New-York tribune., 1867-02-27
cpFAT BRITAIN.

,s,,o,rs OPINION or The GOvEGNMiNf fio-
POSAts. ,,.. ro,,oscd |
JIe O,rl of the 14th says the resolutions propose"
L tha Government have at once been taken ni'o '"o
most serious consideration by the Liberal party
otinc was held Yesterday consisting OF the prcnA-
,,snt leaders of the Opposition at wiHcn op'''V"'
we're declared so much in disapproya OF the rcsou
tons that we may expect at no distant day 10 see INC
,,anor,I fcelipp of dissatisfaction take distinct
Shane A meeting of the party IS 10 De e'ucu ,; nV
next week. The Pal MaH Gase,e % Sa(S; "a The
of the whole Liberal party Is to be helu SHORTY; s t
I.ders Of the party are not all eager lOT oillTe "
Trcsent The whole situation IS full 0i dlnc,uaoSf
the nrincipal evil being the hopeless confusion VI
At a meeting of the delegates OF the Reform shn
Ie,gne from provincial towns to deliberate on @ VIC
course 20 DO pursued resolutions WEI as Wholly Tn
suited TO meet the exgencieS OF the Hsen -, iI ~
aud calling upon the Liberal party M ia o. IL; .Te
Commons to insist on measure ~ oS''' ~
On the I2th. a large Reform demonstration was was
held at the Town Hali bihste tte as rcnd from
the ODonoghue, NJ. r. eXPFeSSu'g & Its tosrot tim S
being able to be present. Ihe i4iowus tVlIS - for
was also read from Mr. John Brlght N 1, 3 d3'
EmnSSam HS in reply TO letter which had been ad-
dressed 10 him by the Secretary oil tie od
Reform League, as to ms opinion On t He oro
Reform, bill of the present Government ino PTro
aIs nf the Government are only calculated 10 1lS-
pposraint TO insult, and irrtae all who are asking
for honest reform IN the l1 oSrriod
lowing s,h neepS having considered the statements OF
the Chancellor OF the EXche&er ken & STS are an in
sult 10 the country, and deception aenptvu IN
i"ygs The House of Commons forthwith to declare s
want of confidence in her Majestys Ministers an @
ms meeting is OF opinion that the ony saSatGS @ GS
haas OF representation is manhood Suffrage an" 'e
ballot. ~
TaE JAMAICA PROSECUTION-SrNlEMENtof VI i"' "N'"
FOR TIIE PROSECUTION.
Mr. Stephens the counsel for the prosecution oi
audI
course Of his speech at Bow-st Court on tne IS'ii
mat said with reference his address TO the Bench
ON the preyious occasion: "An impression appears
To bs entertained by some person that treaVeu ''o
case "A if felt that it not serious prosecution
With reference to that opinion have ouly 10 state
that those who have undertaken the prosecution
have the fullest of the responsibility atached
10 the course which they have adopted VI course course
In a matter of this kind il is necessary tnat shoI M
give IT, as have given it, the name by whcL G end
law allows 1t TO be cafeN MI +Ie foIIowing
points: First: That except so far as ~
was modified by special and local acts the Jaw Oh
England was the law of Jamaica. mat the JatnaiCs
acts were TO be construed by the common laws OF
England. If considered that marital law WAS was
setting up of a system code of law different from
the ordinary law. that was power when did hOb
belong even 10 the sovereign peIS0niiIy' Dut H9
confeI,led that the whole proceedings we're tainted
with the wee of the original prociamatiOn when
was OF itself illegal The proclamation was III eIlect
declaration OF war against the lnhaptsh5S ol tne
County of Surrey except in the town of Kingston
Jle cOnteuded that the Sovereign had not power TO
declare war against her own subjects and that even
traitors could not be held as the Queens enemies.
II even the proclamation effective, it could not
justify the punishment OF Gordon Tor Whdt ne Was
alleged 10 have done before the date of the pT0cl;
nstiou There could be only two modes OF defense |
90 this charge. One that the proceedings were |
legal. aud the second that legal or not it was |
necessary for the preservation OF peace. be con- |
tended that as TO the Legality there WAS at least |
very grave question, which ne was sure the learned
magistrate would not deal with As for necessity, |
he night rest content with saying that when ISf- |
put to death the onus OF showing that the |
SON p9ttns linn to death But it was one"of fSe Sin
esr features of this that they had tho mUtives
OF the 1ief actors stated fully frankly and he be-
icved fglrly BY themselves.
A6RfSTS OF ALLEGED FKNIANS rs DUBLIN
From the EyeniDg Edition os The Freeman. PeS IS
At a late hour last night kilograms Mere receiye9
by the Government stating fiat larger number Of l.
the men who had collected yesterday in Chester had
pushed to Liverpool and Holyhead to take steamer
for Dublin and that great many Irish Opefatives
and labOreTs were collecting in Liverpool aad Brken-
head for apparently no good purpose. 1t also
teegtaphed that q special train in readiness at
EHston-squar station Of the London North Western
Railway to convey the Scots Fusllier Guards to
chester and that arrangements had been made to rip
up portions of the rails the line between Birken-
brad and Chester, in any attempt should be made
by disateced persons 10 JOIN the crowds that had
collected IN Chester In consequence OF this infOrma-
ton the police received strict orders To keep vigil
ank LOOK o4t 2nd to arrest all suspicious looking per
sous W1o Would arrive by the steamers across the
C11nnel; and IN accordance with these orders a
large body of the police of tue division remained
on duty at the North Wall all last night When the
AieSandIa came alongside the police went on board
az once and arrested u persons principally young
men belonging to the working classes, aud few
who had recently returned from America. The
prisoners were sent off 10 Sackyile-pace Station
under strong escort, and tilg, had scarcely gone
whes tbs y, Columbia steamei up the river from
tlyeIslS5i It ~ O'Clock; groap OF men similar in
cnag-,cter and OF the same class as those
who came BY tLs p5 ys;sS fS TSre 5 o6serTsd tsd
police ashore it is said thy made good use
of the time which spent IN swinging the
vessel which. AT the best is very slow proceeding
Thty-siX persons taken into custody, and were
sent to join the first batch at Sackvllepice station
house. A desperate and Notwithstanding class
OF young men could scarcely be seen. ihey were
very shnbbily though warmly clothed. and strange TO
say with very few exceptions, none Ot them had
nOusy, any document, other mattez that could
be used against them Some OF them stated that they
were docksborers discharged soldiers, bakers tail
Ors inill-wOrkers, and several said that they had
come from America TO their friends Tho localities
the majority of them came from were Liverpool BOl-
ton Manchester Leeds, Birkenhead, and Sheffield.
On being questioned IN the station. two on three of
them who assumed the position OF spokesnen for the
rest said that the police had right TO interfere
with their liberty, they given 10 understand
that the suspension of the habeas corpus act had
been discontinued. The answers generally given to
the questions put TO them vefy unsatisfactory
and the police have doubt that the object these
men had in coming here in large numbers was for
aggression Arrangements are being made 10 nave nave
been thrown overheard from the steamers and as the
cells of the station are full the prisoners VIII be at
once transmitted to Richmond Bndewel
In consequence of further Information received
large etacments of the police are stationed on the
NOrth-wall to watch all steamers inward bound. Up
20 o'clock this evening vessel from Liverpool was
expected to arrive with large number OF suspected
persons board but Up 10 the time we went 10 press
she did not heave in sight large force OF coilsta-
blcs will remain duty during the night, and the
Officers OF the detective force are actively engaged
watching the movements OF suspected parties IN Jne