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London, England, 1853-09-29 00:00:00

LATEST IFORKIGN NEWS,

long experience of public life, who may have bee
known in other times and under other circun
stances by varying party designations, but who, when
crisis arrived in the history of the country on the great
question of commercial legislation, cast away every per-
sonal consideration, forgot every personal distinction,
and asked themselves alone in what manner can we best
serve the Crown and the country ? (Cheers.) With
these wise and eminent men, united on that ground
and for such an object, it has been my happy lot to he
associated. I have derived profit from their profound
experience, I have shared the honours awarded to their
established character, and by their advice and support
I have been enabled—if there be any benefit to be drawn
from the financial labours of last session—to compass
what could not otherwise have been attained. (Cheers.)
At any rate, and to whatever cause I may be indebted for
the tribute, I receive it with delight, and my satisfaction
is enhanced by the manner in which it has been conveyed.
I am much gratified by the assurance you have given me
as to the manner in which the proposal was received by
the Town Council, and I am glad to see by this crowded
hall that their sentiments are shared in and confirmed
by the community—that this is not an affair of a party
or a class, but has its origin in a spontaneous and gene-
ral sentiment pervading the mass of the people. It was
not for any mere party purpose that Lord Aberdeen
accepted the post which he now holds, or that Lord
John Russell—who himself had held the office of Prime
Minister with honour and distinction—consented to join
him ; and I flatter myself that their views for the pro-
motion of the general welfare will meet a yet wider ap-
preciation, successful though they have been already in
securing a large measure of support from the repre-
sentatives of the people in Parliament—a support
ratified by such manifestations on the part of - the
people themselves as that of which I have now the
honour to be the object. (Cheers.) Allusion is made
to two principal subjects in your address—the two
subjects which perhaps press most urgently on public
notice at the present moment—the commercial legisla-
ture, which will for ever render memorable the last ten
years, and a reference to foreign politics and govern-
ments. With regard to the subject of commercial legis-
lation, I have already said that I stand here to-day
reaping where others have sown. I had indeed the
honour to be associated with the late Sir Robert Peel in
the earlier stages by which the principles of that legisla-
tion which is now more fully recognised were introduced ;
and to my dying day it will be a source of satisfaction to
me that, from the formation of his government onwards,
I was honoured to bear, if an humble, still a laborious
part, in giving effect to those improvements and
alterations of our commercial and fiscal laws which
have shed upon the country richer and more
numerous blessings than even the anticipations of
the most sanguine dared have looked for. (Cheers.)
During five or six years past we have been congratu-
lating ourselves on the enjoyment of them amid cheap-
ness and abundance, though we may have felt that
a time would come when, from a pressure upon tl •
means of subsistence, the people would have less facrity
in obtaining access to them. And how marked is the
testimony to .Z,he wisdom of recent legislation in the
spirit which now prevails ! Go back to other times and
we find that when corn was dear the natural anxiety and
impatience of the people vented itself in violations of
law, in riot, and in bloodshed ; and even in other coun-
tries this continues still to be the case. Only a few days
ago I read of the governors of two Italian towns losing
their lives as a sacrifice to the impatience of the popula-
tion arising from such a cause. Thus it ever has been
where man steps in to correct Providential arrangements,
and where the pressure of scarcity is aggravated by
unwise laws. But see the contrast here ! Not in
this quarter, but in other quarters of the country,
there is a deficient harvest, and the demand for
corn to France has affected our markets ' • but
not through all England or Scotland is there heard
a murmer of impatience or discontent, for the peo-
ple rest satisfied that if there be a dispensation of
scarcity it comes from that Providence whose it is to dis-
pense the measures both of abundance and want, they
know that human legislation has done all that it can to
effect free scope to the energy and industry of man, and
hence there is everywhere that tranquillity, content-
ment, and self-reliance which we should most desire to
prevail. (Cheers.) Your Provost has said that we have
not met here to celebrate a party triumph. There was
a time when the question of protective duties was made
one of party struggle and conflict. There was a time,
even after the victory had been achieved, when a large
party adopted " Protection" as their motto and in-
scribed it on their banners. But those times are gone
by, the force of truth has won its way, and I scarcely
believe that after the evidence which the lapse of
time has accumulated, there exists any longer a
section of the community who, if they had the power,
would wish to step back, to alter, or modify a
system of legislation so beneficial. (Cheers.) What
was once but an opinion of philosophers in their
closets, spread from one class to another, occupied the
minds of statesmen, obtained the voice of Parliament,
took the force of law, is now the fixed policy of England,
and reigns enthroned in the sanction and heart of the
country. (Loud cheers.) And let me add the expres-
sion of an anticipatory hope that the end of its triumphs
has not yet been reached. The example of England is
of mighty force. Her example has had much to do in
persuading the other nations of Europe that in a re-
strictive commercial code there was some magical secret
of national wealth and prosperity. But the delusion
once rejected by us it will not be long maintained by
them ; the emphatic testimony to the advantages of free
commerce which the triumphant results of a full and
unsparing application of its principles has yielded here,
will work its way among the intelligent people of the
continent, producing a similar development of plenty
and blessing among them ; mutual intercourse will be
advanced, and the benefits which come in the train of
increased communication and augmented wealth will
thus be multiplied ; great social and moral aims which
we desire to see promoted will be helped onwards, the
tendency to international strife and war will be re-
pressed ; and if we do not thus realise all the blessings
which Christianity promises to mankind, many of thes e
evils which must seriously hinder their advance will be
taken out of the way. (Loud cheers.) Your address also
adverts to my humble efforts in behalf of those whom I
believe to be oppressed in another country. It must be
painful to us, natives of Great Britain—citizens of a
country where the principles of liberty and obedience to
law are both held in deserved veneration—of a country
where the most extensive changes are brought about by
legal and rational means—it must be most painful
for us to look abroad over the Continent and see how
little progress the nations of Europe have made in the
path of temperate and rational freedom. There is one
year which I fear must be marked as very disas-
trous in their annals—l mean the revolutionary year
of 1848—for while certainly there was much which
deserved to be swept away, the effect was to provoke a
terrible reaction—to diminish the hope of rational free-
dom—to exasperate the spirit of despotism where it ex-
isted—to develope extreme opinions—and to diminish
the prospect of gradual and temperate advance to that
system of constitutional government—the results of
which we so happily enjoy. In the country where it
was my fortune to reside at the period to which allusion
has been made, I perceived that great sufferings were
inflicted on large numbers in consequence of this re-
actionary spirit—a spirit, the natural effect of whose
manifestations is certainly to provoke popular resist-
ance, and to engender many terrible evils. Ido en-
tertain an earnest hope fer the improvement of Italy ;
and, so far as the present Government is concerned,
I am sure it will be their endeavour to promote that
object--not in the spirit of reckless propagandism,
which would raise up the national spirit against us, but
by such a wise and temperate policy as will secure our
moral influence. At present we cannot speak with
satisfaction of foreign politics. You well know that
causes are operative which threaten the peace of Eu-
rope. I trust you also know, and are well persuaded,
that the most anxious efforts of the British Govern-
ment have been directed towards the maintenance of
general peace, and the protection of those who want i
strength to protect themselves. (Cheers.) No assurance
from me to this effect is wanted, for the temper and at-
titude of the people havevshoe it how thoughtfully they
confide in their rulers, and bow anxious they are for the
maintenance of peace combined with honour. The time
is happily past when an ignorant eagerness for war
could take possession of masses of the community, we do
not fail to profit by the lesssons of history, thougb after
40 years of peace, when most of us have grown up with-
out any actual experience of the evils of a state of war,
we may be apt to forget their number and magnitude.
The heavy burdens which war entails on posterity is
the least of its evils ; it is the effusion of human blood,
the dissolution of domestic ties, the letting loose of
a moral scourge over a country which ought to be
thought of, and which impose an absolute obligation on
Governments and statesmen to avoid it at the cost of
any sacrifice short of duty and honour. This isthe prin-
ciple which has guided the Government throughout the
negotiation of the last few months ; and by this rule
they would still act, knowing that it was with individuals
as with nations—that a war might be very popular at
its commencement which would be very hateful at its
close, just as there were few people who entered on a
quarrel otherwise than brave and self-reliant, but who
might not like it much •ere all was over. Mr. Glad-
stone, then, remarking that the shades of evening
which were closing round them, conveyed a warning to
be brief, proceeded to refer to the future—alluding
especially to the great change which has of late come over
the spirit and temper of parties. At the sacrifice of much
personal feeling, in violation of the strict terms of poli-
tical consistency, many useful measures had been carried
through, with the farther effect of completely disorgan-
ising old party connections. The House of Commons was
not now divided into two compact forces opposing each
other on every trivial point ; the broad contrasts of party
had been obliterated ; and members of the legislature ex-
ercised more their own reason, and were actuated to a
greater extent by their honest convictions. This in itself
was real progress ; it was a result which augured well for
the triumph of reason and justice. It was a consequence
of this state of matters that the present administration
had received so large an amount of what is termed
"independent support." From its character and ex-
perience, it was peculiarly bound to go on concili-
ating favour of that kind ; and the best way to ac-
complish such an object was neither, on the one hand
to hug past abuses under the pretence of maintaining I Oa
our institutions; nor on the other, recklessly to urge a I
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our institutions. This also was the true way to obtain I Linares Mining Company, held y
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ously applauded ; and after three cheers had been given present distribution, an . ~
for him, with the addition of one for the Provost, the with all possible dispatch
meeting separated shortly after Rix o'clock.

FRAN CE.
It is announced that Prince Napoleon is indis-
posed. It is said that the Prince was unwell on
leaving Paris for the Camp of Reliant. During the
review on Sunday he suffered severely from the
heavy rain, and on his return to Paris he was at-
tacked with inflammatory fever. As yet, however,
his position causes no uneasiness to his friends.
The Brest fleet was unable to arrive at Dunkiii:
during the Emperor's visit to that port in conse-
quence of a severe gale of wind, which forced Ad-
miral Charmer to take shelter in the Downs, where
the ships rode out the storm without damage. It
was expected that the Admial would be able to
manoeuvre his squadron within sight of Boulogne
previous to the Emperor's departure for Pais.
The Duke and Duchess de Alba, in leaving Paris
for Madrid, have taken with them magnificent
oc-
sents from the Empress for her mother on the
casion of her birth-day.
Lord Brougham has arrived at the Hotel3lBll-
-

The Archbishop of Paris has returned to V
b Dr
from his estate of Belle Eau, where he has

siding for some time.
calls
A decree of the Emperor of the 20th inst.o,
out 40,000 men of the 80,000 of the class of i°",„'his
7,188 for the navy, and 38,812 for the armY. in
is nothing more than what is done every for,' se
order to fill up the vacancies caused by those hose
term of service is about to expire. The 40,AW0
men are to join their respective corps from
15th to the 20th Oct. next. leo)
The octroi receipts of Paris (says the .3ioosNif
amounted on the 16th of September to 28,8389'74,1;
If they were to continue in the same propoP,'"
during the whole year, they would reach the sys
of 40,713,200 f., that is, would excee d by upwrt
of ,A millions the produce estimated in the buoge
for tie year.
The Moniteur publishes Imperial decrees, ,73;
and mulgating the convention between France an
Electorate of Hesse, for the reciprocal protection '9„
the rights of property in literature and Works of
art, and the postal convention concluded betvigt
France and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
latter is of great length, entering into very fall
details of the rates of postage, modes of eonveYan:
and other points for the amelioration of the P°s
intercours between the two States. ce
The general account of the commerce of Fran e
with her colonies and foreign countries during ,1,
last year, which has just been published by the .5,*
ministrations of the Customs, contains some
mation which will be read with interest by thm
persons who did not pay particular attention '-
the monthly returns. of
The French Government has requested that,.
Austria to furnish it with all the documents re::
tive to the mode of supply of provisions at lrienp
The Bourse was more than ordinarily agit.a 0
yesterday, and there were numerous fluctuation I
according as favourable or unfavourable reports P
vailed. The 3 per Cents. opened at 75f., and rose ;
75f. 15c. on a report that the Northern rota
had made no objection to the passage of a poit,."
of the English and French fleets through then;
danelles. A species of panic subsequently arose/„
consequence of various alarming reports, sz°,l
which the most serious was that M. de Kissel°
the Russian Minister in Paris, had demanded bet.:
passports. The Three per Cents. then fell to 7,4,0
10c., at which they closed for the end of
month ; the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at
100 f. 10c. ; Orleans Railway shares, 1,195f*
Rouen, 1,020 f. ; Havre, 500 f. ; Great Northel
822 f. 50c. ; Paris and Strasburg, 915 L ; Paris ,
Lyons, 8801. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 7301"
Western of France, 700 f. • Bordeaux and Col
592 f. 50c. ; Great Central, 510 f. ; Lyons aft
'
Geneva, 505 f. • Shares of the Bank of Or"'"-
Mobilier, 717 f. 50c.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
Letters from Constantinople of the 16th, tve
nounce that a Cabinet Council, at which to
Sultan presided in person, was held after the fe...
of the Bairam. At that Council there 'we'
ll
only four personages, exclusive of the SultiV
namely,' the Grand Vizier, Redschid Pasha,.
hemet Ali Pasha, and the Chief of the Re11g7,4:
Scheikh-ul•lslam. The object of their deliberati°'-i;
or the resolutions, if any, which they adopted,
not known, though the meeting of these great .',
nitaries was regarded as of considerable importanv",
Whatever may have been the motive for the C
paratively small detachment that is now Wu,
Constantinople, it is not supposed that it Will 'co
long allowed to remain isolated from the fie°
themselves.
One or two private letters from Con,stantiroPid°
state that the Sultan was unwilling to denixn:f
the presence of the English and French shiPs„,„;
war on the ground alleged by some of the "ir;
lomatic body, namely, the protection of the EilVo
and French residents, and of the christis
population generally against the fanaticism of tills
Mussulmans, or his personal safety against
own subjects.
There is no truth in the rumour of a protest on
the part of the Austrian, Prussian, and Run:
Ambassadors against the passage of the Ds'"
nelles.

SPAIN.
Our accounts from Madr d are of the 23d ins!:
The new Cabinet did not intend to publicleit
programme, being anxious to be judged by w
acts.
A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, 24th, se4-01;
" The Madrid Gazette announces that the Elly3!1:W
of Marshal Narvaez has been solved ; the x*Whe
may return to Spain when he thinks proper.
new military organization will comprise, it is se"
the nomination of several Generals who had for
part of the moderate Opposition."
a
Vo
We find in the Gazette, of the 23d, three
decrees, suppressing-1. The Transatlantic Coeber,
instituted by the decrees of the 30th of Septetarinvy
1851, and 26th of January, 1853 ; 2. The Cis;
mission for the Revision of Administrativv the
and 3rd. The Junta, created by the decree g
15th of January last, for the purpose of fra32,.
project of law for the establishment, at 019174„g-
-of washing-houses and baths for the vier7i.ied
classes. Those different projects are to be rei;iO4
to the Royal Council and to the local autheriant,
with an invitation to propose to the Govern
the measures they may deem advisable. and
The Marquis de Gerona, Minister of Grace that
Justice, had arrived at Madrid, and was to tai.? ;ea.
evening the oath of office in presence of the 010 d
The Marquis de Molins, Minister of Marine' h,
informed Count de San Luis, by the telegraP
that he would immediately repair to his Poet'
Tag
The police had arrested the author of a
,Tichad
of incendiary and seditious publications viol'
circulated for some time in Madrid. the
The Three per Cents. were done at as ;1-stst
New per Cents., at 20# ; the Debt of the
Class, at 10 3-16 ; and that of the Second, at

THE CASE OF 11112.8 CUNivEsIGBAL

A deputation from the Protestant Alliance bad 311)P '
terview yesterday with .Lord Clarendon at the -r ,„11)
office in reference to the case of Miss M. Cunning" sa
a Scotch lady, who was recently arrested at Lucca, f'rgo
is now confined in the prison of that city upon a
of distributing the Bible and the "Pilgrim's Pregre;,-fp
The deputation consisted of the Earl of Shafteslivo
Colonel Alexander, Mr. Wilbraham Taylor, the noel
Dr. Beecham, Mr. J. Cook Evans, the Rev. W. o•-- re'
Mr. T. Hamilton, and Captain Giberne, and wa°
ceived in the most courteous manner by the -°
re
Secretary. t tll6
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY briefly explained t—a
object of the deputation was to lay before his Lords''
;,
the case of Miss M. Cunninghame, and to solicit 1",,,at
tervention of her Majesty's Government to procure
lady's liberation from prison. His Lordship, after e°l,..
remarks upon the case itself, proceeded to express
tore
self in the strongest manner upon the barbarous ua!tuea,
of the law under which Miss Cunningham, was arras
the
and indulged a hope that the most earnest efforts ol.ect
Government would be used to rescue a British OA
from the indignity thus offered to her. i
The Earl of CLARENDON said he entirely col:01°: the
the opinion expressed by Lord Shaftesbury as rota
character of the law in question, which was r°" irit
contrary to the principles of the Gospel, but to the Igo
of the age. His Lordship said he was quit t:tab
with the facts of the case, having received a drlogt
from Mr. Scarlett on the subject, and that he ha
no time in forwarding his directions to that ge gr•
man, which he did the same evening by the post. '
atter,
Scarlett had acted with the greatest zeal in the, tnentire
and in a manner to secure his (Lord Clarendol? s),. with
approbation. All the members of the Cabinet it, of
whom he (Lord Clarendon) had had an oppertuvinej he
communicating entirely agreed with him in thwhich
took of the case, and he felt that it was one in e
exertion should be spared on hi 9 part to se ore by-
Cuuninghame's release. His Lordship
hlg
thanking the deputation for urging this subject
eutrog
attention, adding that their so doing afford.ede,_,ses.
indication of the interest felt in the case by a15i.,1_7,0, his
The deputation, after thanking his
.Loi:den'tajoa
courtesy, and the prompt manner in which h
up the case, withdrew. uenclupa_n