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ferent as it IS pOSSIVO to conceive tronNyhgclit
was before it. Again, when the report of it reached
hull 1, it was put forth in the trade circulars of
every Bombay house that the speech of Mr.
stone had created peat uneasiness ; and pcupla
abStaincd front buying because they thought pt.-;t;i±s
would fall. Thu:, the utterances of these men, v;,.:r
knew no more about it than any one of us, but
who speak from their lofty position and with
their supposed knowledge, have cost enormous sums
to the county of Lancaster during the last 12
months, and they are not the only people to blame.
I wish to say a word about the London press, I, of
cour.,?c, don't speak of newspapers th;lt have no fore
or influence ;—the Morning Herald may rave, cod
the Standard may follow suit, but what they Fay
will not alter the valuo of a pinch of snuff in any
market in England. (A laugh.) But it happens
that there is a paper which, from its long duration,
the energy with which it has been conducted, the
good things which in times past it occasionally
done, and its alliance with certain influential sec-
tions,
is accepted by some persons us an authority
on great
questions—att m
ay a
also
tbhee
oi‘nl aynocuhre sEter
Exchange
Lp vocltonl
Exchange,
It
it t ise columns
bu
ilt ;ople will rush to see what ihera is in
h pe
of
the Times. Well, the columns of
have been filled with articles on America
the Times
for two years, but, as I have said before, not ono
generous article with regard to the Free North has
appeared in them. The Tones may have what
opinions it likes; its writers write under a mask. I
do not propose, although I could do it, to tear that
mask away; but it writes as a great power in the
press of this great country ; for two years it hag
taken up its parable against the twenty million of
men in the free States of North America, and has
indulged in as many prophecies as 'Merlin herself
(a laugh), or anybody else of whom tradition gives
us some account, but no one s=able prophecy up to
this time has been fulfilled. There is not a man of

PENCE ........".c;.
STAAIPED —.51.

been willing to admit that it was a course creditable
rather than otherwise to the Government by which
it was taken. I should like to see it carried a little
further. Many things which I advocate are thought
rather foolish at first, but in time people come up to
them, and I have the :atisfection of being a little
ahead of the Government, and often of the nation.
The other day I made a reference parenthetically
to the cession of the fortress of Gibraltar,
and I can conceive how that must have shocked
some people.
ccouniltegutoestaiontotlle(iraAanbltlayhuagtuhre.
men will only discuss it calmly I think they will
to press it, but though it islneotadnooutbtaat amiloare"tliioflui-s
I observe that the newspapers of Germany, Prance,
and Spain have argued from what I said in your
)fantlilme unanimous
aonpilnsiloanudast,ouyte tiitf.
town-hall three weeks ago that there is a great
party in England favourable to the cession of Gib-
raltar. (Laughter.) Now, I make no such pre-
tension whatever. I know that in connection with
that fortress there are memories and associations
which may well make the English people pause
when they are asked to give it up to Spain ; they
have been told from their childhood that it is im-
pregnable ; and some persons have a notion that
what is impregnable must be valuable, but that en-
tirely depends upon whether it is in such a posi-
tion that it gives groat safety to something which
is valuable. Now I believe that most military per-
sons in this country who are not wishing to make
out a case, and especially if they happen to be
wholly independent of the powers that be, would
admit that that rock is of no value whatever to us,
It is of no value to us in time of peace, except per-
haps to smuggle a few goods into Spain, and it
would also be of no value equivalent to the cost in
time of war. It is to me a monument of a very
foolish war and. a very dishonourable peace. I be-
lieve when it was taken it was taken in the
name of Charles 111., the "lawful Sovereign"
of Spain, who never happened to become the
lawful Sovereign of Spain, and therefore, when
the Treaty of Utrecht was concluded, our
allies were sold, and we were permitted to
retain Minorca and Gibraltar. Suppose this coun-
try were the chamber of commerce of the city of
Madrid, how should we then be likely to view this
matter? We have it on the authority of English
statesmen that all the relations between the coun-
tries, and every negotiation between them from that
time to this has been embitted and thwarted by
the exasperation of Spain at England holding a por-
tion of their territory. In Spain there is a very
high protective tariff, but I believe that if this thorn
in the side of this country were removed we might
easily have a very liberal treaty of commerce with
her, by which every English production would be
admitted upon moderate terms; and, moreover, I
think you would long before this—l will not say
compelled, but have persuaded the Spanish Govern-
ment to make effectual its laws against the traffic
in negroes, thus putting an end to that abominable
barbarity—the slave trade—between Africa an
Cuba. For those of us who believe the Emperor of
the French is a very dangerous neighbour, that he
is a man of destiny, and that it is written in the
Book of Fate that he is to do something dreadful
to the Bank of England—to those who think that
every Frenchman spends a portion of his time in
looking across the Channel in the expectation that
they will some day avenge Waterloo by traversing
this country with the French eagle—(a laugh)—to
all such—and I certainly am net among them—this
argument ought to be one of force—namely, that

the commercial class in Liverpool or Manchester Iris o
would not admit to-day, if he were asked, that the
influence, and, if you like, the ignorance, or if you
wish to speak correctly, the malice of that p per
towards the United States has produced disasticus
consequences to. very many persons in Lancashire.
I know it, and kis universally known that there
has been a constant teaching of the people that
the war would come to an end, that there would
' be an armistice, that the North was exhausted,
that bankruptcy was inevitable, that the re-
cent elections would break down President Lin-
coln's G.Ne.nment, and that everything would
happen that has-not happened ; the consequence was
that while the stock of cotton was constantly being
diminished there has been the greatest fear among
all persons having transactions in distant markCs
to do any business in Manchester, and stocks of yarn
and cloth have never risen in price at all in pro-
portion to the raw material. At this moment there
are 400,000 bales in Liverpool ; there is a very slight
increase in the working of the mills, owing to the
uncertainty in the minds of all buyers as to whether
the high prices will be long sustained. Some of this
uncertainty is no doubt the inevitable result of the
state of circumstances. None of us can predict with
any accuracy the duration of the war ; but surely
the inevitable uncertainty is bad enough, without
being aggravated by the inconsiderate speeches of
the Foreign Minister and the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, or by the incessant folly and malice
poured out from day to day in the leading columns
of the times. (Hear.) But I say that this course,
besides doing no kind of good, is making an enemy
of a great nation, and sacrificing interests which
our statesmen ought zealously to guard. Notwith-
standing any complaint on this score, I am willing
to admit that the world, even in our time, is moving
on. Within the last two years we have seen two
events which posterity will regard as very impor-
tant. In Russia serfdom has been pat in the way
of extinction by the act of the Emperor of Russia
and his Government ; in the United States, by the
most wonderful series of events, there is evidently
coming to pass that which no man dared hope for
three years ago as likely to be approached during
the lifetime of any one of us. I see from the List
unto the West, from the rising of the sun to the
going down thereof, in spite of what misled, preju-
diced, unjust, and wicked men may do, the cause of
freedom still moving:onward ; and it is not in hu-
man power to arrest its progress,
"For God from evil still educes good,
And Freedom's seed still grows, the' steeped in blood."
And, coming back to our own country from this
review, I should say there is much to be done here ;
and in this observation—l speak of members of
your Chamber who aro not of any one political
party—there are gentlemen here who, even if they
give me credit for honesty and conscientiousness in
my course, yet think me mistaken and dangerous
in the propositions which I make to my fellow-
countrymen ; but being here, as we are, of various
political parties, may I not say thus much, that if
we were to shun a party spirit, if we were to exa-
mine questions fairly and carefully, if we were to
endeavour to decide them truthfully, we might have
hope that we should do much to elevate our people,
to improve our institutions, to make broader and
safer the foundations of our freedom, and to build
up and preserve a commonwealth which should do
much to help forward the advancement of the world.
(Cheers.)

the English Government is anxious for a united
Italy to be a counterpoise to France, surely it would
also be a great advantage to us, in the same sense,
to have a close ally and friend in Spain. That, how-
ever, you never can have, as long as you hold a por-
tion of her territory, taken from her and kept from
her under circumstances reflecting no honour upon
England, especially when it is almost universally
admitted that that rock is of no use whatever to
ourselves. If England were to become more moral,
more just, her influence among the nations would be
largely increased, and it would no longer be possible
for General Peel, Secretary for War under Lord
Derby's Government, to tell his constituents at
Huntingdon with truth that England is detested
by every country in Europe. (Hear, hear.)

There is only one other question to which I sha,

refer. I have heard that the working men of Bir

mingham have subscribed about £3,000 towards the
relief of their suffering countrymen in Lancashire.
Well, that is a very honourable thing for Birming-
ham ; and I am only sorry that every one of the men
who thus nebly subscribed has not his name on your
register of electors, and is not enabled to give his free
vote at the poll for my hon. colleague and myself.
(Hear, hear, and a laugh.) In Lancashire there is
now the strangest paralysis probably ever seen in
any seat of industry. The American war was com-

menced—the one contending party refused to expor

cotton, and burnt not a little of it ; the other block

The health of the French Consul, M. Verdier do
Latour, was then given by Mr. J. D. Goodman, and
briefly acknowledged.
"Prosperity to the Town and Trade of Birming-
ham" and one or two other toasts having been pro-
posed, the proceedings terminated.

ado.' the ports, so that cotton should not escape.
The result is that gradually the stocks of cotton
have been consumed in this country and throughout
the world, except that which remains in the United
States ; and what that quantity is nobody knows,
with any pretence of accuracy. At the same time
everybody believes there is a large stock in the
South. It is estimated variously at from 2,000,000
to 4,000,000 bales. I believe that whenever it comes

CARDINAL ANTONELLL—Sir G. Bowyer, in a
letter to the Times, says—ln your correspondence
from Italy of this day Cardinal Antonelli is described as
nephew of Gasparone, who was a notorious bandit. I feel
it my duty to state that Cardinal Antonelli is not in any
way connected with any such person. The cardinal is the
representative of a family of highly respectable and wealthy
country gentlemen, possessing extensive landed property
near Terracina. His father was the youngest of three
brothers, and, dying, he left the future cardinal a ward of
his two uncles. By them he was made to enter the I.gal
profession. On the death of his two uncles he inherited the
family estates, and was thereby placed in a position of in-
dependence and wealth. He, however, continued his pro-
fessional career, in which his extraordinary talents enabled
him to rise rapidly to high places, until he became, what
he is now, one of the most eminent statesmen in Europe.
I do not think it worth while to notice the other charges
and insinuations contained in the correspondent's letter. I
trust that you will print this letter, as it regards no matter
of opinion, but a mete matter of fact with which I am per-
fectly acquainted, and which affects the honour of an illus-
trious person and a distinguished family.
SERIOUS AFFRAY WITH SALMON POACLIERS.—A
trhe
ins cwo
innttreer of
happened a at
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et
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abated—or
an
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der
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morning between
two united bands—of salmon poachers. At half-past four
a.m. the bailiffs,ten in number, fell in with the poachers, who
were all
disguised and armed with sticks, at a place on the
public road a little above the town, called Hemphaugb, the
same locality where a serious fight took place last year. The
number of black fishers is not known, but they outnumbered
ftohreemriovsetropf the
police by at least two to one. A seizure of the
gang was at once made, a man wearing
a woman's cap, with a red and white muffler round
his throat, The bailiffs were at once assailed with large
stones and sticks, and a terrible struggle took place for the
possession of the prisoner. After fighting for about twenty
minutes the prisoner was forcibly rescued from the hands
of the police, who were beaten tack and compelled to leave
the ground. A bailiff, named Joseph Ross, was badly cut
on the head and bruised on the body, and was on Wednes-
day lying at the Victorial Hotel so seriously ill that the
medical attendant has prohibited any one from seeing him.
As yet none of the poachers have been identified. Others
of the bailiffs also received various injuries. The poachers
had been " burning the water" above Ashiestiel boat-pool
during the night.—Scotsman.

it will turn out very much less than the higher esti-
mate, but that stock being locked up in Amerira,
with prices at four times their ordinary rate, you

can conceive how much the interests of all who are

engaged in the cotton trade are concerned in the
time when that stock shall be liberated. East India
cotton commonly called Surat, which sells ordinarily
at from 3d. to 4d. per lb., now sells at from ls. 3d.

to is. Sd., and American, which is ordinarily 6d.
Pe r lb., is now at more than 2q. A bale of cotton,
which used to cost £lO or £l2, now costs £5O. The
advice of an armistice in America and the cessation
of the war with a view to negotiation would produce
a great fall and great ruin; and the apprehension
of this necessarily interferes very much with the

course of business: Now I complain of the official
politicians of this country. Last session there was

a motion in the House of Lords against the block-
ade, and the Foreign Secretary made a speech in
which he showed that the blockade was very
effective, and he concluded his remarks in a very
careless manner, as if he were really not think-
ing of what he was saying, by stating that he
hoped in a few months the North would con-
sent to the independence of the South, when,_ of
Lanca-
shire
Course, this country would wish prosperity
States. Well, what waa the effect of this n
shire ? Everybody there thinks
ecro
,ait.Liareg
has Stary is a most profound statesman
office; but on
Foreign
wnot
every-
thing written down in the
nothing, and that
this question Lord Russell knew
nothing
was exactly the position of all.e the rest of us. lie
people in Lancashire hoped as net, however, content with saying he
saidw that which
indi-
cated that he knew a great deal. The consequence
was that when the news reached the Exchange at
Manchester everybody wanted b sell and no one to
buy. I know a man who was just then taking stock
with a partner whom ho was then about to leave,
and the effect of that speech was, by a stroke of the
pen, to depreciate his share of the business by more
than £2,000. Again, there was the speech of Mr.
Gladstone at Newcastle. I know the case of a man
who a week before bought 300 bales of cotton in
Liverpool, intending to work them up, calculating
that he would be able to keep his mills going till
Christmas. The moment he read the Chancellor of
the Exchequer's speech he sent word to his 'broker

THE AUSTRIAN DEPARTMENT OF THE GREAT
EXHIBITION.—In consequence of the interest and.
indefatigable zeal displayed by Dr. SchwaTz in connexim
with the Austrian department of the International Exhi.,
bition, the Emperor of Austria has conferred upon him the.
Franz Joseph Order of the 2d class ; and Chevalier
Schaeffer, director of the Austrian cnnsnlitte in London, is
raised to the rank of Councillor.

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at. Liverpool to sell his cotton instantly, and if he
had kept it four or five days ho would have lost a

very large sum by it. On the delivery of tho same

speech many persons in this country, to my know-
ledge, countermanded the orders they had previously

sent out for the purchase of Indian cotton ; and

everybody knows that the state of the cotton-
market in Manchester after that speech was as dif-