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and of Nice to France have not yet been hold . But her Majesty confidently trusts that , in any negotiations which may take place , ¦ full and . adequate iiiTang'enicnts will be made for securing , in accordance with the spivitand letter of the Treaty of Vienna of LS 15 ,-the neutrality and independence of the Swiss Confederation . ^ ' That , neutrality -and independence 1 wore mi object to which all the Powers who were parties to the Treaties of Vienna , attached great importance , and they arc no less important now , than then , for the general interests of Europe . Her Majesty commands vis to assure you that the atrocities which have been committed upon the Christian population in Syria have inspired her Majesty with the deepest ij-rief and indignation . Her Majesty has cheerfully concurred with the Emperor of Austria , the ' Emperor of the French , the Prince Regent of Prussia , and the Emperor of Russia , in entering into an engagement with the Sultan , by which temporary military assistance has been afforded to the Sultan , for the purpose of re-estublishing order'in that part of his dominions . We are commanded by her Majesty to inform you that her Majesty greatly regrets that the pat-ilic overtures which , by her Majesty ' s directions , her Envoy in China made to the Imperial Government at Pelcin did not lead to any satisfactory result ; and it has , therefore , been necessary that the combined naval and military forces which her Majesty and her Ally the Emperor of the French had sent to the China Seas should advance towards the Northern Provinces of China , for the purpose of supporting the just demands of the Allied Powers . . Her Majesty , desirous of giving all possible weight to her diplomatic action in thin matter , has sent to China , as Special Ambassador for" this service , the Earl of Elgin , who negotiated the Treaty of Tien-sing , the full and faithful execution of which is demanded from the Emperor of China . Gkntm :. ukx of the Hoisk ok Commons : Her Majesty commands us to convey to you her warm aeknowlodgments ' for " the liberal supplies which you have granted for the service of the ' presentyear , and for the provision which you have made for those defences which are essential for the security of her dockyards and arsenals . . MY X-iOKDS ' AM ) G [ -XTI . K 3 ! KX :. . Her Majesty commands \ is to express to \ lq \ i the gratification and pride with * which she has witnessed the rapid progress ., iivmilitary efficiency which her Volunteer Forces have already made , . and-whieh is highly honourable to their spirit . ' and patriotism . Her Majesty has given her cordial assent to the act for amalgamating her local European force in India with her forces engaged lor general service . Her Majesty trusts that the additional freedonrwhieh you have given to commerce Avill lead to fresh development of productive industrv . Her Majesty has given her ready assent to several measures ot great public usefulness . The acts for regulating the . Relations between Landlord and Tenant in Ireland will , her Majesty trusts , remove some fertile cluises of disagreement . , The act for amending the Inw which regulates the Discipline at her Majesty ' s Xavv has established salutary rules for the adniinistration ' of justice bv Courts-martial , and for maintaining good order in the Kuvul Service . The act bearing upon Endowed Chanties will give means for ti less expensive administration' of the property of Charities , and for the speedy and economical settlement of disputes . auueting such property ; while , by another act , relief has been unbrded to her Majesty ' s Roman Catholic subjects with regard to their charitable endowment * . Several other acts have been passed for legal reform , which must lead to the more satisfactory administration of justice . Her . Majesty has observed "With deep satisfaction , the spirit ot loytiltv , of order , and of obedience to the law which prevails among her subjects , both in tho United Kingdom and in hur dominion * beyond sea ; and her Majesty lms witnessed with heartfelt pleasure tliu wtinn and nffectioiuito roeoption given to Ins ¦ Hoynl Highness tin * Prince of Wales by her North Amorieun HIlhjlHltS . . - . . Vou will , oh returning to your several counties , Jmvc duties to perform scarci-ly less important , than tho . su which have occupied you during the session of . l ' urliumcnt , uud . her Majesty fervently prays that tk > blessing of Almighty ( loU may attend your ollorts , uud guidu them to tho attainment of tho objects ot her constant Hulioitilde—thf wcli ' uru and the happiness of hur people . COU-XT DK rKKSlONV'S SIMSKCU . 1 ' akih , August 28 . Tlio Count iU' Perxitfiiv , i » his ci » iulil , v of president , opened to-duy tho fitting * pi the Ch " < nei-nl Council of tlio Departnu-nt . of tho Loire , with u speech , of which iho following is u Hiunnmry «— . Tho Count eommeiiood by observingllmt ho was about to exununo Mm existing probabilities of pouiio being lnaintuinod in Europe , and """ Tho Fmneror ' rt pvognunino of JJordonux hna not ; boon chnngod . Witiicrut pri ' lcmling to abolish win-, tho Kmperor liu » , however , ropucliutcd tho inlioHiiinoD of mere lighting ioy tho urt'lto-oi vengeanQo , lothe defeat * of tho ilr » t umpire , ^ elbro tlio inauguration ol tho present ornpiro two extraordinary questions iVli-i . pern ing , v « ., the question oi tho ICast , and that of Italy , neither of winch could bo ruaolved by menus oV diplomacy , , .. 1 i < i , ™ " Although tho Wa rcHiilting from Hiobo questions oould not bo uvoidod , they wore- carried out with prompt Undo , and tho Junporor tjuocuodyd in realising tho object for which tlioy wove undertaken .
" The destruction of Sebastopol prevented llussia from taking possession of Constantinople , and the Eastern question was confided to the charge of united Europe . ' " As regards the war in Italy , the Italian Slates Were delivered from Austrian " domination , and the principal object of the war was thus obtained . Althqjfcgh the Italians now jeopardise tho ' -. independence •• . which they acquired in consequence of the-war , the principle of nonintervention , now a recognised rule of . international policy , ' exercises a dominating influence over the further development of the question . " These are the only questions which occupy the attention of Europe at the present moment . . " The apprehensions entertained in Germany respecting the Rhine frontiers , and the fears of an invasion current-iii England , do not merit serious discussion . " The Rhine is no longer a strategic frontier . Prance , being much stronger when Germany is divided , will never support the project of German unity for any compensation she mig ht ; obtain . " Concerning the . relations between England and Prance , neither of these two Powers desires to enter upon such a terrible struggle as a war between them would be . The English nation is peaceful . Their virtuous Queen , and'the eminent men in power , desire to maintain a good understanding between the two nations . ¦ " In view of so many great results obtainedby France , and the lustre wliicii they throw around the French nation , it is natural that uneasiness and distrust should have arisen in Europe . France , however , did not create the complications in Italy , neither did she counsel Austria to follow the fatal policy which led to the rising of the Italians , nor . is she . responsible for the treaties which Austria concluded with the Italian princes . France used every possible eflbrt to prevent the conflict . If the Kmperor kept silence before the outbreak of the war in reference to his promises to repulse the attacks of Austria upon Italy , it was with . . the motive of leaving the Italians in ignorance of . his-powerful assist- ' arice , which , had they been aware of , would have spread increased excitement amongst them . . " Thus the silence with which the Emperor has been reproached was disadvantageous to . himself alone . ' " The same can be said in reference to the cession of Savoy and Nice to France . . " The Italians , after the conclusion of the peace of Villafranca , having acted in violation of . that' treaty on the other side of the-. Alps , France coiild not renounce her Alpine frontiers , seeing that , a great Italian kingdom had been constituted . France has never concealed her intentions either from -Sardinia' or from England . She has deceived . nobodv . ... . " The Emperor has certainly replaced France in her legitimate position -without shaking the eoirfideneo of Europe . Taken as a whole ? , his policy was pure and honest . If he has made , \ yarin Italy , it was only ¦ because the other Powers were not willing to engage their own respoiirsibilitv . As soon as it was" possible to arrive at a definite result , he concluded the peace "desired by ' the world . ' ' ¦ " Since 1 S 15 France has been forced to follow the rule imposed upon her bv the treaties of Vienna . Another spirit now reigns , and the political system of 1815 has been subverted by Europe herself . This svstern was the result of n violent transition which , by two great convulsions , entirely disturbed the European equilibrium . Since then , it lias been the great inteivst of Europe that a general reconciliation should be effected between tho different Powers , and that Franco should by common consent , reassume the position which belonged to her in the councils of the Powers . She no longer threatens , nor is threatened . Her work is achieved , and the mission of tho new empire is accomplished . . ¦ ., „ , , "The military role of France in Europo is at an end . It affords me great huppiness to be conscientiously ablo ^ to say that an era of peuoe und prosperity is now opening for Europe . "
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MISCELLANEOUS WORKS , , W < 7 t vf // ' ¦ ' Jlonnnrabl , ' H . Iirard / irrretl on American Institution * , dfltvfri'it ¦ 4 t / i July . LiiiuUui : Smltli , Kliler , umU ' o . This eloquent oration will bo read with lively interest by all who have nt heart the progress of popular institutions , und tho prosperity of that vast republican empire of tho Wast , which , us many high authorities beliovo , is destined in tho future to bo tho main stay ot freedom throughout tho world . " When I reflect , " eaya Mr . Everett , "that tlio day wo oulobriito found us a focblo strip of thirteen colonies uloii" tho coaut , averaging at most a littlo moro than one hundrod and liftvihousand inhabitants each , and that this , its eighty -fourth return , eec ' s us grown to thirty-threo Stutos , scattered through I ho intorior and puslic-d lo the Pacific , averaging nearly a million of inhabitants , each a well-compactcd , repmuMitnifvo republic , securing to its uitizons a larger amount of tho ^ substantial blosaings of lil ' o than are enjoyed by equal mmibiTH of people- in tho oldiwt and moat prosperous Status ol Europe , I am lost , in wonder j and , as a aufllcicnt nnswor to tho charge ot de-K oni'i-ui-y , I am tempted to say , Look around you . '" Tho population of tlio ' Un ited States , doubling itself aa it does in less than a nutti'torof a contury , will within tho prosont gonoratioH bo more than u iimtfli , in numberd alone , for thu most populous European Empire ; while in evervthing that constitutoe tlio greutnons of a people , all comjmrison in out of tho question . Mr . JOvorott continues : " J 3 ut movuly to fill up tho wildornesa with a population providod with tho ordinary iiiHtitiilioiiH , and carding on tho customary pursuits oi civilized hiothou « li surely no mean achievement—waa by no moans tho wholo oi tho work allotted to tho United Slates , ami tl . m . fur l'V 111 . "'^ , ^ ' ^ Hignul noUvliv . intolligonoo , and success . Tho fuun ( low o A momat nd their Ocscenclants liavo aocomplishdl more and bofclor tlui gn . O Iho basis of ii rapid nooarnphioul extension , and with thofaruo i f toomiiff-; bon , tlJy h « R vU , i ,. th « very JL > y of tin , ! , ; potft « J ^^[^^ J oossl ' ully ttlmod at higher progress in ff ""^; : )^"" ^^^^^^ orta liuve boen cultivated with nnuamil uptiluU * . Ag » -ioiilturu , iiianu llulvU commerce , navigation , whether by «» . !« (» r « ton , nnd tho * U 3 ffis £ SS 5 SS 5 « sri » t
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 1, 1860, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_01091860/page/11/
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