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    diplomatists in Europe—all admitted that Russia had so fairly met by negotiation the propositions she had adopted a 3 preliminaries , thai her offers ought to have been accepted ? Mr . Bright then glanced over the Iosse 3 in men that each of the belligerents have suffered . That of England he placed at 50 , 000 ; of France and Turkey , 100 , 000 eaxsh ; of Russia , 250 , 000 . He added : — " As we have abolished the Decalogue , and the Sermon oil the Mount , and all such antiquated prejudices , I suppose I am not to speak of the loss of" 250 , 000 Russians . They did not volunteer like our men ; they were dragged from their homes under the despotic system of government under which they lived , and they have

    alien in what appeared to them a sacred and glorious f ause—iu defence of the soil of their own country cgainst invaders from the West . Lord Palmerston aongratulates the people of England that , however crightfully the English army has suffered , we have the fgreat satisfaction of knowing that the Husaian army suffers far more . Well , that may be so ; but I am of opinion that these 250 , 000 Russians reckon for something on ths tablet of the recording angel , and that I , as a professing Christian man , in considering the cost of this war , cannot exclude the Russians any more tlan the Turks , or the French , or the English , from nay sympathy . " He would say no tiling of Sardinia : — " that poor little country which has been dragged into

    tMs dismal business . " He had sympathised with Sardinia ' s struggles for liberty ; but , in connexion , with the war , he feared there was some weak place in her administration . Then , as to the pecuniary loss—a question which he feared some people consider quite as much as loss of life — England had spent £ 100 , C 60 , 000 sterling ; and all because in 1854 we blundered into a war , and in 1856 we Plundered out . France had spent an equal or a larger sum , and Rxissia probably £ 50 , 000 , 000 . And , even suppose we had utterly destroyed Russia , would not our success re-act ou our commercial and manufacturing interests ? Then there was the wanton destruction of grain in the Sea of Azof— -grain which , had much better have

    "been left to feed our hungry ; and there was the hardening effect which war ha 3 had on the . hearts of all men , even including the ministers of Christianityincluding , also , the Poet Laureate , who , though a gentleman of great refinement of manner and of mind , and the author of poetry which will live as long as the language , had "written a poem "which , his friends are anxious should never be mentioned , and which descends to slang of almost the grossest character . Returning to the fact 3 of the war , Mr . Bright asserted t&at Russia now possesses a greater number of prisoners / atid a greater amount of territory belonging to

    the enemy , than the Allies possess . Lord John Russell had remarked that the policy of attending to the balance of power inEurope had been the policy of this country since the time of William III . "But / ' said Mr . Brigbt , " there are a thousand other things , of -which both I and Lord John RuBsell have a great ¦ abhorrence , which have come down from a very much longer period back than the time of William III . " The Morning Post observed that anti-war politics were " cotton politics . " But cotton politics had given this country more comfort and happiness than all thelorda that ever were created . For these lords were but an

    illustration of the saying of an old writer , that an aas ' hooded with reverend purple , so that you see not " his too ambitious eara , " will pass for a cathedral doctor . Are not the ministers of the United States quite equal to outs , though they are not chosen from . among lords ? Never has a nation "been ruined where there have not been statesmen and old lords going back % o their William the Thirds The publio press of _ England—and more especially the Times—Mr . Bright deuounced as an immense imposition on the people ; and he concluded by alluding to his own political conduct . " Nothing , " said Mr . Bright , " ia

    more easy than to swim with the Btream . For a time it ia often vory profitable . It leads men in thia country often through much dirt to much honour ( a laugh ); but I don't choose to take honours in that way . It requires courage and fortitude to go against the stream ; bub , if a rnnn ' B convictions are in that direction , what ia the ooxirse he ought to ohooae ? I have ondeavonrocl to take this course . I know very ¦ well , and you must know , that there are stoops of Alma in morals as well as on tho field of battle and of blood . ' Mr . Bright sat down in the midst of loud and sustained applause .

    General Thompson , Mr . J . Heywood , M . P ., and raomo ofchora , briofly addressed tho mooting , whioli concluded with three oheora for Messrs . Cobden Oiboon , and Bright , '

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    ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM . MBBMNa ON THE FAtX OV ICAIIS . S ^ i / ttt ^ £ Reform Association ' » old a meetfaSo * £ 5 d 2 S ? , aVer , ' ° " S » t «« rt V to * ^ tak e the iSff ofTkS ? ft ci ™™ ta » , eca connected with Movlev 3 h ? T" i I ohaw waB ooou P » ° d I tf Mr . S « astaSS £ S 5

    subject of Administrative Reform ; that many of the Liberals , as well as the Tories , were found " poohpoohing" the question ; but that the objects of the agitation were plain enough . Mr . Brown , the secretary , then i-ead a memorial to the Queen . This document recapitulated the charge brought against Lord Stratford de Redcliffe , to the effect that he had neg lected the applications of General Williams for assistance . It asserted that the provisions at Erzeroum might have been obtained for the relief of the garrison at Kara ; that the English fleet and the Turkish Contingent remained inactive ; that General Beatson and the Anglo-Turkish troops vainly besought to be sent to the succour of the besieged city , and were systematically neglected b y our ambassador at Constantinople ; and that tho advance of Omar Pacha was delayed until it was of no avail .

    Mr . Gassiot moved that the memorial be adopted and signed for presentation to tho Queen , lie said he feared that he was not exactly carrying out the principles of Administrative Reform ; that , being a mercantile man , he was not the right man in tho right place ; and that he was not quite sure that he was Bpeakingon a . subject which he thoroughly understood . The chief point in his speech consisted of a charge against Prince Albert of influencing the appointments

    of military men . The late Brigadier Mayne , he said , had been summoned from Iudia , where" he held an important appointment , to take a position in the Anglo-Turkish contingent , for which his experience of Mahometan soldiers peculiarly fitted him ; but that the appointment did not take place because it failed to meet with the approbation of Prince Albert . He concluded by advising members of Parliament to resist the fascination of Lord . Palmerston ' s soirees , and to remain independent .

    Mr . A B . Richards asserted that the British Commissioner who was employed in sending the Caucasian tribes , informed them that , iu the event of their aiding"Omar Pacha , ' France and England would not recognise the independence of those states . " It is evi derit , " said Mr , Richards , "that the object is to decimate the army of Turkey , and to strangle Turkey herself . " He added that it was asserted Lord Stratford de Iledcliffe had said General Williams should perish in Kars .

    Mr . Lindsay , M . P ., read a . letter from a Brigadier-General in the Turkish Contingent , complaining of the jealousy with which the officers from the Indian service are regarded , and of the general mismanagement of affairs in the Crimea . The speaker commended to the Association , as a subject which they ought to inquire into , " . the secret influence at present exercised over the executive . " Mr . Lawrence hoped that the inquiry would be granted , and that it would lead to impeachment .

    Mr . Morley , in conclusion , stated that a bill had been prepared by the Association for the reform of the Civil Servico , which would entirely sweep away al Governmental patronage .

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    Manchester goods by the railway , could not do so until he had paid a Manchester house Is . a-bale . After someother gentlemen had addressed the meeting , a committee was appointed , to co-operate with the Lotidon committee . The meeting of railway proprietors heLl at London on the 22 nd nit ., and adjourned , was resu med on Wednesday , when a report was read , of which tho fol lowing were tho chief passages : — ' Your committee purpose , with a view to a rapid and efficient organisation of the association , to obtain , with all convenient speed , lists of the shareholders in the various Hues when direct

    a application will be made to every iuQi ' . vicinal to enrol himself a member of your association Your committee recommend that an annual payment of half-a guinea shall constitute membera' . 'i p . Youv committee have also considered the question of local associations , and are of opinion that thoir e . st-. ' . Mbiiment will be eminentl y useful . " Mr . ? . Inlius , tho Chairm . au , announced that the association would vy ccive the support of many large shareholders nuil several members of Parliament . A motion approving the objects of the meeting was unanimously Ciirrijil ; and several gentlemen were nominate I to foi \; i a council .

    ADMIRAL LYOXS " AT HOME . " Sir Edmun . il Lyona was on Monday presented , iu public , with au address of congratulation by the inhabitants of Christchurch , Hampshire , on the occasion of his visiting ; that town , of which he is a native . He arrived there oil Sunday , and took up his quarters at the house of his cousin , Admiral Walcott , M . P . On the following day he was presented with the address by liis host and cousin , on a platform which had been erected in the centre of the town , which was faily adorned with streamers , &c , and loud with bancls of niusic . The reading of the address was often interrupted by the loud applause of the bystanders ; ami after Sir Edmund Lyons had replied with much

    emotion , the compauy luuehed at the King ' s Head hotel , where Lord Malmesbury presided , and spoke of the high services rendered b y their guest to the country , and of the difficulties , in the way of prejudice , hasty censure , and faction , which commanders have to \ iontend against . He also alluded to the Duke of Wellington ' s Unsuccessful efforts to amend the military system of this country , and of his going down to the grave " iu sullen silence > weary of warnine ; , and weary of giving advice ; " and his Lordship refuted the old accusation against the people of England , that they are in the chief d « gree blameable for our Crimean disasters , by reason of their parsimoniousness in military matters . .

    PUBLIC MEETING ^ RAILWAY REFOBM . A MEETisra of railway proprietors resident in Liverpool , Manchester , and the adjoining tow ns was held on Monday , at Liverpool , for the purpose of hearing a statement from Mr , Malins . There was a limited , though influential , attendance , and tho chair was occupied by Mr . Lawrence Hey worth , M . P ., who observed that he agreed with the observations of Mr . Malins at

    the London meeting a few days previously , with one exception . He dissented from that gentleman ' s opinion that the extension of branch lines is not unprofitable to original proprietors . To him ( the chairman ) it appeared that this is preciael y the point from which the evils come . With a different system , he believed that railway proprietors would now be receiving a remuneration of ten per oent . for their money .

    Mr . Malins said that tho distrust of the public arose in great measure from a belief that there- is no distinction between capital and revenue accounts ; and , if such wore the case , «\ s they all know fall well it waB , a more fatal error could not bo conceived ; for unless a di « tinot raodo of operation wore adopted , < i great part of tho railway capital would bo applied to revenue purposes Ho could not over-estimate tho importance of eebbing this matter right . Tlvo public men of this country pride themselves that they do not hold a uinglo railway share , but they will not hesitate to inveat iu foreign debentures of all klndu

    If this state of things were not stopped , tho largo surplus capital of tho oounfcry going out would produce * dlsastroua' results ; for , in such a onae , tho balanco in tho Bank of England diminishes , tho ruto of d Bcount vwob , exchanges turn against them , what is called tho " bank-screw ia applied , prices come down , and wido-sproad ruin , Buoh as oooura every five or seven years , suoh m they had in 1841 , and again recontly , follows , It was not a question of individual profit , but of national » n . foty and welfare . Another grievance was tho goodfl-oarrying monopoly enjoyed by oortain housoa . Mr . Malins oit d the awe ot a friend who , having to forward 1 , 500 balo « ot

    Sir Edmund Lyons , in returning thaliks for the toast of his health , gave a recapitulation of his Crimean experiences . He said that in . the course of their expedition to the Sea of Azof , they bad intercepted a letter from the Emperor of Russia , in which he emphatically declared that he would almost as soon see the Allies in his palace at St . Petersburg a 3 in the Sea of Azof . Of the advance of the English at the Alma , Sir " Edmund said that General Canrobort told him afterwards that he could only compare it Lo an English red brick wall supernaturally lifted from the ground and propelled forward , so steady , so unwavering , and so irresistible wa 3 tho attack . Our

    failure on the 8 th of September , tho Admiral excused by eaying that every step wo took was enfiladed by the enemy's batteries , and that , from vnriou . s circumstances , we were unable to push our approaches near to the works of the Redan . *• There ia another circumstance , also , " added tho Admiral , " which is uot generally known , but of the truth of which I na . iurod myself by asking General Niel tho other dny in Puris . When the French made thoir unsuccessful nttnok ou the 18 th of June , it was discovered afterwards that

    they had only spiked the enemy ' s guns imperfeotly , which in their retre at wore unavoidably turnod upon our allies . A more positive order on this . sulijVct was subsequently issued , and on the 8 th of SoptmaVrticsuJU the gunB in the Malakhoff wore too ofloctually wnilwid , and thus rendered useless to repel the advance of tho onomy ' s hordes into tho roar of tho Uoilau . It was utterly impossible to withstand tho ovorru >\ vorin £ ? numbers that rushod in . But I glory in belutf nblo to say that never was British courage moro con * spicuouBly displayed than on that day . "

    IMPEACHMENT AND THI 3 BLOCK FOR nUNIBrHlli ) . A MEBTiNa of tho inhabitant of WofltminHior -wai hold on AVodnesday in St Martin ' s Hull , I-oivj ; Acre , " to protest against tho conclusion of any potion on terms inconsistent with the honour and « li \ nily of thia oouuti-y . " Tho audianoo , oonftistiuK diiofly of tradosmon and artisans , entirely filled the hull . Tho ohair was taken by Mr . Charles Wostorfcon , of ultra-Protestant notoriety ; and a letter from Gonoiul Sir Do Ijaoy EvnnH was road , highly approving of tho objucln of tho ltieobing , but oxouHing himsolf from attcnilanco on tho ground that on tho next day ho hIioiiUI bo apoaking on tho subjoot iu Parliament . Tho Chairman , after alluding to the gromi minmnna . qoinent <> f tho oarly Htagos of the war , ami oxpi-OBHinjj h \ n o \> in ' wn that tho people of England will not ftooopfc ft i > om" ' " tvt any prioo , " imtrocluood tho lion . CharloH N « nyth

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 2, 1856, page 100, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2126/page/4/