The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-12 00:00:00

Mr. Morrison, M.P.. and his Coustituents.

Mr, Walter Morrison, M.P., addressed a'a-owded
assembly of his constituents at Plymouth on Tues-
day evening. Speaking first on domestic mit,tters,
he congratulated England in general, Plymoui hin
particular, and Mr. Collier personally on the el 9• va-
lion of that gentleman, whose ability and ex,,u,"-
rience were so groat, to a post so important at thit.l
critical moment as the Solicitor-Generalship. Ano-
ther theme for congratulation was the decrease of.
the unemployed in Lancashire by emigration—of
which Mr. Morrison wished there had been more—
and by the exhaustion of the stock of manufactured.
cotton goods; thus helping to prove more than ever
that cotton was not King. As for a grant in aid of
the operatives, he would not consent to that until
the poor rate of Lancashire was on an average equal
to that of Plymouth, which it had not hitherto
been. Among other home measures mentioned was
the of Public-houses Bill, against
which h Sundaye
vote, because he had to some extent
e did Closingn
ot
committed himself to its principle with his consti-
tuents, and for which he did not wish to vote, be-
cause he had never yet met with any beer which
would keep well from Saturday night until the
poor man would want to place it on the Sunday's
dinner table. Ho admitted, however, that
scandalous riot and drunkenness disgraced both
town and country on Sundays. The question of
Church rates was further than ever from a settla-
meat, nor would be settled until there was a corn.
promise. Mr. Morrison believed it was scandalous
to exclude Dissenters from fellowships in the uni-
versities. Those institutions, if properly used, would
educate half the nation, instead of two thousand
undergraduates. The
terms of subscription ought
to be relaxed;
their stringency did great injury to
the Church itself. It was respecting foreign affairs,
however, that the hon. gentleman was most earnestly
ofEn
listened to. To the Prussian liberals he, in the namegland, wished " God speed," for they were
fighting out the battle waged by England two cen-
turies ago as the power of levying taxes; but Pros"
six had this adverse condition, that she must keep
up a strong army to restrain the aggression a
"Inter
' cies of her neighbours. The mention of Bri -
national Congress to settle the boundaries o
dience with
and Europe was received by the
:ou 1 d be called
0f rland
applause. Unless such a Congress Bo
how dip lo-
and be efficacious, he did notorse
for the Poles
macy or sympathy could do
o.iallid must not go to
than had been done. Er'.o";-n„f France was not
war on their behalf, for thetiolietlyP "
with America and.
certain, and the risk
'fhell's Poles had not the claim to
Austria imminent.
be recognised 1°
as
for the
belligerents which the Southern
latter had been so recog-
Confederacy had,
nised by President Lincoln himself first, and had,
a
had never been assailed, im-
mense occupying many fortified towns, and
lso a
capital
wbi oh
armies
eMAr .milroircrainson went on to ad.
colonies had ori-
ginally of the independence ad-
vocate the recognition of the
States, and urged that they had
Confederate nurneroussecaersdleenassis.t•
h.
as much
right to
to p
se arate from Britain •
, and that the
Federals had no more right than had George 111.
ernre 111.
to endeavour to enforce an unwillingb
return to alle-
giance. Mr. Morrison then adverted to the weak-
ness of our colonial posse, •
zstons, and the duty of
Canada to do something more to protect herself.
The late bombardment of the
Forts of Kagosimae in
Japan, was justified by Mr. Morrison, and the burn-
ing of the town ase •
ribed to an inevitable accident.
The hon. gentleman received from those present a
renewed lease of confidence at the close of the
meeting.

LITERATURE, ART, AND OLD AGE.--There 15
something remarkable in the longevity of literary women in
modern times, even if wo do not look beyond our own coun-
try. Mrs. Piozzi and Mrs. Delaney perhaps scarcely enter
within the conditions : and the still lamented Jane Austen
was under an early doom from consumption : but Miss
Edgeworth was above 80 when she died; Joanna and Agnes
Baillie were older still ; and Mrs. Trollops died the other
day at 64. The artists who have departed lately have been
old. Biot was 87, and Vernet 74. Our Mulready was 77 ;
and Professor Cockerel!, the architect, was 73.—Oitce a
Week.