The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-26 00:00:00

MEETING AT TUB CARLTON CLUB.

(From the Morning &raid.)
One of the largest meetings ever koown at the
Carlton Club took place on Saturday ; the Marquis of
Se isbury in the ehair. Above 300 members were t resent.
the object which attracted se considerable • b tdy of the
rooseevatove party was the resolutions moved by Lord
• Reselegh to the following effect:—
" I. That this club wee established for political purposes
" 2. That the pAitical pen epics on which this club wee
established are entirely adver-e to those advocated by the
present government.
3. That the active presence in this club of gentlemen
who have altered their political view., and bees members
f tbe present goveroment—ta which government the con
receive party have been in direct opposit.on—is Injurious
to the intimate of the conservative party, and is at varacce
with the price ples upon, and for watch, this club was
established."
It appears that the gentlemen to whom this motion, if
carried, would immediately apply, Ire the Duke of Wel-
lington, !!aster of the Mores ; the Eq.' of Hsrrowby, Lord
Privy Seel; Sir H. Peel, Lord of the Admiralty; and
Lords Sydney and B. Bruce, who hold Court parse.
Lord Ranelsgh deprecated the use of all entities lan-
guage, and all feelings of prnonal li stitity to those noble-
men and gentlemen, whose associate be declared hi self
proud to be in any society but that of a political dub ; bet
it was a groom anomaly, that, belonging as they did to a
whig government, they shou'd continue to use the Carlton
Cush. H. eatnewed • hope that they would herestier re-
torts to their party, but till then Omaha from entering the
slab.

Colonel Browslow Knox mended the motion.
Mr. George Beating then moved an amendment, lb*
purport of which wee to include all members of the club
who had held °Ea under Lord Aberdeen', government.
He argued that the coalition of those greens with Lord J.
Rosetta talowers in December, 18.52, with the successful
object of ejecting Lord Derby, was a sufficient bar to their
being considered conservatives in the sins. in which the
Carlton was established, and that they ought to be involved
within Lord Ratielagh's reeolutions. This category would
contain Ur. Gladstone, Mr. Sidney Herbert, and otter
minor Pulite,.
The amendment was seconded by the Duke of Dock.
Ingham.
bin Adolphus Dere mole then addressed the meeting, sod
moved the previous question. Being ill received, end
exprineing himself with difficulty, we could snip guitar
that he considered it unwise to agitate a question which
might bring greet dbission into the deb.
Sir J. Pakingtos seconded this motion in a very tautly
and sensible speech. He 'odd not blame Lord itanelegn
or Mr. Bentinck for mooting this question; hot he to At a
different view of it as regarded their object sod the mance,
of effecting it. Lore Ranelegtt's motion would only include
Live peewees if very inoffecsive main. re and of email indi-
cted conecquenee, and even Mr. Hemlock's mote sweeping
measure would not catch the busy class of gentlemen, who,
it appears, made theaseelvea most effusive to the club by
their hostility to the ens restive party. He felt sure that
if, without going to a division, the meeting would espies,
strongly its reprobation of the anomalous conduit of those
members who, having abandoned and persecuted the pricy
pies of this consenative club, still frequented the Carlton,
they would have too much pride and good feeding not to
abstain from doing so any longer.
Lord Bglinto. [allowed in the suns sense, speaking
strocgly against gentlemen who could think it tolerable,
even to themselves, to associate in a puny dub with those
who met then solely for political views. Then was no
precedent for such conduct; aWI he rejected any idea of
explosion, being invented that the e►iaent (pinion of the
club as displayed during the preceding speeches would be
sufficient to induce ties to retire or remain sting. The
noble earl allured especially to those who during Lord
Deibre government bad as member of the Carlos not
stapled systematically to writ* is the newspapers against
it. This observation produced an explosion of cheers,
which by their continuation and violence made it evident
that the meeting applied the worts to some particular
page.
This seems to have been understood and accepted by
Mr. Abraham Hayward, wt o, in a state of the most painful
onitement, attempted to adores the mestteg. The reap
tfsu od this pedestals was, however, so uncoursou that
Doting could be heard but the simile menace assuring the
club that "he bad not +fattest against the party for a year
and a half." This apology incensed the demenstrstion of
dislike to a perfect storm, and Mr. Hayward retired from a
position is which we think he very unceeessaelly placed
himself by &clung be was ready to give "satisfaction "
to any member who demanded it. After this episode
tt e me sting resumed its calm and temperate discussion of
the emolutiass, and was addressed by Lords Mansfield aid
Dustannoa is teweer at the previous question. Both
noble lords and other members repeatedly statiag
that after the unanimous hoeing of the club that it was a
politics' society, and ought sot to sung adherents to a
*big policy, however estimable those individuals might be,
it was imp eatable to suppose that such gentlemen would be
so deficient in good taste end feeling ea to continue to fir
quint it, to the annoying of its Oan oonsistent semben.
Cgs this undoubted expressin of opinion the neolutions
were withdrawn, and this panful dismission terminated
without a Bogle word having bees uttered which geld jus-
tify °Seise, or that was uawoet►y of the company see
tiembled. a _

00 the subject of precedents respecting enststions from
political clubs, Lord Malesesbary stated by authority t►at
the Earl of Darby, who bad been said by the newspapers
sod by various persona to be still a member of Brooke's,
h►d taken his raw* off that slab after be left toc whip
goeeronient in 1834, and previously to hisjoiaing the con.
servanve party ander Sir Roblin Peel.

She Herald Lopes "sow that the emission of the vast ma-
jority of the membus of the club hu been unmistakeably
espoused, that the el jest for which it was founded was a
p lit:cal cone, the grimiest* ta enemies' will see the pro-
priety of refraining Irons obtruding theuiselves upon a
society in which their peewit,' has leen produced distrust,
and in the minds of whose meenhers it mast now, after
.bat has passed, predate haloes of the most sainistaks-
able contempt."