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July 8, 1854.] THE LEADER. ' 631
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CONTINENTAL NOTES. The most striking eve...
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A despatch received from Vienna announce...
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FRENCH SHIPS . Sailing ships of the line . Guns Guns Poursuivant « 54 Inflexible ( flag of Vice- Virginia < ... 56 Admiral Parseval Des- Psychd 40 chenes ) ... SO Zenobie 54 Breslau . ... 86 Steamers . Tage 100 Austerlitz ( screw ship of Hercnle 100 the line ) 90 Jemappes 100 Darien 16 Dnguesclin 90 Flitege ' tlion ... ... 8 Duperre ... 82 Souffleur 4 Trident 82 Milan 4 Frigates . Lucifer ... 4 Semillante 60 Aiglo 6 Andromaqtie ... ... 60 Vengeance ... ... < 50 Total guns 1246 Total force of English guns 2045 Total force of French guns ... 1246 Grand total ( exclusive of steam gunboats ) ... 329 L LAND EXPEDITION . The Vivid steam-vessel , Master-Commander Henry William Allen , left Woolwich on Thursday for Dover , to remain there until the arrival of Rear-Admiral M . T \ F : Berkeley ,-C . B ., First Naval Lord of the Admiralty , who will proceed in her to Calais , where the French troops are to embark in the Hannibal , 91 , ¦ screw steamship , Commodore the Hon . Frederick William Grey ; the Algiers , 91 , screw steamship , Captain -Charles Talbot ; theltoyal William , 120 , Captain Kmgcomev atid the-St . Vincent , 101 , Captain George Mansel . The French troofis will be conveyed from Calais in steamers to the English ships-df-war in ¦ w aiting for them , and when the troops are all on board they will pass through the Downs for the North Sea and the Baltic . The crew of the Hannibal were to receive their advance of two months' pay yesterday , and the ship was to leave Sheerness to-day for the Downs . Prer parationS are being made on board to receive the Queen and Prince Albert and the" Einperor and Empress of the French , who will honour the gallant commodore and his squadron with their presence in the Downs , to inspect the squadron now preparing to embark French troops for the Baltici
July 8, 1854.] The Leader. ' 631
July 8 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . '
Continental Notes. The Most Striking Eve...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . The most striking event on the continent , apart frdm the vrtaz , is' the bteiilring out of a military insurrection' in Spain . Oh the" morning of the 23 tli June , Madrid was awakened by the tramp of armed men ; and citizens looking out beheld cannon in the streets and the troops under arms . The meaning of it all was that General Diilce had that morning summoned the cavalry of the garrison , of which he was inspector-general , and addressing a few words to them , called out " Hurrah for the Queen" —> " Down with the Ministers ; " a cry the troops took up , and followed their leader out of Madrid . They marched to the village of Ganalejti , where they were joined by the Generals O'Ponnellj the leader of tho enter , prise , Ros de Olano , ancj Messina , and Brigadier Echagiie marched up with his infantry regiment . They issued the following prociamation : —
Citizens , —A corrupt and corrupting Government , which has outraged the majesty of the laws find humiliated tho honour of the country , is on the point of sinking under tho weight of the national execration . Tho honourable men of nil purtios condemn it ; tho public , indignant at its iniquities , reserves for it tin exemplary punishment . Tho days of its Bhamoful domination do not snfiicd to count by them the reckoning of its criincB . It has broken through tho constitution of tho state , trampled on all tho rights of citizens , been wanting to all thu sentiments of decorum , scorned tho national vopresoiitation , closed tho tribuno , enchained the proas , sacked tlio Trcaaury , corrnptcd consciences , and sowed profound perturbation in tho country .
f Jio goucrals who havo given to tho Queen ft throne , in order to roign constitutionally— the intin oxporienced in political struggles , and the independent -writers , nro persecuted , dismissed , or proscribed . A swinn of adventurers has proposed to itself to convert Spain into its patrimony , and to destroy in n day tho conquests of fifty years of horoio actions and generous aiicrillcos . Aftor having torn from the pooplo enormous contributions not ( uithorisod by . tho Cortes , it has instituted a now impost , whioh has Hproud misery and fumino in tho provinces . Its conduct luw no example nor excuse . Tho revolution dues not spring from tho masses , nor go out from the people—it proceeds from tho
governing power , which has placed itself boyond tho law . It in not another change of persona wlueh is fcroatod of , nor a p : irty revolution ; what is treated of is the fratorniU union of all liberals , of allmon of probity , who seek to rondor tho Bc « n <] alou 3 robbery which wo havo hitherto wltnoaaod impossible-. ratriotiam , union , and confidence—with those throo olomonts tho nation , liberty , and tho throne , will bo saved ; and you will bitnish for ovoi- tho sad Wuoy ol humiliation whioh otherwise you will loavo to your cbildrtin . An act of energy alone civn put an u » d to tho rciim of arbitrunnosa and immorality . Tho country oxnocts it all from you . To iittns , citizens I Either now or nuvcr . In tho capital all was mistrust ) anil suspicion . The tjuoou was at tho Esouriul ; but on tho STOth she
returned to her capital , and reviewed her troops the same day . " Her Majesty vras in an open carriage , accompanied by her husband and daughter , and followed by a brilliant staff . After it had driven along the line , the royal equipage was surrounded by officers , the troops were formed as near as possible , and the Queen addressed them . At a very moderate distance from the mass of military it was impossible to distinguish a word she said , but she smiled and did he * best to look gracious , and held up-her child to the- troops ; as if confiding it to their protection' .- It' there werein the breasts of Spanish military men a spark of sympathy with their Sovereign and of attachment to her throne , it ought surely to have flashed forth on this occasion . A youthful Sovereign , in her hour of peril , presents herself in the midst
of her troops , and confides herself and her infant daughter to their protection , placing an epaulet and cross upon tho shoulders and breasts of soldiers whose loyalty had been proof against seduction . I think it an ominous sign for the Queen of Spain that at no period of yesterday ' s review was a single mark of enthusiasm or affection shown either by officers ^ soldiers , or people . Nat a viva or a shout was heard , not a voice was raised in . acclamation . This silence was so evident , so marked , and- vyas noted by so large a concourse of persons , that even the Official Gazette and the as official Ilerfildo dare not assert it to have been broken . The- latter journal says , ' It is difficult to describe the enthusiasm with which the troops received
their Sovereign . ' The phrase js well chosen , for it is certainly difficult to describe that which did not exist . After the review , the KoyaJ equipage was stationed in the Oalle Alcala , and the troops inarched past . They looked very Well , smart , arid clean , although somewhat fagged by the severe work they have-had these last few days , long inarches , escort duty , patrols , and very little . sleep . The Queen was dressed in white . Amongst the officers surrounding her were Generals Lara * Quesada ( who commanded the parade ) , Cordova , Campuzano ,. Duke , of Ahimiada , Mato y AI 05 , Count Vistaherinosa . After the review , the Queen took a drive , and returned to the palace about 10 o ' clock , passing through the most crowded streets of the capital . She was received with profound silence and complete indifference . ' *
Decrees in tie Gazette ; of the 36 th , depri ved Xieutehant-Genefal Leopold O'Donnell , Major- ' G < eheral Felix Maria de- Messina , and Xiieuteqant- General Antonio Eos de Olano of all raiik , honours ., ' titles , and decorations . By other decrees a Lieutenant of the Civic Guard , and a Captain of the regiments of Estremadura are promoted—the first for refusing to join the insurrection when he happened to fall into the hands of the insurgents ; the second for endeavouring to prevent it , in doing- which he was ¦ wounded . Crosses and small pensions are also granted tb two corporals and four soldiers for similar good conduct , and one of the corporals receives an ensign ' s epaulet . This and the crosses were given by the Queen herself , through the hands of General Quesada , Governor of Madrid , at the review of ' tiie garrison on the previous evening in the Prado .
What has happened since , we are unable to say ; except that op the 30 th , General Lara marched out with the garrison and attacked the insurgents with infantry , cavalry ^ and some guns . He admits that they charged him thrice , and that he repulsed them each time ; but that he marched back again to Madrid without pursuing the foe . The subsequent news is contradictory : one statement is , that the insurgents are beaten ; but agains . t that we have to set the fact that the Madri ' d mail of the 2 nd July had not readied Paris on Thursday . General Ros de Olano professed to belong to the Spanish Tiers Parti , known as the Paritanos . He was'Minister of Public Instruction in the Pachcco
Cabinet of 1 S 47 , which was half Progresista , half Moderado . He it was who was accused of playing his colleagues false , and negotiating surreptitiously the , overthrow of the Ministry of which lie was a member , and the restoration of Gqnernl Narvaez jto ollice , which led to the re-establishment of the Moderado influence . He was a partisan of Narvaez . General Messina was Under Secretary at War fbr some years , belonged to tho Modeniclo party , and wfts a confidential friend of Narvnez . Brigadier Kchagiie served as a simple volunteer with Oener ' al Lersundi , late Minister-aC-War , in the free corps called the Chapel G orris , in tlio beginning" of the Carlist war . Ho was not n , political person . lie
belongs to a respectable family in San Sebastian , and was a partiaun of Espartoro . Of General JDulco I gave some details yesterday . Ho is a decided Liberal in tho sense attached to that word in Spain , and not tho loaafc curious circumstance is that ho should now join tho insurrectionary banner of O'Donnell , who wns one of tho loaders of tho Anti-Eaparterista movement in 1841 . His naiuo boing associated with O'Donnell in the proclamation issued to tho troops ia considered us a guarantee of tho liberal tendencies , of tho movement . During tho
attack inado on tho Itoyal Pnlaco of Madrid in tho month of November , 1841 , by military insurgents , at tho head of whom were tho brothers Concha , tho unfortunate Diogo Loon , LorsuncU ( late Minister of War ) , and some- othors , tho staircase which led to tho Queen ' s apartments was gallantly defended b y a single halberdier for nearly an hour . Thu name of that halbcrdiur was Dulcu . Ho was dismissed in 18-13 by tho partisans of Maria Christina ( after the fall of tho Itogont Eapartoro ) for having done his duty , but afterwards employed .
From Germany the news is important . On . Thursday Colonel Manteuffel appeared at Berlin , and Prince Gortschakofi ^ the diplomatist , at Vienna , with replies to the Austro-Prussian summons . Both are said to be unsatisfactory . Early in the -week we were told that the Russian reply was unequivocally negative ia the essential points . Russia will resist to the last man and to-the last rouble . Another statement was that the substance of the Czar's answer to the Austro-Prussian summons'has been communicated , although the document itself has not yet arrived here . The Emperor Nicholas expresses his readiness to negotiate with the Four Powers on all the points in dispute , with the exception of the privileges of the
Christian subjects of the Sultan . On this subject he will only . treat directly with the Porte , and he refuses to admit the interference of the ITour Powers . He also refuses to give any guarantee for the evacuation of the Principalities . A third statement , published yesterday , confirms this . It is a telegraphic despatch from Berlin : — " The Russian answer is courteous . The Emperor will willingly resign the exclusive protectorate over the Greek Christians , if Turkey will accede to a common protectorate of th e live Powers . He will evacuate the Principalities when the Western Powers evacuate Turkey ; bufvyrill hold a strong military position in Moldavia as a provisional security . "
General Brown seems to be a most unpopular officer , and no wonder—he ieeps back" the beer of the soldier , loves stocks , and hates donkey-races An officer writing from Gelina , near Varna , June 8 th , whose letter is published in the Daily News , says ; " Gar supplies are very precarious . We have had no butter since we have been in this patt of the country . We go oat foraging , and sometimes contrive to get soma eggs , sometimes a goose or a fowl , but nothing is certain , except our bare ration of Ijlb . of bread or biscuit , and lib . of meat , salt or fresh , as the case may be . Our best meat is mutton $ indeed the Turks never eat beef when they can avoid it : the ox is used entirely for draught
—never fattened for food . The chief Turkish physician , at Varna told me that if a Turk saw a frienl eating beef , he would say to him , " What , my poor friend , are you obliged to" eat beef ?" . Mutton and lamb ' first , then goat ' s flesh , then beef . Our bread is very bad , dark brown in colour , and coarse . The French have very good bread , because they make and bake it themselves , whilst ours is got through coinmtsstiriat contracts . Tea , is our great standby , of which we laid in a good stock , and wu have now and then a small quantity of brown sugar , rice , and black tea , through the commissar iat . The List two days the men of my regiment have had nothing beyond their bare rations , so that dry bread , coffee- withoirt—sugxr , with one d : iy salt meat , tho next very indifferent beef ^ was all tlw y had from morning to night . Of all the luxuries the men looked forward to , tho
p int allowance of English porter was the greatest . We bad it for three days while at Varna , but never before nor since . Tlio Superintending Commissariat Officer told ma there was plenty at Varna , an 1 no difficulty in its conveyance here , only nine miles , but General lirown , who commands our division , would not nllow it to be sent . Ho said it was a luxury—unnecessary , and encouraged drunkenness- I am sure it would have " an opposite effect . It would prevent their getting a vib spirit called liaki , wLich they havo sometimes the opportunity of buying , aiid which at Varna literally drove some ot the men violently mad , and caused , several to be flogged . Porter would hnve : i beneficial effect upon tho health of tlie troops , I am sure , considering their many deprivations .
By letters from Leipzic we learn , that the Czar has Bent Colonel IsakofT to Dresden , with an autograph letter to the King-of Saxony , expressing hU thanks for the friendly part which tho king took in the Bamberg conferences . Tho colonel is charged with a similar mission to the other sovereigns lately . represented at Barnberg , who see in this attention the Czar's desire to compromise them with Austria and Prussia .
A Despatch Received From Vienna Announce...
A despatch received from Vienna announces officially that Count Coronini has received orders to enter "WaUaehia , and to proceed to Giurgevo with a corpa of 25 , 000 men . The Gp moral is to couarnaneo his movement on the 3 d , and a second division of equal strength will follow this advanced guard a fewday a after . General Hess , Generalissimo of the armies of the East , received his final orders from the Emperor on tho 29 th ult ., and was to start on tho 30 th for his hcad-quartors . Count Schlick is also to proceed immediately to tjho army of Gallcift , of which he has tho command . Colonel Kalilc , of tho
staff of tho Emperor , accompanied by Colonol LajvcntUal , and a Secrotury of tho Ottoman Embassy , left Vienna <> u tho evening of tho 29 th , tor tho camp of Omar Paoha . Aftor having conferred with tho Generalissimo of tho Ottoman forces , Colonel Kalik will afterwards proceed to hnvo interviews with Marshal St . Amaud and Lord linglan , m order to concert tho movements of the Austrian troops with tho three Gonorals-in-Chiof of tho alhed armies . Tho military envoy of tho Emperor Immcis Josoph to those Goncrnls is providud with latters of introduction from tho IVoneh and English Ministers , « a woll nij from tho Turkish Ambassador at Vienna ., A naval encounter between English , French , and Kusfihm steamers in tlio JLJIacIc JSoa took placo on tho
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Leader (1850-1860), July 8, 1854, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_08071854/page/7/
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