The Express.
London, England, 1852-07-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 15, 1852.

its professions, its Mitt:vim on the Chamber would
have sufficed to bring the affair to a satisfactory re-
sat. The obstacles which then existed to a mutual
reform et the tariffs of the two ()gantries, with a view
to new international advantages, do not exist now.
M. Hubner, the Austrian ambassador, has just re-
turned from his journey in the south of France, and
has resumed his diplomatic functions.
At the Boum the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. fell
15, and closed at 103.5; the Threes fell 10, closing
at 72.15. Bank of France shares fell 12.60. The
Orleans railway rose 15 ; Western, 5 ; Havre and
Dieppe 2.50 each; Rouen fell 7.60; Strasbourg,
3.70 ; Northern, L 25 ; St. Berman, Marseilles, and
Bordeaux are without variation.

By these advice' It else appears that President Arleta
seriously meditates a coup dilal. The following ap-
' peaty on this subject in the New York Herald
" It is more than probable, in the present exhausted coo-
dition of the public treasury, and on account of the hope-
kW state In which the late Congress has lett the country,
that ere this reaches you some stirring scenes will have been
enacted. It is stated that, in view of the pressing internal and '
external difficulties by which President Arleta issurrounded
—in view of the exigencies of a bankrupt treasui y and the
imminent hazards of a domestic revolution—he hos props sed
to our ministes, Mr. Letcher, a basis of settlement at once'
broad enough to secure a solid government for Mexico, and
dissatisfaction of all reasonable demands and claims of the
citizens and government of the United States against it.
President Arista, ins word, proposes to imitate the brilliant
example of the coup d'dat of Louis Napoleon, by assuming
the dictatorship; and on condition that the government of
the United States shall furnish him with the sinews of war
to the extent of 6,000,000 dollars for castling out the en-
terprise, he will ratify the Garay grant of the Tehuantepec
route, and relieve our government from the obligations of
the 11th article of the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo."
A grave misunderstanding is said to have taken place be-
tween the Mexican government and the French minister,
in consequence of a demand of the latter that the payment
to the English bondholders of a portion of the indemnity
money should be subjected to the usual export duty on sil-
ver. The French Minister sent strong diplomatic note a to
the Mexican government, one of which was returned to his
legation.
Recent accounts from the Rio Grande represent the mur-
derous outrages by Mexicans and Indians to be on the in-
crease on the Texan frontier. 'f he government at Wash-
ington should admit of no delay in despatching to the field
of the assassins a military force sufficient to completely
check and bring to justice these ruthless outlaws. We also
learn, by the same despatch, that considerable excitement
existed at Matamoru, in consequence of the election of the
liberal candidate to the governorship, notwithstanding
which the present incumbent refuses to give up his post.
This affair may again stir up the smouldering embers of
discord and revolution in which Caravajal lately figured.
Late accounts from Santa Fe announce that the cholera had
disappeared, the Indians were quiet, and the settlers were
getting along prosperously.
A huge foundry, and several adjoining dwelling-houses
in Tn,y, were destroyed by Ore on Sunday afternoon. The
loss, it is supposed, will reach one hundred and fifty
thousand &Mars, and, what makes the matter worse, some
two hundred workmen have been thrown out of situations
by the calamity. In Hudson, on Sunday morning, stores
and dwellings to the value of about forty thousand dollars
were consumed. . . . -

The numerous gales on the lakes, within the past few
months—particularly on Lake Erie—have destroyed an im-
mense amount of property. The steamer Caspian, during
a gale on Thursday night, was wrenched from her moorings
at Cleveland, and dashed to pieces against the pier. The
schooner St. Mary was capsized during the same gale, near
Toledo, and it Is supposed that all on board were drowned.
Accounts begin to reach us train the south, relative to the ,
promising appearance of the coming cotton crop.
The British mail steamer Quito Captain ells, arrived
at Panama, on the 114th June, with dates from Valparaiso
to the 30th of May. The accounts of the silver mines at
Copiapo continued favourable. The magnetic electro-tele-
graph between Copiapo and Valparaiso had been brought
out by Mr. Wheelwright, in sham of 600 dolt. each ; capi-
tal 200,000 dole.
The following is the latest intelligence received front
Peru and Ecuador by the Quito :
"Num.—The result of Flores' expeditions against
Guayaquil was anxiously looked for, the more so as the re-
' public of New Granada had assumed a decidedly hostile
attitude ; to meet which Peru was also making some war-
like preparations. Recent periodicals from Lima advise
the proximate intention of the government to effect some
changes in the licensee of the trade as affecting foreigners
(patents), and also some new arrangements respecting
guano; among others, that 01 keeping the Chincha Islands
under the eye of a government steamer.
" Rev/omit. private &deices we learn that Flom
was at I'una on the 4th inst., with 950 men, all in good
health. 't he brig Tres Ilermanos, under the command of
Major Jackson, and the Union, with 15 men, both from
this port, had arrived at Puna, and joined the expedition.
"'the steam-ship Quickstep had also arrives!, and landed
40 passengers at Guayaquil. The latter vessel returned to
Payta for coal, where she wasou the 12th inst.

Much *iciness prevailed among tho soldiers of the
Ecuadorian government at Guayaquil, and 20 to 30 were
dyin daily,
Captain Donin wu at Guayaquil with the United
States' frigate l'ortamouth, and purposed sailing for Panama
on the .ith instant.

"It was thought that the Flores expedition was in a ra-
ther precarious position, unless Pi ru rendered prompt and
open aid.
"The Peruvian steam-ship Rimac, with a brig of war,
had been at Puns, with an admiral on board of the former,
who intimated to. General Urbina that he was ready to
enter into a convention for Flores to leave Ecuador ; but the
chief magistrate would make no arrangements whatever,
deeming the course pursued by the Peruvian government
in the whole affair as unfriendly and treacherous.
" The Riau lift Guayaquil without the admiral effecting
anything. The British admiral entered Guayaquil the day
after the Peruvian left that pert, sod it is said that the
farmer views the expedition rather unfavourably.
" The Blanc was at Parts on the 12th inst. on a recruit.
ing expedition, and it was reported that the Peruvians also
were raising large bodies of recruits to send to the assistance
of Flores.'

_ ..... .
The last advices from Bogota (New Granada) are eon•
mined in the following extracts from the J'aiinfars Near of
the 17th June:
_

forced loan did not pass. The President is autho-
rised to negotiate a voluntary loan, either at home, where
there is no money to be had, ur abroad, where it will not
be given. The President is also authorised to raise an army
of 30,000 men, and to declare war against any nation or
nations aiding Flores in his attempts against Ecuador.
" By a decree dated the 14th of May, Congress has ceded
the island of Mancanilla to the Panama Railroad Com-
pany ; also the right of property over such ground as the
company may recover from the sea at the two extremities of
the railroad. The decree prohibits all persons from travel.
ling over the railroad otherwise than in the company's cars,
and subjects those who infringe this rule to a fine of 200
realm, or to 60 days' imprisonment
" The commercial law has passed. The law will not come
into force before the meeting of the Provincial Chamtxr.
The judge is to be elected by the merchants, and all, whe-
ther toreign or Grenadian, are admitted to vote."

COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
Nzw You', .Iv4v 3.
The demand for government and state stocks is undi-
minished ; but as there are but few offering, the sales of
course arc limited. The great influx of money has had a
tendency to create a speculative feeling, and there arc but
few stocks on the list but what have an upward tendency.
Foreign Exchange is dull ; London, 110 to 110 i ; Paris,
5,11 to 5.15; Amsterdam, 401 to 401 ; Hamburg, 36y to
361 ; Frankfort, 40$ to 401; Bremen, 781 to 781.
The steam-ship k ranklin will probably take out half a
million in specie. She has now engaged 158,000 dollars in
silver, and 2.50,000 dollars in gold. The market is more
abundantly supplied with money, and we notice more
anxiety to obtain for it the low rates of interest now current
than at any previous period of the season. The heavy pay-
ments for dividends and interest coupons have thrown into
circulation large sums, whilst the demand both for ship-
ment and for the legitimate wants of trade continues light.
COTTON,—The market has been more firm for the past
three days—the last account from Europe having been bet-
ter than was anticipated. The sales of the week amount to
8,300 bales. _

Atlantic. Florida. Gulf Ports.
Inferior
Ord. low to rod
MM. tow to good
MlO. falr to fair . 10i to let ... 101 to 11 to II
Yollytair toprooddo. to to to
Good and tloa
FLocit.—The market for fresh ground State is quite firm,
with a good demand for home trio, and some inquiries for
export. The supplies of that description are light; for the
other grades of Western there is less demand, and prices
are unsettled. We quote common to straight State, 4 dole.
81c. to 4 dolt. 12ie. ,• common and good Ohio, 4 dots. 61c.
to 4 dole. 25c.; mixed and fancy Michigan, Indians, &c.,
4 dole. to 4 duls. 24c. ' • Canadian, dull, at 4 dole. to 4 dolt.
fit c. ; Southern kinds arc quiet, at 4 doh. 37)c. to 4 dole.
62te. for mixed to Food brands of Baltimore, Alexandria,
Georgetown, &e. Export from Ist to 30th June.-1852:
Wheat flour, 149,483 bob ; 18.51, 97,466 bbls.
(inatts.—There is a fair demand for wheat, with some
firmness, but no change in pricer. 15,000 bushels Canadian
changed hands on private terms and 7,000 bushels ditto at
95e. to 97c ; 20,000 bushels Ohio, tele. for red, and 97c. to
90. e, for mixed of good quality. ltye continues scarce at
81c. to 82c. Oats are somewhat high, r, but close *ith less
firmness at 46e. to 47c. fur Western; several cargoes of
Prince Iflward's Island told at 40e. to 42c. for sound, and
371 c. to 40e. for heated. Good samoles of corn are settee,
and bring 59e. to 60c. for 'Western mined; unsound, ale.
to dBc.

Export from lit to :10th June, I&S2. Init.
Wheat, bushels
Corn, ditto
Rye, ditto 1,464
l'ituvistons.—Pork is firmly held at 19 dole. 121 e. to 19
&Is. 2&. fur mess; prime. leil dots. to 17 dol.. ; clear
ditto, 21 dots. to 211 dot.. lArl is not very active, but
mostly at lk. in bets. ; 'tees, 111 c. to Ille. ; No. 2 lard in
demand at 91c. to 10c Ukase sells at 141 e. to fife. Beef
has advanced rapidly, and the stork is very light ; sales of
meos from 151 dol.. to 161 dole. ; prime, 9 dole ; old prime,
71 dol.. to dole. There in Ito sew Whin 111.4 bl,l here,
but rut meat. are in demand with large Saba. Hann in,
pickle and dry salt from 91e. to 91e. ; shoulders in pickle
have all been sold that could be !sought at Mc., now held
higher; in dry molt, Ne. to 81e. Butter, Ohm, 13e. to
; State dairy, 10c. to 16c.; Orange County, 16c.
Cher se, 6e. to 7e.

Fu►ioura.—Tu Liverpool, 2,000 bhls. floor were engaged
at I•. ; cotton,.,-32d. to 3-16,1. per lb. ; heavt• goods, 12.-6.1.
to 15..; grain, in bulk, 4.1. per bas.. lo London—To-bacco, 20e. to 30.. per Mid.; flour, Is. 641 per barrel ; tar-
pvutine, 2s. per 280 lbs.; measuremeut goods, 20, to 30..
per ton ; heavy goads, oil, &v., 20s. ditto; Sill, 3%. lid. to
4.. 61. per tierce; oil cake, Is thl. per lib!. To Havre—
Cotton, square bales, 5.16 c. to It. p:•r lb. ; ashes, 5 doh,. to
6 dots. per ton; rice, 7 dol.. do.; Quereitron bark, 7 tlolv.
do.; measurement goodx, 8 dub. du; wltalobonc, &c. Ic. te r
lb. To Glasgow—BM; 31.

MARIA AsTONLI RAILWAY. —Traffic for tho
week ending July 1, 1862 :-326J. 1961, 182 L

TIIE ELECTIONS.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
MR. DISRAELI AND HIS CONSTITUENTS.
NIBWOuRT PAGINELL, JULY 14.
Mr. Dupre and Mr. Disraeli dined this afternoon
with a numerous body of their constituent., comprising the
leading ferment and many of the gentry and clergy in the
neighbourhood. Covers were laid at the Anchor Hotel for
nearly 200, end they were all occupied. A sumptuous din-
;erne ;ass,
aditset.endt.
tenant-farmer,
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rn.dgatte afterwards the Chapman,aitheloyal
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then gave " Her Majesty's Ministers." (Loud cheers.)
Mr. DISRAELI was received with great applause on
rising to respond. He said—Al I am the only one of her
Majesty's ministers who is present on this occasion, you
will permit me to return you thank,, on their part, for the
manner in which you have received the toast of the chair-
man. Iler Majesty's ministers, gentlemen, at the present
moment, are before the country; yet I can say, on their
pert, with the utmost sincerity, that they are nut afraid of
the verdict that will he given by the country. (Loud
cheers.) Fortified by that which they believe will be the
verdict of the nation, it will be their duty, to the utmost of
their power, to propose measures to parliament which they
believe are necessary to promote the good of all clones of
the community. (Cheers.) And in so doing, gentlemen,
you may confidently rely that they will not forget the
pledges they have given, nor the promises they have made
to the agricultural interest of the country. (Loudehetra.)
The CHAIRMAN followed with the toast, "Our conserva-
tive candidates."
Mr. Deritx made a speech in reply'.
Mr. DISRAELI again rose, and, after a few introductory
observations, said—Gentlemen, when I addressed you last,
as your member,; in this room, you will remember what was
then the position of the opposition of that day. It was one
of very great difficulty. fhe change of Dile was a change
of the moat remarkable description. I was, among others,
opposed to that change. (Cheers) I thought the risk
of that change was too great under the circumstances—
too great fur the country to incur. I to .ught the dis-
turbing circumstance., so far as the agricultural interest
was concerned, which that change would produce, were
not a matter of theory; that they were inevitable, and
that no one had a right to incur the responsibility
of voting fur a change, so unpremeditated, so insecure, and
so inconsistent—C" hear, hoar," and cheers)—and I must
say, gentlemen, that every subsequent session of parlia-
ment has perfectly fortified the opinion I then formed.
(Cheers.) I knew—all knew the effect of that change
upon our position. We all knew that we should have
very great difficulty to regain the position we had lest.
Gentlemen, I told you to form your views a little more deep
than foolish. I said, "There is great agricultural distress
in consequence of a change in the law ; your opponents
taunt you when you seek to go back to that law, and they
are all-sufficient in their opposition. I want you to ascer-
tain what is the cause of your suffering, and, if possible, to
accept the new policy, and to consider what recompense
you can find in other measures." 1 say—what is the reason
the English producer, the English occupier of land, cannot
compete with the foreign producer or occupier of land?
(Loud cries of " Hear, hear.") I have always said, and I
don't know that I have ever heard any argument of an in-
telligent opponent which I could refer to as in any way
conclusive against it—l have always said, the reason as
" that the English producer is under • system of taxation—
(loud cheers)—a system which is in general applied to
himself—which is in particular applied to the class to
which he belongs—entailing open hips burdens which do
not allow him to run the race onequal terms with the
others." (Loud cheers.) That is what I said. And gentle-
men, I have also said that the protectionist system was not
to be justified unless you can show these circumstances exist.
(Hear, hear.) And I still believe these circumstances do
exist in this country, however much they may he modified,
and that the principle of protection is sound—that in a
society which is artificial, in which there exists a financial
system so complicated as our own, it was much better to
adhere to comi.ensating arrangements for the protection of
the cultivators of the soil than that you should madly leave
him en unequal competitor with the foreigner. 'Cheers. And
this principle, 1 say, is at all times ta lie modified according
to existing circumstances. But, gentlemen, the protective
principle was not only a sound one, but it was a principle to
the advantage of the country, and the only rinciple upon
p
which our present system of finance could be vindicated.
Well, I say, gentlemen, if the country has chosen to abro-
gate that system, and if the majority of the people of this
country are of opinion it would be unwise to recur to it, I
say we must seek by other means—(cheers)—and in another
direction—(repeated cheere),—to place the cultivators of
the soil in a fair and just position. (Loud chem.) Now,
gentlemen, that is all I have ever said. It is what 1 am
perfectly ready to maintain. I said it in opposition, as yonr
member; and 1 say now, as a minister of the crown, I am
perfectly prepared to advise her Majesty to carry it out.
(Great cheering.) Now, gentlemen, it has sometimes been
said that the policy I wish to pursue has been of but
limited compass—that it referred only to the burdens en-
tailed upon land by our system of unfair taxation.
Well, gentlemen, in the first place, if there are any par-
ticular burdens on one class which the rest of society
do not bear, I say, as a matter of principle, that
there ought to ,be redress. (Hear.) But I utterly deny
that at any time I have told you that proper measures of
redress were ,elely or wholly to be got by any advantage
which might arise from the adjustment of particular bur-
dens entailed by local taxation. Three years ago, in this
room, I advised you to take that particular grievance into
your consideration, and to work it out, because your claim
for redress was founded upon justice. But, gentlemen, I
have not told you-1 do not tell you now—that this would
give you a sufficient, or that this would give you the chief,
means of redress. (Hear, hear.) I say no. It is in
reviewing—it is in adjusting—the whole system of
national taxation ; it is in placing this system upon
a just basis that the producer will find that
justice which the consumer— which every fair and
upright man—could wish him to secure. (Cheers.)
But there is another means by which you may obtain re-
dress—and a means more practical than recurring to the
past—which is beset with infinite difficulties. It is not to
increase prices in order that you may have a fair remunera-
tion for your toil ; but it is, gentlemen, to reduce the cost
of production. (Immense cheering.) Now that is the sound
advice which the agricultural interest must act upon.
(Hear, hear.) You are told that it is one of the necessities
for the prosperous condition of England that the bread of the
people timid be cheap. Well, I say take care that the
producer of that bread shall be able to produce it as cheap
as possible. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, you will find if
you adopt that view of the case that you who are occupiers
of the soil will more gradually get the feeling of the country
in your favour, and at the same time more perfectly secure
eompeasation for yourselves. It is, as I have said, in re-
viewing the system of taxation which exists, and in the
adjustment of that system, that the cultivators of the soil
will find that compensation, which they have a right to ex-
pect from the abrogation of that law which gave them arti-
ficial prices—(applause)—and I say, in accordance with the
spirit of the age and with the temper of the country, let
your produce now be raised upon the cheapest possible
principle. (Applause.) But, then, it follows you must not
allow your native produce to be shackled by laws which
hinder the producer from competing with foreign countries.
It follows that in the new principle of justice the culti-
vators of the soil shall no longer remain the only clue in-
capable of receiving a fair profit for their industry. It fol-
lows you must take care that the same justice be done to all
her Majesty's subjects. (Cheers.) And I am well aware,
gentlemen, if the question be viewed in that light, and if
taxation shall certainly be placed upon a new principle,
I am convinced we shall be able to bring forward mea-
sures of relief which will receive the sympathy and ap-
probation and support of all the various classes of this
country. (Cheers.) Now, gentlemen, I am sometimes
told tkat we supported in opposition what is called
the protectionist policy, but have abandoned it in the re-
sponsible position cf the ministers of the crown. Gentle-
men, I should like to bear the accusations made in the
House of Commons by any of my opponents. You know
v ry well, gentlemen, I never have been one of those who
asserted that any sufficient compensation for the ,rogation
of a law of protection could be fairly found in a moderate
fixed duty upon corn. I have all along declare!, in my offi-
cial position, that I should be extremely glad, as • financial
measure, if a moderate duty were agreed upon. It would
bring an immense quota to the national revenue, and I
think it is a very great mistake, so fares financial considera-
tions are concerned, to suppose that a duty upon corn is a
trifle ; but it seems to:be determined that we shall not
raise my portion of the revenue from foreign grain. But
suppose' gentlemen' that a measure were passed, say a ss.
or • is. duty upon the importation of corn into this country
—suppose this ; and, 1 ask, will that plaice you in a posi-
tion equal to that which you occupied in 1844 ? (" No, no,
no !") This would be 11 relief, gentlemen, I have never
supported, and it would net, by any means, greatly con-
tribute to place you in a just position. The moderate rise
in prices that might accrue from this to the producer be•
fore it fell upon the consumer would not really remunerate
you for the suffering you have encountered, nor rectify
much that unjust legislation of which you are the victims.
(Ilene, hear.) But if you could secure this course, if you
could manage to get this done, you would meet with great
provocation from other classes, at the same time that you
reaped no great or particular ;dvantages. I believe if the
counsel 1 have given be taken, which I hope, as far as I am
concerned, we shall be able to execute-1 believe you will
receive an efficient, an e;fective remedy. (Approbation.)
I do not mean to say, gentlemen, that a negligent man with-
oat capital—(" no, no") would find my remedy nmeh to his
:elvantage. (Laughter.) That n ne of you would desire.
(Cheers.) But I nay the cultivator of the soil, who embarks
in his undertaking with ardour and with enterprise, with
all the personal conditions requisite to success--who brings
an &anomie amount of Ale on the one hand, and a fair
share of capital on the other, will they be allowed
to cuter on his undertaking with a fair prospect of
obtaining that remuneration to which he is entitled. (Loud
cheers.) Well, I say, gentlemen, it is, in my opinion, the I
duty of • geeerninent to redress the grievances under
which the agriculturists have unjustly suffered. I say
MOM, it is tlp•ir duty to do so it they have the oppor-
tundy; and I say futility, it is their duty to meet the
electors of the country, and to ask from thew an omoor-
tunity of effecting this redress. (Cheers.) And what are
our prospects, gentlemen, .4 success in Hutt particular ? If
I thought we could only obtain that redress be a continua-
tion of support front Ilic counties of I.:owl:Ana, although I
might think the caw, abstractedly a just one; although I
might feel esit h s ing just we should not refrain
from doing that which is founded in justice, yet I
could only d. it with regret; under such circumstances
I might shrink from attempting the west risk of con-
ciliation. (Hear, hear.) But as far as I can view the
appeal which my Lord Derby has made to the nation, I see
no evidence that only one class—the agricultural class—in
about to give its sanction to such views. (Hear.) I WO

some or the greatest towns in the etriantr—(A. woke..
Liverpool")—eagerly and zealously Meantime to glee s.
the opp ,rtunity of bringing forward them
that they believe such rentecial 111Cuburea to I,leura4—.
(query. An hon. friend has jest 'elution, il Lis, r.t Yg,
Liverpool is the greatest part of England—(cheen,)—
more extensile than Louden But this derision ofleer,7
pool is not unaccommini. by other equally startling 1,,„i
satisfactory. The city of Lublin—(cheere)—Laos dune &-
same ; and I have learned within these few hours that the--
great manufacturing town of Belfast—the Manclieertr
Ireland—has returned two member* to support the g..
-a
meat. (Loud cheers.) And if I take the lather trial -
7,„
of the country—Dover, Greenwich, and ply„io-ii- thw.
(cheers),-1 find the same result. Well, gentlemen,
t
unnecessary for me further to vindicate the course whiei
we took in opposition, and which we mean to present ,u power. You have only to adhere to that priiieipl. sad
make justice to the land the condition of all these ;4 -
turn to parliament, and I am certain manna, will he
brought forward which will place you in a position
G, get
fair return with cheerfuluess. I say with clieirfulneo fee
no man can do where there is injustice. (Cheers.)
„1,,11-'
not for the preseut trouble you with the detail, at
measures we may present. We have lie, nenetisen; asked, " Why don't you sey what you will " tet,,
gentlemen, we ought to go to the country upon
mud not upon detail.. Wu say wo think theirs s,,
asst Ins
measures brought forward to place the cultivuter ~
in a poeitiou to allow hint to compete with foreign iedintry
That as the principle. We are not going to tell you 'Lai
these measures of detail are. Aye or no, de ~,„
think it fair that English industry should be burdeigi% -
that is the question. (Cheers.) We do not lank luck, it; 4_
tlemen, to oar opposition to Sir Robert Yeti in I sp;
regret. We think his measures ware contrived is, [stag
and carried in precipitancy -(cheen)---withou, any ace„e„
paniment of remedial plans ; and we oak Englaiet h, sep,
port us that we may establish a just policy. lChears )
And, gentlemen, as fir as the miweures we propose }eel
may say that I sincerely belii re they will reetive the
general approbation of all the great classes in the
community. (Cheers.) Mite! you, gentlerns n, I
am a
or
in
not using that language now as a cued!
office. I ant speaking, at least, with the rs spin-
sibility of one, however reluctantly to himelf, who •ho-
noured with the important trust of an tl
01e. ,r 0".
After alluding to the conduct of the government, and the
opposition it had met with, Mr. Disraeli *aid— hoe me,m,
men, we carried all the measures we intruduced.
Wo carried that reform of the Chancery Court wl,uh or
James Graham at Carlisle has stated to be a matt. r with
which everybody must b. pleased ; nod I will nII you a
little parliamentary anecdote. When the repert of the
Chancery Commission was placed upon the table of the
House of Commons, the report upon which 1 admit our bill
were founded, Sir James Graham said these wen the
greatest measures ever put before parliament to ri rue ly the
abuses ; but where, asked he, is the man to carry them out
We, gentlemen, found the man—(cheers)—fur, under the
present Load Chancellor we carried every reform proposed
in our bills. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, there is meter sub-
ject upon which it is expected we should have 'sr, char
opinions—l mean that all-absorbing topic, the relizious ril-
ing of the present day. I know, gentlemen, this I. e
jest difficult to treat; hut I have confidence in year
treme good sense. Gentlemen, in the speech from the
throne, recently delivered, her Majesty ripe, sseil her de-
sire to uphold the protestant institutions of the country.
(Cheers.) Now there was one subject which very much
engrossed the people of this country lx.fore parliament met,
and that was the endowment of Mayuooth Colts,, acd
there existed a very strong feeling on the subset, not
limited to any one class ; and it would have heir' the
height of folly fur her Majesty's ministers to have treated
that feeling with contempt. I could have personally crea-
med a position with respect to that question, h would,
if acted !upon. have done away with all controversy ; for I
was one of those who opposed that endowment at first
—(cheers)—thinking it hctrayed a total lour:ince of the
wants of the age, and that it would be ultimately opposed
by those who were obligated as well as those who ha.' given
it as a coucesaioa ; but I had to view the question, not in the
light of my personal feeling, and I thought it inc, -ary to
support the motion for inquiry of Mr. Spooner; far this was
an ago in which Roman catholics themselves should not
pose inquiry. (Hear.) But the government were f reseed to
inetitute a royal corn nission of inquiry. Gentlem(n, a
royal commisemu has not the power of compelling the at-
tendance of witnesses, and its proceeding+ would be liable
to all kinds of misrepresentation ; but, however indecor-
ous may he the proceedings of a House of Commons, the
country, at least, has confidence in such a tribunal, being
composed of men of all parties, But, gent men, there is
another point connected with the religious feeling of the
country, upon which I must crave your attention a little.
We thought it our duty to advise her Majesty to issue a
Royal Proclamation, with the intention of pre., ming the
peace of society. But in doing this eve ry specie. of mis-
representation has been circulated; and I confess that in
this free country I do not object to unrestricted criti-
clam ; hut, gentlemen, we have been told Urn this
proclamation was issued to influence the election.. I
heve seen that statement made by rather high authority
upon the hustings. All I could wish were, they should
make such statements in the House of Commons, so that
it might be brought to the test before that great tri-
bunal whether such sordid means ever influeueed the go-
vernment. Gentlemen, in the course we took we were only
influenced by a great imperial necessity. The matter was
laid before the Privy Council randin a manner whielt,
could nut be mistaken, and with evidence supported by
must high authority—evidence which we took care to
examine before we proceeded to ac'—evidence that, in
certain districts of England, in consequence of numerous
processions which the Roman catholic priesthood had in-
stituted, consequences would result, in more than thirty
places at least, which would endanger the life of many of
her Majesty's subjects. What was our duty undue these
circumstances? Why, gentlemen, the moment had come
for us to interfere. We could not hesitate. We recom-
mended that her Majesty should issue that proclamation
which has received the approbation of the kingdom. lam
told that the riots at Stockport were caused by that procla-
mation. Why, if the proclamation had not been inaned the
same disorder would have taken place in filly parts of the
kingdom. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, instead of this measure
tending to excite the Roman catholic population it was the
providential came of maintaining peace and of saving the
country from bloodshed. And our precautions, gentlemen,
were so great, that we previously interfered with the orange
processions which were understood to come off in Ireland.
This was the course we took !gentlemen, instead of being
guided by those sordid and selfish motives which are the tac-
tics of party. We shall, gentlemen, with your pi emission,
carry out our views of policy on all these matters with more
efficiency,and I believe, with more success in the new parlia-
ment. (Cheers.) It is my firm conviction that the govern-
ment of Lord Derby will meet parliament in the autumn
with an absolute majority. (Cheers.) To me that is not a
subject of doubt. And the ministry, shall, therefore. 011
longer have to meet a hostile parliament, or to be re-
attained in its policy by an overpowering opposition. We
shall meet parliament prepared to do our duty, under a firm
conviction that the country will steadily support us.
I feel, gentlemen, that the present government In necessary
for the preservation of the English constitution; but
the future institution of the opposition already
peeps from its shell and developes its horns. and
from that shell the opposition cannot emor,le except
enveloped in the shrine of sedition. (Continurellaughter.)
A change in the institutions of the country will be the con-
dition of its success • and you must indeed be false to all
your professions—false to that high spirit which Englishmen
have ever shown—false to the traditionary assoc:ation of
your eountry, if you suffer an opposition, founded epee
such principles to govern the nation. (Cheer..) Wells
then, gentlemen, when we meet in the county ball on Fri-
day, I want to know if you will support the principles sail
practices which I have so feebly detailed? (Load
cries of " Yes, yes.") Will you be prepared to say, "We
shall have justice done to the sou—(" Yes, ysal—we
shall have our legislation conceived in the spirit of the age
—"' Yes, yes")—which is in the spirit of justice." (Cheers.)
, constitution of this country preserved, not with the Will you be prepared to sac, •• We w ill have the protestant
secta-
rianism of bigots, but with thou-, who believe that pro-
testantism is the only safeguard of English (Loud
cheers.) These, gentlemen, are the issues before you. Bo
prepared to fight against those difficulties and corn
in the ancient spirit of the men of iluchingharu-ha, which
has conquered in times that are past, and which
carry I he-
have, will us ou to that higher triumph which yet
awaits us. (Loud and repeated cheering.) compunction
which an unwise and eccentric opposition may ere.a.. and
Toasts followed, and the spirit of the meeting was main-
tained for tome time, wheu Mr. Dupre and Mr h).-raeii re-
turned to town.