The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-04 00:00:00

AMERICAN AID TO LANCASHIRE.

Last night a meeting was held in the public hall
at itoclidslo, for the purpose of voting the think' of the
lababitents of that borough to the American merchant. and
people for the provisions they have sent for the unemployed
Learathire operatives. The MAYOR (Mr. G. Ashworth) pre-
sided, and the large room was filled ahnostto suffocation.
Mr. 13groa7, in supporting the resolution—which was pro.
posed, sad seconded, and which was ultimately carried—Amid
it was evident that whatever might be the faults of ambi-
tious men or the crimes of governments, the peoples were
beginning to learn that they ought not to be hostile to each
other, bat that they ought to take an interest in each
other's welfare. There had long been • jealousy reigning
between some people of this country ad some
people of the United States, and perhaps that
jealousy bad prevailed to • greater extent here than there ;
but why that jealousy and envy should exist he could
not tell. The meetings held in the Manchester Free
Trade Hall and Exeter-hall, London, were evidences of the
sympathies and feelings of the working men of England.
He (Mr. Bright) was now told on every hand that public
opinion on the American question had recently undergoes a
considerable change, and the moon was the people knew
very little about America and that they were learning more
every day ; in point of fact, the people here had been
greatly misled by what were called the public instructors.
Jefferson Davis, the American statesman, had said that
newspapers ought to be divided into four compartments
one for the truth, • second for the probable, a
third for the possible, and a fourth for the lies ;
and if that plan wore 'dented in this country, so fez as
what were called the leading columns were concemed, the
fourth portion, when dealing with American questions, at
least ought to be four times as large as the first. He ad-
mitted we were not responsible for the war, nor for how it
was carried on, nor for its result ; but there was one thing
for which we were responsible, and that was oar sympathies
when we discussed the question. No mm who wee a man
ought to be maimed of expeming his sympathies. He (Mr.
Bright) was act ashamed to express the sympathy
be felt an the side of the free North. He
could not undersells' _ how any man could employ
himself with moll *wog spate this nws limps of the
North, and close him eyes to the slavery and bondage of
the South—the South, who contemplated the extinction
said the overthrow of the dearest right* of roan, end the
the boodage of the most helpless of mankind. If we were
the friends of pervious' and political freedom, how could we
withhold our sympathy from • government and a people
amongst whom white men had ever been free, and who
now offered freedom to the blacks. He hoped that, even
although they should entertain the belief or fear that the
American nation would be destroyed, they would act try any
chance commit the crime of wishes( for such a mull He did
not blame men far differing from him, but he did
blame those who wished for such a catastrophe. He bad
never despaired, and ha would not despair, as to the issue of
the war ; and it wee his fervent hope that • prosperous day
would again be seen for the American Union, and that the
prosperity of that day would never more be marred.
The hon. pothers= was loudly cheered during the deli-
very of his speech, which occupied most than an boor.

THE RIGHT HON. P. PEEL, M.P., Ar Boltz

The Right Hoy. F. Peel, Secretary to the Tres-
=re, addressed a mowdsd meeting of his onstltuents at
Bury last erasing. is Use coarse of his speech be rid—lf the
war is America should continue it became a call of duty
upon we to intervene for the purpose of endeavouring to
stopit—(applause)—end be thought that next to the
duty of preserving peace for ourselves come the duty of
sodeavouring to persevere and to restore peace to other
countries. (Applause.) He thought the French govern-
ment were entitled to commendation for the solicitude they

had shown in this matter, and for the attempta they were
making to bring about • reconcilistioo in that country.
(Applause.) Haviog been dimooreged by England and
Humia, they had now, single-handed, made an appeal to the
Washiogtou goveroment, offering their mediatioa and their
good offices, mid, in addition, say that a refusal to accept
the otter will not be taken are slighs ; but they suggest in
Neatness whether the Wambiagton government would not
find it advisable to *pea direct aegotiatioos with the Coo-
federate go►eremert, with • view to settle amicably the
matters in dispute between them. It was impossible to
speculate upon the reception which would be given to that
proposal ; but it was reshape of more interest in view
of approaebiag dismission@ in the House of Commoos
to inquire with regard to the course which our own govern-
ment had taken. The burden of proof would be upon the
government for the position which It has taken in ita pohcy
at oestrality, to the maestri refusing even to offer friendly
advice. In hie opinion its &limos would turn upon the fact
that in offering that advice it would not only have been
rejected but misconstrued, and the services proffered would
. actually have been viewed in the light of dimervices.
(Cheers.)

HEALTH OF LONDON.—It appears from the
weekly return of the Ilegistrardaeseral that in the week
ended last riaturday, the deaths in Loudon declined to
1,364. Previously the number bad been about 1,400 in
*very week except one sheathe Ent week of November,
when it was 1,307. The mortality of young persons was
the same last week as in the first week of November, but
that of old people was greater. The deaths of persons
sixty elan old and upwards was 7.31 i in the earlier period :
Let week they were 232. The average number
of deaths in ten week, (of 1859.62) cones -
pondieg with lost week corrected for increase
of population is 1,466. The present return is
less than the estimated number by 112. Two ebildrou died
of small-pox at 1, Dock-cottages, ; and four children
died of it et 22, Onatie-allay, Whitechapel. No lees than
air deaths from essall-pox and fever were registered in
Castle-alley in the week. Seven deaths were returned by
the Small-pox Hospital ; sad the total number from small-
pox in London was 39. This dimes is as the Increase.
Measles declined to 34 deaths, and scarlatina to 49. The
former waa fats] in 4 eases I. Belgrave cob-diettict ;
the latter in 4 in 84. Nary Peddiegtes, and is 7
iu Islington. There was 71 deaths, from typhus,
typhoid fever, Ste., and 5 of Uwe ~erred is Poplar.
widow died at the age et 02, sad soother at 96 years.
The MD of a brewer's servant died at 1, Elizabeth-place,
Retold,' by "hearombitips from • wound in the heed, caused
be a shell fillips on him front the mortal-piece." (loosest.)
The coroner adds in hie report to the registrar, that the
mother hos lost five children in this way, two of whom
died iu the London Hospital from a watch in the hood. If
they bleed but the mart quantity they die. Dr. Arnold
states that this is the coosequenoe of a hemorrhagic dia-
thesis. Last week the births of 1,123 boys rod 988 girls,
iu all 2,111 Aileen, were registered in Loader,. In the
tea Goer
(c winks a the yews 165342 the average
number (corroded) was 2,008.
Tll6 BEIDEINAID'S WlSlL—Plata AND LIIIIIN'd
wannmo Twaswwww for the mom )gat. lbsiblesado Oesta
Flower. Myrtle, sad Lily of the Vasy—three bottles In case,
2a, or fn.ed. eacP.-2, New Deadwinst, W.—(Advatlament.)

THE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY AND THE
AYEID7AN CRISIS.

A deputation of the committee of the British and
Foreign ARKManley Society, and of its hind. Sad sae
;I=bed as interview yesterday with hie Exesneney C.
4 the United States miauder, se his rwilliwiee in
tar the purpose of preesettig • usiwate en
MiPar=ands. Upwards of ..eel peat' 4MIII from
Menet parts of the country wire premed, eameepit whom
were Mama S. Gurney, M.P., G. W. Aisminder ; Jam
Utopia livarpsel • S. Bawl y, Strand; Gems
Nortlifieet ; Samuel Fox, Tottenham ; J. M. All=
Cherfisury ; J. Showell, Weirder ; J. Beaman end
NlKitchen ; B. Wife., Walsers ; J. aberep
Fred. =lt aiwWVaLhtietil ..J
J. ; W. D. Sims, fowl& ; B. E. uederbill
Idea . T 11484 Enerebriss cd the Septet lashes/7
BeeletAu liarseasears. T. Boras, Tottenham ; W. Holmes, Alton ;
R. ;IL Amp ; E. Beam ; Gerard Rastas ; T.
Mak, ; Da Norton Shaw • a. Davis ; J. C.
Riley, WiEna ; W. Matthews, Farb:J Fiat)
ae ; J. ~' ; 7.
"sites ; neva Dr. Waddington. Dr. Hewlett, W. Owes,
'J. fitanim J. C. Gallaway, C. Kirtland, Outterbury ;J.
Chinese, Liskihow ; J. Soak, W. Bewareng, he.
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The limmnrathr amereaced that lettere 01 ipmipathha.c!
been method from Mr. E. Baines, Y.P. ; Hea.
Denman /LP. ; J. Kershaw, ILP. ; G. Hadfield, Y.P.
B=l fl=rordt_
Tex..FT.°llll:eyaltist: .; CfClo:MP6nri,
Bristol ;G. Thomas, menet ; Brew* utreatieste •H.
Rime Reeleide J. Bi Nam Darlinirtil.. Bassett ;
ash Nor" i a.
Rag7e.altrr,Southamptce R Realms ;
G. Dawson, Manchester; Mr. Chamberlina Soot'; T.
Hughes ; J. G. Brockleheed ; Dr. Epp; Rem. T. Am-
liat.J. H. Hinton, J. V. Mummery, J. S. Workman, he.
Excsuthece said : Gentlemen of the Committee—
It is extremely interesting to me to have the privilege of
l:141e ves the representati of a society which his already
madellte mark on the world ; especially so from the feet,
that you ham gone Wore as in Aromas, and have done ell
la yoor power to advance the greet canoe which we all have
at heart It gives is. much satisfaction to receive from
your hands this expression of your sympathy with my
country 'in It. steam of trial. I concur with you I.
ploring the existence of this unfortunate war. Bat
I mud be permitted to call your Weeders to
the fact —sot yet entirely understood in this
country—that it was metered into by the President with
great reluctance, and not until after his delay to take the
necessary precautions against impending violence had placed
the very existence of the government at the capital in the
utmost jeopardy. The attempt, by the slaughter of those
be won calling to hie aid, and by applying the torah to the
railway communication with the loyal region of the coun-
try, to insulate the President and ha ministers at Washing-
ton, was io execution of a project far deeper than you have
been pleased to impute to the haurgents. It wee not so
much the establishment of an Independent Confederacy as
the destroctioe of the old system of government,
and the substitution of a new one in its
which wee in question. Convinced that the =-
mate antics of the constitution, admiristered over the Union
in its true spirit, would endanger the contiouance of their
ill-gotten subjection of human beings to perpetual bondage,
they determined first to overthrow the Unix, and next to
reconstruct a constitution in a manner permanently to esta-
blish their power to protect their secalled right.. This
new system they hoped to make the basis of another and a
very different Union. The struggle which has followed is
then, as you must see, not simply on their side to gain inde-
pendence for themselves, but rather to perpetuate their
ability. to deprive other people of theirs. It actually
still involves the whole question of free inch-
tations in America. Either the new principle set
up will be established, or it most fail. If the
former, what is to become of freedom ? If the latter, where
will slavery be? Such is • plain statement of the issue as
it has been made up on both sides. If this be true, surely
such a conflict as has grown out of it, however much it may
be honestly deprecated, cannot but be regarded as involving
moral consequences of magnitude sufficient to deserve the
respect of all right-minded men. I trust that yon will now
see the connexion which exists between the mainteemee of
the President's first political and his later mamma The
policy of the rebellion ia to perpetuate slavery by first dis-
solving the Union. That of the Union is, en the eoutrary,
to uproot slavery as its only safeguard smiths, future at-
tack
upon the pruiciples of freedom. Hence the absolute ne-
cessity far the first aeal of the Preideat in support of
the Union, and, secondly, for the proclamation. Had the
resistance to the Union been less vigorously conducted, the
adoption of seek a measure on the last just yet might have
been more questionable. It Wed have been still possible
• . te-geadtiet• the treatment of the evil by adopting semdisertn
to soften the severity of its operation with time. As it is,
I thick few people in Europe now doubt that the course of
things is set against the permanence of slavery in America.
The seatiment of the civilised world pronounces its doom.
If so, greatly as this bloody war is to be lamented, will ft
not be hereafter reckoned among that elms of civil
convidakes, well known in history, which have brought
to the futurity of the human race an ample reward
for the sacrifice and sufferings of their pretleoss-
*ors ? It gives me much emiouragement to meet
the survivors and successors of those who carried through
in triumph the noble struggle for the abolition of the slave
trade, and the emancipation of slaves in the British role
mu But I trust I may be permitted not to forget the
violent riddance you bad to encounter during a long term
of yews, before you arrived at success. I cannot but reflect
how the lime of Clarkson and Wilberforce were spent is
the arduous task of surtmentieg the difficulties which
interest and ignorance, and even tweed error, interposed ia
their path, as they do indeed in that of all ;ret reforms.
The sine obstacles are now expedited in' America,
only complicated a thousandfold with
sod political questions of a magnitude that
threatens the very foundations of civil society.
If, thee, the policy which has been adopted there
do not at first idAt appear precisely to square with that
which you at a datum, and from your more simple expe-
rience, may imagine the beat and most direct, I think the
labours and Willtiolle of those in the United Mates, who
have for so long a course of years steadily adhered to the
main object of rescuing their country from the great peril
in which slavery has involved it, should be fairly regarded
as a pledge to the world that the measures adopted are, on
the whole, likely to be those beet adapted ultimately to
overcome the many obstacles they have been, and stall are,
compelled to meet. I shall take great pleasure, gentlemen,
in transmitting your minute to the President of the United
States.

Mr. Joule C 30171111 said he bad very great pleasure, ea
the son of one who had taken an active part years ago in
promoting negro emancipation, and as himself warmly in-
terested in that movement, to be one of so large and influ-
ential a deputation. He cordially concurred with the sank-
manta expressed In the minute. and warmly rympathierd•
with the remarks which had fallen from his anoelßagy la
reply. He had been delegated by a large cannaittee in
Liverpool to form one of the deputation ; and he was
thankful to my, that although Liverpool had stood rather
prominently fdrward—he might almost say in secession—
laugh)—it had mesa* spoken out unmistakeably in
favour of samacipatioc.l
Mr. B. ROWLEY said that the religious sentiment of the
country was entirely in sympathy with the cause of aboli-
tion. He felt it all the more important to make this ob-
servation because the friends of the anti-slavery cause en-
tertained strong feelings on the subject of war. and because
all must admit bow difficult are the circumstances in which
President Lincoln is pieced, and how limited is oar kaow-
ledge of those peculiar circutustencea. (Hear.)
The Bev. Dr. Burns, Rev. Dr. Waddington, Rev. Sella
Martin, Rev. C. Kirtland, Rev. W. K. Bunting, Rev. Dr.
Tomkins, Mr. K Beale, sad Mr. Phipps, of Tobago, made
some okeervations ern Mb* general subject of the dmericaa
crisis, and the deputation, having thanked his excellency
for his courteous reception,