The Sun.
London, England, 1859-02-07 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 7, 1859.

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CORN EXCHANGE.

Only moderate supplies of wheat were on offer in most of
the country markets held on Saturday. For most kinds
there was a fair inquiry, at full prices. The barley trade
was rather active, and late currencies were well supported.
All other produce changed hands to a fair extent, but no
quotable change took place in prices.
The Continental markets have been without change for
wheat, and the transactions for shipment have not increased.
Spring corn has sold at full prices. In the United States
produce, generally rules steady.
Up to our market last week the arrivals of home-grown
produce were only moderate. The imports from abroad were
5,440 quarters of wheat, 2,410 barley, 8,556 oats, 877 beans,
939 tares, 12,429 linseed, 7,215 rapeseed, 15 mustard seed,
166 sundry seeds, and 2,733 sacks of flour.
Fresh up to-day from Essex and Kent the arrivals of
wheat were on a limited scale, and the receipts from all
other quarters were small. For most kinds we had only a
moderate demand ; nevertheless, the bulk of the supply was
disposed of, at prices equal to Monday last. The general
condition of the samples, arising from the long continuance
of damp weather, was by no means fine.
There was a full average supply of foreign wheat on offer.
Good and fine qualities were disposed of on former terms ;
but low and damp parcels were very dull, and almost
nominal in price.
Floating cargoes of grain were at slow inquiry.
Malting barley was in short supply and steady request,
at full prices, but other qualities were less active, on former
terms.
There was very little inquiry for malt. In prices, how-
ever, no change took place.
For oats the demand was rather flat, yet prices were well
supported.
Both beans and peas were in moderate supply and fair
request, at full quotations.
We have no change to notice in the value of flour.
CURRENCY PER IMPERIAL MEASURE.
Wheat—Essex and Kent, red, new 3ss to 438
Ditto, old
Ditto, white, new 385 50s
Ditto, old
—5 —s
Norfolk and Lincoln, red, old —a —s
Ditto, new 36s 44s
Rye—Old
—s —s
New
Barley—Grinding...., 24s 30s
Malting . 36s 37s
Chevalier 3Bs 438
Malt—Suffolk and Norfolk .. 57s 66s
Brown
Kingston and Ware 6os 66s
Chevalier
Oats—Yorkshire and Lincolits‘h, Feeding 239 26a
Potato 248 29s
Yonghal and Cork, black 2os 23s
Cork, white
Scotch, Feeding 23s 26s
Beans —Tick
Pigeons 4ls 44s
Peas—Grey • 378 40s
Maple lBB 408
White 3Bs 42s
Boilers
Flour—Town-made
Suffolk 3os 32s
Stockton and Norfolk

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET.
The total imports of foreign stock into London last week
were 2,012 head In the corresponding week in 1858 we
received 680; in 1857, 1,257; in 1856, 938; in 1855
789; in 1854, 1,982; in 1853, 2,932; and in 1852'
3,210 head.

IMPORTS INTO LONDON LAST 'WEEK.
From. Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
Rotterdam
Hamburgh l4 .. 369 • . —• .
Harlingen
Ostend — ..
Antwerp oo . •

_
23 ..
42 ..
12 ..

T.tal 486 1,259 267; _
The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as follows :
Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs
[B5B 350 .. 224 .. • • 126 ..
[857 616 .. 352 .. • • 289 • • --
[856 827 .. 23 .. . .. 88 ..
1855 558 .. 107 .. .. 144 ..
!854 644 .. 1,332 .. —.. 275 .. 1
853 555 .. 1,988 .. -- .. 375 .. 21

There was a very moderate supply of each kind of foreign
stock on offer in to-day's market, but its general quality
was tolerably good.

From our own grazing districts, the arrivals of beasts
fresh up this morning were by no means extensive, and
their general quality was only middling. The attendance
of buyers was tolerably good, and all breeds of beasts moved
off steadily, at full quotations. A few very superior Scots
and crosses realised ss, but the general top figure was 4s
10d per 81bs.

From Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and Cambridgeshire, we
received 2,120 Scots, shorthorns, and crosses ; from othor
parts of England, 500 of various breeds ; from Scotland,
300 Scots and crosses ; and from Ireland 31 oxen.

The show of sheep was again very moderate. Long-
woolled qualities were in active request, at an advance in
the quotations of from 2d to 4d per 81bs, all other breeds
were in steady request, and prices had an upward tendency,
several pens of Downs having sold at 5s per 81bs. A few
shorn sheep were disposed of at.Bd per 81bs beneath those
in the wool.

The few calves in the market were disposed of readily, a
Full currencies. The top quotations was 5s 6d per 81bs.
We had a slow sale for pigs, at last weeks' prices.

Per Blbs. to sink the offal.

A. d. a. d.
Crse. &inf. beasts 3 4 3 6
Second qualitydo. 3 8 4 2
Prime large oxen 4 4 4 6
Prime Scots, &c. 4 8 4 10
Crse. & inf. sheep 3 6 3 10
Second quality do. 4 0 4 4
Suckling cab-es, 18s to 21s
17s to 225.

s. d. a. d.
Primeers-wool d 0.4 6 4 8
Prue. S'thdowndo.s 0 5 2
Large erre. calves 3 10 4
Prime small d 0... 4 10 5 6
Large hogs 3 0 3 6
Small porLers . 3 8 4 2
and quarter-old store pigs,

TOTAL SUPPLY. FOREIGN SUPPLY.
Beasts 3,464 Beasts 243
Sheep 16,600 Sheep
Calves 133 Calves BB
Pigs 4OO , Pigs
A statement and comparison of the supplies and prices of
fat stock exhibited and sold in the Great Metropolitan
Cattle Market, on Monday, Feb. 8, 1858, and this day,
Monday, Feb. 7, 1859.

Moore's Irish Melodies. People's Edition. No. I

Longman.
This admirable edition of Moore's beautifu,
Melodies is proceeding with spirit. In this third
part we have ten airs, including the charming love
songs of "When in death," and " While gazing on
the moon's light," and the stirring national airs of
" Let Erin remember the days of old," "Like the
bright lamp," and " By the hope within us spring-
ing," and many others. Indeed, this number is
chiefly patriotic in its strains, and contains some of
his most beautiful and pathetic laments for his
country. The size of the edition is well adapted
for use, and the type and paper are really excellent.

Per 81bs, to sink the offals.
Feb. 8, 1858. Feb. 7, 18.59.
8 d. s. d. s. d. s. d.
Coarse and inferior beasts . •
Second quality ditto 3 8 4 o'3 8 4 2
Ptime large oxen 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 6
Prime Scots, &c. . • • •
Coarse and inferior sheep . . 3 4 3 813 6 310
Second quality ditto . . • .3 10 4 014 0 4 4
Prime coarse-woolled ditto . . 4 2 4 8 4 6 4 8
Prime Southdown ditto . •
Lambs
Large coarse calves . . •
Prime small ditto
Large hogs
Neat small porkers . • •
Beasts
Sheep and lambs . .
Calves
Pigs
SurrmEs ON SALE, Feb. 9, 1857.---Beasts, 3,211;
sheep and lambs, 15,990; calves, 107 ; pigs, 210.
Feb. 11, 1856.—Beasts, 4,153; sheep and lambs, 23,780; 11
calves, 69; pigs, 369.

The Newspaper Press Directory for 1859. Ali

chell.
This useful publication appears in its usual form,
with all necessary revisions and additions for the
current year. It is well known for the correctness
and copiousness of its information, and is likely to
maintain its established reputation.

The Church of England Monthly .Review. Bell
and Daldy.
This magazine fills a void in serial literature. It
has commenced a new series under favourable
auspices, and seems likely to supply a want which
many Churchmen of liberal opinions must have
often felt. It treats the great social questions of
the day in a broad and comprehensive spirit, not
often displayed in professedly religious periodicals.
The first article in the present number displays
this feeling especially, and in its ready sympathy
for the trials of the working classes breathes the
true spirit of Christian charity. Speaking of the
careworn aspect of the toilworn throngs encoun-
tered in Whitechapel or Shoreditch, and the dif-
ferent casts of countenance met with, the writer
says :—" Deal gently with the former class, though
not one in twenty is ever seen within church or chapel.
Leave the sins of the working man to the unerring
judgment of his Father and his God, and think of
the life-long struggle he has to go through. Char-
tist, Socialist though he be, perchance he fights
more bravely with temptation, and deals more
liberally with his fellows than many a sound
churchman clad in broadcloth and fine linen, and
faring sumptuously every day. Look at his over-
wrought frame, his blanched hollow cheek, his
anxious eye, and consider how fearful must be the
temptation to such an one to bathe his feverish
spirit in the Lethe of the gin-shop. Yet day after
day he quietly passes its seductive door, for two
virtues reign supreme within the fustian jackets of
our self-supporting poor • the one is an indomitable
love of independence, the other an attachment to
their wives and children as true and deep as can be
found in any class or clime the wide world over."
There is truth as well as liberality in this teaching,
and it will speak with a new voice to those
who are accustomed to consider that only sectarian
theology is contained in a Church review. Another
instance of the altered tone of the serial may be
found in a second review of Hugh Miller's Testi-
mony of the Rocks, the new proprietors being de-
sirous of rescinding the judgment passed on that
remarkable work by the former critic. An article
on
o f of
if "
England,"Sch Urgesand t gentlemen
rongi y
the in the
s Church
sit
in-
creasing the incomes of curates, it is nece
ex-
pected that ability and energy are to be dis-
played in the ministry. It is justly argued
that it is impossible for a clergyman to devote his
attention to his parish, and, by the aid of study
and reflection, to preach an able and effective
sermon, if he is harassed by constant pecuniary
difficulties, and obliged to teach pupils, or write
for the press, to support his family. This
subject certainly requires attention, and it is surely
possible
to devise some means, whether by the re-
adjustment of the church revenues, or by the
adoption of the voluntary system, to remedy so
great an evil. W e wish the Reriew all success in
its new career; and, without coinciding in all its
opinions, sympathise with the earnest
andinpiornaC weti cordiallycalspil'it which animates it.

MISCELLANEOUS MAGAZINES.
The Eclectic proceeds in its new series with
interest and variety. A wider range of subjects is
included, and km 0 the sectarian character is

visible than in its old form. "'Town and Forest,"
the pleasing story by the able authoress of " Mary
Powell," is continued, and shows us some glimpses
of the scenes among which city missionaries live
and labour. " Bad Weather on the Mountains "is
the title of a paper showing us what hardships and
sufferings men will undergo for the cause of
scientific discovery. Articles on the Rev. Mr.
Stanley's recent work on the Epistles to the
Corinthians, and on the Queen's Government and the
religions of India, are among the most prominent,
though scarcely the most interesting in the num-
ber.—Tait's Edinburgh Magazine opens with three
biographical papers on three very different subjects
—Robert Burns, Wolfgang, Mozart, and William
Beckford. They are the three most attractive articles
in the number. The stories of " Marion" and " The
Bird Catcher" are continued, and there are some
Papers on political topics.—The Scottish Review
upholds the views of the Scottish Temperance
League. Without coinciding in the opinions of
teetotalism, it is impossible to help respecting and
sympathising with the earnest desire expressed for
the elevation of the working classes, and for the
practical philanthropy evidenced. An essay on
" Substitutes for Paper Material" will interest the
curious.—The Welcome Giuest is conducted with
spirit and vivacity. Its tales and essays are above
the average, and its selected poems and paragraphs
are often of a high order.—Newton's London Journal
has an opening paper " On Decennial International
Exhibitions—are they required ?" and answers the
question in the negative. Its list of recent patents
and scientific notices are, as usual, copious.—Le
Follet has its accustomed array of fair ladies and
fine robes, and discusses the millinery prospects of
the coming season with a solemnity befitting their
importance.—Charles Knight's Popular History
of England • has reached its 37th part, and
brings us down to the Accession of Queen
Anne. Its clear and impartial style, and its
happy illustrations of the successive epochs,
both literary and pictorial, combine to raise it to a
high rank among modern popular histories. The
present part is adorned with the portraits of Wal-
pole, Chatham, and Wolfe.—The Dictionary of
Daily Wants, The Dictionary of Useful Knowledge,
and That's It, are three admirable little serials,
issued in monthly parts, conveying various kinds of
information, practical, scientific, and general, in a
clear and concise form, at a very low price. They
are well calculated to assist the diffusion of general
knowledge, and we trust will receive from the pub-
lic that ready appreciation which their merits de-
serve.

Oceola. By Captain Mayne Reid, Author of " The
Rifle Rangers," " The Scalp Hunters," &c.
Hurst and Blackett.
This is a very entertaining work, which can
hardly fail to win approbation. It chiefly relates
to Indian life, and the various details and descrip-
tions are written with great ability. The hero is
a spirited young chief, who endeavours to defend
his people from the aggressions of their spoilers,
and with considerable success for a time. There
are other persons prominently brought forward on
the scene; but the chief interest centres in the
young hero of the forests, whose chivalric character
might have been the boast of any civilised commu-
nity. It is impossible hot to appreciate true cou-
rage and heroic spirit, whether their possessors are
the denizens of fenced cities or the untrammelled
rangers of the vast prairie and the mighty forest.
Although from the treachery of some of their own
people as much as from the dexterity and power of
their enemies, it was impossible for the independent
chiefs of the Seminole nation to conquer at last, their
struggles were not wholly fruitless. They dis-
played, in many a desperate contest, and in many
a skilful skirmish, that force and fearlessness for
which the warriors of the forest have been so sig-
nally renowned. It is very interesting to peruse
the passages in this work which chronicle those
feats of daring which were performed by the brave
band who followed the heroic young chief in his
brief but brilliant cal eel.. George Randolhh, who
tells the story, was settled in the spot that after-
wards became the scene of many strifes, his home
was on the banks of the beautiful Suwanee, in
Florida. He relates many stirring scenes, and
many pleasing passages of his early years, which
were passed before the struggle began. In some of
the events we meet with most vivid description
and exciting adventure, particularly in the record
of the dangerous episode, in which Virginia, the sis-
ter of Randolph, was nearly destroyed by an alliga-
tor. From this fearful fate she was rescued by the
courage and skill of an Indian youth, who was no
other than Occola. It was thus that Randolph
made his acquaintance, and formed a friendship
which was never relinquished till death. The
friends could not often meet, and, indeed, fought
on different sides, but the congeniality of tastes,
the kindred independence of spirit which distin-
guished them, never suffered their regard to be
diminished. For a brief period Randolph was de-
ceived, by treachery, into supposing that Oceola
had proved unworthy of his high regard, but he
soon became convinced of his mistake, and although
this assurance reached him in the hour when he
expected immediate torture and death, it gave him
unqualified delight to find that his hero-ideal
had not been found corrupt and counter-
feit. " Yellow Jake " is one of those fearful
natures who semetimes appear as if to disgrace
humanity by showing to what ends it can be per-
verted. What is told of him is well narrated, and
the awful death he met seems only a just retribu-
tion of his crimes. The sorceress, " Haj-Ewa," is
a striking sketch. She always appears on the
scene in a critical juncture, and her adroitness and
skill are of essential benefit. She never effected a
more signal service than when she rushed on the
wicked " Jake," armed with her deadly serpent.
For depth of interest and vivid narration of drama-
tic events, this work is remarkable. There is variety
in its stirring records, and vigour in its energetic
relations. There seems ever something fresh and
attractive in the " noble race and brave," whose
memory must eternally haunt their usurped hunt-
ing grounds, and deserted streams, and those who
are weary of the oft-recurring tales of home life
will welcome this retrospect of the Indian struggle
carried on in the far-off forests of the New World.

THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS AND THE
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH,

(From the Calcutta Xew Era and Press)
When the first electric telegraphs were success-
fully established in England and America, no man
perhaps then living took so intense an interest in
everything appertaining to the subject as the late
Czar of Russia. Nicholai Pavlovitch—a really
great man spoilt ; spoilt by a fate entirely different
from that which had nursed the youthful days of
all his race before him ; we mean 20 years of a suc-
cess almost unqualified, and therefore of pride un-
chastened by anxiety. 'He had a quick eye for the
advancement of Russia, almost to the last; and to
the very last a zeal and eagerness above suspicion
for all that promised to aid in that advancement.
With the new species of telegraph he was like an
intelligent and impetuous child with a new toy. He
never rested till he had his own private telegraph
room in the Winter Palace ; and when his laborious
day was over--and amost laborious day it was—that
of Frederick 11. of Prussia was not more so—thither
he returned for recreation. We say returned;
because he paid many brief visits to that room of an
official nature at all hours. But when the business
day was fairly done, he was there again from taste
and choice, and often for hours together, nobody
daring to disturb him; sending and receiving in-
stantaneous messages to and from Paris, Berlin,
Vienna, Moscow, and all the other important places
with which he had put that magical chamber into
communication,—alone, if we may say so, with the
ends of the earth.
It was not merely while the newness and the
gloss were on the invention that his interest en-
dured. Nothing could exceed the enthusiagm 4tf
one whose wealth and power commanded its hardest
and most wondrous achievements for his amuse-
ment ; and that amusement but grew by what it
fed upon, and grew into a sort of intelligent mania.
He, it was, we firmly believe, and not the present
monarch, who prepared and even began the re-
placement along the wastes of Siberia of the old
aerial telegraph with its towers and signals,
by the docile and obedient electric flash. As
in India, we had hundreds of miles of the more
easily and rapidly-constructed kind of commu-
nication before we could get as many scores of miles
in railway—so in Russia. It was only in the pre-
sent Emperor's time and about the date when
Sebastopol fell at length in blood and fire beneath
the united blows of France and England, like some
giant demoniac whom the spirit that leaves him
rends as it departs, that the railway from St.
Petersburgh to Moscow was effectually completed :
nor was it till some time later still that it was opened
for the miscellaneous public and the uses of traffic.
But Nicholas, nevertheless, was wont to send queries
or messages to Nloseow, and to get his reply to
them in a couple of minutes without stirring from
St. Petersburgh, from ore palace, from one room,
in it, or even from his &lair. The Russian paper
cigarette, which they always call a papiroos, and
of which the Russian ladies, like the Spanish, con
sume great quantities, is soon smoked out • bui
Nicholas could put a little catechism of acimin;.

The Works of the Rev. Sydney Smith. People's
edition. Parts 1., 11. Longman.
The wit and wisdom of Sydney Smith are uni-
versally recognised. Even the prejudices of party,
and the intolerance of narrow minds have been
forced to acknowledge the kind heart, the genial
sympathy, the shrewd knowledge of human nature,
the keen insight into its weaknesses and foibles,
and the ready perception of its trials and necessi-
ties. Much of this sound sense and true philan-
thropy has hitherto been reserved for a limited
class of readers. His writings were widely scat-
tered, and in their collected form were almost
inaccessible to those of narrow income. Messrs.
Longman, who have recently started so many
admirable editions of standard writers, have
added another to the list of the obliga-
tions of the reading public by issuing the com-
plete works of Sydney Smith in a people's
edition, to be completed in seven monthly parts, at
one shilling. The first two are already issued, and
have doubtless gratified many readers. The articles
on female education, on Methodism, and many other
social subjects, are full of truth and sense. The
essay on Catholics refers to a code of laws now
happily regarded with general indignation. The
paper on Indian missions deserves the attention of
the well-meaning but thoughtless persons who
would rashly attempt the immediate conversion of
an empire. We are glad to see these excellent
essays issued in a form which will facilitate their
ready circulation among a public who cannot fail to
appreciate their sincere piety, straightforward
sense, and thoroughly English style.

strative queries -and cc-1d a list of orders receiving
answer, to the first, and a register of the second,
between his two splendid capitals, before the most
diligent smoker in the lower south gallery of the
Winter Palace could consume one of these little
papiroosses. When he had no business about
which to telegraph, he would still amuse himself
by the oddest conversations with his ambassadors,
in cipher of course—for he was not a man to let the
telegraph officials laugh at him—across many inde-
pendent kingdoms, many a river and mountain, and
many a thousand miles of country. Sometimes the
Russian ambassador at Paris, in the midst of some
entertainment, would receive a sudden summons
that his master was speaking to him from St.
Petersburgh, and flirt, an immediate answer was
required. After I c had notified his attention,
mortal man could not divine the subject which
might not be opened. It would sometimes, for in-
stance, happen that he was called upon to reply to
such an interrogation as the following, to which the
electric telegraph is much too busy to pay any
attention did it not come from the absolute monarch
of ninety millions of courageous and intelligent
subjects :
" Where were you just now ?"
" At dinner, at Monsieur de M.'s."
" Was the dinner good ?"
" Yes."
" Any fresh caviare ?"
" Your Majesty knows that to be impossible."
" What ladies were present P"

" A. B. and the yo•ang C."
" Is the young C. ugly or pretty ?"
" Beautiful."
" Where did she sit P"
" Next Madame, and the servant upset a soup-
plate upon her dress which had cost hcr, I believe,

nearly 2,000 francs."
" How did she look, when this happened ?"
" She looked charming."
fQ Then the soup became her ?"
" Very much. Much more than it became Ma-
dame de T. who had it in her mouth, not on her
lap, and who pulled a face."
" Why ?"
" It was hot."
"Which? the face or the soup P What kind cif
weather have you in Paris this evening?"
" Very warm and showery."
"It freezes here. Good night—go back to
your party. I am going to Berlin to talk to
Kisseleff. By the bye, don t wear your St. Vladi-
mir at Monsieur de M's. He is a good fellow and
must be treated with less ceremony and more cor-
diality."
And then the Emperor would go to his wife's
drawing-room, and tell her perhaps the gossip of
three capitals for that very day and hour. -
But to return. The possession by Russia of the
electric telegraph through part of Siberia, and of
well-organised telegraphic communication through
the whole of it, renders the Russian relations
with China only the more deserving of vigilance
on the part of England. Nor is that telegraph,
we suspect, the only advantage which Russia en-
joys in Siberia, of whose interior state we know in
general as little as we knew of this one slight
circumstance in a huge although comparatively
recent system.

SHOCKING ACCIDENT AT A COLLIERY.—A girl,
about 13 years of age, named Kavanah, residing at Upper
Ballylehane, in this county, met with a most frightful at ei-
dent a few days ago, by accidentally falling into one of Mr.
B. D. Edge's coal pits. It appears that her mother had that
morning proceeded to Carlow for the purpose of transacting
some business ; and, not returning home as early es was ex-
pected, the daughter left her dwelling about ten o'clock at
night to meet her parent. Having walked along the road
for some distance, she went down to what is called the
" ladder pit colliery" to warm herself. When coming away
from the fire, which is immediately at the edge of the pit,
the poor creature stumbled, and fell headlong into the shaft,
to a depth of 25 yards. On being taken up, it was found
that she bad sustained a concussion of the brain, with frac-
ture of the skull. On the following morning she was at-
tended by a medical gentleman, who dressed her Wounds,
and did everything in his power to alleviate her sufferint,s ;
but she now lies in a state of insensibility, little hopes
entertained oiler recovery,---kWun4ri ,117w6 hctttr, being

PARLIAMENTARY REFORM.

MEETING IN THE CITY.

[The following appeared in part of our impression of
Saturday :]—
A public meeting of the electors of the City of
London was held on Saturday, in the Guildhall,
to take into consideration the propriety of a reform
in Parliament.
At half-past one the majority of those present
seemed to belong to the working classes ; and the
assemblage altogether bore a very different appear-
ance to that which usually fills the Guildhall when
subjects of importance are under the consideration
of the citizens of London.
The chair was taken at two o'clock by the Right
Hon. D. 'W. Wire, Lord Mayor.
His LORDSHIP, in opening the business of the
meeting, said he had convened the present meeting
in compliance with a requisition, numerously signed,
in order that the electors of the City might express
their opinions upon a subject which was creating
immense interest in the country—he meant that of
the reform of the representation of the people in
Parliament. He trusted that the order of the
meeting, as arranged by the requisitionists, would
not be disturbed. They had arranged the speakers,
and he trusted that their proceedings Would be con-
ducted with order and regularity. Mr. Ernest
Jones would now submit the first resolution.
Mr. ERNEST JONES said that although London
had been late to move in the cause of parliamentary
reform, he trusted that good would result from the
great gathering which he then had the honour of
addressing. He stood there not to advocate the
opinions of any particular class, but to help on the
great work of reform. (Cheers.) The resolution
he had the honour of submitting to them was to
to the effect that no measure of reform would be
acceptable to all classes without it guaranteed
to all equal justice. (Cheers.) Mr. Bright
had submitted to them a reform bill, and he
had said he was in favour of manhood suffrage, but
notwithstanding that assertion, he thought the bill
hardly went far enough, as according to its provi-
sions nearly four million men would be kept out of
the pale of the constitution. Why was this ?
Were not those four million men as good as
any of these now before him. (Hear, hear,
and cheers.) He (Mr. Jones) did not believe
that manhood suffrage could be fully carried out.
There must be some restrictions necessarily, but he
would not go so far as Mr. Bright, who declared
that the working classes were indolent and de-
praved. (Cheers.) But while he (Mr. Jones) agreed
that a line of demarcation must be drawn some
where, he would not say that the 4,000,000 he pro-
posed to enfranchise were depraved and indolent.
He was not for putting power into the hands
of a mob which would go about from place
to place and turn the elections—(hear, hear)
—but he would give the honest, respectable work-
ing man his vote----a vote he was as much entitled
to as the greatest nobleman in the land. (Cheers.)
He again said the working classes were entitled
to a vote, though the Reform Bill of 1832 excluded
them from it. (Hisses.) But what he advocated
was the enfranchisement of the 4,000,000 of the work-
ing classes. He thought they should be protected
by the ballot. (Cheers.) Mr. Bright believed in
the ballot. He (Mr. Jones) believed in the ballot ;
and the working classes believed in the ballot.
Why, then, should not the working man be pro-
tected by it ? Mr. Bright thought that no measure
of reform would be complete without the ballot was
conceded, and he felt that the meeting agreed with
him that any of the many propositions which did
not contain that protection to the honest voter
ought to be rejected. (Hear, hear, and cheers.)
In some of the manufacturing districts the cottages
were built by the employers, and without the em-
ployed agreed to live in them their labour was re-
fused. Was that a state of things that ought to be
endured? The effect of enfranchising the working
man would be to ennoble his feelings and to make
him feel he had a stake in the peace of the country.
(Cheers.) What he (Mr. Jones) wanted, was to
enfranchise the floating population. (Hear,
hear.) He asked the meeting what opposition
could stand against 4,000,000 enfranchised
working men—(cheers)—and if Mr. Bright did not
choose to endeavour to enfranchise these 4,000,000
he would. (Cheers.) In the event of the working
man getting a vote, he hoped it would be a sub-
stantial thing, not an illusion. (Cheers.) The
panacea for the present evil was manhood suffrage,
but he would guard it with this safeguard, that the
elector applying to be registered should have resided
six or 12 months in one district. (Hear.) Then,
with respect to property qualification, what could
be a more noble qualification than man him-
self ? (Cheers.) No machinery, no ship, no palace,
was a's beautiful as man. He wished particularly
to guard them against accepting any instalments
of reform. Instalments were shams, and if they
were to be content with them he felt confident that
would be the only thing they would ever get.
(Cheers.) Therefore he wanted no instalments.
The working classes were now, after some difficulty,
on the first step of the political ladder; but if they
were satisfied with Mr. Bright's bill, that would
throw them off, and then all the work would
have to be done over again. He for one
would oppose such a sham and single-
handed he would take the field against it. (Cheers.)
He felt sure he could not be accused of cowardice
—(cheers)—and he knew full well the working
classes were no cowards; and if the meeting ap-
proved, they would take the field together against
Mr.
his
Mr. Bright, and bid him stopbill, as
not go far enough, and at the same time tell him
they meant to have reform in earnest. He would now
take the opinion of the meeting with respect to his
view of manhood suffrage, and lie called upon those
in favour of his resolution to hold up their hands
(The whole of those present did so amid loud cheers).
He was sure he should receive such a response as
that, and he felt great pleasure that his lordship
perceived that the meeting was unanimously
in favour of manhood suffrage. (Hear, hear.)
With respect to the agitation about foreign inva-
sion, he looked upon it as pure delusion. He did
not think for a moment that foreign potentates
cared much about invasion. Their chief object ap-
peared to him to be to cut each others' throats.
(Laughter and cheers.) After a few other obser-
vations, Mr. Jones concluded by formally moving
this resolution :—"That no extension of the franchise
can be considered satisfactory that does not secure
a just share of political power to all classes of the
community." (Loud cheers.)
Mr. P. TAYLOR said he felt great pleasure in
seconding the resolution. He was going in a short
time to Newcastle, and it would afford him great
satisfaction to tell the people there of the noble
manner in which London had done its duty.
(Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR then put the resolution to the
meeting, and it was carried amidst loud cheers.
Mr. WHITEHURST, of the Ballot Society,
said he
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Mr. E. JONES telt it an honour to second such a
resolution, and he called up
on the meeting to adopt
it with three cheers. He then put the resolution to the
meeting, and declared it carried, immediately after
which three hearty cheers were given for his lord-
ship.

Inc LORD MAYOR said he thanked them for the
manner in which they had received the resolution.
and having congratulated the meeting for the
attentive and peaceable manner in which the
proceedings had been conducted, concluded by
saying that whenever a requisition was presented
to him for convening a meeting on any constitu-
tional question, he should always have great
plea-
sure in complying with such a request.
Me meeting then broke up. (Climb.)