Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1861-1862, 1861-09-10
rfom ihe LONDON Post, August %.


From the London Post, August %.
The Mayor and corporation of Sheffield Gined together
yesterday evening in the Free Library. TIE borough
members, hesss. }. A, Roebuck aud G. Hadfald sDd
number Of the principal inhabitants OF the neigbbcr.
hood, were present. The banquet was OF the most
sumpuous char eer aud after fn Justice had been dore
TO Il the Mayer (ar u. ViekeTr) proposed in succession
the loyal and patriotic tosss. The toast OF Tic DO
rough Members was proposed by Alderman Ii.
\ Hoole.
M fR )ebuck, afier few complimentary remarks,
said Ii is evident to my mind tbs. YOU Mr. Mayor
have not called us tcgethsr merely out Of ompimont
but learn something from us Of the great questions
OF the dag and, siI, noS accept ms suggestions,
aud E addtSSs wifnlf 20 ias aSsepblJ elslys geDep
! 0Srilg ihat Los row sleaking 10 the Hors5 ot
Co,nmaps The honorable gen.emU then proceeded to
az lhA. he should range ovfr the whe!s world, az, d
that he should talk about Fare, ahont Aust,ia,
and about America, aud in doing be begged Il 70
be usderstood that Nc did not wish 20 ejVo Cifsnee
/ 10 any ore. Two great countries had been attempt
4 iYr 10 come closer togsher by commercial uEoe,
,ard that mainly by the attempts and lAbors OF Sir.
Cobb B,twCen the pcone al France and the peoplr e
Epelaud "a aliisrce could rot he too intimate. GreaG
they both mighty IN tbeir ifutnee uiOh Che
world and e. iar as be concerned, he might sly
that he objected toa commercial union Of that kjHd -
He bonored Fscoe sud her people and he believed that
ANYTHING which would iaf us TO them would be byhe
liz 70 both, and beutfl 20 mankind AZ large. The pr
son who nov headed the great c6Unay G. France vas
no, able 20 follow FL he ancah'G desires that had
our minds a, prcsen.. He would no! sede to the cir
oustauces which pacsd aim upon the thtote Of France,
hut those circumstLcfs made him. he woald not say Sr
slave but tLey made him the rvlnt, OF the army Of
) France. (iiSar, hear.l That army now Amounted 10
100000 mep and there at iee a-ound the coat
Why were they there tF!ssr, hcer They were there
10 threaten EGgapd and he, as Englishmin was
born 20 be hreaeued with impu1iiy. (appiaase) The
dragons teeth have been hound The vtlIRt have
started up (hear, hcarani we noW safe; and b.
sid This sad Mr. R)eoutkl there is az ho head OF the
sdmin3iradonl say il 10 the hearing OF men who dout
beeve Ia that adminisatiOnihsre s az ie bead OF tie
administration ore who cares for the tGnoT and ths
safety OF Eug|aud thear, heaysud 50 Ing we have
/ hha there 40 uTe ate lieut. applause he lad FsiI
ths, he was ist in the language OF compliment, but
this he said from very heart H. lt the danger il
which Epgiaud placed aud looked With respect upon
the mAn whom looked Zoe the fs:ey Of ths cORu
try; and depend rpoG H. as soon "a hey got rd Of at
/ man thsy Weuld gel rid Vi cns Of theif great de-
/ lenccs. He had never been parry man. Ali the
soJid kuew that He had Dc believed dose hs
gtmoet on one occasion TO tunthis very out OF OF
! 6ce-ihesr hea j-aod he IhCueh be had suecceded--
srpAterl--hu sl he Hiid that Lord Joha Russell on
making his fsreSCl speech TO tho Horse OF Commons
uaie use OF words which ough, 10 sink deep into the
hearts Of Eogishmen lord john said thore things
/ in the couduc. Of the Emperor oi the k6nch that
aied creai doubt and tu7peioD n the minds ni the
! people Of Encla1d. Hear, heaf.l he thr fOeluCkl
would uow make known recr6t 70 the wnolc meeting
/ He EucW there had been compact entered into with
the King Of Italy that the Emperor OF the French should
hays The Apd u Sardinia socn a. ne Withdraw iTep
/ Rome. (CTeo OK shame, 'SaTeiy TO-, 81 lie |as
stating faot-no. what no thought but what he knew
and he knew also tina! the people Of EngInd would not
allow that Hear, hear aud cheers There ives hang
ing over ia row cloud threatening war, aud that man
at the head of the administration was ready 10 battle
sganst such aggrani a.ment on the part of France
pha.t badr ko ha
fled before many months elapsed. Such tho con-
dion Of EnRnd with regard 20 frarce, and in such
position should not look ahead for what means of
defence there wac against the Emperor Of the French
making the Mediterranean French lslet (Hear, hear)
Where are VIC expect him oRlop He knew he should
be met with all SORTS Of imputaoDs--(no, Eo)-but he
sad We must look TO Austria.
The Emperor OF Austria had endeavorei to make the
Constitution Of that country nearly Ike that OF Erg
land as possi5l; he had mads House Of Lords and
House Of Commons and had even gone beyond cur
sutoD hc had given every distinct ns,ion ia his country
q constitutional aud municipal govtTanen and when It
was sad that the Emperor OF Austria bad only yiedcd 10
pressure, he thr RCebuCk) knew what we yielded 10
| when We gave Cato'c Emancipation. lie recollectef
that fierce demsgogue 0Conuel drclaimug against the
Unior and what said great man on that OCCASION the
Duke OF W,lI glon (Hear hear.) He ssid-"l will
not face civil war, because know Ia, mIcr!eS whch
war brings upon people, Catholic emancipation Was
granted and been acted upon, and are ycu not nova
united people Hear, hear.) Again, who made the
arislocrscy give rp the corn lawsi Why, Mr. Golden
made proposition 10 The landed interest Of the
country and he dragged from tho hands OF Sir X.
Peel the emancipation Of the country from the dom!n-
ion OF the corn aEs. applause This also had heen
acted upon and should l. be said that TIC Emperor
Of Austria taught wisdom by Soterino, about TO
60 from his word, after having given Constitution 10
his people, Looking to the past, iheD looking TO the
future and looking TO Ourselves ought to believe that
he as an honest and as wise nan, would act up to
his word, which he had net only said, bu: printed
(Hear keGr.l The Constitution of Aus'rs would consist
of House of Commons and House oi Lords; that was
like ourselves The members OF the House Of Lords
would cons of princes OF the imperial houses that was
like ourselves The lapded hereditary nobility and those
archbishops and bishops whose noble rank eBted them
10 sca; these also were like Ourselves TIE Emperor
also ordans that he shall cal up those persons 10 life
pserAges who have distinguished themselves by their
abilities either in church, sa,e literaturo OF arts this
was not ike Ives Hear hear The House OF Com
mons would consist Of 3i3 members taken from the fol-
loving places:-Hungary, SIS members; Bohemia "a;
L,mbardy 90; Daaa 3; Croatia, Sclavonis 81 Galcia,
Lodomera, tho Dneby Of Auschwitz and Zuor and the
Duchy Of CTaoow, IS; Upper Austria i9 ower Austria
lO Duchy Of Sal,burg, - S,iermark, IL; Carinhia i
Kan, g. Bukowina s. sNenbrrgen, 26 soravia &ahrep,
22 Tyrol ~ Isia containing S9rr Gradeska and city
Trieste) g. in all S49 Nov, then 1t will be asked, can
Hungary be swamptd by the Dccby Of Austria seeing
that Upper Austria has and Lover Austria 10 members
Austria desires under her present Emperor to be eDaac
pated. Foreign nations only know Austria Austria
U
States which we used to speak Of We knew nothing
of New Yorb, Penns, lvahia, Massachusetts,, but We
kues about the United States The Emperor Of Austria
wants an empire IN the midst OF Europe to comnun
cate with other naor9 II had hitherto been united by
the golden link Of crown but he would haze united
by constitutional govern m'u, an imperial Parliament
House Of Lords and House Of Coamons, represent
ing each and every Of the separate natonaliies
composing the empire. This the Empire considered
soud enable him 10 meet aEtaeouistic powers upon
great and fir field. He (Mr. Roetuck) would ask
whether in this Hungary was Eiseo enter into compe
titicn with her sovereign to impede him in so great
WORK. cause it gave 10 each and every ono the power
of governing themselves and sending their own men,
hers to ParliAnept OF putting upon themselves taxa
ton aud gave them the poae Of enabling he Emperor
to meet the opposition power OF Earcp upon an oaua
ity w.ich he desired, and which they also desired
Ind such circumstances, he (Mr. Roebuek) would ask
bis oountrymen whether in what he had stated thes
anythng TO condemn, and whether they believed the
Emperor of Austria ia a sham He used thst word be
cause Il wrs = iavonte word With people who talked
,bou matter they did not understand He (Hr Roe.