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THE LOKDS OP THE ADMIRALTY IN CORK. A ve...
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MISS MAIMAlwn 1 (JUNNINO1IAMI3 IN" JAIL....
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Mr. Gladstone In The North. The " Ancien...
House of Commons was not now divided into two compact forces opposing each other on every trivial point ; the broad contrasts of party had been obliterated ; and members of the Legislature exercised more their own reason , and were actuated to a greater extent by their honest convictions . This in itself was real progress ; it was a result which augured well for the triumph of reason and justice . It was a consequence of this state of matters that the present Administration had received so large an amount of what is termed- "' independent support . " From its character and experience , it was peculiarly bound to go on conciliating favour of that kind , and the best way to accomplish such an object was neither on the one hand to hug past abuses under the
pretence of maintaining our institutions , nor , on the other , recklessly to urge a demand at variance with the essential characteristics of our institutions . This , also , was the true way to obtain the confidence and support of the people at large , whom it was alike vain and undesirable to attempt to govern on the principle of a blind superstition . He thought he might safely promise this would be the course the . Government Trould pursue ; for himself , he would yield obedience to no other principle . He repeated his thanks for the compliment bestowed on him . At the close he was rapturously applauded ; and after three cheers had been given for him , with the addition of one for the Provost , the meeting separated shortly after six o ' clock .
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The Lokds Op The Admiralty In Cork. A Ve...
THE LOKDS OP THE ADMIRALTY IN CORK . A very happy and very rare demonstration took place in Cork on Tuesday evening . The Lords of the Admiralty were entertained at a public banquet , and all kinds and conditions of men assembled to meet them . In the chair was one of the " Irish Brigade ; " a Roman-catholic bishop said grace before dinner , and a Protestant archdeacon said grace after . After the usual preliminary toasts and speeches , Mr . Butt
made a short speech alluding to a significant fact . " They had there that evening the Lords of the Admiralty . Why , 50 years ago—lie thought he might venture to say 50 years ago —intelligence could not be brought from Cork to the Admiralty offices in Whitehall in the same time that intelligence of the movements of the fleet was at present brought from Besika Bay , and there was nothing to prevent the first Lord of the Admiralty , in his chambers at Whitehall , directing , within five minutes , if he so pleased , how the signals of the Port Admiral should float in the harbour of Cork . "
Sir James Graham made a pleasant and satisfactorv oration , manly in spirit , and friendly in feeling . * ' Mr . Butt has observed , I might say with remarkable truth and justice , that , whatever may be the state of difference which may exist upon some subjects , manv cherished prejudices have been dissipated and laid aside —( hear)—but there is one prejudice which is still strong , and common to all , that is , confidence in the naval profession , over which the Board of Admiralty presides , and an earnest desire that its flag shall brave , as heretofore , the battle and the bvenze untarnished and invincible . ( Loud cheers . ) Now , gentlemen , it has
beeu the endeavour of successive governments to use all the modern appliances of . science , all the improvements which that science has dictated ami taught to that gallant profession ; and I and my colleagues thought it would be agreeable to the Irish people in this , one of the most splendid ports of the empire , to see the British fleet , with those improvements to which I have referred , and in that state of preparation of which I am proud to think it a bright example . ( Hear and loud cheers . ) Foreign navies may multiply and abound , foreign empires may totter and fall , but it is the duty of the British Government to see that native urm of its
strength , one ol its powerful anus , I mean its navy , is ready for the defence of our native country , and if it be so ready , and , lot me add , if peace at home be preserved , and if we aro united among ourselves , us we urn united this evening , wo have no reason ' to fear the world in arms . ' ( Cheers . ) But , gentlemen , I beg of you not . to mistake me . Although connected intimately with the lmvul profession , the profession of arms , I nm certain that T speak the sense of my colleagues that , by such preparation , their most earnest and anxious desiro is , to preserve the peace of . Nurope , to talco care that while treaties are religiously observed , that while there shall be no
meddling interference with the domestic concerns of foreign countries , ihe honour of Knglmid , the interests of England , the commerce of Kiiglunri , mid of Ireland , and of Scotland , and of the United Kingdom , . simil be maintained in every pnrt of tho world— -far an those distant countries washed by the furthest seas to which our commerce and Hug have access . ( Cheers . ) In tho spirit of pence , then , those preparations uro imido ; and I am confident Unit , whilst Lord Aberdeen presides over tho councils of the Sovereign , ovory effort will bo made , in a . spirit of peace , to maintain tho honour mid character of Kn ^ 'lund . " Ho advised the peoplo of Cork not to look loo much fofiovcrniiH-nt , but to roly on themselves : pointed to the Cork Kxhibitioii with prui . se , and to Dnrguu with high laudation as having declined heraldic honours , but having received " tlio graceful visit of tho fir . st lady in the land . " He also alluded to tho new harbour-works at Queonstown , to the increased connexion with the navy contracts of Irish traders , und then . spoko personally of Irish (/ ualities : — " Your excellent , chief magistrate has informed yon that , with regard to your harbour , ho would exact no pledge from mo : and tho lion , and learned member for Yoiiglml has like , wi » H Hiiid tlmt' Irinh members givu nnch bad characters of ouch oilier that tho hursh Saxon hearts beliove both . ' ( Laugh , tor . ) Now , I beg to say I shall return from Ireland—Saxon nntl borderer as 1 am—witlt thin account , that I hud tho honour of mooting in Cork u lur ^ o party , without distinction of polities or crouds —( cheer *)—mid that I and my colleagues received tho kindest reception —( cheers)—that we . surveyed your harbour , which wo o . onniilor to l > o unrivalled —( cheers ) —and although 1 have given you no fulsome nronii . M's us to uxpomlituro <> i ' public money , 1 will way you are perfectly onu ' tlod to ovevy benefit in tho wny of improvement which tho common intorent of the rtiuliu may roquiro . ( Hour , hour . ) Though 1 jj [ ivo you no pledge , yet when I two Sir William
Carroll , a distinguished Irishman , your Port Admiral—( cheers)—when I see Rear-Admiral Corry , a di stinguished Irishman also , in command of the fleet now in your harbour —( cheers)—when I see an adopted Irishman , ' the Osborne of Tipperary , ' Secretary to the Admiralty , and I may add , when . 1 have a relative of my own , an ' O'Brien of the right sort , ' as my private secretary , I do not think you have reason to suppose that justice to Ireland will not mark the conduct of the present Government . ( Cheers . ) Allow me , then , to thank you for the Itind manner in which yon have received my health and that of the Board of Admiralty ; and in return for which I beg to drink most cordially all your very good healths . " ( Cheers . )
The health of the religious dignitaries were drunk m union . Dr . Delany , the Roman-catholic , returned thanks , praising his Protestant brother very warmly and generously . In reply to a toast in his honour , Mr . Osborne was as cheerful and witty as ever : — " I never . on any' occasion saw such an assemblage in Ireland as I behold at present in this room . I look around me , and I remember that I am speaking in the greatest commercial city of Ireland . I see the mayor , the intelligent and highly-educated mayor of this city . I see the Lord Lieutenant of this pecul avly agricultural county . I see the members of Parliament of both sides of the question . ( Laughter . ) I see the most distinguished heads of the two services of the empire . Above all , I see the eminent dignitaries of the two
denominations of religion in this country . What do I deduce from that ? 1 say that it is with peculiar pride , as Secretary of the Admiralty , that I see this assemblage forgetting all differences of opinion , meeting together in peaceful intent under the Union Jack , the Admiralty flag . Long may that union continue , and if we are ever to have prosperity in Ireland , prosperity never can be achieved under any flag but the flag of union . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Mayor , you have done me the honour to drink njy health as Secretary to the Admiralty , and my right hon . friend , and I . may say a statesman in whose steps I shall always endeavour to tread , the First Lord of the Admiralty , has led you to believe that the mere name of Osborne can get anything for your harbour . Gentlemen , if I were to return thanks to you as Secretary to the
Admiralty , the speech that I should make would emulate in its laconic tendency the speeches which have been made by the heads of the two services . ( Laughter ) For what are the functions which ore the peculiar attributes of a Secretary to the Admiralty ? His functions may be described very much as the Speaker Lenthal described to Charles the First the functions of the Speaker of his day . When he was told to deliver a refractory member to the monarch , he said he had neither eyes to see nor ears to hear anything but what the House of Commons should command . ( Laughter . ) Mr . Mayor and Corporation of Cork , I do notwish you should be under any misapprehension . I have my own good intent to do anything to benefit your harbour within the secret recesses of my heart , and speaking in my private capacity I
would be most anxious to do it , but I say that I have neither eyes to see , ears to hear , nor fingers to sign , except by an order of the Board of Admiralty . ( Great laughter . ) And if nvy right hon . friend the . First Lord of 'the Admiralty , and the Board , who are here present , will give those orders which will make your hearts glad , and benefit the inhabitants of Queenstown , there is no member of Parliament , be he Scotch or English—and I am entitled to say that as an English member I have voted more frequently for Ireland than so { ne members who represent popular constituencies —( laughter )—but I say that bo ho of what country he may , the signature of Ralph Osborne shall bo attached to no document with greater pleasure than that which will do justice to Ireland and give pleasure to Cork . ( Cheers and loud laughter . ) Gontlemen
, I havo said that the task of a Secrctury of the Admiralty is concise and laconic : and I have but to hope that my future public ucts , whatever situation I may happen to fill , may prove mo worthy of the great and unmerited ho - nour which you havo paid mo this evening . This only I can say , whether as Secretary of the Admiralty , or as an indepemlont member of Parliament—whether in office or ns representing tho great metropolitan county which I have the honour to represent—I shall never give way to any illiberal pride—I shall never hide my colours , when my etforts are wanting , and whether in private or in public life I shall over tuko a lively interest in whatever concerns the interests of this community , and tho general interests of Ireland at largo . " ( Mr . Osborne rosumed his seat amidst warm expressions of enthusiasm . ) ¦ ft' In n short speech , Mr . Edmund Burko Ilocho said , " Wo remember tbat wo havo # ot a harbour which affords in timo
of peace a placo of safety to the commercial marine of the world . Wo remember that in timo of war that harbour certainly is not as well protected as many English harbours me . I believe there is no one who can speak more particularly than I can us to tho want of protection for the harbour . We are rejoiced that a gentlomun « o distinguished as my right hon . friend , if he will allow mo to call him so , and of his great ability in practical official life , has come , and with his own
Sir James Graham left Quoeimtown on Wednewday , in company with Mr . Osboruo , for Mr . Osborno ' s tumtnt Newtown Anner , near Clonmol , whore Sir James will upend a day or t wo . It was his intention allorwardu to proceed to > ubm to visit ; the Dubii ,, Exhibition , and then return to Knglnnd by wa y . of Iiolyli « jul . Tho fleet , meanwhile , will proceed to sea , und will ci -iumo for a fortnight boweeu Ban try Buy ivnd Plymouth . J
Miss Maimalwn 1 (Junnino1iami3 In" Jail....
MISS MAIMAlwn 1 ( JUNNINO 1 IAMI 3 IN" JAIL . Tiik firttt aocountH of tlui airoHt . of a'Hcottinli lady in Tumjunv "ZZ ^ ifcSSSS & FJ ™* '"*""• " * - y J
"The lady in question ^ Margaret Ciinniaguame nf Thornton , near Kilmarnock , Ayrshire , who , with her motWnJ ? sister , were to hare left Tuscauy to-day for the purple of ™ d turning their travels towards Rome and Naples . Ttfrs Curmh ! hame and her other daughter went to the office of the Selenrtn * the Baths of Lucca , on Monday morning , to have their pa 1 ssnor ?« visSd , the Delegate having acquainted them that their ^?™™? attendance was required On their arrival lie demanded Ih 7 , r son of the absence of Miss Margaret Cunninghame , and on h £ n informed that she was unwell and confined to bed , declared tl ? come she must , as he had a communication of importance to 2 liver . When Miss Margaret Cunninghame reached the doHpp " office , she was formally charged with the offence in question wi « informed that witnesses were already summoned to Lucca ?« prove the crime , aud that , in obedience to higher ordWa she must be removed , under an escort of gendarmes to lucca thereto await the further measures which the Government niMr ?
take . She received , I am informed , this announcement with tin most unaffected composure j but the distraction of her poor mother is perfectly heart-rending . AH outward respect was paid to Mi ™ Ctmningkame ; free permission was accorded for the nsits of her mother and of Mr . Scarlett , and no indignity had heen offered tn her beyond that of the restraint of her personal liberty . The Grand Buke is inexorable . In reply to the urgent leanest of Mr . Scarlett to have the matter quashed , he has declared that justice must take its course . The Grand Duches 3 expresses re gref ; for thei situation of Miss Cimninghame , but refuses to inter " fere , The individual dispositions of the members of the Ministry are more favourable . M . Lami , the Minister of Justice , will hnrrv on the trial as fast as possible , and then obtain an immediate exercise of the Grand Ducal clemency . But on what ground he anticipates that his Royal Highness is more likely to relent a few weeks hence than now I cannot tell . Mias Cunninehame will i »»
tried on the charge of having infringed the 137 th article of the newcriminal Code . With the terms of that article I have already made you acquainted . It declares that " whoever shall circulate work * hostile to the Roman Catholic faith , with the view of seducuv any member from that communion , shall be condemned to the house of correction , and subjected to hard labour , for a period not less than five , or greater than ten years . " Miss Cunninghame is charged with haying given to some peasants anltalian Bible , and an Italian translation of the "Pilgrim ' s Progress ; " and both these books fall under the criminal category . : A deputation from the Protestant Alliance had an iuterview on Wednesday with Lord Clarendon , at the Foreign Office , in reference to the case . The deputation consisted of the Earl of Shaftesbury , Colonel Alexander , Mr . Wilbraham Taylor , the Rev . Dr . Beechatn , Mr . J . Cook Evans , the Key . W .-H ; . Rule , Mr . 1 . Hamilton , and Captain Giberne , and wa 3 received in the most courteous manner by the Foreign Secretary . The Earl of Shafteshury
briefly explained that the object of the deputation was to lay before his lordship the caseof Miss M . Cunninghame , and tvsolicit the intervention of her Majesty ' s Government to procure that lady ' s liberation from prison . His lordship , after sonie remarks upon the case itself , proceeded to express himself in the strongest manner upon the barbarous nature of the law under which Mfss Cunninghamewas arrested , and indulged a hope that the most earttest efforts of the Government would be used to rescue a British subject from the indignity thus offered to her . The Farl of Clarendon said he entirely concurred in the opinions expressed by Lord Shaftesbury as to the character of the law in question , which was not only contrary to the principles of the Gospel , but to tho spirit of the age . His Lordship said he was quite familiar with the
facts of the case , having received a despatch from Mr . Scarlett on the subject , and that he hud lost no time , in forwarding his directions to that gentleman , » iiich he did the same evening by tho post . Mr . Scarlett had acted with the greatest zeal in the matter , and in a manner to secure his entire approbation . AH the members of the Cabinet with whom he had had an opportunity of communicating entirely agreed with him in the view he took of the case , and he felt it was one in which no exertion should be spared on his part to secure Miss Cunninghame ' s release . His Lordship concluded by thanking the deputation for urging this subject upon bis attention , adding that their so doing afforded a strong indication of the interest felt in the case by all classes . Tho deputation , after thanking his lordship for his courtesy , and the . prompt nmuiier in which he had taken up the case , withdrew .
Letters From Paris. [Fllom Our Own Corre...
LETTERS FROM PARIS . [ FllOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT . ] Letter XCII . Paris , Thnrsdny Evening , Sept . 29 th , 1853 . The journey of Bonaparte in \ the North ia concluded . It has passed over without misadventure . I have , however , taken the trouble to go myself to Lille , to see how those Bonapartisfc gentlemen manage tho art of la mise en scene , and I liave
acquired a complete acquaintance with the methods employed to delude public opinion . I may bogin by stating that his Majesty appeared to me rather gloomy and anxious than otherwise . He looked restless and doubtful , and the looks he threw from time to time to right and left , were hesitating and distrustful . He seemed to apprehend the sudden apparition of some refugee from Belgium . This anxious expression was painful to contemp late . Indeed these fears must have been shared by h 18
suite , for at the ball at Lille the Emperor ' s person was unapproachable . A barrier of sergents-ae villc , from Paris , interposed itself between the guests and Bonaparte . This embarrassing situation was not it seems altogether to his taste : after a quarter of an hour or so the guests were surprised to see him retire . Let mo say a word tho
about the deputations of the communes . I took pains to interrogate personally so of those honest fellows who were stationed along in groups , par commune , and staked off by regular wooden posts for tho occasion . With tho oxcep tion ot tuo Mayor and his Deputy ( adjoint ) , tho rest of mm the oflicial journals pompously style " De putations . " wore uniformly composed of tho pauper
of each commune , who had been promised new trouHors or blouses after tho ceremony . And W ~ liovo mo it was " a caution ' ' to see tho hideous rags of those poor wretches . They were a mwoxy to seo ! Only lot peoplo talk to-me hencofortft «* doputationa of the communes , I shall havo wnen--
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 1, 1853, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01101853/page/4/
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