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tttteladice tiie rights or interests of his ttea-Slitan Majesty . They proposed , merely , that E should interrupt the execution of Naples Ifc has long been seen that in Italy the AnffloJFrench alliance does not exist . The two powers must p ' ay at cross purposes in that peninsula . With French policy the Pope , the Austrian , the King of Naples the Grand Duke of Tuscany , are identified . With English ( national ) policy is identified the Pro-<» w » Rsive party in Piedmont , which is hated by ,
the Grand Duke of Tuscany , the King of Naples , the AttStrians , and the Pope . A war of influences goes on between these opposite systems , and the real cause which prevents Liberalism , political and religious , from accomplishing a speedy triumph , is the force in wb ' cb . the French are stationed at Rome . Great Britain watches in Italy every move of France ; France watches every move of England .
Thus , when ifc appeared necessary to exert an " influence " in Naples , conjointly with that of Austria , the British Government determined that this influence should be its own . Certain evolutions were therefore executed by ships of war seat to the Mediterranean , and King Ferdinand found himself , though at long range , under the " influence" of a squadron . Immediate l y , the semi official press of France " wondered " signiflcantly why this step should
have been taken before its design had been communicated to the Emperor . The Emperor they suggested—might have spared England the trouble , siuce nothing would have been easier than to dispatch the vessels required from Toulon . Probably , the British minister foresaw that such an offer would be made , and did not desire to accept it . Kefused it could not be . It has not l > een the practice of England , since it learned to expel men by decrees , to reject any " offer" from her military ally .
Some powerful influence is at work in Italy , to uphold , with whatever design , the policy of the Austrians . The French press , which in every other detail , is restricted to a mere echo of the Governmental organ , has unbounded license to calumniate the party of religious freedom in Piedmont . The Jesuit artificers of miracles , more active than they have been since the overthrow of Napoleon the First ,
write continually the most virulent libels upon the Piedmontese , satirise their military efforts , ridicule the astonishing commercial energy exhibited at Nice and Genoa , and endeavour to revive in Turin the vitality of their old propagand . The Oracle of the Church in Paris exults in the power of the Capuan bamboo , and in the degrading fact , that tho Papacy commands a French , militia at Rome .
In this discrepancy between French and English policy in Italy , lies the source of many dangers . Tho British nation , too apt to identify its own opinions with tho interests of liberty and civilization , docs not pcrccivo that , since tho war commenced , not only have barbarism and tyranny been aggrandised in Europe , but that the freo institutions of England have been brought to shame by tho side of tho despotic unity of France . This truth has been made the text of some sinister
speeches , from which , of course , tho explanation was omitted , that , after all that may bo said of our popular systom of government , no really popular principle is at work in the prosecution of tho Avar . Wo are a free nation , but we fight for dynastic absolutism . In faot , the time is coming , when it must bo confessed that the struggle against Russia , could not bo lifted from its narrow basis and turned to tho real advantage of mankind , without tho dissolution of some connexions , which have boon forced upon us by a combination of disastrous cirottmstances . If tho war bo speedily concluded , it may
leave Iftitttpe not xet $ ' itayftA more enslaved than when it began . If ie be continued indefinitely in pursuit of * some vague object , such as that of defining a frontier , —which is an absurdity , when one of the border Empires is melting awayor of establishing a joint instead of a separate protectorate—such objects may assuredly be attained without exasperating the conflict until it is brought to a close by the exhaustion of the belligerents . From such a war , whatever Russia mig ht have lost , neither Turkey nor England could have gained . The French Emperor would be the most irresponsible ruler in Europe , and liberty would await the issue of a nobler struggle .
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SURVEY OF THE WAR . The aspect of the war-field has greatly changed since a fortnight ago we surveyed its promise of the future , and the causes that have led to that change it is now our task to describe . Our survey at that date was founded on Russian telegraphic despatches and the information supplied to the press by Lord Panmure . Accepting these statements , we were led to be'ieve that the army at Eupatoria , reinforced
by the Highland Division under Sir Colin Campbell , and several French divisions had actually made a successful movement to the rear of the Russian army on the 23 rd of October . Later and more authentic intelligence showed that such was no t the case , that the Eupatorian troops had not been reinforced by the Highlanders and the French , and that they had never advanced even to r i \ , ulat as reported , but towards Toulat , returning to Eupatoria on the 24 th of October . It remains to explain how this
happeued . Besides organising the Kinburn expedition , the Allied generals had arranged for the transport of the Light Cavalry and Highlanders , together with some French troops to Eupatoria , in order that a strong diversion in the rear of the enemy might be made from that base , in co-operation with an advance of the right wing , upon Aitodor and Albat . But before this operation could be accomplished , before Sir Colin and his men could quit Kamiesch , Lord Panmure telegraphed to General Simpson information derived from Berlin
to the effect that the Russians were about to attack either the line of tho Tchernaya , or the old battle-ground of Inkermann , This piece of intelligence altered all the plans of the Generals . The Highlanders wore not sent to . Eupatoria . The French divisions were drawn from the valley of the Belbek and posted in positions on the hills ahove the Baidar . valley ; the Sardinians concentrated at Tchorgoun ; troops were stationed at Alsu j and the lines of Inkcrmanu were fully manned . But the enemy came not . Whether Uo intended an attack , or whether Lord Panmurb
was duped , remains uncertain ; but tho schemes of tho campaign during tho few days of fine weather loft were nipped in the bud ; and now all is preparation for tho winter . The allied line extends from tho passes of Baidar to Osscinbaah , and so down to Tchorgoun , Alsu , the lino of tho Tchcrnaya , and the heights of Inkermann . Nothing is heard in tho camp but tho sound of tho pick and tho blasting mine ; tho heavy gnus shelling Sabastopol from the north side ; the tread of infantry at drill , and the tramp of citvalry in tho valley of Bulu . kla . vu .
But something , very little , has been done at Eupaloria . General u'Allonvilus has made two other movements since tho 24 th . On tho 27 th , ho moved upon Sale , and thence , until he was pulled up by finding the Russians strongly entrenched aa usual at Chobatar , a deep ravine in tlioiv front , and thirty-six 32-pounders grinning from their earthworks . General d'Allonville manoeuvred his little corps bo as to provoko the Russian general , Schabelski to buttle ; but the
Rnssian was too wary ; he declined , and even instructed ten Russian squadrons of cavalry to retire before four Turkish squadrons thrown forward to bring on a fight . Again , on the 1 st of November , d'Allonville was at Karagoart , and there we mast leave him , with small hope of hearing that he lias been able'to give account of his foes . The peculiar nature of the country , and the great scarcity of water , dictate cautious operations to the French chief .
The Russian position , as we learn by letters from Simpheropol , is very extended , but with comparatively short lines of internal communication . The smallest portion of the force is on the north side ; the larger portion is in and behind the defiles of Mangoup Kaleh , and Albat , with posts in advance on the Upper Belbek , and even on the Alma . The head-quarters are at
Orta Korales , and . a chain of posts is established between the north side and Simpheropol ; while , as we see , Schabelsici , with his cavalry and heavy guns , blocks the way from Eupatoria to Simpheropol . According to the Russian accounts , the troops are healthy and well supplied ; indeed , the authorities at St . Petersburg give out that Prince Goutschakoff has eight months' supply of provisions in the Crimea .
Under these circumstances , it is that the Russian General informs his troops that he has permission from the Emperor to quit or hold the Crimea . Not willingly , he avers , will he quit it j but he admits that there are c ' . uuistauces which make the best resolutions impracticable . Our acquisition of Kiuburn will not lead to any operations against either Perekop , Cherson , or Nicolaief this season ; but still the possession of the spot , and the entrance to the Dnieper are matters of consequence , and may be turned to great account in another campaign .
From Asia the only news is that "Omajr Pasha ' s advanced guard left Souchum Kaleh on the 13 th for Kutais , inspired by the intelligence of the Russian defeat at Kars . Thus , when our Crimean army seems to be sinking into inactivity , the Turks are pressing forward towards tho heatr of Georgia .
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TH E CHURCH OF TH E B LUE VAULT . Another and another , still they come ! these missionaries of a new church ; and they address themselves , not affably to one class , but to all . It is not only titled or untitlcd persons of position teaching the -working class the benefits of instruction ; the day of that " useful knowledge " appears to have passed ; and although the best men of that time acted from a good spirit , we
may say that the spirit of our own day is infinitely more generous and exalted . The Usoful-Knowledge people combined entertainment with instruction . They brought forth works , sound and cheap ; they supplied illustrations for their texts , and led the humblest in tho country to an acquaintance with history and natural history , geography , and entomology , with all tho " graphics " and all tho " ologics . " They opened tho Museum to the working classes ; enabled the rudest to acquire a competent knowledge of tho
pachydcrmutu and qiuulriunana ; but not a word did they teach of the suffrage , not a line did they supply which vould direct the attontion of tho working classes to tho rights of Englishmen abstracted or decayed . It looked like a grand attempt to amuse the people , aud to divert them into acquiescence under the rule of tho great employing class . We had natural theology and ucoplicium in those days , and a good deal of pretentious doginutiaiuff on tho lal lacy of dogma ; but the loot . nor . meant well , and did good aorvico , since they paved the way for the class that has come uftor them .
I tlu 7 ye , ¦ of grace , aud Eastern warfare , wo hav qu ' tS-nodtrato men grappling with great ruths and tearing the oaid truth * open bod . lyfor the enlig htenment and forUlwatiou of the million .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 10, 1855, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_10111855/page/11/
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