The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-18 00:00:00

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various corps; the want of sinews of war, or the 131281:060
crippling these ; the inherent -weakness of the atbilite
goverment, and the insubordinate relations of Tsar, doe
and serfdom, have all been alternately held forth 7 news
backs upon ts nominal strength. But many of theZe Wei
as its wide dissemination, might, in another sense,
~'-',.a couli,
upon as Russia's strength. For example, if Itlb''it cola
not afford to have a separate army On the Caucasuswort
not afford to go to war with Turkey ; as if it could r.i ti.,,rso
an array in Poland, it could also not afford to bearelveigl!
and Great Britain. As to the want of sinews/ tuusoo,
increasing value of the Ural and Siberian mines 11,sanees of
gone on for some time past diminishing any e,!..n or
accident on that score ; add to which, the
missariate is notoriously the cheapest (proportionallY in 0
world—so, also with the political weakness inherent
recigll
autocracy. The emperor himself entertains a
.Pcooels
opposite opinion, and rates the divided and dilator)
of a representative system at a very low figure. .„A 93 ii
"The military power of Russia is almost as untrib";l. je,
its naval. In the last war with Turkey, the notorien.ot
ficient and struggling. fortifications of Varna were w.; ot,
to hold the Russians in check for months. Then atld
artificial defences of the Balkan, at every point, Iclie.,„,i 0
Servia, Bulgaria, or at Shumla, are not to be soen"r,
When' we read, then, that the advance of Russia to CoTe, of
Russia,
ill 0
tinopli will be little. better than a military prOMenatto r
may b permitted to doubt it. There is the Danube
~ it,
which I cannot be,dene without some loss to the U4l'l, 14
regulafs encamped on its banks. The Balkan ina'tlet,
turned, but not without a struggle. This is supposinglid'
no opposition presents itself from the west, and that Al
t ° or
gained; over by the bribe of,Crostia, Bosnia, and lite pa'
vina. But the advance of the Russian army would cif to
ther impeded by the other fleet, holding the coast. 104 ------..
Russiains ventured to engage the fleet, all the chaneetoll t' "BL4
are in favour of the allies. The capture of Constan:o ea! 'Ski
might `.lso be for a long time thwarted by such a sued,, Ile
the part of the fleet. But still the grand results "Oner
timately (without unforeseen elements coming int° "le to
than, acid complications arising, which it might be 111°,,,,i,
dious than difficult to discuss here) be in favour of the cyty
sal C ristian power that would hold Adrianople °'lo
one sil.l e, and advance through Asia Minor on the °els
The vry guns of the Bosphorus and of the Dardoo iql
might, if no land force was brought into co-operaie fatie toil
be made to revenge any probable disaster on the '' , 4t,: ft
PI I°4
Sea. fr . itkkkl-r
" The war now entered upon is a war of religion ; j 424th
last and final crusade of Christianity ag.ainst ban' tht-'44,
Islamism. The proclamation .of the Russian comnr-5./ ge,ph
m, 3th
in-chief, which concludes with the following lc ti,,r e4,i4,011,
' Russia is called upon to annihilate Paganism, and
,4,- I?, 'of
who would oppose her in that sacred mission shall be i,;:: ' furl'
hilated with the Pagans. Long life to the Czar ! Di
life to the God of the Russians'—leaving no doubt or''
subject.
" There is every reason to presume, from the illan,,-eralf
which diplomatic proceedings have been made to ni, ot ~,
side by. side with the continuous pouring in of treePor t .1'
the principalities on the Danube, that the Duro! .
Russia never intended to be stopped in the line of CO '
which he had marked out for himself. The hasty anneT ' c),
of the note prepared by the conference, before it hnv„,,; ',-,
accepttd by the chief party in question, as also the ag.',l)
party, :Turkey, was a refined piece of diplomacy. It en, -
the Emperor to say to the conference, ' You dictated,'
such al you deemed it honourable and just for Rossi'. „..
Turkey to accede to. I, the Emperor of all the Rua' 11% k,
haste* at once to give in my adhesion to the arrange rel
~11 ti
proposed by your honourable conference. Turkey re,,,i kptcl!(
to accede to these proposals, but insisted upon illili°ll ki,'l'tc:'
modifications. Turkey has therefore only herself to b`'eAr
_i4
and the European powers having, through the Vienna
.‘. that
ference, pledged themselves to an arrangement which 111? K
accepted, and Turkey alone rejected, the said powers") (14 Liv
feel that they can no longer in honour lend their to° the t,
le ~,vt,
support to the disaffected Muhammedans.' .0i . I. ate
'We have never shrunk from expressing our °P rat i,,tk,
that Great Britain and France would place themselves it be
e a
wrong position in entering upon a war in favour 0.. 4 ---,,,
crepit, barbarous race, and an unenlightened faith, agl'A
roung;and colossal Christian power. This feeling Is
increaSed by a sense of the difficulties of the ease' 04
i
cowardly, inefficient ally in the field, an incongruous, :f
cordaitt population on all sides, an incapable, profligV
ministration to guide all, and an enemy with almost cv
less resources to combat. The Anglo-French fleet is
,„t°„ ,lkkl
unequal, with such an ally and such odds, to brnt s2,lj
struggle to a successful issue for Muhammedanisin;(l 0, vll'A
now acknowledged, even by those parties who vref,el)
~,,`4A ..;
had us go to war upon the first occupation of the Dr; ec.„l
ties by the Russians, that the result of that war coll'ciedro
earndinatoreththeobsedacnoucentriesP;o'nce uc: ~,111..,
be the upholding of Turkey in Europe.. Its fate ,i'9eare'!; ta d
itltiseirowwnhobloespomo;
withinthrow
? all gun, it might be dangerous to!theultimate safety ofl.- ,„ept
to leave off in disgrace. In the presence of so itarg7li
danger, and in the presence of such manifest politiethe To 418 i
plexities, how much more reasonable it would be f°r ufi e thar
d
powers to wait their time for throwing their unite in, . to 't th(
into the balance, to determine the future of the Das" 01 e
that the Tsar does not rule at once at St. Petersburg ,
Constantinople ;to insure the independence of the De', 4i'i4
provinpes, and to establish an independent Christian ci,r ,
at Byiantium ; In fact, to look after their own inter i ,
the interests of all Europe that is not Russian, insa )6,,1tt
nurryiUg into a hasty war for a bankrupt fait!). o,v ,„..%
from which, unless united in a common cause, , they of Mg
be able to extricate themselves without difficulty or a r gifhe,
Such is the position Great Britain and France,.
placed, in almost inevitably after war. Better tr7ts
they should stand in that position previous 01;01.1.' of '
commenced. They would at least have uninjure4 A kyte:e,aV ',..,...
to back their diplomacy, unquestionable rights, an' il cif ke
a common. interest, a common religion, and a coninic.) .of k. 4
zation, would then be with them, and the sympatlee;d $lO 14)
mankind, that is not Russian or Muhammeclan, Nc°
be on their side."
St V.
With the sentiments advanced in the la s • Q'
graph we have no. sympathy in. common. 5 P:4 .
belieVe that the writer has taken an moues 1,„
one-sided, if not a prejudiced view of the East,'Vta
difficulty. We will not dignify his assail!)' s
tlkbe
1)1'
with i the name of arguments, but we sad b jp.)4
masoning is imperfect, and the conclusions (1,00 :!'r
in theory, and false in fact. The writer A-1, t
nothing either of Turkey or the Turks, althoilT (
affects to know much. Doubtless he has li,,
information at second-hand. We would g,ivf_,
this friendly counsel, never again to express hire
on this subject until he has read more and s
nt
less. We would recommend especially to his ft 0
tion the hatti-sherif of Gulliane—it may olie.,,jleo
eyes its to the generous policy, liberal govelli'cii
and tOlerant laws of Turkey, and change his 013'5#!
of the Turks, whom he falsely characterises
decrepit, barbarous race," with "au unenligli'd
faith." Perhaps they might bear contrast fib
other nations, whose jurisprudence, polity, an,cl„d
are considered, (by courtesy,) less '• unenlighl'
The Russian autocracy, forsooth! is "a Y.'n-
and colossal christian power !"—What next may
'tis hard to tell—and, consequently, Englailt`
• st
France are "wrong" in entering upon war ago:' ft ko
Perhaps, then, we had better let " Old Sic ,
have .his way," and fold our arms most ecLI
cently, like Mr. Bright, or any other inernvekt
the Peace Society, while he was violating the
of nations, and invading with an army of lit' of
marauding freebooters, the rightful territories

foreign sovereign. • 414
What can be a stronger proof of the mild goii
ment,of the Sultan than the "fact that the Christ
of TUrkey are foremost to defend his riOtsi•
their Country's honour against Russian s.ggresso4
The writer should at least have been inforoi
this particular. We beg, however, to intimate
should he again try our: patience and sou,rt,
temper with.such "pulingyet mischievous bfw,e
and parade his ignorance and prejudice bet°
public eye, we will shoW him no mercy, but ff
down upon him with Our sledge-hammer.
don't; " shiver our timbers !"
The other papers are of more than an io
character. That on the Chinese Revolutiolo
H. W. Longfellow, will be read with inter
profit.

THE NORTHERN COAL TRADE.—BetWeal "°,„
400 sail of coal-laden vessels left the Tyne on Saturdf?
noon, the greater proportion :for the London markUi
wind has- been from the south-west since they
not very favourable to the progress of their voyngeio.
don coal freights are from 10s. 6d. to 11s. 6d. per -t J
private letter received here from Cronstadt states tlia,reri
area great number of British vessels there, and thotiolii
which left here with coal at high freights, have ow
ficulty in finding a market. The high freights t 0 o
do not appear to be consequent, upon our English-sl-DrAt
having a monopoly of the coasting trade ; for all
past three months coal freights have been equally
is
ports in north Europe, the carrying trado to laic so
to all the world. Most intelligent shipowners are, 030
fled with the operation of free trade principles 03;001
not at all alarmed 'at a suggestion for throwinuiV
coasting trade, and only regret that they lost the ,of
trade with the eastern trade of America, because 0' of
ing trade being closed to the Americans.
1
THE REPRESENTATION OF SALISBURY.--°01;1/
day, General Buckley, of New-hall, Wilts., issued elindif,
to the electors of this city, offering himself es °gr. t
for the seat rendered vacant by the death of
ti port"
Wall. -The gallant General avows himself a gjo
those liberal measures which have characterized ; 40e,,„/
th
tion of recent years. His general views on the
of the day are in accordance with those of
Government.

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