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be aware that his proposed system of counter.
poise was both inadequate and impracticable."
'Me Noble Enl sustained tics portion. with

great ability aud power.

adduced the

most

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unanswerable arguments in F .1 •
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rei:cated for the ms ruction and guidance of the
British Plenipotentiary, and which should have
precluded the slightest admission by that Plenipo-
tentiary of the feasibility of terms so emphatically
and unequivocally condemned. By the second
paper, transmitted the same day, he fully and
distinctly explained the agreement come to with
the French Government respecting the neu-
tralisatio❑ of the Black Sea and the Sea of Azoff,
and also of the limitation of the naval forc,,s of
Russia and Turkey in the Black Sea. If either
of these alternatives was not accepted by
Russia the negotiation was to be broken off, and
Lord CLARENDON expressed his confident reliance
that the best efforts of the English representatives
would be used to carry into effect that agreement.
Lord JOHN RUSSELL replied to these instructions
on the 10th and 12th. He stated the proposi-
tions made by Count BuoL on the 9th, after
he was fully aware that the proposed sys-
tem of counterpoise was considered by the
English Government "both inadequate and im-
practicable." Lord JOHN bad not at that time
been tampered with. He had not received the
private directions that induced him so glaringly
to depart from the duty to his colleagues and his
country. He therefore ably combatted the views
of Count BuoL, of which he says—" This has
been, in my opinion, an attempt on the part of
Austria to induce the Western Powers to relin-
quish their proposals on the Third Point. As
SUCH IT HAS ENTIRELY FAILED !"
Nor had his views altered on the 12th. His
communication of that date was equally decided,
and shows how strongly, in concert with M.
DROUYN DE L'lluys, he pressed on Austria the
propriety of making the plan of neutralisation or
limitation a casus belli, expressing his conviction
that if that "were done Austria would give way ;"
and adding his opinion that the policy of the Aus-
trian reserve was "unwise in itself and unjust to
ber Allies." _ _

That conduct obtained the highest approval of
the Government, and Lord CLARENDON added—
" Count BuoL must now bo convinced that no
attempt on the part of the Austrian Government
to induce the Western Powers to relinquish their
moderate proposals on the Third Point can be
successful, and it is to be hoped that no more
such attempts will be made." That was
on the 16th April, but on that very day
Lord JOHN had changed. Ho put forward
a proposition which was disapproved of by the
Government, but he subsequently wrote three
letters, all received the same day, the 21st
April, to urge on their acceptance ; and in one
asking to be heard "personally in support of these
propositions before a final decision was made."
And yet after this he told Austria that he thought
the proposals ought to be, and might be, accepted.
Was there ever such conduct by a Plenipotentiary,
and was such gross and palpable disobedience ever
previously not only looked over, but the offender
praised by those whose instructions he had de-
spised ?
The remaining papers prove that Lord CLAREN-
DON abided firmly by his opinion. Those to
which we have referred alone bear on the conduct
of Lord JOHN IZUSSELL-the chief question of
interest at this moment.

LATEST NEWS.

DESPATCHES

FROM
GENERALS SIMPSON AND

PELISSIER.

WAR DEPARTMENT, JULY 14.

Lord Panmure presents his compliments to the

Editor of The Sun, and has great pleasure in
transmitting the enclosed intelligence which has
this day reached him from General Simpson :

" Crimea, July 1 3.

" The operations of the siege are going on well.
"The health of the army continues satisfactory."

PARIS, SATURDAY MORNING.

The French Government have received the fol-

,owing despatch from General Pelissier

" JULY 12, 11 P.M.

'• Admiral Nachimoff, according to the report

of deserters, was killed yesterday in the Central
Bastion. A ball struck him on the forehead.

" We are consolidating our new approaches.

" The construction of batteries in Careening

Bay is being carried forward with all the zeal

which distinguishes our artillery."

BOMBARDMENT AND

DESTRUCTION OF LOVISA

STOCKHOLM, JULY 12.

Authentic news has reached this capital that,
on the sth of July, the English ships bombarded
Lovisa, set the dockyard stores and shipping on
fire, and completely burned down the town.
Lovisa, Lowisa, or Louisa, according to
" Voevolojsky's Geographical and Historical Dic-
tionary of Russia," is a fortified city, built in 1745,
on the frontier which separated the Russian and
Swedish possessions in Finland, by the treaty of
1743. It was called previously Degesey, which
was changed to Lovisa in 1752 by an autocratic
ukase. "It has," says this authority,
merous garrison, a convenient harbour, a pleasant
site ; all which make it a considerable place.
There are an imperial dockyard and a public
school at Lovisa." It is situated to the east of
Helsingfors and Sweaborg.

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