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1234 THE LEADER. [Saturday
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Sattjedat, December, 24. The secession o...
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It is stated that Lord Clarendon has dis...
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An insurrection was apprehended at Lyons...
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General Hugo, a most distinguished Colon...
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Tho Baltic arrived at Liverpool yesterda...
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NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have recei...
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SATUBDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1853.
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There is nothing so revolutionary, becau...
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MINISTERS, RUSSIA, AND OUR COURT. Axthou...
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Good News For Professors Of Spirit-Rappi...
been found near Constantina , in Algeria , in the tertiary formation . There are thigh and leg bones , the vertibrae , ribs , upper part of the head , and several teeth . Alexandra Dumas has written a letter tor a friend in New York , in which he says : — ' ? Find for me , on the borders of the St . Lawrenqe , the Hudson , the Delaware , or the Ohio , a corner where , surrounded by my chosen friends , I may spend my last days , and die in tranquillity tinder the sun of liberty . It is stated that M . Dumas has already confided several manuscript works to the hands of his agents , who have established a publishing-house in New York , the purpose of bringing them oixt originally and exclusively in this . city . The manuscript of his comedy , the " Youth of Louis XIV ., " which was prohibited at t he Theatre Franeais , is in the hands of his agents . Several of our managers are in negotiation for its production . —New York Tribune .
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Sattjedat , December , 24 . The secession of Lord Palmerston has developed into a Ministerial crisis , which rumour interprets and intensifies according to the fears and wishes , the jealousies , the antipathies , the predilections of the various sections of the political world . If Lord Palmerston can be coaxed back into the Cabinet ( a supposition not easily compatible with his personal dignity ) , it will scarcely be to re-appear in the Homeoffice , or indeed in any post under the present Chief of the Administration . At all events , Lord Palmerston bids fair to he doubly avenged for the dynastic
intrigues to which he fell a victim two years ago . We do not live in times when Royalty can trifle with good report , even in England : these last days lhave brought the highest personages in the land under discussion , in a form most destructive to that loyalty which was once a sentiment , but is now nothing more than a sense of utility . If the Queen ' s Government is to be carried on at all , it must be on a national , not a dynastic , basis . This is what men of all " sections of opinion are agreed upon , without equivocation or compromise . In the present Coalition Cabinet the Peelites are , ' perhaps with a single exception , Russian in policy : the old Whigs ^ are neutralised ; and the solitary Radical is , we believe , the Russian par excellence .
It has been suggested that the Metropolitan Borough , which rejoices in the patronage of a Privy Councillor , should call a meeting on the Russian question , so as to provoke an expression of opinion from the Minister , whose devotion to . selfgovernment at home secured the votes of a Radical constituency . It is the talk of the salons that Sir William Molesworth is more Russian , in his
unofficial parlance , than M . de Brunow himself . And , by ¦ way of a tour desprit , a man not recommended to official life by his rigid orthodoxy , denounces the Turks , as infidels , to the just reprisals of the Christian Czar . Perhaps Sir William Molesworth may be considered as a representative man of that doctrinaire class of Liberals which an educational suffrage would be likely to increase and multiply in the newly-reformed Parliament .
The Vienna Conference is already distanced by events . Although La Presse says that advices from Constantinople to the 12 th inst . do not confirm the report of the entrance of the fleets into tho Black Sea , we have no reason to doubt that they had entered the Kuxine before receiving orders to that effect from home . The instructions given to the Admirals are said to bo to the effect that they
shall stop all Russian ships found cruising in the Black Sea , and force them to return to Sebastopol , which port they will not bo allowed to leave till the conclusion of a treaty of peace . Contrary to the tenor of our letters from Paris , the correspondent of tho Morning Chronicle says he has reason to believe that Louis Napoleon has at length resolved on an energetic resistance to Russia , and is making quiet , but effectual preparations for war .
It Is Stated That Lord Clarendon Has Dis...
It is stated that Lord Clarendon has disavowed to M . J ) rouyn de l'llnys the statement of tho Times , that Admiral Dundas had been hampered by the oppositiou of General Baraguay d'llilliera .
An Insurrection Was Apprehended At Lyons...
An insurrection was apprehended at Lyons on the night of the 20 th . A military demonstration , it ia pretended , crushed tho design . Arrests were made , and tho city was undisturbed .
General Hugo, A Most Distinguished Colon...
General Hugo , a most distinguished Colonel of the Empire , smd undo of Victor Hugo , haa died , at an advanced age , at Tulle . Ho was neglected by Lou in Nnpolcon , on account of his nephew ' s ( the poet ) implacable resistance to the second Empire .
Tho Baltic Arrived At Liverpool Yesterda...
Tho Baltic arrived at Liverpool yesterday , from New York . The latest date is the l () t , li . ( She brought a million dollars on freight . A Treasury report presented to Congress contains tho proposed alterations in the tariflj referred to by tho 1 ' resident in his Message . The fveo list is to be enlarged to Mich an extent , that it . will uflcct tho annual revenue to the amount of cinht millions of dollars . All
dutiable articles are to be 25 per cent , or 100 per cent . All such articles as are included in the highest duty-bearing list and the free list , are to be specified . Those not so named are to bear an ad valorem duty , except , perhaps , the article iron .
Notices To Correspondents. We Have Recei...
NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS . We have received several letters confirming the sanitary advantages the " Beard Movement . " " An Organologist" will find the subject of Ms letter ( for which we cannot find room ) fully considered in our next number . We are unable to decipher the purpose of Mr . Paul ' s communication . Will Mr . Thornbury favour us with his address ? It has been . mislaid . There were many serious typographical errors in our last number , especially in the article headed " The Governing Classes , " owing to the unavoidable omission the usual revision in proofs . These errors , however , were , for the most part , too obvious to require correction . " More Eussian Generals , " " Ultramontanism in Germany'' ( concluding article ) , and other papers , unavoidably omitted this week . ,
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Satubday, December 24, 1853.
SATUBDAY , DECEMBER 24 , 1853 .
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There Is Nothing So Revolutionary, Becau...
There is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and convulsive ,, as the strain to keep things fixed when all the -world is by the very law of its creation in eternal progress . —Db . Abnoud .
Ministers, Russia, And Our Court. Axthou...
MINISTERS , RUSSIA , AND OUR COURT . AxthougbP the public does not appear as yet inclined to come forward for the purpose of forcing our dilatory Government to its duty , there is no doubt that a serious uneasiness begins to prevail at the results of that policy ; disastrous as those results are to Turkey , and dishonourable to this country . The differences between the courses taken by Russia and by our Government may be said to consist in a difference of tense : while
Russian actions are always known in the perfect tense—Russia has struck a new blow , —those of our own Government are in the future tense—it is always about to do something decisive . The history of events in the East constitutes a painful accusation against England , which will require some very unforeseen explanation , or some striking act of compensation , to atone for it . In March last the question arose ; and , while this country lias remained perfectly still , effecting no practical advance , Russia has , month by month made an onward move . In the meantime our
diplomatists Lave been steadfastly engaged in persuading Turkey not to use that strenuous action which would have been , not only justified , but demanded for her self-defence . After assurances that sho would only occupy the Principalities as a material guarantee for tho fulfilment of certain treaties , Russia has successively set aside tho Government of tho Principalities—lias impeded the commerco of Europe as well as of Turkey—and lifts now made an attack upon the Turkish fleet under circumstances which stretch the trpnclicry of war and its ferocity beyond the bounds of civilised license .
A contemporary contrasts the deference which the l \> i-te 1 u \ b shown to commerce with the treatment of Russia , and the contrast is remarkable . In a note to the Baron de JJriick , the Austrian ambassador , Redsdiid Paclia declares that a rumour of rigour on the part of tho Turkish Government towards . Russian ships was a malignant invention ; and he has a right to call it so . How has Turkey treated commerce ? She has allowed ItusHian vchscIs in Turkish ports fifteen days to dear out , with inslruetionH to the Admiral , in the event of delays , to refer each oukc to the Turkiwh
Government for consideration of any unavoidable protraction . The Porte has , moreover , granted to Russian vessels -bearing grain for friendl y countries in the Black Sea or Mediterranean , a further time of forty-five days , and for vessels to Africa or Europe a further time of three months to go and return through the Dardanelles . No accusation even has been made of any harsh and vexatious proceedings on the part of Turkey to Russian subjects . How has Russia behaved ? Turkish vessels have been required to clear out
from the irrincipalmes- —lurJfcish provinces in the unlawful possession of Russia—within forty-ei ght hours . The whole grain trade of Europe drawn from the Black Sea has been impeded by the malignant and vexatious obstructions of Russia . And in St . Petersburgh itself the Russian Government has absolutely refused to give for British vessels any guarantee of safe-conduct , in going or returning by the Baltic , with Russian produce . But the distinction in commerce is not more remarkable
than the distinction in war . The Turks have fought as bravely as the Russians by land and b y sea . After the battle of Oltenitza , the Turkish gunners held their hand , by command of Onier Pacha , in order that the Russians might bear their wounded and slain off the field . At Sinope the Turks fought against a superior force with a heroism which would have extorted admiration from any noble enemy ; but the Russian Admiral Nachimoif pursued carnage to extermination , and stained victory with the basest cruelty .
It is under such circumstances that our Government is still enforcing diplomatic appeals to reason ; but which of the two does it address ? Does it go to the assailant , and bid him to hold his hand while negotiations proceed ? Does it remonstrate with the power that commits wanton aggression , vexes commerce , and outrages humanity in a base prosecution of the war ? No , it goes to Turkey , who is already reasonable . She has held her hand only too long , and she is urged to hold it longer . She has evinced consideration ^ even on the battle-field , and she is urged to be more considerate . She has seen her blood
sacrificed to the lawless invader , and she is urged to sacrifice more blood ! After MenschikofF ' s diplomatic invasion , the Four Powers interposed with their conference to arrange the matter peaceably ; and then again , on the 5 th of December , they assembled at Vienna ^ for the purpose of " seeking out means of smoothing down the difference which has arisen between Porte
the Court of Russia and the Sublime . They repeat the assurances given on several occasions by the Emperor of Russia , " which excludes the idea that that august sovereign entertains any wish to interfere with the integrity of the Ottoman Empire ; " and this is said after his acts for seven months had constituted a gross and an increasing interference with " the integrity of the Ottoman Empire 1 " In December , the * our
Powers are still negotiating , and ottering gw <* 6 ffices , " after Russia has seized the Principalities , undermined the loyalty of Servia , invaded l uricey in Asia , and committed this butchery at © mope . Such is the double course of events in the ansc , when our Government betrays signs of some serious internal disorder . One of its most unport «« + « , «» v , v . «^ u ;„ d / Moniv nomnelled to leave u > t
and his departure is accompanied by omcia V presentations of tho reason—those representatio . evidently false . We say so , not only because tnty receive direct contradiction from ™ ll- * n . ^ Z ' sources , but because they are manifestly ¦ n sistcnt with themselves . The Times admitteiI in existence of a difference in the Eastern quest ™ >¦ while denying that it had caused ^ ord i « " ' . stem ' s retirement . There has been no < McTcnu > ! said , on that subject , " of such force" & a to ° ccatho retirement bf any Minister . We at oncu tno retirement , . oi any jvjuiuhiui- i » --- , ^
tected the admission conveyed in that P '' ras ' f t ] , c Morning Post observes that from the natui c o case , regarding a Cabinet Minister whose , iicw ^ tion had not yet been announced , this SM ' fli . of the Times must have been ^ nyod irom 1 cial source ; and tho Post affirms wth . conu «' "that , from the first , serious differences oi " 1 ^ ^ with regard to the course to be pursueti } i Russia existed between Lord PalinorBton c certain section of tho Cabinet , and that tik > , Secretary ' s views of foreign p olicy w . ° ro 1 . ; cVC r , to those : of the Premier . " There is , ' ^ . olir something more than thia confirmation ¦ ^^ doubt . It has been stated , nlso on omc t , jC rifcy , not only that tho new Reform J >» s 0 . Hole cau . se of tho split—not only tlifti i <»
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 24, 1853, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_24121853/page/10/
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