The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-13 00:00:00

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in which the are engaged, whatever may be reasonlitle
with a view to securing the cordial co-operation of our
allies, we are willing to grant, but we cannot touch one
of the features of our own internal constitution—(hear)
—onr association is, in this instance, entirely for exter-
nal purposes ; It would be as reasonable for the British
Minister to prescribe to Austria or France what should
be the internal government of that country,) as for i
either of those powers to prescribe to us a change fu
our ancient custom •of affording the right of sanc-
tuary to political exiles. Instead of lowering ministers
in the face of Europe. by taking this stand, we should, I
believe, gain vastly in their estimation. It is not by
yielding everything at' the request of friends who may
be mistaken respecting our character and our conduct
that we shall secure respect from surrounding nations ;
it is by shoeing them that we value the libertienwhich ss•
have bought with our blood, and that whether it be an
open foe, or whether it be a neighbouring friend, we in• "
tend to maintain those liberties inviolate. Gentlemen,
I feel it necessary to say before I sit down that the an-
nouncement of this meeting, at which I had already con- •
vented to take the chair, did not appear to me to be in
exact accordance with the object which it was sought to
accomplish—that object being to maintain intact the
right of political exiles to all the freedom of a British
subject. But, the announcement having been made, I
felt that it would be cowardly in me, more especially as
my sentiments are not in accordance with those of the
war party,.to withdraw from the post which had been
kindly offered to me. After conversing, however, with
those who convened the meeting, I find that, whatever
may be their opinions respecting the war, they believed,
equally with myself, that the object for which we are •
met is so important, so sacred, and fraught with such
consequences to numbers who now enjoy the right of
asylum in this country, and whose enjoyment of itseeme
to be threatened by the intended policy of the Ministers
—they, I say, equally with myself, believe that that ob-
ject should stand out clearly, distinctly, and separate ff.( to
all others—and therefore it is upon that subject alone
that the suffrages of this large meeting will be taken.
(Hear, hear.) eI
need not, gentlemen, enforce upon
you the vast importance of conducting the proceed.
ings of the meeting to its close with perfect order.
I am certain that every one in this assembly will feel
with rue how greatly the moral power and influence of
what is done here will be increased by both the speakers
and the audience keeping within the limits of decorum,
and I feel perfectly sure that you are all so united in
sentiment that the proposition about to be submitted to
you will be adopted unanimously. lam glad to be able
to convey to you the information that this is not the
only meeting on this subject that is being held to-night.
Newcastle is at this moment engaged in the Elaine good
work that we are—(cheers)—and I believe that within
a short time all the towns in England which profess to
have any ambition to sustain inviolate and untouched
the liberties of this country will be proud to follow our
example. (Cheers.)
Mr. W. Wiese then read—not without eliciting some
marks of disapprobation—the following letter :
" Midhurst, Nov. 7, 1855.
"My dear Sir,—l cannot, lam sorry to say, take a part
in your demonstration against the arbitrary treatment of
M. Victor Hugo and his brethren in exile. But, although
distance from town and other engagements prevent mefrom
being present, I sympathise very cordially with the pro-
moters of the meeting. Surely such proceedings as that
which you are meeting to protest against ought to open the
eyes of at least that part of the public which is supporting
the war from a sympathy with liberalism abroad, as to the
gross delusion that has been practised on their credulity by
those who have told them that in the hands of our present
Government the war in which we are engaged is a struggle
for liberty. Depend on it the tendency, both at home and
abroad, ever since the peace of Europe was broken, has
been the very reverse ; and give us but a few years more of
war, and we shall find ourselves retrograding to the dark
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political doings of Sidmouth's evil days.—And believe me
faithfully yours, "R. COBDEN."
Mr. WILICS also read letters from Mr. C. Gilpin, Mr.
G. Thompson, Mr. P. A. Taylor, and Mr. G. Holyoake,
each expressing sympathy with he Jersey refugees. He
then moved the following resolutions :
" That this meeting utters its indignant protest against
the recent expulsion of refugees from Jersey; and affirms
that foreigners landing in the dominion of the British
Crown become at once entitled to the natural and legal
rights of Engli.hman, public examination and trial by jury
before exposure to any renal consequences. -
" That this meeting pledges itself and calls upon the
country to resist, by all lawful means, the apprehended
attempt to carry through Parliament an act invalidating
or restricting the right of sanctuary."
After some general remarks of an historical character,
he observed that if they wished to kno w who was the
author of the recent expulsion, they must consider whom
it was'most likely to benefit, and no one could doubt
that this was Louis Napoleon. (Hear.) If, again, they
applied Shakspere's test that men hated those whom
they had injured, that teat pointed in the same direction-
It they were asked whom had the refugees wronged I it
might be answered that they had written no sentence for
which any minister dare bring them into an English
court. They wro'e a chapter of history; that was all.
Louis Napoleon was, however, the enemy of history.
Ever since the second Bartholomew he had been angry
with history, and he called for expulsion because men
simply stated the events of a given day in a given year.
The speaker was then proceeding to express his regret
that the refugee question had not been combined with
the war question ; but, being met with unmistakeable
symptoms that any remarks in opposition to the war
with Russia would be decidedly unpalatable to the ma-
jority of the meeting, he absta'ned from attempting to
enlarge on that topic.
Mr. ERNEST JONES seconded the resolution. He ob-
served that the meeting stood upon the common ground
of opposition to any infringement of the rights of refu-
gee,. It was composed of members of the peace party
and members of the war party. He himself belonged to
the latter, and though he did not entirely approve of the
manner in which the war had been conducted, he was for
letting the war itself go on. (Cheers.) The course of
events connected with the recent expulsion was very re-
markable. A. letter having been written by three indi-
viduals, the Attorney-General of Jersey, on being con-
sulted, gave it as his opinion that it.. publication was not
illegal, and that its authors could not be successfully
prosecuted in the Jersey court=. It was then attempted
to apply Lynch law to the refugees, and when this at-
tempt failed in consequence of their gallant defence, and
when they had written a letter protesting against the
infringement of their liberty, they were expelled by the
. British Government. Why were they expelled 1 They
"had not fitted out a ship with arms, and landed at Bou-
logne, to make war against an ally of Eneland. (Hear.)
Neither had they been closetted with an enemy of Eng-
land, like Prince Adelbert of Prussia, who was now fight-
ing at the head of a Russian regiment in the Crimea,
after having been received within the precincts of Ba'-
moral. An experiment was now being tried in the case
of refugees, and if they allowed the passing of an alien
bib against foreigners ere long a gagging bill would be
passed against themselves. (Hear, hear.) He rejoiced
in the French alliance, but in order that it might be per-
rnanen4, it must be an alliance with the peopleof France.
When the French people were free I a they would be etc
long, they w.iuld inquire how Englishmen had acted
towards thorn in the hourof trial, and whether the had
given fair play to French exiles. (Hoar, hear.) While,
on the one hand, they did not go to war with Louis
Napoleon, on the other they should not go to war on
their own history and their own honour. (Hear, hear.)
Let them seek less to ally themselves with Francis
Joseph, and more with IC-south ; less with Bombs, and
more with Mazz ni ; less with Letals Napoleon and more
with those femous exiles who had never tarnished their
fame.

The resolution was then put and carried, there being
only one dissentient ; and
The CLIAIRMAN having declared this to be the termi-
natiou of the proeeedirgi, the meeting, after giving a
vote of thanks to the hon. gentleman himself,
dispersed.
The whole of the proceAings occupied loss than two
hours.

'------ Wednesday
ANOTHER MURDER NEAR MOATE.—On W
last a respectable man, named Robert Clarke, who was
employed as steward and gatekeeper at Ballinderry,
within one mile of Moato, was proceeding to the latter
place, 1, hen he got into a dispute, and was attacked by
a nuitil2er of peasantry with stones. His skull was frac-
tured on the occasion, and he died shortly alter. Hi,
remains wero brought to Ballinasloe for interment on
Friday night. The sad occurrence, observes the local
paper, is not connected with local disturbances.
THE DWELLINGS OF THE PEOPLE.—At the West
Brampton Mutual Improvement Society, on Friday, the
2d inst. a lecture on " The Homes of the Pe i ~,
delivered by Mr. G. Godwin. Atmthoe,tclinosoevoil gitoaApler,. God-
rich, who was in the chair, said, in
distressing
paralleled
vote of
thanks to the lecturer, that the
deoils given by Mr. Godwin cmld most
in
nf
theth e
Roy al parish of Kensington, in which
condition of Kensington, in
they were. The
Trooper's-court was a di,, ng',', the Potteries, and
,race to the country. The Rev.
Thomas Pearson confirmed the assertion of the lecturer,
that the efforts of the clergymen were unavailing with
people housed as he had dei,eribed
STATE OF T
towns during th©
nme)E.—ln the trade. of the provincial
past. week there has been some increase
of activity, but the igh prices of the chief articles of food
exert a considerable pressure and tend to render the
operative clamssaerskedtissatisfied with their wages. At Man-
chester the
vas
less
sas
.agaili been well supported, al-
though there w
conamencement. The Birmingham
at the close than at the
ec, report shows no
material alteration in the ilotneeo.f the iron trade.ii
Such change as may have taken
side of improvement, but the maintenance
perhaps,e
I gOeneral
"
quotations is still rather doubtful. The " Toll•end
furnaces have stopped, with liabilities for 38,0001, on the
part of the establishent, who hope to pay in full, bat
require time. A small failure has likewise occurred in
the nail trade, and the mercantile firm of E. V. Myth
and Co. are seeking the protection of the Private Ar-
rangement Act, in consequence of individual losses sus-
tained
by their principal partner. At Nottingham the
recent recovery, consequent chiefly upon the orders from
America, has been sustained-
In the woollen
there has been no alteration, and although gred
pru-
dence is exercised the extent of employment is satisfac-
tory. In the Irish linen markets the operations have
been favourable, and quotations exhibit
an improved

tone.
TSEUENTI-A Lieutenant of
rAnvEnz_is Dragoons cured
by Holloway's Ointment and Pills.--
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This officer, _in
of nii'iiri
who is in the Dutch army, states th
Holloway's pills and ointment have cured him of !hen.
matiew, which appeared to be incurable, as neither sea
bathing, vapour baths, nor preparations vaunted as sure
remedies,
after several months' trial, were without Inc.
cess. At this juncture he commenced taking these pills,
and rubbing the ointment into the complaining parts
twice a , which effectually cured him in the oourse
of six ks. The truth of this statement can be
vouched fIT by Mr. J. B. Stratman, of Bois-le-Duo.
spa 9v fill druggists, and at Professor Hollow*9
Estairthament, 214, strand, London.