New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1863-02-16
TygE REACTION I'm ENGLAND.

TEE REACTION IN ENGLAND.
The people of Engand-the millions of the
middle and lower glasses %. soclety-begin 10
sprak on The questions of American War and
Au,ercan Slavery in tone not to be mlsta-
ken. In every part of tAc kingdom they are
rallyin. under the auspices OF the Emancipation
Society, and the proceedings OF these meetings
aai the resolutions passed at them will settle,
VIC hope. oven for the blindest partisaus of the
slave power, the much-iscus3cd question, what
effect the Emancipation Proclamation has had
in Europe.
A week ago 80 received intelligence Of a
great public meeting held il Liverpool, tho
stronghold of the English worshipers Of the
/ Slave Power, at which the Emancipation Proc
lamation was enthusiastically indorscd. Bristol,
where the slaye-tradc listed longer than in
any other port in Great Britain. has followed,
and affirmed the right Of Emancipation. But
more important than any previous meeting Is
that held on Thursday, Jan. %, IN Exeter
| Hall. London. No such meeting had been seen
in England since the days Of the Anti-Corn-
Law gatherings. The largest room in Exeter
Hall was, long before the appointed hour, 81
crowded that no more could be admitted. \
second meeting was organized in lower room,
and when this also proved insufficient 10 hold
! the surging multitude. thousands OF people or.
gained third meeting in the open air.
I'nprccedented as tho number of attendants
vas the enthusiasm which Characterized the
proceedings was ftlll more remarkable The
papcrs which have always been friendly to our
cause, acknowledge that the nrdor and enthu.
siasm OF this vast assembly on behalf OF tie
North, by far exceeded their boldest eypecta-
tions. The champions Of disunon, % TIE Times
and Jhe Saturday Rer,c,c attempt to ridicGlc tho
meeting because oi the absence oi the high arts.
iocracy-Dukcs, Marquises, Earls, Archbishops
and Bisbops--but they acknowledge the vast.
ness of numbers and the thoroughno;s Of the
resolutions. The Sa'arday Rerie'c, which begins
to fear that the whole English nation may 30
mad on the Slavery question, says Of the spirit
of tie meeting:
NO declarations were received on
Thurlday night with such blatant ieryor rs
those which asserted TIE absolute right aud
duty Of tie sovereign authority 1T Washington
70 coercc and 10 subiugatc its rchellous sub
crts. The recent Union success at Murfrces.
boro was cheered 10 the very echo. hman-
cipation and RcaniOn-repui0n AT whatever
cost of blood and treasure and sulerino-was
proclaimed as the watclword OF the evening.
a lv nah
and pirates. The revolt must be- put down,
aud by arms"
The cheers from the meetings in the lower
Lall and from the street, were frequently heard
By the audiences above, and added 10 TIE exct-
Ing interest of the scene. Daring the evening,
kilograms, reporting similar demonstrations at
Bradford, where 1900 persons were assembled,
under the presidency OF Nh W. J.. Forster,
The eloquent and influential member Of PaIlIa.
nent for that borough and at Stroud, were
received aud, on being read BY the Chairman,
elected tremendous cheers. The fret mention
of President Lincoln's namo was received with
IA burst Of enthusiasm, the whole assembly
rising ia a body, aad cheering with the utmost
enthusiasm for several inmates.
Stirring addresses were delivered by the
Hon. and Rev. Baptist Noel and the Rev.
Newman Hall, two of the most distinguished
Dissenting clergmcn Of Great Britain, Mr..
Thomas Hughes, Mr.. Taylor, Member of Par
lament for Leicester, nnd others. The friends
of the South had not failed to scnd to the
meeting some of their number, but the as.
sembly utterly refused to give them u hearing,
aud even Tie 1iaeS cOnesses that the strong
resolutions, which will be found in full among
our European news items, were received with
almost unanimous applause.
The high aristOcracy we are not aston
ished TO find in their ranks the unworthy son
of Sir Robert Pecl-contnue to express their
abhorrcnce Of this war aud the Emancipation
Proclamation, and-signliicant for every Amer
lean who has eyes to sec-tLeir anxious desire
for the overthrow Of the American Union. But
they begin to acknowledge the rising OF new
power and are obviously afraid that it will
sweep over Great Britain with irresistible
force. Tie Times tries TO console itself with
thc uoPo thusV utc
gotten up" and only IL manufactured imita-
ton of public sentiment; but Mr.. Forster easily
disposes of this silly argument by tho plain
question why the aristocracy and tho friends
Of the Slave Power do not "get up" such
demonstrations on tho other side. for it is q
wsQ-ka0wn and pncoRtgqYsyte4 FIST that sa