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    have married the daughter of an English king and the daughter of a French king . Tour Majesty must see the august spectacle of this alliance with cordial satisfaction . But let me complete that toast , with another . — And , united , may they destroy Russia ! The Prince . I cannofc refuse to drink a toast proposed by your . Majesty—I drain my glass . But what , do we mean by the destruction of Russia ? TheKing . That , indeed , is the question we have met to discuss . The Emperor . I trust we mean the same tiling .

    The Prince . I am . sure we can always act together and do the same thing . But , perhaps , we may have , each of us , to compromise a portion of our policy . The King . May I he permitted to say that I don't think the world deceiyesitself as to the alliance between the two countries . Xour Ii . Xi ^ ¥ ial ... MAJ € S ^ yis-. ; popular ! ' in Ira ^ ce , in carrying 6 n this war ; and , Prince , your , iLord A ^ egedeen . is notipopular in ^ Eng land in carrying on the war ; . yet your fleets and armies areincombination . and . ' th ' ev ^^ r . is ^' a-pop'tiliir " yrar . ^ I apbreliendj there ^ re , that public opinion . in Eurppphesitates tobelieye in the identity of your meaniog . : ; ¦

    V The JEhrijoerbr . "Why . should I hesitate to Bp > f that I have only fpuntt our ¦ agreement elepr ' jip f tti a certain point ; beyond .. ( the Crimea there , is , chaps . " Phe Prince . iNecessarily so , I -fear . TheKjing . Public ojiiaion . in Europe dissects : yp > ur ajliance , and ; distrusts it ; for Fr ^ n

    The Empgrar . Yoii / - ' ar . 0 , eippliatie ; and yqu ., ' .. iPriace , iare ' sj ^ eni . , Xs . not tj ^ imiere . traditipnal ; '" politique ? " it yyas , JLjQuis ; £ hilip , pe ' s " pblitique . '' i But .. lie liadf : ^ larg ^ ^ iamily . The age of traditi ^ im polities is ^ ast . r The Kmg . Geography endures ^ , /^ our Majesty meets , iny / traditio : n . with a . phrase ; is one safer than ^ he , other ? Does nqt your Majesty feel thai after all , and even up to the Crimea point , this is not an alliance between Prance and England ? France « nd England are making war onRussia ; but is it notOFrance which is leaUoig England into the war ? May I not say dragging ?

    Vie Prince . Not so . It was not our interest to go to war ; it can never be our interest again to go to war ; while your , Majesty , as France , had a distinct interest in the glory and occupation of a war with Russia—more especially -when , securing the solidity of an English alliance . But our own public opinion , combined -with the sad imbecility of the

    Emperor Nicholas , forced us , so far , into the part we have taken ! . The Emperor . TJudaubteclly we have 'been in accord ; Undoubtedly it , is my , interest to destroy Russia -, my uncle held that view when the destinies of France were in his hand . But , surely , also , England , a chief of civilisation , aind suzerain , pt' India , can , have no interest in , preserving ijussia ? ,

    The King . England has .,-an , interest in checking the enerpachmentjEf of Russia , and in reducing her to , her conservative and stationary potency ; bub there England ' s interest in this war ends , , , , The Prince . I am speaking , of course , without personal views ; hut the ; fixqd idea pf English statesmen is the balance , of powor . The English pooplo airo without clear principles of European politics , and are without the direct political power which would enable me , siding with their sympathies against Russia , to rosiafc this religion of English statesmen—that tlio balance of powor , must be maintained . The Emjperor . I only propose- to ; weaken HusBia—which ia too strong .

    1 he King . The view of Lord Aberdeen js , and I confess it is mine , that [ Russia balances France . The Emperor * It was so in 1815 , but it is not so now . The other day I was isolated and Russia meant Russia and Germany . Your majesty tells , ; me that I must be again isolated : where then ia the balance to which my Lord Aberdeen trusts ?

    The Prince . Tour future isolation would be different from your isolation , the other day . You wish Russia to be destroyed : and your . isolation would then be omnipotence . The Emperor . Is England declining then ? The Prince . England must grow stronger and stronger every year : they are a great and just people . I am speaking merely in reference to continental Europe . The King . Your Majesty properly observes that Russia means Germany also . Because that is the case , you could not destroy Russia- . ' without destroying ; Austria . "What then ? . . ' ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ' : " : ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' : ' .: ' ' . ¦ " ¦ ' ¦ ¦¦ . : . ¦¦•»¦¦¦

    The Prince . / Francewould be the only great , inuitary power ^ anVEurope ; it is th at ¦ . result'Which liord Aberdeen is dismelined to promote . . ' . ;; , ¦' . ¦ . ' :- > ¦ v-: ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ -. ;' : ¦¦¦ ' : ' : / .: ' - . ' . . ¦ : . . ¦ ' '; ' - : The , Enijperor . Are , you taking-fpr granted iliatl Beek . tMs resjilt : for . ^ r ^ e % ? ;/ ; TJikJF ^ mtce . , Pardoii . me . I have faitii in yoar geniu $ ; . ; and ; y . ou are ¦ < too ; wise' to wish aught but the happinessi' . . ¦ pf tnaiikind . But Francfe must ^ alwaysv be-a great ^ military power ; . the French are a superb ; race , who must always be first in Europe : and France

    may /^ ene day be in the hands of the RepubiieiuiAPrppaganjda . ^ '¦¦ yTJke ^ ^ j ^ w y , Engh > n < d cannot rely on a Napoleonic dyiiasty , ;• she is compelled therefoTe , ia ; tlie . lpng 3 * uni ; tp r . ely ; p ' is . Russia . : . ¦ , The ; EiJi ]! ye ? oK ; Xamr not a , Conservative , I cp 3 ifess ; though I dftiest and will strangle the republics ; dreamed of by poets and socialisfcs . In other words , my ; politics are English : how , is it , tlien , that in entering on a-course which may lead to , the destruction of exhausted dynasties and exploded systems , I encounter the opposition of England P

    The Prince . The mass ot the ; . English people are very sensible : they asBume that nations have , precisely the Governments which they deserve , and which are suited to them . JFor my own part , I do not believe in the exhaustion of dynasties . The Emperor of Russia is worshipped by his people ; he is consequently a great power . His system of government is as good as any other system of government . The course you seek to enter on , would lead to the

    Republicaniaing of ' fEurope ^ or to the Napoleonising of Europe . With neither future could you bring the classes who have political power in England to sympathise . The English are a practical people : and pitying , while despising mankind , I agree with ' the English ,. that the chief blessing , in human affairs , is- ^ stability . .. ' They call it progress ; it is , atJ , eaBfc , permanence- ,. The JUmjoeror . I ) clearly understand you ; You , I hope , as clearly comprcjheucl me ? The Kinff .

    Why—The Emperor \ You , wis ] i to press Nicholas no further : to accept negotiation' at tho instance of Ausjbria . WqII ,- we may ; leave the conduct of the affair to ovu * diplomafeiats . By the bye , what an excellent person Xord Cowloy is . Do you . smoke , Prince ?

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    securing to them all that they , have desired---present subsistence , ample return forindustrious exertion , provision for . children ^ , and universal suffrage itseh " . "We speak with the greater confidence of the scheme since , if iwfe do not mistake the hand by-which it is described , it receives the voucher of a gentleman well acquainted with affairs in the union practically , conversant with public business , and not long since familiar as a resident with the people of this country .

    It will be for the working man to consider whether he himself is , a proper subject for emigration , and that is a question which can * not be determined rashly . There ate many men -who suppose themselves , . from their energy and conscious ambitionj fit for the enterprise ; and yet we have known the most promising men return bitterly disappointedj blaming those who iuduped thejn to go out . On the other hand , some who were supposed to be too weak for . exertion , untrained to

    out-door employment , har ^ prpyed admirably suited to cplionial , ; Pccu ^ tiong'ii- / Th ^ . ' caprices of these things are remarlcable , ' ^ We could poiiit . to civil ^^ engineers dawdling , out of work - ^ -taiio rs actiye in .- every species pf esnergetie and inventive enterprise— - > printers who seetii urtahle to discover the wieans ;; o | applying them selves usefully-r-weavei * s excelling here ^ drtary < shepherds in the care of Australian flocks- —horse-deaiers settling down as farmers ih JVfichigaia--- ^ a . ndVin . short , to every forni . ot

    tinexpected . variety ; . The ^^ man ' s liealthj > his , capacity for . pliysieal endurance , still > more-, his power to > preserye-. a gpod heart underadverse tendencies , must all be cpnsidered .. L > kewisej the kind of pLaqe ^ nd voyage ¦; to it ; and , above . ' alii l ® t hiin study the agency by which ^ he is to . be . tran . ^ por ted ^ Jnformatioji , we repeat , i after wliat we saidi last week , , can always be obtained - the inaii wlio desires to emigrate only has to find out some authority attested by a sufiGLcignt voucher , : v Already people are proceeding fcpm the United Kingdom at the rate of a million in "

    three years . They go mainly from Ireland ; but we know that in some parts of Eoglaiid there are those who would emigrate if they coiild see their yvayJ The American x ^ > ^ it should succeed , would , furnish the means-, with one exception . It would secure compe tent agency , and a clear path tp the desired destination . It could evidently carry oyer atiy inunber that pleased to emigrate , provided only that ships enough existed , for the purpose . About half a million enter America , the British colonies , and the Republic annually ; that number could be doubled , and the increase drawn from this country .

    What would be the effect ? It would " secure for those who wonfca certainty against fear for them Belves or their dependants , a social elevation and political enfranchisement . The poor dovil who can scarcely make both ends meet on Satui'day , who fears the workhouse for his children , and haunts democratic clubs , now so silent , to agitate for a suffrage , would there be a landowner , and an enfranchised voter . TJut . his going woxild do exactly the same for those left behind . Abtract a Bufficienti

    number from tho working class of this country , and those who remain anust have at leasi / to divide amongst their diminished numbers tho amount of wages paid to the larger number , They would have more ; for all working mon know how by tho manoeuvres of tho masters a certain number are . constantly kept out of work , so that their competition prevents wages from rising . That resource of the mastors would bo dostroyod ; and wages would rebound . With bettor wages como better living , ; batter lodging , better insurance fox- tho future ,, bettor aqoial -position ; ' nntl with improved social position must como t ! ro

    EMIGRATE , EMIGRATE . J . y ? the great American ^ qhome of emigration answers to the description given of it in the Times , and copied into , our own columns , it is one , to -whiphj . thjo t working , claasoBi of this country may trust . Its oftora a moans ol

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    824 THE IiEADER . [ Saturday ,

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  • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 2, 1854, page 824, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2054/page/8/