The Sun.
London, England, 1861-10-24 00:00:00

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THE INDUS STEAM FLOTILLA
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Old Broad-street, Sept. 25, 1861.

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MR. ALDERMAN SALOMON'S AT

GREENWICH.

Last night Mr. Alderman Salomons addressed a
meeting of his constituents !at Greenwich. The
meeting was held in the Lecture-hall, and, was
numerously attended. Dr. Purvis occupied the
chair.

Mr. Alderman SALOMONS commenced by giving
an account of his stewardship for the past year.
The late session (he said had been called a barren
session, but it NI as nothing of the kind. It was, on
'the contrary, a session of hard work, and witnessed
the passing of 134 public and 249 private Acts.
The latter included many railway and other bills,
which, interfering with important private interests,
required minute and laborious investigation; while
among the former might be enumerated the new
bankruptcy and insolvency law, the Act for the
abolition of passing tolls, the Irremovable Poor Bill,
and the abolition of the paper duty. He admitted,
however, that the late session was barren of what
might be termed great measures, but then it was to
be remembered that almost all the great questions,
whether in Church or State, had been settled. It
might be said, indeed, that only one great question
remains for discussion in future years—the question
of Parliamentary Reform. Ministers had been
blamed in some quarters for not bringing forward a
Reform Bill in the late session, but in that they were
not wholly without excuse. At the last general
election many members of the House of Commons,
himself among the number, were elected on the ex-
press understanding that they would do their best to
carry a Reform Bill. In the first session of the new
Parliament an attempt was made to pass a satisfac-
tory measure, but it soon became evident there was
no party in the House of Commons strong enough
for the purpose. The truth was, ho believed, that
in the absence of a severe pressure from without all
attempts to carry a Reform Bill must necessarily
fail, and he was not surprised that Ministers should
have resolved to absta!n from bringing forward any
such measure until it was called for by the people
in a voice not to be mistaken. (Hear, hear.) In
the late session the House of Commons had sanc-
tioned a very heavy expenditure. He regretted
that the people should be so severely taxed, but it
was absolutely necessary, in the present state of
Europe and the world, that our naval and military
establishments should be maintained on a large
scale. We had no wish—far from it—to interfere
in the affairs of other countries, but we must not
lose sight of the fact that all our neighbours were
armed, and that it consequently behoved us, as a
simple measure of self-defence, to provide ourselves
with sufficient armaments, especially at sea. As an
auxiliary to our army the Volunteer force, which
now amoud to 170,000 men, could not be too
highly prise; and, although he had no fears of in-
vasion, he readily admitted that the public spirit
shown by so many of our young men was Worthy
of every commendation. He was afraid that next
session would not witness any great reduction of
taxation. All he could say, for his part, Was that
he would be watchful and would endeavour, as far
as he could, to promote economy, (itear.) But,
perhaps, the most important question which now
agitated the public mind was the clef' War in
America. It was impossible at the present
moment to say how that deplotable atrtiggle
would end. Of one thins, however, there could
be no doubt---it must inflict serious injury
upon this country. Last year ehr trade With
America amounted In Vette to 114,000,000.
We imported eottnii, born) tobacco, and other men=
ehandiso to the amount of £44,000,000, anti *e gent
to America, in return, goofs to the amount of
£30,000,000: That prodigious trade was now dis-
turbed, and the result was a great dual of distress
and no small amount of lose. tattctiesler was
threatened with a dearth of cotton, and although;
judging from our experience in the case of coin and
other commodities, he belietred that a good price
would alWaya tettire a supply of the article re,
chaired, yet there could be no doubt that if the
Northern States could preeeet the cotton of the
South from being brought to market the cohse,
gums would be severely kit in otir mantifactiirifig
districts. Frame was in the same position with
ourselves; silo Was equally dissatisfied with the pre-
sent state of things, and it was smell repotteda-,,--hb
knew not on what authority—that if the Emperor
could get England to loin him he Wotild do ,some-
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be a mere paper blockitde.„ The Americans had
always strenuously protested against paper block-
ades, and they could not complain of us if we
now insisted that the Southern ports should
not be closed except by an effective blockade.
(Hear, hear.) The hon. and learned gentle-
man then turned to the question of Italy, and
expressed his belief that if the Italians were left
to themselves Rome and Venice would in no long
time form part of a great Italian kingdom. It was
difficult to understand what the policy of the Em-
peror Napoleon really was, but we knew that he
generally yielded to pressure, and a strong expres-
sion of public opinion could not fail to have a power-
ful effect upon him. For our own part, we could
not do better than continue the policy we had
hitherto pursued—a policy of good, wishes, but of
non-interference. (Hear, hear.) The hon. member,
reverting to home affairs, remarked upon the plenti-
ful harvest with which, we had been blessed, and
observed that our people, if not fully employed,
were happy and contented, knowing that if trade
fluctuated it did PQ from nittnrgl eatiNgoo gne4 not