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TUESDAY

MORNING, NOV. 22, 1853.

IT is almost labour in vain to speculate on the
warlike proceedings between the Turks and the
Russians in the province of Wallachia, owing to the
numerous and contradictory accounts through the
uncertain means of the Electric Telegraph. From
the commencement of actual hostilities, since the
crossing of the Danube from Widdin to Kalafat by
the Turkish forces, we bad daily reports of their
successes over the Russians in skirmishes which
were magnified into battles, and occasional accounts
of most decisive victories, which it appears had
only existence upon paper. On Friday, however,
the whole scene assumed anew feature, for, accord-
ing to the telegraph, the tide of victory had com-
pletely changed—the Russians had concentrated
their scattered forces, and the Turks, compelled to
give way, had retraced their steps across the
Danube, leaving the Russians in possession of the
whole province, with the single exception of Kalafat,
where the Turks first obtained a footing. It had
long been the impression of those competent to
judge, that the forces of the SULTAN would be
unable to cope with the powers .of Russia ; and if
the recent intelligence is to be depended upon, this
opinion would seem to have been borne out by the
circumstances. The more interesting part of the
inquiry, however, is as to the probable results, for
it will hardly be expected that the other Powers of
Europe will permit Russia to retain possession of
the Danubian provinces upon the mere force of
military power ; nor was it to be expected that the
vast resources of that empire would not be called
into requisition, to save the ignominy of defeat from
the effete power of Turkey, both sides being
inspired with all the fury of religious fanaticism.
It is to be hoped, however, that the SULTAN,
having experienced the impotence of his Moham-
medan troops, will now listen to reason, and consent
to such terms as may be agreed upon by the other
Powers, who have RS yet vainly attempted the
office of mediation, and at the same time satisfy
the demands of the CZAR of Russia, who has
repeatedly declared his willingness to evacuate the
Principalities upon receiving a guarantee for the
protection of the Christian Church in Turkey.
Such a concession must be made ; and if the defeat
of the Turkish troops should hasten the settlement
of the affair, the issue as at present reported will
prove favourable to the maintenance of the peace
of Europe.
Much virtuous indignation has been wasted on
the pretended wrongs of Turkey, which have
formed a fertile theme for two parties in this
country. The Conservatives, or at least a portion
of them, have made it a ground of attack on the
ABERDEEN Administration, because the English
fleet was not ordered at once to dash into the

thickest of the fray, and embroil all Europe in
war. The Radicals, on the other hand, were in
want of some subject for agitation, and nothing
was more plausible to the unthinking many than

fierce diatribes against the EMPEROR of Russia,
whose chief crime in the eyes of Liberalism is his
possession of absolute authority. These profes-
sional agitators had a demonstration at Manchester
on Thursday, the heroes of the meeting being
Admiral Sir CHARLES NAPIER and DAVID URQU-
HART, Esq. The meeting, it is reported, was
almost unanimous in passing the resolutions, which
contained the usual quantity of fustian ; but the
most amusing feature was the wide difference
between the principal speakers, who accused each
other of making false statements—one lauding the
English Government for espousing the interests of
Turkey, and the other indignantly accusing them of
leaving her to her fate. Admiral NAPIER is best
known for his attacks on the Admiralty, and his
overweening notions of the value of his own
services, of which he did not fail to inform the