The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-27 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 27, 1858.

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AN ACT OF GRATITUDE.-5,000 Copies of
a Medical Book for Gratuitous Circulation.—GEORGE
THOMAS, Esq., having been effectually cured of nervous de-
bility, loss of memory, and dimness of sight, resulting from
the early errors of youth, by following the instructions given
in a Medical Work by a Physician, he considers it his duty, in
gratitude to the author, and for the benefit of nervous suf-
ferers, to publish the means used. He will therefore send
free, to any address, in a sealed envelope, on receipt of a
directed envelope, enclosing two stamps, to prepay postage,
a copy of the medical work, containing every information re-
quired. Address, G. Thomas, Esq., Craven House, Newcastle-
upon-Tyne.

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N.B.—To guard against imitations, see that the names of
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the bottle.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

NEWMARKET HOUGHTON MEETING—TUESDAY.
THE CAMBRIDGESHIRE DAY.
.£5O, "for 2-yr-olds and The winner to be sold for
' 300 gs, if demanded, &c. Last three miles of B.C.
Mr. W. Hudson's Secret Treasure, by Daniel O'Rourke,
2 yrs, sst (Grimshaw) 1
Sir J. Hawley's Gilliver, 4 yrs, Bst 81b (Wells) 2
Mr. Parker's Whimsical, 2 yrs, sst (Adams) 3
The following also ran :—Bellefield, Weatherwise, Basi-
lisk, Lady-well, Miss Partridge, Madame Moet, Caucasian,
Cannie Bairn, Rousillon, Spiteful Dick (late Good Friday),
Vigo, Blackmail, and The Sunken Rock.
Betting-4 to 1 agst Secret Treasure, 7to 1 agst Basi-
lisk, 8 to 1 agst Blackmail, 10 to 1 agst Madame Meet, 12
to 1 agst Lady-well. Won by a length ; a length and a
half between the second and third ; Basilisk was a- bad
fourth, Lady-well, Benefield, and Madame Moet were next.
Good Friday walked in after a long interval.
Sweepstakes of 10 soya each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
The winner to be sold for 200 sovs, if demanded, &c. Cri-
terion Course (5 furlongs 182 yards.) (3 subs.)
Mr. La Mert's Queen of the South, by Mentor, syrs, Bst
81b.......
Mr. Glover's Perfection, 3 yrs, 7st 71b (Fordham) 2
Betting-6 to 4on Queen of the South, who won by a
length.
The Cambridgeshire Stakes of 25 sovs each, 10 ft, and 5
only if declared, with 100 added; certain'penalties ; the
second to receive 50 sovs out of the stakes. Cambridge-
shire Course (1 mile 240 yards.) (159 subs, 67 of whom
pay 5 sovs each.)
Mr. R. Sutton's Eurydice, by Orlando, 3 yrs, sst 71b
(Briton) 1
Sir J. Hawley'a Beacon, 3 yrs, 4st 71b (Grimshaw) 2
Mr. Forster'a Underhand, 4 yrs, Bst (Flatman) 3
Count F. de Lagrange's Zouave, 3 yrs, Est 71b (Plumb) 4
The following also ran :—Odd Trick, Ignoramus, Ma-
lacca, Mr. Sykes, Rosa Bonheur, Brother to Bird on the
Wing, Eclipse, Gildermire, Prioress, The Brewer, Farmer's
Son, Rocket, Volta, colt by Hernandez--Physalis, Life-
boat, Orchehill, Leontes, Satinstone, Gleesinger, Ancient
Briton, English Rose, Scribbler, Terrific, Julia, Goelette'
Tricolor, Trabuco, Grand Secret, F. M. The Duke of Duty,
Swale, Fearful, and Bellona.
BETTING AT STARTING.
10 to 3 agst Zouave
7to 1 agst Leontes
9to 1 agst The Brewer
12 to 1 agst Ancient Briton
100 to 8 agst Satinstone
100 to 8 agst Prioress
100 to 6 agst Bellona
20 to 1 agst Rocket
25 to • 1 agst Ignoramus
25 to 1 agat Scribbler
33 to 1 agst Tricolor
40 to 1 agst Physalis colt:
40 to 1 agst Underhand
40 to 1 agst Goelette
,40 to 1 agst English Rose
40 to 1 agst Plirreei4s-Son "°"'"'H"
40 to 1 agst Eclipse
40 to 1 agat Beacon
40 to 1 agst Eurydice
50 to 1 agst Rosa Bonheur
66 to 1 agst Mr. Sykes
66 to 1 agst Orchehill
100 to 1 agst Odd Trick
100 to 1 agst Julia
THE RACE.
The misbehaviour of several light-weight jockeys at the
post caused the start to be delayed far beyond the. appointed
time. These lads were insensible to advice or censure, and
their unfair conduct will doubtless be brought under the
notice of the Jockey Club, and some stringent measures will
be adopted to prevent a repetition of the offence. The boys
only recognise " orders " from their masters, and in their
endeavOur to carry them out—whether they be to get off in
front or stay behind—the starter and his authority are set
at defiance. Their insubordination, too, places the elder and
well-conducted jockeys at a great disadvantage; for they,
in their desire to obey and assist the starter, risk being left
at the post altogether. Just as the horses had mustered at
the post, but before the starter had assumed his staff, Bel-
lona broke away, and Lifeboat "hunted" her. They ran
over the entire course, and their jockeys were unable to
stop them until they had gone right through the town,
greatly to the consternation of the shopkeepers and market
folk, whose stalls line the High-street. Nearly 20 minutes
elapsed before Bellona and Lifeboat were brought back, and
even when they reached the post several other animals
were, as a bystander remarked, "seized with the fidgets."
The Physalis colt was particularly fractious, and kicked
and plunged furiously ; Goelette, Fearful, English Rose,
F.M. the Duke of Duty, Gleesinger, Satinstone, and Eury-
dice were amongst the most prominent in the lot which
broke away and caused trouble to the starter. At about
three-quarters of an hour after the appointed time (1.15)
the flag dropped, perhaps to as fair a start as was ever wit-
nessed for a large race. Bellona, who was led to the post,
was the last off, the man not ".loosing" her head in time,
but in a few strides she was right up in front.
It was difficult to 'determine the relative positions of the
leading horses ; the front rank comprised Mr. Sykes,
Malacca, Underhand, The Brewer, Leontes, Igno-
ramus, Physalis colt, Lifeboat, Farmer's Son, and Satin-
stone. When, however, the horses got fairly into their
stride, Beacon and Tricolor also showed in good positions,
and as the Duke's Stand was approached the colours
of Bellona and Rocket were discerned in the van, Malacca,
the Physalis colt, Leontes, and Lifeboat gradually drop-
ping into the rear. Zouave then went up to the leading
horses, and running with him in close attendaneJ were
Beacon, Eurydice, Underhand, Satinstone, Rocket, Geo-
lette, and Ignoramus, the last-mentioned, whose colours
were always prominent, being on the whip hand next the
rails. Midway between the Duke's Stand and the winning
chair, four animals only, .Zouave, Beacon, Eurydice, and
Underhand, were left to "fight it out." About a hundred
yards from home Eurydice assumed the lead, and, holding
it to the end, won, without any perceptible effort, by a
length, Beacon beating Underhand' by two lengths for
second place, and Zouave, who suddenly compounded in
the cords, being half a length behind the third. Clear of
them in a cluster came Prioress, Ancient Briton, Satin.-
stone, and Ma, Sykes. In the extreme rear were Bellona,
Malacca, Rosa Bonheur, and the Farmer's Son. Farmer's
Son broke down at the Duke's Stand.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for 3-yr-olds and upwards.
The winner to be sold for 80 sovs. if demanded, &c.
Last half of Ab. M. (3 furlongs 217 yards.) (11 subs.)
Mr. T. Cliff's Old Tom, by Melbourne, 4 yrs, Bst 41b
Mr. Halford's Mainstay, 3 yrs, 7st 101 b (L. Snowdon) 1
Lord Coventry's My Niece, 3 yrs ,7st 101 b (Bullock 2
(Fordham 3
The following also ran :—Laird o' the Dale, Lizzie, Regius
Professor, Salonica, Indulgence, Inder, and Sans Culotte.
Betting-3 to 1 each agst My Niece and Old Tom, 4to
1 agst Mainstay, sto 1 agat Lizzie. Won by a head ; a
head between second and third. Lizzie was a good fourth.
Optional Selling Stakes of 5 sovs, each, with 2.5 added, for
2-yr-olds. Last half of Ab. M. (3 furlongs 217 yards.)

(17, subs.)
Mr. T. Dawson's A Toney by Rowland (60), 7st 11113.
(Bullock) 1
Mr. Halford's Marmalade (X6O), 7st 111 b.. (L. Snowdon) 2
Mr. Eyton's Hassock (60), 7st llb (Rayne') 3
The following also ran :—Clapham, Stir Pudding, Regina,
colt by Stockwell—Sister to Aphrodite, Minster, Kate,
filly by Weatherbit—St. Anne, Flash-in-the-Pan, Little
Pegotty, and Carlotta.
Betting-5 to 2 agst Rosina, sto 1 agst Hassock, Bto 1
agst Marmalade, 10 to 1 agst A Poney, and 10 to 1 agst
Flash-in-the Pan. Won by a length ; half a length be-
tween the second and third ; Little Pegotty was fourth;
Rosina and Stir Pudding were next. On cantering to the
post, the Stockwell colt showed temper, unseated Flatman,
and got loose.
Match, 200, h ft. Ab. M. (7 fur. 212 yds.)

. -
Lord Glasgow's Barba colt, 2 yrs, Bst 71b (Aldcroft) 1
Duke of Bedford's Pavilion, 3 yrs, 7st 31b .. (J. Rogers) 2
Betting-6 to 4 on Lord Glasgow's colt Won by a head,

Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft, for two and
three-yr-olds. T.Y.C. (11 subs.)
Mr. IL S. Hunt's Lottery, 2 yrs, 6st (Grimsha 1
Mr. Allison's Layton, 2 yrs, Est 131 b (Little) 2
Baron Rothschild's Bastion, 2 yrs, 7st 21b (Cresswell) 3
The following also ran :—Wedding, Volatore, Etoile du
Nord, Senorita filly, and Tho Dane.
Betting-2 to 1 agst Lottery, 3to 1 agst The Dane, sto
1 each agst Bastion and Wedding. Won by five lengths;
two lengths between the second and third ; Wedding was
well up with Bastion. •
Match, 300, h ft. T.Y.C. (5 fur. 140 yds.)
Mr. F. Robinson's Actmon, Bst 71b (A. Day) 1
Mr. R.` Ten Broeck's Olympias, 7st 71b (Fordham) 2
Betting-2 to lon Action, who won easily by two
lengths.
Selling Handicap Sweepstakes of 15 sovs each, 10 ft. The
winner to be sold for 200 sovs, if demanded, &c. D.M.
(7 fur. 201 yds.) (7 subs.)
Mr. Gibb's Young Hopeful, 4 yrs, 7st 121 b (Plumb) t 1
Mr. La Mert'sMaggie Lauder, 3 yrs, 7st 91b( Clements) t 2
Mr. Payne's Cultivation, 4 yrs, 7st 71b.. (L. Snowden) 3
Chantress, Pyrrhus the Second, and Cheery Chap also
also ran.
Betting-9 to 4 agst Young Hopeful, 4to 1 agst Pyrrhus
the Second, 5 to 1 agst Cultivation, 100 to 15 agst Maggie
Lander. A dead heat. Cultivation beaten about six lengths
from the two.
Deciding Heat.--The betting opened at 5 to 4 on
Young Hopeful, and closed at 5 to 4 on Maggie Lauder.
Won by a length.
• Match, 500, 200 ft. • Last half of Al); M.
Lord Glasgow's Blacksmith, by The Confessor, 3 yrs, Bst
• (Aldcroft)
Sir Joseph Hawley's Musjid, 2 yrs, Bst 71b .... (Wells) 2
Betting-5 to 4on Blacksmith, who won by a neck.
The Nursery weights will be published -on this day
(Wednesday).

ACCEPTANCES FOR LIT
Age st lb
Tournanient.
---Vandermeulin - 8 8
Underhand
Poodle
Commotion.
Mr. Sykes
Borderer
Riscber .
Fadladeen
Blue Jacket
Special License. 4 7 10
All's Lost
Lifeboat,
. 3 7 1
Ancient Brit'on 3 6 12
Herne.
Gleesinger
Rosati
King of Gipsies 5 6 12
• The -weights haTii 1

'ERPOOL AUTUMN CUP.
Age st lb
King of Isles 4 6 12
Supple Jack
Mitraille ~ 4 6 8
Misty Morn
Broadlands
La Maladetta • 3 6 8
Pensioner
Julia
Peeress
Gorsehill
Cawood 3 6 1
Royal Sovereign
Target
Medallion 3 5 5
-Bellona • 3 . 5 2
Physician, by Game-
boy
been raised i2lb.s.

REFORM-MEETING • AT NEWCASTLE.
UP ON:

On Monday evening a crowded public meeting on
the subject of Parliamentary Reform, in connexion
with the Northern Reform Union,* 'was held at the
Lecture Hall; Newcastle-upon-
was called to the chair. Newcastle-upon-Tyne; -M.r. W. Cook
It was announced that letters had been received,
expressing approval of the objects of the Union,
from, among others, the members for the borough,
Mr. leadlam and Mr. Ridley ;. General Thompson,
M.P., Mr. J. Bright, M.P., Mr. W. J. Fox M.P.,
Mr. Herbert Ingram, M.P. Mr. J. Sturge, 'Mr: E.
Miall, Mr. Malcolm Lewin (late Judge of the Suddur
Court, Madras), and Mr. Edward S. Pryce, Secre-
tary of the Guildhall Coffeehouse Reform Com-
mittee.
The following is from the pen of General Thomp-
son, M.P. :
" To the Members of the Northern Reform Union.
" Friends, of all denominations,—ln writing to
you, at the request of some of yourselves, it is not
my intention to go over the sc(veral vestions on
which you have proved yourselves so well able to
examine and to decide, but rather to put together
such points as throw light on the necessity there is
for a united action on your part, in the manner of
those which have been successful in cases it is need-
less to mention. To which may be added notices of
what look like the openings for carrying it forward
with success. And here, at once, 6: broad state-
_

ment of the case is, that what for brevity, though
not, perhaps, with mathematical precision, may be
called the working-classes, have not their fair share
of influence in the composition of the political ma-
chine, nor the influence it would be for the general
interest to give them. And these underground or
overlaid classes, possessing vast numerical strength
and rising fast in knowledge—which is power—are
uphcaving the mould like the biggest born of
earth' at the creation, and sho*ingimmistakeable
signs that statesmen and politicians, if such there be
must, before long, consent to take them into the ac-
count. And here I advise you to firmly penetrate
yourselves with the weak point of the fallacy under
which multitudes of well-meaning men act against
your leading object. They say, it is important that
there should be security for wealth ; that wealth
should have its enjoyment, andas the means to that,
its influence ; that knowledge, too, as gained in the
higher walks of study, and in the opportunity for
actual political exercise, should have its sway. All
this they say, and truly. It is quite true that the
rich man should have the benefit of his riches in
the market, and that the wise man who, in some
way or other, has come by the knowledge of the
means of honourably creating wealth for himselfor
others, should have the benefit of his superiority.
So long as they use their money innocently it is all
well ; but nobody upon this has made the discovery
that to give them their due advantages iii the mar-
ket it was necessary to keep the poor men out. It
has always been held enough, if the rich man had
the advantage of his riches, and the poor were pro-
tected in their poverty. Yet this is the mistake
which has been made in respect of the suffrage.
The rich man has numberless and blameless ways of
influencing the votes of others, by his example, and
by his power of spreading his opinions. The poor
man has only his one ewe lamb—of saying yes or
no at an election. There is no justice, no truth, in
saying, if you give votes to the poor man, you take
away the power of protecting themselves from the
rich. There will always be only too much reason to
fear that the rich will find the means of employing
their influence and vvealth to ill purpose. There may
be limits to the parallel ; but I maintain and stoutly
defend, that there is, and always has been, a huge
and monstrous fallacy abroad upon this very point
of the limitation of the suffrage. There is no similar
limitation thought of when men are wanted for the
militia, nor when they are to be taxed at 10 or 11
times the rate of the richer classes by a crafty ap-
plication of what is called indirect taxation. 'these
things want looking into both ways, and the rich
ought especially to look into them, for it is likely
there is a per tentage of them voting against the
extension of the suffrage, when •it is possible that
such an extension would add three to their own
supporters where it would only add two to their
rivals. It is a pity to see men losing by thinking
themselves too knowing. On that interesting point,
thq right of sending sealed letters to the Post-office
--I beg pardon, I meant to the ballot-box—you have
an equally good case before you. When the upper
ten thousand vote at the Royal Society, or at courts
martial, they take special care that their vote shall
be by ballot. Among other graces and ornaments
of life, they are well aware of the importance of that
which consists in taking care of themselves ; and
when pressed for further reason, they say, distinctly,
like sensible men as they are, that they do so be-
cause it is for the public good that they should do
it. The officer at a 'court-martial resigns himself
to giving his vote without declaring, it to the pub-
lic, simply from the necessity of sacrificing for the
public good, and not at all because he knows it
would be convenient for him to be out of the way
of the vengeanco of the powerful, or the insulting
temptations of the affluent. And the Government,
where concerned, agrees, upon the plain dictate of
common sense, that man will not give his vote the
better for being bullied into it, nor for being bribed.
But when the question 'is of an honest and poor
man's vote, the rule as it stands says to him open-
mouthed—you shall not vote without the chance of
somebody's having driven you to it by oppression,
or tempted you to it by lucre of gain; and for this
last we are particularly tender, for What could be
so contrary to the objects of government as to allow
a rich rogue to pay his money, -without the- chance
of verifying whether the poor one had earned his
pay P And here, upon this question of the ballot,
there is a practical misunderstanding abroad, not
altogether unlike what was in the case of ,the suf-
frage. Rich men say to themsslves, " What would
become of us all if we had the ballot P" Whereas
the fact is, that if some of them were to be worse,
some would be better when the accounts were cast
up. If A and B are two rich men, rivals at an elec-
tion, and half of A's men would go over to B
if there was the ballot, and two-thirds of B's
men would go over to A, there is no doubt that
one or other of them would be the better for
the ballot. But, they will say, some good-for-
nothing democrat will step in and oust us both.
It has not been found to be so where there was
opportunity for the experiment. Rich and selfish
men sometimes ow rs'aoot their mark in their spe-
culations on the question. And now to apply the
reasons wby an infusion of new blood is specially

wanted for the constitution. After the Roman
Empire had gone a certain length, • new men made
their appearance from the forests-of Germany and
elsewhere—ceir ancestors ; and though the world's
wisdom theretofore had kept them down as of small
knowledge and little account in the transactions of
mankind, they brought with them new and im-
proved ideas of both particular and international
law, of portions of which we are still in possession
of the benefit. A move, internal, of the ,Same na-
ture, is wanted now. The angels that have been
bound in the great river Euphrates, or wherever
the place may be, want-letting loose, that the
world may have cognisance of then-quality. There
will be-better stuff in them than in some of the old.
Nobody who looks abroad upon the earth can fail
to see that there is something going on like a re-
ceding of the tide of civilisation, which a no's, im-
pulse is wanted to restore. • In all directions the
brutal part of man-has been taking the ascendant.
National affairs are conducted on principles of
avowed and unblushing felony. We are the work-
ing slaves of all manner of filihusters, and of high-
waymen not likely to be hanged. The old prin-
ciples of international law and honesty are set at
nought; and parliaments are dissolved for resisting
gross and unmistakeable larceny, which is only not
petty because the agents are strong. An empire
has just been thrown away, through inability to
keep a compact with enlisted soldiers, and the
sire to massacre an army on the pet ground of an-
cient persecutors long since in their own place, for
refusing to take " swine's flesh" into their mouths.
In the course of this, depths of disgrace have been
enacted, such as the old universe never dreamt of,
and nothing but the new could have co-existed
withal. All evil things fancy they have .hea4d
a call to general resurrection ; as was the 'West-
minster boy's inscription on a monument, they
should "be still if they're wise." The slave
trade is upon us again, alive and hearty. A
man stood up the other day in 'one of our great
commercial towns, and boasted that he always
thought slavery a good thing. The wonder is that
he did not declare for cannibalism! Chambers of
commerce petition Parliament to buy up the stock
of decayed buccaneers ; and literary societies turn
out to do them honour, and ask the roasters of
Arabs to meet. Free trade will have to be fought
over again: at all events protection is up and doing,
even in the colonies which complained so loudly
when they lay under the rod. International law is
laughed at ; line-of-battle ships are the only eoun-
sellers ; and those who ought to know better are
too much tarred with the same brush to interfere.
In the church is a schism for going back to all
which the public, who gave the revenues, had aban-
doned._ home, events, the extent to which the
brutal element has gained ground is visible, parti-
cularly in the murders of young women by what
are called their followers. The principle instilled
among our youth is that for everything that goes-
wrong, a discharge of gunpowder is the cure ; it is
only the public practice translated into private life.
Your soldiers break open houses in the streets ; as
why should they not, when this was what they en-
listed to do ? All these point to the fact that we
want new blood among us ; and knowing where it
is, we shall hardly fail to get it. On one point be
of good cheer. You are in the same position for
success that others have been before you. As then,
there is disunion among your opponents. Men are
with yoU whom you do not think of, and will not
show themselves till the time comes. It was ever
so. In the meanwhile, go on. With earnest wishes
for your progress, I remain yours, very sincerely;
T. PERRONET TIIOI4PSON.
The CIIAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings,
said,—lt is pretty well understood that we are to
have a Reform Bill shortly, and that n Reform Bill
will be introduced under the auspices of the present
Government. That I believe is admitted on all
hands. We have-therefore deemed it necessary to
convene this meeting, in order that you might ex-
press your opinion as to what we complain of under
the existing state of things, and of the remedies that
we should suggest in the forthcoming Reform Bill.
I shall, gentlemen, as briefly as possible, eiumerate
for the benefit of Lord Derby and his Government
the complaints that we have of the existing state of
things. In the first place, we assume that the po-
pulation of the United Kingdom amounts to about
thirty millions of human beings, and out of this
population not more than 800,000 persons are en-
trusted with the electoral franchise. The other part
of the population we conceive to be unjustly treated,
inasmuch as they are treated as aliens in the land
of their nativity, and might as well be denizens of
New Zealand as natives of England. We contend
that thopresent qualifications of voters are entirely
erroneous, ignoring as they do the citizen entirely,
and vesting the- franchise either in material wealth
or in position. The £5O tenants at will, the £lO
copyholders, the 40s. freeholders, the .£lO a-year
rent payers, and the members of universities—these
are all the respective qualifications necessary to
enable the limited number of persons to vote who
aro now entrusted with the elective franchise.
Now, in order to remedy such a state of things, and
in order that a correct principle may be established
for the guidance of those who are entrusted with
the drawing out of the forthcoming Reform Bill,
we suggest—nay, we insist—that any Reform Bill
that would be acceptable to the people of Northum-
berland and Durham must embody the whole adult
male population. We of course except the recipients
of the poor rates, inasmuch as they have ceased to
be useful members of society ; and we also except
the criminal population, as they are at war with all
government whatever. I trust that we have ren-
dered ourselves sufficiently clear to my Lord Derby,
and that he will understand us perfectly that no
measure short of that will give satisfaction to the
people of Newcastle. (Applause.) Gentlemen, I be-
lieve I may say in addition, that en extension of the
franchise to the point which I have named would
be injurious to the.people instead of advantageous,
unless that concession was associated with the bal-
lot. We therefore firmly, but respectfully, insist
upon Lord,Derby giving us the ballot along with
increased suffrage. Now, gentlemen, it is quite pos-
sible that my Lord Derby and his Government
may make the concessions'l have named; indeed, I
observe from a paragraph in to-night's Times, se-
lected from some remarks by an intimate relative of
a subordinate of the present Government, that we
were to have a Reform Bill that must necessarily
give satisfaction to the people; that the peasantry
were about to be enfranchised, and that it was their
duty to see that the peasant part of the population
wasinstructed ; but I have a strong apprehension
that there will be some trickery had recourse to in
order that they may neutralise their just conces-
sions to the demands of the people. I would say
to Lord Derby, and to those associated with him,
musththisatlowrdeship,s ,1e
ry p
have trickery.enxoressiv
e; (Applause). To use
but not very elegant
phrase, which he applied to the reformers of the
last Reform Bill, " We must have no thimble-rig-
ging
in this affair." (Applause.) In order that I
may be perfectly understood, I will first illustrate
from the existing state of things the* checks which
the Whigs established when the Reform Bill
was instituted in. 1833. I will just take two of the
counties. For instance, I will just take the West
Riding of Yorkshire. It comprises, I believe, a popu-
lation:of nearly one and a half millions, at all events,
more than a million and a half of that population
are entrusted with the elective franchise. Let us
see how the West Riding, with the vast population
distinguished for industry and enterprise, is check-
mated by the small county of Rutland. Rutland has
a population of somewhere about 23,000, only
1,650 votes are registered. You see in a division in
the House of Commons the two members for Rut-
land neutralise and checkmate the two members for
the West Riding of Yorkshire. Let us look again
at the boroughs of Manchester, Liverpool, and Glas-
gow. These boroughs contain in the aggregate a po-
pulation of somewhere about 1,100,000 souls. But
of that number between 50,000 and 60,000 are en-
trusted with the electoral franchise. Mark the way
how these boroughs, distinguished by their enter-
prise, are checkmated by three boroughs contempt•
able in all those things that the other boroughs are
celebrated for. I will take the boroughs of Wells,
Knaresborough, and Harwich. Each of these send
two representatives:to Parliament. Their aggregate
population does not amount to above 15,000 or

16,000 souls ; and the 926 electors 'checkmate
.Man-
chester, Liverpool, and Glasgow. You see in a
division the West Riding of Yorkshire is check-
mated by the small county of Rutland. Glasgow is
checkmated by Knaresborough, Manchester by
Harwich, Liverpool by Wells. Now, we must have
none of these checkmatings in the newßeform Bill.
We must have members apportioned to the popula-
tion, because it will be a barren achievement, even
if we had universal suffrage to-morrow, unless, there
is a fair apportionment of the population. I hope
my Lord Derby and his Government will prove
true to themselves. In conclusion the speaker ex-
pressed his confidence in the present Government,
'elieving, as he did, that more concessions had been
made under the auspices of the Tory Governments
of the last 30 years than had been made by the
Whigs.
Mr. TAYLOR moved the first resolution That
in the opinion of this meeting, the present restricted
franchise deprives a large number of our fellow_

Mr. SOUTHERN seconded the amendment, and for
which on its being put, only three hands were held
up. In favour of the original resolution a perfect
forest of hands appeared.
Mr. STAMFIELI) moved—" That, in the opinion
of this meeting, the work in which the Northern
Reform Union is now engaged is calculated to ex-
tend the political education of the people, and to
strengthen the hands of the reform party in and
out of Parliament in their efforts to obtain from
the Government a thorough measure of reform, and
is, therefore, deserving of the active support and
encouragement of all earnest reformers."
Mr. LARKIN seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously.
A vote of thanks having been given to the chair-
man, the meeting separated.

The gold lately despatched on account of the
Turkish loan was X 300,000. A fresh shipment of £150,000
will be made at the end of the week, to be followed byvanother
of like amoxiit, which will complete the total at present
contemplated.
RAPID STEAMING TO ALEXANDRIA.—We have
been shown a letter from Captain Down, who took out the
Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Malta, from
this port to Alexandria, with the Indian mail, on the 20th
ult., and has made the quickest passage on record. The
letter is dated Alexandria, October 6, and says :—‘,
arrived here this morning, at eight o'clock, after a glorious
run of ten days sixteen hours from Southampton., including
all stoppages, which were twenty-thmo hours. Nothint,
surpasses thus
yet—not even the Writ! This morning, ti;,
daylight, we saw the Indus ahead, and We anchored here
just one hour after her. She left Southampton on the 90tr
People here are in a small state of excitement at having the.
two mails from England in at once. Such a thing has never
occurred before." The distance from Southampton to Alex-
andria is 2,951 miles, and it will be seen that, after deduc-
tlihaenAilalita.
ing twenty hours for stoppages, made the run in
nine days and seventeen hours.--
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