The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-02 00:00:00

raz IIIERICAN QUESTION.

Last evening Mr. George Thompson delivered an
address eerier the impious of the EresaMpation Society, at
the Whittington Club, Arundal•Mreet, on the present
=of the American question. The ask was taken by
Lucas, who in ocenmsocing the proosedinp spoke of
the great champ of opiaios which had come over the public
on this question, which, he said, wee partly to be attributed
to the operations of the llinisacipation Society, and the
' society might further claim the credit of having stopped
the 'teem nuns, and converted Fir) Russell. Mr. Thomp-
son then proceeded with his address, confining himself to
some remarks on the events of the Let three mouths.
Three month's.° the friends of the Confederacy were full
of hops and confidence as to the result of their wicked at.
tempt to found in the nitisteenth century an empire founded
en the slavery of a portion of the human race. Bat now
all that was changed. The progress of the result in recover-
* the territory of the seceding States bad been uniform
and constant, and two-fif tbs of it wu already secured from the
Confederacy for ever. He contended that the rebellion was a
rebellion ou the part of the elaveholders, and their avowed
object was to extend and perpetuate slavery. Not only,
had they lost a great portion of their territory,
but there woe r general conviction both in the North and
South that slavery was doomed ; and be predicted that the
result of the war would be the extinction of slavery on the
Amnions continent, and that when time had soothed inter-
nal discord, there would be a state of prosperity in America
than that country or the world had yet seen. The
greeter
Sells Martin fa man of colour) moved a vote of
sympathy with the Federate, which was seconded by Mr.
Col rte, and unanimously agreed to. A vote of thanks was
then given to Mr. Thompson and the chairmen, and
Mr. Lucas in: returning thuks, stated that it was the
intention to give • series of lectures on the subject during
the winter.

Hamer°N. —We are happy to any that the town
L full of company, in fact the Esplanades! on • line dry
moroistaiie absolutely impassable. Such • scene of gaiety
in the ht sunshine we do cot remember to have wit-
nessed be ore as we have observed dories; the last two
days. As for afternoon and evening entertainments the
town is inundelied with them. Brighton will ever continue
attractive, isoiwitbstuiding the attempt of certain metro-
politan journals to ignore the plisse, and we so SSW* this
year a better *moon than we have had for a length of time.
Prince Gortchakoff, the son of the Russian minister, arrived
on Tuesday evening at the Royal Albion Hotel ; the Duke
mad Duchess of Wellington aod suite *teat the Royal Albion
Hold ; the Bishop of Orford one a guest of the Mayor during
his shat sojourn in Bri Ilion last week. His lortithip took
bare of his worsitlEll Y more, and proceeded to
his reeldeeee, La -ImPistworth ; the Bishop of
Rochester has erri.;27:l"4, lesta,larrsee; the Dowager
Gmutem Panes:me sad Mims Goals are Saying at the Bristol
Hotel ; the Dowager Omaha' of Longford is at 190,
Marisa parade ; the Constar Liman is at the Norfolk
Hotel ; the Consists of Jersey has arrived at 14, Lewes-
oreseest ; air Alexander Coetbant le staying at the Royal
Albion Sold Brighton Gazette.

[TWOPEN C.

G. W. P. mirrirck, M.P., ON POASIGN 417.1)

BOMB 'Allth&S.

KING% LYNN, Oor. L
The dinner of the Marshland Agricsiltnral
Association wee held bat evening at tke National eshool-
room, at natation Si. Clunints, our this town. The
Rev..H. norms, rector of Millington, presided over the
ssesting, which was pretty well attended, Mr. G. W. P.
Bastin* DL P., end Mr. Brampton Gordon, 3LP., the repro
ssetativessof the western division of Norfolk, being smog
the eonspeay. In the amuse of the wads&
Mr. Prrensa, in highly enlogistie terms, proposed the
health& of both hoc. members. The tout wu received with
load cheers, which were renewed when
' •

Mr. Itme;tercx, M.P., roes to =pm& The hon. gentle-
man, after • few prefatory olnervatlone, vote of the
foreign policy of the country. Be said—We bear •
pad deal of the united action of England and of
Franca Well, I far ass rejoies to bear thatja
brad and Preece we in • state al arty
and of ..
end that they are able to act in mime with each other
apes the peat questions of European policy. But I cannot
be blind to the hidory of the lest few years; I cannot
forget that England and France acted in naiad epos what
red to be milled the question of Italian unity, when Fiance
put hoe& forward to establish the grad principle of Italian
unity, and Eashad, acting as it was called in Woos with
Freud, cheered bar on. Well, whet was the rewskt el that
peat move on the part of Frame in favour ol Rai= way?
,11.0,4 Wh , the result was and is that 4 after the waste of
by the Amid= et all that ef Italy which qw
bad hitherto held, sad by the retention by the Pep; el aU
hit temporal dominions, sad by • large am; el French
troop at Rome. Bat there was • still more remarkable 141-
walk and the only practical one, which wee that Prance
phial • large accession of territory by the opensidon. Well.
now, are we to be told that whim apparently a don wee la
noise on, and when Fragile is apparently, to commas par-
lance, what is plied blowing the coals in Poland, the is
doing that merely for the sake of redeeming the grimmer
of the *spread Poles ? Have we act • fair right to
that France is playing the pine new which she pia=
OT seven years ago, and that the rerun of all this will be
that, after we have cheered and headed Pangs on to
reckon the wrongs of the Poles, and committed ourselves
cibly to seed mad mischievous and beeonvadsat war,
end et all oriM be that we shall be hit is the lard—
that Imes will pin some ooesiderable songs= of territory
from some sadden idea which has struck her, and which
will be aardsd out in the most ingenious manner, and that
England will los belt apia in the lurch ? lam the led
man for ow moment to say that this country ought not at
once to go to war when either her honour or her interests
ere amemeed ; bet I do eselend that it is ad the lair=
of Engle= to p he war is egajnadion with Francs for the
paws at redeeming the wrongs al Poland. (Hear, bear.)
That ogdnien I vent= strongly to hold ; and being de at
those who think that the fixes duty of the pvendest of
tide country is always, se a goestion.= paddy and
economy, to keep this country in • widish will
dale her to go to war at the dal= pendia so-
Noe, I believe that the worst porn= Ins we could
mks of oar national modem would be to go to war with
Russia fer sad a pmpo e as I have deelpered. I shall
be very glad to Yd that the opinion I have impnend resets
with your 00000211•08, and I trust that it maybe= opinion
so forcibly =pram= throughout the length and breadth of
the land, that so govermeat, be it what it may, will ever
venture to go la war fora purpose which, I ore der, if not
hostile to, is utterly at variance with, the interests of the
people ai this =dry. (Cheers.)
Mr. B. Gomm M.P., a= responded to the toast, and
expremed his approval of the strict neutrality =anteing&
by the gevereedet on the subject of the A Tarriala war.
With regard to the apienitaral interest, the ban oede-
mas said Mat thewgh a member of psrlignent would ill
fulfil the duties al his situation if he did not do his bast to
rapped that =mask his expedence warned him that
to rely WM any edemas= moielnare from what pietis-
m= scald do or was likely to do would prove • as it
bad dens before, • broke. reed. He moommendd them to
Inlet to their owe geed seed and Sapient, their owe skill
end indowten bet abed all to • good anderelandiag between
the =and and the tesent, as the swat mane of moths ;
and re ended them that If • tanner =ended to be sato=
ful he mad esednadidsbeeineentspen theaters piesiplee es
'Wary other person la orenmemial prelate most do.
The remaining al the evening do not call for
any report.

PA-PAL Acarom f r TO 4 LADY.

A feeling of the deepest sorrow was caused in
Wykm and the neifihbourhood on Tuesday, by the intelli-
gence that Mm. Blodgett, the wife of Captain B. A.
Macbeth R.N., bad been killed by a foil from her anima.
Mrs. Bkokett, being a good driver, frequently drove out
without attendants or any company, end on Tuesday the, ac-
companied by two of her children (a boy about 11 yeses of
age, and•• little girl) drove from Oakwood to Madea-hall,
the reeideoes of Sir E. A. Blackett, about ten miles
distant, in one dthose low basket mnikges that are now
so fasidosable. Mrs. likokett sod the children took
luncheon at Mather, and afterwards entered the oarrisge,
intending to drive Dome by way of Stamfordhun, when
Mrs. Blackett purposed to make a call. Scarcely had they
taken their scats when the hors•—• spirited hay, of
rather high breeding—became restive ; and Mrs. Blacken
requested the children to get oat of the carriage,
while she sodeavoared either to conquer cc calm the
vicious brute. They did so, but the horn continued to
rear and plunge on the road through the shrubbery, and at
last the earring west, and Mrs. Merlon was thrown with
great vitheace to the wood. The gardener, who wee at
some distance, huteoed to the assistance of the unfortu-
nate lady, and carried her to the boon, bat her head had
been so severely injured that is • very few minaters after
her removal to the entrance ball of the sand= Mrs.
Blacken ceased to breathe. • From the number of trees on
each side of the carriage road it is (widest that there was
great likelihood of the carriage wheals being caught, and it
is probable that the death of Mrs. Bleekett wee ocothimied
by her head coming in contact with one of the trees, as she
wee severely injured about the forehead and face. A 12AB-
ganger was despatched to Oakwood to acquaint Captath.
Blackett with the fact that an &widget bad occurred, but
it was not till late is the day that he was soquaiated with.
the full extent of that calamity which has plugged the
bereaved gentleman into the deepest grief. The deceived
lady wee of middle age, and was descended from • good
family of Irish extraction named Minehin. The amiable dis-
position of Mrs. Blacken rendered her universally esteemed,
and her company wee very highly valued in the circle of
society in which she moved, and of which she wee so
bright an ornament. Her kindly manners endeered her to
the poorer people of W lam and the neighbourhood,
amongst whom the decea lady was a frequent visitor. By
the death of Mrs. Blacken a family 00111111a116 at seven
young children is left to deplore the loss of • most :afar-
tionate and estiniabimparent. Captain Macke* is the so*
of the kW Mr. Christopher Brackett, formerly member of
parliament for South Northumbarked ; and was the bro-
thee of the late John F. B. Blackett, who was elected to
succeed Mr. Orde in the representation of Newcastle in
1852, and who died when in the prime of life, and
when • bright and hopeful future seemed to be before him.
Captain Blacken has seen service in America and in
Chine, and in the last wee with Ramie be wee with Sir
Charles Napier in the Baltic. Upon the death of his bro-
ther he retired from the eery, sad has since managed the
colliery and Watts at Wylam.—Neircarttc Chronicle.

THE FRINCII GUVERNIIENT AND BANTER-PADK.—
A letter, of which the following is a translation, has been
readved, and has been duly answered by the Provost of
Dundee. It has been stated that a park of My smog, spe-
cially designed for the working classes of Paris, is about to
' be laid out by the French government :—" London. Sept.
22, French government would feel inteeest
in obtaining precise informatiou about the Baxter.park —as
to ite foundation, future destination, means of recreation
that will be put at thedisposition of its visitors, and eondi-
tions on which it has been created, as also to the manner is
which the expenses for keeping it up are provided. Pardon
me, sir, having recourse to your kindness, but I thourht, in
your quality of president of the council of administration,
that you would be the best able to give me information in
this matter. Accept. sir, with my anticipatory thanks, this
assuranes of my most distinguished consideration, le Dime
d'Affaires de Francs, CADOILL"

Tun Poow tx BETIINAL• GREEN.—Last evening
Dr. Lankaater held soother inqnest on a child in Bethnal-
green, and • verdict wet returned of " Death from police-
ing of the blood." One of the withers stated that he had
written to the Home-office respecting the state of the neigh-
' bourhood, and had received the following reply :—" Local
Government Act-office, 8, Richmond-terrace, Whitehall,
Sept. 26.-34' —I am directed by the Secretary of State for
the Home Deriartment to acknowledge tbejramipt of your
letter of the 23th instant, as to nuisances addles from de-
fective drainage and water supply in Therold-eonare,
Bethnal-green-recd. I am to state iu reply, that the Secre-
tary of State regrets that he has no power to Interfere in
any cam arising within the operation of the Nuisances Re-
moval Acts. I am to and you the inclosed abstract of
those seta, which will show you the coons to be pummel
under circumstances set forth in your letter. The Bethnal-
green district board will be the proper wiles to whom
to apply unless an inhabitant complain to the josticeslin
the manner shown in the accompanying cirwalar and marked
therein. I am, sir your obedient servant, Jae. J. Scow."
Cwawon Or MUSD= AOAIIIHT A SAILOZ. —The
Liverpool magistrates yesterday committed a sailor, named
John Boutin, to take his trial at the nest mins. on the
charge of murdering a fellow seaman on baud the ship
Lemma at Bums hyrea ou the 9th June :mit