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returned under * new reform act irbuld . ni ; once proceed to introduce an act for voting by ballot . He was in fa ^ ur of a re-distributiori of seats . Instead however , of giving two members to a town , he would prefer to divide the town into wards , and Jve a member to each ward . Tn large towns gene-Sly one portion was inhabited by the richer class and another by the poorer ; and such a plan a-he had named would be a fairer mode of representation ^ t & fflf i 5 ! S ? W . B * i « hx , referring to the subject of Parliamentary Reform , particularly drew attention to the county constituencies repeating his as to the servile
^ rev ou statements dependence ^ the electors on the landholders . Lord J . Kusscll had skewedTscheme of Reform , he ( Mr . Bright ) fancied , before the last general election . There were men now in the present Cabinet who were not prepared to qo as far on the path of Reform as Lord J . Russell W he would warn those ministers , if any such there were , that if they gave the country a measure short of that scheme , they would cover their Cabinet with a taint which it could never survive . The hon . member in the course of his address said : — Are we in this country difficult to govern ?
Look at the towns and cities ; I undertake to say * that if you call our excellent mayor as a witness , lie will admit that no population that he is aquainted With is more submissive to law and more in favour of public order than that over which he has the happiness and honour at this moment to preside . ( Hear . ) Take all the boroughs and cities of the United Kingdom , and you will find that the chief magistrates would tell you the same tale . The Government of all these towns and all their vast populations are intrusted to the mayor , aldermen , burgessesthe magistrates , the local authorities of the
, pla c e , and they find the Government perfectly easy to manage , and we know what the spread aud sparse and separated population of our rural districts are ; they are docile enough * and do not require great power or great force for their government . Then what has Government to do ? What have the thirteen or fifteen men who scramble , into Cabinets , what have they to do ? What has Parliament to hear ? It has two things to do to satisfy the opinion and wants of the country . One is the dispensation :. of justice impartially at home , and the other is to take such care as may be necessary
according to the circumstances of the period , and any opinion of the country , and to defend the country from any attack from abroad . Cheers . ) This is all the Government is established to do ; and yet our Government , with this docile people , so industrious , so instructed , so moral , and so religious that we undertake to teach Christianity to all the world in this inviolate island , against which no country in the world has ever dared in earnest to lift a finger ( hear , hear ) , this House of Lords , and this second House of Lords that sits in the House of Commons , takes from the industry of the people 7 O , 0 OO , OOOZ . annually , that is 50 s . a-head for every man , woman , and child in the kingdom . I ask , is it should be taken for
necessary that 70 , 000 , OOOZ . Ja-year t he government of this peaceable country , or for its defence against I know not what nations , for I have seen no earnest attempt—there is almost only one recorded in history—to invade or attack this island ? Now , if I did not think a Parliamentary Reform should enforce a greater responsibility in the House of Coinnions and the Cabinet , I would not go across the roail to ask for it ; and if I thought that after a Parliamentary Reform which should give a real hold into the hands of the people upon the national expenditure and tlie national policy , we wore toeontinue mounting up the expenditure from 70 , 000 , 000 / ., as it now is , to some higher but indefinite sum , I would not spend my breath or my labour in asking my countrymen to obtain such a measure ; but I should
ciently with the domestic and social interests of this country , the proper man to do that was Lord John Russell . Although he was not one of those who pinned his faith to everything or to anybody of men , yet he had confidence in Lord John Russell . He thought that during his long life he had done more for the great body of his fellow-countrymen than any other statesman , and it was an earnest of what he would do . The working men put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains , and what was the consequence ? Why , that they had not a fair share in the Government of the country . In conversations he had held with mechanics , they would nut to the blush many of the members of the _ _ _
aristocracy , and he thought it would be for the security of the country that the portals of the constitution should be opened , and a large infusion of these men—especially if they were sober men—admitted . Speaking of retrenchment , he referred to the immense sum of money now raised by taxation , amounting in the aggregate to 75 , 000 , 000 ^ ., and he said he could not help asking himself whether the House of Commons as at present constituted had managed its affairs so well that the country could allow it to remain as it is ; and he had no hesitation in saying that if things went on as at present with so lavish an expenditure , representative Government would be at a discount , becauseas managed at present , it seemed to
, him thattheHouseofCommons was nothing more than a great taxing machine . He occupied neutral ground , for he : was not a peace-at-any-price man , neither was ¦ lie a war man , but he wished particularly to see the navy of this country in that state that we should be able to hold our own . Naturally , from our important commercial associations and our enormous colonies we were entitled to have a great navy , and he ' would say that if we could not have an army and navy for less than , twenty-five millions of money it Was preposterous . They ought to be had for at least eight millions less . Although the French and
Austrian standing armies amounted to something like 400 , 000 men each , yet the government of those countries did not spend nearly so much upon those armies as we did on our small one . He was not one of those who believed there was going to be any French invasion ; still less was he one of those who wished to run into the other extreme , and who , throwing away their locks and bolts , relied upon the disposition of their neighbours . He took the middle course , and believed the present Emperor of the French far too wise a man and too cognisant of his own interests ever to pick a quarrel with this
country . At Bodmin Mr . James Wtld , having been declared duly elected , in returning thanks expressed his surprise at the want of fixed principles on the part of some of the principal electors of Bodmin , who voted on one occasion for a Whig candidate and on another supported a Conservative . There must be political consistency and political principle . The Conservative candidate had stood no chance in the present election , it having been shown that the Liberals comprised two-thirds of the electors , and now , therefore , it would always be said that Bodmin was a Liberal constituency . In the support he should give the Liberal party it would be one vote if
of principle , and when they required a , even it should be a little contrary to the views he entertained , they should have his support . If , however , according to Mr . Dteraeli at the dinner of the Merchant Taylors' Company , the Conservative party were going to advocate progress , then he should become a Conservative ( hear ) ; but if they were to have the ancient Tory doctrine promulgated in the House of Commons , then he should be its opponent ; and also if they offered obstruction to the advance of the Reform party . IIo rejoiced that Lord Eleho failed in his recent motion in endeavouring tg fix the Government to unqualified neutrality . He was very far from being an advocate for war , or for the undue interference of England , but ho thought that the principle of noutralHy might be carried too far . the
England could not abdicate her position among nations of Europe by abstaining ft'om some interference on the continent . It' all kind of interference ceased , then this country would cease'to hold that high position she now enjoyed . Then , with regard to our national defences . He know that there was a party in th , o country who thought that the Parliament who were urging forward , with all speed he hoped , the national defences were doing that which was unnecessary , but those who watched the political horizon knew full well that there wore clouds which might burst at uny moment , not on our island , but on some of our possessions , and that wo ought to bo ready , not fbr aggressive warfare , 'but for defensive wurfuro , and to uphold the honour of our flag .
think it a far wiser course to pack up everything I had and reinoue myself and my family to a country whore the people did ndt' only pretend to be but acutually were in some degree sane . ( Laughter )—On Thursday Mr . Bright made another long speech , in which ho denounced war policy , and reviewed the progress made in England since 1830 , particularising the benefits arising from free trade , the advantages consequent upon the formation of railways , the extension of colonies and the discoveries of gold in Australia and California , nnd beyond all , the abundant blessings which had sprung from the long duration of peace . In this career of progress the aristocracy and Government had certainly permitted the utmost individual and personal freedom , but it was to the industry and intelligence of the people that wo owed the great improvements to which ho had alluded .
At Liakeurd , ! Mr . Beunai , OsnOiiNH , on nomination day made a long epeech upon reform , retrenchment , and the national defences , He said that , with tho alarming state of things on the continent of Europe the country could not have a bettor man to deal with foreign polities than Lord Palmcrston j and if wo were to have a Reform Bill to deal efu-
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MiNievuKiAL Appointment . —The Right 1-ton . William Cowpor has been appointed Vice-President of the Board of Trade , in succession to Mr . James Vilson .
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THE STRIKES . The differences between the masters and journeymen in the building trade have not yet been adjusted , although some concessions have been made by a section of the employers . On Monday , seven 01 eight of the smaller firms took on about , 400 mec unconditionally , and on Thursday the following firms had partially opened to the men withoui calling upon them to sign or agree to the declaration Messrs . Browne and Robinson , of Worship-street Mr . Pritchard , for the purpose of carrying on alter ations at Christ ' s Hospital , . Newgate-street ; Mr Downs , of Union-street , Borough ( for works ai Barikshie ) ; Mr . Myers , Belvedere-road ( machinist ! set partially to work ) , and Mr . Cubitt , of Gray ' s inn-road ( men sent to Windsor and other places ) Messrs . Jackson and Shaw were desirous of sendin { men to their works at Norwood , but were unable t <
obtain them . " At a meeting of the conference of workmen 01 Thursday , it was resolved to send Messrs . Cremer Facy , Brown , and Osborn , as delegates to visit th < principal towns in the kingdom for the purpose o agitating the question , collecting support for th < men locked out , and persuading operatives not t < come up to London to fill their places . On Monday next a dividend will be struck for the support o the 18 , 000 men who are ascertained to be locked out The same amount ' ¦ will be given to all the men whether artisans or labourers .
STUIKE IN THE CII . US TRADE . Disputes about wages have again taken place ic Staffordshire , in consequence of which upwards o 1 , 500 men are now idling about the country . Thii strike has however some features generally absent from movements of the kind , and which it is Iik 2 lj will cause the men to return to their service for at least a time . A number of men were on Friday summoned for leaving their employ without giving due notice , before the Stourbridge . ¦ ' magistrates These men . ivere in the employ of Messrs . Noah Flingley and Sons , chain-makers , Cradley , and the secretary to a cliaininakers' union served them with a notice . The magistrates said they should convict the men , but their attorney said he should ask for s case , aud carry it to the Court of Queen ' s Bench , The magistrates then adjourned the case for a
fortnight . colliers' strike . The colliers employed at the Westminster , Frood , Vron , ¦ Brynm . ally ,. and Brymbo Collieries , are at present out on strike , demanding an advance of 6 d . per day . Whilst the harvest continues the men are not likely to give in , as plenty of work offers itself at 5 s ., Cs ., and 7 s . per day . Employers will for the present be the worse off .
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NAVAL AXD MILITARY . Vice-Admiral Harvey , the Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness , gives a good account of the men-ofwar on that station . On Saturday he inspected the Trafalgar , 91 , Capt . G . Farishawe , the ereyr were beat to quarters and the admiral then rninutely examined the ship . On leaving he expressed himself highly pleased , and complimented Capt . Fanshawc on the appearance of the ship throughout , and also Capt . Dyer , in command of the Royal Marines , and the Marine Artillery , upon their general appearance and soldierlike efficiency . Ho inspected the screw corvette Cossack , Capt . Moorman , the same day , and said that everything was in excellent order , and the ship was in such a state of discipline that she appeared moro like a ship returning from a station than one only six weeks in commission . At Portsmouth somo experimental practice has taken place from tho Stork gunboat on the broadside of the Undaunted , old sailing frigate , which was partially coated with metal of different manufacture . The range was 200 yards , and at , that diatnnce the plates were ineffectual in resisting the shot , some being completely perforated , while others are much Indented and fractured . After the experiments the plating was covered over by a sail to prevent the results being ascertained by any curious spectator . ¦ Experiments havo been made at Chatham in the presence of tho ofllcors of the fioyal Engineers , for the purpose of testing a now diving dress , ( he invention of Mr . Hlnekes . of London . A number of the most experienced divers descended in the dress , all of whom described it as being the best dress of the kind yet made public , as it enables them to see articles in the water at any depth . An assistant of the inventor is stationed at Brompton to flhow tho Sappers and Minors how to use tho invention . The most important French military news of the day is the fbrinialon of a largo camp at and around Lille , under the command of Marshal Niel . It is hard to roconcllo thifl groat fact with tho pacific protestations which have lately been put ° On ' Thursday , the Duke of Somerset and tho full Board of Admiralty inspected Woolwich dockyard , Some experiments wore made with Ward's patent
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 20, 1859, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20081859/page/5/
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