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938 THE LEADER. [Saturday,
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THE WAK. v THE CRIMEA. On the evening of...
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War , Victorious Or Other-Wise—" Lightne...
sng allusions to recent instances of dabbling in . the funds by exclusively informed officials . There is , however , we believe , no official stockjobbing plot , but only the fact that routine does not go forth with telegraph speed or sympathise -with the impatience of 'Change . The Popiahi ; plot lias stronger testimony to ft . We liave the- evidence of Mr . Disraeli in his letter to the Blackburn Protestant Association : Ke discerns papistical dangers in the premiership o £ Lord Aberdeen * and hints at rescue item the hands of Lord tfofan Russell , if only LorcKTohn could be separatedHfrom his Premier;—and if only , we surmise , he should be associated with Mr Disraeli .
The Popish plot against the State , however , is further from i $ s goal ; than the Eopisb plot against another eminent individual . The case is flagrant in the papers this week . A monarch has been . dethroned . Like Europe , the Morning Advertiser has been much agitated of late . It has sympathies with Hungary T and its bowels have yearned towards Kossuth ; it has sympathies with Dissent , and has felt intestinal emotions on behalf of the Voluntary principle , insomuch that for the tinxe the claims of the tavern , the public house , and brewery were forgotten- The organ of the Licensed Victualler Interest seemed for a time in possession
of Urquhart , ELossutb ^ Mazzini , and the leaders of the future . But * in the meanwhile , what became of the present BeerAct thatr invaded the liberty of Sunday excursionists and of publicans ? The pubfican public heaved with the billows of agitation ; the quarterly meeting , -which is also the annual meeting , approached , —arrived , ~ and a formal resolution was levelled at the policy of the paper committee , the premiership of the * editor . Manfully did the latter withstand the , storm ; and , he declared for the enlightenment of the discontented , the true motive of it was a popish plot got up against him by a Jesuit Frenchman . The Jesuit ^ Frenchman , it turns out
is a Scotch Presbyterian . But the crisis was the 1848 of the Morning Advertiser ; and the ILouis 3 ? M ] ippe of that office , -who . had tried to . reconcile the -old regime "with revolution , and to accommodate high ambitions with : the interests of the middle classes on . whom he rested , was obliged to escapey— -in . what disguise -we have not yet learned . Terrible ^ however , are the doings of popery when we fiticLtwo men like the Editor of the Advertiser and , the late Chancellor of the Exchequer thus struggling with adversity .
In presence of these great events , we hear with comparative dullness of old news -which Sir William Moles-worth gives forth from Edinburgh . As a newly-made burgess of that city , he declared that the sword shall not be sheathed on . the Danube until Russia be controlled . As a burgess of Aberdeen , Mr . Hume testifies to the probity of the noblo Premier who takes his title from the town . And , in , the same week , Sir Edward Bulwer Lyttort also testifies to the amiable character of Mr . Halsey , the late member for Hertfordshire !
938 The Leader. [Saturday,
938 THE LEADER . [ Saturday ,
The Wak. V The Crimea. On The Evening Of...
THE WAK . v THE CRIMEA . On the evening of Saturday lasfc an extraordinary Gazette was published and circulated , extensively by the Duke of Newcastle , containing a telegraphic despatch fromXord Stratford de Redcliffe , dated , Constantinople , Septomber 23 rd , as follows : — " Tho intrenched camp of tho Russians , cont aining 50 , 000 men , -with a numerous artillery and cav-alry on tho hoighta of the Almn , was attacked on the 20 th inst ., at 1 p . m ., by the allied troops , and carried' by tho bayonet at half-past threo with a loss on our sido of nfeont 1400 killed , and wounded , and an equal losa on the' side of tho French . Tho Russian army was forced to put itself in full retreat . " Tho Gazette was read in person by tho Lord Mayor to a largo party assembled at tho innugurabnnquct of tho Sheriffs at the London Tavern , and then proclaimed in form at the Royal Exchange . On tho following day a supplement to the Gazette extraordinary was issuod , containing the following - "legrnphic despatch from Lord Raglan , not dated , evidently written on tho 21 st of September : — tout t Hied armies yesterday attacked the position of " Tho u *' 10 U 0 ' 6 attf above fcho AJmn , and carried it , tho enciny ' on v ' "ittlo , about an hour and a half boforo after a d « Hporato w M Bur ^" tho Wory and oxcolennaot . Nothing cou .. " lho 1 > o » H » oijiw Tory forlent conduct of tho troapb . 'moroua artillery of heavy miilablo , and defended by a nu . » s very considerable , calibre Our loss , I regret to att s "i «« l- Tho main lout no general officer has l > con wow ' > atod at from foody of the army of tho enemy wnfl Gfttiu " % among 45 , O 0 Q . to 60 , 000 infantry . A few prtoono ,., -been v two ,. general otlkors , ami two guna , hnif * . whouMwo ; S M 1 Mlfl ) , "Rawest . * takonby ftwEngAjOf . .. ¦ ' '
Almost simultaneously -with this , the annexed despatch from Marshal St . Arnaud appeared in the Moniteur , in Paris : — " Bivouac on the Alma , Sept . 20 . " "We eneottntered to-day the enemy on -the Alma . " The--woody ravine through -which the river runs , studded ; with houses , passable only at three points ,, and having : very steep slopes on * the left bank , was occupied by the * enemy hi great force ; These slopes were strongly intrenched , and : covered by a po-werful artillery . " The * allied armies attacked these difficult positionswith unparalleled vigour . " Our soldiers advanced to the assault with cries of ' Vive VEmpereur ! '' and carried all that was before them . tl The battle lasted four hours , and our loss was 1400 killed and wounded ..
"lam as yet ignorant of the loss sustained by the English army , which fought valiantly against an obstinate resistance . " Telegraphic messages were received" about the same time from Vienna , stating that the battle on the 20 th had been followed by another on the 22 nd , on the Katcha , and that after a sanguinary battle the Russians were totally defeated and pursued to the intrenchraents before Sebastopol . This was immediately succeeded by another despatch from Bucharest , dated 28 th , announcing the capture of Sebastopol by the Allies on the 25 th , the garrison to which a free retreat was offered " preferring to remain prisoners of war . " ,
On '' Monday' an announcement -was made in the papers by the Turkish Minister , that he had received the following telegraphic despatch from : ¦ Vien na : — " Vienna , Oct . 2 . " The French Embassy and the Austrian Government have received from Bucharest , under date 6 p . m . September 30 , the following telegraphic despatch .: — "' To-day , at noon , a Tatar arrived from Constantinople with despatches for Omar Pacha ; his Highness being at Silistria , the- despatches had to l ) e forwarded , to him at that place . " ' The Tatar announces the capture of SebastopoL . 163 , 000 Russians were killed and wounded , 22 , 000 made prisoners ; Fort Gonstantine -svas destroyed , and other forts ,, mounting 200 guns , taken .. ¦
" Qf the Russian fleet six Sail of the line were sunk , and Prince Menschikoff had retired to the bottom of the bay with the remaining vessels , declaring that he yould burn them if the attack continued . . " ' The Allied Commanders had given him six hours to consider , inviting Mm at the same time to surrender , for the sake of humanity . ct A French-General and three Russian Generals , all wounded , have arrived at Constantinople , which city was ; to he illuminated for ten days . '" To this it was added , that " The Oestereichisdhe Corvespondenz coiifirms the news already received , with the sole difference that instead ; of 23 , 000 Russians being killed and wounded and 25 , 000 made prisoners , it says 18 , 000 " Russians were killed and 22 , 000 made prisoners .. Fort Constantine blew up , and , other forts ,, with 200 guns , were taken , "
On- Tuesday , the Times published , under the head of " Decisive Intelligence , " the following : — " On the 23 rd Fort Constantine was destroyed by the Allies , and Fort Alexander taken . " On the , 24 th all the redoubts and forts around Sevastopol , all tho hattcries , and tho Arsenal , were in tho bands of the Allies . u Tho flags of the Allies were hoisted on the tower of tho Church of St . Vladimir . " It is believed that tho day on which Prince Menschikoff surrendered at discretion was tlio 2 Gth . " It is said that tho remainder of the Russian fleet is safe in the hands of tho Allies . " Tho Turkish army will at once cross tho Danube into Bessarabia . " There hIbo appeared in other papers this : —
" Five nours nftcr tho bombardment , Fort Constantino blow « l >; 10 , 000 Russians wore buried' in its ruins . Prince Menschikoff fled to Fort Alexander , whoro 18 , 000 Russians shortly surrendered , " Tho allied fleets simultaneously destroyed tho outor harbour , forts , and vanguard , of tho Russian fleot . " Prince Menachikotf is reported to have unconditionally surrendered on tho evening of the 2 Gth . " On the same day , however , there appeared , the following ; ' — " Berlin , Tuesday , Oot . 3 . u A tolegraphio despatch has been received hero direct from St . Petersburg ; It says that Prince MonschikofF hafl telegraphed , under dnto of September 2 ( 1 , that ho has withdrawn his troops , xinmolosted , from boforo Sobnstopol towards Bnktachi-Sorni . Ttioro ho will await roinforcomontB from Kortsoh nnd Porokop .
" Ho adds that Sobnstopol has not boon attacked up to tho 26 th of September . " This was treated as of little valuo , as it was evident that " 26 th" was a misprint for " 20 th . " Tho enpturo of Sobaatopol was on Wednesday treated as an established fact , and tho only feeling was that there was nn unwarrantable delay of ofllcial information ; but it ^ vns accounted for by tho supposition that ft 8 the tetogniplilo despatch , g iving
intelligence of the battle on the 20 th of September took ten days to reach this country , no news of the fall of Sebastopol could arrive much before the 6 th instant . On Thursday morning there -was no confirmation of the report of tbe fall of Sebastopol in most of the papers ; ana the Morn ing Chronicle published the fol lowing telegraphic despatches : — ' , " Constantinople , Sept . 25 . "At the battle of . the Alma , on the 20 th of September ,, tae ? Ktteaians numbered 45 , 000 men , and 100 cannon . " The English iad 189 S . Eank and file , 96 officers 114 sergeants , andr 2 S drummefa ,. kiHed and wounded ' " The loss of the French was 1400 men and 60 officers .
" Viennay Wednesday , Oct . 4 . " The Trieste ' -Zeifengr-says that the reported faU of Sebastopol is false . " The Allies had sent to Varna for cavalry . " Vienna , Wednesday Evening . " Advices from Odessa of the 29 tli of September state that fighting continued uninterruptedly in the Crimea from the 25 th to the departure of the courier on the 27 th . " The allies-were on the rivers Belbek and Merterewady , ten versts from Sebastopol . " The English Levant steamer took 340 "wounded Russians from Eupatoria to Odessa on the 28 th . " Six allied steamers had captured prizes off Odessa , " The Turkish troops at Bucharest fii-ed giuxs on the 2 nd to celebrate the victory of the Alma . "
Serious doubts were then generally entertained as to the accuracy of the statements which had fixed so early a day for the storming of Sebastopol as the 26 th ,- but there Avas little hesitation in the belief that the fortress had fallen . The matter was set at rest in the evening pf Thursday by the publication of another extraordinary Gazette , containing a telegraphic despatch from Lord Stratford de Redcliffe in these terms : " Septemher 30 , 1854 , at 9 | p . si . " The allied armies established their basis of operations at Balaklava on the morning of the 28 th , and -were preparing to march without delay upon Sebastopol . The Agamemnon , and other vessels of war of the allies , -were in the port of Balaklava . There were facilities there for disembarking the battering train .
" It is stated that Prince Menschikoff was in the field at the head of 20 , 000 men , expecting reinforcements ; that the fortified place of Anapa lias been burnt by the Russians ; that its garrison was inarching to the scene of action ; and that a convoy of ammunition , escorted by Cossacks , had been taken and destroyed by an English detachment . " The Banshee , bearer of this news , left the Crimea on the evening of the day before yesterday . " With the exception of the obvious , but ludicrous blunder , of making the despatch arrive at Bucharest six , hours before it was said to have been sent to Constantinople , the intelligence it contained places the state of affairs in a pretty clear light .
In the first place , although Sebastopol is not taken it is completely invested . After the battle of Alma , tho Allies must , probably at tho expense of another battle , havo driven Menschikoff with a portion of his forces into the interior , and marched down to the south , and rested on Balaklava , a place which was at one time thought of as the best for the landing of the expedition , as its heights command the s outh side of Sebastopol ; and the army could bo supported
by the fleets in the bay . That project was abandoned because Balaklava was at that time strongly occupied by the Russian forces ¦ which were subsci quently withdrawn . Ab tho fleet is in the port of Balaklava , Sobastopol is invested by sea and land ; the bay affording every facility for landing- tho sicgo train and tho reserve ^ from Varna , which will bo required , na Menachikoff is to bo kept in check while tho sicgo proceeds . It is not likely to bo ft long one .
On.' Friday Morning The Following Was Pu...
On . ' Friday morning the following was published : — " Maraeillca , Thursday ovoning . " Tho Nil , which 16 ft Constantinoplo on the 25 th , has arrived with despatches . 41 Tho loss of tho English at tho battle of tho Alum amounts to 2000 men . " That of the Fronuh is not bo groat . * ' General Uonot is among tho lulled . " . Lord liurghcrrth , who loft M « lta in tho Fury befovo tho Nil , with " doflpotohw for tho Engliah Government , hat ) not yet arrived . " Tho capture of Sobustopol is not confirmed . " On Friday ovenhipr eomo further det « U » at tho battle of tho 20 th , reached town , na follow b : — ? Tnris , Friday , 8 ^ . m . •' Tho allied nrmioH nro in communication with tlm ileota . A wife nnd praatiuublo rond luadtt to S < : lm * U > pol . " Tho allies « ro now firmly outubliuhod in Ibo Crlmcn-
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Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 7, 1854, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_07101854/page/2/
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