The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-17 00:00:00

(Stamped id. Additional.) ITWOMENCIL

THE 1122LE3 IN THE BUILDING =ADZ

At • sesetthe yeah: day of the =math* committee of the
Chattel Amedellea a Kasen. Banda*, held at tbe Free.
arca Timm G. Plebes. Aar., la the chair, it am re.
What :—" That aerials unfounded mierepre-
esstatime la mierethe to the views of the aisociatka Wing
calealsied to mike/ the "Fatima sad the public, tide our
Weise delft hassaounee that me proved to deviate in say
dosses from their original deterrelearka bee ever been made
by say maim or entertained by the eseociatlos. That, as
tithe sesedetha requires nothiss ad their workmen which
og&t to wooed the aelf•reepeed of any honourable man, and
as la ale eldest Is to Nome the toed= of labour, this com-
mittee recessed:—That the mane to which the meth-
tioa we pledged by reseludes a the let Meant be thinly
adhered ta. That Nate Name. Trollop's works are re-
aimed se member of this amooletiou re-opms hie establish-
meet. That whatever Mame. Trollops resume their works
the carless amtahare of the modal= recommence =gager
meat with** wee bin as the bath of the agreethal.
That this iiiinkles at Hs Otos do adjourn until Toothy
seat, mime the essmairim find armaion to anus* at ea
earlier day."

MEETING OF DELEGATES.
Led slat a meeting of delegate from the various trade
to the teatropolie .as held at Shaftesbury ha Aldersgate-
skeet, to take Into ooaddrostlan the beams= to be adopted
to referee to the meet dispute between the employee
and the warble to the banding trade ; Mr. GRA; mown,
la the chair.

The following trades were reprominted :—Ropteroakers,
stove-meths, Tailors Laborer Agency, Nevin gtonmeme-
way ; Miter mem mime, cabinet makers, cork miters,
Sena Beset, of Boot end Shomeakers, City ; West-mi
UAW ilitosmakem plumbers, AmeigmeMed Engineers,
dm Mae" bookbinders, umbrella and parasol silk pular%
Hoot and Shomnakers' Society, Fetter-lane ; sewn; jetport,
citruses% pisetans, tin-plits weritem French Ohtani of
the Bra of Lemke, United Society of Liberman, block
Odes, boner makers. Pruett sad Fifth Division
of aken, London Society of Compositors, flint glue
tatters, and belokMpre.
The CHatax.thr mid that owing to the small Interval of
time which 'taped between the Wing of the droller
calling the meeting end the prenent time, several trades bad
not hem able to wed delegates. WWI had bimn remilval
the themand others Maim that they had not had
time to send tea, and he had no &Mt that may other
trades were sal nay cirostostenced. The confereme of the
building trades hod called the potent meettm. They had
been agitating for a Mutton of the hours of labour from ten
boors to sins, far the lost twenty months. They Lid their
rem before the met& to the best of their ability,
Lit be reps,/ Mel the press, with few enter
don, were laiiminrs b their cause, end the public
on that somas Won anonsous Improselon of the merits of
their are. Tia* oho wished to Meccas the matter fairly sad
_milk emplepera, but the employee would not listen
to theareletemente or Memos the question with them. The
Ilwieseg Ora sand the origin of the strike at Meows. Trot-
Imes, mg sand am Mr. Potter, the secretary of the Wert-
men's Aissiklliss, le address the meeting.
Mm. Pan= add they were aware of the painful question
whisk was is Most, at the pessent time between the am-
germ imd ths emOnysed hi lie Wang Inds. It wee the
old question of labour and aditg, a galatio• yid& was
mood to nose la Its social fmpmlana and commannem.
The conferees* etas bundler tease, therefore, cabled the
premed meeting to ask tee the Moles and sympathy of their
fellow-workmen la thole imment petition. Tory we. well
aware of the mom end hismaswideb captil could bring
to bear on the rues, area Yea II wail My to crush the move-
ment and thou who eltimmemel to brim it to a seccomdul
termination. In the yeas 1800 end 1863 an agitates wen
commenced by the egeratim mime for a reduction cf the
hours of labour. snd ellisegb Piny did sot snored M getting
the hours of laboor eh rammed, they got an addition of 6d.
• day to their wive. The agitation was taken up by the
o- her branches of the bongsg trade, till It resulted in the
present eriaie. Mr. Potter stated to the meeting the various
steps which bed teen taken prior to the rinks at Mama
Trollope's. Memorials were prmented to four how em-
ployees —me of them beim Ma me. Too tftgife.
Each etemettal vrae Mud by • large number of
working men. The senploysta not only termed to
grant the demob of the mm, but they each of than wr-
aoatpanisd the "good by the dismissal of • man, thus taunt-
ing Wenm mut basoltiag the conferenoe. At firm It had
beam soli that only • flew of the as. were in favour of the
nine home' movement; but when it was found that that wee
not the ems they put forward • domment, and required the
I men to meant to it by hand or voice, and thereby to Mims
themselves slaves in the wont emu of the word. This the
amen sensed to de, sad the workshops were closed aiming
time. He wished to state that distinctly, in order to put
the impossibility on the right shoulders. The con-
fluence el the building trader, believing that they had
' awed fa • praiseworthy manner, and in the interest of
the trotttng clams generally, now cams forward and mated
for the advice and pecuniary eadatame of the other trades.
He hoped the time was not far distant when the working-
chases might be able to unite in one phalanx to resist the
tyranny of the madam (Hear, hem.) They did not ea
far anything which was sot founded on right and justice.
What they Meld for, In the present butanes, might be se-
ceded to without inflicting soy hie on the muter builders,
or coming any detriment to Use public. (Hear, hear.) They
believed that the reertneration they received wee not euf-
Selene for tan boats' lab .or • therefore, they were justified in
asking to have the boars reduced from 10 to 9 boars. They
bad • perfect right to appraise their own labour; and when
they saw the condition of their fellow-workman, it was their
duty to mete an dirt to better their position. (Haar.) The
master builders never treated them ma men ethos the com-
mencement of the struggle. They never thought that the
drop coming from the cloud voted become a torrent which
they would not be able to resist. (Hear, hear.) All the
trades were ready, be believed, to take a step in &despot,
and therefore they ought to help them, for what was • pin
to them would he • gain to the wholo. (Hue.) They did
not wish to confine the movement to London' but that it
should be national. They wished every tradeto gets dimi-
nution of the hours of labour. (Hear.) If manury was
good, it must be in the dinette of • diminution of the
hours of labour, and In that respect it was noto-
rious that working men had not received any benefit
from it. If 20,000,0001. was not too great • sum to
pay for the snuncipatim of the West Indian sleets, five
times that ewe would not be too much to pretest the opera-
tives of this country from falling into the pit of paupetisin
which was yawning to receive them. (Hear, hear.) He
Whetted that owe man was of mom worth then rolling worth
and mighty eons, and although the doctrine of large profits
might do well for this earth, he questioned if in the neat
those who acted uojustly towards the working men—the pro-
dooms of all weelua—would not have to metier so recount.
He thought that neaten was justified in having the Wanda,
whilst others wanted the moraseries of life. He hoped they
had not mot in vain, and that the meter builders would be
made to learn that they bad mitered upon • contest which
We not likely to terminate satisfactorily to themselves.
A DILIOCTI asked whether, if the master-bnildem with-
drew OM decimation, the men would go to work at the
varier hose, Including Memo. Trollops's.
The CLUIDUR—No. He did not know what • day er
two might bring forth, but up to the present time they were
determined not to go to work at Messrs. Trollop's even isf
the itoonment were withdrawn. They would at the other shop.
The Oltellatlce of the Society of Amalgamated Engineers
mid be Ina of opinion that ea long se the master builders
adhered to their document or declaration, it was the duly
el 11l the other trades to support the building operatese.
Hs thought that what should have been soled
foe first was • diminution of the hours of labour
with a carresposdina eeduction in the amount of pay. If
Yet lig base done he was awe the wages would have to he
Inoue red is • short time to the present rate. It had been
"Wad thst the engineers were defeated, and that they bad
been oompullei to sign • document that they would ♦ net be-
ing to any society. What were the fame When the
raglan imaged In their greet strike the moiety counted
9,800 numbers. They were now 17,000. They spent be-
tween 40,0001. and 50,0001. In maintaining that struggle.
Hat timing Ys Lot iris yams and a half they expended in
diets rate Is Wei of eocidenta, in funeral/1, end tor similar
elfish, as Ism time 139,0001., independent of the expenses
el irmegesent (Hear, hear.) That showed the fallacy of
wspretag that the trod* societies could be put down by s
dosymont. (Hier.) Trade societies would exist as long ae
seprbeiged employers existed, as long as penths related, se
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attempt to degrade the men in their own setimetioe. The
question of the nine hours wee one between the building
operatives end the msseers. The building societies of
London deserved support from the other trades because they
were liberal in susteinieg the similar efforts of other balm.
They moributed 1,000/. thermals the strike of the enlisters,
and they oho liberally supported the cork-cutters and others.
It me the duty of Ih• other tram now to suppi.rt the build-
ing operatives as far ati partible. (Hier, hear.) It was •
gloss calumny and libel to say that the wiciaties were led by
.sea who toilet brewore petiolate to agitate then to wort.
Them:rifts men tbis to be • caltimuy. Bat it wen
quite true he believed of the master builders that they an-
*peg a paid agitator to conduct their cause. Their
cemedbated 1001. WI weekto support the building medusa=
lag wag give a Urger taus neat week. Hs treated tie
other Mies would fellosr their semple, end liberally sup-
port the prassat inommeht em gm pert of the building
froths. Meer.)
Mr. lowans. • delegate from the Tailors' Society, mid
that wh.tever differentia Meth mist as to the merits of this
partioakr etatme, that, maid he as dash' m to the interest

it mated and the sympathy geld& It tames lit ham of the
was who were edierbgY Hie eleaggle. (Hier.) He
=Z, that all esateets between Meer sad capital were
end that la the peanut OM ter
parties were solar
what is
the wrong. With regard se the -alas liners more-
meet, he thought the Wale; train were eight If they con-
sidered they could get whet lbw desinadid, But he had a
perfect home of wenn, ter le Maw bow his own trade
suffered from one. The rtes bail • gadget right to combine,
and it wsa folly to try aid mama Sam eombinitig ;
put at the prowat moasl, wise there was a
mdly feeling springing up is Moor of shorten-
ing the hours of labour, he thought they selected a
bad moment for this strike. But the austere put them-
selves completely in the wrong by setting forth this document.
He had no doubt working man in London would sup-
port the operative builder as long as that document was in-
sisted on. No man having self teepees would do it, and if
he did sign it it would be inoperative. He regretted to hear
the answer which bad been ghee by the chairman to the
qesetion put to him, Wanes Y hie egad= there would be
nothing dishonourable, if the dossnmet were withdraws, is
the man going in to work at Mame. Trollops's, as well as at
the other establishments.
The DILIOATZ of the 8001.11111111713/ thought that the

...amenent for the nine hours wee injudicious. It conld DOS
be obtained except by moral swam He vas can that the
thopenen weld sot have got a relasetion d ass hour If Mr.
Mirabelli begun byath.U. Redoubt* whether theycould
ever *seed Ica the movement, hearse the inexerablelaw of
supply end dome* was opposed to them. list the dee-
ms* cd the meters we a gnat mistake, end be we ma-
all they would fail In eing it. He shouletherefore
*vies the withdrew* el the document and the remeopten
if week by the Ems In all the esteblehments keletlag
lifters. Trollops's. ("Nes As")
In reply to a questine, the speaker said he represeated the
cemesities of bookblaim, and he believed be Isp•••=ted
saga of the Valhi FOWD Seam said
eseistlrL droltiel costrilate skeTtileel could to support the
MOVINEWSIL (Hear, hear.)
Another 13001t1IND31 said that he differed in opinion
from hie fellow traumas who had already *deemed them.
He beibved thus erne ern a room sacred cense than that
in which LH beilders were smsteil Lot they hod they or-
=fry would web the thinks of teoonhemilotht Sven
thrones* the eormery. (Hear, hem.) The defeated
muse was not unfrequantly the jaat cause, sad if sor this
strike in say ore would do good.
• DILMIATZ from the BOOT Ma dioattaxaas' trade aid
be knew no meet who bed not a bonne of sakes
and that pardtherly applied to the working man, because
he Sawed most from strikes. Bat the question was what
working sea were to do? If they had • jest cause, end
their employees refused to Hetes to Maths, how were they to
get it except by a strike? (Hear, hoer.) They sad ter
nothing but jostles. He never haw a asses, who eked fee .
nothing but j
ustice. One war builder said bewiz=
pared to sped 160001. on this strike. When could •
man spend 16,0001. oe • Arnie?-end yet ft waa mem**
that all the wealth of the world was the =eaten of the work-
ing man. (Hoe, hear.) He wee we* to hear the -@newer
of the chairmen, bemuse, in his aphid*, the else ' home'
soreaest was the main goodies. (Hear, hear.) , He
looked upon the cause of the building operatives as
the canoe of the trod.. generally. It might be
all raw well for Lord Brenham to all their
monist* a preposterous one, became they aged ten
hours' wages for -nine hours' work. Bat he should like to
know bow much work Lord Brenham did for the 6,0001. •
year wadi he reed,* from the sentry end its working
men ? They were compered with the curates ; but at the
very time the computes wee made the curates were said to
be the worst paid ohm of perm* Is the country. That was
not very consistent logic. (Heat, thee)
The DSLIOATE from the COMPOSITOR/I' Committee said
he did net represent the ends generally, but the committee
of his society, became there bed been no time to cell •
general meeting. He bad no doubt that the document of
the masters we au attempt to pat down trade ember gene-
rally ; and as/eagle thawsa • pert of the wears' sogrentoe
the other tram ought to port the present movement.
He thought they were jalOMlCui going for the nine hours,
but as tee y put it forward on the ground of plethathropy,
ought to he known whether they west spinet the principle
of overtime, beam soles they did, the Philanthropic age.
meet could not be sustained. (Hear, hear.)
The Dierrawm of the SOWS siss proposed ea adjourn-
ment of the meeting ell that day week, by which time the
teethe geetemltywouM be able to give more specific teetrootions
I lotion &Mem&
A DILIOATS of the FLINT-GLASS Curiae said that his
sootety, which was to Birmingham, anticipating that some
soh mesing as thiswonld be held, ordered their meresey to
wrile to the societies throughout England, Inland, and Scot-
bad, Ind the unanimous teeing was In favour of the build-
lag aperaima Hie society would cannibals every week to
the fends. (Cheers.)
Mr. Maus thought they ought not to separate without
seam to some conclusion as to whether the building opera-
tives deemed the emnpathy of the other trades. (Hear,
hear.) With regard to the nine hours' movement, there was
nothing anewoonable hi the demand of the workmen, If they
thought they could mooed; and he believed they would Duc-
es* If they were supported by the other nada in the kingdom*
He Dane knew a shortening of the hours of labour which
was not brought about by • strike or an agitation of some
kind. (Hear.) The math* met that day end *Morn*
alter owning to • resolution not to withdraw the obooxicum
document. He should therefore move that the meeting ap-
prove of the course adopted by the beildieg operatives, and
that they deserve the inspect of the other trades.
The resolution having trees seconded.
Mr. EDWARDS moved as an amendment that the meeting
wished to express their sympathy with the betiding opera-
tives in the present unhappy depute ; that it recommended
that the claim of ten hours' pay for nine hours' work be laid
aside, in the hope that it might hereafter be amicably ad-
just* and that • depot/tics be sppointed to welt on the
master Seldom to Tama them to withdraw the deco-
meet. (No, se.)
The meendirst, lavas as seconder, fell to the ground.
Mr. Jesus asked *seam it uses not true that the
plumbers worked only nee hours ?
A PLOMBSR esildthete was tens.
Mo. ALLlN—Tbsawbere is the difficulty in applying the
came legated= to the other building trade* ?
The tnamumix said that the mass abolished overtime,
and so did several other lades Other trades were endea-
vouring to do so, sad men could not do more.
The reeolution of Mr. Allen was then put and carried we-
nisnocuily, and the meals adjourn* for • week.

TO THE EDITOR OP THE IXPILESI.
SITr.4OII will oblige by inserting a contradic-
tion to the statement pub had this day In your papa under
the head of The Strike in the Budding Trade."
My wake ere stopped, and will continua to be so until the
committee of the Central Builder: Associate:a decide upon
business bang named, as I consider them entitled to Loy
entire confldence.—l am, Ecc...
EDMUND WARNE, JUN.
31, Soho-neer% Lastige, W., August 16.

TEM FdOTORT Acr.—A copy of a memorial pre-
mated to the Semetary of State for the Home Department by
Mr. Thomas itaudeidey and Mr. Phili
pGnat, a the 12th
of July, 11369, eomplainhor of eystanatio violations of she
Facades Mordacious Ards; of correspondence relating to
Massa memorial ; and of certain auggeetione for an ahem.
don to the Factory Ant, mode by Ur. Leonard Horner to
Mr. Secretary Wapole, tro., has bean printed on tho motion
of Mr. Cobbett, 1.1. P. Mr. Horner aye that in considering
these suggestions It should be borne to mind that when • law
alevines with the free exercise of trade by restricting the
hours of labour, it is amentia that all in the same business
and coming to the war market should be pot upon the some
footing as to time. That illegal working cm never be a mar*
neglect of the law, accidental or wilful, but most always be
a deliberate violation of it, directly by or with the cognisance
of the miliewner, for the purposes, of gate. That Ipummel
that an be imposed under the existing law, espe,Milly in the
cue of large mills, must fall far short of the profits made by
the commission of the offocce. That the honest and con-
scientious mill-ownere are far more interested he having the
imperfections of the law autenned than the weekgeople. It
may be that some of the latter may dislike the menace of
the hour. of work, and that they duly esernit help them-
selves by refugia, to wink the longer Mos; but a large pro-
portion of the workers who are as amosemek--end they con-
stitute probably tone-half of the obit boxy workere—get
additional pay on a compeneades kir the lengthened time;
end the total amount of that time beteg made up of eight
small pule, esteemed by intervals from each other, the
bodily opLireaeles coma be menahly felt.
'I us OngeT Reematt.—We are informed that
instead at the let of September, the Great Eastern will Oat
from the Theme OR her trial trip on Monday next, the 22nd
indent. We are farther informed that, instead of going oat
into the Atlantio, as originally intended, she will proceed,
tint to Cherbourg, cant to Portland, and then to various
other parts off our own masa.
SHOCKINO DEATH OF A SOLDIER.—A few days
r_
....L_soldier belonging to Leith Port met his death in •
manner. Be was robbing down • horse to harness,
white animel, flea seem mane we have not bard em-
planed, genoff, and in doing so • hook of the banter* having
caught the moldier's belt, deemed him round the Wreck
same at • fearful rate. Before the NONNI could be stop ped
be gala* into • Mais.ead with great violence Mocked the
asiortnnelle sun's head spinet the et4hle gall. lie Ira
'mortally menlatad, end died met dm% He w." toured no
the enema of Senday lest In Itosebant Cemetery, ids
fennel Mktg mosempeeird by the usual railltarl homers.
The tend of the Lammers stationed at Playbill i
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were
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muffled drums emd
Vie " Dad March." TM Ra. Mr. White, of Leith.
Magas omelet melee ; and dterwardm three rounds et
twelve were grad over tbe grave. Sevin! et-mammas
tamed oat *wham soma sight of a moldier' • humeri
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MOE WATII AT LONDON =IDOL

SONDON. WEDNESDAY. !Wm. 17.

Toss fete of the Italian Duchies is just now hang-
ing in the balance, and it is of the utmost importance
that while there is yet time every effort should be
made to enure for them their recently gained right
of independent action. This right is threatened on
all sides, and nothing but the utmost firmness and
vigilance on the part not only of these States them-
selves but of their political friends in Europe, can
prevent the success of the conspiracies that
have been recently formed, and are now in secret
operation against them. Fortunately, the right
of the Duchies to self-government is a European
question—one, therefore, in which the Neutral
Powers may fairly claim to have a voice. These
States are not the spoil of war, and their fate cannot
legitimately be decided by the belligerent Em-
perors. They are, indeed, mentioned in the Articles
of Validness ; but being no parties to the com-
pact they an not bound by its provisions, nor can
the pacific Emperors with any show of justice
attempt to enforce them. Austria has no more
right to dictate • form of government to Tema,
and Modena than it has to Holland or Belgians.
France has seen less pretence to any such interference,
as she has personally protested against it in the most
emphatic manner. Bet though they home not the
least right to decide the fate of the Decides, both
Emperors see at this moment doing their unmet to
resolve it, each in hie own way. Here spin,
however. is • ground of hope for these beleaguered
State,. The rival peacemaker have rival plans for the
settlement of this vexed question, so diverse that
the craft of diplomacy will be sorely taxed to
reconcile them. It was understood a day or two
sine* that this difficulty had already brought
the Conference of Zurich to a dead lock. Austria,
naturally enough, insists on the restoration of the
Grand Dukes, and maintains that France is bound
by positive engagement to unite in effecting it, if
need be, by fore*. While tb's is her attitude in the
Conference she is net idle in the Duchies. Her
agents are, as small, diligently employed in raking
up internal dissensions, in stia.:ng up the debased
and ignorant part of the population to acts of violence,
and in circulating falsehoods to damage the liberal
and constitutional party both at home and in the
eight of Europe.

On the other hand, the Emperor of the Fiencit
has his own views with regard to the Dnehies,
though what these are precisely it may be difficult to
say, as they are certainly net so openly avowed at
those of Austria. He apparently limits himself as
present to taking so pert in the reimposition of
the Sovereigns by force. We know at least from
Lord ions Russatt's explicit statement in
the House of Commons that he had assured the
English Government he would not sanction such a
proceeding. This may probably enough be the
cause of the rumoured difficulty at Zurich.
The EMPEROR is laid to be somewhat per-
pieced by the conduct of the Court of Vienna,
and the ground of his annoyance is in all like-
lihood the tenacity with which the restoration
of the Dukes is insisted on. It most net be
hastily supposed, however, that LOUIS NAPOLEON'S
oppoettion to this scheme, if he really does agrees
it, springs from soy disinterested zeal for the inde-
pendence of the Duchies. He has, of course, his own
ulterior views, for which his professed neutrality is
a: momentary mask. At most, he will only adopt
the principle of independence, as he recently did that
of nationality, to use it for the furtherance of his own
designs. What design', it may perhaps be premature
to say ; but the suggestion of moot our own corre-
spondents is by no means improbable—that he wishes
to force the Duchies to elect a Prince of his own House
as their King. He hae carefully prevented the union
with Piedmont, which they desire, and which would
be an effective guarantee of their independence. In
this state of isolation it is obviously impossible for
them to remain at ease. They must rely on some
foreign power ; and he probably calculates that in
their intense hatred of Austrian rule, they will,
in mere self-defence, as the lesser of two
evils, choose a member of his own family. The
Femme* of Imperial agents and French troops in
the Duchies would no doubt powerfully contribute
to bring about this desired reside. Ifseceessful.this
would be a hoe stroke of policy foe the Estrzeze.
It would at once relieve his government at home,
and aggrandise his family abroad. A restless
relative would he conveniently disposed of, and
Napoleonic intiut nor personified in Italy. However
desirable for France, this would be a cala-
mity for Italy, great in proportion to the
amount of pressure on the spontaneous action
of the people which might be employed to secure it.
Amidst these serious complications it is not impro-
bable that the difficulty will prove insolvable, and
the Zurich Conference break no without having
come to any egreemeet with regard to the
Duchies. This would neasseitate an appeal to
the Neutral Powers, who ought to have been
vomited in the first instance. The Italian
themselves regard this appeal with e:infidence, rely-
ing on the support of the Neutral Powers, and nape-
dally of England. They are determined to maintain '
their fire-dam and independence at all hazards, and
their mein hope in so doing is now centred in the
moral and diplomatic support of this country. This
con fideot e t. well grounded, and the expected ssppoet
wilt not be wanting. Here, and hem aloe*, the
inherent jest ice of their claim to eelf-governrnent hes
been luny recognised and defended, not simply
by the pews and the public, but in
Parliament and by her MAILsTT's Ministers.
All foreign interferecce, from whatever quarter
it may come, whether from Austria or France, is
equally and on the broad ground of principle depre-
cated by the English Government. The absolute
rigida the Italians to act for themselves in this Mimi'
of their history wee stated in the clearest and most
comluaive language a week ago by the StrItETAILT
of tir its foe Foams AYE its. After giving a
full historical justification of this right, and proving
that it had bees amply recognised in other cases
by the Powers of Europe, Lord Joiirt
cracluded his plea (*behalf of Italian freedom and

independence in words which cannot be too
often quoted at the present moment :--" Are the
" people of Italy, who se I have said knee been so
" moderate and so just in their proceeding+, who
" have committed no outrages, who have taken part
" in no violence, to be deprived of that right, of that
power which hu been exercised in Belgium. in
Holland, in Sweden, in France, and in Great
" Britain ? I cannot be a party to denying them
"that right. On the contrsry, I believe that if
" you allow the people of Italy to settle their
" own concerns—and that is the doctrine
e' which my noble friend and myself have
"always held in this house, especially during the
" whole course of the present session—if you allow
" the people of Italy, whether they have hitherto
" lived under the rule of the King of SARDINIA, or
" of the Grand Duke of TUSCANY, or of the Duke of
MODENA, under the POPE. Or ander the King of
" the Two SICILIES, to settle with their Sovereigns
" on what terms they shall pay their allegiance,
" there will no longer exist the irritation and discos-
" tent which have long prevailed, but they will pro-
" reed with pesos and order to establish the founds,
" tions of good government."
When the FOREIGN SECRETARY speaks thus the
Italians may look with confidence for the sympathy
end support of the English Government in the
noble but unequal struggle fur independence in
which they are engaged.