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T \ USSIAN disaster marks tbgintpiligence of the Am week from the seat of wat ; disaster so signal as to alter the whole appearance of- the extended battle-field . It must be admitted that our information is scanty and not altogether clear ; but still it has the statnp of conformity as to the main facts , aud -what is chiefly wanting axe the details and collateral circumstances . When the allied
troops appeared at Varna the immediate relief of Siliatria became a settled thing ; and it would appear that Omar Pasha ' despatched a considerable force in the direction ofSilistria , yrtih instructions to effect a junction with the beleaguered Turks if possible . The . route they took , as far as we can gather , was north-west , and we may infer that they made for the western side of the fortress . It is probable that the intelligence of their coining quickened the movements of the besiegers , for their mining operations were hastily performed ; and between the 28 th of May and the 13 th of June assault followed assault
with great vigour . On the night of the 28 th , no less than 30 , 000 men , urged on by their officers , appeared to have been hurled upon the fortress in successive columns of 10 , 000 each . At first , the fire of the Turks was too severe , and they gave way , but , impelled by their chiefs , they returned with an overpowering rush , sweeping up and into the very embrasures of the redoubt . After a three hours' conflict they were driven back , leaving the ditch filled with dead and dying .
Subsequently there were other attacks : mines hastily constructed fell short , and exploded , doing damage to the Russians ; and success attended the Turks in every instance- Thus it seems to have stcod when the Shumla detachment arrived ; and then the Turks dashed forward , scoured through the trenches , and the fight ended in a complete rout . General Schilders was carried , wounded , to Kalarasch ; and we are assured the sieere was raised . The Russians retreated over
the Danube , breaking down the bridges behind them . If this be true , and there is no reason to doubt 5 t , the Turks alone have achieved the finest exploit of the wiir . The retreat of the llussians across the Danube alters the whole aspect of the campaign , in the face of the gathering battulions North of the Balkans , it will be impossible for the Russians to hold&alarnsch us a military position . The TurlcH
at Riistschuk are assuming the offensive . Sunnitza has become untenable , and Giurgeyo will soon be so . Already the effect of the advance from Kalafat has dictated to the Russian General , Liprandi , a compulsory movement in retreat along the Bucharest road . Should the allies , therefore , advance in front , the Russians will be compelled to fall back upon Bucharest from Kalarasch and Giurgevo ; and if the Austrians show themselves in the passes of the Carpathians , the Russians -will be forced to retreat upon Moldavia , or to fight a battle in the best
position they can find on the plains of Wallachia . Should they retreat , their next line of operations must be the left bank of the Sereth , with their left wing resting on the small forts at the mouth of the Danube , and their long line stretching upwards into Poland . Under the recent convention concluded between Austria and the Porte , it is supposed that the Austrians will occupy Wallachia ; and should they do so , the greater part of the Turkish army , and nearly the whole of the British and French forces , would be available for operations in the Crimea .
In Asia disaster has also attended the Russian arms . It appears that the garrisons retreating from the forts on the Circassian coast , have been intercepted by the lieutenant of Schamyl , and cut off from tbe main body . Selim Pacha , who commands in the neighbourhood of Batoum , is placed in a position to take the offensive ; while the Russians are compelled on all points to content themselves with the defensive .
In the Baltic the successes of Admiral Plumridge in the Gulf of Bothnia have not been acliieved without loss . He . has burned and destroyed a vast amount of imperial property at Brahestad , Uleaborg , and other places . He has captured Tornea ; but at Karleby he has suffered loss . His men appear to have fallen into an ambuscade , and it is stated that a "boat ' s crew have been killed or taken prisoners . The future , the plan of securing at the end of the war the lecrititnate fruits of war ?—that la the
question which it is requisite to study as wo advance , and it is the one which Lord Lyndhurst brought before Ministers and the Peers on Monday , lie took up the treaties which have originated with the Germanic Powers , Austria and Prussia — the Protocol of December , 1853 , the memorandum addressed to the Germanic Diet , the treaty between Austria and Prussia , and the Vienna Protocol of May 23 , annexing that treaty to
the series ; and while he found that the Germanic Powers are seeking only for restoration of peace with Russia , and are objecting to any alteration of territorial boundaries , he asked what security the Western Powers would have , that m the eyent ^ jF proposals of peace from Russia ; the Germanic Powers would not accept it , and resist any further prosecution of that power ? But , he continued , what security would be , obtained , out of the present expensive contest for a continued observance
of peace by Russia . Her statesmen avgw-. iibe policy of concealed activity and the plan of taking Eiirope by " surprise ; " her acts prove that she regards treaties as waste paper "; and ia truth there would be no security for her keepjiig the peace , unless , as Lord Lyndhurst says } England and France were to take some " material guarantee . " But do not the present treaties tend to impede them in doing so ? No , said Lord Clarendon ,
because those treaties are set aside by , events which have happened since they were concluded . Austria is effectually committed with the ; Western Powers and against Russia , and it would . be the extreme of folly not to take the present opportunity to curtail the power of Russia , now that she has exposed her policy . Lord Derby agreed with the declaration in spirit , as Lord Lyndhurst might have done ; but how can we reconcile "with , the
facts , with the expression of feeling in the House of Commons , with Lord Clareiidon ' s language , with the course actually taken T > y Ministers , the obstinate enunciation of peace doctrines by IfOrd Aberdeen , who , in the debate of \ loaday , ridiculed the idea of danger from Russia , and still avowed that his abiding object as to get at peace as fast as possible P
Perhaps this declaration has not injured JMUnisters more than the explanation given by Mr . Strutt in the House of Commons , showing how abruptly he was sent from his office in order to accommodate the capricious wishes of RusSells and Greys . They arranged it all among themselves , and then told him they were waiting for Lim to go , because Lord Granville was waiting to sit down in his seat . Thus apprised by the man who had invited him to join the Cabinet , he took ;
up his hat and walked . Another Ministerial retractation is added to the list . Lord Palmerston , who intended to take the conduct of police out of the hands of local authorities ^ and to have a constabulary force like that o < Ireland , under county control , has drawn a hornet ' snest about his oars , and he has withdrawn the bill . The Oxford Bill seems likely to furnish victories to all parties , except Ministers . Mr . Heywood is the now champion and victor . 0 u
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1 MEWS QF THE WEEK- vxa * Parliament of the Week 578 Continental Notes 582 The Nearest Way to Warsaw is Through Germany 583 American Itotes 584 Sleeting * Bishop ; 584 ; Decimal Coinage 584 Maurice ' s Lectures 585
The Doss of the Etnropa 585 fieghibai versus Marmaysee 585 Miscellaneous 586 PUBLIC AFFAIRSAberdeen St . George 587 A Middle-Class Minister 588 Church Kates ....: 589 Margaret Beginbal 689 A "Stranger" in Parliament 590
LITERATURESummary 591 ' Hide and Seek 591 Ultima Thule 598 ABateh of New Books 59 S Books on our Table 594 THE ARTSThe Crystal Palace 594
1 The Royal Academy .... 595 The French Exhibition 590 The ( JerinanBxhibition ,.......... 596 Births , Marriages , and Deaths ... 597 . COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSCity Intelligence , Markets , Ad- - vertisements , &o < ...,.. 597-800
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Leader (1850-1860), June 24, 1854, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2044/page/1/
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