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Th « Irish people are on fire to vblunteerj especiall y ^ for the army ; andHiat spirit is manifested , notwithstanding the traitor-cry of the priests , not to / be lured by " the Saxon shilliag . " It might be a queistion whether traitors to the State should not be broaight to a strict account ; but probably the disease may be left for cure to the generous spirit of the Irish " people . - t
An unpleasant fact which has been disclosed in Manchester and tie manufactxtring districts of Yorkshire , cannot be . so readily ^ dismissed . Of the n " umbei *^ applying For enlistment , a very small iifacV tion indeed can be accepted , Notwithstandr&ff the lowering ; of the * standard , the majority ar 6 too stunted or too sickly to be fit for service - The factory system has put its thumb upon the race of
Englishmen , and keeps them down in growth and vigour . Assuredly , there are other things than commercial principles for statesmen , whether in or out of office ; and it would be a poor gain to become the workshop of the world , if we are to pay for the distinction by becoming the menials of the world—too feeble and spiritless for England to sustain her position as one of the leaders of the world .
We arc still awaiting more decisive news from abroad . As Count Orloff ' s mission becomes better understood , it becomes more evident than ever that its main object was to buy off Austria , and also Prussia , from the Western alliance ; it also becomes more evident that , however sincere Austria may be in her neutrality at present , the object of that neutrality is to defer the hazardous choice of the side to be taken , until Russia or the Western Powers shall show signs of being able to secure a
victory . Austria desires to bet upon the winner . It is announced by the telegraph , in sufficiently intelligible terms , that Russia lias formally declined the last proposals of the Vienna Conference , if not any intervention at all . A similar reply isj anticipated to the bizarre letter wliich the Emperor Napoleon has addressed the Czar , suggesting that the latter might be free to treat directly with Turfcey , on the preliminary condition that the
Napoleon indulges , t ^ en he - : 0 ^ m ^ rj 0 m autograph upon some great inon ^ ment al ofisilin history ; 'i - < ¦ ¦ ; " : . ' - ; - : . ¦ ' /¦¦' I f ^ ' i ^; 1-he financial conrmunity nas always fcakea * a conspicuous , part in ihe Russian Question , and tKis week -wia have some characteristic demonstrations : At Tienna the Austrian Government is supposed to become more . Russian in hia Ic&nings , and tfie
dotti&ent of thfe cotoniercial ' wo-rlti is a"iall dr th % eiciange to the extent of 4 par ceiit / iii ^ oir ^ r- " eight hours . * Ih ; London , ori tile' co ^ tjratyj fi aji ^ - " nese > the character of the market '; r £ ve& J < & £ Ng ^ teft-jgftti ^^ ness , « n < i it is wefi Understood that the fQejfing on the Stock Exchange , independently of mere
money considerations , is that of strong irriiafci&n at -the conduct of Russia , and a hearty' dea ^ e thai ; England should once more show her . n \ ettle ^ Indeed the sacred column of the Times insists ; ih&t Russia shall be made to defra-y the costs of ine war she has provoked , and that all treaties wjiicli have served as stepping-stones to her encro > a . cli ments upon the integrity of Turkey and the liberties of Europe shall be expunged .
Lord Clanricardc has forced a debate upon the origin , rise , and progress of the war , in whiclihe recapitulated events in such manner as to throw the most disparaging aspersions on the conduct of Ministers . He was supported "by Lord Grey , who objected altogether to endeavouring to sustain Turkey , to resisting ^ Russia , or to risking the continuance of peace ; and by Lord Derby , who was , hove ver , less acrimonious and more amusing than the Liberal peers out of office . Lord Clarendon and Lord Aberdeen were enabled to establish
m ore distinctly than before some important positions , especially tliat they had been deceived by Russia in the first instance , with the emphasis of the most solemn assurances , such as gentlemen n ever break ; and Lord Clarendon admitted that such assurances were given . Ministers also showed that from the very first moment when the dispute ceased to be one exclusively between Russia and France , they had sought , secured , and preserved throughout the cordial co-operation of the French Government . The debute ended without
further result than to expose the animus of the Liberals out of office . It has even been whispered that Lord Grey is bidding for the honour of a Coltdenite Peace-Premier . - We congratulate the noble lord on liis expectations . The declaration , last ni ght , of Lord John Huusell , though , in fact , adding nothing to ^ hnt
Priaeipalities be evacuated , and on the condition subsequent that the result of the negotiation be submitted to a Conference of the Four Powers . Why the Emperor Napoleon should have thought it necessary to intrude a fresh suggestion o ^ er the head of his own Ministry and that of England , people cannot gueaa ; but his proceeding has buun sanctioned by our Government , and it is regarded jin only one of those roin > s tic Ivtc in which . Louis
T > EEORM AND WAR share the attentions of JX ¦ Government and public ; but it must be confessed , that the war occupies infinitely the larger share . The course which the Government of this country has laid out for itself in the East ap |> ears now to be understood . A contingent is to be supplied as an auxiliary force , counting 20 , 000 men , tinder the cbmmand of Lord Raglan in chief ; several distinguished officers , inclaOing Lord Cardigan , General Brotherfcon , antt the Duke of Cambridge , have volunteered to serve . Colonel Eyre , distinguished for his' ability and success in the ¦ Kaffir war , is to command a brigade . Half of the ' contingent , comprising 10 , 00 © infantry , are under orders , and will leave within a few weeks . The first detachment will
consist of a brigade of the household troops , 2500 strong , under the command of Colonel Bentinck ; and it will take its departure on Wednesday next , from various ports . No definite o > rders have yet been issued respecting the cavalry . Th « best spirit animates officers and men —the latter volunteering not less readily than those who bear her Majesty ' s commission . The regiments are thoroughly filled up by volunteers ; sappers and miners are prompt in volunteering ; and the Rifles , returned but a few days from the Cape , at once -volunteered to make up the contingent of their own corps .
The magnificent steamers belonging to tlie great compunies have been chartered ; and indeed there is no lack of shipping . The feeling of the soldiers only reflects that of all classes of the people . The Guards have been accompanied in their preliminary marches by companions who cheered th « m on their way . It was something more than the ordinary mob that attends a regiment on removal that escorted the detachments in their passage tln-ough Uie metropolis ; wLile the people of manufacturing Leeds , or the full hearted Eton boys are as enthusiastic in their passing saluto as any class of the population .
The same favourable reports are given of ( . he fleet . The enormous activity of our dockyards ; has advanced thirtypowerful ships for a Baltic fleet twenty © f that number arc screw steamers , and the whole force carries 2220 guns . Sailors and landsmen arc corning up to the rendezvous in excellent fashion .
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" The one Idea -which . History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of . Hurn&aflby ^ the b-oble endeavour t « throw down all the barriers erected , between men . by prej udice ^ and one-aided views ; and by setting asid « the diatinctaana of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one kreat object- ^ the free-developrcient of our spiritual nature . *'—HumboldFs Cosmos . > * •/•¦
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TOL . V . No . 204 . ] SATFRPAY , FEBRUARY 18 , 1854 . ^^ Sm ^^ m ^ Sl
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NE W * OF THE W £ E < - * ios Arrest and Manslaughter of a I Treatment of the Army 159 Tboioveloek .. ; .........:......-.... ; .. 165 ' 3 S&SXXS ~ s ~ S 5 £ SSSSte =-i ' £ f « -=::::: » <^^ S ^™ ri , The British War Contingent 150 Miscellaneous .......... 155 * LITERATURE- . ; . -- * -- ^ c ; £ ~ . ' , _ - „ j : ffiamfS ?! = ^™ "ffi- imljwiymui !* - tESrfiSSiiSWTKI ! . ™ S B ^ H ^*«* « . 4 fl ^ .. . » t ,, oiT ^ Sf ^ ::::.:::: r .::::::::: r . li » l ^^^ r .::: r .:: r . . lg t ^ s ^^ s ^ .. iM commwcal a ^ airs-- . ' r ,- ?! S 5 ; Poor-Law Reform 153 Abolition of the Eaw of Settle- - THE ARTS— Citr itttelltefinnA MM-VAtn a < i ii&mhi Healfe of London 153 . m « nt 158 mnelagh 164 ^ BSwBr + SJSS ,. ^ ijjgfa
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 18, 1854, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2026/page/1/
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