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bulletins make no mention of the fall of Ackalzich , but it is indirectly confirmed by that published in the Invalide Russe , which reports an action which took place between the Turks and Russians at Atskhour , some leagu . es _ in advance of Ackalzich , and on the road to Tiflis . The Lloyd states that at the capture of the fort of Safa , near Shefkatil by . the Turks , the Russians lost 400 killed The same journal , and with it the Ost . Deutsche Post , announces that in the renewed attack on Shefk&til on the 17 th , the Russians were repulsed , with heavy loss . The attempt was made to land troops , but the men , the
in number 1800 , were compelled to return to ships , leaving 400 killed and wounded , and one gun . Schainyl and Selim Pacha , operating in concert , were gradually approaching each other , and taking the fortresses On their fines of march . Prince Woronzoff was surrounded at Tiflis , and his retreat was cutoff . The Lloyd ' s despatches state that the large and important fortress of Alexandropolis , Gumri , was besieged by the Turks ; and the Ost . Deutsche Post announces its actual capture . The latter journal adds that Redout-Kaleh , on the Black Sea coast , and Kislar had been taken by the Turks .
On the other hand , despatches from Vienna report that the Russian General Andronikoff has totally defeated the Turks in a battle at Akhalzik , on the borders of Turkish Armenia . Two Russian steamers were cruising near Varna , to cut off the Turkish reinforcements . The Turkish bulletin respecting the operations of the European army attributes the retreat of Omar Pasha to the necessity which there was for getting his troops , which had begun to suffer from the biting cold , into their winter quarters on the right bank of the river . On the 11 th of
November , on which day the snow had begun to fall , there -was but one battalion with two batteries left oft the island between Turtukai and Oltenitza . On the following day the Uussians made an attack on the tete-de-pont on the island , but were repulsed by Halil Pasha . Rodzewitch , late secretary to Prince Gortschakoff , has arrived at St . Petersburg with an eseort . Hewasatonce transferred to the casemates of the fortress . It is generally believed that Rodzewitch and another Pole , who was likewise accused of having kept up a correspondence with the Turks , have been shot .
The St . Petersburg Court Gazette contains an impromptu by M . Nevmchowitseh , supposed to be occasioned by reading the Emperor ' s manifesto : " The Czar gives the word , and all is prepared . The land overflows with bravery and courage . Every Russian heart beats with solemn emotion , andtha Russian standard will wave in bloody war . Behold the fields covered with our soldiers ! See the fame-covered warriors ! mark the death-bearing bayonet ! look upon the brethren gathered under the standard of the cross , and cry , 4 Great is the God of Russia ! ' " It is stated that Prince Woronzoff ( who is at this moment seriously ill , and as whose successor Prince Menchikoff is mentioned ) lately reported to St . Petersburg that he knows that great frauds are now being practised in the army in the
Danubian Principalities by the commissariat , and that the soldiers are exceedingly ill-cared for . An old officer of his staff was immediately sent from' St . Petersburg to the Danube to investigate the facts . He found everything in the fairest possible order , and Woronzoff received rather a sharp answer . Ho persisted in maintaining the accuracy of his iifformation , and a second officer was sent to the Danube , and discovered the true state of the case . For a monarch so careful of his soldiers as Nicholas I . this must have been a very disagreeable discovery . Usually the sick in the army are reported two per cent . This proportion suddenly increases to thirty per cont . as soon as an inspection becomes probable . It appears certain that Persia has declared war against Turkey , and that the British Minister at Teheran has broken off relations with the perfidious Shah . What Afghanistan
may do remains to be seen ; but it is quite probable that another British expedition to the Persian Gulf may bo necessary . From Syria we learn that the sentiments of the people are favourable to the Turkish Government ; and now the Christian population , for the most part , sympathise with the Turks . Most of tho Christian districts of Lebanon have promised to send auxiliary troops to Constantinople ; and the question lias already been directed to tho Porte , whether it is inclined to accept tho offer of tho Maronitea . Tho Druses , it is said , arc only awaiting a steamer from Constantinople to carry them to tho scone of hostilities . Their
destination is to be Djeleb-Jakfur , near Erzoroum . The cavalry of tho Druses , for which 12 , 000 horses nro required , will-proceed to tho same placo by land . _ Ono of tho Emirs has received 15 , 000 piastres for tho equipment of tho above troops . Several hundred volunteers arc altio about to leave Syria for Constantinople . Tho export of anna and ammunition to Bosnia has been prohibited by an order of tho Austrian 'Government . Tho Christum population of Bosnia in in a state of great excitement . Tho Prince of Servia ,-doubting bin tmfoty at ; Belgrade , has left thatlcity for Tonoln . Prince Gorlschakofl lins declared that Galntz and Brailow shall bo considered
noutral ports for tho export and import of merchandise Riots havo taken place at Galatz between tho Wallachian militia and tho -Russian troops . A battalion of tho Wallachians refused to obey tho orders of a Russian general . Tho battalion in question and four companion of Wallachinns were consigned to their barracks . Gonoral Badborg . tho new Russian Comminflnry Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary in Moldo-Walluehia , ia attended i > y a staff of fifty oflicurs of tho Czar ' s / niurd .
There-lids been a rumour at ; Berlin that tho United StutcH of America hivre oflbvod a very conmdcrahlo man to tho Porto , on tho condition that , some small inland in tho Archipelago shall bo ceded to them . Tie'French Government lias authorised tho Credit Fancier to subscribe a portion of tho Turkish loan , now being negotiated by Nanuk PuhIhi in Paris , on condition that tho Englmh Govornment ; guarantooH tho rent . Tho Charivari eaya thiu warlike net of tho Credit Fonder has horrified tho pacific ( shareholders . ^ Tho Sidch . in publishing tho warning alludod to by our
Paris correspondent , as " by law bound to do , pleads in extenuation that it yesterday voluntarily published a contradiction of the paragraph from the Gazette des Tribunaiix The real reason of this pretext having been hit upon to strike the Siecle , is thought to be that ina recent personal controversy with M , Louis Veuillot , of the Univers , the Sieole has "lately written a warm panegyric of Victor Hugo , in which it said , in answer to some vituperation of the organ of the Jesuits , that everything written by Victor Hugo would live . As this prophecy would literally include " Napoleon the Little" and other later writings , for-which the police are at this moment making diligent and frequently baffled searches , it is construed as seditious .
In the night of the 7 th the telegraphic wn-es between Calais and Boulogne were cut . It is reported that Government has convoked a general meeting of the directors and principal engineers of all the railways in France , to concert measures of public safety . This l'ailway congress is expected to assemble towards the end of this month . There has been an extraordinary fog at Lyons'and in the neighbourhood . In the city carriages were brought to a stand-still , and people lost their way as completely as they might have done in Thames-street . On the 8 th the navigation of the Saone was reported to be entirely suspended . The mail from Paris was sent by land , and made very slow progressowing to the fog .
, The Emperor was not present at the opening of the new Boulevard de Strasbourg , it is said , in consequence of an intimation of a plot against his life . Nevertheless , he is described as driving and riding out with little or . no escort , and of walking with the ^ Empress in the Bois de Boulogne . Mademoiselle Georges , the renowned tragedienne of the Empire , is about to take a final benefit in the part she performed at sixteen ( she is now between seventy and eighty ) , Chopatre , in the Rodogunde of Corneille . A splendid representation is being organised by all the first dramatic artists in Paris for this solemnity , which , we suppose , is to be under
the special patronage of Napoleon III . Mademoiselle Rachel has positivel y dated from St . Petersburg her resignation as Socie ' taire of the Theatre Francais . According to the terms of Napoleon ' s celebrated Moscow decree , she expresses her intention of leaving the stage altogether . It is said that she has a very lucrative engagement pending in America . Her success in St . Petersburg lias been prejudiced by the company she has taken with her , whose incompetence is considered an insult to the Court and aristocracy of St . Petersburg . The Federal Grand Council of Switzerland has declined
to suppress the duty on corn at the solicitation of the Cantonal Governments of Berne , Appanzell , and Geneva . The following are the results of the elections in Piedmont of members of the Chamber of Deputies : —Ministerial : ; , 123 ; Radical Opposition , 40 ; Reactionary Oppotition , 15 ; elections of which the result is not known 26 . This is the fifth election since the proclamation of the Constitution , and the readiness with which the electors came to the poll , shows a growing intelligence of the rights of citizenship . . The Liberal-Conservative party has not lost a single member . The Ministers—Cavour , San Martino , and Katazzi—were all returned by large majorities . The prominent feature of these elections is the failure of M . Broffcrio , the Radical Deputy and Advocate , and unceasing opponent of the ministry .
The total number of members composing the Chamber of Deputies is 204 . The final result of tho elections cannot be known for some days , but there is no doubt that the proportions of parties will be maintained in the totality as they now stand , and that the Government will get a strong working majority . Amongst the members just returned there are several distinguished Lombards , who , although naturalised Sardinian subjects , have had their properties in Lombardy sequestrated by tho Austrian Government . Several more arrests havo taken placo in Naples , owing to some verses ( in everybody's mouth ) said to have been posted up in the street . The ' rhymes Bay : —
" Tho Naples be so fair and good , We've naught but Indian corn for food . Were Masank-1 ' , alas ! not dead , Why we should feel no lack of bread . If things go on till then as now , By Christmas time we'll have a row . Tho French are coming—God be praised—And price of bread will not be raised . " There can bo no doubt of tho existing poverty and high [> rico of food , with a decrease of commerce , which falla heavily on tho poorer classes .
M . do Maupas has had another dispute with the Neapolitan Government . Under pretence of tho cholera at Paris , all persons corning from France arc uubjectod to a vigorous quarantine , which has excited much discontent . M . do Maunas has addressed an energetic note on tho subject to tho King of Naples , threatening- to return to Romo , and , it in said , hinting that if tho affair wore not wot right , ho might find it necessary to request tho French Government to sond hoxuo Hhipa of war to NiiplcB . Tho tthado of Joachim Murat will not lot King Botnbn aleop upon hi . s bloodstained pillow . At Madrid a coup d'dtat is expected . Tho debate on the question of prerogative , raised by tho Sonata on tho occasion of tho railway bill , wa « concluded on tho i ) th hint . Tho Opposition obtained n majority of 15 G votes . A Royal
docroo of tho 12 th in . it . suspended tho sitting of tho OortcH , without , fixing any period for their now mooting . A hsttor from Lisbon , in tho lleraldo of Madrid of tho 7 tb , unyn that , tho King Rogonfc of Portugal intended to demand from tho Cortou tho proclamation of tho majority ol liia eon , King Podro V . ; also that it wan reported that tho young King intended toniakoa jouriumiu Spain and Portugal . At tho present moment , it ia aflirmed , negotiations are going on for the simultaneous evacuation of tho Roman States by tho IVonoh and Austrian avinios of occupation . "It appears Unit n wecret treaty counts by which that double occupation wa « to laut for five yorivo . Tho five youra are about to oxpiro , and tho Popo io anxious to got rid of hie foroigu
protectors , and to trust his safety to the safeguard of Itali troops alone . With this view tho King of Naples i 8 at th present moment organising a bod y of 20 , 000 men , which ] ih promised to Pio Niono , during his residence at Gaeta thaf he would place at his . disposal . The whole of these trooBs are to adopt the Pontifical cockade , and to protect the Holv See , along with the 12 , 000 men whom the Pope has alreadv in his service . ' ¦> We wish the Popa joy of his 12 , 000 men , and of his Nea ' politan contingent . Without the French and the Austrians his tiara would not be worth an hour ' s purchase , and lie knows it well . But what interest English Protestants have in seeing the Pope at Rome we are at a loss to discover . We do not believe this report . But the prolonged occupation of the Roman States by French and Austrian troops is a ques . tion that demands immediate settlement .
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The Prince of Prussia has visited the Emperor of Austria at Vienna , en route to Italv .
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Panslavism is again causing some uneasiness at Vienna and the agents of the Government in the southern parts of the Austrian monarchy ^ are called to exercise redoubled vigilance . At Agram , in Croatia , Louis Gaj , editor of a paper , has been arrested and brought to Vienna . Servia it is ; feared , may make use of her position , and appeal ' to panslavistic sympathies . Letters from Baden show that the conflict between the ecclesiastics and the civil power is carried on with
undiminished spirit on both sides . A letter from Constance , in the Bfesigau , states that the parish of St . Augustin is in a manner under interdict . The church is closed , and no kind of worship is celebrated . The keys of the edifice have been taken to the Dean of St . Stephen's , and the Archbishop has left the parish without religious instruction . The dean has buried one bt > dy upon his own responsibility , but he has refused to marry two couples who presented themselves . The numerous sick persons in the hospital and elsewhere have been left without the consolations of religion .
A letter from Rome of the 30 th , in the Milan Gazette , states that nine new arrests have taken place there , all belonging to the middle classes . It is not known whether fhey are connected with the conspiracy of August 16 , now under inquiry , or not .
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CITY MATTERS . Some time ago the Gity Policemen made an application for increase of pay , alleging , among other things , the rise in rents and provisions . Their application has been handed about from the Court of Common Council to a Police Committee , and referred by them to the Court of Aldermen . At a special Court , on Saturday , the Lord Mayor , commenting on this , said he thought the matter had better be referred back to the Common Council , who were quite competent to deal with the question in ^ all its bearings . He also stated that the force was deficient by eighty men , Avhereas the Metropolitan
force always had enough and to spare . Mr . Alderman Lawrence stated that the deficiency was fiftysix , not eighty , as stated by the Lord Mayor . Mr . Alderman Thompson and Alderman Lawrence both suggested that the standard of height should be lowered , as the difficulty of getting men five feet eight inches in height was' the cause of the deficiency . Mr . Alderman Wire , however , said that it was the superabundance of employment everywhere that made policemen scarce . Finally the question of the pay of the men was referred to tho General Purposes Committee for their report , and a special Court is to be called to consider it .
At a meeting of the Common Council , on Thursday , the Coal and Corn Finance Committee presented a triumphant report on the result of the investigations ^ of the Select Committee of the House of Commons last session on the coal dues . The cause of the rejoicing is that the Parliamentary Committee could not agree upon a report ; while they recommended that the inquiry should be continued . The sittings of the City Commission aro now suspended , it ia believed , until after Christinas . Nothing of now importance was elicited at the examination of witnesses last Friday .
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MR . MECII 1 VS BALANCE ; AND HOW HL GOT IT . Mit . Micoirr , the modem Paladin of distressed agriculture , tho amateur farmer who has Bo ' gnlhnytly confronted adverse balance-sheets , and so persbveringly sought out now sources of strength for his class , has found them , like Antaeus , in touching tho earth . As a roward , he has got a profit of 000 / . this year . At a meeting of the Society of Arts , on Wednesday , ho told his hearers how he got it , and what he sum deserves the most extensive circulation . We , therefore , append extracts from the paper he rend at the mooting . Having read the items of his balancesheetlie proceeded : — ¦ .
, . , " Now , nir , thin balanco-shoot opens up a vast < llIO 0 t . J 5 ? i reflection , both iii town mid country . Why )» it «<> d ""' " ""* from my former ono ? Principally bocauwo I have tu power of irrigation . It i » true tW prices aro 1 »! k ' ' ^ than then , but crops aro lcaa productive , and oxi ><> iihc . s ai higher . Nearly tho whole ( lifleronco bntwoon tliia hnMncts-Hhocfc and tho fitrmcr ono nrim > s . m tho live stock account-By irrigation 1 am enabled to doublo , if not tnp'J ' j " ^ green and root crops , and thua ruridor ihom prolitaW *; " r Bteivdof unprofitable : ' It U quite clour that if 1 can aouw «
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Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 17, 1853, page 1204, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2017/page/4/
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