The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-19 00:00:00

SPEECH OP MR
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COMMONS. . LOWE 11. P., ON
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AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE GERMANIA.
SOUTHAMPTON, Doi 19.
The Hamburg and American Company's steam
Germania, from Now York on the Bth inst., has
arrived with 116 passengers for this port, Havre,
and Hamburg, 55 sacks of mails for England,
163,500 dole. for London, 395,134 dole. for
France, and 2,000 dole. for Hamburg.
Throughout the passage she experienced heavy
westerly gales. On the 15th the aind shifted to
the west-south-west, and the sea rose to a tremend-
ous height, sweeping the Germania's deck. The
wheel-house and both the wheels were carried
away and washed overboard, two of the quarter
boats were smashed, and several of the crew seri-
ously injured, but no lives were lost. The sky-
lights were broken, and much water poured into
I the ship's cabins.

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAI
SUEZ, De LS.
c. 16.
The Golconda arrived at 9 a.m. to-day (due on
the 18th).
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OUTWARD MAIL OF NOV. 27— DEC. 3.
The Delhi left Suez for Bombay at 6 a.m. on the
3th :net.

Ste btnqnet given last evening by the Merchant
Taylors' Company,
The Mania proposed "The Two Houma of Parliament,*
coupling with the toast the name of • gentleman who, fa
spite of the clamour of faction, and of all that wrested
demagogues were able to say, had dewed well of kis
oountry, and earned the gratitude of his f snow-chines—
Mr. Lowe. (Cheers.)
Mr. Lows said—There was a time when no man coall
have thrown upon him en easier or a more agreeable Ma
than that of returning thanks for the House of Cosmoses,
It was, in fact, • sort of rhetorioal bed of roses The syspa
this. of the audience went so heartily with the efforts of tie
orator, his feelings and those of the nation were so esti*
in unison, that the man must indeed have been a now ki
his art who could not command a cordial approval Lm
every assembly while descanting on such a theme. Bit
times are changed. The House of Commons, which used
to be the admiration of most foreign countries, end na
pride and glory of our own, the cynosure of our Mons
lions, the gem of our history, so that at the very name d
it every English heart best more proudly—that inants*.
which we have cherished for 600 years, and which deist
those 600 years has ripened, matured, amplified, expended
until we thought we had made it an instrument of govee.
meat such as the world had never seen before pleadings
bands of any nation—that noble institution is boom*,
scoffing and a by-word among certain classes in theme*.
ye Hear, hear," and laughter.) It has become among Am
persons the target at which every shaft is aimed, the bg
whichtheylike to drag and trample upon. (Her.) It is sr*
no common emotion, then, that I rise to return thanks i
the toast which yon have so kindly received. la lay
humble judgment the House of Commons has not the*
the moms received that treatment from eremblin et
Englishmen to which its glorious past and its most odd
and industrious present fairly entitle it. (Hear, hear.) r
have never asked more for the House of Cosmos thee
this, that it should be tried by the same test as is appliogie
all other institutions in this country ; that if it is objesiar
to people should point out in what respect it he failed; if
it is thought to have failed, that the specific feats vi
have led to its failure should be pointed out, end thy
remedies should also be suggested, not vaguely sad elm%
but specifically and definitely. This is the amasses I ken
given. It has never been replied to, and therefore, id.
WitliStoiLaillg all the obloquy poured upon us—lmelda
standing that some attics have not been satisfied with pea
ing in review our intellectual defects, but have sea den
earthed our physical deformities, so that we, who foe on
ages are, perhaps, as good-looking as other people, an pi,
holy denounced as little-minded, hump-backed, mew*
scoundrels—(laughter}—notwithstanding all this deem
I will venture to speak up for the House of Commas, sag
will ay that you will probably get a worse before yos post
a better. (Cheers.) I will say further that in the ROM
of Commons you have an assembly eminently intellmat,
and that no one acquainted with its debate coo ti
-
to be surprised how admirably members who as
not in the habit of addressing the home may
themselves with ability when it is necessary the ter
should speak, though they may not have bad Miami
energy or adequate inducement before to display that ebi.
80,. (Hear.) It is also eminently business-like. and Ido
not believe there is an assemblyin the world which gm
through the same amount' of labour with the lams meet
of care, attention, and ability. (Hear, hear.) Then a lea
orderly assembly. Though it is more MUMMA this sey
other assembly, it keeps its members in order, or mask he
speaker so to do better than any assembly which era
existed ; anti this, without the aid of • bell, eine
the necessity every now and then of suspending=
for half an hour ; short, without any of those
devices whieh are required elsewhere. (" Hear,"andslegt)
I will say, moreover, that as a body we are pun; oar heals
are clean ;no wire-pullers," no " lobbyers" frequent on
lobbies to induce us to prostitute our high offiess for the
purpose of individual gain. (Hear, hear.) Then I Stahl
may also say that in the course of the last 30 years the
House of Commons has erected a durable monument to its
own memory in the improvements which it has redo ia
our government. (Hear, hear.) No institution is yofiwa
and we have our defects. But I recur to the point I sued
with—before you change us away make quite sum theme
are going to get something better in exchange. (Cheesy
Remember, the House of Commons amalgamate withal
parts
psizithe government. If you injure it you injure ever
ent of the public service, from the highest to the
lowest. My voice was therefore raised strongly se
against all change, but against any change the we
hasty and illeonsidered, because every change is
irrevocable ; and if • wrong step be taken, it s
no means to be measured by the direct inysty
which it omissions, but the mischief which it works is&
raptly cannot be calculated. (Cheers.) Al this, thereto.,
is the first opportunity which I have bad for many mouth
of speaking in public upon thesej I am moat auks
to express the hope that things will be well coat
dared and cautiously dealt with. (Hear, Imar.) Like
every good Englishman, I am prepared to her to
the majority of the intelligence -and people,: the
country ; and I have no doubt that whatever do, if
deliberately done, will be well done. But as.
thing be done in have and hurry. Let us think well o
parting with the certain good we seek
el
the very doubtful good which is promised in aches
for it. (Cheers.) The House of Peen is of coarse I.
volved in every consideration I have mentioned. Ow
great problem to be thought over isthis,—are you mod
to part with the House of Peers, sad, i are
f not, es est
bound to see that any change you may make in the oak
tution of the House of suc
h a nano ne
it will be enabled still to work on in rmosouitte
House of Peers ? (Har, hear.) With these
I beg to return my most sincere thanks for the foes
which you, at least, are still inclined to show to those eel
venerable and, I think, most beneficial instituters (leul
cheers.)
The Bench and the Bo'
The MARTEN next proposed "
The LORD CHIEF JESTICS of the Common Pleas Or
Williaim Bovill) expressed the satisfaction with whisk is
had listened to the remarks of the right hoe. geslisi'l
(Mr. Lowe), to whom the country was so gee* le
debted for his efforts to preserve the blessings of Ms"
stitution. Having heard the 'peaches delivered by yr,
right hon. gentleman in the House of Commons, be eon
never forget the impression which they had producel sir
rettliithis distinguishedevening co
assemtdbdlyn;otanado tbheesetterwounho bad
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memory by the perusal of those speeches.
Vice-Chancellor Sir Rimini) DIALINS al
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and referred to the signal services which
However le
gentleman had rendered to his country.
might be decried in what were called popular
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resawathi

With reference to a report which has h,
Transport-office at Somerset-house, anregar d whichto th.
lie
also been circulated at Lloyd's, in d
Golden Fleece transport, it appears that s pieced
paper in a bottle was picked up by a coastguards.
atßock-end, Isle of Wight, on the 10th of Decem-
ber, containing these words, " Pleasee
dow sendn
emir
thing, for the Golden Fleece has gon
100 soldiers and 52 men, at a little past Poem*s
(this word not plainly written). This roust be
wicked hoax. The bottle could only have bees
thrown overboard during the voyage Made by as
Golden Fleece from Portsmouth to Cork on theft*
of ovember. landedyag was
on
inssfeili
and the men at Cork on the 21st of Novito
ber. The Golden Fleece has since then embeitlf
regiment, with more than 700 men, women, Oa
children, and sailed from Cork on the
201 d
November direct to China. She could not him
been near Portreath, which is on the noellreit
coast of Corr wall, on her voyage to Chino, uelPt
intentionally, and must in such case have
bets
seen and spoken by many vessels.
THE PONS AND THE POLES.—We read is
Nazioste—" On the 7th inst. the Secretary of State dini
bated to the diplomatic body a large volume of 3134
pages, entitled, ' Documentary statements re•Podaf 11*,
constant endeavours of the Sovereign Pontiff to row
the ills suffered by the catholic church in the doslske
of Russia and Poland.' The volume contains • bat&
diplomatic documents, commencing with the note &kr"'
in Rome into the hands of the EUIperOT of Russia himself,*
the 13th of December, 1845, by his Holiness Willi
XVI., and the reply given fret i mom on the r
the same month. The documents seek to
that the Pope has always counselled the Cat
Poland to render unto Caesar that which is Crisis, flatb,
has always condemned revolution, and ILPP°I' tad
encyclical of the 15th of August, 1822, to all the
world, and the testimony of Prince to
to
meats terminate with the pontcal allocuticn
28th October, 1888. The book is preceded by
do
a kg.
face, in which is made known the great activity rri
by tho Pope in order to alleviate the evils of the
in those those countries."
The most absurd story is now current lel t-
as to Cardinal Richelien's head. It appears thil
ci-derant deputy, M. Armee, who presented the It%
meat with the mask which was enclosed in the
tomb at the Sorbonne with so much pomp last 54:t
is not the only person who flatters himself be has
table and genuine article. An opposition head is
session of another senator, M. IderiniCe, who
dreams that his ill the real head, and roduc°l
of old pezelienent documents in defence of his ocsa%