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London, England, 1855-12-01 00:00:00

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ADDRESSES TO CONSTITUENTS.
SotrrawAnc—A public dinner of the electors, to
celebrate the result and conclude the operations of
the late election, took place on Wednesday evening.
Sir Charles Napier made a few remarks upon his
intended policy with regard to Sir James Graham.
" He was not going to attack Sir J. Graham, but if any
friend of Sir J. Graham should rise to say that he
(Sir C. Napier) had done what was wrong, he was
glad to have the opportunity of defending his con-
duct. On the question of the war Sir Charles
observed :

He did not know what might happen when Parliament
met, bat, if there were any persons who proclaimed " peace
at any price," be hoped the words would choke these per-
sons before they were able to utter them. (Loud cheers.)
When this country was at war with the world before, they
disdained to ask for peace at any price, and he hoped they
were not going to lower the country now. (Hear, hear.)
He hoped. that Lord Palmerston, if he found that there
was a disposition among his cliques to make a dishonour.
able peace, would dissolve Parliament, for he was sure the
ebuntry would support him in a 'vigorous prosecution of
the war till a satisfactory and honourable peace was ob.
tained. (Cheers.)
WEsr NorcroLx.—Mr. Bentinck addressed a meet-
ing at Tcrrington, King's Lynn, last week, and
in allusion to the war mainly insisted on the point

THE;iPR:ESS.

that a strict blockade of the Russian ports, and the
destruction of the trade, were the only certain moans
to bring her Government to terms
The fact is beyond dispute, that at the end of more than
a year of war we find ourselves keeping up what we call a
complete blockade of the Etuasian porta, while we are in
possession of returns clearly showing that the export trade
of Russia is on the increase. _ _ _

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He considered that our Government should have
adopted more decided measures :
The great source of the export trade of Russia has been
through Prussia ; and I would much rather have seen our
Government take a summary course and say to the Prus-
sian Government, " This is one of those cues where neu-
trality is out of the question; you are either with us or you
are against us, but we cannot under these circumstances,
for the sake of playing what schoolboys call a fast and loose
game, allow you to involve us in the sacrifice of thousands
of men and millions of money by your being the means of
supplying our enemy with munitions of war. One of two
things— if you side with them we know how to deal with
you ; if you side with um we will instruct you how to deal
with them."

The hon. gentleman concluded amid considerable
applause.
OLDHAM.—MR. Fox, in an address to his con-
stituents, on Saturday last, expressed himself
strongly in favour of a vigorous prosecution of the
war, though not averse to receiving proposals of
peace :

It may be asked, am I hostile to peace ? I can only say
that I desire peace as much as anybody ; that the moment
Russia offers reasonable concessions, and is prepared with
satisfactory securities, that moment should peace be made
to her.

After Mr. Fox's speech, several questions were put
by the electors, to which he replied, advocating the
admission of Jews into Parliament, and promising to
oppose an Alien Bill ; but, in reply to the question
" whether he would vote for a collision with Austria
and Prussia by a declaration for the restoration of
Poland," Mr. Fox hesitated to give a premature
reply :
He apprehended that the restoration of Poland would
involve some arrangement and agreement amongst the
different States of Europe ; and he had a hope that the
opposition of Austria and Prussia to that restoration would
not he so very decided as was imagined. The time for the
consideration of the question, however, would be when the
Poles, in and out of Poland, had shown themselves in
earnest, and with such prospects of their regeneration, u
to justify ulterior proceedings.
Drana.—The Right Hon. M. T. Baines, hiving
accepted the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lancas-
ter, has issued an address to his constituents request.
ing their support for his necessary re-election. Upon
the point of the war the right hon. gentleman
expresses himself in favour of a vigorous proseou-
tion, as the only road to an honourable peace :

With regard to that great question which at present
otespies the public mind, I think it my duty to say that,
while lament as much as any man the necessity for war,
I am convinced that the present war was absolutely forced
upon us by the unprincipled and aggressive policy of
Russia. I am also convinced that, situated as we are, it
must be prosecuted with division and energy, until we can
obtain—and for the purpose of obtaining—that honourable
and secure peace which the Country is on every account
entitled to expect.
STrarANG.—Sir James Anderson, the Liberal' m+era•
ber for Stirling, met and addressed his constituents
last week, at Dunfermline. Sir James having given
a full account of his votes and conduct in Parliament
during the late session, expressed as his opinion on
the war,—

That we were now bound by all means in our power to
carry on the struggle till we had secured a safe and tumour•
able peace. _ _ _

MEATH...—The writ for holding this election wati
received at Dublin last week. 'The election is exi
pected to take place during the ensuing week.
Annkou.—The election for 'this city is expected
take place during the first week of December. Th
candidates are spoken of as in the field.