The Sun.
London, England, 1860-02-15 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1860.

COPIAPO EXTENSION RAILWAY
COMPANY (Pabellon and Chanarcillo Railway Com-
pany, incorporated under the law of Chile).
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That a GENERAL
MEETING of the Copiapo Fxteusion Railway Company
(Pabellon and Chanarcillo Railway Company) will be held at
the Offices of the Company, 2, New Broad-street, on WED-
NESDAY, the 29th day of February, at 2 o'clock precisely,
pnrsuant to the mtatutes of the Company, for the purpose of
receiving and considering a report of the Directors. and for
the general business and affairs of the Company.

Dated the 10th day of February, 1860.
By order of the Board,
EDWARD .J. COLE, Secretary.

MITE LIVERPOOL and LONDON FIRE and
LIFE INSURANCE COAIPANY.

Notice is hereby Given, That the TWENTY-FOURTII
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors in this
Company will be held on THITESDAY, the 16th day of
February inst., at One o'clock precisely, in the Company's
Offices, No. 1, Dale-street, Liverpool, to receive a 'Report and
Statement of the Company's Affairs, and to Meet Seven Di-
rectors in lieu of those who retire by rotation.
By order of the hoard,
SWINTON BOULT, Secretary.

11 tlt February, 1860.
N.11.---The Transfer Books will be cloyed until the lath
February inr;t.

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It D requisite that notice of any change of residence should
be given in writ ir42-, to the Secretary, at the Company' °flicks,
Liverpool, that the warrants for Dividend may not be mis-
sent.

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MR. BILIGET ON TEE BUDGET.

A crowded meeting of the Council of the Lanca-
shire Reformers' Union was held yesterday after-
noon at Manchester to consider what steps should
be taken in support of Mr. Gladstone's Budget.
Among those present were Mr. Bright, M.P., Mr.
Bazley, M.P., and many influential members of the
Liberal party from various parts of the country.
Mr. G. WILSON,- who presided, said ho had never
been much distinguished for praising Governments
—(laughter)—but when he saw in the newspapers
last Saturday that noble treaty with the signature
of Richard Cobden—(cheers)—and read thz: state-
ment at the head of it, that the Governments of
England and France were equally animated with
the desire to increase the friendship and extend the
commerce of the two nations, he was inclined to
say, " God save the Queen !" (Cheers.) It was
not long after Mr. Cobden's departure from this
country before we heard something of those nego-
tiations now concluded, which he undertook to say
would be of more benefit to the French as well as
ourselves than all the negotiations of all our am-
bassadors for years previously. (Cheer-a.) lie had
no doubt that if, after 1818, Mr. Cobden, Mr. Gib-
son, and Mr. Bright had been members of our
Government, its administration would have been
conducted on principles identical with the interests
of all, from the Queen to the humblest of the

people, and a great part of the foolish expenditure
of that period would have been avoided. (Cheers.)
Two months ago the people of the two countries
appeared to be glaring at- each other like tigers,
ender for mutual destruction ; at. present there
Aetna-nailing but peace between them, and the
continuance of it would be tha natural result of
this treaty. (Cheers.) Mr. Cobden's labours, how-
ever, would have been wasted if we had not had a
Chancellor of the Exehequer alive to the necessi-
tics of the case. (Cheers.) We might go back
to Sir Robert Peel for his equal, but certainly
should not find his superior. Looking to all the
difficulties to be met, and the numerous divi-
sions of the House of Commons, ho believed there
was no instance on record where a Chancellor of
the Exchequer so nobly and fearlessly discharged
his duties.

Mr. J. HEYWOOD, late M.P., moved a vote of
thanks to Mr. Cobden, M. Chevalier, and the asso-
ciated Political economists of Paris, for their eminent
services in the cause of free trade.

Mr. HUGH MASON (Ashton) seconded the motion,
which was carried unanimously.
Mr. H. AsnwonTH moved and Mr. RYLANDS
seconded a resolution to the effect that the Budget
was received with great pleasure by the meeting,
who pledged themselves to give it their best sup-
port.
Mr. S. Pope, Mr. IV. Harvey, Mr. Robinson, and
Mr. J. C. Dyer, took exception to some of the details
of the Budget, while approving highly the treaty
with France, and desired that the meeting should
not be committed to approve the measure in all
respects: Mr. Dyer, especially, protested against
this association being made the medium of confirm-
ing the Government in a system of exorbitant
taxation.

The CHAIRMAN suggested a modification of the
resolution, to the effect that the Budget was ap-
proved, subject to such alterations of details as
might hereafter appear desirable.
In this form the resolution was passed by accla-
mation.

Mr. JOHN PLATT moved, and Mr. R STUART
seconded, a resolution, desiring the holding of pub-
lic meetings throughout the country in support of
the Treaty and the Budget.
The motion having been agreed to, the chairman
said this was but a preliminary meeting, and, the
business before it being now concluded, it was open
to any gentleman to suggest further proceedings.
Mr. BRIGHT then rose, in answer to repeated
calls, and spoke for about twenty minutes. He
said he was of opinion the more the whole mat-
ter was examined the more they would be
obliged to divide it into two parts, and, as the
whole constitution of the world scorned to be of
good and evil, so we might say of this financial
scheme. So far as it referred to free trade it
was, in his opinion, unexceptionably good, and to
be applauded; but there was another branch of
it to which Mr. Dyer referred, which was bad to
the last degree, and ought to be condemned by
everybody. He referred more particularly to the
enormous increase in the military exp:nditure,
which had been constantly augmenting since the
year 1855. It must not be supposed, however,
that this measure, because it was great, or because
in its greatness it was mainly good, would easily
pass the House of Commons. The real fact was,
that the commercial treaty had been received with
great coldness among those classes from whom our
representatives were chiefly choNen. He hoped
every man in the- country who approved the mea-
sure would be earnest in making his approbation
known. (Cheers.)

SIR MIMI EL S'El' 21IOUR AND LORD
ELGIN.

The following letter appears in a eontem•
porary :

Sir,—ln a speech by Sir Michael Seymour in
the House of Commons last night the following
passage occurs :

"But when a very agreeable writer, who had hold an offi-
cial and confidential position by the side of the noble lord, the
British Ambassador, in a work which bore an impress of
something like authority, reflected on his character as Admi-
ral, and accused him of being slow and wanting in energy,
and of having interfered with the policy of the noble lord,
perhaps the house would permit him to ask why that hon.
gentleman did not tell the whole story. That writer was in
a position to tell the whole story, but he did not do it; he
bad sought to poison the public mind in regard to the con-
duct of one who had striven to do his duty."
As I believe I am the writer here alluded to, per-
haps you will allow me to answer the question of
Sir Michael Seymour. In my account of the pro-
ceedings in the Gulf of Pecholi I did not toll the
" whole story," partly from motives of delicacy
towards Sir Michael Seymour, and partly because,
in the confidential position which I held, I did not
feel at liberty to allude to facts which did not ap-
pear in the published blue-book.
The " whole story" is to be found in certain un-
published documents, containing an account of Sir
Michael Seymour's proceeding.., reflecting so little
credit upon the conduct of that officer, that, so far
from seeking to" poison the public mind" against
him, I carefully abstained from referring to them.
As, however, he has now seen fit to make so
grave a charge against me, I shall cause the whole
of the suppressed papers to be moved for in the
House of Commons, a few of which I see only are
included in the motion of Sir Michael Seymour for
to-night, in order that the public may have an op-
portunity of judging for themselves how far this
charge is justified.
The production of these papers may also be at-
tended with the incidental advantage of enabling
us to understand the grounds upon which the Ad-
miralty-supports its officers, and better to appre-
ciate the precise import of Sir Michael Seymour's
phrase, " that he owed a certain allegiance, not
only to the Government, but the Admiralty whom
he served."

The only point in my narrative which reflects
upon Sir Michael Seymour is in the mention of
the great disappointment which we experienced in
the North at the non-arrival of the gunboats at the
time when they had been promised.
In :his very lengthy statement •he makes no at-
tempt to explain this. Sir Michael Seymour did,
indeed, in his speech last night frankly avow that
he entertained a totally different policy from Lord
Elgin on the propriety of a demonstration in the '
North ; but, after having distinctly promised the
ambassador his support with a fleet of these small
craft, we had no reason to suppose that he would
allow his private views to interfere with the engage-
ments into which he had entered.
It must be observed that Lord Elgin's object in
asking for gunboats was not to engage in hostile
operations in the North, hut by means of a prompt
diplomatic movement (of a pacific character, hut
Supported by an adequate force) towards the capi-
tal, to convince the Emperor of the necessity of
sending a proper person to megotiate with him, and
thereby to bring the distant and costly war in
which we had been engaged to an early dose upon
terms consistent with the honour and commercial in-
terests of England. This policy, which had every
prospect of Buccess, and to which the representatives
of the neutral Powers, America and Russia, had
agreed to become parties, was entirely foiled by the
failure of Sir Michael Seymour to fulfil his engage-
ments. Ifad the four Powers reached Tien-tsin as
originally intended, there is every reason to be-
lieve thht a treaty would have been concluded at
that point without bloodshed, and that it would
have been followed by a friendly visit to Pekin.
The golden opportunity was lost, and we are now
suffering the consequences.—l am, sir, your obedt.
servant, LAURENCE OLIPHANT.

4, Mount-street„Grosyenor-ffintuT, Fqb,

2.11. E

The Arethusa., 50, sa:linr, frigate, has been navi-
gated from Deroaport to Chatham, to be docked at
the latter port for the purpose of being lengthened
and converted into a 50 gun screw frigate, and
fitted with engines of 500 horse-power.
The Rhada.'nanthns, steam storeship, Master-
Commander Sturdee, arrived at Portsmouth yester-
day, with machinery, &c., for the Rinaldo, Sutlej,
Duncan, and oti .er ships at that port.
Thewater has been again pumped out of the old
ship-basin et Portsmouth, and the men in the em-
s ploy of the contractors have resumed their work in
lengthening Nos. 3,4, and 5 docks, &c.
The Coquette, 4, :-.crew gun-vessel, Commander
Hon. Fitzgerald A. Foley, at Portsmouth, will pay
off at that Port about Friday next.
Workmen are emplol,•ed inlaying down the blocks
to receive the keel of the Dryad, 51, screw frigate,
in No. 4, slipway at Portsinonth yard. The greater
portion of her keel and floor timbers are in course
of preparation underneath the shed alongside the
slipway. .