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"VTO insurance office-would grant an insurance IV for the continuance of peace . The feeble guarantees that appeared to exist at the conclusion of the Russian war have become still feebler , and it is clear that intriguers of the very lowest order have so mingled in the administration of
Europe , that an accident may embroil the whole Continent , and this country with it . The Constitutionnel has beenpermitted to launch at this country the most intelligible invectives . It pretends that the change of Ministry in Constantinople , which has now been completed by the accession of Reschid P , acha to power , is no defeat for the counsels of France , because that Minister must
listen to reason ! That is to say , M . Thouvjsne l and his superiors at home intended to persevere in urging their policy upon the Turkish Government , coiete que coiite . That policy is now avowed . France , according to the Gonstitutionnel ., upholds the latest proposal of Russia , which is to compromise the diflference between herself and the Western Powers , and to strike a line between the two Bolgrads . What objection can there be to such a proposal ? asks the Go ' nstitntionnel , forgetting that , in a question of the kind , no one of two
allies ought to depart from the ground originally taken up , and , without the other , to accept a compromise . " TLe French press , " says the Constitudo / inel , by way of boast , " has shown itself unanimous in condemning the pretensions which , in their interested connivance , the Governments of Austria and England arrogate to themselves . " This is the view which the organ of the French Ministry puts forth . The Siecle , indeed , endeavours to counteract this counsel . It asserts that despatches have passed between the two Governments of France and England , which have
removed any want of concord . But whose org . m is the Siecle ? It is the tolerated representative of the Jkr 6 mb section of the Bonapaute family , it is a kind of intruder in the family circle of the press , permitted out of consideration for our " dear Uncle ; " and we may accept aa authentic the declaration of the ConstituUoimel , that " those who oppose themselves to new conferences create the sole and true obstacle to the execution of the treaty . " The disclaimer of the Mbniteur is more important — it disavows the Constitutionncl by name : but ; it admits that there is a diflference between Franco and England ; it so far endorses
the disavowed Constitictionnel ; and , at all events , the highest authority has permitted the Constitutionhel \ which it could so easily gag and crush—a far more effectual course than a formal disclaimer-There is no sign that our Ministers give way . Reschid Pacha , as we have said , has acceded to power , and the fact shows that the advice of Lord
Stratford i > e Redcmffje prevails in . Constantinople- The circumstances have placed us in a painful dependence upon the fidelity of Austria , and Austria is not likely to fulfil the expectation without being : paid for it . At presen t she has her troops in the Principalities , because Turkey and England wish it ; some day , perhaps , she may keep them there because France "wishes it ; some say , because it is the wish of
Ausfria-Lord Palmebstojj throws no light upon these subjects . In his great Manchester demonstration , his words are the words of peace , but his tone is the tone of mistrust . In the late war , his object , he says , was to prevent war , for it is only by repelling the approach of insult and the appearance of wrong that a great country can guard its peace . This explanatio ^ renders one of his statements more intelligible than otherwise it would be . " I hope and believe , " he says , " that peace will continue in Europe ; " but he says it with an "if , " and afterwards he says , " I trust that Power which
the mcikincf of railways * What , indeed , does Count deMoBNY care for railways running between St . Petersburg and Elsaterinoslav ? But there is another thing which many of the concessionaries of the railway contract care much about , and that is .- ' scrip . ' The ultimate result of the scrip , the ultimate accession of railways to Russia , the ultimate profits to tlie ultimate buyers ^ -what does all that matter ? As little does it matter to the
old woman at the corner of the street "what becomes of the apples when once she has sold them . The question for the concessionaries is , what profits they can make in tie transfer stage of the business . There is a property , nominally , of forty millions in the market , upon which they will have agency commission , and for that agency commission the statesmen of France ' go in' for the Russian lines .
We have had a plentiful allowance of autumnal public meetings . The member of Parliament is loose just now , and is available for local association . Lord Palmerstoh has accordingly ' done * three important local bodies in Manchester at the meeting which we have already mentioned . He visited Peel Park and Salford , Manchester Town Hall and Mr . Mayor , the Free Trade Hall and the Mechanics' Institute . "With his gay and charming vivacity , he delighted mayor , manufacturers , burghers , and working men . No man . is
brought upon itself the hostility of all Europe , by forgetfulness of international rights and duties , will observe the treaty and fulfil it with faithfulness , " and then no doubt peace will be of " long duration . " " I hope , " says the Emperor Acexandbk Nicoxaxewjltcii to General Ijuders , iu releasing him from his present duties , " I hope , that if circumstances give mo occasion to recal you to employment before the expiration of that period , you will resume your duties with the same zeal and alacrity which have ever signalized your military career ' . " What is " that period ? " One year !
more perfectly free and easy , at the same time that there is something in his upright carriage and the glances of his eye which prevents the most pi * esumptuous from forgetting that they have among them a real nobleman . This is delightful . He places the most homely on a level with himself , but < loes not descend to the level of the homely . He told the people of Manchester nothing , in so emphatic a manner that they came away wiser than they went ; and if there is a man popular in Manchester at the present moment it is Palmerston .
The Crimean heroes stationed near the Scotch capital have had their entertainment from the Lord Provost and all the notables of the place , and the modern Athens shines amongst the hosts of the heroes . Part of the trade of the place is scholastic ; moral philosophy is peculiarly obtainable in that market , and the orations were , necessarily , quite fit to pass an examination ,. Ladies , too , graced the festival with their pr ^' soncc ; and facts wore brought forth &y Ccjlonei IlAMLEir , Sir John M' ^ jeill , and others , '^ 1 ^ really contributed to the history of the-Crinicnip : ~ n k ;; . „' . ¦ : ' ; ' ; % } ' " Xr ,- ' : ; . \ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ vyj * ' ^ v ^ i ' V
Do we count any longer upon Franco for protecting this precarious peace ? How can we do so , when the official representative of our ally is now residing close to the Czar who writes thus to General Luders , and when the whole of the clique who helped tho Emperor Napoleon to the throne , and administer in his name , arc trying to wean him from tho English alliance , and to drag him into a Russian alliance , because tho Russian Emperor is giving to some of thorn a valuable contract for tho making of railways ? No , not for
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YQL . Til . No . 346 ] SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 8 , 1856 . Price {^ S ^^ ::: IS ^ ' ¦
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REVIEW OF THE WEEK- page . O ™™ pr - •—¦ ..- 103 * The Early Closers .............. 1071 Opinions held in the Sixteenth Guyjawkes ' ltey ................. 1058 Miscellaneous 1064 Imperial Stock-jobbing 1071 Century . .... 1076 Accidents and Sudden Deaths .... 1058 Postscript 1066 Reform-Bill Rumour ................ 1072 The Travels of a Jew 1076 imeriea 6 """""""""""""""" 1659 PUBLIC AFFAIRS— Imperial ¦ Responsibility ....... 1072 Punch ' s Pocket-Book for 1857 ...... 1076 Ireland . '"'""""^ 'ZllZllZl ^ ^ V ) 59 Opinion in France and Govern- OP r £ ?^ V ^ CH- - . ' , „ ' THEARTS-• Continental Notes ... ... 1060 ment in England ... 1067 ™ 2 ^ Jvfn' ^ i * V +-F ^ -- —•••••— } %% Dramatic aud Musical Notes ...... 1076 Lord Palmerston at Manchester and Palraerstou in Manchester ... 1067 lne Mooa jj Rotation . 1072 Salford ............... ... 1061 Robson's Ticket of Leave ........... * 1063 LITERATURE- The Gazette .............................. 1077 Sanitary Matters 1061 The Naughty Board 1069 Summary .... 1073 Our Civilization . . 1061 M . MazziniandM . Gallenga . .. 1069 Kate Coventry .. ..... 1073 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSNaval and Military ..... lOfrt A Simple Railway Accident 1070 Poetryand Polities on the Danube 1073 City Intelligence , Markets , &c ...... 1078
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prlas ^ rf ^^^^ tL ^ 118 as ei ^? ? S ? - developing itself into greater distinctness- is the Idea of Humanity—tHe noble o ? rSIS ™ ¦ p ^ KJ ^ nil , e \ arr , lsrs 4 ; e 1 fcte $ > etSeenmeilDy prejudice and one-sided v-iews ; and , by setting aside the distincUoitB SSSSBSt oS ^^ tSe' ^ SS ^ . SSSiS WrhOle HumaU raOe a 3 P ~^«>«»« 2 iood ,= having one grea / object- ^ the free deTelcpment
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 8, 1856, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2166/page/1/
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