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

ROBSON, MA., moved the first resolution, which expressed the horror and indignation with which the meeting had h-.!ard of the atrocities committed by the Bashi-Bazouks and the Turks. Mr Robson said that, as one who preached humanity from day to day, he was only in his right position, and he took part in the meeting because he believed that it was not one of party. He did nut feel so much surprise in regard to the Turks, because, when they read history, they saw how the Mahorar meditate had followed out their creed of war. He was glad to find that clergymen, headed by the Archbishop of York and miuisters of all denominations, had joined hearth}, in the movement of protest. Mr SAMUEL HARE seconded the muttou in a few appropriate observations, and it was then put and unanimously carried. Air ARTHUR PEASE, of Darlington, moved the second resolution, which condemned toe culpable negligence of Sir Henry Elliot ant the supiriess of our Government, urged the prevention of similar atrocities by moral force, arid demanded the recall of the fleet from Besika Bay. Mr Pease said teat some asked why these meetings were being held, and what England had to do wite tee matter, but he was awry to say England had a most important part in it—to see that the obligations Turkey entered into at the termination of the Crimean war were carried out, even if the result of its giving equal rights to its Christian subjects involved its own political suicide. He wanted them to bring home to their miuds what a class the Bulgarian people were,—" honest and blameless,"—and quoted from eeveral anthorittes to show this. As to the atrocities themselves, we ought to have had our information from our well-paid Ambassador at Constantinople, but rnir Henry Elliot had not given us that information. If he did not know them, the Daily News did. (Cheers.) While they could not look upon it as a party question, yet they must look upon it that Sir tiebry, Elliot was culoala, Lr why were ambassadors belt out if it was not to let as knew what was going on in the parts they were sent to? (Chet-is.) The time had come when it was desirable to let the Turks know thA he ought not to look to England as his iriend. After dilating a little on the nature of ;the atrocities, and poiuting out that, though the Indian mutiny brought by its horrors a chill to their hearts as they read the accounts, yet these in Bulgaria exceeded them, Mr Pease went on to say that the Turkish Government Lad promoted and rewarded the committers of them, and that under such circumstance these who held friendly incourse with it were like those who held friendly intercourse with murder. They did not asit that our Government should slaughter the Tullis, because the latter had slaughtered the Bulgarians but they asked that it should have no inter. course with them until in some way the outrages had been atoned for. Mr Bourke had said that Lord Derby felt as strongly ou the question as they did, but they wanted something more tangible (cheers) —Mar y wanted repudiation of all connection with the Power pr refitting them—(cheers)—and they wanted the recall of our fleet 'tom Besika 13ay,— (cheers)— where its purpose, at any rate, was nor understood. (ttenowed cheering.)—The motion was carried, as was also a third ordering that copies of the two first resolutions should be sent to Lord Derby mad the members for tho North Riding.