The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-06-14 00:00:00

NOATRERN TIMES.-

ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA
FROM THE CITIZENS OF MANCHESTER.

THE INUNDATIONS IN FRANCE

MEETING AT THE MANSION-HOUSE..--YESTERDAY,

Friends and Brethren,—We venture to address you under
a deep feeling of solemnity, occasioned by the perilous condi-
tion into which the relations of our two great countries have
been thrown, by the mis,akes or the misconceptions of our re-
spective governments. Whatever may be the errors of either
or both of these governments, we cannot forget that we have
to do with a people who, for domestic enlightenment, commercial
enterprise, and political importance, take rank among the first
nations upon earth ; and who, by expansion, increase of popu-
lation, and Christian philanthropy, promise at no distant period
to attain the highest degree of influence among the govern-
ments of the civilised world. A brotherhood of race, and a
community of interests, have sprung up between our two
nations, more intimate, more continuous, and more compre_
hensive than the World has ever seen before. Never in
recognised history were two great communities so closely allied
by blood, or so intimately blended by their common interests ;
and never before was it given to the world to witness a union
where so much was involved of the wealth, the prosperity, and
the happiness of distinct states, each having its separate
gcvernment, and being under the control of its own
inderndeut laws. We are, therefore, all the more
alive—and allow us to add, tremblingly alive—to
whatever may affect this union, and interrupt the harmony
that has so long existed between us to cur reciprocal
advantage, and we believe to the benefit of the whole world.
Providence has made us mutually dependant—so much so,
that whatever would seriously injure the one, would,
an equal extent, seriously injure the other. As the direct
consequence of this providential arrangement, we are equally
iterested with yourselves in the material that is grown in

A public meeting of noblemen, gentlemen, merchants,
bankers, and traders of the metropolis, was held yesterday
afternoon at the Egyptian-hall, Mansion-house, for the
purpose of expressing the sympathy of the people of this
country with the sufferers by the late inundations in
France, and of aiding the subscriptions now being raised in
Paris for their relief. _ _ _

Amongst the gentlemen present we observed Lord
Ravensworth, Baron Rothschild, Mr. E. Eveyln Denison,
M.P., Mr. Raikes Currie, M.P., Mr. Tite, Mr.
Thomas Baring, M.P., and most of the leading city mag-
nates of the day. _ _ _ . .

The meeting was very numerously attended, the body
of the magnificent hall being quite full of gentlemen,
mostly engaged in the trade and commerce of the city of

London

The I,3id Mayor, attended by a large body of supporters,
etttere3 the hall a few minutes before one o'clock, and
immediately afterwards the business of the meeting was

commenced.
The Lord Mayor, in opening the proceedings, apologised
for not having given a longer notice of the rneetin?,, but he
had thought that the language of sympathy was always
prompt, end the sooner the meeting was held the better.
He soon found, by the letters he had receive 1 from all parts
of the country, that it was the bounden duty of the people
of Eeglend to meat and express sympathy for the sufferings
of our French neighbours ; but, before calling the meeting,
he thought it right to consult with influential friends on the
between us for its own auxiliary support. In a word, we are subject, and to communicate with the chief municipal
of one blood, of one family, and of one religion—our sons, by authorities of Paris. To this latter communication he had
long-continued emigration, are spread over your soil, and you received a reply the next morning, which expressed
have made them happy by every domestic endearment !-a gratitude and thanks towards the citizens of Lsnlon for
higher than human destiny has made our interests identical, t';e sympathy they felt for the sufferers from the
and interwoven the prosperity of the one state with the pros- inundations, and anxiety to cooperate with the autho-
perity of the other; we are, therefore, placed among the rities of the Hotel de Ville in attempting to mitigate
nations in a position to show what national friendships may the misery which this sudden eruption had produced.
accomplish, where rivalry is directed to a common good, and his lordship, having read the letter, went on to observe that
where success is equally shared between the rivals. And shall he was 'afraid the calamity which had befallen France
war be permitted to sever us? Shall battle and bloodshed, was hardly appreciated, because it was not understood in
conflagration and the sword, be allowed to divide those whom the country, but from letters he had received from France
God and mutual interest have made one : and to convert into he thought it was impossible to exaggerate its overwhelm-
national enemies, brethren by blood, by race, and by religion ? ing extent. England had shown herself ever ready to assist
In the name of humanity and civilisation—in the name of our suffering humanity, and at this particular juncture, in the
common Maker and of his Holy faith, which both nations history of the two nations, he was sure she would not be
profess to believe and practice, we say no ! There is no backward in adding her contributions to those of Paris in
sacrifice of time, of wealth, and of influence, that we would relieving the frightful sufferings which the inundations hail
not be ready to make to prevent so dire a catastrophe among occasioned. (Cheers.) He would leave it for the meeting
mankind—a catastrophe that we believe would more directly to take such steps as it might deem expedient to carry out
tend than any other possible event, to throw the world hack the object they had in view, and he would c 411 upon the
into the barbarism of the feudal ages, and to furnish despotism Governor of the Bank of England to name the first
with a plausible pretext for banishing every form of constitu- resolution.
tional government from the face of the earth. The Governor of the Bank of England moved the first
We implore you, therefore, brethren, in the name of all resolution as follows: —" That this meeting has learned
that is sacred and valuable among mankind, to employ such with great concern the calamity sustained by our French
methods as your own judgments shall approve of restraining neighbours in consequence of extensive inundations irs
your government in any warlike tendency that it may have several districts of France." In enforcing the resolution
exhibited ; assuring you that we on our part will exert the governor observed that he agreed with bra lordship that
ourselves to the utmost of our power to produce a similar it was har.lly possible to estimate the real extent of the
effect upon the government of the British crown. We calamity which had overtaken France, but to give some
believe that much of the dispute that now imperils the peace idea of it he might state that the inundations
of the two countries has arisen in mistake, and not in design— covered an extent of country some six hundred miles in
and we further believe that a calm and quiet survey of the length and one thousand two hundred in breadth. In
question, will even yet lead to a satisfactory solution of every fact, to give a further illustration of the disaster, if they
difficulty, and to the removal of every cause of center:- could imagine this island swamped over from the coast of
tion and complaint. This we are convinced may best Devonshire to the borders of Scotland, they would have
be done by submitting the whole case to the arbitration some idea of the magnitude of the inundations which had
of some power, friendly to both parties—and while such suddenly come upon France. (Hear, hear). No doubt in
a course would avoid the havoc, the cost, and the disgrace of the inscrutable decrees of Providence this visitation was
war, it would tend to make our union firmer than ever, and intended for an all-wise pug) :se ;he would not attempt to
through our example to exhibit the superiority of constitutional speculate as to what that purpose might be, but it would
liberty and of the Cirri:Alan faith to the civilised world. We afford England an opportunity of showing how closely she
therefore, brethren, implore you to exert your utmost influence was attached to her noble and generous neighbours in
with the government of the -United States in favour of the France, and how deeply she sympathised with them at this
method of averring the calamities of war, assuring you with moment of domestic suffering and disaster. (Cheers).
all solemnity, that we will do the same, to the fullest extent Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., seconded the resolution, and
of our power, with the government of her Majesty the Queen in doing so he took occasion to observe that he thought the
of Great Britain ; and sincerely praying that our mutual Lord Mayor had done right in calling the meeting together
efforts may be attended with complete success, we remain, on the spur of the moment. Had there been a longer
yours, in the bonds of an inseparable national friendship. notice ho was satisfied they would have had thousands
pressing forward to testify their sympathy with France,
where previous engagements now prevented them from
being present to-day. (Hear, hear.) They had not met
there to render assistance to France in a pecuniary point of
view, because they required no such aid ; but they had met
Sir,—lf any importance, or even the shadow of official to do an act of justice and duty to their own feelings. It
was the expression of feeling that would be valued by
authority, be allowed to attach to the very conspicuously France, more than the cont.ibutions they should send to the
placed article in the Morning rose of this date, in our reps- Paris sule:e.iiption, and it was in that spirit that this meet-
tions with the United S ates, the sooner the people interest ing had been convened. England had fought with France
on the battle field, and mingled her blood with that of her
themselves in the question the better, or we may be betrayed
glorious French neiohbours, and it was onl) an act of deli-
into a war with a power, apsarently es little known to our s
acv that England ;lantild take the present opportunity of
officials as Russia was, on a late occasion. As far as the showing that she could sympathise with France in matters
enlistment question and Crampton aro concerned, the affair of a purely social a:-.d domestic character. (Cheers.) The
coldest natures could hardly avoid feeling something like
is well:and fairly stated, over the signature of " Americana," sympathy for the sufferers, and be did not wonder that this
in the Times of yesterday. All may understand, and few vast calamity hail excited such a universal feeling of
can he at a loss to deduce their own coneusions. sympathy. (Cheers )
If Crampton ever possessed qualifications for the post he The resolution was then put, and carried by acclamation.
held, he signally failed in proving it, by withholding the Barron R 4,lischild moved the next resolution, " That this
meeting;, der nnsiug with the misfortune which
very essence of a most important despatch, and this, too, at e -2"

indee"
to

your fieds, the shipping that conveys the cargoes to every
market of the universe, and in the endless train of relationships
that the most princely commerce of the world has interwoven

THE AMERICAN QUESTION

TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN TIME&

Iv symi

aerial inference left is,

a most critical junction; or, the ma
that he acted in accordance with his instructions.
general character of European diplomacy warrants this
conclusion; and it das not speak much for the respectability
of our own, that, in a few years, two of our envoys should
have been kicked out from different courts.

Torts now being

)ffer its cordial co-operation with 01
made in France for the immediate relief of the sufferers•"

lle agreed with those who preceded him, that it was not
the money but the expression of English sympathy that
would be most apprtc:ated in France, and therefore he
hoped the subscribers would he largo in number though
small in amount. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. Eveyln Denison, M.P., who had just returned from
France, seconded the resolution, and detailed the result of
his experience of the terrible rains which had produced
these dreadful inundations in the south of France. The
English who attended the Agricultural Exhibitt, n had
been unanimous i❑ getting up subscriptions to assist in
relieving the sufferers, and he could assure the meet-
ing it was the sympathy, and not the money subscribed,
that the French people seemed to have valued most.
(Cheers.)
This resolution, like the first, was carried unanimously.
Mr. J. B Heath moved the third resolution, " That with
this view a committee be formed under the superintendence
of the Lord Mayor, for the purpose, of receiving subscrip-
tions and transmitting them to Paris."
Mr. Dillon, in a few appropriate remarks, seconded the
resolution.
The resolution was then put and carried.
The Lord Mayor here announced that subscription lists
were already open, and between £4,000 and £5,000 had
beeen subscribed. It was of importance that those who
wished to contribute towards the object should do so forth-
with, as it was intended to make a remittance to Paris to-

None who have watched recent events can doubt that
Crampton should have been recalled ; our neighbours would
the reby have been deprived of a very strong point d'appui
for dispute, and their inclinations to make political capital
of it thwarted (if such existed), and our own position
strengthened by the magnaminity of our conduct. But,
however, with our officials uttering aspirations for peace
in one breath, and, with the next, issuing orders for de-
monstrations of the most irritating nature, to a powerful
nation, it is time the bar to public discussions,
by our representatives, should be removed nolena
volens. There is too great and precious a stake at
risk to be played for by our incompetents. Let us remem-
ber what has just passed—how many still wear the mourning
garb for fathers, sons, and brothers who fell in the Crimea.
And let me close this by telling you, that if ignorance
exists in high places, there are those who know well
America, her people, and her institutions, as well as her
power and resources.
If the people on both sides are allowed full expression of
feeling, peace must abide with us. But if such feelings as
these disseminated by the journal just alluded to, be allowed
to gain prevalence, who shall predict the consequence Let
some independent member at once address himself to the
matter ; and, all other influence failing, la him tell our
gentle aristocracy that a war with America is their certain
downfall. I am, Mr. Editor, one who, from long residence
in America, and intimate acquaintance with Americans,
know something about it. Brit CENTURY.
Liverpool, 13th June, 1856.

night.
Mr. Raikes Currie moved the next resolution, nominating
the committee, and remarked this meeting would afford a
graceful termination to the great struggle in the battle-field,
which the united arms of England and France had just
brought to a successful termination.
Mr. J. B. Prescott seconded the resolution.
Mr. Anderson having spoken in support of it,
The resolution was then put and carried.
On the motion of Lord Ravensworth, seconded by Sir
Moses Montefiore, the Lord Mayor was named treasurer,
and bankers were appointed to receive subscriptions.
Thanks were then voted to the Lord Mayor, and the

meeting separated,

LONDON GAZETTE

" MACNAUGHT ON INSPIRATION."

BANKRUPTS.—EDMUND WEBB, Portswood, Sonth•
amnton, timber dealer. MAURICE RICHARDS. Birmingham,
grocer. WILLIAM NORFOLK, Dunkcswick, Yorkshire,
tanner. HENRY JONATHAN lIAWKINS, Midway-terrace,
Lower-road, Rotherhithe, licenced victualler, and dealer in
milk. EDWIN FISHER, Middlesex-place, hackney coach
and colourman. CHARLES EDWARD BACK, Tottenham
Court-road, grocer. GEORGE NEWMAN DOBSON, Poole,
tailor and woollen draper. ROBERT SENIOR and STEPHEN
SENIOR, Stanicliffe, Yorkshire, blanket manufacturers.
RICHARD GRIFFITH 3, Pwllhelli Penychcaln, Carnarvon-
shire, draper and grocer.

TO THE EDITOR DI, THE NORTHERN TIMES,

Six,-I hear, in many quarters, a mis-statement, to the li
effect that the Rev. John Macnaught, of St. Chrysostom's
Everton, denies the inspiration of the Scriptures.
Will you, as a lover of fair play, help me to correct this mis •
take by inserting the following quotation from page 168 of
" Macnaught on Inspiration ?" The author asks—" Do we
believe the Bible to be inspired at all? Undoubtedly we
do. We sre firmly convinced that the writers of Holy
Scripture were inspired, and that their writings are the
reflex of their own inspired minds and thoughts ; and thus
we most distinctly avow our belief in the inspiration of the
Bible. But, as has been seen, we are assured that there is
no connection whatever between Infallibility and Inspi-
ration." Surely, sir, an author who writes in such a strain,
ought not to be charged with denying the Inspiration of
the Bible.—Yours, &C. VERAX.
June 13th, 1856.

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The Sultan has sent 40,000 francs through the Turkish
Ambassador at Paris for the sufferers by the inundations.
Subscriptions fur the same object have been opened in every
part of Piedmont.
The Morning Post repeats the statements in the Times
of yesterday, of the approaching expulsion of Mr. Crampon,accompanied, however, by offers cstensibly conciliatory.
The first, it remarks, is an insult, and the second is intended
to bribe us into quiet acquiesence, and is conciliatory in
appearance only. Substantially the offer is of no value,
.because the American Government must be well aware that
it is impossible for the Cabinet of this country to discuss
any matters with Mr. Dallas whilst Air. Crampton is forcibly
suspended from his functions in the United States. In his
capacity of representative of this country, he cannot consent
to accept a specific arid direct insult for the sake of a pre-
tended equivalent in the shape of the concession of an
arbitration of the Central American question, which is a
matter standing entirely upon its own merits and totally
unconnected with Mr. Cranipton, or with any of the acts
imputed to him. Under these circumstances, there is but
one course which the country can expect from her Majesty's
Government—the dismissal of Mr. Crampton must be fol-
, lowed by the dismissal of Mr. Dallas.

--LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY.

LONDON AND SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY 1
MEETING.

'Yesterday morning a special general meeting of the
shareholders of this company was held at the company's
offices in the Waterloo Station, W. Chaplin, Esq., M P.,
in the chair, for the consideration of " A Bill for the
making, by the London and South-Western Railway
Company, of a Railway from Yeovil to Exeter, to be
called the Exeter Extension Railway,' and for other
purposes." And at the same meeting there were also
to be submitted for the consideration of the proprie-
tors, the following bills, in which respectively certain
clauses and provisions have been inserted by their
respective promoters, proposing to confer powers
on, or to affect the interests or the London and
South - Western Railway Company, viz. : 1. A
bill for authorising traffic arrangements between the
west end of London and Crystal Palace, the London,
Brighton, and South Coast, the South Eastern, and Lon-
don and South Western Railway Companies, for sale or
lease of the West London and Crystal Palau
the regulation and increase of capital, and for other pu,
poses. 2. A bill for incorporating the Salisbury Rail-
way and Market-house Company ; for authorising them
to make and maintain a railway and market-house at
Salisbury, and for other purposes. 3. A bill for making
'Away from Southampton and Dorchester Railway to
'ferd Saint Mary; and for other purposes. 4 A bill
a railway, from Lymington, in the county of
Southampton, to the London and South Western Railway
at Brockenhurst, in the same ccrantzt, to be called the
" Lymington Railway," with a landing-place at Lyming•
ton aforesaid, and for other purpos.a
The Secretary having read the a

Railway,

a
Bland

1:1g the me
The Chl

Rus4rAN CommzacH.—The following paragraph appears
in the Siecle :—" Russian commerce is about, it is said, to
assume unprecedented proportions. Nine of the principal
merchants of St. Petersburg, OdeQsa, and Moscow have
ust obtained permission from the Czar to establish branch
houses in Paris, le radon, Vienna, Marseilles, Constanti-
nople, Naples, New York, Lisbon, and Rio de Janeiro."
WooLwica DOCXYARD.—Orders are in circulation to
enter an additional supply of good leading hands for the
shipwrights' department of -Woolwich dockyard. The docks
and basins occupied in fitting out the war vessels, which
are of the most varied and formidable description, are in
an unusually crowded state. The number of hands employed
in completing the Thunderbolt amounts to about 300. In fact,
great activity is visible on board the whole of the gun and
mortar boats, the number of hands engaged varying according
to the amount of labour requisite. In the inner basin
are the huge floating battery Thunderbolt; the 5 gun
paddlewheel steamer Spitfire, 140 horse power ; the 3 iron
paddlewheel steam vessel Antelope, 260 horse power ;
the 11 screw steam-sloop Rattler, 200 horse power ; the 2
steam gunboats, Tiny, Miggr, and Growler, 60 horse power ;
the 6 ireA paddlewheel steam vessel Trident, 350 horse
power ; the 6 paddlewheel steam sloop Ardent, 200 horse
power ; the 2 Parthian gunboat, 60 horse power, and five
mortar floats. In the outer basin are the 4 gunboat Osprey,
of 200 horse power ; the 2 paddlewheel s',eam vessel Vivid,
160 horse power; the 14 screw steam sloop Niger, 400
horse power ; the 2 screw steam gunboats, (lull, Ripple,
Primrose, Pheasant, Pickle, and Prompt, of 60 horse power
each, and five mortar floats. No. 1 dock contains the 4
gun paddlewheel steam troopship Dee, 200 horse power.
No. 2 dock, the 6 gun screw steam vessel Roebuck, 250
horse power ; and No. 3 dock the 6 gun paddlewheel steam
sloop Vixen, 280 horse power.