The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-18 00:00:00

that quarter. The only way :they could get an efficient 1 point that to touch upon in their capital—(" hear, bear,"
control over the pollee would be by the ertabliehmeat of a ; and Wight's) but, theleas, it is quite true that. In
captivities for Westminster ; sad in furtherance of that I defiance of the Duke of Wellington's letter ie 181 S, wkeeeir.
w,.,_,. , he pointed oat the nakedness of the land, and showed that
object he hoped to be ahle to assist at the meeting "`v° Iwe could be invaded by a powerful nation with en army of
was to take place on Monday neat. As a licensing magi- 400,000 or 500,090 men, and that we could not produce
strati he bad trequatly to complain of the conduct of the I 20,000 men in England, whilst we hid very few *lips to
polite. Limns wars jte„ithd„„ on their ttstininny, contend against an enemy, the whit( g wernatent—and it
bat as often restored on appeal, the police giving evidence owba€B.,aedm.tieli government* lam sorry to say, at the time—
" that "make totally at variance with their ori, army 5,400 meedol eafntralslo.'llefleSe3teiti'vTaar odt teitieneed their
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gas! testimony. No doubt they had received good I have an hesitation in thking that, if we bad eat' the fleet
memo in the meantime for altering their evi- that we have now, with a small addition to it; and when
donee. Them wee no remedy for mot a state of Russia first menaced Turkey, we should have said to
11.11111idic" If you cross the Pruth, the Mediterranean fleet
things but the establishment of local corporations, with an
:Ind
willthe British
il:rormer!:ieetw, insteade ;
efficient control over the police. It had been frequently goesn re:LeLastaaats'ajZfilt.e•
said that the government would be glad to incorporate the Baltic." (Cheers and laughter.) I wish it to ba clearly
metropolitan boroughs. And that if the letter did not ask understood that lam not blaming the government for not
for incorporation it would be made compulsory ea them. acting with more vigour in time, because it was not in their
r; I 't ley escape eit, bre ause
His only hope was that they might hays a child of their after they but
hadwon got thetirthem fia entirely
up, and piraded h
iter at Spit-
owe, and not have one thrust upon them. head, they neglected to send them a little further on. It is
Mr. BIDOOOD moved that a committee be appointed to true, the season was far advaeced, and you all know per-
inquire into the transaction. fectly well that the occupation of the Baltic during winter
ii;zrtfherertleyfoirmtphoesiible, for.,T the simple reason that you can't
Mr. Geasox said that any person acquainted with
parish matters must be aware of the indifference of the had sent a e matee' olePriwt, gmetr.liehmhen4l shidustthrwit,
it:tat:ilia
polies as to the obligation of an oath. And he attributed Well, the Count Nessehode issued a via morePe
their low standard of morality to the system of promotion impertinent manifesto, anti having netted that I dare say ,
you have read the declaration of was with 111:4ii, whien
from the ranks. There were no men more victimised by
is more impudent still. I don't suppose all who are hire
the police than the licensed victualler,. Wh have been much accustomed to treaties and to examine into
a public-konee was situated down a court, the them ; !outmost gentlemen who leave ever attended to that
policeman might be seen walking carelessly up and down question will allow there never was such infamous
the entrance towards the hour of closing, and the potman oonduet, such insolent language used by one nation to
would be observed gliding out with beer or brandy and water irlotb.rr. Now, treetlemeu, let us consider, having stated
remainsl th, rhhtaitrewpirllihbreiptablotticorruseeitywteireTeto Europe
r. yeah
wßuessia
for his refreshment. If the sergeant came up they drank
together, and thole were the men who became inspectors, there was a distance of nearly 200 mile: betweenzy le lefno!
and eventually superintendents. What moral check could tier of Austria sod the frontier of Russia. It' you leek at
a superintendent so appointed have ever his men ? For the map you will find now that they run alongside of each
other for nearly 500 aim ;and if Russia remains in pin-
these reasons he would tell Lord Palmerston that he must
session of the principalities that distance will be nearly
I appoint gentlemen to the office of superintendents, because doubled, and on the Danube her frontier, inane,' of being
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they would have feelings of self-respect, and the men
would not take liberties with them. Having re-
lated one or two anecdotes of the misconduct
of the police, Mr. Beeson said it was well known
that they were everywhere but where they ought to
be ; as the Chancellor of the Exchequer found, to his great
annoyance upon a recent occasion. (Laughter.) He (Mr.
Geeson) bad told Lord Palmerston that if he wanted the
policeman on his beat he had better begin to look for him in
his own kitchen, not forgetting to look in his coal cellar.
(Laughter.) This was the state of things in a parish not
three quarters of a mile square, and which was rated at ten
thousand five hundred a year. He believed the police ser-
vice might be better done for four thousand a year.
The motion was then agreed to, aced a committee ar-
pointed, consisting of Messrs. Bidgood, Watkins, Nelson,
Beene, Nichol', Brown, Smith, Haines, and Taylor.
The RAT. J. E. Kempe, rector, presided.

80 =ilea, will be 300 or 400 miles. Now, let Russia be inc.
established in those principalities, and judging by her con-
duct for many years past, her caotious conduct, beeeese she
is very cautious, and always at the end of every warsequiring
more territory and more power, will any man in this meet-
ing believe for one single moment that if the pox era of Eu-
rope allow Ruibia to posse's :hose principalities, she will
stay there content ? (No, no.) It is contrary to human
netsue—it is contrary to %het has taken place since the
ereation of the world. On she will go till et e get, to Con-
stantinople, and then what a pretty porit:on Europe will he
in. (Hear, bear.) She will have the Baltic to the north,
the Bosphorus and the Dardanelles to the south, end she
will stretch her brawny arms and hug all Europe in her
hideous embrace. (Hear, hear) Well, gentlemen, do you
think she will lugs there ? (No, no.) We here seen that
Mehemet Ali, a servant, I may almost 'ay, of the Sultan,
succeeded in marching from Alexandria across the Taurus,
defeating and destroying the Tarnish armv,aad coming upon
the very hanks of the Bosphorus. Now, if tee Egyptiens
could do that, and if the Ressises get to Censtanti-
nople, may I axe you what is to hin ler them
from marching from there to Levin; and then what be-
comes of your itemise to India, I should like to kilt+ ?
(Hear, hear.) How will your trade he carried on ? How
will yourcummueications be carried on, and how will ell
your manufacturers send your Foods to ? You will
have to return again to the Cape of Good Hope. But in-
stead of that, you have now a free passage moss the
Isthmus •f Suez, which will be blocked up by Russia.
Well, then, will she he satiseed with that We hear
already that she is intriguing in India with sr.r.r.y of the
discontented kings and g eeernors, or whatever you call
them; for really I forget all their names, there are so mint,
of them ; and at some future day India will be destroyed.
I therefore think it is our Jounsen duty, and cot only our
duty, bat ,the duty of France, Austria, cud Prussia, to
gene forward and insist the: Russia immediately evaeu.tes
the Principalities. (Neer, hear.) Now, I have shown
pen what England has done, and what she has net done.
,once has gone with us up to the present moment, but
there is seen danger there. (Hear.) In the lest eastern
question, Louis-Philippe threw us overboard, and that very
nearly brought on a war with France. (Hear, hear.) It is
left to Louis Napoleon now to come forward and assist
England to keep up the balance el power in Europe, but
suppose things go wrong, and *uprose France sees that
Russia will get to Constantinople, has Preece no eye at all
upon Egypt herself; and has France no eye either 'open the
Rhine All these things may take place, and confusion
may arise by the success of Russia. Things may he de-
ranged—there's no knowing how all the powers will go—
every one, perhaps', will look oat for himself ; and I very
much fear, and 1 am sorry to say it, that sr( will not get the
lion's share this time. Our nary ha, been so reduced and
so lowered, so little attention has bern paid during the peace
of 37 years to man it, that when we want men, they are
not to be had. Tne late government voted 5,1:00 men, and
they deserve great credit for se doing ; they ere to friends of
mine—(laughter) nor the whigs either ; but never-
theless the tory government, seeing oar danger, not from
Russia at that time, but from France, came down to parlia-
ment and asked for an addition of 5,0e0 so:liers and 500
seamen, which were granted to them by acclamation.
Even Mr. Cobden himself acknowledged in the House of
Commons that he did not resist it, becaoSe if they bad
asked for 20,000 men it would be granted by Reclamation.
That showed that the people of England did not wish to
expose their wives and families to be destroyed by foreigner's,
and they felt that any power almost, even a setondary
power, in the state we were in, could hare invaded this
country. (A voice—" No, no.") Somebody calls " no."
Let me ask bow we could prevent them ? (Hear, hear.)
France, fur instance, has 540,001) men, and we have 20,000 ;
and is there nemeses of crossing the chance: ? Why, it is
easier to crow the channel than to march into this country,
by mesna of sham vessels. Tee country was not safe;
thank God it is safe now, and I take some credit to my-
self for driving them to make it safe. Coo.) I did
not get much thanks fur it, but you have it now, and you
are all willing to pay for it. Iv there anybody here at this
meeting at the present moment who grudges to pay a half
per cent. more of his capitol, to ensure safety and tria-
-1 quillity to his hearth and his wife and family ? ("No, no.")
I dare say you have all read Lord Aberdeen's speech the
other day, when he was feasting at the Mansion-house,
after eating the turtle soup. (Laughter.) After being well
entertained there, he said, and said properly, that the policy
of the government was peace, that he would maintain peace
as long as he possibly could do ; that be was reluctant to
go to war, but, U war was demanded—mark you—and
plainly demanded, if consistent with the honour and interest
of this country, he would go to war. (Hear, hear.) Well,
what he meant by that is, if England demands that
he shall go to war, he is ready to go; but Eng-
land will not demand war unless she sees it abso-
lutely necemary for the honour and interest of the
country. You aro all prosperous now, all making
money as fast as you can, particularly in Manchester ; but
you era not quite sure you will make that money if you are
at war. Therefor* there cannot be a doubt that this meet-
ing, and every meeting throughout Great Britain, if they
do follow this, that takes place, will desire peace, and will
not drive the ministry into war, unless it is absolutely neces-
sary. Now, lam just as fond of peace as any of you, and
am almost too old to go to war; but nevertheless, for the
honour of this country, and the interest of this country
demands it, I am perfectly ready to come forward and shed
the last drop of my blood, for the honour and credit of the
British people. (Loud cheers.)
After SOON remarks from Mr. WILLIS and Mr. STORNI',
who were listened to with much impatience, and eventually
ejected from the room,
The resolution was put and carried, with a very few dis-
sentients.
Mr. 8. B. JOHNSON moved the second resolution, which
alleged that the avowed policy of Reggie, and her insidious
encroachments upon aft neighbouring states were at va-
riance with the conimon interests of other countries, and
ought to be resisted by the united efforts of all civilised
nations.

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Mr. H. Ptrronith seconded the resolution.
Mr. D. URQUHART rose to support the motion, and was
received with loud cheers. He said-1 believe we are
met to consider the question whether a crowned Prince
shall or shall not overturn Europe ; and if so, I receive
from Manchester itself the assurance that that very
ancient British lion is not quite extinct. Certain lam of
this, if lam to credit the electric wires of this day, that
the Turkish lion fs not extinct—(hear, hear)—and that it
has given to the bear a most uncomfortable fall.
(Laughter.) Mr. Johnson, in moving this resolu-
tion, asked why it was that Russia had stopped
up the channel of the Danube ? Her reason was
that with Mr. Bright she believed the British lion dead.
(Hear, hear.) We have nothing to do with war or peace ;
we have to do with common sense; and that is wanting.
(Hear, hear.) The man who makes war his principal ob-
, ject is a murderer, but tLe man who refuses to defend his
hominid from injustice is a coward. (Hear, hear.) What
we have to do with now is Russia—her means of action, and
hat sltimate aims. The reason why you are not called at
this WJElent to the last alternative of kings is that the at.
bathed state is equal to its own defence. (Hear, hear.) I
have came to understand the means of Russia's strength,
mad I have learnt to know that her strength was in the
breast of the several states of Europe, in each
et which she has her spy and agent ; and that
is the means by which states are brought low.
have learnt the intelligence of the Russian disasters with
the extremest terror, because I find that in their retreat
they do not go north homewards, but diverge to the left, so
as to take refuge in the Austrian territory. (Hear, hear.)
There you have the explanation of that wonderful revela-
I tion a few weeks ago, that the Russian arm., were wholly
diaorganised, and would be beaten before the Turkish
attack. The rearm was that events had to be hurried;
that the treacherous and villanous decision of our cabinet
on the 13th September having tailed, the Porte having re-
fund the admission of our vessels unless upon conditions,
that then the catastrophe had to be hastened. The gallant
admiral who has preceded me, has given you an extensive
view of the progress of Russia, and not confining him-
self to the limits of the European world, be has
spanned the Himalayas and advanced to Timoar, presented
to you India in agonies, and Asia enveloped as well as Eu-
rope in the embrace and hug of the bear, and he has told
you what is coming for yourselves. He has shown how
your fleets were to be occupied. and his conclusion is that
your government has mansged well, and that you will do
I well to trust them still. Now, sir, I tell sou that every single
statement the gallant admiral has made in the exordium
which led to this conclusion, from the time when be stated
that Russia had been stopped by an English minister not
then in office, up to the last event in which he himself was
concerned in the country—which I beg to say I know as
well u he does, and regarding which 1 shall give very dif-
ferent testimony—in respect to every 914 C of those cvcas I