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had universal suffrage in France and ^ America . Was France free ? They had there a military despotism , ^ France was in a state of slavery such us had never been exhibited in any nation in the world , n the- same Stoof civilisatibn . In America , the electoral system vL notoriously corrupt , and'with immense possessions the spirit of aggrandisement prevailed ; above all Saverv ^ tlMit blot on humanity-existed . He did . not « , v that universal suffrage was the cause of all these fvifc but that this and the ballot ,, as was shown in France and America , were no guarantees of good government Payment of members would make a seat jn the House of Commons desirable for other reasons than the
dc « ire to do one ' s duty . How long would a House of Pnmmons elected on universal suffrage act in unanimity with the House of Lords ? ( A voice : " We don ' t want no House of Lairds . " ) That was exactly what he anticipated : and , having got rid of one of their great fundamental institutions , would they next depose the Queen ? He ventured to say that the cry would be with the salaried candidates for membership— " We don ' want no monarchy . " (" No , no . " ) In conclusion , Mr . Horsmnnsaid it had been the fashion to call the non-electors slaves . That was absurd . The mere change from a 101 . to a 9 / . house could not constitute a man a slave , nor a change the other way make him a free man .
Mr . Bright . —A journal enjoying the lion , geiit . ' s confidence has the following announcement : — " The Reform meeting to be held , at Bradford , on Monday , promises to be of more than usual significance . Mr . Bright intends to avail himself of the occasion to explain how far he proposes to extend the disfranchise-, ment of small boroughs , and in . what manner he would distribute the members or seats obtained from the operation of the schedule A hi his Bill ; to give to the public , in fact , those details of his measure which have not been explained in his former speeches . The report of the Bradford meeting will put the country in possession of the most important portion of the Bill which Mr . Bright has been engaged in preparing ; The meeting will be attended by great numbers . of the friends of Reform from all the towns of the West Riding .
Mr . John Abel Smith , M . P . —At Cluchester , on tbe 7 th , this gentleman addressed his constituents . After some remarks on the war with Russia and the India Bill , he referred to the Reform question , lie denied that it would be an organic change to have a large extension of ( he suffrage ; that it would be an organic change to take the members from those places which in the course of time had become reduced in importance and population , and give them to those places where trade and commerce had drawn together large numbers of people . He was in favour , of a very large extension of the suffrage , he was in favour of vote by ballot ; but if , when they talked of a more equal appointment of members to he did not
population , they meant electoral districts , agree with them , because he did not believe that such an apportionment would be acceptable to the mass of the people of England , and he considered that old arraugements and old associations possessed great importance . With regard to the present Government , he could not , forget the great obligations which the country owed them , he should look at measures and not men ( cheers ) , and if Lord Derby ' s Government proposed a Reform Bill which he believed to be honestly framed for the purpose of introducing those changes and thoso alterations which time had rendered desirable and necessary , be should give them his support .
vourable opportunity is now afforded for the correction of these anomalies . Moreover , I have always been of opinion that the voter should be protected in the conscientiousexercise of hia suffrage . While , however , I am a parliamentary reformer to tills extent , I may say that I shall not be found to support any extreme and hazardous change in the machinery of our representative system , which in . its present form has been productive of so much beneficial legislation , and I believe moved quite as fast in the , path of progress as public opinion would permit . Moreover , the contrast exhibited during the same period by other countries in which fundamental institutional changes have been attempted with results fatal to all liberty , does not encourage us to risk a continuance of the blessings we have been all along enjoying by any rash experiments .
The Right Hon . W- E . Gladstone .- ^ We believe that the speculations of a contemporary , of Mr . Glad ^ stone ' s remaining for any length of time in the Ionian Islands , are entirely unfounded . Sir John Young ' s tenure of power there will almost , immediately terminate , and pending the short interval between his departure and the arrival of a successor , Mr . Gladstone will , in a few days , receive the authority requisite for conducting the administration . But the right hon . gentleman will , we learn , be in London in ample time to participate in the leading events of the session . —& aify News . Meeting of Parliament . — At a Privy Council at Windsor on Tuesday , it was ordered that Parliament should assemble oh Thursday , February 3 rd , for the despatch Of business , and a proclamation to that effect was accordingly published in the J ^ otidon Gazette .
Chklsea . — An important meeting was held on Monday night , intended to promote the claims of that metropolitan locality to distinct representation in the House of Commons . Mr . W .: T . M'Cullagh presided . Chelsea , has a population of between 60 , 000 and 70 , 000 ; the ratable value of the parish is more than 200 , 000 / . ; and it has over 8000 houses . But according to the resolutions that were passed the people of Chelsea would be content with one representative , and the argument in favour of such a constituency having its own member , was ably put by the chairman . The meeting resolved to address the Parliament in support of their views , andalso to communicate with Lord Palmerstonj Lord John Russell , Mr . Bright , and the members for Middlesex .
Provincial Movements . —A great- meeting in favour of Parliamentary Reform was held at Carlisle on the 7 th inst . The Mayor presided ; and the principal speakers were Mr . Sutton and Mr- Wilks . The meeting declared itself for a ratepaying suffrage and 'the vote by ballot . A vote of thanks to Mr . Bright was adopted . —Large meetings have been held during the present week in Newcastte-on-Tyne , Lincoln , Newtonheath , and other places . In all these towns an enthusiastic support was accorded to Mr . Bright .. —The Sheffield Town Council have adopted a petition in favour of a rating suffrage , vote by ballot , and the other points . — The next election for Banbury promises , unless the Liberal candidates can come to an arrangement , to place that borough in the bands of the Conservatives .
Mk . MREiiu , M . P . i—At a public meeting at Coloraine this gentleman said that the question of Parliamentary Reform had been deterred on the ground that Lord Duiby would , next session , introduce a Reform Bill of his own . It was satisfactory to know that the Prime Minister of a Conservative Government was pledged to the country to introduce Reform , for in 1880 the Duke of Wellington , at the head of a Conservative Government , declared the constitution of England to bo so perfect ; it was impossible to improve it . Lord John Russell had ' beoa a journeyman in such matters for some years . Ho had put before the country two or three Reform Bills which had never been debated , and they might oxpeot that ho ( Lord John Russell ) would come forward
if Lord Derby failed . Ho wna glad to find Mr . Bright coming forward to demand a comprohonsivo measure of Reform , so that , when carried , the House of Commons wpuld represent tbe people . Having expressed himsolf strongly in favour of the Ballot and reform of the electoral divisions , ho urged the importance and justice of * measure of tenant right , and enlleU upon the peopJo to petition in favour of it , and to re-establish the Ulster tenant right society . Mu . Soropjbi , M . P . —The hon . gentleman lias issued an address to tho constituonqy of Stroud . in whioU bo
says ho does not avail himself of this opportunity of addressing the electors bocauso in " tho present misty and uncertain state of the political ntmosphoro bo has nothing dofinito or positive to state to thorn , " On tbe ouWectof Reform , Mr . Scropo says : " WHh regard to Koform there are certainly many poraona at present not possessed of the parliamentary franchise , who from their lntolUgonoo and education may bo safely and advantngoquHly entrusted " with it . It is also undeniable that some localities possess move , some loss , than their just proportion of tho entire representation . I think a fa-
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table from a furniture-broker ' s in Whitechapel-road . The salesman had placed the article in her way , and then set himself in ambush to watch the result , which came up tp his expectations . The magistrate severely rebuked this person for his conduct in so tempting the prisoner , and merely sentenced her to two days' imprisonment . In the Court of Divorce on Saturday , tbe judges for the first time sat to hear appeals . The first heard was that of Mr . Curti ? , the engineer , whose wife had obtained
a judicial separation , on the ground of cruelty . Mr . Curtis set up the plea that be was insane at the time the alleged acts of cruelty took place . Lord Campbell confirmed the decree for separation , in which decision he was supported by the other judges . —In the notorious case of Evans v . Evans and Robinson , application was made by Mr . Evans that the " decree for the dissolution of his marriage should be issued , and that Mr . Robinson should be required to pay the whole of the costs . The Court complied with both these applications .
The Newcastle sessions terminated last week , the number of prisoners having been more than usually large . " With regard to the Recorder , " says the local Chronicle , " the difference in his court appears to have terminated . The members of the bar attended as usual , and the ordinary harmony and good feeling appeared to prevail . " The Master of the Rolls on Wednesday gave judgment on an application for a new trial in the suit the
" Swinfen v , Swinfen . " The whole case turned upon question whether , at the time he made the will , old Mr . Swinfen was in a fit state of mind . The jury who tried the case found a verdict for the defendant , Mrs . Swinfen . His honour said that upon a careful consideration of the whole . of the circumstances of the case he had come to the conclusion that the jury were right in finding that Mr . Swinfen was in a fit state of mind , and in returning a verdict for the defendant , and therefore he refused the application of the plaintiff for a new
GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . In tho Queen ' s Bench Mr . Bovill , on the part of Mr . Ingram , has moved to enlarge tho time in which to move for a new trial in the cause * ' Scully v . Ingram , " but the Courf refused the application . In tho Court of Exchequer an application was made in the compensation case against tho Great Northern Railway , arising out of the accident at Culton . The jury , after being locked up , were discharged , and it was now urged that there had been some irregularity in making up tho jury lists , which was attributable to the negligence of the attorneys . The Court granted a rule to show cause why tho attorneys should not pay the costs of the trial .
Tho rulo for a new trial in the Marcbmont enso baa beon refused at tho Court of Divorce . , Tho court , however , may yet bnvo to deal with the casts in another way . At tho Guildhall , Georgo Gibson has been again examined on tbo charge of having been concerned in tho notorious Stamford-hill robbery , several years ago . Evidence was brought forward with a view to show that ho was identical with a man named Elliot who bad been sentenced to transportation for ton years , and recently liberated . Ho was again remanded . Esther Grigga was placed at the bar of Marylobono
police-court , before Mr . Bronghton , on tho remanded charge of throwing hor infant out of window last week . An attempt was- made to show that tbo woman was under tho infiuonco of drink when sbo committed tbe aot ; hor own allegation being that it was from terror , ono of tho other children having called out " fire " in its sloop . Tho Infant now lios in tho workhouse , suffering from concussion of tho brain and a fractured skull , and tho magistrate hns ngnjn . remnmlod tho prisoner for a week , as tho child is not yet out of dangor . A wretched woman , whoso looks endorsed tho ploa of starvation she urged in defence , was charged before Mr . Yardley , at tho Thames pollco * court , with stealing a
trial . A charge of perjury has been brought by Mr . Isaac Barratt , furniture dealer , at Woolwich , against Mr . Murrell , of Walbrook , auctioneer , and Captain Thomas Nutting , ' of Peckham-rye . The charge , irises out of an action for assault tried in the Court of Queen ' s Bench last month . A portion of the evidence for the prosecution was taken , but there being many witnesses to examine an adjournment till Tuesday next was ordered . The young woman , Ann Collyer , who has undergone several " examinations at Wandsworth police-court , on the charge of setting fire to her master ' s house at West-hill , a fortnight ago , when it was burned to the ground , has been committed , by Mr . Ingham , for trial at the Central Criminal Court .
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CRIMINAL RECORD . On Monda }' , an attempt was made to blow up the house of Mr . Poole , butcher , in the Wicker , Sheffield , a pro-I ceeding by which the lives of eight persons were jeopar ^ I dised . James Linley ( brother-in-law to Mr . Poole ) lived in the house with his family . About seven o ' clock , while the inmates were still in bed , a loud report was heard , and the house was shaken in a most violent manner . A large can , filled with gunpowder , had been lowered into tho collar , where it exploded ; from the circumstance of tho cellar door being left open the explosion found vent , and not one of the inmates was injured . Linley is a saw grinder , and it appears , that the I attempt to blow up tho house has been resorted to for I the purpose of intimidating him into joining the saw' grinder ' s union . Little more than a year ago he was I fired at with n pistol through the window . The police have at length traced tbe friends of tho unfortunate young woman wbo was found dead in apond in Epping Forest , with her infant child , on the 5 th ult ., but there still hangs over the case tbe presumption that both tho deceased wore murdered . The unfortunate young woman appears tp have been tho stepdaughter of Robert Oswell , tho keeper of the Enfiold-iock , on tho River Loa . Her name was Emma Morgan , and her ago twenty-two , She was in domestic service at Tottenham , but left hor place in July , being then pregnant . She was confined at tho workhouse , which sbo left on tbo 20 th August , Hor proceedings since tha , t time are not distinctly known . A terrible murder has boon committed in Dublin . Black , a journoymnn paintor , sooms to have stabbed his wife , a handsomo youne woman , in a nocturnal quarrel , and bold hor in bod until she bled to death . Ho . absconded , but has sinco given himsolf up , and been committcil to gaol . On Saturday the convict Wbitwortb , who murdorod his sweetheart , a domestic servant , Buffered tho extreme ponalty of tho law at York . The criminal ia said to lmyo died repentant . A young girl / under sixteen yoors of ago , named Emma Copplns , was barbarously murdered in the street nt Quoonsborough on Tuesday night . The assassin is Frederick Prontie , a brloklayor ' s labourer , whoso addrossos the girl bad refused ; and in oonsoquonoo ho sooms to have waylaid bor and out hor throat with « razor . Tbo murderer has boon approhonded ,
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 15, 1859, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15011859/page/5/
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