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John Morley, Esq.

John Morley, Esq.

Mi. Bright and the "Fortnightly Review."

The following correspon—dence has been published
Alderley Edge, Manchester, Nov. 29, 1866.

Sir—ln an article in the Fortnightly Review of November
1, entitled "Public Affairs," criticising the speeches of
Mr. Bright, M.P., you say, " The absurd inaccuracy of
some of his statements—as, for instance, that all the land
of SCotland is in the hands of 12, and of England in the
hands of 150, proprietors, . are serious blemishes in his
ors tory."
Again you say, "His tone too mush indicates that in his
heart he has adopted tho French maxim La propriate
c'est le vol.' What other interpretation can be placed on his
saying that' the poor only are fit to legislate for the rich?' "
As these things never were spoken by Mr. Bright, and as
I cannot suppose the editor of a respectable publication has
invented them for the purpose of misrepresentation, you
will not be surprised that I should ask you what report of
Mr. Bright's speeches you had before you when you wrote
the article iu question.— I am, &C., JACOB BItIGHT.
To the Editor of the Fortnightly Review.

193, Piccadilly, Dec. 5.

Sir,—l have communicated with the writer of " Public
Affairs," and requested him to verify the phrases attributed
to Mr. Bright. He assures me he can do so. I shall hear
from him to-morrow, when I will acquaiut you with what
he has to say. He is a Liberal member of the House of
Commons, and would not, I think, spoak rashly. If, how-
ever, it should appear that he was wrong, yeti may rely
upon a public and adequate acknowledgment of the mis-
take.—Yours faithfully, JOHN MORLEY.
Jacob Bright, Esq.

Alderley Edge, Manchester, Dec. 8, 1866.
Sir,—l have your note of the sth inst. After what
occurred in the last session of Parliament I am not sur-
prised to find that "Public Affairs" was written by a
"Liberal member of the House of Commons." He states
that he can certify the phrases which he attributes to Mr.
Bright. I know that their verification is impossible, and on
that ground I account for his delay. You inform me that
if lam right there shall be an 'acknowledgtnent of the
"mistake." The offence seems to be very inadequately
characterised by the term "mistake." I call it a deliberate
falsification. The words on which the "Liberal member
of the House of Commons" founds the charge that in his
heart Mr. Bright has adopted the maxim, "La propriete
c'est le vol," aro placed bet Ween inverted commas. Inverted
commas imply a literal quotation, and no honourable man
will make use of them, especially when about to draw in-
ferences intended to damage another's reputation, unless
he is sure of the truth of his quotation.
As you will not desire to take upon yourself the respon-
sibility of the "blemishes" and "wild inaccuracies" of this
discreditable article, may I request you to furnish me
with theiname of the writer ?—I am, yours truly,
John Morley, Esq. JACOB BRIGHT.

193, Piccadilly, Doc. 15, 1866.
Dear Sir,—l wish to state parenthetically that in no
case should I be responsible for the misstatements about
Mr. Bright, as they appeared before I succeeded to Mr.
Lewes as editor of the Review. It appears that the state-
ments to which you take exception are inaccurate. The
inaccuracy shall be acknowledged in the Review for the Ist
of January, which, as you will see, is all that I can do to
repair the injustice. I do not think the writer would
object to my furnishing you with his name. He is out of
town at present, but I hope to see him on Tuesday, when
1 will write to you if you still think it worth while to
know the writer's name.—Believe me, yours very truly,
Jacob Bright, Esq. JOHN MORLEY.

Alderley Edge, Manchester, Doc. 19, 1866.

Dear Sir,—ln answer to yours of the 15th inst. I beg to
observe that when a writer is engaged in fair criticism, or
when he atta3ks, I do not care with how much severity
the views of an opponent, he has a right to tho anonymous,
if he wish to assume it ; but when he resorts to falsehood,
or is guilty of carelessness so extreme that it cannot be
distinguished from falsehood, then, in the interest of the
public and of anonymous writers themselves, ho should no
longer be allowed to conceal himself. Such a writer re-
quires to be put under restraint, otherwise anonymous
slander might become general. I know of no mode of ap-
plying that restraint but by placing his name before the
public in connexion with his offence. With these views I
" still think it worth while to know the writer's name,"
and beg that you will give it me without further delay.

Yours very truly,
JACOB BRIGHT.

Alderley Edge, Manchester, Dec. 27, 186 G.

My dear Sir,—I trust you will excuse me for reminding
you of my letter of the 19th inst., to which I have not yet
been favoured with a reply, Yours very truly,
Juhn Morley, Esq. JAC JB BRIGHT.

Alderley Edge, Manchester, Dec. 30, 18G6.

My dear Sir,—As I do not hear from you I presume I
am nut likely to be put in communication with the writer
of " Public Affairs." Being unable, therefore, to address
him through the post, I must ask you to give him the
enclosed letter, which I shall publish with this correspond-
-107 erice: Yours very truly,

JACOB BRIGHT.

To THE " LIBERAL MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OP COMMONS"

WHO CONTRIBUTES TO THE "FORTNIGHTLY REVIEW."

Alderley Edge, Manchester, Dec. 30, 1866.
Sir,—ln your article, "Public Affairs," of last Novem-
ber, when criticising Mr. Bright's Glasgow speech, you say
—"The absurd inaccuracy of some of his statements, as,
for instance, that all the laud of Scotland is in the hands of
12, and of England in the hands of 150, proprietors, are
serious blemishes in his oratory." Mr. Bright's own state-
ment, taken from the Glasgow Weekly Mail, is as follows :
" Are you aware of a fact, which I saw stated the other day
in an essay on this subject, that half the land of England
is in the possession of fewer than 150 men ? Are you
aware of the fact that half the land in Scotland is in the
possession of not more than 10 or 12 men ?"

In another part of your article you write :—" Mr. Bright
says 'that the poor are the only people fit to legislate for
rich.' Again you say, "Mr. Bright, if left unchecked,
would speedily bring on the war between those who have
and those who have not. His tone too much indicates that
in his heart he has adopted the French maxim, 'La pro-
Priete c'eBt le vol.' What other interpretation can be placed
on his saying that 'the poor only are fit to legislate for
the rich ?' Such a course as this would bring us to the
bloody days of June, which is a curious climax for a mem-
ber of the Society of Friends to wish fm."
The passage from Mr. Bright's Glasgow speech on which
you have dared to fOund this disgraceful attack is as fol-
lows:_" But I deny altogether that the rich alone are
qualified to legislate for the poor, any more than that the
poor alone would be qualified to legislate for the rich. My
honest belief is, that if we could be all called upon to legis-
late for all, that all would be more justly treated, and would
be more happy than we are now. We should have then an
average ; we should have the influence of wealth and of
high culture, and of those qualities that come from leisure,
and the influence of those robuster qualities that come from
characteriseN
w sir,
industry and from labour."
Iyosuhralleoundontesteeikn
thisfor empiatthteer. ts wherewith eirsewenitohngtho
o ve tto
you refer
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that your silence and secrecy show that you regard it as I
do. I observe that you go out of your way to make an at-
tack upon Mr. Cobden. I believe your statement is false,
usablebu t as itt appearso
toI unreportedhavedone i
nconversationsthe case
of m
I amy
brother. You are a "Liberal member of the House of Com-
mons." lam at present ignorant whether you represen t
a free constituency (of which there are some in England),
or whether you sit for a place where the electors have only
the appearance of choice. If the latter, you may be less
afraid of giving the publicyour name, as you might thereby
establish an additional claim to the support of your
patrons. If the former, the case would be different. Those
who elected you might put inconvenient questions. In the
course of y our article you say the people at Glasgow
"knew they had no real grievances." If tkat be your view
should you not take your seat on the other side of the
house, among
0. those who think that think things are perfect
as they are, and that change is an evil ? You speak of Mr.
Gladstone's reform Bill as "a double dose of concession in
granting the voting privilegeinorder to compensate for
its author's illiberality in other directions. And yet you
know that if that bill has passed millions of your country-
men would still have been excluded from the franchise—a
state of things now hardly to be found in any civilised
country.
You have done one service to the cause of Reform, and
for that I thank you. By attacking Mr. Bright through
miserable inventions of your own, you have given the
strongest testimony which it is possible to obtain that the
speeches, whose influences you would fain undermine, are
themselves unanswerable.— I am, &c.,

JACOB BRIGHT.

EXETER HALL.—The performance of the "Crea-
tion" to-morrow night will commence at 8 o'clock, instead
of half-past 7, as previously announced. Mr. Santley will
sing on this occasion for the last time in oratorio, prior to
his leaving London for a three months' tour. Conductor,
Mr. G. W. Martin.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERIES.—At the Sheffield Town-
hall yesterday William Stones, of Verdon-street, a private
watchman in the employ of the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire Railway Company, was charged with having
committed a series of robberies from the goods department
at the Victoria station. The prisoner entered the company's
service three months ago with a four years' excellent cha-
racter from the Lincolnshire Constabulary. As soon as he
began his watching robberies began, and at the end of three
months he was suspected, watched, and detected in the act
of abstracting articles from a parcel. Among the property
afterwards found at his house, all new, were an iron bed-
stead, a pistol, a revolver, blankets, calico, rugs, smocks,
bed-ticks, brushes of all kinds, boots and slippers, shawls
embroidered wrappers, lard, cheese, cutlery, crockery, pipes,
a hare, a duck, etc. Three cases only against the prisoner
were gone into. To these he p1Q094 "Guilty," and was
committed for trig,

The Fire at the Crystal Palace.

The public interest in the disaster which has
caused the destruction of a material part of the
Palace at Sydenham is shown by the crowds of
people who have gone to see the ruins during the
last two days, but especially yesterday. On Mon-
day evening a telegram was received by the autho-
rities there from Osborne to the effect that the
Queen was concerned to hear of the fire, and wished
to have some details in reference to it by post.
These were furnished by Mr. Bowley, the manager,
by the mail of that evening, and would reach her
Majesty yesterday morning.
Already steps have been taken by the directors
towards repairing the damage caused by the fire.
Yesterday, Mr. Edwin Clark, the consulting eng►-
neer of the company, and Mr. Rose, the resident
engineer, made an official survey of the ruins, and
agreed to rmanmend to the directors the enclosure
forthwith of a space of about 120 ft. on the northern
side of the screen, separating what was the tropical
department from the rest of the nave, with the view
to the eventual restoration of that part of the fabric, ,
if the directors should so determine. As the roof
and sides of the building for that distance north of
the screen have been saved, the enclosure of so much
of the space is easily effected, and the rest of the
area, extending about 300 feet further in that direc-
tion, and which is now covered with the wreck oc-
casioned by the fire, may be restored in course of
time. As much has been said, and truly said, in
reference to the languid supply of water from the
hydrants in the Palace for some time after the fire
broke out, and to the inefficient state of the canvas
hose, it may be well to state what precautions were
ordinarily taken by the company in the event of fire.
With respect to water, they have four different and
abundant sources, and that irrespective of the various
fountains and lakes on the terraces and in the
grounds. At the top of each of the water-towers,
north and south, there is a tank 42ft. Gin. in dia-
meter by 38ft. deep, and capable of containing about
700 tons of water each. At the north end of the
building there is- an open reservoir, level with the
floor of the building,- extending over an acre and a
half, and ordinarily containing 5,500,000 gallons of
water, though capable of containing half as much
more. In the immediate vicinity of this and of the
water tower at the northern end there are two raised
tanks, 15ft. deep, and each capable of
,containing
207,360 gallons. When the fire began there were
about 9ft. of water in the large open reservoir, or
4,950,000 gallons, and next morning, after the fire
was completely extinguished, 7ft. of water remained
in it, or about 3,300,000 gallons, although six of
the large engines of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade
had been draining it for two or three hours conti-
nuously, while the fire raged, and more or less dur-
ing the following night in cooling the ruins. The
immense volume of water stored at the top of each
of the lofty water-towers is easily available in case
of fire, and was available on Sunday last during
the conflagration. It is, moreover, capable of being
delivered and directed upon a given point at a pres-
sure of from 1101 b. to 1201 b. the square inch, and that
simply by gravitation. Such was the supply of
water ordinarily at command for the uses of the
building and in case of fire. But, unfortunately,
for some time at least, and that at a most critical
period, just after the outbreak of fire, and when
all the resources of the company should have been
called into requisition with the view of extinguishing
it, all that immense volume of water was kept pent
up for want of some one familiar with the duty
promptly to turn on the mains, and was rendered
still further useless by the rotten condition of the
hose belonging to the company. The fire broke out
about 2 o'clock, and Mr. Rose, the resident engi-
neer, arrived 20 minutes or half-an-hour after-
wards. Until then the hydrants appear to have
been but imperfectly charged, and hence the
languid supply of water when it was most wanted
at the first appearance of fire. The fist act of
Mr. Rose on his arrival was to cause all the mains
in the building to be turned fully on, including
those of the tank at the top of the northern water-
tower ; but as the grounds and building are exten-
sive all this required time, and in the interval the
fire made great way. The moment, however, the
mains were completely charged a new and most
vexatious effect was produced. The water, which
until then had required to be coaxed and cajoled,
flowed in such force as to burst the canvas hose, and
it was not until the Croydon and Clapham engines
with their leathern hose arrived that any decided
effect was produced in arresting the progress of the
fire.

It is currently reported, upon what appears to be
reliable authority, that in the event of the northern
end being rebuilt the cost will be from £50,000 to
£60,000, and that in addition to the expense of
reinstating it in other respects, should the directors
decide upon restoring the tropical department, with
the various courts that have been destroyed, as it ori-
ginally stood. In the meantime the ordinary re-
creations of the Palace go on as usual, and the
effects of the fire cannot be seen from the interior
of the building. They can, however, from the
grounds, and during yesterday, as on Monday,
crowds of persons assembled to see the ruins. The
havoc caused in the Alhambra and Assyrian Courts
is most complete, and scarcely less so in the Byzan-
tine, immediately opposite. All three are dis-
mantled, and present a deplorable sight. Of
the Alhambra Court, erected and embellished
under the superintendence of Mr. Owen Jones, and
with which thousands must be familiar, little re-
mains but the gilded walls, and these are blackened
in places by the action of the fire and otherwise
defaced. As will be remembered, it was a repro-
duction on a small scale of the far-famed Court of
' Lions, the Tribunal of Justice, the Hall of Abence-
rages, and the Divan of the fortress-palace of
the Alhambra, situated on a hill above the city of
Granada, in the South of Spain, the capital of the
Moorish Kingdom of that name. Passing through
the central archway a fountain was seen supported
by the lions that gave name to the court, and
through the archway opposite the stalactite roof of
the Hall of the Abencerages, composed in the ori-
ginal of innumerable pieces. The Court of Lions,
in Mr. Owen Jones's reproduction, was 75ft. long,
or two-thirds of the length of the original. The
columns were of the same height and size as those
of which they were restorations, and the arches that
sprang from them were also of the actual size of the
originals. The Assyrian Court was 120 ft. long,
50ft. wide, and had an elevation of 40 feet. Its
chief interest lay in its illustrating a style of art of
which no specimen had, it is said, been before
presented in Europe, and it was erected from
designs by Mr. James Ferguson, assisted by Mr.
Layard. The Byzantine Court, on the opposite
side of the nave, was a restored copy of a clois-
ter of the Church of Santa Maria at Cologne, of the
date of the close of the 10th century. The roof was
beautifully decorated with Byzantine ornaments,
and at one end was a recumbent figure of Richard
Coeur de Lion from Rouen, which has been compa-
ratively little injured by the fire. In the centre
stood a marble fountain, an exact copy of one at
Heisterbach, on the Rhine. That, too, has been
but slightly damaged, as have also the recumben t
effigies of Henry 11. and his Queen, Eleoßpra ;
Richard 1., and Isabella, wife of King John, copied
from those of Fontevrault Abbey, burying-place of
the Plantagenets, and which are said to be the only
copies in existence. The greater part of the court
itself, however, with all its characteristic architec-
ture and elaborate decoration, has been irreparably
injured. With the library and reading-room
perished a copy of the New Testament, printed in
1851 for the then King of Prussia, and said to be
unequalled as a specimen of Gothic typography.
Twenty-five copies only of the book were printed
when the type was broken up. Of these five existed
in England—four now. The magnificent volume
was the gift of the late King to the library of the
Palace.

MERCHANT SEAMEN'S ORPHAN ASYLUM,
SNARESBROOK.—The fourth entertainment provided
for the inmates of this institution during the winter sea-
son took place on Monday evening, when, under the title
of " Literary Extracts in Prose and Verse," Mr. Arthur S.
Wieland gave a series of readings and recitations from the
works of popular authors, proving equally successful in
catering for the amusement of his audience iu the
delivery of both the humorous and rathotic sOectious
wade,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

MANCHESTER RACES-YESTERDAY.

The sudden sotting in of the frost at Manchester pre-
vented the races, fixed for yesterday and to- day, taking
place, and the intelligence transmitted by telegraph last
night intimated that snow was falling fast, tho frost grow-
ing more intense, and that the stewards had finally decided
upon postponing the meeting to Friday and Saturday next.