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The War. At Length, There Is A Prospect ...
II cognise that commander ' s reiterated appeals for assistance . St . Petersburg advices , received before the declaration of the Czar ' s acceptance of the terms of peace , state that General * Luders will take the supreme command in the Crimea , and that Prince Gortscbakoff will succeed Prince Paskiewitch as Stadtholder ( Viceroy ) of Poland . Of the Russian defences in the White iSea , the Patrie thus speaks : — " Orxe of tlie points of the Empire which it has appeared to tlic Russian Government will be particularly open to the attacks of the allied fleets , in the next campaign , will be Archangel , the principal Russian establishment iu the White Sea . The Council of War , during its i-ecent deliberations , decided on having a , supplementary line of defences constructed , and several batteries erected mid mounted with guns of the very longest range . Orders have been given for conveying over the . snow in sledges to Archangel forty-two pieces of artillery of large calibre , and owners of those vehicles have been called on to send in tenders for the transport both of these guns and of a variety of wavliko store ? . It is expected that 10 , 000 militia will be stationed on the "hanks of the Neva , between the capital and Croustadt . " Rumour in Paris talks of a French force for the Baltic , amounting to , 80 , 000 men , six thousand
care , and with a priest of the Greek Church , praying over him . He had died only that afternoon . The host of Major Groldsmid during the greater part of the time was a Lieutenant of Cossacks , who treated him most kindly . The Russian officers are all apparently extremely well disposed to the English , and one evening insisted upon drinking Queen Victoria ' s health ! There is no sort of hostility to the English ; and the feeling among them appeared to he that they would be most glad if the war were at an end ; but not the least from any feeling of having been beaten . "
horses , and one hundred guns . It is said that trie English Government has been asked by France whether she can supply . vessels for the conveyance of such a force . As an evidence of the state of popular feeling in Russia , the annexed extract from a St . Petersburg letter—rendered doubly ludicrous by . the comment which the intelligence of the last few days ' supplies-r-is worth reproduction . - The writer is speaking of the Austrian" tci'ms : — ¦" Least of all is-any concession , to be thought of towards any demand made by England , for you have no conception of the . hatred that has penetrated through all classes of the Russian nation against England . We will pay 710 tribute of any sort any longer to that country . We will have no Lord Re & cliffe over us here . We will not have their ships any more in our ports , not e veil ' after a peace , which I suppose- will some clay or other be made . The unnatural alliauco of France and England will not last for ever : our firm determination will last much 10 iui iue 111 \ j
longer in no case , xvuyiciuu preaui- vs , ur us ; and that tlic English will see clearly when their martial heat has all evaporated . " The war may he said to have reached one of its climacterics . The interest will now he centred in the renewed negotiations . . THE RUSSIAN" SETTLEMENTS AT TIIE MOUTH OF THE AMOOK . Some intelligence with respect to the Russian naval station at the mouth of the river Amoor at the eastern extremity of Asia ,, is contained in a San Francisco journal , which says : — "The new Russian settlements are situated about eighty miles above the mouth of the Amoor river . The bark Palmetto left the Amoor river about the 25 th of October . The settlement at that time consisted of about two hundred and fifty houses , substantially constructed of bricks and fitono , and building operations were progressing rapidly . Active preparations were going on for the defence of tho place , Tho sudden- disappearance of . the two Russian friuatcs from tho Gulf of Tartary , in
the month of Muy last , is accounted for . Tho supposition that they found u passago into the Gulf of ' Ungh alien is correct . Tho vessels wore lightened of I their armamont and hauled through tho shoal water which stretches aoi-oss tho southern passage to tho gulf , and were thon warped up tho A moor rivor to a ' point Home fifty miles abovo its mouth . For tho [ dofouoo of tho town threo largo fortifications have \ boon constructed , and mounted with guns tolcon from I tho two frigates . Tho guns of tho fortroaHcs command ovory point of approach from tho seaboard , and tho RusniruiH appear to think that thoy should bo ublo to d *> fond tho plnco against , any force . Tho Amoor rivor innavigable for largo vessels fora dia- I tauoo of 0110 huurirod milcB abovo its mouth during iv greater part of tho year , and ves . sola of two hundred or throo hundred tons may Hud Hafo navigation ait all times . " ] UJsai / VN oOuimwina . A lottor from Kortoh contain * some * additional particulars TOHpootiii £ tho Into Captain Sherwood and other English prinoiioiv . Thoy will bo road with doop intercut ,:- " Major GoldHmid returned yostorday , and hiul mot with much civility from tho ltuisfiiun oflioorn . ] Io romaiuod for throa days within thoir linos , and \ vuh tukon blindfolded to tho pluoo where poor Sherwood luul boon carried , sand whoro ho died . ()« ontorinp ; tho room , still blindfolded , ho hapcurd alow chanting , and was fchon told to unbuudngo hie oyoci , when ho found himaolf ( standing by tho body of our poor fiiond , laid out with tho most delicate
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1 I of his at the of the Presidt ¦ T ^ ha ry 19 . 1856 . 1 THE LEADER . 51
War Miscellanea. Russian Gunboats.—The R...
WAR MISCELLANEA . Russian Gunboats . —The Russians are now building a ilotilla of two hundred and twenty-five gunboats , of which forty are steam-vessels . They are also making an extraordinary levy of seamen for a Baltic fleet . The Health of t ; ie Akjiy . —Dr . Hall -writes on December 31 st : — " The health of the army continues very satisfactory ; there is an absence of serious disease , an : l , although the admissions under the heads ' chest affections' and 'frostbite ' are numerous , it is satisfactory to know that the former are , for the most part , merely simple catarrhs , and the latter slight vesications of the fingers , toe 3 , and tips of the « ars . The few serious case ^ there are were all occasioned by exposure when drunk . " The diminution of bowel eomolaints in the armv is described as " remarkable . " '
The Laud Transport Corps is not so healthy . Several of the force are natiyes of Asia Minor , and they bear the winter ill , . The Baltic . —The Polyphemus and the Driver have been despatched to put a stop to the intercourse carried on between neutral ports and those of Russia . The Docks . —A further explosion of the docks at Sebastopol has taken place with complete success ; ^ but the work is even yet not fully accomplished . Pbossiax " Neutrality . " —The statistics for the past year of the Russian exports and -imports carried j on through Memel demonstrate that the traffic , the . profits of which constitute one of the inducements ' , for the complicity of "Prussia in the prolongation of ' the ^ var , instead of being checked , is largely increasing . I All kinds of munitions of war are stated to have been ¦ forwarded across the frontier with such perfect connivance 011 the part of the Prussian authorities . as to I have reduced the current prices for them to a point j in mauy instances almost ajiproaching those of times > of pexce . The port of Kpnigsberg has likewise , i n its degree , been characterised by corresponding activity .
—Tunes . The Council of War at Parts . —It is said that a question has been mooted in the Council of War now being held at Paris , of withdrawing the army from before Sebastopol , but keeping possession of Eupatoria , Kamiesch , Balaklava , a-nd one or two other points . The question of a campaign in the interior of the southern provinces has been suggested ; but the impossibility of ascending the rivers is urged by the Admirals . The absence of the Turkish Ambassador at the Council has excited considerable surprise . The Polish Legion . —General Zamoyski has just addressed to bis countrymen and his old companions in ariua , iu tho form of a report to Prince Czarto ' ryaki 3 a circular in' which tie informs them that he is I charged by tho English Government , with tho assent of I Fra . nco and of Turkey , to organise a division composed of Poles , bearing the name of tlie " Polish Division of Cossacks of the Sultan , " and destined to ' receive into its ranks Polish 'prisoners of war or ! others who may quit the Russian army .
The American President's Messagf. The Me...
THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT ' S MESSAGF . The Message commences by referring to the negotiations now in progress with Great Britain regarding Central America . The Legislature is reminded that , by the convention concluded "between the United States and England in April , 1850 , the latter undertook not to colonise , oecupy , or exercise any dominion , in , Nicaragua , Costa Rica , the Mosquito Coast , or any part of Central America . Great Britain , however , has continued to exercise authority' on the Mosquito Coast , and has formally colonised a eomj siderable insular group known as the Bay Islands , belonging of right to the State of Honduras . [ The general nature of this question was explained in the Leader of November 3 rd , 1 S 55 . ] England has , by repeated treaties , renounced all claims on the Mosquito Coast ; yet she continues to exercise sovereign authority . The United State 3 cannot concur in the English interpretation of the treaty by -which ^ this authority is sought to be justified . TJiat interpretation is to the effect that the operation of the treaty 1 ¦ t j ' . i j _ . _ . i _ „ - _ lI _ * hT- * n » J 3 not necessitate
^ ^ . ** . * ^^ ** is prospective , ana aoes rae -auau . uuu .--nieufc of any possessions already held . The President believes that an amicable solution of the difficulty is not hopeless : but there is reason to apprehend that , as Great Britain still holds possession of the territory , the question " cannot long remain -undetermined ¦ without involving iu serious danger the friendly relations" of the two countries . With respect to the recruiting question , the President says that tho position of America is purely neutral ; that she sells gunpowder and arms to all comers ; that her merchant ships assist in conveying the French and English sick and wounded to their respective countries , without compromising the neutrality of the United States ; that the recruitment by England of sokliers on American soil would so compromise her ; that this recruitment was systematic , deliberate , and entered on with a full knowledge of American laws and national policy ; that tho subject is still under discussion , and that the results will be communicated to tlic Legislature in duo time . Tho President renoats tho recommendation
submittod to last Congress that provision be made for the appointment of a Go mm is signer in connexion with Groat Britain , to survey and establish tho boundarylino which divide .- ) the territory of Washington from tho contiguous British possessions . " Tho prospect of a fipcody arrangement h : is contributed hitherto to iuduco on both sides forboaranoo to assort by force what each claims as a right . Continuance ' of delay on tho part of the two Governments to act in tho matter will increaso the dangers nnd diflieultics of the controversy . " Tho President adds : — "Miauntfcrstaudiusi oxMtei as ) to tho extant , chaiMCtor , and value of tho po . s-ossory rights of iho 1 ludson ' sBay Company and the property of tho Pugot ' rt Sound Agricultural Company , reserved in our treaty with Groat Britain relative to tho territory of Oiogon . 1 have roason to beliovo Hint a cession of tho rights of bulb oompnnios to tho United State * , which would bo tho readiest means of tonninaliiig all quoHt ions , can bo obtalnod 011 reasonable tornn ; and , with a viow to this orid , I pro . unit tho subject to tlu > attontion of CongroHH . " Tho Hound Duoh aro next touched ou . Tho Prosidont is of opinion that thoso duoH tihould no longor bo paid ; not ho nmoh because of thoir amount , aaboaauso it ia a recognition of tho right of Denmark to Inu * 0110 of tho groat maritime highways of tho world , and to lovy a tax on a common natural claim . " While , howovor , rejecting thia proponition , and initiating on tho right of froo tnuiait into and from tho Baltic , 1 havo expmiRod to Denmark a willingmoss , on tho part of tlvo Uuitod titaton , to tshmv
America. By The Latest Advices From Well...
AMERICA . By the latest advices from Wellington ( d . itoA January 3 rd ) , we learn that tho Speaker has n > t yet been elected . Tlit ) President , however , conceiving that ho woTild not bo justified by further delay , has delivered his Message t > the Sonnto . It was transmitted on tho J 31 rtt ult ., ami nn abstract of it will be fo-uud below . Groat indignation was oxcitod in tho House by the fact of tho Message having boon sent in writing boforo tho Houso amis organi .-o ; . l . Soino members , indood , contended that tho Constitution gavo tho President povov ti > adapt 1-hi * proceeding , but others denounced it , u « m \ innovation and an indecency . A . iierco and voliomont debate ousuod ; and ultimately it wns doaidod that tho Mesaago nhould not bo road . Tho House thon u ^ rood to lay tho whole ens 3 011 tho tal > K > , find again ndjournod . . Tho Northern Light Mtoamor ban boon permitted ti > loavo Now Vork for hai' de .-st hint ion , auVr an examination of her oaryo , which consisted of a fow waddles , ploughshare ; - ) , typo , aud a printing pros ?* , Kaunas is still in a tttaio <; f anarchy . The pro uud tho antiulavory parties havo had a oolliniou ; tho ba-llot-boxos have boon dostroyod , mid tho voting ntuppod . An anti-slavory man ' s houso having boon burnt ,, a portion wn . » arrontod for tho offence , and put in prison ; but hia friondw broke open and burnt down tho guol . Tho Sominolo indianH in Florida havo sittaokod an exploring parly of iVnitod Staton troops , aud only tlu'oo out of oight oaoapod . From Nicaragua wo hoar that Walker lift * plaood ¦
a portion men disposal en of Honduras , whence they had been despatched . Walker contemplates forming a naval force . In California , fresh riches are being discovered everyday . During eleven months , the Mint has coined above twenty millions' v .-orth of dollars of gold . It is believed that the largest quantity of corn ever sown in California will be put in for the coming harvest . The differences between the authorities of San Francisco and the French consul have been arranged , and th-e French flag saluted . Alvarez has resigned the Presidency of Mexico , aud is succeeded by Comonfort . The following is the new Ministry : —Foreign Relations , Rosa ; Justice , Monte . 3 ; Government , Lafragua ; War , Celicio ; Finance , Payne . Alvarez had departed for the south . Santa Anna , the ex-President , has reached . Carthagena , where he was well received by the inhabitants . Peru is in a very unsettled state , and symptoms of another revolution are apparent . Great gold discoveries have been made at Valparaiso , where crowds of people are flocking in the midst of considerable excitement . New York commercial letters state that the changes are very slight in tlie stock-market , which , at the last advices , closed rather more firmly than on pievious days . For money there was a good demand , with a fair supply at previous rates . The market for exchange was very heavy .
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 19, 1856, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_19011856/page/3/
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