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London, England, 1850-10-15 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1850.

While consternation reigns supreme in the Pro-
tectionist camp, and the recognised leader of the re-
actionaries is affording unquestionable evidence to his
panic-stricken followers of the necessity of not
setting themselves against the tide of public opinion,
by striving to revive the departed demon of monopoly,
the Reformers are persevering steadily and efficiently
in the glorious path on which they have entered, and
in which they have already made no inconsiderable
progress. Cheered by the triumphs they have
already achieved, they look forward confidently to
still greater victories, accepting the ameliorations
that have already been obtained as instalments of
justice, which will strengthen their hands and enable
them ultimately to attain the goal which must be
reached before their exertions can be in any degree
slackened or abated. If it were possible to find in
the broad plains of merry England a calm and unimj
passioned spectator, one who had hitherto care-
fully avoided selecting either banner under
which to enrol himself, and to whom both
parties were utterly indifferent, such a person
would find no difficulty in pointing out the
future victors. The tone, the spirit, the demeanour,
of the opponents would sufficiently indicate the result
. of the approaching contest. One side, tranquil and
confident in its irresistible strength, surrounded by
the most propitious auguries, await the struggle with
patience. Perfect discipline reigns throughout their
ranks, and all minor differences are suppressed, in
order that the common enemy may no longer suc-
ceed by sowing dissensions in the patriotic band.
Oa the other hand there is tumult and insubordina-
tion approaching to mutiny. 111-organised and di-
vided aracngst themselve?, defeat already sits brood-
. ing over their dispirited cohorts. It requires no
extraordinary powers of veticination to foresee that
they will speedily disperse, and yield an easy triumph
to their powerful opponents.
The magnificent meeting of the National Reform
Association, the first of a series of similar gather-
ings vibich are about to rake place throughout the
length and breadth of the lar.d, which was yesterday
bald in the great hall of the London Tavern, must
inspire with joy and confidence the heart of every
genuine reformer. Faithful and consistent men, who
;ya7falong laboured in the good cause when it was
-sseifiilionable to support it, and when it required
the of-no " carpet knights," were associated with
new titt d untried, but not less zealous soldiers, who
burned vfAh ardour " to flesh their maiden swords." The
fire and enthusiasm of youth was tempered by the
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wisdom and experience of age. The " NESTOR of
Reform," the veteran Josaru Huatn, who has won
for himself a position prouder than any monarch ever
bestowed on cringing courtier, was present, having'
at considerable personal inconvenience, and with an
energy that might well put to the blush those who
were contented to express by letters their sympathy
and co-operation, travelled a great distance to be,
where his heart was, in the centre of the strenuous
advocates of fiscal, financial, and Parliamentary reforms.
At his side was Lord DUDLEY COUTTS STUART, the
friend of liberty in every quarter of the globe, whose
name is idolised throughout the fertile plains of be-
trayed Hungary and dismembered Poland, until it
has become a household word among the unfortunate
but gallant and unconquered compatriots of KOSSUTH
and of Kosciumo. The acute and witty author of
the " Anti-Corn-law Catechism"—whose pungent and
biting sarcasms and shrewd and unanswerable argu-
ments struck the most efficient blows at the odious
bread-tax—was also at hand, together with the Hon.
Gentlemen the Members far Macclesfield, fur the
Orkneys, for Oldham, for Nottingham, and the
Tower Hamlets, with a host of worthies, including
Messrs. JAMES HARMER, TINDAL ATKINSON, T. J.
SERLE, H. L. MORGAN, R. HARTLEY, KENNEDY,
J. HOUGHTON, J. A. NICHOLAY, W. M. M`CIIRISTIE►
and many others, whom we would gladly enumerate
if space and time permitted. The juniors, whose
name was legion, also mustered in goodly numbers,
affording satisfactory assurance that there will be no
lack of fitting leaders in future days should tie
struggle be prolonged beyond a reasonable time.
The Chairman of, the association, Sir JOSHUA
WALM3LEY took the chair, and in a sensible and judi-
cious speech opened the proceedings, a detail whereof
will be found in another part of this day's impression.
The eloquent address of the Chairman was admirably
followed up by his talented associates, and arany
spirited resolutions were unanimously carried amid
rapturous and enthusiastic applause, that might have
vied with the reception given to the " Queen of Song"
by our Transatlantic brethren. Nothing remained
to be desired or wished for. We only trust that the
future meetings may rival their precursor, and that
the same unanimity may prevail throughout Great
Britain that was so clearly manifested on the 14th of
October at the great assemblage of the National Re-
form Association at the City of London Tavern.

Affrighted by the lowering astonishment of the
Protectionists, the chivalric STANLEY has again turned
to the right-about. Doubtless to many such very
abrupt changes of opinion would be somewhat em-
barrassing. To the gallant heir to the Ral of
DERBY it is fortunately other wis9. Not the most
agile and supple-limbed acrobat in the corps of
FRANCONI could surpass Lord STANLEY in the dex-
terity of his political summersaults. Not the most
accomplished ballerina on the stage of St. Carlo could
vie with the Noble Lord in the rapidity of his par-
liamentary and unparliamentary gyrations. Now he
is dancing the veriest fandango of Liberalism ; now he
is gliding through the stateliest minuet of Conserva-
tism : here he brawls most noisily in the sword-
dance of Protection ; here again we find him tripping
self-contentedly through all the mazes of the new-
fangled Free-trade polka. Never were saltatory
movements more manifold, more dissimilar, more
sprightly, more swift, more capricious. The next
fluctuation in his creed as a statesman cannot by pos-
sibility be calculated upon, any more than the next
rainbow pattern of a kaleidoscope. Contrasted with
his amazing volatility that of Miss Mowcnaa sinks
into insignificance. His little squad of eccentric col-
leagues on the cross benches of the House of Com-
mons was christened, it will be remembered, on one
memorable occasion, by the Irish Liberator, " the
Derby dilly with its six insides." The ideas congre-
gated together in his intellect, in reference to the truth or
falsehood of political parties, are yet more numerous.
His mind in this respect is a Derby dilly, not with
six, but with sixty-six insides. The Abbe SIEVES,
with bis innumerable pigeon-holes, each containing
the duodecimo synopsis of a constitution, was nothing
compared to Lord STANLEY with his countless
schemes of administration. The RUPERT of Debate,
he is also the PROTEUS of Politics.

After the decidedly Free-trade speech delivered by
Lord STANLEY very recently on the occasion of his
inaugurating the Agricultural Society of Bury, it
might reasonably have been expected that his
Lordship would have refrained, at any rate
for some little time, from shifting round
again to the side of the Protectionists. A letterwrit-
ten by him on the 11th instant, however, proclaims
to the contrary. It declares that the writer is alto-
gether too great an adept in recalcitration to refrain
long.from indulging himself in his customary move-
ments. Addressing himself to the rather alarmed
and dejected Mr. G. F. YOUNG, who had besought
some such explanation, the Noble Lord protests that
his arguments have been misapprehended, his
expressions distorted, his deductions wantonly
perverted and misrepresented. We expected this.
But scarcely so soon. We hardly imagined that
the distinguished leader of the Monopolists in
the House of Peers would have ventured upon
such a very plump denial of his own observations.
We knew him to be bold and daring, but should
never have presumed to charge him with such con-
summate rashness and temerity. Even QUIXOTE
himself might have hesitated before adventuring upon
an enterprise of such extravagance. Nevertheless, we
have been mistaken. Lord STANLEY has surpassed
himself : he has out-Stanleyed Stanley. His most
hair-brained " turns" and " doubles" dwindle away
to matters of no consideration whatever, now that he
has followed up his speech at Bury with his letter
from Knowsley. His Lordship in fact reminds us,
in this, of the Irish meeting which took place only
the other day, where the first resolution, after being
duly proposed and seconded, was submitted to those
assembled together for approval or rejection. " Those
who are in favour of this resolution hold up their
hands," said the chairman, and everybody held up
:heir hands. " Those who are opposed to this reso-
lution, hdld up their hands," again cried the chair-
main, and again the hands of all present were ele-
vated. After some confusion came another experi-
ment. " Those who are in favour of this reso-
lution, say Aye," cried the chairman, and
every body said " Aye !" " Now, understand
me clearly," cried the chairman, " those who
are opposed to this resolution say No !" and every-
body said "No!" Precisely after this acquiescent
fashions are the words uttered of late by Lord
STANLEY. At Bury he is called upon to preside over
the local Agricultural Association, and being, of course,
expected to encourage the jovial farmers embarked in
that enterprise, he talks to them with the volubility
of a Free-trade orator of the most sanguine tempera-
ment. He recommends them to embark their capital
in the cultivation of the land. He assures them that
in so doing they are running into no jeopardy.
He becomes eloquent on the benefits of drain-
age, and communicative in reference to the
subject of artificial manures. His pictures of the fu-
ture condition of the farming interests are all painted
couleur de rose 1 Like FALSTAFF, he " babbles o'
green fields," and hints to the bucolic banquetters
around him the practicability of rendering the earth
more productive by their availing themselves of all
the latest scientific improvements applied to agricul-
ture. The " pippins and cheese" are demolished ;
the wine is guzzled ; the after-dinner harangues are
uttered and applauded to the ceiling, if not to the
heavens ; the man with the hat or the money-box
goes round ; the festivity comes to its conclusion ; the
last guest walks into the street ; the doors are fas-
tened, and the glasses gathered for the scul-
lery. Lord STANLEY returns to Knowsley. Like the
marriage guest who listened so long to that uncom-
fortable old gentleman the "Ancient Marinere," his
Lordship gets up " a sadder and a wi-er man" next
morning. With a very few posts comes the reteihu-
tion—a terrible one—a dry, business-like letter from
Mr. G. F. YOUNG, the rampant and the rabid. A swarm
of insurgent yeomanry marshalled by the zedeubtable
CHOWLER, and shambling up his Lordshlp's avenue,
could scarcely be more decidedly unpleasant. How-
, ever no time remains for hesitation 4 Ile must
account for ,his recent indiscretion. To this end
he writes instanter to Mr. G. F. YOUNG, explaining
away all his hopeful views in regard to the agricultural
profession, gilding his unlucky phrases with sophis-
try, and shrouding his late advice in prevarication.
The epistle is successful to the last degree. The
Protectionists are in ecstacies. Bond-street pulls up its
blinds, and the heartsof the monopolists are gladdened.

We wish them joy of their leader in the Upper
House of Parliament, for in Lord STANLEY, the
orator of Bury and the correspondent of Knowsley,
e recognise one who is practically a Free-trader
and only theoretically a Protectionist.

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC.

We have received the Paris papers of yesterday.
The Natioxal thus reports the proceedings which
took place before the Commission of Permanence :
" After a short discussion, the Commission adopted the
report proposed by M. Dupin, and which may thus be
resumed:—

"1. An expression of the satisfaction felt by the Com-
mission at the excellent attitude of nearly all the troops
asst mbled at Satory.
"2. Profound regret at having heard cfficers and
soldiers utter seditious cries (manifesternent provoquel.)
"3. Blame. as explicit as severe, of the conduct of the
Minister of War, who remained, and still conticues,
impassable, in face of misdemeanours (delits) committed
in his presence, and in presence of the President of the
Republic.
"4. Fears expressed upon the perils that these facts,
and more especially the impunity assured to the guilty,
cause to the discipline of the army."
The Bonapartist journals feel the resolution
of censure pronounced by the Committee on the
Minister of War as a heavy blow and a great dis-
couragement, and endeavour to lessen the force of it
by every means in their power. The Constitutionnel
boldly denies the existence of the resolution, because
the Committee has not, as it oontends, any right to
come to such a resolution ; the Constitutionnel melees
use of a phrase which has attracted much attention :
the PRESIDENT, it says, will not make any coup
d' eta, but neither will he permit any coup
d letat to be made against him. The Pouvoir
complains of a conspiracy against the PRESIDENT ;
others of these journals contend that it is not the Mi-
nister of War but the Commander-in-Chief who is
in fault, as it was his duty to have repressed the cries.
This attempt at throwing the responsibility on Gene-
ral CEINGARNIER will, if it succeeds, be an admira-
ble " turning of the tables." The grave consequences
which may be expected to follow when the Assembly
shall meet are thus described by the Sicle :--
" Tne Assembly taking part with the Parliamentary
Commission would he the beginning of a serious con-
flict which could only end in one of these three ways—
the dismissal of the Minister of War—should this be re-
fused, then an act of accusation against him—or, finally,
should the Assembly give way, the complete disparae-
went of the Parliamentary power. Such is the truth,
and it would serve no purpose to conceal ii."
The National is one of the journals which en-
deavours to fix the responsibility on General CIIAN-
GUINIER, and the following is the argument of N.
LEOPOLD DURAS in support of his proposition. He
quotes as follows, the article of the law of 13 Bru-
miare, year 5
" The superior officer commanding upon the ground
who, by way of complaint, public notoriety, or other-
wise, shall have certain knowledge of an offsnce (debt)
committed by a military man or other person amenable
to a council of war, shall order eirectly the captain who
fills the office of reporter to receive the complaint, should
there be such, and to commence information on the spot,
to hear witnesses, interrogate the accused, and make a
report. Should there be no complaint, he shall proceed
with the information."
" Thus," proceeds the National, " according to strict
legality, the duty of opening informations against the
author of these seditious cries did not devolve either on
the President of the Republic or the Minister of War,
but exclusively and absolutely on General Changarnier
and General Neumayer, the one Commander-in-Chief,
the other commanding the first military division."
He does not, however, let either the PRESIDENT or
General D'HAUTPOUL escape, for he adds—
" Allowing, however, that in a judicial point of view
the President of the Republic and Minister of War have
done nothing blameworthy, yet the same cannot be said
of them when the matter is looked at with regard to its
political and administrative bsariegs. Both one and the
other are armed by the laws, civil as well as military,
with very extensive powers. General d'ilautpoul,
who knows this well, employs his power every
day against non-commissioned officers and soldiers,
who commit much less grave faults, or who are evee
suspected of devotion to the Republic. Now, no officer
or soldier has been punished for the selitions erica ut-
tered at Versailles. Let us now observe that our re-
marks, as the reader may have already perceived, are
f 'untied upon the information, and are indeed under the
inspiration of competent men. We shall say no more
on this great subject; cur object has been to fix on each
his due share of responsibility in face of the country,
which expects that justice will be done."
The Legitimatist and Ofleanist journals are very
energetic in their denunciations of the Imperialists.
The Moniteur publishes a notice, communicated by
the Minister of Foreign Affairs, stating that the
Government has not received any report which gives
the least probability to a statement in a London
morning paper, that Admiral LE PREDOUR, on quitting
Buenos Ayres on the 21st of Juee, on board the
Archimede, had saluted the Argentine fl ,g with 21
gurw, and that the Argentine guard-ship had returned
the salute with only 17 guns. _ _

M. DUPIN visited the—PRkSIDENT of the Republic
at the Elpec on Saturday. lie left Paris the same
evening to return so his seat at Raffiguy, in the
Nierre.
M. DE PERSIGNY has left Paris for Berlin.

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