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~1~ ~c ?C- xxa 77 • '‘g bit Itti6,s No. 32.—VoL. I. LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1853. This indeed seellied a settlement of the EttSterlt (Oct.:thin. - A new lloly Allilnue— antl against Russia! lite fun& ',se consiat.r ably on the strength of a treaty hetWeett the font' gliettt PiiWel's ; I'ol' a treaty alone, or an equivalent document, oath! secure *' positive and definite engagement. " for such vast and solemn purpose's. IVe will not be SO 4LiSCOUrtelittS to the Tii/les its it Wits to titlrSelVeS, and say that its state ment is •• not trite." We Will only venture to remark that its elteerin n . , representations are entirely imaginative. 'lite four great Powers have not entered into positive 111141 definite engagements to maintain the existing territo rial arrangements of Ettrepe, and to secure peatee, if neves:4aq. by force : nor have they the slightest intention of so d o i n g. The", is not one of them which, at this Moment, would Mit shrink 11'0111 Slll.ll a step. IVltitt has oe curred lots 1/14'11 merely the revival of that Conference of ‘'lental already 54) distinguished, and nothing more; and there is every proba bility that its supplementary labours will be about, as SW4'l'l4lll 4 1, it s ei rigiliat e tr o rt s . The readiness of Ansi ria to embrace the Rri tied' and French preposie s for "more talk " arises, not from a wish to control ltassia, but to serve her. lit our number of the •!ittlt there will be fe)1111(1 all llllllMltteentellt that Austria, at the unavowed instigation of ltus sia, was desirotts of making with England a joint proposition for tin armistice between the Russian and Turkish forces daring the winter months. The Conference may bring this about., though we think it very unlikely. It may thus gain time tOt• Russia, which site does not require to bring lii her reserve, 4)r arrange her livanees, its the 11'ise/10'4'S sity, but to 111,SiSt that deCllllllllll46Oll 111 united feeling on which the Emperor of Itrssu t counts. IMes he count. iu V0i11? Let its endeavour to ascertain the truth, because, atter all, what we want is to egaitprelienel as clearly as possi ble 11111' Attila 11111. " I'll,ll iVe 111111 definite ell- Very line things ill leading articles, but if they tale,' no other tOrtit they will hardly sceptre the I l leare 1', 11 1%1111e. The I'OIIOIIMS het I%ol'll tlll' 1:11111101111 111 Itt s!-IA 111111 the Emperor of 1110 ['M.'S* 11 lire ill this .2,1*0:11 cote lrsy : lietWeell liva.ia and the English Ministry they are lit this 11111111e111 l'ehttlllllS of some bitterness. The Emperor of lit s.ll illreets to recognise in the Emperor of the Fitt. cii a manly ain't straiglittOrward otip , tient : Ile persists 111 111*- 11e1ing that ill the English Nlinister be finds an opponent. 11 ho at first eneipuragell, or at least satictione4l, the designs whirl' he now. however fecbly and itiot deems he is ohliuyel to rounteract. The Emperor of the Fiii:N4 was sincere in 141-; resolve In foam( lii.. policy and c his dynasty oil the English the 411.14.1iiii.1 iii tritoic hall to l 11.1.1. .1 of En., 2 , 1 ; e 1 01 that he 1111, '_' o ,llll2 Io 1111.1111 e 1111'11' , 11111.1", %VIII' it to lia rily or pa l 1.1 , 1' In elllllll' to 111111 he has 111t111•1111 111111•1'141 to hi, 11011'111111111 11/11 ; hilt there 1 , 11 period 11h , 11 I'l'oll the lutist I.llll , iller 111•11' 1111 , 11i1111 The liiiskind man %till not toil %mks- lie reap as well as labour. The Emporia. of tle Flit.Ni II h its liiitile, its We ilitiltiated 01 olu 1.4 , 1 tottiiher, 1111 important la...position to the English thiverti unlit, which, if : oloptcd. lie believes seettre lieace and establish his dynasty. 111,4 English Goternment has not acceded to this propw , ition. Like other Fieneh statestnen, NAPuLkON, though he acknovledges that it is Fi4,t ttss. LONDON, I)EcEMBER 10, 1%.+53. WE stated in our last number that Itussia had Colalallakated to the Governments of England and F►anee that she could listen to no further negotiations, and that war must be the arbiter of the questions between herself and the Porte. On the following Monday this statement received a contradiction fron► the influential organ of our Foreign-oflice ; so tin•, at least, as England is concerned. The in formation reached us as we were going to press, front authority, that such a eommuniett tiou had been received by the French Govern ment, and we had reason to believe that a similar one would be made to Our own. It is, of course, probable that the literal and technical lanyw►rye of the contradiction may be justified it. is even:possible, though very improbable, that rio • -oomulludestion iu the spirit we an nounced may have then been made to our Government. There are peculiar circum stances in the mode by which the relations be tween the Courts of St. Petersburg and St. James at this moment are maintained which might delay such a communication ; but the delay can only be brief. It will be made ; if, indeed, it have not already been received. The article, however, which, as it were, cursorily conveyed tl►is contradiction, con tained other matter of the highest import ance. Let us enileav(atr to appreciate its value. The Government. of I,ord Ain:am:EN is for. tututte in finding an interpreter of its poliey in the ablest and most powerful of European journals If we continent upon the represen tations of the Tittles, it is 1114 herittle we pool; upon its articles on foreign ittlitirs in somewhat of the light of state l wers. lit the article whiell equivoeally e 4 int nutlet 01 our statement, of the substantial truth of which Ihere 41111 be no (II oUlit, it was HIM 1111 l lieCil. with great authority, " that positive and ,14.11- " rite ungligisnients had been agreed to by the • four mediating rowers, pledging, them to " maintain the existing territorial arraiwe " 'mitts of Europe, awl In Teti 11 1 1111(1A Irish " preliminaries 44 peace ill the East. - The pribpositions for these arrangements, we were also informed, had originated with the British and French Governments. and not. as err. 4- 11e4111Sly St ated. with the Cl4llll of Vienna. NeVertheh'SS, they hall been readily unre servedly adopted by both the G e rman Cowls. NVe Were at the same lime apprised that the fi airCom'et's had IrEtivetlit'd alt I Illee to to the Porte 11w grounds oil which they Wel 4' Prepared to Feeolllllllellll alit nil:Ill:4 Milli of these dilliwenees, and, if nueessaiy, to cut; wee it. There seemed, Low ever, no fear of this harsh alternative being had reeourse to. IV, it 1 1551u • ed Us that the acceptance of the ar rangentoit by the Port..‘ " eoultl hardly be doubted." PRICE SIXPENCE. the interest of Europe to resist Russian supre macy in the Levant, holds that the possession of Constantinople by the Russians is mainly, if not entirely, all English question. If ho think this in the winter, what may he not think in the spring? At all events, satire have been MI well managed bv " all the talents " that the Emperor of the 'FRENCH has no wish to enter into " positive and definite " engagements to secure the present. terri• '• tona l amingements of Europe." On that head our readers may rely : lend without wish ing too Inhch to mortify the innocent aspira tions of lied Republicans, Italian earl ri, Polish refugees, and Hungarian rebels, we would give them a friendly hint not to be too certain that an European war will Ilecessuaily restore their fortunes. Entire sympathy sub sists between the Emperors of litlesix and of FRANcE, as to the to in which these gentry are to be treated. We are far from saying that the revived Conference of Vienna may not, by a singular process, restore and secure peace. With the fleets of Franee and England in the Black Sea, the astonished Sultan of Tuaitair is already surprised that one of his ships is cap tured with impunity by a Russian vessel. The spring will bring him further wonders. Lord AnEnuEys can hardly be expected to go to war for Turkey, if 11w French abet be theft found at Toulon, and the French army any - - where or everywhere, except ill ancient Thrace. Lord ABERDEEN will do that in Mt, with regard to Turkey, which he did in UM tie will betray the honour and the interests of our country. It is the law uf his nature and the destiny of his life. TH ENCROACH NIEN TS of HUMANISM WE l►uld that there is tot absolute and eternal Tnah, of which the IJuly Scripture► arc a re vealed evidenee ; awl we believe us firmly that the Protestatit, and not the Romanist. has rightly eonstrited their message 11f salvation. But, while we Hh,u•e these comit.ti 111 l with ew • Protestant friends, we di,taiginhb, be tween their e.p,p . ile in ditEcrent spheres of lietion. IV.. have it right to hold and prop,. - gate thee► l.)• fair ►weans, as an antidote to ern of ; may associate to expostulate, to 4 . 4 Plante, 4 , 1 . proselytise, lint we may no longer mike our leWl4 n test of riti/ull4llllO, or I hi, refliSiii to arcept them it ground of exclusion At the f 411111 4. tiuo there i• \ Ist within the limits of the I'l it'll adequate remettrees fur ti o •ir Ileet-4sHIT: awl it appears th:it we may soon be called upon, in concert Itilll our to apply these for 41111* 41444 . 11( 4 ' It Romanist encrosieli ....... That tvliieli ronteinidatc is not a thought CA4 . 1 1 1•1 th(mgli ye ii•rday, ittol every day. is adding to its iniprussiveness. IVe see 114)1111' apprimelling here by subtle arts to the positiaiii IE4IIII Whiell She threatens 11114 terri ties ekea here She is ti,u sage and /nipple. for she is as yet too we to startle us with her eom 11l i l iations, as in Baden or Tuscany. But she has Ilnt weeded from her pretensions one iota ; she lets not recanted or relented, or con• eluded herself by any compact or qualifying prolessiim ; anti, at the sitine time that she claims by the mouth of her English ('srelival to be 1 . ono suit immutable," the welcomes his