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      VOL . VII . No . 302 . ] SATURDAY , JANUARY 5 , 1856 . PkicejS ^?™/ . ! : ^^

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      to make peace- At that date he was prepared to consent to the third of the Four Points , arranged thus : the Straits to be closed ; all war ships of other powers to be excluded ; the relative force of Russia and Turkey to be settled between the two States without the ostensible interference of other powers . Now since Austria Lad demanded the right of interference by the otlier powers , and since the Western Powers had expressly stipulated for the right of Turkey to open the Straits ^ and for

      the constant presence of a specified force under the allied flags , Russia must have known that in propounding these new terms of peace she was doing little else than defying hoth the course of events and the known re « olve of the Allies . A lexandisii is not prepareil to consider what was demanded of him in March last before Sebnstopol was taken , and before preparations were nu . ule for carrying on the war in the Baltic as vigorously as in the Euxine .

      "pROSS-PUltPOSES" appears to be the ex-^ preasion that best represents the state of German diplomaey . Austria has again heen mediating , while the Powers between whom she mediates are brandishing the sword as lustily as ever . The Emperor Napoleon theTh hid is haranguing his Imperial Guard ; the Emperor Alexander j the Second is circulating to his agents at foreign courts—both in a tone of defiance ; and it is evident , even before the negotiations are concluded , that the Germans themselves are losing their hopes , of peace . j

      The harangue to the Imperial Guard was manifestly intended as something move than a com pi i- ' merit to that force . It was a great military spec :- j tacle ^ 'designed for use at home as -we ' ll as abroad , j The troops recalled from the Crimea * comprised j some regiments of the Guard and some of the ' Line ; they included regiments which particularly , distinguished themselves in the final attack ; the flags of'the . Fiftieth hung in tatters from the stall * . The old title of Guard is wedded with the new one of Zouave . The hereditary empire was displayed ' with nil . its newest Jionours ; the tried army was present in the capital ; the French had the opportunity of feeling that their / own national pviile was identified with the success of their brethren in the field , and of reflecting that daily it becomes more difficult to contest a power thus consolidated . So much for the lesson homewards : the lesson abroad was moralised by the actual words of the Kmpkkok . Ho told his troops that he ' wantod soldiers hardened in battle , anil inured to the endurances of war ; that he wanted trained soldiers ready to be led in any direction . The words were received with acclamations by the soldiers ; tlioy will be understood in the north of Europe . It would seom , however , that , the C / ., \ it is in no way daunted . The lntcst cmamition from St . PutorBburjr is the circulnr which sets forth the terms on which Ai . rxandbutiik Sjccond in willing to mnko peace . We have not , yet the reply to the Austrian proposal , but we see tlw will of ( lie K . m-I'Knou a fortnight or three weeks buck . IIo must have changed very luirm-uloualv if he i » now willing

      It would appear that a Council of \ wu * is to be huld in Paris . La . M . vumoii . v has already arrived in Turin on his way to the Freneli Capital ; Canuoii r . RT hail jireviouslv nn \ in < red the co-operation of Sweden . Although our own licet is dispersed , it is ready to reassemble , and it bus long been known that , the materials to be used in the next Baltic campaign would be in the proportion of the closing scene at £ obastopol , suul not of the futile attacks upon lSomarsnnd and Sweabwrg .

      the warfare of its own races . It is Britain alone that maintains peace ; but JBritaia bas , hitherto neglected the duty of endeavouring to " ab § oif |^ the conflicting barbaricrales into ova ipwtt . Tfeafcjcsid of compromise which governs us in public . afFaars has been too prevalent in India . We have lef ; f States continue in an equivocal condition , an 4 JC * acie ! is among them—one of tTiose semi-mdepeiident i States that sap the integrity of our Indian Empire . '; Probably it will now be in due time absorbed . The proclamation of martial law in the Santal 1 district is the first step towards effectually putting ' down the insurrection . The step is spoken of as being arbitrary ; but it is . not so . It is much better when a district is incapable of aiding in the administration of civil law , that the law by which it is really governed , the law of arms , should bei recognised , and that the only jurisdiction which is then effectual should be unimpeded by a pretended maintenance of the civil rule that has fallen out of use . Another question is raisqd beyond the Indian , border . Governed by a voluptuary tyrant , II < v-rat has risen against its Sultan ,, has given itself ' to Persia , and is now added to the Empire of the Sbah . "Whether he will be Sanctioned in keeping it we have yet to learn . He does not stand . on- the best footing with this country . For some reason , at present unexplained , the British Ambassador , ¦ the Honourable Chahi . es Augustus jMukkay , has taken down his flag . I ' ersia has before now ' rendered herself suspected of subserviency to Russia . Herat is the key to IXorthern India , and it is really an important question whettier that key shall be placed in the oustedv of our equivocal ally . Those who peruse the correspond nee Irom America , will see now that wo did not spenk without warrant when wo regarded the manifestations in the London press as intended for signs . of hostility towards the l / nited flutes , on the presuni ]> - i tiou that some hostility "'as intended in Amerir . i . NYlien these newspaper articles lust appeared ^ tu the I ' nioii , the Anit'rieiins could not believe that mn thing really threatening was intended- Now they 1 Imve awakened to a sense of the Ministerial fueling mi this side , and tlx'y appear to be almost . uxwc . surprised utter the . coup thim they would hu-vo befu if they had really understood the mil clinructer of the demonstrution then . It is * lucky that

      India sends us nothing signal , but send ^ enough to show tlint activities lire goiirj ; ton in that barbaric lnnd of heterogeneous races . Tlie fanatic leader in Oude , at whose intrigues the local Government had winked , has suceeetled in causing ; an outbreak , has lod the State into n civil war , and bus compelled the use of niuis to put do . vn Unit , disturbance . During' tlio * l niggle , mouu strange traits of lasting diiu'ord between tin native races were exhibited . On Ilie side oi' le ^ itiinuto onlei

      was one gunner , \\ hi » was a MiHsiiliniui , wlm reliised , and be sto . id idoue , to point liis t ; un against bis fellows in religion—lie was . sabred at once . This incident is of small im portanee ; lint how loudly it speaks of thorsn tbeoer ^ itie hatreds uhieb the common ln'ilisli rule has been quite incapable of extinguishing . Were the ltriti . sh removed , il is quite clear that India would ut oiwv be torn by

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      •• tWp nr \ + Idea -which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater ai 3 tin . ctn . es 3 is the Idea of Humanity-ittie noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided viewa ; and , by setting aaide the diatmctiona of ReligiSi CoSatry-. and- Coloxir , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "— HumboldCs Cosmos .

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      REVIEW OP THE WEEK— tags Australia T Eastern Affairs H A Bird ' s-eye View of India 17 SlwTr IHtWttl ^ o TheOrient V The Crjrstal Palace Company 11 A Lady ' s Campaign 18 Tlie > Var 2 t « tt » fmm cniMt-nntinnnlp 8 Rachel Gray —•• 19 War Miscellanea 3 ***^ fSiT i ' rels and CotoneV « ., « . , « a rr- A . r , « Thaclceray'i Miscellanies 19 Stale of the Nation 3 1 Se ^ fcnglwh 1 re « , s ana ^ oionei g PUBLIC AFFAIRS- An Historical Olio 20 Starved to Death 4 Public Opinion in Fraiice ' . ' . ' . " . ' . */ . ' . ' . ' . n The Pacificators . 12 ^ ,. _ . » . ^ - Poiaoa-Mardcrs j Continental Notes s The Greek * 12 THE ARTSDrmK-Muraers ^ Obituary -10 Progress of the National Church .. 13 « , vmfasinr M ^ tiiews " at Drurv A Wif ^ s Autobiography a " 'Sral and Rlilltary News 10 The ^ ttcal . JJecreea 14 La « e ^ athews at Drur | An Active Clerk ; . o-j The liomance of" The Times" .... 10 " " S ^ sa ^! .:::::::::: ::.:-. *\ Mi-11— .- 10 literature- commercial affa . rs-T ' uard JmPer ° ° . G ' . POSTSCRIPT- - Summary 15 City Intelligence . Markets , Ad-America ' . * .. ... . *' . ' ...... ' . 7 ! Kews from Abroad . 1271 The Shaving of febagpat 15 vertiseuaents , &c . .. 21

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 5, 1856, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2122/page/1/