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November 12,1853.] THE LEADER, 1083
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CONTINENTAL NOTES. THE WAE ON THE DANUBE...
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.Letters from tho Persian frontier stato...
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The Moniteuf of yesterday says—"By lette...
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Leopold, King of tho Belgians, returning...
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Letters From .Paris. Licttjoii X0vti1. I...
Prefect of Police , to terrify the prisoners into confession : indeed , the threats have come out in the trials ; but from threat to execution there is a chasm , which has not yet been passed . At all events , the examinations have proceeded , and with the exception of two or three men who had been intimidated into betrayal of their accomplices , ' the accused remained immovably firm . One fact has struck everybody—I mean the attitude of the prisoner Commes . This man denies nothing . He avers , without naming any person , that he was at the door of the Opera Comique , within a foot of Bonaparte ; and that , if the signal had been given , he would have killed the Emperor with the greatest ease .
This avowal has made many shudder . One of the three who have confessed is a man named Martin . He plays a singular part . He calls himself a man of letters , and he is religiously disposed ; he goes to confession ; he writes in the JJnivers ; he corresponds with Father liacordaire . On the day following the affair of the OpeYa Comique , at the instance of his superior he delivered himself up to justice ; he betrays all he knows of the plot . At first he is silent about the names of his co-accused ; but as soon as he is face to face with them , and challenged whether he knows them * or any of them , the fear of hell-fire overpowers him and he tells all he knows about them . It is an enigma how such a man could have gained admittance among ^ republicans . He was acquainted with the illustrious
historian Michelet ; and that name alone was his password in all societies of the students . This man , Martin , however , made one declaration which equally horrified and enlivened the whole audience . When asked what fate was reserved by the conspirators for the Emperor , he replied that Bonaparte was to have been killed , and his bleeding corpse dragged through the streets of Paris ; as for the Empress , she was not to have been killed , mats on la idservait pow toute autre chose . At these words the whole Court tittered ; the gendarmes looked at the judges , the judges at each other , and node could repress a smile . The result was a general explosion , scarcely repressed- Such is the true respect for imperial Majesty , in France—in emergencies ! Such iB- the true faith in the duration of dynasty No . 5 .
Disapprobation has been expressed at the manner m which the presiding judge conducts the trials . He treats the accused like men condemned already , and , what is far worse , he has indulged in perfidious insinuations against one ot the most honourable of men , M . Goudchaux the banker . He asked one of the accused whether M . Goudehaux had not given him money to buy pistols . The question raised a murmur throughout the audience .
The affair of Charles Delescluze engages the anxieties of tlie whole republican party . Arrests are still going on throughout the country . The examining magistrate , charged with the investigation of the affair , is going to Orleans to interrogate the numerous prisoners arrested in the departments of the Loire , Loire et Cher , Maine el Loire , Mayenne , Sarthe , l'lndre et Loire , and Loire Inferieure . The prisons of Paris being crammed , the June d'instruction is obliged
to make a circuit of the provinces , as the prisoners cannot bo removed to the capital . It is the discovery of arms which particularly occupies the researches of authority just now . Concealed arms have been found at Angers and in the neighbourhood of Tours . The severity of the police increases daily . Passports are demanded of travellers on all the great roads . Travellers from England are subjected to special surveillance .
In the Governmental circles a sort of panic prevails . The scarcity of food has declared itself only too decisively . The public functionaries are at their wit's ouds . Tho press is forbidden to speak of the question "with any particularity . Prices of food are getting up , Jind the retail trade lacks purchasers . Nevertheless , tho preparations for the Coronation aro being hastened . It is evon proposed to collect tho eight y-two hiHhopa and archbishops of Franco for the occasio n . All tho Prefects and chief ^ functionaries in tho departments will be convoked to Paris . Tho second ot December is still tho day fixed . Meanwhile
Boiuiparto is going to hunt at Fontamcbleau . Tho costume of Louis XV . again ban boon prescribed for tho hunt at Fontainobloau , as lor that of Compiog-no . None aro admitted Have » i tho costume da riyueur . Cravo diplomatists * ro bound to disguise thomsolvcs as personages " ¦ la Louis XV ., in order to figure in tho imperial wrtegti . To Oompiegno , JVt . do Ki « solofl" and M . < lo Hubnor , Iho Russian and Austrian Ambassadors , wore l ' (> : invited : they uro on tho list of present invitations to Pontainebloau . ' # ' 1 no Bourse \ uw Hhown symptom *) of rallying from {¦ ? n ' 1 ' nio ° ! lato ' TJl ° fumlH Jmv <) I ) t > 0 " tf ottin tf "P UtUi ) by littlo — from 71 to 74 . True , tho sumo system coercion
* ' ¦ ClOiiPf ^ Itf ~ fct 1 1 ( 1 « . > . > v . ~ A . t .... . 1 J . .. 1 ,. 1 . 1 .. . ^ ' I > . ^< . *«< 111 . til ^ ISIIVHUrll ih prnutiHod towards tho Bourne as towards ° i « " other institutions . A merchant , who was talking a 'l i »> an audible voico , was arrested in tho midst 01 tho Honrso by tho agon to of police , and taken to |> riHon : thorn bo roinains . As thin was not oncourngw » fi <¦<> tho other " Boars , " tho BuIIb had it all their ° w lrom tlmt momoni - "o havo important news from Turkey . Tho Turks okjbhcU tho Danube on tho 3 rd of this month , at ii
third point between Toustouk and Olteniza ; 12 , 000 men effected the passage of the river , and were attacked by 9000 Russians . After a brisk cannonade , the two armies charged with the bayonet . The Russians were repulsed , and the Turks remained masters of the field , and fortified themselves in their position at Olteniza . The corps of 5000 men which passed the Danube on the 28 th of October at Widdin , marched from Kalafat on Craiova , the capital of Little "Wallachia . Covered by that advance guard , the reserve formed at Sophia passed the Danube at Widdin , and marched also on Craiova . When thi 3 reserve , which is marching from west to east upon Bucharest , comes abreast of G-iurgevo , Omer Pasha will debouch with his whole force on Bucharest , to drive out the Russians , who it is said are already decimated by pestilence and marsh fever . S .
November 12,1853.] The Leader, 1083
November 12 , 1853 . ] THE LEADER , 1083
Continental Notes. The Wae On The Danube...
CONTINENTAL NOTES . THE WAE ON THE DANUBE . The Turks have gained the first victories . So much is certain amidst the contradictory flashes of stockjobbing telegraphs . Before the declaration of war , the main body of the Turkish army lay at Schumla , a detached corps at Rustchuck , and a strong body at Sophia , south of Widin . The numerical force of this army has been stated at from 70 , 000 to 100 , 000 men . There are also forts along the right bank of the Danube—Silistria , Rustchuck , Turkatai , Rahova , Nicbpolis , and others . The communication between this extended array was maintained by a chain of posts stretching from Schumla to Widin ; and videttes were stationed along the bank of the Danube , watching the Russian forces . We have seen that the first movement
was made from the corps stationed near Sophia , a portion of which , reported at 12 , 000 strong , passed the Danube and occupied Kalafat on the 28 th October . Between that day and the 5 th November , other bodies of Turks passed the Danube at Giurgevo , Oltenitza , and Kalarache . We are not accurately informed as to the numbers of these bodies of troops . Those who passed at Giurgevo are set down at 2000 ; those at Oltenitza at from 12 , 000 to 18 , 000 , and those at Kalarache at 4000 ^ The troops at Kalafat , therefore , form the left wing of the Turkish , army , while the right wing extends as far east as Kalarache . The centre is at Oltenitza . Opposed to the troops in JLesser
Wallaehia was the corps of General Dannenberg , estimated roughly at . from 30 , 000 to 40 , 000 . This corps were disposed en echelon , between Krajova , in Lesser Wallachia , and Slatina , on the left bank of the Aluta . According to the latest accounts , Dannenbdihg has been defeated in an encounter with the Turkish left wing , and driven off towards Bucharest . In the centre , the corps of Turks which crossed at Oltenitza were assaulted at once by a division of Russians , 9000 strong , under General Perloff ; but after a smart cannonade , the conflict was ended by a bayonet charge , and PerlofF driven back on Bucharest , which lies about sixty miles from Oltenitza .
Now the head-quarters of Prince Gortschakoff are at Bucharest ; and a glance at the map will show that Oraer Pasha commands the Russian position . The Russians are iu want of supplies ; their troops aro sick ; they have been twice beaten . A vigorous advance from Oltenitza on Bucharest would cut off the retreat of General Dannenberg on the Russian head-quarters , and leave him at the mercy of the left wing of tho Turku , reinforced probably by a fresh force from Sophia ; while tho Turkish centre , supported by tho right wing from Kalarache , probably also reinforced from Schumla , would enable tho Turkish General to operate at once both on tho front and the left flank of the . Russians disposed around Bucharest . Such would seem to be tho plan of tho Turks ; and as far as can at present bo judged , Prince Gortschakolt" ia out-manoeuvred , and must retire on tho Pruth . Nor aro Turkish successes confined alone to the Danube .
Sehm Pasha has defeated a body of Russians on the Asiatic frontier . Seharnyl is in tho rear of Prince Woronzoff ; and there ia every probability that tho Russian army in Georgia will be cut oil . It is sad , that , on tho 20 th of October , Massa Bey Rent a reconnoitring pnrty in tho direction of Ciroek-dero . Tho Russians surprised and attacked thin detachment on its march . Selim Pasha , attracted by the noiso of tho skirmish , advanced with reinforcements , and encountered a corps of 16 , 000 [ Russians , from Redout Kal < 5 , and other points . An engagement took place ; tho Russian forces were routed , and Selim Pasha established bin headquarters at Orolly , at the distance of six leagues from Cirock-doro .
.Letters From Tho Persian Frontier Stato...
. Letters from tho Persian frontier stato , that Mr . Thompson , Mio British Chargo d'A ( lairs , wan present at tho mananivren in tho camp of Hultanioh . Tho Ambassadors of RiiHHia and Turkey were not in l , he camp . Another story in , that tho AflghaiiH have nont an AmbaNsudor to the Sehah , entreating him to take tho part of Turkey , and threatening him , in cane of non-compliance , to march upon Hamadan . TIuh iiowh in confirmed by despatches ! which have arrived from Hhiraz . Tins RUSSIAN MANIFESTO . Tho following Declaration of War in published in the Journal da St . I ' otersbury of the 22 nd October ( 3 rd Nov . ) : " By thogruco of God , wo , Nicholas I ., Emperor and Autocrat of Ail tho Russian , Ac ., make known an follows : "By our manifesto of tho 14 l . li ( 20 th ) of June of the present year , wo made known to our faithful and dearly beloved nubjectn ( ho motives which had placed us under tho obligation of demanding from tho Ottoman Porto inviolable guarantees in favour of tho Hacred rights of tho Orthodox Church . "Wo also announced to thorn that all our e / For ( n to rccal tho Porto , by moans of amicable porHuu . sion , to mmtimontfl of equity , and to the faithful olmevvanco of treaties , hud remained unfruitful , and thut wo hud coHuoquonUy
deemed it indispensable to cause our troops to advance into the Danubian Principalities ; but in taking this step we still entertained the hope that the Porte would acknowledge its wrong doings , and would decide on . acceding to our just demands , „' " Our expectation has been deceived . " Even the chief Powers of Europe have sought in vain by their exhortations to shake the blind obstinacy of the Ottoman Government . It is by a declaration of war , by a proclamation filled with lying accusations against Russia , that ;
it has responded to the pacific efforts of Europe , as well as to our spirit of long-suffering . At last , enrolling in the ranks of its army revolutionary exiles from all countries , the Porte has just commenced hostiliities on . the Danube ! Russia is challenged to the combat , and she has no other course left her than , putting her trust in God , to have recourse to force of arms , and so to compel the Ottoman Government to respect treaties , and to obtain reparation for the insults with which it has responded to our most moderate demands , and to our legitimate solicitude for the defence of the Orthodox faith in the East , professed also by the people of Russia .
" We are firmly convinced that our faitliful subjects will join their prayers to ' those which we address to the Almighty , beseeching him to bless with His hand our arms in this just and holy cause , which has always found ardent defenders in our ancestors . In te Domine speravi , non confundar in oeternum . " Done at Tzarskoe Selo , the 20 th day of October ( 1 st of November ) , in the year of Grace 1853 , and the 28 th of our xeign . " Nicholas . "
The Moniteuf Of Yesterday Says—"By Lette...
The Moniteuf of yesterday says— "By letter from Constantinople we learn , that the French and English divisions anchored in the Bosphorus on the 2 nd , and Admirals Hamelin and Dundas were at Constantinople . Hostilities have commenced on the Asiatic borders as well as on the Danube . In Asia the Turks have gained advantages . " The following ' coriditions are insisted on in an , ultimatum presented by Omar Pasha to Prince GortschakoiF : — " All the strong places in tho Principalities to be given into the hands of the Turks immediately ; the complete evacuation of the Principalities as speedily as possible , and a guarantee of all the Powers against similar invasion . "
The Russians , as the representatives of " order" and' of the rights of property in the Principalities , have made extrernelj free with the publie funds , not only of the central but the district treasuries . The military authorities , too , fixes the price of provisions , and those who attempt to sell at the market price are flogged by the soldiery . X 4 is said that bands of young Wallachs have taken to the Carpathians , and intend to act as a guerilla . A private letter from Bucharest , dated October 18 , thus describes the conduct of the orthodox Christian invaders of the Principalities : —
"The hatred of the Russians is universal . Their conduct has aroused a terrible propaganda against themselves Almost every house in this city has been compelled to billet soldiers , and those which am exempted from this nuisance are subjected to a very heavy impost . All the large houses except those of the chief Boyavds have been converted into military hospitals . An epidemic prevails among the Russian troops ; about 30 , 000 are ni < -k . The Uussian general has laid hands upon the national treasury . The employe ' s have not been paid their salaries for a month past . _ The night patrols are nerved entirely by tho llussians . " The very Boyards who sympathised with Russia at first now detest our invaders . " Martial law has been proclaimed in Moldo Wallaeliia . Both the Itospodars have left the Provinces .
M . do la Cour , the present ambassador at Constantinople , is to replace M . do Maupas at Naples . The diplomatic career of M . do Muupan has been a short ; one . It is indicative of the progress of public feeling in Paris , relative to tho Eastern question , ( hat at tho Grand Opera , during the representation of Guillaume Tell , the audience eagerly seized on some of ( he allusions wcatiered through the piece in favour of liberty nnd independence , and applying them to tho present content between . Russia and Turkey , loudly cheored tho Turku , adding the cry of " - -I . has les Ttnsscs ! " on each occasion . Tho account received of tho victory gained over tho Kusmans Jed to the demonstration .
Tho French Government organs present a marked contrast to our leading journal . According to tho Times tho Russians can do nothing wrong , titul ( he Turks nothing right . Tho 1 ' ai / s and the Const . ' tt . iitionncl denounce Mm arrogance of Ruhbiu , nnd extol the dignity and courage of tho Porte .
Leopold, King Of Tho Belgians, Returning...
Leopold , King of tho Belgians , returning to his own country , opnnn the . Leginhitivo Chambers . The royal Kpooeh , tw royal Hpeechrn go , ifl a nati . sfactory document . The king upealiH of the height to which the prosperity of tho nation luin been brought by pant loginlation ; and ho hoI . h before bin people a full and varied lint of improveniontH which nhull carry on that prosperity , nnd conHolidulo Belgian nationality . Tho new . military organization hurt mig . inmil . cd the iiieiin . s of defence . There in to bo a bill for tho reduction of imports on raw material . And altogether tho profl ]> ect , H aro very cheerful . . From Germany we got little political iiowh ; ho little indeed that tho caning of IluHHoiiptlug , tho Hcoiuidrcl JVIinititor of tlio lOhictor of Hchho CuHsel , which exploit w « h performed in the fltreot by the fton-in-liivv of tho Klootor , in coiiMidorod an event .
Spain has millered a Iohh in ono of her more liberal dtatofliiKHi' —Honor Mendizalial who , whatever bin HhortconiingH , hon tho merit of having fought with Riogo , and having Huflorcd huiiiHhinmit for hi . M patrioti ' mii . I In whm a firm irioiid to 'Knglnnd . The ox-Queen of the I'Yoneh , tho Duke of Nemoum , tho Duke d'Aumalo , and Prince do Joinvillo , with their wive . s , havo been viaitjiig Victor Exmuiucl at Tmiu , and uro how ut Gonoti .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 12, 1853, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12111853/page/3/
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