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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1853

THE "Autocrat of all the Russians" has issued

Manifesto, declaring war against the Ottoman

PORTE. It is published in the Journal de St

Petersburg, and will be found, in extenso, in ano

her column

Every intelligence from the seat of War serves

o confirm the opinion that the hostile Powers

are both fully determined to settle the Easters

dispute by having recourse to the fearful alterm

ive of a bloody contest; The sword alone mus

ow settle what a shuffling diplomacy in vain

laboured to effect

kn account has reached the Ottoman Embassy

of an attack which had taken place near Batounc

n the 26th ult

lid that 5,000 men were

on the field ; and that after a smart engagemen

both armies returned to their previous quarters

On the 2nd instant the combined fleets anchored
in the Bosphorus. The Admirals DIINDAS and

}TAMELIN are at Constantinople

Not on the Danube alone, but likewise on the

rontiers of Asia, hostilities are actively heinE

ngaged in; and the Turkish troops are said to be

successful

It is viewed as very probable that a genera
action has been fought by this time—and that

3ucharest ht.

been stormed. From the highes

sources we learn that the Turkish General an

flounced the march to Wallachia as the principa

)bject of his military operations. The result is

anticipated with the utmost anxiety

The conduct pursued by the Turkish troops
stands out in bold relief from that adopted by
those of Russia; and the two organs of the French

Government, speak highly in praise of the, one and
in condemnation of the other. Altogether the

policy pursued by the SULTAN has been most

forbearing; and no other Power would have borne

so patiently, or so long, Russia's daring arrogance

and iniquitous usurpation

A:►iowu an endless number of items of war news
we find a proclamation establishing martial law at
Bucharest, and which contains the following

1- All merchant vessels, whether Russian, or
carrying the Wolda-Wallachian flag, are from this
day to cease to navigate the Danube, and to remain

where they may now be

2. All relations betweer

the two ban

s of the river are interrupted, and
there shall not be sold to the Turks either wheat,
alt, or any other article. Persons disobeying this
1 by martial law. 3. All those

order will I

who shall keep up any correspondence or other
shall also be tried by

relations with the Turks

martial la%

Will Lord A

DEEP be good enough to tell us

what he calls th

We fancy we hear him exclaim-
ing, " Pooh! Pooh!" It means nothing. We have
to congratulate the country on the continuance of
the most friendly relations with all foreign powers,

particularly withßus

sia, but should war be demand-
ed—plainly demanded—then in that case I find it
hole duty of man," that to main-
tain peace is the duty of every Christian man."
Surely we cannot be dreaming! The above speech
comes too near the quaintness of the Scottish
PREMIER of England to be mistaken. Accustomed
to lounge about on the easy benches of the Upper
House of Parliament, he can scarcely be expected
to shake off the dust of habit, and enter on the
busines of a foreign war with that dispatch which
has distinguished many greater men from the
Highland soil.

written in

The PREMIER evidently took office on the distinct
understanding that he was not to go to war with
any one. We admire this idea.amazingly; but it is
a matter much to be regretted that there was no

proviso in t

Angement to the ef&et that

should a war be declared, that the Premiership
should pass into other, and more energetic hands.

Let us hope that th

absence of such a clause in
the ministerial coition will not prove a direful

omission for the honour and interest of Great

Britain ! This country being sick of all party con-
tests, has extended to the present First Lord of the
Treasury a degree of quietude and indulgence never
before shown to any man holding that most
responsible office.

This indulgence cannot, and must not, be ex-
tended much further. Lord ABERDEEN must
apply himself to the crisis of the day in some way
intelligible to the country. The Proclamation from
the Russian camp is addressed to Englishmen as

well as the people of other countries who are

threatened with the tender mercies of Russian
shall not be sold to the Turks

nartial-la

wheat, salt, or any other article.

Persons disobe3

tng this order will be tried by martial law !" This

is a matter of no concern to Lord ABERDEEb
it is a most conclusive caution to British trade