NARRATIVE OF POLITICS.

THE Tenant Right Agitation continues in Ireland.
There was a "Conference" of the new tenant-Right
League in Dublin on the 4th instant. Thirteen Members
of parliament were present; among whom were Mr.
Lucas, Mr. Duffy, Mr. G. H. Moore, and Mr. Serjeant
Shee. The Presbyterian contingent from Ulster,
represented by Dr. M'Knight and the Rev. Mr. Rogers, were
not very cordially welcomed. Mr. Sharman Crawford
was also there, but he had not been invited, and in
making a speech he apologised for the "intrusion." The
conference ended in a violent dispute between Mr. Lucas,
Mr. Duffy, and Mr. G. H. Moore, on the one part, and
Dr. M'Knight on the other. Charges of treachery were
reciprocated, and the "lie" freely given. The resolutions
agreed to were the same as those adopted in 1852,
—that no Tenant-Right Bill not embodying the
principles of Mr. Sharman Crawford's measure would be
satisfactory; and that members of parliament should
"hold themselves aloof from and independent of every
government that would not make Sharman Crawford's
bill a cabinet measure." The second meeting of the
conference took place on the 5th. Dr. M'Knight and
Mr. Rogers entered their protest against the policy voted
on the previous day, because they deem it prejudicial to
the cause, calculated to delay a valuable "instalment"
of industrial justice, and unreasonable in itself. They
desired to meet the present liberal administration in a
spirit of justice. An attempt was made by a priest to
vote the expulsion of Dr. M'Knight and Mr. Rogers;
but it was unsuccessful.

Several public meetings have been held on the subject
of the Eastern Question. There was one at Leicester
on the 4th instant, convened on requisition by the Mayor,
to convey to the Government their sentiments "on the
necessity of prompt, energetic, and decisive action, at
the present important crisis of the Eastern Question."
The assembly was very unanimous in its sentiments.
The resolution set forth, that the unprincipled aggression
of the Emperor of Russia calls for "the most decisive
interference on the part of the English people;" and
that it is the plain duty of England to fulfil her treaty
engagements and maintain the integrity and independence
of the Turkish empire. Upon these resolutions a
memorial to Lord Clarendon was founded; praying that
he will "take such decisive and immediate measures as
shall lead to the evacuation of the Danubian
Principalities, to the full indemnification of the Sultan for the
injuries sustained by the late invasion of his territories,
and his future security against such an act of aggression."
At the end of the meeting, some one read from an
evening paper the current announcement that the
Sultan had declared war; a statement which was much
cheered.—The people of Hanley, summoned by their
Chief Bailiff, met in the Town-hall on the 3rd, to consider
the conduct of the English government in reference to
Turkey. Mr. David Urquhart was the prominent
speaker. The resolutions were similar to those adopted
last week at Stafford. They condemn the present
ministry, as incompetent to manage the intercourse of
nations with a due regard to the interests and honour
of England; and they condemn secret diplomacy.—
A great meeting on the same subject was held on the
7th, at the London Tavern, Lord Dudley Stuart in the
chair. The room was crowded to overflow. The chief
speakers were the chairman, Professor Newman, Mr.
Blackett, M.P., Sir Charles Napier, Mr. David Urquhart,
Mr. Nicholay, Mr. Trelawney, and Mr. William Newton.
Several resolutions were voted; the first worded as
follows—"That the series of Russian aggressions
convinces this meeting that there is in the Russian cabinets
a fixed purpose not only to subdue Turkey, but to
domineer over all Europe, and extirpate all freedom.
We look upon this as the true reason why no diplomatic
settlement of the Turco-Russian quarrel was or is
possible; and we lament that the British Government
has wasted much valuable time, damaged the just cause
of the Turks, inflicted upon commerce months of needless
depression, and (worst of all) has inspired universal
suspicion of the good faith of England, in a vain effort
to negociate with an unscrupulous and violent power,
which acted while we talked, and which, if now
momentarily appeased, would only have become more
dangerous on some early occasion." The other resolutions
praised the spirit of the Turks, any attempt to
suppress which, by the British Government, would be
"an act of unparalleled infamy;" declared that secret
diplomacy ought to be discarded; and that Austria ought
to be accounted the enemy rather than the ally of
England. These resolutions to be embodied in an
address for presentation to the Queen.

The inauguration of the Statue of Sir Robert Peel
Erected at Manchester, was celebrated on the 12th inst.
The statue stands in front of the Infirmary, and near
the site a platform had been erected. At twelve o'clock,
the Mayor, the Bishop of Manchester, Mr. William
Brown, M.P., Mr. Brotherton, M.P., and other gentlemen,
started from the Town-hall in procession, and
walked to the platform, where they took their places
round the chair, occupied by Sir John Potter, the
Chairman of the Peel Monument Committee. Soon
afterwards, Mr. Gladstone, accompanied by the Bishop
of Oxford, Archdeacon Wilberforce, Mr. J. C. Harter,
Mrs. Gladstone, Lady Heathcote, and other ladies also
arrived, and the proceedings commenced. Sir John
Potter stated the object of their assembling—"to
inaugurate the first public statue erected in Manchester,"
dedicated to the "memory of one of England's greatest
statesmen," and "one of themselves," Sir Robert Peel.
He mentioned that the contributions had been limited
to 20 guineas; yet in four days £3082 had been subscribed,
and that sum had since been increased to £5100. Mr.
Marshall, the sculptor, having received due compliments,
the statue was uncovered. Then the Mayor
introduced Mr. Gladstone, "the most able and
consistent supporter of Sir Robert Peel in his arduous
struggle for commercial freedom." Mr. Gladstone made
a brief speech, characterising the occasion, and comparing
the unfortunate state of some countries in Europe,
where kings and governments are adverse and alien to
the people, with that of England, where the statue before
them was erected to the memory of a man who was at
once the chosen Minister of his Sovereign—"who had a
place not only in her councils but in her heart"—the
defender of the laws and institutions of the country, and
the favourite of the people. Enumerating the distinctive
features of that great statesman's character, Mr. Gladstone
expressed a fervent wish that all who pass by the statue
may have awakened in their breasts the desire to tread
in the path of duty, discharging the functions of citizenship
in the spirit of Sir Robert Peel, and allowing no