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      t . * - » \ Vou must not change the name of the thing laughter . ) " » , ^ ffi ifc b whatever flleight of hand Conjure it , ana ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^ ^ . fcoff up ( m *? 13 of England under another name . ( Loud cheers . ) 5 * C of tfings < looming in the future . ' ( Great laugh-W T ^ ll tell you whatTia ' looming in the future . ' A l * f bottle into which a conjurer is to jump . ( Loud ? ^ fter and cheering . ) May I be there to see . ( Loud lflUg Jt ^^ md cries of < ¥ ou'll be there . ' ) And Mfcfto the people of Carlisle I shall be there . ( Loud I *) And 1 tell you this—I am satisfied that all these of « declarations about some < great Bcheme about re-V Sn of taxation which will be hailed with delight and Nation br all classes of the country are vain delusions , Sd S b " dissipated into thin air . ( Loud cheering . )" After having " assisted" at a most enthusiastic and hearty meeting , the audience went their ways .

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      BERESFORD AT BRAINTREE . Of Mr . William Beresford , respecting whom report is rather busy just now , we are glad to get an occasional authentic glimpse , and to record some of the words which fall from his eloquent lips . Our latest sight of him is entering Braintree on Monday , in a procession of yeomen , with his colleague , Sir John Tyrell , and other Essex worthies . These Derbyite gentlemen are met by the mob—classically " the rabble "—and stones * as well as yells are hurled at their heads . One strikes Coriolanus Beresford on the neck as he dismounts at the White Hart . Not satisfied with this he shows himself at a window of the inn , when a stone smashes the gla 3 s and falls on the forehead of Coriolanus . All the shops , meanwhile , are closed , the police compelled to be extremely alert ; and the " Blues" make their way into the tavern under salutes of groans . However they ate their dinners , drank the loyal toasts , and then " The Bishop and the Clergy of the Diocess . " Whereupon the Reverend H . Magendie replied , and described the " mission" of the Derby Government in these most remarkable words : — " tfhere was a charm which he could not describe , and a warm feeling which came over them when the affairs of this country were administered by a purely Conservative Government . He could not describe that feeling ; that was beyond his power ; but it was something akin to this—a consciousness that whatever changes and reforms might be necessary , they were effected by a Conservative Government in a manner congenial to them all . There was a courtesy and a kind spirit which attended a Conservative Government , and for that reason , if there were no other , they were attached to it . ( Cheers . )"

      The health of the Members was proposed and duly acknowledged—Sir John Tyrell made two points . He described all classes of the community as combined to extract "justice" from the " late" rulers of the country . " They asked no more , and ,. by heavens , they would be satisfied with no less . " Mr . William Beresford , M . P ., said he had come there in a feeling of kindness and goodwill towards " the whole electors . " He had forgotten every unkindness and insult he had met with . He thought it would not be noble or proper" to trample on the vanquished . 15 ut he left his sympathetic auditors to judge whether Ji <; had been met in the same spirit by the " lowest classes in the town /'

      " If , " he continued , " I have used a harsh word , if I have made use of a single opprobrious epithet , every justification has been made for my having done eo by the conduct of those to whom that epithet waa applied . ( Cheers . ) If the lower classes in Braintree wished to justify me in having called them ' a rabble / certainly they have boon tho ^ u'onlp , hy titoir conduct to-day , who have a ivon a plea and justification for that term . " ( Benewod cheers . ) He then declared that the rioters , he had thought , were not Braintree men , but hired rabble ; and ho menaced Braintreo with the loss of the honour of being the nomination town . Mr . Lennard had taunted him

      with being a Free-trader at Colchester , and a Protectionist at Braintree . He did not see any difference . He wits for a cheap loa £ but lie thought tho farmers ought to have remunerating prices . Ho then gave this as his economical creed : — " I am a Protectionist ; I was a Protectionist , and , be-Hoving in the truth of it , I hope I shall continue to be a J ' rotoetioniat until tho last day of my life . ( Applause . ) Never , ttfnce 1847 , howevor , did I uphold tho old sliding Hcalo

      . Since the hour that it was excommunicated by Sir H . ]; Voi I knew that it was impossibio to re-imposo it , and I never hold that doctrine . But this I do maintainthough I have not tho powor , I am aorry to say , to carry it— -that a small fixed duty would bo a fair way of reimbursing , out of the pockets of the foreigner , those Hums which we ourselves are exporting to jxiy for foreign arain . ( Uhowrs . )" ThiH is no doubt tho " justice" which Sir John Tyrell HWaro by hoiiven they winild have .

      Mr . Bei-enfoid could not however totally ignore tho Derb y uilUir—Coriolaima m ho wan . Ifo said" Now , I am facing my conHtifcuonta , and I think that ' ¦• my havo a right to know that which affects tho honour , J'liaractor , and credit of their members . I have soon within i « lttHt f « w days statements in certain adverse journals iiiat I have been tampering with tho purity of the election ° * the borough of Dtoby . 1 do consider , thut if any net of

      men hare a rig ht to ask of me an explanation on that subject it is the electors of North Ebbox . ( Cheers . ) I shall give them but a very brief explanation under existing circumstances . I consider that though they are the people alone who ought to ask me a question on the subject , there is , nevertheless , but one teal place where it ought to be , and shall be discussed , and that is the House of Commons . ( Loud cheers . ) I am not going to permit these false accusations to go forward and not to notice them . The proper place , however , is not the dinner table here at Braintree , but the floor of the House of Commons . ( Cheers . ) Still , I . am not going to dismiss you quite so auicklv . I tell you here that , directly or indirectly , I have

      had no hand whatever in any case whatsoever of bribery in the borough of Derby . ( Cheers . ) Further , as to the particulars , I will not go , because , whenever Parliament meets , whether it is mooted on the other side or not , I shall consider it my duty , in my place , to state that these accusations have been made against me , and I shall call on those who made them to prove them . ( Loud cheers . ) I shall endeavour to have an inquiry into the whole thing , which , I have not the slightest hesitation in saying , will expose bare and broad to the public view as gross a case of conspiracy , combined falsehood , and vile subornation as ever was brought before a committee of the House of Commons . ( Loud cheers . )"

      Coriolanus grew very magnanimous as he drew towards the end of his speech—very grand and forgiving indeed . He said" There is not a man that has insulted me , even if he be one of the ' rabble , ' whom I will not assist to save from any impost that afflicts him . ( Cheers . ) While I am your member I am the member of all . The labourer , the artisan , the peasant , —all , in my eyes , deserve the same respect as the gentleman ; but let them pay the same deference to fixed authorities and to the principles of justice . ( Loud cheers . ) I trust I should be the last to use any ugly terms to men with horny hands or sunburnt brows . They are worthy of respect if they behave themselves decently , but I think it hard that the freeholders should be prevented

      being heard by those who have no votes themselves . ( Cheers . ) I hope that this subject will be buried , from henceforth . I shall not recur to any ugly terms if they will only let me alone , and I hope for the future that I may be able to repress that Irish spirit which is in me of resistance to insuft . Eemember , if I have a warmth that will not stand to be bullied , it is also a warmth that can be grateful , and the greatest warmth I possess is embodied in my feelings of gratitude and affection to you , the electors of North Essex . ( Loud and prolonged cheering . )" No doubt Braintree will repent in due time , recognise the commanding genius of Beresford , and when he leaves his country , as he may do ; not by compulsion , of course , but choice , " such is the state of society , " Braintree will raise unto him a brazen monument , and inscribe it to " W . B . ; " but now Braintiree , forgetful , hoots William Beresford out of her streets !

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      DIOCESAN SYNOD . The Bishop of Oxford presided over a meeting of about 200 of the clergy of the diocess , convened to elect two proctors to represent the Order in the Lower House of Convocation , prior to tho assembling of the new Parliament- The Synod was held in the Brome Chapel of St . Mary ' s Church . The writ having been read by the deputy-registrar ,

      ( Mr . John M . Davenport ) , the Lord Bishop addressed the meeting upon the nature and object of the Synod , pointing out that the two Houses of Convocation are a part of the constitution of the realm , and that at this era in the history of the Church it was , in his Lordship ' s opinion , of the utmost importance that a revival of this constitutional assembly of the Church of England as , practically , ail ecclesiastical legislature , should bo effected .

      A suggestion having been made that it was unprecedented for tho Bishop of Oxford to presido at the election in person , his Lordship informed the meeting that he had ascertained from the records of tho diocess that ( to go no further back ) Bishop Smallwell had pre-Hided over a similar meeting in 1790 , and again in 1796 , and Bishop Randolph in 1800 , Bishop Moss in 1807 , and Bishop Jackson in 1812 . It was in the permission of the Crown to grunt a revival , and that permission had been sought of tho Crown from tho curliest ngos . A great object was that the Church , through tho medium of the Convocation , should exhibit new signs of life and energy , guided and restrained by that moderation and forbearance which especially Iwlong to tho Christian character . Hin Lordship said he could road in tho countenances of tho reverend and learned

      persons before him a seme of tho importance of this crisis , and ho need not urgo upon them that it was ) thoir duty to OHniHtin awakening tho Convocation from ita trance , and taking measures for the maintenance , through its agency , of tho dourest rights and privileges of tho Church . Believing in their essential unity with the Church Catholic from tho beginning , his Lordship Httid ho should esteem himself faithless to bin charge if ho foiled to act up to his convictions , and exorcise tho legitimate ) and constitutional moans now presented of advocating- the Church ' s high interests . Men hIiouM all appreciate this crisis , and iiwakon tho land from its untimely sloop . And ho was sure tho meeting would to-duy delegate mon of moderation , wisdom , and u true

      love to God—who valued the privileges we had received , and were ready to hand them down to posterity . His Lordship concluded an address in his wonted eloquence , and of which we have given but an imperfect report , by requesting some gentleman to nominate proctors for the Convocation . The Rev . Jacob Ley , of Christ Church , proposed the Rev . Henry William Majendie , Vicar of Speen , Berkshire , to be , one of the proctors ; the Rev . W . J . Butler , Vicar of Wantage , seconded the nomination , and it was carried unanimously . The Rev . Edmund Hobhouse , Fellow of Merton College , proposed the Rev . Robert Hussey , B . D ., Professor of Ecclesiastical History , to be the other proctor ; the Rev . James Baker seconded the nomination , and it was

      carried unanimously . The Rev . Arthur Isham ( Rural Dean ) addressed the meeting in opposition to the principle of reviving the active proceedings in Convocation ; as did also the Rev . Robert Monro , the Rev . Dr . Silver , and the Rev . Gibbes W . Jordan . At the suggestion of the Bishop that polemical discussion should be avoided at this purely electoral meeting , the observations were not persevered in . Professor Hussey expressed his thanks . The Rev . H . W . Maiendie was not present .

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      LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ From otjr own Correspondent . ] Letter XXXI . Paris , Tuesday Evening , July 27 th , 1852 . I find myself compelled to return to the reception of the President at Strasbourg . I would beg you to observe , in the first place , that the Press no longer exists in France—that the Government alone has the public ear , through a monopoly of publicity—that the two quasi-democratic journals , the Presse and the Siecle , no longer dare attempt opposition—that , consesequently , the truth has no longer any means of making itself known .

      This monopoly of publicity in the midst of the universal silence , enables Bonaparte to be his own historian , and to impose upon the weak and the indolent as to his real position . Abroad , the deficiency of verbal information , the only information possible as things now are , must naturally increase the common illusion . Abroad our universal silence may fairly be taken for universal assent . The consequence is , that you are often astounded by events , and that at tho very moment when you are most eager to salute the usurper as a great man , this pretended great man , whose artificial splendour imp osed upon the vulgar , is precipitated from power amidst universal contempt .

      What , then , you will ask , is the truth about this reception at Strasbourg ? I will briefly sum up all the facts . There was an official programme . This programme was rigorously followed . Bells were rung , guns were fired , a ball was given : the houses were decorated with banners and illuminated—by order of the authorities . There was a display of fireworks : the Alsatian population , essentially military , wore treated to a magnificent spectacle of fcho passage of the Rhine , and—that was all . " But the population displayed an irrepressible enthusiasm / ' " But the ladies covered tho President with flowers . " True enough ; but what Iiifliefl ? Tlie Imlii > s of" t . lu > Government

      functionariesthe ladies of an exclusive ! official world , to whom was reserved the privilege of admission within the railway station . Tho railway administration had presented to each of these ladies a bouquet , and these were tho bouquets thrown at the 1 ' resident . They obeyed orders —nothing wore . As to the irrepressible enthusiasm of the population , examine it closely , it vanishes into smoke . 1 st . The male population , generally speaking , whether middle-class , operatives , or peasants , wore

      exceedingly cold in their demeanour . 2 nd . The authorities manifested clearly enough , by an excess of precautionary measures , a strong distrust in the enthusiasm of the Alsatians—those brave ; and sturdy electors of J 848 , Ml ) , and ' 50 . Access to the station was provented by a regular cordon sanitaire . Tho Government , too > had secured hostages in tho different quartern of Strasbourg , and had made rcs | K ; c ( . uhlo inhabitants of that city responsible for tho tranquillity of the rest of the population .

      I now coino to what tho I ' rcfei , of Strasbourgcalled " tho great , doinon . strat . ion of tho peasantry of Alsace " —that is to say , tho defile of rustic earn , covered with garlands , of ( lowers , and filled with ' young girls . It was not a demonstration of tho peasantry and operatives of Alsace , hut , of tho waster manufacturers . These masters compelled their workmen to hind thoir daughters for the ceremony . They drew up those outhiiHiiuitic inscriptions . The workmen Mulmiittod with a good gmco : they havo endured itioro and wom » , iu tho hope of u bettor day to come . Tho young work-

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    • Leader (1850-1860), July 31, 1852, page 721, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1945/page/5/