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A woman , 104 ycaura of fcge , and 'whose youngest daughter I 70 , dM «^ : tite-8 t » iu ) t the Bethnal-green workhouse . Tight-laciDfc ^ one of , tbe legacies bequeathed—not by tlie ri ^ om 6 t our , | uaoertpra ^ -last week killed a woman at York . She died ^ of apoplexy . ¦ Bat for . one who dies , how many are here , whom Ixres are « mbittered and shortened by stays i The miflfprtqiiate ladywho claims the title of Lady Huntng ^ OWOT app )| edr la 8 t week to the MaryJebone Board of ^ qardijina | or relief for herself and three children . The man g onjingtoireiallows her . nothing ^ ¦ ce t / fc- ' ., " ¦ .. . . ¦ ¦•¦• - . : ' ¦
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_ Wehave reason to believe that the vacant Deanery of Wellfl . has been conferred on the Rev . » G . H . S . Johnson , ^ ffijw jmd Tiiiwr ^ f queen ' s College , Oxfbid . Mr . Johnson was one of tH ^ menibers of the late Oxford University Comvuuaibix . ^ Times . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '^ e , 2 % ^ ^ ely aptly heads the following paragraph " the I «! U £ pire ^ : 'V ~ In . the second . edition of a' morning contean I « Wiry , < arctUati 6 n isgiyen to a statement to the effect that a Uoessenger arrived at the Foreign-office last night hi all haste from , thejwat of war , with dispatches-of the very last ImjMrtance : Uut ' these desnatcties ' were immediately forwarded
^ h e ^ Jfejesiy at Buckingham . Palace ; tliat the Queen in oo ^^ nen ^ vdeU yed her departure for tie theatre three-: attttra ^^« ft . ;| iouri and"tost the despatches announced a ^^ O ^ : 3 ^^ t <> the Turkish arms , being no less than -the ototo ^ by ^ TOe ^ ussian '' army of Kalafat , and the almost total maissacre ^ of its defenders . ' We have the satisfaction of assuringoar readers thsit thereis not a single word of truth lg . ^ eab pVe-d ^ d * l # e ^^ ftj ajid we cannot do so without ^ yi |^ oarte ^ teni ^ rary net again to place before the pub-Ite / circnniafcantial announcements which cannot but have fteic : original source in wilful and deliberate falsehood—Globe . ¦ "'' ¦ - ¦¦' - ' ¦ ¦ . ¦
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fr ' ^; ^ . :,. * , ~ ' ., pApUKDAT , March 11 th . It , was expected thai at the sitting of the Hou * e of Qommons Sir Jamea Graham would ; be called on by Beyeralmenibeisto explain Bhrasesofhia recent speech ¦|^ i ^^| B ^ :: " * fc < ' ^ Wte ^ m ^ Clatf to Sir Char les J ^ liiiirp ^ aitend ^ cc on her Majesty , at Spithead , he waa not in M ^ Sli ^ Siiid ^ Ma ' i ITitBNCH ^ and SirT . Herbert , "who lia ¥ ^ iveii notice of Questions , postponed them until It IioM |* ALiMB ^ STO ? f announced that in consequence of the indisposition of Iiord J . Russell , the introdnctionof the ^ bill for the Beform of the University of Oxford , which stood for this evening , would be TOstponed until Friday next .
~ * Cfie adjournment took place before half-past five , 'the whole of the important business which was /» P ^<^ hayuig been postponed . : It was rumoured J ^ M $$ . a ^§| i *^ W '^^ J ^ S were anxious to leave f ^^^ si ^^ f ' M' ^^ S ' -W . witness the sailing of the I ^ tic-fle&fc f ^ -7 IntheHqufle of -iLoraa ,. the Earl of Shaptesbuiiy moved for papers in continuance of . those , formerly presented , on the state of the religious liberty enjoyed by the Christians under the Turkish Government . He alluded to the recent manifesto of the ^ Eniperor of Russia , containing an . assertion that
pE&ngland , and France , siding with the enemies of Christianity ; , had declared war against Russia and the ^ orthodox faith . He was prepared , and wished the House and the country to protest against such an imputation , and it was more especially the duty of those who took an active interest in the propagation of religion to resist it ; and he himself now gave it the most direct contradiction . He proceeded
, to urge , that while Turkey had done muah to advance Christianity , Russia had done everything to suppress its progress among millions , and the only desire of Russia was to obtain absolute dominion over Turkey . In Turkey toleration was granted , and missionaries were permitted to go into that country , which could not be said of Russia . The general tone of the noble earl's speech was in favour of the course taken by the Government . 1 Xt « Tlie Earl of Clarendon thanked Lord
Shaftesbury for his opportune speech ; denied that tlie impending war "was a religious "war , and asserted that the belter informed classes in Russia were well aware of that fact . As regarded toleration in Turkey , he mentioned that he had that afternoon received a despatch from Lord Stratford informing him that the Sultan had published a firman placing the evidence of Christians in the Turkish Courts on the same footing as that of his Mussulman subjects . The noble lord declared that we were about to enter on a great war to defend a weak against a strong power ; to preserve tbe faith
of treaties and the equilibrium © f Europe ; and ho hoped to put an end to a blighting influence which bad long retarded the progress of Europe . Earl Gkey repeated much that he had said in his former speeches on the Eastern question , asserting that this country waa assuming too great a responsibility in taking on themselves the protectorate of the Christians of Turkey , and reiterated his opinion that it would have been better not to have interfered in this quarrel . Earl Fitzwilliabi closed the debate , and the House adjourned soon after seven .
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Pkeston , Friday . ( from our Correspondent . * ) An opinion is gaining ground in the town that some of the masters who have had immigrant Irish allotted to them , are so dissatisfied with their bargain that they are trying to starve the unfortunates into giving over to the Unionists . If this be true , the people who are being attracted by the eloquence of the masters' emissaries , and the placards sent about , ought , to be warned of the risk they run . The following song is circulated about , to rouse the young Whittingtons of the fields to embrace a factory career : — THK IATCKX FAOTOBT BOX . The sun had set behind yon bill , Across the dreary moor . When , weary and lame , a boy there came , Up to a factory door ; Can you tell me if there may be One that will me employ , To strip or grind , or weave or wind , Or be a factory boy . My father ' s dead , my mother ' s left With six children very email . But what is worse for mother stilV I ' m oldest of them all ; Though little I am , Til work like a man , . If I could get employ , To strip or grind , or spin or mind , Or be a factory boy . And if that you no boy do want , One favour I ' ve to ask , If you'll shelter me till break of day , From this cold winter's blast , At break of day I'll trudge sway , Elsewhere to seek employ , To strip and grind , to weave and wind , And to be a . factory boy . The master's wife cried , " Try the lad , " " Let him no further seek , '' " O do , O do , " the daughter cried , While tears ran down her cheek . For those who'd work it ' s hard to want , And wander for employ , Don't let him go , but let him stay , And be . oar factory boy . The factory boy grew up a man , This good old couple died , And left the boy with the null they had , And their daughter for his bride . The boy that was now the master is , Oft thinks , and smiles with joy , On the lucky day he came that way To be a factory boy . The importation of strangers continues , but the town is quiet . The 77 th Foot , under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Graham Egerton , embarked at Liverpool yesterday for Constantinople .
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Club does but represent the Radical , or moderate Liberal party , in feasting the Admiral appointed to open the war in the Baltic . The Ijord Mayor , in inviting Lord Raglan to a banmiet at the Mansion-house , only expresses the feelings of the London citizens , and copies the examples of provincial municipalities . The theatrical benefit , given at Druiy Lane , for a contribution towards the fund destined to provide for soldiers' - wives and children , is another tribute , which shows tkat the feeling is known to spread amongst the
• Lasses devoted to amusement . The conduct of the people in the streets on the departure of the soldiers for the East—of every class , we may literally say , from the Queen on the balcony of her palace to the beggar trotting along the gutter , speaks for that indefinite and multitudinous monster , the public . The continued steadiness of the public rands prove that the nicely calculating representatives of the money world view tbe opening of h ostilities against that impotent potentate , who is knocking his head against the globe itself , witli as
much confidence as any class in the country . The people of the factory districts are " operating with caution , '' in order to be prepared for any turn-that exports , insurances , freights , and other tangible questions of commerce , may take ; but they do not relax their solid industry . They view the change which the war is likely to give to the character of markets with , hope rather than alarm . It is so even in the cotton districts ; but the hopeful feeling increases as we pass to others , and particularly when we come to the coal and iron districts , and
the manufactory of arms—Birmingham . The exceptions in the press are not wortt mentioningthe press for the most part , though hot . servilely , reflecting the opinions of its readers . Conversation in society tells the same tale , —conversation in every class of society . Whatever may be the party , whatever the likes or dislikes , whatever the mistrust of Lord Aberdeen as a " Bussian tool , " or worship of him as the head of a great Ministry , the universal feeling is that of satisfaction and confidence at the opening of a war witch will enable England to try her strength once more;—this
tune , not for the oppression of people , but for the vindication of right , outraged in Turkey . Thus we find society above and below , united in support of that great national movement 'which has occasioned Mr . Gladstone ' s plain and intelligible war budget . But he has a solid support , scarcely less important , in the broad expansion of English commerce , which has so developed * as to increase the national wealth while it has brought into operation numberless beneficial alliances , that tell upon the present position in two Ways : first , they supply our means ; secondly , they * render any one commercial alliance of comparatively little importance ^ We can do without Russia until we have beaten , her
Czar , freed her people , and converted her stunted commerce into one more commensuratoWith her size , and -with the general civilization of Europe . This could not have been done , indeed , unless other statesmen had prepared the way for Mr . Gladstone ; and let us not , now that in th « hour of trial we are reaping the advantage of past exertions , forget men like Jeremy Bentham . and Perronet Thompson , who proved free trade to demonstration ; nor men like Robert Peel , who had the p ower and the resolution to confront party and to convert a self-evident theory into a proved and most blessed fact . Richard Cob den limself
is amongst those whom we must tliank for having helped to heap up tie resources which will avail us in the coming period of war ; and w « have reason to believe that with the enlightened views of national justice which must now guide a British Ministry , —with tbe extended care which must protect commerce from needless interference , even during war time , —and with tbe renewed energy that exercise is likely to bring upon the English spirit , the storm of -war itself will only render the calm of peace more healthy , and give to commerce , not the blow which the Peace party dread , but new extensions and new charters of continued and enlarged freedom .
THE WAR BUDGET . Cebtaini / t , no Chancellor of the Exchequer ever introduced a war budget more modestly , or under circumstances more favourable to himself . It proposes to commence the accounts of war in the fairest manner , "b y taking no long credits , but paying for the luxury , as we consume it , on the nail . With such strictness is this done , that Mr . Gladstone provides for the expenses accruing within the first six months of the financial year by a tax levied upon that exiact period . He will ask for more if lie should want more : and thus
ho keeps the accounts square . This , however , fair as it looks , we regard as the least certain and least important part of the matter . It ia of infinitely more importance that he should have th « confidence of the nation ; and such is the case , by every conceivable test . We find that the Finance Minister , in proposing the most disagreeable form of a tax , for the purpose of opening the great war , has the approval of the Peers and Commons , so strongly marked that no specific opposition can be hazarded , even by parties that moat desire to obstruct him and his colleagues . The Reform
Already Prance , after joining our alliance , has to a certain extent been falling ia with tbo views that guide us in the money business ; and in her approaches towards free trade , —in her endoavours to develope industry by freedom as well as State fostering , — in her care to improve her credit by clear accounts and thrifty management , -we see the one dominant reason why the proposal for a loan to advance the war , actually happens to l » e that last public act on tlie part of tlie Emperor which aeonis to touch the chord of French feeling , and to
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SATT 7 BDAY , MARCH 11 , 1854
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Uhere ia nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing » o unnatural and convulsive , aa the strain to ke « p things fixed when all the world is by the very law of ita creation in eternal progress . —Dk . Abu old
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NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . Several letters and papers are unavoidably omitted this week .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 11, 1854, page 228, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2029/page/12/
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