DEBATE ON TURKEY.

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for imperial aid. People at a distance, who learn that the Kil
Poor rates in Lancashire are even now less than they are in Zr. 59
ordinary times in the agricultural districts, cannot under-Stand
 this helplessness and destitution. They do not perceive
how exceptional this state of things is. Lancashire, with its
machinery stopped, is like a man in a fainting fit. * It would
be as rational to attempt to draw money from the one as
blood from the other. Or it may be compared to a strong
man suddenly struck with paralysis; until the use of his
limbs and muscles be restored to him, it is useless to tell
him to help himself.”

Debate on Turkey.

“ London, June 2, 1868. (To BM. Chevalier)—We had a
debate in the House on the Turkish question last Friddy,
& propos of the bombardment of Belgrade by the Turks? I
took a part, and send you enclosed an extract from my speech,
in which I alluded to the policy which ought to be pursued
iu the Hast on the part of France and England. As you will
see, the doctrine, though somewhat new to the House, was
very well received. I was very much struck with the
altered feeling towards the Turks. They have not a friend,
except Palmerston and his partial imitator, Lavard. Pal-?

 When Servia acquired what was practically her independence, Belgrade
wag one of five fortresses which the Turks continued to occupy. In the
Summer of 1862 an affray, such as was frequent enough, took place between
 some Servian citizens in Belgrade, and some soldiers of the Turkish
Barrison in the citadel. The Turkish Pasha proceeded to bombard the
town, and European diplomacy was once more stirred by the relations
between Turkey and her dependencies. Inthe debate in the House of Commong,
 May 29, 1863, Mr. Layard made an elaborate defence of the condition
tnd prospects of the Turkish Government. Cobden replied in a particularly
able statement of the case against Turkey and the traditional policy of the
British Foreign Office. To this Mr. Gladstone replied in turn, not taking
Me, Layard’s line, but rather deprecating “a general crusade againet
Turkey,” and hoving for the hest.— Hensard, clxxi. v. 126. ets.