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Some years ago the small statesikk. ;
Young England 'sclic.)ol Isere terribly scandal/4a bki
a piece of advice from Sir Robert Peel, who recom-
mended them, instead of indulging in a political
fantasy, to go and serve on railway committees, as
a course far more likely to benefit both themselves
Lud theii• coutitTy. Against this practical and
commonplace suggestion they indignantly rebelled,
and yet it would have been better, after all, if
they had taken the hint, for the Young England
doctrines survive now only in certain agreeable
novels, whereas the public interests have been
affected to an incalculable extent by the railway
legislation of- 1:545. Mr. Bright, no doubt, would
be dreadfully shocked if anybody were to compare
him with those young gentlemen who held that
Britain was to be regenerated by mediaeval manners
and white waistcoats, but. his polities are as unprac-
tical as theirs,though not as ridiculous.• .1
-le per-
sists iu striving after one object, and one only.
To be sure, it ,is a r.4ighty one, and would, if •
attained, embrace, perhaps, most other objects pre-
sent to his imagination. Preeisely in the same
way would the philosopher's stone, if discovered,
have dispensed with all other methods of money-
making, and the elixir like have superseded all
other medicaments of physicians. Unfortunately,
these marvellous inventions could never be per-
fected, and men at, last learnt the wisdom of work-
ing for practical purposes with ordinary means,
instead of consuming their talents and opportunities
in pursuit of some phantom of power.
We remarked the other day that if some Re-
former of eminence—Mr. Bright, for instance—
would but give his energies a practical direction by
elucidating the mysteries of our naval expenditure,
an immense public benefit would be the result. If
£0,000,000 could be knocked off from dockyard
charges, and one-fifth part of the saving invested
in a good reserve df seamen, would not such a
success be infinitely gratifying to the country and
honourableolougltso,
cteorttahily
the statesman achieving it ? We
but so commonplace a job is
far below Mr. Bright's idea of political occupa-
tion. He will look at nothing short of a grand
Parliamentary Reform Bill conceived upon his own.
principles. That is the talisman which will eradi-
cate all abuses, rectify all errors, and establish ex-
cellence in all departments of the Administration.
Once get that, and everything else will follow.
There is the object which statesmen and patriots
should keep incessantly before them, without allow-
ing their thoughts to be diverted by small details
of public business. To this we must needs reply,
that it is exceedingly doubtful whether the talis-
man in question would work these wonders even if
it could be acquired, and perfectly certain that if ,
Mr. Bright waits till he acquires it he will never
do his countrymen any service at all;
Takehis own view of the matter, as delivered. on
Thursday at Huddersfield. He is free to confess
that the course we suggested in.the administration
of the Navy " would be a great deal better than the
course now taken," and he evidently does not 'think
that we have exaggerated the dimensions of the
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was denounced, and which he characterises. as a
speech of " great ability, and, what is of. far more
importance, let me tell you, also a speech of great
accuracy and great honesty." That is to say, he
really believes that five millions or so of the public
money might' be soon saved in this branch of
expenditure, and such 'a prospect we should
imagine, would be considerable enough to engage
the attention of the most exalted politician. But
what does he reply to our suggestion that he should
take this practicable piece of business in hand
and turn it out handsomely finished ? He tells
us that, es the House of Commons is now con-
stituted, it is perfectly useless for him or any
one else to attempt such a task, and that we
know it to be so: He says that opposite to him
in that house there sits a phalanx of Tory
members, who gain so much from the public
taxes that they will never vote for the diminu-
tion of their own patrimony by making those
taxes less ; and that until we come to the point
that Parliament shall not be the instrument of a
class, but a fair representation of the people,
there is no remedy for the grievance of which. we
COM plain."
Now, to this piece of extravagance and exaggera-
tion we might easily reply by denying its assertions
point after point. It is not true that half the House
of Commons gains by the taxation of the country.
It is not true that the House, as now constituted, is
disposed to encourage dockyard expenditure, for
there is no subject which is more earnestly handled,
and Lord Clarence Paget probably owes his place in
the Ministry to the popularity of his onslaught on
the estimates. It is not in the smallest degree
probable that Mr. Bright, if he took up this subject,
would meet with the rebuffs which he professes to
anticipate; on the contrary, if he could show how
the navy might be made more effective at a less cost,
lie might reckon on cordial support and approba-
tion from all parties in the House. But, passing
over these points, is it within the bounds of proba-
bility, or is it even compatible with our knowledge
of mankind, that such an event as a'Parliament
after Mr. Bright's heart should ever be realised ?
It is easy to discern what he wants from this very
speech; indeed, we must do him the justice to say
that his views are never disguised from the public,
though we doubt if he feels their full import hini-
self. He desires that " the people should govern,
instead of a class." But what is a people except an
aggregate of classes? If a Reform Bill could be
carried without compromise on Mr. Bright's prin-
ciples, the country would be then most undoubtedly
governed by a class—that is to say, the class of
working men, whose votes would outnumber and
outweigh all others. Whether the results of such a
government would quite accord with Mr, Bright's
expectations is another matter, but that it would be
government by a class cannot be doubted. It is amus-
ing to see in the speech before us how candidly or how
insensibly this eloquent orator discloses his ideal of a
House of Commons. He knows what his own opi-
nions are, and what he would like to see done. He
beholds around him a respectable and tolerably

funnels on the same principle. It is almost
needless to say that the only one which now
remains thus fitted will be instantly altered, the
casing removed, and everything restored to the
ordinary arrangements of the Cunard and Collins
line of packets. The pity of the matter is, that
just at a moment when the vessel had shown the
greatness of its success an unfortunate casualty
should have occurred, which for a time may shake
the confidence of some in a work which, from its
magnitude of conception and* completeness of de-
tails, was regarded as a national triumph, and one
of which the country was most justly proud. The
Great Eastern, in spite of all that has happened,
still remains the finest vessel that was ever built,
and one over which, notwithstanding all that bas
been predicted to the contrary, the sea seems to
exercise no influence. I brought the narrative of
her voyage down to her anchoring at the Nore on
Thursday night. During the passage down the
river only the speed had been ascertained, and this
was shown in a way which, when her trim was
taken into consideration, must have surpassed the
most sanguine expectations. But as the night fell
on Thursday, after anchoring at the Nore, there
seemed a fair chance of seeing next day how she
would comport herself in asmartsea down Channel.
The glass fell as the wind and sea rose. The scud be-
gan to fly across the moon, a misty sleet drizzled at
intervals, and the tightened shrouds began to hum
with a sharp noise, as if the very rigging was waken-
ing up for a conflict with the elements. Gradually
the sky grew overcast, not with clouds, butia uni-
form thick tint, as if sea, sky, and air were painted
a dull slate colour. Taken in the aggregate, there
were the premonitory symptoms of a " dirty night"
in the Channel, and there was reasonable expecta-
tion of a still " dirtier" day. The dawn disappointed
no one who wished to know how the Great Eastern
would behave in a seaway. The anchor was got up,
and the run down Channel commenced, the Girdler
Salads being passed soon after 10. The breeze kept
freshening, till it amounted at times to a gale, and
the old music among the shrouds and rigging be-
came louder and louder. Margate and Ramsgate
and the North and South Forelands were pasSed in
that hazy watery scud. when the sea and sky are
so mingled together that it is hard to tell where
the spray ends and the clouds begin. In the Downs
the wind freshened considerably, coming dead
a-head, and for the first time a fair comparison of
the Great Eastern with other ships could be made at
sea. A heavy swell was running, and large vessels
were lying•to under close-reefed topsails, pitching
deeply to the sea, and sending the spray in clouds
from their bows. At this time the Great Eastern was
as motionless as a rock. Now and then heavy rollers
passed her, but their size and action could only be
known by observing their effects on other ships. A
number of the passengers went forward to the ex-
treme end of the bows, and remained watching the
stern of the vessel by comparing it with the line of
the horizon to detect a movement. Only by such a
rigid test as this could it be discerned that the Great
Eastern was moving gently now and then, scarcely
more than a foot along her entire length, as the
waves rushed under her. Off Dover a sharp quick
steamer, very much resembling the handsome boats
of the Dover packet service, came out to see the " big
ship pass." Quickly as she went, and with the advan-
tage of a long stretch down from land, she made no
sign of coming up with the Great Eastern ; on the
contrary, as it opened towards the swell she pitched
and flew about like a cork, taking in green seas
over her bows, and making such bad weather of it
that after a half-hour's waiting race, she seemed
glad to go round on the other tack and run in for
Dover. Shortly before this, Lord Alfred Paget's
yacht Resolute, which, in spite of the weather, had
held her course alongside in a way that well became
her name, was obliged to part company and bear
up for Margate in the best way she could. It was
calculated that the surface of the Great Eastern
opposed to the wild was equal to an adverse pres-
sure of upwards of 1,200 tons, and made a differ-
ence of between three and three-and-a-half knots
an hour in her speed. Yet, with her paddles only
going six or seven revolutions, and her screw from
25 to 30 (which was exactly what is called half-
speed), the mean average of her pace gate more
than 12 knots an hour. After passing Dover the
weather began to clear, and the afternoon became
so fine that some of the passengers, as I have al-
ready said, were tempted up from dinner to look at
the coast near Hastings. Off this town the acci-
dent took place, an accident which all must deplore,
and not the less so as being likely, for a short time,
to make people distrust what, in fact, will prove
the safest vessel in the world. The accident was a
very bad one ; but it should no more affect the
sound principle on which the Great Eastern has
been constructed than if a tipsy pilot was to run
her ashore. It was only off Beachy Head, when
the tiller-ropes broke, and the vessel, left to itself,
began to move to the swell, that those on board be-
came for the first time aware that she was really
moving like another ship. The motion, however,
was slight, and of course stopped the instant chains
were rove through the tiller and the steering re-
sumed. No arrangements are yet made for the de-
parture of the vessel on her trial trip, but there is
no doubt that it must be postponed for many days
later than was originally intended.
The following are the names of those killed and

numerous, assemblage of listeners, many of whoia
share his views, while all for the moment are pleased
with his address. •Trom this position he takes a
tremendous jump to the conclusion that, except
for some " 400 great, families,'' every creature in
the country would think and wish just as he and
his audience were thinking and wishing at that
moment. "Those things are not done,' says he,
" which you, the liberal people of Huddersfieldand
England wish your Government to do." "I ask
you," he continues, " who are a fair representation
of the people of the West Riding of Yorkshire,, as
the West Riding is a fair representation of the in-
telligence, virtue,, and greatness of •the people of
England," and so forth. Here, in the plainest form,
is Mr. Bright's ideal Parliament—constituencies
all Huddersfields,(representatives all,Brights—that
being the consummation which would clearly re-
lease England frem'the government of a class.
It is really surprising, notwithstanding the self-
delusions to which earnest theorists are always ex-
posed, that so clever a man as, Mr. Bright should
not discover that while he appears to be contending
for the commonwealth against a class, he is actu-
ally only contending for his own class against all
others. It is not in the.nature of things or of men
that the ideal unanimity which he has conceived in
his imagination should ever exist. Opinions will
always differ ; society will always crystallise into
classes, and the wisest men with the firmest con-
victions must be prepared to see ,ollies occasionally
get the better of them, if they mean to accomplish
any practical good in this world. No doubt, Mr.
Bright is sincere, and the people of Huddersfield
are intelligent, but intelligence and sincerity are to
be found in other places also, and, what is more,
under other forms of expression. The people of this
country, though they may be animated, under
strong impulses and with certain high objects, by'a
single spirit, will never think so exactly alike as to
furnish Mr. Bright, under any system of voting,
with his perfect House of Commons. He would
always encounter, in some shape or other, the
a stolid phalanx" of an Opposition—perhaps a more
troublesome one than de finds The
edivision
and conflict of parties are at le as America, under a Republic and thasei violent
ballot,
are here. These thing are, in reality, plain
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to be truisms, and our moral that B
Mr. h
better give his countrymen the benefit of his abi-
lities in' the sphere which he finds than consume
his energies in the vain endeavour to create a new
one for himself.—Tinfes.

injured :
Mr. William Briscoe, engineer; slightly injured.
John Boyd, fireman ; dead.
Michael M'llroy, fireman. ' • dead.
Michael Mahon, fireman; dead.
Edward Patrick Gorman, trimmer ; jumped over-
board to escape-the steam, and lost.
William Tait, trimmer ; expected to recover.
John Yoxon, trimmer ; expected to recover.
Richard Edwards, fireman; dangerously burnt
and scalded.
Robert Adams, fireman ; ditto.
William Sparks, fireman ; ditto.
Walter Woodward, fireman ; ditto.

WEYMOUTH, SEPT. 11.

Of the unfortunate men injured by the explosion,
William Sparks, John Yoxon, and William Tait
were removed to Portland Hospital this morning,
and are progressing favourably.
_ _

Robert Adams and Richard Edwards remain on
board in a very precarious condition.
The bodies have been removed on shore, and the
inquest will take place to-morrow.
In connexion with the killed and the surviving
sufferers we subjoin the following official statement
from the dirctors and medical gentlemen, drawn up
yesterday, soon after the Great Eastern reached
Portland Harbour :

" Great Eastern Steamship,
" Portland Harbour, Sept. 10, 1859.
" Yesterday, at six p.m., an accident occurred on
board the Great Eastern. The feedwater casing of
the foremost chimney collapsed, owing to some
neglect. Several stokers are seriously scalded;
three since dead. 'No passengers injured. The
ship and machinery are uninjured except main cabin
fittings, which are damaged. The working of the
engines continued, and the ship proceeded uninter-
ruptedly on her voyage to Portland.
"J. SCOTT RUSSELL, J. E. M'CONNELL,
R. P. BRETON,
BRERETON,
F. P. SMITH,
W. SMITH,
W. WOLLASTON BLAKE."

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