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    of their Fellows from the obligation to take orders . Collegiate oaths are to be done away . A portion , not exceeding one-fifth , of the property of the Colleges ia to be confiscated for the endowment of old professorships , or the establishment of new ones . Our readers will perceive that we were able last week to antic ^ a ^ jthe- >|| i » din g p »« £ iiions of the Bill . The gran 9 ° r % jq ( j |^ n of tfce'sehjeine is that tests are still retainec ^^ rhe Unirer » it # 5 | not yet national , for , as Mr . ^ fpU observed lasftii | ght , it is still closejkagaiusty ^ wfee who dis ^ apfc ^ rom the Estatlished ^ Church , ^ id those wh 6 % 6 long to no religious persuasion at all .

    surance of mere inaction . In like manner the Danes are awake , and , the Ministry of Oersted has ^ r dl ^ tt dawai | b ei 0 ^ B an address from the Diet , calling Item ^ ftx ^ Wm themselves in regard to the coimitutionY Thjppirciimstances under which the new French . igggp H ^^ taken ujp" ^ ga { 5 titiite an J ^ p ^ tion 'in finracev&fesatisfielk ^ tk Hie teriiir *" ofiiied bv

    ^ p italiapi the E ^ ero ^ , has appeale ^ Ao tfie . Ipfblic . pEhe cons « jpejacei * B such a gen «| ip rusty t i | jijt ^ yp ^ ptmo ^ t ai ^^ p ^^ matioiKto ^ liiwaTi' ^^ y ; unr ^^ BsTiffrage ^^ t ^ aecided su ifes . ^ While we are sending out our brave soldiers and seamen to fight the battles of Europe—to die perchance on the quarter-deck like Nelson , or on the field like Sir John Moore , — -we are

    abruptly -reminded that the servants of peace may be as suddenly cut off as Jihe . eervaais of war . The : bullet is not more fatfUjlibaa ^ he stroke of apop lexy * and as the former strikes the soldier cheerin ^ on hifr troops to victory , so the latter remorselessly seizes 3 fie ^ tt < tge on the bench , while making an eloquent charge against the active causes of disorder and crime . In both , cases , streng-tn , virtue , and renown , aTe in an instant laid low ; and the letsson of life and death sinks deeply into

    the nandoi' the most fcisolo . us and forgetful . M& Justice . Talfourd w ^ s , one ^ rf those choice spirits whose sittdden disappearance from " amongst ti 3 Ve ' aH . uiourh as a private and personal loss . ^ There ( have beeii more profound and subtle- lawyers , more powerful orators , more inspired poets ; Ittt f 6 ^ "ta |« ;^ liby ¦ ¦« rownmg gifts' with accomplisnmente , at dnce combined lawipoBtr ^ , and oratory , to esteeraed rank in all TalfodM

    land * rose « so ^ a as . * '' JBfiNi he was more than all : of these together—if the betteirfor -being all of these ; in tihe words-of higi | broth ^ r- » Tu 8 ftisce Coleridge , he vas " emincnfcly coufteofus and kind , generous , simple-hearted , © £ > gveit inodes ^ f , of * the strictest honour , and of ? spotless integrity . " Human character is , at the I biest , but a balanqe of good and evil ; but of tfSw ' men can it be said that their foibles were

    outweighedby so many ^ wibkc virtues so many endearing qualities in private ljfe . There sn& few w&otge presence will foe « o ? keenly missed , and so tenderly lamented , a&this patient , humane , enlightened judge , this deUca . te and sensitive irienduind follower of art and letters , > this laving * and loveaTjle heart , so long the home * of j all unostentatious charities , of all expansive sympathies , of all refined and generous emotions .

    Mr . Walpole would kave only an . " enabling " measure-ran idea that might be extended . Uet us abolish our compulsory 'and penal laws , and pass none but ' enaiftiag laws—laws enabling bankrupts to pay their debts , trespassers to abstain from , illegalities , and burglars to respect the street-door . ¦ =. - r . . r Wjur , $ & £ ?* & & * ** $ - Q ^ &rd * however , have been by no means , the only subjects in parliament : but , the rest inevitably falls into aoninor

    place . Lord J ^ ntea ^ l ^ has been paving afhng at the Ciyil Se ^ yiqe pr ^ e « jt of Charles Tre ^ -vfgjjyan . J ^ . . JLpsley Feflatt ! has introduced into thft , X 3 f > " ^ Tn «* ftH ift b ^ l ^ fH ^ Ha < nH < ffiynnfttinainBtg » d of 6 a $ ^ in ^ aa ^ jq ^ c ^) ips ^| en | ious scruple—a good bM , Twit ^ esfabhaJbly coriipetibg with the Governiron ^ lffi ^ w ^ ffire - ^ an ^ subject , -which would "be practicallj- < jntte as usetbli The Ijord Chancellor ' s bill' t 6 tranter testamentary , jurisdiction to the Court ^ CSfiftosfceiry nils ' % een referred tb a select

    cdjmcm 0 ^; L * 6 ' ^ so ^ ^ ^ & 5 M to ^ reveat thl ^^ e ^ of ^ w ^^ tiNc ^ f * && S&r . Wfiij 4-^|?| # Ws mme ^ m ^ spc ^ pt i > roperV *> tTOinei ^ ln $ &ii ¥ eritts Awaits the "xepbrt of 'Mr . <^ to ei ^^ mmit ^ - ¦ ¦ '* - ' ' *•[¦ J . ' - " | j ^ $ !^ ^ efiect on tne ^ p ^ lic ^ in ^ ofifaa ^ t ^ ie continued proceedings in ° | he" ^ 3 fi ^ ciMtiiait ^ eje *> n breach of priyilege Certain SQeV ^ have'"been performed in that thea-r

    t ? # , not T ^ oise , perhaps , in then : way than some m 1 ihwhich ^ we , are more familiar , but more disag ^ eatel ^^ their efFeq |; - —pj 3 rhaps in part from tft ^ co ^^ a ^ e ^ oV ^^ yv flfe' 4 d hot allude tQt ] ie graver part of the investigation , nor t » evidence like that 1 st Mt . Napier , in declartiig hia belief that such practices as negotiations toogell pl&ces do

    prevail , and are nojt , limited to jrtembers who axe in tfie Iweseiit Parliamen , * , or to those out of it . But # e fhter mbfe to .. tne unseemly squabblings , and to the almost ludicrous facility of disclosure by ^ itnes ^ es against their friends which does not strike the English mind , with the ordinary effect of candbur . Mr . Luca . ? , for example , who is more Irish than the Irish themselves , and who had

    made such vehement charges of corruption against Mr . Keogh , now admits that the charge resolves itself into nothing more distinct than a general assertion of corrupt conduct in accepting office , and in remaining there , after Mr . JCeogh ' s political antecedents . Mr . Keogh retorts with assertions tfiat he and Mr . I ^ ucas had previously become unfiieridly * , ; ' and by c&iling to mind how he had said thtft Mr . Lucas was a person who would stab a man in iJhe back . And " Tom Arkins "—Lord

    Maydr O'Connell ' s Sword-bearer , subsequeatly Sword-bear « y to Lord Mayor Reynolds—expatiates in statements how he has collected money for Mr . Reynolds . Abroad , the chief question" of the day is tie position of Prussia , wh » manifests a new coolness in the alliance ; upon which we hayo touched in a 3 eparate paper . The missions of Prince

    Hohenzollern Sigmermgen and Baron Groeben , to the French and English Conrts , are understood to be failures—though what the y hoped to succeed in is not stated . The Prussians are awake to keep their Government national r .-ither than Russian ; and Count Schwerin has been extorting from the Ministry ia the Chambers , a meaningless as-

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    LATEST'FIROM TURKEY . We find in the Morning Chronicle of this day the following veiy important intelligence from Constantinople : — Constantinople , March 9 . Yesterday ( 8 th ) a four hours' conference was held between the EngHsh and "French Ambassadors and Keschid Pacha , touching ihe convention between the Western Powers and Turkey . The chiefpointBare : — 1 . The Porte engages never to negotiate with Russia wifehout the intervention o € the Western Powers . 2 . Amelioration of the condition of the Christians . A separate treaty is annexed , for the following four points : — 1 . Abolition of the poll-tax ( haraach ) . 2 . Right of Christians to be admitted as witnesses in judicial proceedings . 3 . Right to hold landed property , without distinction of nationality or religion . 4 . The civil rights of the Christians admitted in the army and the civil service . The destination of the English and French forces is to be left to the decision of tho Sultan . Russia has prohibited the exportation of corn from Odessa . Turkey lias also prohibited tho exportation of corn . The Porte is preparing an expedition to Greece . General lhirgoyne is gone to Schunilu .

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    242 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,

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    parliament of the week . The interest of the Parliamentary record of the week Jfc « i !!| Wme incidents that have arisen out of the Ea ^ tfeni ^ tgi ^ ifijon , which have , at least two of them , agjjig ^ e ||| tol ) ec& for some smart debatin g , without llP llgaAek ^ tb our knowledge . Ministers have had to rrieispi pdj ^ ej > el a series of attacks from the two hosrfl ^^ ibol ^ il * , acting , we suppose , in unwilling conceii § 3 fti » 3 % lf § wers of Lord Derby and Mr . Bright . X ^ ilfpERBir began the assault on Monday , ia r aftE ^|| fc * ery fair inquiry , in a hostile manner . The groifcdfiirk of jjjs inquiry was an article quoted IM ^^ T ^^ ^ ° " «^ . L . P ^ . * he onii tne iv tn oi

    necnp * 4 t 4 Pi % iJ lessen on -t eoruary , « nd tljfe staitentpnts madfe by the Times in commenting oAthat artfcle . In nX prejfece Lord Derby said he noticed tir 6 Times becausfe that journal enjoys to a great extent the confidence of the Government , and " . more especially of the noble earl at the head of the Government—( fHIecer hear ' from . Lard Aberdeen )—wMcIj Pit aH events reflects "with , singular accuracy the opinions of tie nooTe earl ;'" and because the comments ' -of the Times -were hardly less remarkable than the-article to which they referred . The Emperor of Russia , or ratjiqr , the . etlitor of tJie Journal iff St . Peterslnirg , who protafclyvbutd iiot tvithotife the imperial sanction put forth * docmnpat . of . tbb cliaracter r

    after commenting upon the iangtrage made Tise oJ and . the expression * applied to the Emperor fc ^ Lord John Bu * gell r in bis place in the ^[< jase of < 5 omm 9 Ets , proceeds to sav .: — * ''T % t each distrastj may have been enterfethed by Ttance —that it may Tip to a certain jMHnfc Uavre . foun ^ a place in the mind of a Government still rficeo . t > > ybich has not had time to iacquire by long ex |) erience JdF former relations with It an e ? act idea of our real intentioiis , and ab ^ ndpniag itself involuntarily to the almost traditional opinion which has been formed of Russian . policy in , , tjb « Eaat ^—tb ^ . x ^ af'be easily conceived ; but oh tte part of England , vpfcich is awar ^ o £ the aneedenta and the character o £ the Emperor from a connexion of long date , an opinion of such a nature justly excites ( surprise : Less < thasj any other ithe British

    • Government should entertain isuch saapicions t 3 It » has in its hands the written proof that there " is no '^ foundittion for them , for long before the present-condition of affiiirs , before the questions which led to the mission , of Prince SlenschikofF t& GonstantinoplB had assumed iso uerton& ^ an saBpecfefof differenc ^ iefore . ^ reafc Britain ,. had adqjptod the . eanqie . line of policy » s France , the Eiriperbr Iijid spbi | taneously ; explameaiiinasetf with the most perfect » &andbnr to"the iQueen and her , ^ finistejr ^ wth iJje object s of [ esteblisbiqg with thenv a friendly understanding even upa the most importaqt resttit"wte (( h can aflFeet Ib . e » 0 tt 6 mail-empfire . " The Pirnes * in its leading article ^ substitutes . another ; expreasiQ& wl > jck 5 s , i ; atl ) , er , 0 f a stronger character . Ifceays , ; - " . The Bagsiim ( Government thinks fit to declare that , Whatever ndght he

    the-grounds ' of mistrust -efltertainedi lxy- « tath « r powers * the ^ nglisji , Jlinietjgr had na Teasonr to doabt tb ^ e . vij&vvsof Eu ^ siar inasmucli a $ at an , early period preceding Pnoce Mehschikoff f s ' ttifsBl 6 n the Emperdr Nicholas had ' 'spontaneously communicated with , theQtwenof JSpgiand ; and he ^ i \ i »\ a ^ exB for the purpose of establishing . an intimate « greemept with them , even in the event of the moStformfidalbye'coilttngency ¦ which ccnld befall tie Ottoman empire . '" Xbe . */ 0 Kra « cZ tfe St , Petersburg goes , on to sajfi— " S «| ice the ; jjear } . § a 9 his Majestr followed with great attenfioii tl » e inarch 6 f eTerits . in Turtey . The Emperor > could not abuft iIhb eyes to tbo consequences of the ^ Angea which w « ce one afte r the other introduced into that State . Ajicieax . Turkey disappeared from i'he time when it was sought to' c&fcablteh those

    mstitntions diametrically opposed as w « tt * ttt the geniae of Islamism as to the character and usages of tho JHussulmans—institutions , more or less borrowed from 'modern liberalism , and consequently entirely opposed tottue spirit of the Ottoman Government . It became evident rbnt Turkey was undergoing a complete transformation , and that these experiments , at least doubtful so far as regarded tne re-orgamsation of the empire , seemed rather calculated to lead to a crisis which would overturn ifc , It seemed likely tljat a new order of things would aiise which , although indefinable , would at all events destroy that which existed . " The- writer then alludes to therecent events which , in bis opinion , have greatly aggravated and accelerated the crisis in Turkey , and among which he entinterates tho affair of Montenegro , tho religious persecution

    exercised in several Christian provinces , a difference with the Austrian Government , considerable financial embarrassment , and , lastly , tho important affair of the Holy Place and tho " imperious demands" of the F-rejncli ambassador at Constantinople . He then proceeds to say : —" Penetrated with the extreme importance of such a result , and having at that period nlmost reached the region of- the possible , if not entirely of the probable—convinced of the disastrous consequences which might result from it , tho Emperor thought it neccssjiry to assure himself beforehand whether tho EngliBU Government shared his apprehensions . He wished moro particularly by a frank previous understanding to remove every Bubject of misunderstanding between Great Britain and himself . It seemed of the highest importance to his

    Majesty to establish the most perfect identity oi' views with the Government of Great Britain . " Ho goes on to say" With this view tho Emperor engaged the English rminiBber at St . Petersburg to cause her Majesty to be informed of hia anticipations with respect to the danger , more or lessjimroinent , that monaeed Turkey . He requested on thiB subjoct a confidential interchange of opinions with her Uritannio Majesty . Thut was certainly the moat evident proof of confidencowhich tho Emperor could pve to tho Court of St . Jamoa ; and thus did hia Majesty moat openly signify his silicon ) wiah to prevont any ulterior < livergenco between the two Governments . Sir If . Seymour acquitted himself forthwith of the important commission wliich tho Emperor had impressed on him in a long and familiar conversation . Tho result has shown itself in a correspondence of tho moat friendly character between tho present English ministers and the Imperial Government . It ia not -permitted us to divulgo

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  • Leader (1850-1860), March 18, 1854, page 242, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2030/page/2/