The Sun. — London, England, 1857-03-17 00:00:00

T" OTTOMAN BANK. TO THE SHAREHOLDERS. Why are our Shires at so low a price (only 1 premium, of Which 15s. is about to be returned in dividend), seeing that seventeen and a half per cent. has been earned this year, al though o n l y a t en per cent. dividend is deeared ? It being also wel: known that sufficient profit has been already made to Pa y 20 per cent. next half year. The public cannot be aware that, by Royal Charter, this Rank is under limited liability. irch 16, 1857. A SHAREHOLDER. THE SOCIETY for - PROMOTING the ADOPTION of the BALLOT. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. ,The dete rm i na ti on o f th e Mi n i s t r y to appeal to the coun tr y induces us to address you on the question whet her a real national representation can be obtained under our present system of elections, and the effects of our defective represen tative system on the administration of public affairs. It has been well said that " We reformed our electoral System, and We did what was much needed ; but going rather fieltely to ~,,‘ l v°r k, we limited most injuriously our range of choice for able • "'ell to fill the administrative departments of the State, and 17 e shut the doors of the House of Commons upon all young men of ability, except those of high birth, great wealth, or extreme opinions —in other words, a change professedly demo ' - erotic has thrown us more completely, in practice, into the bands of the aristocracy ; and no Venetian oligarchy was ever more exclusive thandlir p re s e nt caste of Sate-governors." Why is this I Because th e Sovereign can only select her re sponsible advisers out of a few great families, who form the governing classes of this country ; for no Ministry, not chosen from these cla sse s, Gould " obtain the necessary majority in the Rouse of Commons." The result of this state of things is Ils described by the leading journal of the d a y :—" The Ministers of the Crown, who undertake the government of this empire, are not a bit wiser or better men than thousands of all other ranks of the Queen's subjects, except here and there where a man of ge nius rises amongst them , as ho nia y trom , any other class." " Our generals have turned out worse than useless ; our Ministers something more than incap ible ; every public department has been crushed into hopeless imbe cility by the weight of unbending routine and worthless forma lities, and on no one occasion that we are aware of has the right man been selected to fill the right place." The energy, abi lity, and industry of the people of this country have raised it to the highest rank among the nations of the earth, but the incapacity and want of foresight of our Ministers, have lowered us in the scale of nations, and brought con tempt on Representative Government. The same class of men who maintain the supremacy of this country in arts and sciences, trade, and manufactures, could, without doubt, furnish rulers able to maintain the supremacy of our arms and our national honour, but such men are rare l y , if ever, called on to undertake the Government. The Ministers of the Crown, the commanders of our fleets and armies, and the chiefs of the branches of civil and military administration, are chosen, not for merit or ability, but from " influence," because they belong to " powerful families," who can make or destroy a Ministry by giving or withholding Parliamentary Support. These families monopolise place and power : not content with the exclusive possession of the House of Lords, they aim at, and to a great extent succeed in, monopolising the People's House of Parliament, and exclude, as much as possible, from any share in the Government, all men not con nected with their own class. The source and strength of the Parliamentary power of the oligarchy is the control the law permits them to exercise over the votes of the Electors throughout the kingdom ; by which large numbers of Eng lishmen become so much voting-power at the disposal of the saoalthy and powerful. By the different influences which, as landlords, customers, and in other countless forms, they have over the electors, whose dependence is multifariously diversified, the governing factions, Whig and Tory, secure, with few exceptions, the whole of the county members, and a majority of the borough members for England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales ; the members of Parliament, who really sit by free and popular election, being an insig nificant minority. This makes the oligarchy omnipotent in Parliament : and though they may struggle for the mastery over each other, and differ on points of speculative policy, they are united and irresistible on all points affecting their monopoly of Government ; while the people suffer both the evil of being misrepresented by those they have not chosen, and the evil of being forced into a pre-, tended choice. The remedy for these evils is such a Reform of Parliament as will destroy the power the Governing Classes now have in the House of Commons, which Makes an inde pendent and popular Ministry impossible. Au extension of the Suffrage alone will not do this. The lowering of the fran chise, and the consequent admission of a greater number of dependent Electors, would only strengthen and increase the Power which possessors of undue influences now have in re turning Members to Parliament. Complete and Universal Freedom of Election alone will obtain for us a House of:Com mons who will support a Ministry in which ability and merit, and not influence, will be the qualification for civil or military Place and power. The only means of obtaining this Freedom is to establish to vote by Ballot. We gladly adopt the following remarks from the pen of an able journalist :—" We may call upon the constituencies till doomsday to correct their elections, without our calling being sensibly attended to, unless we shield and fortify the consti tuencies with the Ballot. Men will make great sacrifices out of a patriotic spirit ; but few will consent to ruin theinselves for patriotism's sake. We have a right to expect much from constituencies ; but we must not expect too much. We have no right to call upon them to sacrifice position and prospects, to see their business destroyed, their credit broken, their families ruined, for the good of the public; yet such things have and do result continually from the honesty and courage of men who dare to vindicate their principles and refuse to vote for partisans of their customers. We claim for honesty the pr9.tss.tfon of the Ballot. We claim for every man whom the law has enfranchised, freedom from the dictation of those who possess the power of injury; for experience has shown that men who have such power are not slew to use it when their wishes are crossed." Around this point we would concentrate the popular energies at the coming election, confident as we are that with out the ballot no measure of reform will prove efficient, and that with it any measure will be a real step in advance gained, from which further progress will prove easy, and further necessary reforms will inevitably follow. We therefore counsel you to use every exertion at the coming election to secure the ballot being made the law of the land, by the Parliament now to be elected. Require of every candidate who seeks your suffrages, that he pl e dge himself to vote for the annual motion for the ballot, and that ho will use his influence with any Ministry he may support to induce hem to make the ballot a Government measure. Fellow-countrymen,!in appealing for your co-operation and aid, we would again respectfully but earnestly remind you of the importance of an energetic movement in favour of the ballot at the presentjuncture. Now, if ever, should the con stituencies and tho people put forth the constitutional power with which they are invested in a struggle for free and pro. teeted voting. Signed by ordor of the Executive Committee on behalf of the Society. F. HENRY F. BERKELEY, Chairman of the Council. T. PERRONET THOMPSON, Chairman of the Executive Committee. WILLIAM WICKHAM, Honorary Secretary. Offices 5, Guildhall-chambers, London, and 12, New-all's -buildings, Manchester. March 10, 1857. AN APPEAL from the NON-ELECTORS LEAGUE to the Electors of the United Kingdom. - FELLow-Coms - ravunx I The approaching dissolution of Parliament will again enable you to exercise that electoral power which injustice belongs to us all, but which you alone are permitted to enjoy. One of the reasons assigned for this insulting and degrad ing exclusion of our class from political authority is; that the franchise which you possess is held in trust for us ; hence the appeal now made to you. None aro more deeply interested in the struggle about to take place than we are, and it is, therefore, of the utmost importance that the issue should be taken upon some broad and well-defined political principle, and not upon the mere personal pretensions of rival patrician statesmen. Our busi ness is not with these men, who are merely your instruments.; it is with you, the Electors, to whom the law has entrusted our liberty and our rights, that we have to deal, and whom we are entitled to call to account. Our case is one of peculiar hardship, and pre-eminently de raands your gravest consideration. We live under a political constitution, the theory of which is that all power springs from the people ; that representa tion should precede taxation, and that no law shall be made binding upon the Subject which has not received the sanction of the Commons of England. - How well this sounds to the ear how deceitful it is to the heart, facts will attest. Fellow-countrymen---You Electors number about one mil lion of persons. We, the voteless, are Over Four Millions 1 Who, then, constitute the commonality of England? Are the Four Millions comprised in the term ? Electors pause and ask yourselves who and what are these Four Million of your follow-subjects upon whose behalf this appeal is made. They are your countrymen—your neighbours ; they culti vate the soil—ply the shuttle—plough the main; they exca vate the rocks and themines ; their toil and skill, combined with the capital, enterprise, intelligence, and liberality of their employers, have created the gigantic Docks of our ports, the large Factories and Warehouses of our towns and cities, the Ships in our harbours, and the Railways that intersect the country. They are that noble Army of Labour by whose industry the resources of the Empire have attained their pro s/pot marvellous development. Such, Electors, are the men who constitute the Five Mil lions of Outcasts from our political system—known to the State only as the payers of Taxes, and the drudges of our social life I ELECTORS I say, ought this to be ? ELECTORS I We indignationappeal; against this state of things in a Spirit of properbut, at the same time, with a feeling of reliance upon your justice and patriotism. It is in. _ your power to alter the Const le it d u g t o io a n t o o f dtohjeusHtiooeusteo the u C n o r rn o: mons by the return o f inen h p o will not ally themselves with presented masses ; e in na tu ti r o n n s . have the exclu. either of the domina ni n e t n fa w ctio the affairs o factions who f h th o inst which the commercial ofalvirehnieftonliagg:rmoheillcomposition of the Executive Government is a crying scandal, and oi c onstituencies ought to protest rthe working classes aro en tirely excluded from Parliamentary Represe ntation, and the commercial classes stand in a s omewhat similar relatio n to classes whose the Exeoutive a u th or ity . Thus the two great interests are so obviously identical are treated with indignity and injustice. It is impossible to reflect upon the disgraceful incapac it y dhsplayed by titledand privileged. authorities d u ring the re cent war with ou t experiencing sensa ti o ns of dread for the future of our count State continue to b e distributed amongst the favoured P 1 7, should th e re sponsible aces ( .1 t hae. tridents. It is for you, ing, at the same time, that the thousands of the gallant men Electors, to look to this ; remember who were slaughtered on the Crimean by tho cold ludif ference and unaccountable i " noble families, were take n n c a millions who now appeal tovoteless pacity of the connexions of from the ranks of the justice. ELECTORS 1 you are yeti for these interesting matters are e ab Pri u marY ratter of the next Parliament de t to be referred; the cha authority to which the Non-Electors have, thereforePtts ,ewle?areat right to remind ' 1 1 3 3n your conduct ; you of the responsibility which rests deep interest they have in your decisionth you' and of the . You are not called on to decide mere] upon the conduct of a Ministry in reference to the rupture but you Fthreirm and Do have to determine the greater questions and etilTonEleetors medic Policy for the new Parliament will be justified in holding you accountable for The demands of the Non-Electors upon the eoun e t results. . OF PARLIA.- A FULL, FAIR, AND COMPLETE utpui:y are :-- TION IN THE COMMONS HOUSE ESENTA MENT ; THE PROTECTION OF THE BALLOT ; and SHORTER P.311,L1.121EN1 as the only means for effecting the other refornienocessary. By order of the Committee. WILLIAM TAYLOR, Chairman. THOMAS CLARK, Sec re t ary. L coramittee-room, ~ Windsor Castle," 152, High Holborn. (No. 20,200.) ci ENE RAL ELECTION.—PRINTING wit '1 Vir Economy and Despatch for Pamphlets, Addresses, Circulars. and Posting Bills, either Letterpress or Lithographic.—VAßTY, 27, Camomile-street, Bishopsgato, London, E C. TO THE LIVERY WORTHY AND INDEPENDENT AND ELEOTORi OF THE CITY OF LONDON. GENTLEMEN, In presenting myself for re-election as one of your represen tives, I entertain a confident hope that a consistent course of public conduct for 20 years in Parliament, and constant at tention to all the local and commercial interests of this great city, willsecure for me your continued approbation and sup port. My votes on all great questions are before you. Every friend of humanity must deeply deplore the lament able Occurrences at Canton. I could not, however, concur in a vote which implied censure upon the Government, encourag ing tbe arrogant Chinese to resist treaty obligations, weaken ing the power and influence of this country to protect the lives and property ofour fellow-subjects abroad, and seriously erippling our commercial intercourse with China. But in supporting Lord Palmerston on this occasion, and in acknow ledging the gratitude which the country owes to him for so soon terminating, with honour, a disastrous war, in which wo were involved principally by the vacillating conduct of a sec tion of the party now opposerl to him, I do not intend to aban don my advocacy of those measures of administrative reform and social and political progress which the welfare of the people so urgently demands. I look back with sitisfaction to the successful result of the first Meeting (over which I presided) for the Repeal of the War IncOme Tor. By economy and retrenchment the re mainder of this iniquitous impost may be soon extinguished, but, at all events, it should be placed upon a more equitable foundation, as between property and income.. I felt myself bound to vote against the continuance of the increased rate of duty on tea, because it seemed to me unjust to the trader, who had reason to rely upon its diminution, ac cording to the Act, confirm , xl •by the declaration of official authorities that the scale of reduction would take effect in April next. Nothing can be more embarrassing to all com mercial transactions than frequent meddling with Cisterns_ duties, Early in the coming session the care of the Legislature must be directed to legal reforms. The treatment of our criminals and a revision of our system of secondary punishments must also come under consideration. These all-important questions shall command my best attention. I will only add that I have spared no trouble to render my humble services useful to all classes of my fellow-citizens, and should you be pleased to confer upon me again the distin guished honour of being one of your representatives, you may rely upon a continuance of an independent course of conduct in Parliament, the same industry and attention to all your local rights and commercial interests, an anxious desire to support every measure calculated to advance. the prosperity of the country, improvOthe condition of the industrial classes, by lessening taxation, and to promote the cause of ci'il and religious liberty throughout the world. I remain, Gentlemen, your faithful, humble servant, JAMES DUKE. 43, Portland-place, March 16, 1857. TO THE ELECTORS OF THE CITY OF WESTMINSTER. ' GEN. TLEMEN,— A Dissolution has been rather more hastily resolved on, in the midst of the Session and season, than in my humble opi nion the real interests of the country required. As, however, I took no part whatever in its supposed cause, it is not, per haps, for me to offer opinions on the subject. But a few brief expressions from one or two of the most distinguished supporters of Government may possibly be al luded to, illustrative of the extraordinary diversities of opinion on this most vexed question. The Right Honourable Edward Ellice, addressing his constituents, says that he does " not approve and sincerely laments" the extreme measures re.iorted to in China. " That reprisals should in the first in stance have been taken, and the ulterior course reserved for the determination of the Government in England; that the question of g,enerrl hostilities should have been reserved for higher au thority. It would seem (he says) fall time that this practice of involving the country in wars in the East, except under the pressing necessities of self-defence, should be brought more directly under the control of Parliament." And who is Mr. Ellice, who gives these formidable reasons against his own vote i Undoubtedly one of the ablest, most useful, and, I would almost add, most illustrious of the Whig party—an ex-Whig Minister. But, howeVer I may admire him, you know very well that I have not the honour of being considered a Whi- and that I am certainly neither an ex nor a future Minister. Again, Sir William Clay, also on this occasion on the side of Ministers, says to his immense constituency, which ho so ably represents :—" The question whence has arisen the sup. posed necessity for a dissolution, was one of the most diffi. cult I have ever known submitted to the decision of the Ffouse of Commons—one on which it was impossible to give any vote without anxiety and doubt." But being myself impressed with a strong feeling on the matter, believing that a mistaken opinion had arisen upon it, what must my doubts and perplexities have been—earnestly urged, as I eventually was, by three sets of old and valued friends, of vehemently different views—the one requesting my approval, the other my disapproval, of these Chinese pro ceedings on so questionable an affair? I had already resolved on the latter course; thus at least avoiding a violation of my Own convictions, and I shall never regret having done so. But two things must now inevitably be done—the lives and properties of British and foreign merchants must be placed in security—the prestige and ascendancy of the British arms re stored or established. It is most satisfactory therefore to hear that a superior Government authority and some six thousand troops aro about to be despatched to the scene of conflict. Had this keen announced during the debates, or, bet ter still, two months ago, when the first intelligence of this affair arrived, wo might have been spared a premature dis solution, and an enormous quantity of oratory. It is true that on my ladreturn from the field my health was much shattered. I was enabled, nevertheless, in that session, while the war still continued, repeatedly t• take as vigorous and efficient a part as any other man in Parliament (perhaps more so)—in promoting the great national object of that period, the reinforcement, by all possible means, of our army before the enemy. Iu the early part of the session of 1856 I energetically (some thought too much so) called attention to the shortcomings and mistakes of our War Department—to the great value of the " report—to the undeserved treatment by Government of those two meritorious public servants—and to the mischievous p• 'valence of military favouritism. In the latter part of last session I had the good fortune of being the successful mover of the appointment of a Royal Commission fur inquiry into the monster military corruption and abuse—that of the system of sale and purchase of com missions. This system is at the root of all our military failures. lam a member of that commission. We have collected a great body of evidence. lam sanguine that the result will be the accomplishment of the greatest measure of army reform that can possibly be effected. Gentlemen, I don't pretend to say to what it may be attri butable, but never have I seen the principles of Parliamen tary Reform so completely ignored as by the present House of Commons. The less regret, then, should we feel on the opportunity now offered for a declaration of opinion through out the country of electors and non-electors. I came into Parliament, even before I had the honour of being known to you, as a warm advocate of Reform. West monster, long before that period, was the historical head quarters of this great cause. I have been faithful to it. I will never deviate from it. Whatever party may be disposed to promote it will have my adhesion, and, I am equally con fident, will have your anxious and powerful support. Again respectfully tendering you my services, probably for the last time, for a renewal of your canfidence, I have the honour to be, Your humble and obedient servant, DE LACY EVANS. Bryanstone-square, 11Th March, 1857. SHE LONDON, HARWICH, and CONTI ". NENTAL STEAM PACKET COMPANY. (Limited). Capital 100,000 1 ., in 10,000 Shares of 101. o3ch, with power to increase. 21. per share payable on allotment. Incorporated under the -Act 19 and 20 Vic., chap. 47, by which the liability of the Proprietors is limited to the amount of their shares. Of f ices, 44, 11oorga . to-street, City, E.C. As the Allotment of Shares in the above Company will take place on the 26th inst., NO APPLICATION can be received after WEDNESDAY, the 25th inst. Prospectuoes and forms of application may be obtained of Messrs. Hugh Tassie and Sons, 135, Buchanan-street, Glas gow; H. C. Beloe, Esq., 18, Brunswick-street, Liverpool; 0. J. Williams, Esq., Lloyd's agent and Vico Consul of the Netherlands, Harwich, Essex; and at the offices of the Company. FORM OF APPLICATION FOR SHARES. To tho Directors of the London, Harwich, and. Continental Steam Packet Company (Limited), 44, Moorgato-strcot, City. - Gentlemen,—l enclose you a receipt for £ paid to the London and Eastern Banking Corporation, and I hereby request you will allot me shares in the London, Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet Company (Limited) ; and I hereby agreo to accept such shares or any smaller number that may be allotted to me, and to pay the calls thereon, and to execute the necessary deeds of the Company. I remain, Gentlemen, your obedient servant, Name in full Address in full Occupation Date BANKERS' RECEIPT. Received the day 1857, the sum of on account of the London, Harwich, and Continental Steam Packet Company (Limited), London. By Order, HUME GREENFIELD, Secretary. R OYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. Patron—The QUE EN.—Founded 1828. The sick poor are admitted on their ov►n application alone; no re commendation is required. During the past month the following number rece!red the benefits of this Charity, either as out or in-door patients, on their personal 3pplication : Week ending 7th February ...... 2,095 Ditto 14th February 2, :i 5 I Ditto 21st February ...... 2,650 Ditto 28th February .... 2,890 Total in February •••• .. 9,986 of Which 3,379 were new cases, the remainder (still under treat ment) having been admitted previously. The clergy of all denominations have unlimited access to the patientS. , ileavy expen ses are inevitably incurred in recording such exten sive relief. The Committee, therefore, earnestly entreat the aid of the public. The management of the Hospital is in the hands of 30 Governors, Yearly elected from the general list of subscribers, at the Annual 4;euerai meeting in January. A Board is held every Thursday, at 4 o'clock (Rev. J. B. Owen, Chairman), to conduct the business, when any subscriber inay attend, if so disposed, the Board being at all times desirous of receiving suggestions or giving explanation. The H o spital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on volun tary contributions and legacies, which are received by tho Treasurer, rnh rt . Alagterm an, Esq., 14. P., Sicholas-lane ; also by Messrs. Coatis 2 .•,ad Co. ; Drummond and Co.; ~;}ionic-lane; and Co.; Ransom find Co.. rrescott Grot and Co . ;a n d Co and Co.; Glyn and Co. ; Jones L0'3.0 and and lloir'etay and Co.; Denison and Co. ; Williams, nersZ• and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Ber- Clog!t ; Masterman and Co.; and at the Hospital. 'wg for the destitute patients will be thankfully received. DT order. i. B, WEN, 1.L.A., Chaiman. _ , Paz ~-~ ~ " P;Th.ll : 4 , . • ups * 4 'l , • 4 "C• CZ .4 3 .F 7.1 1 1\ft .: ad. 4 • - • j 0 , 10 • bitorT. flk"" K 4" [PRICE 4D. STAMPILD sr) afte r some reprisals. Ho asked theist on a broad principle was Vlore sufficient justification for the extravagant pro ceedings— (no, no)—at Canton. Had they any right to rush on the defenceless inhabitants of Cauton ? It was a very differeat case from that of Russia, where England had an enemy well worthy of her power. They were enga3ed in a war with a noble nation. But, now all the world know that the Chinese were at their feet. What ho asked was, how would the people of G rmany, America, Austria, France, end all the other continental nations look on the bloodshed which-had bean emphatically repudiated by the House of Co . :omens ? They had been toll of late that the new American Presi dent was boatilts to them. But how much more lay was he to bo so when the English nation had a Premier aho held his fist in everybody's face. This, he assured them, would very materially increase any differences with - people naturally proud, and who were equally powerful with themselves. - (Loud cheers.) When it was shown that they were exacting to the weak and cringing to the strong, they would not hsve credit for their* f wheal lug. He wished the British people to preserve their national honour untarnished; but that would be, not by fidbuster- Mg expeditions to the Persian and Chinese waters, but by the exhibition of substantial justice in dealing with the weak or the strong. If he had any exception to this, it would be to exhibit more forbearance to the weak. He had applied for the hire of Exeter Hall ; and he was told they could Lave it. • If they had had that building, he was. quite sure th ere wou ld no t h ave been the tithe of the tur moil they h a d . heard, which was got up by cliques, coteries, and clubs. (Ch eers .) H e b espo k e th e room , but learnt that a'l applications were referred' to a committee, who re fused it on account of a fear that their bricks and mortar would be polluted by the holding-of anything like a poli tical meeting. So they refused to allow them to meet, and if it were possible ho could have Broken to three times their number, he should 'still have found the same 25 dis turbers. (Laughter.) The grand torrent was a tempest in a teapot, got up by the clubs, while the world outside won dered what the fass was all about. He deplored the lia bility of his countrymen to bo thrown off the scent. They had now got the name of Palmerston launched. (Hisses land cheers, accompanied with. groans.) He thought the Palmerston fever was a great delusion. If men were rich to superfluity,--if they: wanted nothing to make them comfortable, Palmerston WAS the man. If they wanted no reluction of their taxation, uo increase of the franchise—if they did net es t to get rid of Church rates --if 'they did not want the ballot—no reform in Church an I State, Lord Palmerston watihe man for them. (Cheers and groans.) -He ag&n asked them not to allow their fair fame to be tarnished by endorsing the bloody deeds which had been perpetrated in Canton s The House of Comb:ions had done itself immortal honour by its vote. (Cheers.) The House of Commons . had done itself honour by la siating groat Government influence. He sincerely trusted, when the elections came, that, in spitesof the attempts which had been male to deceive the people, they would confirm the decision which the house had come to on that question. (Hear, hear.) Mr. THOUAS BEGGS moved, that in the opinion of this meeting the invasion of Persia —(cries of "Who are you?") —and the hostilities at Canton were as holly unwarranted on grounds of either justice or policy—(bear, hear)—and this meeting further protests against the practice of in volving this country in war without the knowledge or con sent of Parliament, and earnestly rejoices that by the recent vote of the House of Commons the nation has been saved from the responsibility of those acts of violence and bloodshed committed by British officers on the inhabitants of Canton. Dr. Errs seconded the motion. - The CHAIRMAN before puttiug the r3colation said he supposed he should be tcli, as on form q. occasions, that he had coalesced with and differed from everybody. Ho Dover bad on a peace m asure, but still lie Would not tacitly consent to unmitigated idaseazre. He believed England's honour was compromised by deeds alike cruel and unjust. Ho appealed to them as just end honest Englishmen —as men who had at home wivee, families, eons and daughters, and trotherF. (A. laugh.) Ho pitied the men who laughed from the bottom of his heart; but he asked them if, in the great name of England, they should perpetrate acts revolt ing to all the finer feelings of humanity ? The great drama'ist had said,— "'Tis glorious to possess a giant's strength, But tyrann us to use it hke a giant•." England had a giant's strength, and she had used it like a gisnt. The House of Commons had steppd in—the Com mons of England had interfered—(oheers)—and they Lad raised a voice as loud that the world would ring. The dark deed of Caeton was no deed of England, end England ac cordingly repudiated it. (No, no, cheers, and uproar.) They were sent to represent England, and in this instance he believed them to have done so. For his own part, he voted as an honest man. But he could not go on. (Cheers.) He wished ho had the bodily health of his friends. (Cheer. 4.) He had followed Mr. Cobden a hen he was right, and he had oppos,d him when he • thought he was wrong. He recollected the glorious deed of his friend—such a deed as in future ages, would take down his name when they and all in that room would have been forgotten. (Mr. Cobden.—No, no.) He was no follower of Mr. Cobden. InAct, he was a follower of nobody. He would tell them one instance in which a coalition did take place. A few ays ago, in the division on Mr Locke King's motion, Lord Palmerston went into the lobby with Mr. Disraeli. Why should Lord Palmerston eay they coalesced, when ho did so himself 'I The popular voice, in fact, was never listened to by Lord Palmerston. (Hoar, hest.) On the occasion to which he had alluded it was derided. But he (sir. Roebuck) never said publicly that the noble lord coalesced. He was sure, in another/ear, the peopla of England would say th,y were in the right. (Cheers and disapprobation.) Let theta not be misled by the cry of "Palmerston," for along with it must be coupled "No reform." (Uproar.) • A GENTLEMAN (on the platform).—You yourself ale no reformer. Mr. itounuoz.—Hera is a perfect ineirnation of Lora Palmerston. He says he is for no reform. The iravious SPEAKEB.—Theso men call themselves re formers. Mr, ROEBUCK —I commend you to hold your tongue. The CHAIRMAN was about to put the resolution, when in a moment the platform was a scene of inconceivable up roar, caused by a violent altercation between two indi7:- duals. The resolution, however, was carried. Mr. HART moved a lesolution, to the effect that the mi nisterA, by sanctioning and adopting the acts ofsubordinate officer 3 at Calton, have made themselves responsible for an outrage, and committed a criminal violation of English law, which, whether committed by Premier or peasant, should be dealt with judicially and the offender punished. Mr. MURRAY secomied it. Mr. B. O'BRIEN moved an amendment—after having in forined the meeting that the spirit which actuated the Times was that which prompted the crucifixion of Christ, and which tin=ed fire' to rain on Sodom and Gomorrah —to the effect that if the upper and middle .classes were really desirous of Parliamentary reform, and wished to put an end to all such barbarous wars of invasion and conquest as those against Persia and Canton, they had a sure and easy method in their hands, which was, to give the known electors the benefit of their second votes, by protesting for the election of candi dates by the old way of show of hand% I.OeKRART seconded the amendment, which The CIIAIRDIAN declared carried. A vote of thanks terminated the unusually protracted proceedings at a late hour of the evening. MAR4ET NEWS.—(rhis Day.) A-- HAY MARKETS. S3IITHFIELD. — Meadow hay, 21 lOs to 4/ Os ; clovor do., 31 103 to 51 Os; and straw, 11 4s to 11 9a por load. A fair demand. CEIBERLAND. —Meadow - hay, 2/ lOs to 41 Os; clover do., 31 108 to Si Os ; and straw, 11 5s to 11 lOs per load, Trade steady. WIIITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 12s to 41 Os ; clover do., 31 10s to 51 Os ; and. straw, 1/ 5s to 11 lOs per load. Trade dull. COLONIAL. TEA.—The market continues inactive. The advices by the Overland Mail having had no effect upon prices, which are quite nominal. SIIGAR.—FuII prices are obtained for all descriptions of foreign and colonial, and business generally ruled more active than for the last few days. In the refined market no alteration in prices has taken place, but the dealers in home consumption have purchased with rather more free dom. COFFEE. —A moderato business has been done in plan tation and nativo Ceylon at exlrerne prices, and both Mocha and Brazil are in good demand, at fully former quo tations. ItlCE.—Thore has been an active demand chiefly for qualities suitable for exp6rtation, at full price'. Bengal and Madras have been a shade higher. Rum.—The lower qualities of this article continue to be inquired for at fall rates, and East Indian and Leeward Island descriptions have been rather largely dealt in. TALLOW.—Tho market has shown a slight improvement. P.Y.C. for present delivery is quoted 63s to 67s per cwt. ; April to June, 51s 9d to b2s per cwt. ; and last three months, 51s 6d to s!s 9d per cwt. A large business has been done in home melted, at 50s per cwt. nett cash. At the meeting of the shareholders in the London and Paris Bank, yesterday, great indignation was expressed at the unwarranted appropriation by the directors of so large an amount under the plea of preliminary and other charges. A motion for the appointment of a share holders' committee to inquire into the accounts received 31 votes out of 43 votes represented at the meeting, but was ultimately negatived, owing to the fact that the directors bad previously provided themselves with proxies to the extent of 159 votes. By this means the dissentients were overruled, and a formal motion for dissolving the company was carried. [ADVERTISEMENT.] —Jane Hallett, of Whitty Head, near Netberbury, Dorset, suffered for many years from a bad leg. From the knee to the ancle it had several wounds, so that she was unable to stand or move about the house. She tried a variety of means and applica tions, but without obtaining a cur e . B y the blessi ng God and using only three pots o f P oor Man's Friend, end o , f and taking three boxes of pills, she was p erfectly cured. Dr. Roberts's Poor Man's Friend, for wounds t and erup tionsto i s, ls. lid. and of every description, is sold in His i i l s ul s m old A i n n ti b sc o r x op u i m ion , fur all itn 2psu.ri9tide.seoafcht.he throughout4s . fld. 1 s t , h a e n tr d n t2esd. Kingdomcb, by and medicine ven dors alels,B.l" 2s. 9d [ADVERTISEMENT.] Holloway's_Ointment and Pills effectual in the Cure of Scrofula .— Co py —Sir,—l am happy to bear witn u eri P l Y to of th a e Mr. Campbell, of Hastings o Professor Holloway: efficacy of your medicines letter wond fro m fu, in cas es of scrofula. A friend of mine was severely afflicted with this complaint for several years ; indeed so bad that several experienced surgeons said he was incurable. After all hopes of reco very, a friend persuaded him to try your medicines, and the consequence was that he has now entirely got rid of his conaplaint."—S o Id by all medi cine vendors th rou g hout 24 4 , the world ; at Professor Holloway's establishments, Strand, Lond on , an d 80, M a iden-lane, New York ; b y A. Stanapa, Constantinople ; 4. Guidish Smyrna ; and E. , Muir, Malta, E 'z PAP - - i f! i i t s g . Atl ek in miralty, has issued a :• w . the elec- MIDDLESEX. —Mr - . A. 44' 4r he Ad tors of Middlesex. 11 1 61Wilfic6nat Dover on Ministerial principles with every i.respect of success. DLLRYLEBONE. —Last evening a public meeting of the c'ectors of Marylebon&Was hela in the Mat y lebone Couitlamse " to express confidence in the present Government and disapproval of,the factious opposition with which it has been met in the House of Commons ;" Mr. J. A. Nicholas in the chair. Resolutions in conformity with the objects of the meeting were agreed to, and the meeting separated, after giving three cheers for Lo r d P a l mers t on an d three cheers for Sir B. Hall. ELECTIO. LIVERPOOL. —A large meeting of Conservative eleltors was held at the Amphitheatre yesterday afternoon for the purpose of pressing -confidence in the candidates, Mr. Thomas Berry llorsfali, one o the members for the borough, and Mr. Charles Turner, chairman of the Liverpool Dock Com mittee. - ANDOVER. —The present members, Mr. Alder man Cubitt and Mr. H. B. Coles, have offered"' themselves for ie-election, and are luslly engag,a in their canvass. The Hon. D. Forteseiie (Liberal) is also a candidate. BATH. —A public meeting was held in the Guild hald yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of in troducing Sir Arthur Hallam Ellon t 3 the electors as the Liberal candidate for the seat about to be rendered vacant' by the retirement of Captain Sc ,bell. BEVERLEY. —At a large meeting of the Reform Assoc'ation Mr. Wells and the Hon. W. H. F. Denison were unanimously ad'ipted as the Liberal candidates. BRADFORD.—An unexpected change has taken place here. Mr. Titus Salt has rafted, and the only persons now before the electors ara Mr. Wick- Lam and General Thompson. BRIDGNORTH.-Mr. Pritchard and Mr. Whit more are candidates for re-election here. - CHRISTCHURCH.—AdmiraI Walcott has issued an addres7, and is at present unopposed. DORSET.—Mr. _Boyer, Mr. H. Ker Seymer, and Mr. H. Sturr ' the sitting members, crime forwArd ague. The Hoa. W. H. B. Porman, member fi)r Shaftsbuby, and eldest son of 1....yrd Poitman, will contest the county on Liberal principles. DUDLEY. —Sir Stafford Northcwe st inds for North Devon. - The now ca,ndidate is Mr. Saiidarp, of Taplow-house, Bucks, formerly member for Great Yarmouth. EYE (SuFForr).—Sir E. Kerrison has issued an address to the electors soliciting re-election. There is no opposition at present. GLoeF.,s - TERsmitz(WF,sr).—The Hon. Grantley, .F. Berkeley, in an address .t 3 the elecitors of the western division of Glocestershir offers his ser vices free and unfettered at the approdching elec tion. HANTS (SOUTHERN DivisioN).—Another candi dtte has been put forward for the choice of the e'ect )rs of this part of the county of ['anti, Sir 0. Jervois?, Bart., of Idsworth, near Horndean, who supports the Liberal interest. HUDDERSFIELD.—A meeting of Liberal electors was h-ld last night to select a cindidate to snceeel Lori Goderich. Two names were iutrAleced.— : Mr. Cobden and Mr. Akroyd, of Denton-plme. The latter was rejected, and it was re=o:ved unani mously to invite Mr. Cobden to become a candi date. KENDAL.--Mr. G. C. Glyn Ins again offered him self as a e ,ndidate for this borough. LEEDS. —The unfortunate complication in the Liberals wl ich thre , teneisuchser:ou3 contrquences has mkt with a solution which pronuse3 to be suc e.!ssful in res o-ing union, Mr. • Forster having wi'h crawl from the contest. LuccanxSHlßE (Sotrrn).—Mr. Willson, a Cons,.r vative, offers himself. Mr. Willson is a largo land owner in South L'neolnshire and head of the bank ing firm of Peacocks and Handler. LUDLOW. —Mr. Botfield has offered himself, on the retirement or Lord W. Powlett. MALDON.—Mr. G. M. W. Peaco ke offers him self for re-elect on. PETERBOROUGH.—Mr. Thomson Hankey has is iucd an add ess to the electors. PONTEFRACT. —The names and addresses of thiee Lib ral candidates are before the electors--viz., chess of Mr. Monckton Milnes, Mr. Wood, and Mr. D:iveira. Itienktorrn (YonKsErnE).—The sitting members, Messrs. Rich and Wyvill, will in all pi obibility be unoppes,:d. SALFORD.—Mr. Cobden is to address ihe elect TE. 'ef Salford oa Thursday evening. SHEFFIELD.—Y( serday Mr. Overend, Q add!e-sod the largest op 4i air meeting ever held in Sheffield. since 1830, when Mr. Brougham. adv catr d Parliamentary reform. Mr. Councillor Har vey presided. He said he believed that Mr. Roe buck and he were more allied to politics than were Mr. Hadfield and Mr. Roebuck. On a show of Lands, about one-third of the meeting declared in favour of Mr. Overend. SouTnwAnK —A. new candidate Las started for this borough, Mr. J. P. Locke, one of the City pleaders. STROUD.—The Right Hon. G. Horsman has issued his address to toe electors of this borough. SUNDERLAND.—It is stated that Mr. Edward. Backhous', jun., a Quaker; will be brought for ward. If so, lie willmake the fifth candidate in the field.- At present we have Mr. H. W. Fen wick, Mr. R. Hoare, and Mr. Waltev, Liberals y anti Mr. G. Hudson, Conservative. TEWKESBURY.—After all Mr. Cox, the Conser vative candidate who contested the representation of this borough at the last election, declines to withdraw his pro' WARWICKSHIRE (NORTH).—MeS3rit. Newdegate and Spooner have issued a joint address to the elec t rs. It is rumoured that the Hon. Mr. Leigh, brollvx of Lord Leigh, will oppose Mr. Spooner's re-election. WEsTmourarm.--Earl Bective is the only candi date as yet. PARISH OFFIC LA LI S.AL Mr. Grimbly, a Union Surgeon at Baubury, re cEmtly addressed a very courteous and temperate le3er to the Board of Guardians, pointing out that the remuneration afforded for his services left him positively out of pocket, without calculating anything for the great labour involved in a conscientious discharge of his duties. He therefore asked for an advance of salary. This reasonable -dertrind s) exasperated the guardians that, without paying any a . tention to his request, they immediately vamped up against him a charge of neglect, and bummoned him to attend its hives gation. " Qiire miscris lucis tam dira cu pido !" The charge proved to be utterly without foundation except in the ingenious malice of its inventors, and only added another to the many instances of insult and oppression afforded by the behaviour of parish officials to their sur geons. Foiled in this disgrac-ful attempt, the guardians resorted tc more familiar weapons ; in sulting and annoying Mr. Grimbly until he threw up the appointment. We areglad to perceive that the neighbouring practitioners have expressed their sympathy with him, and pledged themselves not to accept the vacant office. it is difficult to comprehend what can be the cause of a certain generic depravity which seems specially to afflict parochial boards of guardians. We say generic, for it is known that individuals who compose these mysterious brotherhoods are not par ticularly vicious, stupid, or inhuman in their pri vetecapacities. Forinstance, the guardians of White. chapel have shut up their casual wards for the last s t w of week, cold moreover,an d hunger during parish seven months. Hence several p oor wretches have perished w in i n t t h e e r. str ij e n e th e past officials had to be comp e ll e d by the magistrate to receive again into the workhouse help less a poor old man, whom they had turned upon the streets, for no o th er earthly reason they id not want to that ell the Whitechape him. than Now, we are credibly i n f ormedl board of guardians includes p erson s who are kind believed to b eparents, good neighbours, ho nest and able men of business, and, in their private capacities, charitable to the poor. Wh at direful magic can it be, then, that so perverts these folks when associated at the parish board ? It is a s in explicable as th e p roce ss by which Circe changed the comp an i ons o f swine.—The Lancet. Ul ysses into swin . . LONDON, U ESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, .1857. PUBLICATIONS. THE NEW NOVEL, THE. SECOND WIFE, Is now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vola. The plot Is well worked out, and there are in the book passages of great power."—Herald. Hurst and Blaekett, Publishers, successors to Henry Colburn, 13, Great Marlborough-street. SECOND EDITION, DOW' ready. LAKE NGAMI; or, Explorations and Discoveries during Four Years' Wanderibgs hi South-Western Africa. By CIIARLES JOHN ANDERSSON. Royal Bvo , with Map and upwards of 50 Illustratinits of Sporting Adventures, Subjects of Natural History, &c , 30s. bound. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, 13, Great Marlborough-street. COMPLETION OF ME FIRST VOLUME. On the . 3lst. Inst., price 3d. (er post frac, 4d.), No. XI V. of A MANUAL of BRITISH BUTTERFLIES - ' - and SLOTHS. By 11. T. STAINTON, Author of "June : a Book for th. Country in Summer Time." London : John Van Voorsti 1, Paternoster-ro ; and to be had of all isooksellers and news agents. Just published, price One Shill;ug, As WE ARE, AND AS WE OUGHT. TO BE. _ _ By J. P. DE LA London: kftinghani Wilson, Royal hachange. Just rublishel, Third Edition, revlBed, enlarge'', and continued, with Plato!, Bvo, sewed,' Pried 2r., IFLE PRACTICE. By Brigadier-General JOHN JACOB, C. 8., Bombay Artillery. " Colonel Jacob's invention must revolutionise the whole art of war. We commend his pamphlet io the attentive perusal of every military man, and every sincere lover of his country."—Bombay Quarterly Review. " We learn from a series of authentic experiments at Ru:Tachee by Colonel John Jacob, of the Sindh llcrso, that a rifle, Bra trom the shoulder, with a pereu.sion conical shell, can blow up ammuni tion waggons et 1800 yards."— Coloncl Sykes, in his Address to the Cadets at Addlccombe, Dee. 12, 1856. London: Singh, Eldl,r, and Co , 65, Cornh!ll. 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In this Map the names of al the streets are distinctly shown, and the Divisions of the New P.,stal Districts clearly detined. Although than exact counterpart, not only as regards size but in Point of minute finish, of the map prepared for the use of the London and Provincial Post-office, and which is s Id to the public at 5s , it will be issued with the " ILLUSTRATED TIMES" at the price of an ordinary number of the papa- namely, 2jd., the price of the Newspaper and the Mm being bd., or 7d. stamped. Immediate orders should be given to the agents. Office, 14i, Ileet-street, E.C. The Third E littan. Just i'ablithed, price 53., by post, free, ss. 6d ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATOIIRMEA, with the View of distinguishing the Imaginary from the 'tea! Sufferers under this disease, and Correcting of wido-spread Errors in relation to their Treatment and Cure. Translated from the German of Dr. PICKFORD. "Dr; Plckford is known to English readers by his frequent practi eal contributions to German medical literature. This is the first time, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the nou-medi sal reader. We trust this may not he the last, if ho shall detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his rower to cor rect."—London Medical Gazette. " The trite of ' Quiet Sympathisers,' and 'Medical Friends,' are mercilessly exposed; and if this book lould find its way into the hands of those whe gaffer from the corn- Anint of which it treats, we are satisfied that many hundreds would se saved much needless suffering of body and mind, and what is of 015 Impertance, though it is that which the quacks most prize-, much money...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcoa, and to place the treat ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore, 'ikely to do mach good."—Medical Circular. London: IT. Balliere, 219, Regent-street. L AW LIFE ASSURANCE OFFICE, FLEET-STREET, LONDON, 2D MARCTI, 1857. NOTICE IS ITF.REBY GIVFN, That the lIGOKS for the TRANS FER of SHALES in this Society will ho CLOSED on Thursday, the 19th inst., and will be re-opened on Wednesday, the Bth day of April next. The Dividends for the year 1856 will be payable on and after Monday, the 6th day of Apr:l next. • By Order of the 'Directors. WILLIAM SAMUEL DOWNES, Actuary. STATE FIRE INSURANCE, No. 3, Pall-mall East, London, S.W. Incorporated by Act of Parliament. Capital 500,0007., with power to increase to 2,000,0007. Every description of Fire Insurance accepted at moderate rates. Existing Policies falling due at the ensuing Quarter Day may be transferred to this Company free of charge, beyond the premium and duty. Claims settled with promptitude and Navallty. p PETER MORRISON, Managing Director. QECURE INVESTMENTS.—Messrs. R. TIORLEY and Co.. 4a, Threadneedle -street, sworn Stock, Share, and Mining Brokers,will behappy to forward a list of carefully selected Securities, paying good dividends, to those who may favour them with their business, and to advise them on the safest mode of investing their capital.' Business transacted in the English Funds at 1-16th per cent., and in all Stocks, Railway and Mining Shares, on the most reasonable terms. A. selected list of dividend-paying (from 12 to 20 per emit.) and progressive mines to be bad personally or per letter. T HE GENERAL MINING COMPANY for IRELAND (Limited). NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Shareholders of the General Mining Company for Ireland (Limited), will be held at their Offices, Nn. 23, Westmore land-street, Dublin, on Saturday, the Ith dAy of April next, at the hour of Twelve o'clock at noon, when a spec al resolution, or resoln: tions, will be proposed for the adoption Of the shareholders of sal 1 Company, under the provisions of the Joint Stock Companies Act, 19th and 20th Vic., char. 47, for the f Mowing purposes, viz.:— let. To alter the provisions contained in the deed of copartnership, or articies sf assoc ation, of sail Company, by reducing the capital fund of the Company from 250,0001. to 60,0001, and by reducing the number of shares from 10,000 to 6,000 share!, and the nominal value of each share from 251. to 101. 2d. To empower the Directors of said Company to issue 1,552 new shares, which, with 4,448 shares already issued, will make up the said number of 6,000 shares. 3d. To alter the number of Directors of said Company from ten to seven, so that the Board of Direction, from and arer the nest nene• ral Meeting of the Company, shall consist of a Chairman, a Vice- Chairman, and five Directors; and that the funds of the said Com pany shall be invested in the names of three Tru•tees, to consist of the Chairman, the Vice Chairman, and one of said five Directors, to he elected by the Board at their first meeting after Pte general meet to be held in the month of June in each year. Dated this 13th day of March, 1857. MICHAEL BIRD, Secretary. JOZEAII'S COPAHINE, or SACCHARATED CAPSULES, approved of by the French College of Physicians, inccessflilly administered in the Paris and London Hospitals, and Acknowledged by thenito be the best remedy for a certain disorder. (See " Lancet" of Nov. 6, 1852.) A copy will be forwarded on appll ration.—Price per 100, 4s. 6d. ; 50, 2s. 9d. To be had of the inventor, GABRIEL TOZEAU, sole French chemist, 49, Haymarket, London, and all the principal chemists. EAST INDIA HOUSE, 28Th JANuAnr, 1857. THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST INDIA COMPANY DO HEIIEDY GIVE NOTICE, That a QUARTERLY GENERAL COURT of the said Company Will be held at their House In Leidenball•dreet, on WEDNESDAY, the 18th March next, at Eleven o'clock in the forenoon. • JAMES C. BIELVILL, Secretary. lIRSUANTto a Decree of the High Court' of R. Chancery, made in a cause, Usborne against Usbo ne, the ciedi tors of TllO 11.; USIIOIOIE, late of' Gillwell Hous e, i n the I-I,mlet of Seward-tone, in th e coun t y o f Essex, an.l of Montague-place, "ltus sell-squar,,, iu the co un t y o f Middlesex, E> quire, who died in or abut the month of May, 1815, are, by their solicurs, on or before the 28th day of April, 1357, to come in and prove their claims at the Chambers of the Vice Chitheellor Sir Richard Torin Kitriersley, at No. 3, Stone buildings, Lincoln's-inn, Mkid:esex, or in default thereof they wLI bs peremptorily excluded front the benefit of the said Decree. Monday, the 4th day of Slay, 1857 at twelve o'clock at noon, at the said Chambers, is appointed forbearing and adjudicating upon the claims. Dated this I . 2th day of Ma eh, 1857. CHAS. PUGH, Chief Clerk. CUISLIFFE and 131E,AtiMON'T, 43, Chancery-lane, Middlesex, Plaintiffs Solicitors. MONT AtLANC 'IS OPEN 'Or will give his ne w an d popular rl OPVDON CUMMING, the LION HUNTER, ENTERTAINMENT, descrip tive of his EXPLOIT 4 and ADVENTURES in SOUTH AFRICA every evening, except Saturday, at $. MORNING REPRESENTA TION every SATURDAY , at 3 o 'clock. The Lion Hunter's Bush People, ftont the great Kalahari Desert, will appear incidental to the Entertainment. Fiano by Mr. H arr ies Wilson. Area, Is ; reserved seats, 25.; stalls ( w hi c h may be taken daily between eleven and four, at the Museum), 38.-232, Piccadilly. Cha racteristic, every 3111. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, with New Costum es a nd various Novelties, Modal and MORN ING PERFOR af ANC E every SA. Is Bit D .IY, at Three. Private Boxes evening (except Saturday) at Eight. A and Stalls may be secured, without extra charge, at the Box-office, Polygraphic-hall, King William-street, Charing-cross. The hall has been entirely redecorated. ARGYLL ROOMS.-14URENT'S CASINO, Great Windmill-street, St. "J`ttftees..- =The above elegant Rooms are now open every evening tot the Winter season, n•ith fAurent's celebrated Orchestra. Principal Cornet-a•piston, M. Bonicourt. The Proprietor begs to inform the public that the fashionable place of resort has been entirely redecorated during the recess. Doors open at half-past eight, commence at nine. Admis sion One Chilling. PERSIA AND CHINA WARS. Last night a meeting was held in theFreemasone Tavern, to consider " the policy of the Persian and Chinese wars." The hall was crowded to excess, and among thoso present we observed Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Layard, M.P., Mr. Roebuck, M.P., J. Ingram Lockhart, Esq., W. Simpson, Esq., Hon. Mr. Galloway, Thomas Beggs, Etq., Joseph Barratt, Esq., Joseph Sturge, Esq., James Stanfield, Esq., Dr. Epps, Samuel Rosling, Esq., Dr. 'Watts, H. R. Elling ton, Esq., Joseph Cooper, Esq., and John Merland, Esq. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the pr.Dc4ilings, said that, in consopience of the unavoidable absenCo of J. A. Roebuck, Esq., be was called to the chair, a position which he occu pied with much pleasure. The war in which they wore Cat present engaged in China was a war which had teen brought about by their endeavours to sniuggle opium into the country. (Cries of "No, no," and uproar.) Let any one read the history of China, and they would find that that had been the solo cause of our hostilities with China —(no, no)—not only in 1840, but at the present time. lie would say no more, but simply introduce Mr. Layard, a gentleman who had travelled a great deal, and who was well fitted to move the first resolution.' Mr. LAYARD said it was not his habit to attend meetings. Since he had been in Parliament he hat only attended two. It was still less bis custom to do so in company with Mr. Cobden. (A. laugh.) But when he heard that some memb.rs of Parliament would face a large public meeting, and stem the torrent of public indignation ;which was said to be running through the metropolis, he could not resist the appeal to him to join them. Ho agreed to be present the more willingly,' because it was well known that on many-points he differed very mat:rially from Mr. Cohan. He did not wish it to be understood that the present was a meeting of Peace-at-any-price men. They all knew he (►ir. Layard) was not ono of that party. 711 e s one et kliemeery first to urge on the war with Russia, and an immediate resort to hostilities: (.1 cry dr"Bravo," cheers, followed by hisses.) HO heard some expressions of dissatisfaction ; but he thought that fact would strengthen his position on the present occasion, because it would show that he acted independently. When they were at war with Russia, he thought the hostilities were necessary ; but whether or 'no it was nebessary,. they were -waging a groat war with a great people. - They were not massacring a defenceless people—(hisses and cheers) --or destroying undefended cities. (Uproar.) Bet there was another point, so important, that he did not believe there was any gentleman present who would not calmly consider this subject, nor interrupt any gentleman who had to make a statement of the facts of the case. These he wished to place before them calmly, plaiuly, simply, and logically. Let him remember that those in power were trading on that question. There were men both in and out of Parlia ment who had opposed every measure of reform—(no, no) —who were Tories' to the back bone, and who had come into Parliament because they were supposed to be liberal men. Nov, if they were to sacrifice everything to one man and one cause, let them be sure that that one men and that ono cause were the right man and the right COWS (A. voice, " Where's there a better ?") They would see whe ther they could not find a batter. They could only deter mine that when they saw what that man bad done. Now, ho was one of those who did not wish to be left astray by that cry. He did net think they were bean,' to become :.ny man's followers without inquiring into his precedents. It was not Lord Palmerston they wore to follow, it was what ho had done, an l what ho proposed to do, that they were requested to give their allegiance to. It bad been said there was a "faction," a "conspiracy."—(" So there is.") - Now ha was sure that, so far am he was concerned, and as far as Mr. Cobden was concerned, end some 40 or 30 as liberal-min led men as ever sat is the house, he p•o -tested against that assertion. [At this point of Mr. Layard'e address Mr. Roebuck entered, and was well re ceived, although, at first, thorn were a few groans.] Was that a factious man? (Cheers.) Was that a man who WAS given to coalitions? Was Mr. Miall—(a laugh)—a factious man? Was Mr. Fox a factious man, or did not they act on their judgment? (No, no.) Away with such trumpery trash as the babbling about " Coalitions." Really the thing was so trumperx that he did not think it worth further' alluding to. (Laughter and cheers.) He believed the country was rapidly recovering from the illusion. -Ho wished to place the manner in which they hail been plunged into war, without the consent either of the people or of Parliament, before the meeting. At the and of last ses sion war was male, peace hal been made, and would be ratified without the House of Commons having been once consulted. (Uproar, and cries of Question.) He should be able to show that that was the case both in Chica and Persia. Mr. Layard then proceeded, at great length, to reite rate the facts of the case, asking them whether they were justified in their proceedings ? Ile asked them whether they wero justified in the course which they took on Yoh's re fusal to restore the men ? And then, whether they were justified in making the second claim ?—{ While alluding to the conduct of Sir J. Bowring,.some one observed that ho was not hero, ant Mr. Layard retorted that he wished ho was ; an attempt followed to got up three cheers for Sir John.) He then proceeded to enter into the legal question, showing the different opinions of the lawyers. In the course of his remarks he suggested that the Government should have recalled Sir J. Bowfin. (Cheers and hisses.) Had they come down with that declaration the Ministry would have been triumphantly supported. The hon. mem ber for Aylesbury was frequently interrupted at the close of his address by loud cries of "Time." He was about again to allude to the coalition, but loud cries of " Timo, time," again interrupted him. a Tire CHAIIIAN.--I remark that there are about 25 gentlemen whkre determined to make a noise. The vast majority of the meeting are with the speaker. I beg to' tell them that if they are not quiet they will bo ejected (" Liberal members.") Mr. LAYARD said he know that this was a question on which many gentlemen entertained a strong opinion. A year ago Mr. Murray, who was Consul-General in Egypt-- (uproar)— The CHAIRMAN. —The gentlemen who cry " silence,' make the most noise. Mr. LAYARD continued.—lt that period this country was engaged—(Uproar, which lasted for some minutes, and which terminated in a violent personal scuffle on the platform). . Mr. LATARD.—WO were then at war with Russia, and it was of course of importance that a well-informed man should be sent to Persia. He (Mr. Layard) protested against his appointment at that critical juncture, since ho had never been in Persia. Mr. Layard read, amid cries of " Question," an extract from the "Edinburgh Re view" to show the state of things in Persia. That was, he continued, a strange way of protecting British subjects in Persia. Mr. Layar I then entered into lengthened expla nations in reference to the case of Meerza Hachiw, but was interrupted by cries of " Time, time." (Mr. Layard had already spoken for an hour, and the t e mp er o f the meeting was far from favourable to hearing him.) Mr. Layard concluded by again asking them whether they would allow themselves to be plunged into war without their consent or even knowledge. Ile asserted that when the facts of the case were put into the hands of faithful historians—such as Mr. Groto—they would say that the war in China had been commenced under the must unjus tifiable cir.:umstances, by merchants, to get the trade into their own hands—to force a drug on the unwilling inhabi tants, a loathsome and destructive drug—that they had ruthlessly bombarded defenceless cities, and spread desola tion and terror in thousands of hearts. Mr. COBDEN, M.P., who was received with cheers, fol lowed by hisses and cheers, said ho had listened to Mr. Layard with great interest. He (Mr. Cobden) had had a large experience in public meetings ; he bad, in fact, lived in them. He would safely assert that there were not 25 persons who wished to make a noise, so that the papers might have an opportunity for saying that the meeting was disunited and disorderly. (Hear.) He therefore called on them to show by their hands if they concurred in its objects. (A. large number were held up.) His friend, Mr. Layard, had relieved him from the necessity of going into details. He wished to ask them whether they thought it was the duty of the House of Commons to in terfere in the question, for here they found an executive appealing. from the decision. The Parliament had been abused for not executing its duties. At the commence ment of the session papers wore laid before the house; and a special reference was made in the Queen's Speech to affairs at Canton. Now, he read the documents, and he felt there was no justification for the hostilities. He brought the matter before the house, and affirmed the fact in his resolution. He had never seen a subject so carefully studied by the house. He was told that the decision of the house was come to by faction, and not on the merits of the case. They were told a great deal about the Tories who voted against the Government, but nothing of that large body of Liberals who voted with him .on that occa sion. Tho " conspiracy" cry only existed 48 hours. Ho had asked people who said the conclusion of the house was unjust, but he invariably found that they had not read the papers at all. Mr. Layard had alluded to the peace-at any-price party. He did not know whether he was in cluded in that category. (No, no; and Yes, yes.) He had said that 10,000,000/. was enough for our defences ; but if 100,000,0001. was needed, he would vote it cheerfully. it was not a question of peace at any price, but whether they should rash thousands of miles off to heedlessly join in war with a defenceless nation. (Cheers.) He contended that they would not get either profit or honour. They wanted tea, but they mutt reduco the duty before it benefitted them here. A Voinm—Pat the duty on calico. Mr. COBDEN—No w, the Chinese put a very moderate duty of 10 per cent. on that article. They read about naval armaments in the papers—it was very exciting over one's breakfast,but it must all be paid for. 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Pelham, C. 8., are helping in the rigging and fitting departments. Tae Nimrod, 0, Commander Dew, one of the gunboat squadron, was docked pstorday fir examination, and will be removed into the basin to day. The Shannon, 51, Captain Peel, C. 8., which has been prevented by the severe gales of the, last tvio days from shipping the guns and other heavy stores she is to take out to China, shipped them yesterday, and will probably leave for her destination to-clay. Tne chips intended to carry troops will be most rigidly in spected and reported on prior to their embarkation by Vice-Admiral Sir George Seymour and the Assistant Quartermaster. General of the South-West District., Lieu tenant-Colonel Wright, so as to insure safety, health, and comfort to the men. The Dolphin, 3, Commander E. Webber (1853), is being stripped at Chatham, previously to being paid off into ordinary. She has been in commission nearly four years. The following appointments werc o made yeBterday at the Admiralty : Lieutenant Charles Parry, to the Surprise ; W. Ellis (b), master to the B:enheim; George Stanley, Second master to the Porcupine ; Hamilton S. Cole, clerk to the Furious. • Sporting Intelligence. The business tran , acted must not be measured by the somewhat long list of quotations which we were enabled to compile. Not until late in the afternoon, when the settling of the Doncaster and Salisbury accounts was concluded, were operations actively resumed, and they were important only with regard to two or three horses. St. Giles was in good demand for both the Northampton shire Stakes and Metropolitan; 100 to 6 was offered against him for the Chester Cup, for which event we be lieve ho had been backed in the City at 20 to 1. For the Two Thousand 5 to 1 was taken about Vedette. A large outlay was made in favour of Lord of the Hills at 11 to 1. The odds quoted against Apathy were laid to 1501. Blink Bonny was in considerable force for the ,Derby at 12 to 1, odds which were taken freely about her early in the afternoon, but offered at the close. 1,400 to 100 was taken about M.D, and afterwards offered. 20 to Ito 1001. was booked about Bird in the Hand. Lady Hawthorn again came into favour; at first 30 to 1 was taken about her, but at last a good deal of business was do ne a t 25 to 1. 40 to Iti 1001. was !aid against Mr. Cooper's lot. About 9001. were in vested on lots of ten azai net the field. 20 to 1 was the highest offer against Kent. Closing.prices : GREAT WARWICKSHIRE HANDICAP. • 3 to 1 agi.t Mr. Saxon's Tom Thumb 4 to 1 . eget Sir L. Newman na Theory WARWICK STEEPLECHASE. 3 to 1 agst Count de Cunchy's Jean du Quesne NORTHAMPTONSHIRE STAKES. sto 1 aget Lord Ribblesdale's St. Giles (t) 6 to 1 agst Mr. T. Parr's Sir Colin (t) 7to 1 agat Lord Zatland's Skirmisher (t) 9to 1 agst Mr. TOompson's Codrington (t and ) 12 to 1 agst Mr. ff Mellish's Adamas (t) 100 to 6 aget Sir J. Hawley's Porto Rico (t) 33 to 1 agst Mr. S. Thelluson na Amati (t) METROPOLITAN STAKES. 10 to 1 agst Lord Ribblesdale's St. Giles (t) 12 to 1 agst Mr. y. King's Madame Rachel (t) 12 to 1 apt Mr. J. G. Henderson's Logic o'Buchan (t) ' 20 to 1 aget Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Gortschakoff TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. sto 1 agat Lord Zetland's Vedette (taken) 11 to 1 agst Mr. `V; S. Crawford's L.ird of the Hills (taker) 12 to 1 agat Mr. T. Parr's Apathy (taken) 1000 to 15 agat Vedette's winning this event and M.D. the Derby (taken) CHESTER CUP. 11 to 1 agat Mr. E. Parr's Leamington (taken) 100 t..) 6 agst Lord Ribbleadale's St. Giles (off ) 40 to 1 agat Mr. Howard's Yellow Jack (tak.) 50 to 1 avt Sir H. W. Bulksley's Tasmania (t.) DEBBY. 12 to 1 agat Mr. W. I'Anson's Blink Bonny (taken and offered.) 14 to lat Mr. T. Parr's M.D. (taken and off.) 20 to 1 agat Mr. Bowea's Bird in the Hand (t.) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Copperthwaite's Sprig of Shil lelagh ('aken) 25 to 1 agat Lord John Scott's Lady Hawthorn (taken) 25 to 1 agst Mr. Howard's Arsenal (taken) 30 to 1 agst Mr. Jackson's Saunterer (taken) 33 to 1 agst Lord Derby's Athlete (offered) 40 to 1 agst Mr. E. Parr's Lambourn (taken) 66 to I..ngst Mr. J. S. Douglas's Blue Jacket (taken) 40 to 1 agst Mr. Cooper's "lot" (taken) OAICS. • 4to 1 apt Mr. W. I'Anson's Blink Bonny (taken) 6to 1 agst Lord John Scott's Lady Hawthorn (taken) EARL SPENCER'S PLATE (NORTHAMPPON)—FIyaway is scratched. 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In the ho nee from mNew York, announced L b i y verp the ool Asia we w yes terday, there is scarcely anything of int eres t or impor t anc e to record. The Cabinet of Mr. Buchanan was completed, se :rrbiNr-oalligahtt though not officially announced, It is said to be composed as follows : State Department Lewis Cass, Michigan. Treasury Department Howell Cobb, Ca. Interior Department.. Jacob Thompson, Miss. War Department John B. Floyd, Va. Navy Department Aaron V. Brown, Term. Postmaster-General J. G.ancy Jones, Penn. Attorney-General ...lsaac Toucey, Conn. Mr.- Pi esi&nt Buchanan's inaugural message had not reached New York when the steamer Baited. The City of Washington was to sail on her return •voyage March 5, and' would most likely bring the inaugural address of Fregtident Buchanan,