The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-04 00:00:00

MANCHESTER ELECTION.

On Tuesday evening Mr. Bazley addressed his
committee and the electors of St. John's Ward, in
St. Matthew's Schoolroom, Liverpool-road, which
was crowded.

Mr. A. M'DoUGALL, who presided, announced
that it was not likely that there would be any op-
position to Mr. Bazley; but, notwithstanding, it
was Mr. Bazley's expressed wish that he should
meet the citizens in their respective wards, so that
they might have an opportunity of asking questions
and receiving answers and explanations which could
not be satisfactorily done at a general meeting in
the Free-trade Hall. (Applause.)
Mr. J. THOMAS proposed Mr. Bazley as a fit and
proper person to represent the citizens in Parlia•
ment. In eulogising him, he stated that Mr. Baz-
ley did not attempt. in any shape or form, to coerce
his workpeople to vote for the side he voted at the
last eleetion—(cheers)—and he would pay attention
to all deputations who waited upon him.
Mr. T. SCOTT seconded the nomination, and said
that as a commercial representative there was no
abler or better than Mr. Bazley in Manchester.
The Rev. WILLIAM HUNTINGTON, rector of St.
John's, supported the nomination, and, in recom-
mending Mr. Bazley, spoke of his acquaintance with
him for 30 years. He was the worthy son of a
worthy and respected parent, and attended to the
best interests of the operative class. He supported
schools for the education of that class which many
other gentlemen in the same station did not ; and
from Ins knowledge of the wants of Manchester,
and his business habits, he was undoubtedly the
best representative they could have.
Some questions were then put to Mr. Bazlev,
who, the chairman said, would answer them all in
his address. They were—Whether lie would sup-
port the Permissive Bili of the United Kingdom
Alliance ? (Loud laughter, groans, and a cry of
" Gammon.") Whether lie would support the open-
ing of places of amusement on the Sabbath ? How
far he would go in support of a government plan of
education ?

Mr. BAZLEY, who was received with loud and
continued cheering, said he had the satisfaction of
learning that a contest was not likely to take place ;
yet it was his duty to attend the various ward
meetings of this great municipality, with the view
of affording every possible explanation not only to
the electors, but also to the non-represented.
(Cheers.) Mr. Thomas had incidentally stated that
he did not coerce his workpeople at the last elec-
tion. He might also state that, three or four
months ago, when the first intimation reached him
through the public press, that his friends would
bring him forward as a candidate to represent Man-
chester in Parliament, he sent for his manager, and
told him that if he (Mr. Bazley) should be brought
forward, he should not inquire how his workpcoplc
voted—(applause)—and desired him to beg them to
exercise their franchise with perfect independence.
(Cheers.) [A Voice—lt is quite correct.] Having
alluded to the part he had taken in the repeal of the
corn laws, and touched upon the subject of peace
and the defences of the country—(matters upon
which his opinions are already known)—Mr. Bazley
said it was especially requisite that our foreign
representatives should be peaceful in demeanour
towards the countries they were sent to, so
that they might be missionaries of peace and intel-
ligence, to communicate to their own country
everything that would be likely to ratify the bond
of peace. With reference to the affairs connected
with our home institutions, he would like to see a
general system of education established, either
through governmental or municipal agencies. He
would thankfully receive any general system by
which young people could be trained in the ways
of virtue and industry, because unless they had an
intelligent substratum to build upon, they could
not expect to have an intelligent community. Of
course he should like to see any system prevail that
would lead to more sobriety than at present existed.
He hoped he was temperate himself ; but he con-
fessed that he took that good advice that Paul gave
to Timothy, that he was to take a little wine for his
stomach's sake. (Great cheers and laughter.) At
the same time, he should wish excess to be pre-
vented ; but this would best be done by moral
training and good school discipline. Of those
drinking palaces which, if entered, 'certainly de-
graded, he would support every possible means of
obtaining a diminution ' • but, whilst he wished to
diminish the great evil of intoxication, he would
not like to deprive the workman, who might re-
quire some stimulant after his fatiguing work, from
refreshing himself with a generous glass of beer.
(Great cheering.) On the question of the desecra-
tion of the Sabbath, he would not be so sanctimo-
nious as to wish to deprive persons from breathing
fresh air and enjoying the light of the sun ; but he
was not in favour of the opening of places of public
amusement or dissipation. As to the application
of the Maine Law, he did not think temperance
could be enforced by Act of Parliament ; and if
such an act were passed he thought it would be
productive of hypocrisy, and would not prevent
drinking in secret. On the question of reform he
would go for household suffrage. Perhaps a house-
hold suffrage upon a £5 rental would be the
lowest entertained by the House of Commons.
(Applause.) Vote by ballot was indispensable
—(cheers)—and he would give his reasons.
In voting sometimes in private matters he voted

by baltot himself ; therefore, he did not see
why the labourer and industrious man should not
have the same security of voting secretly by ballot.
(Cheers.) Another reason was that after the last
election for Manchester he met, at the residence of
a friend, one of the largest employers of labour in
the whole community, and, in discussing with him
the results of the election, he (Mr. Bazley) inti-
mated to him that he feared there had been in some
quarters intimidation. (Hear, hear, and disappro-
bation,) " Intimidation!" said the gentleman,
" Intimidation !" he again emphatically repeated,
" why, if I had a man in my, employ who didn't
vote as I voted, I would discharge him from my
premises." (Cheers and cries of " Shame !") That
was a declaration of coercion of which he (Mr.
Bazlev) was ashamed. He was, therefore, tho-
roughly in favour of the ballot. (Cheers.) It had
been tried successfully in Australia, and why not
in the United Kingdom ? (Applause.) Upon
another point connected with Reform, viz., the
duration of Parliaments, he found that their ave-
rage duration was four years ; and, therefore, he
was in favour of triennial Parliaments—(hear)—
inasmuch as it would make the representatives
more circumspect in their conduct. Considering
that he might himself return upon them perhaps
in a few months he must be exceedingly circumspect
in his conduct—(laughter)—and not only must he
carry out his principles but apply them judiciously,
if he should' be sent to the House of Commons.
(Cheers.) He should endeavour to promote the
best interests of his fellow-citizens and the pro-
sperity of the empire at large. (Prolonged ap-
plause.)
The following resolution was then unanimously
adopted :—" That this meetin& desires to express
its thanks to Mr. Bazley for his visit to the elec-
tors of St. John's Ward, and, having heard the ex-
position of his political views, is of opinion that he
is a fit arr.': proper person to represent the import_
ant interests o this city inrarlianient," '

(Rohl the Horning Iferahi.)
In the excitement of foreign affairs, and the tur-
moil of home politics, topics connected with our
colonial empire require more than ordinary interest
to attract public attention, Since the accession to
office-of Sir Edward Lytton our colonies have not.
been wanting in their contribution to public
discussion. A new gollfichl has exalted a waste
land into a populous community. Canada has
sent to the mother country a deputation composed
of three distinguished colonial statesmen. Victoria,
through the channel of her Mayor, the Whittington
of Melbourne, has poured her gold into the coffers
reserved for the relief of our countrymen in India,
and has evinced a desire, though at the antipodes,
to maintain intact her English connection and her
English sympathies. But while contemplating
with satisfaction the acts of our Anglo-Saxon off-
spring, we cannot forget that our Colonial Minister
rules lands populated by other races—races, though
different in blood and national manners, yet, his.-
tormally, not less illustrious than our own.
:oaunldilflodrePethiledpeil:etseszittatteu—rnrethleiantgt eon:
us
.for protection, not for existence—the United
lonian Islands, occupy a foremost rank. It is to
ton of our readers.

The original charter of the lonian Islands received
many popular modifiations in 1847. Since that time,
however—apparently from some defects in the legis-
lative or executive machinery which experience has
made manifest—the constitution of the islands has
worked badly. The Legislative Assembly has
failed to co-operate with the Lord High Commis-
sioner and the Senate. The progress of the public
works has been materially checked. Salutary
reforms have been thwarted. Matters, in short,
have threatened to, come to a deae• lock. Recent
dissensions between the municipal officers and the
Senate have aggravated these mischiefs. The
moment has in fact arrived when some search-
ing inquiry must be made into all these com-
p dispatchlictions t It.othe lonian m
ltas necessary,boeenfotytdsot
stlalresfmoraeo,
to
whose standing in this country, whose eminence
and attainments, fit him to inquire into the causes
which obstruct the harmony of the governing ac-
tioii. Such a mission required no ordinary man.
It is for the commissioner to separate apparent from
real causes, to detect defective foundations, and not
to be deceived by the plausibility of 'detail. There
was but one man indeed specially marked out for
the post, from his eminent fame, freedom from
party ties, .liberality of opinion, commanding cha-
racter, and scholastic accomplishments.
These great qualities are united in Mr. Gladstone,
and we are indeed happy to announce that this dis-
tinguished orator and statesman has consented to
undertake the duties of this difficult and peculiar
mission.

But beyond these thereare other accessories tend-
ing to facilitate the objects held in view. Mr. Glad-
stone, as the early friend and colleague of Sir John
Young, will not by his presence cast any slur on the
merits or services of that administrator ; and we
have reason to believe that few will welcome Mr.
Gladstone's nomination with so much cordiality as
the Lord High Commissioner. In the selection of
Mr. Gladstone we perceive a further proof of that
discriminative quality which has characterised all
the appointments made by Sir Edward Lytton.
When engineers were required for British
Columbia the Colonial Secretary obtained for hi,
new colony the services of men amongst the most
eminent of their craft. Judgeships have been
vaeßnt at Corfu, and Sir Edward Lytton sought for
the posts those men who, to high legal acquire-
ments, added a thorough knowledge of the Romaic
dialect. To have secured the services of such a man
as Mr. Gladstone, is a fitting reward for the labours
of such a man as Sir Edward Lytton. Nor has
reward ever been so well deserved. Without re-
mission for a single day, the Colonel Secretary has
devoted the whole of his time and his splendid
talent to the duties of his office. It is by applica-
tion such as this that brilliant results can alone be
achieved. The co-operation of Mr. Gladstone is
amongst the first of his successes ; nor will any
lengthened period elapse before the public will
recognise the valuable fruits of so much labour and
so lofty a talent.

(From the Times.)
Mr. Gladstone has, we are informed, accepted the
office of Lord High Commissioner Extraordinary to
the lonian Islands, and will leave England immedi-
ately for those interesting dependencies.. How far
personal tastes may have led Mr. Gladstone to
seek temporary occupation and residence on classic
ground we cannot say, but the reasons which have
induced the Government to send a Commissioner
to Corfu may be shortly stated, and we think
will be found to justify so unusual a course.
Our readers need not be told that the great body
of the lonians are of the Greek Church and speak
the Greek language, and that since the Protectorate
has been establisheed, and particularly of late years,
they have evinced a total antipathy to British rule.
Now, England cannot be accused, except by the
most ignorant and virulent, of harshness in the
government of her dependencies. Indeed, of late
years, the conduct of the mother country has been
so uniformly generous and forbearing that sensible
men at home have begun to complain that colonial
self-will and caprice have too much of their own
way In any dispute bet weal the Central Govern-
ment and a dependency the dependency is sure to
get the best of it, and the economists do not fail
to point out that we pay for the administration,
the defence, and, to a certain degree, for the inter-
nal improvement of regions which give us no ad-
vantage of trade over the American or Dutchman,
and even refused to allow our penitentiary estab-
lishments to remain within their limits. But this
country is, we are all proud to think, actuated by
high motives and a far-sighted policy. To treat
dependencies, whether inhabited by our own race
or any other, with justice and kindness, to bear
with the excesses of a hastily gathered population
andthe rough working of new institutions, it is the
duty of an old State like ours, and it is the privilege
of England, bought by her achievements in great
struggles that she can yiel d. gracefully to these young
communities, even when their tone is peevish and
their demands are scarcely reasonable. The effects
of this policy are to be seen in the present state of
the British umpire. There is scarcely a civilised
nation which has not some of its kindred living
peaceably and contentedly under the British
sceptre. The old French in Canada have increased
and multiplied ; the newer French in Mauritius
are among the most prosperous of sugar-growers.
Germans, Dutchmen, Spaniards, are flourishing
under the mild sway of Queen Victoria. The
unquiet Yankee, too, settles down to trade within
our borders ; and in his more candid moments
confesses that action and speech are as free as in his
own enlightened land, while property is as safe,
and life, perhaps, a little safer. Even among the
ignorant Asiatics we find that a call to rebellion
addressed to 180 millions of people by a treacherous
army has been answered only in a narrow district,
and by the race of aristocratic landowners. In
short, the general verdict of the world has been in
favour of our government, and populations the
most diverse have agreed in respect and attach-
ment to the British Crown.

But nothing has been able to conciliate the
race which inhabits the Seven Islands. We are
not now about to make any remark on Greeks in
general or lonians in particular. They are, no
doubt, aware of their unpopularity in 'Western
Europe, and it is unnecessary for us to launch at
them the accustomed darts, winged with quota-
tions from Juvenal. But, if ever invective and
sarcasm were provoked, it has been by the conduct
of the lonians towards the Government and people
of England. All that gives them dignity and con-
sequence in the world they owe to the British
Crown. They have not followed Venice into
subjection to some Austrian commandant ; they
are not Turkish Ravahs ; they are not worried by
the police of the Itussian Emperor. They have
been elevated from the lowest grade of Medi-
terranean vagabondage to be citizens of the richest
and frecest empire in the world. Within a few years
of the establishment of the Protectorate the Go-
vernment of England, Tory as it was, allowed
them an amount of freedom of which no Southern
race had previously conceived a notion. How that
freedom has been abused the history of the last 40
years will tell. But not only do the lonians owe
everything to England, the independence of
Greece was almost wholly an English work. It
was in this country that the enthusiasm for the
supposed descendants of the ancient Hellenes took
its rise ; it was English statesmen who caused
Europe to interpose and wrest a province from the
Sultan, our ally, while he was engaged in a
terrible domestic conflict. One would think
that the lonians would remember all this,
or that they would find, others to remind
them of it, either among the people of independent
Greece, or among their prosperous compatriots
who have made their homes in England. No re-
flection or advice, however, seems to have affected
the vain heads and acrimonious tempers of the
lonians. At length in 18,17 the colAstiti;tion wider