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NEWS OF THE WEEK- ~ o . State of Trade , Labour , and the ^ "E ^^ e f ^ i ™ fSycf & $ ^ =. 2 S ' Iraperial Parliament ... 290 The <& se ofLord Clanrfcarde ... 293 o ^ W ^ ^ T ^ Vnd ^ ° The Life and Tunes of Salvator The Sebastopol Committee 293 Our Civilisation 298 The Safety of Newspapers under Rosa a » 7 IhivS ^ conf ^ nce" :::::::::::::: S S ^ aSS ° !! ::::::::::::::::::::: S- - 8 KSS 3 & - x : * wzzz : iS The Policy of Russia 296 Postscript 300 opfn council- Births , Marriages , and Deaths ... 803 T & f % && gS £$ 5 S 3 Z S PUBLIC AFFAIRS- " thanks of Parliament 304 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSContinental Notes 298 Vienna in London .... ... 301 LITERATURE- City Intelligence , Markets , Ad-BKStisn & sGarzzz ¦»• Sagrg ^ ::::: S "SSZgl - ¦^ - * " 308 -
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Cl USPENSE and expectation are the two words 0 that express tlie position of affairs at all the great posts of the Continent . As the Congress at Vienna comes to a stand-still at the third , point , the interest begins to be turned from the Austrian to the British capital , where the Emperor of the French is expected to arrive on a visit to Queen Victoria—a Napoleon being now one of the allied Sovereigns , and Alexander the
Archenemy of the day ! And all the while from the Crimea they _ continue to report to us that " the bombardment is going to begin . " The British army has reversed its relative position , and become the envy of the French—the men are so healthy , the effective numbers are so considerable , their food is so good , their transport so transcendent , and their coats so red . They have everything that they can want , from canvas to washerwomen . 'The French still insist that
Caxbobert is not up to the mark ; Fore y resigns , because he hates Pemssier ; and Sebastopol , stronger than ever , is now reinforced with new recruits and new supplies . Recent circumstances , however , have helped to tell us that there is an official distinction between Sebastopol and Vienna . The taking of Sebastopol and its ultimate disposal are questions that depend upon the gambling of war . The diplomatists are going for other objects of a more abstract kind . Their specific purpose is to exclude Russia from Constantinople ; and if they can do that by reducing her fleet in the Black Sea , nivl
strengthening the Principalities with some kind of local independence , it will suffice . These are the objects at which they aim in the Vienna Congress , and these are the objects which , in making concession on the subject of the Treaties of 1841 , the passage of the Dardanelles , and even the departmental arrangements of the Principalities , Russia is still desirous of meeting with a practical frustration . She will concede something , but not the thing ¦ wanted ; and when the Plenipotentiaries come to the third point , they find that they cannot reconcile their instructions ; so . they refer to their respective Governments , and will have to wait some days before now instructions shall enable them to
go on again . Nothing haa roally altered in tho position of the Allies : not ono appears to have changed his attitude towards the rest . While tho Emperor of
Russia is professing at Berlin that he is desirous of concluding peace , and is prepared to make any honourable concessions for that purpose , he is telling his own nobles in St . Petersburg that he will defend the territory and honour of Russia at the cost of life ; and there is every probability , that the Russian nobles , the Holy Synod , and the excited , fanatical populace of Russia driving to resistance , he will be unable to stop jusu at the point which the Allies consider indispensable . Prussia sending circulars to Foreign Ministers , and denying the ri ^ ht of Austria to make statements on the subject
of what passes in the Diet , or of France to inquire about them , is in fact standing upon the rights of treachery , and carrying on her old game of assisting Russia . The language of Baron Prokesch-Ostex , challenged by Prussia proves , that Austria is entirely opposed to the Court of Berlin , and is firm equally in her opposition to Russia and her co-operation with the Allies . The question of peace or war , therefore , is still undetermined ; while the hopes of peace , decline . with the . increasr . in < r difficulties of reconciling the instructions of
the Plenipotentiaries . The Sardinian alliance is confirmed by the two Houses of the British Parliament . The House of Lords has received the Queen ' s Message , and has acquiesced in a motion recognising that Message without a dissentient voice . In the House of Commons the proposal to give the Treasury authority for issuing 2 , 000 , 000 / . sterling to the Sardinian Government by instalments of 500 , 000 / . in each half year , passed without a division , but not without a debate . There were several persons found to inflict upon tho vote ^ as it passed , some kind of censure . Mr . Brkjht objected to nil
such votes , and to war in general . Mr . Bowyeh , an Ultramontane convert , condemned the financial credit of Sardinia , although that State possesses a higher credit than many of more political importance ; and Mr . Disraism labelled the vote as a subsidy in disguise , although it is no such thing , but a genuine advance of English money upon English credit , to an ally whom our Ministers know to bo faithful in her engagements , and who will pay tho annual interest ; while her rising trade , particularly with this country , is giving her a constantly increasing resource . In fact , however , the dobato was not a contest upon tho vote , but only a display of party , or anti-war feelings .
Polish stock is rising in tho political market . It is true that Mr . PhinnVmotion for recommending tho Crown to reconstitute the kingdom o £ Poland
as a barrier against Russian encroachments , was not pressed to a division ; but Lord Pai-merston confesses that the question might arise , and he dnly asked Mr . Phinn to withdraw the motion because it would embarrass the Executive , and so forth . The Polish question , therefore , stands over , and if Russia is obstinate in refusing the necessary concessions , we shall talk about something more than Sebastopol and the Principalities , for we shall have a word to say aboutTPbland .
The Sebastopol Committee continues to bring forth real disclosures—that is , such a completeness of exposure as to remove the idea that the causes of complaint were isolated instances , and to prove that the worst evils belong to the entire system . There have , no doubt , been serious cases of personal misconduct . Supplies have been promised upon contract , and probably not forwarded ; commandants have literally obeyed orders , and by their stupid attention to forms have obstructed
work essential to support life in man and beast ; medipal . menhave neglected duties that they undertook , and have seen the victims of neglect perishing under their care . But it is evident that every person was overworked , partly from the simple fact that too much was given to him to do , and partly that the general disorder prevented him from doing his work in a proper manner . Mr . Roebuck has stated that probably the inquiry would close soon after Easter *" : but evidently , if it
is to be at all complete , we must have witnesses yet more important than any that have been before the Committee . Once more Lord LucAN ' scaso has been brought before Parliament . We trust it is at an end . Everybody seemed disposed to soothe the wounded feelings of tho late General of Cavalry—it was polite to do so . But the facts remain—the lost brigade . cannot be recalled . The House of Commons declined to step beyond its province and dictate to the Queen on tho treatment of officers ;
and it acted rightly . Discipline would be impossible , if tho Crown were called upon to give reasons every time a man is recalled , and order courtmartials upon a soldier becauso ho is a Peer . Into tho merits of tho case wo shall not again enter . Lord Lucan brought all that he has suffered upon himself by his persistency in disputing with Lord IIaoran , and his unsoldierliko and hasty appeal to the House of Lords . Had ho been a modest man , he would have accepted tho quiet censure convoyed in Lord Raglan's first despatch , and there the matter would
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Leader (1850-1860), March 31, 1855, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31031855/page/1/
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