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      and we know tbat M . de Brentano is absent from Vienna on a mission of persuasion to those capitalists in London and Paris who usually supply the sinews of war . The-last reports from Constantinople are extremely warlike and threatening . Preparations for war are iudefatigably pursued , and the Mussulman spirit . is thoroughly aroused . The modifications demanded in the Vienna Note , and which Russia refuses , are evidently regarded as of capital importance , and there seems little probability that

      the rorto will be induced by any amount of diplomatic pressure to yield another step to Russia . Indeed , ' . so roused is the Mussulman wrath , and so loiul " and bitter are the complaints at the pusillanimity of the Divan and the desertion of the allies / that it would be impossible for the Sultan to recede even were he disposed . A new manifesto to the population was even talked of at Constantinople , and it v / as only at the request and solicitation of the ambassadors that it was reserved . This manifesto would be an appeal to arms .

      In the meantime , the sudden return of M . Argyropoulo , interpreter to tho Russian Embassy , had caused a sensation . M . Argyropoulo had had interviews with the Ambassadors ; but the purpose of his re-appearance had not transpired . Omer Pacha's army is in the highest state of efficiency and impatience . In a recent despatch to his Government , he wrote— "My army , like the Romans of old , do not ask what is ihe strength , of the enemy , but where he is to be found . " We may expect hourly to receive telegraphic information of the outposts of the two armies having engaged . It is probable that the scimitar will cut the knot which diplomacy has taken so many months to tie . On the 30 th ult ., the Sultan inspected the Egyptian troops , and was highly pleased with their martial appearance . The French Ambassador was

      present-General O'Donnell had returned from Schumla to Constantinople . Another levy of 80 , 000 men was proposed , and Abbas Pasha had offered to send 15 , 000 men , in addition to his former contingent . _ There were rumours of Lord Stratford de Rcdcliffe ' s dissatisfaction at the position imposed upon him by his Government , and of his request to be relieved of his post . On the other hand , the Russians have been strengthening their position in the Principalities . Letters from Bucharest , dated the 4 th inst ., mention a review of the Russian troops by Prince Gor ' tsehakoff . The Hospodar , Stirbej-, had received an invitation to attend , but sent an

      excuse . The Kreu Zeitunq , the Russian organ in Berlin , hints that Russia will demand her " expenses" for the occupation : —" People are occupied in putting forward the possible claims of Russia to indemnification for the occupation of the Principalities as a bone of contention in the way of a definitive settlement of the Eastern question . There can scarcely exist a doubt that Russia considers herself justified ^ claiming indemnity , and if it be her will to enforce it , it will neither he withheld by articles in journals , nor even by the fleets now in Bcsika Bav . "

      For two or three days tho police had to exert themselves to remove the placards which are posted on the walls of Constantinople during the night , calling tho people to anna against the Russians , and reproaching tho present Ministers with pusillanimity for attempting to amend the Vienna draft , instead of rejecting it altogether . This is a mode of procedure quite unexampled in Turkey and greatly contributes to the popular excitement . The Karl of Carlisle has just left Constantinople for Bagdad . Prince Gorfsc-hakoff , after a grand review , issued an order of tho day , complimenting the troops on their fino appearance , and concluding with these words : . " Russia is called to annihilate Paganism ; and whoever nhall hesitate in this holy mission , shall be annihilated like tho Pagans themselves . Long live the Czar ! Lon » -live the God of tho Russians ! " °

      The Generals of tho Ktat Major of Prince Oorfcsehakofl are talking of a letter that ; Omer Paclia addressed to the Corninunder-in-Chiof of the Russian army , statin" Hint tho Kussin . ii gunboats approached too near the fortifications on tho right bank o ( tho Danube , and recommending that orders should bo given to prevent ; this , lest , the Turks were compelled to fire on them . Prince Gforlschakon " wrote on tho bnck of the letter—" a , don coups dea canons on ropondni par dew coups dea oanonit . " A correspondent of tho Mornhu / ( . ' / ironiclo describes tho position of tho Turkish troops at Varna : — Kiistsluiek , on Hie Danube , Am < t . i : )

      1 succeeded in arriving at . ' Varna ut about two o ' clock on tho day after leaving Constantinople . Tho Turks have <> i-eclod immense ibrliiicatioiiH at . Varna—so immense indeed , as to render Ihe plneo indefensible , except , by a ' garriKOnof from 12 , 000 to . 15 , 000 men . It , is said that the Russians got the present plan adopted by intriguing with the person who superintended ( he defences of Varna , and I can well believe , that , it , was the work of Ihe enemy . The defect is that , it . is nearly t . wiee the extent necessary , which more Min . ii doubles thn difficulties of dvlhnra . I remained one day at Varna , and set oil" on the following moriiiii" - stopping at night , at , a miserable khan , fifteen miles from the sea shore , and arriving at . Nehumla at seven o ' clock in the evening , the distance from Varna being about , ( iffy

      nines . I have seldom rieon a more beautiful and fertile country than that between the HJnek Men and Hehmiilii . The noil is surprisingly fertile , and there are imiueiiKo quantities of grain standing in the fields , but I \ vn » told that , the learns necessary to get ) il , in had all been pressed into ( lie Korvieo of tho << overim \ oiit , and large quantities must rot , in coiiNequence . The next morning nfl . er my arrival at ; Melimnlu 1 called upon his Excellency Oiner 1 'nclm , who received me with the greatest courtesy ; and upon my expressing a desire to see tho troops and ( fcfencon of the place , lie ordered horses for us , mid sent , wil . h us an orderly ollicer and an escort of cavalry . You cau form some idea , of tho extent , of the fortifications when I . loll you tlmt wo veto from cloven o ' clock in tho morning until

      five in the afternoon riding from battery to battery , and that w e even then did not visit , . more' than half the works erected and in progress for the defence of the place . Seventeen forts are at the present moment in course of construction . Schumla is naturally strong , occupying the bottom of a ravine with high hills on three sides of it , upon which are strong batteries , and the entrance of this cul do sac is guarded by a cordon of field-works and batteries , occupying the arc of the circle from the baso of one hill to the "base of the other . By this you see that the placo is' susceptible of a very vigorous defence , and Omer Pacha seems to rest the wholo fate of the war ( should there be one ) upon the strength of Schumla . Besides the soldiers , he keeps more than 2000 country people employed

      upon the works , who are constantly under his own superintendence . But why he should rely so much upon the defences of this , place is strange to me , as , from all I could see , it would he impossible to supply the -army with what it wants for its daily consumption for a very long time . There is an abundance of grain everywhere . In any point of view it is a mistake to suppose that the fate of tho war would be determined in any important degree by the fate of Schumla ; and Omer Pacha , in the event of the Russians crossing the Danubo , will have his forces so divided that the Turkish army may be beaten in detail . The country will swarm with Cossacks , cutting off the supplies of Schumla , and shutting up Omer Pacha , so as to compel him to surrender . In the meantime , the main body of the Russian army may eross the Balkan , and march on Adrianople . The true policy of war , I think , would have been for Omer Pacha to have

      concentrated the main body of his army at some central point—say Rasgrad or Belle—and thus be able to fall upon the Russians with his entire force . By his present dispositions , Omer Pacha Could not concentrate , as far as I could judge , 50 , 000 men on any one point in ten days . It is unnecessary to say what the result must be \ Vith such dispositions . There are Turkish and . Russian detachments of troops at twelve different points along the Danube , from Toulcha ( near Ismail ) to Widdm , watching each other across the river . The difference between the Turks and the Russians in this is , that the latter have placed small bodies of troojis along the river in this way , to decoy the Turks into the trap of setting large bodies of troops to watch them . For instance , at Georgova , opposite this place , there are about 1500 Russians , with 6000 Turks on this side to watch them ; and so it is throughout . These Muscovites seem cunning fellows ,

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      India And China. The Folio Wing Are The ...

      INDIA AND CHINA . The folio wing are the facts of the Indian news : — Burmah is quiet . Great famine prevails in the province of Eangoon . The old King of Delhi is dying . The British Plenipotentiary in Hong-Kong has advised the English not to meddle with the Chinese war . The operations in China are isolated ; skirmishes without results are going on , but the insurgents are still advancing . The American commodore has bought in the island Eozian , in the Japan seas , grounds for deposits of coal .

      Australian Romance. A Touching Stoiyof R...

      AUSTRALIAN ROMANCE . A touching stoiyof real life is told in'the country papers . About eleven years ago , long before the gold discovery in Australia had startled the people of England , and tempted from her shores some of her best and worthiest sons , a silk manufacturer of Manchester havin g failed in business , quitted his native country for that distant colony , leaving behind him a wife and two children . To a sensitive mind there is no change so bitter as one from allluence to poverty , and so keenl y did Mrs . M . feel this , that who determined to leave the scene of her former prosperity , and accordin gly came to Liverpool , hoping amongst strangers to hide her altered circumstances , and find a living by industry for herself and children . By the application of her needle she endeavoured to keep gaunt famine from her now humble heartli . Time flow on , and although her husband had promised to write and inform her ' of his

      success in Ills struggles in his sphere so new , and cheer her with hopes of returning fortune , no such tidings came , but after ;\ n absence of two years and a half , intelligence reached her that he , had died inn strange land . Unused to the rough labours of life , this was enough to fill with despair and dishearten the most courageous . 'Ihe presence of her children , however , nerved her to fresh exertion . liut ; the unfortunate- seldom find friends , and those IVAht articles , the wreck of other and bettor days , one by one went to find bread for the . starving children . Even clothes were sold to meet the demands of a heartless landlord ; but , in the meantime , the . stranger in Australia hud prospered , and not only written

      to his faithful wife , but sent her remit ! uncos , which , never reached tlieir destination , her whereabouts not being known . Uvc-y article of furniture had been sold by Mrs . JV 1 , an , i llim , ^ emed for her and her children but , the lnsl ; resource of the friendless , wjien tho former unsuccessful merchant arrived in England a wealthy man . Through a chain of oircinnsfauces , < he su / loring wife and mother mils discovered , and once again raised to atlluonoe , j for , besides J . 4 , 0 ()()/ . which was showered into he ,- I ,,,,, largo possessions in Australia are now bold by her husband , it only remains ( o add that the now happ y fuiu j ] y ans aiM ) ut m " <) m !< lin £ ti () AuH . tralia ; but the talo may bo relied on aa ono of tho

      strange things told in connexion with that CoW ^ the eventful histories of families . ny m $

      Country Parties The Earl Of Stradbroke A...

      COUNTRY PARTIES The Earl of Stradbroke and Sir Fitzroy . Kelly » - « chief speakers at an agricultural dinner , which took « l ° last week , after the show of . the East Suffolk A - plac & Lord Stradbroke referred with -atiaSllS ^?^^ of the wages of all engaged in industrial pursuits ^™ enjoyment ofluxuries by the humbler claWs Which ** viously were unknown to them . " He also sWwS ° ' cessx ^ y of checking emigration , and the onl y feasib k ^" to effect this would be by " improving the dwdKIf I ? poor , and by erecting theni-in the vicinity of those vl where their labour was required . " Sir Ktzrov £ frosh and novel in his counsel : he advised rhp fn »*^ rely on their own efforts . He also adSffife * ? making permanent the comforts of the labouring « I entirely agree with those who think -thaf ^ gfe " can exist in any community unless the labouring fiJ are well kept , well provided for , and made conten 5 ? Among the principal sources of gratification with wfi t have vwwed the late change—the late happy chan ^ -in the situation and prospects of the agriculturists . thp % ™«?

      , est , pernaps , nas been , that it . implies of necessity &^ Z improvement in the situation of the poorer classes As Ion as they can obtain wages enough to procure not only Mt 3 subsistence in the necessaries of lite , but now and tli what they have hitherto rarel y enjoyed—oamforts and luxuries—so long we need not dread either disturbance or revolution , however much they may take place in othe countries ; so long will that connexion subsist between high and low , rich and poor , employer and employed which tends to tlie happiness and stability of nations " *

      The Royal Bucks Agricultural Association met on Wei nesday , for their twenty-first anniversary dinner . There was a ploughing match , and prizes were given to labourers Mr . Disraeli attended , but made no political si ° -n . H & spoke a dull speech , which reads like a bad sermon . " Amongthe prizes given by the ex-Chancellor of tho Exchequer we find " 21 . 10 s . to William Lambourne , of Rate-live , for having had born to him in lawful wedlock eleven children , and brought up nine without parochial relief ; " and two other lesser sums to labourers who had not been so prorluctive .

      The Baknstaple Briberies. The Barnstaple...

      THE BAKNSTAPLE BRIBERIES . The Barnstaple revelations are of the plainest kind . Mr . Saville , a solicitor , makes a complete confession . At first Mr . Brembridge refused to spend any money , and Mr . Saville reports the consequences . " I went to Marsh ' s about half-past ten next morning , being sent for , and saw-Mr . Petter , Mr . Marsh , and-Mr . Young- ( committee-men ) , who told me that a man upon whom they depended had plumped for Lord Ebrington , and they dreV the inferencethat bribery had then commenced on the opposite side . I said , * If that is the case , and the other party believe wo have no money , I will let them see that we have some . ' I told them , not to pay any more that day , and went away to get some more money . I went to my office , where I had 4207 . in sovereigns left out of the 6001 . given to mo by Mr . Brembridge . It was not unusual to have 400 sovereigns in my office . I put about 200 sovereigns in my pocket , and carried them to Mr . Petter . I did not count the sovereigns , as they were in packets , but only opened them to show that they were gold . Mr . Young said something about 51 . or 6 / . a vote , but I did not intend any money to bo given that day , but only to be shown , that it might bo known we had money . An hour afterwards I got a message from a man named Greenslade , that lio wanted some money particularly , and I sent him 20 / . After the poll was over , Mr . Potter ' told me that he had not a penny loft out of tho 2002 . I was also told by two or throo voters that' Tom-so-and-so'had been paid , and they thought it very hard that they had not . The next day I no sooner

      put mv foot in tho street than I was attacked by voters nt every yard , who said that 'Dick , Tom , and ilarry hud : been ' paid , and that they would bo paid likewise , or they would split upon Dick , Tom , and Harry . ' I then made up my mind that a sum of money , sufficient to pay nil expenses , should bo put in tho hands of Messrs . Petter , Marsh , and Young , and at once- went to the bank , and drew 11002 ., which I gave to Mr . Young . Tho noxt duy Mr . Young told me it was not sufficient , and I t favc h »» 2001 . more . On the following Monday I heard Hint several hungry men were still unsatisfied , and that about •> W' - nioro was wanted , making 1800 / . in the whole . I ' » j told Mr . Brembridgo what had been done , and tlmfc g « " " mnii , although very angi-y , paid mo tho money . Alfotfoi'Kjr I received from MrBrembridgo 2187 / . ; in n ( hhtwnu >

      . which Mr . Brembridge himself paid for the polliii £ -l ><>» > and a pi-inter ' s bill of about 30 / ., and some other oxpnM * - 1 believe that at , tho last election no promise of money wn given by any authorised man , and that the 1 > ,, , Lt been open !; in ' hush-money' rather than bribery . ¦ details of this general bribery appear from th < ' ul 0 , " , , individual witnesses . Kor instance , Mr . ' . W- ( " !^ , l silversmith , appeared in the witness-box , an < l <) X l ^ | , wish to con-eel , his evidence of the preceding day . " ° milled now having afwented to the entry of his " !'" " , ) llt , anything which might , be passing after tho eleelioi , nlill asserted his brother Henry had received the wlij '" ' f Alter n long and painful scene of equivocation , ho »« 11 ' ' , he took i \ f . for himself , " like the rest , " and tlmt Jio <" . ' . _ send 11 / ;<> rt i »> i . / .,, i i ,. T ,, nwl ,.. i in lii . q brother , « s "" I ' i ----- ¦¦¦ gift ¦! # ir || j | 1 - «•

      -_ , ^ * . i ^ a *^ , « . *•*¦!*•**•» ' ^ ' . * - - t * j ! 4 llill lively .-uvore the day before . The painful »» U »«* " , ,,. jrt by by tliin evidence w ' iih deepened immediately »» ' ¦ j ^ ' ulH »' a rumour that another of th <* "ilnyiUnw , " named i » ) in ( 1 a freeman , nearly 80 years of ago , b y trade a i »"'> j > ( . r () just cut his throat , through fear of being Humnii >» e « ^ ^ tho ( loinminsioner . 'i , bis iiiurio having been given "' j ,, ^ list of hid relative , Mr . ( Jeoi-go T . yto ( lay don , as ^ Immju paid 0 / . for his vote on bohalf of J < n ! IIll ) r J , „ «)»» - l ' Vaser , and ho having sworn positively boloro ¦ . milleo of tho J louse of Commons } that ho wail 1 K ' "

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 17, 1853, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_17091853/page/6/