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London, England, 1860-03-05 00:00:00

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CONTENTS.

SECTION T.—The Physiology of the Generative Orotans.
SECTION I I.—Puberty- Manhood -The Morale ofGenera-
lye PhysiolaTy—True and False Morality.
SEcTioN 111.—Marriage in its Moral, Social,. and Physical
gel a tions—lt s Expectancies and Disappointments—Advan-
tages A dvan-
tages of Physical Contrasts in securing Healthy Offspring..
SZCTION [V.—Spermatorrlitea Impotence—The causes
,f Sterility in both Sexes—Selt-nifitcted Miseries.
SEcTIoN V. -The Vices of Schoo's—EfT ects of certain per-
nicious habits on the mental and general faculties.
SECTION VT.—Treatment of Nervous and Generative De-
bility—lmpotence and Sterility—Dangerous Results of
carious Hazardous Specifics—The Author's Principles of
Treatment; Medical, Dietetic, and General, derived from
Twenty Years' successful practl:el
The above work is intended for the perusal of those who
hive in early life been induced to swerve from the strict rules
of morality. In its oages facts of par mount utility are
brought. together, whoFy divested of tne delusions and incon-
sistencies so largely introduced late certain quasi medical
publications given to the world ',trails, under the ;,vise of
Philanthropy, or as "acts Gf gratitade," by pretended clergy-
men and others, whose trunperings with the constitution are
frequently followed by serious consequences.

DEPUTATION TO LORD J. LUSSELL.
On Saturday afternoon a deputation from the
Lancashire Reformers' Union waited upon Lord J.
Russell at the Foreign-office for the purpose of as-
certaining if it were possible in the new Reform
Bill to insure to Lancashire a larger share in the
redistribution of seats. The deputation consisted
of Mr. G. Wilson, chairman of the Lancashire Re-
formers' Union ; Mr. Mark Philips, Mr. G. Had-
field, M.P., Mr. Bazley, M.P., Mr. Kershaw, M.P.,
Mr. Pilkington, M.P., Mr. J. Crook, M P., Colonel
Salway, Mr. P. Robinson, Mr. J. Cheetham, and
the following delegates :—Ashton—N. Buckley;
Andenshaw—J. Crosby, J. Smethurst ; Bolton—
H. Ashworth, P. R. Arrowsmith, S. Dyson, R. Hey-
wood ; Bury—J. Austin ; Chorley—J. Hodgkin-
son ; Darwen—R. S. Ashton ; Godley—T. Hibbert
Kirkham—R. Bowdler ; Leigh—T. Kirkpatrick;
Liverpool—C. T. Bowring ; Littleborough —J.
Scholefield ; Moseley—G. Andrew; Manchester—
Sir E. Armitage, Alderman Heywood, J. Heywood,
T. B. Potter, J. Heyworth, J. B. Torr, T. Clowes,
E. Johnson, T. Warburton, F. Royse, H. Ogden,
E. Waters. R. Marten, S. F. Armitage ; Oldham—
J. Hibbert, Alderman Boyd, J. S. Holden, Whit-
taker; Preston—Capt. German, R. Charley ; Roch-
dale—E. Ashton, Alderman Livesey ; St. Helen's
—S. Gurney ; Salford—W. Morris, Alderman Tur-
ner, W. J. Williams ; Stalybridge—W. Bailey ;
Todmorden—C. Chambers; Ulverston—A. Brog-
den ; Warrington—Alderman P. Rylands, Alder-
man Cartwright, and G. Crosleld.
The deputation having been introduced,
Mr. G. WILSON said the subject to which they
wished to invite his lordships atteatinn___ :4Ams the,
desirableness of increasing the number of the Par-
liamentary representatives for Lancashire, and he
hoped his lordship would not consider them im-
portunate if they said that they thought, notwith-
standing all the merits of the Reform Bill intro-
duced on Thursday, that the Government had not
given the people of Lancashire that to which they
were fairly entitled. With profound respect
for his lordship's long constitutional ser-
vices, the Reformers of Lancashire did feel
to some extent disappointed with the ar-
rangements which had been made. Prior to the
passing of the great Reform Bill, Lancashire re-
turned 14 members. The bill of 1832 disfranchised
Newton-in-the-Willows, and took one member from
Ulitheroe, thus reducing the number irom 14 to 11.
So far as disfranchisement went, that clearly showed
that there was no great amount of rottenness in
Lancashire at that period. The bill subsequently
created four new boroughs—Manchester, Oldham,
Blackburn, and Bolton, with two members each ;
and five—Ashton-under-Lyne, Rochdale, Bury,
Salford, and Warrington, with one member each,
making 13 in all, and with two additional members
for the county, increasing the total number of mem-
bers for Lancashire from 14 to 26. The bill of 1832

vas based upon the census returns of 1821, as his
lordship was not it, possession of the census returns
for 1831 at the time he drew the draught •f the bill.

Lord J. RUSSELL—No, I was not.
Mr. WILSON—His lordship relied entirely upon
the census of 1821, though before the bill passed it
was quite true that his enemies obtained the returns
for 1831, with a -view of establishing the right of
the old small boroughs to be continued. Now, in
1821 the population of Lancashire was only 1,052,000;
in 1859, according to the approximation of the cen-
sus obtained by the Government, it was 2,371,752,
showing that the increase had been 1,319,752, or
125 per cent. The general increase of the country
within the same period, excluding Lancashire, had
only been 59 per cent., and a population which in
1821 was considerably below that of Yorkshire and
Middlesex _ was now above each of them, and was

consequently the premier county in point of popu-
lation. Indeed, the increase of population had been

so remarkable that it had been more than the entire

population o f seven counties which at present sent 80
members to Parliament, and the entire population
was more than the actual population of 13 counties

returning 123 members to Parliament. It was na-
tural to expect that this increase of population had
been accompanied by a great increase of wealth ;

and on reference to- returns he found it had been

233 per cent., while the general increase in the
country, excluding Lancashire, had been at the
rate of 80 per cent. In point of fact,
Lancashire possessed .one•eighth of the entire
population of England and Wales, and paid one-
eighth of the proprty tax of the kingdom, and
upon the same basis surely it ought to return one•
eighth of the 500 members in England and Wales.
He confessed that he had read his lordship's state-
ment on Thursday with great disappointment, be-
cause he believed the result would be that, so far as
Lancashire was concerned, in the distribution of
seats the inequalitiei in the representation would
really be greater after the new suffrage was intro-
duced than they were now. About 30 per cent. of
the increase which the bill gave in the number of
voters would be in Lancashire, but yet they only
received members amounting to 22 per cent., and
consequently the disproportion between the popu-
lation, voters, and members would be more appa-
rent after the next election than they were before.
The four counties of Bucks, Wilts, Dorset, and

Hereford, with a total population of 732,000, re-
turned 48 members to Parliament. The present bill
proposed to cut them down to 41, and to increase
the 26 Lancashire members to 32 ; but the increase
of the population of Lancashire since 1821 had been
more than 1,000,000, and consequently much greater
than the entire population of the counties in ques-
tion. North Essex, with a county population of
173,000, would receive one additional county mem-
ber, and would lose one of its four borough members.
West Cornwall, with a coun' y population of 167,000,
would continue its six borowh members, and would
have an increase of one in the county. West Nor-
folk, with a county population of 179,000 and a
borough population of 26,600, would lose one of its
four borough members, but receive him back again
in the county. North Yorkshire, with a county po-
pulation of 180,00 and a borough population of
100,830, would also lose a borough member and gain
one in the county ; and South Devon, with a county
population of 226,000 and a borough population of
192,000, would lose 2 of its 14 borough members, and
receive only one in the county, making a real loss of
one. It was generally supposed that Lancashire had
no county population, but the county population, ex-
cluding the boroughs, was 912,000. The county
population of these five counties was 950,000, or
only a few thousands more, and yet they were to
have 15 members, while Lancashire was only to
have six. If the borough members were taken the
discrepancy was still greater. The population of
rre
all the boroughs in these five counties was only
390,640, at present returning 39 members, but here-
after only
in poptor;rtnion 3,4 she.
If
wouldL
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Lancashire
be
ncasheinrteitrleedtutronel(sl
for the county, and 120 instead of 22 for boroughs.
He apologised to his lordship if he had expressed
himself warmly, but he knew there was a feeling
abroad that the cotton districts could not select
proper men to represent them. Without attempt-
ing to argue whether a cotton spinner ever made a.
good politician, he wished to deny that the pople
of Lancashire had uniformly selected as their re-
presentatives gentlemen engaged in the trade of
the district. He believed that with one exception
this was the only time that two persons engaged
in trade had ever represented Manchester. His
lordship's colleague, Mr. Poulet Thompson, repre-
sented it for some time.
Mr. HADFIELD, M.P.—And his lordship himself
was once offered a seat for the county.
Mr. WILSON continued—Knowing his lordship's
desire to improve the condition of the people, and
that he was one of the greatest Reformers of his
age, they desired to have him as their
representa-
tive in the county, and he himself should have been
glad to have supported him. Again, M • Milner
Gibson, in whom they had great confidence, had
represented them. Mr. Gibson was a London man
in every sense of the word. He remained with
them for some years, and would have remained
now, but for the course which the right hon, gen-
tleman and his lordship took upon the China ques-
tion. (Laughter.) Old Mr. Cobbett sat for Oldham
for many years, and it was now represented by his
son and Mr. Fox, m ither of whom had any connec-
tion with the cotton trade of the county. Mr. F.
Peel scat for Bury, Mr. Gren fell tor Preston, the
Marquis of Hartiugton and Col, Patten for North
Lancashire, and two gentlemen connected with the
landed interest for South Lancashire. These facts
showed that the people of Lancashire had never
been desirous of electing those who were connected
with the special trade of the district, unless they
had other recommendations which rendered them
acceptable to the people. He was educated by his
father, with instructions that he was to look to the
noble lord as the greatest living constitutional au-
thority, and he wished to be permitted to retain
that opinion. He did not attend there to ask the
Government to give them equal electoral districts,
nor to say that there should not be boroughs, large
and small, or t hat the old geographical landmarks
which the constitution had set up should be altered
but inasmuch as the people of Lancashire bad made
their trade by open competi,tion with the rest of