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entered into between England and Prance , and be tween Austria and Prussia . ' The .: House then went into Committee of Waya and Means , and passed through , that stage the resolution on spirit duties in Scotland , the Excise Duties Bill , and the Income-tax Bill . The Oxford TJmrejsity Bill was also advanced a stage in Comnuttee . ^ In tie House of Lords a similar answer was given
? to , ILoxd Malmesbury by Lord Culbendoin , on the subject of the protocol just signed at Vienna , as was given by Lord John Russell in the Commons . Lord CtABKNDOK also stated that he would in a few days state the grounds on which the Governxnent nad decideii on the occupation of Greece . He at the same time declared his disbelief of any treaty having' been entered into between Russia , Bokhara . and Khiva .
The , Landlord and Tenant Ireland Bill , and the Leasing Fowers Ireland Bill , were read a third Jtime , and passed .
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* ^ 91 >» Constitutions ! announces a fact which for its aigbificant bearing upon the religious phase of the JSastern question deserves confirmation . The Prince 1 ^ 1 ^ of Armenia is reported fe be about to proceed t 6 $ < w& to negotiate with the Pope in person the r econciliation of the Eastern Church to the Holy See . This Prince , who is of the reigning house of Arinenia , ^ and , consequently , one of the most distinguished representatives of the Eastern Church , is said to be a personage of rare intelligence , and conciliA ^ ry manners , thoroughly competent to the sue-C ^ v ^ f ^ nifs ^ io ^ prthe deepest moment to the Christianl » mmunltiea in the East . - V The Moniteur publishes a report of the naval
force * of France , which announces a surprising develqpment of the , maritime resources of the Empire , both in ships actually in commission and in , reserve ? Hfo"nujnb ^ ibf « screw line-nofrbattle ships , and of TO # irfia ^ te ^ - ^ gates , 'indicates the enormous € nWts of tho preset Government of JFrance to dis-_ j > ute , we trust in friendly riyah-y , our own suprex xnk ^^ i ^^ aeu . '' ¦ ¦ ' : " ¦ ¦ . The active portion of the French naval forces is divided into three squadrons . . 1 > The Baltic squadron , commanded by Vice-Admiral Parseval-Deschehes , is composed of thirty-one -i 8 ailj and has lately been reinforced by eight powerful steamers . -
' 2 . The Mediterranean sqtaadron , commanded by Vice-Admiral Hamelin , and the Ocean squadron , commanded by Vice-Admiral Burat , are combined under the orders pf Vice-Admiral Hamelin in the . Black Sea , and comprise altogether twentyinine , iaiL .- ? - < ¦ 3 . The , subdivision , under the orders of Rear-. Admiral Le Barbier . de Tenan , destined to operate in 'the waters of Greece , is composed of fourteen sail , of 'which nine are steamers .
Besides these three divisions there are , according to the Moniteur t seventeen steam-frigates and corvettes in the port of Toulon , completely armed and capable of embarking 12 , 000 troops at a moment ' s notice , finally , a squadron of reserve is in course of organisation , to he comprised of fourteen line-ofbattle ships , entirely new , of which seven are fitted with auxiliary screw steam-power .
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H . M . frigate Meander , from the Cape station lias arrived at Plymouth with , the Australia ' s mails , in all nine tons . The Australia got ashore at Green Point , Table Bay , Cape of Good Hope , but got off without assistance on the 6 th April , and would eail for London about tho 17 th of that month . The gold was at the Cape Bank all safe , and the cargo had beon taken out . Little damage had been sustained by the vessel . The passengers remained on board .
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The latest intelligence from Constantinople is to tho 1 5 th inst . At that dnte the Russians were advancing from the Dobrudscha . They had cut off communication between Silistria and Varna , as well as the sea coast , and they had done the same between Varna and Shumla . The allied armies wero in motion , in order to cooperate with Omer Pacha , nnd form his reserve . A French forco must by this time have arrived at Adnanople . A French division was on its march ttoro Galhpoli to Constantinople . The English division of tho corps of light infantry at Scutari received marching orders on the 14 th . It was thought the route was for Varna
TO HEADERS AJTO CORRESPONDENTS . It is impossible to acknowledge the mass of letters we receive . Their insertion is often delayed , owing to a press of matter ; and when omitted it is frequently from reasons quite independent of the merits of the communica tion . No notice can be taken of anonymous communications , Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the name and address of the writer ; not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of Ms good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications . All letters for the Editor should be addressed to 7 , Wellington-street , Strand , London . Communications should always be legibly written , and on one side of the paper only . If long , it increases the difficulty ol finding space for them .
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WAR PROFITS FOE THE PEOPLE . Some honest folks , 'who are far from regretting the opportunity of giving Absolutism a check througa its great leader , Eassia , are regretting the war as a moral evil , as a pecuniary burden , as a draught upon the industry of the countnr . For our own part , we have never concealed our conviction that the war is in
itself absolutely a good ; but let us explain somewhat more in detail , as we know it can reach the doubting minds of our friends , howit is that the war is so substantially a blessing . "We have already pointed to the fact , which we believe to be undeniable , that there is no instance in history of a great empire rising to such point of wealth and power as to become tranquil , without rivals to combat and
to conquer , which has not from that time " begun to decline , and ultimately sunk to a destruction , consummated more by its own debility than through the power of its external assailants . Greece , Borne , and Italy do not furnish the only instances of our meaning . The Bigns of the disease of empires had begun to appear amongst us in the extravagantly elaborate luxury to which so many of the educated classes were giving way ; in the creeping on of an opinion that contests with
other states had fallen totally into disuse ; in a disposition to relinquish the hard fare of military life to paid servants ; and in a total subordination of other objects to lucre . The Turk who asked the English Embassy at a ball , why they Sid not let their servants do the dancing for them , only paralleled our commercial men , who askea statesmen why they did not let paid servants alone do military duty for them ?
But independently of that broad principle , which nations should never lose sight of , there are certain facta well known to our friends , which may make them better appreciate the change in the turn of affairs . War , they say , is a moral evil , arousing passions hateful to Christianity a . nd to humanity . Let
us , however , point at the change already observable on the face of society amongst us . Two years ago , —one year , —six months ago , class was arrayed against clnaa , —democrats were sighiugf ' or the ovorthrow of aristocrats ; economists were teachiug that paupers are a nuiuanco to bo endured , but repressed by " repulsive " government ; farmers were treating
their labourers as beasts to be stinted and scourged ; landlords were driving labourers off their fields , and holding down farmers under oppressive leases ; the country party was inveighing against the towns , the towns were claiming to rule the country ^ according to the rules of narrow political economy ; class looked upon class with cold and careless eye , caring naught for the welfare of a fellowcreature ; going decently to church and hearing established doctrine , but treating practical Christianity as a whim , a folly , a niaiserie
-Wow , what do we see ? Party divisions are forgotten , except by party leaders , whose cleverest stimulants can scarcely keep up party zeal . A great industrial contest in the ] S " orth has declined , partly through the combination of employers , but partly also through the dying out of internal discord in the face of a great claim upon the common , feeling of the nation . Farmers are agreeing with landlords that free-trade is not incompatible .. withi" * general prosperity . The most conspicuous movement of tlie day ia a social effort to secure comfort for the wives and children of
our unnamed heroes ; and the war , which is dogmatically denounced as discord , has become the occasion for calling forth the . unanimous expression of national feeling , of willingness to . undertake heavy burdens , of cheerful advance to perform dangerous duties , of a desire to unite throughout the
countryan unanimity tliat has not been witnessed in the day of any man living , or been recorded in our history for generation upon generation . Instead of being a sound of discord , the war to put down the crowned demon of discord , the Czar , has been the great key-note of harmony for our own country .
The Founder of Christianity said that he came not as peace , but as a sword—as peace , where men could accept the word of love ; as a sword , where wrong roused its rebel head against the beneficent laws of divinity . Christianity has its sword as well as its palm branch ; and tlie sword often carves the way for planting the palm . War is dreaded as a pecuniary burden ; hut what was . our position before the declaration ? The most highly developed department of trade , the cotton manufacture , had evidently
reached those limits beyond which its enlargement was a work of enormous exertion , with comparatively little increase of profit ; breeding cotton-workers faster than we could spread the field of their employment , Sir Kobext Peel had proclaimed free-trade ; but the grand impediment to it was anarchy on the continent—anarchy maintained under the name of " order , " keeping nations divided that they might be ruled by the few , and absolutely preventing the extension of commerce . Russia was the head and front of
this offending . She who kept her peasants slaves , who taxes her landlords in agricultural labours , and sustained Absolutism throughout the continent , perpetuated exclusive commerce for fear lest between bales of goods the popular or republican doctrines of our own country should be introduced . Russia , however , has now carried her exclusive policy beyond endurance ; our Ministers , full loth , are forced to the duty of overturning her . The proof of our sincerity lms restored the confidence of foreign countries
in us , and France is joining heartily in the alliance , people as well as Emperor . There does appear a chance that tlie down-trodden peoples of the continent , and most especially those whose hind and industry pine to exchange with ours , —Italy , Hungary , Southern Germany , and France , —will bo relieved of the prejudices , the oppressions , the restrictions that have kept them from us ; and tho war , which may coat us a few millions , may end in setting free an Old World as well as a New , worth as many millions yearly to our
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The Madrid Gazette of the 20 th inst . contains tlie decree ( dated the 19 th inst . ) authorising the forced loan ; inviting the civil governors and administrators of the provinces to send in their contributions within a month . From the terms of the decree , it appears that the contributions are to be sent in "by the municipalities , and by them to be levied on manufactures and trade . Th © whole is to be sent in within thirty days of the subscription ; to be reimbursed by instalments of £ at Midsummer and Christmas , in 1855 , 6 , 7 , And 8 . The bonds are to bear interest at six per cent .
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fhere is nothing so revolutionary , because there is nothing so unnatural and coirvulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all th . e world i 3 toy the very law-of its creation in . eternal progress . —I > B . AnsOLV
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Leader (1850-1860), May 27, 1854, page 492, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2040/page/12/
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