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      onward * I must say , by your kindness and indulgence ^ , to speak to a greater extent in regard to matters of foreign policy than I had intended . The ChancehWof the Exchequer , you must know , gentlemen , in his official capacity , is opposed pretty nearly to all wars —( Laughter ^—but at the game time the present Chancellor of the Exchequer in his official capacity is also of opinion that good financial arrangements are amongst the most important preparations foi war , when a war is necessary ; and so far as finance is concerned , I do . not think that England has ever been better prepared for a war than at present . ( Loud cheering . ) Matters havebeenreduced to a state of simplicity ; and in adverting to certain persons who have been more anxious to resort to arms than I could wish , I must say I

      really suppose those gentlemen are so satisfied with the present legislative acceptance of the income-tax by the masses ofthe people , which has been embodied in an act of Paa'liament for a term of seven years , that they think it woiild be convenient to bring in a bill to double or treble the income-tax—a simple operation , so far as the House of Commons is concerned . ( Laughter . ) Twelvemonths ago we heard much of a measure that would produce a good deal of money , namely , the doubling of the house-tax ; there may be a portion , but surely not a large portion of the community , with which that measure would become

      popular . ( Laughter . ) But I Can assure you that it is not only as charged in my official capacity with the finances of the country that I deprecate war—because we all , advisers of the Crown , and responsible in this great question of European policy , entertain the same sentiments—whether as a Minister , a Christian , or a man , Icannotbut entertain from the bottdm of my heart those principles ; and , moreover , those are the principles on which her Majesty ^ Ministers have endeavoured to secure the honour of the Crown and the best interests of the country . ( Loud cheers-. )"

      Mr . Gladstone then adverted to questions of domestic policy . He drew attention to the fact , that although we had repealed two millions of taxes in the last session , and although the new taxes imposed in lieu were but very partially in operation , still the quarter ' s revenue showed increase—a sure sign that the country is prosperous . Adverting to the expectation of other taxes being repealed , he referred the question entirely to financial exigencies , and caused some laughter by speaking of the paper duty being repealed " when the proper time arrives , and when circumstances permit it . " The income tax he characterized

      as impossible of reconstruction , and not suitable as a part of our ordinary taxation . Ministers , therefore , had in the last session passed measures which would enable the Parliament oft 1860 to freely judge whether the income tax should be continued or not . Mr . Gladstone then drew his long speech to a worthy close . In a fervid spirit of gladness—yet grave from much thought—he spoke of what free trade had done in lightening the task of labour and adding to the comforts of the working man , and expressed a hope that the example set by England would pass over the surface of the earth .

      A banquet to a select party of one hundred then succeeded . Mr . Gladstone spoke briefly in proposing the Mayor ' s health . The Bishop of Oxford also happily spoke , urging the necessity of educating the people . Manchester , which had spent 1 , 200 , 000 Z . in bringing pure water from the distant hills to supply the physical necessities of the people , should not withhold its aid when the question was to bring waters of a higher and purer nature to the countless multitude . With this worthy sentiment the happy proceedings of the day fitly ended .

      On Thursday , Mr . Gladstone was present at the consecration of a new church at Den ton , a village five miles from Manchester . The church was built mainly through the generosity and zeal of the Reverend Mr . CroBwell , a personal friend and old acquaintance of Mr . Gladstone . There were two bishops at the ceremony—the Bishop of Oxford and the Bishop of Manchester . After the consecration , a luncheon took place . Speeches were made , showing the personal character of the clergyman of the parish , and illustrating other local notabilities .. Mr . GlndHtone also spoke briefl y , and on the topic of the day . At a later period of the day , Mr . Gladstone assisted at laying the foundation-stono of a now school .

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      Letters From Paris. (Fnom Our Own Coitin...

      LETTERS FROM PARIS . ( FnoM our Own CoitincBroNirttNT . ) Lettish XCTVY PurJH , Thursday Evening , Oct . 13 , lftf > 3 . A . HinioufjOWH concoction of ruraoiim from Germany , emanating from tho " prints in thp interest of Russia , had ,, at l , I \ o beginning of this week , led public opinion astray . Tho Journal dm JX'batti ami tho Assembler ¦ Nati onali in Franco , tho / ndeperi dance . Beige in

      Belgium , tho Journal de Frankfort , in Germany , tho ihrncH in , . England , had maliciously propagated , or Btu pidly adopted tho report that the Czar consented to accept tho ' Vienna * Note with its now interpretation . The gaping- public waB tho dupe- of thitt fabrication . It «> rgot that , tho rfile of the Cossacks of Russia , as of the

      i ' o throw uncertainty into public opinion , to chil l tho Govomijionts , to suspend tho effect of tho rneotlng » in England—fluoh is tho ovidont object of those mivncouvpou , Hftd not tho dosptvtoboa brought by tho

      British steamer Fury arrived opportunely , they would have been crowned with success . On the Bourse of Paris there was a rise of three francs just before the Fury arrived with the official declaration of war by the Sultan . Private letters aame to confirm and explain this fact . The standard of the Prophet has been unfurled on the mosque of St . Sophia ; thafc is the signal to all believers of the holy war . Gold and silver amassed by the Ulemas in the recesses of the mosques , devoted by the piety of the faithful to this eventuality , have been placed at the disposal of the Sultan ; When the decision of the Sultan was known , the entire population

      of Constantinople , which thronged the gates of the palace where the council was assembled , welcomed it with acclamations . An enthusiasm impossible to describe prevailed . On the other hand , Austria , that pretended neu & ral power , has betrayed by its prudential orders its secret designs . Orders have been given at the Austrian legation , to all Austrian subjects , to leave Constantinople ; and the whole ofthe residents of that nation in the Turkish capital embarked on board the Cuslozza steamer in consequence . Surely this step is significant ; it proves clearly enough to the least acute vision that Austria is disposed not to observe neutrality , but rather to assist the Russian operations against

      Turkey . Large bodies of Austrian troops are concentrated on the Servian frontier . These movements are so serious that they have decided Omer Pacha to send into Servia a detachment of his forces to act as the nucleus of a corps to resist the Austrians . Meanwhile hostilities have begun on the borders of the , Danube . Besides some stray shots from island to island , in parts where the river is divided into several branches , Omer Pacha has given orders to sink every boat which , appears on the Danube . As long as peace was preserved the Russians made use of the river to transport their provisions and ammunition . Now they can no longer do this . This order of Omer Pacha ' s explains the cessation of the packet service of the Danubian

      Company , which had thirty-five boats employed in running to Galatz . Imagine the effect of all this sudden news on the Bourse . The funds fell a franc and a half in three days . Countless rumours were flying about . Some English journals . had talked vaguely about the despatch of a portion of the Channel Fleet in some direction or other , a hint which our jobbers improved upon with infinite inventiveness . A movement of troops in the neighbourhood of Marseilles having been observed , it was concluded that two armies were being formed ; one , the army of the Alps , to cross Piedmont and revolutionize Lombardy against Austria ; the other , the army of the East , to go to Constantinople to protect that city against the Russians .

      At length , we are assured , the united fleets have left Besika Bay , and actually entered the Golden Horn on the 7 th inst . All this is possible enough ; for rny own part , I take the liberty not to believe a word of it . No more than I do the announcement of the Times that our two Governments have presented a new ultimatum to the Czar . One must be a simpleton not to understand that the Czar will think twice before he answers " yes" " no" to any ultimatum of that

      sort : he will simply avail himself of the occasion this indefatigably blundering diplomacy offers him to wear out , by renewed delays , by false hopes and shuffling expectations skilfully proposed and opportunely withdrawn , the patience and public spirit of Europe . Tho question will , I say , remain after such an ultimatum , or a volume of Notes , just what it was before . It will bo little to the honour of your country if such a denoument has been imagined by tho brains of your aristocratic bunglers .

      Our Grand Emperor is amusing himself , nevertheless . He goes out shooting . Tho othor day he informed us , through the Monitcvr , that in a day ' s sport in the park of Versailles ho had shot 117 head of gnma from his own gun . One mu 8 t allow that tho game was very obliging . On Wednesday the great man loft for Compiegno . To day ho goes a hunting-. A very Rolect circle of visitors in invited to form the imperial circle at Compiegno . Perhaps it is that a great many have declined tho indispensable- condition of an invitation to the Chateau—namely , to don tho gold and green livery of Bonaparte . Only your Ambassador , 1 believe , submits to this plousantry without a scruple . * .

      Some arrests havo been made again of late . About thirty journeymen hatters were arrested last Saturday night in the Faubourg du Temple . Tho police will make it out to bo ; i political affair , while , in truth , it is nothing but a question , of wages . Tho working men wanted to strike : their chiefs wore arrested' the pretext of political plotting . " That is the secret of tho whole affair . Tho trial of tho conspiracy of tho Op 6 ra Oomique wan fixed for tho 27 th inufc . ; it is now deferred till November 7 . Tho police havo made no further discoveries . They don't ovon know to what parties tho in on already arrested belong . There are 17 accused . . TuIoh . Favro is to bo ono of tho counsel for the defence .

      Wo are enjoying tho luxury of miraolos hitherto unknown in this blcRHoil land of Franco . Every Bishop aspires to work a litt . lo miracle on bin own account . Tho Bishop of Amionn has recently rotumod from Rome With mi entire corps **; ho alleges 1 it to be tho body of 4

      Saint of the second century . Why not ? The national guard of Amiens has been convoked to escort this new ( and very old ) saint to her last resting-place ( if she can be supposed to want rest at . this time of day ) in , the Cathedral . The Saint ' s name is , or was , Theodosia . The Archbishop of Bordeaux , who is anxious about the prospects of his vintages , threatened with the oidium , a fungus which rots away the grape in less than a week , has lately favoured us with a remarkable receipt for getting rid of this blight ; it is simply to attach to each bunch of grapes a medal of the "Virg in Mary . If the medal has been blessed by the Pope , need I say ? the cure is infallible . Pray make this singular experiment known to your hot-houses in England . If those fine fellows of Irishmen want to save their potatoes , they have only to tie a medal of the Holy Virgin to the stalks I Shade of Voltaire ! This is what we have come to in France in the latter half of the nineteenth century ! S -

      Continental Notes. The Literary Event Of...

      CONTINENTAL NOTES . The literary event of the week at Paris has been the publication of the first volume of the Memoirs of a Bourgeois of Paris , by Doctor Veron , Doctor of the Faculty of Paris , ex-director of the Revue de Paris , ex-director of the Dpera , ex-director of the GonstituUonnel , ex-adviser of the Elysee , inventor of the Pate Regnauld , & c . & c . These memoirs were looked for with some curiosity , as it was known that Dr . Wsron had enjoyed peculiar opportunities of knowing every phase of the world of Paris , from an Emperor to a danseuse , including statesmen , representatives , financiers , stockbrokers , journalists , men of wit , of pleasure , of politics , of science , of art , of the Bourse ; besides the world of actresses and lorettes .

      The Latest Intelligence From Constantino...

      The latest intelligence from Constantinople is to the 6 th tilt . On the 1 st inst . the Sultan , acceding to the unanimous voice of the Grand Council ordered Omer Pasha to declare to Prince Gortshakoff that unless the Russian troops should evacuate the Principalities within fifteen days , war would be considered to be declared . Omer Pasha was instructed to give Prince Gorfcshakoff time to communicate with St . Petersburg if necessary , and in the meantime to be ready to commence operations , bufc not in any case to cross the Danube . Until he receives fresh orders his operations will be confined to harassing the enemy by impeding the communications which he keeps up by means of the river , and by opposing any attempt which may be made by the Russians to cross it . The Sultan had addressed a manifesto to the nation , and had called upon the Western Powers ( France and England ) to afford him their moral and material support . On the 27 th ult . orders had been aivnt to the Admirals to enter the

      Dardanelles . The combined squadrons arc now before Constantinople . A fresh levy of 150 , 000 men was decreed , which would raise the effective force of the Turkish army to 300 , 000 men . The Black Sea is closed to vessels under the Russian fin" -, but remains open to neutrals . All the remaining Russian Consuls and officials have left Tnrkey . After the declaration of war the representatives of tho various Powers had paid a visit to the Sultan . His Highness requested them to assure their respective sovereigns thafc his wish was to settle his differences with the Emperor of Russia amicably ; but he added , that his ancestors had captured Constantinople with sword in hand , and that if fate ordained that it . should full to another muster , the Turks would quit the country sword in hand , or die as soldiers for their national faith . Prince MensehikofT has been appointed Governor ( e . r ^ ntteur des haules wuvres de I'J ' Jtnperciir ) of the Moldo-Wallachian Provinces , with surveillance of the movements of the fleet in tho Mack Sea . This appointment does not look like an intention to evacuate tho Provinces . It is also reported that the aged Prince Puskiewitz , who lately figured at Olinutz , and is best known as the inan who restored " order" at Warsaw , has been appointed Generalissimo of the troops in tho Provinces . A private letter from Moldavia stul . es thiifc tho reigning . Prince of Moldavia hud resolved to resign his functions , but hud been opposed in his anxiety to abandon his discreditable position by Prince Gortshukofr . Prince Sferboy , 1110 llospodur of Wnlluehiu , having requested of Prince Gorttmukofl ( 50 , 000 ducats ( 28 , 8 ( KJ ? . ) on uccount , to pay the contractors for the army , received 110 direct reply to his application , but on tlio following day tho Russian Consul (' jcnoml forwarded a polite note to the HoHpodur , demanding the discharge of tho debt duo by the Province to the ituHuiau Government for the expenses of occupation , in 1 B 48 . Tho movement of Russian troops in fho Provinces 111-ereuBen . ITleen battalions of infantry , and a park of thirty-two pieces of artillery had passed through Hueharo « t . * General Ludors hud ' arrived there . The Russian army occupy four wimps - one at a short distance from IJueliurcNt , the second at Mujorelu , the third at Kaloakaren , and the fourth at tWlninoLHki . Prince Gortuhukoff hud

      inspected them . The accounts from Persia are eontrudietory . On the ono hand , tlioy uro reported to l > e unfavourable to Turkish interest h . The Shall haw gathered together an army of from r >() , 0 ()() to ( 10 , 000 men on the Turkish frontier . An attack hud been imulo upon the town of Omul , and also upon u Turkish village , by the Persians , who hud occupied them . Russian influence is known to bo very powerful at Teheran . Tho Emperor of Kuhh ' iii in stated to havo signified his willingness to lunlco the inont lenient conditions with regard to tho forty millions of the IluHHian loan . All tho members <> C the I ' m-siun HinliuHHV havo been decorated at

      Bt . Petersburg , and it- is said that these acts of kindnens are to he remunerated hy a grateful display of hostility towards tho Turks . On the other hand , a letter from Ensoroum , of the 18 th ulfc ., aimouncoH , tho Court of . Toheran warmly aupporfod by the British Miuinfewy had rebooted

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 15, 1853, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_15101853/page/5/