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the one ojrconrpelled them by-tBe other . You have ddnatneither the one nor the other . Youbav ^« lloured * -AaUtxia tw elate * the ^ Datattbian Prineip&tttiesi and to establish ? herself there ; but the one cowKtfon on which' this permission * was givett , that she must defend them against Russia , was utterly superfluous , a » the Russians preferred sending their troops ' from Bessarabia into the Crimea ; and the only decisive condition , that being admitted into Turkish dominions , she ought to declare-herself an active ally of Turkey , you hare been good-hearted- enough not to make . On the other hand , you might have compelled Austria by fear . Her weakest point is Italy , accessible as well to England by sea as to France by land . But
you have hastened to put Austria at ease by guaranteeing to her her Italian territory ; you have , moreover , removed the Sardinian army from the frontiers of Lombardy , where it might have become inconvenient to > Austria ? and all this you have done without having got one single reciprocal service worthy of such a security . The natural consequence of such a course lies before you : the greater your concessions , the less have become her offers ; the softer your treatment , the more obstinate her reluctance' " and if you go on in the same direction , you may be sure that that power , which after Turkey was threatened the most bythe present crisis , will make the best cf it , without : any sacrifice of its own and at your expense .
Still less ; reasonably has Western diplomacy dealt with Prussia . As soon as she began slowly to withdraw from diplomatic co-operation , you most quietly let her go and " put her aside / ' only then took notice of her * when the uncertainty of her policy ¦ wfas artftdly used by Austria as a pretext for refusing her own assistance . Strange contradiction , no' doubt , that a country , which was allowed to form such a puzzling item in the calculations of " your faithful ally , " was in your own calculations hardly more than a nonentity . And yetvthe Western Powers have even more efficient means to act upon the resolutions of Prussia than upon Austria . The preponderance of Russia in the Baltic is deeply felt in
Prussia } the Prussian merchants wish most strongly to be rid of the heavy tax of the Sound-dues ; , the national party , through all Germany the best friends of Russia , would most willingly accept every opportunity to redress the wrongs the German Zhichies and the' German interests at large have undergone in the Danish question . In all these points Russia is the strongest opposer to the interests of Prussian trade , to the wishes of the German party ; and any offer , therefore , in this direction from the Western Powers would be heartily welcomed by the popular feeling in Prussia . But such an offer has not been made . Neither have you tried stronger means against the Prussian Government . The Prussian coasts are
open to your fleets , but you blockade only the harbours of Russia , and thus , by directing the Russian trade to the eastern ports of Prussia , you , instead of threatening , enrich them . Quite as easily as you could act upon Prussia in the Baltic , Prance could act on the Rhine ; by such a pressure , at the same time , a wholesome and most efficient lesson would be given to the stallholders of Russia in Cassel , Darmstadt , and Stuttgart , and the German Diet itself would feel the necessity to come to an understanding with the Western Powers . For there are , in the history of modern Germany , instances enough which show howmuch any misunderstanding with France is feared l > y the German governments when they are
conscious that popular feeling is against them , and at present it would be so the more , as the sympathies of the ^ Liberal party , which the Government of the French Emperor alone never would win , are secured by the fact of England being a party in the game * Those means I speak of are quite within the reach Of the Western Powers . What we , German liberals , urge is , indeed , nothing but the practical application of what government and people , both in England and in France , generally feel with regard' to Germany . Much has been said about the weakness of Germany , xonch bitter scorn has been thrown , and many contemptuous jokes have been made , on the wavering poliey of the King of Prussia ; but what has been done has not been in accordance with what has been said
. Let it , then , be received as admitted—and we , for our part ; not only admit it , but most strongly contend for it—that in the councils of Germany , above the heads of her princes , pale fear presides and decides ; let it be admitted , but also acted upon . And although the best moment is gone by , you arc now approaching a time highly favourable for regaining in Germany what has been lost . The conquest of Sebastopol will restore the Western Powers to their former prestige ; the military success there will again inspire the German governments with the necessary respect ; and If your diplomatists ¦ will but flght with half the energy of your soldiers , the battle may yet be Vron . Jb \ S .
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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS OF THE WEEK . Paruambmt potters and chatters ; Pnlmcrston jibes ? nd the club gibber * . Questions this week : Whether Rothschild , who , in any cane , catn't legally sit . is not
legally incapacitated by reason of having accepted a Government contract from , finding . himself in . a icoatdition of not being able to sit ? -Whether- a eommifctee should be > granted on ScholefleWs mxstion to consider how thi& House of Commons can prevent tradesmen from sanding their sugar before going to those prayers in which they pray for a daily bread that is horribly adulterated when they get it?—the-question reaily being , whether the imperial wisdom can govern prices in attempting to regulate quality . Whether , as asked by Lord Seymour—who , as Marionette of Showman Edward Ellice , was put up to effect a diversion for the Government , and did
divert everybody by his Punchy performanceit was worth while to debate a bill ( Irish Tenant Right ) which had no chance of passing , in which nobody believed , which the Tories had emasculated , which the Government had maimed , which those who had at first clamoured for it now repudiated as an accursed and unsightly object—question being answered in the negative , by majority of 20 , and a bill which had no hope of being passed , and which everybody disdained , being debated accordingly for five solemn hot hours on tropical Thursday night ? Whether , on the motion of Mr . Henry
Berkeley , who hopes to play the Diable Boiteux with a canting community , a committee ought not to be appointed to inquire whether the Sunday Beer Bill * which had cut off the supplies of beer to a drunken country at ten p . m . every Sunday evening , had not prove d rather an inconvenience to those who had suffered from it , —motion being granted ? Whether , at the instigation of that haughty Christian , Lord Robert" Qrosvenor , who would indubitably hand over to the beadle any ragged Briton that might happen , under legal pressure and want of amusement elsewhere , to stray into Lord Robert ' s chapel of ease , it
was not desirable that , in consideration of this being a C hristian land , which inherited the laws of Moses , but will not let Rothschild ( the standing Jew , who must be a periodical sight to the revolving Wandering Jew ) take his seat ; which has , according to Lord Shaftesbury , 5 , 000 , 000 heathens within its home territories ; which has a class of tradesmen , who , according to Lord Seymour ; are all fraudulent ; which has a class of merchants , who , according to the press , are all Strahans , and Pauls ,
and Bates ; which has a press , which , according to all sensible persons , adulterates opinion and facts more than the shopmen adulterate provisions ; which has an aristocracy , who , according to everybody , adulterate Government , and sell the country at auction among themselves—Lord Robert Grosvenor asks whether , in consideration of all these things , it is not the duty of our Parliament to endeavour to reconcile ourselves to God , and reorganise our life by prohibiting the sale of ( adulterated ) milk after the hour of nine a . m . on Sundays ?
However , there" is still some hope . Part of the recommendation of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners ia to be complied with . Lord Palmerston retains his belief that we are all born good ; but he is going to oblige us with four more Bishops . . " A Stranger . "
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HOW THE SUCCESSORS OF THE APOSTLES TIIAVEL ON A SABBATH . ( To the , Editor of the Leader . ') London , June 27 . Sik , — -Passing along Jermyn-strcet a short while ayo , on a Sunday morning , my attention waa arrested by a very handsome carriage and horses , which dashed up the opposite street , and drew up at St . James's Church . The whole " turn-out" so uncommonly handsome and stylish , that I stopped to examine it more minutely . The carriage was a bright yellow , with very handsome silver fittings ; the horses , a splendid pair of bays , worth at least 300 guineasy the harness covered with silver ; the coachman and two footmen , dressed in pure white livorioa , trimmed with black and white chequer lace , and edged with silver lace , with silver hutbanda , garters , &c , altogether forming one of the niOBt attractive " turn-outsV I have seen in London . But , on examining further , you may judge my surprints on sooing a biahop ' s , © rv rathor , an auahbiahop ' s ,
mitre on the panels of the carriage . I doubted the evidence , of : my senses , thinking that our great Church : dignitaries- escne-wed such gaieties , and drove about irrcarriages of more sombre hue and dressed' theijf servants in darken colours . But , on further inquiry ; I found that the equipage-belonged to' tha Archbishop of Armagh , who , ' residing in Charles-street ; Sfc . James ' s-fiquare , requires the services of a coachman ,, two- footmen , and a pair of horses to convey him from his residence , there to the distant region occupied by St . James ' s ; Church ^ -the distance being not further than a very slow walker would manage to cross in . four or five minutes . I
ask you , sir , is this needful work for a Sunday ? In addition to the three servants named , we may calculate the services of one or two stable-helpers , who will be engaged in attending on the horses before and after their arduous Journeys to and from Church . It may be said that his Grace is an aged man ; so he is , but not an infirm one , for I have seen him , not long ago , riding on hor eback in the park , and a finer or more upright figure one don't often see . Indeed , I never see him but I consider how misplaced he is in the Church , and how much more fitted he must originally have been for the head of a dragoon regiment .
Lord Robert Grosvenor , the representative of the so-called religious party , would do well to leave alone the poor mechanic to do his needful work on a Sunday , and might be better employed in trying to prevent such needless employment for men and horses as is involved in a journey from his Grace the Archbishop of Armagh's residence in Charles-street to St . James ' s Church . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , An Observer .
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GENERAL GUYON . ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) June 26 , 1855 . ' Sir , — It must be a matter of deep regret to every one interested in the success of the Turkish forces , to learn , that the services of the brave General Guyon ( through Turkish intrigue in high quarter *) have been lost , and that , too , at a time when an important battle is imminent at " Kars . " The Turkish troops are lamenting the absence of this brave British general , whose presence in the battle-field inspired them with confidence and success , and whose " judgment" and " courage" were last year recorded in the pages of the Times , and received the general commendation of the London press .
The fame of General Guyon as a great and accomplished soldier has spread throughout Europe , and the faculty which he had acquired of addressing the Turkish army in their . own tongue , a power which the present Englisli commanders in the East are not reported to possess , is an additional reason for regretting the prevailing apathy and want of forethought on the part of the Sultan ' s Ministers , whereby the services of this most distinguished general have been hitherto disregarded . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , Anti-Russian " .
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There is no learned man . but will confess he bath much , profited by reading controversies , hia senses awakened , and hi 3 judgment sharpened . If , then , it be prolltabi . e for him . to read , why should it not , at leaBt , betoltraolefor has adversary to write . — Mii / ton .
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A Chinese Gentleman and Man-of-Leteebs , named Cheuk-seen-lun , ia now in London , having been brought to this country by the Rev . Dr . Uefl ' ur , the American missionary . This learned Oriental , who ia about thirty-five years old , speaks three separato dialects of the Celestial Empire , is well veraed in literature and the arts as cultivated in China , and is not only a poet and . writer , but also a clever painter and musician . Literature appears to be hia favourite pursuit ; ami , on his return to hia own country , ho intends to publish a Volume of pooma . He wont with Dr . Hefler to the British Museum on Thursday week , whore ho examined the extensive Chinese collection belonging to the library
of that institution . —A similar instance to the above took place about forty-two yoara ago , when a Chinese tfuntloman , having accompanied an English Eastern traveller to London ) published a poem descriptive of the metropolis and ita sights , amusements , &e . A translation ot this poem appeared , together with the author ' s ori ^ i" ^ in an articlo " On the Poetry of the Chinese , " p ublished in tho " Transactions of tlio Royal Asiatic fc »« ulL' | y # The general style of tho poem , as rendered into Kuglw ") does not Hound very metrical . AkISTOOUATICAI , ManNIOKH AT THIS CUYSTAI .. VAhAGW .
—Tho following notification has been put forth by M- - Owon Jones , of tho Crystal Palace ;) — " Ha" « ' tll ° AbencerragOH . —The cushions and divans in thin '"* liaving been much injured by norsoiiH carelessly rc < lll ''\ ° upon them , nnd for ormm jucahonh , the directors ol " >« Crystal Palace Company lmve requested Mr . U vron Jon « H to rcmovo them . Mr . Owen . lonos , feeling t »<«> tho general effect of tho hall would bis very much i » - jurod ' wore this deciiiion of the directors oari-wil <»» £ appenla to tho public , and eamoatly hopon that . «>< ' « attontion and decorum on tlioir pnrt will ronder a u - neciiwnry . —Crystal Palace , Juno 2 : 1 , 1 85 f > . " V « » " " domUind that tho more urlntoor « tiettl visitors nio i persons by whom these extraordinary UtouoUob w orum Uavo boon committed
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Leader (1850-1860), June 30, 1855, page 626, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2097/page/14/
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