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CHEAP EXCURSION TO OXFORD, CIRENCESTER STROUD, GLOUCESTER, and CITELTENHAM. On SUNDAY, October 16th, an Excursion Train for the above Places will leave Paddington Station at 7.45 a.m., returning the !alrle evening from Cheltenham, at 6.110; Gloucester, at 6.50; Stroud, at 7.20; Cirencester, at 7.35 ; and Oxford, at 3.50. Fares there and back - First Class. Covered Carriages. •3s. Gd. Ctrenc, ster or Stroud ...... • Os. ss. Oct. Gloucester or Cheltenham .... 10s. Gs. Od. Au luggage allowed. Tickets can be obtained previously at the Usiia. Place's' Paddington Station, Oct. 5, 1953 LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL Rooms, (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, 011810 W-house, Flllll/111140/10. The atove Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON, tlf will con ti nuo open every evening, with LAURENT ' S LERRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; ' M ein to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter,oinate at half-past 11. SALE OF OLD STORES AT DEVONPORT. Admiralty, Somerset-place, Oct. 13, 1853. 'l 4 . l' l l a 'a C ommissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral 41, a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give . t Y'lea, that on TUESDAY, the Sth November next, at Ten o'clock in the Forenoon, the Commodore Superintendent will put up to Sale, at her Majesty's Dock Yard at Devonport, several lots of consi.4l OLD STORES ; t — IV of Old Rope Sh‘kings, Spunyarn, Unlayed Yams, Ham ocks and Canvas in pieces, Oakum, Hemp Toppings, Tyers and P c gs, Cast Iron, &c., &c., &c , all lying in the said Yard. fOr r w la Wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent c etes of Admission for that purpose. ,__ at ftlogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the Yard. CONTRACT FOR BOOKS. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, &menet-plane, October 11, 1853. lIPRE Commissioners for executing the Office of and Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain tie Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on TIIURSDAY, wi t ,, 3d November next, at O ne o' c lo c k, th e y w ill b e rea dy to treat q c .' s uch persons as m a y b e w illing to C on t rac t fo r supplying and 'venlig into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, all such for fo m ,„, BOKS tro y g a Seamen's Lib ra ry o n board her Nfajesty's ships as shall Until time to time be demanded, for three years certain, and further the expiration of three months' warning. b e ' Peciniens of the Books anti the Conditions of the Contract may s een, and a Form of the Tender obtained, at the said Office. No ..."aler will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor teed unless the party attends, or an agent for him duly autho 'Ma Writing 44iv,,erY tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty, lux 'ear in Om left-hand corner the words Tender for Books," Lett::, alBt also be delivered at Somerset-place, accompanied by a With - ,, s igned by a responsible person, engaging to become bound Sac Person t ontract endering, in the sum of 20 01 ., for the due perform e of th e C. TELEGRAPH BETWEEN LONDON AND GRAVESEND. TO MERCHANTS, SHIPPERS, AND THE PUBLIC. Opt," L'ING of the SUBMARINE and EURO PEAN TELEGRAPH T;~ GRAVESEND OFFICE. Great Reduction of Instantaneous Communication between Gravesend, Lon ."' Dover and Deal and between Gravesend and the Conti gr,e. " Ite "ages of 20 Words from Gravesend to London, Dover, or Deal, 1111 d vice versa, One Shilling. 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SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, g"netor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University of Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical `society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. TAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on TX the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, riting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro trd More misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema c,,:e decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis ii7i!:e known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist- Z 5 secret causes of self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in V2tence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous ;: u "ult3r, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Marri -4' ImPotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endles s modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely k in a necessary that all men should know that there are 1 4 ,..„ e1 P1es of personal management which cannot be violated without sC e rifing grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed xs a e YdaY of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties landold w the sting of their bitterness may be removed, thZ . now the evil its consequenc es may be avoided, and above all, e e ,.". there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional ;.!'l. l gement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure b l "ye n TOR LA'3IERT has for a long series of years been engaged Di ., extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate corn orllp, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless sb e ue taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had it confidence , through the medium of the public press, to direct itezntion to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is trew_arded by the rb- In selecting this department of practice, he has been amply great success that has attended his efforts in the s ar ' e t tnent of these cases, which are too generally confided to the Attbi l l,nnqualitied and ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated etss i ,7,„ms, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues eve Patent nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who h ' e en induced to place faith in their pretensions. 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With a Portrait of Mary at the age of 25, from the Original Painting presented by herself to Sir Henry Curwen, of Workinton Hall. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh And London. to preach peace to the people there, when they were in r and what I want is—and it was never more necessary present--o te—ao reality far more pacific than th emselves. They came to 1 than at p I put a check, however feeble, upon that 1 the conclusion that their b us i ness at present was with ! tendency of a large p or ti on of the people of this coun y the English people, and to e n d eavour to allay the war tr erroneously assumed to be th e ma j or ity, t o erec t ieste, a maxim for publi c opinion that which we have hiterto imagined only appertained like frenzy that was getting u p ; an d therefore it was re . to princes and despots solved to hold the conference at Edinburgh rather than —" Our people seem to learn nothing, and to forget at Paris. nothing." When I speak of the people, recollect I do not mean to make an a d m i ssion which would place me Professor 111`MICHAEL (of D un f erm li ne) proposed the in - ' first resolution, as follow s :—" T he Conference of the the disadvantage ous pos i t i on of saying that lam o Posing the deliberately settled opinions and conviction's Friends of Peace, assembl e d i n E d i n b urgh, Oct. 12 and 13, 1853, considering that recourse to arms for the set- of the great mass of my countrymen. No, the great mass of my countrymen u p on t hi s question are standing tlement of international disp u t es i s a custom condemned alike by Christianity, reason, and humanity, and believ- observing, and waiting to be convinced. (Hear, hear.) ing that it is useful and necessary, with a view to the But I speak of those ' who, if we w ere not h ere would formation of that public opi n i on w hi ch i n t h e en d go take possession of the public mind, and y ou may depend verns the world, frequently t o di rect the attent i on o f upon it that if they could conv i nce the whale people both governments and peopl es t o the ev i ls of t h e war they were right and we were wrong, t h e policy of this system, and the desirablene ss an d practica bi l i ty o f ma i n - country would soon be cond uc t e d according to their taining permanent internati ona l peace, reso l ves —Tha t views. We have seen already th a t it i s not difficult to _it is the special and solem n d uty o f all ministers o f re li persuade the English people that oth ers are coming to gion, parents, instructors o f youth, and conductors of attack them. Ido not want to refer t o w h at occurred the public press, to employ their great influence in the six or nine months ago for the purpose of t r i umph or diffusion of pacific principles and sentiments, and in exultation. (Hear, hear.) I have never alluded, in eradicating from the minds of man those hereditary ani- the Herm of Commons or elsewhere, to that most con mosities and political and commercial jealousies which elusive triumph which this conference has obtained have so often been the cau ses o f di sastrous wars. " He in the ,chan ge th a t h as t a k en pl a ce, sinc e our l as t brought no sweeping accusation against the members of meeting in Manchester, on the subject of the French the military profession. He acknowledged with thank- aggression ; but it is necessary to refer to it now, be fulness to God that there were many pious and devoted cause the very same pens are being dipped in gall to re men in the army. He had r e l a ti ons h i mself in the army, cord jibes and sneers a t thi s con f erence w hi c h we had to and he had no temptation, therefore, to use harsh lan- encounter at Manchester ; and though I do not want guage respecting them ; but still, in his opinion, the mi- to deprive them of the pleasure of either abusing or cari litary profession was inconsistent with Christianity. The caturing us, yet we have every right to ask the people proposition of the Peace Congress was this—that no man of this country to estimate the value of the present at was at liberty to embrace fighting as a trade, because he tacks of these individuals by the value of their opinion could not do so without a total surrender, as well of his j us t s ix months ago. (Cheers.) But more—l say that mental as of his phy s i ca l p owers. A soldier was a mere the position in which this country is placed, with refer machine—he was a hu man i ns t rument i n the hands of a ence to the Empe ror o f R uss i a, i s di st i nct l y to b e trace d to the conduct whi c h these foolish people pursued nine superior ; he had n o p ower over hi s own movements—he must obey all order s , an d was re d uce d t o t h e cond i t i on of o:` six months ago . (Ch eers. ) Ido not speak igno a. raatly or idly—l speak from information short only of slave. For his ow n p ar t, h e wou ld pre f er t h e clean cut of the soldier's sabre t o th e a tt ac k o f t h e J esu i t ; but the soldier information derived f r o m th e fi rs t parties acting in these and the Jes u it were p l ace d on t h e same footing,they acted transactions—when I say th a t w h at h as b een d one in only from p ass i ve o b e di ence. Obedience was a first the East by the E m p eror o f R uss i a was done upon the lesson in the m ilit ary sc h oo l s, an d a considerable part of deliberate calcul a ti on th a t it was i mpossi b le that France the training of a recruit had for its object the breaking and England would unite to oppose his encroachments down of his self-will. It was, in fact, the duty of a upon Turkey. (Cheers.) We all know that it is an soldier not to thi n k, b u t to o b ey or d ers. He (Professor old and traditional p o li cy o f t h e Russian Emperors to M'Michael) ad m itt e d th e necess i ty o f such a d i scipline encroach upon the domi n i ons o f th e M ahomedan people for the ar m y, b u t th a t very necess i ty was with him a that are at thei r s id e . Th at has been the uniform reason why no man sho u ld en t er a serv i ce i n w hi c h suc h and regular poli c y o f R uss i a for the last 150 years ; a tremendous perso na l sacr ifi ce was d eman d e d o f h i m. but we know a l so th at t h e encroachments of If war was a ho rr ibl e necess it y, l e t Ch r i s ti ans h ave Russia upon T ur k e y h ave b een stea di ly resisted 1 nothing whatever to d o w ith it. If war cou ld not b e —not at all times man f u ll y , b ut s till res i ste d—b y the dispensed with, as was some ti mes sl id, f rom th e present combined action of th e W es t ern P owers o f E urope. condition of society, the bl a m e res t e d a l one w ith corrupt Now, the Rus s i an E mperor saw, not on l y i n t h e pu b l i c society. (Hear, hear.) At an em t er t a i nmen t g i ven a prints of this country, b u t h e perce i ve d i n th e speec h es few years ago to Sir Harry S m ith i n L on d on, th at ga l - of our statesmen i n th e H ouse o f C ommons, express i ons lent soldier said, " war was a d amna bl e t ra d e. " His of dread, of m i s t rus t, an d o f h orror at t h e c h aracter o f (Professor M'Michael's) advice th en t o a ll was thi s t o the Sovereign of o ur nex t ne i g hb ours, th e F renc h. H e saw that in the Hou se o f C ommons we ma d e prepara ti ons keep aloof from all d amna bl e t ra d er . Better be a shoe black, a chimney-sweep, or a scavenger , th an a so ldi er. for calling out th e m iliti a, avowe dl y i n or d er t o res i s t a The object of the P eace C ongress. th ere f ore, was to get French invasion. H e h ear d men w h o are now b e li eve d rid of this horrible n ecess ity, an d th a t was to b e ach i eved to be the unswervi ng p eacema k ers o f thi s country, say by the diffusion of s oun d p r i nc i p l e: , an d b y t h e employ- that in one night 60,000 F renc h so ldi ers m i g ht come ment of those weap ons w hi c h were no t carna l , b ut which from Cherbourg and l an d upon our s h ores. W e were were mighty in the p u lli ng d owi o f s t rong h o ld s. I f told that if we v en t ure d t o assume f or a moment t h e pos sibility that th e E mperor o f t h e F rench was not a bri peace principles w ere un i versa ll y a d op t e d , war would become an impossibility. A n d who- should it not become gaud and a pirate, o r t o urge th a t th e F renc h peop l e an impossibility ? They had the mound hands and the were not prepared to throw themselves upon our shores sound heads on their sid e . (H eir , h ear. ) They were without notice or decla ra ti on o f war , we wou ld b e th e the men who alway s b egan in minority, but wh o most credulous and f oo li s h f ana ti cs i n B r it a i n. Th e Em always ended in a ma j or i ty. Th ey had the men who per or of Russia sa w a ll thi s, an d natura ll y conc l u d ed that fought the battles of the slave, of reform, and of free it was utterly impossible that France and England could trade ; they could fight again as Naliantly and as perse- unite in order to resist his encroachments in the east veringly as ever ; and if they did so, assuredly the via- of Europe. His plans have been laid in the southern tory would be theirs. (Cheers.) parts of Europe ever since last September or Octo- ber, when th e ou t cry a b out a French invasion was first Mr. MIAL L , M.P. , sa id if , in se3onding this resolution, and thus taking part in the bushess of this conf erence , of hostility to our neighbours, the French, was more he was v en t ur i ng on a step which a majority of his and more manifested in high quarters ; and now the countrymen might perchance deem untimely and perni- consequence is, that the Emperor of Russia has found, cious, he derived encouragement from two considerations, when it is too late, that the foolish people whom he mis thetherk forge public opinion of England have entirely mis force of which, in both cases, had been amply tested most And how ed do we stand ? We were de by his own experience ; first, that it was always the nomunced aseere) r p e ero u r louLa u n is d foolish for thinking di safest course in the long run to follow out the convic- it possible that being the Em tions of duty, whether in honour or dishonour, in good necessarily meditate an invasion of ou r shores n - an d not y e t report or in evil report ; and secondly, that whilst no- I myself heard the very Minister who talked of the thing was easier than to fan the flame of a prevailing France French coming from Ch er b ourg i n one night say that and England were now un it e d i n one common bond of passion, on the other hand n o thi ng en t a il e d a surer and interest, and were actuated by sentiments of sterner punishment, when that passion had subsided, mutual confidence and esteem, and that united they than to have been the means of pandering to its indul- formed a power against which it was in vain for Russia to contend, because all Eu ro p e wou ld b e helpless against gence. (Cheers.) If it must b e so , h e would rather risk the ridicule and obl oqu y o f t h e r i s i ng temper of the such an irresistible combi na ti on . A n d w h at did I read a times, than, when hostiliti e s b a d t a k en p l ace between at the end of the sessio n , i n th e Q ueen ' s speech ? As nations, incur the repro ac h o f th ose w h ose homes had if to climax the t r i um ph o f t h e peace party, not only did the Queen in her speech to Parliament been ruined and whose prospects had been blighted by declare that she was on the best terms of amity with war. (llear,lear.) But was he justified in assuming the French nation, b u t s h e rat h er went out of the that the majority of his countrymen were opp ose d t o way to add that she w as a l so on t h e b est foot i ng of the business and objects of this confe r en ce ? 'Undoubt edly there were many external sign; which might appear friendship with the Emperor of the French. (Cheers.) to indicate so much ; but those signs were frequently Now, I have often thought, suppose an individual had delusive ; and possibly, if they were to analyse correctly been ordered, as many persons are, for the benefit of `i""1,....141., 4.... 1.,.. ~. %Jai .1.,...-.2 iaoto •TaauaLs , bah.: a the prevailing and p re dominati ng f ee li ng o f th e ti mes, voyage to Australia, an d return home again at the end they would find that they had m i s t a k en somew h a t t h e spirit and temp er o f their fell ow - coun t rymen, an d s i mply of nine months—he would h ave l e ft E ng l an d preparing her militia and fortifying he r coas t s ; h e wou ld h ave left from payi n g too much att en ti on -, o t h at w hi c h forced general officers writing to me, off er i ng t o l ay a wager itself to the surface of affai rs . H e was aware t h at the great majority of the publi c press had f a ll en i n on this that the French were coming —(l aug ht er an d c h eers ) — occasion, as it did last yea r on a prev i ous one, w i th the he would have left artille r y an d o th er m ilit ary o ffi cers military spirit, and had end eavoure d to represent i t as the holding consultations, sketching pl ans , i ns p ec ti ng our duty of a patriot and a l over o f l ib erty, and of to l eration, fortifications ; he w o uld h ave l e ft d epu t a ti ons f rom t h e forsooth, to take part in th e res i stance to t h e aggress i ve principal railway co m p an i es wa iti ng upon t h e Ad m i ralty spirit of Russia. He wo u ld not prove recreaut to h i s and Ordnance to see h ow soon th e comm i ssar i at and ad order ; but he did not believe that the public vance supplies might be transmitted from the Tower to press on all occasions—and more espec i a ll y on t hi s occa - Dover or Plymouth ; a n d h e wou ld h ave l eft i n the sion, which involved the ex c it emen t o f our pass i ons — a minds of all a dread of a F renc h i nvas i on. Well, he fair representative of the jud gment o f th e coun t ry , made the circuit of th e g l o b e, h e saw no newspapers— (llear, hear.) After all, the writ ers i n our j ourna l s were for one reason why i nva lid s are or d ered abroad for the but few in number ; they were excee di ng l y ap t t o m i s - benefit of their health, i s th a t t h e i r m i nds may not be take the temper of the times ; th e y f o ll owe d eac h o th er harassed by politics, an d w h a t th ey rea d i n newspapers to a considerable extent ; they w ere gregar i ous i n th e i r —and the month of S e pt em b er saw hi m l anded again in England. The first thing he reads when h e t a k es up a instincts—(a laugh)—and when tk e Ti mes bl ew th e trumpet, almost all the weekly jo urna l s, an d ma newspaper is that the F renc h an d E ngl i sh fleets are marry of the provincial ones, lying side by side in Be s ik a B ay . H e i mmediately says re-echoed back it s sen ti men t s . N o was easier than for the press, suppos i ng i t t o b e to himself; There is goi ng t o b e a great b attle. (A. thoroughly well managed by tho se w h o h a d access t o it s laugh.) He turns to th e fi rs t ar ti c l e i n the very news writers, than to ge t u p a popul ar exc i tement upon any paper which told him in Janua r y th a t th e F renc h Em subject in whi c h th e p eo pl e m i g ht b e thought to ta k e a peror was a brigand and a pi ra t e , an d t h at the French lively interest. Th e u t mos t th a t could be said was, that people were coming t o a tt ac k us w i t h out notice or de there was a s t rong sen ti men t diff used throughout the claration of wa r , an d h e fi n d s i t declared that England and France ar e n ow so cor di a ll y un i ted that their joint country against the progress of absol u ti on i sm i n E uro p e ; f and it seemed t o b e appre h en d e d t h at anything whereby fiesta in Besika B a y are un d er t h e command of Admiral that progr ess m i g h t b e c h ec k e d , and anything that would Dundas, and that we are p repare d to p l ace an army avenge the wrongs of Hungary inflicted in past times, under the command o f a F renc h genera l , w i th the view would be grat e f u l t o t h e temper, if not the judgment, of of acting against the forces of the Emperor of Russia. a large portion of our fellow-citizens. But he thought The first question he naturally feels inclined to ask is, they did wrong to interpret that vague sentiment as can you trust the individual of whom you were saying, though it wer e f avoura bl e to the ado when I left Engla n d, th a t h e was a b r i gan d an d a pi r ate ? and warlike course. H e re f erred to ion of a thehostile warlike aspect If so, you are bound t o a d m it th a t th e friends of peace of matters on the Danube, and said that the Emperor of were right, and you were wrong. What security have you that the Emperor of the French, when the joint ll fl n e o ets t Russia had taken under his care and protection the Greek religion—and lie was doing that in Turkey, or at least navy, the i go into action in the face of the Russiann vy, w in accordance with a recent engagement r he wished to do that, which perhaps some wished to see fleet with his guns, Em donein- in Tuscany. (Cheers and hisses.) He would ask demolishyou the Russians ? Moreover, of what earthly interest was the whole quarrel to this peror of Russia, i stead of tur s ni d n e g str t o ie e m d against y your ships of war, what security country'? (Cheers.) He denied that there was any large thu that he will not attack your coasts, sack your . having principle interesting to humanity in the integrity and in dependence of the Turkish empire, or one in which the "ye ns ) ; o b u urn down your houses, seize the Bank, carry off tthoeweaueen, and commit all those nameless atrocities progress of society was in the slightest degree ccn- w i t h w hi c h you frightened the people nine months ago ? cerned. (Cheers.) I must confess—and I say it with the greatest Mr. COBDEN, on rising to address the meeting, vas re gret—my experience of late does not make me think received with loud and prolonged cheering. He said- - more highly than I used to do of the ability of states. It is well that our friends have explained what are the manship in this country, because if those who had the charlatans e ari months ago—if they were not mere peculiar objects and what are the distinctive doctrines conduct of public affairs were in earnest in what they of this association. My experience in past movements impostors tu us aerridn tesix atar —what is the meaning of this of a public kind teaches me this—it is very difficult, kaleidoseo e exhibition They have given us no reason when you have got hold of a good cause, to bring your for the change p in their n opinion opponents to a fair and candid discussion of what you peror of the French. The same • int men with n respect ar e now to . t n h e power E m mean. It is a great deal easier to misunderstand who were calling out the militia for the purpose l of re than to confute you, when you happen to be right ; and, pelling an attack from France ; and, I ask, if they were therefore, instead of meeting us such as we are, and op- in earnest then, h ow can t h ey b e j ustified in trust i ng posing our object s suc h as we represent them to be, our ships alongside th e s h ips o f suc h a man, an d if th ey were not in earnest, what sort of men have we got at when we hold a conference like this, our opponents the head of affairs ? I want to have an explanation raise the cry, " Oh, these are a set of fanatics, who, if about that. Well, after all, we need not say anything an enemy were at ou r ga t es, wou ld cry, Peace, peace ; more about this, because they are sufficiently humiliat e d they are people who w i s h us t o di s b and every soldier already ; and if I did not sincerely pity them, I co u ld and sailor we have, i n or d er to i nv i te the inva sion not have had a greater triumph than to have brought of down those papers, and read extracts from the articles seine foreign foe ; they are people who want to lay us they wrote about us at Manchester, and which they prostrate at the feet of the first set of brigands who will doubtless repeat in a day or two. You ;must all re choose to land upon our shores." Now, I wish to member tee caricature in which your humble servant make my profession of faith upon this subject as die- was representealwitthheloprgeneeahrsw, were he declared he tinctly and as shortly as possible. Ido not believe c E o n uld lan n d ot believe (Alaugh.) Who has g e ot e t e h m e ie l g to that anybody is coming to attack us at all. (Cheers.) I foil's cap now ? (Cheers and laughter.) I o h n a g ve ea a r ll s uded have never heard or read in modern history of anybody to all this to show that there are a large number of who meditated an attack upon our shores. I will not People in this country who are ready to believe any exceptthing that told is us. toldTthheemflaetbout some foreig n f oe com i ng even the ca se o f N apo l eon t h e Great, because when we can never b e suf he came and took a l oo k at us h e turned away to a more ficientlythattack informed of what going on why other inviting foe. Wh a t m y rea di ng an d experience have taught countries. That is one great reason rue is this—that th e d anger w hi ch Englishmen have should h es i ta t e b e f ore interfering in the affa y irs l' of to apprehend arises from that peculiarity in their tens-; other countries. In the first place, however intern perament, that idiosyncracy of their nature—for nations gent we may be, we must naturally know a great deal have idiosyncracies as well as individuals—which leads more of our own affairs than those of any foreign nation us constantly to go and seek grounds of quarrel and oh- whatever. The Spaniards have a proverb to the effect jects of hostility at the remotest parts of the globe. I that a fool knows more of what is going on in his own have seen that in past times Englishmen have been sue- house than a wise man knows of what is going on in his cessively fighting the battles of almost every people oa neighbour's. I have seen with great amazement an the face of the earth ; but I have likewise seen that whe- amount of ignorance regarding the condition of the timer the objects of our intervention in these remote people of Turkey which is absolutely astonishing— quarrels have been to advance the principles of civil and ignorance precisely similar to that which prevailed some religious liberty, as I h ave some ti mes h ear d, or t o pro . tim e ago respect i ng t h e affa i rs of France , • and inani mote the progress of freer commercial intercourse, th e y fested by the same persons. For instance, with respect have steadily eluded our grasp ; and almost the only to the condition of the Christian part of the population practical result of this characteristic of our country is, of European Turkey, I find that the great body of our that we have loaded ourselves with an amount of debt people, who I should have thought would be actuated greater than that of all the nations of the world besides, by democratic sympathies with other countries, sympa and that we are mistrusted and not liked by almost every thise with the minority in Turkey—with the tyrannical people in Christendom. Nor do I see th at the spirit of and dominant classes, who are oppressing the large ma later times has been very much changed for the better; , jority of the people. Ido not say there is any ground for if we cannot b e p ersua d e d t o go an d attack somebody! why we should go to war to remove the evils existing else, it seems to b e very easy t o persua d e us that some- 1 in Turkey ; but I mean to say this—that if you are go body else is coming to attack us. Now, I beg it, most ! ing to war, it is necessary to know what you are going emphatically, to be understood that when I attend this i to do, otherwise you may incur as large an amount of var, and at the meeting, it is not that I wish you to bow down your necks ' debt as was occasioned by the French which , at the feet of an invader. Nobody wants or intends to same time fail to accomplish knowledge thut of you theTurkishdesire attack you. The quarrels and wars you have had, and the effect. 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I may be excused of presumption in speaking thus confidently, but I have been in Turkey and examined its condition for myself ; my attention has been directed for the last 20 years to this subject—that time baying elapsed, as my friend, Mr. Tait, the publisher, whom I see present, can testify, since I published a pamphlet upon the subject of Russian aggression ; and though Ido not pretend to know more than other people who have considered the matter, yet I have seen with utter amazement the ignorance that exists in this country as to what we aregoing to fight about. We are going to fight for the maintenance of the Maho medan rule in Europe. Now, I say that the laws o f th e Koran are in opposition to the laws of nature and of God, and that a Mahomedan people, subject to that Koran, can not be permitted in Europe alongside a Christian popu lation. Ido not want a religious war. I want them to be left alone ; and if you do so you shall now see the operation of those laws. In Turkey there are, it is said —for there is no census taken in Turkey, and therefore we cannot be sure of the number—from 3,000,000 to 4 ,000,000 Turks, and between 10,000,000 and 12,000,000 Christians. Well, the Turks have been for 400 years the dominant race. They have all the power in their own hands ; every department of Government is en trusted to their. charge ; the Christians are treated like dogs and are called dogs, and have no social status what ever. The Koran acknowledges no relationship between Christian and Mahomedan but that of master and slave, and therefore up to this moment no other relationship exists between the Mahomedan master and the Chris tian subject. What is the result of all this ? The Turks I have constantly and gradually decayed, until Lamartine dnecotliwniftgstaanndaindgimainillshtihngeirinadnvuamnbtaegrses, ,whthilesterpt says that Turkey is perishing for want of Turks • so that, w e h n ether moral Turks the ri fiChris tians are constantly increasing by their side. Besides European Turkey. You may hear of a superior race governing an inferior race, as in the case of our Indian or hr l all themat knowledge, efiaccumulation allbelongs th oftow prog ress e h i e th C in h all rit the i t an po pulation of empire, but it is when all the knowledge, wealth, and progress are on the side of the dominant race ; but you never yet knew, nor ever will know, a race which per petuated its rule over another with these conditions all reversed. This being the condition of things, the Em peror of Russia steps in and says, I intend to secure to these Christians in European Turkey the same treat ment which the Christians under the protection of the French Government have in Turkey. That is what he asks. England and France come forward to resist this, and bid the Sultan oppose it ; because, we say, Russia meditates some selfish and aggressive design. That is very true ; but let me tell you that the people —that is the non-privileged masses of all countries-- have ever gained their privileges and franchise by being befriended by some noble or tyrant who had a sinister object in trying to enlist their sympathies. No doubt the Emperor of Russia had some sinister object in view--it was to gain the confidence of the Christians in Turkey—and I have no doubt he has succeeded. The Christians are very glad indeed to get increased tolera tion and security against Mahomedan violence and op pression by the intervention of the Emperor of Russia or anybody else. Take one fact. It has come out that until Russia made this encroachment, the Christian population of Turkey in Europe could not give evidence in a court of law against a Mahomedan murderer or thief, or one who committed any act of violence on their families, their persons, or their property. An edict, however, has been issued from the Sultan, giving Christians the right to give evidence against a Malene dan in a court of law. Does anybody doubt that the Christians attribute that great boon to the interference of the Emperor of Russia ? My opinion has been from the first that there has been a great mistake in this mat ter and that, if we interfered at all, we should have done what I believe we shall yet come to do—joined with Russia in insisting upon the fullest religious toleration to the Christian population in European Turkey. I find, however, that there is a very general leaning towards Turkey, simply because we are told that Russia has some sinister design in view, and because also there have been some curious representations made as to the condition of the people in Turkey. I never was more astonished in my life than to hear a nobleman who has been himself ten or twelve years Foreign Minister of this country, and who therefore ought to know the condition of Turkey in Europe as well, if not better, than any other man in Eng land, declare in his place in Parliament that the Turks had made greater progress in every respeot during the last thirty years than was, perhaps, ever made by any other country during the same period. Where, I say, are the proofs of that ? Consult every writer who has visited Turkey, and where will yoi find such proofs I What did Lord Stratford de Redcliffe say when a public entertain ment was given to him at Constantinople ? Did he not, in the strongest terms, allude to the corruption of mind among the Turks. Did he not say, among other things, that he regarded with the profoundest grief the scenes of weakness and error by which he was surrounded ? And that is what is said by a brave, a sedate, and a long -nerienced diplomatist. T confess 1 was never more astonished in my life ; and it appears to me that we are again running precisely the same career as we did on the occasion of the French in- vasion. of which we heard so much. I declare my deli berate and solemn conviction that Lord Palmerston would be the very last man to desire to see that language reproduced on any future occasion. Are we to go blindly into this war, and to attempt to accomplish an impossibility ? Does anybody suppose that such a war would leave the Turks remaining as a people of Europe ? Does anybody doubt which side they would take in case of hostilities ? I say, therefore, why are we now to rush blindly into this war ? It is possible that our Govern ment has told Turkey that if she would resist those at tempts of Russia, we would support her ; and I have no hesitation in saying, if that was put forward as an in ducement to Turkey, that we are bound to support her. But we are not going to have a war now. Wars do not happen on the Danube in the month of November or October ; we have got to wait till April, and, in the meantime, all these matters will be so changed that your position will be totally reversed. The sooner the English people understand the condition of the Turks the better. This is a Russian invasion on a neighbour ing and unoffending power. Russia has got a ground to quarrel with the Turkish Government ; but is it on that ground that we are called upon to resist Russia ? Why, we have a Great Mogul shut up as a puppet in Delhi, and we are tumbling down an empire with as little ceremony as a man who would go into a market and kick down an apple stall. (Laughter.) Are we, then, to exercise vengeance on any other power for doing the same thing ? (Loud cheers.) Again, is it because we have treaties that we are to undertake this battle ? You e not going to fight for treaties, for you have none. Take up any of those newspapers th a t are rais ing this war-cry, and you will see th e ph rase , " t h e ulfilment of our treaties with Turkey." But they do not know of any treaty by which we are bound to fight for the maintenance of the Turkish territory. The thing is absurd ; we have no treaty of the kind with Turkey ; we are not bound by any treaty to defend the integrity and independence of the Turkish empire. We are bound not to violate those treaties which we have made, by disturbing settlements to which we have been a party ; but we are not bound to fight for the maintenance of territorial arrangements if other people interfere with them. It has been again and again decided by Lord Aberdeen, the Duke of Wellington, and the Whig party, that, though we are bound not to violate the treaty of Vienna, to which we were a party, we are not bound to defend the territorial arrangements of countries that were marked out by that treaty. • If, therefore, you see anybody filling up a sentence by a phrase about a treaty, ask him to tell you where the treaty is. Then, again, mention is made of " our great ally." But we are not more the allies of Turkey than we are of Russia. Divest the question, then, of those matters, and you bring it to a question of self-interest. I am not, however, going to discuss that question now. I will do so at the public meeting to-morrow evening ; let us have that question largely and fUlly debated ; and then it will be for you to say on which side the truth lies. (Loud cheers.) The LORD PROVOST then put the resolution, which • was carried unanimously. Mr. HADFIELD, M.P., moved the second resolution : —" That as an appeal to the sword can settle no ques tion on any principle of equity and right, it is the duty of Governments to enter into treaties on behalf of the nations they respectively represent, binding the parties, instead of assuming an attitude of armed and mutual menace, to refer to the decision of competent andini- partial arbitrators such differences arising between them as cannot be otherwise amicably adjusted, and to abide . . . - , by such decision." The Rev. Dr. BROWN, of Dalkoith, seconded the re solution in a brief speech. The resolution was put by the LORD PnovosT , and, like its predece)sor, carried with acclamation. . The Conference then, at half-past three, adjourned until seven o'clock in the evening. EVENING MEETING. The Conference resumed at seven o'clock, the plat form and the hall being crowded. Mr. Cowan, M.P., was called to the chair. The CHAIRMAN, after some remarks on the horrors of war, said—l do not agree with some of my friends around me, for whom I entertain the highest possible respect. I hold that the defence of ourselves and of those who are dear to us—that the defence of our Qu een and country, if they should be attacked—is a most sacre d and rative duty—(loud cheers)—and I wi s h to gojusitmoPne e step further, as the subject is now exciting the greatest possible interest in this country, and to say that if a de mand has not yet been made for the release of our fair fellow-countrywoman in Tuscany, I do not know what means I would not use (Great laughter and cheering.) Allow me to finish the sentence. I say that I have no wish to go to war with the people of Tuscany ; but I hold that we are bound to make such a demand as I have indicat e d for t he release of our fellow-country. woman, who is now confined to a cell by that miserable miscreant who u nhappily rules and oppresses fair Tus cany. (Hisses and cheers.) The Rev. J. B URNI Zof .) London proposed the next - ?'" , t , __ 7 2 7 / , resolution, to the of that the standing armamen t with which the Governm en t s o f Europe menace e - ether, amid professions of mu t ua l friendship and nfi dance, and which have greatly increased even during a time of peace, being a prolific source of social immora lity, financial embarrassment, and national suffering, while they excite constant disquietude and irritation among the nations, and jeopardise the continuance of peace, the conference urge upon the Government the necessity of entering, by mutual consent, upon a simul taneous reduction of their armaments. The reverend gentleman supported the resolution at some length, maintaining that, as far as military fame could make us renowned, we were renowned throughout the world— that as far as slaughter might make us great, we were already very great—and that as far as successful but chering was concerned, we were among the most suc cessful butchers in the world. (Cheers.) He was more disposed to blame the people, however, than the soldiery, for if they would only refuse to contribute towards the expense of the wars, they would very soon come to an end, and our standing armies would not stand long. Mr. BRIGHT, who on rising was loudly cheered, after a few observations, said I think that whatever people out of doors may say about us—whether we have a " screw loose," which, I believe, is the favourite term. —(a laugh)—or whether we are men that are for peace at any price, this, however, they will allow, that we are men having certain principles and views which we value, and that in spite of that portion of public opinion which is now rather uneasy in some parts of the country, and in spite of what newspapers may say or any body else may say, if we are men of peace, we are not so cowardly as to shrink from the expression of our opinions, and from the defence of those principles which we believe to be essential for the public welfare of this country. (Cheers.) Now we are here to-night to contest proba bly that which will be allowed by all men to be the greatest evil apparent on the surface of society through out the Christian nations of the globe. We are here to protest against the small progress that nations have made of late years towards that consummation for which all good men hope, when war shall be ne longer known among civilised and Christian communities. We stand humiliated when we recollect that we are in the thirty-eighth year of peace—that since 1815 there has been no general or considerable war in Europe— and yet that all the nations of Europe are in a position as much prepared for war as if but yesterday the treaty of peace had been signed. Within the memory of many persons here, Europe has undergone a conflict of 25 years' dur ration7—a conflict such-as -has no parallel in the modern history of Europe. Sacrifices' were "then made which . can never be reckoned ; results were supposed to be gained that prove now to have been no results at all ; a congress assembled at Vienna, great settlements were arrived at, and there was a grand song of triumph and of peace throughout all the kingdoms of Europe. Since then, too, we have had a general annual congratula tion that we were at peace. And during all that time, when there has not been an actual war, it is cheering to observe that throughout Europe great improvements have taken place ; portions of that con tinent which were never traversed by roads before have been freely and entirely opened out ; railroads are now penetrating into remote districts ; telegraphs are to be seen almost everywhere ; industry has made great progress ; towns have become larger, cheaper, and more healthy ; their decorations are observable on every side ; education is more extended, and travelling is so 00=1011 that it is almost as cheap and easy to go to the other side of Europe as it is to stay at home. Notwithstand ing all this, there has been, unfortunately, a mistake in principle or in practice. The nations of Europe have been extending more and more from year to year their preparations for war, which war was said to be the more distant the longer the peace continued. While the Government have asserted that the probability of war was annually becoming less, the expenditure has increased to an incredible amount. It is said the na tions of Europe are spending more than 100,000,0001. per annum, perhaps 150,000,00 W. per annum, in the maintenance of these armaments which they say they do not intend to use. If the military expenditure in creases, as a matter of course the taxes must increase, for all this expenditure must come out of the labour and the sweat of the men who toil from sunrise to sunset, and to whom all this labour gives but a very moderate share often of the necessaries and always of the luxuries of life. (Cheers.) And taxes and expenditure are gene rally followed by something approaching to bankruptcy. Loans are constantly.to be required. It is not long since Russia required Sloan , and it is a hundred chances to one that she mustl creme for another loan in a short time, The expenditure she is now undergoing —al though not exactly engaged in war—which is wholly un necessary, and_whi c h ar i ses merely from ungovernable ambition —that will Wee Russia to come for another loan. The loans of Austria are just so many and so often as Austria can find dupes to lend her anything. (A laugh.) I have here the amount of the deficit in Austria during the last six years. In 1847, it was 700,000/. ; in 1848, 4,500,0001. ; in 1849, 12,000,000/. ; in 1850, more than 5,000,0001. ; in 1851, more than 6,000,000/. ; and in 1852, more than 5,000,000/. ; the whole of the deficit of Austria in those six years being upwards of 34,000,000/., or an average of more than 5,700,0001. per annum. You may endeavour to imagine what must be the pressure of taxation on the people where the deficit is annually going on at this rate. It is impossible for a Government, by any turning of the taxation screw, to make up for that deficit ; and the Government comes continually to the various moneyed capitalists of Europe to ask for a loan. I see in the papers of yesterday that the Emperor of Austria has con tracted for she 1-.+l l 7.000.n0ni with thi s curious condition attached, that the money is only to be lent in case Austria does not go to war. (A laugh.) France, again, is placed almost in the same circumstances, though not so seriously involved. Though we may not approve of absolutism in France, there is throughout th e country a fine soil, a fine climate, and a people actually engaged in producing articles of great value ; but still it is rumoured that France finds herself so far involved that a new loan will soon be asked for. Well, then, we come to this country. We are not asking for loans yet, but if you allow Turkish sympathisers and men of infirm understandings and robust consciences —(hear, hear)—to draw this country into a war, you will have our Go vernment coming for a loan ; then you may bid adieu to further reductions of taxation, and Mr. Gladstone 's visits to Scotland and Manchester will not be of that cheering character which I believe he has been lately and is even now enjoying. England is less military than the other nations of .Europe—our constitution has made it necessary and unavoidable ; our position is dif ferent ; we can have no kind of need for a great standing army iu this country, unless our Government be at war with our people ; and I am happy to believe that from year to year there is a greater feeling of accord spring ing up and strengthening between the Government and the people of every portion of the United Kingdom. Since, at any rate, the people knew that they were not mulcted in order to advance the interests and increase the receipts of a privileged class, there is a consciousness in all classes of the people of the United Kingdom that in the main g rea t j ust i ce is done them, and that, whenever justice still fails, by the press and the platform, by orga nisations and combinations, and a greatly improved re presentation, everything that yet remains to be done may be done. And there is no feeling in this country now out of which insurrection can spring, from which ultimately might come disasters to the throne, and to every valuable institution of the country. (Cheers.) But yet, situated as we are—not having had a coup d'etat— not having Lombardy on one side and Hungary on the other —not having a great semi-barbarous empire like Russia to govern —not being sunk to every conceivable degree of corruption, like the Governments of Italy— having none of these reasons to maintain a standing army and keep up a great military position, this country is spending more, I believe, on its military objects every year, than any other nation on the face of the earth. I suspect that we have borne the burden of that debt so long that we begin to fancy that it is not really so heavy as it is. But we pay 28,000,0001. for the unfortunate policy of our forefathers ; and there may conic a day when the burden will just make all the diXereure be tween us and the great rival on the other side of the Atlantic. I was talking the other day with an Ameri can gentleman, and he was adverting to the fact that in the United States they have so large a surplus revenue that they do not know well what to do with it. It is a question whether they should not at once pay all their debt, or expend the surplus in making a great railroad to connect the Atlantic with the Pacific. He contrasted the state of his country with that of England, and he said 25,000,0001. a year was an incredible sum. "W e cannot comprehend it," said he ; "it is not to be reek oneti in dollars and cents"—(laughter)—but he said lie reckoned there would come a day when England and the United States would be neck and neck, andwahheinst the that 28,000,0 001 . o f debt will tell something against United Kingdom in her race with the Unit e d States. But we are not content with the experience of the twenty. fi v e year s conflict to which I have referred ; but now, in this very year of 1853, after thirty-eight years of peace, and every year making war l ess probable, we spend 17,000,0001. of the taxation of the people of the Unittd Kingdom in the maintenance of our army and navy. We are not content with this even ; we are the occu piers and rulers of a vast empire in Asia, and under the joint hocus-pocus government of the Board of Control and the East India Company we take from the people of India a gross sum of 29,000,000/ per annum in. taxes— from a people who do not get more than 2d. or 3d. a day in wages, who have no steam-engines, who have a rude agriculture, who have no roads, who are deprived of alinost every advantage which in this country we have of being a great producing country—we take from them a gross revenue of 29,000,0001. per annum, a n d we spen d 12,000,000/. of it yearly iu military armaments in that country. Yet, it cannot be denied, and I suppose it will not be denied, that we are a Christian country. But look at our progress from 1835. We laid out in that year 11,000,0001. in army and naval expenditure, and we spend now 17,000,0001., so that we have in ' creased our expenditure on those objects by 6,000,0001. a-year since 1835. An author who wrote a great many years ago—the celebrated Arthur Young, says :—" very little calculation would show that the expense of our three last wars, which had no other effect whatever but to spill blood and fill gazettes, would have made the whole island of Great Britain a garden—her whole coast a quay—and have converted all the houses in her towns into palaces, and her cottages into houses." 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The Dolphin yacht, of 217 tons, which was fitted out for the purpose by Mr. Albert Robinson, Sir Walter Trevelyan, and Mr. Regner Westenholtz, has now returned, after an unprecedented passage of six days from Cape Farewell to Land's-end, having on board up wardsof 16 tons of copper ore, said to average more than 50 per cent. of pure metal, and a great variety of specimens of silver and lead ores. The expedition was accompanied by Mr. W. C. Vivien, a mining captain from Cornwall, and Mr. Hoff, a mine ralogist, on the part of the Danish Government ; and their report is stated to be very satisfactory regarding the metalliferous character of the entire country included iu the grant. Mr. Friis, a Norwegian minin g ca pt a i n , and ten men were left at the mines to carry on operations. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. The annual conference of the friends of peace com menced at Edinburgh on Wednesday. It was originally announced that the sittings should be held in Queen street Hall ; but in consequence of the great demand for tickets of admission, which were issued gratuitously, it was deemed advisable to change the place of meeting to the Music Hall, a large and handsome building in George-street, capable of accommodating about two thousand persons. There was a numerous attendance of delegates, appointed by the committees existing in all the principal towns in England and Scotland. At least one-third of the conference consisted of members of the Society of Friends, many of whom arrived in Edin burgh by the Great Northern and Midland Railways, which ran special trains at reduced fares, for the occa sion. Among those present on the platform were--the Lord Provost of Edinburgh, president of the conference ; Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr. Cowan, M.P., Mr. Miall, M.P., Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P., Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Hindley, M.P., Mr. Bell, M.P., Mr. Joseph Sturge, Mr. Elihu Burritt, Mr. Henry Vincent, Professor M'Michael, the Rev. Dr. Brown, the Rev. J. Burnet, of London,, and others. There was also a large attendance of visitor', including a con siderable number of ladies, who evinced a warm interest in the proceedings of the conference ; and in the body of the hall we noticed several clergymen of various re ligious denominations. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh took the chair shortly after noon, and the meeting was opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Brown. Four gentlemen were then chosen to act as secretaries to the conference, and a committee was appointed to arrange the order of business. The Rev. HENRY RICHARD; of London next read communications which had been received from gentle- men in various parts of the kingdom, regretting their inability to be present, but expressing their cordial ad hesion to the objects of the conference. Mr. Hume said he was convinced, by what had occurred during the last twelve months, that the course suggested by the Man chester conference was the proper course to be followed by the Sovereigns of states to avoid war, and that it accordingly ought to be persevered in. Sir David Brewster was confident that the time was not far dis tant when war would be as impossible among civilised nations, as duelling was among civilised men ; while Mr. Brotherton, M.P., Mr. Kershaw, M.P., Mr. J. Silk Buckingham, Mr. Joseph Price, the founder of the con ference, and Mr. Visschers, of Brussels, urged the members of the association to renewed and more vigorous efforts on behalf of the principles they had espoused. The LORD PROVOST then briefly explained the objects of the meeting. It is well known, he said, to the gentle• men here assembled that we are associated for a com mon end, and that we go all the length that we profess to go by our resolutions and our constitution in perfect harmony, but that beyond these boundaries there are differences of opinion ; that the Peace Society consists of two sections—those who hold the principle that war in every form and for every purpose is unlawful, as being opposed to the precepts of Christianity and to the whole spirit of the New Testament. (Cheers.) Other members, again, do not hold these principles, but still cordially concur with the first-mentioned class in deprecating the war spirit, wherever it may be found, and doing every thing in their power to repress it—thinking that the ar maments, not only of this nation, but of all the nations of the world, are too powerful, and that they lead to war inevitably from the great preparations made respecting it. Then above all we hold that the great means of preventing war would be an arrangement made between nations when they are in a friendly position towards each other, by getting clauses inserted in international treaties pro viding that, if any occasion shall occur in which a dispute takes place which the parties cannot solve themselves, arbitrators shall be named in the treaties, to whom the questions shall be referred as they occur. We have been misrepresented as being all non-resistants—that we are for disarming the nation, and leaving it as a prey to any unprincipled party that chooses to invade us. Now, whatever opinions individuals may hold, the association holds no such opinion. (Hear, hear.) We agree to differ on points on which all cannot agree, and the mat ter is perfectly understood. There is another point... which I should like to say a few words. We are not met here as a political psi IT. We aLe not attached to any Government, or any section of any Government. We have no wish to promote any party end whatever. It has also been said by many of our opponents that we are met together, at least that we are apt, to abuse mi litary and naval men, and make personal attacks on them. Now, certainly nothing of the kind can be said of this association. We all know that there are many able and excellent men who have been in both branches of the service. Every man who has much knowledge of the world must have met with many such in the course of his own personal observation ; and, if it be that the morale of the private soldier is lower than that of men of other classes, it ought to be kept in mind that they receive less than half the wages which any other class receive, and that you cannot get men of high class to take the low wages which are given to them. We are not here to attack men, but to vindicate principles. (Hear, hear.) We wish to say nothing that is personally offensive to any man whatsoever. Our object is to dis seminate the principles which we hold, and to treat all courteously, and in that Christian spirit which we desire to see propagated throughout the world. (Cheers.) Mr. RICHARDS then gave a résumé of the proceedings of the sooiety since the conference met at Manchester in January last. He alluded to the fear that then prevailed of a French invasion, and to Mr. Cobden's pamphlet on the subject, entitled " 1793 and 1853," of which 86,000 copies had been issued by the society. The society had also distributed about half a million of tracts and pam phlets during the last nine months, and had besides held meetings in nearly all the considerable towns in Eng land and Wales. On the 26th of February last, a depu- ta,tion, including sixteen members of Parliament, waited on the Earl of Aberdeen with a memorial from the so ciety, in regard to the standing armaments of Europe, and the wisdom and possibility of reducing them. The deputation met not only a very gracious and courteous reception, but one eminently favourable to the object they had in view. His lordship, to quote his own words, said he had never met any deputation with whose ob jects he more completely agreed. "No one could more earnestly, he might say more passionately, desire the attainment of this object—the security of the peace of Europe—than he did ; and he believed that by no other means could any Government more effectually promote the happiness of mankind, and bring real glory to the nation. These opinions," he added, "ho had not recently adopted. They had even formed the subject of discussion ten years ago, between him and his late emi- nent friend, Sir R. Peel." Finally, he assured the depu tation that, whether the object was attained or not, it would not be for any want of inclination on his part to promote it. In the course of last year they received a communication from the friends of peace in America, stating that there were certain treaties then pending between the United States and our Government in reference to the fisheries, and that they had waited on the American Executive to suggest .the insertion in the treaties of stipulations binding the two Governments that, if any misunderstanding should arise as to the con- struction of these treaties, the question should be referred to the judgment of some competent, impartial arbitrator. This proposal, they were informed, had been received with the utmost cordiality by the American Govern ment, who had expressed not only a willingness but an anxiety to introduce such a clause, provided it were ac ceptable to the British Government. Under theso cir cumstances, the committee presented a memorial toLord Clarendon, asking him to give instructions to the nego tiators who were conducting the business on behalf of England to insert such a clause. His lordship received the deputation of the society on the subject with great kindness, and said that, while he thought there could be no objection to such a clause, it was rather a novel thing in diplomacy, and he would take a little time to consider it. These treaties had not yet bee completed, but ho (Mr. Richards) trusted when they were, they would be found to have such a clause inserted. After referring to Mr. Cobden's pamphlet on the Burmese war, of which five large editions had been sold, Mr. Richards stated that 8,0001. of the 10,0001. fuid proposed at Manchester had already been raised, and they were in hope of re. ceiving a considerable addition from their Scotch friends and others attending the conference. He then explained that, seeing that the minds of the English people were so inflamed at present with warlike passions, and so filled with mistrust of their neighboura—so anxious to put themselves in an attitude of defiance and menace to the whole world—it was the deliberate opinion of the committee that it would have been impolitic, as was pro acn o c n h t e i s n t o o r h t a o v e g o h e t l o d F a r c a o n n e f e e r a e u n d c e G eartmparney speonstedonatthMe hamP l- . ,1 .. •• tog' )t, fl , ev er, )1° vP ap° fa of c orec 503 sto if go