The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-22 00:00:00

CONFERENCE OF THE LIBERATION SOCIETY

AT NORWICH.

On Wednesday last, one of a series of District
Conficanose, inteaded to advance the object, of the" Lama-

Lion Society," was held in the Lecture-room a the Fees
Library. It was ocaveesd by a circular aged by several in-
floadial gentleman coemoted with various dmondastioes,
is the °amass of Norfolk and Suffolk. There was a se-
maroon atteedance, and among those metal wee,— E
ward HLII, Esq., and J. Cereal Williams, of Leedom, who
allied* Ns • &mulattos from the Executive of the Society.
Oa the maim al the Rev. It. Lewis, of Lowestoft, seconded
by Hr. W. F. PAUL, of Norwich, Hr. Griniwaie, of
Ipswich, was colled to the their.
Yr. Huth COMIIIIII•Ori the betimes by reading a paper on
the " Fatale Paniameatery sad Electoral Acmes of the
Liberation Society." The paper was listened to with @Go-
ateed interest, sad was fragrantly applauded.
Mr. J. H. TILLiTT (Norwich) wee than celled upon by the
charms to move the mist resolution :—" That, looking to
the repent rejective by the legislators d all rewires which
have in any degree recognised the principle of religions
equality, and to the feet that the advocate' of that principle
have never yet fully exerted on its behalf that electoral us-
nuance which they nag nestienably poems, this Confereece
regards with great satisfaction the determination of she
executive committee of the Libscatica Society to nip on
their supporters the duty of immediate prepastion for the
next general election, by requiring the insertion in the par
gramme of liberal andidetee of such mairares trading
towards religious equality as may fairly be Wasted upon as
the t time, raped being had, in the demands opoa
undidatm, to the aamericel strength of the .die-
toes by whom they ale mode ; and support being
withheld where such demands are oot conceded.
He said that is Norwich they returned two good men.
who he believed we nee even found Ludt with by the
a 'voiced liberals el the city, sad who bad voted pretty
consistently and censtaat. (Heir, hear.) The MAIM
division of the meaty of Norfolk was represented by Mr.
Howes, conservative, and Colonel Coke, a liberal se he was
Gilled. When Colossi Coke ems forward, acne if them
declined to promise him their sapped till he bad given •
written declaration of his prtscipW as the chneciprate
question. Colonel Coke proodeed to vote for Sir Jobs We-
imer'''e bill, and thereupon they came forward and most
umnestimably carried him. If they had eat still Colonel
Coke would never have been member for Norfolk ; if
UM had oilyorted him languidly he would raver
have been (Hear, beer.) Colonel Oohs voted
on the 6,4 occasion for Sir John Trelawnylo
He thee avowed that be had performed his pledge that he
never said he would vote for it more than ones, and that he
bad does all be prowled to do. (Hives.) He said further
that be bad been frightened by certain evidence gives io the
Hoene of Lords—mania terrible evi&noe—and that that
bad altogether altered the vises be had entertsthed. From
that time forward he had never given as his support on that
quake, and had voted against ns on sews other questioes.
He said deliberately that Colonel Coke having permed this
coarse had obtaaal their votes by tabs pretences. (Hear,
hear.) He would prefer to see anybody that was brought
forward elected rather than Colonel Coke ; for, if they
suffered by the Ices of bis liberal votes on sane tquestioes,
they should on the other hand gain in the emphatic
mirk of reprobation they should fix upon him. (Ap-
ptitiss.) Therefore he said, "No more Coke for Eon
Norfolk." (Renewed applause.) The other member,
Hr. Howes, had voted straight throughout on every
question for his party. and spurt every measure that had
been brought forward in furtherance of oar palmitin.* ; so
there was a conservative voting for his own party on all
qmatious,end a liberal voting against them on several, and not
voting at all on the rat. Mr. Men then prooesded to
rams-k that Mr. Beaded, a member for West Norfolk,
was one of the fifty who stook to protection after the rest
of the world had given it up, aed were dencemood is con-
sequence as " °moon balls." lir. Ourdoc, the other member,
was a very amiable man, who paid the greatest attention
to the poor about him, and who was personally much re-
opened, but es for represeattog their principles, he bed
never voted on the great waxen which they held so im-
portant. At Lynn there was a very curios' Mate a things.
Every min in the county bad the streagest personal regard for
John finny Gurney, but it wasdiftleult to wodentsad wheals
the world had of late bewitched the man who • few years
ego could be seen walking about in his Quaker's amt, that
be should be the only liberal member who voted wind Sir
Jobs Tideway's bilL whereas not long back he wield have
had hit goods distesised rather than pay church rates at all.
The other member for Lynn. Lord Fraeley, was a real sob*
man—(hear, bear)—who, though nominally • conservative,
voted for essay liberal mosarares. In regard to Thetford,
mos member they had was • very ocesisteat Consavative,
while the other had only recently been elected. (Hear,
hoar.) At Yarmouth there were toe ad and eat Tones;
They had therefore twelve members in Norfolk, cad if Nate*
was a sample of the net of the country, what a miserable
condition we were ia. Out of these twelve members
they had maseged by hard fighting to get is six. sad
out of thme six,
_thres were sot worth a snap of the
(Hear, hear.) Were they to go as in this we Mot%
could sot wry a man without their help. They seed not
even tarty Norwich without their thorough sod enthusias.
tie suepott ; cod he told than beady that unless we had
a very different undeostanding to what we now bad, our
mum aed earnest sapped they should sot h aye again.
awed sheers.) We bad learnt the leasow, that the
powers tint b. were sot to be operated upon by aria
inset, but as soon as we meld make them know that their
tenure if odes depeaded on their conduct, there woad be
so need if argument. (Hear, bear.)
Mr. S. Paseetco, ef Stomerineat, having asseedsd the
resolution, a dionesskra eased, sad mere elejselisas were
offered to the resolution ; bat ultimately It was *ani-
mosity adopted.
Kr. C. Waitron then introduced the sumbject of pare-
Mal agitatios for the abolition of akar* ratm. He said
that while it might at dna eight appmr doom=
otter thirty years a effort peritiamat bad net yet
the exaction, on the other hand there was the eomposestooy
fact that the work of abolition had Wee gang on all the
while. That was ettecialvaly proved by ail Os whe.
mentery esteem en the subject, win* Ile proossW to
quote. He emenstedied ky lasing the, not only should
they awry an the work of pane/lel siltation more vigo-
rously thee ever, bat that they *mid tare it to good
aTel by making it • means d edvanoing the " ulterior
at* the Lambdas Saciely.
A resolution in smardenes with that view was owed .
after which the wet the press sod the mossaty for rais-
isg addititiced Imam were disieweed.
At the nem el the beam* the members of the coma-
femme died together, and era the mein( an automated
midis melba was bald is die Liethrehall. It was pew
sided ewer by J. J. Colima, Esq and the ken were
Mears. X. Prentice. Bill,sad., Williams, sawal the Be..
Memos. Could and Cope

Wave Aim Reswierre.—Thr will of the Right
Beaoarable sad agog Reverend Risbard What*. D.
Lord Archbishop al Debi* was proved is Lomita —sailer
*COW pwamalty la Maglami; the mestere sad least=
the Rev. WiUim I,aw P.M. KA" Fellow of
Worcester College. Oxfords tbe Row Rdaressi Williams
What* (testator's sos), Jape eisaghtor), sad
Charles Rent Wel% Rig. (hie sos•is-law.) The will wes
ezmated is Noy, 1900, aad sArodieil is July following. To
his eldest child hi leaves Ma, sad
to his 'ldiot unmarried dseghtir M liana hi
phi* do. To each of his four chadors a sum equal to
12.0001., dividing equally amongst these his real sad the
residue of his pireoael estate.