The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-23 00:00:00

THE WAR IN ITALY.

LEICESTER
At a special meeting of the Leicester Town Council
on Thursday the following addrw, which had been pre-
pared by the Town Clerk, was read :
To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.
" We, your Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the
mayor, Warman, and burgesses of the borough of Leicester,
In council assembled, respectfully express oar heartfelt
gratitude to your Majesty for the efforts made by' your
Majesty to preserve the peace of Europe, and our deep
regret that three efforts have been ineffectual. Under a
profound conviction, In which we believe ell elvers of
your Miliesty's subjeote participate, that it is the tone interest
of lids country to abstain on all occasions, not steeling the
honour, liberties, or ianyendence of this empire, from armed
Interference in the stairs or contentions of other countries,we
rejoice that your Majesty has expressed your firm determi-
nation to maintain strict :manila" with respect to the hosti-
lities now unhappily commenced on the Continent of Europ..
Whilst we respectfully imphre your Majesty to persevere in
this determination, we earnestly pray that the peaceful rela-
tions now subsisting between your Majesty and the Sove-
reigns of other cosneriee, may enable your Majeaty, by a
course of wire conciliation and friendly suggestion, to moist
in the removal of thole cause, of discontent and wieunder-
etending which have so long agitated the Continent, and in
the estedishment of peace amongst the Wises of Europe,
on the terms most conducive to national independenceacid
constitutional government, end to the liberties and happiness
of mankini."

Mr. 131.10188 moved, and Mr. Mono:a seconded. that the
address road be presented to her Majesty ; and the motion
wet carried. It sass further agrostl that the address should
be presented by the borough members.

STROUII.—A public meeting bag been held at
Stroud, "to consider the propriety of gathering • memolial to
the goverment, to urge on them a comma of strict neutrality
and careful abstinence from all proceedings which may in-
volve this country in a continental war." l here was a large
at'andenoe, and Mr. 8. 8. Dickision prmided. Mr. R.
Wenterbothee county mtgietrate, moved the Bret regula-
tion: "That this meeting deeply deplores the breaking out of
• war be Europe, and regret. that the efforta of her Mejeety's
government bare not been successful in preventing it.' Mr.
Winterbotham said he respected the priples of those who
believed all wet to be oppueei to Christianity, but he believed
Chet the gee teat lover of peace ought to be prepared for the
emergency of war, when unjustly forced upon him.
Mr. B. A. ',meth:, a Quaker, seconded the resoluties,
expressing his opinion that war wu entirely bum.
legible with the letter and spirit of the Gospel.
The resolution was carried unanimously, as wag also the lot-
lowing, which wu moved by the Rev. T. B. Tarlton, end
seconded by Mr. 8. 8. Marling, clothier:—" That this
meeting expresses its unfeigxed eaeisfaction at her ffiejegty's
proclauestion enjoining • strict neutrality, believing that
each neutrality will beet uphold the d nity and honour of
the mown and the characte r end well- of the people."
Mr. Potter, timber memben, In moving a formal resolution
which followed, deelmed himself in favour of neutrality,
and said that the events of the hat three weeks bad pro.
dm* • dieturluam in trade, .Wl, hakes many months
umeuer, would reset very prejudicial, spa the well-being
al may thousands In the counfli.