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      House of Commons was not now divided into two compact forces opposing each other on every trivial point ; the broud contrasts of party had been obliterated ; and members of the Legislature exercised more their own reason , and -were actuated to a greater extent by their honest convictions . This in itself wus real progress ; it was a result which augured well for the triumph of reason arid justice . It was a consequence of this state of matters that the present Administration had received so large an amount of what is termed "' independent support . " From its character and experience , it was peculiarly bound to go on conciliating favour of that kind , and the best way to accomplish such an object was neither on the one hand to hug past abuses under the

      pretence of maintaining our institutions , nor , on the other , recklessly to urge a demand at variance with the essential characteristics of our institutions . This , also , was the true way to obtain the confidence and support of the people at large , whom it was alike vain and undesirable to attempt to govern on the principle of a blind superstition . He thought he might safely promise this would be the course the Government would pursue ; for himself , he would yield obedience to no other principle . He repeated his thanks for the compliment bestowed on him ; At the close he was rapturously applauded ; and after three cheers had been given for him , with the addition of one for the Provost , the meeting separated shortly after six o ' clock .

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      THE LOEDS OF THE ADMIRALTY IN CORK . A very happy and very rare demonstration took place in Cork on Tuesday evening . The Lords of the Admiralty were entertained at a public banquet , and all kinds and conditions of men assembled to meet them . In the chair was one of the " Irish Brigade ; " a Roman-catholic bishop said grace before dinner , and a Protestant archdeacon said grace after . After the usual preliminary toasts and speeches , Mr . Butt

      made a short speech alluding to a significant fact . " They had there that evening the Lords of the Admiralty . Why , 50 years ago—be thought he might venture to say 50 years ago —intelligence could not be brought from Cork to the Admiralty oflices in Whitehall in the same time that intelligence of the movements of the fleet was at present brought from Besika Bay , and there was nothing to prevent the first Lord of the Admiralty , in his chambers at Whitehall , directing , within five minutes , if he so pleased , how the signals of the Port Admiral should float in the harbour of Cork . "

      Sir James Graham made a pleasant and satisfactory oration , manly in spirit , and friendly in feeling . " Mr . Butt has observed , I might say with remarkable truth and justice , that , whatever may bo the state of difference which may exist upon some subjects , many cherished prejudices have been dissipated and laid aside —( hear)—but there is one prejudice which is still strong , and common to all , that is , confidence in the naval profession , over which the Board of Admiralty presides , and an earnest desire that its flag shall brave , ns heretofore , the battle and the breeze untarnished and invincible . ( Loud cheers . ) Now , gentlemen , it has

      been the endeavour of successive governments to use all the modern appliances of science , all the improvements -which that science has dictated nnd taught to that gallant profession ; and I and my collengues thought it would bo agreeable to the Irish people in this , ouo cf the most splendid ports of tho empire , to see tho British fluet , with thoso improvements to which I have rolbrrcd , and in that state of preparation of which I am proud to think it a bright example . ( Hour and loud cheers . ) Foreign navies may multiply and abound , foreign empires may totter and fall , but it is tho duty of tho British Government to sno that native nrm of its

      strength , ono of its powerful arms , I mean its navy , is ready for the defence of our native country , and if it be so ready , and , let me add , if peacoat home be preserved , and if we are united among ourselves , as we aro united this evening , wo have no reason ' to fear tho world in amis . ' ( Cheers . ) But , gentlemen , I beg of you not to mistake inc . Although connected intimately with tho naval profession , tho profession of arms , I am certain thftt I speak tho sunsoof my colleagues that , by such preparation , their mo ^ t earnest , and anxious desire is , to preserve tho peuco of KiiTope , to take ca . ro that while treaties arc religiously observed , that whilo there shall be no

      meddling intorfcrcnen with tho domestic concerns of foreign countries , tho honour of England , the intorosts of England , tho commerce of England , anil of Ireland , and of Scotland , nnd of tho United Kingdom , shall he maintained in every pnrt of tho world—t ' tH « s thoso distant countries wattlicd by the furthest seas to which our commerce and flap ; have access . ( Cheers . ) In tho spirit of peace , ( hon , theso preparations aro niado ; and I am confident that , whilst Lord Aberdeen presidos over tho councils of tho Sovereign , overy effort will bo mado , in a spirit of pence , to maintain tho honour and character of England . "

      H « advised tho peoplo of Cork not to look too much to ( "Jovernmc-nt , but to rely on themselves : pointed to tins Cork Exhibition wiih praise , and to Dargan with high laudation as having doclined heraldic honours , but having received " tho grucufnl visit of Iho first lady in tho hind . " jlo also alluded to tho new harbour-works at ( jmwiistown , to tho in . cnuiHisd connexion with tho navy contracts of Irish traders , and then spoko personally of Irish qualities : — " Your oxcollent chief magistrate has informed yon that , with rogarrt to your harbour , he would exact no pledgo from mo ; and tho hon . and learned member for YoughuJ has likewise tmi < l that'Irish members irivo Mich bad characters of

      oacli othtir that tho harsh Saxon heart * bohovo both . ' ( Laugh , tor . ) Now , I bog to say I ahull return from Ireland—Saxon and bordrror as I am—willi this account , that I hud tho honour of monthiK in Cork a largo party , without , distinction ol politics or crouds —( cheers)—and that ; I and niy colleagues riM-oived tho kindest ; recep tion —( cheors)—that wo survtiyed your harbour , which wo consider to bo unrivalled —( dieer . s ) —and iihhoiigh I havo given you no fulsonio proniiM's as to cixpumlitui'o of public money , 1 will say you aro perfectly ont ' ulttd to overy benefit in tho wny of improvement , which tho common inlorest of tho realm may roquiro . ( Hear , hoar . ) ThuiigU 1 y » vo you no nludjjo , yot whoa I woo fc > ir William

      Carroll , a distinguished Irishman , your Port Admiral- — ( cheers)—when I see Rear-Admiral Corry , a distinguished Irishman also , in command of the fleet now in your harbour —( cheers)—when I see an adopted Irishman , ' the Osborne of Tipperary , " Secretary to the Admiralty , and I may add , when I have a relative of my own , an ' O'Brien of the right sort , ' as my private secretary , I do not think you have Teason to suppose that justice to Ireland will not mark the conduct of the present Government . ( Cheere . ) Allow me , then , to thank you for the kind manner in which you have received my health and that of the Board of Admiralty ; and in return for which I beg to drink most cordially all your very good healths . " ( Cheers . ) The health of the religious dignitaries were drunk m union . Dr . Delany , the Roman-catholic , returned thanks , praising his Protestant brother very warmly and generously . In reply to a toast in his honour , Mr . Osborne was as cheerful

      and witty as ever : — " I never on any occasion saw such an assemblage in Ireland as I behold -at present in this room . I look around me , and I remember that I am speaking in the greatest commercial city of Ireland . I see the mayor , the intelligent and highly-educated mayor of this city . I see tho Lord Lieutenant of this pecularly agricultural county . I see the members of Parliament of both sides of the question . ( Laughter . ) I see the most distinguished heads of the two services of the

      empire . Above all , I see the eminent dignitaries of the two denominations of religion in this country . What do I deduce from that ? I say that it is with peculiar pride , as Secretary of the Admiralty , that I see this assemblage forgetting all differences of opinion , meeting together in peaceful intent under the Union Jack , the Admiralty flag . Long may that union continue , arid if we are ever to have prosperity in Ireland , prosperity never can be achieved under any flag but the flag of union . ( CheeTs . ) Mr . Mayor , you have done me the honour to drink mv health as Secretarv to the Admiralty ,

      and my right lion , friend , and I may say a statesman va whose steps I shall always endeavour to tread , the First Lord of the Admiralty , has led . you to believe that the mere name of Osborne can get anything for your harbour . Gentlemen , if I were to return thanks to you as Secretary to the Admiralty , the speech that I should make would emulate in its laconic tendency the speeches which have been made by the heads of the two services . ( Laughter ) For what are the functions which are the peculiar attributes of a Secretary to the Admiralty ? His functions may be described very much as the Speaker Lenthal described to Charles the First the functions of the Speaker of his day . When he was told to deliver a refractory member to the monarch , he said he had neither eyes to see nor ears to hear anything but what the

      House of Commons should command . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Mayor and Corporation of Cork , I do not wish you should be under any misapprehension . I have my own good intent to do anything to benefit your harbour within the secret recesses of mj' heart , and speaking in my private capacity I would be most anxious to do it , but I say that I have neither eyes to see , ears to hear , nor fingers to sign , except by an order of the Board of Admiralty . ( Great laughter . ) And if my right hon . friend tho First Lord of the Admiralty , and the Board , who are here present , will give those orders which will make your hearts glad , and benefit the inhabitants of Queonstown , there is no member of Parliament , be ho Scotch or English—and I am entitled to suy that as an English member I have voted more frequently for Ireland than some

      members who represent popular constituencies —( laughter)—but I sa&lhat be ho of what country he may , tho signature of Kalpff Osborne shall bo attached to no document with grentor pleasure than that which will do justico to Ireland and givo pleasure to Cork . ( Cheers and loud laughter , ) Gentlemen , I havo said that tho task of a Secretary of tho Admiralty in conciso and laconic ; and I havo but to hopo that my future public acts , whatever . situation I may happen to fill , may prove mo worthy of tho great and unmerited honour which you havo paid me this evening . This only I can say , whother as Secretary of tho Admiralty , or as an independont member of Parliament—whether in oflico or as representing the great metropolitan county which I havo tho honour to represent—I shall never give way to any illiberal

      prido—I . shall iiover hide my colours , when my efforts are wanting , and whether in private <> v in public life I shall ever tako a lively interest in whatever concerns the interests of this community , and tho general interests of Ireland at largo . ' ( Mr . Osborno resumed his seat amidst warm expressions of enthusiasm . ) P In a . short , speech , Mr . Edmund Burlco Roche said , " Wo remember that wo havo got a harbour which affords in timo of peace a plncn of safety to tho commercial marine of tho world . Wo remember that , in time of war that harbour certainly is not as well protected as many English harbours arc . I buliovn them is no ono who enn speak nioro particularl y than F can as to tho want of protection for tho harbour . Wo

      aro rejoiced that a gentleman so distinguished as my right hon . friend , if lm will allow mo to call him ho , and of his great ability in practical official lifo , has coino , and with his own e > os liasHtutn tho wants of our fino harbour . Wo aro confident that , when lio returns to England , ho will , I wont say , not falsify tho promises ho has mado to-night , beca iso ho is far too prudent to inako you any promises —( loud laughter )— -but that , ho will carry back with him a fund of practical information with regard to your wants and wishes which , believo ini ; , I am not wrong in promising you ho will know how to turn to good account at tho other side . " The toasts concluded with that ' of " William . Dargan , " received with grout enthusiasm .

      ^ ir Jamos (< raliaru left , Queenstown on Wednesday in company with Mr . Osborno , for Mr . Osbovn «'» ttoat at Newtown Anner , near Cloinmil ,,. whore Sir James will apond a day or two . It was hi * intontion uficrwariln to promed to Pub in to visit tho Dublin Exhibition , and then return to Kngluiul byway <> f Holy bond . Tho fleet , moanwhilo , will proctied to . sou , and will oruiso for a . fortnight boweon Bantrv Hay and Plymouth . ° J

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      MI SB MAKGAUKT CUNNINGHAMS IN . TAIL S Sorro ^ r ^ VIr l ! rri ! Ht of ll : Hw ) tliHh '"^ TllH (> »» y

      "The lady in question is Miss Margaret Cunninghame of Thornton , near Kilmarnock , Ayrshire , who , witli her mother ' and sister , were to hate left Tuscany to-day for the purpose of continuing their travels towards Rome and Naples . Mrs . Cunninehame and her other daughter went to the office of the Delegato at the Baths of Lucca , on Monday morning , to have their passports vise"d , the Delegato having acquainted them that their personal attendance was required On their arrival he demanded the reason of the absence of Miss Margaret Cunninghame , and on beint * informed that she was unwell and confined to bed , declared thi ? come she must , as he had a communication of importance to deliver . Wlien Miss Margaret Cunninghame reached the police " office , she was formally charged with the offence in question , was informed that witnesses were already summoned to Lucca to prove the crime , and that , in obedience to higher orders she must be removed , under an escort of gendarmes , to Lucca ' there to . await the further' measures which the Government mi ^ hf

      take . She received , I am informed , this announcement with the most unaffected composure ; but the distraction of her poor mother is perfectly heart-rending . All outward respect was paid to Alisg Cunninghame ; free permission was accorded for the visits of her mother and of Mr . Scarlett , and no indignity had been offered to her beyond that of the restraint Of her personal liberty . The Grand Duke is inexorable . In reply to the urgent request of Mr . Scarlettto have the matter quashed , he has declared that justice must take its course . The Grand Duchess expresses regret for the situation of Miss Cunninghame , but refuses to interfere , The individual dispositions of the members of the Ministry are more favourable ; M , Lami , the Minister of Justice , will hurry on the trial as fast as possible , arid then obtain an immediate exercise of the Grand Ducal clemency . But on what ground he anticipates that his Royal Highness is more likely to relent a few weeks hence than now I cannot tell . Miss Cunninghame will Jje tried on the . charge of having infringed the 137 th article of the new ' i

      criminal Code . With the terms of that article I have already made you acquainted . It declares that "whoever shall circulate works hostile to the Roman Catholic faith , with the view of seducing any member from that communion , shall be condemned to the house of correction , and subjected to hard labour , for a ' period ' not lest than five , or greater than ten years . " Miss Cunninghame is charged with having given to some peasants an Italian Bible , and an Italian translation of the " Pilgrim ' s Progress ; " and both these books fall under the criminal category . A deputation from the Protestant Alliance had an interview on Wednesday with Lord Clarendon , at the Foreign Office , in reference to the case . The deputation consisted of the Earl of Shaftesbury , Colonel Alexander , Mr . Wilbraham Taylor , the Rev . Dr . Bee ' cham , Mr . J . Cook Evans , the Rev . W . H . Rule , Mr . T . -Hamilton , and Captain Giberne , and . was received in the most courteous manner by the Foreign Secretary . The Earl of Shaftesbury briefly explained that the object of the deputation was to lay before his lordship the case of Miss M . Cunninghame , and to solicit the intervention of her Majesty ' s Government to procure that lady ' s liberation from prison . His lordship , after some remarks upon the case itself , proceeded to express himself inthe strongest manner

      upon the barbarous nature of the law under which Miss Cunninghame was arrested , and indulged a hope that the mostearnest efforts of the Government would-be used to rescue a British subject from the indignity thus offered to her . The Farl of Clarendon said he entirely concurred in the opinions expressed by Lord Shaftesbury as to the character of the law in question , which was not only contrary to the principles of the Gospel , bat to the spirit of the age . His Lordship said he was quite familiar with the facts of the case , having received a despatch from Mr . Scarlett on the subject , and that he had lost no time in forwarding his directions to that gentleman , which he did the same evening by the post . . Mr . Scarlett had acted with the greatest zeal in the matter , and in a manner to secure his entire approbation . All the members of the Cabinet with whom he had had an opportunity of communicating entirely agreed with him in the view he took of the case , and he felt it was one in which no exertion should be spared oa hia part to secure Miss Cunninghame ' a release . His Lordship concluded by thanking the deputation for urging this subject upon hia attention , adding that their so doing afforded a strong indication of the interest felt in the case by all classes . The deputation , after thanking his lordship for his couTtesy , and tho prompt maunor in which he had taken up the case , withdrew ,

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      LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ From- our own Correspondent . ] Letter XCII . Paris , Thursday Evening , Sept . 29 th , 1853 . The journey of Bonaparte in the North is concluded . It has passed over without misadventure . I have , however , taken the trouhle to go myself to Lille , to see how those Bonapartist gentlemen manage the art of la mise en scene , and I havo

      acquired a complete acquaintance with the met hods employed to delude public opinion . I may be « in by stating that his Majesty appeared to mo rather gloomy and anxious than otherwise . Ho looked restless and doubtful , and the looks he threw from time to time to right and left , were hesitating and distrustful . He seemed to apprehend the sudden apparition of some refugee from Belgium . Ihw anxious expression was painful to contemp late . Indeed these fears must have been shared by his

      suite , for at the ball at Lille the Emperor ' s person was unapproachable . A barrier of sergents-do ville , from Paris , interposed itself between the guests and Bonaparte . This embarrassing situation was not it seems altogether to his taste : after a quarter of an hour or so the guests were surprised to see him retire . Let mo say ft word about tho deputations of tho communes . I took tlio pains to interrogate personally soino of those honest fellows who were stationed along in group * wowicri

      par commune , and staked off by regular posts for the occasion . With the exception /)! tno Mayor and his Deputy { adjoint ) , tho rest of wljnt the oflicial journals pompously stylo " ^ P ^ tions , " wore uniformly composed of tho P aUl ) C of each commune , who had been promised now trousers or blouses after tho ceremony . Ana lievo mo it was " a caution ' ' to boo tho I "" "' rugs of thoso poor wretches . They were a mjjo W to seo ! Only let people talk to mo hencolortu m » deputations of tho communes , I shall Jmvo wimm « -

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 1, 1853, page 940, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2006/page/4/