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THE last form of the intelligence from Turkey is , that the Russians have mustered in increased strength ; Lave concentrated upon the chief posts , especially Oltenitza , occupied by the Turks on the Danube , and have driven the army of the Sultan back across the river . This report was immediately preceded by another which represented the Turks as victorious everywhere . They crossed the Danube at Widin , Giurgevo , Oltenitza , Kalarache , and Hirsova , having thus cut
off the Russians from Moldavia ; they had advanced to Bucharest , and driven the enemy towards the Austrian frontier . This report came with as much authentication through Vienna as the new report does , and when we remember that the Austrian Government is at the mercy of many stockjobbing schemes on account of its own necessities , and that the Austrian capital has been the focus for many of the most contradictory rumours throughout the whole of these Turkish afFairs , we may learn to receive telegraphic despatches by that route with the greatest distrust .
The well ascertained fact appears to be , that the Turks have crossed the Danube , whether they have recrosBcdit or not ; that they have met the linssians , and have achieved some victories , it they havo sustained defeat ; and while the ftussians boast of having driven the Turks back , the Turks may boast that they have left tho deepest mark upon tho Itussians , tho slaughter on that side being very great , especially amongst tho officers . Wo havo no report of slaughter on tho other side ; but whatever it may havo been , it is manifest that tho Mussulmans have behaved with their usuul gallantry and headlong dash .
¦ I ho state of affairs before wo come to thin decisive chapter was such us to have no transitory effect . The Turks have now made their capacity and condition better understood , and the most cUhtinguiHlicd of the journals recently employed in < UK " . ry ing the empire , itn men , and its policy , is ttovv daily endeavouring to impart the- impression produced by tho facts . Tho fortifications which Oinor ' Pasha constructed at Varna wore criticised l t °° extensive , and ho was blamed for attornpt-V K no much , with instramontH so fooble : ho has now » hown that lie could design combinations B « u more extensive , and that ho posHessod
instruments to attempt them at least with probabl success . His operations embraced the whole line of the Danube , from "Widin to Kalarache , if not to G-alatz . He attempted a crossing in several places , and with general success . At Oltenitza the success was the more remarkable from the fierce ordeal to which ifc was put . He effected a ,
landing in spite of resistance ; on a second day he sustained a second attack , and was enabled to push further on into the country ; on the third day the Russian general advanced with a strong reinforcement—a second army adefed to his own , and was disgracefully driven from the field , leaving 600 men , and a large proportion of superior officers . These officers had been picked off by
Minie * rifles with conical balls , an improvement adopted by the " barbar ians , " though we hear nothing of it on the side of the civilized Russians . The force which crossed at Kalarat seems to have encountered General Pischback , who was repulsed . It does not appear that the Russian soldiers refuse to fight ; but it does appear that their Generals wore out-manoouvred , and wore unequal to their situation . They had despised their enemy , and they found themselves suddenly
attacked by him , while their army was enfeebled by sickness , crippled by a disgraceful commissariat , undermined by a mutinous spirit amongst tho Poles , and other non-Russians forcibly enlisted in the ranks . The Russians had forcibly enlisted Wallacluans , and tho Wallacliians enrolled themselves in guerilla bands : a force which had probably been formed also in Hungary . In short , Russian arrogance had not been supported by the supposed Russian ability .
In other quarters the position of IXuhhul was not more favourable . In Georgia , Prince WoronzofF was lasi ; reported ut the head of an army in a very uncomfortable situation . On hia left lay the Caucasus , which he had come to " turn , " and by which ho expected a reinforcement ; hup tho CircassiaiiH appeared instead of the reinforcement , which they liavo perhaps cut off ; having taken
possession of the military approaches . On WoronaoiFs right lay a Persian army , — purpose unknown , but probably hostile to Russia . At his bat ; k lay the Black Soa , whence ho expected reinforcements from Benflarabia ; but they were countermanded , in . four , it is supposed , of cruisers ) , Turkish , . French , or English . And while lie was waiting for his reinforcements , arrived a Turkish reinforcement nt Batoum ; so that it looks very
/ much as if the Emperor Nicholas will have to say ' good bye to the faithful WoronzofF . ' It was announced that Prince Paskiewieh would supersede Prince Gorfcschakoffj but the veteran has not gone ; and it is now said that he reports Poland to be in a condition which would render it unsafe to send reinforcements from Warsaw for the Principalities ! Our own intelligence from India has some relation to the Russo-Turkish affairs . From
AfFghanistan come two reports , exactly contradictory . One is that Dost Mohammed has been in negotiation with the Persians , recommending them to attack Russia ; and the other , that he has recommended them to aid Russia and attack Turkey . However that may be , the impression prevails in JNorth Western India , that Russia is pursuing her customary intrigues , probably as a diversion against English support of Turkey . And while the state of the North West Provinces , and of
Peshawur in particular , coupled with the now undisguised treachery of Burmah , attracts a natural attention in the direction of Russia , Lord Dalhousie has at all events thought it necessary to remain in person in tho capital . The Burmese have evidently continued tho war against tho British , their soldiers acting under the guise of " robbers "—robbers , however , of such distinction that a Prince , brother and heir presumptive to the King , habitually rides with the principal lender .
Tho banquet given to Lord Elplnnstone , as a farewell compliment on his departure to assume the Government of Bombay , is more than a formal ceremony , since it afforded the opportunity for important declarations on the part of tho new Governor . He enjoys a high repute amongst those who are well acquainted with public men ; although ho is not so generally known to the public in this ' country . While he was President of Madras , wo believe ho obtained some reputation as a " saint , " l > y encouraging conversions to
Christianity ; bnfc we do not understand that Lord Elphiustono is accused of neglecting other duties to indulge in that particular recreation . His intercourse with tho natives was certainly not of a proselytising Icind alone . It was remarked that when no was riding out , he did not avoid objects of compassion , and that he usually was provided with some rupees in hifl purse ; by those aad other kinds ol * accessibility , Lord Elphinstono obtained some practical information for himself upon the condition of tho natives , and tlioir Btato
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VOL . IV . No . 191 . ] SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 19 , 1853 . [ Pbice Sixpence .
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NEWS OF THE WEEK- "OE The Strikes ... 1 " 2 - Rxxmsm SerTdem . —{ Concluding Ar- PORTFOLIOContinentdNotes .. 1106 Journal of Bailway Accidents 111 | ttele ) .. 1113 Two Old Owls .-An Apologue 1123 LetterB from Paris 1107 Miscellaneous ..... Ill * Baby-Mind ..... 1124 . The State of Asia 1107 PUBLIC AFFAIRS— OPEN COUNCIL— „ Adn 2 ral Napier and Mr . Urquhart -War ...... . ~ : ^ ..... -Ill * The Krnff s College Controversy ... llg A NiceFirm 1125 at Manchester ... 1108 Concert in the Coal Cellav ... 1114 Who is to pve in ? .... lli » A Pretty Piece of Business 1125 The City Commission H 09 The . Tmth about Cuba .......... 1114 ABakersHint lliW J Professor Maurice mo Agricultural Statistics ................ 1116 Slavery in Cuba . 1110 InreHamilton : Lord Malmesbury's ^ LITERATURE— Births , Marriages , and Deaths 1125 ^ £ Sr ° l ^ oidLandsodety ml ^^^ z ==: p : z :: iu :: ¦ a £ ^ i £ & ^ } jg commercial affairsnm ' Qinifo . TO sttait * 1111 The Governing Classes—No . X . — Mioleraana its Ireatment _ i < si New ^ SxStion " '" . "I 1111 The Dake of Cambrid ^ o and the A Salad for the Solitary . 1122 City Inteligenee , Markets , Adver- _ ^ SS ^ IlIlMr .. 1111 res t of the Boyal Family 1117 Margaret 1123 tiaements , &e ...... 1125-1128
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" TVm one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the . Idea of Hamanity—the nobla i » ZrtoffidommSi « 8 erected DetweeE men by prejudice and one-sided vie ^ s ; and by setting asade the- diafanctiopB oi ^ RelTlio ' n ? CcSrjr , « 5 d Colour ; to ^ treat the whole Human race as ' one brotherhood , having one great pbject-th . e iree development of our spiritual nature . " - 'Humboldt ' s Cosmos . .
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Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 19, 1853, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2013/page/1/
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