The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-19 00:00:00

GREAT MEETING AT

WEDNUDAT NIOHI

A crowded meeting of the electors of Manchester
has just taken place at the Free Trade Hall, at which
Mr. Gibson and Mr. Cobden addressed the electors.
Both gentlemen were received with great cheering.
Mr. Cobden, in a powerful speech, after stating
that the cry upon which government were going to
the country was the cry of Palmerston only, dissected
at great length the political career of the noble lord
for the last fifty years, and after reviewing his con-
stant opposition to liberal measures, both in home
and foreign policy, naked, " Is this the man to whom,
at the age of 73, the House of Commons is to sacrifice
its independence ? lie, for one, would not fall down
before the brazen image." (Great cheering.)

The Manchester Guardian of this day, contains a
full report of Mr. Cobden's speech. We extract a
few passages
We are told that LoriPalasernoabagswittisadtofessdaw
Ahmed. Oo end elk theasseta is thl,...aspissaa
frodemabroad. Ask ialoatit I I win fie you
whet Wier est Han-
' witnesses. tin Turkey.
Nykawated absettlevotios to the
those fore olbeneesine as It wan elm
11111/11. wit down to le ma sod re-
ales lia ea the onkel K ism to wok •
kV Isee Kok owl big dam' of Kosed-
Ink Whore Lard Polesalitek he wat Is see sad
ossolisd from biro a ogled In big sear Bend-
bade oa his errivid. 'ortimsbut stagillft a letter *ens
Led Dudleyt wfwiseasks am,. re wide the
uses Rhea fiend s onet as dhe seed arrived be an-
megomi it to Korona, Oboist his t=ilment he found
Gee icesuth would nell senoll, Mil hot go near Lord
WPeOtenton. I ist mast NW frill iald Deasy Stuart,
agon torsallsemisouglielhihso Komealle eell tot
Lardy shalosisaileate wadi Mil
dlt• awl was
"You meg dean/ upon it that Kama known • wet dual
more el Leneerdon then de." Ohms Isar.) I
could not go Into the puticul now; but they ere all
familiar to me. Every transecHon connected with his
foreign policy is known to me. I defy any human being to
show me an instance in which ono person on the face of the
earth bate been happier or freer in Bono scare of Lord
Palmerrion'e administration. (Applause.) He endorsed
the Memnon of home by the French—we have it lo our blue
Looks. He was the fret, in red-hot heats, to maigratulate
the present Emperor of the French site his usurpation,
when the blood was still Sowing In the streets of Paris. Ho
rsto•ed to see en envoy
_mut by the Hungarians, bemuse he
said he should treat with nose bathe Austrian government:
and he treated the Italians in the rue way Are these facts
or not? (Cries "Yin.") Do you think it is oonsietent
with common sense that the man who hr no love for
freedom or liberty at home should have any love of that
wet to export to foreign countries? (Hear, hear.) Don't
von think that liberality, that liberalism and progress,
like charity, druid begin at Irma? (Yee.) What other
title doe. t to our otalideass, that the peoplo of this
country ah dbe called upon, by the impudence of three or
four metropolitan journals, end nor masses brot known to
theurelvos (Laughter end sygleame) end which I
hope will be exposed ems day, to lie down
upon their bellies is the dust to this man? • •
Do you think there's new* danger of your catch-
ing members who ere Kay to be too indepen-
dent ? (Laughter.) lum mean yea that you will find
it just the contrary. And if the Snore now held out re
unhappily canted into effect—if you should, unhappily for
yourselves, loge year two petreat members —(c Ws of
Notre.") an tell yea that It will be a long time before
you will get two others of whom yen will have to or.=
that they are too isidspendset when day get to Landow.
phrase.) It's the wary thing, oi all dime, that it's
to find in London, le intlepuidatiee. (Hear, hear.) Only
watches oast your meanies batik: bow few sea we hale
ever got prominently to join Vs d oar attempts to
thwart a eovesommak Fair, eat,rtsa—l sea
count theta on any legen—are' the sat de that yea will
Sad resolute wed dshomisal to tosistela wn
nom. And why? AIM tin tweesidaa, Kla=
mats, wad sekseasas, UM see
to gas sawalars of
yeelkosat -s rely moll hews to Km' wapapd le that
avaratha. Do you WM kelLI was est templed, like
wrosytaly ass/ flasekt.4 ' I bow bat laver.
tins, ary know essa•—•111=01 a
l=oen from rsay
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I erffl avoid ego= IA ear greet
tat{, far for I swilsaltaalalbstleaelloyaree; I *dyke!'
with Lord rakowska Mom hip is pat brood as
pokey ; kiestasady Gelds marlin I am siliget
todasf vithMarr mi. mod haestidiassolles I won
say Whig Iwo bwmenaw—bet I eq dew of yew two I
andidates, Kr. Low% ass Ma, beer lass, bin yea
&sloe blm." Yes hero bad on weak' sekktorkl

oratory, I believe, on theme (
these, hear," and
Isughter)—and I want you to hear all right honour-
able., honourahles,' mid members of the aristocracy, whom
Yon here, or seal Me you, are so much disposed to Jowly.
Let them come down sad talk to you; you will they know
bow better to appreciate the man you have got. I say„hear
Mr. Lowe. I hug heard him, and I say this—l shell be
borne out by any Impartial man in the House of Commons—
that considering ho had some reputation for ability at
Oxford, and as • writer in tho Time., he baa been the most
conspicuous failure in the House of Comma= that I have
ever seen. (Laughter.) As for my friend Sir John Potter,
I will say nothing further than this, I am sorry to see him
in opposition to his own Mend. I love the family name too
much to liko to dwell on tho subject, but this I will say, that
if you want to relinquish an attitude of proud distinction,—
if you want to show yourselves to the world without having
two men to represent you who are mem, who can grapple
with men in that great suns of intellectual gladiatorship—
the House of Commons—(hear, bear)—then return the two
rival candidate. for the honour of representing you. But if
you want to preserve the reputation that you now have in
the world, and to maintain still that Manchester is some-
thing, then keep your present members. If again, you
think you have had fame and distinction enough—if you
want to fall into utter insignificance, and to hear • hiss of
acorn and indignation at the result of your eloction, then
return the two man who are candidates in opposition. (The
hon. gentlemen resumed his seat mad loud cheer., having
spoken an hoar and a quarter.)
The applause havinikeessed,
The CHAIRMAN propose that we adjourn this
meeting for a week, and that we uk Mr. Cobden to attend
here next week.
Mr. COMMIX—I sin asked by your worthy chairman to
name a day when 1 will come again. He suggeats this day
week. I shall be homy to consider that I am engaged to
meet you here again-this day week; but it must be on one
condition—that you work in the meantime; and I ask you
to join the committees in your respective distrieta, find the
' secretaries of the committees, put yourselves in communica-
tion with them, get books and canvass ; for it is only by
working /on will carry the victory.
The CH•IRMAN relied for " tars cheers for Cobden,"
which were given ; and the muting adjourned about twenty
minutes after ten o'clock.

THE ELECTIONS AND THE MEETING OF
THE NEW PARLIAMENT.

The time for proceeding to elections for counties 1
and boroughs in England and Wales (the act does
not extend to Scotland or Ireland) is fixed by the
16 and 17 Vie., c. 88 (15th August, 1853).
In counties, by the 2nd sec. of this act, the elec-
tions are to take place not later than the 12th, nor
sooner than the 6th day after the sheriff's proclama-
tion ; and this proclamation is to be made by the
sheriff immediately, i. e., at latest within two days
" after the receipt of the writ."
In boroughs, by the 3rd sec., the returning officer
must " proceed to the election within six days after
the receipt of the writ," and must "give three clear
days' notice, at least, of the day of election, exclusive
of the day of proclamation and the day of election."
By the 15 and 16 Vic., c. 23 (17th June, 1852), it
is enacted that parliament after a dissolution may
meet within 35 days after the date of the pro-
clamation.
Sy the 16 & 17 Vie., c. 15 (March 18th, 1853),
the polling for counties in England and Wales is
limited to one day (instead of two); the poll to be
kept open from 8 a.m. till 5 p.m.
Tht4ing at the Universities of Oxford and
Cam • is fixed by the 4th see. of the 16 &17
Vie., c. ;to continue for five days only.
Thus it appears that the new parliament will
assemble within five weeks from the issuing of the
writs; within a fortnight from the same period all
the county elections in England and Wales must
have terminated, and within a week all the borough
elections. These limits do not apply to Scotland or
Ireland; but as parliament aevembles within thirty-
five days from the date of the proclamation, all
Scotch and Irish elections must have terminated be-
, fore the expiration of that time.