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. h THE 1 j B A D £ R . [ No . 413 , Eebbuaby 20 , 1858
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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 his success , and had heartily bid him God speed . The Chairman read a letter from Count Lavradio , the-Portuguese Minister in London , ia which he expresses the deep interest his sov ereign 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
J _ _ * . T ^ -. —1 — . ™ . f X ¦ m . aha In £ s 4 -awt / l **!* ft l ^ VArfl rtf fllVl V ATA — conduct , I feel as if I were laid nnder 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 any 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 what African rivers are , but also what are African fevers . ( A laugh . ) With his aid 1 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 , I propose , to establish a depot upon the Zambesi , and from that station more especially to examine into that river system , whicli , 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 experienced in geology , in botany , in art , and in photography ,
who will bring back to England reports upon all those points , which I alone have attempted to deal with , and with very little means at my disposal . ( Loud cheers . ) The success—if I may call it success ( renewed cheering ) which has attended my former efforts to open the country , mainly depended on my entering into the feelings and 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 ourselves with the
communication advantageous to 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 tfie 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 his 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 newspaper , that Lord , Palmerston and his colleagues had recently changed their views with respect to the question of slavery . On the contrary , they arc us earnest as ever for the suppression of the slave trade ; and one of their chief motives in litting out the expedition which Dr . Livingstone is to head , io the hope that it may aid in the extinction of that odious traffic . ¦^^ M " rTBSx " tdf' * 'eturflcd''thanks''on » -behalfrof-tho-House . o Commons . The toast of " Success to Missionary Enterprise" was proposed by Mr . Benjamin Brodlo , and acknowledged by Lord Ebury . The Bishop of Oxford proposed " The Health of the Chairman , " and , Sir Roderick Murchlson having returned thanks , the cornpuny shortly afterwards separated .
RELIGION IN INDIA . Mr . MU 11 delivered on address on the present aspect of reltglquo affairs in India , In St . Andrew's Hall , Norwich ,
s on Thursday week . The following resolution was moved by Mr . Miall , and carried unanimously : —" That in the judgment of this meeting , while the natives of India should enjoy the fullest religious liberty compatible with public morality , their religious tenets and principles ought not to be in any 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 by 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 . rilE 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 conference-room , St . Martin ' Hall , to give the representatives of the middle and working classes an opportunitybefore ratingof pronouncing on the
Conspi-, sepa , racy Bill . Mr . Alderman Livesey 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 ) j 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 BIM .. 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 was 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 able 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 needlessly to cause any irritation between this country and the people or Government of France . Our business is
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 which 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 needless 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 subjectwore unanimously passed ,
PROMOTION OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE JEWS . The fiftieth year of the existence of the society for this object was celebrated on Monday , and a public meeting of the clergy and other friends of the cause took place at Exeter-hall on Tuesday morning . The Earl of Shaftesbury , who presided , said ho was suffering from a sudden and serious rheumatic affection in his head and arms which tVould prevent him from making a long address to the meeting . The report , and the speeches of Bovcral of the' persons present , gave a flourishing account of the ' success of the society in bringing Jews , both on the Continent and iu England , to the religion of Christ .
THE UAST INDIA HOUSE . A Special General Court of the East India Company was held on Wednesday , at their house in Leadenhallstreet , for the purpose of there being laid before the proprietors resolutions of thanks adopted by the Court of-JDireotora , ~ in , ^ rofero » co , ^ to ^ mutini in India . After some opposition from Mr . Jones and Mr . Malcolm Lewin , the following resolutions were carried : — " That the thanks of this Court be given to tho Right Hon . Viscount Canning , Governor-General of the British Posiesslons in the East Indies ; the Right Hon . Lord Harris , Governor of tho Presidency of Madras ; the Right Hon . Lord Elphlnstone , Governor of the Presidency of Bombay ; Mr . HalUday , Lioutonant-Govornor 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 their command to suppress the 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 ., Commander-in-Chief in India ; Major-General Sir James Outram , G . C . B . ; Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson , Bart ., K . C . B . ; and Major-General Sir John Eardley Wilmot Inglis , K . C . B ., for the eminent skill , courage , and perseverance displayed by them in the achievement of so many and such important triumphs over nu merous 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 . ANNEXATION OF OUDK . 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 .
, The Town Council of Dunfermline has agreed to petition against Lord Palmerston ' s bill , while expressing detestation of the Attempted assassination , and an earnest desire for the continuance of the present alliauce with the French nation .
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STATE OF 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 expectations , the chief falling 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 expectations 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 silksshow a reduction . With regard to imported commodities , there are few very 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 . In 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 . The number of vessels reported inward was 113 , including 24 with cargoes of corn , flour , rice , &c . The number cleared outward was 91 , including 15 in ballast ; and tiioae 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 Blandford Bank of . Messrs . Oak and Snow , in Dorsetshire—an old established house . The liabilities are supposed to be small .
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IRELAND . Fire and Loss of Like . —A dreadful catastrophe has occurred at Carlow . 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 dormitorjea . Property has been consumed to the value of between three and four thousand pounds ; but the whole is fully insured . City of Limerick Election . —At tho close of the poll last Saturday evening , the numbers were—Gavin , 707 ; Ball , 720 . Majority for tho former , 47 .
Thk Abolition of the Vicekoyai-ty . —A special meeting of the Municipal Council of Dublin was held in the City Hall last Saturday , under tho presidency of the Lord Mayor , for the purpose of protesting against Mr . Roebuck ' s proposed measure for tho abolition of tho Lord Lieutenancy . A resolution to this effect was adopted , and a petition to Parliament agreed to . A meeting to oppose tho contemplated change was held ia the Rotunda on Monday , and the chief resolution woa proposed by Lord Howth . The proceedings , whicli were very unanimous , did not tenninutc till a late hour in the
evening . The Trial , oit tub Mayo Priests . —This important triu } ' . commenced on Tuesday with tho case of Father Oonway . ~^ D * 8 TRBSS-iN ^ DoNEOAi * - ^ The-peaBant ^ and Clouglmneely , in the county of Donegal , aro at pre ^ sent suffering groat distress from hunger , nakedness , and imperfect shelter . It is stated that , at tho present moment , " there aro eight hundred families subsisting on seaweed , crabs , cockles , or any other edibles they oan pick up along the sea-shore , or scrape off tho rooks . A committee has been appointed for the relief of tho poor creatures .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 20, 1858, page 176, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2231/page/8/
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