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guage of the Cobdens , the accommodating pictures drawn by some singularly bending Americans , must assist his agents in the flattering delusion—a delusion that Las been spared to > our Government "by that manly straightforwardness which Sir ^ am ^ on Jfeymour Jil&destly ascribes to the systtByb ^ itfneh ^^ nttanly ascribe to the man , while ^ i ^ thank hinKfor l& | ro - ducing it . ' . * * J h In tlie absence of any ifM * or decisivaj ^ jtelligence respectjjjj ^ Hi ' ' gjjjff * of fl ^ j ^ fifance with Austria and Prussia , we have sreitements that Holland has declared a thorough neutrality ,
justified by an anticipation of disorder , which the condueteof the wc ^ SKKiQ ^ eiasses forbidden ; and nothing ^ mo * 8 f '<| Bl < w # ted to sow mischief , bad feeling , ijlijtl tM irtoStfr dangerous ideas , than this prostitujffijfn of nfagisterial authority to the alliance ojijpie masters . GkmMfca comes agairwftith slow but stabdv steps ; a ^ iSonif tfie Gene ^« ip > ard ^ of HuidfcH- lwvcs am o « fcal lining , bS& try Che ScWretaWW Mr , It Wnet to HxilMr the
Jjgp Xanpr . 'o soon . f ^ epuEic will Wke aipin with moif fatal e 0 kt ^ 0 jjt ; tha . waj& either m the jiorlJtefl * - the ea § DtfB ||| Mirope ; 4 M | pn &M || p ^ will lie tW 8 £ fiight of responsibility upotra // in authority , and % iatiy not in authority . But what is Government doingrtlmfe practical ' Government , led * - in these matters , by the iiapi& Palmerston ? Wer may hold a day of himtiliaiion and prayer , for ' success in arms ; but ii would be far better to hold a day , and a Jeogt < ie 3 £ < 3 & . werJisy . to . fulfil the lawe- and- conditions of life , health , and God * -
declining to permit the exportation of corrfcrabattu ^ of war , or tne antran . ee of . privateers into Her harbours ; Sardinia has done the same ¦; a demtuM to the same , effect has been , made uppn . Spaing and we may anticipate that a similar demand will test the feelings of Naples and other States thatKcannot hut loan to the Russian side . ^ biaia , however , appears for tlie moment , to be
seia&ei with a paroxysm of gtfoicl * faith- and . polities * amity . Mr . Soul £ ia > proimsed indemnity for the Black Warript ; though the . Gaveriunent still haggles over thaaDaount to- be paid ; new orders are issued ftm the better government of Cuba , ana foe "better oto&rvanice of anti-slavery treaties w&h t 3 ns [ coiinijry ; arid Spain would * seem for tlie moineaifc : ttj ^ be : refcovering frem her dream of inapwnif ^ y n \ t . ypftfitfcftry to fo ^ T ^ T ^ Wnc es .
In . thet United States we see-active agitation on ihersjabje < it of Ebigjand , Mexico * and t&e Nebraska taanptat ^ , .-i Ani idea prevails that the . Orders in GouB ^ ctt , isftued ; by Aux ^ lGorernmeajt necessarily hu VQlva aixecrayal of our claim ., to . the righ . fc of search , wMcfe America' Jkos formerly / denied , and succesp * - ful % resisted , j , but , our . pwnjreaders are . aware , thai tha subject has teen under consideration , and w « have . as . yet * na reason to suppose that our own Grovexnment contemplates any offensive adhesion ta axuolct claim .
The 4 Mepdc ' an question turns , upon a supposed corrupt' desire in the American Government . to g §| vid pifii surplus in the treasury , by paying * for ab ^ arTeiLsijlj ^ oi 1 barren soil along , the bordeeof tli ^ J * Ha ?> TW co-respondent of the ^ jtmes asserts that the , American Government will not , only resejnje fiyeV million dollars to p , ay » < o > # American claims UDon ^^ exico .. but w ill als o sime heaw rmnciaiins . upon ^ iJexicobut will also gjiwe heavy
com-,, mMsionfl t © , it « Agents if they effect a fHendly . coa * - cljipion of tne Gfa&sden treaty . We lia-we no iaith in these easily got up affectations' of penetrating oflfaf decretfr , aittfr pretending' that tfte : Baier crimes altod * treasons a * fc manufttoMTed ifa- every Qowtjpnrhanfc .. THe moat ^ tbring question for the time was . the threatened duel . The Nebraska ; BilL proposed to override the Missouri Compromiseby
permit-, ting the institution of slavery in a new territory NWtih of tbe compromised line . The Frec-soflars mioetly objected to that concession v although it -was rept * 8 ented toithem that a ; concession . in that direetion . would alsoi serve as precedent for the cocresp . ondin ^ concession of some free-soil state South oif the , lme . Qn the whole , however , the balance of * ojtinfbn appears to have been against the Bill ; art * ts&at may account for the fact that Mr . Gutting ^ , after intimating thai he wiaa in . favour of its
pna ipte ) mo 4 e that motion for referring it to a committee ojC the whole KTouaer which wae consiJered fatal to it . Mr . Breckenbridge , of Kentucky , who supports tlie Government , fired by the apparent breach of faith in the other member , lanuiclied forth' a philippic ; which drew upon him a challenge ; a-nd Washington expected to see tlie parliwnoentary debate continued with the riue 4 Luckily that scandal was saved ; but the Bill appears likely to fall aside .
A-ffatrs at Sfcockport have taken a very unhappy turn , and we augur much further embarrassment from the mis-take which , the magistrates have inades . Wo have full accounts from our ' own correspondent , whoso letter will be found in anoiJUer CoLunxn . The masters having announced a withdra-wal of the ten per cent , increftse of wages wtuon , they had granted ' , and' having refused the alternative o € ehorfe time , suggested by the men , ihft , men have struck ; and the magiatrates forbid Q # qn r * Hr laeeUogs . fc ^ a fltep b cg ( Wid Qn \ be
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What did they write from Constantinople ? They wrateJthat that interesting invalid the Sultan got ¦ wfbrse' 8 iid . wox «^ , that his flesh and his appetite Avere fquiteigOtj ^ ^ Bffethat his obstinacy was such that he ( jqrilBdd ffotafce tlie prescriptions which tlie Imperial ^^ f 5 i bi ^ bV « s ^ ffood enough to send him . What did they Vttjttr Awam London ? They wrote that John Bull'wdlfe * . vgr % material fellow—that he was iiume <^ d ^ J&t tttteCTnree per Cents . —that he was very foiiu ^ dfrjjpeicrelture comforts , and that he -was most ] uxiw 4 ^ r ^ td ) interrupt his present flow of prosperity by mMdiiikdwitk-afiairs witli which he had no direct ; MUapli ¦ afefciueli for ^ England . He must say here
pplthe wastndliallucluE !^ . to mere diplomatic correrf |) ondeAce—tb Ihe despatches of Prince this or of Count fl ^ at—bat to genersil . reports sent from the country . '""" Wfi ' ftt did they write from France ? Why fEey represented that country as having hardly escaped from one revolution or political change , and as being only bout upon avoiding- another—that th& hnen of commerce were intent upon realising largefortunes ; : that the Government was- imperial in its sympathies ; and above all , the idea of a close con ~ nection between England and France was treated aa a myth—as a tiling to be talked'of , but never'to 1 & realised ..
But it might be asked what , was the English Minister about all this time ? The EhgftsK Minister ,, he might tell them ,, was a . very smalL raan ^ He dad vhathe could , but his voice wassmaU , for it was « not what was said to the Emperor of Russia in- the English language that availed anything , but vrtiat vas said to him in the . Russian ^ language ; , and ^ e vas persuaded that if there had been any oneanooiig Ms advisers of courage ax of character sufficient to tell his _ Majesty the exact truth , his Majesty would never have followed niff ^ tesent unfoiftmiaie' conrse . The result was , that England was now plunged
into-; sie ; KA ^ imto ^ seymouk at the M ^ NSrON-HGHTSE . ^ H ^ i Cti ^ fif . Qf tlife Cliy gives a , banquet to Ministers and others every ; year , at Easter time . This year the feast was held on Easter Monday , and amid a great gatherni ^ X ) f city and P ^ riiamerrtary rtotaBles there -weTfe tli # - Ministers , Lord John Russelt and Lord Palmerstgn ^ with their 6 pouses ; the' Duchess of Somerset ^ the Bishop of Chester ; Sir Eatniltbn SeyhioTxr , and' Lord Robert Grrbsvenor . It is not : however / f&rtheTeveIations mad © by Ministers—revelatioirs usually of thecommcm ^ iil ace sorfcf—that we record iSiii ci ^ r battquetrat-lengt h ; lmt fbr die * capi-4 al- speech ; of- thelale Minister at St . Petersburg . —a pure-n © yelty ; ,, ( as regards municipal festivities .
Tlie order o £ tne proceedings did not differ from tna * oF any ordinary dinner . Urafr cajiae J " 1 * ie Queen , ' * * itoe : Bo ^ al Famfly ^ ' " tlie Aaany and KFavy , '' and ^ p om , To ; " theelfealth-of . her , Majesty ^ s Ministera ? ' Lord Jolin feussefl . repued ,. certainty not ^ a M ^^ tfWbrt'h « 6 or 4 ing here ^ exciap ^ iir the-fol ^ tbwiijgipasSRge , v ^ i ^ t may beTieefliuy quotiedi : ^—"¦ Onie > thingj perhaps , I inaybff pernntted to sayi , not on behalf of the Ministers , who must always bet prepared to meet any criticism wBicli their conduct may Bring upon themselte ^ but ow b * i » a 3 f of those gaiknt men iif-oar navy and-arnoy-who-have lately left our shores to maintain the reputation of the flag « f our comntry ., I beg you to believe
thafr these-gdlattt rtiaa are one antt' ail of tiletn intent-on doing , gaod service to . onr country wherever best it can be done , I know very well that criticism is ant to rest upon the nteorivnb itrtnay seem : at the time , do not exacrljr carry into eflffect theidesig « B of thecritics or the plane &f those who know not the- * difficulties and the dangers which have to be encountered . Bttt T Beg of you to believe that all' of tliese rtien are-anitn&ted'by ' a sine we de&ire' to dotlietr duty , and thafc at no fdrmfer . time , even , whea tSie gloiy . of our country was wound , to . its highest nitch , had we men , either ih _ the naval- or tne military service , an / whose discretion , skill , wiBdonn , ( and . judgment , we may with * move oonfidenoe reiyi I therefore trust tliat , without listening to- hasty and often unfounded reports ,. you will ' wait to see the whole of the
actions performed Jby tlicsemen ; and depend upondttheyvwill prove worthy of their- Queen and their , country . " ( . Cheers . ) Praising , Sir Hamilton Scy niour , the Lord Mayor proposed the health of the diplomatic service ,, and coupliid witli ttie toast that * gentlteman ' s nanae ; Sir Hamilton . Seymour , on rising , was loudly cheered . Unfortunately , < he spoke , in a losv tone of voice , which in many parts of the room was . altogether inaudible . After returning thanks for the honour which they had' done himi in drinking his health * he said he could have been . welLcontent to sit down at onoe , as he was altogether unaccustomed to address large assemblies , but that He had along story to tell .
He might begiai by remarking that the conflr dence which they were pleased tb place in him , and the confidence they reposed in him , were due in a great measure to the systenj of diplomacy adopted by fche English Government . That system was remarkably simple . It consisted in a man- keepinghia ey-ea as wide open as he could , and in writinghome observations , not such as were most likely to please the Engli&li Government , but such as they appeared to be to the man himself . Tliat was the system universally adopted by English diplomatists , but unfortunately it was not followed abroad . In particular it was not adopted by the Russian Government , and- the consequences were what they had all seen . H-ad the Russian Ciovornmant followed the
same practice , he believed that none of the present evils would have come to pass . But , unfortunately , a contrary course was adopted ; for nothing could be more inexact , nothing more false than the uotions with , regard toEuropo in general that were circulated through Ttusaia . What did they write with regard to the provinces of Turkey ? They wrote that nothing but the greatest horrora prevaile < U—that the priests were murdered at the altar—tliat tlie Christian temples were burned—that the gtossost sacrileges were everywhere committed—things thnt made his hait » stand on en < l till he found that ho could not taaoti » iingUt word of tuutlx in Umj whulo relation .
a war witli a country witli wtiicn we h « d lomj been on the most friendly relations—a cooatry that had many sympathies with this couniryv aft ! might be expected when it was considered that half of its produce was not only purchased * by England , but paid ibrrbefoce Eandr ; and widx , at rery kindly people , f 6 r ha could not : conceal it , that he had . found thehe ^ many kindh&arts , among the people- ^ - ( cheers )—and wnerr the present mistrbf prejudifce had * Been dis ^ pelled there were" many friendly hands' there- whrioli it- would give him * great pleasuue agaiitt to . shaiev ( Z ( oudcheere . \
But if they Had Tost air ancient ally on ttte oitfr side ; the circumstances of the case had' had the > « cw traordinary effect * ^ wiiii regard to another country ^ of wiping a-way the results of centiu-i&s of jealpiisy and of hostility , and . of producing a state of friendly feeling which , He trusted ; -would be-equally duta * lfe . He need not say" that he alluded to theio ally the ITrenchi nation . ^ Cheers . ) In every language , there were words of peculiar significance and . importance . Thu » , when they said in England tnatra man behaved him self like a gentleman j they bestowed upron him the highest compliment ,, and- thejg meant that suclba man would not only fulfil , hut would go beyond , his engagements . Now , in the French language , tttfr wdrds Ibyal and 1 loyaMi had 1 tfte aanae signiflcftut meaning . Audt in speaking of the ITrench'cabinet ,
he must say that , as far ae his own powers of observation , had gone , those terms were peculiarl y applicable to the-acts of the French Government . ( CKeers . y As- far as he had been able to observe , nothing bad been- more loyal—nothing ; -, more marked by loyautd —than the f troceedings of the French . Government . He did not wish to go into any personal affairs , but there'was owe slight circumstance which occurred 1 to himself , and . which he thought , as regarded the conduct of the French' Government , had not attracted the attention it deserved . Among the arts that were used ;—' dodges , ' he believed , was the modern word —( laughter )—to separate the English andi the Frencb Governments , the Russian cabinet meted out . a -vary different treatment to the English Minister , from what was awarded to the French- Minister .
Forihrstance , Sir Hamilton received one fine winter ' s morn * ing the agreeable intimation that his back wasimore agreeable to the Government than his face—thai his passports were ready—and that it waa desirable he should set out from St \ Petersburg as soon as poa * sible . Nothing of tlie sort was done to the Fre / icb Minister . But it happened that this little act waa foreseen and discountenanced at Paris ; and it so happened that when the French Minister heard of tin s , acting upon hia instructions , ha wrote to the Russian Cabinet requesting that a similar passport might be made out for him , and so off he went .
( Cheers . ) It was therefore possible , and ho hoped it was probable , that the long centurios of hostility that existed between France and England might now be succeeded by as many centuries of peace . Before sitting down , let him endeavour to point out the difference between the first and tho second empires The one appeared to him to rest upon war and upon a disregnrtl of national rights ; the other rested upon an extreme desire for peace , as lon ^ as peace could bo preserved on honourable terms , and upon the greatest respect for tho rights and privileges of other nations * Tiiere had laitoly resounded through the street * of l ' aria tho cries of ' Vivo la lleine Yictoriel' ' Yiv-ant
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Leader (1850-1860), April 22, 1854, page 362, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2035/page/2/
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