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      A Declaration Of War Against Ambkica Has...

      prices will rise materially' beyond their present level ; on the contrary , we must have large supplies ; and the withholders have probably overreached themselves . Tra ^ de continues ** sjound , " and employment is ' h ^^ sq ^ jj ^ tlbn . B ^ kom ? * a new blow is to be struck * £ ; trade J lumbers who withheld their sympatby * 'from the Czab © f Russia and his absolute jsower will ovrax '«& strong sympathy //? 5 » ith 1 > he ^ Republicans ; pf tie West , and will be quite prepared to impart some more political spirit to out-of-door agitations than could have been given to these bread riots in London by the factitious bitterness of speculative

      agitators . Again , the raising of the Bank discount had no power to create a panic in this country . The public knew well that it was intended to check the drain of gold to the Continent , and to create that reaction which has begun . The members of Chambers of Commerce in the North who have already been crying out against Peel ' s policy in respect of bullion , will take this opportunity of organising a settled agitation to upset the Bank Act of 1844 ; but they are a minority , and they can do

      no more ihan make rather an imposing kind of noise . Trade may suffer slightly from the enhancement of discount ; it has scarcely suffered anything from the war with Russia ; but suppose our Cabinet actually proceeded to hostilities with America—imagine the stoppage in the supply of cotton , and the export of cotton goods . The Russian navy has been shut up in its own forts ; and it is common to say that the American navy

      is almost as decayed as the Russian . " Credat JucUeusP ' But we make no account of privateering , or of naval hostilities ; these , if necessary , we would gladly face ; but the direct stoppage of trade , by the quarreling of the two countries , is not a thing that Lancashire , or Cheshire , or Ayrshire , or Lanarkshire will be disposed to face . There will be a strong commercial antipathy to anything like a war such as the Times has declared .

      We have laughed at " the Coalition , " and it was laughable . Its own friends were ashamed of it . We have affirmed that Mr . John Bbight did not represent Manchester ; and it is only to refute this statement , after repeated taunts , that he is about to hold a public meeting in the town that elected him . But if there be anything like quarrelling and war with the United States , the xcal Manchester people , " the whole boiling of them , " as they Bay in Lancashire , will speak out : Liverpool and West Lancashire will be placed in

      alliance with the enemies of the Government ; for we need not point out the totally changed relations of parties in Parliament , if Lancashire , Cheshire , and Lanarkshire should be placed in opposition , by the side of the Conservative Party , and augmented , of course , ipso facto % by the Peace Party . And let us note that that Peace Party , instead of being reduced to its smallest numbers ,

      would ot once find recruits from many who -will not novr declare against the councils of their country while the Czar is its enemy ; but "who would protest , on practical grounds , against any hostilities between England and America . It is a kind of reor-uitment ^ for the political parties of opposition at home , which would at once consolidate small and scattered factions , and give them really respectable ground to act upon .

      ThiB is a state of affairs whidh makes us regard with more regretitho doc ^ th of Sir Wxxmam Mojcrsworth . He was a loss to the country in any case . Born of an old family , possessing rank and fortune , endowed with , an elaborately comprehensive education , by disposition studious , Mojubswobtu possessed ( W ambition of acting with perfect independence of reason , and in a , manner at once worthy of his escutohepn and of an Englishman . He woe arietocyatio in his tendencies , democratic in his convictions ; and while his aristocratic

      feelings made him vtake a Jngh standard of conduct , his democratic sympathies made him defend the most liberal standards of our constitution , and rendered him incapable , of fear whenzhe had , a ca ^ ae / to snjgport . It f » y # elLunderato « i tli * t Sir Wiixiam Moleswokbh had not given up any of his opinions , political-or religious : although « he had entered theCabinet , « tt & l had faced the presence of death .. . He was aJiiia supporter of Lord Palmebston , and he accepted the war against Russia as a

      necessity ; he well understood our relations in America , and no man was more likel y to mitigate the aristocratic , anti-democratic ^ , antirAmerican prejudices of our titled Ministers . He had successively compelled Governments to respect popular will in Canada , to abolish an infamous institution in Australia , to treat the Cape with justice ; and it is quite possible that he might considerably have modified the councils of Lord Palmers-ton ' s Cabinet , if he had not been taken from us just at the point when he was most wanted .

      It is on different grounds that we regret the death of Lord Wharnclifpe . A Tory by birth , a Liberal in feeling , he had devoted himself latterly to subjects unconnected with , political parties , and chiefly relating to the material and moral improvement of his countrymen . Mr . Lucas , the Member for Meath , frequently provoked our dissent from his opinions and course of action ; but he possessed one rare quality in these days—a decided opinion , boldly uttered , and consistently followed up in action . For this we liked him , and we regret that he has gone .

      By these deaths vacancies are created for Meath and Southwark . A third is created by the death of Mr . Tudwat , for Wells . The declaration of Mr . Rust , just elected for Huntingdon , in the room of Lord MANDEViLiiE , who has become the Puke of Manchester , is a proof that even members of the opposition must accept the war , the hopes of Coalition notwithstanding . Both , the candidates for Southwark , Mr . Scoveix ., and Sir Charles Napier , are supporters of the war—Sir Charles , with the disadvantage of being a man

      considered to be past active service ; Mr . Scovell , with the advantage of a new position and much local influence . It is , however , difficult to say what may be the effect of the American complications on subsequent elections . Commerce has been represented in another place —in the Central Criminal Court ; where an unusual number of cases have referred to commercial and monetary offences . Many persons have been tried for the utterance of false coin , and at the police court this week they seem to have got hold

      of a wholesale forger ; which is rather an improvement upon the dabbling in punishment of paltry utterers , when the makers of the coin escape . Cortazar and Massip represent our foreign commerce , which they extended at the cheap cost of the paper bearing other men ' s names , forged by them . There is no doubt that they are connected with a gang on the Continent , whose

      operations may be guessed from the . magnitude of those brought before the Court . Strahan , Paujc , and Bates represent our domestic finance ; that portion in which regular banking business is mingled with the trust of private property , and the loss of that property . The Reverend Mr . Griffiths represents " the public" which has so often , from Capol-court to Templo-bar , found itself " done . "

      I£22 Tie Iie1bee. Psto. 292 * Saturday,

      i £ 22 TIE IiE 1 BEE . pSTo . 292 * Saturday ,

      Tnrc Iiuntinadonhimtk Election.—Tho Elec...

      Tnrc IIuNTiNaDONHimtK Election . —Tho election of a member for Huntingdonshire , in tho room of Viscount Mandcvillo , who has succeeded to tho Dukedom of Manchester , took placo on Tuesday , when Mr . Kuat , of Alconbury , a Conservative , was returned without opposition . Representation qv Soothwaiuc . —A meeting of tho electors of Southwark has resulted in a determination to support Mr . Scovell aa successor to tho Into Sir William Moleaworth in the representation of the borough .

      Rhe War. Succbss-Fijllimjrs Success In T...

      rHE WAR . SuccBSs-fijlliMjrs success in the vicinity of the Black Sea ; wfttL the ^ Bussians axe being fast reduced to desperate ejrtremities . Since last we addressed our readers , Kinburn has been captured by the Allies , and Qtcbakoff has been blown up by the enemy himself , whojiis beginning to despair of opposing our attacks . -The details of the first of these successes will be found ibelow ; . of the latter , we have as yet scarcely any-particulars . Sir Edmund Lyons , writing from off the mouth of the Dnieper on the 18 th inst ., says : — " This morning , the enemy blew up his fortifications on Oichakoff Point , mounting twenty-three guns , which were assailable by our mortar vessels . " The possession of these two important places gives us a command of NicholaielF , the contemplated new Sevastopol ; and it is therefore obvious that the Russians have ^ received another heavy blow .

      On the evening of the 22 nd ,. Prince Gortschakoff telegraphed that , up to that date , nothing fresh had occurred between Kinbura and Nicholaieff . Some vessels attempted to enter the Bug and Dnieper , but retired . We still continue without any definite intelligence from the Crimea ; but various circumstances point to the probability of some important change in the posture of affairs taking place there shortly . A correspondent of the Times says : — " The latest intelligence from the Crimea received via Germany is of the 14 th . It states that on that day the second French corps , commanded by General Bosquet , occupied the passage of Diana , near Alsu , and the

      excellent positions of Tchouliou . and Ghamli , on the route leading to Aitodor , and the passage of Maubug-Kaleh , the heights of which , as well as those of Kerman , are occupied by the Russians to the number of 24 , 000 . The reconnoissances made by the second corps near that passage were terminated , and the French were engaged in fortifying the roads which lead from the valley of the Tchouliou to Chamli . They had , at the same time , completed important operations between Skelia , at the entrance of the valley of Baidar , Kaleh , and the Belbek . They have explored the country to a distance of fourteen leagues , without meeting "with the slightest resistance from the enemy . It was only when the French began

      to retire to the heights of Baidar , on the 13 th , that a Russian corps appeared disposed to attack them . Marshal Pelissier still had his head-quarters at Skelia on the 13 th . The reconnoissances on both , sides give rise to almost daily skirmishes on the route from Skelia to Kaleh . The only place where there had been no fighting wa 3 the passage leading directly from Tchouliou towards the north , and terminating in the country of the Tcherkess-Kerman , in the interior of the principal position of the Russians . Marshal Pelissier was making preparations to winter in the Crimea . It was believed that theautumn campaign would be closed by the capture of Baktchiserai . The Russians continue to fortify the forts to the north of Sebastopol . "

      It has been suggested , however , that this continued fortification of the northern works is a ruse , and that the Russians design to evacuate their por . tion of Sebastopol , and to retire towards Perekop . We have heard this statement , it must be admitted , several times before ; but movements are now observed in Gortschakoff ' s army which give to the rumour greater worth than it previously possessed . The semi-official Morning Post h ^ s th e following : — " We understand that advices have just been received from Vienna and Berlin , which state that , at both thoso capitals it was expected , and the expectation was derived from Russian sources , that the forces of the Czar were about to evacuate the whole of the Crimea . We look shortly for stirring news thence . The Russians will not be allowed to leave scathless , but the amount of damage

      we can do them must , of course , be decided by the fortune of war . Generals d'Allonville and Sponcor have now a largo army menacing the rear of the Russians ; and the latest intelligence states that more troops havo gone to swell their numbers- Our positions at Kinburn and Otchakoff are very threatening ; and , in short , tho crisis is approaching which will determine not only whether the Russians can hold the Crimea , but whether they can save the armies which at present occupy it . " A despatch from Marseilles , dated tho 23 rd , mentions that numerous Russian waggons appear actually to have begun the evacuation of tho northern forts . We must , of course , take care not to be over sanguine ; but thai ; the Russians arc placed in « position of the greatest gravity is manifest from tho annexed telegraphic message derived from St . 1 ' ctors ' burg itself through Berlin : —

      " On tho 22 nd , about 40 , 000 of the Allied forces advanced from Eupatoria to Tulat . The next day th « v reached the heights at Sohagadianin , but retreated beyond Andatotschi on perceiving our ( Russian ) J ^ i" » c on their left flank . " . A placo named Tulat—probably the locality indicated in tho despatch' —is situated about hull ' way between Bupatoria and Bimphcropol . Humour uG Bqrlin states that Prince Qortschakoff has mprceented to tho Emperor Alexander the great duli-

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 27, 1855, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_27101855/page/2/