The Express.
London, England, 1858-04-29 00:00:00

GOVAILIIMENT Pi

OP THE PHEW.

A Lister° was delivered last evening at St.
Martate.ball, by Mr. N. J. &cc', harristeesiblatr, in of
of the lima whkit has been =inhibited ffir the dime
Mr. Tensaw, Mr. Tehernswild, and others who nap be pro-
ceeded ‘in like sionnar. The seminkies,
dime if the taro
=lst ben MEM te Mr tiCrimulehlit pmescrailene oe
matempleind the pverstasent; they lave, t.
Woad ihimemdres into a Press PromonMoe Be~ee Corn.
WOO; nod ask Abets will be arected to the protection of
seek poen= (big preesedel far ells= involving the
liberty ot the pros) wheat ads shall upon oonsideretien be
deemed worthy of spport.
_The obi= at the esomdllas is
a= merely to r_ot individuals fres tho egression et pro-
emnidens mrs wkit the valet sat antheity = the
mot= hefts Mks disposal the po.s= of the nation
to appose to as slender mass of a private en.;. but they
demi it • pa* duty to taterveme, bet the sacred primeipie
of the liberty =wad waffer is the persons. thus
ne ett• the of et pronsentioes.
Mr. P. A. •YLOZ having tom voted to the ellair, said
sebiset was coe which ask= sun feeling is alb eines.
Beery ter Mortikentes would epee that II was the right of
1:81Ze froa* to amass sad *Wan their • *alms ft-
las overthrow of nrenay sad the seeddilumest of
any country. (Cheers.)
Mr. thscs mid the alleged libels now pueseonted
bite government wove lemma compared wieh eame
n that had a daily paper under the
prod" Au." T biters were not
bet Mr. vs and Kr. Tchornewild were
presented became they were poor book/Belie= keeping mall
'hops. (Chem.) The mason was that Louis Bona-
pones power was not then secure ; now that the
*yrd was oonsolidsted, each publications were pro-
a . But our liberties never would be eels until
patine opinion was prepared to interdict mush proescations
altogether. Our foreign policy had been to belly the week
and crouch to the strong ; and the same policy wee. adopted
in the selection of victims for prosecution (Hear, hoer.)
There was in reality no greater liberty of the peso, by law,
In *gland than in Morocco ; but for pablk =Mien tbs
peer might at any time be cradled beneath judge-mad* law.
How often It occurred that innocent pence. were reined by
the necessary costs of their defence (Hear, hear.) The
lector* then detailed the circumstances of the prosecution
against Peltier and contended that the Emperor of France
tou the poor refugee
ght to have been loft to inetitute his
own bon
and the bookseller in Strand.
°(Chlet .) It was profoundly melancholy to see our govern-
meet lending a helping hand to a sucamsful tyrant, and to
know that two of our ocuatrymen had been Nuffield to Me for
months in a Neapolitan dungeon bows our governemnt
was in allianos with continental *pots. (Cheers.)
Kr. NICOLAT maid a VOW of thmb to the homer, and
alluded to Mr. Edwin James, who was in the room. This
wee the signal for a bunt of eatituidaetio chewing, and there
were loud cells for " Mr. lames." The learned gentleman
compiled, by edvanolag, and taking his seat on the platform,
when smear ovation was bestowed on him.
The CIAIRMAN; In putting the vote, said there was
truth enough in the lecture for • hundred libels. (Cheers.)
The strongest pansies had been cheered by every one pre-
sent he could only say they were a pretty party for
the Old Bailey. (Cheers.) He did not believe that the
government would dare to press these prceecutimes ; but,
meantime, it was neceessry to provide a sufficient defense

..ciiiirmentste having stated that Dr. Bernard wee pre-
sent, he was also called forward and clamorously cheered.
On appearing on the platform he warmly shook hands with
his advocate, Mr. James, and took a seat by his side.
Mr. E. Janes rose, and the cheering was renewed and kept
up for some time. He said he had little thought of receiving
such an ovation. Next to the conmeiousnees of having dis-
charged his duty u an advocate courageously and conscien-
tiously, the feeling of the English people was the swots-
', Lion be most prised. (Cheers.) He had rejected a retainer
from the mown In the late prosecution, because he believed
that an obtains act of partisans' was sought to
be put in force to planes a foreign
He believed that the verdict on that occasion was justit°4
every prhiciple of law, justice, .humanity, and right. The
judges had never dared to tell the jury on what an obsolete
law it was sought So escrillos Dr. Hamad's life. (Cheers).
He hoped English juries would never submit to be told by
judges, "Yon Ind the facie, and what the law is we'll tell
you by and bye." (Cheer.). He wished toe publicly
his conviction of the entire flOdlOP at Dr. Barnard. The
jury would have dieing:4d themselves for ever if ey had
consigned his honourable Mind to a seatfold. (Cheers.) He
had attended Mr. Black's lecture with a view to borrow
something for his defence of Mr. Truelove. He should dia-
-1 charge his duty fearlsaly and conatentinuily • and he bad
no doubt the jury would do the rms. (Loud Zbeers.)
Thanks were voted to the chairman, and suitably acknow-
ledged.
I Dr. Bssnexth being loudly called for, briefly thanked. the
audience for the good feeling expressed in his behalf. He
observed that than were two parties in England, as every-
where else; but be wee glad to find that the lovers of
were much the most powerful. He publicly thanked Mr.
James for his able advocacy of his cause. If meetings like
this were held all over the country, the liberty of ,Mr. True-
love would be secured. (Cheers.)