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THE TEEATY OE ADRIANOPLE. The following ...
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Parliament Of The Week. Lord Aberdeen Is...
to . Parliament for leave to do certain , tilings which he has not power to do by tie will of his predecessor . The fact was , the opposition to the bill arose from the desire to prevent the enclosure ^ of HampsteadheatTi , wbiclt Sir Thomas Wilson did not desire to enclose . Tlie Bishop of Oxford and Lord Shaftesbuby held opposite views to these ; and the Bishop said , on the authority of a letter , that before the . people in that locality commenced their opposition to the
present bill , they , inquired of the agents for the promoter whether , 5 £ Sir Thomas should obtain the authority which he was now askings he would , he satisfied with , that , and pledge himself to seek , no more * . In repjy , the agents stated that their client considered this bid as only the first instalment of what rightfully belonged to him , and that he . was determined to have the whole of Hampstead-heath as soon as he could get it . However , Sir TJhomas triumphed ; his bill was read a . second time by 34 to 11 .
r » E 8 TKUCTtOK « XF STORES Af ULEABOKG . Mr . Milnek € crBSO ? r called attention to the proceedragsof Admiral Plumridgeiathe Gulf of Bothnia , which he thought inconsistent with the professions of tlie Oorernmettt and highly impolitic . He called for ar * explanation fitom the First Lord of the Admiralty , at the same time disclaiming any intention to cast odium or reproach upon the officers-of the service . He * - entered into a detail of the ' cireumstaEces attending the burning of the stores at those places ,, which ; he stated were private property , the tat beittg intended to be shipped for the use of the British ; dockyards , by-contract with' a house in the city of . London .. Remarking , as ^ contingent
disadvantage , thafc such often entailed xrpon the country a series -of most perplexing : claims for compensation , he- disputed the poliey of irritating the Finlanders by these attacks upon private property in defenceless villages * and was . of opinion that our officers and men had been made to expose their lives in the performance of acts-of war ; from which , if successful , there was na gainj and which would not hasten in the smallest degree the ultimate conclusion of hostilities . . Sir- Ju Graham : said , the-despatches relating to this subject did not arrive until that morning ; and wlien- published in ' Jihfr next Gazette , the House- and the country would be able to form am opinion upon
it- The officers had only obeyed their instructions , and -were' open to- no- ' censure whatever ; and , -with regard to the articles destroyed , they were the very articles enumerated as contraband of war even in treaties of neutrality . He react ; extracts- from- a despatch of Sir- C . Napier , whence- it appeared- that llyGOGtons of the enemy ' s shipping-, afloat or on the stocks * had- been destroyed , and property to- the amount of between 400 , 000 / . and' 500 , 000 / 1 . Every effort » had been used to distinguish between public and private property , but the difficulty of doing so was orte of the unhappy incidents of war . He warmly eulogiBed the gallantry and consummate seamanship displayed by the officer * and men in the ,
per-formance of their difficult and dangerous duties , and said it would be hard if it should be relat ed to them that the first notice taken of their services in the House of Commons paTtoolc of the character of censure . X < et me ask , he added amidst the loud and continued cheers of the House , what particularindulgence should be shown to the enemy we have to deal with ? What are the wishes" and feelings of the people of England ' upon thi 9 point ? Q Oheer » . y "We did at the commencement of the war exercise particular indulgence . We had it in our power to- destroy the city of Odessa , and we spared it . We attacked the batteries of Odessa only , for which we were subjected to something like censure
, and I must confess that I begin to partake of that feeling myself . How did the enemy act towards a British ship , which accidentally ran ashore in a fog near this very port of Odessa ? An immense multitude otf soldiers , with batteries and red-hot Bhot , were ¦ brought down and the stranded vessel was fired upon . I cannot , see thftt any peculiar forbearance is necessary towards this enemy . ( Great cheering , ') Wfc have offered him battle on the open sea , on , fair and equal' terms , and ho has declined to meet us . He has sunk rocks in the channels and approaches of his livers , in order to obstruct our progress . If our enemies will not face us on the open sen , we must pursue them into their fastnesses , and make them
icel that a way with England is not to be waged with impunity . Viewing these proceedings of our fleets •—seeing that they are not of n marauding character , undertaken xov tho purpose of obtaining prizo-money yithout reference to tho loss occasioned to unoffending peraonsj but , on the contrary , that thoy are tho result of an honest and patriotic desiro to malce tho enemies of oar country feel , by fair and legitimate means , the force of tho Power with which thoy are contending—I , for one , am not prepared to check Ihoir course , nnd I hope and believo that , in ao actang , I shall : not run counter to tho wishes of the House of Commons or tho country . ( Continued tiheewng . )
TSJE RECENT DUNISXEIilAX . CHANGES . Lord D > O 3 h . ey . Sxcaut called attention to recent ministerial changes , and passed a variety of strictures upon theaa , especially dwelling upon the scurvy treatment" received by Mr . Strutt , the unfitness of Sir G . Grey for the Colonial-office , and the alleged fact that in the present cast of the Ministry all the square men were put into round holes , and the round men into square holes . He also dilated upon the anomalies of the new arrangements for the War Department , and complained that , the management of the war was in the hands of four Heelites . Amid loud and renewed cheering , he declared that the country had hoped , and its enemies had feared , that the War department would be given to lord Palmerston . He was quite sure that the Duke of Newcastle would not feel hurt at having such a man as Lord Palniersfon preferred to- himself . He pronounced a long and warm eulogium upon Lord Palinerston ' s vigour ^ intellect , and other good qualities , which were ¦ wasted" in labours . ' about common-sewers and county-rates . It was difficult , under such circumstances , to believe that the Government were in earnest about the war . Lord Palmerston was the best matt to direct it . Let him be appointed , and both friend and foe would see and feel that the Government were in earnest . Such . an . apppointtnent would be far better than all the recantations , retractations , and explanations which had been made in another place ; better than any obsevationsabout " disastrous" treaties , intended if possible to neutralise the effect of " disastrous " speeches . The confidence of the country in the ministry was nearly lost . What measures had they . been able to carry ? What measures had they not been obliged to . postpone or withdraw ? They had carried the taxes Deedful for the war ; but it was because the people , and the House of Commons , who were in earnest would not withhold them from any government whatever . But neither the people nor the House would tolerate half measures , or a halfand-half ministry . RUBAi . POLICE BILli . Mr . Bright put a question to the Secretary for the Home : Department . He had heard a short time ago that Lord Palmerston had received a deputation on the subject of his Police BUI ,- and that he had conveyed the impression that it was his intention to withdraw that measure . Mr . Bright saw in one of the morning papers , which was supposed to cater for one section of the Government , a defence of the bill , and some observations applauding the noble Lord for its introduction . Under these circumstances , he wished to ask the noble Lord what course he really intended to pursue ? Lord PAt-MERSTON said he had received a deputation the other day , from a number of persons connected with counties and boroughs , stating the objections which they felt to the provisions of the bill . He told them , without himself admitting the force Of their objections , that he attached great value to the principle of localself-goyernmerrt ; and , though he did not think that the bill infringed that principle , yet if they thought so , that was a material element to guide his conduct with regard to the bill , though he was of opinion that it was a good one . He therefore thought that he should not be doing a good service to the country to force" it on the boroughs against their will , for great evil would arise from the want of cordial co-operation on the part of the local authorities , who would have to administer the law . In deference to the objections which had been urged , he should certainly withdraw the present bill , reserving to himself the right of considering whether he should bring in another bill , omitting those portions to which such strong objections had been felt . He quite agreed that it would bo useless to ask tho House to read a bill a second time which it was understood would be liable to great modifications in committee . The best way would be to withdraw the bill for the present , and then he would have to consider whether ho could so modify it as to make it acceptable to the House , and useful to the downtry . It stood for a second reading on Friday next , and before that day he would determine whether he would drop the bill altogether or briog in a modified bin . Wab Medals . —In reply to tho Dufcc of Bichmond , the Dnko of Newcastle said that it is tho intention of tho Queon to confer mortals on the aoldiors cngogod in tho Kaffir war . It had been delayed so long because no . hnd thought it deniralblo that ho aliould havo tho opportunity of speaking to tho commander of that army , who V his ablo conduct hud conduced so greatly to tho success of tho army , ho meant Sir Goorgo Outhoart . That gallant gonoral was now on liia way homo , nnd ho thought it desirable to wait until ho Irnd had an opportunity of sponlring with him , nnd rocciving any ndvico or suggestion which lie might wish to offer previous to carrying out hor Majesty's gracious intention . Turn Elgin Tiwca'BY . —On Tuesday tho Earl of Olaiucn-» on , in answer to K « rl FitswiUium , mentioned that a copy or tho treaty lately negotiated with tho United Statca by Lord felgin on tho mibjootof tho colonial llshorien , Imd reached hia department , but too rcoontly to havo boon considered . Ho could stale , however , that no new fuciliUca wero ottered to tho American flahormon to oatublmh faetoriou for curing
fish on the Canadian coasts . The Duke of Newcastle , in answer to a question on the same subject from the Earl of Derby , staged that the treaty could not take effect until it had been sanctioned by the Canadian Legislature . Repeal of the "Usury Laws . —A bill to this effect was introduced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , read a first time on Thursday , and ordered to be committed on Monday next . Its promoter described it as being designed to remove the last , legislative restriction , upon the rate of interest paid for borrowed monoy , which operates ' only against a single claSs of loans—those raised upou real property . The measure , he stated , would relieve landowners , railway companies , and other owners of realty from the disabilities under which , they now labour when seeking to borrow money on mortgages or debentures . Common Law Procedure BiLt ,. —The first two clauses
of this bill were agreed to in committee on Thursday . The eleven following clauses were postponed ; those numbered 14 , 15 , 16 wero withdrawn . Clause 17 , which provides that juries may be discharged after being locked .. up twelve hours , and that the verdict of ten out of twelve shall bo sufficient , was carried after a division ,, the numbers being 80 to 7 a . Mr . Butt gave notice of a motion to expunge the clause at a future stage . Tho subsequent clauses up to 36 inclasbre , were then ag reed to .
Gog The Leader. [Saturday,
GOG THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
The Teeaty Oe Adrianople. The Following ...
THE TEEATY OE ADRIANOPLE . The following is a copy of the despatch , which was the subject of the debate in the House of Lords on , Monday , from the Earl of Aberdeen . to > Iiord Hey teabury , respecting the treaty of peace between Russia and Turkey , concluded at Adrianopje on the 14 th of September , 1829 . The despatch , it will be obaervedy is dated the 31 st of October , instead of , as was stated by Lord Clanricaide , the 31 st of December . It was ^ therefore , written , immediately upon the receipt of tie communication of Count Nesselrodey to > which it refers , instead of after a lapse of four months , as would appear from Lord Clanricarde ' s statement and the arguments which have been founded upon it : — " Foreign-office , October 31 , 1829 . - " My Lord ,- —I have received from his Imperial Majesty ' s ambassador at this Court a copy of the definitive treaty o £ peace between Bussia and the Porte , together with the manifesto of the Eussian Cabinet , and a circular despatch from Count Nesselrode , dated the 4 th of October . " These papers have engaged the serious attention of his Majesty ' s Government . The consequences of the transaction to which they refer are so various and important , and influence so powerfnUy the future happiness and tranquillity of all nations , tbafc it would be inconsistent with the station which his Majesty fills among the Sovereigns of Europe , as well as with that frankness and sincerity which he » desirous should characterise , all his relations with the Cabinet of St . Petersburg , if he were not at once to communicate to his Imperial Majesty the sentiments- which have bean
produced in bis mind by au examination of the . treaty of Adrianople . " The first desire of His Majesty is to express tho satisfaction which he has experienced from the restoration of peace . He sincerely rejoices that a state of warfare should at length have ceased , the existence of which he has con > stantly deplored , and the prolonged duration of which Imd only increased His Majesty ' s apprehensions of the evils to winch it must finally have led . " Count Nesselrode , afe the conclusion of his circular despatch , expresses an opinion that the treaty now concluded holds out to- Europe a long prospect of tranquillity and , repose . That this judgment may be fully confirmed is our most anxious desire . In tho meantime , it will be an objaot worthy of the solicitude of His Imperiul Majesty to strengthen the confidence of his allies , and to remove thoBe
causes of alarm to which , if not discovered iu the treaty of peace itself , the present state of tho Turkish empiro cannot rail to give rise . " When His Imperial Majesty announced his intention of declaring war against the Ottoman Porte , upon grounds affecting exclusively the interests of Russia , His Majesty ' s Government , without pronouncing any opinion respecting tho justice of the war , expressed thoir conviction that the most complete success in . the juBtest causo would not cntitlo the stronger party to donrand from the weaker sacrifices which would affect its political oxiutenco , or would infringe upon that stato cf territorial possession upon which tho general peace hnd rested . They alao observed that demands ot indemnity and compensation might bo carried to such an extent aa to render compliance scarcely practicable , without reducing tire Ottoman Power to a . degree of weaknoss winch . would deprive it of tho character of an Independent State
His Imperial Majesty , in carrying into execution his threatened invasion or the ,, Ottoman dominions , declared his adhorenco to that disinterested principle which had characterised tho protocol of St . Petersburg and the treaty of London , Ho ronouncod all pro ; cots of conquest and . ambition . His Imperial Majesty frequently repeated tljaL 80 far from desiring tho dostruotion of tho Turkish empire ? ho was moat anxious for its preservation . Ho promitied that no amount of indemnity should bo oxueted wluoli could attbet its political existence ; and ho declared that thia policy whs not the result of romantic notions of generosity , or of the vain desire of glory , but Hint it ori ginated in tlio truo interests of tho ICupian empire , in which mtoroHt . t , well understood , nnd in hi . i own solemn promises , would bo fouud tho host plodgcNof hirt moderation .
" Hiu imperial Majesty addod that hia thoughta would undergo no chungo , even if , contrary to hia intontiona and his endonronr » , Dryiuo Providence Imd decreed that wo should now bohold tb « termination of tlio Ottoman Power , Hirt Imperial Majesty was atill dotormiuod not to rateiid tho limits of hi » own dominions j and ho only demanded from 1 ) 13 alluw tho HttinoabHouoo of nil a < jlfiah . and ambitious view ;* , ot which ho would lunwelf give tho Urak example
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Leader (1850-1860), July 1, 1854, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01071854/page/6/
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