The Sun.
London, England, 1868-12-28 00:00:00

KILMARNOCK ELECTION.

Mr. Chadwick has written with reference to the
election at Kilmarnock, in which ho was the defeated
candidate. Referring to a statement which appeared
in the Pall Mall Gazette, he considers it injurious to
Mr. Mill and himself to have it said that be could
not have had a worse voucher than his certificate
from the ex-member for Westminster. He declares
that he did not go to Kilmarnock with any certifi-
cate at all, and proceeds to say that he was well
received throughout, besides having received applica-
tions from two other places in Scotland and one in Eng-
land, to stand for them. All the committees were sur-
prised at the reversal of the promises made, and the
mistake arose in consequence of the elite of the work-
ing men having been taken for representatives
of the entire body. Mr. Chadwick declares that the
opinion of competent judges is that extension of the
suffrage in small boroughs, without the Ballot, will
only increase corruption and the influence of mere
money power. The adoption of the Ballot would, he
considers, effect a complete change in the electoral
action, and reflect the real opinion of the con-
stituencies.

TIIE RE-ELECTIONS.

There will be a regular batch of re-elections to
take place directly after the meeting of Parliament
on the 29th. Among others the following writs are
to be moved for :—Clare county, on Sir Colman
O'Loghlen's acceptance of office as Judge-Advocate-
General; the Wigton district of burghs, on Mr.
Young's appointment as Solicitor-General for Scot-
land ; the county of Kerry, on the acceptance by
Lord Castlerosse of the post of Vice-Cham-
berlain of the Royal Household; the county
of Kildare, on Lord Otho Fitzgerald becoming
Comptroller of the Household ; the county of
Louth, on the appointment of Mr. C. Fortescue as
Chief Secretary for Ireland ; the borough of Mallow,
on Mr. Sullivan's promotion to the office of Attorney-
General for Ireland; the counties of Clackmannan
and Kinross, on Mr. W. P. Adam's acceptance of a
lordship of the Treasury ; the county of 'Westmeath.
on the nomination or uaptam vreville-Nugent as
Groom-in-waiting to the Queen ; and for the Border
District of burghs, on Mr. G. 0. Trevelyan taking tb
luties of Civil Lord of the Admiralty.
TECHNICAL EDUCATION.

It is proposed next year to hold in London a
Workmen's International Exhibition. The conti-
Aental nations have shewn great interest in the
scheme, and all that is wanted is hearty co-operation
on the part of the working men in the large
towns of England. A requisition seventeen
yards long, and signed by some thousands
of working men, has been presented to
Mr. Gladstone, asking for his name and support foi
the council, which were cheerfully promised. Mr.
Buckmaster, in speaking lately of the advantages
which these exhibitions offer to working men, told
an interesting story of his own labour to make
workbox for his grandmother in the days
of his apprenticeship, and the difficulties he
met with during the three years' toil that
he bestowed upon it. The modern disre-
gard of the apprentice system he thought a
mistake ; it was a valuable and a stern discipline, but
it trained good workmen. The extreme sub-division
of labour is not favourable to the development of an
intellectual race of workmen. A reckless system of
competition and.speculation has done much to destroy
the ambition to produce good work. " Look
at the houses built now and those built two
or three hundred years ago. Look at the tool-
chests of the carpenters and joiners of the age we
call barbarous ; have you anything like them now ? " ,
The object of the proposed exhibition is to revive the
best associations of the past and bring together not
only the work, but the workmen, to cultivate friendly
feelings. All information respecting it is obtainable
at the offices, 160, Strand, London, and there is
every likelihood of its proving a great success.