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LONDO.Y, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18.

Anour the Ttireo-ltussian war one thing is
certain—that the campaign has opened with the
achievement of successes by the Osmanli which have
alarmed and stulvtied their foes, and inspired a
large proportion of their friends with delighted sur-
prise. Some of the details may warrantably be
received with a degree of scepticism; for, in addition
to the obscurity resulting from the oracular brevity of
electric telegraphs, the telegraphmongers at Vienna
are so shockingly addicted to falsehood that one
hesitates to be! cc even when they tell what may be
conceived to go eg.iinst the grain with them. A
suspicion will intrude that some stock jobbing motive
may fur a time leave counterbalanced their inclina-
tion to falsify news in favour of Russia. But the
Russian attempts to extenuate and apologise for their
detente here claim consideration. They confirm
the otherwise dubious testimony of the Vienna
telegraph ; for, had the Russians not been beaten
beyond all doubt, they would not give themselves the
trouble to invent excuses. The stories circulated by
the Russian partisans about Prince GORTSCIIAKOFF
having been taken by surprise, or the Glut having
ordered that the Turks should be allowed to gain
some unimportant victories at first in order to in-
spire them with presumptuous carelessness, or a
Polish outpost having treacherously failed in their
duty, are all virtual confessions that the Muscovites
have been beaten, and soundly too. And the last
legend is, moreover, an awkward admission of the
fears that haunt the Russians u to what effect a
racoessful proleeution of the war by the Turks may
have in Poland.

Unfortunately, in proportion as the Turks display
more clearly the energy and skill which lay hid be-
neath their former patient and pacific demeanour the
English and French Governments appear to grow
more languid. Their fleets, indeed, have passed the
Dardanelles ; on the 3rd of November a detachment
of the French fleet was anchored off St. Stephan,
and two English and one French frigates were ascend-
ing the Bosphorus, each in tow of two war steamers,
But on the 6th the Ambassadors of France and Eng-
land received, it is now said, a new draft of a note,
with instructions to advise the Porto to adopt it.
The Turkish Government, it is alleged, evinced an
uncontrollable aversion to having this new wet
blanket thrown over it ; which is credible enough,
seeing that on the 31st of October the SULTAN had
announced that hostilities had actually commenced,
and that he was resolved to prosecute them
vigorously. The inopportune arrival of this
most mischievous note might in part be
excused by the plea that when it was de-
spatched from London and Paris, the brilliant
opening of the campaign by the Turks could not be
foreseen in those capitals : but this is no apology for
the iodeeision and apathy which seem to be in-
creasing instead of diminishing, in the French and
English cabinets, since the news of the actual com-
mencement of hostilities and the successes of the
Turks have been received. So long as doubts pre-
vailed respecting the ability of Turkey to cope with
Russia in the field, the French and English cabinets
deported themselves as if they were not disinclined
to leave affairs to take their course ; now that the
SULTAN seems to be in a fair way to overcome his
adversary, they incline apparently to tie his hands
by a renewal of negotiations. The only way to
compel Russia to keep the peace for the future is to
make Russia foal that it cannot break the peace with
impunity. To render this lesson duly impressive, it
is necessary that England and France co-operate
heartily with Turkey, as they are pledged to do.

The " clique" who opposed the interference of
Frazee and England in aid of Turkey,—though they
admitted that the maintenance of the Ottoman
Empire in its independence and integrity would be
a material gain for the repose and liberties of Europe,
—opposed that interference on the plea that the
Ottoman Empire could no longer be upheld, or that
it was rotten and crumbling down beneath its own
weight. The " clique" must now abandon that
argument. Turkey has shown that it is still abun-
dantly supplied with vitality, and able to assert its
place among the nations ; and that sectionsltpublicists
who have been consciously or unconsciously abet-
ting the ambition of Russia, by trying to
persuade men that Turkey was about to be swal-
lowed up by Russia in virtue of a necessary law
of nature, must new coshes that they have been
mistaken, and should exhort all to aid in the defence of
that bulwark which they professed to abandon only
because it was no longer maintainable. On this point
we have sever been deceived, and have no partial
recantation to make. Months ago we proved from
trade returns that the large and growing oosuneres
of Turkey demonstrated the existence is that enatry
of a 'wearily of property which gave encouragement'
to industry and enterprise, and of a generally dif-
fused intelligence and forecast among the inhabi-
tants, which enabled them to profit by such a state
of affairs. Such, we argued, was not the condition.
each wen not the virtues, of an enervated end
decaying empire. On these grounds we maintained
that a healthy and vigorous spirit peswiei
the Ottoman Empies in despite of all its adedded
weaknemss and barbarians. We compared it is
these respects with its antagonist, and showed how
infinitely greater were the symptoms of life and
♦igour given by Turkey than those given by Russia.
To us, therefore, it is not surprising to see Russia re-
coil at the very first from the collision it has provoked.
The progress of hostilities adds daily fresh cor-
roborations of the opinions we have maintained. We
see on the Danube OMER PACHA planning kis cam-
paign in a spirit at once comprehensive, daring, and
cautions. We see him admirably and intelligently
supported by ISMAIL PACHA on his left, and TI:sIM
PACHA on his right, and by troops alike daring and
manageable. In Asia we see &LIM PACHA and
ABDI PACHA displaying similar qualities, acting
harmoniously in concert, and seconded by the zeal
of their troops. And turning to the head and
centre of the Ration, we see the directors of affairs at
Constantinople watching every movement, promptly
despatching reinforcements wherever they are re-
quired, and evincing a rare skill in organisation,
animated by sleepless activity. In short, we find
the inference we drew from the increasing oommer-

cial enterprise and material wealth of Turkey seri_
fied—that diffused throughout society, and thence
rising into the Councils of State, there exist the quali-
ties required to make and maintain a powerful
nation.

It is clear, therefore, that, viewed only u an in
tegral pert of the European system of states—as a
bulwark against the avowed lust of domination and
acqulaitioa that inspires the councils of Russia—
Turkey is worth an effort and expenditure to accele-
rate and complete its victory over the Muscovites.
Ent this is to take only a partial and incomplete