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

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.

LONDON, MONDAY

THE news received- by the foreign mails this
morning is • decidedly warlike. There is scarcely
any speculation upon the chances of peace being
preserved; indeed there are no facts to educe it,
except that
,which was known some time ago,
namely, that a final note has been addressed to
the Czar by the two Western pOwers, distinctly
informing him that they could not assent to any
interposition on "his Tait, • affecting the -independ-
ence or integrity of the Ottoman Dominions. Upon
the acceptance "of• this note by the Emperor,
hangs the question of peace or War. How he is
likely to deal with it, may be inferred perhaps
from the reception he is said to have given to the
conditional declaration: of war he became furious,
says the reporter, accepted the issue, and avowed
war to the knife. - Such an avowal, his captains
may interpret into a hint that they are to shew no
quarter to the Turks, and we may consequently
look for the most hideous astrocities, unless the
civilization- of Western Europe is used with the.
two powers, to compel them to carry on the•
anticipated war with some regard to humanity.
_ _

The manifesto which the .P-orte,bas addressed to
the Powers, and. to its own people, was published
by the Daily News this morning, to the exclusion
Of all contemporaries. . So far as I am aware, this
document has not appeared in any foreign journal.
There was just time, before the sailing of the
packet, which left Constantinople on the 3d, for
some active agent in that city to 'get hold of the
document and thrust it into the bags as the vessel
was moving off. If this was done in the case of
the EngliSh journal, it was one of the innumerable
instances of the zeal and activity which distinguish
the British press, which you, though young,
participate ; but if it was obtained from any of the
embassies, or from some edition of the Vienna or
Paris journals, there has been merely a casus omisus
on the part of the Competitors of the Daily News.
However, we have the document ; and if your
space will enable you .to give it, h think your
readers will find it a clear, calm, dignified, and
most reasoning exposition, in which, compared
with the Russian papers already published, all the
advantages of argument and justice are on the side
of the Misbeliever.

This Manifesto notifies to the Powers, that after
fruitless endeavours to preserve peace, the Porte
has been obliged to declare war ; that Omer Pacha
is to demand from PrinCe Gortschakoff the evacua
tiou of the Principalities, and, to commence hos-
tilities if, after a delay of 15 days from the receipt
of the demand at the Russian head quarters, a
negative answer should be returned. So much for
the demand. Now, see the spirit in which the
anticipated refusal will be met by the Misbe-
liever:—

" The commercial relations of the respective subjects of
the two governments shall be broken off. At the same time
the Sublime Porte will not consider it just to lay an em-
bargo upon Russian merchant vessels as has been the practice.
Consequently, they will be warned to resort either to the
Black Sea or to the Mediteranean Sea, as they shall think
fit within a term that shall hereafter be fixed. Moreover,
the Ottoman Porte being. unwilling to place hindrance in
the way of commercial intercourse between the subjects of
friendly powers will, during the war, leave the straits open
to their mercantile marine."

There is an infinitely superior tone of humanity
and civilization about this notification, than in the
anger of the Czar or the instruments of his diplo-
matists.

.....
I perceive by a despatch from Vienna, that they
have news there of the above declaration having
been received at the head quarters of the Russian
army; for they say that the fifteen days' notice
will expire on, the 25th, that is to-morrow week.
Prince Gortschakoff must therefore have received
it this day week, the, 10th; but it is difficult to
comprehend how it could have reached the Em-
peror in time for us .to know his sentiments upon it
as they are described above. Certainly the Manifesto
might have caught him somewhere upon his journey
from Berlin to St. Petersburg; and fatigue or excite-
ment of rapid travelling over Russian or Polish
roads—enough to discOmpos6 any man's temper,
may account for the impetuosity of the expressions
attributed to him. But it is not deemed credible
here, . that the horrible Contingency which he is
made to evoke in the Paris correspondence of the
Times, hag arty better foundation than the hot and
hasty declamatory language common among poli-
tical refugees both in Paris and London, Within
their own exclusive circles.

- Austria, we are, told, will remain neutral between
Turkey and Russia. This position is the safety of
her empire. We are told likewise, indeed the de-
cree appears in the Vienna papers which arrived
this morning, that she has reduced her army
75,000 men. This will be some relief to her ex-
hausted exchequer. It may, indeed be one of the
conditions of obtaining the loan her necessities so
much need, in order to• carry on the current
business. of the Government, over and beyond that
more potent one, that peace is to be preserved.
Probably it is, though there are very serious mis
givings in military quarters in. London. Many
people think it is only a feint to blind the eyes of
Western Europe ; at all events, one object of it is
to secure some opportimity of striking at the re-
volutionary sentiment, by putting the leaders of the
movement in a false position, for it. is distinctly
stated, that if there are revolutionary risings, or if
the Porte avails itself of the services of revolu-
tionary agents, Austria will be at liberty to depart
from her neutrality.

There has been a good deal of speculation afloat
as to the point where the war will break out.
Opinion is generally against the banks of the
Danube, owing to local circumstances and to the
unfavourable nature of the season: The Black
Sea and the Crimea will, from externalappearances,
be the first menace 4 with the ultimo ratio. .

The funds remain comparatively stationary.
There is much susceptibility on the part of jobbers
and dealers ; but the. general public are little
influenced by the crisis which is disturbing the
political world.

- The reports of an early meeting of parliament
still continue, and they appear to derive support
from the general activity visible in every office in
Whitehall and Downing Street.. At present, the
prerogation is till the 27th. ,The next proclamation
in all likelihood will be for the legislature, to assemble
for the despatch of "divers urgent and important
affairs." But that depends not upon Lord Aberdeen
or Lord Clarendon, nor indeed on the whole
cabinet; but upon the Emperor of Russia, and the
Turkish Commander.