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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1856,

THE DAY'S NEWS

The supporters of Mr. Jeffery, as a representa-
tire of the Lime-street Ward in the Town Council,
inet at the Freemason's Hall, last evening. The
building was crowded to excess. It will be seen,
trom our ample report of the proceedings, that Mr.
Robertson Gladstone was in attendance, and
addressed the meeting at considerable length. Mr.
Jeffery merely referred to the Gas and Water
questions, the bulk of his discourse being in
explanation of the conversation he had with Mr.
John Buck Lloyd, in 1853, regarding the vote of
the latter gentleman in connection with the elec-
tion of Mr. 801 l to the Aldermanic chair.

The Neapolitan question seems to be approach-
ing a crisis. According to our advices from Paris
to day a despatch has been received from Baron
Brenier, announcing that, if in two hours from that
date, he did not receive any communication from
the Neapolitan government, he should then pre-
sent his last instructions. What these " last
Instructions" are is not stated, but they very
probably require him to demand his passports,
unless the King gave some indication favourable
`p, the demands of the Allies. The despatch of
Baron Brenier was dated from Naples, and after
the publication of the note in the Moniteur was
known by him. Another despatch informs us
that the King was about to disarm his ships at
Naples, Castellamare, and Palermo. The Marquis
Antonini is still in Paris, and, it is said, will not
leave until his passports are given to him by the
French Government, even though Baron Brenier
should quit Naples. Other accounts state that it
is said the Neapolitan Cabinet has asked England
and France to suspend the withdrawl of their
respective missions, with a view of satisfying their
demands. The Austrian Cabinet is reported to
have urged this mode of proceeding at Naples.

The Corre3pondance Antrichienne: of October 22,
defends the occupation of the Principalities against
the French journals; it declares the occupation
absolutely necessary, until the important question
of the Bessarbian frontier is settled. It affirms
that England, the Porte, and Austria are all of
opinion that the evacuation should be delayed
till that object shall be attained.
Private accounts from Madrid speak of a new
ministerial crisis, the object of which was to get
rid of Narvaez much in the same manner as he had
ousted O'Donnell. Iu any case, Narvaez seems to
be but the stepping-stone to Absolutism. The
condition on which Narvaez now keeps power is.
complete submission to the will of the Queen, and
her Majesty shows a firm determination to get rid
of every sort of check, and return to the system in
vigour at the death of her father. The project
of a fusion, similar to that of
the elder and
younger branch in France, between the
Bourbons of Spain is spoken
The appoint-
ment of the ex Carlist General of.
Urbistondo to the
post of Minister at War, renders the fact more
probable,A letter of the 18th, from Madrid, states
that the Queen has nearly thrown off all reserve
as to these ulterior views, and that Narvaez, all
imperious as he has ever been, is obliged to 'sub-
mit.
Four Russian men of war have arrived at Kiel.
They are the Viborg, Polliau, Castor, and Phi.
lootete. Their destination is the Mediterranean.
The Commissioners appointed to enquire into
Archdeacon Denison's case, have given their final
judgment, and sentence was delivered on Wednes-
day. The Commissioners find that the articles
filed against the Archdeacon are proven, and they
do accordingly " pronounce, decree, and declare,
that the said Venerable George Anthony Denison,
by reason of the premises, ought by law to be
deprived of his ecclesiastical promotions, and
especially of the said Archdeaconry of Taunton,
and of the said vicarage and parish church of East
Brent, in the county of Somerset, diocese of Bath
and Wells, and province of Canterbury, and all
profits and benefit of the said archdeaconry, and of
the said vicarage and parish church, and off and
from all and singular the fruits, tithes, rents,
salaries, and other ecclesiastical dues, ht rlg s, and

emoluments whatsoever, belonging and appertain-
ing to the said archdeaconry and to the said vicarage
and parish church ; and we do deprive him thereof
accordingly, by this our definite sentence or final
decree, which we read and promulge by these
presents."

RUSSIA'S reading of the Treaty of Paris will fill
Europe with consternation. When the Russians
" crossed the river Laba," says the Journal de
Constantinople, "to build forts in Abezech, the
" answer of their commander was, that he had
" come to take possession of Circassia, in virtue
"of the Treaty of Paris." Now, we have nothing
to fear from the Muscovite forces in the field.
The power of despotism need give us no concern
Our danger lies in Conferences and Treaties—in
the backsliding and handywork of diplomacy.
The rights of nations, commerce, and moderation,
have no representatives in such assemblies.
Grasping ambition, thirst for territorial exten-
sion, and tyrannic sway over independent and free
peoples, is all that is upheld in councils held
abroad to adjust international affairs. And why
England should suffer herself to be drawn into
them or their snares is, indeed, a mystery. We
owe much to France for the part she played in the
great Crimean tragedy. Her soldiers have covered
themselves with glory. But the war in which the
Allied forces fought side by side is at an end ; and,
therefore, we are no longer constrained to send
Envoys to the Continent, to hand over millions of

free people to the tyranny of Russia. If the
Russian version of the Treaty of Paris be right—
if that precious document has sacrificed the Cir-
cassians, and given their free soil to the Cossack—
then let us have no more Conferences.

If our rights as an independent Power, our
interests as a commercial people, and the hopes of
civilisation are to be traffiched in secret gatherings
of diplomates, it would be well for the popular
voice of this Constitutional country to speak out,
and give Continental rulers to understand that
Great Britain will not be a party to such base
perfidy. What right have we, or any other nation
to give away the freedom and lives of other people
to a military tyrant—a half civilised, half
Christianised Power ? " The Circassians are a
" free people," as SEFER PAcHA nobly said to the
Russian Commander; and has Lord CLARENDON
ventured to bestow, by word or deed, the
sovereignty of that territory, or the lives of its
sons, upon the CZAR of all the Russias ? Was
this what the noble Lord was sent to the Paris
Conference to effect ? To attempt things of
this kind, needed the shade of curtains, and the
most profound secrecy. England would not have
been a contracting party to such unholy cruelty and
monstrous injustice, and we hope she will never
submit to being bound by any contract which will
not bear the full light of the sun. If Circassia
has been given to Russia, and the CZAR is to take
possession of the soil, in virtue of the Treaty of
Paris, he will have gained a greater victory over
the East than all the blood of his hordes of semi,
barbarians could have won, or diplomacy could
have achieved, in half a century. Let him take
possession of Circassia, and what is to prevent his
having, Asia Minor ? He got Kars for his own
price, and, icf., he bargained it away for the former,
he must still be a large-gainer.

But as'the hXroic threasstawitave once more
defeated and put their iriiplcable enemies to
flight, it is very possible they may be able to hold
their own until the present order of things in the
diplomatic world develope themselves, and open
noonday perfidy receives a permanent check.
Meanwhile, it behoves this country to look well
after those novel conclaves called " Conferences.'
We have already pointed out the incalculable dan-
gers we incur by allowing the Executive to send
representatives, in the name of England, to bind
her Constitutional people to engagements which
arc not openly discussed before the world. We see
the fruits of it now, in the interpretation given by
the Russians to the notable Treaty of Paris. While
that precious piece of routine handy-craft was
undergoing the process of manipulation, the right
of free discussion enjoyed by Englishmen was care-
fully suppressed. The British Parliament were
not allowed to know what the representatives of

the Executive were about until the treaty was
agreed to. This system must be exploded, and at
once. Our stake in the peace and prosperity of
surrounding nations is too gigantic for us to leave
our affairs to be dealt with in the dark; and why
we should abandon our Constitutional course in
foreign affairs for the Emperor NAPOLEON, unless,
indeed, it be to inflate him with false ideas of his
great power, with a view to hasten his downfall,
appears to be wholly beyond ordinary comprehen-
sion.

The Paris Treaty, if taken as a sample of what
we have to expect from Conferences, is anything
but consolatory. What it may be when fully
carried out is another matter; but until its stipula-
tions have been complied with to the letter—until
the Austrians have withdrawn from the Principali-
ties—until the Beesarabian frontier has been laid
down—until the Isle of Serpents has been
evacuated by the Russians, and until the
Muscovites take possession of Circassia, what can a
second Conference have to legislate upon for the
world, unless it is to reverse their policy before it
is too late, or consider the reason, justice, and
practicability of their former undertakings ? From
the great European Parliament, of ten members,
large things were anticipated, but where are they ?
The Western Powers have fulfilled their engage-
ments, and something more, but who is to compel
the other " high contracting parties" to carry out
theirs? Great Britain is hampered by an alliance
with the French regime, and France cannot get
forward owing to England being a break cn her
wheel. This is a state of things which cannot last
long. We have all found that there is a limit
placed by nature and circumstances to child's
play. The family of free nations in Europe will
not part with one of its most heroic members
Their popular voice will yet protest against
2,000,000 of brave, glorious, and free Circassians
being sacrificed at the shrine of a mock peace.
There is no tranquillity for those noble people
while one of their number remains alive ; and we
lie in the face of Heaven when we say that the
Treaty of Paris has given repose to the East, and
put an end to bloodshed, invasion, and robbery of
weak nations by despotic Powers, or that England
betrayed the rights, liberties, and lives of the
chivalrous Circassians into the hands of Russia,
by being made a party to any sacret compact.

TRs meeting of Corporate Reformers in Lime-
street Ward wasmostnumerous and enthusiastic.
It was equally talented,
Candidate and his supporters and
t he s
exhibitpe e cahne simpress
of earnestness and
straightforward
theasnasueraasnucreesd,
which contrast strangely
cautious and time- serving twaddle of their oppo-
nents. There was no vain effort made to diguise
errors judgement where any have occurred,
whereas, in
Mr. JOHN BUCK LLOYD will
not admit
that he, or those with whom he acts, have done
anything wrong, and they point to their votes and