16 FEBRUARY 1867, Page 1

The grand Demonstration of the London Reformers on Monday, the

11th inst., proved a failure. The number of persons who attended was less than 15,000, and they appeared less earnest and, with certain exceptions, less respectable than the 27,000 who attended on the previous occasion. The procession has been described in another place, but we must add here that the mana- gers appear to have lent themselves to one trick which ought to lead to their immediate deposition. The Leaguers were ordered to meet in the Agricultural Hall, Islington, and it was understood that the subject of the evening would be the measure to be pro- posed by Mr. Disraeli, about the same time. A resolution was,

however, drawn up, printed, and circulated before Mr. Disraeli had spoken, declaring his measure unsatisfactory, but leaving a blank for the description of the measure itself. As we have consistently supported the claim of Reformers to hold these mass meetings, perhaps they will attend to us when we say that a trick of this kind is worthy only of the worst kind of Tory, the man whose mind is in tile up before the argument and in defiance of the facts. We are not fond of Mr. Potter, but workmen will do well to entrust the lead in their own movements to men of their own class. 'I hey can organize : Mr. Beales can't.