voting for Parliamentary candidates
by papers would be desirable before it was gene-
rally adopted. Lord Stanley was of opinion that
by allowing the use of voting papers in the Uni-
versities the Legislature had not intended to try an
experiment or pave the way for their use by other
constituencies. The constituencies of the Univer-
sities were very different from those of boroughs or
counties. It had always struck him very forcibly
that among ordinary constituencies voting papers
would facilitate the practice of intimidation and
bribery. Mr. Chadwick advocated the use of voting
papers. Mr. Hare said he proposed that a voting
paper should be taken to the poll by the elector
himself, guarded with all the precautions which now
surrounded him. As his plan would enable every
elector to act independently of those around him, it
would lessen the chances of bribery. Sir E. Wilmot
believed that we did not require a change of system,
but determined action on the part of the Legisla-
ture to put down bribery and intimidation. Mr.
Stuart Mill thought that several of the objections to
Mr. Hare's plan arose from the gentleman who made
those objections not having studied it. The great
beauty and merit of Mr. Hare's system was that it
would not leave the election to mere political opi-
nion—to the three shades of opinion, Whig, Tory,
and Radical. The voters would have the choice of
the whole country—of all the eminent men in the
country. The clubs would no longer be able to send
a mere booby with £3,000 or £4,000 in his pocket.
If they did not send down a man of merit, the elec-
tors would choose a man of merit for themselves.
At present the Liberals must vote for the Liberal
candidate, and the Tories for the Tory candidate,
though each of the two candidates might be nothing
more than a booby. It was enough to put one out
of temper to hear intelligent gentlemen say they
could not understand Mr. Hare's plan. It was not
anything like so difficult as the multiplication table.
Mr. F. Hill said the plan was not a new one. It
had been put in operation in a literary society 30
years ago by his late father, and had worked well.
Lord Stanley did not think it would be wise of any
one to pronounce a final opinion on Mr. Hare's
plan at present. It was new to the public mind, and
required to be considered. With respect to the ex-
penses of elections, he believed as long as there were
wealthy men whe desired a seat in Parliament, all
the means likely to promote success would be used
—all the means which the law allowed, and, he was
afraid, all the means which the law did not allow.
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He was afraid it would enormously increase the
power of the great London political clubs, which
now, to a certain extent, worked the elections
throughout England. Mr. Hare having replied, the
thanks of the meeting were given to him for his
paper, which was ordered-to be printed and circu-
lated among the members. A vote of thanks •to
Lord Stanley closed the proceedings.

HER MAJESTY.

WINDSOR CASTLE, April 10.
The Queen drove in the grounds this morning,
accompanied by her Royal Highness Princess
Helena.

Her Royal Highness Princess Louise rode in
the Home Park.

His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, attended by
Mr. Buff, also went in the grounds.
His Royal Highness Prince Alfred went to Lon-
don this afternoon, attended by Lieut. Haig and Dr.
Bernhardt.

Lord and Lady Palmerston left the Castle to-day
for London.

Lieut.-General Sir H. and Ladyßentinck had the
honour of dining with her Majesty and the royal
family yesterday.

The Prussian Ambassador and the Countess
Bernstorff have left tor St. Leonards-on-Sea.

The Duke of Grafton will return home from
Cannes the first week in the ensuing month. The duchess,
who is far from well, will delay her return to London till

late in the season.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury,
after visiting the Earl and Countess Spencer at Althorp,
have gone to their seat in Wiltshire.

The Marchioness of Kildare gave birth to a
daughter a few days since, at Kilkea Castle, Kildare.
The Earl of Dudley has arrived at Dudley House,
Park-lane, from Witley-court, Worcestershire.

The Earl and Countess of Bessborough have left
town for Bessborough House, Kilkenny.
The Earl of Wicklow will entertain a succession of
Friends at Shelton Abbey, Wicklow.

The Dowager Viscountess Combermere and the
Hon. Mrs. Hunter have arrived at St. Leonards-on-Sea.

Lord Henry and Lady Ulrica Thynne have left
own for Maiden Bradley, Wilts.

Lord and Lady Huntingfield and the Hon. Misses
Vanneck have left the St. George's Hotel.

Exhibition of Race Cups.

Mr. Hancock, the court jeweller and goldsmith,
of New Bond-street, having undertaken the decora-
tion of the banquet tables at the inauguration of
the New Tattersalls, has for the last few days
favoured the public with a view of the 'magnificent
collection of the race cups he has procured for the
occasion. To describe in words the extreme beauty
of the collection would be impossible, as each one
of the many splendid specimens of thnoldsmith's
art would call for more space than we can but in-
conveniently devote to a cursory notice of the
whole. With few exceptions, the " cups," as they
are termed, have emanated from the workshop of
Mr. Hancock, who is now, par excellence, the race
cup manufacturer of England; and a more gorgeous
exhibition it is
.impossible to imagine. Towering
conspicuously in the centre stands the magnificent
piece of plate, given by the Emperor Nicholas, which
was won by the Earl of Clarendon's Alarm at Ascot.
Then we have the splendid York Cup of 1860,
illustrating the Battle of the Standards, and the two
beautiful tankards, ornamented, with subjects taken
from Le Brunn's Battles, forming the Goodwood
Cup of 1858. Baron Rothschild's Doncaster Cup
of 1853 also will be certain to attract immense at-
tention for its extreme beauty, whilst the Goodwood
Cup of 1863 will again find hosts of admirers, illus-
trating, as it does, a paragraph in the life of Mary
Queen of Scots. There is, however, one piece of
plate which, though not a racing " cup," is
of extraordinary beauty, the presentation
plate to the Master of the Bicester Hounds.
Nothing can exceed the exquisite finish or ex-
treme beauty of this work of art, and had it alone
proceeded from the atalier of Mr. Hancock, it would
have been sufficient to stamp his fame as one of the
most celebrated workers in the precious metals
either at home or abroad. Nearly all the race cups,
&c., that have been won at Doncaster, Goodwood,
Ascot, and other places for the last ten years,
amounting to over 100, form the exhibition ; and,
therefore, from the cause stated above, we shall be
excused from pointing out all the beauties they each
present. The glittering collection will, doubtless,
form one of the most, if not the most attractive
features of the inaugurative banquet.

Terrible Fire and Explosion in the Borough,
This Day.

NEARLY ONE HUNDRED PERSONS INJURED.
Shortly after ten o'clock this forenoon the premises
of Messrs. Tilleard and Sons, oilmen, Great Suffolk-street'
Borough, took fire, and a series of explosions of gunpowder
and saltpetre ensued, which resulted in the serious injury
of nearly 100 persons, and the destruction of a large amount
of property.
The premises in which the disaster occurred was one of
two warehouses in the tenure of Messrs. Tilleard and Sons,
wholesale oilmen and drysalters, carrying on business in
Suffolk-street, Borough, within one door of the Winchester
Music Hall.

From the information obtained from personal observa-
tion during the raging of the fearful conflagration, it ap-
pears that Mr. Tilleard, jun., was in the cellar pumping up
some Benzone oil. Mr. Tilleard, his wife, the servant. and
three other persons being in different upper rooms. All of
a sudden a cry of "Fire" was raised, when Mr. Tilleard
and his wife made an attempt to descend' by the
staircase, but were met by fumes of burning
sulphur and oils which prevented them from descending,
and as a derme- ressort Mr. Tilleard pulled his wife into
one of the front rooms, and having closed the door, he
opened the window, and a ladder being in readiness, Police-
constable McConnell, No. 35 M, and a young man named
Cottereil, living in the Southwark-bridge-road, were car-
rying her down, when a fearful explosion, which shook
every house in the vicinity to their foundations, and blew
Mrs. Tilleard, the police-constable, and his assistant off the
ladder—the first named falling violently upon herhead. Such
a scene which next ensued could scarcely be described with
accuracy, but it may be stated that four or five other

it may be stated that four or five other explosions of greater
violence than the first when the roof of the entire building
was lifted high into the air. Heavy beams of timber were
sent across Suffolk-street, and in their course demolished
the skylights and a portion of the roof of the Winchester
Music Hall, and falling upon one of the great ornamental
lamps in the Southwark-bridge-road, demolished it, and
prostrated Mr. Ressitor, a gentleman connected with the
Southwark Water Company, who was giving instructions
to Pavor, one of the turncocks. Both these persons were
thrown upon the ground, and a shower of slates followed,
which forced in some of the windows of the opposite public
house in Suffolk-street, and the embers were driven into
Ann's-court and York-place, which so frightened the in-
mates that they rushed out into the open road in a state
bordering upon frenzy. These persons had barely gained
the street when a fifth explosion took place, which so
frightened the horses in passing vehicles, and those taken
out of the engines which now began to arrive, that they
started off in all directions, plunging in a fearful manner
amongst men, women, and children.

By this time Mr. Superintendent Branford and Inspectors
Manson and Wise had arrived, with a powerful body of
the M division of police, and Acting-Inspector Pearce
came up with a strong detachment of the detective force,
and they at once barricaded the whole of the approaches to
the scene of conflagration, so as to keep a space clear for
the engines to get near.

THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.—The continental
journals are just now occupied in speculating on the
reason of the visit which the King of the Belgians is pay-
ing to the English Court; and apart from political objects,
which are of course considered to be one principal cause of
the visit, the future matrimonial.alliances of the Princesses
Helena and Louise are thought to be engaging his Majesty's
attention. The Arenir National, a Parisian journal, states
that the Emperor of the French And the King of the Bel-
gians have for some time past kept up a constant corres-
pondence in reference to the affairs of Mexico, and, as well
as other French journals, is of opinion that the Belgian
ruler will visit Paris on his return from England, and will
have an interview with the Emperor, in order to confer as
to the future support to be rendered by France to the Em-
peror Maximilian.

THE MULLER REWARD.—The question as to the
rightful recipients of the reward offered for the dis-
covery of the murderer of Mr. Briggs is still in abeyance
In accordance with the instruction by the attorneys of Sir
Richard Mayne, the sum of £lOO has been handed over to
Mr. Beard by Messrs. Robarts, Lubbock, and Co., the
bankers. In reply, however, to an application to the North
London Railway Company, the directors state that
Matthews himself has laid a claim to the money, and
taken steps to prevent its being paid over to the assignees
Under these circumstances, the reward originally offered
by the Railway Company will probably be withheld; and
t was ascertained that the bankrupt had not withdrawn his
claim for the amount, so that the matter may yet have to
be determined by future legal proceedings on the part of
the assignees, with a view to substantiate the claim made
on behalf of the creditors of Matthews.

THE CONVICT HAMILTON.—It was reported to
the magistrates this (Monday) morning at the New Bailey
Quarter Sessions, that the sentence on William Hamilton,
condemned to death at the last assizes for murdering Mr.
Taylor Tilley, has been commuted to penal servitude for
life.—. Manchester Examiner.

REPRESENTATION OF LOUTII.--DUBLIN, Monday
Night —The nomination of candidates for Louth
took place to-day at Dundalk. Colonel Fortescue proposed,
and Mr. William Ruston seconded, Mr. M'Clintock ; Mr
Kennedy was nominated by Mr. Foster, and seconded by
Mr. Finlay. Colonel Foster and Mr. Andrew M'Kenna
were also proposed, but they retired. A show of hands
was taken, and declared to be in favour of Mr. Kennedy.
The polling was fixed for Thursday. A great crowd
assembled, but although party feeling ran high, there was
no disturbances

reached 4,122 tone.

THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 11, 1865:

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

TAT TERSALLT—MONDAY.
CITY AND SUBURBAN.
Bto 1 agst Grinder (taken)
100 to 12 agst Mail Train (offered)
20 to 1 agst Perfumer (taken freely)
50 to 1 agst Moulsey (taken)
CHESTER CUP
11 to 1 on the field (offered)
100 to 7 agst Mcestissima filly (taken)
100 to 6 agst La Toucques (taken freely)
40 to 1 agst Thalestris (taken)
40 to 1 agst Hollyfox (offered)
TWO THOUSAND.
7to 4 agst Liddington (taken and offered
7to 2 agst Breadalbane (taken freely)
16 to 1 agst Bedminster (taken)
16 to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered)
33 to 1 agst Rifle (offered)
THE DERBY.
11 to 2 agst Liddington (taken and offered:
6to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken)
17 to 2 agst The Duke (offered—take 9 to
20 to 1 agst Zambesi (taken)
22 to 1 agst Oppressor (taken)
100 to 6 agst Archimedes (taken)
100 to 6 agst Bedminster (taken)
40 to 1 agst Wild Charley (taken)
40 to 1 agst Chattanooga (offered)
40 to 1 agst Christmas Carrol (taken)
50 to 1 agst Grappler (taken)
50 to 1 agst Joker (taken)
50 to 1 agst Ariel (offered)
66 'to 1 agst Rifle (offered)
RACING FIXTU

Newmarket Craven l7
Durham
Canterbury Spring
Abergavenny 2O

Newmarket Ist Spring 1
Chester 9
York Spring - l6
Salisbury lB
St. Columb l6

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Redditch
Chelmsford 7
Manchester Summer 7
Ascot l3
Beverley l4
Liverpool
Alexandra Park 2O

Newmarket July
Carlisle
Worcester
Abingdon
Stamford l3
Winchester lB

AUG
Brighton 1
Brighton Club
Lewes 4
Huntingdon
Wolverhampton
Reading
Egham l5
Royal Windsor l7

RES FOR 1865.
IL.

Thirsk
Cardiff
Epsom Spring

Hampton
Newton
Newcastle
Odiham
Bidbury
Stockbridge

SEPTE
Leicester 7
Doncaster
Brecon lB
Richmond

York
Plymouth
Lichfield
Devon and Exeter
Derby Summer
Weymouth
Baden
Stockton
LIMB.

' I Monmouth
Manchester Autumn
I Newmarket Ist Oct
Walsall
:11/3211.

NOYB
Li'rerpool Autumn

Shrewsbury

SOUTH SHROPSHIRE.—The writ for the election of
a member for South Shropshire, in the room of
Viscount Newport, who is elevated to the Upper House,
through the death of his father, the Earl of Bradford, has
been received, and the election will take place next week.
At present there aro no indications of a contest, the only
candidate being Colonel the Hon. Percy E. Herbert, C. 8.,
formerly M.P. for Ludlow. The hon. candidate in his ad-
dress to the electors refers them to his votes when member
for Ludlow as the best indication of the general line of
politics 'which he should pursue if elected. He adds :
" Should you favour me with your confidence I shall en-
deavour to secure for the agricultural interest a fairer share
than has of late been allotted to it in the remission and re-
duction of taxation. I shall support such measures as are
necessary for the maintenance of our naval and military
establishments in a state of efficiency as one of the best
securities for peace. At the same time I shall be opposed to
extravagant and unnecessary expenditure."
RECOVERY OF A BODY ON A WELSH MOUNTAIN.—
In the month of January, it was stated in the Guar-
dian that two men were lost in attempting to cross a huge
off-shoot of Carnedd Llewellyn mountain, on their journey
from Bangor to Cwm Eigia Slate Quarry, on one side of
the hill which flanks the Vale of Conway. Since then one
of the bodies has been found ; but that of Owen Jones was
not discovered until last week, by reason of the snow which
lay so deep on that elevated part of the mountain, and then
only by an apparent accident. A shepherd, accompanied
by a lad and his dogs, was on the hill looking after the
sheep, when his attention was drawn by the dogs to a cer-
tain snowdrift, where, upon searching, he discovered a
portion of a jacket projecting above the snow, and he was
not long in perceiving that a human body was lying there.
The shepherd informed the relations of Jones of his dis-

covert', and a sufficient number of mon was procured. They
took with them spades and a pickaxe, and were upwards of
an hour releasing the body from the frozen mass of ice
which surrounded it. The man's features were but little
altered, and the whole body was in a marvellous state of
preservation, so much so that it was instantly recognised.
The men proceeded to search his pockets ; but, in order to
get at his watch, which was only slightly the worse, they
had to use an adze. The watch looked quite bright out-
side, with only a very little rust upon it.

TRADE OF CARDIFF.—During the Month of April
the exports of coal from this port reached 139,725
tons, against 124,707 tons in February, and 125,529 tons in
the corresponding month of last year. Coastwise the ship-

monts were 79,928 tons, as compared with 67,436 tons in
the previous month, and 66,640 tons in March, 1864. The

satisfactory increase in both the export and coasting trades
is not attributable to any increased inquiry from particular
markets, but there was a general increased demand. 10,146
tons of iron were exported during the month, against 8,318
tons in February, and 7,027 tons in January. New York

only took 1,000 tons, while the shipments to Sweden ex-

ceeded 2,000 tons. A considerable quantity was also sent
to South American ports. The exports of patent fuel

Salisbury lB
Nol th Harts Yeomanry 19
Bath 23
Harpenden 26
Epsom BO

Nottingham
Southampton. l9
Chesterfield
Goodwood
Down Royal Corp _

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THE PRITCHARD CASE.—From all we can learn
amid the close secrecy preselied it would appear that
the quantitative analysis in the case of Mrs. Pritchard is
nearly, if not quite, completed, with the result, we hear, of
showing that exceptionally large quantities of tarter emetic
or tartarized antimony were lodged in the tissues, espe-
cially of the stomach. The extent to which the body ap-
pears saturated with the drug would seem to indicate that
its administration had extended over a long period. In ex-
planation of the erroneous rumour regarding the deceased
lady, to the effect that she was in'the habit of using wine, we
may mention that it may not impossibly be shown that
during her fatal illness, the delirium of an apparent fever
was induced by administration of sparkling wines and
anaesthetics. At first there would appear to have been,
among scientific men, a suspicion that monkshood had been
an agent in the death of Mrs. Pritchard ; but it is understood
that this suspicion has not been supported by the analysis.
On Friday Professor Penny, of theAndersonian University,
Glasgow, visited Edinburgh, having been called in by the
authorities to aid in the investigation, with the view, if
required, to corroborative evidence. With regard to the
inquiry into the causes of the death of Mrs. Taylor, the
authorities in Glasgow have received a communication
from Edinburgh, to the effect, we believe, that the appear-
ances presented in the body of the deceased lady were not
of the nature that might have been expected had death re-
sulted from paralysis or apoplexy, as certified by Dr.
Pritchard when he registered the death. This report,
of course, has no application to the chemical analysis of
the organs of the late Mrs. Taylor, which is now only in
process.—Scotsman.
WORRIED BY DOGS.—A few mornings since a
shocking affair, which terminated almost fatally,
occurred to a man named Etherington,who keeps the post-
office at St. Catherine's, a village situated a short distance
from Guildford. It appears that shortly after 7 o'clock on
the morning in question Etherington started to deliver
letters at the various houses in the village, and on entering
a yard adjoining the residence of Mrs. Pope he was attacked
by a large mastiff, aided by a retriever, which knocked
him down and lacerated his hands, arms, and other portions
of his body in a frightful manner. In addition to other in-
juries the poor fellow received a compound fracture of the
right leg, which was attended with very serious symptoms.
Several of the female servants went to the assistance of the
unfortunate postman, and with great difficulty succeeded in
beating the dogs off ; but had they been left to themselves
a few moments longer the animals would most certainly
have killed their victim. The services of Messrs. Butler
and Schollick, surgeons, were obtained, but in spite of every
attention the poor fellow is not yet out of danger. The ex-
planation given is that it was usual to allow these large dogs
to wander about the premises during the night, and that
the boy whose duty it was to fasten them up had not
arrived when the postman called. The dogs were notorious
in the neighbourhood, and were never allowed out of the
grounds without a keeper.