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      •* Thp One Idea Which History Exhibits A...

      •* Thp one Idea which History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is the Idea cf _ Humanity—the nobla endelvour to thrW down allTtheCarriers erected between men . by prejudice and one-sided views ; and hy setting aside the distinction * ofRelTJton Co ^ nta ^ , aSd Colour ° to treat the whole Human ra £ e as one brotherhood , having o » e great object-the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Sttmboldfs Cotmot .

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      News Of The Week- ^ « ^Ering" And _ Othe...

      NEWS OF THE WEEK- ^ « ^ ering" and _ other City Mys- ^ ' % ^ XSl ^^ TffilSio ^ r 1003 TnegS & SSS" ' 1 « 8 Miscellaneous ..,.. 1087 RSnSdo ^ .-SeeondArticle " iSS THE ARTSStteX ^ K "" 1082 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- Lord Brougham ' s "Valete" 1094 How to make Home Happy 1099 getters worn i-ans ...,.,. J" ° g . PUBLIC AFFAIRS— ° Wednesday Evening Concerts 110 O 2 SKSt eato :::::::::::: ISii i * . *•»¦«* professorMaurice us * open council- SSSSBS 1 inParis ••¦ i £ S Another Irish Kow 1084 VfflaVolpicelh .... ................... . 1089 The Use of Indentions ; .... 1094 PhotShy ' 1123 Thames Improvement 1084 £ Jf . Degeneracy I " : ••••; : " » New Movement in Life Assurance 1094 rnotograpny 110 ( 1 "A Gentleman at Large" in Austra- Touching the Bussjan Commissariat 1090 _ ~ --Ha 1085 Progress of Opundn respecting LITERATURE— BirthB , Marriages , and Deaths .... 1100 The s ^ F ^ ndition " ::::-::: IS ! Go g !^ f g ^ dA ^ :: v .:::: v .:::::::: 38- Books on our m ioqs commercial affa . rs-The BurnhamAbijey Murder "' 1087 Aristocracy in Australia .... 1091 Russian Shores of the Black Sea ... 1097 City Intelligence , Marketn , Adver-CrfcunalRecord . f . ^ . T . " „ . ' . " . ' ¦" . " . "" . ^ 1087 The Public House BineBook .... 1092 A Glance at New Books 1098 tiaements , & c . 1101-1104

      Yol. Iv. No. 190.] Saturday, November 12...

      YOL . IV . No . 190 . ] SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 12 , 1853 . [ Pkice Sixpence .

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      After Receiving Innumerable A»D_ Very Di...

      AFTER receiving innumerable a » d _ very diverse accounts , we are able to coHfect the general fact , that the Turks have not only Crossed the Danube in four places , and established themselves in considerable force ou the left bank , but , if they have taken the fort of Giurgevo , it seems probable that they possess the whole line from

      Silistria to Widin . They have also , it would appear , beaten a much , larger force of Russians , in a battle of some duration , and they have defeated their invaders in every encounter . This statement is subject to confirmation or correction ; but , in the main , it is that which is most probable . Our waiters on Providence , at home , are

      charmed at the prospect , that Turkey will settle her own question for herself , prove her strength , and be ,,, in fact , as well as by courtesy , a Power in Europe . It also appears probable that the liussiau force which is in Asia Minor , to the South-West of the Caucasus , is hemmed in between SchanryTs forces , which have crossed the mountain , and a hostile Turkish force , and is maintaining its position with difficulty . It is at this time that wo receive from St .

      Poterslmrgh a diroctand defying declaration of war . Hitherto the Emperor has maintained a considerable degree of reserve , on the subject of his own roverao in diplomacy , and of the necessity for taking more extreme measures . Ho appears , now , to have thrown oft" this reserve , both towards his subjects and hi » allies , as lie calls those states which act as his allies , although ho nets as their cnomy . The position of the other Powers is scarcely so fialiafactory as optimitttH profess to iind it . The Note which tho Baron de Briick , with the

      concurrence of PniBflia , endeavoured to force upon tho Porto , has been published , und it in anything but a creditable document . In general terniH , it pvoioHHOH to declaro that the "Vienna , Note was innocuous , and not HUHceptiblo of tho interpretation put upon it by tho Porte and the Czar ; but Binco , by common consent , all parties ham put that interpretation upon the text , this wirnpio negative " m either eajolory or a nimHorio , and it could have no force whatever as a guarantee for the Porto . But the- endeavour to force Hueh a fallacious guarantee upon tho Sultan , coupled

      with the interpretation of the . Note to which Austria adheres , shows that the neutrality of the Emperor Francis Joseph is by no means so veracious as it has been considered . Whatever side he may profess to be on at the present moment , in opinion and aim he still is on the side of Russia . That fact is disclosed in the Note of the Baron de Briick ; and Prussia , to all appearance , follows in the wake of Austria .

      While the Emperor Napoleon is understood to be losing his patience , and is known to have sent out a General Officer as Ambassador , much against the wish of the Russian Ambassador in Paris , it is certain that our own Government still lags behind . £ Tot , indeed , departmeutally ; for there is every reason to suppose that the instructions actually issued enable our officers to act in concurrence with France . Lord John Russell has not yet recanted his manly

      declaration ; Lord Palmerston's views are known ; but it is reported that Lord Aberdeen once saw some dead bodies , and he has a consequent and invincible repugnance to war . He is a most unfit man , therefore , to bo the Chatham of his day ; and it can only bo hoped that when we have arrived at a more advanced stage of action , Lord Aberdeen will consult his own conscience , and relievo tho Ministiy of War from tho encumbrance of a Peace Minister .

      For wo are not inclined to suppose that Russia will so readily accept ; tho judgment suddenly adopted by English politicians , that Turkey haa established hersolf as a Power in Europe , and that Russia must submit to withdraw her forces from the Principalities , and accept terms dictated by the Porte . Tho Emporor Nicholas is not the man to yield so promptly as thai ; implies , and it is likely that he will throw away a few more Cossacks , if not a few more seasons , before ho succumbs . It is tho moro likely that he will do ho , since he has the British . Minister to turn

      upon ; and hence , by the joint vllhc . t , of Russian perHovoraueo und British repugnance ; we may expect a prolongation o , f the RuttBo-Turkinh campaign . The only release from mieh an omlmrraHHvng and disgusting incumbraneo of dilatory war would be an open and vigorous action on the part of our Government and that of Franco . Bui ; we have no prospect ; of any nuch aggressive vigour while we have a Peace Minister at tho head of affhirfl . We carry the sword to war with a cork upon the point ; wo Bhoot with blank cartridge , and endeavour to got through a campaign

      with feux dejoie . It will of course be slow wort while our gunpowder is thus administered ; and as Hussia will have many opportunities of working upon her nearer allies , there is no probability that we shall have done , before Austria and Prussia have taken sides , and are arrayed against Turkey , France , and England . It is the dilatory policy which will drag us into a European war , and even then we may anticipate that the tender scruples of our Ministers will prevent their handling such a war so as to bring it to a prompt conclusion . They might well do it , if they were prepared to rattle the houses of their opponents about their ears ; and as the houses are ill-built incongruous edifices of ill fame , no one would regard the demolition , except , perhaps , our Peace Minister and our Anglo-Russian statesmen . There is an ugly movement going on in Washington , which we do not understand , and with which as yet we cannot quite sympathize . The Union is actively endeavouring to persuade the Americans , that the English Government is working with the help of Franco and Spain to establish a free Black population in Cuba , for tho annoyance of the United States . Now , although we have no groat confidence in tho American , policy of Lord John Russell ' s colleagues , although we totally differ with Lord Palmez'ston in his Abolitionist notions , we do not believe that any project ho mad and suicidal is entertained by tho present Government . Wo recogniso tho story aa tho repetition of an older ono from which ifc scarcely differs , and which runs to the effect , that tho importation of Africans , oither as ulaveH or free emigrants across the Atlantic , was to bo encouraged by any means whatever ; that tho blacks wore to bo set free , endowed with universal suffrage ; and thus established as a free nigger state just oil' tho shores of Florida . That report we know to have been a mere invention , and wo suspect this of being nothing hotter than a renewal of it . There i « one ground which may give it a shadow of plausibility . Since the fntilo attempt at an appropriate treaty between England and tlie United States , to secure Cuba to Spain , the Spanish oflicors in Cuba have committed gross outrages on our anti-slavery warships , liavo been dotected in sharing in the slavotrado , and have in short behaved with such , gross impropriety us to have called forth strong remonstrance from our Government , and a responsive promiso from tho Spanish Govommont to

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 12, 1853, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_12111853/page/1/