The New York herald., 1876-07-26
The Speech Of Earl Derby to the
Liberal Deputation.
FEARS OF WAR ALLAYED.
The Position OF England Toward
the Contend'ng Peoples.
RTs FOR PEACE.

mortal expressive OF their views and 70 elicit state
ment from the noble lord with regard the position
OF Affairs in the East Among the mcmorial,sts
Mr.. John Bright, Sir T. Chambers, Sir A. Lusk Mr. J
Home Mr.. J. Chamberlain, Mr. J. Cowen, Nj A. J.
Mundcla and other members of Parliament Mr.. John
Bright introduced the dcputaon, and after speeches
by Mr. Bright and several other gentlemen, the follow
ing memorial presented
Ny Lord-we asked permission representing as
believe very large Of pane opinion IN this coun
my in upon r. deep ss s
OF Europe. While depIohng the nsurrection that has
possible 70 doab. that S. ha. BEEN ~
IN ush aean 1na and peare
solemnly given. and frequently renewed TO rem
read With great satisfaction these words reported
I'VE would gladly reconcile II we could tue Porte and its
nsursent subjects but We have conceive no right aud
Internal quarrel We deeply regret made
effect that reconciliation have proved and
we wish to to Y1s % and TO the
usaed on any @ in nphodng even BY is moral in
ie with .evoed SUBJECTS We could acauit
to rS our % or to hS prS opinion Of the
friends of religious and political reedom. to use
subjects Porte yoke which neither they their
s W.. Ss " aas Ss M do believe i Great
such alliance with cruel and immoral despoti will
IN %a1s ali psr a"s OF aropsan rassy ii %
express an hope that the win % "a
nteIpose friendly oces mitigate tho horrors and
to hasten the close of the conflict that is raging.
The memorial was signed by forty members of Parla-
and $40 other gentlemen from all parts Of Great
Brilain-gentemen from Manches r, Liverpool, Shef-
eld Bristol Cork, Belfast and all the great centres
These memoralists were magistrates, mayors town
councillors, manufacturers ana cergymen
EARL DERBY's REPLY.
The Earl of Derby. who was received with cheers.
said Gentlemen, l am not paying you idle com
perlence, whether as Minister receiving deputaiions
member OF Parliament attending them, never
have had the pleasure of meeting any more important
depu,ation than this, whether | regard the per-
who compose it, tie representative char
IN winch they come here, the weight
and force OF the public opinion of which
they arc undoubtedly The embodiment or the
gravity and importance of the subject upon which you
desire to speak lApplause ! have read your memo
has been SAID in this rcom and | cannot sufficiently
express my approval II | may say so, of the brevity
and terseness with which 1t has boen said. And l
have hesitation in telling you in reply, that al
though there are some expressions in the memorial with
which | cannot concur, and some things said
to which | should prefer to reserve my opinions;
still regards the material part Of the question and
the conclusion to which you come-namey, your de-
sire that Her Maesy's government should observe
policy OF strict neutrality, except when we may be
''ab to inerpose friendly offices to mitigate the
horrors and hasten the close OF the conflict that is
now raging'-I say as regards that expression Of
opinion,
Cheers | noted what was sad by your
distinguished leader. Mr.. Bright, as to there
beng no disposition to ,t express susp,-
uts
for my part SO tar from thinking that you
doing nyihing unwise premature when you come
here to express your opinions IN regard 10 events
which you consider IN certain contingencies 10
be possible-so far from thpking such an expression
OF opnion on your part premature, l think that
any Minister would be glad to know IN time what your
opinion is. t'Hcar" | have oen thought that
1t is one OF the most difficult parts of the duty OF
Minister that being he practice OF the
Parliament and OF the puOlic well as of the Crown
he always receive his instructions from his en-
mir Ovprs II Is le
only ascertans their real opinion when he finds he has
gone against it. daughter l hope there is no risk
ment remark made by gentleman who spoke
here who while admitting tnat retcence is necessary
while negotiations arc going on, said ne thought the
silence the government had been unfortunate Now,
| must beg remember that, in the first place.
have refused the that have been
put in Parliament, and in the placo-whcn is
perhaps more impOrtan-that the silence we have
maintained was simply maintained so long as those
gotialions we going on which many people expected
though cannott ttsee Why would end In preventing
There would have been an obvious Inconvenience SO
long there hope OF the quarrel being settled by
pac means In publishing many expressions Of opin
ION which could not fail to stimulate passion both
SIDES but the day when became evident that our
hopes were in vain, that the crisis had come
and that war, Notwithstanding the efforts OF
Europe, was about TO take place, We stated
end. We prepared 70 lay the correspondence
before Parliament-ndeed, IL 1t not already on the
tables, 1t will be tue course o lew days. the de-
lay which has taken place beng solely on account Of
the voluminous character Of the correspondence
('Hear " think, If understand you Alright, that you
come here TO express the apprehension which you
think wide entertained that in consequence OF the
events are taking and something our government
may have done abstained from doing. might
find ourselves committed to support parti-
GUAR party to The quarrel. gentleman whom
always listen 10 with respect-a gentleman who sits on
my own in Pariiament--has named two circum-
which tended as he thought, 10 produce that
impression on the public mind One OF these crcum-
stances was
OUR REFUSAL TO JOIN IN THE BERLIN MEMORANDUM,
not noie because the note was never presented The
other circumstance was our sending up ships Of war TO
Besika Bay 1t was said that these ats indicated our
readiness to take part in protecting Turkey
In regard to the Berlin memorandum, the
reason why we declined 10 join in Its presen.
tation will be found stated in the papers when they
are lad before Parliament need not into 1t fully
now, 1t Will be enough that refusal as
solely the ground which stated the other day in
the House oil Lords namely that thought the par.
ticuar plan proposed IN the Memorandum was one
which would not work tHeir.l We did not believe
thai the Porte would be wiling TO accept IT. and We did
not think that considerable body of the insurgents
would accept IT. More than that, knowing, as
did, that the Memorandum tho result
OF compromise by governments
who, although anxious to together, were
not entirely agreed as TO the course that
should be taken, we entertained the that
II II came to be worked out IN practice the different
parties ght put different constructions on the same
words. ana that 1t would end such compromises do
end. in general misunderstandina HEAR That
our answer in the matter, and, though must
violate Official condolences think may say that
th nix our action has not been viewed with dsfavor,
even In quarters where It was a, first not under.
stood Hear.l With regard TO bringing up all the
Mediterranean heet 10 Besika Bay, there again
you viii have advantage in the papers of a. more
iull and detailed explanation than 1t Is pos
sioe tor me 10 give here bat may this in passing
that the construction put upon would have been very
different II those Fho criticised II had been following
up step by siep the course OF events which led 10 IL
('hearl'') Al the time when it was supposed the
presentation Of the Berlin note was about to take
place. and when the fall of the late sultan was mpend
ing the state OF things at ConsaEtinoplc and IN the
country near was calculated to inspire serious appre-
hcusion as 20 what N gnt ensue The late sultan was
well snown TO be IN condition not lar rom insanity.
it notorious that discomfort aud dsancc-
ton unanimously prevailed The widest re-
ports were circulated to tho intentions OF the
Powers and the steps be taken by them against No
Lammedans as body; in short, The state of excite.
ment was general that impossible for any one
to ee assured that might not have led 10 the break
ing out OF
CIVIL WAR,
accompanied by OF Christian subjects Pre-
vious 10 inls Two foreign consus had been murdered
under circumstances which showed strong and gen
nj puh hIc rndc thoao CcS