The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-10-20
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Troubles Of the English Reformers-wsrk.
inEmen's Banquet mt the Crystal Palace
Meeting of Sympath ixers With Garibaldi-
The Feninn Shooting Afrays-Scencs at the
Manchester Court-The Pnn-Auglican Sy-
nod-The Pastoral Letter and Its Critics.
Farraguts Fiag-The Queen OF the Neither
Iands-The Newton-Pascnl Controversy
Oporto Wines-Theatricai News.
LONDON, Oct. 2, 1851.
You will remember that, at the close OF the American
civil war when slavery had been abolished by proca-
nation and ty constitutional amendment everybody
expected that the Anti Slavery Society would dissolve
since there was NO more slavery TO war against This
very sensible view OF tho matter was endorsed by Mr.
Lloyd Garrison tho president OF the society; but Wen
dell Phillips discovered that the AntiSavery Society
was too good thing TO be allowed to
die even II slavery were dead, and so the
association or agtators continued Upon the
same principle the reform clubs here do not
intend to become obsolete because Disraei has
given them reform than they expected. Mr..
Potter and Mr. Beaes ex-reform leaders
friends have taken leaf from the book OF Mr. Wendell
Phillips. They have done more-they have quarrelled
and refused attend each others denominations and
the consequence Ia that have had two meetings of
formers this week, but in this competition does
not seem to improve business
Mr. Potter had his demonstration at the Crystal Palace
on Monday under the auspices OF the London Working
ASSOCIATION, and Ltook the form OF Festival ana
banquet to celebrate the passage OF the reform BILL The
whole affair q failure. The workingmen OF London
did turn TO the balloon ASCENSION the cham.
pon diving and other performances during the day. and
would not pay three shngs for cold collation. night
Il being Monday-always a holiday in many trades
thousands OF people did visit the Palace, but
not than six thousand OF them
attracted by Poter's fetc At the banquet six hun
dred persons were present. including many ladies' A.
the guinea table only cold served and
the dinner began with . salad Although IL
Michaelmas Day toers goose the table.
You imagine then, what the three shilling ordinary
must have been. The speeches cold the din.
The Hon. Thomas Cave the Hon. Mr. Ayston, and
Sir John Bowrng were the only notabilites present
and they said nothing worth recording Mr.. Caves
expected speech on America was not delivered as he
only set down to propose this toas"The National
Reform Union, aud the health OF George Wilson, Esq.."
duty which he discharged very simply and in
which showed that he as happily ignorant as
the majority or mankind IL regard to who George
Wilson, ESQ., IS and what he has done to he toasted
Tho banquet" therefore, was simply conspicuous
because many persons really connected with the
form movement had declined to he present Earl Rus
sells curt declnation was published In all the papers
weeks Mr. Gladstone's smooth but neutral motto
has also been published and although long diplomatic
correspondence has since eosucd between the liberal
leader Mr.. Potter, all efforts 20 get the noto with
drawn modified have JAILED Member after member
OF Parliament first promised to attend and then backed
ciined. The rrepressibe Bradaugh stayed away with
Mr. Beaies. There many vacant seats and the
dinner very cold that everybody felt chilled and
20 rouse any enthusiasm impossible. The letters
from Gladstone and Bright we're napproprateiy printed
upon the back OF the programme, and MANY OF the
guests after reading these documents. wished that they
had stayed away also
The opposition demonstration OF sir. Beales under
the auspices Reform League, took quite another
FORM and was held St James Hall last evening. II
Carload ana 10 condemn his arrest The YOUNGER son
of Garbad present, but the meeting was not very
Mr. Potter wa. compelled 10 open the proceedings by
reading a number OF letters from distinguished people
who. for one reason or another declined 70 SPEAK.
form League ensued, Mr. Beales Colonel Dickson Mr..
Bradaugh Mr.. herriman ard Others taking with their
accustomed vgor and volupiliiy, and address was
unanimously adopted Colonel Chambers. formerly
known as "Garbaldi's Englishman," and Mrs Cham
bers Garibalds after Aspromonte occupied seats
upon the platform. The speech OF young Riccotti
Garibald merely an expression Of thanks for the
sympathy OF tho meeting, and was marred by a few
strong lsons to the private habits Of Victor Emanuel
-alusons which embarrassed both the speaker and
the audience, and nearly brought the speech 10 dead
pauss-snd by young Garipaldis ignorance OF English.
The meeting was In every way failure
where applaud tue Italian government, and think
that il has served Garibadi just "a he deserved.
Tho alarming editorials In OF the English papers
upon . couple OF recent shooting and assault cases
would lead TO suppose that the Fenans bad begun
india Here IN London two soldiers, in uniform.
got into p0rehouse dispute about fenianism with two
strangers and ore OF the soldiers IA handaster was
shot At Sheffield soldier named Sergeant Murphy
badly beaten dnriag quarrel with two strangers upon
tho same ting soSsc, In both cases %. men are
soldiers or we're mistaken for iniormers In
bo,n cases tho criminals are presumed to
be Feniaus, partly because they felt
hats and partly because they grew angry when Fenian
Ism abused. The truth Is that ihese ou,rages are
the consequence OF the excitement, about the Manchester
and the trials now being held there. All the
kingdom the Irish excited. and many Irsnmen and
IRISH mercans 90 armed, since the loser classes OF
Engiishmen excited also, and have begun mobbing
suspected Fenisns But there Is nothing systematic
on break IN Ireland Is no, 70 be expected unaucson
aby the Iish OF Manchester In full sympathy with
ness for the prosecution confessed that no had
revolver IN his pocket 70 protect him.
admitted ths. he had said he would 90 TO see one Of
abe prisoners hanged, gross disturbance en- ued the
prisoners aud the crowd Kissing and Alien, rh NJ
maoaced hands at the witness and shouting, . IL
would take better men than ye 70 hang me Sc Ios
dreadfully, apd Al any hour riot may break out
among the Irish at Liverpool. where aggravat ng
detectives
As you have already been informed, the Pan-An:
gican Synod has reached . most lame and
rh. mountain and the mouss' 10 .ncios. "
bsSops and although epss 70 v oy M, aos
very tame affair this Is tanner than anybody could
have expected The resolutions adopted by the Synod
hav. not ye, been pub.hed. the storm Of suesrs and
iee with which the address has been greeted having
bold enough to SAY good word for The great Church Of
Ingland Conference The wits called II the Pan .Ang
cannot synod The Tima mercsssly ridicules the al.
dress AZ "a sermon In stae," whose only merit IL
evity. The Telegraph laughs at the ridiculous
bsult OF this largely advertised gathering Of
Ishops The Pau Nall Gasefs declares that the
hdress pious twaddls ~hich be spun Out BY the
mile. 0tner Journals tannt the bishops with being
Afraid OF Coenso II h impossible TO cohesive OF any
thing unfortunate tnan the manner In which the
synod has been managed, asd Il has done more 10
strengthen the hands Of those politicians who have re-
solved make al attack upon the Church In the nsxt
Psrlismsnt than bias done 70 revive ard inspire tho
faithful II IL TO be hoped that when the American
bishops return their d,cssss they will DO asked 70
give fu account Of their Stewardship. great deal vas
expected from the practical common sense With which
svery body coming from America 10 credited BY the
kagsh bos me American bishops hare failed with tbs