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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-aided , views ; and , by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great obi ect--the free development of ova spiritual nature . '—Humooldt's Cosmos . *
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NCE REVIEW OF THE WEEK- »*« * Our Civilisation 30 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- ^ Introduction to Genesis 41 The war .... 26 iST ..:::::::::: :::::::::::::::: i 2 Mr . cobden ^ pamphlet 36 sir Edward B euhe ? ille It WarMiscellauea 27 The Orient 32 More Eastern Counties Exposure .. 3 S LaiSaGar tl Public Meeting 27 Letter from Paris 3 a M h r " "I ? ^ JX l T I 7 44 The Bishop orTExeter on Tables and Continental Notes 32 The Baltic Blockade 38 Table-Cfqths 28 Obituary 34 The Disaster at Kara 38 THE ARTSThe Fate of Franklin 28 Naval and Military News 34 Th «^ «?^ ; iV 5 ' * 2 S The Haymarket Revival of the Mr . F . O . Ward on the Tunnel The Romance of "The Timed" .... 34 The Persians at Herat ... ,. 39 " Beaux'StratLem" < u Question , and on the New Me- Miscellaneous .... 31 More Pension List Vagaries 39 Beaux btratagem 44 tropolitan Board of Works 29 *» - .. .. . A Thankless Child 30 Dn < £ TcooiDT LITERATURE— COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSA Blind Swindler 30 POSTSCRIPT— UltKf tlUKt Citr Intelli-euce Markete Ad Two Executions 30 The Swedish Declaration 35 Summary .... 40 " ertisements & c Jaantet 8 > Ad " 45
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RUSSIA , it is understood , has taken her choice , and although it is probable that her reply to Austria is not couched in . the form of an absolute rejection , it appears to be nearly certain that it will be such as not to interrupt the course of the"war . The supposition is thai the Russian Government will prove to have declared the propositions of Austria a proper basis for further negotiations , but it is not supposed that e-ven Austria will receive such an answer as the real overture for
negotiation . The terms , it would appear , are offered for the acceptance or refusal of Russia . If she accepts them , it will "be open to her to negotiate on the mode of carrying out the terms , and her acceptance must be the preface to any further communications . It is not supposed that she has accepted ,. Nor , after the circular from the Russian
Chancery to her representatives at foreign courts , was it probable tliat she would accede to the proposals now made . They are in fact an advance upon the Four Points , and so far the publication of the text vindicates our own Government , and assigns to Austria a new place in the relations of Europe . "We have been too much disappointed in the action of that Power to lay great stress upon her present paper demonstration ., and yet , unquestionably it is
decidedly stronger than the treaty of December 2 . The description given of the proposals in the papers does scanty justice to their real force . The plan would involve the complete resignation of Russian control over the Principalities ; new religious and political rights recognised by the Sultan for his own subjects after deliberations with Austria , France , rind England , and with Russia when she shall have concluded peace ; complete neutralisation of turn oi
the Black Sea : a rcntificntion of th « Russian tne juiack Sea ; a rectification of the Russian frontier with Turkey , ao as to leave the Danube completely free from Rusainn control ; this ceded territory feeing demanded on the ground of an exchange for the strong places and territories which the Allies now occupy . Although the balance of the forces in the Black Sea would bo arranged by » separata convention between Russia »» d Turkey , it would he under the sanction of the Allied Powers ,
and it could riot be altered without their sanction . Now the last Russian proposal was that the Black Sea should be neutralised by a separate convention between Russia and Turkey . The intervention of the Allied Powers was distinctly repudiated by Russia , and it has ail along been understood , with great probability , that Russia would on no ground
consent to relinquish any of her territory . Here then are two conditions which we may presume Russia to be at present quite unprepared to make , while they are evidently introduced into the proposals by the Allied Powers as a step in advance which th « y have a right to take in consequence of their military acquisitions .
As a supplement to these Austrian propositions , we have the circular of the Swedish Government , to its representatives at foreign courts , announcing the treaty of alliance with France and England . The treaty is entirely "defensive "—it does not draw Sweden out of her neutrality j it will be of none effect if Russia do not occasion its enforcement by aggressions on Swedish territory . Being alarmed at the encroachments" of
the great . Power , especially of late , on the Norwegian frontier , Sweden lets the Western Powers defend her—that ia all . At least , it is all on the face of the treaty ; but evidently it renders Sweden a dependent on the Western [ Powers instead of being a dependent on Russia , and it gives any force proceeding up the gulf of Finland a dependent friend in its x * ear , instead of a Russian dependent .
We cannot even yet , however , speak with confidence . According to rule , the Ministers of this country , professedly responsible to Parliament , maintain ft resorve inconsistent with real responsibility . Their reserve relates not only to military matters iu which it is customarily admitted , but to political relations . We nre not really certain in what position our Ministers , our Sovereign , or the
country itself stands towards the enemy , our Allies , or the neutrals . Tor anything that we know , there may be an understanding between the diplomatists , of all those countries , closer , and more mysteriously governing each member of the diplomatic circle | thn »» the relations between the Allies , anil over-riding the duties which Ministers owe to their country . There is some justification for doubts of this
kind in the disclosures respecting Kars— -disclosures altogether enough to make us understand that there is something seriously wrong , without knowing the part that our own representative hud taken . General Williams evidently possesses the highest capacities for a commander : his army , composed of Turkish forces , appeal's to have been a model of military virtue , bearing hardships which very few civilised armies have had to endure , and
endurmg even the last despairs of life , certain to end in death , without the disorders that usually burst forth in a soldiery thus situated . It is now known that the supplies for that heroic band were diverted by the gross corruption of tlie Turkish officials , particularly the officials in Asia The food intended for the soldiers did not reach them , the ammunition was" kept back , the medical stores were ludicrously inappropriate . Well , this tendency of the Turkish administration was
thoroughly known to the Allies , and yet it has not been corrected . At one time we are told that effective support for General Williams was kept back by the jealousy of the French , who will not permit an English force to advance iu Northern Asia ; at another , that Lord Stratford de Redclifpe , jealous of his own personal ascendancy at the Porte , had been intriguing ' and obstructing the really effective measures of the Turkish Government ; and now lie is exonerated at the expense of Omar Pacha , who is reported to have sacrificed t he interests of liis adopted master the Sultan to his personal piques and projects of aggrandisement . These apologies rest upon desultory recriminations ,, and the net result is only that we can have no confidence either in the action of Turkey herself , or of those Allies who profess to have some kind of control over her actions . These dissensions and defections do so serve the cause of the enemy , that if the professed leaders against Russia really intended to accommodate the Czar by mutual compromise , they could scarcely adopt a better course . The demonstration which reaches us this wejok ""•¦ " -- — _ is a rend satisfaction . It is a bold protest ., by Sir . . , ' ,., ¦ * William Copiungton against the chaffrek \ c , pjt ; . ) " f ' , . ; t . drunkenness which have been so swinging ^ ip wSje . ' . ' "X - / \ ;' ngainst the English soldiers in the Crimea . f'HSir v . w " " . ¦ ¦' * William xnccta the charge with a cttrccKlteMW , ¦ * , ; #$ jjk ' ¦ '• i : - ^ ! r * #% s M ^ jg ^ g ^
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Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 12, 1856, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12011856/page/1/
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