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I NOTtLER diplomatic Conference—T >^ t at -jCa . Vienna . Such , unless peace is to be patched up immediatel y ' , we construe to ' be the meaning of tl ) e intelligence that Russia has accepted the propositions of Austria " as a hasis for negotiation . " We have already had a sufficient insight into the purposes with which Russia accepts . She 1 ms on every negotiation endeavoured to evade the completion of the promise with ivhich she hegan . She accepted " the Four Points" only to attempt in n . conference a complete frustration of all four , and particularly of the most important , the third poiut . To that point is now added the fifth of the new propositions—the cession of a part of Bessarabia to form a nevv boundary with Turkey remote from the Danube . The Czar lias already notified on several occasions his resolve not to admit any iuterference of the other powers between himself and Turkey , and not to surrender any territory . In his first reply to the Austrian propositions , it is understood , he declined to make tiny cession of territory , he now accepts , but not , we presume , for the purpose of ceding territory . If we are to judge of him by the past , we have a right to suppose that he " negotiates upon the basis " of tho live points , in order to frustrate the five points — that he accepts the proposal to cede territory , as tho starting ; point for negotiation which will enable him to prevent the ceding of territory .
ihc most interesting point , therefore , for our own public , is to observe the position taken by the Governments of France and England The outire question is , whether they will atop their military proceedings , or continue to take up tlicir position , ready to act the moment the evasiveness oi' Itussia shall make itself known , By commencing negotiations a fow weeks hence , by frequent reioreuccTto St . Petersburg , « ud by ten-days suspensions of the con ft-tence , Hnssia mny expect to protract tho diplomatic conflict until tho summev ahull be "too far advanced " for any effective onewtions in the Unltic . If she runlly intends to nmlc « peace upon the terms proposed , every essential could be
coneluded in five days . If she procrastinates , we may be sure that she does not resolve to make peace ; and if our own Government permits her to procrastinate , we may be sure ] that that Government shrinks from the immediate duty of placing a compulsion upon the enemy .
Of course the first doiibt is suggested by the position of France . On the surface , everything is well . The Emperor has just assisted at the ^ ceremony of distributing medals bearing the likeness of Queen Victoria , to the French soldiery , fourteen thousand in number . The Em peror gave the post of honour to the Duke of Cambridge , and was for himself only a bystander . The improvements in Paris continue ; and M . Magxe , the Finance Minister , reports a singularly flourishing state of finance and trade—a deficit of not more than 50 , 000 , 000 of francs on the ibalanee of income and expenditure for 1855 , and ' large sum in store to proceed with in 1856 ! He declares that the produce of the older taxes , exclusively of the new taxes imposed for the sake of the war , exceeds the amount raised in 1846 , the model year of Louis Philii > pe— " the Nai-oleon of Peace . " Nevertheless the bank of France shows no rise in the bullion , notwithstanding the immense exportations from this country . There is a leak , somewhere . Again , notwithstanding the flourishing state of trade , the tightness of the money-market is as much felt in Paris as in Londoivor more so . It seemed to be certain that the Emperor hsis <* aincd a popularity through the dramatic display on the return of the Crimean troops ; but the feeling has not gone deep , He is said not only to have been struck with disappointment , lately , at the silence of the youths of the Ecole Poly technique , when'itho Crimean troops paraded , but to have expressed his disappointment . Such incidents would appear to show how unmanageable are sotno of ( be instruments of the nlliance .
Our own Embassy at Constantinople is' said to have been working against General "Williams &nd the relief of Kars . There have been murmurs before , but uow the accusation is openly made by tne Ti ? nes . Lord Stratford de Rkdcliffe is said to be so jealous of other authority , so pugnacious , that he quarrels with . Turkish Ministers * and withheld support from General Williams , because that courageous and able commander ^ had been appointed without his assistance ; thus , when General Williams sent , one after "the other , more than sixty despatches and letters asking fox- supplies and a reform of the fatal corruption that intercepted the supplies , Lord Stratford left the despatches unanswered . The Times tells Parliament to call for correspondence ; but to us it appears that charges of the kind ought to be met in a different way : they ought either to be refuted at once , or substantiated before a criminal tribunal of the State .
Further East , we have some confirmation of the report that Herat is not absolutely ceded to Persia , with signs that the Aflfghans are about to join in the scramble for the disordered possessions ; while India remains in a state but half tranquillised—the Santhal insurrection partially suppressed . Our Government , however , has made a wonderful acquisition—n treaty with Japan . The stipulation s give our shipping the right to enter two ports of thcislanil , and our dead the right of burial there ; but as to commerce it must still conform to the customs and authorities of Japan . The treaty therefore , is not an adequate compensation for Santhal insurrections , or AflFghan intrigues . One of the prettiest incidents iu India is a lecture on the War with llussia , by a Parsec gentleman , who closed with a prayer for the success of England . What a fund of loyalty and docility might have been created among the intelligent Parsees and tractable Hindoos , if India were only governed , by English ideas , instead of its ^ - ^ Oajju * Service ' " '—a freemasonry more s ^ A ^ V ^***^? powerful , and more remote from £# sftM ^ kii $$ y than our own ! /' , " ' 1 , ' , ^ . The accounts brought by the Aj ^ tek ^ rtj ) describe the House of ^ eprcscnt ^^ G ^ Mv' ^ l struggling with the effort to elect a r § i || grt ^^ weeks of such struggling . But Pr ^ doiJ ? iJft ^ tfc N ^' N' ^ '
There arc other proofs of this unnmnageableness . Austriu , who professedly nets with Franco and England for the protection of Turkey , >) < 1 who would prospectivdy benefit by any trans ft r of Dtuiubian authority from Russui , is drugooniug the inhabitants of the Prineipiditics , us if ( hoy won llm » ic : mnna or Italians !
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" THe one Idea which . History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and , by Betting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . " - —IJumboldl's Cosmos .
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SEV . EW OF THE WEEK- r J ^ a * , .......... JS ' SSgSSS&'i ^ i ^ ^ otV ^ f "'" 5 America 5 i Miscellaneous 58 OPEN COUNCIL— *""" The American President ' s Message . 5 9 lostscnpt » y THE ARTSThe Rugeley Poisonings 5 o What shall we Gain bv the War' 63 Murder in Bedford Kow 5 5 > mqi 10 AFFAIR *;— " Rob Boy " at Covent Garden .... 67 A AVhite Husband and his Black fUbUU AhrAIKS oScwiiisauon :::::::::::::::::::: 51 tuc-R ^ si-anAcceptance go literature- commercial affairs-The Orient 56 The President's Message .. 60 Summary C 4 Oitv Intrfliffonw Mar-feet * Ad Continental Notes S 7 The Command of the Saltic Fleet .. 01 Arago ' s Popular Astronomy 65 vertisemeK &c . .... ? . . ' ... „ '
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VOL . VII . No . 304 . ] SATURDAY , JANUARY 19 / 1856 . Price { F £ Ji ^ . ::: !^ - ENCE -
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 19, 1856, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2124/page/1/
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