The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-11 00:00:00

his person and demands
give credence either to this, or one-half the rumours

Of course we cannot

which are now being so industriously circulated.
It appears that the Olmutz proposition has been

rejected by the Western Powers, and a new note
that is to be projected, but that the friendly nego-

ciation of Prussia will not be sought

The. following is the conditional clause appended
to the Declaration of War, signed by the Porte :
"Nevertheless, hostilities will not be opened ex-
cepting in the case that the Russian troops shall

not have evacuated the Principalities within the

delay determined upon." (Four weeks.)

The Sultan evidently is preparing for the worst.
The latest information is, that frigates laden with
troops had been sent off for Beyrouth.

The Emperor of Russia left Warsaw for St.

Petersburg, on the 9th inst,

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday; but tip

to the time of going to press no intelligence re-
specting its proceedings had arrived.

THE Manchester City Council are busily occupied
in making suitable preparations for 'the reception
of the Right Hon. W. GLADSTONE, whose visit to
that city will take place on to-morrow. A special
meeting of the council was held yesterday for the
Purpose of considering the propriety of presenting
au,Address to the Right Hon. Gentleman, at. which
the Mayor presided, and some very complimentary
speeches were delivered on the occasion, which
reflect credit on the speakers as well as upon the
distinguished object of their eulogiums.
There can be no doubt but that the citizens of Man-
chester know how to appreciate the extensive bene-
fits conferred upon manufacturing and commercial
interests, and indeed, the nation at large, by the suc-
cessful and wise schemes carried mainly by the ex-
traordinary ability and perseverance of our eminent
Chancellor of the Exchequer. The abolition of
the soap and - advertisement duties alone, are two
of the greatest boons which could well be bestowed
upon the people. For ourselves, we see in them the
earnest of future benefits, and hopefully accept
them as an instalment, out of the many, which
each successive Budget will, we have uo doubt
0911 fer.

We congratulate the people of Manchester upon
the privilege about to be afforded them, and feel
assured, that nothing will be left unaccomplished
on' their part, to render' Mr. GLADSTONE'S stay
amongst them both agreeable•to ihd Hon. Gentle-
man and profitable to themselves.

THE recent meeting of the Tenant Right Con-
ference is another re-enactment of a le gal attempt
to revive a sort of Irish parliament. And we have
looked carefully into its proceedings;- with :a view
to discover
.some 'substantive facts on which we
could grmind a hope of success for the Irish tenant-
farmers' cause, or obtain a gleam of light as to the
real social condition. of Ireland, and the :actual
wants of her wretched people. In this, we cannot.
sayrwe have 'been wholly disappointed, as' we axe
told par exenzple that the reform in the law of
landlord and tenant is progressing despite all
opposition; and that the right of the Tenant Farmer
to the full value of all the improveMents he may
have effected by either his skill or capital, is certain
to become law. This is cheering, but what is still
more satisfactory, we are told that " there were
nearly FOUR MILLIONS of capital belonging to the
freize-coated farmers of Ireland, lying dormant and
unappropriated in the banks, waiting. for the
passing of a just measure of Tenant Right, when
it would be re-invested in the soil."
This information is highly gratifying. It is also
important. It shows us the character and impor
,tance of that particular class which-the Leaguers
represent, both in and out of parliament. That
this particular class have experienced. many-heavy
blows and great.discouragements is 'quite certain ;
and that they 'have - survived them, and have
something to' show after all their struggles, is
equally unquestionable. That the Leaguers should
take' up the cause of the ioun MILLION class is
easily accounted for and justified. For any real
good accomplished for humanity, every liberal
mind must feel grateful. But there is a limit to
gratitude, and beyond the' actual good, done in
political contests, no further- claim can be urged.
And if the . Tenant Leaguers confined their
claims to popular support'simply to the FOUR MIL-
LION school that they represent, we should not be
disposed to dispute their claim: But when they
call themselves the " Irish . National Party," we
call on them to show us on the archives of the
League the record of a speech, a resolution or an
act in favour of the millions of wretched Irish la-
bourers and artisans whose famine-paid toil and
woeful desolation, the four millions now lying dor-
mant in the Irish banks so cogently represent.
This age is, sick of all displays of wisdom with-
out virtuesand patriots without sincerity. These
are scourges tenfold more disastrous in their con-
sequences than the march of legions of Croats, or
a million of Cossacks. Nations prostrated by the.
sword have invariably riseri again to greatness and
to glory ; but a people who are the victims of de-
ceit and the tools of knavery soon become basely
corrupt and fearfully corruptible. We will not use
this moral to adorn any particular passage in Irish
history; but we return to the Conference, and here
we find a numerous assembly of highly respect-
able gentlemen, advocating the parliamentary in-
fluence, and surrounded by the parliamentary
constituency of the country ; but Where was the
giant constituency of Ireland's hunger and naked-
ness. They were not represented by the Leaguers
at the Conference. The mouldering millions in

the banker's coffers were the only repreaentatives
brought: forward on behalf of the people!s industry.
and :the rights of Irish labourers to some
consideration. The quack Who. has but one
recipe for all the pains that flesh is, heir fo; is most
puzzled when called upon to define more than one
disease, and to prescribe for a complication of
.Com-
plaints.. For the multitude of pains he has but
one remedy, and so it' is with the League. The
" Tenant Farmers have been fleeced by their land-
lords," is the Leaguers' motto, and until their com-
plaint is perfectly cured all other sufferers' must
wait, for as soon as the farmer recovers, the agricul-
tural labourer and artisan will be restored to a
healthy state, and may be able to take an extra
meal a-day.

This Homcepathic system of dealing with great
organic wrongs and injuries, we confess not to
understand. Ireland's great and prevailing want
is a remunerative market for her labour—increased

sources for the employment of the dormant capital
of the farmer-, and mare punctual payment of rent
to the landlord. Here we have the three great
interests involved in the Irish land question in
their proper order. Labour 'first, capital second,
income third. When taken iri.this Way we have to
deal with repletion. A labour market overflowing
with idle hands—the farmers with a vast accumu-
lation of dormthlt capital, and the _landlords with
millions of arrears of rents to be realized.

The only member of the League who appears to
look beyond the crying wants of the farmers for
protection, is Mn. LUCAS. He tells us of a variety
of things which are done in other countries, and
he mentions a multitude of pursuits, by which the

people might better their condition if they knew

how, and he would have them instructed.
has already been tried, but with very partial suc-
The people seem most determinedly opposed
to employing their time in new pursuits, while
they are prohibited from' follOWing those which
they understand, and know to be remunerative.

Surely Mr. Lucas is aware •of .what the prohibi-
tions onthe employment of Mbour, the use of eapi-

tal, and the payments of rents, really are in Ire-

land. Has it never occurred to him that the Chan-

cellor of the Exchequer was the Goliah whose
shadow throws a sickening gloom over Ireland's

industry

, and that where such mortals reign, there
never can be the Utopia of which the League talks

so largely.

Remove - the prohibitions directed against the
cultivation of the soil,
.and the legitimate manu-

facture by the farmer of the crops he farms, and

then Ireland will have a Tenant Right such as con-

tinental Europe enjoys; and until the Tenant Farmer
has that right, all reforms in the law- will be no

more than so much waste paper

THE decision at, which the Council arrived on
Wednesday • commits the town of Liverpool to a
comprehensive • scheme of improvements, which
has been- long - required, and the neglect Of which
for. so many years, has been a standing reproach to
our municipal .body. We hope that the proposed
high-level bridge in Dale-Street has received its
quietns, and,that.We -alma bear AO more of it; • but
the tone assumed . by. several members. of the
Council, on Wednesday, renders it pOssible that
the obnoxious measure may be again brought for-
ward, notwithstanding that a majority of thirty-five
to eleven condemned the proposal. Seeing that no
instructions whatever were given to the Improve-
ment Committee respecting Dale-street and Shaw's
Brow, and apprehensive that a further attempt to
carry the high-level scheme is by' no means impro--
bable, we think it of the utmost importance that
the public should have placed before them, in the:
strongest possible light, the grave objections which
may be adduced against it. It is significant of a
further agitation of the question, when we find such
:gentlemen as Mr. JAMES HOLISIE, 117 r. PICTON, and
the iiresent.MAYOß supporting:the scheme, as they
ro
did in the Coiincin Wednesday lasi. We cer-
tainly must say that we are not by any means pre-