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V : POLITICAL FORESHADOWINQS . Reform Meetings .- —A meeting was held in Manchester on Friday , for the purpose of re-organising the Reform , movement , and of establishing an Association in which the Liberal party might unite . Mr . T . B . Potter was elected president , and Mr . George Wilson and Alderman Heywood , both give their active support to the movement . The Duke of Cleveland ' s Tenants . —A correspondence has been published between the Duke of Cleveland and Mr . Scurfield , arising out of certain statements made by the latter gentleman at the recent election for South Durham . The Duke , while he is very anxious to vindicate his character from the imputations cast upon it , does not dispute the fact that his tenants vote under coercion .
Derby , was more competent than any other political section , to deal with the difficulties of the times , and more able than those who fought under the banner of the Whigs , to cope with the furore of republicanism , which was now too prevalent . Mr . Alcock , M . P ., and Mr . Locke King , M . P . — -At the meeting of the East Surrey Agricultural Association , Mr . Alcock said , he saw with great satisfaction that they had already established a corps of volunteer riflemen at Croydon , and he thought it was of the utmost importance that at the present moment the people of England should unite in establishing volunteer corps , since , if we possessed one , two , or three hundred thousand rifllemen , or even 50 , 000 or 60 , 000 good marksmen , it would be
impossible for any hostile army to land and penetrate for ten miles into the country . It was necessary , however , that every rifle corps about to be established should have a good practice ground to which every man who had a taste for firearms could resort without running the risk of shooting _ his neighbour or his neighbour ' s cow . —Mr . Locke King , M . P ., referring to the great question of non-intervention in the affairs of the Continent of Europe at the present crisis , said , the great question of peace or war he was truly glad to find was a question upon which they were all of one mind . He "believed they were all in favour of maintaining peace , so to the
long as it could be maintained with safety honour and to the interests of the country . At the same time , he was not the man to wish for peace , if he found that it could only be maintained by an injury to that which was dear to all Englishmen—the honour of their country ; Of what good would it be to them to maintain a peace at the sacrifice of their honour ? He believed that a change had taken place in public opinion which was most satisfactory . We had no reason to seek , as we used in former times , for territorial aggrandisement ; for we knew very well that an increase of territory would be a . source of weakness to us , and not of power—that it would not add to our wealth , but on the contrary ,
to pur poverty . Mr . W . J . Fox , M . P . —On Wednesday , a public dinner was given at Oldham , in honour of Mr . W . J . Fox ,, M . P . Leaving the subject of the conflict of parties at home to discuss the conflict of nations abroad , "Mr . Fox said what he feared most was that we should be drawn into the w ar * ; and take the wrong side . The hon . member continued , " I am for Italy ,. for the Italians , and I dp not object to their calling in French aid . We have turned the cold shoulder to them . They would have been . glad of English aid . Not having that , keeping , as I hope we shall , a strict neutrality , I see no objection to their availing themselves of French aid ; and I trust they will do it ; with safety to the end of the
struggle . Why , we Englishmen owe our glorious constitution to a Dutchman ! Why should not the Italians owe independence to a Frenchman ? But the symptoms are very strong that there are German tendencies , which are nearly synonymous with Austrian ones , at work in high places . We know , too , that our ships have been instructed not to salute the flag of Tuscany—the people ' s flag —while the exiled Duke of Tuscany has his representative at our Court . The partial tone of our journals—of the Times especially—in speaking of this matter , is sufficient to put us on the alert ; and we have statesmen , even of a liberal description , who speak with reverence of the treaties of 1815 , as if they were a sort of political
Bible for Europe . The treaties of 1815 ; what are tl » ey ? A pack of parchments which a set of men , met together without any delegation from any nation whatsoever , employed themselves in framing , laying out countries here and countries there , with all their inhabitants , as if they had been so many flocks of sheep or bales of cotton ; and they cnll that the great settlement of Europe ! Do not be diverted by tlji © notion of a speedy invasion of the country . Why , it is a very remarkable thing that when Napoleon III . had nothing upon his hands , when he was enlarging his fleet , when he was aggrandising Cherbourg , when ho was multiplying his armies , our Governments always told us to keep quiet , he being our dear and faithful ally—a man simpleminded and peaceful , and the most honest of men .
Well , wo were quiet ; and now , when he has got his hands full , when he has a mighty army to oppbse him , when there are scores and hundreds of thousands in arms against him in the field , and he is in the deadly struggle , now . wo take the alarm , now wo are afraid of an invaeiort , and set ourselves with all our might to arm the country in order to repol it . Tub Ministry ani > tub Catholics . —A denial has been made of the impeachment brought against the Government and the loading Roman Catholic dignitary in England of coalescing in tho last General election . Tho Weekly Register says that tho fact alleged chiefly in * proof of tho charge is tho confidential letter of tho secretary of the Bight Kov , Dr . Goss , read by Sir J . Graham at Carlisle from 9 . Liverpool paper » and , on tho authority of
and that the claims of the middle classes were not fairly recognised . He said the middle classes earned the money which constituted the resources and wealth of this nation . The middle classes ran the risks , and the middle classes should no longer be prevented from enjoying the privileges to which they were so justly entitled . Looking to history it was plain that the aristocracy—partl y from igno ranee , and partly from want of sympathy with the working classes—were utterly incompetent to rule
the supposed writer himself , the Register declares that letter a forgery . = v «* res Selection of Ministers of State —On Werf nesday , at Liverpool , a Conference of Reformers wa * W > * ° the purpose of presenting a memoriaTto the Queen in favour of an extension of the cuToIp from which Ministers and officers of State arp selected . Mr . Robertson Gladstone occupied tht chair , and contended that the Government of this country was not the birthright of the aristocrat
Mr . Crook , M . P . —At a tea meeting of the nonelectors of Bolton , the hon . gentleman enunciated his views on home and foreign policy . He said , instead of increasing the army , and forming rifle corps , they should be forming reform associations , which would lead to the enfranchisement of the people : the war should be with brains and not with bullets . He firmly believed , from what he remembered of the democratic government of France of 1848 , until it was overthrown by the traitor who now held power , that if the people of France could speak out , they were not in favour of the institutions now existing in that country . He hoped , for the credit of Bolton , there would be no such tomfoolery as the establishment of rifle corps in it . With respect to reform , the question as placed before tlie country by her Majesty ' s Government was ; do the people require to
be more fully and thoroughly represented ? It was not the question , are they to be ruled by a Whig or a Tory Government ? In judging of a Tory Government , they must be governed by their acts , and not judge them by their antecedents . A Tory Government had emancipated the Catholics ; a Tory Government had passed free trade after having v been agitated a number of years—112 Tories canie out of the ranks , and offered their right-hand of fellowship to John Bright , and carried the measure ; a Tory Government had abolished property qualification ; and a , Tory Government had proposed a reform bill , which was one on which a fair basis of reform might have been placed , and he hoped he should never make that mistake as to go with party for the name . As to the late South Lancashire election , it was only a question which of the factions should be returned .
Louis Kossuth . —Qn Tuesday night a non-intervention meqting was held in the Free Trade Hall , Manchester . Mr . Wilson took the chair , and , after a short speech , introduced M . Kossuth , who addressed the meeting with great eloquence , urging England to maintain a strict-neutrality , on the grounds advocated by him in : his speech in the City on the 20 tli inst . M . Kossuth expressed his expectation that he would soon have important duties to perform abroad , and that bis country would speedily unfurl her banner , and he hoped that England would not interfere with Hungary ' s affairs by taking the part of Austria .
M . KosButh , who spoke for an hour and a quarter , was enthusiastically cheered at the conclusion of his address . Kossuth has made a third appearance before a British audience at Bradford , which still further gave him the opportunity of demonstrating how little England should take sides with Austria in the present war . At the Bradford meeting the speech of M . Kossuth was followed by the adoption of resolutions expressing satisfaction with the Queen ' s proclamation declaring a strict neutrality , and also expressing deep sympathy with the oppressed nations of the Continent .
Mr . Bramston , M . P ., and Mb . Watlington , M . P . —The newly-elected Conservative members for the southern division of the county of Essex , mot their constituents on Wednesday , at a public dinner given to them at Stratford . Mr . Bramston said he particularly rejoiced at tho present meeting , because it was held in the . stronghold of tho opponents of the Conservative cause The result had been that although the Conservatives had wot been able to turn the scale against their opponents , they had given the forces of their opponents such a check that victory was assured in all the other divisions of tho county . result of tho
Tho Liberals M ore astonished at two contost , and had attributed it to " intimidation . " When that word was vised on tho hustings ho felt that ) , it was the purost mark and sign of a boaton opponent . — -Mr . Watlingtoh aBked , what had been tho ¦ struggle in which they had been lately engaged , and how were thoy to interpret tho result in that constituency ? Taking a broad and enlarged viow of the matter , he regarded the struggle ns a struggle against the rapidly advancing' waves of democracy . Ho looked upon the result as a protest against all reckless organic change—as an expression of opinion that the Conservative party ~ -tho ministry of Lord
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GATHERINGS FROM LAW AND POLICE COURTS . At the Mansion House on Monday , John Groves a lad only seventeen years of age , was charged with having forged a letter of advice for l , 000 Z ., with intent to defraud the directors of the National Provincial Bank , Peterboro ' , and also with the charges growing out of the same offence . The prisoner was a clerk in the Long Sutton branch of the bank , and On obtaining a fortnights leave of absence , he sets to work to commit the crime with which he was
charged . He forged the name of the accountant in the Salisbury branch of the bank , and sent the letter of advice to the bank at Peterborough . Disguising himself with a large pair of whiskers and a moustache , he came up to London , and obtained the money ; the whole of it , with the exception of 10 / . in gold , being in bank notes . It was the attempt to cash these notes in the Bank of England , and his inability to answer the questions which were put to him j that , excited suspicion and led to his apprehension . : A charge of conspiracy to defraud Mr . Samuel Bowles Bigg of a bill of exchange for 2501 . was preferred at the Guildhall Police-court against James and Terence Charles M'Lean , -wholesale wine and spirit merchants . The defendants appeared by summons , and the inculpatory evidence , which was somewhat lengthy , showed that the accusation arose but of two sums of money to that amount borrowed from the prosecutor . Further time being required for the completion of the case , Alderman Mechi , before whom it was heard , ordered an adjournment .
At the Middlesex Sessions Thomas Cave was convicted Of stealing a watch from the person of Weihelmina Bierikinsopp . The robbery was committed at the church of St . Barnabas during a confirmation . A long list of convictions was proved against the prisoner—his last sentence was four years' penal servitude . He was said to have been a thief for eighteen years . He now received a sentence of penal servitude for eight years . —After the business was concluded , a prisoner , named Goveney , alias Norman , convicted of stealing linen , and sentenced to five years' penal servitude , contrived to make his escape from custody , and has not yet been
retaken . . ' . ... At the Court of Bankruptcy the last examination meeting in the case of Baumann and Barrett , described as printers , of Chiswick , and the promoters of tho West Middlesex Operative and Training Institution , was adjourned until tho 5 th of July , the bankrupts having been unable , from want ofpecuniary means , to file any balance sheet . An adjournment was also ordered in the case of Charles Wooltorton , ironmonger , of Nos . 73 and 74 , West Smithfield , the assignees averring that there being a deficiency of above £ \ 0 , 000 or £ 12 , 000 unaccounted for , it was impossible the bankrupt could swear to the accuracy of tho balance-sheet which had been At tho Middlesex Sessions . Etholyno Wallace , a
young woman of fashionable exterior , was chargca with robbing a lady while travelling in an Islington and Chelsea omnibus . Tho prisoner had been con- , victcd previously of picking pockets . I ho I ^ n « f > n General Omnibus Company instituted this prosecution . Sho was eontonced to 18 months nara A case of tho utmost importance nliko to Catholics and Protestants was under investigation in tno Court of Queon ' s Bench during tho whole of Ihurflday . Wo refer to tho case of tho Queen ; v . tho « ov . Wl W . Roberts , in which Mr . M'Donnoll , a c onvert from the Catholic to the Protestant faith , bcoIcb to
recover tho person of his child who , aitur now « " «« a Protestant , continued to attend a Roman Gatnoao school , of which Mr . Roberts is the " ™ Btor > »?" when ho nought to restrain her , sho w- " * " ? alleges , secreted with the knowledge" or connivance of tho rev . gentleman . Proceedings were *« "f ° n fJ ? a view to compel Mr . Roborts to give up tho ciuw .
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Leader (1850-1860), May 28, 1859, page 660, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2296/page/4/
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