The Sun. — London, England, 1850-07-22 00:00:00

e as-,..._ a . Ik , iiiy cl e 7 d4 grace had already begun, and of " Hang asi ee 11," whose disgrace had just been consuls:l - hot extolled to the skies as acts worthy of t ,'e ttilt l t tl over the world; and worst of all it was his , hothe ruling Policy of Russia since the time o. N teat, naely, the absorption of the European Turkey and ap iall the capital of that 4ttklelatttine I ' e ' - ee by y hi at the very *lii t t, i theil th P e ' was thwarted a ed (- 1 game seemed to be altogether hd, a k The vrorld will, however, remember with ~, Pirti`aa countenance and ready aid tendered by '`'ai;: „ e rston to the Turkish ' Sultan, when for the 'ai,h o 't a hospitality which Christian princes, or 44 0 call themselves such, might imitate with "''' ti e j er and advantage, that (prince was threat 611truction for receiving and entertaining the ~,,, ki et f er ! of the Hungarian struggle for freedom e 4 l l a e 4; as it will not fail to recollect with con ,,d'etseeesw,a,rdlY, tricky proceedings of the French fi s 'ite ~" his Government on the same occasion. h,,, -g :ly, h ",,, e . r ! ritraes not to be forgiven by tyrants . and yo:t',°4l of the as no expiation was offered, and the Pea se t ge British Minister who loathed human Nasa„ 4 human butchery, whether in Brescia or at .' t 'a the , irit5.....,,, L - uallics of the Tiaeiss or in the Strada it 4 144 hrTO thought none the worse of the Turk -15,4 of he be, but, on the contrary, thought all t . he 'd lla e lta l er his noble conduct, because he dis itf.„iittea of hospitality more sacredly than • le l Ilse of 0 did not hold himself free from the Ok lath ''''' eonimon nature so far as to cause him Laeb ni cruel apathy or cynical indifferencteheupdoen '4lii's 01 nation ode ealcl e - „ 3to free themselves fro 1, 1 Esp ona I t!' ot soul and body under which priests . ' t eo „Oct brought them in the course of ages, r tili',ttreelfec:',BYraptithise with Italy and Hunga na y ku l ltd,7 t aat he had compromised the national s,t`hthet,egating from his station at a civilized . _ 1, aliti i i e 7,°val of this tearless, honest, and indepezi o ts ta k l the 4 /va s a thing determined on. How t°ti fo b 11, t°tlipireat rpestion debated by the " kne l t of t . aie 'feefs svhose head-quarters were at who have ;th t l e 7 )t e r t ter inhabited that town, but . vyh .h Itl,ll,l,ioibontre removed the scene of their intrigues ki "aQe °r use of Hastings and St. Leonard'!. of It s :::tse kt " t se of civilization that the commissions __l e ,,th v bp purchased either by pecuniary d I DhNtss e3at ingent advantages. This black spot .. 14 0 ti"t ta well known to the " knot of foreign con _ a; tit (11!eotin, when they sought the means of tit t ' k aith tta r ata of he when Minister. Sir R. We - Ne"Nhi g e e t !, Of truth than of prudenee, said . every N'tJh'ilirsti,b, so, Perhaps, he would have said, has tqfh.t4i4stli that, however, as it may, an organ . ta k e t 0,,„ .4this country for the coalition of desp,? t t e s r , a ite ' org itr ee ,, a :. a ett , i .l proceeded to its issue. Day g oo "toie:Noht tee question poured forth attack up of . s licy, 44 lti o ,"'e doomed victim; now the success inler _ f cbiditll'Astlo4 his Was called in question as oppressed t 6 ° were tht,,, ,4 sad de... sYmpathiea with the kl i e - "'eased n ' l edt and finally inde his practical assertion 'whi i i ' l ' 2 of an old and faithful ally—an ta t of t r , .e this country i, Ittfi stles__ had guaranteed with all the ' ll eet ' 4 na4t elY the dispatch of the Mediter sttgAett4roea T af the nick ' of time," to the . Dardanelles eNt 4t Pie ° a high crime and misdemeanour by 'ea' 4 sir e ° °I the conspire o . V 4 ed elth th e f , hl I, ' trs Then came the kk a s ee ~ ail ess rench negotiator, Baron l'i t 'lithe fuPecatious raised by the ever ready , k ,it.. c i l wat 4Pitcrent French Government ; a ,, nd there Unfor y Sll th eta . that the " pear was ripe.. 05 1 , 4 a tthi ez f‘ l a in this country a political party, ''e r 'an teach —namely, the Tories—men , lira "gottea „ nothing and learned nothing," 4tt,'letltB thea'- as eager for power and lin . e t l,eti ' lt Profits of office, and the opportunity the tilpt,Saya°,i,l3 ever their predecessors were in .fin. jO t ti t i l° ! ti sla r tml Younger Pitt. This party, sacra l f„ty 1,?1,".° Politieal feelirl and anxious for any *N tt ' ll iall till:h should at once replace them . in power, '' h 14 h e 4 ' l With the means of satisfying their ilitt4tto;',eabe'ttia„n liberty, leagued themselves at once " knot of foreign ki l le r, itetol he mo a tt question— Via s th e , ed the overthrow of the Foreign italis,if witajoverument of which he . is a member, OtOhl 4 bit ti ., u all its strength, and with . even more t > tftul! recklessness of public . opinion, to the ' solution Oht7toty of intriguers. Accordingly II )11 1 k tf ° , 1 : 11. krci ti t he Policy of Lord Palmerston was lit,' h Lard '1 the leader of the Tory party in the i t ,,etZe,'ve sw ' a kl carried by a considerable majority.. den lOh tt 'lhg, ) , a s not surprising, considering the i - kep l4 a ti 4 a th s , we ll as the identity of interests, that 4 1 14 eel great bulk of the English peerage , au n t! .° 'e r4 ti Pat ti on the continent; and the Gover 11. C; iYi,f,.4h,tavAf.gard it in the light Of an inevitable' ne s:ash:v., th e ld not resign. This proceeding defeated, kel?t,Zete,:i°llLlbilsation. But it was felt that the i tl a e ,„lbr yee not go on in the face of ad by verse t, tV,"Pr kt . 4 of the Legislature, disregarded the 5, p 4 0 4 powerless 441 i' r IcallY though that branch be; o )7 ' 4, ishi„, motion was made in the House of q . 1 41 wtok;'' had for its object th© reversal of that in toy tdp4?3t4io:. debate was followed by a division o _ tt . l2 de major IV was with Ministers, and the policy he f i t ," h e !fr,ace t° 1:1 was declared triumphant. This . was t i k ,l ZO,Y, , th ,e " foreign conspiracy," which, i Iti i " l acl '• '-obien may be assured not only has . decry 14 4 4 tti 41 s till • this country—a e°nalm 14Loihroh,d k_..exist, iu ministers, ruthless ty , T il l 'hty g alos h ;nes, degraded qon ?park' r °l °lts minions of decayed and despised yPit, e it Jai lite . 1,,,, t / , 1 . a eh , struck, the flame soon followed; and tr ti t tetti ?No e Owed flame—the flame of liberty. The I, ',,qt - in ee lioe''' Public feeling in contradistinction to last,wri jaa the ceremony of presenting ap a or - - t ittl is aioeipiltaulerston to his lady, a graceful . and me p r. t , til(i PAtta ‘llt. Then came meetings innu ~."1 0 t, le,, e, 0, the country in aid of his policy—next e a etit a ti le „_3 eotninonly known as " calling over the \ '.tot of 4 f lo ttl t: e srt of liberal constituencies towards_ thei qh' i tl . , 4l.l °rei gn 's, wh o h ad voted in support f n o s t - tanee 41411 Y, ti.'"hspirators," Mr. Cobden, i ke',ll e ,:t he 1,, 1,4 en tertainment at the Reform er Club, ene. Ily Of the upon as the exponent of the g 0, ti,,,, e4 se 4 EI .hheral portion of the community,- gene ea lh 4 ee' l oas e ' e hon of the British population which .d h '''la 's• It 1i .ki' i h the , . elan idea worthy of the ,. occasion saiNl tees f deg victim of a base de.eated in iiils,,eked „ et Lia of Reform ; and that entertainment f kyi 4 et ' fl ati? un by its recipient as an honour tit.,'ettigatah,;° existence might be justly proud. V l l' i tais?, 4 ad k i : l r i cise and said—My Lord Palme i r m st m on e ,_ „t),lt4ts q,itli!Lelntn—Before coming h be;4lll,4lagei;,_ta meeting, I think it right tot t e o offer, 'irt 4 1 t4ll, ci L AI, that in the variety of toasts which r it , 'to 't l c, ° Pon to drink, it will be more for I'll Lets gai t r ota if we omit the usual ceremony_ .titt . ° hia °II I all i. .9 q-N by but two toasts.—(Hear, hear.) I Eeith"htYit4ow . tho sense of the gentlemen present : tlitil,tlrtl,e,,,thlnscont respectfully as a sugestion, and IN all tit, I 111. .4'4' vr4 Ce I come to the charter toast of all ,at t itt, ee ll , i ' Ile that needs no eulogium, because qN i .ete t , the qi,'"ed that the stability of the country s_ hti" h, the v ,,,'„ e en. It is unnecessary for me to exp f, th. -y„, virtues ef• the woman; we should equally lit, qi, v .iici tt t 4 4 , q v 'of the office.—(Cheers.) I give 4he a nd (ise further preface, in all honour, I h ~.'''tat ie d. B l, ')ci bless her."( Loud and enthusiastic s N I 'e the r\ ql4 lt rkl; tletne, 'ti'leen" was then sung by the pr , ofe . s e : 1 4 14 boo ,of , the co mpany marking with loud t d ,s llo,lis4lll‘, thaPPlaUse the allusions to her Msjes y th,`tsiagate4,ele politics" and " knavish tricks." I tl t 'a e t e f a i, ll . t hen rose and said—ln proposing the nd N a 'ah; th e itrloce Albert, the Prince of Wales, a t tt,kte t ' 3l e ß 1141 Family " I will simply content my -4i ta 4, t ' au( ' I a ' I the feelings of a e prix , th at' in sure express a 03 i_ (ict,j . ,at v . h ope the Prince of Wales may y 1 his zL e,,,... 5 4,1 , i:e 'qu o , \ and the public worth of t tlti h e e C e fiall g e , e rs ;) V. ‘ I L) ••Ai.. ' -wilin morn." ls il's q ,, ala,s,,, t „.. g "ter' ef a' eetsee 'len rose and said—Gentlemen, in eis ' 4 tlit b t ' 4 ' 31 1 to the next toast, I feel that the ), th 4 'Wit), east h ave 8 . • complain, and to 44 4 1ti ' the xi• , some right to . 11 1 ) 04 4 Ot f 3 °win togs Lord on my right hand,_ inse t;navye t s s(L l ' i4l 4l th„g t t ° hiB policy that the army and (2 e ri tlk4t er - s , ena lkfyrnent which they calculated re we a V'aif'tetreet.4q cheers)—but, gentlemen, i 4 t 4 L Of t , I del, , from drinking the triumphs of bygone t r , 114 , 4 ' 1 1 ,1 %ti g iy"h t , te lsee a% this table . two lion. Mem \'ter`telly 44 d 1 hap"'lye shone alike in the senate and ) eu'al a:' 44 tece great pleasure in coupling with YVti, 44 tl - e: 1) e -t,le 4Vi iniral - Sir Charles Napier and "e te'''" , ThY E vans. —(Loud cheers.) I give d r II kli r i, 'eve Otlis tine,Y, Aryans.—(Loud and the Navy," Prof --- '"d fr to return thanks for 14tila4°!alillg') '534411.--e (li t 'll ee e ri toast was drunk with h rt i ti 'ree e B ,i r . x , kiati".l4tv'>.,,,rite ; A Nta said—Mr. Chairman and ' 1 4 "itlf 3 O eeret i t he presence of the Noble Lord chikiarti ea giks .Itry r '°r Foreign Affairs, our most !' , ll '4 } , lat4, ll k u ttibe r t ; , and also in the presence of °ali t ,'te°,lter)..,_ 4 °' her majesty's Reformers verht, e e ,rne 1-0 return thanks for the honour t i, 11 1 , 11 , 1 Yon' il l Connei; nav y in drinking its health 1, - "e e-"erta: as ,- - r'ng lily name with it. Gentlemen, I, op -4ty -11t0,11?' lily that t h e Noble Lord whom poll' l t hi,tb44 sight i. -- more closely connected with It i ., „„eal ieare49n all think o'. The Noble . Lord t t , nl o l e eel ). in th e te 'te P ' tees' !ad it y en Y. , no —(Elea', tl tti, a li o) itt 4 (I t 4 ra ty - _ - Itt ile 4 at i ''"-( a !'' a naval officer fifty 4Pr It° I 4"tai I 6 ( - Gre r a e t a la eh u ne g ea h r. te w r. a ) -UsT'ist S of :C bs h e t he i(lL t i 1 441 _°P.tinucd laughter.) I have not yet s k, oohiOr s of 7nat is still more probable,. I never ~ fit ''orri , laughter Still lam uite certain that if es "Yie" am ennsined in that profession, with his . i llo W 4 l l i lq th ey halvheedetalen ts which have shone d so b t r4- -se, ~ ,4,,, - , e euu „--0 in tue profession since a op the , ,to 1 stq: h hal IlisallY distinguished himself. But h ' , Os ° At 'H s " tool: elairaa upon the army, because the o e i t l l tte ale •aat th ,, was Secretary- at-War; and I have 4 1 , as s o p have shov e nd everywhere else, the Noble ctOaty : . ° Weq 0, as he has done in the profession ietta:seelllld vel7rnuilch longer than he has followed seat.,l, Nl:alert v;ithest, although the Noble Lord has oh -is h• - tted ~,,. t ho navy, he has still been inti le, tea to 1 ° aem then ith it ever since, for he was hardly eqlsO'te .NI on rho he came into office before he was ,ist,truoltitT"tntiol navy to assist him in the policy °t ill ati tlat e ISl oble I regard to Belgium and Hol q kee,„ t tral ka o rd got clear out of that adverse Iln a ko tie red sh e 4 , t ago of these two countries, and i•No waa called Lord ttsi l he had th e T h e of Europe.—( Loud cheers.) Lord settled that question 441ttl(CIlle--ee sc'ttl upon to settle a much more tilt o ll °I 1)Q1144 hinee a question between Dom til t ugh to Portugal. T., between a usurper and the k t utigh talk) is th e vr r.he Noble Lord carried that l et °te Ory e nter a" In which he has always carried ptrise he undertook. He was a bold t, o e te ete,„_""-lert e k e t , etptc) ' l l ,l of 100:40400 enterprise. Dom Miguel had a i t „'ati thal°oo. lit ,t,'_'en, while the Queen had only 'l i r: \\." 4 ' ,questi on, tu_Cl, Nokle Lord persevered and t te l:4 t avv l: let tie ai i . 3 no did the question of Bel ',':itl, e teci uer. ide th‘orwards follow the Noble Lord Bel the t o 4 4 ° also c a l l " ca ned the navy into operation ithillttstiouttle th,i queestdi my friend General De Lacy """(14ain ~d ° ll of Spain, and he did settle ti tilitlio.) prreservee the peace of Europe 4 Rill ugit take $l kl9ble THE SUN, Viscount PALMELISTON, whose rising was the signal far a fresh burst of enthusiastic applause, after silence had been restored, spoke as fellows:—My leyrds and Gentlemen, when I think of the honourable and flatter ing reception which I have received from you this day, and when I think of the terme—far exceeding anything which I can feel conscious of droerving—in which my Hon. and Gallant Friend has been pleased to propose this toast to you, lam sensible of that truth which we have otten heard—that it is far more easy to find argu ments successfully to repel opponents than words adequate to express all one's thanks and gratitude to one's friends. —(Cheers.) It is said, indeed, that from the fulness of the heart the mouth speaketh; but the heart may be too full to allow the tongue to give proper utterance to the feelings.—(Here the Noble Lord became much affected, and for some minutes could with difficulty proceed.) Gentlemen, y ou have met here to-day, not merely to testify your kind and friendly feelings towards one in dividual, but you have met also, I apprehend, to record by this public demonstration great and leading principles of public policy.—(Loud cheers.) lam entitled to info r, gentlemen, that the principles of policy which have guided the Government of which I have the honour to be a member in the administration of the foreign rela tions of this country, have been such, generally speak ing, and in their general tenor, as to ba thought deserv ing of your approbation.—(Loud cheers.) Those prin ciples of policy may be described in a few simple words: the guiding object of the policy of the Government with regard to its foreign relations has been the interests of England—(Great cheering)—interests which begin in the well-being of this country, and which in their pro gress comprehend the well-being of every other country.—(Loud cheers.) In regard to this country, it is needless to say that it ought to be the first object of those who are charged with its foreign relations to main tain unimpaired its honour. its dignity, and its rights.— (Enthusiastic cheering.) It is also our duty to protect our fellow-subjects in whatever foreign land they may be.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, we are eminently a travelling, an inquiring, and a commercial nation.— (Cheers.) There is no part of that great ocean that oc cupies so vast a portion of the globe on whose bosom our ships and our merchandise are not found to float. There is no land, however distant, or however near, hover civilised, however barbarous, in which English men are not found, either for the purpose of recreation or of health, in the pursuit of science or of commerce, or in the nobler and higher vocation of shedding in the regions of darkness the light of our Christian faith.— (Deafening plaudits.) I contend, gentlemen, that those fellow-subjects of ours are entitled, wherever they may be, to think that they are under the guardianship of the watchful eye of this country ; and that the arm of England will either protect them from wrong, or, it wrong should be done, will be powerful to obtain for them redress.—(Tremendous and prolonged ap plause.) I have said, gentlemen, that the interests of England lie not only in our own particular objects, but in the well-being also of other nations.—(Hear, hear.) The days are gone by, at least in this country, in which men thought and nations imagined that their prosperity could be promoted by the adversity of others.—(Cheers.) We glory in our own wealth—we glory in our own hap piness, and we glory in our own liberty; but we are not desirous to monopolise those blessings, and, so far as our efforts can be properly exerted, I think it is the duty of the Government of this country to assist other nations in following at least our example, and in endeavouring to attain a position similar to that which we have attained. —(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, Ido not mean to say, as those who have endeavoured to thwart our policy have unfoundly asserted, that we ought to go like knight errants of civilisation forcing institutions on other countries, exciting them to discontent and encouraging them to disturbance.—(Hear, hear.) Such is not a part of the duties of the Government of England.—(Cheers.) But when we see nations which are endeavouring in con junction with their Governments to improve their in stitutions—when we see nations sensible of the evils under which they are suffering, endeavouring rationally, temperately, and calmly to improve their condition — they deserve at least the sympathy of England—(Loud cheers)—and if other powers, differently impressed by opinions, should endeavour to interfere, in order to prevent the development of liberty—(Cheers)—my conviction is that the Government of England will always be supported and backed by the people of Eng land in throwing our weight into the scale, and endea vouring thus to restore the balance.—(Loud applause.) — And, gentlemen, be persuaded that that can often be done without endangering the continuance of our peace ful relations.—(Cheers.) Do not imagine that we are less sensible than any man in the country of the value and importance of peace—do not imagine that we think lightly of the calamities of war—of the interruption which war interposes to every improvement, social, political, and commercial. Do not imagine that we are insensible to the reasons which ought to deter the go vernors of any country from involving, without absolute necessity, the people with whose destinies they are charged in the miseries and calamities of war.—(Hear, hear.) But, gentlemen, do not let the people of this country imagine that every angry word that may fall from other Governments will be immediately followed by a blow.—(Loud cheers and laughter.)— Do not let the people of this country believe that every angry demonstration—every exhibition of dis satisfaction, diplomatic or otherwise (Laughter)— that may come from Governments whose policy and views may be thwarted by the views and policy of England, will necessarily lead to hostilities. (Hear, hear, and applause.) Anxious as the people of this country are—and to their honour be it spoken, I believe no other people are more anxious for the preser vation of peace, or more desirous to avoid war with any country whatever—ye:, believe me, that no other coun try is a bit more desirous, and for the hest of all reasons of going to war with England, than England can be of going to war with it.—(Loud and long protracted cheering.) Gentlemen, this consciousness of strength, this feeling of national power, ought never to tempt the Government of the people of England to do anything that is unjust or wrong.—(Loud cheers.) Bat it ought, at least, to bear us up in pursuing the course of justice and honour, and must induce us not lightly to give way to apprehensions which may be founded on no real ground.—(Bear, hear.) Gentlemen, I feel that we may be proud, and reasonably proud, of the country in which we have had the good fortune to be born.—(hear, hear.) It seems to me that this British nation is destined by Providence to bear an honourable part in the promotion and advancement of the ci vilisation of mankind.—(Loud cheers.) It is from this hive that that swarm has proceeded—the busy, active swarm which has covered, by the works of its construct ive industry, the wilds and primeval forests of North America.—(Cheers.) Thera is no land, however re mote, in which Englishmen are noti ntroducing the arts of civilisation and the blessings of Christianity.— (Cheers.) And here, in this land, in which we are at home, we may feel proud in thinking that wo hold out to all the civilised nations of the world an example of internal organisation, of systematic and progressive im provement, of practical proof and consciousness, that in improving and repairing ancient institutions, you give them strength, and do not overthrow or des tro y them. I say that tis country is holding out to the civilised na tions of the world an example worthy of the imitation of the ablest statesmen, and worthy also of the admiration of the wisest philosophers.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen,' again must thank you—inadequately thank you—for the great and distinguished honour which has been conferred on me this day; but I beg to assure you that, though my words may fall far short of my feelings, and infinitely below that which is deserved by the kind ness which I have received at your hands, the recollec tion of this day will be impresed upon my memory to tke latest hour of my existence; and that in any act of my public life, in which I may feel hesitation or doubt, the recollection, not only of the kindness you have exhibited to-day, but of the handsome and generous support which I have received at your hands in moments of great per sonal and official difficulty—(Loud cheers)—will encou rage me and support me always in the performance of my public duty—(Cheers)—and this you may depend on, gentlemen, that so long as this country has the good for tune to be represented by such men as those whom I see around me—so long as the people of this country aro animated by those generous and patriotic feelings which have led you here to-day, there can be no danger that any Government of England will shrink from the per formance of its duty, nor will there ever be peril for the fortunes of our country.—(The Noble Lord resumed his seat amid deafening and protracted cheering.) Lord JAMES STUART said,that the committee of which he had the honour to be a member had chosen him to propose a toast which be was convinced would be well received, nay, he hoped enthusiastically received, by all shades of reformers assembled in that room.—(Hear, hear.) He was quite aware that the members of the Reform Club comprised people of every variety of reform sentiments; at the same time, recollecting the benefits which had accrued to this country from the pos session of office by Lord John Russell and his colleagues —(Hear, hear) —he (Lord James Stuart) confessed he could have no want of confidence in offering this toast to the company. He had had the honour of being one of a deputation which waited on Lord John Russell to invite his Lordship to be present on that evening. It certainly was a disappointment that Lord John Russell could not attend, but the Noble Lord said that the state of his health alone prevented him from accepting the invitation, and he added also that he highly approved of this de monstration.—(Cheers.) Indeed, he (Lord J. Stuart) should have been disappointed had any other senti ment been expressed by the Noble Lord ; and his con viction was that the whole of the Cabinet entirely concurred with their Noble Colleague whom they had now the honour to meet.—(Hear, hear.) He (Lord J. Stuart) should not enter into any comments on the policy pursued by that Noble Lord (Lord John Russell) either during his possession of power or in the course pursued while Member of the House of Commons during the last thirty-eight years ; he should only advert to certain facts in his political life which marked him as one of the most eminent statesmen which the country had given birth to, as a friend to civil and religious liberty. He (Lord J. Stuart) would allude to the effec tive means by which, in 1827, his Lordship repealed that which he (Lord J. Stuart) conceived to have been the disgrace and shame of the country—the Test and Cor poration Acts—which had been on the statute-books for upwards of a hundred and fifty years, and which so unjustly excluded Dissenters, on account of their religion, f rom t h e i r r i g h ts as c i t i zens of England. It would also be r eco ll ec t e d h ow a bly the Noble Lord and thlse an wit c h at h h i tNiitoonb,lethLeo(riedtearomridecarried noult e lgoe n har , through gepuietesal tho ane Actsarduous aff ect(i)npgpotshie remove such Act s f rom the statute- buol n do o kb t .-e— fa t(i t lu e e , d epaa t r h r, t a hi t eesa t r h t.o e ) It was quite true that the corn-laws had been repealed by that statesman whose departure they all so much re gretted ; yet, at the same time, the • Ince of Lord John Russell was not unavaili ng , and ho would also bring to the recollection of the company the great ohli aenNneorblien Lord whie h t b t y he hi h a el e t f d . g o a f t t i h o en aGovernment u nf for e h t e o the forts. the country avoided those difficulties which beset, in 1645, the ueighbouriDg utitims.—(Hear.) The Lord from there into Syria.—(Much cheering.) There he found a question that had puzzled all the Ministers of Europe, but the Noble Lord with his talent and energy succeeded in settling that question; and induced all the allied powers, with the exception of France, to unite with him, and put an end to that unfortunate war. —(Hear, hear.) Well, he got the signature of the allied powers to assist, but the devil of a soldier or sailor would they give him.—(Laughter and cheers.) But the Noble Lord. with a handful of sailors and marines, and a few Turkish troops, did a hat, perhaps, no other Foreign Minister in the world would have done—he undertook to satisfy and to settle the peace of Europe, by destroying the power of Mehemet Ali, and establishing that of the Porte in Syria.—(Much cheering.) He succeeded in that, as in all the enterprises he undertook. I bad the good fortune of serving under his Lordship for many years. When I speak of serving under his Lordship it must be under stood that the Minister for Foreign Affairs is, I may almost say, First Lord of the Admiralty, because he sends his orders and instructions through the Secretary of State, and the First Lord of the Admiralty directs their execution, and all ho has really to do is to order his officers to carry them out. lam quite sure that there is no officer in the British navy who ever served under the Noble Lord who will regret for a single moment that he has been employed by him. If ever he gets into a difficulty—and I have the authority of the Noble Lord for saying that during the time he has been in the Foreign-office ho never found an officer of the navy to bring him into difficulties—(Hear, hear) —it will not be by a naval officer.—(Cheers.) Well, Sir, as I said before, the Noble Lord finished the war in Syria as he did the war in Belgium, i❑ Portugal, and in Spain. I happened to be at that time employed under the Noble Lord, and I must say that when I had, perhaps improperly, extended my powers too far, and signed the treaty of Mehemet Ali for the expulsion of his troops from Syria, I was opposed by all the ambassadors of Europe, but maintained by toe Noble Lord at the head of Foreign Affairs—(Hear, hear, and cheers)—who said that I had done my duty to the best of my ability; and I am quite sure that the officers employed in the navy — and I have heard no other opinion of the policy of the Noble Lord—would act in the same way. During the time that the squadron was in the Mediterranean, with the promptitude and gallantry with which the Noble Lord does everything, when there was a question to seize the unfortunate Poles in Turkey, the Noble Lord ordered the English fleet up the Dardanelles, and at once put an end to the question.—(Loud cheers.) The Noble Lord, as all people in his position are liable to, was blamed for sending the English fleet into the Dardanelles. Whether he gave orders to go through the Dardanelles, or not, of coarse it is impossible to say; but all I can say is, that the Admiral commanding the squadron was perfectly right in doing so, because the British fleet was not sate outside. It may be easy to say, " Why, he broke the treaty ;" but the duty of the Admiral was to take care that the fleet was not lost.—(Hear, hear.) I know what the position of the fleet was outside the Dardanelles, and if I had commanded it I would have done as Sir W. Parker did, and have anchored inside the Dardanelles. — (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I return you thanks on behalf of the navy, and I only hope that if ever I have a command again it will be under the Noble Lord, and I will an swer for it that he will always give me proper and gallant instructions .—(Loud cheers.) General Sir DE Lacy EVANS said—The admirable historical sketch which my Hon. and Gallant Friend has given relieves me from the necessity, and also relieves you from the tedium of listening to more than one or two words of gratitude from me, appreciating and esti mating as I do my brother officers and soldiers of the army. lam of opinion that no man, however high his position, can be otherwise than honoured by this toast. I will not dwell further upon the services or merits of the army, excepting this, that if it be true that the Bri tish flag waves almost over every land and sea in the world, I believe, without argument, we may infer that not only the navy but the army has done its share of duty to the country.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, my Hon. and Gallant Friend has touched lightly upon the service in which I was myself concerned with regard to Spain—not the least important part of the policy directed by the Noble Lord.—(Hear.) Now, gentlemen, it is sixteen or seventeen years ago since Spain, one of the greatest countries in Europe, was suffering under the deepest ac cumulation of civil and religious despotism that had per haps ever fallen upon any country in Europe.—(Hear.) During the last four years, when almost every country on the continent was convulsed with revolution and dis order, Spain, I venture to believe, has offered an example of a very different description, and I do say that, consider ing the state of extreme and calamitous depression she has passed through. no country in Europe, and perhaps few countries recorded in history, have made greater progress in rational liberty, in moral and political im provement, than Spain has done within that period.— (Hear, hear.) I consider that to be a great and mo mentous result, and that it will ever redound to the honour of the Noble Lords who sits here on this oc casion, and of the Government of which he is so dis tinguished a member.—(Loud cheers.) If I have had an honourable share in that great and important re sult, I certainly have some right to feel proud. In touch ing upon this subject, I will merely quote one sen tence, which I think ❑ot altogether inapplicable with regard to the subject on which we are met to express our feelings. I shall quote one sentence from an histo rical work, published by one of the greatest statesmen and best reformers that ever adorned the annals of this country, and that, in my opinion, is the present Prime Minister. —(Hear.) Twenty-five or thirty years ago the Noble Lord published a work on the British Constitution, and, touching upon the reign of Queen Elizabeth, he says that Elizabeth was, in his opinion, the greatest of Eng lish, and perhaps of all modern, sovereigns—that she obtained glory without the conquest of foreign nations, and i❑ the midst of an extraordinary period of political ferment she maintained, by her firmness, the tranquil lity of the Government at home without the loss of the affections of the people, and that in her reign the country assumed its proper station in the van of the de fenders of liberty, and at that period the name of Eliza beth and of England was the terror of the tyrants of Europe.—(Moog cheering.) Ido venture to think that, with one alteration, the substitution of Victoria for Eli zabeth, it may hereafter be applicable to the present pe. riod, and to the policy of the present Government of the Noble Lord.—(Cheers.) I again return you my most heartfelt thanks for the honour you have conferred on the army. Air, " Rule Britannia." The CHAIRMAN then rose and said—My Lords and gentlemen, should I fail in doing justice to the toast which I am about to propose, I can assure you it is not from underrating the importance of the occasion, still less from feeling any want of sympathy with the theme ; but rather that I have been more accustomed to pass strictures o❑ the collective acts of the Government than to pay compliments to any individual Minister.—(Hear, hear.) But, my Lords and gentlemen, I should be wanting in that feeling of independence and courtesy which ought to characterise the representative of this great county—(Great cheering)—and the chairman of this great meeting—(Renewed cheering)—did I not, on your part, gladly seize the opportunity to express, on your behalf, our great satisfaction at being honoured with the presence of a Minister whose varied attain ments and accomplishments—whose courtesy and mild bearing in private life—have won, not merely the applause of a party, but the re spect and admiration of a civilised world.—(Long and enthusiastic cheering.) And, gentlemen, by your leave, I will take this opportunity to say that we may look upon this not as a meeting important only in its po litical bearing, but for the moral views of the subject— (Applause)—because it will show to the world that the Liberal party in this country, differing as they may in minor shades of opinion—that the great Liberal party of this country are not prepared to see a Minister ca lumniated and misrepresented—(A loud and enthusiastic burst of applause)—because he has been firm in his adherence to a liberal course of policy.—(Tremendous cheering.) They will not carp at any minor or petty acts—they will remember - If severe in aught The love he bore to freedom was in fault." I for one rejoice that this question of our foreign policy was brought before the Commons of England. I do, Sir, because I think it will show to the nations of Europe that the reasoning people of this country will not consent to sacrifice the principles of reform sari rational progress, because other peop!o may hare confounded anarchy with progress, and mist iken revolution for re form.— (Applause.) Sir, we are still prepared to walk in the path of the constitution, and to urge those reforms that are consistent with the times. But I also rejoice that the Noble Lord has been exposed to personal attack and recrimination, becouse it has given to the world and to future ages that great intellectual effort—(Loud cheers)—that enunciation of great truths, that lucid array of facts, and, above all, that calm and Christian like forbearance from recrimination which will be handed down to after ages as a monument of eloquence, to be studied by the philosoph©r and taken as a model by the statesman.—(Shouts of applause.) Gentlemen, it is not for me to continue any:laboured panegyric on the Noble Lord—it has been reserved for one of the greatest and most varied of modern writers to describe the greatest and most accomplished of modern states men : " Warm'd with the instincts of a knightly heart, That roused at once if insult touched the realm, He spurned each state craft, each deceiving heart, And met his foes, no visor to his helm.—(Cheers.) This proved his worth! Hereafter be our boast, Who hated Britain hated Hasa the most." (Tremendous cheering.) You Na at onceieco g nise the individual. — (Cheers.) It remains to --- me now, Lord Palmerston , to ha nd to you the names of the members of this club who have subscribed to this document; and I beg to add that the d ocum ent would have received con siderable additions, had not the day been ure closed. (The H on. Gentleman here handepdre t m he atly docu ment to the Noble L ord, amid loud and enthusiastic cheering.) I see around me many men distinguished alike in commerce, in science, and in politics. I to those gentlemen, who regard the peaceful and calm pur suits of commerce, that in drinking the toast they aro doing honour to the min ‘s ho has preserved inviolable the pr , perty of British subjects—(A burst Of applause) —and who has maintained the honour ef the Britt .h flag in all quarters of the globe.—(R irate cbeering.) I say to them—and I see around me rctoy who are content with the more quiet paths of literature and of science— that they are doing honour to the orator and the scholar. —(Tremendous cheering.) Above all I say to those — and their name is legion—who love the paths of con stitutional and peaceful Government, that they areldoing honour to thl man whose name is identified with these principles—that we are ass-mbled to do honour to one who is associated with the principles which form the charter of this club. I give you, then, with all the ho nours, and with that nine times nine which is only de voted to celebrated men, " The health of our honoured guest, Lord Viscount Palmerston." Thu toast was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm, all the company rising and cheering vociferously for several Iniuutes. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 22, lB5O. Noble Lord concluded by proposing Lord John Rus sell and her Majesty's Mtiisters," which were drunk with the usual honours. The toast was drunk amid loud applause. • The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in replying, said that he could have been well pleased that it had fallen to some person other than himself to have re turned thanks on the present occasion for the honour which had been conferred on him, in com mon with her Majesty's Ministers, by drinking their healths in the manner they had; and ho should have been better pleased had he been more competent, from standing higher ie the scale of her Majesty's Ministers, to have stated more fully and completely those principles which, as he believed, actuated all their opinions and sen timents.—(Hear.) But he considered it no slight honour to be called upon on the present occasion to return thanks for them, because, from the very earliest moments that he could recollect, what were his sentiments, he could recollect that they were connected with those sentiments of the freedom, and progress, and im provement of liberal institutions which actuated every feeling, every motive, and every measure which was brought forward by her Majesty's Government. He felt it also the more strongly, because he considered that no usual degree of honour was conferred on the present occasion upon her Majesty's Ministers, when there was an assembly like this which he saw around him meeting there for no other purpose than to give honour to that nobleman who presided over foreign affairs—(Cheers) — who, as he (the Attorney-General) believed, cared merely to effect those principles and opinions which ac tuated the whole Cabinet, and the carrying out of them as the representative of this country with respect to foreign countries; and he felt it the more strongly be cause that Noble Lord had thrown this perfection of the power of this people over every inhabitant of the country, and that he had made not merely the citizens of England abroad, but the citizens of England at home, feel their hearts burn within them when they said that they were English citizens. He (the Attorney- General) had always thought that it was the greatest test of im • provement when they discovered weakness in any insti tution which it was their object to improve, while the greatest defect was to suppose that perfection could exist—(bear, hear)—and in his opinion, no institution, or anything connected with institutions, could ever, by any possibility come to be made perfect. It was not given to public affairs, but it might become nearly per fect, and it was the sacred duty of every Government so to make such reforms as closely and accurately to arrive at that perfection which existed only in the idea of man.—(Hear, hear.) It was therefore necessary con stantly to keep a watchful eye over every institution of the country, from the lowest to the highest, to discover how to make reforms and improvements in every branch, and it was because he believed that that was the firm conviction of her Majesty's Government—that it was their desire and their wish—it was for those reasons he felt the greater pride in returning thanks on the present occasion, and it gave him also a greater pride in thinking that he was connected with that Government, and made him wish that the company should feel, as intimately as he did, the anxiety which he, in common with his col leagues, entertained that the institutions of this country should be so far perfect as to be made to be as conducive as possible to the happiness of every class, from the highest to the lowest.—(Cheers.) He returned his sin cere thanks on behalf of the Government, for the honour which they had done them in drinking their health on the present occasion. —(Loud cheers.) Sir G. STRICKLAND, M.P., had to propose " The Peers who supported the foreign policy of the Govern ment in the Lords." He could not help expressing a regret that a majority of that House, which was an es sential branch of the British constitution, should have been led astray by the talented eloquence of one indi vidual, who, apparently thoughtless of that discretion which had marked the course of a long line of illustrious ancestors, seemed to be impressed only with the war-cry of " On, Stanley on!" —(Cheers.) During the discussion which bad taken place on the foreign policy of the Government, and more especially of the Noble Lord who had that evening ac cepted their invitation, he (Sir George Strickland) had been much astonished to hear it stated that that policy was unpopular among the people of England. It had been for many years his lot to represent the most in fluential agricultural and commercial constituency of England, and, therefore, ho thought that he had had some opportunity of ascertaining the feelings and the opinions of his countrymen, and he could not help ex claiming, " Were they indeed so changed that they no longer wished to see the property and the interests of British subjects steadily maintained and supported in all parts of the world? Was it true that they were so changed, that when they now heard of a British subject in some despotic state cruelly and hardly treated, they did not wish the Foreign Minister to demand some re dress for his wrongs? Was it true that the people of England no longer wished to see the British subject supported and maintained in every part of the globe to which a ship could sail, and did the people of England wish to see their Foreign Minister submit to the frowns of some distant and half-civilised tyrant? Such things, he believed, could never be in this country.—(Cheers.) In the discussion which had recently taken place he had heard it asked, how it was that the Noble Lord who was their guest that evening, when assailed on every side, when reproached by a majority of the House of Lords, when attacked by au able portion of the press, when assailed, likewise, by a party arrogating to themselves the character of being the only supporters of peace—(Hear, hear)—how it was that the Noble Lord always rose suferior to the attacks of this array. The answer was to he given in a very few words: that he had never lost an opportunity, by negotiation and by ar bitration— (Hear, hear)—to settle disputes between nations; that be had for many years preserved the peace of Europe during times of unexampled difficulty— (Hear, hear)—that in periods of wonderful progression, in times when revolution had shaken thrones and de stroy ed d) nestles, the Noble Lord had remained in the same steadfast course that he had originally pursued, and made the great principle of a well regulated freedom the foundation of his proceedings; that he had the good of his country as the pule star to guide his course; and that he had never lost sight of the maxim of the great Lord Bacot), that the real use of knowledge is this — to dedicate that reason which God has given to us for the use and the advantage of man."—(Cheers.) The toast was received with great cordiality. Lord CAMOYS said that it had been arranged that his Noble Friend the Earl of Yarborough should have re. sponded to this toast, but the Noble Earl had been prevented from attending by the duties he had to perform in other parts of the country. They had been pleased to drink the health of those Peers who had supported the foreign policy of her Majesty's Mi nistys. He was proud to say that this vote was so given in favour of the policy pursued by the Government, and never did he give a vote more in accordance with his own sense of honour, of justice, and of policy. It had been often said, " Thank Gud, we have a House of Lords." He would say on that occasion. " Thank God, we have a house of Commons.'' —(L ou d cheers.) It wo uld be unbecoming of Limto say much of the House of Lords, but of that minorty he could safely say that they would find them on all occasions united in sup porting principles, the oper a ti ons o f which wereb those great eginningnow tefe so successful. That minority would be always ready to defend the great principles of civil and religious liberty by which every man would feel that he was now level with his n a ture, and also of those principles of foreign policyin e which every Eng lishman would feel that his right or his property were under the protection of the justice, gallantry, and in trepidity of an English Minister. —(Loud cheers.) Mr. W. M. JAMES said it devolved upon him to pro pose the toast—" The Members of the House of Com mons who supported Mr. Roebuck's motion." The Members of that House who stood and took their part on the side of right and truth in that memorable debate, and whose names now flourished and were remembered in our flowing cups, who, constituting the majority which had adopted the unmistakeable terms in which Mr. Roe buck always couched his resolutions, had destroyed the hopes on which the House of Lords relied, and again pledged the House of Commons and the people of Eng land to the maintenance of a liberal policy, and sup ported that great policy, foreign and at home, by which we might hope to obtai n th at peace and quiet wh i c h h a d distinguished this country during the last few years from other nations.—(Hear, hear.) Sadefactory, however, as the result was, he could not help feeling that the conduct of the debate was still more satisfactory.—(hear, hear.) There never was a debate more creditable to the House of Commons—there never was one, at least, of which the Liberal party had so much occasion to be proud. In another place the subject was discussed in a manner not worthy of the subject itself, not worthy of the men by whom it was discussed. But that was not true of the men in the House of Commons, who asserted the honour of Englishmen, and gave utterance to the feel ings of Englishmen. They spoke warmly—they spoke with their cheeks blushing with shame at what he hesi tated not to call the craven resolution of the House of Lords—(Cheers)—and their hearts bleeding with indig nation at what he would not call an intrigue and con spiracy, but that singular political combination which wore all the effects of a political intrigue against a sin gle Minister who was singled out. — ( Cheers. ) They spoke, too, with an air of fervour and of personal at tachment which was felt for the Noble Lord, who had, in his (Mr. James's) opinion, s o wisely, so honourably, so • maintained the interests and as serted the honour of his country — who had , in times of unexampled difficulty, maintained that honour and well, and so prudently as serted those rights with the thing but peace— whose diplomacy had been nothing but ua preservation. of the ee and whose straightforward ness of conduct and frankness of le s in g the ' ri ht, and so was right the a t s h only much faultn op a p n _ d with those But while they spoke thus warm ec i s another place other feel ings, they could not forget that el in a prosecution— persons took the character of counsel favour by what means eager to obtain a verdict in their d to the public support, they could. Much was also owe d the majority of the which, on that occasion, unite t e o irritate was aiw h a ' Y House of Commons. There was , it eras true, art enthu siasm for the individual, but ther e was also a feeling of common sense union, which they ear.) He trusted had had on many occasions to regret the absence on (H wa rning. They had that this would be a lesson and now evidence that the m e a s o u b r s d, and when the have obstructed, es of reform which the country desired were to bee to look on those who struggle came they should took part in that debate fur t he same energy and th e same zeal, and they should l oo k to the great Liberal for Commons this—that they party of the House of dvidual crotchets or an over whelmingwould not allow mere in owe political opinions to fondness for their . . ions in those ranks which breed dissension and open divisions must be kept close and s erried, it they meant to ke e p . meant to win what • ed—if they they what they had gain had yet to gain.—(Applahee ) oured, The toast having been duly aid he prid d e himself on The SOLICITOR-GENERAL s being called upon to respond to the toast just drunk, and ho said most cordially , wit h the Noble Lord (Camo y ), "Thank God we have a House of Commons, for it wa s the • ty of majority to the House of Cemmous—st /NMI t o the House of Commons—that they owed the fact that they had at the present moment a Liberal Government at the head of affairs of this country, and that they had the assurance that the domestic and foreign policy - which had distinguished that Government would be still main tained, notwithstanding al; the arts and endeavours of its opposers.—(Hear, hear.) At the same time, when he said that they owed this to the House of Commons, let him do justice to the upper branch of the Legisla ture, for he believed that, whatever may have been the manoeuvres of party, and whatever may have been the party and political motives which actuated many members of that House in giving their votes on that occasion, he did believe that, if the truth' had been made manifest there—if the same opportunity for developing all the facts of the charge against her Majesty's Government had been given as in the House of Commons, the policy of her Majesty's Government would have been vindicated there, and that the verdict of the House of Lords would have been in favour of her Majesty's Government.—(Appro bation.) The accusation against the Noble Lord, it should be remembered, was brought forward in a place where that Noble Lord could not give that lucid exposi tion of the matter which he was enabled to give in the other House.—(Hear, hear.) If that speech, 80 eloquent and forcible, had been delivered in the House of Lords, he (the Solicitor-General) had no doubt whatever that there would have been in that House sufficient numbers, even of those who composed the majority on that occa sion, to give their vote in favour of the justice and truth of the question. But a charge was brought forward in a place where the Noble Lord could not be found, though they had an opportunity of bringing it in the Commons, where the foreign policy of the Government had been reviewed on more than one occasion, and he felt there fore that they did not do the House of Lords justice when they believed that the majority of that House— the majority who voted in favour of the resolu tion condemning the policy of the Government—was a majority consisting of those who would not have been open to conviction and the truth, if the truth had been made as manifest to them as to the House of Commons. To the House of Commons, however, he thought the honour was due of having vindicated her Majesty's Govern ment, and of having maintained them in office; but, alas! in the midst of the triumph, as members of the House of Commons, they, on the present occasion, felt that there mixed with it something of vain regret, which they en tertained when they recollected that there were many of those, remarkable heretofore for their adherence to po pular opinions, who fell off from them and deserted them on that occasion—" Among the faithful, faithless only they"—(A laugh)—who, gratifying individual crotchets, or, if he might bo allowed to say it, individual vanity—(Hear, hear)—and under the idea of main taining their own consistency, sacrificing that consistency, betrayed the interests of the peo ple of England, and the causes of civil and religious liberty, of civilisation and humanity throughout the world, and who will have to answer to the people of England and their constituen cies on some future occasion. —(Cheers.) No one could help feeling that the conduct of the Liberal Members of the House of Commons, and many of those who, not even belonging to that party, still followed the dictates of justice and right, was entitled to the commendation of the people of England. He repeated that to the House of Commons belonged the honour of having vindicated her Majesty's Government, of having frustrated the at tempts of that great confederacy to throw out the Noble Lord—a confederacy of the enemies of free institutions, of liberal doctrines, and of constitutional liberty throughout the whole of Europe—to the House of Com mons belonged the honour of having defeated that con federacy, and he (the Solicitor-General) trusted that in that House would ever be found a majority to maintain the Government in the carrying out such principles. Mr. MAURICE O'CONNELL, M.P., in proposing " The cause of Civil and Religious Liberty all over the World," said that, if that voice which was now hushed in death— if that person who was now departed—whose career was always consistent in the cause of civil and religious liberty—had been alive, they would have heard from him words in proposing this toast which would have aroused every soul amongst them. He stood before them as an emancipated Catholic; and the Noble Lord whose speech they had so much applauded held his scat in that House through the progress of the cause. Why should there be amonget them any distinction? Why should any one who, in common with others, was loyally determined to do his duty to the Sovereign that reigned over him be excluded, through any difference in his reli gious opinions, from any right enjoyed by a fellow-sub ject? It was this cause that the Noble Lord at the head of Foreign Affairs had advocated all over the world, and that was the reason that he (Mr. M. O'Connell) had given his vote in favour of the policy pursued by the Noble Lord, and he was convinced that it that consistent patriot—his father—had been alive, he would have given his vote also; and his voice would have been heard in support of the Noble Lord's policy. He considered that it was a shame that the colleague of the Prime Minister should not be permitted to take his seat in the House on account of his religion, and he (Mr. O'Connell) appealed to the citizens of London, who were born " freemen," and in the greatest city in the universe, to strike off this, the last link in the chain of bigotry.—(Approbation.) The toast was drunk most enthusiastically. Baron DR ROTHSCHILD, M.P., rose amid loud cheers to return thanks for the toast. The honour which had been conferred upon him of coupling his name with the toast arose, he had no doubt, from the honourable post which he filled as the representative of the city of London, and he felt highly grateful for the honour conferred upon him on the present occasion. It gave him great satisfaction to be present on this occasion, and he was glad to return his thanks to the Noble Lord for the kind manner in which he had always given every assistance to his co-religionists; for when they were sufferers in foreign countries they had always received the Noble Lord's sympathy, and for it they were most grateful.—(Cheers.) He was in hopes that he should have had the opportunity afforded him of recording his vote in his place in the House of Com mons in favour of the policy of the Noble Lord.— (Cheers.) Unforeseen circumstance, however, had pre- Tented the Prime Minister from bringing forward the Bill to enable him to take his seat in that assembly. He did not despair of his cause being successful ultimately; his case was in the hands of an honest man—(Cheers) — a Minister whom he had always found to be perfectly straightforward in his conduct, and who in every re spect religiously fulfilled the promises which he made. — (Cheers.) A melancholy death, which they all deplored, would, in his opinion, materially affect the aspect of af fairs in the House of Commons, and in the next session he doubted not that they would have two powerful parties opposed to each other, a❑d if those reforms and improvements which had been so eloquently referred to by the Honourable and Learned Attorney-General were to be carried into effect, they might depend upon it that it would be necessary to see the Liberal party more united and more decided in their course than they had been.—(Cheers.) It was absolutely necessary for the members of that great party to merge some of their minor differences, if they wished to see the present Govern ment maintain its position.—(Cheers.) I❑ conclusion, he would request those present to exert their influence with other Members of the House of Commons to obtain the passing of that Bill in which he was so deeply in terested. He regretted that a third session t should have been allowed to pass over without the attainment of his object, but he lived in hope, and trusted that the next time he had the honour to address them it would bo after he had taken his seat as Member for the city of London.—(Cheers.) Mr. Sergeant MURPHY then proposed " The Press." The toast which he had been most unexpectedly called upon to propose by their Gallant Chairman was one alien to his habits, but at the same time not alien to his feelings and sympathies. The press in its individual and collective character had played a noble and distinguished part in the recent discussion on the foreign policy of the Government. (A voice—Some portions.) He did not except from that opinion any portion of the press which might have taken views on the subject different from those which the company present had taken. (Several voices—" I do, though," with cheers and hisses.) He did not wish to impute to any portion of the press, for the course which it had taken, any other motive than that of the most honourable feeling.—(Cheers and hisses.) He hoped that gentlemen would allow him to proceed with a toast which he had been requested to propose by their Chairman.—(fleara hear.) With respect to that portion of the press which had been antagonistic to the views which they entertained, ho hoped that they would learn the lesson from the discussion which had taken place in the House of Commons, that it must shape its course according to the opinions of the great body of the people. It was most important that by means of a powerful press foreign countries should learn that the policy pursued by the Noble Lord in foreign affairs was in accordance with the opinions of the people of England. The Learned Gentleman, who had been frequently interrupted in his address, concluded by saying that as they appeared to be disinclined to hear him on the subject, ho would not continue his observations, and immediately resumed his seat. The toast was afterwards drunk by the company. Lord PALmEnsToN proposed a toast, which, he said, he was sure they would drink with the greatest pleasure and satisfaction.—(shear, hear.) If there had been a character which, in a constitutional country, was more than another deserving of respect and esteem, it was that of an independent Member of the House of Commons — of a man who, combining. with talent and varied informa tion, the power of giving expression and effect to his opinions. He was always found to be the friend and the champion of that civil and religious liberty which man ieail y they had just celebrated by their toast , who ex p r e ssed his own independent opinions, careless whether they suited or not the opinions of the majority of the House; but, acting with that honesty which ought to characte rise the Members of the British House of Commons, was an ornament to the House that they had pledged, and im was n a presiding; valuable a member theire be r board,of his t country . hey s h oul a It en testi. assa s t natural that such a n should hare been chosen by this great metropolitan county—it was natural that, with suc h a drink his health.—(Loud applause.) The toast was duly honoured. The CHAIRMAN Wai honoured with this expression of feeling on the part of thrir noble guest, the more espe cially as he considered that— " Laudari a viro laudato, maxima est laws." —(Hear, hear.) It was with no affectation of after dinner enthusiasm that he said he was sincerely obliged by the flattering way in which they had drunk his health. He felt that it was not his health they were drinking, but that of the great constituency of Middlesex, and he trusted always to provoke their support by the advocacy of measures in support of which they had met there that night.—(Applause.) He would give a toast of a man occupying a distinguished rank in this country—a younger member of the peerage, who bad always been foremost in the cause of the people—had always been industrious as a M em b e r of P a rliament in the promul gation of those opinions which had given hope E—would he could say liberty !—to a distant people of this world. —(Hear, hear.) He gave the " Health of Lord Dudley Stuart, the Vice-Chairma❑ of the meeting." Lord DUDLEY STUART said,-11r. Chairman, my Lord Palmerston, and gentleman, I beg leave to return to you my grateful thanks for the high compliments offered to me by the toast which has been proposed, and the manner in which it has been received. I assure you that it will ever be to me a source of pride to have been permitted to be present at this meeting of reformers, assembled together to :celebrate the victory the result of which has been to maintain in power one of the ablest and most liberal Ministers whoever guided, in relation to foreign policy, the councils of this kingdom. That vic tory which, led by the Noble Lord whom we now have the honour to call our guest, we achieved in the House of Commons, forms a ground of exultation to every Eng lishman, because it shows him thet no foreign cabals or machinations can avail to remove from the conduct of atLirs the great statesmen in whom the people of this country place confidence; and because it assures him that the line of policy which has hitherto been pursued by the Noble Lord will still be followed; and that the rights of every British subject, in whatever part of the habitable world he may find himself, will be defended. It has gladdened with consolation and with hope every patriot, in whatever country, who has struggled or who sighs for liberty. It has carried to the heart of every despot end minion of despotism mortification and dismay. In Poland, in Germany, in Italy, in Hungary, in Turkey, in the Austro-Russian fortress of Kutejeh, the news of our victory has briehtened with hope the heart of many a prisoner and an exile. If it were not for the lateness of the hour, I might offer to you some further observations on this subject, but as it is I will only take the opportunity of expressing to our noble guest my thanks for the safety of those to whom I have alluded—for, although the Sultan most nobly refused to acquiesce in the outrageous demands of the northern court;—it is impossible that he could have been able to per severe in that refusal but fur the bold, prompt, and ener getic measures taken to support him by my:Noble Friend; and, therefore, it is to that Noble Lord that it is due that the world has been spared the spectacle of men who, having bravely fought for their country's rights, had afterwards sought a refuge in the territory of another state, to which they had done no wrong, being de livered into the hands of their persecutors—it is to the Noble Lord that it is due that Kossuth has not perished by the same ignominious death as Louis Batthyani, or that Bern, Dembinski, and Zansyski have not been con signed for life to the mines of Siberia. But while I thus offer my thanks to my Noble Friend, let me express the hope that it will not be long ere, instead of receiving my thanks, he will receive (those of the noble exiles them selves, who he has been the means of preserving ; and that tho illustrious Kossuth, restored to full liberty through the influence of my Noble Friend (exerted on a Government most ready toreceiveit),will,with his brave companions, soon stand on the free shores of England, and carry to myNoble Friend in his own person the assur ance of his gratitude. The hour is too late to permit me to expatiate longer on this subject—(Go on, go on) — but before sitting down I will beg leave to propose a toast—it is one which ought never to be omitted in any assembly of reformers—" The People; the only source of legitimate power." Colonel FREESTUN then rose to propose the last toast of the evening, and said the toast which he had to pro pose would require but short comment, and he felt sure would be received with unanimity, not only in that room but even by their political opponents elsewhere. Every one knew how valuable was the influence of the female character, what powerful, though gentle, and indirect impressions, were wrought by their presence in society. Amongst the most prominent leaders of fashion in this great metropolis none were more distinguished than Lady Palmerston, none more courteous, and none whose high position is more opportunely applied to the furtherance of social pleasure and instruction. Her mansion is the centre of cultivated society, refinement, and good taste, where are assembled the most illustrious, renowned, and distinguished persons, not only of this country, but of Europe and of the world. He need say no more than that he felt a just pride in doing honour to the ladies in general, and to Lady Palmerston in particular, whose health he then proposed, wishing her a long life of uninterrupted felicity and happiness, which her noble nature so eminently deserved. The toast was most enthusiastically received. Lord PALMERSTON returned thanks on behalf of Lady Palmerston. They knew how deeply her Ladyship felt at the result of the vote of the House of Commons.— (Hear, hear.) He could assure them that her Ladyship had felt flattered and gratified at the compliment they paid her that day, and he was sure she would feel no less deeply from the very great compliment which they had just paid to her.—(Loud applause.) The toast having been drunk with all the honours, the company separated considerably after one o'clock. ELIZA COOK'S JOURNAL. VOL. Il.—Bravely and well does this periodical flourish, and it deserves its success. Addressing itself to a peculiar class, but a very large class of readers, it has become widely popular. We observe that among women of all classes, ages, and opinions it is gene rally read and universally admired. Its tales are among the most original and remarkable that ap pear in any similar publication. Its essays on subjects of daily interest aro pointed, serious, and suggestive, yet adapted for the most popular reading; . its reviews are dis criminating and amusing, full of interesting extracts ; its sketches are lifelike and curious ; while its poetry—but the main part of that is from the pen of Eliza Cook, and all Eng land is acquainted with that. The sweetness, grace, and truth of her compositions command at once our sympathy and admiration, and contribute largely to the success of the publication which is enriched by them. As a popular poetess Eliza Cook is without a rival. Her poetry finds an echo in the heart ; it tends to good ; it warms the heart, and it breathes the spirit of charity and good-will to men. It is a familiar music, a light that continually shines, and is weekly renewed by the side of thousands of hearths. To select fur especial notice tales, articles, &c., from the im mense mass contained in this large and cheap volume might be invidious. It is all excellent, but of course there are de grees of merit. Silverpen is a writer who especially claims our notice, and her signature is a feature in the journal which we should be sorry to miss.—Sunday Times. INCENDIARISM AT WlLLESDEN,—Yesterday morn ing (Sunday) a most daring attempt was made to destroy the extensive fium premises belonging to Mr. Tattersall, krown as the Paddocks, at Willesden, about eight or nine miles from London. It appears that, on one of the grooms passing by the stack•yard he found that a rick of hay, con taining probably about fifty or sixty loads, had been fired by some scoundrel at the south-western side. Contiguous to this stack stood a number of others equally as large, as well as numerous farm buildings, so that a most fearful con flagration appeared inevitable. The whole of the grooms and others at work on the estate were instantly summoned to render assistance, and at the same time a mounted ex press was dispatched to London for the engines, but the workmen succeeded in extinguishing the flames. THE QUEEN AT CARISBROOK CASTLE.—Her Majesty the Queen, accompanied by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince Leopold of Saxe Coburg, and the other distinguished visitors at present enjoying the royal hospitality at Osborne, visited Carisbrook Castle on Friday last. The royal party occupied two chars-a-bane, each drawn by four horses, the Queen ridirg in the one presented to her Majesty by Louis Philippe, and occupying the front seat with Prince Leopold, the Prince Consort and some of the royal children, with the Ladies in Waiting, being also in the same carriage. The other children and some members of the suite followed in the second cliar-a-banc. On arriving at the castle her Majesty accompanied Prince Leopold through the precincts of the castle, and on reaching a point where the window from which Charles I. endeavoured to effect his escape is seen to the greatest advantage, her Ma jesty sat down upon a rough stone and sketched this portion of the ruin. The royal party remained more than an hour in exploring the castle and its appurtenances,and, among other curious matters, witnessed the mode of drawing water from a well 300 feet deep by means of a donkey. The royal party returned to Osborne by the East Cowes-road, and in passing through Newport her Majesty and the Prince were received with every demonstration of loyal affection. STOPPAGE OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—" A Correspondent" of the Mining Journal, observes in that news paper of Saturday :—On Tuesday last, the electricity of the atmosphere between Liverpool and London was in such a disturbed state, that it was found utterly impossible to trans mit any messages along the wires, with the exception of the private communications of the company—such, for instance, as the " arrival of the Cambria," for the exclusive use of Lloyd's News -ruenn—and other small matters of intelligence, not subject to the influence of atmospheric electricity. Several important messages, after lying at the Telegraph office at Liverpool for hours, were obliged to be returned to their respective owners, with an explanatory letter, detailing the condition of the wires. Some captious and discontented spirits have thought fit to assert that, if one mesage could be transmitted along the wires, so could another also just as easily. This is absurd, and parties who can make such a silly assertion are not only ignorant of the doctrine of speci fic resistance, but are obviously unacquainted with the first principles of electrical science, as practised in this country. ALARM or CHOLERA.—On ►Saturday, in conse quence of the numerous reports and consequent apprehen sion excited by the alleged appearance of Asiatic cholera in the metropolis, minute inquiries were instituted by the Board of Health to ascertain whether any foundation ex isted for the report. The result has been the establishment of the fact, that no case of Asiatic cholera has occurred. The rumour is supposed to have originated in the admission of one or two cases of English cholera into St. Bartho lomew's, and a few into Guy's, and King's College Hospi tals—a complaint always more or less prevalent during the present season, produced by indulgence in fruit and vege tables. NOTTINGHAM LACE TRADE. —Lace:—Very little is doing just now in any depart men t o f our trade, it being what is usually termed " between seasons," and, as is always the case at this period of the year, we must wait patiently for the latter-end demand, when there is a fair prospect of better prices being obtained than by trying to force sales now, as it is quite certain yarn will be higher in price than it is at present. Hosiery :—Except a little business doing in the home trade for summer goods, very little is doing in our way, as the export orders are nearly finished; and we cannot look for many others until about the latter end of September. Goods for the winter trade are being actively prepared. The price of yarn is again higher, which is au evil much to be depreciated.—Nottingham Journal. SHOCKING ACCIDENT PROM FIRE-ARMS.—Yester day morning the butler of H. Cooper, Esq., of Manor-house, Brixton, who had been out shooting the birds which de stroyed the wall fruit, left his loaded fowling-piece on the hall table whilst answering his master's bell. Mr. Henry Cooper, aged 16, entered the hall, and taking up the weapon presented it at his sister who was along with him. Mrs. Evans, the housekeeper, who had followed them, was in the act of remonstrating with him on the foolishness of his con duct, when the piece exploded, and both females fell with a loud shriek. Miss Cooper received the chief contents of the charge (No. 6 shot) in her neck and face, and, should she recover, will be disfigured for life. The housekeeper is so dangerously injured that no hopes are entertained of her re covery. The occurrence was purely accidental. MURDER.—William Ross was sentenced to death on Saturday, by Mr. Justice Cresswell, at York, for having murdered Mary Roes by administering arsenic to her. The deceased was the wife of the prisoner, who became entitled to receive 4/. from a burial club at her death. At Worcester, on Saturday, an engineer named Samuel Lowe was sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for the manslaughter of Thomas Tibbett, at Halesowen. The deceased was a miner, who bad been canted ov er into the mine in consequence of the neglect of the prisoner to stop the engine when the "skiff" in which deceased was seated • arrived at the top of the pit. AMERICAN NEWS, DEATH OF PRESIDENT TAYLOR. ARRIVAL OF TUE NIAG-ARA. LIVERPOOL, ►SATURDAY NIGHT. The British and North American Royal Mail steamer Niagara, Captain Ryrie, arrived at her moorings in the Mersey about 11.30 to-night. She sailed from Boston on the 10th, and llalifax on the 1:1th ; brings sixty five passengers, and the United States and Canadian mails. She left, Boston on the 10th and Halifax on the 12th instant, and has made the entire run, inclusive of the detour to anti detention at Halifax, in the remark ably short spac. of ten days six hours, t eing the quickest passage ever made from Boston exc.pt by the Canada and Asia on former occasions. The United States mail • team-ship Georgia had arrived at New York, from Chagres, with 40,000 pounds in the hands of passengers, The Pacific steam-ship Oregon had arrived at Panama with mails to the Ist of June, and 745,6001. sterling in gold-dust on freight and in the hands of passengers. The Hibernia reached Halifax on the 11th, and pro ceeded on to Boston. The present arrival brings a variety of interesting and important intifligence. General Taylor died on the 9th inst., after a short but severe attack of diartlcei, ending in congestion of the brain. A telegraphic dispatch in one of the Boston papers of the 10th thus announces the important but melancholy event:— " WASHINGTON, JULY 9, ELEVEN P.BL " The President died at thirty-five minutes past ten o'clock. His dsath was calm and peaceful. The Vice- President, Cabinet, ms or, marshal of the district, the attending physicians, and his family surrounding th• bed. " His last words were- 4 lam prepared— I have en deavoured to do my duty.'" Much anxiety existed in relation to the disputed cites tion of territory betvreon New Mexico and Texas. Troops were being marched to the sput by Texas, and New Mexico had organized a constitution. 'rho docu ment had arrived at the capital, and the States' senators were shortly expected. The British Government had made a communication to the United States Government in reference to - the wreck of the steamer Missouri, which was sunk while burning in the harbour of Gibraltar. The wreck en dangered navigation. The subject was before the Com mittee on Naval Affairs in the Senate. The expense of 'removing this wreck is estimated at from 80,000 to 90,000 dolls. On the 4th instant the ratifications of the Nicaraguan treaty were published officially with the treaty. A letter had been received from an officer of the Arc tic Expedition in search of Sir John Franklin, dated off Newfoundland, June 7, stating that they had been re tarded by head winds and heavy weather. The officers and men were all in good health. A terrific fire took place in Philadelphia on the 9th. The following are the details as they have reached us:— "PHILADELPHIA, TUESDAY ETENING.—A fire broke out in a five-story warehouse on the wharf below Vine street, entirely consuming everything through to Water street—demolishing Ridgeway and Budd's establishment, and seriously damaging a number of stores and dwel lings on the west side of Water-street. " A large quantity of gunpowder and saltpetre stored in a cellar exploded, blowing fifteen or twenty persona into the river. Ten or twelve are seriously injured. " The fire is raging terrifically. At least one mile square is in a blaze, and from 150 to 2no houses have already been destroyed. Several lives have been lost. " Morse's telegraph line has been cut off by tho con flagration, and Bains's is in jeopardy. " SECOND DISPATCH. " The Mayor of Philadelphia, by telegraph, has re quested the corporation of New York to send on all the aid that could be spared from the fire department of the latter city, to assist in checking the conflagration. Se veral fire companies were dispatched to Philadelphia by an express train, among which was Engine Com pany No. 5. - " THIRD DISPATCH. "The Mayor of Philadelphia bats countermanded the request for fire-engines from New York, stating that the conflagration was beirg got under. "FOURTH DISPATCH. " THE FIRE STILL RAGING—DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE. " The fire broke out in the store, 78, North Delaware avenue, at half-past four o'clock. The building was occu pied for storage purposes, and when discovered the fire had already wade considerable headway„ with the flames spreading in every direction. But a short time elapsed before that large building through Water street was enveloped in flames; the one ad joining north, No. 80, was on fire, as well as the one south, No. 76. Before the devouring element had reached the ground-floor of the building in which (he fire originated, two terrific explosions of saltpetre rent the walls asunder, throwing the flames of the com bustible matter in all directions, by which the fire was communicated to a large number of houses, which will be detailed hereafter. " Delaware Avenue was filled with a mass of human beings, among whom were severel hundreds of our re solute and noble firemen. The first explosion did not seem to cause much excitement or fear with the people present; nor did the second, except some slight fears of their safety, when they moved towards the eastern side of the wharfs. " The third t xplosion was fatal i❑ many cases, and proved the death of a number of men, women, and children. On Delaware Avenue and Water street the scene presents d was appalling in the extreme, and such as we cannot and will not attempt a description of. " O❑ the eastern front of the stores, when the third and last explosion of the saltpetre occurred, the rush for life was terrific; men and boys, firemen and bystanders, rushed away from the cnflagration, and as they endea voured to get beyond the reach of danger hundreds were knocked down and eon over, causing their legs and arms to he broken, and injuries infheted of a very serious character. " In the fright some wore thrown into the Delaware, while a large number voluntarily threw themselves in to shield themselves from the bricks and cinders thrown from the burning stores. " The fire then entered through Front-street, near Race, to above Cullenhill, then through Nine to Second, through Newmarket, up to Cullenhill streets, destroying at least 400 houses, as far as we have been able to learn. " We give the following list of killed and wounded:— " Daniel Milford, a member of the Northern Liberties House, killed in Wuter-street, at the time of the third. explosion. Mortimer Morris, a fireman, a young girl, three men, acid two boys were drowned in the Delaware at the time of the third explosion in attempting to jump on board a schooner. __ _ " A young man named Martin, aged 16, was carried to the hospital awfully burnt, and he died almost as soon as he entered that institution. A fireman was burnt to a crisp in Water-street. David May, a young man, was instantly killed by being struck on the head by a brick. William V. Buckman had both legs broken. Thomas Stuz, a member of the Vigilant Engine Company, was very seriously injured by being crushed bnween the engine and falling bricks at the explosion. A long list is given of those taken to the hospital, of fractured arms and other wounds, many of which will prove fatal. • " At my present writing, eleven o'clock, the fire en compasses two squares round, extending from Race- , street to Callon-hill, and from the river to Second-street, ) certainly not less than 250 houses, all destroyed. On Water -street, from Race to Vine, all old fashioned dwel lings, occupied generally by poor people, 20 to 30 fami lies in scme of the houses. Their sufferings cannot be imagined. It is reported that in one of the houses a woman was found dead, and by her side her infant alive; and another woman and five children were found burned to death. This, I believe, is true. " The loss is roughly estimated at upwards of 1,000,000 dollars. " The flames are still raging with unabated fury. God preserve the poor women and children." At Brooklyn there was another terrific conflagration. by which property to the extent of a million of dollars had been destroyed. The fire broke out on ihe 7th, and raged fearfully. The affair is thus reported in the New York papers of the Bth: " At about tour o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out in the attic story or roof cf the large building in Forman-street, occupied by Messrs. R. V. W. Thorn and Co., as a bonded warehouse. In the attic story was stowed a quantity of mp, and on the lower floors heavy stocks. of other combustible materials, with which the flames soon communicated, and i n a ver y s h or t t i me animmense volume of gaseous smoke w as evolved, that gave promise, which was painfully realised, of an exten sive and dangerous conflagration. " With great promptitude the fire companies of Brook lyn hastened to the spot, but at a very early stage of the calamity a series of violent explosions took place, that not only disccyncerted their movements, but spread the tire. The roof of Mersrs. Thorn and Co.'s buildings was blown off. and the gable end fell upon the adjoining building, occupied by Messrs. Tapscott, as a storage for shipping stores, camphine, tar, turpentine, &c. Thence it spread, and finally wrought the following mischief. We have neither room nor time to describe the awful appearance of the conflagration during the first hours of its ravages, of which, however, the reader will form some conception from the following details. At a late hour last night the light of the still burning embers could be very distinctly seen above Thirtieth-street, New York, on the west side of the city. "The explosions involved the firemen in very im minent peril. Two companies, Nos. 17 and 13, who were working their engine from the docks, were almost cut off by the immediate spread of the flames. No. 17 bad no alternative but to run their engine off the dock into the river to save it from the conflagra tion, and some of the men swam round the dock to save themselvm No. 13 fought their way through the flames at great risk, but lost a large portion of their hose. These explosions continued for a long time, and necessarily made the firemen cautious of approaching too near. Tee location of the buildings, to, was un favourable to the efficient action which the' combined forces of the two cities would otherwise have brought to bear upon them. explosions in New Jersey. oasnid wre felt as a ons e wereof ave i ry r as East Brooklyn and Bergen Point, ' violentA b Abou al t h a lt- a- destructivedoz c n character,o fh t e Ti m b e rs and fragments of buildings wer e thrown many h u ndred feet, damaging so me of the buildings upon which they fell. " The premises of Messrs. Thorn arid Co. contained, in addition to the contents already enumerated, heavy quantities of corn, flour, sugar, molasses, &c., and a large stock, it is said nearly 300 hogsheads, of the latter article were stored on the dock, a portion of which was burned. We have heard their loss in stock estimated at 200,000 dollars, covered, we understand, by insurance. 64 From the store of Alessrs. Tepsoott awl Co. the is.