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‘this, we should like to quote Sir Robert I’eel’s letter
‘making generous amends for uni generous insinuntiuns.
‘To that soon followed Lord John ltussell‘s letter of
July 2, 1846, saying to Cobden that his health, “ in
connection with other circumstances, prevented my
asking your aid [in forming nn Administratioii], nor
liar] I proposed to you to Jbltl the Government could
I have placed'y0u anywhere but in the Cabinet."
Mr. Morley says the “ other circumstances " related
to the subscription for Cobden raised by a grateful
u lic.
CDBDEIIWS PROP!-iIvZ'l'IG WORDS
ABOUT THE FRENCH TREATY.
We all know how much Free Trade between
England and France was fostered by the Commercial
'l‘re.ity Mr. Cobden was mainly instnimental in
negotiating. Writing to that eminent I-‘renchninn,
M. Chevalier, in lS6l, the late Mr. Cohilcn s;iid:-
“I should be delighted to have the opportunity of
passing n few weeks with you. Among other matters
us could talk over the progress of Free Trade in
Frimcc. I confess I am not snti. ‘
-ed that you do not
continue to make further reforms, if only to guard
against reaction in those already made. Time is
passing. It is new four years since we armnged
your tariff. Are you sure that in 1870 you vvill be so
completely under the Free-trade rigiine as to prevent
the Governnientof that day (God knows what it may
be) from going back to Protection after the Anglo-
French Treaty expires?”
We are sure these interesting volurncs nill be
much read in the coming: uintnr, and we may con-
fidently anticipate that the public verdict will ngrree
with the jliilgrnt-nt of an able critic. “mt EFCTI5
thanks are due to Sir Louis lllnllr-t and others of
Cobden’s personal friends, who induced l‘Il'. llloi-ley
to undertake a work which he hits p(!!'fUl'ln!‘(l in rt
manner entitling him to the gratitude of Cobden’s
countrymen.
Taking up Mr. George Bartlett Smith‘: “Life of
John Bright,” we come across is pathetic passage
describing how
,COBDI-ZN PISRSUADEID BRIG!-IT’
to join earnestly in the crusade against the cruel
"Corn Lriws-Lmvs its cruel to the prior of those clays
as Ilie Lttnil Laws of these days are felt to be killing
and dcmoralising to the poor and struggling of these
enlightened times :-
the same time on a unit to some fl‘
in the depih of rncf, I miulit almost say of d(-spuir, for the
' 0 house had been (‘XKllIL'IlIliI(‘Il,
younr wifo.exi-u-pt the
memory of u sitintcd life and of u too brief liniipinmn, win:
of hunger. Now. when the
past. I would advise you to mine with nie,nnd we will never
zest until the Corn Lmwis repealed.‘ "
THE LATE ALEXANDER
MACDONALD, l‘iI.P.
ROW A P008 COLLIER BECAME
. o
The working clnwses have Inst; a good friend in
Alexander Mscllonald. LLP. for Stallord. He died
last Monday afternoon at “Fellhnll, llmniltnn. hlr.
Mucrlonold returned from LBI’llS on the 22riul ult.,
where he had breu on business connected with the
Nation.-ll Miners’ Union, suffering from an attack of
jaundice.
Alexander Macdonald (whose portrait is copied
from the photograph of the London Stereoscopic
Company) was the son of a Scottish minor, who
worked nt New Monklnml, neor Glasgow. He was
born about sixty y('nl'S ago near (jlricknirinnrxn, and
toiled as ll buy in n coal-mint-. Young Mitcdonnld,
with the frugality of his race, saved cnriugh money
from his ill wages to enter, in 1816, as .1 student
in the University of Glasgow. lie aftervmrtls took
an :i<-tire part in foniiiiig the trade organisatiaris,
which have dune rmich, and will do more, to im rove
the positivrn of our mint-rs. lie and Mr. urt,
elt-ctctl to Parliament in I374, were the first working
men mcmbv-rs to cntcr the House of Commons,
vrherrin both have done yeo1niin’s service for their
brethren who tail in coal-pits.
MB. BROAD!-IURS'l"S EULOGY OF
Nlli. MACDOFKALD.
The news of the death of Mr. lllrwrloiinltl was re-
crvived towards thct-lose oftlie Llll(‘l‘.ll “'4vrkin;'.,' Men’:
rnectiiig last Monlbty at I’lyiiirir.tli, WlIi('ll Mr. Broad-
liurat, the labour l‘8[Yl"F3‘Pll([Il.li’0 fur Stokl--mi-'l‘rent,
hall come down to ndrlress. On the nnnminccincnt
being made, Mr. Ilrmidlilirst rose and said: "One
cannot receive such lllll rigs of the departure of :i fi-ii-nil
with whom I have been so intivnatcly working for it
great number of years wilhmit being sonievrhnt
unnerved. My friend Macilonnld was in many
respects as rc-rnnrkable man. From boyliood upward:
he laboured. entirely in the mines, and by his own
THE PENNY ILLUSTRATED PAPER
great abilities he rose to become an educated man,
0 a very considerable extent ever fighting in the
cause of labour, more especially in connection with
the mining industries. Throughout his life he has
ever been at the service of the miners of Great
Britain. Ila won his seat, as you remember, in 1874
in the great Assembly of which every man is pron
to be 9. member. I myself liadtlie satisfaction of
being the cause of his introduction to Stadord, and
took an active part in his return, and I can safely say
tliis-tlint when he succeeded in thatcontest I felt us
proud almost as I did on the day of my own success.
There have been many unkind things said of Mr.
lilncdornild by people who knew little about him. We
are nll our faults and shortcomings and weaknesses,
but I would say, be to his faults 3 mile blind, and to
his virtues very kind. I em sure that 9. meeting of
this sort esrpet-inlly will agree that we have lost a
man of great sterling force of character-n man who
has done good service for his class in particular, and
working: men in general.
lr. llroaxiliur-st spoke with much emotion, and
the meeting separated almost iminediately. passing
resolutions expressing its dee sorrow and regret,
and its sense of the loss the country had sustained.
HARBOUR or WICK.
was uacasr FISHING-
srarxom IN rm; WORLD.
This is so. The universally known member for
the Wick burghs, Mr. John Fender, will bear as out
in this. Wick Harbour has been limned in one of
Mr. Samuel Read‘: finest drawings. A slice only of
this comprehensive view by Mr. Reed is given in
our Illustration of tho “largest fisliing-station in
the world," the publication of which may not be
deemed untimely when E deplorable calamity has
overtaken a. neighbouring fishing community.
At the height of the Herring Fishing Season, no
less‘thzin 8t0 beats a day leave Wick llnrbour in
search of the mast palatable of food for breakfast.
The vocation of the ilshermzui. isementiitlly one of
the night. Ila puts out to seuin the evening, shoots
his nets when such darkness as there is in these
northern latitudes in summer creeps in, and lifts
them shortly after sunrise. The labour and
fatigue of five nights is, however, as ranch as even
the iron frame of these northern fishermen can
endure, for the work goes well into mill-clay. When
a boat roaches the harbour, the herrings which bring
themselves in its meshes have to be displaced, and
this is often ufedious process. One by one the fish
have to he extricatcd, the nets have to be folded in
proper order, where injured they have to be repaired,
and then hung up or stretched upon the beach to dry.
The better the fishing, the longer the men have to
toil before they are free to rest; and it is at best A
lsox-and-Cox sort of retirement, for when they
"turn-in ” their wives and daughters have to be at
the shore to receive the herrings and prepare them
for market. ’lbis is done by A rough-and-re
process of gutting and packing with salt into barrels.
The expedition with which it is accomplished is
marvellous; but we cannot rezommcnd romantic
tourists who love all that pertains to the bi-iny deep
to visit Wick in the height of the herring season. A
more atrocious atmosphere than that in the neigh-
bourhood ol the curing-places cannot be conceived.
And yet we should not speak ill of the romance of
the lace; for, sitting on the noble crags to tliei-igbt
or left of this Day of “icl: on an autumn evening,
and seeing the multitudinous fleet of boats setting
out to .-e:i,is n thin: to be remembered forelife-
time. 'lhe writer once saw lllr0 boats set soil from
Wick Ilnrlmnr, and watched them scatter north and
south outside the buy, where their lights llickcred to
and fro all night like firellies on the helium. That
wiu-1 morethnn twenty years ago, Wlltn this Wick
fishing was at its height. From some inscrutable
cause, the herring: afterwards dispersed themselves
more widely along the coasts, and other stations
sprung up which, relatively to that period, became
more prosperous than “lick, and the numberof boats
mrikiru: this port their headquarters decreased to
about 600 or 900.
WICK imaaouia.
however, deserves to be improved, seeing that Wick
is by far the largest tow.-n in the llighl.-lads north
of lnverncss. This is an improvement the Govern-
ment might well help the Wick liutliorities to effect;
and we have no doubt that-,as Mr. John Peiider.
l.I'., was among: the guests invited la the Earl of
Derby to meet lllr.GI.'idstone at Knows cy last ire:-Jr
the hon. member seized the opportunity to impress
upon the Prime Minister the necessity of (le-
t'('l0[lilIg the resources of Wick in this useful
lHILUlN.'l'. '
THE DISASTER WHICH BEFELL
BERWICK FISHEBMEII
may well be touched upon whilst we are referring to
their northeni brethren, for the cnlainity which has
made many in Berwick home by the sea desolate has
awakened sympathy from John 0’ Grout‘: to Land’:
7
Nov. 5, 1881
End. A few pregnant words will bring the sorrow-
ful nature of this marine catastrophe home to
every one. Mr. David Milne llowe, Convener of
the County of Berwick, thus sums up the and result
of the fatal hurricane of Oct. 14 :-
In the villages of Eyeinoutli. Cove, Coldingbiirn, and
rnmouth. on the Berwickshire coast. thirtymne boats,
representing an aggregate value of at least 5210.000. have
been lost; 167 men have iished, leaving nirlety<one
widows and 302 orphan chil ren, besides, in many cases,
fathers and mothers, or other relatives, who were
de cndent on them for support.
e ham) to receive any subscriptions that may be
sent to me, or e may be forwarded tn any member of
committee, or to t e honorary treasurers, Mr. Andrew
“'hitl.ie. Commercial Bank. Eyemnutli; and Mr. John
Donaldson, Insprctorof Poor, Eyeniou
I am, Sir, your obedient servant.
DAVID llitxs lloini. Convener ofthl
‘ unty of Berlvick.
Milne Graden, Coldstream, N.B.
‘Wallet our provincial readers may prefer to send
their donations direct to the scene of misery in
response to the appeal of Mr. Milne Home, our
many friends in London may like to forvvard their
subscriptions to the Lord Mayor at the Mansion
Ilouse, where u. noble sum is being amassed for the
relief, of the distressed widows and orphans of
ervvicksliire.
321w and dlrimt.
TRIAL OF LEFROY FOR THE
BRIGHTON V RAILWAY MURDER.
PERCY LEFROY MAPLETON
was on Friday morning, Oct. 29, removed from
Lewes Jail to llaidstone, where the nssizes for Kent
and Sussex were opened on Monllny. The prisoner,
in charge of two warders, was well dressed in a pair
of dark trousers, black coat, high hat, and new shots.
He looked pale, hat in remarkably good health.
Lefroy was treated in all respects as an ordinary
prisoner. llis food is supplied by his relatives from
outside hlliizlstone Prison, and he is allowed the use
of newspapers and periodicals. In chapel and in
the exercise-yard be is screened from the other
prisoners, and in every respect he is as kindly
treated as the prison rules permit. Leiroy has
preserved a. calm demeanour, is self-possessed,
and observant. Ila is talkative on all matters except
about his case. la personal appearance he is little
altered since he appeared at the imigisterial examina-
tion in Cuckfield, although, perhaps, a. shade paler
and a trille more sickly-looking. A close observer,
too, may notice that, under all his apparent com-
posure, there is a ceaseless nervous watclifulness of
all that is going on around him. Mr. Clayton, a
cousin, visited Lefroy on Tuesday morning, and
stated that he found him cheerful and well, and that
there was nothing to complain of on the score of
treatment.
CHARGE IN THE CALENDAR.
In the calendar of cases the following lppoius :-"fen-y
Idroy Maiplefon, aged 22, journalist; in.-xtructiori, well;
committing magistrate. J. N. Norman, Esq,’ cuckggid;
date of warrant. July 21; when received into custody,
July 21; olleace as charged in the commitment, wilfully and
0! his malice aforcthuuglit killing and murdering Frederick
Isaac Gold, at Balcombe, on June 21, 1551. Also charged
on the coroner‘: inqnisitinn with the wilful murder of an
Inn] Frederick Isaac Gold."