A large public meeting was held in Cannon Street on
Wednes- day, under the presidency of the Lord Mayor, and passed resolu- tions deprecating the recall of Sir Charles Warren from South Africa, and opening communications on the subject with the Colonial Office. We do not suppose they will alter the decision of the Department, but perhaps they may induce Colonel Stanley to explain. That Minister or his colleagues have for years been com- plaining that the Governmentdid not show vigour enonghin South Africa; that they did not protect either Englishmen or natives sufficiently against the Boers ; and, above all, that they did not make an adequate display of force. Sir Charles Warren was sent out; he did display vigour, he did protect Englishmen and natives, and he did employ force, and he did all these things by universal consent in a temperate and successful manner. Therefore, the complaining Ministers, having in the meantime accepted power, have without explanation or apology recalled him. If Lord Kimberley had done so, Colonel Stanley would have denounced the Government "for throwing away a million in order to display its vacillation ;" but Colonel Stanley himself is permitted to do it in perfect silence as if it were the most ordinary act.
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