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as they could not get into the harbour at all, and
remarked that none of the three great harbours
were finished, and great care appeared to have been
taken to prevent the House of Commons from
finding out' what work had been done for the
money spent, and what proportion that money
bore to the original estimate. Taking into ac-
count the work still to be done; they had no data to
show how much the cost would be in the end. 'As
to the 'necessity for these great works, he had heard
a ship captain in Dundee say to the CommiSsioners
that more vessels had been lost running for
harbours of refuge than had ever been lost putting
out to sea. The statistics-of the loss of lives
and vessels that might have' been" saved-by such
harbours were regarded by many as delusive. Un- •
seaworthy ships and drunken captains, and not bad
weather alone, were,the'causes of wrecks;"' and, as
the vast sum of £2,315,788 had been voted since
1851 for harbours of "refuge, the representatives of
the people would require to look narrowly into the
drain going on, and try-to put a stop to it. Mr.
Wilson's committee were in favour of great works.
The estimates given in thoir report were as follows :

Wick, Mr. Coode; engineer £186,000.
• Peterhead, Mr: Sterenion
Hartlepool, Mr. Mendel
Filey Bay, Mr. Coode Bdo,ooo ---
~
Filey Head, Mr. Abernethy
St. Ives (estimate)
• Port Rush, Skerries
Now it might be necessary to spend a small sum
at some of these places ; at Wick, for example,
where the herring fishery is perilous ; but
such works as Dover and Alderney should cer-
tainly be put a Stopto.• As to chargingiAlueS on
harbours of refuge, he found that Capt. Washing-
ton was wrong, and he (Mr. Baxter) was right ; as
taking DoVer as an instance, in 1852, besides. the
passing-. toll of £12,000 a-year, vessels using the
harbour both for trade and for refuge were charged
tonnage dues, Wharfage, and cranage, and other
rates. He was glad to observe, from a statement in
a Liverpool paper, that the public elsewhere were
watching the proceedings of the commissioners and.
were asking who is.responsible for this expenditure
of public money. Mr. Baxter, then referring to the
proceedings of last session, said he had made an
effort to alter the political administration of Scot-
land,and had submitted a definiteproposition on the
subject. The effect of this was, of course, to diminish
the numbers who supported him in the division, be-
cause on the other side voted not only all who Wished
no change, but all who didnot approve the particular
change submitted.by him. But the discussion- was,
Most satisfactory, for, with the exception of the
Lord-Advocate himself and one other gentleman,
no one maintained that a man could be in two
places at the same time, or that a leading Edin-
burgh lawyer, in addition • to his own immense
practice and all the legal duties-of his office, cedd
properly be the sole political administrator for
Scotland as well. The inconsistencies of those_ who
opposed him in debate were remarkable. • Lord Pal-
merston spoke against him because he said really
the business -was dens in the Homeoffice ;. Mr.
Disraeli, because the Heine-office had nothing what-
ever to do with its He believed, however, that an
alteration of some kind would be made before long-
and he exhorted the constituencies to see that their
members pursiied' an independent course in this
matter, and 'did not bolster, up" a system. which
could not in the end be maintained.. Of the bill for
thebetter government of the Universities in Scot-
land; it might be-said that the. Commissioners were
the bill, almost unlimited power being- given to
them. Too many of them were noble lords and.
gentlemen who had not themselves been educated
at Scotch colleges, and whose sons:. go to Oxford
and-CambridgeThere should have been more middle
class- men on it, whose sympathies and feelings
were in accordance with those-of the great bulk of
the Scottish nation. He had succeeded in getting
the imam of his. friend Mr. Murray Dunlop added
to the list, whose talents and character.would be of
great advantage in the deliberations of, the commis-
sion. After .referrins• to some other measures-
relating to Scotland; Mr. Baxter continued :—I will
now revert -to the commencement of the session and
the fall of Lord Palmerston's Government. My first
vote, and I hurried up to Loud m to give it, was
against the motion for leave to introduce that ill-
judged and most Obrioxious Conspiracy Bill. We
were only 94. I was a little disappointed, but then
the pressure from .without. had not begun to
operate, and. I felt perfect confidence that no
such measure would ever pass the British House
of Commons. They told me that our- law was
deficient and wanted mending, and that it was
childish to say that we should not alter it lest it
might be said that we did it under compulsion.
My answer was, if the law relating to conspi-
racy to murder is not in a satisfactory state,
let the Attorney-General, when he introduces his
legal budget in May, after due- consideration and
reflection, propose its revisal ; but it is not for the
Government and Parliament of Great Britain, in a
time of great commercial pressure, when domestic
matters of importance arc requiring attention, when
our empire in India is trembling in the balance, to
meet in hot haste and 1.3- a r aside all other business
because a neighbouring Sovereign had been attacked
by assassins, and, preserVing his presence of mind,
had lost his temper. (Cheers and laughter.) It is
not for us to do anything, however slight, to pro-
strate Belgium 'arid Sardinia at the feet of France.
We should not get angry at Imperial. menaces ;
but neither should we stir a single step out of our
course to please or pacify any prince or potentate
in the world. Talk about the newly-discovered
defects in our conspiracy laws ! I believe they
might be allowed to exist till the end of time, with-
out producing one tithe of the evils that would have
been caused by the success of that bill—evils that
would have affected the honour and the influence of
England, not only at home in Europe, but in every
creek and harbour of the habitable globe. This
happy country of-ours is the asylum for the dis-
tressed of all ranks and all lands,kings and subjects
alike; and rather than have a
suspicion breathed
on the inviolability of that asyluni- I would incur
the displeasure of the-most powerful Emperor, and
turn out the most ptwerful Ministry under the sun.
(Renewed cheers.) And so felt my countrymen,
nobly led on by an independent newspaper press.
The Conservatives, whose consistency in the matter
I leave them to defend as they best can, came over
nearly in abOdy to us, and in.the short spaced 10
days our minority of 200 was converted into a ma-
jority of 19. The consequence was the resignation
of the 'AlinistrY, and Lord Derby being sent for by
the Queen. Now, see what you have done, said
our 'friends,- tho Whitss ; you have prevented the
passing of an India" Bill this year (we have got one
nevertheless) ; 'you have stopped a Reform Bill
(which,-by the way, it has since turned out never
had an existence) ; andonost horrible of all, you
have given our places to the Tories.,. All true, but
somellw or other I, for one, could get up netears
for the occasion.. , (Laughter.) . I am. not a Tory ;
but then neither am-I-finality • a Whig, or a mere
hanger-on of any party; mid when I see-a-Liberal
Prime Minister making a joke of .tt"eli a question
as the abolition Of church-rates, and refusing to In-
troduce any bill on that subjects, giving high ap-
pointments to men without character, and prepared
with no bills of a• progressive nature ; when I-found.
not only inefficiensy; but incivility in' some Of the
public departments; and when I reflected on the
rewards which had-been betowed on men who had.
not even done their duty in the-Crimean war, so far
from hesitating about throwing out the Conspiracy
Bill, I felt rather inclined than otherwise to throw.
out the Ministry too; '(Loud cheers.). The fact is
that Palmerston hadwaxed fat and kicked, and his.
plunges not even a House of Commonssof his own
eleeting could stand. Well, the Whigs were actu-
ally out. For a few days they could not believe it
—thinking that no other set- of men could govern
the country, they were naturally stunned, and
it was some time before they were aroused
to the sad reality of their situation. Consider-
ins. that very bad charioteers had got hold of the
reins, they immediately began to agitate for a re-
storation to power, and we were entertained with
doleful accounts of the utter insufficiency of their
successors,:who, it was generally supposed, could not
hold office many weeks. The. reception of India
Bill .No.. 2, that complicated piece of mechanism, of
the authorship of which every one seems ashamed,
and which no one very well understood, increased
the hopes of the expelled party. They confidently
expected that its inevitable rejection by a large
majority would. compel the resignation or the new
cabinet. Then it was that Lord J. Russell came to
the rescue • and I frankly own to you that from the
beginning I was an advocate for proceeding.by re-
solutions, which could be fully discussed, one by
a measure for the
Government, to the
to
it. one,
sit.)
transference
a t oorfy t annalanng
Crown. I sympathised with those who deprecated
another change of Ministry at that time, and I
believed, besides, that in the end that mode of pro-
ceeding with resard to India would be found more
.eonvemente In-this- latter idea no: doubt few cons.
curred, but the event has proved that we were not
far wrong. And here permit inn to say that I voted
against every motion made to delay tne passing of
an India Bill on whatever ground supported, and
from whateyer section of politicians it came.

(Cheers.) It would be ungenerous, and serve no
good purpose at this time of daysto reflect on the
policy or management of the East India Company.
No doubt they are very open to criticism, but let
. •
bygones be "bygones; they won and preserved. for
us the noblest empire on which the. sun ever shone,
they bred and advanced an army of administrators
and heroes whose exploits posterity never will for-
get, and, especially after our recent Crimean ex-
periences, it is not for us to indulge in the language
of reproach. Still the: time, I thought, had - fully
come for the termination of the sway of this great
hiStorical corporation; and I for one anticipate: the
happiest results from bringing the Indian peninsula
more directly under the control of public opinion
and the Parliament of Great Britain. (Cheers.)
The next danger that threatened the Government
was of a more formidable nature still, and. this time
Lords John Russell and Palmerston were agreed.
It arose from.the transmission and publication of a.
deSpatch from Lord EllenbOrmigh to Lord Canning,
finding fault in the most reprehensible terms with
a_proclamation which. had been issued by the Go-
vernor-General to the talookdars of Oude. That
danger was warded off by the course taken by the
independent Liberal party, who had previously
held their much talked-of meeting in Cominittee- •
room No. 11, who disapproved very strongly of
Lord Ellenborough's conduct, but who Were unwil-
ling to be parties to any mere factious. move, and
who, when the President of the Board of Control
resigned. his office, thought . that Mr; Cardwell's
resolution of censure ought to have been with-
drawn. Indeed, there are some grounds to-believe
thatanthis opinion they were not singular. It has
ikon fteelfstated that the Whig leaders took the
same view, but were overruled by their more
anxious and impetuous subordinates. 'Well,
they persevered, and you know how one
fine evening, finding that the Liberals could not
be kept together on the question, the motion fell
to the ground, and with it all those schemes of
coalition and embryo Ministries which had been so
much discussed for a week before. I have referred
to a meeting in Committee-foom No. 11, and as 1
was asked to take a prominent part in the proceed-
ings there, perhaps yon will allow me now to re-
peat in substance what I then said, especially as I
believe it expressed the general sentiments of those
present. We had met, I remarked, to protest
against the constitution and the policy of recent
Whig Governments; as composed :exclusively of
aristocrats; who were not acquainted with the opi-
nions of the great body of the people, and as aban-
doning,when in office. those great ,principles of pro-
gressive reform which they advocated so loudly in
opposition. We-for: the future would 'support nu
so-called Liberal Ministry which was not formed on
a broader basis, and which was not prepared to.
keep pace with the requirements of the country.
But I further 'stated—and it was the cheers which
greeted that statement that made the Whigs so
angry, and led them to publish so many groundless,
stories as to the partlhave taken in this movement
—that, in my belief,' the time had no yet arriYed.
for forming Such a Liberal Government, but the
cause of true ref Orin would be benefited by keep-
ing the members, of the late Government on -their
seats of penitence for a considerably longer period,
until in adversity they had time to learn wisdom
and make up their minds to be liberal in deeds as
well as in words.: (Cheers.). They flatter them-
SelYes, I hear, that this independent party is dead.
NeXt session may show.them their mistake. (Re-
newed cheers.) They may find that it possesses quite
as much life, and a little better organization than
before, -Some of the contests of last session showed
us our own power, and that we only 'required more
union to beat Whigs and Tories combined.- (Loud
cheers.) In March we mustered 116 votes against
that expensive sham, the Vice-royalty of Ire-
land. When Mr. Wise moved that the diplo-
matic salaries should be charged in the annual
estimates instead of on the Consolidated Fund,
so as to be brought more immediately under
the
.control of Parliament, we counted 111 votes
against 142, and in June we carried by 100 to 104
Captain Vivian's motion for abolishing the double
government of the War-office and the Horse
GUards. On such questions as these, where the
really Liberal party, agreed, we can and we intend
to make ourselves heard, and perhaps the stationary
Whigs, who love office so dearly, may find that the
only way to enjoy it once more is to move on ix our
direction. (Cheers.) I was one of those who, in
voting for Mr. Milner Gibson's motion, knew very
well that I was voting not only for the rejection of
the Conspiracy Bill, but for a change of Ministry,
and I considered myself bound to give the new
Government, for that reason if for no other, a fair
trial. I wish to speak with all respect of Lord
Palmerston. I shall not soon forget that he was
the man who in 1854 and 1855 preserved his faith
in the power of this country, and by his firmness
maintained its reputation in Europe. But no
Minister can expect a nation to acquiesce in ob-
noxious measures from a feeling of mere gratitude,
and I think that every Minister has a right to
expect that lie is not to be turned out except for a
sufficient reason. If you ask me whether or not I
have confidence in the present Government, I ask
you whether you mean in the Tory or the Radical
portion of it,—for no one can say.that the political
creed, of Lord Stanley, Sir J. Pakington, and. Mr.
Disraeli is the same as that of Lord Salisbury, Mr.
Henley, and Lord J. Manners. Atl I know is that
already they have redressed some grievances which
their predecessors would not attend to, that from
them we have obtained the abolition of the pro-
perty qualification and the admission of Jews into
Parliament, and. I wait patiently to see what mea-
sures of a similar tendency the recess is to bring
forth. Should they manfully grapple with the
subject of churcci•rates in a liberal spirit,
effect a reduction in the expenditure and
propose a really progressive measure, or mea-
sures, on the question of Parliamentary Reform,
I will support them ; if they take an opposite
course, especially if they seek to weaken
the influence of the towns in our representative
system, as there is too much reason to dread, I will
vote for terminating their lease of power. (Loud
cheers.) I was . sorry to observe -that the Lord-
Lieutenant of this county threw cold water-the
other day on a redistribution of seats in Parlia-
ment. In the innocence of my heart I had sup-
posed that that would have formed a principal
feature of the Reform Bill of the. late Government.
At all events, no bill which does not include . it
shall have my support. (Cheers.) Allow me to
say a few words regarding finance. During the
past session I took some interest in the estimates,
spoke frequently on different votes, and divided
the house against several of them. lam more and
more convinced that large savings might be
effected in all the services without any detriment
to the interests of the country. If the, estimates
were submitted to a committee of impartial men
acquainted with business, and having no' personal
ends to serve, six or eight millions, I believe, could
be knocked off with advantage ; and I really hope
that the Government will look this question of the
expenditure boldly in the face. (Cheers.) I have
great faith in the power and the destinies of this
country, but I confess I look with dread on the
rapid increase 'of the estimates- in all departments
of the State. In nations, as in families, extrava-
gance is the first step towards ruin ; and I believe
no Minister could more fairly earn a tit:e to the
gratitude of his country than by proposing and
carrying a bold scheme of financial economy. But
permit me to say that that will be out of the ques-
tion if you allow yourselves to be deluded by a
cry of war with France. lam glad to observe
seine of the newspapers in this county writing
vigorously against thil bugbear, the principal
abettors of which are those who would place addi-
tfeioeilialstbruoin•dgells onatth e shouldersthere is
foafrthe o
more
people.
danger.l
from increased taxation than from French in-
vasion. (Cheers.) If you attempt the former
you will sour the masses of 'the people who pay too
much already ; against the latter you can show
a united, industrious, loyal people, every man of
whom would rather rally like his fathers around
the constitution and the Throne. Those harbours
of refuge to which I have referred, it was admitted
in
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Governmentbe
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and
shipping,iet as
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tff ast ehlie.rsiaii:abtfforei
cite:
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acetttfh ezinsn.ectae,ol.
fo
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erect. fortifications. Now, I believe in iiroisuc,rid gOur maritime supremacy was established grid
con-
firmed without any worksv of the kind
I think we ought to
• on the offensive hitherto, and
still. (Cheers.) With
cherish and trust to our navy
sierra
• anti
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n
country
s.
properly manned
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pofideieleoffsse our
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need we fear an enemy?
Channel,wec qusivPhPyc and
Britannia needs no bulwarks,
No towers along- the steep."
fleet
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I will always vote for keeping up an efficient army
and navy which has no equal, but I will irt.vote
for rivalling continental. Powers in that system of
adding fort to fort and regiment to regiment, nomi-
nally to guard against invasion, really to keep
down the people,--a system which I believe to be
an engine of despotism and sure to lead to national
bankruptcy. My opinion is that no foreign nation

PiticE V. STAMPED, s').

.drams of invading us. I am quite sure ikt-eur
13.es:t protection againA any Power mad enough to
attempt it is that same national feeling which eke_
Wiled Europe when the then haughty Spaniards
'despatched. their Armada, and when Napoleon the
First assembled his vast force at Boulogne, Gen-
tlemen, I know not that I need say more. These arc
"the
principles which I professed on first soliciting
your,suffrages ; on them I have endeavoured to act
to the best of myhumble judgment and ability, and.
I.trust, with your kind support and sympathy, not
to swerve from their advocacy in the time to come.
:(Mr. Baxter then resumed his seat amid loud
cheers.)
.Severl questions7were put to Mr. Baxter; and
answered by him, after which a vote of cont
donee in him as their representative was proposed
and carried br acelamation.

LORD TVODEHOUSE OY PARTY POLI-
TICS AND FOREIGN AFAIRS.

North
held it-s
tlanlstrianlsis 1:1;1
supported
Lord
ctilsel,lsname. :f
alhtto,uturislaoel
ov,w,
hoot
ifila•osmesstealtesh its Society
The
bers'
dinner in the evening; was presided over by Lord
Suffield,
ghbourhood), the Iron.
Mr. Harbord,, and about 7a other gentlemen. In
the course of, the proceedings,
Lord WODEIIOUSE,
proposed «Success to -the -Association, and: the
e
a beenttieticli\l,flaht roctl elt)tol_;1.:a0
health of its noble president, Lord Suflield."
s
(Cheers.) His Lordship expressed the pleasure
clissiu•llgirisici:lh.t.fii.totimi
the
fflNzolirs:tideethlclv
ei3l7lel.ittat:
o
sup-
posed T-that he could give- the members any "sound
Opinion -upon the breeding of stock, the- use of
implements or the growth of roots; and- he should
confine himself to what might be called a landlord's
point of view, with which those present had for the
most part some considerable acquaintance. It was
extremely important that landlords and tenants-
should .duly understand. and appreciate :their
_mutual relations, and in what manner they could
best work in. unison and promote the interests of
agriculture, which were the common interests of
both. As far as lie understood the principle upon
which tins relation should be based, lie was-con-
vinced that the landlord should.- do his part, and
then the tenant would be, better. able to do his.
If he might be allowed to speak plainly, he would
say that it had often happened that the landlord
not having first done his part•had complained that
the tenant had. failed in doing his,. It was not to
be supposed ikat every landlord could. efficiently do.
all that he thought it was a landlord's place to do,
for a landlord's action depended mainly upon •
whether he had the requisite capital to put. MS
estate into. the condition which .would enable
the tenant to farm it in the very best manner. .To
do this, however, was the principle ,which guided
the late Mr. Coke, and it was this which was the
means of bringing,Holkham into such -n condition
that his tenants had been able to- raise their farm-
ing to a point scarcely equalled, perhaps,.on any,
estate in the country. -Opinions Were always best
understood by •being ventilated, and one the
principles upon which he believed agriculture must
be based was the principle of long leaSes. (Cheers.)He did not believe that this principle was by any
means -aspanacea ,for bad. farming, and •it was only
delusive to suppose that if yon gave a man a good
lease lie therefore became a good farmer ; but it was"
nevertheless true that for first-rate farming long
leases were a necessary condition. !faking it for
granted that they were speaking of farming on a
large scale, he thought—as he had practically
proved, he believed, in the management of his.loWn
estate—that the first requisite was a -long leaec.
The landlord was bound to carry out all those im-
provements which specially devolved upon
and when he had put his estate into a good condi-
tion, if his tenants were men of talent and indus-
try, lie might look for a good-return,' (Cheers.) lie .
had himself tried his hand at another matter—the
making a good-lease; but there lie found that he -
had embarked in a very thorny undertaking. Too
;stringent covenants ought not, he thought, to -be
imposed on good. tenants. He did.. not think it
right to say that they should have no covenants at,
all, but he held that it Was- notneeeSsary that agri-
culture should be kept-now in -7the-•leading---strings
in which it had been kepteperhaps with some ad-
vantage, up to the present time. These were the
main matte s to which he thought' a lag fiord
should attend, and he held that both his own and
the tenant's interest would be. thereby
,consulted,
for if a landlord gave a tenant a good- lease, if he
was not too stringent in his covenants, but showed
some consideration for the tenant himself, he might
rely on seeing in o, few years a beneficial changein
the, condition of his estates. lle liked such associa-
tions as the present, because they afforded land-
lords and tenants an opportunity of meeting to-
gether on an equal footing. After • a few further
observations, his Lordship proposed the:toast, which
was received with much applause. •
Lord SUFFIELD responded, and proposed what
he considered the toast of the evening---e" Lord
Wodehouse and. the Vice-Presidents of the Society."
(Loud cheers.) With regard to Lord Wodehouse,
his -Lordship observed that throughout his life,.
including his college and political career, the noble
lord had not only succeeded, but had also greatly
distinguished himself in what he had undertaken.
(Cheers.)
Lord WonmoissE replied, nothing could occasion
a man more embarrassment -than the praise which
he received. for very simple deeds ; and no one
could be more sensible than himself that he had
done little to merit the very kind and cordial wel-
come with which he had met on his return to this
csuntry. It. was no idle compliment which
,the
:.society had just paid Mtn, for there was nothing
which cheered a man in the performance of his'
public duties so much as the approbation of his
friends and neighbours. He had done but little,
but he assured them that if they believed he had !
done his duty that was the object to `which he had
aspired, and if in the future he eont inued to receive
the approbation of his friends he shen.l.l consider
that he. Was- amply Compensated for any labours
public or private-. This was the principle which
lie hail no doubt ruled every one present, and it was
which, by God's blessing, he hoped would keep her
the principle which had made England great, andwhich,
greet. Perhaps he might .be allowed to add a 211
words on one or two other subjects. On occasions
such as the present politics; in the strictest sense
of the term, were very properly forbidden, because
one of the objects of such meetingS.wits. cordiality
and friendship ; but at the ; same time there were
politics which were not party polities, and to Which
allusion.might be made. lle thought it must be a -
source of satisfaction to. every- reflecting man to.
witness the great prosperity which this country
now enjoyed. He believed that, no matter what.
the chances, the changes' and the combinations of
party might be, the foundations of that prosperity
were so laid that we should be in the main well
governed, whether the Prime Minister were Lord
Palmerston or whether lie were Lord_Derby. There
happened to be at the present moment what
Many people considered far too great. a una-
nimity in political 'matters, but, for his part,
lie did not think that any evil was likely to ace
erne from the present state of things, nor did lie
regard it as so bad a sion of the times as many
persons were disposed to consider it. It seemed to
him that we werassing from an old phase and
entering on a new one, in which all p‘-irises were
determined to adopt those measures wine in their
opinion, were.the very best for
the country. Such
_being the case, we' could
sound condition. His object would oe. to endeavour
remained defective
to seek all those matters which ,
by one play or by
and (set them remedied, be
not be u,-cry far from
lle had
nlovldiOcribhte9tirled time
dluillittlosoto:
)ies would a^uiti divide
provement
arrive whew great
hen thcv would take a deep interest
aenvtem.n
Englishmen—w
in political. matters—and lenthey would not
flinch from maintaining their views; but in the
meantime, let us work, one and. all, to carry out
general prosperity of the country. He admitted
that he had few opportunities of knowins, about
the internal affairs of the country, his •
experience
having relation to foreign affairs. It seemed to be
a very common remark that Englishmen were in-
attentive for the most part to f • oreign polities ; but
this supposition, he thought. had received a con-
clusive answer during the
past two years. In that
period what had. been the questions which had
marred and. made Administrations? They were
both questions of. foreign politics, and he felt
certain that nothing was more important than that
a man who took any interest in politics should
keep his eyes clearly fixed.on our foreign arrange-
ments. Many were induced to imagine that there
were great secrets in diplomacy and in foreign
affairs, lint in his short experience-he admitted that
he •badifound very few mysteries, aiid seeinedlo
him that an honest, straightforward course was
the whole mystery of diplomacy and of foreign
politics as of all others. It was necessary, however,
that we should keep our eyes dearly fixed on such
matters, for certainly there was nothing
•by which

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diflicult7es, without our scarcely I:ilowhoc'f fkaTnata c,
we -*bre:. about; than• by .a' maladininisttqtleo.. "..71
of -foreign - affairs. - IVe had heard a great
deal lately chant Cherbourg and :the Fra;:;c11
alliance, - and he thought that in. Qnie 1.::,-
six:as a great deal more had been faid:ethan was
necessary about the dangers whieh appeared to __
threaten us. _ ,lle..ba,cl no hesitation .inrenlarking
that a good deal too.rrao-dt had been-said in favour
of the French alliance. No doubt an alliance with
France was necessary to this country, and no ii' tll.:t
such a union had been especially- benelicial in the
case of the war with Russia; but if such an alliance
was to prevent the expression of ourfree opinion en
the administration of• affairs in France herself, or
on what took plaeein that country, itwasno longer
,-, healthy alliance, and the moment it came, to he
(Russia),lvllatNa sd
whereo
tried it would be found to be a broken reed, on
which it -was unsafe to lean. A frank and ()pen
line of conduct was certainly the best, and, if we did
inia 117:aacinpisi te(NiVaasenollit::
better that we should not flinch froni saying so at
any reasonable and-proper time. One word' as to
notfli-;.. acountrypro
of years. It was undoubtedly a great amoool, 1 - -loo;
•
country, the ho -1 Hit yof which m'ight be dailgerous, -
and the friendship ohvhich might be valuable. On
his arrival in Russia he found a deep-seated .hosti-
lity prevailing towards England on account of the
part we had taken against her. This hostilitv was
very generally expressed though it was always
stated in his presence in a civil and courteous man-
ner. He thouoht, however, that this feelhig- had
been exceedingly dimini,died. (Hear.) It had ant
arisen from the fact that Russia was conquered in
the late struggle—for she had been no more Ton-,
querO:l than we were, although undonbfedly ' she
dot
the worst of it, as she herself :admitted—but
was only a natural feeling of re-senior nt, which, as_
lie had staff ed, had already greatly dimini Aled. The
'attention of the Russians was now fixed on internal
affairs, and so great were the impcovtments goirg
on, so radical Werethe reforms in which the Russian
Government had embarked, that we might fairly -
calculate on their being desirous that. the peace of •
Europe should be kept at least for many years to
crane. Many iluesianS bad Said-to-him, that it must
be the desire of every manofsense that peecosheuld
continueoat. least for the present ; and when it was _ _
remembered .that the Russians had embarked in
Such works as the emancipation of the scrf., the
construction of 5,000 or 6,000 miles of railwa7, the
refbrm of their courts of justice, the making the
press free—towards which a considerable step had
already .been taken—and the carrying out of many
other great and important changes, it must be oh-
yious that every sensible RussiaO could but wish
that his country should enjoy a considerable term
of peace. At the same time Iluisia was a great and
important country, and whichever side she might
take she would be able to throw considerable weight
into the scale whenever circumstances required ac-
tion. ' As to the" reA of the world, he. thought it
peace would continue, •
might be expected that.. ant,
after the turmoil and doeturbanecs winch had pre-
vailed throughout Europe for the last three or four
years every man must feel great -at _ c -1-faction. in oh-
,
.erying.how things were settling' down. He hail
nothing further to say, but he hoped that, whether
it Was his lot to remain in a private capacity, or to
take a part in public affairs, a fair and candid in-
terpretation would be given to all his proceedings
whatever his course might be, and that his friends -
would again afford him as kind a..welcome as they
had been so good as to give him on the present
occasion. • (Cheers) -
Several other toasts were given during the even-
jug, and
'Lord WODUIOUSE, in the course of a few other
remarks, called attention to the pace of Russian
trotting horses, which got over 18 or 20 miles in
an hour. His lordship stated that the Russims
paid greater attention to pace than action, which
was so much regdrded in this country. -
. The noble lord's presence and speeches consider-
ably enhanced the interest of the Meeting, Which
passed off very agreeably.

COURT OF COXOIOIV COUXCIL.

Yesterday a court, which - was very numerously
attended, was held for the despatch of public
business.- -

FLEET VALLEY RAILWAY TEICIIINI'S.

The DEPLTTY Towx-CLEIu read a memorial on
this subject from Mr. Charles Pearson, stating that
he had received the co-operation of the Great
Western Company on this 'subject, and had met
with encouragement front the directors, officers, and
contractors of the Metropolitan Company. Ile was
enabled to state that 4.3,000 (shares including the
175,00 p of the Great We,tern),repreSeut ing together
£450,Q00, one half of the entire capital required,
are now held by petsons able and willing
.to meet
the and several of them are repared, at a
short notice, and for a low rate of jo-L,c,t, to pay
up the entire amount of shares for the immediate
commencement of the works, provided the Great
Nortlicen will execute the -powen; of, the Act or
Parliament pascd with the concurrence of their
shareholders at a Wharnelifie meeting in 18:;6. for
subscribing 17,500 shares, or £175,000, towat ds the
eapital_of the Metropolitan Railway (ompanv. If
this sum were now as .readily and, heartily contri-
buted by the Great NOrthern As the salve sum has
been' subscribed by the Great Wesfern Company,
all inmediments, to' the completion of the work
would be at an end. He had had repeated c:.:nfer-
ences with the chairman, directors, and ofF.cers of
the Great Northern Company, and had hoped th :t
they would have consented to execute the powers
of the act of. 1856 on receiving evidence that
in that event ;he undertaking would be
completed without delay. lle even went so
far as to suggest that they might make their sub-
scription conditional upon his obtaining the re-
mainder of the capital within a time to be limited
by themselves. lie had likewise 'suggested that
the Great Northern might, for their own particular
protection, nominate directors for the board in pro-
portion to their shares. A resolution was pre-
seutcd to him on the 9th inst., by which it was pr -
posed to effect the conn:ctiin of the Met:-opol,tan
Itailway with the Great Northern by arra:lA-erne:lls
which it was assumed by the board would afford
an efficient anti equitable substitute for-thc exist-
ing provisions, which have rceived the sanction of.
Parliament. Ile did net consithr it within the
scope of his authority to deal with this,p.:cpo.iitio.
The board of the (;reat Northern, howevt_r, had
this day reselVed that the company will not c xecut e
the powers conferred upon it by the net of 1856.
He had, therefore, to commun'elite the'lllnre of h's
negotiations with the Great Northern, thilt it might
b: considered what further steps ehould be taken.
in the matter.

Deputy IlAnuisoN—l- move that this memorial
be referred to the improvement. Committc3 of this
court, for further, information. - The court will re-
collect that the recommendation it contains arose
from a report brought. up from that committee, tAil
the court unanimously agreed to it. A matter un-
der their management, and very intcreting to
them, is the value -of that land. in FLet 'Valley;
We have had some applications with reference
to it. I do not- know that I ought publicly-
to :itate those applications, but it is very de-
sirable, in order to do justice to all -parties, tha
that committee should be in possession• of every
matter of information with reference. to that
important subject. I will, therefore, mow that
this communication of Mr. _Pearson and the two
rez'olutions be referred to the Improvement Com-
have
Ititichetechucatctioiftecittsgoit.beut.lnted;liticiiigcqleit
between Mr. Jay and this corporation with
,h and adjoining Fleet Valley
m. 6
refe-
rcncc to that inirrtant question, namely, the land
thrMough
Deputy OBBARD seconded the motion.
was
and that anything that tended t it
source of profit would be beneficialoconvert into
a
:NI Tot;
to the public.
Mr. YOUNG thought the
court ought not io enter-
tainthe memorial.

'Phu motion was Put and carried unanimously.
The court adjourned:

THE GREAT BELL AT WESTMINSTER.
t —The pro-
tracted and arduous labours of Mr. Quinn and_ his attend-
ants in raising the great bell of Westminster 'clock tower
nmapiyean.owilbletiti;eoncsoiudie.sreedofteyehsatevrde virtually
a,tiiei and
elllcass4fe
rtails3cdr tetti,iiitis-
final altitude, and nothing now remains to be done but. to
remove the hoisting apparatus with its massive timbers and
platforms,' and to bolt it (the bell) up to the iron girdles,
which are all in their proper places and- ready for the one-
rous duty of sustaining it. As in the case of the Great
Leviathan, the ,sponsors of the great bell have sun fit to
change its nam7, which henceforta is to be "St. Stephen,"
in place of the more familiar but In a dignified a)pellation
of -." Big Ben." The ceremony of baptism was perfume I
with all due forinality, although, as we are inclined to think,
after a ritual which was specially invented for the 0( ca ill.
A. workman gave the monster 'll successive strokes with a
:, S ' t
hammer, while his neuter celled out in du r' '. i-
phen" after each successive stroke, and St. tephen -the
bell vas-declared to be from henceforth. Too much credit
cannot be given to Mr. Quarm for his skilful superintend-
eleilracnallea. isicielf3iletti.tie3l
ence of the operation, nor to the workmen for the care,
patience, and perseverance which at last briaight it to it
final and satisfactory issue. -
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corrosive :poisti which tubssus and agwyavates them.
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