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TUESDAI

VOVEMBER 22, 1853

SEcßET.diplomacy in political circles is held. to

be an usurpation of a public right, which gives to a
single Minister, or a few men forming a Cabinet,
the
.power of entailing endless misery and losses
on a country. In this opinion we not only concur
to the fullest extent, but we contend, also, that
where any point involving any one national interest
is to be discussed, the niiblic should be admitted
to iti'discussion, and,where an opinion is to be
expressed, the national voice should proclaim it.

Suppose the AUTOCRAT had been dealing since
July last with the British people, instead of the
English Ministry, is it likely that the Danube and
Pruth would be the rivers of blood they are at this

moment?

Suppose Perth and Glasgow had protested
openly and manfully against the foul designs of the
CZAR. Had Manchester warned NICHOLAS of the re-
prisals Englishmen would enforce if the peace of the
world were disturbed ; and, lastly, suppose the
good people of Cork had declared their willingness
to take the field, if only for the sake of a small
taste of fighting, is it probable the MUSCOVITE
would have dared to play the part he has?
If England had ordered the Russian troops out
of the Principalities within a given time, as OMAR
PASHA did previous to the commencement of hos-
tilities, is it likely that the thousand Turks, who
are said to have been slain in one battle, would
have been sacrificed to a bloodthirsty monster ?
There is a fearful amount of cool indifference
abroad on the subject of shedding the blood of un-
offending men in order to gratify the whim of one
wretched monster. One filthy despot who, in dis-
regard of all human and Divine law, is suffered to
dip his hand in the blood .Of his fellow-creatures,

and then to hold it up in triumph in the face of
GOD and man! It is fashionable to applaud heroes
in such tragedies? Secret diplomacy must have
been the great moral agent in CAIN'S days, and we
should not be surprised to see the lovers of mili-
tary butchery proposing a monument to the
memory of their household god. This would be
an appropriate prelude to the volumes of pro-
found adoration which are yet in store for NICHOLAS
and the leaders who are engage]. in fulfilling

his sanguinary orders

The war on the Danube will no sooner be ended
than the murderer of the Turks will be invited to
the Courts of Europe. Peradventure, he may take
St. James's in his way. He will be the lion—the
first man—the greatsoldier—EMPEßOß of all the
Russus ! Idol of vulgarity ! The god of sinfulness !
The youth and virtue of England will cheer the
Prince of blood as he passes along our streets in
his war chariot. The aged weakness and wickedness
of our race will draw fresh life and vigour from the
sight of the illustrious man-killer ! The heavens will
vibrate with their shouts of rejoicing ! To church
to-day. To-morrow we go to see the great man.
All these phases of society, as it is, date from a
governing principle. The argument is, "if it was
not for these great men, these destroyers of
mankind, there would not be a man left
alive. Statesmen, churchmen, and philosophers
are all of the same opinion. There is not another
subject connected with hitman affairs, in which so
many Doctors of Divinity and Law, will tell one

with an air of excruciating gravity, that a life take n
in a field of battle is quite a different thing to
throat-cutting by the way-side.
The Doctor of Laws, says—the law—" Thou
shalt do no murder" does not apply to a butcher
in a cocked hat. " Precisely so," says the Divine,
" or we should never have had a Duke of Welling-
ton." This style of reasoning is no less awful than
amusing, and the low and compromising order of
morality to which it belongs, is the stronghold of
that secret diplomacy which has led to the pre-
sent war in the East A bold and independent
Minister can have nothing to fear from letting his
acts and thoughts be known on a subject of univer-
sal interest. The stability of our political system is
attributed to the fact, that every Englishman has a
stake in the country; and in a case where that stake
is endangered, has not every man a right to know
the steps which are taken to guard the national in-

The fact of a deputation of merchants having
waited on Lord CLARENDON, for the purpose of
ascertaining what position their property would be
in, in trading with Russia, under existing circum-
stances is a case in point. They had large sums
employed in the Russian trade, and owing to the

" silent system" of Downing-street, they were com-
pelled to go and demand in person, some informa
tion from the Foreign Secretary.
The meeting with Lord CLARENDON was thus for-
mally recorded :

An interview took place on Tuesday, between Lord Cla-
rendon and certain eminent English merchants engaged in
the Russian trade, whose object was to gain from his lord-
ship the expression of some decided opinion as to the danger
of this trade being interrupted by possible political changes.
It was represented to his lordship that English merchants
are in the habit, at this period of the year, of making heavy
contracts in St. Petersburg for Russian produce, such as
hemp, tallow, &c., deliverable next season, and upon which
goods very heavy advances, amounting sometimes to the
entire contract, are made to the Russian dealers. The reply
of Lord Clarendon was to the effect that, whilst her
Majesty's government are using their utmost exertions to
avert war, caution in relation to these transactions is never-
theless advisable : and, in fact, a hint was given that it
would be as well for the Russian merchants to avoid risking
their money under present circumstances. This interview
formed a topic of current conversation in commercial circles
during the day."

The amount advanced by English merchants on
Russian produce cannot be less than X 5,000,000
annually. This sum, although trifling in a na-
tional point of view, is a serious affair for the indi-
viduals who employ their money in the way stated
by the deputation. And here we ask, what might
the Government have to withhold from those mer-
chants the information which is so essential
to the safety of their capital ? Are the merchants
of England unworthy of confidence where their
own interests are concerned ? Are the people of
England traitors to their country, and their own
stake in its welfare ? Is there, after all, no stability
in our political system beyond that which is derived
from secrecy in the administration of our national
affairs ? Are the mouths of my Lords ABERDEEN
and CLARENDON the only channels through which
England is to applaud and encourage an ally, or
scout and denounce the enemies of mankind ?
Why, such a thought may amuse a doting old peer
Of the eighteenth century, but it must not be

tolerated by the present age. The CzAn's usurpa-
tion of the Principalities is less aggresive than this
attempt at the usurpation of the rights of the sub-
ject. England is not a 'nation of traitors who
would betray the rights and interests of their own
or any other country to a merciless despot And
when she has heavy commercial interests pending,
it is a little too much to require our merchants to
parade themselves in Downing-street before they
are able to get " a hint" even of the position in
which their capital may be placed.

We have already shown on several occasions the
heavy. losses this country has sustained by the de-
preciation in the value of our public securities ;'
the advance in the prices of the necessaries of
life, and the suspension of employment caused by
the apprehension of war, the existence of which
our secret diplomatists are still unwilling to admit:
Deputations having failed with Lord CLARENDON,
on Saturday we find that Lord PALMERSTON was
tried by Lord DUDLEY STUART and several gentle-
men, who waited upon the Home Secretary for
the purpose of presenting an address to the QUEEN,
which had been agreed to at the recent meeting at
the London Tavern, protesting against Russian
encroachments on Turkey. This document not
only speaks most emphatically on the subject of
foreign affairs, but it openly expresses a want of
confidence in her MAJESTY'S Government, as at
present constituted, with reference to our- foreign
policy. In reply to this deputation, Lord PALMER-
STON stated that it was the determination of the
Government, at all hazards, to present the ititeg-

rity of the Ottoman Empire. This is all very well
as far as it goes, but how do they propose to do
what they say ? This is the question the country
requires should be distinctly answered.
We have had a volume of similar assurances
within the last six mouths, and yet the Turks are
left to cope with an enemy which the Government
admits is capable of swallowing up the empire
which they say England is bound to protect and
uphold. What order of diplomacy is this? To
what school of administration does it belong ?
The future may explain an anomaly which baffles
the sagacity of the present

THE pretended miracle of " La Salette," like its
counter-part, the " Holy Coat of Treves," we
thought had long ago been exploded. We have,
however, been very much mistaken. It appears
that in some quarters the story is received with the
greatest credulity; and it has arrived at such im-
portance that the other evening the inhabitants of
Liverpool were enlightened with a lecture on the
subject by Mr. SPENCER NORTHCOTE.
Really, we have no patience with such rampant
superstition. We are by no means hostile to any
system of religious belief; but we cannot be silent
whilst such ridiculous legends are gravely spoken
of as true by men old enough to have better sense.
It is positively absurd at a time when every long-
cherished belief is being brought to the test of
reason—when the contest between Philosophy and
Dogma wages hotter and stronger than ever, to
have such "ghost-stories" thrust down our throats
as undeniable verities. 'Twill never do. Our pro-
gress, at all events, slow though it be, is forward—
not backward; and Supernaturalism must take up
its abode in that deep abyss—

" Where entity and quidity,
The ghosts of defunct follies lie."

If once we allow Superstition to take the place of
Reason, there is no telling what absurdities we may
receive—manifest evidences of which we may
observe in those countries where the reasoning
faculties of the people meet with little or no cultiva-
tion. The shoeless Neapolitan most applaudingly
views the liquified blood of the good Saint Janua-
rius—the Paduan becomes awed in presence of the
snuffy divine who exhibits tlfE tongue of St. Antony,
with which he once preached to the fishes—the
poor lazzarone kisses the bronze toe of St. Peter
and crosses himself in presence of the black stone
in Santa Sabina which a nameless individual once
flung at St. Dominic—others fall in wrapt adora-
tion before " winking Madonnas," and devoutly
and reverently visit those places wherein are en-
shrined the cradle of Bethlehem—pieces of the
true cross—the feathers from St. Michael's wings—
and the Lord knows what beside ! Now we conceive
that the bare mention of such gross delusions and
" got-up" impositions must excite not only the
laughter but the indignation of all reasonable men
of every creed; and our only wonder is that, in
enlightened England, any one could be found pre
sumptuous or foolish enough to undertake the
defence of such extravagant folly. Doubtless, in
the " spirit" line other countries are more highly
favoured than our own; and were it not for the occa-
sional spiritual manifestations with which we are
occasionally visited, we might well be jealous of
the privilege thus unduly conferred. Of course, we
have had a " Ghost" in Chelsea the other day; but
we English being so very incredulous paid it no
further attention than to abuse it right heartily.
Had it appeared any where else it would be univer-
sally hailed as a supernatural event ; and there is
not a doubt but that the same would become a
standing and authentic miracle by this time. One
question, however, puzzles us sorely, and it is this.
How comes it to pass that those countries so
famed for their miraculous manifestations are inva-
riably remarkable for the absence of all trade and
commerce ; and that their inhabitants are of the
lowest condition of intellect, steeped in poverty,
misery, and degradation—whilst such a country as
our own, where our public monuments never wink
an eye, move a limb, or deign to take a midnight
walk abroad ; and the pictures at the National
Gallery remain quietly suspended from the walls—
never condescending to recognise the multitudes
who almost daily throng to view them—is growing
in commercial prosperity and greatness, and has
become signalised above all other nations? Now,
which is the greater miracle ?

The circumstance attending the alleged miracle
are as follows : On the 19th September, 1852, at La
Salette, an apparation of "a beautiful lady, clothed
in white, wearing a chaplet of pearls and gar-
land of roses" appeared to a boy and girl of the
respective ages of 11 and 15 years, whilst employed
in minding cattle on a neighbouring mountain.
The apparition complained with bitterness and tears
of the gross immorality of the villagers, in neglecting
to keep holidays and the /emits ofthe Church—speak-
ing first in pure French ; but to suit the illiterate
capacities addressed, subsequently adopting the
patois of the district. We, in our ignorance, are at
a loss to conceive why the apparition did not em-
ploy the latter mode at first ! but we say this by•
way ofparenthesis. However, 'as the story goes,
it then commissioned those children to make
known all that was said to them : but subsequently
took them apart, and uttered some secret into the
ear of each, at the same time giving them strict in-
junctions, that such should not be divulged. The
Ghost then took to its heels, leaving the poor
terrified urchins to gaze at vacancy! Immediately
an intermittent spring in the neighbourhood,
known to be occasionally dried up, poured forth
spontaneously ; and has never since become ex
hausted ! Of course there is no end to the num-
ber of miraculous cures wrought by the water of
this fountain; and there can be little doubt that it
has yielded, and does still yield, an ample return
to the owner of the property in which it is situated
Whoever got up the apparition evidently had an eye
to business. Pious frauds, even within our own
remembrance have proved highly successful modes
for renewing empty exchequers and getting grist
together. And all acquainted with history need not
be told how productive such schemes have been,
when once sanctioned by ecclesiastical authority.

- We cannot conceive how such hobgoblin stories
can publicly be advocated in the broad daylight
of the Nineteenth century, and of all other places
in the world, in England ! Our country and our
people have long since outgrown such follies—
they.have no chance whatever of passing current
with us—so the best thing that can be done with
them is to confine them exclusively to their native
soil, where, no doubt they will meet ready accept•
mice, and yield a more substantial and profitable
return ! We, as a people, have obtained a character
for common sense, and we have no disposition
whatever to exchange the same for a " cap and
bells r If ever we should feel disposed to indulge
our imagination in the supernatural, we have
plenty of sources to turn to without having re-
course to-the hotchpotch tale of the " La Salette "
apparition. There is not an old woman we meet
who cannot afford us some gratification in that
way, and tell an infinitely far better story of some
weird sprite ! But if this source should not be
available we can always find an excellent substi-
tute in " The Fairy Tales!"

A cabinet council will be held at the foreign office to-day,
at two o'clock.