The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-30 00:00:00

No. 19,758.1

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CHESTER.

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will be made use of to :zmotlecr the iuquiryc a-'9 nee,' ' 1,VV,.4-,
to arrange it as to render it ineffectual for any le ;'h pe-,
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gislative purposes. The public bodies which appear4Vt;.s,--''," :j4:
best adapted to accomplish the desired utfect are_''':_,, .'l-' ' :14j
the chambers of commerce throughout the Unitecti
Kingdom ; but at present there seems a want i: . ;:lEc--1
unity in the organisation of these institutions which' 4.11. N ,
prevents them from giving that weight to their de-
liberations upon questions which materially affect
the commercial interests of the country.' We imay
here refer to an error which has bceu extensively
promulgated—namely, that they who complain
should be prepared with a remedy against the re- '
currence of evils from which they suffer. We do
not see !the necessity of this. it is Government
that ought to provide a remedYagainst ail national
evils ; and, in order to do so in the most effectual
manner, it has placed at its command full power
to obtain all the necessary evidence as a founda-
tien for its legislative enactments ; and we do not
think that the Parliament of 1856 can devote its
intelligence and its energies to a subject of greater •
importance than that of a wise and judicious con-
sideration of our money laws.

SOIREE TO THE MEMBERS FOR MAN-

The annual soiree to the inembers for Manchester was
given on Monday evening, at the cairn Exchange. Frown
seven to eight hundred persons were present. Arr. G.

Wilson presided, and was supported, on the right band,
by the Right Hor. T. Milner Gibson, M.P., atid General
Thompson ; and on the left by Mr. John Bright, M.P.„
and Mr. Jag. Heywood, M.P. These gentlemen wtre
received with loud cheers on enterinq the Exeliarro.
Amongst other gentlemen present were Sir Ellotnah
Armitage, Mr. Alderman Watkins, and Mr. Edmund
Ashworth.

After some opening remarks fpna the Chairman,
The Right lion. T. M. G/BSON arldrased the meting

ai, some length in vindication of the support he had
given to the peace party in the House of Commons. The
war, he said, had interrupted measures of axial im-
provement, but he thOuglit we began to eee daylight,
even in respect to the war. (Applause.) A large patch
of blue sky had made its appeitiance in what was before
a dark and cloudy atmosphere ; a,nd, from all he could
heir, there seemed to be a very good chance of peace
being concluded at an early day. (Applaure.) Re
Thought that «home who might he regarded as The_ prie- . .
eipal supporters of the war ought to be satisfied with
the proposed solution, but he believed that it was not
one whit better, as a security. to Europe, than the solu-
tion proposed by Austria last May. (Hear, hear, anti
a cry of " Not a bit.") Whether it was limitation,
counterpoise, or neutralisation, that was written upon
paper, be believed that it was pretty much the same.
He was perfectly catiefied with the proposal now made,
just as he was with that of May last. (Hear, hear.)
But it might occur to the minds of the meeting, that
in May last Sebastopol was not taken, and though
we had gone to Vienna professing to be desirous to
make peace, we did sot really like the idea of
making peace on any thane, till we had had some great
military success. They 14new there had been from the
beginning a peace party in the British Cabinet. Lord
John Russell had left that Cabinet,, but his spirit was
left behind him. Only a short time since a great office in


the Cabinet became; vacant, and what wad the cour
propoied to bo adopted at that time ? Why, t,) fill that
office by the app6intrnent of an eminent member of the
peace party. Did not that look as if there was a wic:n

in high quarters to make that party stronger in the
Cabinet ? If they had not in view the desire to have the
means of making ileac,., would they have invited a ger-
tleman S. Herbert to join the A.dtninistratiiir,
Why, he remembered his savinv, in the House ot Com-
mons, but a very short time before, "It may be asked
why I, who was for war, am now for peace. My answer
is, how c n I he for war, when I believe the obj,n3ts for
which I undertook it are attained. or are attainable ?'
And more than that, he said, "To pursue a war after
its objects are attaioe3, for mere military success, woald
ba criminality ind,eil," These were the wards of Mr.

S. Herbert. He (Mr. Gibson) had never heard that he
had changed his opinions ; and vet with Oat, before the
public, the Ministry, enteri.a'ning—as he was sure the.r
must entertain—a tnot profound contempt for the sort
of confusion of mind that seemed to have rnn through
6101110 part of the press England in reference to the
condition and wishes. cf Go7ernment—in contempt as it

appeared to him, of t'iat eoufuston of mind, they offixed
their eery first great office, in Cm of day. to an

eminent member of the peace party. In doing this he he.
lieved they were actuated by a desire to bring mull mo.
deration into their councils, and to be able to resist th.it
reckless desire for war, which had its origin in, o.nd which
was supported by, passion and net reason. They were
beginning to see the difficulties of their position : and
find that the war feelin,7 of the country would tarry tl:ent
further than they intended to ,-;•o. . They feared tber
should go out of their depth, and they therefore thought
they had better stre ~gt lien the p-e•-we party in the Ca,bi net.
Accordingly, when they could not get Mr. S. Herbert, to
whom did they go nex. ? Did they no to e gaming war
man ? No, t l'tt•y went t Lord Stp.rley, a gnitlermin
ionginz to the party of L 1,1 Derby, but who had dis-
tingai,shed Li•us,:tli in the 110130 of C;mmone by able
speeches of a peace charaet% awl who la 3 been re-