Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-12-05 00:00:00

aPPear to me to warrant the vast preparatioas
4°l° being made throughout this -countr-j. If.
preparations are unnecessary tb'ey must be
considered undesirable, and I 'am. almost afraid
that the excitement connected. 'with raising these
volunteer corps is calculated to produce those very
feelings of hostility between the two nations which,
IN are all anxious to see allayed." Here, then, we
an opinion asserted With no slight arrogance; --
°44ing from such a quarter, that is at variande.,
/I'bith the universal, opinion of the kingdom . of
as it is also opposed to every element of
seise, and every principle of patriotism.T,
those preparations are Unnecessary, they must
I'S considered undesirable." Now, we all know
til yeur= if is a great peacemak-er. But then -I
there must •be some reason- for the cenj ?an ction—
and lee.re there is none whatever.. The prepara-
-1% are necessary— facts beyond all question
Prove that they are ; and being-therefore neces-
-13437, as in the 'uni7;ersal judgment of the people
England they are deemed to be, they
lost be desirable: . In whatever point. of
view, in fact, wr regard - this cetjunction,
It only 'presents . itself to us as mere begging •
°f the question. To suppose that to be prepared
1° defend our-country against invasion, is " calm-
ated to oroduce, feelings of hostility between 'two
nations,'' is-altogether a most unfounded assump-
tie'l ; while it involves a principle which; if given '
1'437- to, Whether by a nation or 'by individuals,
:(3111d effectually prevent any ddfensiVe prepare-.
Whatever,r , whether in the one case against
headers, or in the -other ease
.against burglars.
48 the DEAN of-CanusiE, who took part at the
kleoting to-which we have referred, very forcibly
!elxiarked,.." in this .Volunteer movement we are.
daring -no one, we are-insnltin,,e• no one; we art
Illviting,war from no one, but iimply saying that
are ready to defend ourselves from aggression. ,
ill other
,wordS we say—in the words of the
SMtch ;motto Wha dar -meddle wi' me ?"
This -.is the light in which to regard that
I'4i
-sing ',of Volunteer Corps throughout the
totlntry, which haS already had so power-
al an effect in pacifying 'the Iniperial mind of
France. There are no " feelings of hostility
it' that we can see, either towards our Gallic
neighbours, or any other people whatever,—nor
IZed -there be. The only object is our own
6fence.. And, surely, a free people have a right
4..()-Put-themselves in such a-position as.to be able
offer effectual resistance to anyenemy that
121!V dare'to invade their shores.
Ile presumption of the honourable member
"'":T :Carlisle was, of course, a subject of very
q'teral remark at the meeting to which his letter
iv4s, -addressed. And not the least effective, .
Ivalik, certainly, it was the .most amusing-
'exposure of the hollowness of his excuse, which
IVas giyen, ...was that of a gallant soldier who
.
lleppers to be connected with our own "goad old
lcr.Avn -of Liverpool "—Captain JAmEs of Barrack
,t4dge—who said,-!-'4 Mr. LAWSON must have
ell-'rreading ' a story of %which he was forcibly
t (14h-idea at that moment '.A certain gentleman
In eat away from home, leaving his wife behind.
4 gelling he said to the lady 'My dear, you may
° 'what you like-whilst Ism away, but on no
‘:e°llnt attempt to that Newfoundland
°•g•'' .'.On, ;the - return of the gentleman he was
'll.larised: to find _his wife with two large
kratches on 'her arms .and bruises on her
fee.
- 'MY :love,' said he, pray what have.
been doing ?" Welt' she said, you
fluhardly believe it, but the truth is,
-;try to ride Pluto,' and you - see
t Consequences.' As there were no. ladies
hr°sent's
he should perhaps not give offence by
hlnb ,at the moral. - They all knew the
"eakness.:of the female sex;; :and Mr. „Lawson
llPl)iased --drat if we were --to ..set up a Rifle
9I"Ps a -some 300 merlin Carlisle, it would be
lapping. •our fingers in the face of the Emperor
the French, for *which he would feel bound
° come over and chastise us."
}fere, then, we say, is an illustration pleasant
444 piquant, 'as well as most conclusive, of the,
absurdity of ..such a pretext as that which a
°l.°tchety- young gentleman, in the exuberance
f°f his Liberalisnrhas had the effrontery to offer
4
Meeting of sensible and patriotic
„gentlemen
‘'ttlho had been weak enough to elect him as
representative in , Parliament. As an
--'-ption proves the rule, sure we are that
.
ll only serve to prove
.still more forcibly,
tot -sztaly the propriety, but the necessity; of
oat .great Volunteer movement which is now
tt 11°b1Y illustrating the. loyalty and patriotism
People of England.

PIE LATE-S 4 NEWS.

AND IRISH MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.]

FRANCE. •
11.1
tI/4e Opinione-Arcitionale states that the cost of
kteriiteneh expedition to China will be £6,000,000
OF: THE EMPEROR OF THE
rbRCHAiI Elqat .TO THE FOUR LIVERPOOL
"PALACE oh' TIDE 'TITILLERIES; Nov. 30,
Messrs. Shaw, Mellortirviiy (sic) and
' knell, merchants; at Liverpool :
!lit,`:_entlemen',.--You have addressed yourselves
kfthl to the Emperor, to know what were his
eaTions as .:regards . England : great fear, or
t confidence,
alone could explain this step.
roZone side, you are possessed of imaginary
toiltt Which appeared to have seized your
they with the • rapidity of an epidemic;_ and,
4totri oter, you reckon on the loyalty of him
:diont you desire a reply. It was, however,
hall °l' you yourselves to give it. If you had
.‘Ltlidr: examined the. trite cause-of your appre-
°,,llly—,llB, that cause you • would have found
all the rumours created among your
t4tio,-countrymen by the obstinate propa-
-41- of the most chimerical of alarms,
tl•iizsei until now, under whatever .cir-
-14%411ee5, there was not a word nor an act of
--ler°l7 which could permit a doubt Of his