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      The German Liberal View Of The Russian Q...

      the tme ^ r-compeHedthera the other . You have dduemeither the one nor the other . You hav & alfowed iiAMStria to enter th ® iDanubian PrinoipaMfciea , ami to-estaMishherselfthere ; but the one ' -condition on whwdi this permission was gfiven , that she must defend them against Russia , was utterly- superfluous , as tfhe-iRussians preferred sending their troops -from SessarabiaintotheGrimea ; and the only decisive condition , that being admitted into Turkish dominions , She ought to declare herself an active ally of Turkey , you have been , good-hearted enough not to make . On the other hand , you might have compelled Austria by fear . Her weakest point is Italy , accessible as well to England by sea as to France by land . But

      you hare hastened to put Austria at ease by guaranteeing * o her her Italian territory ; you have , moreover , removed the Sardinian army from the frontiers of Xiombardy , where it might have become inconvenient to- Austria ; and all this you have done without having got one single reciprocal service worthy of such a > security . The natural consequence of such a course lies before you : the greater your concessions , the less have become her offers ; the softer your treatment , the-more obstinate her reluctance ; and if you go on in the same direction , you may be sure that that power , which after Turkey was threatened the most by the present crisis , will make the best of it , without aay sacrifice of its own and at your expense .

      Still less reasonably has Western diplomacy dealt with Prussia . As soon as she began slowly to withdraw ftom diplomatic co-operation , you most quietly lethergo and " put her aside , " and only then took notice of her when the uncertainty of her policy was artfully used by Austria as a pretext for refusing her own assistance . Strange contradiction , no doubt , that a country , which was allowed to form such a puzzling item in the calculations of " your faithful ally / ' was in your own calculations hardly more than a nonentity . And yet , the Western Powers have even more efficient means to act upon the resolutions of Prussia than upon Austria . The preponderance of Russia in the Baltic is deeply felt in

      Prussia ? the Prussian merchants wish most strongly to be rid of the heavy tax of the Sound-dues ; the national party , through all Germany the best friends of Russia , would most willingly accept every opportunity to redress the wrongs the German Duchies and the German interests at large have undergone in the 'Danish question . In all these points Russia is the strongest opposer to the interests of Prussian trade , to the wishes of the German paTty ; and any offer , therefore , in this direction from the Western Powers would be heartily welcomed by the popular feeling in Prussia . But such an offer has not been made . Neither have you tried stronger means against the Prussian Government . The Prussian coasts are open to your fleets , but you blockade only the harbours of Russia , and thus , by directing the Russian trade

      to the eastern ports of Prussia , you , instead of threatening , enrich them . Quite as easily as you could act upon Prussia in the Baltic , Prance could act on the Rhine ; by such a pressure , at the same time , a wholesome and most efficient lesson -would be given to the stadholders of Russia in Cassel , Darmstadt , and Stuttgart , and the German Diet itself would feel the necessity to come to an understanding with the Western Powers . For there are , in the history of modern Germany , instances enough which show how much any misunderstanding with France is feared "by the German governments when they are conseious that popular feeling is against them , and at present it would be so the more , as the sympathies of the Liberal party , which the Government of the French Emperor alone never would win , are secured by the fact of England being a party in the game .

      Those means I speak of are quite within the reach of the Western Powers . What we , German liberals , urge is , indeed , nothing but the practical application of what government and people , both in [ England and in France , generally feel with regard to Germany . Much has been said about the weakness of Germany , much bitter scorn has been thrown , and many contemptuous jokes have been made , on the wavering policy of the King of Prussia ; but what has been done has not been in accordance with what has been said . Ijet it , then , be received as admitted—and we , for our part , not only admit it , but most strongly

      contend for it—that in the councils of Germany , above the heads of her princes , pale fear presides and decides ; let it be admitted , but also acted upon . And although the beat moment is gone by , you are now approaching a time highly favourable for regaining in Germany what has been lost . The conquest of Scbastopol will restore the Western Powers to their former prestige ; the military success there will again inspire the German governments with the necessary respect ; and if your . diplomatists will but flght with halt' the energy of your soldiers , the battle may yet be won . Jb \ S .

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      Parliamentary Questions Of The Week. Pa»...

      PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK . Pa » mament potters and chatters ; 3 ?» lmcrston jibos ; and the cUib gibbers . Questions this -week : Whether Rotb . 8 ch . lld , who , in any case , can't legally sit . 1 b not

      legally incapacitated by reason of having accepted a Government contract from -fijading-binaself an a-can > - dition of not being able to sit ? Whether a committee should be granted-onvficholefreld ' s motion' to consider how the House of Commons can prevent tradesmen from sanding their sugar before going to those prayers in which they pray for a daily bread that is horribly adulterated when-they get it?—the question really being whether the imperial wisdom can govern prices in attempting to regulate quality . Whether , as asked by Lord Seymour—who , as Marionette of Showman Edward Ellice , was put up to effect a diversion for the Government , and did

      divert everybody by his Punchy performanceit was worth while to debate a bill ( Irish Tenant Eight ) which had no chance of passing , in which nobody believed , which the Tories had emasculated , ¦ which the Government had maimed , which those who had at first clamoured for it now repudiated as an accursed and unsightly object—question being answered in the negative , by majority of 20 , and a bill which had no hope of being passed , and -which everybody disdained , being debated accordingly for five solemn hot hours on tropical Thursday night ? Whether , on the motion of Mr . Henry

      Berkeley , who hopes to play the Diable Boiteux with a canting community , a committee ought not to be appointed to inquire whether the Sunday Beer Bill , which had cut off the supplies of beer to a drunken country at ten p . m . every Sunday evening , had not pro ved rather an inconvenience to those who had suffered from it , —motion being granted ? Whether , at the instigation of that haughty Christian , Lord Robert < 3 rosvenor , who would indubitably hand over to the beadle any ragged Briton that might happen , under legal pressure and want of amusement elsewhere , to stray into Lord Robert ' s chapel of ease , it was not desirable that , in consideration of this

      being a C hristian land , which inherited the laws of Moses , but will not let Rothschild ( the standing Jew , who must be a periodical sight to the revolving Wandering Jew ) take his seat ; which has , according to Lord Shaftesbury , 5 , 000 , 000 heathens within its home territories ; which has a class of tradesmen , who , according to Lord Seymour , are all fraudulent ; which has a class of merchants , who , according to the press , are all Strahans , and Pauls , and Bates ; which has a press , which , according to

      all sensible persons , adulterates opinion and facts more than the shopmen adulterate provisions ; which has an aristocracy , who , according to everybody , adulterate Government , and sell the country at auction among themselves—Lord Robert Grosvenor asks whether , in consideration of all these things , it is not the duty of our Parliament to endeavour to reconcile ourselves to God , and reorganise our life by prohibiting the sale of ( adulterated ) milk after the hour of nine a . m . on Sundays ?

      However , there is still some hope . Part of the recommendation of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners is to be complied with . Lord Palmerston retains his belief that we ere all born good ; but he is going to oblige us with four -more Bishops . "A Stranger . "

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      There Is No Learned Man But Will Confess...

      There is no learned man but will confess he bath much profltea by reading controversies , his senses awakened , and hia . judgment sharpened . If , thexi , it be profitable for him to read , why should it not , at least , be toitraolefor hia adversary to -write , —Mii / ton .

      How The Successors Of The Apostles Trave...

      HOW THE SUCCESSORS OF THE APOSTLES TRAVEL ON A SABBATH . ( To tlua Editor of the , Loader . ') Loiidon Juno 27 . Sin , " — Passing along Jormyn-street a short while ayo , on a Sunday morning , my attention was arrested by a very handsome carriage and horses , which dashed up the opposite etreet , and drew up at St . James ' s Church . The whole " turn-out" was so uncommonly handsome and Btjlieh , that I stopped

      to examine \ t more minutely . The carriago was a bright yellow , with very handsome eilvor fittings ; the horses , a splendid pair of bays , worth at least 300 guineas ; the harness covered with silver ; the coachman and two footmen , dressed ia pure white liveries , trimmed with black and white chequer lace , nnd odged witih silver lnoo , with silver hatbands , garters , & c , altogether forming one of the most attractive " turn-outs" I have seen in London . But , on examining further , you may judge my surprifie on geeing a bishop ' s , on , ratfher , an aarchbiBhop ' s ,

      mitre on the-panels of the carriage . I doubted the evidence of" my senses , thinking that our great Church dignitaries eschewed such gaieties , and drove about in-carriages of more sontrbre hue and dressed their servants in darker ccQours . But , on farther inquiry , I found that the eqtdpage belonged to . the Archbishop of Armagh , who , residing in Charles-street , St . Janaes' «* equare , requires the services of a coachman , two footmen , and a pair of horses to convey him from his residence > there to the distant region occupied by St . James's . Church- —< the distance being not further than a very slow walker would manage to cross in four or five minutes . I

      ask you , sir , is this needful work for a Sunday ? I Q addition to the three servants named , we may calculate the services of one or two stable-helpers , who will be engaged in attending on the horses before and after their arduous Journeys to and from Church . It may be said that his Grace is an aged man ; so he is , but not an infirm one , for I have seen him , not long ago , riding on hor eback in the park , and a finer or more upright figure one don't often see . Indeed , I never see him but I consider how misplaced he is in the Church , and how m uch more fitted he must originally have been for the head of a dragoon regiment .

      Lord Robert Grosvenor , the representative of the so-called religious party , would do well to leave alone the poor mechanic to do his needfal work on a Sunday , and might be better employed in trying to prevent such needless employment for men and horses as is involved in a journey from his Grace the Archbishop of Armagh ' s residence in Charles-street to St . James ' Church . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , An Observer .

      General Guyon. (Tv) The Editor Of The. L...

      GENERAL GUYON . ( TV ) the Editor of the . Leader . . ) June 26 , 1855 . Sir , —It must be a matter of deep regret to every one interested in the success of the Turkish forces , to learn that the services of the brave General Guyon ( through Turkish intrigue in high quarters ) have been lost , and that , too , at a time when an important battle is imminent at " Kars . " The Turkish troops are lamenting the absence of this brave British general , whose presence in the battle-field inspired them with confidence and success , and whose "judgment" and 4 < courage" were last year recorded in the pages of the Times , and received the general commendation of the London press . The fame of General Guyon as a great and accomplished soldier has spread throughout Europe , and the faculty which he had acquired of addressing the Turkish army in their own tongue , a power which the present English commanders in the East are not reported to possess , is an additional reason for regretting the prevailing apathy and want of forethought on the part of the Sultan ' s Ministers , whereby the services of this moat distinguished general have been hitherto disregarded . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , Anti-Russian .

      A Chinese Gentleman And Man-Of-Letters, ...

      A Chinese Gentleman and Man-of-Letters , named Cheuk-seen-lan , ia now in London , having bean brought to this country by the Itev . Dr . Ileft ' er , the American missionary . This learned Oriental , who is about tbirty-five years old , apeaka three separate dialects of the Celestial Empire , is well versed in literature and the arts as cultivated in China , and ia not only a poet and writer , but also a clover paiuter and musician . Literature appears to bo lii » favourite pursuit ; and , on his return to his own country , ho intends to publish a volume of poema . Ho went with Dr . Hofler to the British Museum on Thursday week , whoro he examined tlie extenBive Chinese collection belonging to the library

      of that institution . —A Himilar instance to the above took place about forty-two yoars ago , when a Chinese gentleruan , having accompanied an English Eastern traveller to London , published n pooin descriptive of tho motropoliB and its Bights , amusements , & c . A transition ol this poem appeared , togotlior with tho author ' s original , in an article " On the Poetry of tho Guinoao , " published in the " Transactions of tho Koyal Asiatic tioenity . The general stylo of tho poem , us rondoiod into K » glw » » doOB not sound very metrical . Ariotookatioak Manniors at the Chyhtai . 1 Al'A ° tt ' —The following notification lias been put forth by Mr . ol tuo

      Owen Jones , of tho Crystal l ' uluoe : — " Hall Aboneerragcs . —Tho cuuhioiiB and divans in thini 1 >» having been much injuiml by persons carelessly rocl " "j > upon them , and for oxmcit kkahons , the directors ol t Crystul Palace Coin puny havo requested Mr . vw Joneu tq remove thciui . Mr . Owen Jones , feeingj t «<*" tho general cfluet of tho hull would bo very » iu «» " " jured were this decision of tho directors ciuvknI <» " £ appeals to the public , and earnestly hop < w that tf attention and decorum on tluiir part will render il . * ^ " neeeHBary . —Crystal l *« luu < :, Juno 2 tf , 18 G 6 . ' t jj 0 dorataud that tho more nriHtoorafcioal visitors ai ' | persons by whom theso extraordinary b reaches oi coruni have been . committed

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), June 30, 1855, page 14, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_30061855/page/14/