Daily national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1854, 1854-02-23
roxr1eH CORRESPONDENCE OF THE ERA.
LONDON, Feb. /, 1854.


sian aggression has provoked such torrent OF
just indignation and obloquy, that IN upheld
ing Turkey against the outrage, and pr inc
sake Of maintaining the balance OF power IN
Europe, we are apt to overlook the actual con-
dition Of Turkey, and the facilities it presents
for conquest, intrigue, or ACKNOWLEDGMENT The
facts we take to be, that the Moslem are as
bigotad, intolerant, and oppressive, az in the
days Of Bajazet; and that out Of the pale OF the
capital and the seaports liable to foreign OBJ
servation, all the population of the country are
subject 10 the grossest tyranny. The cunning
and worthless Greeks, ground down BY this
oppression are more spiritless and effeminate
than women; and to expect manly action from
them, in any way, is ridiculous They are
slaves and cheats; and their compatri0ts the
Armenians and Jews, are in precisely the same
condition, the three divisions hating each other
perhaps more than they detest their Turkish
rulers Out Of such an homogeneous mass, what
good can be expected? All chat we know, il,
that Russia must be prevented from extending
her power to an extent inconsistent with tho
independence Of every other State in Europe
and Asia; but as for Turkey itself it is little
matter, indeed how soon it breaks up, and
what is made Of the pieces, SO that the arrange
ment conduces to the progress OF civilization
and the well-bciDg Of millions of mankind.
Ii is said that Austria has ordered a corps
Of 10000 men to advance to the frontiers Of
Hungary, to keep all quiet there.
Messrs. Pease, Surge, and Charlton, three
Qnakers, have gone from England to st. Pc
tersburgh to endeavor to make all quiet there.
We dare say the Gar (if he has tinle) will give
them Friendly reception, and assure them
that he is only anxious to become q member Of
the Peace Society!
Spain is a land Of crisises, it is to be presunl
ed, preparatory to an actual one of real import
ance; for the peddling affairs which agitate
the Government from time to time 1--WE hear
nothing Of the country are too contemplate
for history, The last move stated is the exile
of . Number Of military and other leading per-
sonages who are hostile 10 the Ministry. Such
arbitrary conduct must end in new order Of
things, and the sooner the better.
The Indian mail brings some rumors of the
Persian movements, which SAVIOR of uncertain
ty The principal report is, that an army Of
10000 men il moving towards Bushire, and
threatens the invasion Of Bagdad. We attach
little consequence to what must be an exaggc-
ration, if q fact at all.
A conspiracy is said to have been discovered
and defeated at Rangoon, and Lord Dalhousie
has proceeded to Bnrmah. The Russian ships
have returned from Japan to Hong Kong, and
mention the death Of tho Emperor, or by what
ever title the ruler Of that select country styles
himself.
In England, everybody appears to be anx-
i0us for the meeting Of Parliament, in the ex-
pectation that the Prince Albert affair will be
sifted, that the status quo of relations with oil
other countries will be explained, that the
strikes will be dealt with and that reform will
be alluded to, if not brought forward, accord
ing to circumstances. We continue to con-
slider the strikes as the most important Of oil
these matters The spirit of Communism is
far more widely spread than appears on the sur
face, ugly as it looks on that cxpanse. There
is scarcely little shop-hoard of six individu
ais where it is not operative, and not third Of
the mechanic and artisan world who are not
deeply imbued with its principles. The in
creasing rise in the price of provisions adds
fuel to the flame and on all the prospect, it
is out Of the heart Of the most sanguine to
sing, There's good time coming, boys!n
A melancholy shipwreck off the Bay Of Dub
lin, Of the Tayleur, . fine emigrant ship from
Liverpool for Australia has cast quite gloom
over the public. Three hundred and fifty souls,
mostly helpless women and children, persisted
p. s. The reports to the latest hour are not
worth canvassing.
The disloca,ion OF the commercial system,
in consequence Of the long continued uncer-
tainty Of peace or war, is reaching o crisis Of
enormous difficulty. Sales, except ofthe necessa.
ries Of life, and these at ruinously high prices
are circumscribed to q fearful extent; and the
evil resulting from this state of things, per
yading the trade OF the whole world, is almost
bevond calculation Hundreds of millions arc
involved in the desperate aggression Of one
man.
LONDON, february 2, 1854.
The Queens speech is, perhaps wisely, in
definite. II is indeed in perfect tune and tenor
with all the antecedent proceedings of the
Government.
In the procession to open Parliament, she
experienced the coolest reception she has ever
met with from her people, and the partial To-
kens of disapprobation, here and there, as her
Royal Consort was recognised, evidently agita-
ted her much We ask not, here, if founded
on actual grounds or disloyal calumnies but
we ought not to conceal the veritable certain
ty that this was the first occasion on which the
Sovereign and Prince Consort tasted, even in
the slightest degree, the insecurity Of popular
applause Surprising all the rumors about the
Prince TO be utterly falsc, this temporary
check may not be without beneficial moral
and national consequences The life-homaee
and almost slavish adulation lavished upon the
Queen and Prince has been almost disgusting
The thing has been overdone, over-acted, like
the humbug Of putting performer or theatre
The Queen looked pale and disturbed, but
the effort Of reading the speech restored her
to animation, and she performed her task, as
usual with fine effect. The Russian ambassador,
Baron Brunow, was not in the House Of Peers,
among the foreign ministers, TO hear her; and
the Turkish representative was loudly cheered
on his way thither. The rest was drama Of
less absorbing kind, and the next day the
real climax took place, by delivering the an
swers Of France and England TO the last Rus-
sian ruse, in the shape Of an inquiry awhat
dye mean by neutrality ~ applied, Of course
TO the Euxine sca,) TO which, probably, the fit
test answer to send would have been copy OF
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