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London, England, 1867-01-31 00:00:00

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CRIMINAL COUR'C—This Day.

OLD COURT.
(Beforo Mr. Justice Blackburn).
THE CHARGE OF SCUTTLING THE SHIP SEVERN.

The trial of the four prisoners charged with scuttling
the ship Severn with intent to defraud various insurance
companies was resumed this morning, but nothing new
was elicited leyond that which has beon repeatedly pub-
lished.

NEW COURT.
(Before Mr. Justice Keating.)
THE RUSSIAN NOTE FORGERIES.;
Jacob Sebendz Showers, yesterday found guilty of
feloniously uttering 95 forged five-rouble notes of the
Russian empire, was placed at the bar for judgment.
Mr. Justice Keating told the prisoner that he had no
doubt but that ho was a member of a gang formed to cir-
cu!ate on a large scale these forged Russian notes. The
offence had been much aggravated by the atrocious accu-
sation brought against a parson who had acted towards
him as a friend. The sentence of the Court was that he
be kept in penal servitude for seven years.
Adolph Groeger and George Szapals, who were also
found guilty of aiding in the said fraud, were sentenced to
12 months' imprisonment with hard labour.

POLICE INTELLIGErICE.—This Day,

present.

The Reform League in Lambeth.

A meeting in connexion with the Reform League
was held last night at the Horns, Tavern, Kenning-
ton, under the presidency of Mr. Thomas Hughes,.
M.P. The proceedings commenced with the sing-
ing by a party of vocalists of both sexes of a newly-
composed song, entitled "We will rally round the
League, boys." The chairman, in addressing the
meeting, said he had been asked by some really good
Reformers whether they could consistently attend
the gatherings of the League, since the League
wanted one measure while they wanted another
His reply was that when a ship was drifting
the first thing was to get up steam, and it
would be time afterwards to settle what flag
should be hoisted. The nation was drifting
towards dangerous breakers, and it was the duty
of all good citizens to work heartily together until
the greatest class in the country was fairly repre-
sented. He ridiculed the weakness of a Govern-
ment which, it was said, was about to ask Parlia-
ment what its wishes were, and remarked that the
object of these meetings was to prove that the
people were thoroughly in earnest in demanding a
good Reform Bill, such as would enable them to
carry out all those measures which must follow.
As to other reforms, he urged that education, the
food and dwellings of the masses, and the relations
of labour and capital could not be satisfactorily set-
tled so long as the class mainly interested were
unrepresented. In conclusion he alluded to the ru-
moured attempt to supersede the leader of the Liberal
party, remarking that in Mr. Gladstone they had
a man of real genius and of hearty sympathies with
the people, who worked last Session harder than
he had ever seen a man work in order to carry the
best bill which there was a chance of passing at that
time, and it would he the basest ingratitude to
allow any other man to be put in his place. (Cheers.)
Mr. Connolly moved a resolution protesting against
the present restricted franchise, as, excluding the
great bulk of the working classes from participation
in government, and expressing approval of the prin-
ciples of the Reform League. He predicted that on
the 11th of February the people -of London would
come out with all their might and majesty, and
declared it monstrous that Englishmen should be
denied a right enjoyed by every citizen in Germany
and America. Mr. Mantell, in seconding the reso-
lution, suggested that the constituency might allow
the working men, who, according to officialstatistics
formed a third of their body, to nominate one of their
members, and said he should much like to split his vote
at the next election between the chairman and Mr.
Beales. Mr. Beales said he had made upohis mind
never to enter the House of Commons if a single
vote were to be given for him under the influ-
ence of corruption, so that if the constituency of
Lambeth at any time thought proper to invite him
to be a candidate they would know the conditions
on which alone he would consent. He predicted
the approaching triumph of Reform from the
language of the Times of that day, which affirmed
that the Government could not retain power unless
it was prepared with a Bill. He urged Reformers,
however, not to relax their exertions, and pointed
to Mr. Neate, Mr. Harvey Lewis, and the half-and-
half Liberal members who refused to join in the
Newcastle demonstration as the greatest obstacles
to be encountered. The resolution having been
carried, with two dissentients, Mr. Dresser Rogers
moved a second, thanking Messrs. Gladstone,
Hughes, Bright, and Beales for their advocacy of
Reform, which was seconded by Mr. Mottishaw
and carried. The proceedings concluded with a
vote of thanks to the chairman.

Mr. Villiers and Mr. Weguelin upon
Parliamentary Reform.

The following letters from the members for
Wolverhampton were read at a•Reform Demonstra-
tion held in the Agricultural Hall in that town on
Monday evening

"39, Sloane-street, Jan. 16

"Dear Sir,—l beg to apologise for the delay which has
occurred in acknowledging the letter which you addressed
to me on behalf of the Wolverhampton Auxiliary Branch
of the National Reform League, and in which you convey
to me an invitation to be present at the Reform meeting on
the 28th inst. The letter was not addressed to my resi-
dence in London, and I only found Hit the Club to which
it was addressed long after its date. The delay, however,
for which I am answerable, I am sure you will not ascribe
to any want of respect for yourself, or certainly to the cause
on account of which it was written. That cause is now
properly absorbing the attention of the community, and
is deserving of the gravest considertion. It has in view
the removal of glaring discrepancies in our system of re-
presentation, and seeks, by an extension of the people's
rights, to render that systemmore faithful and fair. It was
for this purpose that Lord Russell's Government (of which
I was a humble member) proposed a Reform Bill last Ses-
sion ; and it is the end which the same men will keep stead-
fastly in view in governing their course while in opposition
During the long time that I have been in Parliament I have
Toted for every practical measure of Reform that purported
to widen the basis of representation, and my opinion in this
respect is wholly unchanged. If, therefore, 1 should now
seek to judge freely for myself in what way I can personally
serve the cause best, I hope I am not drawing too largely on
the confidence with which my past course may possibly have
inspired my constituents. On the mode in which the peo-
ple think it right now to make known their wishes and
opinions upon this important subject I have not a word to
offer. It is emphatically their own course--(chee;)—and
they have the fullest right to its management. (Renewed
cheers.) But Parliament is about to re-assemble in a few
days, and wishing to give the fairest consideration to the
various views that are known to be entertained by honest
Reformers, as to the course which it will be best to pursue,
I trust that the committee of the League will not think it
disrespectful if I decline to attend a meeting which at this
moment might appear to fetter my independence as a mem-
ber of the house. Asking you to have the goodness to state
to the committee the reason of my non-attendance, and to
thank them, on my part, for the honour of the invitation
I remain, dear sir, yours very faithfully,
" William Parker, Esq." " C. P VILLIERS.

" Billingbear-park, Wokingham, Jan. 16.

" Sir,--Some delay has unavoidably occurred in reply
ing to the invitation which you have been good enough to
send me from the committee of the Wolverhampton Auxi-
liary of the Birmingham branch of the Reform League to
attend at the Reform Demonstration to be held at the Agri-
cultural Hall, Wolverhampton, on the 28th inst. In the
first place, I wished to consult my colleegue, Mr. Viiliers
being anxious to act with him in this matter, and in the
next place I had a desire to consider whether I could by
my presence on that occasion promote the settlement on a
moderate and therefore permanent basis of the question of
Refc rm.

"I have come, however, to the conclusion, with mature
regret, that it is my duty to decline the invitation, being
satisfied that the settlement of this question will rather be
delayed than promoted by a movement of the extreme na-
ture advocated by the National Reform League.

"In the face of the opposition which any Reform mea-
sure will encounter from open and disguised enemies, I
cannot think it wise, if a measure is to be caiired by con-
stitutional means, to alienate by advocacy or by the coun-
tenance of extreme views, the great bulk of the Liberal
party in the House of Commons and in the present con-
stituencies of the country. I supported with constancy the
Bill introduced by the late Government, although object-
ing to some of its details, because I considered it, on the
whole, a wise and temperate measure, because it enlisted to
a very great extent the support of the Liberal party at
large, and because it was introduced by a Government
whose principles were not doubtful on this subject, and
whose honest endeavours to settle this question entitled
them to the support of all parties in the State.
"The members of the Government, now the leaders of
the great Liberal party in opposition, have for the present
withdrawn front the public advocacy of any specific mea-
sure, no doubt with the wish to give their opponents the
opportunity of bringing forward a measure which, if it do
nothing more, will open the points of contact of both parties
on this subject, and thus, perhaps, lay the foundation of an
agreement. But if the Government on the meeting of Par-
liament should propose no measure, or only an illusory one,
then, no doubt, the leaders of the Liberal party will feel it
their duty to speak boldly and distinctly to the country ;
and I have little doubt their policy will then meet with the
almost unanimous support of one united Reform party.
" I have the honour to be, your faithful servant,
" T. M. WEGUELIN.
"VT. Parkes, Esq., President of the Wolverhampton
Branch of the National Reform League."
After the usual motions had been adopted, it was
resolved :
" That the thanks of this meeting be given to our
borough members—to the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, for
his long and faithful advocacy of all measures tending to
promote the welfare of the people- -to both, fur their steady
support of the Reform Bill introduced by the late Govern-
-1 11

Working men had been brought together from
Bilston and Willenhall and other parts of the Par-
liamentary borough, and there was. perhaps 3,000

THIRD EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, 7 O'CLOCK.

BANK OF FRANCE.

PARIS, Jan. 31.
The return of the Bank of France for the week
ending to-day shows the following changes com-
pared with that of last week :