The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-02 00:00:00

AIR. GOZCHEN ON woßraNd MEN'S

EXHIBITIONS.

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South London is certainly favoured In one respect
that it has those connected with it who are continually
getting up working-metes exhibitions. On Monday,,,,..tle
third South London Exhibition was inaugurated.
statement of the managing body, of whom Mr. a' AP.;
Murphy, one of the hon. secretaries, appears to be
active spirit, informs us that the exhibition is striae)?
South London and a working class one, the only excef,ti:
being the loan of a work of art by one of the
Presidents (the present Premier), who was among the
very earliest to see that in such exhibitions there Abe
healthy outcome for the talent, genius, and industry °f
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more thoughtful portion of the working population of -6
large cities and towns. The number of exhibitors in ,
present exhibition is 450 (local circumstances necessit3t7
the limiting of applications of them so far as ca be s'see-.
tamed), a much larger proportion of skilled workers Olt
in any previous industrial exhibition are exhibiting tile
products. The opening ceremonial was presided over v,,.
Mr. S. Morley, M.P., who was supported by Mr. Ges°ll4l4
M.P., Mr. Layard, I\LP., the Lord Mayor, M.P.,;,tr.
Locke, M.P., Mr. C. W. Dilke, M.P., the
Newman Hall, &c. The Chairman expressed the r';
gratification he experienced in complying with th
committee's request to preside ; his conviction of the 41.
vantages which much result from such exhibitions
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centives to the working classes to devote their leisure
to beneficial occupation in their own homes, free fron "c
deleterious and often demoralising influences they Ineer,
with elsewhere, and as affording opportunities for ill,.
communication, co-operation, and union between the 'ic°pr
ing classes and those above them.— Mr. Goschen,
who delivered the inaugural address, commenced 199 "ro-
claring his entire sympathy with the object of the premete,o
of the exhibition and his confidence in its usefulnesa,buly
an apology for the brevity of his speech remiteciea4o
hearers that he was a workman in a craft in which
hours of labour were unlimited, and where those eegats
in it were expected and encouraged to work overtime.
dilated upon the many instances of meritorious lab°
exhibited, shewing as they did that the working ule°,,;cll°
London, while excelling in the trades and callings 0n1":,,j
they depended for the maintenance of themselves
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families, were not indifferent to those arts which tea'''''st
to civilise and refine their homes. We had heard a to
deal about technical education, and these exhibitionsWeter
evidences of a technical education of a practical chart
in which people voluntarily subjected themselvees;of
sort of competitive examination which must neee°„or
be mutually instructive and improving.—The Lord Mid,
proposed a vote of thanks to Mr. Goschen for his addre-0
and to Mr. S. Morley for presiding, and expressing 1:0,
feeling of the meeting that the present and all sit°_,l
enterprises might result in the extension of enterprise
skill as well as to the increasingly useful ernploYinelit,
the spare hours of the working classes.—Mr. L°4lthoe
M.P., and Mr. Dilke, M.P., spoke to the resolution,
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former expressing a confident hope that next year we 811°11

have an International Working Man's Exhibition.

ELECTION PETITIONS.

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It is remarked by the Daily News that as far ot
election petition inquiries have gone, Mr. Justice 1"-nf
has been called upon to pronounce judgment in the casiae'
eleven members, and of these only one was unseated.
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Justice Blackburn has decided five petitions, and in t"-.oe,
instances the members were unseated. Mr. Baron Dian
fej
has disposed of six petitions, and in two cases has deciP.
the elections void.
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The witnesses for the defence of the sitting members ot
still being called at Salford. They did not hoover o 1
least, some of them) materially strengthen the positioeog
the respondents ; as one of the witnesses admitted ".,.(iley
engaged a number of roughs on behalf of Messrs.
ed
-snd Charley. The reason of this engagement did n°t
dearly appear, as evidence, if not contradictory; °et
difficult to reconcile, was given. One of the other
nesses was a prize-fighter, and Mr. Pope attempted tog
from him that he had been assaulting the petitiol3o,
witnesses. He admitted " punching the head "of one ti3tbd
but said it was for calling his sister foul names. Is'e°- of
witness spoke to lots of drink being supplied to a r°°llloler
voters and canvassers, but added that a collection WA
and the drink was paid for by the persons in the roolo•
At the Galway election inquiry Mr. O'FlahertY, ueebAs
the candidates, and the real, not ostensible, petitioner' ti.
been examined. He stated that he addressed the CO°At
tuency on advanced Liberal principles. The biebel he
first neither promised not refused him support,tl rj-.000
adopted what were called the College House resolutl,o4
—a profession of political creed submitted by the cleft
party to all the candidates. Mr. O'Flaherty °bt3,lof
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promises •f BPI port from nearly 800 voters euvbis,
a constituency of 1,241, of whom only 1.200 were avail:Lie'
He lost no opportunity of dist Avowing all sympa,thY 0,11
Captain O'Hara's polities. On the 31st October hero
asked to attend the meeting of the bishop and eide to
at which the relative strength of the candidates Jf
be tested, and the "men for Galway" to be virib I
elected, lie refused to take any part in it, saYiDgi:t
he thought it a very summary way of disposing °I-titer
representation. He soon afterwards received :" the
from the Rev. Mr. Cullen, informing hbull
result of that meeting, to which he sent a 'its
stating that he refused to acknowledge the autli°he
of those present at it to bind the people of Galway' bAI
understood-that the meeting had been convened by ver
ml° t
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messages, circulated through the town on a busy - 100
day; that it was considered by his friends the result e'aits
unworthy intrigue ; and suggesting that ti /se seP,ltto
meetings—of the mercantile interest, the artisans, 11110
gentry—should be summoned, under such arrangeuleeth-eir
would " afford honest men an opportunity of makiugnii of
selections free from the taint and suspicion of a 1/11,--ercl
unprincipled intriguers." He did not mean the "belt
" intriguers " to refer to the bishop or clergY ;de
from that moment they took a most energetic and b"...bt
part against him. The priests canvassed the town Ili ft'
and day for Sir R. Blennherhassett, and Lord St• :01
rence, searching every hole, lane, cellar, and garre:tt'peAr
ransacking every back slum of the town, often until bier
midnight. He called a meeting of the 1031,4
classes, who were led to believe that he,,i,sipg
insulted the bishop, for the purpose of disaw-fs tee
their minds, but the meeting was broken up 5001/ -f
the proceedings were opened by the invasion lot°loo
furious mob of drunken men, headed by CaPtaill ess)
Foster and his brother, Robert Foster. He (vv.-11001/'
escaped with difficulty, and a gentleman—one of nis die
porters—sustained serious injury. On the two Sun the
preceding the election he heard himself denounced in eter
parish chapel b/ Fathers Holohan and Cullen, the laiao
of whom on the second Sunday spoke twice,
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appeared during his second address to be 13/9°liiagf
under great excitement. On the day of the P°ler.
Mr. O'Flalserty saw a priest—the Rev. Mr. Dc'e 1100
dragging half-drunken voters to the poll by their e°,l ot.
and whispering in their ears " Blennerhassett orlg
Lawrence." The rev. gentleman continued at thane 0 o
all day, and acted in every respect— save that be r
stick—like a " botheen boy "—a local term for 19111"t'theit
men. Numbers of electors promised the witness °lets
support, but afterwards voted against him with °Dd
but told him that he had insulted their clergh
tbeir
that they could not go against their bishop and
Church.
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At Youghal, five witnesses, including Messrs. beat
O'Brien, and Tracey, contradicted the evidence of I:ll_,ere
given in support of the petition. Several witnesses
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produced to disprove treating, and to shew intion that
by Sir Joseph M'Kenna's mob. The petitioner saver ° or,
neither directly nor indirectly had he been paid Wry°, °,O, of
and that he did not expect to get any, and at the elseeed
his examination Mr. Butt said he was quite s n°t
with Mr. Brazier's evidence, and therefore would jot
any witnesses to support the charge of briberY agar
A witness named Barry deposed that be two
ather Foley preach a sermon, in which ho said that 000
who voted for Sir J. M`Kenna would be saved, Whiled 00
who opposed him would be damned. Father Fol

examined, and Positively denied this statement.

The
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE ALARA3a•--- re.
Naval Committee of the United States House of ileri
sentatives reported , pa,
on the 12th of February a t°
to Commodore 'Winslow and the officers and crew of t•se
money,
starrier Kearsage the sum of 190;000 dollars as fi.flub•
ba that sum being the estimated value of the f*Jjj,
mint was
which was destroyed by the Kearsage. Ana lend
was adopted, providing that no part of
it.,heafa%ll6
,should be paid to an assignee of any mariner,
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bill was passed. that
Reports have reached Liverpool stating t
„shoe alt,
s weral puncheons of rum have been washed
known to
Whitehaven, which, by the brand, arc
formed part of the cargo of the ship Assaye, which
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down off Blackwater Bank, off the coast of Wexford, 0
1867, and which broke up in the recent gales. Tile "Assfhlog
was wrecked on her homeward voyage from DenierarA -'6
Liverpool. A telegram from Oporto states that tut
derelict ship Michigan, which had been knocking' ab°,oo
the Atlantic several jnonths, had been picked up and t 3
into tbaL port y th'e screw 'steamer Richard C (Mau
A NEW FACT IN THE BEHAVIOUR OF
Gore has noticed a new fact in the behaviour of iron oloe
the influence of heat and strain. A strained iron wire ej
heated to redness by a current of voltaic electricity',o9 1.
then, the current being discontinued, was allowed to
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It was observed that the:re arrive) a moment in the Pir°,,cpea
of cooling at which the wire suddenly elongated• au'
gradually shortened, until it became perfectly cold, reOltj
ing, however, permanently elongated. No other Inaeo
besides iron exhibited this peculiarity, which Mr!
gttrkhittes to a momentary molecular change.