Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1876-09-16 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

MEETING AT REDCAR.  An enthusiastic meeting of the inhabitants of Redcar and Coatham was held in the Central Hall, Redcar, on Tuesday night, for the purpose of CYpressing their indignation at the cruelties perpetrated by the Turkish troJps in Bulgaria and Servia. The hall was crowded. Mr Jeremiah Head occupied the chair, and amongst the gentlemen on the platform were Messrs W. Jones, T. D. Ridley, J. Brown, jun., N. Samuelson, J. Hogg, W. Graham, J. Jordison, and the Rev. W. J. Franks. The CHAIRMAN, in opening the proceedings, said it was not often the people of Redcar and Coatham held meetings on trivial matters, as was the case in seine towns. It was not often, therefore, that they had a large public meeting, and he thought it creditable to them that their meeting on that occasion was not any extraordinary effort, but that it had arisen spontaneously from the inhabitants themselves. They had all heard of, and read in the newspapers, the terrible atrocities that had been committed in the course of the war which was at present being waged in the East. He was ashamed to say that they had been committed by the soldiers cf a Power in alliance with England, and not only had they been perpetrated on the men they were fighting against, but on unoffending women and children. The murders and cruel outrages on the latter were without parallel, and though he trusted that no party spirit would be shown, they would raise a unanimous voice against such outrages, and show our Goveinruent that the laxity of their proceedings had been unsatisfactory to the country at large. Mr W. JONES was then called on to move the first resolution, which was as follows :—" That this meeting regards with feelings of horror aud indignation the conduct of the Turkish army towards their recent victims in Servia and Bulgaria, and calls upon our Government to protest in the strongest possible manner against the perpetration of such outrages." The Rev. W. J. FRANKS seconded the resolution, which, on being put to the meeting, was carried unanimously. Mr J. Bowacre, jun., moved the second resolution, which was as follo.s :—" That this meeting strongly urger Her Majesty's Government to take such steps as may be needful to [secure to the provinces of Bosnia, Herzegovina, and Bulgaria separate political administration from the Turkish Government, which has proved itself to be unable or unwilling to secure to its Christian subjects within its provinces the liberty and civil rights to which they are e This was seconded, and also unanimously agreed  t Vie third resolution was that the previous resolu• tinns be signed by the Chairman of the meeting, and transmitted to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. Y. is was proposed by Mr J. H. WZBSTEB, and, on being seeonde I, was carried.  A deputat'on waited upon Lord Derby on Monday at the Foreign Office, representing organisations of working men, in r.-lerence to the Bulgarian atrocities. Atter hearing addresses from Messrs Jeo. Potter, Howell, Guile, Rev.—Denton and. others, His' Lordship rebutted the charges of indirect complicity on the part of the Government with the outrages, showing that they mostly took place before the fleet was ordered th Besika Bay or the Berlin note rejected. Further, that they were committed by ignorant and dee,raded men, who never read a paper, or who would not be influenced by the relations of England with Turkey. Toe three material actions of the Government ; namely, the accepter ce of the Austrian note, the rei-c ion of Berlin note, aul sending the fleet to Besika Bay, he believed were endorsed by nearly the whole of the nation. In regard to the future he assunal the deputation that the Government were d3ing everything in their power, both to make a repetition of the outrages impossible, arid in concert with other powers to obtain all armis,tice which might ultimately put an cod to the war. In conclusion, he urged them to bear in mind that although England looked at the question from a philanthropic point of view, min r European nations did not; and that to allow an impression to go abroad that England had elPti,g.,l her mind in regard to what diplomatists cad tl.e territorial status fUO of Turkey wOuld add greatly to the difficulty of effecting a settlement.  SUICIDE et, k