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and on that very day the Queen had granted to the doctor an interview ; , in the course of which she had expressed the , highest wishes for hia success , and had heartily bid him God speed .. The Chairman- r § ad a letter from Count Lavradio , the Portuguese Minister in London , in , which he expresses the deep interest his sovereign feels in the researches of Dr . Livingstone , and states that the King has given orders to his representatives in Africa to pay every possible attention to the great traveller . Sir Roderick concluded by proposing the health of the Foreign Ministers . This was acknowledged by Count "Von Platen , Minister of Sweden and Norway . The Chairman then gave the toast of the evening— "The health of Dr . Livingstone , and success to his enterprise . " This was of course received with tumultuous cheering , at the end of which , at the suggestion of a gentleman in the body of the room , three more cheers were given for Mrs . Livingstone , who is an accomplished scholar in the languages of South Africa , and who is to accompany her husband on his new . expedition .
Dr . Livingstone , in returning thanks , said : —" When I was in Africa , I could not but look forward with joyous anticipation to my arrival in my native land ; but , when I remember how I have been received , and when I reflect that I am now again returning to the scene of my former labours , I am at a loss how to express in words the feelings of my heart . ( Loud cheers . ) In former times , -while I -was performing what I considered to be my duty in Africa , I felt great pleasure in the work ; and now , when I perceive that all eyes are directed to my future conduct , I feel as if I were laid under a load of obligation to do better than I have ever done as yet . ( Loud cheers . ) I expect to find for myself no large fortune in that country ( renewed cheers ) , nor do I expect to explore an } ' large portions of a new country ; but I do hope to
find through that part of the country which I have already explored a pathway by means of the river Zambesi which may lead to highlands where Europeans may form a settlement , and where , by opening communications and establishing commercial intercourse with the natives of Africa , they may slowly , but not the less surely , impart to the people of that country the knowledge and the inestimable blessings of Christianity . ( Loud cheers . I am glad to have connected with me in this expedition my gallant friend Captain Bedingfield ( hear , hear ) , who knows not only ay hat African rivers are , but also what are African fevers . ( A laugh . ) With his aid I may be able to discover the principles of the river system of that great continent , and , if I find that system to be what 1 think it is , -l ^ propose to establish a depot upon the
Zambesi , and from that station more especially to examine into that river system * , which , according to the Statements of the natives , if discovered , would afford a pathway to the country beyond , where cotton , indigo , and other raw material might be obtained to any amount . I am happy also in being accompanied by men exper ienced in geology , in botany , in art , and in photography , -who will bring back to England reports upon all those points , which £ alone have attempted to deal with , and with very little means at my disposal . - { Loud cheers . ) The success—if I may calljt success ( renewed cheering ) —which has attend , ei "' my former efforts to open the country ^ jngftgly depended on my entering into the feelin « S "" aad the wishes of the people of the interior of ^ Africa , I found that the tribes in the interior of that country were just as anxious to have a part of the seaboard as I was to open a communication with the
interior , and , I am quite certain of obtaining the co-operation of those tribes in my next expedition . Should I succeed in my endeavour—should we be able to open a communication advantageous to ourselves with the natives of the interior of Africa—it would be our great duty to confer upon them those great benefits of Christianity which have been - bestowed upon ourselves . ( Cheers . ) Let us not make the same mistake in Africa as we have made in India ( renewed cheering ); let us take with'us to that country our Christianity . " ( Cheers . ) The Doctor further alluded to the probability of the slave trade being put a , stop to by the cultivation in Central Africa of ' cotton , for which at present we are almost entirely dependent on the slave-holding states of America . Having -gracefully and pleasantly referred to hia wife , and Again thanked the company , the enterprising traveller sat down amidst loud applause .
The Duke of Argyll , in responding to the toast , " The legislature and the Government , " denied an assertion that had lately been made in an American newspapec , that Lord Palmerston and hia colleagues had recently changed their views with respect to the question of slavery . On the contrary , they are as earnest as ever for the suppression of the olave trade } and one of their chief motives in fitting out the expedition which Dr . Livingstone ia to head , ia the hope that it may aid in the extinction of that odious traffic . ^^ Mrr B ^ teTFeturiired'tliankB-ofi-behalf-of-the-HouoeOi Commons . The toast of ? ' Success to Missionary Enterprlso" was proposed by Mr . Benjamin Brodie , and acknowledged by Lord Ebury . The Bishop of Oxford proposed " The Health of the Chairman , " and , Sir Roderick M ^ irchison having returned thanks , the company shortly Afterwards separated .
mcuaioN in indxa « Mr . MUU delivered an address on the present aspect of rdlgloiw affairs ia India , in St . Andrew's Hall , Norwich ,
on Thursday week . The following resolution was moved by Mr . Mull , and carried unanimously : — That in the judgment of this meeting , while the natives of India should enjoy the fullest religious liberty compatible with public moralitv , their religious tenets and principles ought not to be itt * ny wise sanctioned or supported by Government ; that this meeting further believes that the evangelization of India will be best achieved by abstinence on the part of the Government from , any acts calculated to produce an impression that it regards the conversion of the people as part of the business of the State . " The meeting was afterwards addressed \> y the Rev . George Gould , Baptist ^ minister , who vindicated many of the proceedings of the East India Company , and directed attention to the adverse influence of the existing President of the Board of Control . a i * ; - n . t .. i : A _ ... — — - ~ -. a <»« u 1
THE REFORM MOVEMENT . The Chartist delegates to the Reform conference reassembled last Saturday morning , to wind up their proceedings , and to adopt an address to the Chartists throughout the kingdom . The address was in harmony with the resolutions adopted at the previous sittings ; and asked that the sum of 100 / ., fixed upon as necessary for immediate action , be raised within six weeks . This business terminated the proceedings of the conference . ¦ , » . !_ In the afternoon , a public meeting was held in the ive the
conference-room , St . Martin ' s Hall , to g representatives of the middle and working classes an opportunity , before separating , of pronouncing oa the Conspiracy Bill . Mr . Alderman Li-vesey was again voted into the chair , and Mr . Wilks ( Carlisle ) moved a resolution , declaring the bill humiliating and dangerous , and calling upon the country to make immediate and strenuous exertions for its defeat . The motion was seconded by Mr . Savage ( Finsbury ) , and carried unanimously . Mr . Holyoake ( London ) moved , and Mr . Hooson ( Manchester ) seconded , the adoption of a petition , and the meeting then separated . *
AGITATION AGAINST THE CONSPIRACY BILL . A strong agitation is rising against Lord Palmerston's Conspiracy to Murder Bill , and there can be no doubt that a large majority of the country are strongly opposed to it . On Monday evening , a meeting wis held at the Freemasons' Tavern ( Mr . A . B . Richards in the chair ) , " to protest against the surrender of English liberties at the dictation of a Foreign Power . " Letters were read from several Liberal members of Parliament , excusing themselves for absence , and one of these was from Mr . Bright , who said : — " I am not abTe to attend any public meeting , but I go heartily with the opposition to the Conspiracy BilL * I am very anxious , however , that any opposition to it should be conducted , so as not needbetween this and
lessly to cause any irritation country the people or Government of France . Our business i 3 simply with our Government . We have to condemn them for their total want of dignity in this matter , for their shrinking from their duty in giving a proper and respectful but firm reply to the French , despatch , and because they have brought forward a bill ¦ w hich can have no influence in adding to the security of the Emperor or of any other person , and can only be pointed to as a hasty and humiliating concession to a hasty and needleas demand . We have for years past been judging the Government of other nations , it is now time for us to examine the condition of our own . " Resolutions condemning the bill , and recommending a general agitation of the subject , were unanimously passed . to
The Town Council of Dunfermline has agreed petition against Lord Palmerston ' a bill , while expressing detestation of the attempted assassination , and an earnest desire for the continuance of the present alliance with the French nation . PROMOTION OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE JEWS . The fiftieth year of the existence of tho society for this object was celebrated on Monday , and a public meeting of the clergy and other friends of tho cause took place at Exeter-hall on Tuesday morning . Tho Earl of Shaftesbury , who presided , said he was suffering from a sudden and serioua rheumatic affection in hia head and arms which would prevent him from making a long address to the meeting . The report , and tho speeches of several of the persona , present , gave a flourishing account of the success of tlio society in bringing Jews , both on ( ho Continent and in England , to the religion of Christ .
THE EAST INDIA HOUSIC . A Special General Court of the Enat India Company was held on Wednesday , at their house in LeadenliuUatreet , for the purpose of there being laid , before the proprietors resolutions of thanks adopted by tho Court of ^ Direetors , ^ inwrefeKenc . e ^ to ^ in India . After some opposition from Mr . JoneB and Mr . Malcolm Lewin , the following resolutions were carried : ¦* - " That the thanks of this Court bo given to the Right Hon . Viscount Canning , Governor-General of tho British Possessions in the East Indies ; the Right Hon . Lord Harris , Governor of tho X ' rcsldency of Madras ; the Right Hon . Lord Elpiiinatone , Governor of tho Presidency of Bombay ; Mr . Hnlllday , Lioutenanb-Governor of Bengal : Sir John laird Malr
Lawrence , G . C . B ., Chief Commissioner of the Punjab ; and Henry Bartle Edward Frere , Esq ., Commissioner of Scinde , for the energy and ability with which they have employed the resources at th , eir command to suppress tha widely-spread mutiny in her Majesty ' s Indian dominions . " " That the thanks of this Court be given to his Excellency General Sir Colin Campbell , G . C . B ., Com- ' mander-in-Chief in India ; Major-General Sir James Outram , G . C . B . ; Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson , Bart ., K . CB . ; and Major-General Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis , K . C . B ., for the eminent skill , courage , and perseverance displayed by them in the achieve ment of so many and such important triumphs over numerous bodies of the mutineers . " Two other resolutions , also agreed to , thanked the other officers of the army and navy , the non-commissioned officers and men , and the civilians who had specially distinguished themselves . « nn . s » A / I / " * ft l *** fii *» f tf" ! s * mmiflevA « iAi > 4 \ f 4-1 % A' PiimiaU * __ . »
ANNEXATION OF OUDE . A meeting condemnatory of the annexation of Oude was held at the Freemasons * Hall on Wednesday night . The chief speakers were Mr . Malcolm Lewin ( the chairman ) , Dr . Sexton , and Mr . Ernest Jones .
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STATE OP TRADE . The Board of Trade returns for the month of December were issued on Monday morning , and exhibit a reduction of 2 , 897 , 185 / . in the declared value of our exportations , the chief foiling off having been in Manchester goods . There has also been a heavy diminution in linens , silks , and woollens . The returns comprise also the totals for the entire year 1857 . Notwithstanding the reaction in the closing , months , the aggregate value of our exportations was beyond any former amount , the increase being 7 , 328 , 289 / . as compared with 1856 , and 26 , 467 , 152 / . upon 1855 . Among the items of increase machinery is most prominent , affording a strong indication of our mechanical progress , and also of the stimulus
imparted by the unnatural prices so long paid for produce of all kinds to a development of foreign and colonial factories . Coal likewise , partly from this cause , has been shipped in extraordinary quantities . Metals figure next in . importance , and then woollen and cotton goods and leather . Linens and silks show a reduction . With regard to" imported commodities , there are few Verv extraordinary features , the general consumption having been steady . The importation of tea , however , shows a considerable decrease , while in the quantity taken into use there has been an augmentation . Wheat , flour , and Indian corn exhibit a reduction both in imports and consumption . Ia the arrivals of grain of other descriptions there has been an increase , — Times .
The general business of the port of London during the week ending last Saturday has been very inactive . Tha number of vessels reported inward was 113 , including 24 with cargoes of corn , f lour , rice , & c . The number cleared outward was 91 , including 15 in ballast ; and those on the berth loading for the Australian colonies amount to 46 . The condition of trade in the various manufacturing towns during the same week is much the same as during the previous seven days . The suspension has been announced of the , B . landford Bank of Messrs . Oak and Snow , in Dorsetshire—an old established house . The liabilities ore supposed to be small .
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IRELAND . Fire and Loss of Like . —A dreadful catastrophe has occurred at Carldw . The clothes-store of the workhouse took fire ; the flames spread to the other parts of the building ; and three children and five men were burnt to death in their dormitories . Property has been consumed to the value of between three and four thousand pounds ; but the whole is fully insured . City ob- Limeuick Ejection . —At tho close of the poll last Saturday evening , the numbers wore—Gavin , 707 ; Ball , 720 ^ Majority for the former , 47 .
The Auoijctmon ov the Vickroyai / TY . —A special meeting of the Municipal Council of Dublin was held in the City Hall last Saturday , under the presidency of the Lord Mayor , for tho purpose of protesting ugainat Mr . Roebuck ' s proposed measure for the abolition of the Lord Lieutenancy . A resolution to this effect was adopted , and a petition to Parliament agreed to . A meeting to oppose the contemplated change wa » hold in tho Rotunda on Monday , and the chief resolution was proposed by Lord Howth . The proceedings , which were very unanimous , did not terminate till a late hour in the evening . . . t Thk Trial . 6 f » thb Ma . yo Pihbsts . —This important trial commenced on Tuesday with tho case of Father
Conway . . ' ^^ DisTnBSS'iN ^ DoNKGAU-- ^ Tho-poa 8 antry _ fty ? J 3 ! P ^ 2 _ f ! and Cloughanecly , In tho count } ' of Donogul , are at present Buffering great distress from hunger , nakedness , ana imperfect shelter . It is stated that , at tho present moment , " thoro are eight hundred families subsisting oa seaweed , crabs , cockles , or any other edibles they ^ can pick up along tho soa-shore , or scrape off thq rooks . ¦» ' committee has boon appointed for the relief of tho poor creatures .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 20, 1858, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20021858/page/8/
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