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npHAT Russia really intends to resist , appears JL now to be placed beyond a doubt ; although , notwithstanding the anticipations of the electric telegraph , the answer was not received in Vienna until Wednesday , > and it was not then known . The purport of a letter from the Emperor Nicholas to the Emperor Francis Joseph had come out , and it was understood that in that letter , he
described the retirement of his troops into Moldavia , and the consequent evacuation of Walla « hia , as ft concession which ought to satisfy A-ustria . How little this movement in the Principalities is really calculated to satisfy the claim made by Austria , is apparent from the most obvious facts of the case . Unable to persevere in the attempt to reduce Silistria , unable to maintain the Danube above the great elbow , Prince Paskiewitch has drawn back ; and he now lies in
advance of Jassy , standing ready to defend his position from the elbow of the Danube near the mouths , " which he still retains , to the corner of Transylvania . This new position renders him less exposed to the advancing troops of Austria , while it strengthens him for an attack on that Power in its own territory . The formal demand of Austria was , the evacuation of the
Principalities , and not of one alone . If Russia had accomplished that evacuation , and had then claimed the status quo , it might have been a question for Austria , whether she should continue or not ; but the retreat upon a position which strengthens Russia against Austria , is indeed a singular form of concession ; and the Emperor Francis Jose ph is not so dull as to be incapable of seeing through it .
It is part of the Russian pretence , that , ns the Danube is loft free , Austria should be satisfied ; bat oven if Russia did not retain the motrths of the Danube , as she does , it could not bo snid that the river is free so long as Russia retains the power of returning . The river , indeed , is a monument of Russian infidelity to compacts , or to any law save that of necessity .
^ It is not surprising , therefore , that the propnrations on both aides continue without cessation or diminution . Russia continues to strengthen her armies on the lino of posts , fmiu North to South , in roland as much as in Moldavia ; and while Austria advances with 24 , 000 men into Wullnclmi , and that force is to bo strengthened , the Western
allies persevere in bringing their troops up to Varna , evidently , preparing for some forward blow . The movements of the fleet in the Baltic have been of a kind to indicate some more decisive actions there also , but at present , we have not sufficient information to make us understand how Russia can be attacked by sea , without enormous risk of loss for the attacking fleet . la the North her most obvious dangers consist in the interruption of trade , and in a financial condition that now appears really to be becoming desperate- The loan hns wo success in the Netherlands ; any more than in France or Belgium .
The novelty of the week 13 furnished by Spain , which contributes to the newspapers a civil war . An insurrection has broken out at Madrid with some alliances outside , probably rather extensive in Arrogan and Toledo . The rebellion commenced in the capital on the 28 th ; on the 30 th , the insurgents mustered about 4000 strong , and there was fighting ; and from this point the reports become as contradictory as they are frequent . The defection of officers distinguished for their loyalty—the
return of soldiers and people to their allegiance , ' — the total rout of the rebels , —the "hope" that reinforcement will come from Sarragossn . and Valladolid—are examples of the reports sometimes directly contradicting each other , sometimes refuting each other by incompatible assertions . It is curious , that a Government which speaks of the rebellion with contempt , should be congratulating itself upon reinforcements from a placo so distant ns Snrrngossa . The virtual head of the
insurrection appears to bo General O'Donnell , who had been concealed in Madrid , for purposes of the insurrection , during weeks if not months ; the police unable to detect bin ) , unless , as seems probable , there are traitors amongst the police . One officer who has joined the insurgents is General Dulcc , n man who in 1841 distinguished himself by a gallant defence of the Queen against the military revolt . The evident endeavour to suppress intelligence ,
the confessions implied in what docs transpire , nud tho movements of troops throughout so considerable an extent of country , convince us , that whether it be successful or not , the insurrection has originated in several places , and oxtonda over no small pnrt of ( he kingdom , lta object it ? not distinctly declared . At first it wn « , professedly , tho putting down of the present Ministry , but a Regency nml un abdication were both mentioned . Tho question is discussed , whether the Queen ' s infant daughter
— " the Princess of the Asturias , "—is really an heir to the Spanish crown ? The course taken by journals not Spanish , suggests a suspicion tha ! r the insurrection is not without an Orleanist element ; but we see no mention of the Montpensier by name ; nor , as yet , have the insurgents adopted the plan proclaimed some time back , of - connecting Spain and Portugal under the present youthful Kins of the smaller realm .
The Ministerial fact of the -week is thq , withdrawal of the Testamentary Jurisdiction Bill . It is not one of the most important measures , but becomes important , as adding another item . to tb , list of measures abandoned . The Oxford Bill is in the House of Peers , and my Lord Derby , with grim delight , makes much of waiving his opposition to the second reading , lie knows that the bill is a compromise ; and he exults and congratulates the Government upon achieving at least one important bill by the 6 tli July . Lord Derby is merciful : he will not oppose the admission ' of Dissenters to the university , but
he threatens to clog the working of the clauses with restrictions , so that the Dissenters who may matriculate will not be able to study , except at the price of an outward conformity . The Chancellor of Oxford affects to be frightened by visions of sectarian clubs , Dissenters , Presbyterians , and Roman Catholics , meeting to discuss religion and proselytise in the private halls . But we know Lord Derby of old : his bark was always worse than his bite ; and for once , Ministers have announced that tlioy mean to ho resolute , and on no account permit the clauses relating to private halls to be tampered with . Lord Derby will not succeed . Mr . Gladstone ^ Public Revenues and Consolidated Charges Fund Bill has succeeded in passing the ambush laid for it by Mr . Spoonor . At tlie third reading of tho bill , he movod to transfer from one schedule to another tho charge for Maynooth College ; tho effect being to phioo that amongst the list of annual votes , instead of those which are to be regarded as permanent ; thus introducing a political question into tlie discussion of a bill which ought , to have boon kept separate from i > Il politico ! «| u < i stions . The object of the bill , as everybody knowa , ifl to bring under tlie review and control of I ' nrliainont that pnrt of the rovenuo which in now not brought into tho Exchequer , or into tho annual accounts , but is stopped out liy sovenU departments , in order to pay for tho charges of collection . There are alsio
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"The one Idea -which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanitv—the noblp endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and by settme aside tne distinctions Of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great ob % ct-tne free deTelo ^ meSt of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldts Cosmos . wu mcin > ^
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VOL . V . No . 224 ] SATURDAY , JULY 8 , 1854 . [ Pbice Sixpence .
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NEWS OF THE WEEK— » age Abduction in Tinperary 633 , The Venerable Lord and his PORTFOLIOr , , * ** i w i „« .,. The Austro-Turkish Treaty 634 Fair Circassian ( 538 Parliament of the Week 626 Promotion in the Army 634 Vivian at the "Water Cure . . 644 TJe Revenue 6 * 9 Health of London 634 OPEN COUNCIL- Tu-. ^ -e " BSfittM ^ . ? . ?^!^ £ J ^ fllV : ^ "" The Austrian Alliance 639 ™ . ARTSNates on the War CiJO PUBLIC AFFAIRS- . _„ . _„ ,. _ La Sirene 644 The Baltic « S 0 Our Present Provisional Go- LITERATURE- Continental Notes 031 vernraent 63 G Summary 640 n . .. ,, . „ ,, . American Notes 032 Church Charity and Catholic Simon on our Sanitary Condi- Births , Marriages , andDeaths ... 645 American Life Described by an Charity 63 G tion 640 rnMMrRGiat arc-omc English Resident 032 Lord Derby ' s Title Deeds 637 De Quincey ' s Third Volume . . 642 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSPiratesof theRifP ...... 63 $ Wholesale Prosperity and Retail A Second Batch of New Books . 642 City Intelligence , Markets , Ad-French versu 3 Rolt 633 bankruptcy 638 Books on our Table 643 vertisetnents , &c ....... 646-648
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Leader (1850-1860), July 8, 1854, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2046/page/1/
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