The Shropshire Examiner and all round the Wrekin advertiser. — 1876-09-08 (Wenlock, Shropshire, England)

MANCHESTER.  The Bishop of Manchester, in the coarse of a long letter to the Times, says—" That the conscience of the nation is awakened there can be no doubt. The spirit of slumber or indifference, whichever it was, has passed away. The people are thoroughly aroused. It is felt that it ia no mere question of the exigency of a Ministry, or of the fate of a Government, or of a line of ordinary policy which might be safely left to the hands that are used to pilot the vessel of the State. It is a questioa concerning, and deeply 'concerning, the honour and the character for humanity of the people of England ;and it would seem as though the people of England, if they would have their honour and character for humanity safe, must take *bow into their own keeping. And that this indignation—for it amounts to tbat—i. Dot excessive nor misplaced appears to be tardily admitted by the Government itself. His lordship then quotes from the recent letter of Mr. Bourke.] But Lord Derby has told us that in these delicate sed difficult political crises he likes to feel, before be acts, that he has the mind of the country at his hack, supporting him (p the I action; and it is that the noble earl, who will have to I set seen and to act decisively, may know the mind of the country on, at least,ooe important Issue that I make this appeal. Travellers abroad this summer send home word to their friends that they are surprised to observe the wonderful leap forwards in continental letinonce that England has made in the last fee mouths. The positioo, if it natters our pride, carries with it a very grave responsibility; for it would seem as though the maintenance of what some call ". territorial Integrity' and others the +t,ell., is quo ante' of the Ottoman NMOre was oonsidered by the other Powers of Europe se be left in our hands. Lord Derby has said that the Treaty of Paris was never intended to guarantee Turkey against death from natural causes or by her own band. Was it intended to enable her, wader the protecting nig of England, to commit these monstrous crimes of brigandage, rape, and murder upon an almost unarmed and industrious peasantry which she has oommitted with Impunity? The 'balance of power' isa bugbear which seems to frighten 'Women and diplomatiste and to parslyee their power of action. But are the people of Ragland going to be frightened by it toot' Even if it were certain that Russia would become possessed of Coastantinople though that seem, neither the likeliest nor the best solution of present oomplications—it has yet to be shown how this would perilously or even prejudicially affect either the industrial development or the Imperial power of England—those 'lnterests' which Mr. Bourke says her statesmen'are bound first to regard. But the question which the English people should answer is eot this —whether they wauld like to see the Russians at Constantinople—but anther— whether they wish their Government to lift a hand, or ever to raise a voice, to maintain the territorial integrity of the Turkish Empire In Europe. The Treaty of Paris could never have bound us to this, under all esseditions, and mmte