The Press.
London, England, 1854-10-07 00:00:00

PRESS.

Good people, take heed
Of the journals you read !
For some rogues are agreed, in a " scurrilous ' league,
To rob of their glory—
Their birthright in story—
The statesmen who fought when they failed in intrigue.

They'll tell you we stayed,
Seeking Austria's aid,
With excuses still made new objections to raise ;
But a traitor alone
Is the man who won't own
That the deeds of the troops are the Cabinet s praise

If the Alma is crossed,
And to Russia it cost
"Eighteen thousand men lost "—Who has done it but we ?
For who can charge fault to
The men who chose " Malta "
To send the troops all to—show-soldiers to be

So mind 'tis flat treason
To ask us the reason
We kept so long fearing the standard to raise.
lie's a Muscovite spy
That will dare to deny
That each victory won is tho Cabinet's praise.

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11. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe be instructed to obtain secret
audience of the Turkish Minister, and to impress upon him the dis-
tinct views of England, that the Crimea should instantly revert to the
Porte, from which it was acquired by Russia, seventy-two years ago—
about the time I was born.
12. The Sultan's Government is to be cautioned by Lord Stratford
de Redcliffe that France has views upon Sebastopol, which it is not
the interest of England to oppose, avowedly, but which she can by no
means sanction.

13. Not officially, of course, the Sultan's Government must be re-
minded that sudden action is the only course which can avail the Porte
in the emergency about to arise.
14. Now, the course of Turkey is a matter of comparative insigni-
ficance. It will, if the subject have been properly submitted to and
urged upon the Porte, be violent and offensive, :Iput, whether successful
or not is immaterial. France will be insulted, and will insist upon re-
paration, refusing, of course, to withdraw from the Crimea, unless it
were to occupy Constantinople.
15. The third party, England, will naturally be appealed to be-
tween the two other allies. _ _

IR. It will be my—our—duty to suggest that, whatever may be the
question between 1 ranee and Turkey, Russia ought not to be further
damnified thereby, and that France should imitate the example of
England, in withdrawing.
17. France will naturally refuse this, and will menace the Otto
man capital.
It 3. England—l mean the nation—will never assent to see Con•
stantinoplo in the hands of France.
19. At this moment, and in accordance with a signal from myself,
the Emperor of Russia will conic forward and frankly concede every-
thing originally demanded by the allies. He will do this in a manner
acceptable to Europe, and especially to England, which never likes to
see a powerful and valiant enemy humiliated. The Emperor will only
ask in return that all the Powers may be on an equal footing, and that
France may not assume a position in Turkey denied to himself and
refused by England.
20. The fleet from the lonian Islands will now enter Turkish
waters, but without any intimation of its object.
21. France, comprehending the significance of this demonstra.
llon, and feeling her pride stung, will instantly occupy Constantinople.
It will be for our admiral to take care that he is not sufficiently near
to be charged with connivance.
22. The voice of the nation will demand that she be dislodged ;
but our fleet will remain stationary. Russia will then offer her
services to the Porte, with whom a separate peace will easily be made
by her. Austria will not oppose the entrance of another army into
the Principalities. The Porte will be advised by England to accept
the offer.
23. The situation thus becomes complicated ; but France will seek
to disentangle it by a peremptory demand of support from England.
I do not see how this demand can be complied with.
24. Russia we thus see engaged in supporting the independence
she was charged with destroying. England, furious at being out of
the fray in which she has gathered laurels, calls for action at any price.
I trust there will be no war with France ; but an honest statesman must
obey the call of his country.
25. These suggestions, with modifications, appear to me to ap-
proach the solution of tho problem adverted to in consideration No. 6.
A.

THE NEW TREASON.
NOT NAMED IN 25 EDWARD III.)
" Endeavouring at a moment like this to disparage the efforts of the Government to carry on
the war vigorously," &c.—Second-hand"Organ" of Ministers.