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London, England, 1853-08-17 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 17, 1853.

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LORD J. RUSSELL'S STATEMENT ON THE

EASTERN QUESTION.

(Front the Times.)

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The statement made yesterday by Lord John Russell
in the House of Commons with reference to the negotia-
tions in the East has not only added nothing to what
was already known of these transactions, but it has les-
sened our confidence on two points which were already
supposed to be concluded. Thus it appears that the
assent of the Porte has not yet been received to the note
adopted by the conference at Vienna; and we are left to
infer, from the too expressive silence of the minister
when questioned on the point, that this note contains no
explicit stipulation for the evacuation of the principali-
ties, although, by the declaration of the British Govern-
ment in both houses, the immediate and entire evacuation
of those territories is an indispensable condition of the
termination of this dispute. Lord John laid much less
stress than lie might have done on the solemn assurances
given by the Emperor Nicholas and his ministers before
Prince Menschikoff had reached Constantinople ; and he
might have contrasted these promises with the mean and
underhand attempt of the Russian envoy to conceal his
real demands from the English and French ambassadors
—a circumstance which proved in itself the dishonest and
clandestine nature of his mission. But in all that has
fallen from Lord J. Russell on this subject we remark a
strange inconsistency between the force with which he
dwells on " the integrity and independence of the Otto-
man Empire"—as if that cabalistic expression had power
to heal the sick and raise the dead—and the feeble means
used to effect this object. To judge from the Ministerial
statement of last night, it might be supposed that the
Emperor of Russia has obtained all that he thought fit
to ask, and that the conference of Vienna has only been
engaged in framing the Russian demands in more ac-
ceptable language. The effect of this tame and meagre
declaration to the house was very painful and depressing,
and we are satisfied that it conveyed a very imperfect
notion of the course of policy the Government has
really pursued. They have carried the sileni,gpsteni to
excess, and the result is an imputation that— they are
afraid to speak. But the subsequent portion of the de-
bate in some degree retrieved the unfortunate effect of
Lord John Russell's semi-revelations, which were unre-
lieved by a single expression of manly vigour or public
confidence. We profess to place much less reliance than
Lord John Russell does on " the integrity and inde-
pendence of the Ottoman Empire ;" for those are words
of very questionable meaning when applied to a State
which has two important provinces occupied at this mo-
ment by a foreign army, and which cannot hope to rid
itself of that enemy without foreign support. In reality,
the independence of Turkey has suffered quite as much
from such foreign support as from foreign aggression.
The treaty of Unkiar 'Skelessi was a treaty of amity
and support, to enable Russia to defend the Sultan
against Mehemet Ali. The treaty of July, 1840, was a
treaty of amity and support, to enable the Porte to
recover Syria and dictate terms to Egypt. But these
celebrated conventions were just as fatal to the inde-
pendence of Turkey as the worst treaty ever dictated to
her by a successful enemy, since they demonstrated
that she had no longer the power to subdue her own
vassal or to protect her own capital without foreign aid.
Lord Palmerston asserts that Turkey has made amazing
progress in the last 30 years, and that her army, navy,
administration, and principles of government are greatly
strengthened and improved. How comes it, then, that
with all this improvement, and with Egypt to boot
(which has done its duty nobly in this crisis), the Porte
is unquestionably less able to resist extortionate demands
than it was 25 years ago ? From 1825 to 1827 it re-
sisted the efforts of all the Christian Powers in favour of
the Greeks and fought the battle of Navarino ; in 1828
it sustained two campaigns against the Russians, un-
aided. Does any one suppose that the Porte, unsup-
ported by any European power, is capable of similar
efforts now ? If she be, the interposition of foreign di-
plomacy is, to say the least, 'superfluous, and the best
proof she can give 'of her independence is to turn
the Russians out of the country. Unhappily this
is more than she can accomplish, and what we
now term her " independence" means no more than
that she is prevented by foreign aid from falling into
absolute dependence on a single Power. So far we
agree with Mr. Cobden, that the only real independence
is that which a nation gives and perpetuates to itself.
It is Mr. Cobden's strange humour, however, to mix
the political dpinions of an adherent of M. Kossuth
with the practical views of a Russian agent, and, while
he inflames the popular prejudices against Russian
despotism, to lend his aid to the substantial ends of
Russian ascendancy. As a Freetrader, he advocates a
close connexion with the most restrictive State in
Europe, to be purchased by the sacrifice of the freest of
all our customers ; and, as an advocate for the repeal of
the Navigation Laws, he argues that in consequence of
that measure we are now incapable of carrying on any
species of maritime warfare without absolute ruin to the
English mercantile flag. Professing an unqualifying
faith in the policy of peace, he finds no words of censure
for an act of invasion which, if persisted in or imitated,
must become the signal of generalwar ; and at the very
moment when it is most important for the Government
of this country to hold a firm attitude abroad, he em-
ploys every argument he can invent to weaken our
national position and to. give increased confidence to
our opponents.
Fortunately, this speech brought down upon its author
the swift and severe chastisement which Lord Palmerston
inflicted in the most brilliant address of the debate. 'We
know not how our democratic contemporaries reconcile
the admiration they profess for Lord Palmerston with
their adherence to the political creed of Mr. Cobden ;
but, on a question of deep importance to the honour and
character of the nation, we are confident that the blindest
popular instinct would suffice to win over Mr. Cobden's
followers to a more generous and spirited course of ac-
tion. The determination of this country to throw its
weight and to exert its power on the side of legal rights,
when they are threatened, is one of the principal securi-
ties of the general peace, and we can conceive nothing
more fatal to that cause than the belief that England had
been disarmed and emasculated. Lord Palmerston's an-
swer, received with vociferous and enthusiastic cheering
by both sides of the House of Commons, was a conclusive
retort on these unpatriotic sentiments, and the complete
isolation in which the persons professing them are
placed, by the extreme Liberals, by the- Ministerial
party, and by the Opposition, is the best proof that they
are repudiated by the people of England. Inanimate as
was the tone of Lord John Russell, his colleague of the
Home Department gave the debate a more pungent and
telling character, and, as the organ of the Government
on this occasion, Lord Palmerston showed no disposition
to lower the suitable language of a minister of the
Crown. To a power which has proved itself to be cap-
able of the deceits practised by Russia in this tran!ac.:.
tion terms of implicit confidence are misplaced ; and, if
we are to succeed—as we trust we shall—in defeating
her designs, rejecting her demands, and causin,,, i
her
forces to retire, it must be by a strong resolution totioypn-
hold the common interests of Europe. This quaensdwe,
as Mr. Cobden observed, is by no means over,ears
may have to deal with it in various forms for many y_n
to come. But, if the opinion and the interebstes f E
h
sure tagt-
land are still to be felt in the East, we may
we must be prepared to act with as much energy
assuran as our
antagonists, and, above all, to give ful effect toefevtebe
ce of support held out in thel name
British Government.

Lund-street.

THE AZTEC LILLIPUTIANS, exhibiting
Daily at the MARIONETTE THEATRE, Lowther Arcade.
Adelaide street, Strand.—Admission, ONE SHILLING; Reserved
cents, 2s. Gd. Afternoon Exhibition, 2 till 5 ; Evening, 8 till 10.
The Aztecs are the Wonders of the World —a Race of the Human
Family hitherto unknown. They have been honoured with a Spe-
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ham Palace. 50.000 of the elite of the Metropolis have looked with
wonder on the AZTECS.

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their vast popularity. I have therefore made arrangements for svp-
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from my Cellars, at Bs. per dozen quarts ; pints, 5s ; and half-pints,
35., imperial measure only (by which the public gain one-third); and
also in kilderkins (18 gallons) for draught, at 30s.
HARRINGTON PARKER,
51, Pall-mall.

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except those in Cornhill, near the Exchange.

ALI AHMED'S TREASURES.—These are
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CREWS'S CHLORIDE OF ZINC,
the best and Cheapest Disinfecting Fluid for the purification
of Ship's IL,lds, Cesspools, Drains, Water-closets, &c.; the Disin-
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Chloride of Zinc, as the best Disinfecting and purifying agent, is
now established beyond all doubt. It is perfectly harmless In its
application and innoxious in itself. The high price at which it has
hitherto been sold has presented its general use; to obviate this
obstacle to ds univerell ap• 'ication as a di&nlecting and purifying
agent, the present manufacturer, who was many years with Sir W.
Burnett's Company, has arranged to supply the public with concen-
trated Chloride of Zinc in its greatest purity and at the lowest price.
It is sold by all Chealists and Shipping Agents in the United King-
dom, in Imperial Quart Bottles at 2s. 6d. each, and in larger vessels
at fis. per Gallon.
Each Bottle will be accompanied with instructions for its dilution
and use. Concentrated Chloride of Zinc in use may be diluted with
200 times its quantity of water.
Orders executed by the sole Agents, Messrs. Drew, Heyward, and
Barron, Bush-lane, Cannon-street.
Manufactured at 11. G. GRAY'S, Commercial Wharf, Mile,End,
London.

CONTRACTS FOR RUM, VINEGAR, OATS, MUSTARD, AND
PEPPER.

Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, 13th Aug., 1853.

THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on THURSDAY, the Ist
September next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such
persons as may he willing to Contract for supplying and delivering
into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford the undermen-
tioned articles, TiZ.

Gallons.l
RUM .• .. ... • ...... 20.0n0 I One-half of each to be delivered
VINEGAR .... •• • •

7 mainder in one month after-
OATS (for making Oatmeal) 500 wards, or earlier if preferred
Tons' I by the party tendering.
MUSTARD (in F10ur)..... 6
PEPPER (whole 81ack).... 3J
Tire Rum and Pepper to be exempted from the Customs Duties,
No tender will be received for a less quantity of Ruin than 4,000
gallons—of Vinegar than 3,000 gallons—of Oats than 100 quarters—
of Mustard than 2 tens—and of Pepper than I ton.
Samples of the Rum to be sent in pints for each import mark, and
the average strength of each mark ex to be stated, and
not an average of different marks or strengths of several imports,
and any parcel of Rum that Is round not to be of the same quality,
mark, or aver ge stren;th of the sample tendered and accepted will
he rejected by the officers; and samples of the Oats (not less than 2
quarts), rnd or the Mustard amt Pepper (not less than 2lbs. of each),
must be produced by the parties tendering.
The samples produced by pers-nt whose tenders are not accepted,
are requested to he taken away by them immediately atter the con-
tracts have been decided.
The condit'ons of th, revised contracts, to which fattictlar atten-
tion is called, may be seen at the said office, at the office of Com-
mander Bevis, at Liverpool, and of the Rector of Customs at
Bristol.
No Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of
treaty, nor any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for
aim, duly authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed to the Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for
and must also be delivered at Somerset•place, and those for Rum,
Vinegar, Mustard, and Pepper, tnust be accompanied by a letter
signed by a responsible person, engaging to become bound with
the person tendering, in a sum of 201. per cent. on the value, for
the due performance of each of the contracts.

VISIT of the QUEEN to DUBLIN.—The
Irish Exhibition is so tar popular that the Queen will become
an excursionist to visit it—at the present season everything favours
the disposition to travel by sea or by lend ; but the excursionist lady
or gentleman should first visit the gigantic establishment of E.
ItIOsES and SON, where a magnificent arrangement is made to fur-
nish articles of ATTIRE for all classes of excursionists, and an exhi-
bition is made hi
CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, HOSIERY, BOOTS, and SHOES, &c.,
which ex,els all other commercirl displays.
The adaptation of every article to the season, and to the wishes
of ail purchasers, accompanied with extremely low prices, has
crowned the Establishment of E. MOSES and SON with unequalled
celebrity.
New Materials and New Styles of Dress for Sportsmen, aso for
every profession in society, are daily Introduced by E. MOSES and
SON ; these secure ease, elegance, fashion, and economy.
Merchant Shippers and Captains who would possess the most pro-
fitable cargoes should select from the unrivalled Wholesale Depart-
ment at E. MOSES and Sox's Establishment. The goods are well
known to be the easiest sale and the sar st profit in all the co!onies.
Emigrants, Ladies, or Gentlemen are furnished with compl,te and
indispens;:ble OUTFITS at wholesale pi ices, and may obtain lull
lists of a tides required, with ship sailing information, on applica-
tion, or per post, to ally part of the kingdom (free of any charge).
CAUTION. —E. MOSES and SON regret having to guard the
public against imposition, having learned that the untrailesman-like
falsehood of " Being connected with their Establishment," or " It's
the same concern," has been resorted to in many instances, and for
obvious reasons, they beg to state that they have
No CONNEXION WITH ANY OTHER HOUSE IN OR OUT OF LONDON,
except their own Establishments, as follows :
London City Establishment, 154, 155, 156, and 157, Minories, 83,
84,55, and 86, Aldgate, opposite the Church, all communicating.
London West-end Branch, 506, 507, 508, New Oxford-street, 1,2,
dart-street, all communicating.
Bradford (Yorkshire) Branch, 19 and 20, Bridge-street.
Sheffield Branch, 3G, Fargate.
Merchant Tailors, Clothiers, Hatters, Hosiers, Boot and Shoe
Makers, and General Outfitters for Ladies and Gentlemen.
IMPORTANT.—ShouId any article not give satisfaction, it will be
exchanged if desired, or, if preferred, the money will be returned
without hesitation. All goods are marked in plain figures, the lo west
price, trom which no abatement can be made.
The Establishments are closed from sunset Friday to sunset on
Saturdays, when business is resumed till 12 o'clock.
A new Book, " The Herald of the Seasons," containing Rill lists
of prices, our system of self-measurement, facts relative to Australi
to
a,
advice to emigrants, &c., may be had on application, or post-free
any part of the kingdom.
A handsome Almanac for the year ending 1853 can be had gratis,
on application.
Pon parle Francai Qui si parts
lei
filer svrtehE man Des.
ut Aqua se habla Espanol
WANTED, YOUNG MEN of experience in the READY-MADE
DEPARTMEN r. Apply any morning between 10 and 12 o'clock.

(Front the Daily News.)
Well : Lord John Russell, as we announced yester•
day, has said his say about the Eastern question.
There are few by whom his statement will be read, as
there were few (if any) by whom it was heard, without
disappointment and regret. Not a single fact of great
or small importance was added to the stock of informa-
tion which we already possessed on a subject which has
engrossed for months the generous sympathy and
thoughtful solicitude of the country ; and the effects of
which have already made themselves felt in every mart
of industry and in every sphere of productive labour.
The Government leader in the House of Commons ex-
LADVERTISEMENT.I—THE CAMP AT CHOBHAM.--
cuses himself for the perfunctory manner in which he
must have been conscious that he performed his task by
39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly.—Observe, opposite the
York Hotel. -- The Royal Exhibition. A valuable, a reference to one or two precedents of doubtful ap-
newly-invented, very small powerful waistcoat-pocket and b
plicability, y the reiteration of the vague and
glass, the size of a walnut, by which a person evasive stock phrase that as negotiations were still
can be seen and known one mile and a half distant ; pending, it would be injurious to afford Parliament any
they answer every purpose on the race-course, at the accurate information as to their progress. But almost
opera-houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen every subsequent speaker who addressed the House
at 12 to 14 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer- during the discussion took care to remind the noble
stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, lord that for every precedent of the kind he had quoted
and tourists. Telescopes—A now and most important
there were many morethe other way ;
and all concur-
invention?_; inches, with an extra eye-piece, will red inspecifically or inferentially expressing their belief
powers that some, 3
show clistinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the that, in a country governed like ours by public opinion,
double stars ; with the same telescope, weighing only 3 this system of mystification and silence could produce no
ounces, can be seen a person's countenance three miles other result than that of damaging the national influence
and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. abroad and respect for Government at home.
They supersede every other kind for the waistcoat-pocket, we
and are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers gather from the meagre statement of Lord John
accordingly. Opera andi3e
clearly
race-course glasses, with wonderful Russell but one fact of any importance, and that is un-
happily one of gloomy and grave significancy. It is
power ; an object can seen, from 14 to 16 miles
now nolonger
doubtful that the noteforwarded by the
distant. Messrs. S. and B. Solomons, opticians, have in-
vented invaluable preserving spectacle lenses. Immediately. Austrian Government to St. Petersburg on the 2nd inst.,
they are placed before imperfect vision, every object —the adhesion to which on the part of the Czar has been
appears clear and distinct; the most aged, defective sight , greedily accepted by the partizans of despotism every-
becomes bright and brilliant, is brought to its youthful, where throughout Europe as the basis of an immediate
natural, and original state. Deafness—New Discovery— and satisfactory settlement—it is now, we say, unhappily
The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful and but too clear that this note makes no mention whatever
newly-invented instrument, for Deafness, entirely different of the invasion of the Danubian Principalities, and no
from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has demand for their evacuation. In point of fact, the
been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the note in questi
same colour as the skin, it is not perceptible ; it enables on was framed, not at Vienna, but at
Paris ; not by M.
deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public as- Buol but by M. Drouyn de Lhuys
semblies ;the unpleasant sensation of singing noises in before the Russian columns had crossed the Pruth. As
the ears is entirely removed ; and it affords all the assist- a mode of accommodating by diplomatic forms the dif-
ance that possibly could be desired.—S. and B. Solomons, ferences which had diplomatically arisen between Russia
Au gists and Opticians, 39, Albemarle-street. Piccadilly, and Turkey, it may have been wisely and well contrived;
Observe, opposite the York Hotel. nor will any one object that, as far as its scope and
[ADVERTISEMENT.}—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills, purport are concerned, it should have been adopted
have effectually Cured an awful Bad Leg of a person 75 by Austria and Prussia as well as by France and
years old.—Extract of a letter from Mr. Illsop, druggist, England. But it is worse than trifling to pretend
Lincoln, dated April 4,
Dear Sir,—Amon.,..; the numerous cures effected by your greater sacrifice of dignity, honour, and safety,
now :—To Professor Holloway. that the Porte can assent to such a note with no
valuable medleines, permit me to inform you of the fol- that its enemy is in open and ins
soletnt
twopossession
t
lowing : Mrs. Mary Jackson, residing in this town, 75 1 its fairest provinces, than she migh have don l
year.; of age, had a dreadful bad leg for upwards of five I months ago, when her frontier was still inviolate.
months ; there were three sores on it, and it was swollen i What would have been friendlynand sagaciou!secomo
model
an immense size. Every person that saw it thought, on the part of her allies early i June, and wi
ed.
that she would not recover : however your ointment and ration on her own part at the period and under the ir-
pills alone have perfectly cured it.—Sold b all Drug I cumstances in question, assumes a very different aspect
gists, and at Professor Holloway's Establishment,y 244, 1 when proposed in the altered condition of things we now
Stand, London, behold. The ,sultan had not then been outraged by a

perfidious foe, the revenues of his provinces publicly es-
treated, and his viceroys prohibited from reidering him
the customary acts of allegiance. If withott noticing
these intolerable wrongs, or stipulating in aiy way for
their reparation, the Ministers of the Sultan shall advise I '
their master to succumb to the invader by accepting
this much-vaunted note recommended by the Four
Powers, it will only be because they have learned to
despair of that support on which they were taught to
rely by the representatives of England and of France.
To use the words of Mr. Layard, Russia will have ac-
complished all she wanted, and accomplished it in the
way most injurious to Turkey and most humiliating to
Europe. Had Turkey yielded to the diplomatic menaces
of Prince Menschikoff, the Divan and the Foreign Em-
bassies at Constantinople and some few wealthy and in-
telligent persons, would have known of her submission,
and deplored the hardships incident to her anomalous
state. But in the eyes of the mass of her people, the
diadem of her Sovereign would not have been publicly
trampled in the dust ; her resources would not have
been squandered in gigantic preparations for armed.
defence ; and, above all, the confidence, faith, and cour-
age of the nation would not have been fanned into flame
and then irremediably quenched. Infinitely better for
Turkey, infinitely more honourable for us, would it have
been had she been told honestly and frankly that she
must fight unaided, or submit betimes to the overpower-
ing and over-reaching might of Russia. As it is, all
that our Ministers are prepared to tell Parliament and
the public amounts to this, that having tried to out-
bluster the Muscovite he laughed in their face, and told
them he did not believe they were in earnest; where-
upon they quietly turned round and bid Turkey get out
of the scrape as best she may.
Lord John Russell told the House of Commons, it is
true, that the evacuation of the Principalities must be
considered essential to any final settlement ; and Mr.
Layard, as well as other speakers, appeared to share in
his lordship's confident anticipation that that event would
not be long delayed. For ourselves we confess our ina-
bility to see the grounds of such sanguine expectations.
But, assuming the accuracy of the prognostics adverted
to, the serious question still remains--What will the
effect of the entire of these transactions be upon the
fate of Turkey? We cannot concur in any of the views
propounded
speech by Aolnr. . Cobdenthi
ssubj in e
tt.h e
Wecourse
do onf
this thinkextra-
ordinary
it
is the duty or the interest of this country to concur
in a crusade to drive the Turks out of Europe,
either because they are Mahomedans, or because
their Sovereign has not the same taste for road
making, or for architecture, that distinguishes the Cos-
sack King. The policy of the Porte has, year after year,
become more liberal in religion and in trade, while that
of St. Petersburg has grown more and more cruel to-
wards every species of dissent, and more and more pro-
hibitive towards every branch of British manufacture.
We profess no special admiration of the tenets of Islam-
ism, or of the defects which still retard the progress in
material prosperity of the Ottoman race. But be their
faults or errors what they may, they are ancient allies,
of whom we have nationally nothing to complain, and
from whom the rest of Europe has nothing to fear.
Russia, on the contrary, is the common enemy of political,
commercial, and religious freedom ; and every province
she is allowed to annex, every independent state she is
permitted to insult and humble, is a loss and a shame to
the civilised world. Lord Palmerston's reply to Mr.
Cobden was masterly and conclusive. It will be read
with feelings of pleasure and of pride, mingled only with
the unwelcome sense of popular perplexity at finding its
author an assenting party to a policy which, when vindi-
cated by Mr. Cobden on the only grounds of which it is
susceptible of defence, his lordship feels bound to repu-
diate and condemn. From tha first, the tone assumed
both by Lord John Russell and Lord Palmerston has
created the impression that they reluctantly abet the
course which their colleagues have pursued ; and as-
suredly their speeches ofyesterday will not tend to shake
or to remove that conviction.