The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-14 00:00:00

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seal messing of it wag thls—you will obtain your corn from
*breed, end your own Beide at home will remain naculti-
tivated—that was their full prediction—l need not ask
whether that full prediction baa been verified or not. As
far as I my knowledge goes, the fields of this country con-
tinue to be cultivated. (Hen, bear.) I believe that than
who are happy enough to be possessed of any portion of
the land of the country still continue to receive some rent
for the Mod. (Laughter.) In point of fad, it is not only
that they continue to be cultivated, but there is • great deal
better cultivation than OTIL it is not only that they pro-
duos as they did before, but they produce a great
deal more than ever they did ;it is not only that
they produce more than they did before, but that
they produce what is lea in the character of the mere
neoemaries of life, and what is mon in the cheriater et the
oomforts, end In addition in one sense let messy the luxuries°,
life for the moms of the population. It is that which has in-
creased the general program in the condition of the country,
and which has made us dependent:op foreign supply, because
we find it cheaper and better to get our corn from abroad.
But, gentlemen, at the same time there is something I
believe almost unprecedented, nay, as regard' say great
country, something quite unprecedented is the condition of
a nation whose aorameratil position might now be defined
as oars. Nearly one half of the essential food of the people
lof Beaked—l mean grain—is cultivated and raised in other
lends, and perluips I mightsey, independently of food, nearly
one-half, and possibly for aught I know it may be more than
cot-half of the whole materials of the labour of the country
are also produced in other lands. What is the *median at
a country whose industry le distinguished by features like
theme ? There is opened to us a vista almost interminable,
because we are not only dependent, but we are unceasingly
dependent on foreign supply. I see indeed, and I see
with joy, in the figures of the custom. revenue
that there is a decreasing duty on foreign grain,
because • small revenue from that source means
abundance at borne, and cheapens in the main essential
element of the substenee of the people. That is the cue
oomparing one year with the years that are nearest to it ;
but if we look a little further, what must we expects Pce
politico and trade have grown enormously, but have they
reached their limits? Have your dock walls reached their
limit ? Hsi the extension of Liverpool reached its limit ?
When I was • child its population was ace hundred thou-
sand, now it has more than quadrupled its number. le
there any reason why the rate of that increase should be
slackened in the future? For my part, I know of none.
If it please God to preserve to us the inestimable blessing of
peace—(lond cheers)—l know no reason why the trade of
the country should not continue to extend with the po-
pulation of this country, and should not continue to grow
along with the growth of the population in mere rumbsn,
cue why the powers end efficacy of the moral agents at work
within it should not also continue to grow in future times
as they happily have grown during the last 30 years—
(cbeers)—and I know no reason why we should refuse to
accept the benefit Providence them offers us in the increase
of numbers, of power, and, as we believe sad trust, of hap-
piness mid virtue, because we see, sod must plainly see, that
it will be and must be accompanied from day to day with in-
creasing dependence on foreign supply. (Cheers.) For,
gentlemen, when we consider the matter, what does depen-
dence upon foreign supply man? It means, I humbly
trust, progress, the substantial progress towards that state
of things which may still be remote, which neither we
nor our children may live to see, but which we
may hope lies in some happy future—that state
of things in which the intercourse between nation and na-
tion, prodnoed by humble industry, the blessed result of that
law of labour which Providence imposed on our first went'
and all their descendants, shall weave • web of kindness by
the incessant action of the interchange of commodities
between country and country—shall diminish progressively
the force of those motives which dispose men to violence
and aggression, and shall progressively surround and in-
crease the power and efficacy of those motives which incline
men to live in concord, amity, and love with one another.
(Loud cheers.) I am not insensible—none of you can be
insensible, and still less can anyone responsible for public
affairs be insensible to the gravity of the questions which
must be encountered in the working out the gnat
problem before us—What is to be the con-
dition of a country with respect to the necessary
element of the means of defence—what is to be the state
of the maritime and international law of the world—how
far the roles hitherto applicable to it. conduct are safe, good,
or evil, or require alteration or modification, by the joint
consent of the nations, in order to meet the exigencies of
coming times. All these are questions which must be
examined, and most be brought in due time to their moie-
ties. But beyond, and above, and beneath, and around
them questions is embraced the destiny of our time, and
the extension of these great laws of industry and exchange
which are • wider and larger fulfilment of the beneficent
design of the Almighty in growing different productions
in different climates and countries of the earth,
My belief is that the law of that extension will prevail, and
that as our dependence on foreign supply Minims we may
become more and more pledged and bound to a policy of
peace and justice, to setting • good example of moderation
and wisdom, and promoting the influence of every principle
that ensures the hippies's both of ourselves and our fellow-
men among the various surrounding nation of the earth.
The right hon. gentleman resumed his seat amidst loud
and enthusiastic cheering. Three cheers were giver' for
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, three for Mrs. Gladstone,
and a vote of thanks to the Mayor closed the proceedings.

At a special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of
Liverpool, held at 11 o'clock, Mr. Grainger, the president,
in the chair, Mr. Horded, M.P., moved, and Mr. Brock!s-
hank seconded, a resolution enrolling the Chancellor of the
Exchequer as an honorary life member of the chamber. This
was carried with acclamation. An eddies, to the right hon.
gentleman was also adopted.
During the whole time that Mr. Gladstone was speaking
at Farnworth the park had bees gradually filling, and at the
close of his speech it contained *deem mar of spectators, co-
vering the whole leegth of the level grousd.The number pre-
sent was estimated at from 50,000 to 80,000, and some guessed
it at not far short of 100,000. Many on the platform had
' never seen so large an assemblage, or one st all approaching
to it, and they stood for some time contemplating its mag-
nitude with undisguised astonishment. Mr. Gladstone
himself even stood to survey, as a crowd, the audience be
had been just addressing, and confessed that his experience
' in estimating numbers in the lobby of the House of Com-
' moos would not assist him to compute the number of
persons before him. The order to the two parties of
volunteers who stood frolic to front, on either side of the
central pathway before the platform, to fire the final
fru de joie, was given io conditional terms, the condition
being, "if you can get room to fire." The volunteers
stood in line, but the people formed a " solid square"
between them. However, the rifles were elevated, and the
feu de joie fired, and the holders of banquet tickets made for
the pavilion, after cheers bad beep given for Mr. Barnes and
Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone. The attention al many was than
turned to the balloon in the gasworks yard, the iodation of
which had made it visible to all the park ; and there was
also a rush to the grand steed and the terrace of papas who
winked to get a good view of the crowd of which they had
formed part.
The streets of Farnworth were illuminated after dark, and
there was a display of fireworks. A balloon ascent, with Mr.
Goddard as seroaut, was fixed for the afternoon, but in
rising it struck against an adjacent building and co/lapsed.
The arcent will consequently be made to-day.
There was nothing during the whole day to mar the pro-
ending&

Sir Stafford Nortbcote, Ravi., delivered an address
on "Schools and School Life," es Wednesday evening, at
the Atheneum, Baiter, before • densely crowded audience ;
Mr. John Sabot presided.
THZ Nsw 1•01 D LICLTINART OF IRELAND.
We usderstaad that his Excellsocy will sot arrive to Ireland
till the last week of the preesat mouth. It is stated is
well informed circles that hie Excellency's appointmeat bad
been formally perfected, but that prior to entering on he
high office he most be made • Privy Councillor, sod be folly
proclaimed in council by the Queen as her Irish Viceroy. It
was expected that a Mined would bare been held at such
time as to admit of his arriving in Dublin this week but it
11 raid that there will be no council at which her Majesty
will preside till the 24th or 25th inst.—fr'rernian's Journal.
THL COLONIAL Bf.CRILTABY. —The Right Hon.
Edward Cardwell M.P., has returned to Oxford, sad eras oa
Wednesday enteetained by the Mayor, Mr. J. R. Carr. The
meet and oontioued visite of the right hoe. gentleman to
bis oonstittimate, and his 00111/01i00 with some of the most
oonspicaons of the liberal party, have led to the intermit.
that • talon with the Niateites is in contemplation. Mr.
Neste has, however, a very large number of iodepeodest
voters on Ids side, ar.cl ia case of an opposition to bimetal
and Mr. Cardwell, be may almost rely on being returned by
plumper% at wthe late Mr. Lawton, in 18tL

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