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      Hants (South)-— Sir. Comptoa Retires ; L...

      heard tha sentiments of Sir James Duke , Baron Rothschild , Mr . Raikea . Guarrie , and Mr . Crawford , the rneetiug considered them ejninently calculated to represent the City of London , and accordingly tendered them their support . Mr . Strode seconded the amendment , which , upon a show of hands , was declared to be carried . Upon being proposed as a substantive motion , Mr . Gedge moved the following amendment :- — " That whilst this meeting deplore * and deprecates the policy pursued by the Eight Hon .. Lord John Russell , one of the members for the City , npon the Russian war and the Canton hostilities , yet , having regard to the great services rendered by the noble lord to the country , particularly

      to his . statesmanlike , patriotic , and enlightened career far so long and trying a period upon the great and vital questions of reform , retrenchment , free trade , and civil and religious liberty , and also considering the great talents and prominent position of the-noble lord , and the political opinions and intentions so plainly put forward in his address to the . electors upon , most of these questions , the meeting is of opinion that the noble lord should not be displaced from ' Ills distinguished connexion during sixteen years in the City of London , as representative in Parliament . " —Mr . Sparkes seconded the amendment , which having been negatived , the resolution -was carried , and a vote of thanks to the chairman closed the proceedings .

      Lord John Russell addressed a large meeting of his supporters on Thursday afternoon at the London Tavern ; Mr . Hankey in the chair . His lordship , on rising , was received with loud applause . He commenced by appealing against the proceedings of the association " pretending to represent the electors of the City of London , " which he accused of unfairness iai attempting to exclude htm from the representation . He proceeded : — " Let me say—as 1 complain , of being unfairly treated— -that , if a . gentleman was disposed to part with his butler , his eoachman , or his gamekeeper , ox if a merchant was disposed , to part with an old servant , he would have said to him , ' John ( roars of laughter ) , it is true that you have served me well ( cheers and laughter ) , but I think

      that your faculties are somewhat ' decayed . You are growing old , and have made several mistakes ; and I tuinlt of putting a young man from Northampton , whom you know I have sent for , into your place . ' ( Laughter . ) [ His Lordship alluded to Mr . Ranees' Currie . ] 1 think a gentleman would . have behaved in that way to his servant , arid thereby have given John '( laughter ) an opportunity of saying why he thought his faculties were dot so much decayed , and that perhaps he was able to go on for some five or six years longer . ( Cheers . ") Gentlemen , that opportunity was not given to me ; the question was decided in my absence , without any appeal or invitation to me ; and I come to you now to ask you and the electors of the City of London to reverse

      that decision . " ( Cheers . ) Loid John then briefly reviewed the measures he had contributed to pass in the interests of liberty and progress . He appealed to his support of the Budget against Mr . Disraeli and Mr . Gladstone as a proof that he had no factious feeling against Government . Mr . Locke King ' s motion was defeated by the opposition of Government , combined with that of Mr . Disraeli , Mr . Walpole , Sir John Pakington , Mr . Gladstone , and Mr . Sidney Herbert . " Now , gentlemen , do I say that this waa ' a disgraceful coalition . ' ( Cheers . ) Do I say that it was ' an infamous combination '—that it was even ' a fortuitous concourse of atoms ? ' ( Laughter and cheers . ) Far from it . " Equally ho denied that there was any

      combination in the vote of the majority on the China question . He then made a singular admission : — " Gentlemen , there have been many questions in my long political life in which I have voted cither to keep Government in oflice or to support nvy party where my opinion did not exactly coincide with what . was proposed ; but I thought hero wns a question of such grave importance , and touching so deeply the interests of tliia country and mankind , that I had no other course than to give my vote according to my opinions . " With respect to the future , he said : — " It appears to me that there arc three questions put before the country . The first question is , whether Lord Palmerston ' s Government should bo

      supported , or whether it should be replaced by any other Government . Upon that question , I givo you my opinion that 1 think Lord Palmerston ' s Government ought to bo supported , and that having to choose betweon Lord Pftlmerston , as the head of the Liboral party , and Lord Derby , as the head of the Conservative party ., 1 ahould think it my duty to support the Government of Lord Palmorston . ( Cheers . ) But thimj is a second question , namely , whether Lord Pahnerston should he supported irrespective of any opinions ho may profess or any measures lie may think proper to iutroduce . ( Hear , hear . ) To thut question I ahould give as decided a ' No . ' ( Cheers . ) Xow , there is a third question , and I think it it > thu most

      inipoctiuit of all , namely—putting usido both the first aud second questions as relating to persons and ministers—whother the groat Liberal party , the great llcform party of the City of London , and of the towns and counties throughout the country , ahould hold fast by their Reform principles , or whether they should abandon them . ( Chews . ) 1 hold that there would w > nothing ao dangeroua to that great party us , to

      drop any of the principles upon which it has risen .. ; ( Cheers . ) If you have what is called a Liberal party , which is not the advocate of any liberal measures , which makes uo progress , which is not faithful to the cause of civil and religious liberty , you may be sure that the downfal of that Liberal party is at land . " Having expressed a hope that Baron Lionel de Rothschild would be again returned , LordJohu Russell spoke in favour of retrenchment of tha expenditure . He believed that the estimates of the present year exceed by five millions those of 1853 . He thought the G-overnnient ought in the course of the present year to prepare for such reductions as will enable them to make the income balance the expenditure , and if possible to lighten taxation . After expressing his willingness ; to-extend-the suffrage , and alluding to the church-rate question , he exhorted the country to return men who are pledged to the cause of progress . * ' That progress should envbrace an amelioration of the condition of the people , carefully considered , an increase of the popular franchise , and an increase of the popular power , but at the same time accompanied with the increase and diffusion of education . I look to the diffusion of education as the security for our institutions , in the same way that the best and ablest men of the United States look to the diffusion of education as the best security for the peace and order of their community . Gentlemen , if these opinions are approved by you , I hope to have your support at the forthcoming election . But , dearly as I prize your approbation , dearly as I value the honour of being returned for this city in Parliament , I will not purchase the prize by forfeiting the approbation of my conscience . " ( Loud cheers . )—A motion , pledging the meeting to support Lord John Russell was then unanimously carried , and the meeting separated . Sir Charles Napier addressed the electors of South- ' wark on " Wednesday evening ; Major Heed those of Finsbury ; and Mr . Roupell those of Lambeth ( on Liberal principles ) . Mr . Ewart appeared before the Liberals of Liverpool on Tuesday . Mr . Layard and Sir Richard Bethell met the electors of Aylesbury on Wednesday . On Monday evening , Sir James Graham addressed a crowded meeting of his constituents at Carlisle , to whom he denied that he had entered into any coalition . He also accused Lord Palmerston of being an enemy of all reform , and added that , as lie did not feel confidence in him , he would not give a pledge to vote to that effect . Resolutions expressing confidence in all these candidateswere carried at-the respective meetinga-- ; . Mr . Cobden addressed a meeting at Salford en Tuesday , when he informed the electors that he thought it better to decline their request to come forward , as he had received an invitation for Hudderslicld . A resolution was passed expressing regret . General Wyndham . met the electors of East Norfolk on Tuesday , when a resolution approving of him as a candidate was unanimously carried .

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      Ireland. Mr. Sarrru O'Brien On Public Af...

      IRELAND . Mr . Sarrru O'Brien on Public Affairs . —A long address to the people of Ireland has beon issued by Mr . Smith O ' Brien , who accuses the British nation of smuggling opium into China , and of enforcing that trade , illegal though it is , by means of an infamous massacre of men , women , and children . He still thinks that Irishmen shoiild abstain from intermixing in all British parties ; and , after recapitulating the old grievances of Ireland , observes that , under a good domestic government , such as that of " revolutionized Belgium , " two millions of Irishmen who have perished or disappeared from the soil might have been saved . The former adherents of Repeal have been bought off br inferior posts under Government , but seats in the cabinet arc still denied to Irishmen . Hay , even in Ireland itself , almost every administrative situation of importance in engrossed by the Anglo-Saxon . —Such i » tho . sum of Mr . O'Brien ' a complaints . Giucat Storm . —A . storm of wind , of unusual violence , passed over the cast coast of Ireland on Friday week , Saturday , and Sunday , causing a great destruction of shipping and other property . AbSAvnrzxLi a Jvnaiz . —While Mr . Justice Hall was leaving court at the Cork Assizes a few evenings ago , a young man , who was standing amongst the crowd assembled upon tho court-houses steps , riling ji atone of considerable size at him as ho was entering his carriage . Tho stone Kinuaho . d one of the windows of tins vehicle , but did not injure tlio Judge , who immediately took hia seat in tho carriage , ami drove homo Lo his lodgings as if nothing had occurred . Tho culprit waa arrested on the snot . CfiAiitMAiN'siirp of Kir-ar-AiNirAM , —Tho Dublin papers announce the dcnt . Ii , on Wednesday morning , of Mr . IT . Kcmmis , Q . C ., who for several years has iillocl the onicc of Chairman at Kihmainham . Tha deceased was called to the bar in Kaator Torn ) , 17 ! Jo , and must have been considerably more than eighty yeara old . The chairmanship in worth 1 , 200 / a year .

      Ame1uca. Hit. Buchanan Lia» Arrived At W...

      AME 1 UCA . Hit . Buchanan lia » arrived at Washington , which city wm extremely crowded at the laM duteu . Moasrs . ( Jilbert , MaUheaon , and Edwanla , members

      of the House of Representatives , who were convicted of corruption by the Investigating Committee , have resigned their seats . With respect -to Mr . Welch , of Connecticut , the evidence has been declared insufficient . A Mr . Triplett , as well aa Ml-. Simonton , haa been excluded " from the reporters' seats . The bill reported by the Investigating Committee tot protect the people against corrupt and secret influences in matters of legislation has been passed , almost with ., out debate , by a vote of 104 to 83 . Immediately afterwards , however , a motion to reconsider was made , and adopted by 56 to 128 ; and the bill was then laid on . the table . Formal charges of incompetency and improper conduct in . the Burdell murder investigation have been , preferred against Coroner Connery ; and his dismissal ia considered probable . From . St . Domingo , there is news that Santana haa been exiled . General Comonfort , President of the Mexican Republic , has sold ( according to a communication from that state published in the French Monitevir de la Flottey a tract of laud ia the Isthmus of Tehuahtepec to aa American company , who arc to have the right of cutting a canal to unite the Atlantic and the Pacilic . The intention is said to be to join the livers Huascualco and . Chimalapilla by a canal which will be about thirty-five miles long , and which will thus connect the two oceans . Competent judges assert that the scheme is the most practical aud least expensive yet suggested .

      The Chinese And Persian Wars. The Contem...

      THE CHINESE AND PERSIAN WARS . The contemplated meeting at the Freemasons' Hall , to consider the policy of the Chinese and Persian wars , took place on Monday evening , when the great room was crowded . It was not until some time after the hour appointed fur commencing ( seven o ' clock ) that auy of the speakers appeared on the platform ; but Mr . Layard and Mr . Cobden having at length arrived , Mr . William Simpson ( in the temporary absence of Mr . Roebuck , who afterwards came in , aud presided ) took , the chair , aud the proceedings commenced . Mr . Layard was the first speaker . He disavowed being a '" peace-at-any-price" man . He had always upheld the war with Jlussia . ( Here ikere were hisses , and cheers . ) He had upheld it because he thought it right ; but at any rate it was a struggle -with a great and strong power , and did not massacre defenceless people , or destroy defenceless cities . It should to remembered that at this moment those who-were in power were trading upon this question . He inew men who both in and out of Parliament had . opposed every measure of-reform , and wlio were Tories to the backbone , but who were likely to come into the next Parliament because they were supposed to be Palaierstou men . If they were required to make sacrifices for one luaiv and for one cause . Ip . fc them -aft lunui-. lm < - 'nrf < i ; ii ti > . » f + i . « . „„„

      was tho rigLfc man" and the cause the right cause . ( Cries of " Where can you get letter ? " ) He -would not be led away'by a cry , but would examine into the acts of Lord Palnierston , aud his probable future policy , before embarking witb him . The charge-of " faction " was absurd ; tho names of the chief supporters of Mr . Cobden ' s motion refuted it . Both the Chinese and the Peraian wars wore entered into without the consent of the people , as expressed through their representatives ; and , with respect to tbe latter war , they bad even then no explanation . When , that should come , lie believed thut the case would appear even worae than the Chinese war . Ho believed tbe Government would have had a majority if Lord Pahnorston had said to the House of Commons , " Sir John liowriuy lias violated hin instructions ; we have recalled him ; but , us we are ia tho war , aud us the Chinese have for a long tinio been violating their treuly with us , we must go on , uiid we cull on you to assist us . " At a private meeting of Lord Pulraerston ' . s friends , tho Premier was urged to follow that cour . se , but he refused ; he defied tho Houao of Comnion . s , and ho was loft hi the Minority . Aud what bad ho uince done ? llad he supported Sir John Uowring ? No ; but ho complained of u eoulition between tuo Liberals and tlie J ' cclite . s . Why , he himsulf had disavowed Sir John lSow- » mg > * H * t hml gone to two Peelitcs to send them out to llong-Kong to take Sir John Bowriug ' place . How could ho have tho face to turn round upon those who had given him thut very name advice ? ( Cheers . ) Surely , if it weio good now it -vvua good then , and if it were bad then it was bud now . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Cobden followed . " What 1 attk you , " he said , " is , whether you think it in the province of tho House of Commons to inquire into these questions at all ? Boeuuse what I understand ia this—that here ia tho Executive Government appealing to thes country against Parliament for having investigated tlioae . mutters which were brought before ua . " AiUr scornfully repudiating tho charge < jf coalition , Mr , Cobden proceeded : — " I have met with many people whom 1 havo hoard passing a judgment upon the House of Commons , and declaring that the vote cume to was unjust . 1 have asked them , ' Huvo you read tlto document * ? ' and tho aiirtwer has been l Mo . ' ' Then , ' 1 huvc- tmid , l you cuunot judge' 1 heard Houiething said by my friend ( Mr . Layurd ) about certain purlieu who aru what aro

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), March 21, 1857, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_21031857/page/7/