The Express. — London, England, 1851-10-21 00:00:00

Int Court. KOSSUTH. WINDSOR, Ocr. 20. The Queen and Prince Albert walked in the park and the Slopes this morning. The Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, attended by the v. Mr. birch, took a drive in the parks in an open carriage. The remainder of the royal children took their accus tomed exercise. Prince Albert, attended by the Earl of Morley, Major- G rs eval Sir Edward Bowater, Colonel Hon. C. Grey, and Colonel F. H. Seymour, went out shooting this forenoon. Ihe Prime of Wales and the Princess Royal attended divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel of the Vdstle. There was no addition to the royal dinner party last evening. MEETING IN WESTftia Yesterday afternoon, at one o'clock, a meeting of the inhabitants of the city of Westminster, convened by a committee, Mr. Thomas Prout chairman, and Mr. George Iluggelt secretary, "to adopt an address to that great patriot and statesman, Kusauth, on his arrival in this country," was held at the Ilanoverequare Rooms. The large hall was densely crowded with an audience composed in about equal proportions of tradesmen and working men, there being exclusive of these many foreigners. Sir Da LACY EVANS, as one of the members fur Westminster, was moved and seconded into the chair. The principal persons present were the gentlemen whose names are given as speaking to the different resolutions. The most decided and emphatic enthusiasm prevailed throughout the pro ceedings. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the business of the meet ing, said that in the twenty years during which he had participated with the citizens of Westminster in different j public demonstrations, he did not recollect an occasion on I which he had felt more distinctly than at present the justice, in every sense of the word, of the cause in which they were engaged. (Cheers.) Ostensibly, indeed, the ob ject of this meeting was merely a personal one, to offer the expression of the sentiments of the people of Westminster to the late gcvemor of Hungary. But he (the chairman) viewed their purpeee as a much wider one. It was through Louis Kossuth to do honour to the sacred cause of which Louis Kossuth was the distinguished champion. (Loud cheers.) Ile believed that the mass of the citizens of this country—lie excepted, of course, those ultras who could not comprehend liberalism—were satisfied, and had long been satisfied, that the cause of Hungary was • good one. (Cheers.) It was true that the majority . of Englishmen were too busy in their own affairs to investigate very particularly the details of that struggle in which Hungary was the victim. (Hear, hear.) But he had felt it has duty, before accepting the honourable position which he then occupied, to look carefully and minutely into the history of those affairs on which, when they offered their sympathy to Kossuth, they were called upon to ex press nu decided an opinion. And he was now tweed to declare, that toe more he had studied the matter the more did he perceive that his original impressions were correct. (Cheers.) He found that the cause in which the Ilungarie embed bled was identically the cause in which Englishmen themselves had struggled for many centuries. (Chem.) The day was not won without hard fighting ; the contest went on fur many years; but, at lust, and 'heady, ns all Hungary acknowledged, through the self-sacribciug and unremitting energy of Kossuth—by his pen, his voice, and his sagacious counsels—the constitutional changes sought were proposed to and were passed by the Diet, and legally received the sanction, what we would call the royal meat, of the King of Ilungary. The main measures brought heward by the Hungarian leaden were seven iu number. The lint was a measure to effect the emancipation of the Hungarian serfs, and it was to the honour of Hungary that the first reform contemplated was the enfranchisement of the peasant.' from slavery. (Cheers.) The nobles who con atituted the Diet resolved to effect this, perhaps imitating us, in the same way by which we accomplished the emanci pation of the negro slaves iu our colonies. The British parliament conceded to the owners of the slaves no mural right to the ownership, but they did admit a right, in equitable expediency ; and, thereiure, when the negroce were made free, the planters obtained a meapensation of 20,000,0901. The parliament of Hungary anted on the same principles. The proprietors of the serfs met 8,000,0001., and 12,000,000 serfs were set free, became entitled toequal social privileges with other Hungarians, and obtained permanent possession of the lands which they had before cultivated as *lnes. (Cheers.) The next great measure desired by the Hungarian nation was the extension of the elective franchise—a little matter about which 'four or five months hence we ourselves might be deeply interested in. (Cheers and laughter.) But it was no revolutionary extension which had been wished for in Hungary. It was cot contemplated to extend the voting power beyond the possessors of eight acres of land or a proportionate. property. This would iudicate that the Hungarians were far beheld us ; and it was at tiny rate quite clear that the proposers of such a reform must base been moderate men. (Hear, hear.) The third proposal of those men was fur a commutation of tithes. Ile did nut know the extent of that proposal ; he only hoped that it was to give Hungary a more effective tithe commutation than England had yet enjoyed. (Hear, hear.) The other great measures they hail had in view were the freedom of the press and trial by jury. (Loud cheers.) These and two other analogous measures were the leading reforms voted by the Diet of Hungary at the insti gation of Kossuth. (Cheers.) They were passed ; and Austria, then in a crisis, formally anti legally ;assented to them. (Cheers.) Well, after this, Austria, and not Hungary, was the rebel. The Hungarian ministry, Km 'nth being Minister of Finance, discovered that the Ban of Croatia, in erus-ing the Hungarian frontiers, had acted with the concurrence and by the secret advice of the Aus trian Emperor. The Hungarian deputation proceeded to Vienna to remonstrate with the Emperor, to seek aid, and to call upon Austria to repel the aggression on Hungary. The answer they got was that the 8311 was acting without the Emperor's sanction. But presently afterwards an army of 50,000 Austrian+ joined the Croatians ; the Ban was publicly appointed to high authority ; and, after that, the enemies of Ilungary were iurreased, by the march, to join them, of 30,000 Russian,. Then came the declaration by Austria, that the national rights of Hun gary were abolished—that henceforward Hungary was in corporated with the Austrian empire. Surely Englishmen must see that if there was any revolution in this case, the Austrians were the revolutionists. (Loud cheep.) The preferred justification of these attacks on Hungary, was the Hungarian declaration of independence. But the mani festo of independence was not recorded until Austria had decreed the destruction of Hungary by incorporation with the Austrian empire. (Cheers.) The declaration of Hun garian independence was not made until Austrian and Russian, and Croatian troops were laying waste the invaded country. (Cheers.) The Times was good enough to say that this was a noble cause. (Hisses and laughter.) But, said the Times, the cause was spoiled by Kossuth, and by Kosauth's declaration of independence. The 'fusses might be very wise ; but it appeared to him that when three armies were marching against him with the intention of effacing Hungary front the map:Kossuth had done the only thing which it had been left fur him to do. (Cheers.) Was Hungary to sit down and beg Austria to reconsider the matter ? (Cheers and laughter.) Kossuth was nut the first who had had recourse to this lest resource of an op pressed people. Washington bad done something of that kind before him—(cheene—and no doubt VS ash. ington was reviled, too, by the Times newspapers of his day. Success made all the difference in certain estimates of Washington and Kossuth. Kossuth would have been • Washington, had the Russian arms not been in league with Austna against him. (Cheers.) European hater). presented no really greater man than Kossuth. (Loud cheers.) Strong in his cause, he had made that cause at Tenger by his courage, his energy, his honour, and his administrative genius. (Cheers.) Fifty thousand Austrians, thirty thousand Croatians, and count less Russians were against him and yet in one short cam paign all these hordes were driven by the Hungarian generals, directed by him, across the Hungarian frontiers. (The meeting at this point rose and cheered vociferously.) In all history he (the chairman) did nut knew of a more ex traordinary military and governmental achievement. (Im mense cheering.) Vast armies were raised in u month : into armies and people were infused an irresistible spirit of burning patriotism ; and the most marvellous energy was displayed by the whole notion in keeping those armies well appointed in the field. This was a grand exploit : and the man who most contributed Its that exploit was Louis Kossuth. (Great cheering.) The seemed campaign was under changed circumstances. The Hussiiuss advanced in overwhelming force; the struggle lameme unequal ; treachery increased the inequality ; and =y fell. lie (the Chairman) would not defend or anneal Gorgey. (Groans.) All he would say was, that be should like to see some public statement from that remarkable soldier, in reply to the accusations which had been brought against him, and which, not being answered, did undoubtedly cover him with suspicion. (Loud cries of "Hear, hear.") For the present, then, Hungary had &Ben ; but with the cause of Hungary, though Haien, all tbe freemen of Europe still sympathised. (Cheers) They had now, therefore, to look at tho per sonal question. Attempts had been made to blacken the character of Kossuth. (A Voice—Three groans for the Times.) (Cheers.) If they were to commence with in quiries into the characters of public men, where were they to stop ? (Hear, hear.) Counter accusations could easily be made. Rich tories and ahsolutists, wide 20,000 t. a year, might never have been tempted to commit pecuniary frauds, but they might, nevertheless, be very putligute fellows. (Hear, hear.) The public ought to have nothing to do with private characters. They had to judge of Kossuth as he had be his career before the world ; and he (the chairman) had satisfied himself that of all men who hail figured in uro peen affairs uotnne had displayed more virtue, courage, tr ait's, and patriotism, than the leader of the Hungarians. Loud cheers.) They were asked what had they to do with lungery or Kossuth. But had not the despots of Europe an idea that they were entitled to league together against liberty ; and were the English people to be told that they were not even to interfere with the expression of an opinion ? lie maintained that Europe was a community of natiens ; and that the duty of people to people was the duty of individual to individual, (hear, hear.) The in tervention of one people in favour of another was indispen sable to liberty. Mr. THOMAS PROCT, introduced by the ehairmaa, moved the first resolution, which was declaratory of the rectitude of the Hungarian cause, and enuuciatory of a be lief that the time was at band when Hungarians would slia end in recovering their liberties. Lord D. STUART seconded the resolution. His lade ship was received with loud cheers. lie said that he re ceived these cheers as a tribute to Hungary. They were given to bins only because he was known as a defender elf the Hungarian cause. (Cheers.) No Englishman could have • word to say against the resolution now submitted. Englishmen had ever sympathised with national stniggles for liberty, be the struggle in Hungary or in Poised. THE ORIENTAL COMPANY'S STEAMERS SULTAN (Loud cheers.) Englishmen ever sympathised with a people sirs POITINGER left Southampton yesterday for Alexsn- I seeking their rights, although the struggle might be ' 4 '4. They took out nearly 200 passengers between them; •against England. (Hear.) Fur what Englishman did not the lar ges t num b er that ever left the port for India on the !admire the American republicans who threw off the tyranny 'Sit say. The Sultan started at nine o'clock in the of our Eugliai governm en t ? (Ch eers .) E ng l an d peca rmaieg. Among her passengers was the Bishop of Boer I liarly 'empathised with Hungary from the similarity of the eq. A number of clergymen and friends took leave of his late Ilunprian struggle to preceding struggles in which we nahip ea board the Sult a n. The Fottinger took out the • had bees engaged. The man whom they were going to mails and specie ; the former consisted of above 200 boxes ' welcome to Eugland—(cheers)—bad never teen an anarchist. sad sacks. Th e spec i e amounte d t o nearly 120,0001., all (Cheers.) The Hungarians, led by Kosauth, rose but to dr or Inds, and nearly the whole of it in Silver bars end fend the rights they had enjoyed for eight centuries. (Cheers.) dollars. That was all they wished to do—to present their emanate- A deputation, including Mr. Beckford, Mr. M'Gregor, Mr. Millie% and Mr. Westmoreland, had an interview with F. Grey yesterday at the Colonial-office. Captain Townshend, M.l'., had an interview with Lord 1 JAin Russell yesterday at his official residence in Downing street. Mr. John King, delegate:from the colony of Victoria, had an interview yesterday with Earl Grey. The Right Hon. M. T. Baines, First Commissioner of the Poor-laws, had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on Saturday at his official residence in Downing- Street. Mr. L. Lemke (Western AustraliA) had an interview with Earl Grey yesterday. THE GREAT EXHIBITION. The work of removal went on throughout the whole of yesterday with accelerated despatch. The British nave is now almost empty, even the fittings being in course of removal by parties who have bought them from the ex 'diatom. The foreigners, also, are beginning to stir, their movements bring much quickened by the removal of the canvass covering of the roof, which hitherto preserved their costly goods Irons the rain. The public will be glad to learn that the sirvices of Mr. l)ilke have received a testi monial of their value from the highest fountain of honour. Ifer Majesty has been graciously pleased to present Mn.s l)ilke with a valuable bracelet, as some slight proof of the royal eppreciation of the services of her husband in pro moting the success of the Great Exhibition, and of his attendance and explanations on each occasion of a royal visit. This marked compliment from the sovereign her-elf will somewhat allay the public disappointment at the circumstance that, while honours arc being distributed am..og the paid officials of the Exhibition, Mr. Dilke, who ease his must valuable services gratuitously, should have lv, u overlooked. Mr. Ddke's 'Position in society, and in dependent fortune, of course placed simple kuighthood out el the question, and C. 8., it appears, must be confined to tied servants. l'ecuniary rewards, also, which will be thankfully accepted elsewhere, have no attraction fur, nor would they he accepted by, him, and there fore the only hownir which would at once measure his position and his services would be a baronetcy, which has certainly been Raven to him lung since by public consent, whatever may be the decision at the parties to whom tho distribution of such honours is entrusted. 'the finance com mittee have completed their report as regards the is wuntrAtion to he given to the various promoters of the I.shibition, and have, as we understand, been guided by a commendable spirit of liberality. Whether their decisions w,ll satisfy the serious expectant' is quite another question. Another document which is now in active preparation will is of much interest when complete. It is a detailed account of the value of each exhibitor's goods sent in by himself, awl arranged under the superintendence of Mr. Belshaw. he greatest English and the greatest French goldsmiths have already send in their invoices, the former being nearly itri,ooos., and the latter about ,100,001.11. We are requested to state that " Ferry's Copying Press, which was placed in the United Kingdom, So. 74," should have been placed under the bead of Canada. TOE COMMITTEE OP WATCTI, CLOCK, AND CURD ..,IFT /AC Ex lIIHITOILS, have forwarded to the Superinten d, lit of the A division, an expression of their admiration mot Sati•laction at the vigilance, eourtesy, and attention of th, polite stationce in the vicinity of their goods in Class X.. :oat they accompany it with a silver watch of a superior quality, to be presented to police constable Jones, 313 A, who was especially attached to their department. The watch hears the billowing inscription : "I'resented by the Committee of Watch and Clock Itlakers, to T. E. Jones, 31J A, as a mark of their satisfaction with his conduct in tart of their goods during the Great Exhibition of 18. A." Its worthy of remark that in the large and highly valua ble rollection of goods under the charge of this depart ment, not a single loss or accident has occurred since the opiniug of the building. ik:LTING or Exutnrrons.—A meeting of exhi • .. Moors of the Great Exhibition was advertised , take place j.stertlay at the T'revo► Arms, Knightsbridge. It was stapd to be "under the sanction of the executive com mittee," and its object wax to promote the sale of articles exhibited. Some time after the hour named about a dosen persons were assembled, when Mr. Stopher, an exhibitor of weal carving, took the chair. it then appeared that the originator of the meeting was an auctioneer, who was pre pared to undertake the sale of articles which had been thibittal at such time and place as any of the exhibitors might think tit. It was suggested by an exhibitor present that if sonic central place was selected, and articles from the Great Exhibition, and those only, were placed there both for exhibition and sale, it would probably be a suc cessful mode of disposing of them. No such proposition, or indeed other beyond the expression of the auctioneer's rtaalineir to ►ell for any one that wished, being mash', the w persons present departed much as they came. SPANISH BONDHOLDERS. Nesterdac a general tnecting of bondholders was held at the London Tavern, J. Cape!, Esq., in the chair, to take into consideration the mode of conversion of the bonds and coupons into the new deferred three per cent. stuck, the bpanieti commie v having arrived for the purpose of cariying it out, and to authorise the committee to inter s, ne in the convenion, the i)utch committee intending i—oing a certificate signal by their authority fur the half of the coupon not funded as a claim on the Spanish govern ment, and to cow-iiler the expediency of adopting a similar rei nun in this country. In the tint place it was deter mined, with the consent, so far as appears, of Senor Bur ro., the emnminiuner appointed for the purpose by the ropanish government, that the committee of the bondholders soeuld intervene directly in the convenion of the old bonds into the new stock, and that fur better security against any r. -teem , of the old bowl., as once happened, the committee Should take it upon them to stamp both the old bonds and the LOW. sou to verify the legitimacy of the latter, and dis qualify the former fur circulation. It was, moreover, re selves, that a stamped certificate should be given for tic 60 pv nat., or one-half of the overdue coupon which have n so arbitrarily shut out from the compromise, so as to in IMO& a standing claim upon the Spanish government 1.. wafter, should the state of its finances and its sense of °near admit of a consideration and satisfaction of this t of a dishonest insolvent arrangement. ' • A voll• of thank to the chainoset — iddcommittee closed thc rrocketlinp. LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES. Mow. 'Opollog Illibut lased Clealas. —.-.- --•— . A r trots. ...........1 ill TS ' IA Ile Id 71 113 GO 33 73 per Conn ........... 1 1111 31 NS 9043 0023 0030 4 prr yenta. ... ... ... 4, 4,,. Nen Lao ...I ... I .. .„ ... „. 3 Ar Cents. lartiampa oa I: at 100, MI ;10 lam 23 10. I .le.an, 3, la W...... 1111 Meaty. Naples Wales ... SO 23 Meaty. la,. 3, 13.3... ... loom lase, I/31 .. 74 lb. Treaury Condi — ... Pan:nnatt v. Owen 79 29 13 tolt Shares ... l4lll YAWS, OCT. 10 20. in, Versailles (right auk). • Mkt (left —St. hulk', Germ 210 a; Palland Winn% 0 32 .6; his and 'USW. 331 30; knout and Havre, —; Marvelllas sad Uhrtenll. 311 13; latraaboari and Bee. 143; Omen, ern,.; Betticame and 4.4... 191 73; Oakum and Bardeen; —; Nor th ern, 433 73. Pulsar' ettrekeari, 347 30. MADRID, OCT. lb.—Three per Cents., 36 9-16 ; after Bolan, 36,t. Four per Cents., —' • after 1 . k.1.a. —. Fi ve per Cents. ' 161 ; after Bolan, 161. t.urons, 8 ; after Bohn, 81. Passives, 6.1 ; atter Baia, 6,1 c. Bank of St. Ferdinand, 100 c. Ex chauge on Loudon, 50.75. ma's, Ocr. SA Pa Naas. (By Eleetrie Telegraph.) ANrweae, ()cr. 20.—Five per Cent. Metallignes, 74;; ditto Ardoins, 137.. Three per Cent. Interior 341. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., —. Ex change on London, 23.30. DIMASELS, (kr. 20.—Belgian Five per Cents., 082; ditto Four-and-n-halt per Cents., 90; ditto Two.. and-a-Ralf per Cents., 491. Exchange on London, 2;..30 VIENNA, Ocr. 20.—Fivo per Cents., Metalliques, 92 1; Exchange on London, 12.14 ; on Paris, 1451; Agio on gold. 291; ditto on silver, 22t. Ilmearit9, OCT. 20.—Three per Cents. Interior, 32; ; Russian Four-arid-a-Half per Cents.,o6,f. FRANKFORT, OCT. 20.—Fiee per Cent. Metal liques, 75. Three per Cent. Interior, 35. Exchange on London, 119; ; on Vienna, 97;1. Ocr. 20.—Voluntary Loan, 103 ; Na.- tional Debt, 88 . 4. Four-and-a-Halt per Cents., 1001. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 21, 1851. ties, and to endeavour, as Englishmen were seeking to do I I even at the present day, to improve it. And this they en deavoured to effect by legal means. They even got their government to sanction those reform., the importance of which had been mentioned by his hon. and gallant friend, the chairman, in his most able and eloquent speech. (Hear, I I hear.) Both Kossuth and Hungary would have been will big to continue under the sceptre of the house of Haps burgh, could they but have found a sovereign of that race who would have taken the oath to constitution and would have kept it. (Loud cheers.) But if they were driven to resort at last to physical tome, it was because the govern ment forced them to do so. (Cheers.) lie felt compelled to notice the conduct of a neighbouring state on the other aide of Hungary, and which was to that country on the south what Russia was to the north. The state to which he was alluding did not prowess a power or an army like Russia, and was not able, therefore, efficiently to express its -empathies for Hungary, but it was known I nevertheless to possess them. He believed that the Sultan of Turkey—(loud cheers)—he was rejoiced to perceive the manner in which the Sultan's name was received. It was a name which deserved the meeting's applause ; for the Sultan of Turkey had set a noble example to Christian rulers. (Loud applause.) Ile (Lord D. Stuart) thought that all honour ought to be paid him (the Seltan) by the people of this country. In many places, in different parts of the kingdom, addressee had been voted to him, and he hoped that such would be the case in every city and borough in the island. In one of the addresses which had been sent to him (the noble lord) in order to be transmitted through the ambassador to Constantinople, he hail read with great pleasure these words. Those who addressed the Sultan said to him, " Sire, your Majesty is the only one of i the great sovereigns of Europe who doe, not profess the principles of Christianity, but the only one who dose follow its dictates." (Great cheering.) KOSSath was now on the high seas, ploughing the wave towards this I free soil. An American or a British flag floated over him, but where would he have been without the Salton ? There could be no doubt that his fate would have been that of his colleague, Louis Batthyany. (Rear, hear) But fur the Sultan, they would have had to deplore his ignomi nious death. They would have cherished his memory, but they would have had to mourn over him, instead of to give hen a warm welcome. (Cheers.) Ile would have been numbered with those who had been vilely and ignomi niously put to death by the Austrian and Russian butchers. (Load cheers.) The attempt to malign Kossuth would not succeed. (Cheers.) The British people had too keen a dis cernment of right and wrong ; and when Kossuth came to our shore. they would conic forward as one man, and, in his person , the sacred principles of patriotism and liberty. (Loud and long-continued cheering.) The resolution was then put and carried unanimously. Mr. PEAltei CS O'CONNOR, M.P., said he would not address chilli longer than five minutes, for his blood su boiled within him when he thought of Hungary, that he was afraid lie should make a rebellious speech. (Laughter) 'f hey would all remember that Cobleett called a certain Journal " the bloody old 7imes"—(loud laughter and cheers) —and they saw how it had treated Kossuth. When that infernal old ruffian llaynau, who pulled the legs and arms off women, and threw them over the ramparts ter the pigs to eat, when he came to England, and when Barclay and Perkins' men gave him the reception he would so long remember—and they really ought to have put him into a brewing vat and boiled him—(loud laughter and cheers)—the Tinws abused them as it would abuse the meeting for taking the part of Komuth. (Cheers.) list he (Mr. O'Connor) had been tried eight times, and bad had eighteen months' solitary confinement for making speeches, and therefore he would only now propose three cheers for Kossuth. These were accordingly given with great vigour, and were followed by three as hearty groats for the Times. Mr. T. SAUNDERS moved the second resolution, which welcomed Kuasuth to England. Ile said that Louis Kos suth was no mere nuetrumnionger, hut was the advocate of constitutional reform. (Cheers.) Whatever were the cle tickle:les of modern aristocracy, they should never forget that they had nobly fought in their day ter the cause of liberty. In fact, if people would only study the principles of the old English constitution, we should hear much less than we did of chartisin, socialism, red republicanism, cunt monism, and the like. (Cries of " Oh.") Mr. Saunders was prim...ming with a somewhat discursive speech, but the meeting manifested so much impatience that he read the following address, which was appended to his resolution : --. 'TO ltli EXCELLENtiLuCiaI YuliSrir it. Sir,—Urged by profound sympathy for yourself and the Hungarian people, and by a deep interest iu the support of the fundamental principles of freedom, and the ancient customs essential to the maintenance of liberty, which you, sir, and Hungary have nobly struggled to uphold, we, citi zens of Westminster, in public meeting assembled, desire to manifest our cordial congratulations fur the preservation of your life, and for your deliverance from the foes of free dom and of all fr.semen. (Hear, hear.) We hail with thankfulness to thal your presence on Eng lish ground. (Hear, hear.) Those institutions which you and your countrymen have striven to defend, midst danger and death, we happily enjoy. We trust that the spirit which has preserved the ancient laws of national and local self government amongst the Britidi people, will be stimulated and advanced by your example and genius. We desire that the power of the people on both sides of the Atlantic should be aroused for the maintenance and extension of human liberty and free representative government, where ever nations are so enlightened by a sense of dignity, duty, and self-dependence, such as Hungary has recently dis played. We feel that the privileges valiantly won and re solutely maintained by our forefathers, and which have de scended to us, should not be forgotten in the enjoyment of prosperity and peace, but that our minds and hearts should keep a vigilant watch over them, so that encroachments should be repelled, and our children taught to feel the in estimable value of the birthright transmitted to them. And, sir, while thus resolved to nurture freedom at home, it i s our earnest hope :hat the British people may at all I times be ready to employ their influence and resources in preventing other nations, struggling to defend or obtain similar rights, from being assailed by foreign despots. For while we abhor bloodshed, and have no sympathy with anarchy, or with those revolutions which merely effect a change it the name of despotism—(hear, hear)—we feel hound to manifest respect for all national efforts to improve the administration of social affairs. Confident that the time will tome when Hungary and the more enlightened nations of the world, observant of your career, will : again make strenuous exertions fur the recovery or attainment of constitutional government, we doubt not that the people of this country and the United States of America will then stand forth with strong arms and firm resolves to succour freedom and resist foreign interference. (Hear.) We cannot allow this opportunity to pass without applaud ing the firm and resolute pamection afforded in defiance of Austrian and Russian menace by the Sublime Porte to yourself and the other noble patriots who took refuge under Turkish hospitality—(hear, hear)—and permit us to oiler a passing tribute of unfeigned sorrow for the many glorious victims to your righteous cause who fell on the field of battle, or under the Austrian executioner. (Hear, hear.) We offer these sentiments to you, noble and excellent sir, because we arc assured that they will encourage and re joice your heart, and lend renewed vigour to the efforts which you can never cease; to make fur the common cause, and for Hungary's weal." (Loud cheers.) Ile was sure they ought to congratulate themselves on having a foreign mini-ter who had stood forward so nobly to support the Turks. (Loud cheers.) And if Lord Palmerston had gone no further, it was solely their own fault. The function of a government was to express the wishes of the people, and stow could Lord Palmerston have gone further when they did not make their wishes plainly kuowu to him. (Cheers.) He hoped these meetings would make the Tunes see that the fivepences of the people would be more valuable to it than the uncoined gold of Austria. (Loud laughter and cheers.) Mr. 11. BIDGOOD seconded the resolution. Mr. BEAL supported the resolution in a declamatory speech, embracing the same topics which had been touched upon by the preceding speakers. The resolution and address were put and carried unani mously. Mr. ROGERS proposed the third resolution, which was, " That the following gentlemen be a committee to present the address to his excellency, on kis arrival in this country, at such time and place as shall be found practicable and convenient: Messrs. Prone Bidgood, Wright, Swaine, Malloch, Saunders, GeorgsWilson, Lewis, sen.,Geesin, Betts, Roberts, Lewis, jun., and George Haggett, secretary." Mr. Rogers stated that he never interfered in political affairs; and that he had only been urged to come forward, on this occasion, on reading the unmanly, libellous, and un- English attack on Kossuth in the Times. He believed that the Times had totally and completely mistaken the cha racter of the English people in respect to foreign affairs. The reception which was preparing for Kossuth showed this; and he was glad that the men of Westminster had done their . part. (Cheers ) Mr. DL NIGRO seconded the resolution, and intro duced to the meeting Colonel Gal, as the late Hungarian Governor of Transylvania, and the last of the Hungarian officers who had given up hope in the late war; and as Colonel Gal, • tine soldier-like looking man, was making his way amid great cheers from the body of the room to the platform, Mr. Danford took the opportunity of reminding the meeting that there were many Hungarians, refugees, in Loiulon, and that Lord Dudley Stuart and Mr. Nieholay would gladly receive, and properly bestow, any funds contributed to their support. Mr. NICHOLAY said he had been requested by Colonel I Gal, who could speak very little English, to return them his thanks for the honour they had done him. (Loud cheers.) He wished him to say that the Hungarians had always looked upon the English as their brethren, and now they had found them to be really such. (Loud cheers.)The enthusiasm of the meeting here become so great, that Colonel GAL came forward and said, in broken English, that he hoped an opportunity would soon arrive for them to take up arms once more against despotism on the continent—(sociferous cheers) — and he had the fullest conviction that the noble English people would support them in their lofty purpose. (En thusiastic cheers.) Mr. DUNFORD said the gallant colonel had been his pupil for three months only, and that as he did not know a single word of English previously, his progress was, as the meeting would have perceived, very creditable. (Cheers.) A vote of thanks to the Sublime Porte having been serried unanimously, and • vote of thanks having also been given to the chairman (who briefly acknowledged the compliment), the me e tin g b ro k e u p a t four o'clock. THE MEETING OP THE "CENTRAL COMMITTEE" lag evening was very fully attended; Mr. C. 8. Nicholls pre sided. Mr. Pettit., the secretary, laid before the meeting a number of Ictters which had been received from various parts of the country, enclosing subscriptions and offering suggestions. It was resolved that Mr. Dawson should be added to the committer. The arrangements for the procession, so far as they are completed, am as follows :— The committee wil l meet Kossuth on his arrival at the Waterloo-road station of the South Western railway, and escort him in procession to his temporary resi dence while in the metropolis. The central committee will immediately precede the carriage of Kossuth in the pro cession; they will bear white wands, and, in their midst will be displayed the figs of Hungary, Turkey, America, and the United Kingdom. The various trades unions and other associated bodies who intend to join iu the procession have been requested to inform the committee of the nature of the mottoes or devices upon any banners which they in tend to carry, so that nothing indecorous or inappropriate may be displayed or anything calculated to throw obloquy on the demonstration. The trades have also been desired to furnish wardens, in the proportion of one to every fifty of their number, to assist the equestrian marshals to be appointed by the central committee in preserving the order of the procession. As soon as the time of the arrival of ' Kossuth is fixed the committee will enter into conimunica lion with the police commissioners with reference to the steps which it may be necessary to adopt along the line of route, so MS to prevent the possibility of sr.y inconvenience or public disorder. The arrangements for the banquet cannot be completed until Kossuth shall have accepted the invitation of the committee, which will be conveyed to him by deputation immediately on his arrival at Southampton. ADDRESS TO KOSSEIII.—LEEDS, OCT. 20.—1 n compliance with a numerously signed and respectable requi- ' sition, the Mayor of Leeds, George Goodman, Esq., has convened a public meeting, to be held in the Court-house, this evening, at seven o'clock, to consider the propriety of presenting an address to Louis Kossuth, late governor of Hungary. congratulating him upon his liberation from im prisonment, and welcoming loin to this country. On Thursday next the Leeds Town Council also meet for the purpose of adopting an address of congratulation to Kos suth, and giving him a welcome to this country. KOSSUTII AND THE TRUST FUND. TO THE EDITOR OP TILE EXPRESS. Si ,-V, you permit me to remark, that by trusting to a source against which you have so suc cessfully warned others, you have been led into error, and that a morning contemporary front which TOR have accepted certain facts now quotes the .Exeress, in confirmation of its own falsehoods, to which you had incautiously given credit. The Tunes asserted that " judicial proceedings had been instituted against Kossuth souse years ago for misconduct in the performance of a trust in the county of Zcmplin ;" that " he was not exonerated from the charges ten brought against him ;" and that " all traces of the procedure were carefully destroyed during the period of his government." Now, sir, the comparison you make of the trust in question with " St. Cross and hundreds of our own institutions" is substantially correct, as well as your remark " that perversions of such funds to private uses were unfortunately as common under the old (unreformed) government of Hungary as under our own constitutional r, , yite." The trustees of such charities in Itunga, in fact, either furnished security, or were supposed at least to be possessed of private property, which afforded such security for the sums they handled. Though legally they had no right to apply to private uses the income collected, even though exactly refunded when required to be disbursed for the purposes for which the charity was instituted, according to a pre valent abuse in many instances they thought no more of temporarily appropriating them than the banker, who, with the certainty of being able to meet his client's cheque, makes payments of his own with the monies deposited with him by a client. By a further abuse it happened that the trustee's private property being real, and not easily recover able or convertible, the charity had to wait the trustee's convenience for repayment, and even this was not held to be dishonourable, so that there was property to meet the defalcation within a reason able period, or, indeed, even to meet the defalcation at all. It was only the appropriation of trust funds beyond the power of the trustee to redeem, which in this state of things was punished, where it could be brought to light, by the law, and stigma tised by opinion. Now, Kossuth, rather on account of his character and talents than pecuniary position, was entrusted at an early age with the trusteeship of an orphan education fund in the comitat of Zymplin. His, political adversaries, that is to say, the creatures of the Austrian government, circulated upon one occa sion that lie had used the trust monies and that a judicial investigation should be instituted. Perhaps it was believed by those who made the accusation that he really had used, and would not be able to replace, those monies; at any rate, on a preliminary inquiry, the fund was found intact, and hence no judicial charge was ever made. It is, therefore, false that Kossuth ever did appro priate trust monies; false that any such charge " from which he was not exonerated" was made ; false that any such judicial charge was ever brought against him. At a subsequent period, when Kossuth had risen to eminence, the calumny was revived at l'esth to serve a temporary purpose, just as the Times published its slanders to destroy the public sym pathy before they could be answered, when the extradition of the Hungarian refugees was pend ing, and just as it mewed them (at the mo ment when the illustrious exile was supposed to have been landing in this country) to cool, before they could have been confuted, the enthusiasm of his reception. Inquiry, of course, set the matter at rest, as it had done by so many other calumnies. It was after that inquiry that certain Hungarian magnates proposed to subscribe to purchase a considerable estate for Kossuth, and that, as you have observed, he was called by the Emperor to form part of a cabinet with such men as Ilatliyanyi and Szechenyi. The allegation that "all traces of the procedure in this ease were carefully . destroyed during his govern ment" is a bungling invention, which could only have been fabricated at Vienna or in Printing-house square. Unlike our English records, written upon separate rolls, the records in Hungary are impossible to abstract without publicity and scandal. 1 hey are entered in bound volumes, in the public keeping of corporate bodies, who hold their possessions by tenure of keeping these records, and subject on any falsification of such documents to forfeiture of those possessions. Most Hungarians who have mixed in political life have never heard of this calumny, or retain but vague recollections of it. Some reply, "If he did make use of the trust fund, no doubt he replaced it;" a remark by which probably you have been led astray. Others suggest, " Apply to his own county people." This is what I have done, and I subjoin a letter which Count Vay, a member of ono of the oldest and most respected families in the comitat of Zemplin, tells me that ho has just forwarded to the Times, and of which he has inclosed a copy, in answer to my application for his testimony. I am, sir, your obedient servant, THE AUTHOR OF REVELATIONS OF RUSSIA. TO THE EDITOII OF THE TIMES. Sin,—Tho Times of the 14th inserts the letter of a correspondent, who on the alleged authority of another morning paper, says of Kossuth (speaking of the Zemplin affair), " Thisimmaculate patriot was guilty of malversation after all." I belong, sir, to the same county as M. Kossuth, and, without enter ing into the details of this calumnious accusation, declare that he was notoriously acquitted of a gossip ing charge abandoned by those who mado it, and which, as an Hungarian, I indignantly rebut. The facts are briefly these: M. Kossuth, appointed at a very early age the trustee of an orphans' charity, although then as much addicted to the turf as to the bar, was seen on one occasion to play higher and more unfortunately than usual. It was reported (at Austrian instigation) that he had gambled with tho trust funds, an investigation was called for, but on preliminary inquiry the fund was found intact, to the confusion of his accusers. COUNT LADISLAUS VAY (of the Comitat of Zemplin). Southampton, Oct. 16. GENERAL LYING-IN HOSPITAL, YORK-ROAD.- The general quarterly meeting of the governors of this in - dilution was held yesterday, at the Hospital, in the Yorh.i road, Lambeth, Thos. S. Cocks, Esq., in the chair. A series* of resolutions was proposed for the confirmation of the present meeting, which were adopted at the last quar terly meeting, having reference to the steps to be taken by the house committee upon the avoidance of any office in the institution. One of these was objected to, and an Nese& , meat moved that it should be omitted, but the arnewdansalt , was negatived, and the whole of the resolutions were ad- finned. The receipts for the quarter, including 251. Ai. Mt.,' the proceeds of a sermon preached by the Arehhidiar of Canterbury for the charity, amounted to 1,1511. 10s. 9d. The dian.......nents for the same period were .._ _ . 151. 2d., I article imported produced .. a sum considerably leis than that expended in the cone- I this country, and an ankle imported from abroad which (landing quarter of last year. The balance I n ha nd was co uld not be produced is this country. For example, 9SOI. 151. 7d. Since the beginning of the year 030 women Ihe would take the article of tea. If they took off the were relieved by the institution, of whom 300 were out - tax upon te a, amountin g , he thought, to the sum of patients, and the remainder bad been admitted into the , 4,000,0001., they conferred on undivided benefit upon the boepitel. . labourer, without causing a single leaf less t 3 be pro- ductal in this country for the very valid reason that not a single leaf was produced in this country. (Hear, hear.) But if they took the tax off foreign corn its supply would be in creased, and the supply of English corn decreased, while, at the same time, in some instances they decreased the labourer's wages, and in othirs deprived him of wages alto gether. (Rear, hear.) They were told that the labouring classes of this country were never better off. Ile hel:eyed that at present they were receiving nearly as high wile , .s as formerly, and obtained their food cheaper; but this wits an unnatural state of things, and would not last; for it was im possible to diminish the fond from which the lahunier was paid, and at the same time pay him as high WaV , :tr he now received. (hear, hear.) In Ireland the erfee:s of recytd legislation had told in a most deplorable manner; and she was but the mirror of our fortunes, unless this policy that had caused the distress were reverstal. (Hear, hear.) It mattered little whether emigration were owing to the attraction of America or the repulsion of Ire land--the cause wits the same—it was that Ireland was de yasual by free trade, while America was flourish:a; under protection. (Cheers.) Ile feared that from the present Iluas: of Commons there was hut little chance Molitainiug a return to protection, or any justice to the land. They must look solely to the next election. It was in the regis tration courts and at the polling booths that they must tight for the rights of lalxitir in this country, if the question were to be fought at all. It was to the electors of the country they must look ; and if they threw their hearts into tho cause—if they came forward us men determined to assert their rights—he, lor one, did not fear the restilt. (Ap plause.) If the question were put fairly at the next eltetion,, they might dep. nil upon a moority in favour of protection to national industry. (Cheers.) A number of other toasts foilowed. COUNTY COURT ADVOCACY. TILE ATTORNEYS AND THE BAR. Last evening a !fleeting of attorneys was held at Freemasous Tavern, Great Queetestreet, which h been convened by the following eilvertisement The Is tr and letturneys.—lt being very desirable that some (Irritate un derstanding and arrangement should be come to upon this subject, which seriously affects the interests and well being of all parties, the attorneys of the metropolis are invitee to attend ii public meeting of the profession, to discus. tend consider the matter." The meeting was attended by trim eighty to a hundred attorneys. The CHAIRMAN (Mr. Clark, of Medford-row) said, the object of the electing was pretty well expressed in the advertisement convening the meeting; it was merely an invitation to the professional rant in the metropolis to meet and discuss a matter which now agi tated the protessiou, that of county court advocacy. There were numerous complaints in the trelession, but none were willing to act; they were all going oa on the let alone principle, which hal brought them to their present positioa. Had they met nero frequently and bestirred themselves they weuld net have been in the unfortunate and degrading peeition they were now is. After a speech of some h:igth, Mr. Clark read two extract. front the Lam Tiwes, &ere eating the combination of attorney and udrue ite in ear person, and concluded by saying he had a premsi. lion to make, which perhaps some geutlemin favourable to his views would move, " That a committee be (waxed, consisting of 12 or 25 attorneys of the metropaliv, with power to add to their number, who shall place thnawlvesin communication witlt these barristers who are desirous of iug a metropolitan county court bar,in order to arrange a of fees and other preliminaries upon which county court business may be conducted to the advantage of eueuteel and attorney without alleetiag the suitor." Mr. LEWIS, of lloewelleesurt, remarked that insteed of meeting at the Freemasons' Tavern, they miget to be meeting in a certain hall in Chancery-lane. lie had found that the Law Institution had always been baeliwardi in promoting the inti tests of the profession. It appeared to Rita that the way in which Mr. Clark attempted to get rid of this knotty p tint would nut enable them to get rid of it. In the liret place ec denied as a matter of fact that the evils of the county courts were owing to the presence of attorney advocates or to attorneys appearing for their clients. Ile believed that all these evils arase treat ap pointing men of no experience and no discretion I, judges of those courts. Ile thought they ought to adi the Law Institution to take this matter up. Ile moved a r• - solution to the effect that the Ltw Institution be requested to in terfere, and propose an arrangement between the ettemeys and the barristers, and that they then call a meeting of at torneys on the subject. Mr. SIIAEN lead he should be happy to second the motion, but n A with the same motives that hit induced the last speaker to move it. In his °Oahe* a weed dee. of abuse had been heeped upon the Law Institution ; it was very easy to abuse. Ile hail watched that society for three or tour years, and he believed they had shown a constant willingness to t the up matters which were for the interest of the profession. He believed the best course was to go to the Law Institution, tell them exactly what they wanted, requ.st them to put themselves in conietunicetion with their prolessienal brethren, and then leave the working out of the mutter with them. Mr. DEVON:MIME .uggeitA as an addition to the motion that the TVIIIIWtiOII should be to the matiagiog com mittee of the Metropolitan and Provincial Law A.,sueMtiett, as well as to the Law Institution. Mr. SHAEN &Mahe had not mentioned the Mttrepolitan and Provincial Law Aieociation, WI he repri mid that body, being its secretary•. As it was now named, he thought it r 4 ht to withdraw the ~ .tieunding ur the motion. The motion was then seconded by Mr. Mr. lIARRISON opposed the zuotiou. After some discuision, The motion was put and carried by a majority ; and on the motion of Mr. liauutsoN, seconded by Me. eItILPS, a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman, which con cluded the hu:siuos. REPRESENTATION OF NEWCASTLE.—WP (Silt - east& Chronicle) are autliori , ed to state that, having lxen ap plied to by smite of his friends, John Burgoyne Blaekett, Esq., of Wylniu, has given them to understand that whilst ho can on no accost appear in oppesition to either of the sitting members, he is larrectly ready to come forward as a candidate fur the repremmtation of Newcastle on the occurrence of a vacancy, if he eon then ho attistied that such a sten on his part will he acceptable to the great body of the liberal elector; of this town. . _ TILE NEW Tows OF Asmonn.—The South- Eastern Railway Company have erected a new toon at Ashford—new from h: {tinning to end—Tram the very site to the latest improvements. This town, when finemed, will be a second Wolverton, or new Swindon, consisting of handsome terrace , ' of neat and roomy cottage houses, an open piece of ; eras. land in front of them, sititaitle for a cricket ground or fur any other purpose of recreation, baths and wash-houses for the use of the residents, and to cent plete all, a gas works is now io course of erection, to supply the town and the houses with gas. It is also the intention of the company to erect a new church for the use of the inhabitants, so that in regarding their temporal welfare, their spiritual necessities will not go uncared for. New Ashford, and the extensive railway works adjoining it, an built upon a piece of land which was a little better than a waste four years since, at a distance of about one mile from the centre of the old town.—Rochester Gazette. ROYAL NAVAL BENEVOLENT SOCIETY. —The usual quarterly general court of this society was held at the Thatched House Tavern yesterday, Admiral Sir Welkin Owen fell in the chair. It was resolved that assistant surgeons, being ward-ream officers, end naval instructors should be allowed to become members of the society, and the amount of subscription to be required front them to be ss. yearly or 5/. for life. The late Mr. Shaw, of llayswater, having bequeathed 150/. in Three per Cents. to the witiety it was determined that a letter of thanks be written to the ex :cutors of that gentleman. The income of the society for the past quarter was announced to be 1,7191. 3s. Bd., and the expenditure 507/. 2s. 4,1., leaving a lialouce of 1,2121. is. 2d. in favour of the society. SETILEMENT OF TILE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY STKlKE.—Yesterday morning the delegates waited upon Mr. Jay, to comae to terms respecting the strike, when an offer was reads by Mr. Jay to pay an extra 11d. a day, which was refused, and the men left. Shortly after Mr. Jay re turned another message to the men, that he would agree to the terms they proposed ; and the men return to work this mornin. Louti g llSOftot:Gll AGRICULTURAL ARSOCIATION.— The members of this society held their anniversary meet ing at Loughborough, on Friday evening last. The chair man on the occasion was C. W. Packe, Esq., M.P. for South Leicestershire. The chairman stated that he dis- agreed with the opinions put forward of late by Mr. Disraeli, Sir James Graham, Lord Palmerston, Mr. Palmer, and Mr. Henley, because they did not "gn the whole ' hog " for protection, which alone he said, could save agri culturists. Mr. Bennett, of Cambridge, whose out and out protectionist views made him notorious, a short time since, as the tenant of the Duke of Bedfonl, was the next speaker, and he expressed an opinion that tanners should nu t s ti c k at trifles, and be determined to have their own way, but get what they could. He did not think they could get protection under the existing state of things, but he believed, in common with Mr. Disraeli, that they must seek for a reduction of taxation. He congratulated the farmers that on SOW of the farms in the neighbourhood, there was no game to annoy them and eat them up. Ile blamed the landlords very much for staying away from the meeting, pronoiinced their conduct ta be cruel, and said if it was persisted in it would alienate middle and higher close!.—Mr. George Kilby followed in a similar style, and told the meeting that 111/ firm belief wan th it protection would never be restored.— Mr. Burrows, of ltudditurton, Notts, made a long speech at the close of the meeting. He called upon the tenants to grUmble aloud, and not in @ecret. They had been going on too long depending on their leaders, but now they must form political opinions of their own. The fault had been that their leaders had represented the landed interest instead of their constituents, and while that was the ease they would never get justice. The tenant fanners of England must become " a great fact ;" they must boldly speak their sentiments. They had not done so yet, they wore one great money-malc;ng machine for landlords:and government, for they were cultivating their lands with the highest rents and the highest taxes in the world. He stated boldly before them, that the landlerds were not suffering as a class, and they were going on in a way that they would yet regret. They were killing the geese that laid the golden eggs. They (the tenants) mast stand by their own order, and they should ultimately sueceett. They shook' conquer if they would only believe they could. The tune was ;pile by for having the play of " Hamlet," with the character of Mosta left out. Ile would give them as a toast, without any pre judice to those who did not succeed—" The Electors of South Nottinghamshire who did succeed." WALTHAM AGRIaLTURAL ASSOCIATION. Tho annual meeting of this society was held on Fridays at Waltham-on-the-Wolds, Leicestershire. The show of stock was small but good, and the ploughing was excellent, but there was less competition for the premiums than on termer occasions. The dinner was held its the Agricultural-hall, the Marquis of Granby, M.l'., pre aiding. After the usual loyal and patriotic toasts had been given, The Marquis of GRANBY, M.l'., propowal Prosaerity and success to the Waltham Agricultural Society," as the principal toast of the evening. One of the chief objects of a society like that was not merely to bear clever and prac tical speeches in that hall, but to cull together men living in different parts of the country, and practically acquainted with the pursuits of agriculture, in order that they might talk over their affairs In the wards of the lamnteil Sir Robert Peel—for, however nutria he might have differed with this lamented statesman in politic., he hoped be had never said anything against his character, or that could in any way diminish the friendship he ever entertained for him—. One of the objects of these societies is to bring men together, that they may rub their minds one against the other—(hear, hear)—that they may perceive the difference in the various modes of farming, and learn arty improvement that their neighbours have discovered." The late abundant harvest had been alluded to by one or two speakers, and that was a circumstance at which all must feel I deeply grateful, inasmuch as it conferred blessings nut only upon the producer of food, but also upon the consumer; but unfortunately this blessing was marred to n great extent by the folly of our legislation. That which, while causing the abundance of food, should at the same time have conferred a blessing upon the producer, Irons the lar.je importa•ione of foreign corn had unfortunutsly very muck gone down iu price —the average of the last week being, he believed, 375. 7d. per qr. It was not necessaryfor him to repeat what his political opinions were—they were unchanged. (Ap plause.) lie had nothing to regret in what he hail previously said—nothing to unsay—hut stood weed by word to every thing he had uttered, both in that hall and elsewhere. lie wished lie was in a position to retract some pillion of his previous speeches—he wished he could see that dawn ing of prosperity which some men affected to have disco- vered ; he wished he could say that he thought the landed interests of this country—the landlords, farmers, and hi boaters—Were likely to see their condition improve. He had expressed his belief that all would feel the pressure of the present prices, and he still entertained the same opinion. Alas! hour by home, day by day, and year by year, these prophecies were being too accurately fulfilled. If he were asked what remedy he proposed, his answer would be the remedy he had alre idy advocated. ("Hear" and app'euse) 11e could see no other. But they were told that protection was dead. They were told so last year ; and they were told it so often last year that they (the protectionists) really began to believe there must lie something in it. They thought that the cause had been given up, and had ordered their mourn ing for the OCC3SIOII. Mr. Waklf y hail invited hint-elf to attend as coroner upon tire inquest ; but, lo and behold! the holy that was defunct was the free-trade ministry, and Mr. Wakley sat upon the coroner's inquest.—(Laughter.) Then it was said that the Duke of Wellington came, and, somehow or other, resuscitated this free-trade ministry, not to perfect life, but to vegetate ; and there they were vege tating at that moment. (Renewed laughter.) After sere. ral allusions to the oft-repeated assertions of the free•trade journals, that Protection was dead, the noble marquis said, —There were one or two circumstances which still made him think that protection was not quite given up. Lord I'elmerstou, visiting Tiverton the other day, was riot quite so insignificant to his (the noble chairman's) mind as it might be to others. What drew him to Tiverton ? Who ever heard of him visiting Tiverton before ? There must have been some reason for his going there; and something to do with the polities of Tiverton. Lord Pal merston seemed to have felt th it there was some change in the views of the inhabitants of Tiverton as to Veit members; not an improbable conjecture, when it was re membered what happened at Boston, at Knaresborough, and at Scarborough.—(Applause.) The electors of these boroughs had begun to find out that they hail some interest in this question of protection. It was all very well to call it a landlord's, farmer's, and labourer's question, bat it was also a town's question ; therefore he sus pected there had been some little movement in Tiverton that made Lord Pabuerston feel not quite comfortable in his seat. Consequently he went down, and made, as he always did and always would make, an able and clever speech. But perhaps the chief excellence of the speech woe, that he took care to commit himself to nothing. lie certainly, however, made one very important assertion, upon which he (the noble marquis) would make a few remarks. Lard Palmers ton said, " I don't think you will have any chance of getting an import duty levied upon corn until you see the river Exe running from the sea to the town of Tiverton, instead of from Tiverton to the ocean." Now, Lord Palmerstott knew very well, though he (the Marquis of Granby) might not, what was the course of the river Exe, or how its waters ran; but, although it might be that there was no back-water in the rivers of that part /of the country, Lord Palmerston knew very wail that, in the stream of public opinion, there was often a hack-water that might he very disagreeable. (Laughter.) Ile suspected that the Eat , prophet would not have appeared at Tiverton hail he not been somewhat afraid of being ex-member for that town. (Continued laughter.) But there was also another fact, and that was that they were threatened with a new Reform Bill, because, as they were told, the present ministry were afraid that at the next general election the county and borough constituencies might return a protec: tioisist parliament. It was very extraordinary, if prott ether were dead, that these fears should exist. Ile did not know what this reform bill was to be like, and was therefore desirous of not pledging himself to a measure of which he knew nothing, but he should not be at all surprised if the tory and protectionist party were not favourable to an extension of the franchise. (Ikar, hear). This, however, he would say, that the extension of the suffrage were not to be a bona .Ink one, but a measure for private purposes—if it were to be an extension to promote the interests of a particular class only, and to put down the largest interest in the country—he thought it would be the duty of all wellineaning Englishmen to oppose it to the uttermost; and that such might be the case—he did not say that it would be, but he did not know—hut that such might be the case he thought there was a great proba bility. (Applause). An extension of the franchise ! Why, he had already alluded to the boroughs that had the auda city to go along with the counties in returning protectionist members, and he would for one moment return to that point. It had been stated that Mr. Young was returned for Scarborough by the shipowners; but it was not, perhaps, generally known that the show of hands was in his fa vour at the nomination ; and there was every probability that if there had been universal suffrage Mr. 'Young would have been returned by an equ illy large majority. He therefore strongly suspected that this reform that was really to kill protection, was to be a one-sided, bastard mea sure, and not a true extension of the franchise in England. (Hear, hear.) Fur all these reasons he doubted whether their friend was really dead. (Applause.) But Mr. Disraeli had been announced as having given it up. He had the pleasure of Mr. Disraeli's acquaintance, and he had not fa voured him with an avowal of his intention. It might be true, but as yet he was not acquainted with it. It must he flattering in the extreme to Mr. Disraeli to witness such great anxiety that he should give it up. (Hear, hear.) It appeared that Mr. Disraeli had said, that until the voice of the people of England declared that they were in favour of protection he saw no chance of its return. Mr. Disraeli said more. He said, that he saw no chance of a restoration of protection until there was a new Parlia ment. (Hear, hear, hear.) But he had gone further than that ; he had said be saw the grossest injustice committed upon one class of the people of this country; he had seen burdens imposed upon them under the idea that they were to be borne under a particular system; he had seen that spa.= abrogated. Now the parliament of England re fined to restore that protections, and he said. therefore, that they must find some other remedy for the distress of which her:complained. (Applause.) Atter reading Mr. Disraelie speech with all the attention that he could give to it, he understood this to be Mr. Disraeli's position. lie (Mr. Disraeli) had said, " This gross injustice had bet IS °animated, and it could not be allowed to exist; they had refused his remedy, they would not listen so him, and he therefore called upou them who had **omitted the hardship to show him another remedy, if they could." (Cheers.) This was, perhaps, one of the best erodes of showing the calm good sense of this country, that If oar statesmen and politicians intended to uphold the tuitional credit, to pay the interest of the debt, to maintain this lotion in her present position, to pay lon an army and Navy, to keep up our colones, to retain India, and to con tinuo to be a first-class nation, there could no remedy be found for this crying and gross injustice but a return to the system of moderate import duties. (Applause.) It was very well for interested papers to endeavour to show that Mr. Disraeli had abandoned the calm, that he had so ably advo gated ; but until he had it from himself he should disbe lieve it. Having quoted passages from the speech of M. There, asserting that the products of a country should be protected if a nation were to remain independent and pros perous, Lord Granby read from a published work by M. Carey, an American, which strongly advocated the return la America to a more protective system, although nearly all !the products of that country were already protected at the rate of 30 percent. (Cheers.) What was the reason the English farmer was unable to compete with the foreigner in I the British market? Mr. Muscle . had insisted that it was *wing to the great burdens they had to bear; but he might bare gone further, and raatauced the much higher wagealte bed to pay titan the foreigner, owing to the national debt, Bed because there was scarcely an article that the labourer seasoned that was not taxed. That was an argument that had not, and he ventured to say that would not, be an swered. (Hear, hear.) If they could do without thew taxes, the English farmer might be able to compete with the !oreigoer ; but until they could do that they could not hearten or exist unless there were a moderate duty put epee the importation of foreign corn. (Cheers) When be Nadi UN of that argument in the House of Commons, lie hale Graham admitted that the er, Meuse, Demi other articles wee taxed ; but asked s ift at Gab= forgot in his answer, that if they raised the price oldie labourer's bread with one hand, w `i th the other they shes INIMI wils • MAIM. not why ince t h in is g br t e h a e d s hould arsumen be t f ta ain t i ed y. alssoir? James he high prices for the other artieles which they obliged him to pay. (Hear, hear.) pay the o en ve a r/ l o e ci d ke h .d im the to most import the tax off' an ' •- •-•riorted from abroad which was in a Acgartigid a nni t d f limS ac ir t pjri as iunter l eat a th (ih e raiwc d hhe itT allmw ere oasalu n l e wtd e of taking