The Sun.
London, England, 1866-05-07 00:00:00

Mr. Doulton and his Constituents•

The following letter has been addressed 1° tile
chairman of the meeting at Lambeth, wh saber:c;
lution was passed calling upon the lion. iH
Horns
oaan•
resign his seat:— 4.
ins me w'tiCa—resolu
iSir'nesldaaym • " House of Commons, tau/ •
itanitsootlnt hraepencareceipt
ooeaufs
requesting
personally,
esubrlrsi
cmfoai
ae:oietiuyeort:eri
abeegclut:let:rll:o:
adtepaulltattiimonesuip•glienagsumrele to resign my seat. It Will ifs otl riasrai
observe. on the deputation the names of the two sPelsped
who, if the reports iu the journals are correct, 13;v"-_, to
upon me a torrent of personal abuse, I am disincline'sto
permit the repetition of such. insults in my own 11°.°43t.'•ore-
must therefore decline to receive the deputation es 9"tho
sent constituted. I have the less hesitation in refueillono
proffered visit, as, with the exception of yourself tin
other elector, there was no one who took an active3P3rTh°
the proceedings to whom I am indebted for suPP°r;i.:aes:--;
resolution you enclosed is based upon two assuluPl,,,- nt
First, that by voting for Lord Grosvenor's amend-t
abandoned the principles on which I obtained my seL: the
the other, that the meeting at the Horns represeu-ro is
general feeling of my constituents. I deny that the gy
vestige of foundation for either of these assumptions•iatoi
opinions on reform are what they were, and tultil siac°
appeared to be shared by other reformers who bille a and
abandoned the course which I believe to be A 5°11.11,1 their
straightforward one. I feel no inclination to folloWl-000
steps by departing from it either by reason of the Pros and
exercised by her Majesty's Government or the lushaency.
intimidation of a small section of my own constitue' re'
have always attached a high value to the honour 1.1:009,
senting an important borough in the House of C°llltieu
but that value is consistent only with the preserste'j de
one's own self-respect, which I should lose wore ont on
prived of the exercise of my own independent judgcc:r ever
questions submitted to the house. I have inoreavt
been taught that the representatives of Lambeth besvatioe•
charged their duty to their constituents by the preserw, ana
of their own independence and freedom from Parti,tltabeth
it is anew sensation to be held that the member for JAwbip.
is bound to follow the indications of the the Treasury e cost'
to resigning my seat at the requisition of a meethj7s,
and
posed, as is said, of about 100 electors, 500 non-elect°-
large
a band of migratory political malcontents, includirt6f:oirls
proportion of the staff of the Morning Star, Pr°fliati°ll,..
to represent a borough of 27,000 electors, and a P°Pt-y,
of a quarter of a million, may pass for a p1e3582-r-
-will not allow of a moment's serious consideration' coo"
ng tolerably sure of retaining the confidence of 'tlos to
stituents, I see neither rhyme nor reason in etihraitro pre:
so preposterous a request ; but 'if the deputation 3-11
pared to justify their own opinions by backing thetbi ele°-
their money, I am ready, on receipt of a cheque f°r 0p154135
tioneering expenses to which I shall be put rn c,c,) to b°,„:
with their demand (say £4,000, as the contest „nent
sharp one), at once to ask her Majesty's Govern
the stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds.
" Yours faithfully,
" J. Richardson, Esq." <4 FRED.
the
jog the
EMIGRATION FROM LIVERPOOL. --- ,sunder
month of April there sailed from Liverpool passe
e,
66
Act," to the United States, 34 ships, with.l6, were
gers, of whom 352 were cabin, and the rernaindero77
Of the latter, 3,920 were English, 286 Scotc,h, Ole
and 2,834 foreigners. To Canada there were tw:teerel
with 831 passengers, 40 of whom were cabin ; thetiod
passengers comprised-316 English, 178 Irish', .055e13'
foreigners. To Nova Scotia, one ship, with 244 'ec°tcl3'
gers (one cabin), of whom 165 were Englisb, asgl3-
680 P, 400
and 57 Irish. To Victoria, two ships, cot
gers (6 cabin), of whom 242 were English, 21
Irish, and 16 foreigners—mating a total of 39 Ships Of
18,452 passengers, of whom 399 were cab ill" teb, 9,91 s
steerage, the total English were 4,643, 351 ce°l.o 80'13
Irish, and 3,147 foreigners. In short shiKercithorta, 1 eehroi:
to the United States with 735 passengers; oseng
21
17 passengers ; South America, 4 ships, 88 P
Lva
West Indies, 3 ships, 21 passengers ; Afrietwra g il6e
passengers ; to':al, 17 ships, 883
passengers,
n rncrEtnr,
total for the month of 19,335, which wows Beerage 1_
over April, 1865, of 7,535. The demand fors _.ceot co.o
grant accommodation is so great that the died to rit
panies engaged in the trade have been compel'
extra steamers.