The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-11-18 00:00:00

had met with

On a former occasion he had the
honour of being entertained here, after the settlement of the
last eastern question, and he little expected then that he
should be on that platform to denounce Russia for her
infamous attack upon Turkey. (Hear, hear)

had been at Manchester

He be-

lieved they all kneW, perfectly well, that this was not the
first attack that had been made on Turkey since the year
1815. The first question that disturbed Turkey was the
Greek insurrection. After much massacre and confusion the

powers of Europe at ►ast put an ens to tnat, ana placed a
king on the throne of Greece. But the destruction of the
Turkish fleet laid her prostrate at the feet of Russia. And
shortly after the settlement of the last question Russia de-
clared war against T►trkey. After meeting with reverses,

itch as he hoped she had met with at the
tussia was obliged to retire to Shum

in Bulgaria. Bu

the following ie'ar she set her foot on Adrianople. The
British fleet then took up a position in Besika Bay. (Hear,
hear.) Lord Palmerston called on Russia to halt, and she
halted, and Turkey had peace. (Cheers.) A third attack
was made on Turkey by her own Pacha, Mehemet Ali, after
assisting his sovereign in the affair of the insurrection of
Greece. Again England came forward and Turkey was
again saved. He had the honor of_taking a part in the war-

like operations of that period. (Hear, and cheers.) In a
very short time Mehemet Ali was driven back to Egypt, and
Turkey was again restored to peace and tranquillity. He
did not wish to make complaint of the conduct of Turkey,
or to speak of her ingratitude, but she did not give to the
Christians in Syria what she promised. And he hoped that
if she succeeded now, in her present struggle against Rus-
sia, she would pay due attention to her Christian subjects,
and thus deprive Russia of any pretence for interfering with
her again. (Cheers.) Well, in 1839, the Sultan granted
to Turkey her Magna Charta. He did not mean to say that
that bad been thoroughly carried out, as it ought to have
been, but the Turkish government had done a great deal,
and had greatly improved her army, her navy, and her finan-
ces since 1841. (Hear, and cheers.) And had she been
permitted to go on unmolested, she would, in his opinion,
soon have occupied a very respectable position amongst the
nations. (Hear, hear.) But Russia and Austria found great
fault with Turkey for exercising her hospitality, and giving
protection to the unfortunate Hungarian refugees. (Loud

cheers.) That undoubtedly caused a remonstrance from'Rus-
sia and from Austria. Upon that Lord Palmerston came
forward again, and told them to be quiet. (Loud cheers.)
The fleats were again sent to Besika Bay, and they had the
effect of causing Russia and Austria to take care. (Hear,
hear.) That led him to the present question, passing over
some small affairs, such as the rebellion of the Montene-
grins, which he believed was in a great measure
caused by the instigation of Russia ; and Austria came for-
ward with the old story about the danger to be apprehended
from the refugees. Russia and Austria sent missions to
Constantinople under various pretexts. Prince Menschikoff
was at last sent to Constantinople by the Czar of Russia
with an impudent message for the purpose of intimidating
a weaker power. (Hear, hear.) The minister at Constan-
tinople at the time became alarmed, and he called the fleet
up, as usual, to Besika Bay; but the admiral who com-
manded the fleet at Malta wisely and properly did not think
it his duty to act upon the request. The Baltic would have
been open in a month, where the Russians had a fleet of
twenty-seven sail of the line, and the British force by sea
was not what it ought to have been. He did not blame
the government so much for that as he blamed the Peace
Society. (Great cheering.) He then referred to the letter
written by the late Duke of Wellington in 1848, in which
he pointed out " the nakedness of the land " in the defi-
ciency of the means of defence both in the army and navy.
But if we then had had the fleet which we have now, with
a small addition to it, and Russia had thought fit to menace
Turkey, this country might have said, that the Mediterranean
fleet should go to Constantinople, and that the channel fleet
should hold a- review, not at Spithead, but in the Baltic.
(Loud and renewed cheers.) After noticing that more ri-
gorous steps had not been taken by the government,of this
country, when they did get their fleet up, he admitted the
season was far advanced, and that operations on the Baltic
were impossible for the ice. He had said that Russia had
sent a most impudent messuage to Constantinople, and the
manifesto of the Emperor of Russia, on the declaration of
war by Russia on Turkey was more impudent still. (Cheers.)
Those gentlemen who had examined treaties would readily
see that there never was such impudent and insulting lan-
guage used by one nation towards another, as had been used
by Russia towards Turkey. (Cheers.) Let him now con-
sider what would be the consequences to Europe if Russia
remained in the Danubian Principalities. He believed that
about sixty years ago there was a distance of nearly two
hundred miles between the territories of Austria and Russia.
If they looked at the map they would find that now they ran
alongside each other for about five hundred miles; and if
Russia retained possession of the Danubian Provinces, that
line of frontier would be nearly doubled. Let Russia once
be fixed in the principalities, and then the desire of her
ambition would be more territory and more power. If the
powers of Europe allowed Russia to possess those Principali-
ties she would not then be content. That would be
contrary to human nature and to all that had taken place
since the creation of the world, and, if unchecked Russia
would go on until she got to Constantinople, and then a
pretty position she would be in with the numerous seas and
territories at her command. And she would never rest satis-
fied without stretching out her brawny arms in the hope that
Europe would fall within her embrace. (Hear, hear.) And
supposing she got Europe within her power, did they think
she would stop there. If the Russians get to Constan-
tinople' what was to hinder them from marching from that
city to Egypt, and if they got to Egypt then what was to be-
come of the passage to India ? And then how was the
trade of this country to be carried on with India, and how
were goods to be sent to India ? We should have to turn
again to the passage of the Cape of Good Hope; but at

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