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      December % 1854.] The Leap E B,. 1131

      December % 1854 . ] THE LEAP E B ,. 1131

      The Times Of Yesterday Says:— " We Have ...

      The Times of yesterday says : — " We have received a despatch from our correspondent at Berlin , dated yesterday , which states that the fresh additional article agreed upon by Austria and Prussia on the 26 th contains the adoption of the four points , and undertakes to procure their acceptance . " Prussia also promises her assistance to Austria if attacked in the Principalities . " The Times of the previous day contained the following : — " Berlin , Tuesday . " The Eussian answer to the Prussian note expresses the willingness of the -Emperor to treat on the following terms : — " First , a common guarantee hy the Five Powers of the rights of the Christian subjects of the Porte , without distinction as to confession .

      " Second , a common protectorate of the Principalities to be exercised by the Five Powers on the terms of the treaties now existing between Russia and the Porte . " Third , a revision of the treaty of 1841 . " Fourth , the free navigation of the Danube . "

      The Preussische Correspondenz, Whose Sup...

      The Preussische Correspondenz , whose supposed semi-official inspirations render its views note-• worthy , has favoured the political -world with another article on the subject of the four points , as ostensibly accepted by Russia , and with , special reference to the position of the German Powers . " The Prussian Cabinet has transmitted several times to St . Petersburg the expression of its conviction that a prompt and sincere acceptance of those propositions afforded prospects of a pacific solution . " Can it be made a matter of reproach to us that we suppose it impossible that the four guarantees , now that

      they have obtained the acceptance of Russia ( indications-worthy of confidence prove it ) , should meet with simple rejection either at London or Paris , where those conditions were laid down , or at Vienna , where they ¦ were ready to support them by force of arms ? Or are we to have imposed Tip on us a new political logic , according to which propositions have no * value , excepting so long as tliey are mot accepted ? For our own part , ¦ we consider the conclusion more rational , that the Western Powers must see in the acceptance of the programme laid down by themselves a , high satisfaction , aud a sure guarantee for the re-establishment of peace .

      As regards the German Powers , it is evident that they could not but receive with satisfaction the acceptance on the part of the Russian Cabinet . We have & right to assume a desire in the Federal Powers to see a war terminated , which , in its course , may transfer to the German frontiers ihe theatre of deeisive events . Tlie position of the German Powers towards the belligerents has not been altered during the course of the summer . They have proved the moral support which they gave to the enterprises of the Western Powers in the interest of the balance of Europe , while preserving their pacific relations towards Russia , which has not hitherto failed in her promise pf maintaining an attitude purely defensive . Wo are therefore entitled to suppose that all the German Powers will see in the acceptance of the programme of August by the Cabinet of St . Petersburg a suitable basis for the re-establishment of peace . "

      In Preparation Of The Worst, Prussia Is ...

      In preparation of the worst , Prussia is raising a loan : —" The ' Seehaadlung' has issued the prospectus of a now state loan of 15 , 000 , 000 tlialers at 3 i , repayable within forty years , and to be issued at par . "

      Russian Encroachments Still Fubtiieja Ea...

      RUSSIAN ENCROACHMENTS STILL FUBTIIEja EAST . The following is from the Times'' correspondent at Bombay s — " The report I mentioned in my last , that the King of Kokan had sent to requost Uritish aid against the Russians , is repeated . Tho Ameer has heard from his correspondents at Peshawur that before tho departure of tho Commissioner lor Pesbawur , an AmbusHudor from the King of Koknn arrived at that place . Whothor rightly or wrongly , this Ambassador gave himself out to bo a ' Siiahzmlali Sooltan , ' son of tho tihalmdah Solaiman of Shuhz ; ainun ' n family . Ho id escorted hy about ' 20 horse , and on Ilia urrivul was met on the road

      by tho Chotn Suheb of Poslmwur , mul ontortnincd daily at tho cost of tho BritiHh Government , nnd lodged in the house of Lutchmunncrsnud , cx-oflicor under tho Sikhs . Ho linn presented tho Coinminsionor with a horso and rich trappings , His object is to induco tho Uritinh Govornmfiut to intorfuru and , either by negotiation or foroo ^ Bavo tho dominioiiM of tho King of Kokiin from subjugation by tho JluHHiniw . Ifo n » k « fora supply of arms , untl siiyn that his kind treatment of tho Jiiitinh JCnvoy—possibly Arthur Conolly (?)—in former dnyn gives him a , claim to Englirth frW < l * hij > . TIih Knki ' tn Chief winked to go to Murrcn to tv . w th « Chief Ooinnuwrtionor , but wiw told that ho would bo Bent , for if wanted . » ..

      " The reports that havo boon forwarded to England during tho last , two yearn regarding tho equipment , dcpurturo , und constant progress of thu Kuiwinn oxpoditlon to tlwj Oxuh and . f « x « uton , havo not , I think , r « coi"vod from tho Kugliali prosw tho atUiuliou whiolx thoir con-HCuutivonostt anil tho gonorul u ^ rtsomont , of roportH arriving through such vurioua aud independent channels

      as Scinde , Peshawur , Persia , and Cashmere , might have fairly warranted ; and now , when tjbe presence of a Russian force in Kokan is a fact as certainly ascertained as that of the Austriajis in Wallachia , everybody appears to wonder how they could have got there so quietly . Yet there is really nothing wonderful in the matter at all ; on reference to your files of the last two years you will find reports of the progress of the expedition in every stage . I think it was about two years ago since the first reports were published on the subject ; they were given on the authority of letters from an officer in the Russian service , and stated that an expedition against Central Asia , on a most extensive scale , was being equipped on the shores of the Caspian . It must

      be remembered that . these preparations -were effected , and the expedition started , before the Turkish difficulties had arisen and when the Czar ' s finances were in a very flourishing state . Orenburg is the head-quarters of a division of the Russian regular army . Few regular troops -would , however , have been employed or required on such an expedition—the Russians understand the value of irregular or ' provincial corps' as well as we do in India , and they possess such corps on all thenfrontiers ; a force of this sort admits of being readily and rapidly augmented on a frontier where every other

      man is a Dugald Dalgetty ; the irregular corps raised on this principle on the Punjab frontier are considered the most effective portion of the native army , though provided with only two or three European officers a piece , and they -were raised in a few months . It is evident that by similar means a Russian expedition , to the Gxus might have been readily organized , without occasioning any inconvenient demand on tlie strength of the regular army , and . it must be remembered that the protection and monopoly of the trade of Central Asia and Western China would well pay tlie expenses of such an expedition . "

      Extensive Augmentation Op The Forces. Th...

      EXTENSIVE AUGMENTATION OP THE FORCES . The contemplated augmentation of the army , which is expected to take place immediately after the assembling of Parliament , will , it is stated , embrace the whole of the infantry regiments of the line . The manner in which the increase is to be effected is stated to be as follows , viz ,: — -The regiments of infantry serving in the East , Gibraltar , Malta , and the Ionian islands , will have additional battalions of 800 rank and file respectively , to be termed 2 nd or 3 rd battalions , as in the Case of the 1 st Royal and Rifle Brigade ; those regiments in the colonies and East Indies to have each a reserve battalion of 500 bayonets , and the regiments on home service to be placed , as regards their numerical strength , on the war establishment . The regiments to have additional

      battalions of 800 men are the 1 st Royals , 3 rd Buffs , 4 th Regiment of Foot , 7 th Fusiliers , 9 th Foot , 13 th ditto , 14 th ditto , 17 th ditto , 18 th Royal Irish , 19 th Foot , 20 th ditto , 21 st ditto , 23 rd Fusiliers , ; 28 th Foot , 30 th ditto , 31 st ditto , 33 rd ditto , 34 th ditto 38 th ditto , 41 st ditto , 42 nd Highlanders , ' 44 th Foot , 46 th . ditto , 47 th ditto , 48 th ditto , 49 th ditto , 50 th ditto , 55 th ditto , 62 nd ditto , G 3 rd ditto , 68 th Light Infantry , 71 st Highland Light Infantry , 72 nd Highlanders , 77 th Foot , 79 th . ditto , 88 th Connaught Rangers , 80 th Foot , 90 th ditto , 92 nd ditto , 93 rd Highlanders , 95 th Foot , 97 th ditto , and the Rifle Brigade . The remaining regiments will bo augmented as stated above . An additional battalion of Royal Artillery and eight companies of Royal Marines are also to bo raised . — Times .

      Hetitrn Of Adm1kat.. I>Undas. Admiral Du...

      HETITRN OF ADM 1 KAT .. I > UNDAS . Admiral Dundns ' a threo years' term of service as Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean will terminate in the course of next month , when , wo believe , it is probable that tho gallant admiral will return to England . Wo havo reason to bulievo it wits Admiral Dundas ' s desire , on assuming tho command , not to retain it beyond tho usual period ; and an , owing to tho Russian tactics , there is at present really no active warfare ao far as tho naval forces aro concerned , ho moans to fulfil 1 ms intention of resigning tho Oommand-in-Ohiof . — Globe .

      In C I1) Jfi H T S. Moim Indignation Akc...

      IN C I 1 ) Jfi H T S . Moim Indignation akchjt Oi > E 88 A . — " A true Briton , " corresponding with tho Times , urges that Odessa is tho hciid-qmirtcrs of troops and supplies for tho Crimon ; that its wealthy inhabitants supply donations very vnluublo to our foes ; that wo cannot afford to ho oourtoous , nnd that wo aro not acting humanely to our own army . 8 , 000 , 000 / . or 10 , 000 , 000 / . worth of Russian ways and means might hnvo been destroyed , mid we only chipped bits from the facea of tho forts . Kiovhnonh a Nos MoirroNa . —Wo rend in the Saint Public of LyonH , that for tho laat fow daya agents lia < l been engaged buying up at thcuutchers stalls all tlie ahoonttkina on fliilo , having a contract to deliver in as short a period aa possible 80 , 000 prepared skins for tho usa of tho French army in tho East . Hevojlvbus at JLhwhb . —rA Times correspondent

      complains , sensibly enough , that whilst our forces are suffering dreadful hardships , the Russian . prisoners have had their wives brought o-ver to live with them , and are receiving large sums from noblemen and gentlemen to purchase Luxuries . They are also selling the toys they manufacture at large prices . We read also that an officer on parole purchased a , Colt ' s revolver , and a dozen more were soon ordeied . The gunsmith was loyal ; he took " an opinion , " which made the affair known , and the offic er was promptly deprived of his purchased Colt . Popularity op the Anglo-French Alliance . — A correspondent of the Times , writing from Paris , gives cheering intelligence of French enthusiasm for British valour . He gives the following anecdotes : —

      " I was purchasing a cigar a day or two since la a shop on the Boulevards , when a cabman came in to buy tobacco . ' Is it true , ' said he , addressing a Frenchman , ' that 8000 Englishmen kept the field against 45 , 000 Russians until Bosquet came up , and that . in company with our soldiers they charged the enemy and killed 9 OOCI ' r" ' Yes . ' ' Then , although I have always hated the English , and thought them false and perfidious , if an Englishman were now to fall into the Seine , I would jump after and try to save Mm , though I can't swim a stroke . Here are heroes ; why the Old Guard cmild never have done more ; and to think they are Englishineu , whom . I have been hating all my life ! But it is never too late to learn . ' "—" Several English

      officers , wounded at the Alma , lately passed through PariSj and ventured in undress uniform ( then -only clothes ) into the Tuileries gardens . With shattered bodies and tarnished embroidery they looked as become men who had been fighting for their country . The people , pressed round them in all directions , and gave most hearty signs of then * sympathy , desiring to shake them by their undamaged hand , for most of them had one arm in a sling . ' Voilct des Anglais , des blesses de FAlmaf'yr & a heard aa all directions , mingled with words of good-felloWship from the men , aud of pity from , the softer sex- One old man , more practical than the rest , judging from the condition of their uniforms and their honourable scars that they must want money , offered , to

      supply them with , anything they required , and was quite grieved that they had no occasion to avail themselves of his generosity . " —" The Charivari contains a picture of a Highlander standing sentinel at his post with a precipice an-d the sea immediately at his back . A French soldier and a Tartar peasant regard him from below . ' What folly , ' says the Tartar , ' to place a sentry in such a position . ' ' There ' s no danger , ' replies the Chasseur , ' ces soldats-la ne reculent Jamais . ' And this in the Charivari , written by some of the most consistent Republicans in France , and so long bitter against England and all connected with her ! The gallant stand made by ' that astonishing infantry * has received

      a full ineed of justice at their hands , and over and over again I have been met with the remark , ' How proud you should be to be their countryman ; ' to which I have replied ,. ' Yes , as you to he the countryman of those who so nobly flew to their assistance . ' ' How cowurdJy in the Russians , ' say many ; ' they always attaofc the English force , knowing it is the weakest . However , wo should not regret it , as it has shown us of what stuff your army is composed , and how implicitly wo can rely upon it . ' A veil seems to have passed from their eyes , and tho jaundiced hue with which they regarded England and her institutions lias been changed to coukur de rose . "

      Patriotism at Cork . —Thomas Mason Jones has been expelled from tho Cork Chamber of Commerce for having expressed a wish that tho Russians would bo successful in tlio Crimea . He was not kicked I Thkowinc Shuixs Five Micks . —This has nofc been done , but Mr . A . M . Perkins , son of tho inventor of the stoam-gun , says in a lotter to tho Times , " That ho is prepared to supply tho Government with steam-guns , which would throw shells of a ton weight , five miles , lie thinks such ii gun in Brunei ' s 10 , 000 ton ship , would destroy Sevastopol without the lost ) of a man . " What aro tho representatives of Captain Warner about ?

      Thm Woundrd of Inkkkman . —The "wounded havo arrived nt Constantinople and Scutari . They number 3000 in the two hospitals , There ia much sulfuring , but no complaints . Miss NiRhtingido and her attendants prove most valuable , ' . There is some tnllc of turning the palace of tho Russian Embassy into im hospital , for they aro quito crowded at present . Coats in tiiio Crimea . —It is not for the officers only , as stated , that his Royal Highness Prince Albert lms ordered winter clothing , but wo umdex ~ Btnndthat tho Prince has givon instructions to provide , at his expense , sealskin coatB for lite own regiment , tho ttrcnudlor Guards , serving in tho Crimea .

      Tub Son op " thm TuArroii . " - —Tho Times correspondent in tho Crimea suya : " I hear that Captnira Peel , of tho Diamond , loft his « blue ¦ jn < 5 kaW on the fith , and wont right in among tlio thickest of tho fl ( jht , where liu joiuud tho red-coats , nnd fllaahccl away with IUh regulation sword , whoxe-yer ' the-miflie ¦ wna florcout . "

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 2, 1854, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_02121854/page/3/