Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-03-13
QUASI DECLARATION OF WAR BY ENGLAND
TREATY OF ALLIANCE BETWEEN ENGLAND
FRANCE, AND TURKEY
From tho London Times. Feb. 90

/ SOaok bhNLAhATlONO VI WAX by ENGLAND
TREATY OF ALLIANCE BETWEEN ENGLANI
FRANCE, AND TURKEY.
| From the London Times, Feb. g.
No man who listened Friday night to the spirited
and energetic language addressed by Lord John Russell
to the Honse cfCommons could entertain doub, thu,
such speech in the mouth of leading member of the
government Is equivalent declaration Of war no one
who heard the unanimous acclamatons with which tina,
speech was received could deny that her Msestys
vernmen enter this with the entire support of Par
Lament and Of tho people We have reached then by slow
but CONTINUOUS steps that point atwhch the last seem, o
reconciliation is lost in the note OF defiance aud the n,o
prey oil discussion to great degree merged I, an. &
ty otac,ion For the first time In the remembraocs q,
men Of this century that peace in which We have hs
brought up appears TO be at end aud the
are driven 70 arms to rndieato tho rights and interests Of
this country, aud Of our aies against the wan,on 5is
turbcr OF the tranquility Of Europe The conscious n
with which the nation puts forth her srcnrththe
veon 'na no other course remains consistent with that
pos"oh we aspire to maintain in the world-the knowI
edge mat every resource of diplomacy has been
Inc oehei That NC rely the support and good will
all the greatest States OF Europe but moro
,;, 70 encourage the government in its course
IL DO war, Is war to which every party in tho State
aud almost every man in tho country, riyes as.cn,
Tor, with instructive unanmity We are resolved
70 Try the reai strength Of that Power which has sought
70 extend its aseendcncy the East aud over the Ws
unnl she thinks herself match for the combined ,s,s
lance OF the world. Lord John Russell spoke on rrsax
night IKE statesman in great copuncurc Of public n
fairs aud the House Of Commons gave him and the do
vernment the support which has never been Within from
Brush Minister on momcntous occasion and In ust
cause. AIR. Layard had attempted, in an able but ILL.,
Juuseu speech, to circumscribe the debate within re-
view past diplomatic Transactions; but in his cagcrnc,s
10 detect what he conceycs 10 be the errors aud
OF th. government he entirely lost sight the measures
they had actually akeu aud of the important objects they
nave nov in Tes. No member OF tho tory n.no.it;on
has yet followed Mr.. Liyard in this inydiou. task hut
Mr. koebuck, whose reappcarancc cordially greeted
by the House. raised the real question now before the
country III few distinct and manly sentences That cues
lion Is not much what has been done a. hat l. now In
do And To that question Lord John Russell gave an an.
S"er without disguise or reservation, amounting virtually
to dcc'aration that II do obtain the immediate
acceptance OF the terms offered to the Emperor OF Rus
Sa We shall resort TO hoSteS to enforce his
We may here add, that although direct information
has arrived in London rUm ST. Petersburg since the re.
caH oi SIR Hamilton Seymour, answer has been re-
ceiVed by the trench government the last communities
!on mud that il is unsatisfactory.
The mtimaticn Oh the part the government Of the
policy they are resolved to pursue accompanied by
the announcement OF certain definite measures calculated
TO promote its objects In the first place. are informed
that there has now been exchange OF notes between
England anu France in which those Powers undertake
cooperate III giving assistance Turkey and declaring
on the part Of both Powers that no selfish interests anu
no Increase OF territory power sought for Our
readers may Eccolect that several occasions and rs
'nuch as thFee months age we eudcayored 10 point
the Necessity o dchnite engagements with allies or
the purpose OF establishing the objects our common in
errention, and the means OF clecIug them IL would be
rash indeed To Seud the fleets aud OF England on all
expedition that NAV lead war in defence OF foreign
Power without having previously regulated by convention
the position III which our forces be placed. Il
seems therefore, that IN addition 10 the exchange Of
win rance l4h'ch We take To be provisional arrange
nent Ian engagement has been proposed Turkey by
which slI DC assured besides other things which arr
necessary on such occasions, that Turkey will not asre,
10 any peace Win Russia while giving aid aud
assistance without consent and concurrence" In
ut her Wa md Lard
that defensive treaty OF Aance En- gland France
aud Turkey has been presented yince of the
Porte, to secure TO the allies Of Turkey TO the
theatre OF war, conditions for carrying o. and power TO
bring il to termination. IL is extremely fitting that such
treaty be concluded LtiorG engage IN active opera
lions III the domiuions VI foreign sovereign; and with
the objects we have exclusively in yieS there
that this engagement should not be OF the public
turc 10 be acceded to- aud hereafter by the other
great Powers oil Europe,
1t now remains for Us to mention measure which has
already peeH Dhen and which has commonly been adop
ted shortly before the outbreak OF hOtieS. Alta privy
council held on Saturday Afternoon the Queen was plea
ed TO issue Proclamation, which publish elsewhere
prohibiting, under a clause Of the customs consoli-
diOn act the export carrying coastwisc of arms gun
powder and all other stores Of war, aud also Of marine
engines PTOpeIiess, aud ali GbeF machinery or
parts OF machinery, which may he used in
This prohibition general and absolute, aud the officer
of CUSTOMS thereby authorized stop all such COM
moiities merchandise from leaving our ports. The
suspension Of the trade in Guupowder aud of war is
MEASURE a~ays sseg!ed to in or before end uSs
oldaton act Of last year has vested in the crown more
general powers OF the same nature aud will at once
be seen that The expectation OF slGan machinery Tor ships
would supply TO our adversary impOran, impe-
ment Of war; aud precisely of that species which this
country produces III the highest Perfection Without en-
terins into details, nave rcas II 20 believe that IN.
government have information that certain consignmen,s
OF warke stores aud marine machinery were about
TO be despatched To Holland Of the Russian
government ana 1e's became Important TO The public
service 10 stop. To accomplish this necessary object il
OF course necessary that tue export trade in these ar
tces should be interrupted altogether is probably
the intention oil the government tossue licences OF export
under certain well ascciained circumstances though on
this point We have as yet no information.