The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 3, 1862.

men to do the work, and you will seeded In the end.
(Cheers.) I shall not wonder but we shall be met by some
wise politicians by the question—if you tare out this govern-
,' cement, what are you going to dot After the experience of the
last ix mouths, I think there will be no difficulty. (lieu.)
1 think no one will charge me with any ambition of that
kind; but the present provernment meat be brought fairly
to book, and declare either for free trade or against
(Cheers.) We are fairly entitled to say this, that whatever
else may be, we insist upon having a free-trade administra-
tion ; and when I say • free-trade administration, I mean a
body of men who—if they are to be the men who are now
in office—shall distinctly and emphatically repudiate
ell the ideas they have been promulpting to their past
lives upon this question. (Cheers.) We have seen that
done before by greater and better men this they—(hear,
hear)--and b forbid that I should my is these times—
in these times of marvellous change, when the world is un-
dergoing transformations almost like the kaleidoscope—
when we see such incidents occurring as we do to
upset ell calculations in the physical world —b
forbid that I should not allow men at the eleseuth hour,
and at the eleven and three-quarter hour to recent all that
they have said upon a Subject like protection. (Hear,
hear.) Hut they must be emphatic. They must say that
free trade does not lower wages ; they must say that free
trade does not muse the drain of geld from this
country. (Hear hear.) They meet my that this
trade does not throw the land out of cultivation in this then.
try. Thiry must say that the land is still worth something;
and they must say good wheat has not been imported into
this country, andeannot be imported, at 245. per quarter.
We must ihave no accompaniment about compensation.
(Hear, hear.) You look in your dictionaries and see what
the word " compensation" means, and then you will soy—
a there is any compeaeatiow due at all, it is to those people
who, from 1816 down to 1846, were kept epos short com-
mons by the aristocracy. (Loud cheers, and laughter.)
Recollect that when we launched our league we adopted
for our motto—" Total, immediate, and unconditional
repeal." I(Hsar, bear.) Compensation ! (Laughter )
Well, hot deny that there is any loge. (Laughter.) Now,
I boldly declare, and challenge the adversary to deny
it, I declare that the value of land in this
country—ofeeirimiltural land in thisoonntry—taking enemas
with another in one county and another, the /slue of land
in the country is greater now than it was in 1844. (Loud
cheers.) I don't mean to gay there are not particular eases'
where, for instance, some of the great landed proprietors
were foolish enough to prevent railroads sada( ilRe their
aeighbourhood. 'Well, I do not mean to say there may not
be even POMO empty mansions, and stagnant country towns.
That is the fault of those who opposed railroads as they do
free trade, and everything else that's good. (Laughter.)
But that is more than compensated by the vast
increase in the value of land where railroads
have been allowed to run ; but taking one with
another, I am prepared to maintain, and to prove,
that the value of land has not diminished since 1844,
before the menhirs were touched by Sir Robert Peel for
the last time. But if the value of land ism deeremed, have
not the landowners had not their share of seespdeation
already in the advantages which free trade has given to
them in the price of living, and in other ways / (Hear.)
And, besides' if they had had no such advantages, I main-
tain this, that no body of men, no class its this country, can
have a vested interest in laws. ladividuala may have, I
grant, a kind of patent right sad benefit, and may be can-
alise to compensation, if their individual vested interests are
invaded for the benefit of the community at large;
but damsel, great clause of the community—each as mann
factures, or drapers, or greeds, or any other clam, can have
no vested interest in laws which affect their pumice. Take,
for instance, the ease of lawyers. We have lately had great
changes in the law. We have had John Doe and Richard'
Roe abolished—and yet the lawyers never asked for com-
pensation. (Laughter and cheers.) No, there must be no
compensation; and the party who holds dice in a free
trade reentry like this must also be prepared
to aim out free trade to its legitimate coast,
comm. They meet be prepared to advocate free
Made, 61 mem In avow of it, not te sneer of the
Weashester seisel—(4 Vass Never mind")—but to
peethemeelme to the MeadmeMe Wool to learn their loo-
se& (Chews.) We mast he alb to present before the
world a leyerament which, when It meets foreigners, as it
does in the r foreign feistier, Mel he able to show them
the ream we ere free traders, and to lay before them, with
indoor, and portiessity, from
_year to year, the (mita of
free trade is this errantry. Could an ambaseador be
better employed Men in conveying quietly to those minis-
ters et hafien states with whom be is la friendly
relation—ism yeas to year—the statistical traits of tree
trade in this senotey t Can anything be more eonvincing—
can anytideeM meat satisfactory to a treasurer and a
Chancellor etas Norlaqs“ than for a Chaseellor of the
Exchequer in Neelleed to take rare that he should know,
through the theeles einbarador, that the revenue of this
essatry had itepreved rather than fallen et la anuequence
of hue tole f (Cheers.) And hew an yea expect a
Chameller of the Exchequer to do that so longs he is still
adhering to the principals he has always expressed, that free
trade was nu to tavola, a great tallies dr in the revenue ?
You must have a eoversonest which sot may avows itself
is favour et hes trade, tot one whialt lt smetood to pro-
mote the extends. of the prioulple to Its Ifeßlimits, and in
all its nunificatiess sod cossoeuesess. (Cheers.) For in-
stance, I am very mush soured at because I sometimes
couple with free trade the question et pros with other
countries. (Hear, hear.) I am cob'. fteemoth. that I am
Utepsaa, whereas I am only carrying met peoMeally what
all who believe in free trade suppers theseetisolly ; for I
never beard mfrstrade sposch,-the pewees*. et which did
not dad up with an allusion to the goot suet it was
likely te ream diffusing the blealep of pesos and
hammy Houseboat the world. (Closes.) Thereter• I am
eel, estrylmjanost the theory to NI logithoste
I say fee trade will ado the matins
reretitplas ea each other, sad that is assesqusee
they veil las mere readily joined It the bards of amity
and tlendtieiw (Cheers.) But I reed not dash) further
es a plat wi7eh has boss so elegantly dwelt ea by a re-
venue Mend sere me, when be abed a biassring on our
mortis" ; a gisdenme wain I bear seat susessave time
with harramed pientere, and who Ire ever boss the elo-
quent and advocate et mead principles.
(Chasm) alie se thas. but have a s he
the faith Oat It Is me. • MO OM Bee Wader iesets re as
trompithei hat ha this mummy, sad as this is the
esiamostill reentry in the world, its ex s& past TI::
hoard by ethos, and thus friendly hefty will be
al ever the world. (Hear hem) What I
larZelahsiset the sediestiss of a *ma bus the natural
eenedumen of same red alb& I asly ask It I have to
wird op by Wpm a leutimaso—l ash yes to dothis,
to watch our la parliament, and, as you tame
has all parts of the kingpieni, and have no doubt had a
ides in the -eleselite pf 'laid's& members of par-
titive; I ask yellir hap your a)e shilly 'upon u all,
and, if there be asy ill rig on Mb guestios, any put.
=of he dad millarast to auther aeries to amomme-
-110111111•1 Orpte% I hope you w ill admarata us
to do our deVONA WM OM esetiaents I elm yea • No-
inent.—p" The wire tau sent free.tride mem-
bers to Meseing
The Cs tsparred Ile .)
matinient from the
chair, andseid, I beg leave to memest with the sentiment
a distinguished Mend of ens% oboe face, I recollect, was
at the &et antkaerlaw largust is the Corn Ruben"
itenstrarter. tad who he many yews hie represented the
isegest netts 111••••0s11• asnatitsereise—l seen Bit Wil-
ral4
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Br Inieni CLAY said, the hest which has been
giver bra the oh* is. "the essitituassies who have
returned free-realm to the maw parliament." Ladies
sad gadhatis I will rat rouble you with radars
I have roved had use the Manse. Than whom
Dam rho besiewit of whlnsobai have not been hares.
the to Om% and yea mast be periwig aware that the
rundemariet wise IMO retained hashed* nimbus sow
pesimmit dos* haves
cM evarT large conatitst.
-op ofas ( . sq. Hama without
'=e6see 6 ono le whisk I will allude
ad mho Ism* boa ttst Mon
wf-
irs I am
sees why it is ft pestepelher4:issmit be dillselt,
thank at idealised it weld set be pair&
but. with &et emptedior. awry greet Mau seadidesey is
thildnaism les estdred hestraile mesabers paellammit •
and them esselliusedee. ts se tensely proussusi
egives mid te—the aphids. the deep-seatedeon.&sifts, setts astir, pee* at this merry. had. ger-
times. it le been se *eddied detwasiallis 1 met @sly
be hoe Mt% as a vital gustier, been hag Mew the
emote,. list &oblate NW*: r and &that he ushered
that quities to Ike &aldose tbeemeditsissies ; est they
have dodged. Bat what Ms tees the t ar& the entire
vein at die people at Zeiler& baligfflomparseedof
es behalf
= =sirs et tree
my htrade ? Irb,as Mom toesSemzeat
en. Meat h se well
Hi bee eke said sr* I agree with him. that the due for
arise Me aimy soil the time for moment hes bees kid
due ashoserd. Why, ratlines. W misatente la farmer
of • peetaides have bees keg away ids
Oat hroharrooma where ess asommulatd- the exploded
hilades rad the Beeson emptier at the pest. (Chows.)
Are with regard te the me g whir Mu
they are fest variety" him err view. Itur salreth=
same difileelt to most a pat proteedeaist. They will very
its* dissupser Ora war view in the dens ftegarif7 of
distesm. I waohqbo say they weed Ism eimeroly
is the pase—(a at a greatems, idles irestle-
mess. Ms dread word . loom" to what
he eleoseeketse great eltseta Now, I believe
that maiss can lie amebae than reseseisedet salesmen,
and may deirtts:peras mho thus melts still.
giA4C42 air win gess alto pima in our
with usrelde perma. what some of
es may sail recollect in early days—sostiemes with pow-
dered heads and pigulb, with haarrimaides and top-
end whose thief dellitiaesatlemen, I believe
bwesis la kiss waistcoats. ) Now, gentleman,
U this be the state °plaice, and it is
so satrieuely so, that I ahead ashamed of detaining you
by allbwieg any proofs that it ie so—if this be the present
silo of petite °pities, it has not always been so. The
time. es ear 11111•611111• la his able address reminded you is
set remote, mhos title great question first asuuned its tine
Indsdaste. There was a time, mot remote, when one large
pest et the maple of Ragland were ill informed on the
eubjeetj NMI • yet larger.;part, cold or indifferent.
Why, I can myself remember when, some fifteen years
dam, I myself proposed in the House of Commons the
repeal el Ifs earn laws. (Cheers.) For I am, ladies and
=atbrwour humble yet early and a anions
the vineyard—l i an
on myself remember when I
brought forward that motion, that I should have been well
pineal to obtain the emooaregenteat and support of that
peat
our constituency which then, as now, I had the
to represent. I could au obtain it ; they were
beta few friends, who gave me any encouragement, unto-
Mika or support. But what is the fact Row ? We have
madly had in that great borough • very keg sad Berm

Mutest. There were five candidates ; they represented
greet differences of opinion, but they were all, to a tun,
free-traders. (Cheers.) Nor tared a man, whatever were
• his principles, have presented himself to that, the largest
borough constitamey in the kingdom, if a doubt bad hung
over the sincerity of his devotion to the free-trade principle.
Why one of the very first friends I applied to at the cow-
menoement of that easiest was a man of vast possessions, yet
more highly respected for character ; engaged to • great
extent in common* ; the largest—if not the largest, among
the very largest shipowners in the kingdom—that class
among which protectionist prejudices have the longest lin-
gered. What was it be said to me—he who once Ld es-
tertained different opinions ? lie, speaking the voice of
one of those parishes which constitute the port of London—
he said to me—" Give y'ourselves no trouble here ; we are
all free traders." (Cheers ) Well, now, gentlemen,
if this be now the state of the oonatititeMdee, to what
is this vest, this blessed change, mainly owing I
It is owing, in my calm and deliberate opinion,
the opinion of no inattentive observer of the events that
bare upon that quintioo, in which I have taken so deep an
interest—it is my calm and deliberate opinion, and 1 em
glad to have this public adgrave occasion f stating it—
that it is mainly owing to the men of Maochteter—(hear,
hear)—to the Anti Cora Law League ; and first in that
league, preordain the incarnation, if I may use the term,
of that league to the eye of England—the honourable
friend who is near mo—whom I used not name, fur his
name has become a household word. :It is from the
battle-Held on which you have planted your victorious
standard that the friends of civil 'ingress and constitutional
reform must advance to further tiiumpbs. (Loud and pro-
longed chemise.)
The CHAIRMAN said the next toast I have on the list
is The Anti-Corn Law League ;" and I shall call upon
Mr. Bright to respond. (Vehement and long-continued
abeering.)
Mr. JOHN BRIGHT then rose to propose the toast of
" Free Trade." In doing so he said—lf any man says that we
were wrong in re-organising the League, let him refer
for one moment to the facts. Lord Derby I
the notorious and unscrupulous leader of the moat i
runt party came into office. (Hear, hear.) It is difficult
to say how he came there. (Laughter.) I have heard of
generals surrendering with whole armies at discretion. I
am not sure that the leader of the house did not surrender
without discretion. Some say his staff was disordered
—(laughter)—some say his troop mutinied—(laughter)
some felt that they were almost as often led into
the rinks Of the foe as led against them. But
whet be the reason, somehow or other Lord Derby
came into office. (Hear.) We heard protection blasts, and
finally Lord Palmerston offered himself as the great trum-
peter, and the walla of the whig Jericho fell at since to the
ground. But, having Lord Derby in office, We representa-
tive of • great, though • mistaken, policy, we hear nothing
of that policy. (Hear, hear.) When the reform ministry
came into office, everybody talked about reform—the fol-
lowers of the government were encouraged to talk about
reform ; when Sir Robert Peel came into office on his tem-
porary reeignatioa seven years ago, everybody talked about
tree trade ; but sow we are in this position, that we have un-'
deniably • protection ministry in power, but we are blamed
and the followers of that ministry are positively hooted if
they say • single word about the question of protection. A
protection meeting is • thing now not to be thought of;
but, in fact, I believe it is considered to be as dangerous •
thing as a convocation of the clergy. (Tremendous cheesy.)
It is not expected to end in • very harmonious and rational
discussion of public policy, but to end in confusion
and disgrace to all concerned in it. (Loud cheers.)
The chairman of the pnblicatioa committee of the poteetion
society that ones met at 17, 014 Broad-street, is now trans-
formed into • Secretary of the Admiralty. (Laughter.)
Major Bamford, who was whipper-in to the protection
party, is now Secretary at War, and if he does not bold his
tongue somebody will have to perform the duty of whipper-
out. (Laughter.) Mr. Christopher, one of the members
of the county of Lincoln, is by some wonderful transforma-
tion made Chneellor of the Duchy of Lancaster. (Laugh-
ter.) Mr. Bankes, who declared that free trade would be
the ruin of Dorsetabire, is now made judge-advocate. Sir
John Trollop., mother eminent protectionist, is now at
the head of the poor law board, and Lord Na.., son of
Lord Mayo, who recently took the case of the eons
millets ander his protection, is now Secretary of Ireland.
Mr. Herrin, who was the atna of the skipping, is now
the president of the India Bond; Sir John Pakington, who
took the sow plasters urn his special protection, has
bees raked been the entmenlona et bills for the regula-
tion id beeakemes, to the nt of 40 colonies.
, and bed tires.), finally, Mr. Diaraeli—
atiletrareghter, nears, sad wise of " Oh, oh ")—the
patron of all these monoplies, the propounder of every kind
of fantastic scheme for the asenessesat of the country gentle
men— (Laug h ter)--and the benthmeisseme of the turners—
(Laughter)—he to • mamba et the Cabinet and Chancellor
of the Exchequer—(Hear, sad laughter)—• whig poet
wrote • couple of lines alien the whits which may now be
very fairly applied to the patemtiesist party—
As am aa Sows ensteing ens to hen
ao, mulles hie nos the amen are dust.
(Loud laughter.) It is quite fame& that there may be
farmers and others through the einatry who are convinced
that protection is sound polity, sad the present men in office
euouraged them in that delve se. Now, I ask these
farmers of what adventage it is to them that these talking
oratorical protectionists should bonne dumb dogs, which
cannot bark when in service. (Hoc) I lath for nothing
less than • great and moot interesting breach
of promise ease, in which ships. colonies, and
commerce will be plaintiffs, and Mr. Disraeli will
be defendant, and will have to meet the complaint of those
fair ladies at once. (Chun) Now, compare the position
which we free traders cute., as compared with the
eaknewledgn and sterol statesman statesman of this couotry.
Up to the autumn of 1846 whiz' and eerie. as • body
were I. favour of protection- .say, for anything we have
eon to the contrary, Lord Derby and his partisans, the
wassery geatleara, are otectionist still. (Hear.)
lasseA One Ns% when Sit William Clay came down
to Mannweee, to attend the meeting which was held in
the Ors Besiangti which was just as good as it le at this
lallalaa. lea what is more, every man who had examined
the tuna% sad was copible of appreciating principles of
Inn seem eel of femme jamas*, knew as well as
sew, Net the we cilia Anthems Law League meld sot
be answered, and the the law wee es *est a
law as in our ,spathes and country we had dr
scribed it. (Hear, hem) But the fact is, we are
not elmeseass. (A. lenalistisersWe are cotton sidemen
ehtpheeare▪ mtialMem se all kinds, and peofemnraltilder%
maw were statesmen, nor did we pretend to be so.
(Laughter) In this country there is a great 'Mph W-
eisman wise the paths et Industry sod the paths
or Meths% althesgh lie llta =il:
=I have eight ewe awe; sad
have hiss woos, and sae hes not yet pet ifhrw
we tself
ia the eight. yet re told that we ass
set Malema. end that those men who could
net see whet was ad right, ia this great funda-
mental sad quessaiss—that they only are enti-
tled le cerm ea the pelities! bunter el this nation.
falebson.o..) The fast is we have se hereditary nee e. (Load
.) We have a Jacobin Club. (Hear, hoar.)
Thee you have on the authority or a ration= who is a
member of the Privy Council an of the Ca-
elChassellse ef the Beekequer and leader
heel a hes minority of tae House of
Oemmens. Mess, less.) Why, if man mil se
a lambi. sluts, he awe Oak it not asekesst with il
to the throne my that the pevie of this sonseiy=
not he sleeved. (Haar, hear.) We will Meth him whether
we are • Imelda dab sr net. (Tmosisui dosing)
Bet we me • dameasey. Lord Derby sags thie. and he
meet be • high authority, for his blood he twelve gown.
thee has flown at the high level of aa emblem ; but not
al/ tha mare= efLord Derby ever did the earelseassaidth
poet Ie alve tamiset ad asa to the worry that
we, the &mow given thm Lague have erne
during the lest rue. (Greet diseeleg.)
The feet is that we, the iniestrial pee* ef
the eitseemasy ea our basks. (Chstigitri
lasizater.) Vadee year representative system hea-
dway wed Bliesighent are dwarfed in the Home of
Comma te the dimsniens of Harwich, Thetford, and
Tosser, the mistimdeny of whish_plasee is see mud
to that of • ekes trawl la Marishasere. (Ease, ham.) Now
I an of oplaka theegeasa whim then a • papeletha guided by
is wealth sad telli them rise • tree erestitatisa,
skald there be tie mast power, and If that be nee greeted,
then de I say that the semetitution is a sham sad em=
easheisa as impedliea. (Lost elesees.) I em set vaster
that we should have ether greet olioh4=e
jeMe. I lave bed so .meek el gellehal that
waisaires a meet Imperative tad Ifflara sense of
page would induce me Ite sessiset a with any-
thing of the had. Bet I the believe we owe it to
ty, se to ourselves, that we should learn a lesson
him great moveless* whist' is about to terminate, and
Is make it arise then we heed it he tat ebildren and
est ehildren's risen OD WOWS web emaliorations and
&wages as the eireemeamess et the senstry nay require.
The paleisehm tads doer see alma us to the over-
, throw sistM, eta the dainmelea s dyseely. Our fa-
ther
efreelpartlemasekentadispeek(measieb.
Be it ear I Mail am welds, ft peegleirbe ma
do it—te wrist the rule elks House of Cemes hem •
haggish nobility, and M mare the hating greatness of
thee mesa Oapeeph. a• breed lesedations
elesse) of • free parliament
awl • km
Mr. T. HAZLET p(Geeseeopesed the "leith Members present,
sad ma the Weary of Inked Swish."
Mr. KEOGH mid it was important on the part of the
United Niagara te have the verdict of the Irish members
accurately assatalsed up the question of Free Trade,
and this otemy mamas, and not the least
became of the madame of the present men who now
coapesed Her Majesty's goverment, for at the time the
great battle was successfully fought, efforts were made in
this pietism of the country to tan away the attention of
the people ikon the voice of those who advised them for
their great advantage • and no shift, or cunning, or
artifice wee left unpractised to destine his fellow country-
men less practised in political knowledge by playing upon
their bitterest in order to induce them to join with
a factions y in a conspiracy to cheat the people of
Great Bahia est of their rights. Notwithstanding the
sophism reeled to an that eseasies, he could proudly
beast of their ends* when he asked the represents tires of
Namibian and others present, whether in this greatstruggle
the Irish members or people deserted them in the con-
test ?—(cheers, and cries of " No") —and the honourable
member then alluded to thews used at the mous of the
present government to power to form a minority into a
majority of the House of Commons, and then asked what
position the country would have been placed in now if Ire-
land had returned 65 members to cottaider what
Mr. Disraeli calls the " irresistible claims" of that
pinion of her Majesty's dominion. (Hear, hear.)
Bat be was happy to say that he believed

thtee-fourthe of the representatives of Ireland were as de
termined as any men in that room to stand—(chi ars)—
through weal and through woe—despite of calumny and
1 obloquy—against any attempt again to tax the food of the
people of this country. (Great cheering) This being the
cue, their position was perfectly secure. After
referring to the conduct of the present govern-
ment, he said that the Irish members were
charged with sympathising with tyranny and des-
potism, but he was there to declare that they sympathised
with no tyranny abroad, and they olaycd no tyranny at
home. (Here the whole company rose, and the
cheering and erasion of handle' rubble lasted for
some time.) Having long experienced, under a
regime for which they were sot answerable,
crushing despotism themselves, they must be bereft of mind,
or devoid of feeling, if they were to sympathise with any
one that tyrannised over the bodies or the conscieuces of
men. (Great cheering.) Tho Hon. F. Berkeley, M.P.,
showed the progress tree trade and liberal principles hail
made in Bristol. Mr. M. Gibson responded to the sentiment,
" That free trade is the best interest of all nations."
He was glad the lieu. member for the West ILding icuo de•
'ermined to pram for a declaration of the sentiments of
minister'. Martin Chumilewit, in the CiEted Suter., met
with a remarkable politician. This gentleman, Major
Pawkim., had a plan, that when it was necessary to make
a change, to strike • moist pen slick through every-
thing and shirt afresh. Now, he thought they ought
to be satisfied with nothing less than that method of recan-
tation by her Majesty's present ministry. (Cheers.)
Lord GODBUICII, M.P., and Mr. CHEETUAII, M.P.,
briefly addressed the meeting, which closed at eleven
o'clock.