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      NOTICES TO COKRESPQ ^ DENTS . . No notice can be tax& * off 1 fenoaynag * communications . Whatever is intended fox insertion must be authenticated by the name and address « ftheTvrit « r ; not necessarily for pu ^ o ^^ n ^] tut aa a ^ a ^ Eanlpe p ^ bif ^ Qod faith-It is Impossible to acknowledge the mass $ > $ letters we receive . Their insfertioff . ia * ftSil < 3 feliy % ( f , - owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted , it i ? frequently from reasonB . ^ nite independent of the merits of the comirtuiiicsa " - ** o n ., _ . ,. . . oSF * € J $ en&ifaii $ t \ . ' iiitt $ . v 6 \ tfitoli % iaiitMthl £ iv'e ~ efe CammJiniupationp « h ^ 4 raaw # yar beile ^ Jbly ^ ynitteo .. an * , ob one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the diffi-< Wltydffiwliiigapace forthepau -.. - ,.. ' . ' , \ .. v . i ' . i-.-r a ..- . We cannot undertake to return rejected pommuniQiitippjj . Cxim "' Ottf ^ orre ' sp 6 Meii ^ 8 en ¥ rget ! c Vemavlcson Hr . ' : $ : O War 4 !|| , r-turnip ,.. tesjiJ' ^ ido on Xp ^ . paying , of- JpST ^ QOO tfnfcn tfrat frentleman fs endeavouring to eflttect in the oos ^ ttfthe 3 naiu-in 4 erceptiH » tunnels-for- the-aorta side

      , , deserve' our best acknowledgments . ' They confirm us in ^ e . con ^ clion . thr t we , h . aveibuib . diaeliargea p , nr doty to the public by grving' Mr . Ward all tlie support fn out power in tfc » . perHoiw ^ encounter ,. \? 4 >«^ he 4 if * s so cqkiEageoiisiy undertaken , and , we may ada , so successfully prosecuted , nsainsfc-odflMtyft ^ t-oi ^ , tftpe , ^ eeniqd owervfcelnfing , ; That Sir . ward should be detested and decri ed by the enigiaeerHiyreJiiiue . athoae , iirterepfcanana ? ep . utatf < m ISava suffered by his luminbus expositions of the truth ; that the press , vlu ' chsupports hlmivsbeal ^ conjeinj . fQjjta sbam-Of vituperation ; and that the angry clamour cf the defeated party sbouhfcrise t » jit * ttei £ ht » fcthe * nomeiit of their ! downfall and dispersion ; these are but the ordinary inci-¦ detssj'of sach-strugglesj ^ aiwi tboy only , stimulstle u »>*» . ¦ peraeyere in our advocacy of that splendid system— " the tdMhfjr org « t » iBa « iohu-6 f town-ami country ., ?' itfhieh lHn \ "Ward was tlie first to conceive as a connected whole , and wMbh '' 6 « te $ ifiatniy to' -bJa ' tmwearied -championship . he rapid progress it is now making , both in this" country and o ^ &i > ntiftenW < tf " vrt : i £ . a ^ - ¦ ;¦* , - ¦ . /„ , -

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      THE GREEKS . The Greeks have made their appeal to publicopinion in the West , at . a time when it is not likely to excite much attention . The moment for the consideration of their claims will be when , after the declaration of an armistice , the affairs of Turkey are settled . Yet it is never out of season to do an act of justice . Moreover , as a ray of peace has been thrown across the relations of Cabinets , the opportunity may at any moment arrive for the Western Powers to exercise a determinate influence on the politics of the Levant .

      The Greeks ,, then , esteeming thas to be their time , complain that they are misjudged . They are accused of Russian tendencies ; their commercial ' character , and their capacities for government , are equally impugned by tho Western press . The El-pis , of Athens , elaborates , and the Times circulates , an apology for tlie Greok nation . We tire inclined to lay small stress on the charge of a Russian bias , which is not in itseli a crime . The Greeks have received many

      courtesies , nnd some benefits , from Russia , more benefits and moro courtesies , than from Franco or England . Slie is at the head of their religion ; she adorn * their churches with images ; she has supported them in Turkey against the Latin supremacy ; she lias boon munificent to their poor an periods of distress . If she has exposed to them , as 1 o tho rest of tho world , her aggressive designs on Turkey ,

      have not France and Grout Britain also ? Tho former has seized Algeria , the latter ( ho Ionian group , one of tho favourite territories of the Grecian race , Russia , at least ,, has never blockaded the Pirojus , or chained up the Grecian commerce , or occupied the Grecian capital . It may be that these acts were justifiable ; but a nation liiut has beon maltreated and coerced can Honrcul y be blamed for ny » ipa-

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      There i 3 aottiing ab" lev-ofefionafj ?' , ' because there is nQ . y ^ gvaQv « lma 1 ; u ?^ . ; Soacl ^ qiiT ^ ilsive , as -the strain to keep things fixed -wlien all tlie-world la by the very lat > t fof < its qieatioa iii-. eternal pri ( 3 ere : $ au—Pa . Abnold .

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      "V ' ' T ^ EAf ^ q ^ TORS . It mattei ^ s little -svliat Is the title of the document carried by jGou ^ t JEsterhazy to Vienna . It may be an ultimat ' uji '; but as there is no probabiUty , tlial itt ^" rejection by Russia will lea < i ho" a clec'laWtioii of war by Austria , the porKt'is'tiilimpbi'tatit . The real problem is , "vvhat ' "are -tlie dispositions of Ilussia , and of the AlMed' Fo # ers ?•

      The . i disposition of Russia is illustrated by the , , vprQpp > saU recently transmitted from St . Petersburg } p Vienna . She has not retreated firojn . jier-original position . She maintains that the Eastern Question , in its main elements , is one exclusively between Turkey and herself , that '' the Allies may exclude their fleets from thevEuxine , but that she ^ vill keep ships of war afloat in . that sea—the number to be determined by agreement with the Porte . The other Powers are not to interfere . What is this

      litflited-pro ^ wi ttiBnfe : - Allies . * AfevtMs pdir it the ¦ Oe | m&t | 'Gdy ^ rtitiaents , agonised "b y the . prosjpept " ., oiP "' a . ' wide-spread Continen'fal c ^ joiyalgtt , pr ^ s up oti ' | meir' patT 6 n ; ' tn ' e terms ojt A rtreasty- " ¦ Qb § ernp , g . , t $ e ' encroachments oif ^ Westerii diploma ^ , in thetJSFoi ? th , the doii btfiiil atti tu'd | 6 of the miafttfr ^ Grerman powers , as ^| t | ie r S . uBject of tt ^ e ^ 6 iife ^ erati , Bnj and the tremendpW prepar ^ oi ^ ffti * ^ new , cainpaign which are « nmoun , ced by / the Allies , Austria

      . grasps a € ¦ 'the" ctosmce **> f pacification , and seizfes iipoja v thje ^ cfeasion to step once more in ' frqn ^ p £ ^ u ^ a .,. ' . ^ i | fc lE ^ is ^ a . corapreiiends the policy , of her neighbour ¦ topi'well- to be terrified jb y an tiltiinatuiit . If she yield to any reasonjn ^ it tpL be to ' th'C )^ tnaj ; coricern her own doan ^ s-tic ,, fi ^ an cia ^ n ^ tAry ' cpndition . She is in no iea » , o £ ( . Germany . > , Germany , if she ever take pari -hi the Wvar , must be forked into it , and wJio shall ^ force hei * 1 ,

      Ktissm IBas ^ ' a ( hipi'te effectual hold upon Austria / . tlian ^^ eitli er ,. of the ^ VcsteTn Powers . TheGalEcian provinces of Poland alone constittite a ^ ndlo ^ by which the Emperor Alex-^ A . Ni 3 i i ) B bbtilo !; . Sljake his neighbour ' s territory . He is hot Jiuiiself beloved by the Polish people , but ; his yoke is not so hateful as the Austrian ^ Vhen the Emperor Nicholas visited the

      Emper d ' rFRkNtiis Joseph in Gallicia , the troops on pajade . shouted that the Gzak was their Emperor , and not the Austrian- The incident would have lost some of its meaning had not the Imperial Austrian next day removed every Polish xegiment from the place , and substituted for them a body of German troops . "Whatever be the lawlessness of Russian rule , it is certain that the Russian Czars are less hateful to their

      of Eisance is told that it has " reconquered its p / i 6 | ber position "—i . e ., at the head of the attires of Europe . The French took the MaiakofF , and * ' when France is satisfied Europe is content . " It is not clear what further interest the French Government can have in the prosecution of the war . It has occupied , Athens and Constantinople ; it has taken the lead from the beginning . What is the next step ? What can France hope to divide with-Austria on the Danube ? "What with Great Britain in

      the Baltic ? There remains the Asiatic campaign . France , if she combined with Omar Pacha to drive- the Russians from their position in Asia Minor , would consider that she fought for purely Engli » h interests , and that she is not inclined to do this , is proved by the . event at Kars-Why was Kars abandoned , its garrison

      sacrificed , and General Wilueams taken prisoner i W-hy was there not a single Frenchman with the army ? Why w ^ as Omar Pacha ' s landing delayed ? The culpability attaching to the Turkish Government is simply this : that , being helpless , it did nothing . The secret was , that the French alliance would have been unsafe had Great Britain pushed on vigorously the Asiatic war .

      The English . 'Government , with its interests threatened in Central Asia , has not made eve n a demonstration- in the Persian Gulf , though in former days demonstrations have there been effectual . This ngain , is a point at which the interests of the Allies diverge . The strongest ehance of peace consists , then ,, as we think , not in the efforts of the German Powers , or in the the timidity of Russia , but in the truths which the Allies , after mutual reconnoitring , have learned Goncerning one another . But this chance does not amount to a probability .

      conquered subjects than the Austrian Emperors to theirs . 'Should Russia reject tlie ultimatum which it is pretended has been dispatched from Vienna , it is not easy to see how the Allies could coerce Austria into n fulfilment of her engagements . The political situation would not be materially altered , Events , indeed ,

      might occur which would involve Germany in the war ; but as to declaring that Austria must be compelled to take up arms for the assertion of the principles she has laid down—that is pure absurdity . Austria is not changed since the Conferences at Vienna ; she has a modified ultimatum at hand , which will be produced when Count Esteriiazy ' s mission has

      failed . Meanwhile her army is dwindling down to a , peace establishment . This may be perfidy in one sense , but it is wisdom in another , inasmuch as it is wise in . a government with , a failing exchequer to reduce its expenses . One question that arises is , whether it is more treacherous on the part of Austria to retreat from half-expressed promises , than it is foolish' on the part of England to trust them ?

      If the scmi-. oflicial organs are to be credited , England does not trust them . And , as their representations tally with what can be ascertained from other sources , they maybe taken without much reserve . But on one point considerable doubt exists—the present disposition of the French Emperor . Most of the rumours point in one direction— -towards Peace . His funds are low ; his credit is strained "; political Franco revives , and demonstrations are made on a small scale against the Imperial system , Some occasional and recent incidents have

      proved that a concentration of force is still necessary to " save society" in Paris . Moreover , a new campaign might give Great Britain the lead , and cancel the disgraces of the English Government and army . The proposition of a Congress of Sovereigns at Paris , however it may bo varnished over by tho Emi'icuou ' s address to tho Imperial Guard , indicates tho direction in which affairs are drifting . In that address itself the army

      but the language of the Russian plenipotentiary at the Vienna Conferences exaggerated ? It exposes the til policy of the Czars , to regard every point of dispute with Turkey as almost a private—certainly not as an European—question . The distinct policy of the Allies , on the other hand , is- to solve the complication upon a general public basis , to bring Turkey within the circle of European states , and to define the limits of Russia under the law of Eiu'ope .

      So far , as to the pacific impulses of Itussia;—she has offered to negotiate , and her offer is a pretence , if it be not a challenge . The terms explained by Prince Goktschakoff to Count Buol Would leave tho question almost where it was before the war began , and in some re spects would operate with even more prejudice upon the interests of Turkey and her Allies . By this means , the Emperor Alexander seeks the credit due to a pacificator , without conceding tine objeots stated oven in the most

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 5, 1856, page 12, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2122/page/12/