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      Ftlhe War-Plot Thickens: There Is A Sing...

      Austria though , in any case , likely to the end to observe neutrality , if we permit her , is fomenting success for the King of Prussia ; and meanwhile both are arming and both are getting money : Prussia by a direct loan ; Austria by the mortgage of her railways for 24 , 000 , 000 / ., to the Parisian credit mobilier . The latter transaction is to be settled on the 5 th December ; and the view taken

      in the City is , that if the negotiation be completed , the French capitalists ¦ will have obtained tlie conviction that Austria is safe to be , at least , not for Russia . Yet as the price of a guarantee like this may be a pledge from Louis Napoleon that he will aid in suppressing Italian , Polish , or Hungarian insurrections , England may be made a party to a dismal and disgraceful pact of despotisms . Let Parliament loolc to it .

      There is no talk of any intention to retrieve the blunder at Petropaulousky . Why is not a force despatched to blow those 'forts into the air ? There is , again , nothing said of the Government comprehending their duty in . meeting Russian intrigues in India— -all that is done being to put Major Edwardes on one side , without powers or instructions , and to plant at Teheran the Hon . Mr . " Murray , without capacity or purpose .

      Excepting the Kossuth meeting , and the Patriotic Fund meetings , and the letters teaching the Government its business , -the week has been eventless at home . In Ireland they have some excitement . The Tenant Bight champions are holding assemblies to in fluence elections and consolidate their Parliamentary party , while Mr . Lucas sets out for Home , elected leader of the Catholic democracy , to entreat his Holiness to put down the Bishops .

      The boroughs that are engaged in supplying the Parliamentary vacancies occasioned by death , give play to a little activity . We have to consider substitutes for Sir Michael Hicks , Mr . Beach , liord pudley Stuart , Mr . Creach , Sir A . Brooke , and Mr . Wyndham Groold ; East Gloucestershire , Marylebone , Coventry , Bedford , and Limerick , have to consider their representation in Parliament , and on the whole , notwithstanding the deadness of ordinary political life , the inclination , thanks to the excitement of "war ideas , seems to be to

      improve rather than degenerate in liberality . If Marylebone should fall short of Lord Dudley-Stuarts , it will not be for -want of candidates proposed ; but the electors are adopting a good practice in holding moye than one caucus to elect a man to be candidate . " We do not know whether the inhabitant electors have taken care to have themselves sufficiently represented at these meetings ; but it is the standing practice of the country , where no man is taxed without his own consent , for six-sevenths to be deprived of a vote , and for

      the other seventh to be indifferent about the election , and to leave it to agents whose special business is the manufacture of Members of Parliament out of money-spenders . Sir Hamilton Seymour has been objected to as Whig ; yofc he has good things in his " carpet-bag , " and could have enlightened the Russian debates . However , ho has voted himself into private life , leaving the field to a enrwd of gentlemen , among ¦ wh om the naval captor of Cronstadt " next spring , " is conspicuous . Will he take the fortress or his seat ? ( Queere . ) Bedford concentrates its

      Liberal interest , tho Russell influence included , upon a thorough-going Radical , John Trclawney , tvIio kno-ws more of naval matters than most Radicals , more of politics than most sailors , and ¦ will be a really useful independent member . Coventry seems to favour Sir Joseph I ' axton , tho gardener ' s boy , who has lived to bo the architect of Crystal Palaces , and brings from tho ducal circle of Chatsworth a hearty , enlightened , national view of present affairs , desiring a household suffrage and ino centralisation at homo , demanding a vigorous a d ministration of the war , and looking forward to enlargement fox European liberties out dfthe quarrel of kings .

      1130 The Leader. Rsatukday.

      1130 THE LEADER . rSATUKDAY .

      Meeting Of Parliament. A Privy Council W...

      MEETING OF PARLIAMENT . A Privy Council was held at Windsor on Monday , when the following Proclamation was ordered to be issued : — Monday , November 27 , 1854 . By the QUEEN . —A Proclamation . Victoria , K . "Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to Thursday , the 14 th day of December next ; and whereas , for divers weighty and \ irgent reasons , it seems to us expedient that our said Parliament shall assemble and be holden . sooner than the said day , we do , by and with , the advice of our Privy Council , hereby proclaim and give notice of our royal intention and pleasure that our said Parliament , notwithstanding the same now stands prorogued , as hereinbefore mentioned , to the said 14 th of December next , shall assemble and be holden , for the dispatch , of divers urgent and important affairs , on Tuesday , the 12 th day of December next ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal , and the Knights , Citizens , and Burgesses , and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons , axe hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly , at Westminster , on the said 12 th . day of December , 1854 . Given at our Court , at Windsor , this 27 th day of November , in the year of Our Lord , 1854 , and in the 18 th year of our reign . God save the Quee : * .

      The War

      THE WAR

      Latest News. Odessa, Ifov. 22. Nothing O...

      LATEST NEWS . Odessa , Ifov . 22 . Nothing of importance had taken place before Sebastopbl to the 17 th . The weather is bitterly cold .

      Brussels. A Despatch, Attributed To Prin...

      Brussels . A despatch , attributed to Prince Menschikoff , and bearing date Sevastopol , November 18 , affirms that the siege operations of the- Allies had been arrested , and that on the 18 th they had all but ceased . Ife is also asserted , on the same authority , that twenty-five vessels of the Allies had stranded .

      There Is No Doubt That There Was A Heavy...

      There is no doubt that there was a heavy storm in the Black Sea . on the 16 th . The Osterreichisclie Correspondenz conta ins intelligence from Constantinople of the 20 th : —• " During the awful gale on the night of tlie 14 th , the English lost 32 transports on the coast of the Crimea . " The fine screw-steamer Prince and Sea Nymph found ered with all on . board . " Three smaller English steamers were stranded . " Of the vessels of war , the Sanspareil was driven on shore , though she had her steam up . The Britannia had five feet water in her hold . " The Agamemnon was driven on shore , but managed to get off ; and the engines of the Sampson were seriously damaged .

      " The Retribution was also stranded , but got off by throwing her guns overboard . " The Terrible escaped without damage . 41 Tho French line-of-battle-ship Henri Quatre and tho Pluton . were lost off Eupatoria , and another French steamer was dismasted . " According to news from Constantinople to the 15 th : — " Tho Russians continue fortifying tho houses in tho interior of Sebastopol ; but they are likewise preparing tho means of retreating into tho fortifications of tho north , by establishing two bridges of boats . " A part of tho troops beaten at Inkerraan had arrived from Odessa in nine days in carts . " Tho Jonrnal de Constantinople states , tliat in addition to the . speedy sending of 40 , 000 mon ( English aud French ) , 10 , 000 Turks arc to embark for tho Crimea .

      • ' Twenty-two transports have paused the Dardanelles . On tho Oth the Golden Fleece took a regiment of artillery on board at Malta . " Tho army of Asia is doing nothing . It had 100 deaths a day during tlie month of October , but its situation -was improving . It wau preparing for winter quarters . " Tho Russian prisoners Btato that tho two Grand Dukes , during their stay in tho Crimea , recommended the Poles to havo full confidence in tho intentions of tho Czar . "

      Mjgbia. J.He St. Petersburg Journal Of T...

      mjgBiA . J . he St . Petersburg Journal of tho 19 lh of November , contains an order of tho Grand Duko Constantino , informing tho Bulic fleet that tho Emperor had been pleneed to thank his doar children , the sailors ot Uio Black Soa licet , for the incomparable ) valour winch thoy had displayed both by land and eoa during the siogo of Sebastopol . Tho Grand Duke adde , that ho hopes tho Baltic Meet , wnon . tho proper moment ) arrives , will show itself equally deserving of suoh a mark of tho Imperial favour . *

      France. In .His Last Address To The Army...

      FRANCE . In . his last address to the army , thanking the troops -for the day of Inkerman , the Emperor Louis Napoleon-speaks , pf the relief they may expect on the side of Bessarabia ; and this has been taken in confirmation of the news , originating in Galignani , that two ( or four ) divisions of the French army were immediately to be sent to the Danube , to operate in conjunction with the forces of Omar Pasha . But the announcement has not yet been officially made . The Paris Correspondent of the Daily News , assuming the news to be true , says : —

      ; It is stated on respectable authority that Marshal Baraguay d'Hillicrs is to command the French army of the Danube . The choice is in many respects probable . He has long enjoyed the confidence of the Emperor , has a considerable military reputation , is extremely eager for active service , and , notwithstanding the drawback of a violent temper , is esteemed to have a certain ability as a diplomatist . I hear it objected that the command would be scarcely adequate to the dignity of a Marshal of France , at a moment when a young general is Commander-in-Chief in the Crimea . I cannot , however , think this objection of much weight . Although the army to be sent into the Principalities may hi the first instance consist of but two divisions , it must he very speedily augmented if the war goes on . "

      Tee P-Rincipaxities. The Latest Ordinary...

      TEE P-RINCIPAXITIES . The latest ordinary correspondence from the Lower Danube alludes to Omar Pasha ' s advance as confidently expected . It is also said that the numerous reinforcements sent by the Russian army of the Danube to that of the Crimea have sensibly weakened Prince Gortsehakoif . In spite of the troops sent him from Poland and from the interior of Russia , his army -which , although very superior in number , had been obliged to give way before the forces of the Sultan , is now reduced to one-half its former number .

      Fearing to be attacked at any moment , he is collecting together all his available forces , and has ceased completely to send reinforcements to the Crimea , notwithstanding the pressing request of Prince Menschikoff . Omar Pasha is said to have placed the -whole line of the Danube in a state of defencej and the fortifications of Silistria , Giurgevo , and Rassova have been completed on the plans of Colonel Dieu . The Ottoman reserve is coming from Shumla to occupy the places of the Danube , and is replaced by recruits .

      The Vienna telegraphic statement that Omar Pasha has received orders from Constantinople to suspend operations against Bessarabia is denounced by the Constitutionnel as " completely untrue . " It is nevertheless repeated from Vienna and also from Berlin , and may not be without some warrant . The German Journal of Frankfort states that the Czar having received certain information of the intention of Omar Pasha to immediately assume the offensive , has sent orders to Prince Paskiewitsch at Warsaw to send reinforcements into Bessarabia from the army of Poland . A letter from Varna , of the 10 th

      , states that the corps of Roumolia , that of Stamboul , with the guard and the division of reserve of Ferik Pasha , amounting together to 45 , 000 infantry , 12 , 000 cavalry , and 150 pieces of artillery , with 20 , 000 Egyptian and Tunisian troops , had received orders to advance to the Pruth . The telegraphic report that 20 , 000 men have been detached from Omar Pasha ' s corps is of later date than the Varna news . Should tho fact be established it may be explained by the impossibility of better employing that number of Ottoman troops until the two promised French divisions can co-operate in the invasion of Bessarabia .

      Count Coronini Had Published At Buchares...

      Count Coronini had published at Bucharest a bulletin , announcing to his army tho news of the battle of Inkerman . It is clear , fair , and truthful , concluding thus : — " The conduct of the allied troops in tho presence of an enemy four times at least superior to thorn in number has been admirable . Tho victory was hard won , but brilliant . "Wo havo to regret serious losses , the details of which havo not arrived . "

      ¦ Cehmanv. Tho King's Speech Upon Tho Op...

      ¦ cehmanv . Tho King ' s Speech upon tho opening of tlie Prussian Chambers , on Thursday , contains tho foll owing passages ;—"A bloody conflict ban broken out between , three powerful moiubcrH of the family of European States . " Our fatherland in not yet nfl ' ectod ; I havo frettli occasion to hopo that tho basin of a further understanding -will soon perhaps bo obtained . " ( JloHcly united with Austria and tho rout of Germany , I shall continue to look upon it n « my tunic to plead for peace , tho recognition of tho indopondonco oi foreign states , and moderation . " Should I ( subsequently bo compelled to add force to thin attitude , Pnisnia ' n and my faithful people will hour thoir inuvitublo burdens with resignation , and know Jurw to meet Huoh eventualities . " Tho army shall bo made ready for -war . "

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 2, 1854, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02121854/page/2/