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defence of the Empire . The British and French fleets remain at Besika Bay , where they will remain , perhaps , till the equinoctial § &leg ffi theirf out , and their the question may arise } Jhall they make a retrograde movement , or , if Ifie Principalities he not evacuated , shall the $ , fcnter the Dardanelles ? Will Franc © and EijdpBd recede before Russia , or will they venture $ 6 take . that step which would be strictly parallel to the occupation of the Principalities which Russia has already so long enjoyed with impunity ?
Some of the reports from India are studiously intended to remove the impression that anything is to be apprehended from Russian movements in that quarter . We have no great fear of Russia in India ; it is somewhat too far for her as" yet . But we have a considerable suspicion that the Burmese have succeeded in " doing" Lord
Dalhousie . They have persuaded him to suspend hostilities without making any decided cession of Pegu , or without denning a boundary ; thongh one has been provisionally made by the British ^ The British army remains upon sufferance in occupation , and friendly relations are established between the two Powers . The Burmese desire
that trade shall not be impeded , as it would be very inconvenient to have war when they are wanting provisions , and when their merchants are usually somewhat busily engaged . There is an expectation that the army in possession may be reduced ; and it is to be observed that in these arrangements , thus expressed , there is nothing to preclude the Burmese from renewing their hostilities when their desire for peace is over .
To come nearer home , the prognostics of the week are pleasing and peaceful . The Emperor of the French has celebrated his name-day—the 15 th -the anniversary of " Saint Napoleon ; " and he has done so in a peculiar manner . On Sunday , an enormous display of troops ; on Monday , scarcely a soldier to be seen , the Emperor riding
thirty paces in front of his escort ; Paris amused with pageants during the day—and blazing with lamps at night ; the theatres , the boat races , all open gratuitously , without tf any reserved seats , " —without distinction of class . Louis Philippe was " a constitutional monarch surrounded by republican institutions ; " Louis Napoleon is an absolute Emperor leaning upon a democracy .
In London , one of the most remarkable events has been a lecture , delivered by Lieutenant Maury , to a number of shipowners , in Lloyd ' s committeeroom , explaining to them the manner in which he had been impressed with the necessity of studying the winds and waves of the sea , recording them on charts , and acquiring an accurate knowledge of
their general prevalence , distribution , and tendency . He is aided by a thousand voluntders of captains and masters , and by the Government of the United States ; and he offers from that Government , to English captains and masters , complete sets of chart books and instructions , on condition that each one who receives the documents
will repay the gift by sending m his log-book to be used as raw material for continuing the process . Of all rapprochements between the two countries , this friendly union for the benefit of mankind is one of the most interesting , one of the least empirical , one of the least depending upon parchments and secret compacts , one which must engage the respect even of those who are not parties to the alliance .
Another curious incident is the issue of a report by the tenant right deputation from the North of Ireland , explaining why the Government billi * have been put off to next session , and certifying to the patriotic conduct of Mr . Keogh , Mr . Napier , Sir John Young , and th < i present Govern-^ K VV- ' v * JPfrJ * ' ^ I " * l sehl ° had from amongst / - '* - > ,. themselves a more plain and useful lesson to teach / v , ^ ¦ ir' tUe ^ ruth of public acts , or to show the benefit of / . , , . cb-oAeration . As it comes upon them at a time IM ; ' . ;"; ¦ ' : ' ; wh ^ ni their harvest prospects are improving , when Vp y ^ . ' .. •¦ > . ^^ KjP , ftrc rising ; when their Crystal Palace by jBjI&lj . ' ¦ ¦¦ " ¦ ' , ¦ . i . ' i itti _ ynporallcHod success—18 , 000 visiting on Mx > n-¦ wtv : ¦? ' ; '
Oiitawn Crystal Palace has been the scene of a fearful accident— -twelve working-men , sacrificed to some unaccountable defect in the machinery for raising a part of tne structure . The railway accidents continue , and the latest one may take its place in the class of these disasters to which we are habituated . Woman again figures conspicuously in the annals of the law . The working of Mr . Fitzroy ' s Act seems to have awakened a new attention to
day last—attests ine surpassing prosperity which feeland is sharffig with England , their hearts are i&eif to M tffienlsil to the Jes 6 bn v They , JM indeed rapidly makifa {; up lee way in improve-, inenis . Ndl long nence , the electric telegrap h wiii ite : expanded ove'l the wholfetiountry ; it will iiiify to Cdf ^ arfd felfast th | feueeit ^ arrival at Kingstown , wfiSI she visits the Crystal Palace j by the 1 st of October it will unite every Irish city to London .
the class of subjects . In some cases , however , justice can accommodate itself to particular views . Theresa Kenny ; Kirwan ' s mistress , to whom he had given some property , has been dispossessed of that property in favour of ihe Crown , on the grounds of certain flaws not more considerable than might be found in innumerable title deeds upon which
famihes depend . Her account of the mode in which she became possessed of the property was quite consistent with the known facts ; but the fact of her relations with the murderer appears likely to be a reason why these flaws in her title swelled into a charge of fraud and perjury . The charge at all ivehts is as yet unsustained by proof .
" A case however infinitely more conspicuous and painful , is the caseof the Hon . Caroline Norton in the County Court , as a witness against her husband , on the score of a debt owing by herself . Her story is as yet quite exparte . It would appear that , suspecting she had received some aid from Lord Melbourne , her husband has endeavoured to extort an admission of the fact by withholding the allowance which he had undertaken to make to her ; and it is on the strength of that abstention that she regarded him as liable for her debts . The
machinery of the case , however , is less important than its spirit . Nothing could be more distressing than the spectacle of a woman in Mrs . Norton ' s position forced to the publicity of a law tribunal , and appealing from ill-usage to the audience of a county court . That was painful ; but there was something infinitely more so in the spectacle of a man withholding means from his wife , and pursuing her through the technicalities of law , on a charge which ought long since to have been laid at rest .
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THE WEEK IN PARLIAMENT . ETJ 88 IA : MINISTERIAL STATEMENT . The expected Ministerial account of the present state of the Eastern quarrel was given on Tuesday afternoon by Lord John Rubbex-i . Ho made some preliminary observations , thanking the House for its " forbearance" hitherto shown , and justifying , by precodeuts , tho withholding of the documents of negotiations until tho negotiations are concluded . Ho rapidly recounted tho riso Of tho question touching tho Holy Places , tho consequent mission of Prince Menschikoff relating theroto , tho " slight" shown by Prince Menochikoft" to Fuad Eflendi , tho requisition of Colonel Rose for tho Malta fleet , tho change in tho question by now demands , and the retirement of Princo Mendchikoff on tho rofiiHul of tho Sultan to accedo to thoso demands . He fitated tho then situation of both parties , and tho concerted movement of tho French and English fleets to JJcsika Bay .
" Sir , tho noxt atop that was takon by tho Russian Govornmont was a direction to tho army of Russia to occupy tho Principalities , with a declaration at uio sarao time that it was not to bo considered as a hostile invasion of tho Principalities , or as an act of war , but that it wrid intended to occupy tho Principalities oa a material guarantee for poaco , and as a moans of prossuro upon tho Turk ) Hh Government / , in ordor to obtain thoso moral securities for ponco which tho Ruasiun Government had ^ constantly sought by negotiation . It was considered , by tho English undFronch Govorninontf ) , ns woll ofl by two TurkishGovernment , thnt in default ; of any cammutnicatioti either with Gxoat Britain or Franco , it Jvaa desirable , Bpoing what groat interest wero at stake , to forego tho clear ami
undoubted rijjfra ; of d ? tttkey to consider this proceeding aa a case of war , and i ^ enter , mto further negotiations bv which the ends sbugm ; for might be attained . No actual Hostilities , therefore ^| iirtlier than the occupation of those provinces by tfae Russian forces , have hitherto taken place Bit , it was tHe © pinion , of her Majesty ' s Government that whilst they placed the fleet of Great Britain in conjunc ' lion with the fleet of . ^ nces at the disposal of the ambas * S ^ dors of th 6 two Powersjn Constantinople , to b e called up to Constantinople in , case of emergency , it was at the same time desirable to gather up the broken threads of the negotiations , arid to attempt to arrive at . some arrangement by which the question might be settled . The diflfe
rent Powers considered of various means for its settle , ment f but more especially the Minister for Foreign Affairs of France—a person whose talents , moderation , andjudg . ment , it is impossible not to estimate highly— -drew up a note , which we considered omitted the objectionable part of the demands of Prince Menschikoff , and those parts of the Turkish , note which the -Russian Government might think inadmissible , and endeavoured to frame note to which the two parties might agree . At this time , the Austrian Government had , as I nave stated on a former occasion to the House , declined the proposal—previousl y to this time , I should say , it bad declined the proposal of her Majesty 8 Government to enter into any conference
on these important circumstances . ^ But when the Russian GovernmenthadoccupiedthePrincipalitieSjAustriachanged her view of the subject , and she declared that , in conformity with the spirit of the treaty of 1841 , it was absolutely necessary for the representatives of the various Powers to meet in conference , and to endeavour to obtain jsome ami ; cable solution of differences which might otherwise imperil the peace of Europe . The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Austria took the proposition of the French Government as the groundwork of the proposition which he made to the conference . I have already stated , on a former occasion , that it was an Austrian , proposition , but it came orieinally from France . That proposition was submitted
for consideration about the 24 th July , and no doubt information was immediately conveyed to St . Petersburg of the intentions of the Austrian Government Her Majesty ' s Government requested to see the note as it was proposed , with . such modifications as the Austrian Government might think it necessary to introduce . That , of course , led to explanations and further communications ; and it was not tiif the 31 st—that is , a week after the first conferencethat the final conference was held , in which the form of the note was completely arranged and settled to the satisfaction of the representatives of the four Powers , and to the satisfaction of the Government of Turkey . The House has already heard , and that intelligence has been confirmed by has
subsequent information , that the Emperor ot Kussia g iven his adhesion to the note of the four Powers , therefore , so far as that original cause of dissension is concerned , and so far as the Emperor of Russia had a demand to make , in that respect the Emperor of Russia no longer insists upon the exact form of Prince Menschikoff ' s note , which , according to some of the state papers that have been published , would appear to have been the case , but considers that his objects will be attained and that his honour will bo saved , if the note as thus prepared be agreed to by tho Turkish Government . I have stated already that it was upon the 2 nd August that this note was sent to Constantinople . There has not been hitherto any communication
from Constantinople with respect to the reception or that note ; but this I can state , that upon the 23 rd of last month the Turkish Ministers were prepared to send to Vienna , and subsequently to St . Petersburg , a communication based upon the former note in its mode of meeting tho demands of Russia , and in respect to which I think that , having agreed to tho former note , they would bind themselves to agree to the noto which has met the assent of tho four Powers . Sir , supposing , what , however , is quite unsettled—supposing that note to be finally agreed upon afl tho communication which shall be made by Turkey , and which will be satisfactory to Russia , there yn& still remain tho evacuation of tho Principalities . ( Cries of ' Hear , do
hear . ' ) Sir , it is quito evident that no sett lement can satisfactory which does not include , or i mmediately load to , the evacuation of thoso Principalities . ( Cheers . ) According to tho declarations which have been made by tho genoral commanding tho Russian forces—Prince GortsohaKOH , that evacuation ought immediately to follow upon eatu \ - faction being given to tho Emperor of Russia- I will oniy say further , that it is an object which her Mo f T ; Government consider essential ; but with respect to mo modo in which that object is to bo attained I must nek r ^ mission of Parliament to say nothing further upon tnu . head , but to loavo the means of attaining tho end m * hands of tho oxocutivo Government . With rospectto tno question which has been raised regarding tho iloo b England and Franco , that , of course , cannot bo niaao iaijj condition , because wo ought to have it in our power a to
times , supposing Turkey to bo in any danger , Ben , , ileot to tho neighbourhood of tho Dardanelles , i » ° f" L , £ bo ready to assist Turkey in case sho should bo llttl * T j , ' Thoreforo wo cannot consent to any arrangement by « it ma ? bo stipulated that tho advance of tho iloots to , neighbourhood of tho Dardanelles shall bo consiuor oquivalont to tho actual invasion of tho Turkish provi ii With respect to anything further , ' if thoso questions v ^ ^ havo boon Bottled , if poaco is secured , Besika , vorni station which would bo pf any advantage to the « Vj mont cither of England or of Frarico . I cfln on ^ V . that , wliilst I rogrotnot to bo ablo to state thttt tho wiu ^ thoso transactions aro terminated , yot I do think tuu , ^ is now a fair prospect that , without involving i- ^ Jj ^ hostilities , tho indopondorico and integrity of *¦ . ^ g which from tho boginning of tho session I lm ^ || eB ty ' i » statod to bo tho main object of tho policy of her ^ "J ^ fa Government in roforonco to tho affaird of tho ^ ^ ' tnifl BOcUrod , and that in no very long period . J- am » jf House will foci—I know that thia country ^ T jnVoiv ' that objeot coa bp secured by negotiation , witPP" . ^ 0 ing Euro ™ Ja iU oatamitio ^ of t ^ flr , ifc wifl t > 0 »
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 20, 1853, page 794, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2000/page/2/
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