[92] This was the principle which Mr. Fox and the “old Whigs” advocated.
[93] Walpole’s History of England, Vol. V., p. 45.
[94] Walpole’s History of England, Vol. V., p. 49.
[95] For facts bearing on this point, see Fawcett’s Manual of Political Economy, p. 490.
[96] In 1847 the Mint coined £5,000,000, in 1850 £11,000,000, and in 1858 only £1,200,000.
[97] Wheat which in June, 1853, stood at 45s. a quarter, on the 25th of November went up to 72s. 9d. The 4-lb. loaf rose from 10½d. to 1s. Annual Register, Vol. XCV., p. 165.
[98] “You know,” said the Emperor on the 14th of January, to Sir Hamilton Seymour, “the dreams and plans in which the Empress Catherine was in the habit of indulging: these were handed down to our time; but, while I inherited immense territorial possessions, I did not inherit those visions—those intentions if you like to call them so.” And again on the 22nd of February, “I will not tolerate the permanent occupation of Constantinople by the Russians; having said this, I will say that it never shall be held by the English, or French, or any other great nation.” Secret Correspondence between Sir G. H. Seymour, British Chargé d’Affaires at St. Petersburg, and Her Majesty’s Government. Eastern Papers, Part V.
[99] Secret Correspondence, Eastern Papers, Part V., p. 204.
[100] Diplomatic Study of the Crimean War, from Russian Official Sources, Vol. I., p. 115.
[101] Consult on this subject Mr. Nassau Senior’s article in North British Quarterly Review for February, 1851, on “The State of the Continent.”