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which the Turks hate sustained, expressly
notices the applications made to our Grovern-
anent for assistance, and the consequences
which have followed their neglect or re=
&sail :
By this defeat, this battle of Kurukdere, Turkey has
lost much, but I declare that England has lost more. Aud
on whom lies the blame? A great deal, certainly, on the
Turkish soldiers ; but I declare solemnly still more on
England. The English authorities in London and Con-
stantinople were well aware of the doubtful condition of
this army, and had been only lately warned by the defeat
of the Batonru corps. The English consular bodies in this
part y Asia have never ceased impressing upon their responsi-
ble head the necessity of the presence here of an English
or French division, however small the number. Three
thousand would have sufficed, for it was needed only to en-
courage the Turks by their example. For the eight months
that I have watched and followed this unhappy army as
your correspondent I have not once ceased to write for the
presence of European, and especially English, troops, and
the constant repetition of this sentiment at last becomes
wearisome. In my latter letters I mentioned that if a
few thousand men could not be spared, at least a capable
European general, with full powers, should be appointed
to the command of the army of Anatolia. It was not alone
the interest of England's ally that I regarded, but still
more the interest of England herself—for I had Persia
and the nist in view. In brief, a little energy on the part
of the allies would have saved the defeats of Rayaxid and
Kurukdere. A few thousand men would have been more
useful than in Gallipoli or Scutari. As a measure of mili-
tary economy the allies have made a sad mistake ; for,
whilst before a few thousand soldiers would have turned
the above defeats into victories, a whole corps d'armee will
now be required in Asia, and a regular campaign be under-
taken. In Kars we are perfectly helpless, nut knowing
what dangers threaten ue.—Morning Chronicle Correspon-
dent.
Can it be doubted that a body of our troop.
would have been better employed in active
operations in Asia than in remaining idle in
pestilential Varna? They would have been
acquiring. experience and confidence while
driving the enemy before them, and, if re.
quired subsequently to aid in an attack on
the Crimea, could have easily been transported
thither to join the expeditionary force. As It
is, the Russians are masters of Armenia, and
in the whole of Asia Minor no force exists
capable of opposing their progress.
In the diplomatic game which has been
proceeding at Vienna, almost uninterrupt-
edly, since the Congress first 41ifiembled,
our Government is compelled to acknow-
ledge a humiliating defeat. The dream of
Austrian co-operation is at an end. Russia
declines to negotiate on the bases of peace
proposed, but the Court of Vienna does not
consider her refusal a casus belli. That Power.
it is admitted, " has already obtained several
" of the objects for which it had prepared to
gp to war." Undoubtedly so : it has estab-
lished its protectorate over the principalities,
and has had the navigation of the Danube, a
most important point for Austria, cleared from
obstruction by the good offices of the allies.
Why, then, should it plunge into hostilities
with Russia, with whom it has so many sym-
pathies in common? Hitherto the only result
of our armaments and negotiations—we state
an indisputable fact—has been the aggrandise-
• ment of Austria.

THE DAY OF PRAYER AND
HUMILIATION IN INDIA.
WE are accustomed to see occasionally some
very absurd commentaries on Indian matters
in the pages of our contemporaries, arising
out of their want of knowledge of the real
state of affairs in India; but we have seldom
seen any thing more absurd than the