The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-05-02 00:00:00

LECTURE ON THE PEACE

Last night, a lecture on the "Peace with Rosia;
delivered in the Domestic Mission Chapel, Bedford-We? a
Toxtetb Park, by Mr. George Melly. The chair was oee°P't
by Mr. Wi
tulson.
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The lecrer commenced by stating that it
intention to find fault with the peace, or condemn in an:ithat
those statesmen who had concluded it. He consdere„-I, in
they had had quite enough of abuse of everything Eng" so- nee
connexion with the past war, and had been told, perhaP his
too often, that the glory of England had set for ever. 'n 1!d
discourse that evening, he would pass by those topics, and v/9_,
it
s
then but briefly, consider the causes which led to the Wa''.ts
then the progress of the war—and, finally, the Peace; tll°
character and probable effects. Having rapidly disposed of
list
first branch of his subject, the lecturer treated at sonic
the
more length of the second head, which embraced all
pomp and circumstance" of the war, dwelling, particularly,
t
the heroism and devotion to their country, shown, throng
hooia
by every soldier in the British army, from the higheste
command, to the lowest drummer-boy. Tracing rapidly t"
slow progress of the siege of Sebastopol, from the first oPe,v,in,g
tire on its devoted clown to the final assault, he dwe'"
some length on the circumstances attending the capture of
3
Malakhoff, and our own first repulse at the Reba,
(differing from nearly all who have as yet sP°l"3
or written of these events) hinted that in our repulse at the
Redan was part of the general plan of assault,ther
welds, that the attack was made with the full foreknowledg°
that it would be unsuccessful, until the Malakoff, which ss?'
the key of the position, was taken, and that our g
generAlF,
undertaking o
trying portion of the assault, gave gene
proof of their' devotion. He declared that this view of t

event would eventually be found to^ be the true one/ 75,
that,. probably, in a few weeks, England would be in P°siiis
Bien of the solution of the mystery which as yet hung ever this
part of the history of the war. Having thus disposed of t. 13
siege, he referred to the position of the belligerent powers a' la
close, and argued that while Russia was wholly prostrate, stsi,
France bankrupt of men and money, England was ffikaided°
‘ giant refreshed," and that had the opportunity been a". the
for another campaign in the Baltic, she would have give'n her
world another proof, if, indeed, such were wanted, fl,at's
pristine maritime glory was yet unfaded. France was wo, led,
for peace—Austria, (whose apprehension touching P cl
Hungary end Italy, he, as an English liberal, regrette
not been realised), ardently desired peace—Russia
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for it, and all the objects of the war having been gai"t.
England would not have been justified in longer continuiegwias
The terms offered, therefore, were accepted, and peace pro.
happily and honourably concluded. The lecturer hn Rae
ceeded to the immediate subject of his discourse. Jifta
which adrnid
explained the nature of the clans • e in the treaty ~,i,re
Tutkey into the fraternity of European nations, and be
that the neutralisation of the Black Sea would alone
compeosation for the sufferings of the war. The free 1331ne
to be .n,
tion of the Danube, which was intended by nature
greatrolo
of the highways of Europe, he urged, was an equally
and explained and eulogised the " firman" giving the rellorto
freedom to the Christian subjects of the Porte as a " great o'o4
had sued,
bill," which, if carried out in its integrity, would at °Vatiia-
obtain for Turkey what it had required many an act of liter
ment to secure for England. In conclusion, the leect Jac ,
pronounced the peace, as a whole, an honourable, and sa 1, in
tory one, and anticipated the most beneficial results from it
the developement of the commercial resources of Turik% the
the countries along the banks of the Danube, and
higher civilisation which will be secured to the Russian Pin
1 freely
by the permission now accorded to them to travel
u.vorst-
foreign lands, and to educate themselves in the first

ties in Europe. Wert'
At the close of the lecture the thanks of the assetnbll
voted by acclamation to Mr. Melly.

FATAL ACCIDENT.—Hugh Morgan was hurt at then r;
end docks on Thursday morning, and died is the Nobe
Hospital in the course of yesterday afternoon.
REPRESENTATION OF LANCASTER.—Mr. Robert 01-cist°ll
of Manchester, has intimated his intention of bec9lninriegxt
candidate for the representation of Lancaster
election, to supply the place of Mr. Greene, what theds to
o iratee--
retire
TO HER MAJESTY ON THE TREATY OF P'EACS;
The Mayor, Aldermen, and burgesses of Salford/ at ii..
meetingsi of the Town Council held on WednesdaY, uaajlet
mot( y agreed to an address of congratulation tc:eeted
l''37
MajestyF l R d
AonTtph::::::_ion of peace, which is to be pre.-
night, a fire broke out in
eputation at the forthcoming_ levee ,r, (13,_1r
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dealer, Berry-street, Preston. P The. engines were so% le
the spot, and extinuished the fire, but not until the wo-t°es,
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REPRESENTATION
to whom, at a recent meeting,
REPRESENTATION OF PRESTON.—The committee ofd the
task of selecting a candidate for the representati°ll to
was dePute of
Preston in parliament, have lost no time in atterviiV.
ir kettif
that duty. We learn that Sir Thomas George ,00.-
Bart., of Rufford-hall, has been applied to, and be has
sented to address the electors. h eld en
REPRESENTATION or OLDHAM.—A meeting was into
Monday evening, at the Oldham Town-hall, t° take
urn of
consideration the propriety of agreeing to the re‘t, the
Messrs. Fox and Cobbett, the present members,;;itieg
dtheeesdeilfifyercernetwsdeecdt,ionthseorfe tbheeinligbenrael ilenstsertehsta.n"
best means of securing peace in the borough, a was
present. After a good deal of discussion and aproarliberal
lutions in favour of uniting the two sections of :be
of the
1,200 Perrese..
interest in the borough, in order to secure the return
ea to
present members at the ensuing election, were agre
by a considerable majority. 0 y 61e
TILE PICTURE EXIIIBITION.—The gallery of nea,ooo,
hundred pictures, now on view at the Exhibition -Lb
isitors,
Old Post Office-place, continues to attract numerous vilectual
who thus contribute, not merely to their jet
net
Oa
amusement, but to the resources of the charities o
Ilea.
town, for whose benefit the exhibition has been prrii 5,,,,,
The roorasoo
The two splendid pictures, Maclese's " Spirit deer,hll Blond
and Frederick Taylor's " Weighing tho : and
form highly interesting subjects for contemplatoll.,,, of
admiration, but in addition to these 4nd the other gel' the
art with which the colleetion abounds, there has beeo, the
accession of an exquisite drawing, by Jean Beseint
ern of
" Hospital and Grave-yard at Scutari. This This sPecSotor
the artist's skill has been contributed by the Ea-
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soiceeets of
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and tehoasta
daldymcioreantieoent
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the East, naturally commands.