The Press. — London, England, 1857-01-31 00:00:00

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Subscribers are requested to send their orders through News A gents: if direct to the Office, accompanied by a remittance. Advertisements also must have a reference or remittance. Money Orders to Ito made payable to Mr. ALFIIED Ivz, 110, Strand, London. Clo rrLii+ LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 31, 1857. POSTSCRIPT. NEUFCHATEL. A letter from Berne, in the Nuremberg Correspon dent, says : A telegraphic despatch has been received by the Federal Council from our Ambassador Extraordinary in Paris, which announces that the Conference relative to the Neufchatel question will he held in Paris. At first a German town had been proposed, but was opposed by Switzerland, who asked that if possible Paris should be selected, and after it London. It thus is evident that the wishes of Switzerland on the point have been realiesd. The King of Naples has concluded a convention with the Argentine Republic for the reception of his political prisoners, who may consent to be exiled thither. The offer hag been made to Poerio, but he has declined to go. Lqters from l'olam! affirm that General Gorts chakoff will in a short time relinquish the govern• ment of that country. It is said that his views, as far as regards the Administration, are far from agree ing with those of the Emperor Alenander, which are known to be favourable to extensive liberal im provements. Lord Palmerston yesterday received the deputa tion from the Mercantile Law Conference, headed by Lord Brougham, who explained the objects of the late con fereneo. Lord Palmerston promised that the attention of her Majesty's Government should be specially directed towards the question of Mercantile Law Reform. 6itttion 4ntelligtatt. WEST KENT.-Sir Walter Riddell met and ad dressed the electors on Thursday. Sir Walter declared himself a stanch Conservative, and a sup porter of the Protestant institutions of the country. With respect to the income tax, he was of opinion that the 7d. tax would be continued till 1800, but that the additional 9d. should be taken off at once. Upon the point of equitable adjustment, Sir Walter said • There can be nn doubt of the pressure or of the hard ship of imposing the same burden upon fixed and preca rious incomes, but there ate great difficulties in the way of an equitable adjustment, and my own impression is, that the best way would he to get rid of the tax altogether. for I would be only deceiving yon if I led you to believe that the present Chnneellor of the Exchequer has the least inten tion of altering the chntweter of the tax. The only person who attempted to deal with the difficulty since Mr. I'itt, was Mr. Disraeli, but I knew that be round it a most difficult. matter, although I admit that a decided and substantial difference might to exist between the rates paid on fixed and precarious incomes. Referring to a resolution adopted by the Liberal party supporting Mr. Martin, that they would rather port ho would give an independent invent than offer a factious op Riddell, amid loud cheers, THE PRESS. I think it right firmly and honestly to say f have not the least intention of offering a factious opposition to the Government. I believe that Lord Palmerston, who, for something like thirty years of his life, was a stanch mem• ber of the Conservative party, has still in him a good deal of Conservative spirit, and as long as he may be enabled to rule the Whig and Radical crew he has about him by help of the Conservatives, I think it is very likely that will keep him toll rably straight, and prevent the adoption of any extremely Radical measure. (Cheers.) I shall go to Par. liament, if elected, prepared to act with the Conservative party; but I have no intention whatever of offering Lord Palmerston any factious opposition. On the motion of Mr. Armitage, seconded by Mr. Lcwis, a resolution was passed to the effect that Sir Walter Riddell was a fit and proper person to repre sent the county in Parliament. Sir Walter Riddell, in returning thanks, requested the co-operation of his friends, and expressed his conviction that if the Conservative party worked earnestly together, he would be returned at the head of the poll. On Monday evening a crowded meeting of the electors was hsld at the Lecture-ball, Woolwich, for the purpose of hearing an address from C. W. Martin, Esq., explanatory of his political principles as a candidate for their suffrages. The chair was occupied by F. Bennoch, Esq., and Mr. Martin, at SOME length, avowed himself an advocate of an ex tension of the suffrage, a repeal of the income tax, a total and unconditional repeal of church rates, and of reforms in the army, navy, and civil service. In reply to questions, Mr. Martin said he was opposed to the ballot, and in favour of a continuance of the Maynooth grant. Several electors expressed them selves strongly in favour of the ballot, and ultimately a resolution was unanimously adopted, pledging the meeting to support Mr. Martin at the ensuing election. SAT.FORD.—The nomination of a representative in Parliament for this borough, in the room of the late Mr. Brotberton, will take place on Tuesday next. Only one candidate has appeared, namely, Mr. Edward Riley Langworthy, an enterprising mer chant and manufacturer in Manchester and Salford, who has served the office of mayor of Salford, is alderman of the borough, and has taken a lively interest in its local affairs. He contributed to the Peel park Museum the handsome sum of 3,0001, and is known to be a liberal supporter of most of the benevolent institutions both in Manchester and Sal ford. Mr. Langworthy met his constituents on Thursday, when he addressed the electors. He was opposed to church rates--in favour of Maynootb and the Factory Act. As to the franchise question, he could not say exactly how far he would go. LEICESTERSHIRE, NORTH.-011 Thursday Mr. C. H. Frewen, M.P. for East Sussex, issued an address to the electors of North Leicester announcing him self as a candidate to supply the vacancy caused by the elevation of the Marquis of Granby to the peer age. A requisition signed by many hundreds of the electors has been forwarded to Lord John Manners, M.P. for Colchester, and he has consented to stand. The number and character of the persons who have signed the requisition put it beyond a doubt that the noble lord will be returned. TIPPERARY.—The Limerick Chronicle says :—lm mediately after the meeting of Parliament a vacancy will be made in the representation of Tipperary County. It is said that Major Massy has already lodged 3,0001.. towards the expenses of a contest, but the general opinion is that that gentlemen will have a walk over. CAIIDIFF.—The Hon. Colonel Stuart, son of Lord James Stuart, has been actively engaged in canvass ing the electors of Cardiff, with a view of starting for the representation, in the event of the retirement of the present member, Dr. Coffin. This gentleman is advanced in yea's, and it is stated with confidence that he will not offer himself again. TIIE SUNDAY QUESTION was opened once more at Rochdale this week, when a public meeting was held to consider the propriety of opening the public buildings on Sunday. The Mayor presided. A re solution in favour of the motion on being proposed was defeated by an amendment to retain the law as it stands. THE BALLOT SOCIETY entertained Mr. Nicholson of Victoria at a public dinner on Wednesday, at the Albion. The lion. F. H. Berkeley presided. Mr. Nicholson, who was warmly received, gave a lengthened and interesting account of the working of the ballot in the colony, and proved by extracts from various journals that the statement of the Times as to the failure of the ballot was grossly inaccurate. In fact, the very reverse had been established even by the admission of those who had been opposed to that system of voting, and it would not be his fault if the people of Engtand remained long in doubt on the point. SATURDAY, PARLIAMENTARY CHANGES DURING THE PAST YEAR. • Seat vacated by acceptance of office under the Crown. + ID by accession to peerage. „ by death. • Athlone • Boston • Calne Kars o Earl of Shelburne : Cmbrdgo. tiny. Rt.MIA H.Walpole v Bt. lion. H. Goulburu • f ;heltenhaut Capt. F. Berke! It v Granville Berkeley t Chippenhaut R. P. Nisbet (Joseph Neeld t Dorset • Dorchester • Edinburgh 4. Frome 5 Lanark t Leicester t Leominster • Lichfield t Longford • Midhuret • Newcastle • New Ross • Nottingham • Rochester • Rutland t Sligo, B. t Suffolk, E Lord Henniker a Sir E. Gooch, Bt. + Tamworth • Wigton SEATS VACANT. + Bandon Viscount Bernard • Clonmel + Downpatriek + Dumfriesshire Viscount Drumlanrig • Greenwich • H 1111 Kent, West Sir E. Filiner, Bart. + Leicester, North • Nwpi t.,lsle of Wight t Salford • Southampton Sir Alexander Cockburn SIR JOHN M'NEILL AND COLONEL TULLOCII have been presented by the merchants of Liverpool with a congratulatory address, as a tribute to their late general services in the Crimea, "services attended with results the value of which it is impossible to overrate, and requiring an exercise of courage and determination which it is difficult adequately to estimate" : Looking back to and comparing the condition of the army (remarks the address) previous to the commence ment of your labours with the state in which you left it, it is not too much to say that to your exertions we owe the preservation of the remnant of that noble body of men, and the rescue of the country from impending failure and disgrace lt is difficult to say whether pride or shame claims the largest share in the history of the late campaign. An army whose active daring, and still more heroic endurance, exceed all that is recorded in ancient or modern history, has seen its ranks fall thick and fast under cold, hunger, and disease, until in some regiments hardly a man remained, the mortality from these causes alone being fourfold that which has made Walcheren a word of fear and shame for half a century, while clothing in abundance lay unused in the stores of Balaklava, and cattle lined the shores of the Black Sea within twenty-four hours' sail. The address then asserts that the proceedings rela tive to the report were undertaken apparently with no other object than to screen from deserved reprobation those who were justly responsible for the mismanagement, but have been attended with no other result than a confirmation of the truth of that report. The apathy of the Government in rewarding such distinguished services is remarked, and the address concludes:— The proud consciousness of the high duty you have per formed, and the good you have done, is the highest reward you can receive; next to this is the deep and lasting grati tude of your countrymen. Sir John M‘Neill and Colonel Tulloch have acknowledged the address. The former writes:— I will preserve with care this unexpected record of your approbation. Perhaps I may be permitted to add that its value is enhanced by its being the only public document I possess which contains an acknowledgment that any ser vice whatever was rendered by the commission. When I consented to proceed to the Crimea at the head of a corn mission I conceived that my duty to the country was in perfect accordance with the intentions and wishes of the Government. Lord Palmerston had urged the substitii tion of a commission in the Crimea for the committee of the. House of Commons demanded by Mr. Roebuck, and had thus, as it appeared to me, pledged the Government to an unflinching inquiry What objects, with refer ence to UR and to our report, may have been contemplated by Her Majesty's Ministers in the course which they thought it proper to pursue I do not pretend to know or to understand; but whatever their intentions may have been their proceedings appear to have produced a very general impression that the acknowledged fidelity of our report was not in accordance with their wishes. Colonel Tulloch observes : The period which has elapsed since the publication of the proceedings of the Chelsea Board seems rather to have strengthened than impaired the conviction that the facts recorded by myself stud colleague in our reFort were but too well founded. Having stated in a volume just issuing from the press, and of which I transmit a copy, my object. tions to that board, even though professional reasons induced me to appear before it, it is unnecessary for me to make any further comments on that head. support a man who vote to the Governm position, Sir Walter said