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NOTWITHSTANDING the comparative norelty and the . practical importance of th © new cpnt ^ cendancyj tie dispute between- Twikef and Biufsia , wit ; h the iiinninent consequences , is ( slaH the absorbing questbii , qf ^ flle 4 ^« ; ¦ © n *^ ground of arined contest , thfe fo ^ S ^ e ; of war is not ihateriallychaiged ; thie mpstxebeiiti adyiceis , while we write , ascribe the success of the moment to the Russians . After many oscillations of fortuneat . tlie island near Giurgeyo , the [ Russians
appear to nave remained masters of that limited ground ; but the constant wavering of fortune shows how nearly the forces were matched ; and , upon the whole , the "balance of loss in killed and wounded appears still to . aidewith -the Russians , who repeatedly find ' themselves in detached parties confronting a superior force of Turks . Tho Turks also still remain in possession of
Upper Wallacliia , ; but both sides appear to ho rather retracting from the lino of conflict and falling back for the winter . There is some anticipation that after tho rains , when tho frost shall have set in , formal hostilities will bo renewed ; but wo must anticipate rather a succession of skirmishes—a species of armed recreations—than pitched battles , or any contest which can decido possession of the territory .
While the Russians and tho Turks are at their old game of fighting , now propositions are said to agitato the councils of tho Great Powers . From St . Petersburg is announced as forthcoming another circular to the European Courts , and another manifesto . It is one of the most enterprising of tho groat publishing firms ; dealing , like flomo of our own London publishers , principally in fiction . JYom Austria is said to emanate a new proposition for negotiations to bo carried on in London
~~ an old idea , at winch Austria might very likoly cato h as a moans of prolonging tho fruitless palavers with which she has hithorto subsorvod < ho purposes of Russia . From Austria also , c ° moa , ifc io 8 aid , anothor proposition—that tho Four Powers should back out of every intervention , and leave Russia and Turkey to contest the matter alono ; but this we suspect to bo no moro than tho repetition of an old Btory . Whenever lt may have happonod , it is understood to liavo boon acoutod by Franco ; and if our Govormnont
wavered for a moment , ultimately it agreed with our ally . From-France is understood to have come a proposal for a treaty between the two Western Powers , laying down the basis on which they would unite to enforce a conclusion of the contest upon that Power which has provoked it ; but we do not learn : that our . Government , has signified its , assent to this proposal j which has ,. however , so far as it has -been promulgated in ; England , obtained '¦ ¦ & , ysry general approbation . these feyr facts ^ ppeair ; tio embrace , the salient pointsin thepresent position of affairs . ;
That Austria and Bussia have , conceived new hopes of subverting France , and eo defeating the Western alliance , appears to be established by the countenance which the Emperor of Austria gives to the union between the Count de Chambord and the Duke de Nemours . The most ostentatious publicity is given to the most trivial forms in the interview between those two potentates out of work . JPiinc 1 i has ridiculed this ceremonious puffing of " Henry the Fifth" and
his cousin , by announcements of the compliments which they exchanged , the history < 5 f their reciprocal brandy-and-water , and th ^ joint stirring of tho sugar therein . But in fact the jokes of Punch scarcely transcend the elaborate solemnity with which some wandering court newsman tells how the Duke called the Count " My King ;" and tho Count called the Duke " My Cousin ;" how the Duke would have kneeled , but tho Count took him by both hands ; and how the
Count walked fifteen paces in order to receive the Duke exactly within tho door . Tho court newsman , however , is but the tool ; tho Duko must be tho prime mover of sending round theso announcements , in ordor to impart to his enterprise and to the gracious favours vouchsafed by Henry V . as much as possible tho appearance of a legitimate roality and of an important event . Tho circumstances of tho reconciliation have boon communicated to those French Generals ,
Changamier , Ijamoriciero , and Bodoau , whom Louis Napoleon exiled ; and they are understood to have expressed their Hatinfootion at tho re-union . Thin would imply that a military connexion is to be formed in Franco ; Ohangarnior being tho model of aristocratic disciplinarians ; Larnoricioro , a , popular General , friend of " scs enfans " tho soldiers ; and Bedcau , the austere type of Duty . The Emperor of Austria supplies the locale for this reception , invites tho I ^ incos to dinner , and is evidontly giving them aflsiatanco
in a new conspiracy to subvert the French Government . Some anxiety has been created respecting the position of Servia . The province has long professed a neutrality totally , inconsistent yntU fealty to the Porte . She hasi not only . refused tp . permit the passage , of' Bosjaia ^ troops ; in-support
of Omer Pacha , but has claiined the right to receive a Russian consul without the exequatur of the Porte . And people are already anticipating a declaxatidn of m ^ ependenc ^ pl ^ mg Servia in . the position of Greece . The province has no -claim to such a position , and could scarcely sustain it , but may be the instrument for the enemies of Turkey .
In Vienna , where the greatest efforts are made to prevent extremities , the hope of averting a wide and lengthened contest is rapidly dying away . People now say , in that optimist capital , that affairs must take their course ; and although Austria has the deepest stake in the preservation of tranquillity , she is making up her mind to let the Czar and fate have their fling . Our own Government appears to drift towards the same conclusion , with
sorriest reluctance ; and wo do not wondor . Although public opinion hero is rapidly becoming reconciled to tho prospect of being obliged to maintain the position and fame of England , and the honour of her flag , habit ia strong with your Englishman , and tho habit of peace sticks to him like a tourniquet . Occasionally a little incident helps this . Tho meeting in commemoration of tho Polish revolution in 1830 ,
although it is an event of no political importance , limited , in its bearing , to tho exiles who have , as it wero , a personal interest in that unhappy land , and to those who aro connected with them by individual friondship , yet it has served as a bugbear for some , who aro terrified ovon at tho beard of a revolutionist , or who aro misled by indifferont reports of speeches in foreign language One
phrase in an address , which was roally admirable , has been grossly misapprehended , and it has been supposed that tho guillotine was recommended by tho orator , as tho logitirnatoinfltrumont of revolution . Tho moaning of the phrase was almost the rovorao ; but tho use of tho word was unfortunate , and tho exulting xiproar which it created among the histrionio disciples of Robespierre , gavo eountenaneo to tho misapprehension . Nor cun wo attach much moro importance to the mooting of tho Protestant Alliance , at tho
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VOL . IT . No . 193 J SATUEDAY , DECEMBER 3 , 1853 . [ Price Sixpence .
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NEWS OF THE WEEK- Oar Sanitary Condition ... 1161 Where is the Russian Route to I * - Mis 9 Marttoeau ' s Translate of N&Wb Oh THt wtf c * Journal of Railway Accidents ... 1162 dia ? ........ 1167 Comte ........ ........ 1171 ¦ , a « wieft » Steamer . 1163 The Governing Classes— -No . XII . — Sauntenngs in London 1172 The Wreckof'the ' . Meridian ......... 115 * Criminal Record l ^ Zl """""" . LordHenry Lennox 1167 THE ARTSLettere from Pans 1156 Miscellaneous ... 1163 The Timesonthe National Cause in Much Ado about Nothing ............ 1173 gS « s » H ^ : J : T « L i LIOAF ^ * faeAl » . ¦ ¦ . -n == ^ saa ^^ ===:. 5 a British Subjects Abroad . —The Pro- Progress and Ihfficulty of the Abso- ^ Scotch Orthodoxy ... 1168 r . testant Alliance .... 1160 lutist Conspiracy 116 J i itpr / itiirf- Births , Marriages , and Deaths ......... 1173 Theatre of War in Asia 1160 The Reform Question 1166 LITERATURE 1 TRa COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS—• SI c ^ Sni ^ r ^ " SS aS ? ::::::::::=:::: iS SSS ^; i » " :::::::::::::::::::::-SS % intem ^ , m ^ s , a ^ . Tto Na&veHnd the Bench of India 88 Divorce a Luxury for the Rich 1166 Arnold ' s Poems ........... ¦¦¦¦¦ 1169 tisements , &o . ¦¦ .. ¦¦¦¦ . ^ 173-1176
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" The one Idea which . History exhibits aa evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea p i * Humanitr—the noMe cTiilrSf ^ of oar spiritual nature . " — EwmboMPs Cosmos . _____^_
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 3, 1853, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2015/page/1/
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