The Express.
London, England, 1858-08-06 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 6, 1868.,„

MR. W. J. FOX, M.P., AT OLDHAM.

A public meeting wu held on Wednesday even-
lag, at the Working dues Hall, Oldham, to receive from
Mr. Fox one of the member,e for the borough, an sooount of
his parliamentary conduct during the past neselea. The bah
was densely crowded. The meeting was prodded ovw by
Yr. W. KNOT, the president of the Oldham Reform AJIIO-
- ; and there were on the platform several members of
the town council and other gentlemen.

Mr. Fox, who was reosi;ed with loud applause, said he
was very glad to dad Woolf among them, mach more glad
than he would have been to be where he might have been
that day ; for he might have been in the train which
attended the Queen, and which was steering into the port
of Cherbourg. But instead of being in the parliamentary
reties at her hole, he wee face to face with the °mono
of parliaments—(hear, hear)—with those by and kr whom
parliaments, and kings and queens also, existed. !or whit
wen they, but of and for the people, dem they awe
despots that ought to be cleared sway se embratees? (Mem,
beer.) Had be been at Cherbourg, be world lave been
locking en the naval and military power of Frenee,--Mat
rzlwhich kept Hasp a_adety, on :Ake
was at this seemsd eisieg p shamert2
M a Edam at Turkey, wide\ needs Arida_ jokes ef Ile
anonaaey in Italy, m
to which made the Belgians belify
ta=end which pat d mee if is dear
Irk end to the nomeaty of looking at wen
aro el Moo (EI ear hear.) Bat be was Weise
liese white made lapsed a mighty, end whieb pre-
wftfe--eles power el clam Made sal
12tailiflom.40 pat f. II lamina amid *me
eenedry, show that we could ebe as is.
man foe its deem% and that we know how to penmen the
nights end ptAvllegestve es ey. (" Harr, how," and atf=-1
In kb rem dap PION watchword the watchwo of "
to theetatiena, and was the !Apostle of liberty, equality, end
dab=be all eandeles. Now she was the enemy of free-
equality, and bad little fraternity with anything
noble that existed in sump. (Hear, hear.) Then she
Ike bee Jailependenee spinet all Europe I, arms
nestitdembeiddiepellemi whims, it existed,
ens her
ant the sprigs el Irk= sokreseser she could est Ihtlf .
(Hem, brae. ihmely a seder Mathey awaited that great and
pliant hid lessee mob for humanity, end who,
semmated mmy errors, ware more able
to lead the world Iletarls, than they would show themselves
powerful to desk lb degrees. France was made to be a
great adios, smd ementey to be allied with bar ; but
the alliance lend ea be we wee& by diplomacy, nor
created by the peemel Intereemme of sovereigns. Let
Weep sad queens Ides or kith as Beep pleased, but give him
the alliatice ot madam earl net Sat of courts. (Hem
bear.) He wanted to me the ;amide the literati, Mei
nanutsottuare, and the adieu= of England shake hands
with those of Fromm in undid Woo. Let them become
and they woad be am with all that wee free and
theoughod Bums, and lead all Europe on in the
of liberty and humenity. (Hear, hear.) To turn
Is mare
eked
with
be be esebedld het bat call to mind the
memery dens whoa upon that porm,
and when the drew of Oldham retarbed as their relatfamen;
bibs. He wen eat elpseesettrely, but be had iota melds
maimment el lierelt be the Lyceum, and, though dead,
the pad wide white he bed dons yet spoke of him. With
rid lbekti stilt ISr err ktreawrithvngled o high
dealer, m 64 former poserir with
He which
would
endeavour to lathe that event es honourable to his oottatitu-
mis as it wee le lie elf. (Hear, bear.) His remaining
pies and emelleme would all be devoted to the same
• and when Me Mae too should come, he asked for no
has epitaph Men tide :—" Here lies one who while in
pia was the eddied weaver boy of Norwich, and in
ege des repmemve of radios! Oldham:, and in both the
(Howl of freedom erg pesos." (" Hear, hear," and applaud)
During the peat esnion similar questions to those of previous
pees had bra dlemesed, and he had voted upon the princi-
ples by wield he bad always been actuated. After • paring
rehesuce to the reand of the corn laws, he said that in the
eoune of the lid asides ha had given his Anal vote in favour
of the introdnelles of the Jews into the House of Commons.
It was the tfat gellifile on which he spoke in parliamen
dens yule the last on which he spoke in thet, hors akr ekes. The legislature never did a more
Wilm:n admitting the Jaws to a seat in the
al (Hear, bear.) Through eleven yaws
re dame elf had re-elected a men who wee far-
hillihmin Ids lie eat, as an Nerd= of their detanniner
Ms he IVO the gqaeotion with the Lords end Commas ;
(Hear, beer.) The thumb rates
been slashed, but they would be. Men"
brAlellll been add that he had suggested an expedient
w ens siesek What be had said wee that the church,
tesleiles sad laity, might, if it pleased, tax Resit, so
It bebese to tax anybody else. (Hear hear.) The
right cif wattage with a deceased wiles sister bad also been
mooted; and it was opposed mainly on the strength of •
passage in Levitkus, is the same chapter which enacted
capital punishment for the crime of witchcraft. The Derby
Ministry had conceded one point ef the Charter—the aboli-
tion of the property palliation,* sad he hoped that in time
they would concede mom (" Hear bear,- end laughter.)
They could sot tepee say Wield eager immediately ;
bat if they could only see two or three men is their &mock-
frocks on the benches of the House of Commons, ebb: to give
voles to the wants, the wrongs, and the desires of their ekes,
• thesEht the assembly would be mush wee reprenentative
thee It now, or than it ever has bean. (Hear.) To he
✓are something had been doze to nullify this encores, by a
renewal of the Election ExpmemßiU ; which would be abun-
dantly made use of for the purposes of bribery. But the
men of Oldham knew bow to baffle this, and their example
lid IMOD been held up sa • pattern to constitmecies in the
enter, With regard to India, he agreed with the general
plea which were laid down by Mr. Bright in a remark-
able speech. Mr. Bright recommended that the present
bill should be only regarded se temporary that ultimately
the Goverear-Oeneralship of India should 'ls abolished, wad
distinct presidencies cocatituted, and in these respects he
(Mr. Fox) agreed with him Bet he could not coincide In
Mr. Bright's sweeping censure of the East India Cowpony.
It had doubtless committed many errors ; but It must be
recollected that it won the Indian empire while the English
government wee losing the American colonies, and that the
Bilth and Afghan wars end the annewatica of the Puzjaub
wars made in opposition to the directors by the Board
of Control. Hs did not like, however, the intro-
duction of despotism as an element into British
government. The Queen now ruled over millions, and
directed en army over which parliament had no con-
trol. When a company of merchants governed India we
send look on with eomparstive indifference; but It was
ameba thing when despotism became intertwined with
the MOM constitution. He regretted also the enormous
Wee of owruptica by menus of patronage which had been
theme into the hands of government. Powers might be
limed Idiot with which hereafter the patriots of Eng-
ird have to grapple, and they mat look well to It
ihedebeiertiee of &titian:try wore not metered by India.
The led semi= had been remarkable tor the downfall of
em she was Mr a 01110 the most despotic minister that this
country ever SM. (Hear, beer.) At first he (Mr. Fox)
thought that Led Palmerston was the man to bring us
OgenghlfOgreileielegigi• with the Russian empire. But
Muse from his lordship when he found
thall linirrl4lVirparsishment the eriwiesh of the
Ceimea alismedemansgmbat had lob as noble iberay as

we lea the thaw of lielleht—Oiese, hier)—ethen heihked
so macessory quarrel with China, sad when he sand two
British raglanss to linger month after month in Neap°titan
dungeons. And at lest there came the ready submission which
bared to the repeneehth of rasa 61110040 "he traded
&shad as • proutheiel •thweilowy to Two& Thee
Sass who were returned at the hot eiwtha to swat Lord
Telthenton fell away from him, for they want leo trim-
hearted to stand by hint soy tenger, and the Prises Minister
was hurled from his mimeses. (" Beer, bar" end
1=) He we now • forlorn spectacle ft the keno--
r)—fitting with the poor rump of his eas ethainitv
troths ; for all independent men kept aloof frau itch. Bet
although they put Palmeretos on', they ad Met pot Lord
Derby in. That we one of those oonventionol iwgihrho by
which the premiership was tossed like a ball fres ithe Meth-
met to another. Load Derby wee not doing Mlle 116111 it.
Hs had caught it, and would bold it u bag es he Waved
himself. (Laughter.) The gorentment had smidaly teen
way meat readily, In some things, to the r of
liberalism in tho House of Commons, ismsthane via •
good grace and weeetheis with • bad ithe. Gl=
4 tho ministr & y, Lord why, we • sea whim
lofty leaned, sad gammas political pampas as
ini
would diorite. (Beer, kw.) He wished that Lad
wee he wapeny better adapted to him. He beilevellaillia
the ruse* dispieltion of the people's representative' WIIII to
lot tits ',weenier* sleet until they saw mosso presses. of
lb, Almaden of • missistri that might really doesrvit the
aosildesoo at the etonntry. At meant there was a want of
esbeolvessom; each am onnuel to act sootediag to his ow
will, WI thewill, rank we that those who were avowedly a
abaft were suathany the goveament of the country.
They had Wind et a Lisa Bill ; but whet their panda.
wee walk le Kai 1/1 ay. Then wee • veep sand led
With wid. "PO nel yaw Ina la primes.;" end la
add, "we Is abtesmes. liela laden, mar In wdai."Wie
pimple owe lath hi illieweleee, end than sslorm weld its
wee. (a. Bar, beer," sal Rs.) All the yea
whiswewth hal lath erreea~ by tbelF,. ,
oppomition to its wing thew It wee the who
abolished Mho slue boob sail &miry, We was Hama
eatholke sad dimihow the sewean Witte of sitheaship,
who owlet the libilerm 11111 4 111111, and who vinsaweel this
odious tweed to. (11thr, bast.) He bellowed thee those
wee • pow In the pestle Si obtain see geed he the hum
nee stet itaadmit, awl that Kilo eneili hi end
la poems WO* pas sway loss a Andy he who lid ea&
death to lbs pesplOa besssaity, and be the Pairldenee
whie.lende liatheinhy sawed in the pia et preps% AA
*it is diespidebsi. (ippkosas.)
L rely I. vodka Mi. r9a *Ad list ear Tar*

Right Bill for Ireland which might be introduced into the
house, and whisk was banded in justice between man and
roan, should have his support and that when Mr. faro yd's
bill for the education of factory children use printed he
would read ft, and be should alio bested to know the feeling
al the factory operatives upon the salomot.
Mr. A. LLCM moved, and Mr. J. TAYLOR &Wended, a
resolution approving of Mr. Foie political conduct sa mem-
ber for the borough, end promising to support him on future
occasions.

-The resolution wan curled with anducation, and wan duly
acknowledged by Kr. lox, dust which • vote of thanks to
the chat:mast concluded the proceedings.