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on the simple basis that each party retain
,ohat 1t has gained during the var, it will
be found ,ha, Russia gains nothing; loses
her naval supremacy in the Black Sea alto
ge,her sbsndons hor costly conquest in
Asia leaving the Allies in quiet possession
Of the Gibraltar they have bull, for them.
selves on the heights above Sebaslopol, end
in foil control Of ell the southern commerce
Of the Russian empire, except upon the
Caspian Sea.
Nor hiss Russia gained in military glory
wha. she has los. By land and sea, while
her wondrous skill in purchasing all the
science ,ha. Eng land, France and Germany
could sell, ie freely admitted, and while the
iIlimi,able endurance Of Russian troops has
called forth the establishment of Europe,
and inflicted grievous loss upon her assaile
ants: still, in not one single great battle
from the beginning Of the war, have the
Russians been victorious over The Turks, or
Christians or both. Sinope has, in reality,
been their only great success, besides the
prolonea,ion Of The defence Of SebastopoI.
And in sdmiring The marvellous strength
and skill Of the defence of the latter fortress.
it must never be forgotten that English and
French engineers planned the works which
now gives so much trouble to their own
cOUnlrymen 10 capture.
Not only has Russia thus lost ground in
reality, but, notwithstanding ell her proud
boasts, she has been forced to confess i, be-
fore The world. One after another Of the
naughty claims she made al the beginning,
she he's since testified her willingness 10 re-
nounce, after loudly protesting tina! such
remuneration would be incompatible with
her bononr. The difficulties in regard TO
the Holy Places, she herself acknowledged
to be selled before The outbreak Of the war:
and they have ever since vanished from view.
The wording Of these existing treaties with
Turkey, she insisted on and refused TO give
up f; she has now consented to their revi-
sion. The proteciors,s Of The Greek sub
jects Of the Porte, she claimed, and would
not consent 10 psr. with her monopoly Of
fered to resign, her sole Pro,ec.orship OF
the Danubian Principsi'ies she would no.
part with but she has now consented to
share it, as we'll ss the other Proleciorshlp,
with The Other powers Of Europe. The
-Four Points which, on their FIRST appear
snce, were declared BY Nesselrode to be Ut
tetly incompatible with the honor of Rus
sic, were Q few months after no. only ac-
copied, slso, with the Interpretation put up
on them by The Allies themselves. And if
their late success IN the Sea Of Azof. and in
The capture of The Place d'.Armes and the
MsmeIon before Sebss,opoi, had taken place
before the closing Of The conferences, in
stead Of afterwards, the Russian acceptance
Of those Four Points nigh. have proved to
be a reality instead Of only ruse.
With the Allies ell this has been the re-
verse. Commencing with the greatest eau
ton and the mos, moderate demands, they
he-e been compelled 10 recede from m POI
silion which they have as ye. formerly as
sumed. Excepting the abandonment OF
Bomarsund and The Asian campaign OF The
Turks, the Allies have los. no territory, nor
have the Russians obtained anywhere sny
foo.hold upon Allied soil. Ia spite Of their
trials, troubles and losses, they have never
me. with anything more than a temporary
check. Even in the siege Of Sebss.opol,
where they seem 10 have succeeded least,
The real steps Of advance have all been on
their side. Every attempt to dislodge them
from Q position once taken and fortified by
Them, has been signsIy defeated.
LORE RAGLAN, whose death in the Cri-
mea was announced in the foreign news re-
ceived by the Arsgo few Gays since was
perhaps the most distinguished general in the
ENGLISH service. He wss in the 6Slh year
of bis sge. He ives known as Lord Fi'zroy
James Henry Somerset lill 1852, when he
was created Baron Raglan. He was the
eighth son Of the fifth Duke Of Beaufort,
born in 1888. and entered The British army