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First appearance of Mr. ALBERT HENRY PERCY as Pi incipal Tenor. 1% INERALOY and. E GOLOGY. Elementary ColectioGns, which will greatly facilitate the study of these interesting branches of science. can be had at 2,5, 10, 20, 50, to 100 guineas each, of J. TENNANT, Mineralogist to her Majesty, 149, Strand, London. Mr. Tennant gives Private In struction in Mineralogy and Geology. lie is also agent for the sale of Sopwith's Geological Models, which can be had in sets from 2/. to 5/. each. ORNAMENTS for the DRAWING-ROOM, LIBRARY, and DINING-ROOM ; consisting of a great variety of vases, figures, groups, inkstands, candlesticks, obelisks, inlaid tables, &c., in Derbyshire spar, marble, Italian alabaster, bronze, &c. Manufactured and imported by J. TENNANT, 149, Strand, London. URS SELL' S.—BALL SUPPERS and WEDDING BREAKFASTS SUPPLIED in the first style; public breakfasts, dinners, and promenade suppers supplied by con tract ; a large stock of bride cakes for immediate use, from one to twenty guineas each ; a handsome cake for five gut ,eas, packed and sent to any part of the country if required, and warranted to keep 12 months.—JOHN R. PUBSSELL, 162, Regent-street, and 20, Ludgate hill, only. DR. LOCOCK'S PULMONIC WAFERS. —Extract of a Letter from Mr. J. Cole, Chemist, Aberyst with, Oct. 22, 1853.—" I sell as much of Dr. Locock's Pulmonic 'Wafers as any Druggist in Wales, and can bear testimony to their efficacy." Price Is. lid., 2s. 92., and its. per box. Sold by all Chemists. • ALLSOPP'S PALE ALE, in Imperial Quarts and Pints . Bottled by PARKER and TWINING, Beer Merchants, 5%, PALL-MALL. BARON LIEBIG ON ALLSO VP'S PALE ALE. " The specimens of your Pale Ale sent to me afforded me another opportunity of confirming its valuable qualities. I am myself an admirer of this beverage, and my own experience enables me to re commend it, in accordance with the opinion of the most eminent English physicians as a very agreeable and efficient tonic, and as a general beverage, both for the invalid and the robust.—Giessen, May 6. We refer the learned to Baron Liebig, the temperate to Dr. Car penter, invalids to the Medidal Profession, and the robust to the best Clubs of London, for the merits of our stock of ALLSOPI"S ALE. The" Thirsty Soul" and " Constant Reader" of the "Times" we can also satisfy with our IMPERIAL MEA.t;IIRE. Quarts Ss., Pints 55,, Ilalf-tints (for Luncheon) 3s. per doz. Also in Casks of 1S gallons and upwards. Address—PAßKEß and TWINING, Beer Merchants, 5, PALL MALL. T HE CRYSTAL PALACE DISTRICT GAS COMPANY. Capital, 50,0001., in 5.000 Shares of 101. each. Registered Provisionally under 7th and ilth Vic., Cap. 110. Temporary Offices, 38, Moorgate -street, London. TRUSTEES. Sir John William Lubbock, Bart., M.nasion-house-place. George Henry Barnett, Esq., 62 Lombard-street. DIRECTORS. G. P. Pocock, Esq., Log Hall, Old Ford, Middlesex. Peter Le Neve Foster, Esq., tsociety of Arts, London. Edward Roberts, Esq., M.D., Farnborough House, Sydenham. Hen y P. Stephenson, Esq., A.1.C.E., 10, Thurlow-place, West Brompton. Erasmus Wilson, Esq., F.R S., Henrietta-street, Cavendish-square. AUDITORS Wiiliam Quieter, Esq. (Messrs. Quieter, Ball, and Co.), Coleman street. Benjamin J. Chapman, Esq. , Pal ace Distillery, Bromley, Middlesex. BANKERS. Sir J. W. Lubbock. Bart., and Co., 11, Man. ion-house-Place. Messrs. Barnett, Hoares. and Co., Lombard-street. SOLICITOR AND SECRETARY. John Downes, Esq., 38, Moorgate-street, and Bromley, Kent. BROKERS. Messrs. Crosley Brothers, 30, Cornhill, London. CHEMICAL ADVISER. Rohert Dundas Thompson, Esq., M.D., Professor of Chemistry in St Thomas's Hospital, London. ENGINEER. W. M. Stears, Esq., 43, Moorgate-street, and Sydenham, Kent. The call will be I /. per share on the Ist of eachmonth. One of the principal features in this projoct is the lighting up the Crystal Palace, with the la-ge and populens district arising around it. An eligible site is secured, suitable for works of the first class. The Company has been registered, and all the necessary steps-tAken for commencing the p ant forthwith. Prospectuses may be had and applications for shares made to Messrs. Crosley Brothers, 30, Corn kill, or at the temporary Offices of the Company, 38, Moorgate street, City. JOHN DOWNER, Solicitor to the Company, January, 1854. MEDICAL ADVICE ON THE SECRET IT INFIRMITIES OF YOUTH AND MATURY. DR. SAMUEL LA'MERT, 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, and Matriculated Member of the University o Edinburgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, arc., &c. MAY be consulted, personally, or by letter, on the various disorders of the nervous and generative system, resulting from juvenile irregularities and excesses, which have pro duced more misery in youth, degradation in manhood, and prema ture decay at all stages of life, than perhaps any other class of dis- Mos known to modern pathologists. Long and practical experience in the treatment of these diseases has proved that there are in exist ence secret causes of self-acquired mi series and disappointed hopes in existence, traceable to certain pernicious habits, to which Nervous Debility, various forms of Insanity , Unhappy and Unfruitful M age.3, Impotency, Local and Constitutional Weakness, and their endless modifications owe their almost entire origin. It is absolutely necessary that all men should know that there are principles of personal management which cannot be violated without incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the heyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties may be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. DOCTOR LA'MERT has for a long series of years been engaged In an extensive practice in the treatment of these delicate com plaints, and is the only legally qualified Physician who, regardless of the taunts and envy of the hypocritical and mock-modest, has had the confidence, through the medium of the public press, to direct attention to these enormous evils, from which no grade of society is free. In selecting this department of practice. he has been amply rewarded by the great success that has attended his efforts in the treatmnt of these cases, which are too generally confided to the care ote unq ualified and ignorant emptrics, who, with their pirated publications, assumed foreign names and titles, and pretended virtues of their patent nostrums, !lave inflted serious injury on those who have been induced to place faith in ic their pretensions. At home for consultation daily from Eleven till Two, and from Blx till Eight. All letters must contain the fee of 1/., and advice and Medicines can be forwarded to any initials or address. It is desirable that patients wishing to consult Dr. LAISIERT should first obtain a copy of his work on hiELF.PRESER VATION- A Medical Treatise on the Philosophy of Marriage and Nervous and fifty-color-red Marriage ings, and des- G e nerative Debility, illustrated by cribing in detail the various disorders resulting from secret habits and excesses. The perusal of this treatise will assist in the correct description of their cases, and may Piper French,Spanish, Dutch, Italian, or German, of Messrs. be had, price 2s 6d, in English, Brothers and Co., 23, Paternoster-row; Hannay, 63, Oxiord-street ; Mann, 39, Cornhill ; Storie, Titchborne-street, Haymarket ; or free by post for forty-two stamps, to any address from the Author's rasa. lianro,to•sou TANTDON. ON THE SECRET CAUSES OF SELF-ACQUIRED AND DISAPPOINTED HOPES. TAE SILENT FRIEND. In Six Languages—Fiftieth Edition. CONTAINING THE REMEDY FOR PREVENTION OF DISEASE. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical Coloured Engravings and Cases. New Edition, enlarged to 200 pages, price 2s. 6d., by post, from the Establishment. 3a. 6d. in stamps, THETHE SILENT FRIEND, a Medical ,Works on embaustion and physical decay of the by excessive indulgence, the consequences of infection, or the abuse of mercury, with directions for the use of the preventive lotion, fol lowed by observations on Marriage, and the disqualifications which prevent it. Illustrated by 1000 oloured Engravings. By R. and L. FERRY and CO.. Consulting urgeons, 19, Berners-street, Oxford street, London. Published by Sherwood and Co., 23, Paternoster and sold by Hannay, 63, and Sanger, 150, Oxford-street ; Gor don, 146, Leadenhall-street ; 05, Farrinedoe-street ; W. Sutton, 10, Bow Church-yard ; Butler, 4, Cheapside ; R Johnson, 68, Cornhill. PART I. treats of the anatomy and physiology of the reproductive organs, and is illustrated by 28 Coloured Engravings. PART IL treats of the consequences resulting from excessive in dulgence, and their lamentable effects on the system, producing mental and bodily weakness, nervous excitement, and generative incapacity. Illustrated by 10 Explanstorl Engravings. PART lIL treats of the diseases resulting from infection, either in the primary or secondary form, and contains explicit directions for their treatment. This section is illustrated by 62 Coloured Engrav ings. PART Iv. contains a Remedy for the Prevention of Disease by a simple application, by which the danger of infection is obviated. PART V. 15 devoted to the consideration of marriage and its duties. The causes of unproductive union are also considered, and the whole subject critically and philosophically inquired into. THE CORDIAL BALM OF SYRI &CUM is exclusively employed in treating nervous and sexual debility, impotence, &c., Ils. and 33 5. per bottle. The Concentrated Detersive Essence, an anti-syphilitie the blood in cases of infection, secondary remedy, for Purifying symptons, eruptions. and the abuse of mercury, 1 Is. and 335. per bottle. Perry's Purifying Specific Pills, 2s. 9c1., 4s. 6d., and 1 Is. per box, a certain remedy for gonorrhoea, sleet, stricture, and chronic inflammation of the bladder. Consultation fee, if by letter, If. A minute detail et the case is required : age, habits, and posi tion in society. 51. Packets, with advice, to be had at the Establish ment only, by which the fee, 11., is saved. Megan. Perry, Surgeons, are in attendance, daily, at 19, Berners-street, Oxford-street, Lon don, iron! Eleven till TWO, and FlYe tO Sight;_ On Sc - 157 from Fair= to One. i 4t xd, ad 31 the Coast ismouth. to the Illus. ), borne on , for service ioratio, 24, JAR. 31. lock yeriter in to be im- Capt. Ingle :0 the Arctic rvisions and lition. The from Porte accompany JAN, 31. up. —To-day 90-gun line- Aage of per before two have been rtin, daugh to the Han wine on her then pro launch, and ain forward mallet, cut and she in amidst the ain renewed 1, the bands hiding with al : et. Inches. 7 6 :0 0 0 6 is I 7 3 1 1 6 51 3 114 94 she is to be orse power, ie Queen's lectric tele revious ex- Majesty's ,nd set up first copy •ooms by a fe and cer tical Corn 6son when most pre- Pills, that , the viru le patient but if Deg mi of in- ;e who are table pills, to those the chest. iolloway's he wife of he wife of ndsoy, the ,nt of St. urgeon, of [on, Esq., daughter erne, Tho- Luce, Port s, wife of YOUNG , N 0.112, county of •" ~' 4 t Earl of Derby, the Earl of Malmesbury, and the Earl of Eglinton. The galleries were crowded with visitors. The Duchess of Sutherland, the Mistress of the Robes, and one of her daughters, sat in the side gallery to the left of the throne. THE SET - ENT/I EDITION OF THE MARVELS of SCIENCE, and their TESTIMONY to HOLY WRIT. " A Popular System of the Sciences. Ity S. W. FULLOM, Esq. Dedicated, by permission, to the King of Hanover. Will be ready i m mediately, i n onevol , w ith numerous Illdstra tions, bound. Hurst and Blackett, Publishers, successors to Henry Col burn, 13, Great aNlarlborough-street. Post Bvo., 9s. At all the Libraries. THE SLAVE SON. By Mrs. WILLIAM NOY WILICiNS. " The style of the work is vivid, its rhetoric highly fitished, and whoever begins the volume will be sure to read to the end."—The Press. " This interesting and very el,vcr book, from the perusal of which we have calved not only a hi2ll o pinion of the writers ability, t even a more distinct and, vivid impression ot the horrible realities of African slavery."—Post. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, PiccaLlily. This day is published, Bvo., cloth, 53., LAYS OF MODERN ROME; London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. DR. LINDLEY'S LECTURES• Now ready, price is., THE SYMMETRY OF VEGETATION ; an Outline of the Principles to be observed in the Delineation of Plants : being the Substance of Three Lecturei delivered to the Studan:s of Practical Art, at Marlborough House, in November, 1852, By JOHN LINDLEY, M.D., F.R.S. London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. Now ready, fcp., cloth, 4s. 6d. T HE WETHERBYS-FATHER AND SON ; or, Sundry Chapters of Indian Experience. By JOHN LANG. Reprinted from " Frazer's Magazine." " A good story, which has a merit that good stories do not always possess—that of not being too long. There is an abundant infusion offancy_and humor in,the dialogue; the characters are drawn with vigour and - propriety; and the sketches C4'4 rsdbm,Ufe.„l:nora espe. cially in military circ es, are spirited and graphic."—Post. London: Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly. To Local Boards of Health, Professianal the Drainage of To ns Men, and others interested in . 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BONUS TO SHAREHOLDERS. HOME COUNTIES AND METROPOLITAN FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY. A Bonus of 51. Ss. 4d. per cent. will be added to the past year's subscriptions, and in future interest at the rate of 5/. Ss. 4d. per cent. per annum will be given on all subscriptions, with suet additional tonus at the end of the year as the profits of the Society may allow. Two Estates have been purchased for this Society during the past year—that at Wood-green (chiefly allotted) has been very satisfac tory and profitable, both to the allottees and the Smoreociet successful y at large. The other Estate (not yet allotted) promises to be a purchase than the first, there being a great demand for plots upon it. It is situated in Wimbledon-park, in the midst of gentlemen's seats, and is adapted for first-class villas. viz There are two special ad v a nta g es in this Society,, members are not required to pay down any part of the price of the land prier to choosing plots. The full amount of the shares drawn in the ballot is advanced ; also that snore shares are not drawls in the ballot than can be sudied with latAl, so that the members may have the ad- vantage of selling their drawn shares at a premium. A share in full is 301., with an entrance fee of Is. By order, HENRY KNIGHT, Secretary. GLENFIELD PATENT STARCH (used in her Majesty's Laundry), and WO CHEM POON'S Machine made CONFECTIONERY, MAR K 'LADE, JAMS, JELLIES, &e., (which gained the Prize Medal of 1851), may be had of all Grocers ; wholesale of Wothersoom, Mackay, and Co., 66, Queen-street, Cheajiside, London, and Robert Wotherspoon and Co., Glasgow. MORISON and HYGEISM. From our own knowledge of patent medicines, we may safely assert that the consumption of them has increased tenfold in this court' ry since Mr. Mori-on promulgated his system. Pills, under new names, are starting day after day. Can there be a stronger proof of the truth of the Morisouian system than this fact, and like wise that the vendors, in order to popularisetheir pills, describe them as being of a purgative quality, and embody in their advertisements (with which the public press is now teeming) scraps from the " Mo. risoniana!" A question then arises for the serious consideration of the public, whether the vendors strictly adhere to the Morisonian system in its Integrity, and whether they are in possession of a me dicine which will effectually answer the main purpose, that of cleans ing the blood ?—BRITISH COLLEGE OF HEALTH, New-road, London. -- - - - _______ . • _____ , __ _ _ _ - _ . . . . ,../... ii-e-1. - - - -Li eat... , .# I '''AZ. - • - ••• .- V ; x, • ‘ 0c - ........ -,,,,,,4'"Ttrr54:"1 -4.11 k , . f . -- / - -, k• ,, ..A , - ~,,,,...,,... 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When our Govern ment was so indignant at the supposition that the eva cuation of the principalities was not a sine qua non, why has Russia been permitted to hold these territories for six months—why has she been permitted to confiscate the revenue of the Sultan, to press his subjects into her service, to maltreat the hoyards, and to exercise every act of oppression ? Is not Russia to be called to account for the whole of these proceedings ? The sanction of such things is a disgrace to which I trust England never will be subjected. (Hear, hear.) I have such an abhor rence of war that I think it would ha inexpedient to stop without a rearrangement of the question. (Hear.) I should be sorry to move an amendment to the Ad dress ; I am as ready as any man in the country to sup port the Government, and to bring them out of the scrape into which they have got, but I could not, as an honest man, withhold the expression of my opinion ; and when we hear so much about the deceit of the Em peror of Russia, I must say that our conduct has greatly tended to deceive him. (Hear.) The Earl of CLARENDON.—My lords, I think my noble friend who has just sat down would have acted more fairly—although possibly not more conveniently to himself—if he had waited for the production of those papers which her Majesty has promised shall be laid before your lordships without delay, and which before your lordships separate this evening, it is my intention to place upon the table. (Hear.) I repeat, I think my noble friend would have acted more fairly if he had waited for that information ; but it is only another proof of that inconvenience of which I have seen so much in the course of the last few months—the inconvenience of not being ; able to lay all the information on this subject before the country. No one can have regretted that in convenience more than myself ; nobody knows better than myself that many misrepresentations might have been prevented by greater publicity ; but we thought it right not to depart from the established practice of this country. The Government is amenable to Parliament alone for its conduct. To Parliament alone could it give full and complete information ; and we therefore thought it right to abstain from following the example that has been held out to us of the conduct of other Governments which have no Parliaments to account to. (Hear, hear.) We thought it better to abstain from producing, from time to time, the information which I am about to lay on the table, although it might have satisfied the public at the time, and to a certain degree, have been advan tageous to ourselves ; but at the same time it might have been disadvantageous to the cause of peace. And although I fear I may stand still lower in my noble friend's esti mation than I now appear to do, I am neither ashamed nor afraid of saying that the maintenance of peacelhas been the great and the dearest object we have had in view. My noble friend seems to think that we have shown an abject determination to avoid war. My lords, we have done no such thing. But we have felt it our duty to stop short of no sacrifice except that of national honour, or of not fulfilling our engagements. (Cheers.) We have felt that to be our duty to this country because of those numberless social, political, and commercial in terests that have grown up, and have extended to every part of the world, during a peace of unexampled dura tion. We have felt it due to other countries—countries which, like ourselves, have turned to account the bles sings of peace, and which must be desirous, therefore, honourably to maintain it; for, my lords, it must be re membered that if this peace be once broken, be once dis turbed, it may be followed by a war alike without paral lel—(hear, hear)—and as unexampled as itself ; for you must remember there may be something more than the rending of all those ties and reciprocal interests which now bind Europe together as one state. You must re member that those doctrines which convulsed Europe in 1848 are still cherished by vast numbers; and that they, having lost none of their strength, a war now would be no ordinary war, would be attended by no ordinary conse quences. Europe, in such a war, would be the battle field not only of contending armies, but of contending opinions ; and we, to whom such mighty interests are entrusted, would have been worthily thought utterly un mindful of their importance, would have disqualified ourselves when we asked for support in a necessary war, if we could not have then shown that we had first ex erted and exhausted every means of maintaining the blessings of peace. (Hear.) But, my lords, if we are destined to do so, if it is appointed for us that we are to embark on that state of things then I must say that never was the tranquillity of the world more wantonly disturbed than it will have been in the provocation of that necessity. (Cheers.) Never, also, I must say, was there a moment when it was inure the duty of France and England to stand up together, formally to oppose aggression and support the just cause of the weak against the strong. (Hear, hear.) My noble friend has said that we have placed the most undue confidence in the assurances of Russia. (Hear, hear.) I admit that we did place con fidence in these assurances—because they were not only more than we asked, but, in addition, were all that we could desire. The noble lord says himself, that when he got —though he tells us he seldom got—a direct answer from Russia, he invariably found that it was a correct one, and one on which he could in se curit y rely. Such ' were the answers we received—not evasive answers, but direct ones—answers on which the noble lord would have relied. (Hear.) Were we to receive them with suspicion ? I would beg to observe that in my humble opinion a policy of suspicion is never a wise or an expedient policy ; and I would beg to state that on this occasion there was no ground for suspicion. The Emperor of Russia during a long reign had given what might be deemed abundant proof of a desire to maintain the peace of Europe. Over and over again lie had affirmed that the Ottoman Empire was a European necessity, and that the maintenance of it was a funda mental principle of European policy. (Hear, hear.) And certainly, this was not his best opportunity—cer tainly, if he had desired the overthrow of the Ottoman Empire, and the aggrandisement of Russia at the expense of Turkey, the year 1848 would have better suited his designs, and would have been more likely to have seen their attainment. The Emperor of Russia's past thus gave additional weight to his assurance for the future ; and I say that any precautionary measures, in such a case, would have been but wanton provoca tion. I can assure your lordships, moreover, whatever the noble marquis may think, that up to the end of April last we had no reason to believe there existed any other cause of dissension between Russia and Turkey except that connected with the Holy Places—(hear, hear)--a question which closely concerned France, and in which the Porte, by endeavouring to please both Powers had given some cause of complaint. (Hear, hear.) But though the matter only indirectly affected England, her good offices towards its adjustment were offered and were accepted, and the difficulty about the Holy Places was settled thereupon. It was only after that settlement that we, for the first time, became aware that other and ulterior objects were sought to be at tained by Russia. (Hear, hear.) Not but that it is perfectly true that during the time occupied in those ne gotiations rumours of various kinds reached us as to large armies which, according to the same authority, were being prepared by Russia. Any person aware of the great secrecy with which all the affairs are conducted in Russia, and of the still greater exaggerations which distinguish all the news from Constantinople, could tell your lordships the value of these, and with what caution and what distrust they should be received. But inde pendently of that consideration, whether these rumours were true or untrue, probable or improbable, well founded or ill founded, the Government did not take upon itself to decide. As soon as they reached us they were every one made known by us to the Russian Go vernment, and he asked a categorical answer to our in quiries upon them. The answer we received was a plain and distinct answer, an answer such as those on which my noble friend has told your lordships he was happy to rely. We met with the most unqualified denial to all the rumours we had received. (Hear.) We were as sured that that the mission of Prince Menschikoff had reference to nothing but the Holy Places (hear, hear)—that he had great latitude allowed him in the settling of that question, and, in fact, might almost settle it in what way he pleased ; but that it was all he had to settle. Subsequent events partly prove the correctness of these statements ; for it might seem that though he, in his character as head of the Orthodox Church, had gone farther in his demands than the requirements of his mission justified, he had, at length, abandoned these particulars, and assented to a note which, though still unacceptable to the Porte, was certainly very much reduced in regard to its stipula tions. When, however, he quitted Constantinople, he quitted it under circumstances menacing to the peace of Turkey and the interests of Europe. It was impossible for us to tell where some of these armies co llected W on the confines of Turkey might n ot be marched to. e, therefore, immediately ordered her Majesty's fleet to proceed to Besika Bay, where it was joined by the French fleet. (Hear.) Your lordships are aware that after Prince Menschikoff had withdrawn, Count Nesselrode sent back his note to Constantinople, with a threat that unless it was signel in eight days the Principalit e ies s hould be occupied. To that demand you are pa h ie s that a refusal was the reply, and that thereupon Count Nesselrode's execution was carried into execution. My noble friend seems to think that if the fleet had been ordered when the first Russian soldier crossed the Pruth all that ha s followed, or is likely to follow, might have been prevented. But the noble lord must consider that in entering the Principalities the Russians were either sincere or insincere in the assur ances and professions made by them to Europe, that that occupa ti o n would be but momentary, that they would hold the Principalities only as a material pledge for the fulfilment of the demands then made by Russia upon Turkey, and that the evacuation of them wag jj /4 / //t _K?/ ( Z-44.-f r )' bury) said this w. -f of respectfulirliament ; it was not respectful t r i t ' arliament ;it s not respectful to the country ;.• he would aim t like to ask—he was af t : , so much astonished that the noble lord refused to pro- duce such a paper to that house—why it was sent to the • - Times? He would not have thought such a thing pos sible ; but extraordinary rumours had lately been rife in town that not long ago, when one of the principal Ministers —if not the principal Minister in the Cabinet —resigned his office, the first intimation her Majesty had 1. 1. CE of that resignation was through the Times newspaper, and that some of the noble lord's colleagues first learnt the circumstance from the Times newspaper, to which, of -self, course, it had been communicated by some very import 'n lant colleague of the noble viscount. Now, if this was true—he (Lord Malmesbury) did not say that it was,— if this system was acted upon,—if newspapers, or if a fa vourite newspaper, were to receive official communica tions of so important a nature that the Foreign Secretary declared it was dangerous to place them upon the table of the house—if newspapers were to receive documents of that kind before Parliament and instead of Parliament, he could only say that they had four estates in the realm, and that of those four estates the Queen was not the first and their lordships were not the second. He thought, however, that, in another point of vieW, her Majesty's Government had erred in keeping the country and Par liament so long in ignorance of the negotiations. He could understand that, under some circumstances, it might be very inconvenient to be constantly placing pa pers of this kind before Parliament, but he believed that on this occasion, if the Government had been more can did in their explanations, they would have elicited from Parliament a manifestation of that feeling which the country of its accord had since displayed. Such a dis play could but have assisted the Government ; it could but have armed their hands, and prevented a misappre hension, which he believed had long existed in the mind of the Emperor of Russia—namely, that after forty years' peace, commerce, and prosperity, this country had so much degenerated that it had fallen into a state of indifference regarding its treaties with its allies, its own character, and its own honour, and that it was ready to purchase peace at any price. (Hear, hear.) By depreciating the French alliance during his (Earl Malmesbury's) tenure of office, they had led Russia to imagine that France and England would never act cor dially together, and had thus induced the Emperor to make his aggression upon Turkey. If Ministers had shown from the first a determination to resist that ag gression, in concert with France, he believed that peace would never have been endangered. Almost during the whole time for which his noble friend (Lord Derby) held the office of Prime Minister, the press which represented or was supposed to represent the opinions, not only of what he might call the legitimate Opposition—the Whig Opposition—but also of a smaller section of politicians who had since formed a coalition with the present Go vernment, unremittingly blamed the foreign policy of his noble friend's Government with regard to the ap parent eagerness and anxiety which that Government had shown to confirm an alliance, not with France only, but with the new dynasty established by the French people. He (Lord Malmesbury) was constantly taunted with being ready to sacrifice the best interests of his country fur the sake of an alliance with the French Government. The accident of his (Lord Malmes bury's) personal acquaintance with the Emperor of France some years ago was sufficient ground for framing against him an accusation that, having a per sonal predilection in favour of Louis Napoleon, he wished to see him rather than any other man upon the throne of France. He (Lord Malmesbury) felt little moved at the time by those attacks, because he was certain that no alliance could be of such vital consequence, not only to this country itself, but to the general peace of Europe, as an alliance with a powerful country like France—our nearest neighbour, and with a man who, he had every reason to believe, was determined to remain at peace with all other nations, and to maintain the territorial distribution of Europe as it was arranged by the treaties of 1814. The policy of the late Government had been fully vindicated since that time, for the very newspapers which abused them for such policy had gone even to the length of saying that no other alliance was of such im portance to England as that of France. But the lan guage of the press to which he alluded made a very strong and lasting impression upon the Courts of Europe with respect to our alliance with France. The eyes of every Court of Eur Ope were at that time intently fixed upon the motions of the new-fledged Emperor and the country which had been the first to recognise him, and what was their impression ? Judging from the language of the mouthpiece—not the real but the apparent mouthpiece of noble lords opposite—foreign Courts naturally argued that if the then Govern ment were not in office, a different line of policy would be taken by the then Opposition, who might succeed them. The Opposition did come into office very soon afterwards, and was it possible to believe that the Em peror of Russia would not consider that the same anxiety did not exist in the new Cabinet to form an alliance, not only with France, but with the new dynasty of France, which had existe,l on the part of the preceding Government ? The eyes of Russia, as well as of other Powers, were fixed upon the conduct of the new Government, and what was the first thing that happened ? Within a month after the new Government accepted office two of its members addressed their con stituents, in two different boroughs of England, in a manner which, both in expression and in spirit, was deeply offensive to the French people and to the French Emperor. Those speeches were explained—how ex plained—he (Lord Malmesbury) did not know ; but he was told by his noble friend last August that the Em peror of the French had sense and good feeling enough to understand the motive of those speeches and not to be offended at them. He (Lord Malmesbury) perfectly believed that, for the Emperor of the French bad this advantage over other Sovereigns —that through a life of vicissitudes he had mixed with society of all grades and classes, that he had lived a long time in this country and knew it well, that he was acquainted with its peculiarities—be (Lord Malmesbury) would not say its eccentricities--and he perfectly understood that the speeches of a Minister had various meanings accord ing to the period at which they were uttered and the place in which they were spoken. These speeches were therefore excused by the Emperor ; but it was certain, and he (Lord Malmesbury) knew it to be a fact, that the circumstance of such speeches having been uttered so soon atter the accession of a Ministry upon whom the eyes of all European Governments were fixed, made a strong impression upon those Governments that, in their inmost minds, some, if not all, of her Majesty's Ministers were averse, if not hostile, to an alliance with the new dynasty of France ; and he believed that the Emperor of Russia was deceived by these things. Ile (Lord Malmesbury) agreed with the noble marquis in thinking that more energy and vigour in time might have saved us from the impending war. God forbid that he, or any man on that (the Opposition) side of the house, should not be ready to praise her Majesty's Government for doing all in their power to avert a war. It was not for endeavouring to avert a war that he blamed them, but for not having taken the best means to avert a war— (hear, hear)—for exhibiting vacillation, for not having taken the ball at a bound, for not having seized the proper moment when they might have given Russia to understand that France and England were determined to resist the aggression. The noble earl then passed a warm eulogiam on the patriotic spirit which Turkey had exhibited, and concluded by depre cating the introduction of any of the measures of reform which were suggested in the Royal speech. Lord GREY reserved his opinion upon the Eastern question until the papers were before the House, but in the meantime, he thought the course pursued by her Majesty's Government stood greatly in need of explana tion and vindication. (Hear, hear.) So far as he was yet acquainted with the facts, he confessed that, in the first place, he was not satisfied that they ought to have interfered at all in this matter. (Hear, hear.) He con curred in opinion with the noble Secretary for Foreign Affairs that, the flames of an European war once lighted, no man could tell how far the conflagration might ex tend, or foresee the depth of human misery which might be occasioned. He argued that, even if the war were ever so short, it would be attended with infinite injury to the interests and welfare of mankind. All those measures of improvement which in this country and in others had made such wonderful progress within the last 40 years, if not absolutely arrested, would at least be materially retarded when n's e me nergies_ ai de thoughts t h oug hts were occupied in devising their mutual e struction, When the country would be called upon to make the greatest sacrifices, and when misery would be carried into many families by the loss of their friends and relatives. These considerations struck him with horror and apprehension ; and, knowing the character of the Turkish Government, knowing to what a condi tion the fairest region of the earth had been reduced by four centuries of Turkish rule, knowing, too, that to this day the Christian subjects of the Porte were labour i n g under an oppression as severe as that to wbich the negro population in our own colonies were subjected before slavery was abolished (for he believed that even to this hour the evidence of a Christian was not received against a Mahotnedan in a Turkish court of justice, whatever might have been the wrongs that he, or his family, had endured); and remembering what the calamities of war were, it would take much to convince him that this country bad any interest in supporting Turkey against what he admitted to be the entirely un justifiable demands of Russia, which could for one mo ment be set against its immeasurably superior interest in the maintenance of European peace. If, however, we were to go to war, he urged that young and intelligent officers should be appointed to the principal commands, and justified his recommendation by the examples of al most all the great names in our military annals. Colonel Eyre, who had distinguished himself in the Kafir war, had been promoted, and he hoped that precedent would be followed until both the army and navy were efficiently offieered. He thought the question of reform by no means pressed to immediate solution, and hoped that it 5,-ould not be ailowed to interfere with whatever might be nerary for the v;goroua prosecution of the war. The Lail of DERBY, after briefly alluding to the " moot awful crisis" in which we were now placed, ad verted to some of the minor topics iu the Queen's Speech, expressing his opinion of the difficulty of dealing benefi cially with the law cf settlement, declaring his strong doubts of the advantages anticipated from the measures proposed for the Universities, and remarking on the omis sion of all mention of the great subject of general education, the negotiation still pending with the United States, and. the conclusion of the treaty by which the River Plate had been opened to the commerce of the world. He then en tered into a criticism of the long negotiation with Russia. I confess, he said, I could have wished that the language of the Speech had been more distinct and clear on this point. lam left, as the noble marquis who alluded to the ques tion, has observed, to conjecture whether we are at this moment at peace or at war. If I were to presume that wo were actually at war, not oaly would it be /DIM e diatos' re pudiated I'Y the noble earl Ist the hid of 4 ET the wish and desire of the Emperor of Russia himself. In either case it was in the interests of peace, and in the interests of the Sultan, to allow further opportunity for the ascertainment of the real issue, and for the dis covery of some form of note distasteful to either party, and sufficient to carry into effect the intentions of both. Austria and Prussia entirely agreed with us as to Rus sia's occupation of the principalities, which they consi dered not only unjust and dangerous as a precedent, but as dangerous to themselves, and menacing to the peace of Europe. They therefore asked, at this crisis, to en ter into the negotiation, and to assist in an attempt at the settlement of these differences ; and they earnestly deprecated any declaration of war on the part of the Sultan until all peaceful means of settling his differences with Russia had been finally exhausted. And, whatever the noble lord may think, I doubt not that your lord ships will own it was of great importance that the four Powers should be thus united, that Austria and Prussia should join with England and France in isolating Rus sia in her wrong, and in letting Russia to understand that she would not be able to reckon on that support from Austria which, for more than one reason, she might have expected. (Hear, hear.) Her Majesty's Government never doubted that the occupation of the Principalities was a cases hear)— but the Government, recognising it as a cases belli, con sidered also the declaration with which it was accom panied, and, under the impression that that might be sincere, did not advise or press the Sultan to treat it as such, and so end all chance of peace. Take the other case, that Russia was not sincere. A declaration of war at that moment would have furnished the Em peror with just the very excuse he wanted. It would have absolved him from his promise, and from the re sponsibility of commencing hostilities, and would have left him in a position to say, "I occupied the Princi palities, but I declared it should only be for a short time. I did not desire war. I was -ready to accept peace ; but my assurances have been disbelieved. War has been declared upon me, and I now consider myself bound in honour and dignity to accept the challenge. (Hear, hear.) Ido not say that the argument would be just ; but it would be as good an argue many others employed in the course of this affair. And your lordships must be aware that at that moment Turkey was wholly unprepared for resistance, her fortresses ungarrisoned, and her army weak and undisciplined. Were not these most cogent reasons on our part for not recommending the Sultan to declare war ? By our not doing so, he gained time—time for settling affairs peace ably, time for making preparations for war. And before this opinion of her Majesty's Government could be con veyed to Constantinople, we found that her Majesty's ambassador - there—who, being on the spot, was a better judge than ourselves of what was for the interest of the Sultan—had tendered the same advice, that the Sultan had accepted and determined to act on it, and that, with such a hope of a peaceable solution, it would have been most unjustifiable in ns to urge the Sultan on to war. I trust your lordships will consider these satisfactory rea sons why we did not then press on those more active measures which my noble friend considers to have been necessary; and I assure him that our not doing so was not from any abject indisposition to war, such as he seems to attribute it to ; for I do not think that any Government in this country with a just and righteous cause, would be allowed to want the support of the people of England in carrying it out. And here, lam sure you will not think it out of place if I declare my testimony to the straightforward, friendly, and perfectly honourable policy of the French Government on this question. The two Governments have been in daily, I may almost say hourly, communi cation. They have formed, as it were, but one Cabinet ; and I can assure my noble friend that there have never been more differences between the two Governments than are to be found in the same Cabinet—differences that have only increased our respect for each other and ren dered the harmony more complete. And this union that exists between the two Governments is not only con fined to the Eastern question, but extends to other mea sures, in which happily the policy of the two countries, hitherto antagonistic, may be now seen to be harmo nious. This good, at least, then is secured, that two great and hitherto rival countries have learnt to know and appreciate each other, to detect the fallacy of con cluding themselves natural enemies, and to act heartily together for a just and righteous cause, to which their common sympathies attract them. There was another point on which:the noble lord dwelt on which I may say a few words, reserving myself in all matters of detail till the papers are before your lordships. As re gards the Vienna note, it should be stated that after Prince Menschikoff left Constantinople, the Austrian Government suggested suoh a note as, whilst not unac ceptable to Russia, should have regard to the indepen dence of Turkey. In the meanwhile the French Go vernment prepared a note on the same basis ; and they submitted it to us. We did not think it a note likely to he sucoassful, but as the French Government had a ma nifest desire to send it, by way of peace offering, both to Petersburg and Vienna, we offered no opposition of course, and it was duly forwarded. The Russian Go vernment, however, gave no answer to it, having already accepted that of Austria. No answer being received at Vienna this note was adopted, and was sent at the same time to Petersburg and Constantinople. At Petersburg it was said to be unsatisfactiry, but the Emperor never theless professed himself ready to accept it, wit'' no alt-ration. The Porte objected to accepting it without certain modifications. These modifications being consi dered simply as means of rendering more clear the bona fi , t3 intentions of both parties, were, on that ground, adopted at the conference of Vienna ; but they were rejected by Russia. We did not, of course, think that the note originally exposed the Porte to the dangers supposed, but the changes made were made on that sup position, and were merely such as more clearly defined the first meaning and intention of the note. Great mis apprehension exists on this point as to the part taken by the Four Powers. The Four Powers, be it re membered, had merely offered to mediate between the two parties ; they were not arbitrating, and are not to be considered as arbitrating. They were not there to enforce the note, of which the first proof is, that, as I have stated, they at once and unhesitatingly adopted the modifications pronounced requisite by the Porte. But her Majesty's Government did not suppose the note to be of the dangerous character supposed by the Porte, until Russia explained the use it might be turned to ; then her Majesty's Govern ment said no more in behalf of it. The conference, after having signed the protocol, determined to ask the Porte on what terms he would be prepared to negotiate it, and the Four Powers offered their bases for the consideration of Russia. By the protocol they affirm that if Russia does net accept them, she is the sole obstacle to peace, and must be held responsible for war ; and that is the present state of affairs as far as negotiations are con cerned. No answer has been received from St. Peters burg ; but I am inclined to agree that such fair and rea sonable propositions as those are not very likely to be rejected. As regards the position of her Majesty's Go vernment, when, notwithstanding that negotiations were going on, that horrible disaster at Sinope happened— when, the Turkish fleet not having been employed that I know of in the way stated by my noble friend, but simply lying peaceably in harbour—when this Turkish fleet was destroyed in the barbarous manner it was— (hear, hear)—in the harbour of Sinope, her Majesty's Government with France determined at once to protect, not only the Ottoman territory, but also the Ottoman flag. They determined then to extend their protection, and, as in honour bound, they sent notice of their inten tion to the Russian Admiral at Sebastopol and to the Russian Government. That is the present state of our oommunications on this important subject, and, as I have said, I shall refrain now from entering into any details. I have merely endeavoured to meet some of the main charges brought against the Government by the noble lord, leaving it for the house, when your lordships have the papers before you, to say whether the interests, the honour, and the dignity of the country have not been well cared for. We may even then possibly be charged with having laboured to long, too far, and too hard in the cause of peace, but such will not, I think, be the opinion of the majority of the house. On the contrary, I think that in the event of war we shall be able, with all the greater force, to appeal to those pacific efforts, when, if we must, we call for the hearty and energetic assistance of the people of this country in aid of a j ust and righteous cause. (Cheers.) The Earl of MALMESBURY said—The first para graph of the speech from t he Throne, in reference to the Eastern question, seemed to take away any hope that might have remained of the settlement of that unfortu nate affair in a peaceful manner. There were in that red to him first paragraph several omissions whioht aplpace, he must of an important charac ter. In the firs say that it appeared to hint mos t remarkable that no mention was made of two 'reit of the three c o u n tries which were in alliance with us in this most important question, Austria or Prussia. Another omission was pur pose for whi ch the p eo p le were to be that of the real invited to support an increase of our armaments—the maintenance, namely, of the independence of Turkey— whereas the only object assigned in the speech was the support of her Majesty's representative, and the more effectually contributing to the restoration of peace. The only exp l a nation of this omission seemed to be that, in point of fact, Ministers were not earnest in their eupport of the independence and integrity of Turkey. Lord Mahnesbury then complained that the Government had withheld from their lordships the means of forming an opinion on their conduct, but had allowed one of the most important documents in the negotiation to be pub lished in the Times, within a fortnight, he said, of the time when Earl Clarendon refused to produce the reply of the Government to the second manifesto of Count Nesselrode, on the ground that its production might endanger the solution of the question. The paper in question appeared at full length in the Times newspaper, and was introduced by the language and preamble which, by all who knew that newspaper, were perfectly understood as indicating that it was a sort of official announcement. The paper was stated to be a correct version of the noble earl's reply to Count Nessel rode's manifesto, an incorrect version having been given in Some other journal. Now, he (the Earl of Nakao- IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS--(YESTERDAY.) The ceremony which takes place in the House of Lords when her Majesty opens Parliament in person has been so often described that to give again a detailed account of it will almost be con sidered needless repetition. Yet the occurrences during the recess, and the fact that it constitutes the initiative to those deliberations which may re sult in important legislative measures, always lend to the event an interest which requir es some de tailed reference. On the present occasion, how ever, Parliament assembled under circumstances of more than usual gravity—the country being almost on the eve of war with one of the greatest and most powerful of European monarchs, and the Government being pledged to a measure which is to effect an extensive reform in our re p resentative system. A few descriptive words, therefore, upon what transpired in this magnificent chamber to day, notwithstanding the want of novelty, may not be altogether out of place. The doors were opened for the admission of com pany at 12 o'clock, and the arrivals were continuous until very shortly before the entrance of the Queen. As usual, the majo rit y p resent consisted of ladies—peeresses and their daughters, and other female members of the aristocracy and hant ton — whose many-coloured and gay dresses, sparkling with jewels, thrown out in bold relief by th richr and sombre robes of the p eers, added gy to the brilliancy of the scene. Towards one o'clock, some 20 peers had arrived, the most prominent being the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Bishop of London, Lord Redesdale, and the Earl _of _ Del wore, , _ There._ _ was also, a sprinkling of ambassadors among a group of peers near the throne. The muster of judges was rather large. The Marquis of Lansdowne and the Duke of Argyll were the Ministers first in attendance. At a quarter to two the whole of the benches set aside for the peers were filled, so were also those appropriated to the corps diplontatique. The Ambassadors of France, Austria, Turkey, and Prussia, were objects of particular attention. We did not observe the Russian Ambassador (Baron Brunow), but there was a report that he was present. The Duke of Cambridge, the Earl of Aberdeen, and the Duke of Newcastle, were the next important personages in the order of arrival. Along the route taken by the cortege this morn ing, the people throughout cheered to the very echo his Excellency the Turkish Ambassador. At one point, three good English cheers were called for, and given heartily to the Representative of the Sultan Abd-ul-Medjid. It was just a quarter after two when her Majesty entered the house, leaning on the arm of Prince Albert, and preceded and followed by the different officers of state. The Earl of Aberdeen held the Sword of State, the Crown was borne by the Marquis of Lansdowne, and the Cap of Mainten ance was carried by the Earl of Zetland. Her Majesty read the following Royal Speech, with much clearness and emphasis HER MAJESTY'S SPEECH. "MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, " I am always happy to meet you in Parliament ; and on the present occasion it is with peculiar sa tisfaction that I recur to your assistance and advice. " The hopes which I expressed at the close of the last session that a speedy settlement wculd be ef fected of the differences existing between Russia and the Ottoman Porte, have not been realised, and I regret to say that a state of warfare has ensued. " I have continued to act in cordial co-operation with the Emperor of the French, and my endea vours, in conjunction with my Allies, to preserve and to restore peace between the contending parties although hitherto unsuccessful, have been unremit ting. I will not fail to persevere in these endeavours, but as the continuance of the war may deeply affect the interests of this country and of Europe, I think it requisite to make a further augmentation of my naval and military forces, with the view of supporting my re presentations, and of more effectually contributing to the restoration of peace. " I have directed that the papers explanatory of the negotiations which have taken place upon this subject shall be communicated to you without delay. GENTLEMMT OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS, " The estimates for the year will be laid before you, and. I trust you will find that, consistently with the exigencies of the public service at this juncture, they have been framed with a due regard to economy. My LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, "In the year which has just terminated, the blessing of an abundant harvest has not been. Vouchsafed to us. By this dispensation of Provi dence the price of provisions has been enhanced, and the privations of the poor have been increased; but their patience has been exemplary ; and the care of the Legislature evinced by the reduction of taxes affecting the necessaries of life, has greatly tended to preserve a spirit of contentment. " I have the satisfaction of announcing to you that the commerce of the country is still pros perous ; that trade, both of export and import, has been largely on the increase ; and that the re venue of the past year has been more than adequate to the demands of the public service. " I recommend to your consideration a Bill which I have ordered to be framed for opening the coasting-trade of the United Kingdom to the ships of all friendly nations ; and I look forward with satisfaction to the removal of the last legislative restriction upon the use of foreign shipping for the benefit of my people. " Communications have been addressed by my command to the Universities of Oxford and Cam bridge, with reference to the improvements which it may he desirable to effect in their institutions. These communications will be laid before you, and measures will be proposed for your consideration, with the view of giving effect to such improve ments. " The establishments requisite for the conduct of the Civil Service, and the arrangements bearing upon its condition, have recently been under re view ; and I shall direct a plan to be' laid before you which will have for its object to improve the system of admission, and thereby to increase the efficiency of the service. "The recent measures of legal reform have proved highly beneficial, and the success which has attended them may well encourage you to proceed with further amendments. Bills will be submitted to you for transferring from the Eccle siastical to the Civil Courts the cognisance of testamentary and of matrimonial causes, and for giving increased efficiency to the superior courts of common law. " The laws relating to the relief of the poor have of late undergone much salutary amendment ; but there is one branch to which I earnestly direct your attention. The law of settlement impedes the freedom of labour ; and if this restraint can with safety be relaxed, the workman may be ena bled to increase the fruits of his industry, and the interests of capital and of labour will be more firmly united. " Measures willbe submitted to you for the amend ment of the laws relating to the representation of the Commons in Parliament. " Recent experience has shown that it is neces sary to take more effectual precautions against the evils of bribery, and of corrupt practices at elec tions. It will also be your duty to consider whether more complete effect may not be given to the principles of the Act of the list reign, whereby reforms were m ade in the repre sentation of the people in Parliament. In recommending this subject to your considera tion, my desire is to remove every cause of just complaint, to increase general confidence in the Legislature, and to give additional stability to the settled institutions of the State. " I submit to your wisdom the consideration of these important subjects ; and I pray God to pros per your counsels, and to guide your decisions." The delivery of the Speech did not occupy many minutes, and on its conclusion her Majesty retired in the same order in which she had entered. She was attired in a splendid dress of silver tissue, over which was a robe of crimson velvet, ornamented with gold lace and ermine, and she , wore a brilliant tiara of pearls and diamonds. The company then separated. Their lordships adjourned to 5 o'clock, the usual hour fOr the assembling of the house for business. toot and THE ADDRESS. The LORD CHANCELLOR having read the royal speech, and it having again been read by the Clerk at the table, The Earl of CARNARVON, in moving the address in answer to he: Majesty's most gracious speech, alluded to the difficulties which beset our foreign relations, and said that, though they might give rise to much appre hension, it was a gratifying circumstance that the past year presented a prospect of national prosperity and social improvement. After nearly forty years of peace and prosperity, they were now threatened with war, but we might console ourselves with the reflection that it came to us an unbidden and unwelcome guest, and that every effort had been made to avert its approach, until forbearance was no longer a virtue ; and if our for bearance was unprecedented, it should be recollected that unprecedented were the resources with which we were able to meet such a calamity. Our only reluctance to enter into a sanguinary and bloody contest with a great coun try was a thorough conviction of our own strength ; and though we might not have a Duke of Welling ton or a Beresford among us, the example which they had set had not been lost, and he believed, if we entered into hostilities, we should find able generals who would lead our armies to victory. But if we bad to deplore the impending evil of war, there was one ad vantage we had gained since affairs had assumed a serious appearance, viz., that the Governments of England and France were never more cordially united than they were at the present moment. After briefly referring to the different topics mentioned in the Royal Speech — the noble earl concluded by moving the address. The Earl of DUCIE, in seconding the motion trusted that, in the event of war, Parliament would be unani mous in granting that assistance to her Majesty, which was necessary to maintain the reputation of the country. After a brief pause, The Marquis of CLA.NRICA.RDE rose and said he was glad to find that in the existing state of affairs in Europe there was no intention to move an amendment to the Address. (Hear, hear.) But, though he cor dially agreed with the scheme of domestic reforms con tained in the speech, he felt that he should not be doing right in giving his tacit consent to the address. He was sorry that he could not agree in the expressions used in the speech with regard to the efforts of the Go vernment to preserve peace. Those efforts, it seemed to him, had been so characterised by vacillation and in consistency that, in point of fact, neither Parliament nor the world knew what the determination of the Govern ment really was. Warfare was talked of, but no one knew with whom we were at war. Nay, no one could say whether we' were at war or not. But, if public rumour were true, we were at war, and, if so, why were the Government afraid to state the fact ? Another point of complaint was that no information on the Eastern ques tion had been afforded to the public, so that the inhabi tants of other and unconstitutional countries were in a better position to form an opinion of the state of affairs than the people of con stitutional England. It was impossible to avoid coming to the conclusion that all this uncertainty was owing to the diffeience of opinion on the Eastern question which prevailed in the Cabinet ; the result of which division was, that every step taken in the matter bore evidence of a compromise between the c onflicting parties. Though he had asked questions very sparingly last session, from a wish not to embarrass the Government, he had said enough to show that the opinions he had then formed, and the anticipations he had then expressed, had been justified by the course of events, and that Russia, whiad ch from the ver y first had shown the " c loven foot," h only continued the same line of falsehood and duplicity. The only way to deal with Russians, as he had found from personal experience, was to put to them a plain, straightforward question, and to insist on a straightfor ward answer. Had the Government done this, much of the present complication might have been avoided. In this respect, as compared with England, the conduct of the French Government was worthy of the highest praise, and he only hoped the relations now existing be tween the two nations would be maintained with unin terrupted cordiality. The noble marquis then passed in review the various phases of the negotiations entered into by the great Powers with respect to the Turkish and Russian quarrel, and concluded as follows : The massacre of Sinope is an eternal disgrace to this country. I cannot, in my conscience, help saying that grave responsibility for the blood that has been shed rests upon the Ministers of this country. (Hear, hear.) I want to know what your fleet want to the Dardanelles for ? Why are they sent into the "tack Sea nowt They have gone into the Black Sea for the purpose, I suppose, for which they were originally sent out, as we are told, to protect Turkish property and the Turkish empire. I want to know what has occurred since the massacre at Sinope to justify your sending your fleet into the Black Sea, when they were in the Dardanelles ? I say you have no justification. You may regard, and justly re gard, with abhorrence that massacre, as it is called, in detail in that unfortunate town and in those ships, to tally contrary to our notions of civilised warfare, and the practice of all civilised nations at war when a supe rior force meets an inferior one. But so far as the at tack on the Turkish ships goes, the Emperor of Russia was perfectly justified. He was in a declared state of war with Turkey ; he found the Turkish ships con voying the munitions of war and troops to Asia. I have no doubt they were, or had been employed, in conveying troops and the munitions of war to Batoum. I ask if you sent ships up to Constantinople to pro tect the Turkish territory and Turkish property, why did you not protect these ships ? It is no anwswer to tell me you advised these ships not to go to sea. If a people go to war, and you, proclaiming yourself their allies, refuse to be their auxiliaries, it is a disgrace and a discredit to your arms and your policy. (Hear, hear.) I contend that the energy with which the French Go vernment wished to act for so long a time was checked and damped by the English Govornment. That I have not the least hesitation in saying. (Hear, hear.) But it is said that there is a considerable unaninimity in the feelings of the European Powers upon this question, and I suppose I shall be told that we have Austria and Prussia with us. Now, I deny that to be the case. I say, if there is any reason that can justify your enter taining strong opinions upon an hypothesis, it is per fectly clear that Austria joined us when she was forced to join us by the course of events, and that if we could have gone on with a more weak policy she would not have joined us. But if I am told that Austria and Prus sia have joined us—principally Austria, for that is the power insisted upon—l ask what is the contingent that Austria has engaged to furnish ? I should like to know if it was upon the advice, or even with the approval of Austria, that our ships have gone into the Black Sea If it be not so, let me not be told that Austria has joined us. Austria says that she entertains the greatest respect for, and wishes to support the integrity o respect Turkish empire. Why Russia says she has great for the integrity of the Turkish empire. But that is a general kind of assurance that will not do for this country. No one can doubt that if this conflict occurs, Austria must, more or less, join England and France in this matter, or the Austrian empire will in six months be at and. No one can look at the state of South Germany and Italy—no man who knows the composition of the Austrian empire, can sup pose that she can join Russia in a Turkish war. No man can doubt that, by energy and speaking out, and showing a determination, you would claim that alliance; but you would not do so by hesitating and sending notes, and making propositions which to no one could be satisfactory. It was not by prolonging these matters, but by using firm an d energetic language that Austria has been induced to join us as far as she has joined us, but very wisely she is not mentioned in the same man ner as France, because I believe we cannot count on her for any great military support. Well, what is the state of affairs at the present moment? We have sent a pro position to St. Petersburg for the renewal of a conference. I believe a favourable reply is not likely to be received ; but at the same time I will say that, if the Emperor of Russia does not send a favourably reply, he totally mis understands his own interest. You gave him up at once all he professed to aim at. He said, " I only want to stand upon the old treaties —I only want the proper re cognition of my rights of protectorate." And he will go into that conference totally unpledged to anything different from what Prince Menschikoff demanded five months ago. But see what an advantage you have given him if he refuses, an d you force him into war. God for bid this country should ever go into war without objec so great as to make it, in the opinion of the Govern ts ment and of Parliament, neaessary that we should adopt that alternative. (Hea r.) What as-e our objects if we go to war now ? We are to go to war for the renewal and re-imposition upan Turkeyof thosetreaties whichhave led to constant contentions, and have now led to this very war, and which, if renewed as they were before, will be sure to generate another contest in a short time, whenever Russia finds herself in a position to commence one. You proclaim that to be your object. If that be your object, and you are to do that, you had better at once have taken the other course. It was open to this country to have said, "We will have nothing to do with these matters, which do not concern us—these matters do not concern us, and we will not go to war to assist you ; and if you, Turkey, get into war, upon your own shoulders let the consequences rest." A great number of persons have entertained that opinion. Now, I enter- When the Lo r d Chancellor took his seat on the wool- taro a contrary opinion. I think that course would have sack at five o'clock, there were about 40 peers present ; been attended with considerabledifficulties andunpleasay.t but the numbers soon augmented, although the attend- consequences. I believe that in the course of a short time ance was by no means unusua lly large. The only occu- it would have led to a general European war, into which pants of the Ministerial b en ch at first were the Earl of we should soon have been forced, and in which we should I Aberdeen and the Duke of Newcastle. The Marquis of have had to contend with a triple league, with every other Lansdowne, the Earl of Clarendon, and the other mem- possible disadvantage, and it is not unlikely that such a war begs of the Cabinet in the house, shortly afterwards might have led to the loss of our Indian empire. I be lieve that might have been the result of such a course of e ntered. The principal peers on the Opposition side were the proceeding. (Hear, hear.) But I say, if Russia isinad PARR'S LIFE PILLS ARE NOW, FROM THEIR MANY VIRTUES, THE ESTABLSHED FAMILY MEDICINE THROUG HOUT THE B RI TISH EMP I RE. 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