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4.; i ) „6- • .i• 1). ' :k lz ‘ , ~„. 1 111 1 W0 kite • r , A • _ - \0 , - N - ' A••‘. +°, 7l 1111 316w--411ballik\ AI,W I DIVAT n ,* i it° l4 , b it o'isT J /, im0.......1 .d BANK OF DEPOSIT, 7, St. Martin's-place, Trafalgar-square, London. Parties desirous of Investing Money are requested to examine the Plans of this Institution, by which a high Rate of Interest may be Obtained with perfect security. Interest payable in January and July. PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. Prospectuses free on application. ---- z leal, o ' 4l at V. ss, iET- iptions in GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. CHEAP EXCURSION TO OXFORD, CIRENCESTER STROUD, GLOUCESTER, and CHELTENHAM. On SUNDAY, October 16th, an Excursion Train for the above Places wilt leave Paddington Station at 7.45 a.m., returning the same evening ,rom Cheltenham, at 6.50; Gloucest r, 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. 6d. Cirenc, ster or Stroud ........ Os. ss. Od. Gloucester or Cheltenham .• •• 10s. 6s. Od. No luggage allowed. Tickets can be obtained previously at the usual places. Paddington Station, Oct. 5, 1853 No. 19,049.] LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1853. J --. 16 s tone• to 6s Od. atone. [ - PRICE 5D at e ' n. This day is published, price 10s., the Second Volume of MISS AGNES STRICKLAND'S LIFE of MARY QUEEN of SCOTS, forming the Fourth Volume of her LIVES OF THE QUEENS OF SCOTLAND, and Engrsh Princesses connected with the Regal Succession. With a Portrait of Mary at the age of 2i, from the Original Painting presented by herself to Sir Henry Curwen, of Workinton Hall. William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London. THE PEACE CONFERENCE. to preach peace to the people there, when they were in reality far more pacific than themselves. They came to the conclusion that their business at present was with the English people, and to endeavour to allay the war like frenzy that was getting up; and therefore it was re solved to hold the conference at Edinburgh rather than at Paris. --- trues', I Were &Ilk Sown, an 6d up. Third; i s I 42 —s I —s I —s 1 —.3 LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL Rooms, (Less, R CHAS. C. LAUREN Onslow-house, Fulham•road). —The abov ee e ROOMS art, now T, OPEN FOR THE SEASON, and will c on ti nue open every even i ng, with LAURENT'S cELEBRATED BAND. Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8 ; Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter ~mate at half-past 11. Price one • Wiling, Professor M`MicHAEr, (of Dunfermline) proposed the first resolution, as follows :—"The Conference of the Friends of Peace, assembled in Edinburgh, Oct. 12 and 13, 1853, considering that recourse to arms for the set tlement of international disputes is a custom condemned alike by Christianity, reason, and humanity, and believ ing that it is useful and necessary, with a view to the formation of that public opinion which m the end go verns the world, frequently to direct the attention of both governments and peoples to the evils of the war system, and the desirableness and practicability of main taining permanent international peace, resolves—That it is the special and solemn duty of all ministers of reli gion, parents, instructors of youth, and conductors of the public press, to employ their great influence in the diffusion of pacific principles and sentiments, and in eradicating from the minds of man those hereditary ani mosities and political and commercial jealousies which have so often been the causes of disastrous wars." He brought no sweeping accusation against the members of the military profession. He acknowledged with thank fulness to God that there were many pious and devoted men in the army. He had relations himself in the army, and he had no temptation, therefore, to use harsh lan guage respecting them ; but still, in his opinion, the mi litary profession was inconsistent with Christianity. The proposition of the Peace Congress was this—that no man was at liberty to embrace fighting as a trade, because he could not do so without a total surrender, as well of his mental as of his physi ca l p owers. A soldier was a mere machine—he was a human instrument in the hands of a superior ; he had no power over his own movements—he must obey all orders, and was reduced to the condition of a slave. For his own part, he would prefer tke clean cut of the soldier's sabre to the attack of the Jesuit ; but the soldier and the Jesuit were placed on the same footing, they acted , only from passive obedience. Obedience was a first lesson in the military schools, and a considerable part of the training of a recruit had for its object the breaking down of his self-will. It was, in fact, the duty of a soldier not to think, but to obey orders. He (Professor M'Michael) admitted the necessity of such a discipline for the army, but that very necessity was with him a reason why no man should enter a service in which such a tremendous personal sacrifice was demanded of him. If war was a horrible necessity, let Christians have nothing whatever to do with it. If war could not be dispensed with, as was sometimes said, from the present condition of society, the blame rested alone with corrupt society. (Hear, hear.) At an entertainment given a few years ago to Sir Harry Smith in London, that gal lant soldier said, " war was a damnable trade." His (Professor M'Michael's) advice then to all was this, to keep aloof from all damnable trades. Better be a shoe black, a chimney-sweep, or a scavenger, than a soldier. The object of the Peace Congress, therefore, was to get rid of this horrible necessity, and that was to be achieved by the diffusion of sound principles, and by the employ. ment of those weapons which were not carnal, but which were mighty in the pulling down of strongholds. If peace principles were universally adopted, war would become an impossibility. And why should it not become an impossibility ? They had the sound hands and the sound heads on their side. (Hear, hear.) They were the men who always began in a minority, but who always ended in a majority. They had the men who fought the battles of the slave, of reform, and of free trade ' • they could fight aga i n as va li ant l y an d as perse veringly as ever ; and if they did so, assuredly the vic tory would be theirs. (Cheers.) Mr. MIALL, M.P., said if, in seconding this resolution, and thus taking part in the business of this conference, he was venturing on a step which a majority of his countrymen might perchance deem untimely and perni cious, he derived encouragement from two considerations, the force of which, in both cases, had been amply tested by his own experience ; first, that it was always the safest course in the long run to follow out the convic ALETTER on RAILWAY DIVIDENDS, with important Suggest'ens on DEttENTC itE , , addressed to the Proprietors of the Eastern Counties ; Great Northern ; 1 ork, Newcast e and Berwick ; Yo-k and North Midland ; Leeds Northern ; and North British Railways ; containing the probable Dividends of the years 1853, 1854, 1855, ant 18G0. By GEORGE PARKE. Whitby: sold by R. Horne, and at the principal stations, on the North and East Coast Railways. SALE OF OLD STORES AT DEVONPORT. Admiralty, Somerset-place, Oct. 13, 1833. The Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give Notice, that on ThesnAr, the Bth November next, at Ten o'clock in the Foreno , m, the Commodore Superintendent will put up to Sale, at her Majesty's Dock Yard at Devo port, several lots of OLD STORES Co nsisting of Old R o pe Sh , kin,„• , s, Spnnyarn, Unlayed Yarns, Ham- Mocks and Canvas In pieces, Oakum, Hemp Toppings, Tyers and 'takings, Cast Iron, &c., &c , &c , all lying in the said Yard. Persons nishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent for Notes of Admission for that purpose. Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the Tard. ret ko. rHE MAGIC of HOME is the most beautiful and popular ballad the late Mr. ISLE WIT l' ever composed; and though his name has been associated with many of the pop lar com positions of the day, none can enhance his fame equal to this ballad. —Review. Price 2s. post free. Jewell and Letchtord, 17, Soho-square. CONTRACT FOR BOOKS. In the press, and shortly will be published, gratis, A LECTURE ON THE MEDICAL LIBERTY OF THE SUBJECT. ..... ' • .... .0 V ILI 0 ...... 33 Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, October 11, 1853. THE Commissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on THURSDAY, the 3d November next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat !Pith such persona as may be willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Tic nailing Stores at Deptford, all such By JOHN FRASER, Hygeist, General Agent (for Scotland) to the British College of Health, New-road, London. All Members of Parliament and Magistrates are earnestly re quested to peruse the important truths contained in this lecture. 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This is quite possinle, and arises sx,"!cllabia ar t icles which will not sell ; but the manufactures of of profit. pia SON meet with a speedy sale at a surprising amount Australian ma', in consequence of their perfect knowledge of the u ln T h t:n w A in na te t rac i a e f r ui and constant advices from their large Establish '-'"Es and 8,,,. - "m4 now displayed at the Establishment of E. Attire. Fashion, a nd . and at its West-end Branch, exhibits Variety, most favourably Th e ~,S uPeri ority in numberless artistic styles of Winter in Dre ss. Rats, —rY ex traordinary low prices charged for every article the ca E. blosEs ovis . i . r on s a , Hosiery, w hi ch scarce and pi. •.c circumstance could occur when money is charged at a high rate. a mania a nd S oN's Winter Stock affords the best illustration of centr husin' ess conducted with a direct application to the Sea snn. and Merch," C y ap g t °°ds ainc• o s tr h e i r p e p d ers elsew . here. ennifor, thanP eductive of greater advantages in quality, style, and e argest Whol le Stock in the the l a nd world,a t Emigrants x.ki mayo, selecta n d s o from The general superiority of t to 'suit S h e markets and that's: goods, and their b e i ng ma d e txpr e. s l y n they will arrive, associated with the most economical charges, des er of all classes going abroad. Ship-taut: t the Immediate attention outfits for Ladies and Gentlemen, may b e it r .,..Z rrn on stl i Zt ica and tio full ... l r is p ts o o se f free. CAUTION.—E. 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SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD MATURITY -SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor 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. AIAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting i from juvenile Irregularities and excesses, which have pro uced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis in eases known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret cau ses o f self-acquired miseries and disappointed hopes in existence traceable to certain pernicious habits, to whi c h N e r vous Debility, various forms of Insanity, Unhappy and Unfruitful Mani -1_419. Impotency, L oca l an d C onst i tut i onal Weakness, and their 'Tess modifications owe their almost entire origin. _ tis absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are rlnciples of personal management which cannot be violated without T le eurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret su ccee d heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its con sequenc es may b e avo id e d , an d a b ove all, _ t there is scarc e ly any d eg r ee o f ph ys i ca l i nf i rm it y or f unc ti onal derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure in DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate corn plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had t he confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society Is b ee. ln selecting this department of practice, he has been amply arded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the —vattnent of these cases, which are too generally confided to the car e of unqualified and Ignorant empirics, who, with their pirated Pliblicatlons umed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their Pateht nostrums, have inflicted serious injury on those who - "le been induced to place faith in their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 11., and advice and medicine can be forw arded to any initials or address. It , desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LA'MEET • ▪ nauld &rat obtain a copy of his work on SELF.PRESERVATION. teMneedlcal Tre a ti se on the Phil oso phy of Marriage and Nervous and rative Debility Illustrated by fifty-coloured engravings, and des _..lll3lllll in detail the v ' aeons disorders resulting from secret habits and v.eces g " ; ench, SpanTilies desert • p erusal of this treatise will assist in the correct ption of their cases, and may be had, price 2s 6d, in English, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. Piper Kann and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxford-street ; b n ' ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ;or free :__Po e po st for forty - two stamps, to any address from the Author's resi n e• e 7, Fteueous..egmAss, Lounost. O N THE SE CRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQ UI RED MISERIES AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. In Six Ti gn:lferggr Edition CON TAINING THE RE MEDY FOR PREVENTION OF ' DISEAS L Illust rated by On e H undred Anatomical Coloured Engr aving s and Cases. Ne w Edition, enl arged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment, 31. 6d. ps rrEIE SILENT F RI E N D , in , a stam Medical Work on -IL the exhaustion and physical deca of the system r , t p h r o od a u b c o e s d e b o y f excessive indulgence, the consequences o f infection, o Mercury. with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol• lowed by o bservations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which . Pre vent it. Ill ustrated by 100 Coloured Engravings. By R. and n f d d- PERRY and CO. Co nsulting Surgeons, 19, Demers-street, Oxor L r street, London. Published by Sherwo o d an d C o., 23, Paternoste row, and sold by H annay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford - street; Gor don, 146, Lead enhall-street; 95, Farringdon-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow C hurch-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. Pater I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive "'gabs, and is ill us t rated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PeaT 11. treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing Mental and bndily weakness, nervous excitement, ncapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanator3 Engravings. and generative PART 111. treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in theeir Primary or s econdary form, and contains explicit directions for th treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav nes. PART IV. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. is devoted to the co nsideration of mirriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole SahJect critically and philosophi cally inquired i n t o . THE CORDIAL BA LM OF SYR IACUM is exclusively employed Per bottle.nery In treating ous and sex debility,'lmpotence, Ike., ula and 33 '. The Concentra ual ted Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitic remedy, for purifying the blood in cases or infection, secondary yptons, eruptions, and the us e of mercury, I Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills , 23 , 9d ., 4 6d ., and I Is. Per s. box, a Certain remedy for gonorrh If. Chronic In flammation of the bladder. Consultagtiloen A minute detail et the ease is requir e d ; t , fee,st stricture, t b u y r e i e , f a t e n r d , rnent o 00 in society. 5/. Packets, with advice, to beaghade, habits, b th it e ' E a a n ta d bris s ht nly, by which the fee, 1/., is saved. are in nttendanne, daily, at 19, Berners-streets Messrs. Perry, Surgeons, Oxford•street, Lon ila.2N irom Eleven till Two, and 48 m-street, to Eight; on Sunday from 4d etti til Opt WEEK DAYS. SUNDAYS. .., A , e Fen- ;; 1 ?_, zl e , e .. Feu- 5 ..?. 4) .... 4. church '6' cj - a ii ~.9 church t 4! ..) 4 4 e V , Street. 4 8 - 6 I' 6 la Street . A d. . r, 0 73 ....m...1. • .a... ...a. ...a... a..... a..... a........ .. -. ..a. . a . a• ...a. 124 — 10 2U 11 51,4 —3% 5 Passages marked * are run direct. Fore Cabin. Saloon. To or from Gravesend and London•• —.... •• 10d. .. Is. 2d. „ Gravesend and Blackwall or Woolwish Bd. .. Os. 10d. Between Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd. To or from Gravesend and London— • • •• ~ Gravesend and Blackwall or Woo li Between Gravesend and Intermediate Pie BOAT TICKETS.—TweIve Months, 5., Three Months, 21. Os. ; to be had of thi Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, ( Oct.s , 1853. .•• 10d. .. ls. tab Bd. .. Os. I, s.. 6th .. Os. Bd. Os.; Six Months, 31. Os. ; Collectors on board the lravesend. RAILWAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. THE GREAT NORTHERN RAlLWAY.—Traffie return for the week ending Oct. 2, 1853 £18,710 8 1 Corresponding week last year 14,725 15 1 LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Oct. 9, 1853.. ..... 218,568 7 2 Corresponding week last year 17,068 6 7 CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 9, 1853 £4,907 15 10 Corresponding week last year 3,700 9 6 Increase in 1853 £1,207 6 4 GLASGOW AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic Te 'aim for the week ending Oct. 8, 1853 £ ',BOB 15 6 Corresponding week last year 4,36?, 15 9 Increase in 1853 £445 19 9 SCOTTISH CENTRAL RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 9, 1853 £3,230 12 3i Corresponding week last year 2,740 11 54 CORK AND BANDON RAILWAY.—Traffio return for the week ending Oct. 8, 1853 Ul4l 0 4 Corresponding week last year 192 18 10 WATERFORD AND KILKENNY RAlLWAY.—Traffic return for the week ending Oct. 8 (29 miles) £l9O 8 5 Corresponding week last year (13 mile tinned on th e 23d o f June last that an expedition was MINING OPERATIONS, GREENLAND. — Jt was men about to start from Portsmouth to test the mining capa bilities of the southern coast of Greenland, in conse quence of a grant having been made by the King of Denmark to a Mr. Lundt. 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 upwards of 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 in the grant. Mr. Friis, a Norwegian mining captain, an d t en men were left at the mines to carry 011operatiehs, 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 visitors, 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. ROW RICHARDS, 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 on which I should like to say a few words. We are not met here as a political party. We are not at' ached 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 bis 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 t offensive aff e o k c et e en i eee and tlootowa ntwyh at t a ck at amge y asn o u wmwhe c a hi nel: n ht n s baoo are evt geret given m o v e vindicate dor i o oat of jte h eem i c g t. p h sm rcrin tcaoiespsl are (Hear, he ar .) W e wish t o n say n o thi ng t h at i s personally 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. RICHAR DS th en gave a resume of th e proceedings of the society sin ce th e con f erence 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 tation, 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, "he 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 these 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 he (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 8,000/. of the 10,000/. fund 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 neighbours —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 posed at Manchester, to have held a conference at pre- Sent on the Continent? or to go to France and Germany tions of duty, whether in honour or dishonour, in good report or in evil report ; and secondly, that whilst no thing was easier than to fan the flame of a prevailing passion, on the other hand nothing entailed a surer and sterner punishment, when that passion had subsided, than to have been the means of pandering to its indul gence. (Cheers.) If it must be so, he would rather risk the ridicule and obloquy of the rising temper of the times, than, when hostilities had taken place between nations, incur the reproach of those whose homes had been ruined and whose prospects had been blighted by war. (Hear, hear.) But was he justified in assuming that the majority of his countrymen were opposed to the business and objects of this conference ? Undoubt edly there were many external signs which might appear to indicate so much ; but those signs were frequently delusive ; and possibly, if they were to analyse correctly the prevailing and predominating feeling of the times, they would find that they had mistaken somewhat the spirit and temper of their fellow-countrymen, and simply from paying too much attention to that which forced itself to the surface of affairs. He was aware that the great majority of the public press had fallen in on this occasion, as it did last year on a previous one, with the military spirit, and had endeavoured to represent it as the duty of a patriot and a lover of liberty, and of toleration, forsooth, to take part in the resistance to the aggressive spirit of Russia. He would not prove recreant to his order ; but he did not believe that the public press on all occasions —and more especially on this occa sion, which involved the excitement of our passions --a fair representative of the judgment of the country. (Hear, hear.) After all, the writers in our journals were but few in number ; they were exceedingly apt to mis take the temper of the times ; they followed each other to a considerable extent ; they were gregarious in their instincts—(a laugh)—and when the Times blew the trumpet, almost all the weekly journals, and many of the provincial ones, re-echoed back its sentiments. No thing was easier than for the press, supposing it to be thoroughly well managed by those who had access to its writers, than to get up a popular excitement upon any subject in which the people might be thought to take a lively interest. The utmost that could be said was, that me gt n l bhhgteeto progressnnp be eed t dfee,rad d ,ab i int ff sfhde u nal s auot e ntt d aiyotnthnyhei throughout the anything tgngh Europejudgment, where by e wouldn t,o f ; would the a att hhnvaeedtrneigpt m country e wr h soe t a e ga h es r g g e ea r ase w a isdns t r e mts o tr f t i o u oi igs of Hungary inflicted in past times, a large portion of our fellow-citizens. But he thought the'y did wrong to interpret that vague sentiment as though it were favourable to the adoption of a hostile and warlike course. He referred to the warlike aspect of matters on the Danube, and said that the Emperor of Russia had taken under his care and protection the Greek religion--and he was doing that in Turkey, or at least he wished to do that, which perhaps some wished to see done in Tuscany. (Cheers and hisses.) He would ask of what earthly interest was the whole quarrel to this country ? (Cheers.) He denied that there was any large principle con cerned. principle interesting to h uman ity in the integrity and c pogs of in dependenceerrnerde.s of societythe 'Turkish wasin h empire, t e slightesto r one e in degrwhichthne. Mr. COBDEN, on rising to address the meeting , was received with loud and prolonged cheering. He said-- It is well that our friends have explained what the are peculiar objects and what are the distinctive doctrines of this association. My experience in past movements of a public kind teaches me this—it is very difficult, when you have got hold of a good cause, to bring your opponents to a fair and candid discussion of what you really mean. It is a great deal easier to misunderstand than to confute you, when you happen to be right ; and, therefore, instead of meeting us such as we are, and op posing our objects such as we represent them to be, when we hold a conference like this, our opponents raise the cry, "Oh, these are a set of fanatics, who, if an enemy were at our gates, would cry, Peace, peace ; they are people who wish us to disband every soldier and sailur we have, in order to invite the invasion of seme foreign foe ; they are people who want to lay us prostrate at the feet of the first set of brigands who choose to land upon our shores." Now, I wish to make my profession of faith upon this subject as dis tinctly and as shortly as possible. I do not believe that anybody is coming to attack us at all. (Cheers.) I have never heard or read in modern history of anybody who meditated an attack upon our shores. I will not except even the case of Napoleon the Great, because when he came and took a look at us he turned away to a more inviting foe. What my reading and experience have taught me is this—that the danger which Englishmen have to apprehend arises from that peculiarity in their tem-1 perament, that idiosyncrasy of their nature—for nations have idiosyncrasies as well as individuals—which leads us constantly to go and seek grounds of quarrel and ob jects of hostility at the remotest parts of the globe. I have seen that in past times Englishmen have been suc cessively fighting the battles of almost every people on the face of the earth ; but I have likewise seen that whe ther the objects of our intervention in these remote quarrels have been to advance the principles of civil and religious liberty, as I have sometimes heard, or to pro mote the progress of freer commercial intercourse, they have steadily elided our grasp ; and almost the only practical result of this characteristic of our country is, that we have loaded ourselves with an amount of debt greater than that of all the nations of the world besides, and that we are mistrusted and not liked by almost every people in Christendom. Nor do I see that the spirit of later times has been very much changed for the better; for if we cannot be persuaded to go and attack somebody else, it seems to be very easy to persuade us that some body else is coming to attack us. Now, I beg it, most emphatically, to be understood that when I attend this meeting, it is not that I wish you to bow down your necks at the feet of an invader. Nobody wants or intends to attack you. The quarrels and wars you have had, and the debt you have incurred, hay° boon of your mu looking ; and what I want is—and it was never more necessary than at present—to put a check, however feeble, uponthat tendency of a large portion of the people of this coun try, erroneously assumed to be the majority, to erect into a maxim for public opinion that which we have hiterto imagined only appertained to princes and despots —" Our people seem to learn nothing, and to forget nothing." When I speak of the people, recollect I do not mean to make an admission which would place me in the disadvantageous position of saying that I am op posing the deliberately settled Lopinions and convictions of the great mass of my countrymen. No, the great mass of my countryme n upon this question are standing observing, and waiting to be convinced. (Hear, hear.) But I speak of those who, if we were not here would take possession of the public mind, and you may depend upon it that if they could convince the whole people they were right and we were wrong, the policy of this country would soon be conducted according to their views. We have seen already that it is not difficult to persuade the English people that others are corn:ng to attack them. Ido not want to refer to what occurred six or nine months ago for the purpose of triumph or exultation. (Hear, hear.) I have never alluded, in the House of Commons or elsewhere, to that most con clusive triumph which this conference has obtained in the change that has taken place, since our last meeting in Manchester, on the subject of the French aggression; but it is necessary to refer to it now, be cause the very same pens are being dipped in gall to re cord jibes and sneers at this conference which we had to encounter at Manchester ; and though I do not want to deprive them of the pleasure of either abusing or cari caturing us, yet we have every right to ask the people of this country to estimate the value of the present at tacks of these individuals by the value of their opinion just six months ago. (Cheers.) But more—l say that the position in which this country is placed, with refer ence to the Emperor of Russia, is distinctly to be traced to the conduct which these foolish people pursued nine or six months ago. (Cheers.) Ido not speak igno rantly or idly—l speak from information short only of information derived from the first parties acting in these transactions—when I say that what has been done in the East by the Emperor of Russia was done upon the deliberate calculation that it was impossible that France and England would unite to oppose his encroachments upon Turkey. (Cheers.) We all know that it is an old and traditional policy of the Russian Emperors to encroach upon the dominions of the Mahomedan people that are at their side. That has been the uniform and regular policy of Russia for the last 150 years ; but we know also that the encroachments of Russia upon Turkey have been steadily resisted —not at all times manfully, but still resisted-- by the combined action of the Western Powers of Europe. Now, the Russian Emperor saw, not only in the public prints of this country, but he perceived in the speeches of our statesmen in the House of Commons, expressions of dread, of mistrust, and of horror at the character of the Sovereign of our next neighbours, the French. He saw that in the House of Commons we made preparations for calling out the militia, avowedly in order to resist a French invasion. He heard men who are now believed to be the unswerving peacemakers of this country, say that in one night 60,000 French soldiers might come from Cherbourg and land upon our shores. We were told that if we ventured to assume for a moment the pos sibility that the Emperor of the French was not a bri gand and a pirate, or to urge that the French people were not prepared to throw themselves upon our shores without notice or declaration of war, we would be the most credulous and f oo li s h f anat i cs in Britain. The Em peior of Russia saw all this, and naturally concluded that it was utterly impossible that France and England could unite in order to resist his encroachments in the east of Europe. His plans have been laid in the southern parts of Europe ever since last September or Octo ber, when the outcry about a French invasion was first raised ; they were steadily pursued as the foolish spirit of hostility to our neighbours, the French, was more and more manifested in high quarters ; and now the consequence is, that the Emperor of Russia has found, when it is too late, that the foolish people whom he mis took for the public opinion of England have entirely mis him. (Cheers.) And how do we stand ? We were de nounced as being most credulous and foolish for thinking it possible that the Emperor Louis Napoleon did not necessarily meditate an invasion of our shores ; and yet I myself heard the very Minister who talked of the French coming from Cherbourg in one night say that France and England were now united in one common bond of interest, aid were actuated by sentiments of mutual confidence and esteem, and that united they formed a power against which it was in vain for Russia to contend, because all Europe would be helpless against such an irresistible combination. And what did I read at the end of the session, in the Queen's speech ? As if to climax the triumph of the peace party, not only did the Queen in her speech to Parliament declare that she was oil' the •best terms of amity rwith the French nation, but she rather went out of the way to add that she was also on the best footing of friendship with the Emperor of the French. (Cheers.) Now, I have often thought, suppose an individual had been ordered, as many persons are, for the benefit of their health, to leave our shores last January, take a voyage to Australia, and return home again at the end of nine months—he would have left England preparing her militia and fortifying her coasts ; he would have left general officers writing to me, offering to lay a wager that the French were coming—(laughter and cheers) he would have left artillery and other military officers holding consultations, sketching plans, inspecting our fortifications ; he would have left deputations from the principal railway companies waiting upon the Admiralty. and Ordnance to see how soon the commissariat and ad vance supplies might be transmitted from the Tower to Dover or Plymouth ; and he would have left in the minds of all a dread of a French invasion. Well, he made the circuit of the globe, he saw no newspapers— for one reason why invalids are ordered abroad for the benefit of their health, is that their minds may not be harassed by politics, and what they read in newspapers —and the month of September saw him landed again in England. The first thing he reads when he takes up a newspaper is that the French and English fleets are lying side by side in Besika Bay. He immediately says to himself, There is going to be a great battle. (A laugh.) He turns to the first article in the very news paper which told him in January that the French Em peror was a brigand and a pirate, and that the French people were coming to attack us without notice or de claration of war, and he finds it declared that England and France are now so cordially united that their Joint fleets in Besika Bay are under the command of Admiral bundas, and that we are prepared to place an army . under the command o f a F r e nc h ge neral, with li:l tiss r view of acting against the forces of the Emperor of The first question he naturally feels inclined to ask is, can you trust the individual of whom you were saying, when I left England, that he was that the friends of peace a brigand and a pirate ? If so, you are bound to admi were right, and you were wrong. What security have you that the Emperor of the French, when the joint fleets go into action in the face of the Russian navy, will not, n accordance with a recent engagement with the Em peror of Russia, demolish your fleet with his guns, in stead of turning them against the Russians ? Moreover, having thus destroyed your ships of war, what security have you that he will not attack your coasts, sack your towns, burn down your houses, seize the Bank, carry off the Queen, and commit all those nameless atrocities with which you frightened the people nine months ago ? (Cheers.) I must confess—and I say it with the greatest regret—my experience of late does not make me think more highly than I used to do of the ability of states• manship in this country, because if those who had the conduct of public affairs were in earnest in what they told us six or nine months ago—if they were not mere impostors and charlatans —what is the meaning of this kaleidoscope exhibition t They have given us no reason for the change in their opinion with respect to the Em peror of the French. The same men are now in power who were calling out the militia for the purpose of re pelling an attack from France ; and, I ask, if they were in earnest then, how can they be justified in trusting our ships alongside the ships of such a man, and if they were not in earnest, what sort of men have we got at the head of affairs ? I want to have an explanation about that. Well, after all, we need not say anything more about this, because they are sufficiently humiliated already ; and if I did not sincerely pity them, I could not have had a greater triumph than to have brought down those papers, and read extracts from the articles they wrote about us at Manchester, and which they will doubtless repeat in a day or two. You ;must all re member tile caricature in which your humble servant was represented with long ears, because he declared he could not believe the French were coming to invade England. (A laugh.) Who has got the long ears and fool's cap now ? (Cheers and laughter.) I have alluded to all this to show that there are a large number of people in this country who are ready to believe any thing that is told them about some foreign foe coming to attack us. The fact is, we can never be suf ficiently informed of what is going on in other countries. That is one great reason why one should hesitate before interfering in the affairs of other countries. In the first place, however intelli gent we may be, we mus t naturally know a great deal more of our own affairs than those of any foreign nation whatever. The Spaniards have a proverb to the effect that a fool knows more of what is going on in his own house than a wise man knows of what is going on in his neighbour's. I have seen with great amazement an amount of ignorance regarding the condition of the people of Turkey which is absolutely astonishing — ignorance precisely similar to that which prevailed some time ago respecting the affairs of France ; and mani fested by the same persons. For instance, with respect to the condition of the Christian part of the population of European Turkey, I find that the great body of our people, who I should h ave th oug ht wou ld be actuated by democratic sympathies with other countries, sympa thise with the minority in Turkey—with the tyrannical and dominant classes, who are oppressing . the large ma jority of the people. Ido not say there is any ground why we should go to war to remove the evils existing. T if in 'Turkey ; but I mean to say this — thatyou are go ing to war, it is necessary to know what you are going to do, otherwise you may incur as large an amount of debt as was occasioned by the French war, and at the same time fail to accomplish that which you desire to effect. I t e ll you, from my knowledge of th e T ur ki s h empire s that not only all the king's hems and all the king's men," but all the horses and men of all the kings and emperors in the world, cannot maintain the Maho medan population in Turkey in Europe. The seeds of decay and dissolution are everywhere visible. 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 having elapsed, as my friend, Mr. Tait, the publisher, whom I see present, can te3tify, since I published a pamphlet upon the subject of Russian aggression ; and though I do 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 of the 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 j 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 K oran ac k nowledges 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 have constantly and gradually decayed, until Lamartme says that Turkey is perishing for want of Turks • so that, notwithstanding all their advantages, the Turks are declining and diminishing in numbers, whilst the Chris tians are constantly increasin g by their side. Besides all the accumulation of wealth, all the enterprise, all the knowledge, all the progress in f act, whether moral or material, belongs to the Christian population of European Turkey. You may hear of a, superior race governing an inferior race, as in the case of our Indian empire, but it is when all the knowledge, wealth, a n d 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 tall 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 Mahome 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 intetfezed 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 l'arliament that the Turks had made greater progress ift every'respect during the last thirty years than was, perhaps r -aver made by any other country during the same period. 'Where, I say, are the proofs of thA ? Cot:wilt every writer who has visited Turkey, and where will you find,such proofs ? 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 experienced diplomatist, speaking in public. I must confess I 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 A meantime, all these matters will besporil'changednda' in the that your position will be totally reversed. The so oner 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 are not going to fight for treaties, for you have none. Take up any of those newspapers that are rais ing this war-cry, and you will see the phrase, " the fulfilment 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 settl emen t s to which we have been a party' but we are not b oun d t o f i ght 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 and them im partial arbitrators such differences arising between. as cannot be otherwise amicably adjusted, and to abide by such decision." The Rev. Dr. BROWN, of Dalkeith, seconded the re solution in a brief speech. The resolution was put by the Loan PROVOST, and, like its predecessor, 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, sa id—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 Queen and country, if they should be attacked—is a most sacred and impe rative duty—(loud cheers)—and I wish to go just one 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 indicated for the release of our fellow-country woman, who is now confined to a cell by that miserable miscreant who unhappily rules and oppresses fair Tus i cant'. (Hisses and cheers.) I The ROY• J mu; of Ludo, proposed the neat - - resolution, to the effect that the standing Armaments with which the Governments of Europe Ulenace each other, amid professions of mutual friendship and confi dence, and which have greatly increased even during a time of peace, being r a p ,,, n n as rolnifi.e sosubrdceboaftiosnoacilalsoimmora lity, fina while they exc: _ Dust mietude and irritation among the nations, and J...opardise 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 -- 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 no 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 j that all the nations of Europe are in a position as much prepared for war as if but yesterday the treaty of peace bad been signed. Within the memory of many persons here, Europe has undergone a conflict of 25 years' dur ration—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 etabmeeer,inwghetno hasthoebrseervet at not btebernouganbouat Europe ctualwa great war, it i 9 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 common 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 100,000,000/. per annum, perhaps 150,000,0001. per annum, in the maintenance of those 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 suirise 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 a loan, and it is a hundred chances to one that she m us t come 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 which arises merely from ungovernable ambition —that will force 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 700,0001. ; in 1848, 4,500,0001. ; in 1849, 12,000,000/. ; in 1850, more than 5,000,0001. ; in 1851, more than 6,000,0001. ; and in 1852, more than 5,000,0001. ; the whole of the deficit of Austria in those six years being upwards of 34,000,0001., 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,,fate. It is iiitpossible for - a Government, by any turning a die 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 the loan 7,000,000/. sterling, with this 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 o 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 in 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 Ahe 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 great justice 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 dono 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'et a t_ 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 28,000,000/. for the unfortunate policy of our forefathers ; and there may come a day when the burden will just make all the difference 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 28,000,0001. a year was an incredible s um. " We cannot comprehend it," said he ; "it is not to be reck oned in dollars and cents"—(laughter)—but he said he reckoned there would come a day when England and the United States would be neck and neck, and when that 28,000,0001. of debt will tell something against the United Kingdom in her race with the United States. But we are not content with the experience of the twenty five years' 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 less probable, we spend 17,000,000/, 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 29,000,0001 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, i who have a ru d e agriculture, w h o h ave no roa d s , who are deprived of almost every advantage which in this country we have of being a great producing country—we take from them a gross revenue of 29,0007000/. per annum, and we spend 12,000,0001. of it yearly in 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 6,000,000/. a-year since 1835. An author who wrote a great many years ago—the celebrated Arthur Young, says :—" A 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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