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      Poxitical Foreshadowings. Jeform Meeting...

      POXITICAL FORESHADOWINGS . Jeform Meetings .- —A meeting 1 was held in Mari-; hester on Friday , for the purpose of re-organising ; he Reform movement , and of establishing an Association in which the Liberal party might unite . Mr . T . B . Potter was elected president , and Mr . George Wilson and Alderman Hey wood , both give their active support to the movement . The Duke oi 1 Ci . eveea : nt >' s Tenants . —A correspondence has been published between the Dute of Cleveland and Mr . Scurfield , arising out of certain statements made by the latter gentleman at the recent election for South Durham . The Duke , while he is very anxious to vindicate his character from the imputations cast upon it , does not dispute the fact that his tenants vote under coercion .

      Derby , was more competent than any other political section , to deal with the difficulties of the times , and more able than thosey who fought under the banner of the Whigs , to cope with the furore of republicanism , which was now too prevalent . Mr . Ar-cocK , M . P ., and Mk . Locks King , M . P At the meeting of the East Surrey Agricultural Association , Mr . Alcock said , he saw with great satisfaction that they had already established a corps of volunteer riflemen at Croydon , and he thought it was of the utmost importance that at the present moment the people of England should unite in establishing volunteer corps , since , if we possessed one twoor three hundred thousand rifllemen , or

      , even 50 , 000 or 60 , 000 good marksmen , it would be impossible for any hostile army to land and penetrate for ten miles into the country . It was necessary , however , that every rifle corps about to be established should have a good practice ground to which every man who had a taste for firearms could resort without running the risk . of shooting his neighbour or his neighbour ' s cow . —Mr . Locke King , M . P ., referring to the great question of non-intervention in the affairs of the Continent of Europe at the present crisis , said , the great question of peace or war he was truly glad to find was a question upon which they were all of one mind . He believed they were all in favour of maintaining peace , so could be maintained with to the

      long as it safety honour and to the interests of the country . At the same time , he was not the man to wish for peace , if he found that it could only be maintained by an injury to that which was dear to all Englishmen— -the honour of their country . ; Of what good would it be to them to maintain a peace at the sacrifice of their honour ? He believed that a change had taken place in public opinion which was most satisfactory . We had no reason to seek , as we used in former times , for territorial aggrandisement ; for we knew very well that an increase of territory would be a . source of weakness to us , and not of power—that it would not add to our wealth , but on the contrary ,

      to our poverty . - Mr . W . J . Fox , M . P . —On Wednesday , a public dinner was given at Oldham , in honour of Mr , W . J . Fox , M . P . Leaving the subject of the conflict of parties at home to discuss the conflict of nations abroad , . Mr . Fox said what he feared most was that we should be drawn into the war , and take the wrong side . The hon . member continued , " for Italy , for the Italians , and I do not object to their , calling in French aid . We have turned the cold shoulder to them . They would have been glad of English , aid . Not having that , keeping , as I hope we shall , a strict neutrality , I see no objection to their availing themselves of French aid ; and I

      trust they will do it with safety to the end of the struggle . Why , we Englishmen owe our glorious constitution to a Dutchman ! Why should not the Italians owe independence to a Frenchman ? But the symptoms are very strong that there are German tendencies , which are nearly synonymous with Austrian ones , at work in high places . We know , too , that our ships have been instructed not to salute the flag of Tuscany—the people ' s flag —while the exiled Duke of Tuscany has his representative at pur Court . The partial tone of our journals—of the Times especially — in speaking of this matter , is sufficient to put us on the alert ; and we have statesmen , even of a liberal with of the

      description , who speak , reverence treaties of 1815 , as if they were a sort of political Bible for Europe . The treaties of 1815 ; what are they ? A pack of parchments which a set of men , met together without any delegation from any nation whatsoever , employed themselves in framing , laying out countries here and countries there , with all their inhabitants , as if they had been so many flocks of sheep or bales of cotton ; and they call that the groat settlement of Europe ! Do not bo diverted by the notion of a speedy invasion of the country . Why , it is a very remarkable thing that when Napoleon III , had nothing upon his hands , when he was enlarging his fleet , when ho was aggrandising Cherbourg , when he was multiplying his armies , our Governments always told us to keop quiet , he being our dear and faithful ally—a man

      simpleminded and peaceful , and the most honest of men . Well , we were quiet ; and now , when he has got his hands f ull , when he has a mighty nrmy to oppose him , when there arc scores and hundreds of thousands in arms against him in the field , and he is in the deadly struggle , now we take the alarm , now wo are afraid of an invasion , and sot ourselves with all out * might to arm the country in order to rcpol it , Tins Ministry and tub Catuomos . —A denial has boon made of tho impeachment brought against the Government and tho loading Roman Catholio dignitary in England of coalescing in tho last General election . Tho Weekly Register says that tho , fact , alleged chiefly in proof of tho charge is the confidential letter of'the secretary of tho liight Rev . Dr . Goss , read , by Sir J . Graham at Carlisle from a Liverpool paper ; and , on tho Authority of

      Mr . Crook , M . P . —At a tea meeting of the nonelectors of Bolton , the hon . gentleman enunciated his views on home and foreign policy . He said , instead of increasing ; the army , and forming rifle corps , they should , be forming reform associations , which would lead to the enfranchisement of the people : the war should be with brains and not with bullets . He firmly believed , from what he remembered of the democratic government of France of 1848 , until it was overthrown by the traitor who now held power , that if the people of France could speak out , they were not in favour of the institutions now existing in that country . He hoped , for the credit of Bolton , there would be no such tomfoolery as the establishment of rifle corps in it . With respect to reform , the question as placed before the country by her Majesty ' s Government was , do the people require to ? It

      and that the claims of the middle classes were not fairly recognised . He said the middle classes earned the money which constituted the resources arid wealth of this nation . The middle classes ran th ^ risks , and the middle classes should no longer be prevented from enjoying the privileges to which they were so justly entitled . Looking to historv it was plain that the aristocracy—partly from ignorance , and partly from want of sympathy with the working classes ^— were utterly incompetent to rule ^ gnH t . Kat . flip i < g ma nf tVo miJ ^ I ,, _!___ ., """^ " ¦ V . y ,

      the supposed writer himself , the Register declares that letter a forgery . wwares Selection op Ministers 6 f State —On Wm nesday , at Liverpool , a Conference of Reformer * ^ held , for the purpose of presenting a memorial t o the Queen ^ favour of an extension of the xircle from which Ministers and oflicers of State art selected . Mr . Robertson Gladstone occupied thl chair , and contended that the Government of thi * country was not the birthright of the aristocracv

      be more fully and thoroughly represented was not the question , are they to be ruled by a Whig or a Tory Government ? In judging of a Tory Government , they must be governed by their acts , and not judge them by their antecedents . A Tory Government had emancipated the Catholics ; a Tory Govern- , ment had passed free trade after having been agitated a number of years—112 Tories came out of the ranks , and offered their right-hand of fellowship to John Brightv and carried the measure ; a Tory Government had abolished property qualification ; and a Tory Government had proposed a reform bill , which was one on which a fair basis of reform might have been placed , arid he hoped he should never make that mistake as to go with part y for the name . As to the late South Lancashire election , it was only a question which of the factions should be returned .

      Louis Kossuth . — -On Tuesday night a non-intervention meeting was held in the Free Trade Hall , Manchester . Mr . Wilson took the chair , and , after a short speech , introduced M . Kossuth , who addressed the meeting with great eloquence , urging England to maintain a strict neutrality , on the grounds advocated by him in his speech in the City on tho 20 th inst . M . Kossuth expressed his expectation that he would soon have important duties to perform abroad , and that bis country would speedily unfurl her banner , and he hoped that England would not interfere with Hungary ' s affairs by taking the part of Austria . M . Kossuth , "who spoke for an hour and a quarter , was enthusiastically cheered at the conclusion of

      his address . Kossuth has made a third appearance before a British audience at Bradford , which still further gave him the opportunity of demonstrating how little England should take sides with Austria in the present war . At the Bradford meeting the speech of M . Kossuth was followed by the adoption of resolutions expressing satisfaction with the Queen ' s proclamation declaring a strict neutrality , and also expressing deep sympathy with the oppressed nations of the Continent . Mr . Bbamston , M . P ., and Mr . Watxington , M . P . —The newly-elected Conservative members for the southern division of tho county of . Essex , root their constituents on Wednesday , at a public dinner given to thorn at Stratford . Mr , BranVBton said ho particularly rejoiced at tho present mooting , because it was held in tho stronghold of tho opponents of tho

      Conservative cause . Tho . result had been that although tho Conservatives had not . been able to turn the scale against their opponents , they had given tho forces of their opponents such a chock that victory was assured in all tho other divisions of tho county . Tho Liberals wore astonished at tho result of tho contest , and had attributed it to " intimidation . " When that word was used on tho hustings ho folt that it Avas the surest mark and sign of a boaton opponent .- —Mr . Watlington asked , what had boon tho struggle in which they had boon lately engaged , and how wore they to interpret tho result in that con-Htituonoy ? Taking a broad and enlarged view of tho jriaattor , ho regarded the struggle ns a struggle against the rapidly advancing waves of democracy . He looked upon tlio result as a protest against aU reckless organic change—as an expression of opinion that the Conservative party-Mho ministry of Lora

      Charged. He Forged The Name Of The Accou...

      charged . He forged the name of the accountant in the Salisbury branch of the bank , and sent the letter of advice to the bank at Peterboroiigh v Disguising himself with a large pair of whiskers and a moustache , he came up to London , and obtained the money ; the whole of it , with the exception of 10 / . in gold , being in banknotes . It was the attempt to cash these notes in the Bank of England , and bis inability to answer the questions which were put to hirii , that excited suspicion and led to his

      apprehen-GATHERINGS PBOM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . At the Mansion House on Monday , John Groves a lad only seventeen years of age > was charged with having forged a letter of advice for 1 . 000 Z . with intent to defraud the directors of the National Provincial Bank , Peterboro ' , and also with the charges growing out of the same offence . The prisoner was a clerk in the Long Sutton branch of the bank , and on obtaining a fortnight ' s leave of absence , he sets ' to work to commit the crime with which he was

      sion . ; .,. A charge of conspiracy , to defraud Mr . Samuel Bowles Bigg of a bill of exchange for 25 . 07 . was preferred at the Guildhall Police-court against James and Terence Charles M'Lean , wholesale wine and spirit merchants . The defendants appeared by summons , and the inculpatory evidence , which was somewhat lengthy , showed that the accusation arose out of two sums of money to that amount borrowed from the prosecutor . Further time being requited for the completion of" the case , Alderman Mechi , before whom it was heard , ordered an adjournment .

      At the Middlesex Sessions Thomas Cave was convicted of stealing a watch from the person of Weihelmina Blenkinsopp . The robbery was committed at the church of St . Barnabas during a confirmation . A long list of convictions was proved against the prisoner—his last sentence was four years' penal servitude . He was said to have been a thief for eighteen years . He now received a sentence of penal servitude for eight years . —After the business was concluded , a prisoner , named Coveney , alias Norman , convicted of stealing linen , and sentenced to five years' penal servitude , contrived to make his escape from custody , and has not yet been ¦

      retaken . . .. At the Court of Bankruptcy the last examination meeting in the case of Baumann and Barrett , described as printers , of Ch jswick , and the promoters of tho West Middlesex Operative and Training Institution , was adjourned until the 5 th of July , tlie bankrupts having been unable , from want of pecuniary means , to filo any balance sheet . An adjournment was also ordered in the casei of Charles Wooltorton , ironmonger , of Nos . 73 and 74 , West Smithfield , the assignees averring that there being * deficiency of above £ 10 , 000 or £ 12 , 000 unaccounted for , it was impossible the bankrupt co " . * , swear w tho accuracy of tho balanco-sheet which had been At tho Middlesex Sessions , Ethelyne > Vallaco , ft young woman of fashionable exterior , w * . charged with robbing a lady while travelling in an Islington and Chelsea omnibus . Tho prisoner had been convicted previously of picking pockets . Iho ^ wion General Omnibus Company instituted this mosccution . She was sontonccd to 18 months' hard labour . ... . nntim-A ease pf tho utmost importance alike to Latno lies and Protoetants was under investigation » n «" Court o Queen ' s Bench during the whole of inuw day . Wo refer to tlio case of the Quoon v . the Kov . wf W . Roberts , in which Mr . M'Ponnol , a convert from tho Catholic to tlio Protestant faith , wojs w recover tho person of Ilia child who , after -he > beoaroe a ProtGBtant ; continued to attend a Roman Oatnwo school , of which Mr , Roberts is the «*«** X when' ho sought to restrain hor , slio was ,, as _ » v alleges , eoorotofl with tho knowledge or wnnivanwj of tho rov . gentleman . Proceedings wore takeirw « a view to compel Mr . Roberts to give up the cmwi

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), May 28, 1859, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28051859/page/4/