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THE Moniteur announces that orders left Marseilles , on the 4 th instant , for the movement of the French and English fleets towards the Dardanelles , iu support of Turkey ; a movement which , we are assured , does not even yet preclude the idea of a peaceful settlement , but which nevertheless , to the general public , appears , as bringing matters to action . At the moment , the difficulty is to understand how either of the parties can retract from its position . Russia has proceeded so
far in threats , not only to Turkey , hut to the other powers of Europe , that she could only retract , one would suppose , at the expense of so much shame as would overwhelm any ordinary royal person . Before his departure from Constantinople , Prince Menzsehikoif distinctly told the Turkish Government that he objected to any fair treatment for the Christian subjects of Turkey on religious grounds alone ; of course , because he claims to protect them on civil grounds , and lie
declared that the proposal of Turkey to give a guarantee of religious immunity , would be regarded as an act of '' hostility ! " The acts of Prince Mcnzschikoff have been adopted by the Emperor of Russia , who bus sent a special messenger to Constantinople , to reiterate the Prince ' s demands for a convention , and has allowed the Sultan eight days , which must have expired by this time , for a reply . The ambassador ' s last note , which we have just described , was addressed
to the Porte , but copies of it were sent to the representatives of the European powers , and it is thus a manifesto to all of them . With great moderation of language throughout , Turkey has declined to . acquiesce in the demands made by Russia , and nlie is now culling out all her forces , with a very promising response , not only from the Mussulmans of European Turkey , a fraction of her European territories , hut also from the more orthodox Mussulmans on the Asiatic ; side ; , and from
her Christian subjects . Turkey , therefore , is not likely to retract . Much doubt is thrown upon the good faith of I'Yunee , as yet with no sufficient ; reason . For 'the present season , it iippciint to us that all considerations of policy , as well ; is of temper , would incline Louis Napoleon to persevere in showing his power , hy cultivating the English alliance . Austria cannot remain neutral ; she must either fall in with the views of Russia , accept the shelter of that great power , and identify
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herself with its career ; or she must unite herself with the general action of Europe , obtaining the shelter of that general sanction to sustain her against the dangerous potency of her neighbour . Should she be Russian , the war will be one of popular Europe , now reinforced by England and France , if not by America , against Absolute Legitimacy ; should Austria oppose Russia , the Allied Powers might force Russia to capitulate . But Russia will never forgive the friend that leaves her in the season of risk . We begin seriously to doubt whether our own Government will retract . Not long since we
should have expected that any plausible opportunity would have been seized to disclaim the whole of the difficulty and its eventualities , but now our official men are too far committed . Lord Stratford de Redclift ' e is accused by the Russian Emperor of improper conduct , —he will not retract . His conduct appears to have been moderate , firm , and English ; and our Government can hardly disavow him . Public opinion has been familiarized with the idea of war , and now instead
of shuddering at the crime of increased , expenditure , the listless public is rather pleasantly excited Jit the idea of seeing the British flag , which has " braved a thousand years , " &c , once more active in a melodrama on the further side of JCurope . The onl y retractation possible would appear to be on the side of Russia herself ; and of that , thus far , there ^ s no prognostic . Other European polities totally pale their inferior fires before the interest of this Eastern
question ; and upon the whole , the general tendency is towards subsidence and harmony on most questions . If our Court has bestowed great attention on the Duke : of ( , ' enoa , the fact does not appear to be incompatible with the other ' fact , that there is the best understanding with the Austrian Government . In short , so fur us present appearances go , we might suppose the English Government ; to Ik ; occupying its proper position , and nursuiiiLT « n impartial course , siisf . niniii . o-
mitional independence , seeking no hostilities , evading no danger that it becomes us to t ' , and maintaining ( lie national honour . It may I > c that our desire runs before , and construes the ; appearances of public ; action too favourably" to our hope ; yet : it is pleasant to hope well of our national Government . The more so , since we cannot \ ) V blind to the difficulties which beset any number of public ; men endeavouring to form and to sustain a Ministry in
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tins country . We know how difficult it must . be to break through the apathy which must have its influence over themselves as well as over the public . We know how , in times of inaction , ' . individual notions seize possession of the . mind ; and how the tempers of the most judicious men become obstacles to their unit } -. There must have been real sacrifices , then , on the part of individuals to make the present Government . , > ' One example of their victory over these divisions is afforded by the plan for continuing and remodelling the Indian Government . It is quite evident from that , as well as from other public
actions , that there has been a contest in the Cabinet ; we do not say a hostile contest , but a real difference of opinion , and a struggle on cither side to get the better . The contest lias resulted in a compromise . There was Sir Charles Wood , full of the idea of continuing the Indian Government as it was . There was Lord John Russell , open to conviction , and candidly admitting that many tilings which appeared" to be impossible to the continuators , were not so very difficult . And
probably there were other examples of diverse opinion . The result ; is , tliut the scheme marks its double origin , like the child ' of two parents , in whose features you ean trace the black complexion , the saturnine intellect , the harsh temper of the father , and the sanguine genius , the affectionate ardour , the gentler grace of the ; mother . The measure proposed by Sir Chivvies Wood is a continuance Bill , maiutuinin ;' j ; the general framework of the present Indian Government ; but instituting
new elements—creating six new Directors of veteran Indian servants in London ; opening all the appointments , except the military , to public competition ; etreetiii" ; solid reforms in the judicial administration of India ; creating what is really a new legislative council , composed of officials only , but still endowed with power to make laws ; and leaving open the ; subject ; of Indian improvement , instead of fixing the- Government for a term of l \ i iMidi iwiiu ' / 'Iw i' / iiiiiii' . 'iiiiki includes twn
p arts , one constructed by thos i : who were for continuance , mid one hy those who were for reorganization '; but the latter has the uiore vitality of the two . The ; . same ; contest of opinion is betrayed in the incidents touching the Irish Members of Parliament iu the Ministry . Last week , Lord John ti Russell talked of the Roman Ca (; holics ia Ireland , iij so : is to imply that their faith necessaril y under- 'Mm milieu the public virtue of men , and . Uera them $$
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_ VOL- IV- No , 168 . ] ^ SATURDAY , JUNE 11 , 3 853 . ~~~ [ Price Sixpence .
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Leader (1850-1860), June 11, 1853, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1990/page/1/
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