Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-07-15


contest, not for Turkey merely, but for Britain;
not for the safety and entirety Of Constantnople,
but for the sacred freedom of an English freside
With the Russian eagle triumphant in the Bosphorus,
how long, in the inevitable course Of events would the
Thames be free from the darkenng shadow Of its Wings
eve should recolect (said Lord JoHs that If the En-
peror OF Russia to succeed in his attempt 1t would
be the success Of Government which endeayors to sup
press oil freedom Of thoughts to which neither political
or religious any kind Of liberty can look for encour
agemsnt that there would be dread and deadly power
hanging over Europe, and at length attacking epen our ogn
% Incompatible w,h ne nonstros tyranny ghcA
exrc.ses Well now gentlemen, others say that II the
Turks had been left alone they would have done better
for themselves Why this is the very wish of the Emperor
OF Russia The Emperor Of Russia has constantly said
This Is no business OF yours do you interfere only
let the Sultan settle his matters with me let us have
friendly conference together and we shall no doubt
come to very amicable termination why, gentlemen,
thought that the Emperor Of Russia being much the
stronger Of the two that amicabe termination could not
but be injurious to the Turks; and now find that the
Turkish Government have most willingly accepted our
aid and that, in instances which might quote that aid
has been most efficient for the purpose" Cheers
Lord JOHN RUSSELL the Minister Of England, denoun-
ces the power Of Russia "monsrous tyranny" and,
in calling upon England to go forth in the field and upon
the to meet and conound that tyranny he ayows
that by such righteous championship Of the against
the Inscriptions strong England best the sano
tiy Of her freedom the preservation Of her go
rious institutions
Lord ABERDEEN on the contrary, asks what has hap
pened since the treaty of Adranople twenty-five years
ago: Since then has Russia made any attempt on the
Territory of Turkey, shown any hostility to Turkey
None in the world The only interference OF Russia with
Turkey but in order the existence Of TOR
key Russian army was sent to to save
it from the Egyptian invasion. That has been all that
has been done by Russia since the treaty Of Adranope,
twenty-five years ago There has been war aggres
SION nothing but this single act Of service to Turkeys
como, think shall do enough, and that 10 what
ought to have in view"
Lord JOINS words contained indignant burst worthy
Of an enlightened and liberaized Engshman. Lord
ABERDEEN limits his ideas Of happiness and the objects
Of national exertion to twenty-five years peace Lord
ABERDEEN persists in regarding the question limited
to Turkey. Lord JOHN becomes more and more con-
WINGED that il is Of worldwide Importance Punch repre-
sents Lord ABERDEEN smoking his pipe seated upon
barrel Of gunpowder whilst his neighbours house is
fire. instead Of actively assisting that neighbor to
quer the raging element. How danger would arise to
England and what would be the extent Of its results
Lord JOHN RussELL summed up in few pthy sentences
Speaking Of the designs Of Russia, he said:
believe that from an Interpretation Of that which
has been said by the Emperor of Russia himself his de-
sign that the Principatics which he occupies and
Bulgaria should be Turkey and be held UNI
der his protection 1t is that Consantnope itself should
DO held by the present Government by any free
Government which should harbor those who might be
considered his enemies it is that Constantinope should
be- like Petersburgh and Warsaw, subject to Russian
protection and Russian influence. say to you at
that such contamination woud be fatal to the liberties Of
England"
We feel gratifed by the accession the of the
antAberdeen party in the English Cabinet through the
appointment of Sir GEoRaE GRAY to seat in it. We eo
upon England, France, and Turkey united hand and
heart in the which Lord JOHN RUSSELL eloquent
n;,Ir,
declaration Of by Sweden against Russia may shortly
be looked for and Denmark must Of necessity follow in
the wake Of her neghbor. We cannot think that the
suits Of the conference at Tetschen between the
regns Of Austria and Prussia will be in any way import
ant 1t is said that nothing Wren all the diplomacy
oral private, and confidential We told however,
that the CzAR has been asked, for The last % to aban
don the Prinoipalities and retire beyond the Pruth.
So far reliable has reached England from the
seat of war in Turkey the Of Russia there is decd
eddy in the The Turks have been uniformly
cessful in repeng every attack which has been made
upon Sisra, and the last from thence is that the
siege operations had been suspended We know further
that Prince PAsKEwrscH has been very seriously wound
ed, that Gen. SCHLDER has had leg amputated, and
that Prince GoRrscHAKoFF has been placed hors de combat
oMER PAcHA, in his interview with Marshal Sr Ar
and Lord RAGLAN represented the regular troops
artillery 224 pieces) and engineers under his command
to amount to 104 200 men the irregular troops
Stated to be infantry and Ii, 655 cavalry making
grand total Of 1872 600 men. To these must be add
cd the celebrated Kaaft corps and the regular troops
from the fortified places in Bulgaria. Serya and Bosnia
their places being filled by Bashi-buzucks or rreguars
0MER PAcHA is thus assembling, for grand blow,
the principal corps darmie Of Turkey in Europe
these be added $4,000 to $4,000 English troops and
900 French troops by this time assembled ne Shum
la and the combined fleets Of England France and Tur
key riding in the bays Of Varna and Kavarnn ready 10
give their aid any point where wanted, we shall have
aggregate force not easy to be resisted Tho Russians
are however in great and daily increasing force in spite
*e ravages by death in the Dobrudscha and by the
balls and sabres Of the Turks at Slistra Every thing
indicates the approach Of the Of hosties
upon great SCALE and Of engagement in the neigh
borhood Of Sstra most bloody and destructive in Its
ecuon and important in its results to civilized Europe
The Times, ct the commencement Of the week. startled
the public by that the Russians
certainly preparing to abandon the Municipalities andretre
beyond the Pruth Nothing further however has been
said upon the subject The Mohiteur rejects the account
in toto, and the general impression is that the Tmess
" own correspondent" has made mistake.
The Parliamentary is almost without interest In
the Lords on the 10Th Lord LrNpHURsr made agood
Speech and drew attention to the memorandum issued
by the Cabinets Of Vienna and Berlin to their ENJOYS OF
the Germanc Diet at Frankfort evdencng he sad that
the maintenance Of the status quo the preservaonof the