Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-21

attended with great cost. A foundation for
the stone walls has to be dug down into
the ground covered with water, and the
masonry must be both massive and strong,
to withstand the continual dashing of the
waves. With thisunclassical description of
q dock, proceed to- describe the docks OF
Liverpool.
is claimed for these docks that they are
the largest and best in the world. Be this
as it may, I can only say that they ex-
tend on both sides of the Mersey, and are
under the same management, and together
form the port of Liverpool. The extent OF
these docks on the Liverpool side of the river
is nearly six and half miles. The extent
on the Birkenhead side is not so great, but
how much less I could not learn. The wa
ter area of the Liverpool docks is three hun
dred and thirty-three and one half acres. l
tried, in vain, to ascertain the cost of con-
structing these docks. This, Isuppose, could
be ascertained, only approximately. and al
ter a long imespentin patient investiga
This will be admitted when it is learned
that the construction of these docks has
been the work not of year, but OF a series
of years. Some idea, however, of their cost
may be formed from the fact that the in
come of these docks is more than five mil
lions of dollars, and the outstanding debt
more than eighty millions of dollars.
Taken as whole Liverpool is grand
city. It is built on slope, or series of slopes
gradually rising from the river. The public
buildings of Liverpool are equal, in fact, l
think they are superior to those Of London.
There is a freshness about both the public
and private buildings of Liverpool which is
not seen in those of London. Liverpool re-
sembles Richmond, Virginia, or perhaps 1
would speak more correctly by saying
4L,4 ;ob rocaro h1o6 TiunrpOO1 Tho
resemblance is not seen in everything, but
in some it is striking. Both cities are sit
uated on series of slopes, extending from
rivers, and many of the houses have a strik-
ing resemblance.
When I began this letter, did not in
tend saying so much about Liverpool. 1t
is said, however, and let it 60. When l
left London determined to write no more
until set sail for home. 1t was my pur-
pose to while away the hours on the Allan
tic in writing an account of the great politit-
ical meeting in London on the 21st. 1t is
raining tonight and I cannot get out, and
besides the thought that tomorrow, at ten
o'clock, the City Of Rome, with me on board
will steam out of the port Of Liverpool for
New York, has completely added my brain:
Tired feet are rested and sleep has fled
away. Rather than lie down to roll and
IOSS anu lllllk dUOuU ululllludC VI
until reach the verge Of insanity, will
write up the. London political meeting to-
night.
TO begin, may say it was the grandest
gathering ever witnessed. The lowest es-
Innate Of the number of individuals who
Joined in the procession was seven hun
dred thousand, and by some the number
was claimed to be fully one million. The
spectators were certainly equal in number
to those in the procession. Such being the
case, and taking the lowest estimate of those
in the procession, one million four hundred
thousand were in some way connected with
the London political meeting of Monday,
the 21st instant Such an assembly of men
it would be impossible to collect in any city
except London. In London, this political
demonstration was styled "The Great Re-
form Demonstration.
A foreigner, that is, an individual who is
not a citizen of the British Isles, is ready
to ask what was the cause of this vast as
semblage. To this question it may be re-
piled that the working men of London and
adjacent country, turned out in mass to eX-
press publicly and in united capacity, their
disapproval Of the course pursued by the
House of Lords in rejecting a certain Bill
proposed by the House of Commons. The
object designed to be effected by the passage
of this bill, was the extension of the fran
chise to five millions of people, who, at
present, do not enjoy the legal right to vote.
The title of the Bill or Act Gt is called both)
is "Extension of the Household and Lodger
Franchise" The following is the proposed
Bill or Act, without its prOhiDitory and eX-
planitory supplements:
"A uniform household franchise and q uniform
odger franchise at elections. shall be establish
ed in all counties and borOughs throughout the
United Kingdom, and every man possessed of
household qualification, or lodger qualifica-
ton, shall, if these qualifying premises be stu
ate in q county in England or Scotland, be entl-
tied to be registered as a voter, and when regis
tered, to vote ut an election for such county ;
and if the qualifying premises be situate in a
county or borough in Ireland, be entitled to be
registered as a voter, and when registered, to
vote at an election for such county or borough.
When man msefinhabits any dwelling-house
by virtue Of any office, service or employment,
and the dwelling-house is not inhabited by any
other person under whom such man serves in
such office, service or employment, he shall be
deemed, for the purposes of this Act, and of
the Representation of the People Acts, to be an
inhabitant occupier Of such dweling-house as a
tenant"
In order to understand this Act, which
the Lords rejected, it must be remembered
that the laws of England require an indi-
vidual to be possessed of certain amount
property before he is entitled to vote for a
member of Parliament. This is called a
qualification. There are two kinds of quail
ifications One kind applies to the inhabi-
tants of counties-the other kind to the in
habitants of boroughs. There is not uni
formity in the qualifications. More favoris
shown the inhabitants of the boroughs, than
is shown to the inhabitants of the counties.
The inhabitant of borough is entitled to
vote for member of Parliament, provided
he is the occupant ofa dwelling house which
is rated or taxed for the relief of the poor !;
but the inhabitant of a county is not. The
inhabitants of the country, both of the coun-
ties and of the boroughs, demand as a right,
both legal and natural, that the franchise be
extended and that it be uniform.
1t will be seen that the proposed Act was
designed to extend the franchise to house
holders, with certain restrictions. The
House of Lords voted this Act down, and
''The Great Reform Demonstration" as it
was called, in London on the 21st instant,
was designed to sustain Mr.. Gladstone and
the House of Commons, and to show the
peoples disapprobation of the course pur-
sued by the House of Lords.
Meetings of similar character and for a
similar purpose, have been held in various
sections of England, Ireland and Scotland,
and others are announced.
Preparations for the great reform demon
stration had been making for several days.
1t was arranged that those persons who pro-
posed to join in the procession, should rem
devious at the embankment on the Thames,
and at a signal given by the sending up of a
rocket, begin their march to Hyde Park.
At this point all were to be present at half
past five o'clock. This was not accomplish
ed. The greatness of the crowd, as might
be expected, caused its own delay. Soon
after the appointed hour, the larger number
of those in the procession, and vast multi
tIde of snectatOrs. reached HYde Park.