The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-16 00:00:00

MEETING OF THE WOIUCING CLASSES
- AT LIVERPOOL.

NICOLLS' NEW REGISTERED PALETOT
has all those advantages which secured such- general
popularity to Messrs. Nicolls' original paletot, that is to say,
it avoids giving to the wearer an outre appearance, so that
professional men and all others can use it during morning and
afternoon in or out of doors. Secondly, there is an absence of
unnecessary seams, well known to secure a more graceful out.;
line, as well as to effect a great saving in wear ; the latter
advantage is considerably enhanced by the -application of a
peculiar and neatly stitched binding, the mode of effecting
which is patented. Great exertions are being made to supply
Messrs.. Nicolls' agents throughout :the country and the colonies- with an assortment of this new garment, simulta-
neously with the display in London, but it is necessary to in-..
form the public that all Messrs. Nicolls' Manufactures maybe_.
distinguished by a trade mark, consisting of a silk label
attached to each specimen ; to copy this is fraud, and may be.
thus 'detected. If thegarment is dark-coloured, the label has
a black ground, with the firm's name and address woven by
the Jacquard loom in gold-coloured Silk ;if the garment-is .
light-coloured, the label has a pale drab ground, and red silk -
letters. Each paletot is-marked in plain figures, at a fixed
moderate price, and is of the best materials. In London, the
NEW REGISTERED PALETOT can alone be had of 11. J.
and D. NICOLL, 114, 116, 118,.120, Regent-street, and 22,
Cornhill.

A NEW DEPARTMENT FOR YOUTH, &c.
T_T J. and D.-NICOLL recommend for an out-
,
-1-1. • side Coat the Havelock; and for ordinary use the
Cape Suit, such being well adapted for young gentlemt.n, as
exhibiting considerable economy with. general 4.11448ence.
Gentlemen at Etori, Harrow, Winchester, the Military an d
Naval Schools, waited on by appointment. A great variety
of materials adapted-for the Kilted or Highland Costume, as
worn by the Royal Princes, may be seen at
Ik:WARWICK HOUSE, 142 and 144, Regent-street

FOR LADIES.
NICOLLS' PATENT HIGHLAND CLOAK
is a combination of utility, elegance, and comfort. No
Lady having seen or used such in travelling, for morning
wear, or for covering full dress would willingly be without
one. It somewhat resembles the old Spanish Roquelaire, and
has an elastic Capucine Hood. It is not cumbersome or heavy,
and measures from 12 to 16 yards round the outer edge, falling
in graceful folds from the shoulders ; but by a mechanical
contrivance (such being a part of the Patent) the wearer can
instantly form semi-sleeves, and thus leave the arms at
liberty ; at the same time the Cloak can be made as quickly
to resume its original shape. The materials chiefly used are
the soft neutral coloured shower-proof Woollen•Cloths manu-
factured by this firm. The price will be two guineas and a
half for each Cloak ; but with the M6canique and a lined
Hood a few shillings more is charged. This department is
attended to by Cutters, who prepare Mantles of all kinds,
with Velvet, } or Cloth Jackets, either for In or out door
use. These at all times—like this Firm's Riding Habit—are
in good taste and fit well. Femaleattendants may also be seen
for Pantalons des Dames it Cheval, partially composed of
Chamois. As no measure is required the Patent Highland
Cloak.can be sent at once to any part of the Country, and is
thus well adapted for a gift.
IL J. and D. NICOLL, Warwick House, 142 and 144, Re-
gent-street, London.

- - • =LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY, OCT. 15.
- The meeting of the 'working 'claSses was held
last evening, in the Royal Amphitheatre, which,
long before the hour announced for the meeting,
was densely crowded. in- every part, great numbers
being unable to obtain admission:
Mr. Alderman S.-Holme presided; and amongst
others on the platform were the Right Hon. Lord
-JohnltUsSell, Lard BroUgham, Right- Hon. Sir J.
Pakington, the Right Hon. the- Earl of Carlisle,
Sir J. Stephen, the Right Lord Shaftesbury, Lord.
Bandon, -the Right-Hon.-W. E. 'Cowper M.P., Mr.
W. Brown, M.P., Mr. T. B: Horsfall, Mr. T.
ThOrnely, M.P., Mr. J. Bramley-Moore, M.P., Mr.
R. M. Mimes, M.P., Mr. A. Kinnaird, M.P., Mr.
J.Linburv, M.P., &c.
- The CITA/RMAN haVirig _opened the business,
- lard. .13notrGiust, who was received 'with loud
-cheers, said—lt is impossible for any one to feel
more gratified than_l do.irt witnessing such a col-
lection gathered tog. of of the. working men of,
this great town, from no party view,
.from no sec—
ttirian principle, but gathered together for the pur-
pose of :Working ea their own improvement by
helping those who have principally, and I will add
entirely, that.improvement at their heart. (Hear,
hear.) One word-as to what I deem the most im-
portant consideration, and to what-I am, therefore,-
al
ways anxious to urge in front, and What I have
to say when Ijneet my fellow-citizens of the work-
ing class, the class to which I myself have, in one
sense, all my life belonged. (Hear.) From mmy
experience as a working man I have derived that
which is my conviction, and unalterable opinion
with respect to the value of labour through life in
all its forms,- and in all stations, that has bQezi the
result of my own personal experience. (Hear;
hear.) But I have derived also one or two lessons
of the same kind, and one or two which I would
remind you of.- Nothing is good in excess—(hear)
—not even hard work. Heaven forbid that I
should say one single word or utter one single
thing in behalf of idleness ; but I say hard work
without any relaxation I object to, upon the old
principle, upon the old saying, " All work and no
play makes Jack a dull boy." (" Bravo," and
cheers.) Don't think I refer to my noble friend near
me, Lord John. (Laughter and cheers.) Don't
think I had him in my eye. I had not ; I meant
any Jack. If any one supposes he is a dull boy—
(continued laughter)--then he must suppose that it
is because he has had too much work and to little.
play. (Cheers and laughter.) I have no fear upon
his account any more than I have upon yours. But
I have to urge that hard -work . should be inter-
rupted by play, b. y fit and reasonable relaxation,
and relaxation is what I mean myself ; but that
that recreation ought to be a kind which is of it-
self, I would not saymerely harmless, innocent, but
of itself improving, as it may be ; because there is
relaxation in reading; there is relaxation in read-
ing that which is even in itself not, meant to teach
any science, or any art, or even history, or even
biography. There is relaxation Which may be made
of an innocent sort, by reading that which merely
entertains and amuses. 1 have no objection to that;
there is no harm in it whatever. It is far better to
pass your time in such relaxation, to avoid the list-
less vacuityof unoccupied hours while resting from
your work ; it enables you to call the time your
own ; far better that than even reading ghost sto-
ries, or stories of murder—;(hear)—whicli do no
good whatever, except to harden the feelings. Far,
infinitely far, better than to have recourse to that
course which I only name to abominate and abhor
—I mean a course of drinking and dissipation.
(Hear.) There is one great element in improve-
ment which I have constantly inculcated upon my
excellent friends of the working classes in York-
shire,
and my friends in Manchester, in this county, •
to make your labour available by doing one thing
at a time, and never beginning to do one thing
until you have finished the other. (Hear, hear, and
cheers.) It was said by one of the great statesmen
of a former age--he was one of those who could go
through an enormous amount of work as a states-
man, a philosopher, and a literary man, so that
nobody could tell how he found time ;_ as his day
was but 24 hours like our own, and no more,
nobody cpuld find out how he contrived to do all
he did, and they asked him how he could do it—it
was said by him, " I have only two rules—to do one
thing at a time, and never to put off until to-mor-
row what I could do to-day." I recollect upon one
occasion quoting that maxim of De Witt's to my
friends in Manchester, and I felt bound to add that
another great minister of another country, a French-
man, held a very opposite doctrine, and declared he
made it a rule never to do to-day what could be
done to-morrow. (Laughter.) No doubt Talleyrand
used to be laughed at for that absurd proposition ;
but he used to give, over and over again, instances
in which he might have answered despatches or ap-
plications to-day, but he put them off, the applica-
tions were withdrawn, and he hail no occasion to
answer at all. (Hear, and laughter.) But there
were excepted cases, and his rule was the worse
rule, and De Witt's rule was the best. There is
another thing to be very much considered by work-
ing men. Your time is your money; your time is
everything. Now, it is a commou saying of practi-
cal economy, " Take care of the pence, and the
pounds will take care of themselves." So I say, as
time is your money, "Take care of the minutes and
the hours will take care of themselves." (Hear,
hear.) These are the results of long and intimate
acquaintance not only with labour by my own ex-
perience, but of labour by my observation of and
communication . with others ; and those results I
deemed it my duty to bring, before you on the pre-
sent occasion. But that I should begin to enter on
a disimssion of the great advantages which all classes
have derived from the progress of liberal, sound,
and enlightened policy in this country—that I
should proceed to give you alecture upon free trade,
against the fallacies which ricrw appear to be aban-
doned on all hands, and given up as obsolete, is
wholly and entirely out of the question. You know
these things as well as I do. You feel them, per-
haps, more intimately than I do. The benefits of
those sound and liberal views which have lately go-
verned the State, you yourselves are beSt able to
estimate and to ascertain the value of, and there:
fore I shall not enter further upon a subject so.: ,
wholly unnecessary. (Hear.) But there is one very
painful thing which strikes
.me and that is -the
number of able, 'of eminent, of virtuous men whom I
miss here, some for the first time since my last visit
.about a year agog but all since my first to Liverpool
in 1801. To run over the names is enough. To stop
to pronounce a panegyric on either or any one of
them would be superfluous, preposterous, because
utterly' superfluous in the place where we are met.
(Hear.) Roicoe Carrie, Shepherd—friends of the
people, friends of mankind, friends of enlightened
literature, of enlightened policy, of liberal and
sound science—these, unhappily, we 'have all lost
within a few years ; and to them may be added, I
fear, too many others; this makes my arrival in
this town very far -from being a source of unmixed
gratification. Nevertheless, we • venerate their
memory ; we are fain to hope that those. who sur-
vive will follow their bright example. (Hear.) • We
now are in a state of things which excludes the
violence of parties, whether in the Church or in the
State. Let us improve that calm—that blessed calm
—by promoting to the best of our Tendeavours, to
the utmost of our means, in all respects and in all"
branches, the cause—the great cause—of the im-
provementof the people. (Loud cheers.)
Lord J. RUSSELL said—l have-no wish, in ad-
dressing .the working classes, to appear to address
anything like a lecture to them, and still less to
preach to them. (Hear, hear.) Nor, I must say,
would it -be consistent with the high opinion that I
entertain- of the_understandings of the working men
of this country if I Were to attempt to flatter them.
My sole Object is, in following my noble and learned
friend, to. speak upon • the -same • text - that he has
spoken, and-to say that' we are here -not-to lecture,
not to preach; not to' dictate; but to work together
with the working clasSes toWards the object which
we believe is good for.rich and poor alike—for the
highest and-poorest in the -land. (Cheers) And,
gentlemen, it is my earnest hope that you will leave
this place fully persuaded that the-objects which
the association has iu view are objects that deeply
concern you, and with regard to which it is our
duty,
as it will bs'_your interest, to give your assis-
tance—(hear, hear)—and I feel most deeply that
unless you do so, that unless public opinion
favours us, unless the opinion 'of the working
class goes with us, our labour will be utterly vain,
and our different departments will utterly fail. We
have been engaged-to-day in several departments.
One was with regard to the improvement of the
law, and various suggestions were made for making
law courts all the more useful. Now, that, I con-
ceive, is an object that will be useful to the whole
community. In this object, as in every other that
pertains to the well-being of the people, we cannot
go a stop without
Brougham. recognising the hand of my Lord
(Great cheering.) And, if I may use
an illustratioir uperi this subject, it occurs to me to
mention that, when two great generals were car-
rying on war with each other—Turenne on the one
side, and the Prince of Conde on the :other—the

Prince of Conde hadishsiksi for some time absent,
many hundred miles away. There came au alarm
at night, and Timeline was-told that one of his can-
tonments was on fire. He went to see it, and found
such was the activity of the enemy that one can-
tonment after another was set on fire, till there
was a whole circle of fire around him. He said at
once that the Prince of Conde =had arrived; and
what he said with regard to the art of war, with
regard to the art of destruction, I say to von with
regard to the arts of peace, that when you find
some work that is beneficial to mankind—and that
has made progress—you may say with authority,
" Lord Brougham must be here—he is leading."
(Loud Cheers.) I proceed, gentlemen, to another
subject which eminently concerns the working.
classes : I mean the objects of the sanitary depart-
ment—what is in our day called sanitary reform.
Among other evils that we have suffered from in
this country has been the very bad •state of the
dwellings of the working classes. (Hear.) In many
respects individual landlords and corporations have
been- able to do much to remedy that state of things,
but it requires the diligence of the working classes
to further and complete the work ; and I must say, as
I said, not intending to flatter the working classes—
that it behoves them—those who are in the receipt of
good wages—to make provision that they may be able
to maintain their families in comfort, and to obtain
dwellings where they can live in peace. (Cheers.) For
nothing, I am sure, concerns the welfare of the commu-
nity more-,-nothing concerns thd health of the com-
munity- more—nothing concerns the morality of the
community more—than that there should be good
and wholesome dwellings for all the working
classes of this country. (Hear.) That, again, is-
one of the objects of this association. It is one of
the objects of this association to make our towns
healthy and to improve their condition. A friend
of mine in London, Mr. C. Pearson, has long medi-
tated on a plan which at all events does great credit
to his ingenuity and benevolence ; and that plan
is by means of the railroads to take those of the
working men who receive high wages a • few miles
out of London, and there he says they would obtain
a cottage and a garden in pure air for little more
than half the rent which they pay now for a miser-
able lodging in the midst of the city of London.
(Cheers) These things we are not to say at once
are practicable, and that they ought to be adopted,
but we have an association in order that we may
meet and prepare- each other's notions ; and it is by
means of such associations, and by means of their
being spread in different parts of the country, that
we may ascertain what is practicable--what will
be useful upon this subject. (Hear.) With regard
to education I trust that great improvements will
be made upon that subject. But at the same time,
in any improvements in *education we must take
care to preserve the freedom, political and religious,
which every individual of this country enjoys.
(Hear.) There must be no attempt to curb that
freedom of conscience that is one of our best privi-
leges, and to which we owe the great progress that
we have hitherto made. But I cannot mention the
subject of education without referring to the muni-
ficent gift which has been made by a citizen of your
own town. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, there was in the
palmy days of Florence a merchant prince, whose
vessels sailed over the world, whose return made
him richer and richer, and who built churches, who
founded galleries, and who established a great
library for the benefit of the citizens of Florence
—but that merchant prince, while he did this,
aimed a fatal blow at the liberties of his country.
(Hear.) But you have a merchant prince among
you who, while he founds a magnificent library,
would do everything he could to promote and en-
large the liberties o the people. (Loud cheering.)
Well, gentlemen, I trust in that library you will
find materials both for instruction and amusement
—that you will see howthe freedom of this country
was built up ; how its independence was asserted ;
how brave men of former times, when the Stuarts
endeavoured to establish a despotism, stood up
against that despotism, snd sacrificed their lives in
behalf of freedom—(cheers)-2-and thus you will per-
ceive the inheritance that we have attained. You
will find, on a survey of this country, that there is
much to be seen that may fill us with admiration.
You see a sovereign ruling over a portion of the
human family that may be counted at 200,000,000.
You see the State here and in India in the enjoy-
ment of £100,000,000 of revenue. But placed op-
posite that picture, you see crowded dwellings,
many people suffering from poverty—others from
their own vices—education but partially estab-
lished—laws obsolete and imperfect, and sometimes
ignorantly administered—much to reform, much to
improve. It will be your duty, while you have this
inheritance—while you are justly proud of this in-
heritance—to improve all these institutions, to
amend the defects which exist in them. And allow
me to say here, what I have said elsewhere, that if
we are vigilant and careful—that if the richer
classes and the working classes, and the whole
country, put their shoulders to the wheel in order
to improve our society—l can see no reason to ap-
prehend the decline of this great state. A friend
of mine—a learned historian whom all the world
admires--I mean Lord Macaulay—(cheers)—has
given us the picture of a New Zs:11;1:14er who is
sitting upon a broken arch of London bridge, and
who is looking at the ruins of St. Paul's. Now I
beg to dispute the fancied picture altogether.
(Hear.) I don't see why it ever should happen. I
think our citizens of London, for their part, if they
found an arch of London-bridge out of repair,
would be very apt to restore it—(laughter)—and if
they found St. Paul's was not in so good a state
as it was, they would be all ready, by funds
which would be at their disposal, to restore the
beauty and grandeur of that edifice. And so with
regard to our political, our social, and our
moral institutions. I believe that if we will but be
vigilant—if we will but see that, while the imper-
fections of human nature and the very progress of
civilisation bring evil after evil upon us, if we take
care to have the remedy against each of these evils,
if we improve, as we have been doing, the health
of the community, the education of the community,
the general welfare and improvement of the com-
munity—l believe, if we attend to these things,
that, so far from decaying, this country has greater
and brighter days to look to than she ever has had
yet. (Cheers.) It may be that those times may not
be tunes of war. We may not have those laurels to
gain in the field and on the sea which we have
hitherto acquired. It may please God to give us
times of peace. But, whether they may be times of
war or times of peace, I trust that this great na-
itnioayn,
lcyondseipsteinndigg,nas it does, of its various.classes, but
upon the basis of the working
men of this country__l trust, with the blessing of
God, it may go on and prosper, and carry up to the
latest generation the name of free England.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY observed that he had
been appointed by the council to preside over the
section of public health, and he wouldgive to them
his opinion as the result of several years' experi-
ence, that sanitary science, as it was called, was re-
lated not only to their physical, but to their spiri-
tual and moral rights and advantages. (Cheers.)
He had to inculcate that every man could best take
care of his own life and his own house. Did they
do so ? Did they take care of their own life and
their own house ?. And would they take care of
their own life and of their own house ? That they
did not do it was manifest to every one who would
perambulate the streets and the-lanes and corners
of the residences of many thousands of the working
population. That they themselves believed that they
could not always do it was proved from that re-
ceived opinion from the earliest period of time that
these things ought in great measure to be assigned
to the superintendence of medical men. And that
they would not do it in very many instances, he
regretted to say, was apparent to eve one who
would go into those districts. lie wished
to impress upon them the very serious con-
sequences that were brought on by this state
of things, which arose in great measure from the
neglect of others, but occasionally from their own ;
but he maintained that neglect was ascribable to
others, who, being placed in different positions, and
having the power or influence, having the means oft
observation and possessing the knowledge, liad
come forward until too late to redress those mightyf
evils that had caused such tremendous mischic., and
vention of wholesome measures—mostt
t th
which, if not intercepted and checked byim ptherefiztt,erii•
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evil
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upon the face of the earth, totally incapable for the
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industrious civil and military necessities of the
country. 11l health, on an average, would deprive
them of 30 days' toil a year ; and estimating this
loss at 2s. each day, this would show an average
loss of 605., a sum more than sufficient to coveib• a
hundred rates that might be levied in this town for
the 'institution of many things that would be greatly
to their advantage—a sum of money that would
cover any additional rent that might be demanded from them for a superior house pi a More,eligible
situation. These were only some of the physical ad-
vantages which would accrue from an improved
sanitary condition. Let them look at the great moral
advantages which would follow, The besetting evil

-evil was not the word, but the bePettinOf an enormous body of the working population of
this country was the habit'of drinking. -He eras
fully cenivin ced that the Sanitary condition of mossy
of the localities and dwelling places in which they
lived; the Want of fresh air, water, and everything
wholesome and refreshing to body and mind, was
the main cause of= the addiction to drink of hun,:
dreds of thousands of the working, population.
(Cheers.) It was the duty of those who were-in-in-
dependence and paWer to alleviate those evils by all
means within their reach ; and it was the duty Of,
working men to co-operate with them in removing a
State of things so pernicious to themselves and their
children in body and soul. Let them demandamong
the first of their demands a cleanly and wholesome
house. If they would have a tidy house to retire to
after their toil, with everything which could charm
and honour domestic life---if they would have their-
home-
hoMe their nest, their best refuge and sweetest joy
—they must have each of them a wife who not only
knew her duty but was a keeper at home. (Cheers.)
They could have na cleanly and happy homes unless
their homes were constantly watched by the superin-
tending - care, the thrifty supervision, and the deep
and affectionate interest of the wives of their bosome
and the mothers of their children. Their domestic
hearths Were indeed much changed from what they
once were. He recollected at onetimegoing through
the streets of a Lancashire town, and' out of 25
houses in the street which he examined he did not
find one single woman who could mend a siiirt—
(laughter)—ay, butit ,wits true, though—or darn a
stocking, or cook the smallest dish_ for her husband
and"children. (Hear, hear.) Now, they knew per-
fectly well that what he said was strictly true—
(hear, hear)—and he therefore said that one of the
great moral effects arising out of this physical im-
provement would be that they would have a wife
who would be a keeper at home, who would there-
fore
institute within their house every economy—
who, by her care of the children, would save them
an infinite sum year by year in doctors' bills—
(hear, hear)who would exercise good cookery, and
be a good housewife ; and who, above all, would do
that which no system of national education, no
systeM of private teaching, nothing but the super-
intending care and eye of the mother could do—give
to her children that without which all education
was useless, he might almost say, was nearly idle
—that solemn, serious, parental domestic moral
training which was the foundation of every practical
virtue here on earth, and which was the secondary
and practical instrument and guide on their way to
heaven. (Cheers.) Well, then, when such an issue
as that should have been attained, he hoped and
trusted they would hear no more of the fears of
overpopulation. These were the physical evils
that pressed upon them, and these were some of
the moral advantages that might ensue. There
were some of these things, undoubtedly, that
were not within the power of the working man,
and to which he should be by the co-opera-
tion of other agents and other courses. The work-
ing man could not upon all occasions choose his
own dwelling-place. He was bound to be in the
neighbourhood of his work, and must take the
house that was offered him, whether healthy or
otherwise. All that should be done for him. (Hear.)
He could not tell them from what he had seen sinco
he came to Liverpool how deeply they were in-
debted to that generous man Mr. Nelly (Mr. Nelly
is local secretary) for the drinking fountains that
he had erected for the benefit of the population.
He was told that no less than 60,000 persons drank
last year at these fountains, and he had no doubt
whatever that out of those 60,000 persons thousands
had been thereby prevented from going to the pot-
house. They had now in Liverpool, too, a noble
supply of water and in ample quantity, while in
London the supply in many localities was deficient
in quantity and most abominable in quality. (Hear,)
He recollected that in one neighbourhood, densely
populated, there was one pump, and the consequence
was that all wanting water for domestic purposes
were obliged to make application to the owner of
the pump, and he, wishing to deal out the water in
equal quantities, did a little in the way of business
at the same time, because he made it a condition
that for a certain supply of -water every • person
should take a moderate supply of beer—(laughter)
—and he knew that others have been driven to the
beershop on account of the disgusting quality of the
water—that, pernicious as the beer was, water was
more pernicious than the beer. There were other
things equally conducive to their advantage, com-
fort, and recreation, and these were parks, open
spaces, and playgrounds. (Hear, hear.) But he
was sorry to say these were things they could not
in any way provide for themselves. Parks and
playgrounds they could provide for themselves, if
they could but consent to the imposition of the most
trifling rate. But he had been told that parks and
playgrounds were very much demanded by large
masses of the working classes ; but when the
answer was, " Yes, you. may have parks and play-
grounds upon condition that you submit to a trifling
rate of Id. in the pound," they shrank from the
rate, and threw parks and playgrounds into obli-
vion. (Loud cries of " No, no.") He was glad to
hear the men of Liverpool say " No, no." He Would
errne,tlv alv o Lis friends in this Town Council
to test their sincerity. The working classes could
not expect to find in every town such men as Frank
Crossley of Halifax, who last year made, at his own
expense, a park which he decorated in every way,
furnished it with every convenience, and, having
expended upon it at least £40,000, he made it over
by a deed of gift to the mayor and people of Hali-
fax for ever. (Cheers.) Frank Crossley did that
which was a model act. lie 'showed how a park
might be made ; he showed what expense it might
be made at ; he showed the immense value of it,
and then he called on the people to imitate in their
proportion and degree his munificence and bounty ;
and he hoped the example would not be thrown
away. Although there were some things that they
could not do for themselves, there were others
which they could do for themselves, and they must
not be looking on all occasions to the law to
assist them. They must not depend upon the law,
they must 'depend on their own exertions. (Hear.)
The, law could not do much, and the law ought not.
to do much for the working classes. (Hear.) The
law ought not to go further than remove obstacles
and impediments in their way ; but the working
classes ought to. do everything that they could ;
having these advantages before them, to avail
themselves of them ; having acquired the informa-
tion that had 'been Oxen, turn that information to
account, and co-operate with the authorities and
benevolent gentlemen in, endeavouring to render
their town the [diode of health. They might de-
pend upon it if they did' not, all the energies of the
authorities and benevolent men would be of no
avail, and working men would remain in the con-
dition in which they Were to the end of time. I
hope and trust (said the noblelord) that in all your
purOuiti, that in all your efforts, you will never cease
to advance yourselves in the social scale ; do every-
thing you can to pinify- your dwellings, to improve
your education, to assist forward your children
in a better Course if you can than yourselves—
& everything you can to raise yourselves in the
scale of society. I care not how high your gspira-
tions- are ; let them be aspirations to rule your
native city-LasPirations to take part in the govFrn-
ment of the'eountry.- The hereditary institutions
of this country are never so safe as when they are
refreshed and strengthened by large
(Cheers.)
importations
from the working and middle classes
And if there is any-thing that d i ting 3 the u,ishes the in-
stitutions of England, more e
heredi-
tary part of it, from those, ofsecia
surroundingp nations,
it is, that you number now
in
the House of Lords as
many descendants of the men
the plough or the loom as who have worked at
those who count their
descent from the Plantaganets, and quarter upon
their arms I know not how many. gliffins
and I
know not how
many bald-tailed dogs. titer.)
(Lau
Then let your aspirations be as high as they may,
aspire to
everything this world •
can give.- God
forbid I should- attempt by any word of mine
to repress your noble ambition. (Hear, hear.)
All I ask is this, that when your are endeavour-
ing by every effort in your power—by all the
development of your moral, physical, and in-
tellectual energy—to raise 3-, ourselves and yours
from the scale of society in which you were
born, in the kingdom of which you are all subjects,
ever hear in mind that this is but a subordinate
effort to that far greater, higher, and everlasting
one before y-o-a; and that when you seek to be a
great and honoured citizen of this mighty empire
you must labour above all to attain unto that city
which bath foundations whose builder and maker
is God. (The noble earl resumed his seat amidst
enthusiastic cheering.) •
The Earl of CARLISLE next addressed the meet-
ing. He remarked—We have all been made
much of working men this week that I am inclined
to think that it is time for a little rest. (Laughter.)
I am sure 'my noble friend who has just addressed
you with such true and earnest feeling and eloquence
'thinks it one of-the chief glories of his useful and
.honoured. life- to have passed the Ten Hoar Bill.
(Hear, hear, and applause ; and a voice, " Ay, but
we want an eight-hour bill yet.") I call to mi. nd
that it is more than ten hours ago since I took my
neat to hear papers about schools and prisons,

Lord SANDON also addressed the meeting, urging
upon the working classes the importance of co-ope-
rating in such movements as that in -which the
National Association for the promotion of Social
Sciences was engaged, and showing how it would
tend to their own benefit.
A WORKING MAN proposed a vote of thanks to
Lord Brougham and the other distinguished visitors,
which being appropriately acknowledged by the
noble and learned lord, concluded the proceedings,

THE LATE FIRE AT OItEEN'TFICH.

At the Greenwich Police court, yesterday,
Richard Roper was finally examined on the charge
of attempting to defraud the Kent Fire Insurance
Company, by sending in an excessive claim.
Further evidence was taken as to the removal
and pawning of articles of furniture, &c. Mr. Traill
said—" I have endeavoured to keep entirely free of
any prejudice against the prisoner, and have not
been actuated by any of the facts which have-trans-
pired in the coroner's court. It is now my duty to
send the prisoner for trial, and I must say that the
Kent Fire Insurance Company have acted wisely
in taking these proceedings. The directors of such
a company have a difficult duty to perform. They
are responsible to the shareholders and wish to
deal justly with the public. The directors of such
companies are not desirous of resisting such claims,
but in this case there is ample grounds for doing
so." A conversation then took place • between the
magistrate and Mr. Ingle respecting "tile discharge
of the prisoner upon his former sureties to appear.
Mr. Traill ultimately decided that the . prison( r
must be detained in custody pending the result of
the coroner's inquest, the adjourned meeting for
which would take place on that afternoon. The
prisoner was then removed in custody, the pro-
ceedings having occupied the court for five hours.
THE CORONER'S INQUEST.--The inquest in this
case, which liad been adjourned at the request of
Mr. Ingle, Mr. Roper's solicitor, was -resumed at
the Rose and Crown, Greenwich. The inquest bad
been adjourned for the production of the person
who it was'alleged had-written from Bedford, and
who Mr. Roper stated had paid him -£2 deposit on
a verbal agreement -to take, his business: This_
person was. not forthcoming. .- The. coroApt:4o-tRd
that lib had' receiv:d private information ofa,,
_mnst
important nature in connexion with
,the ease,Which
would lie presented to the jury
to on edncsday next,
adjourned.ch
day the . inquiry was accordingly

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