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      T ORD PALMERSTON'S continuance in office Jj as Home Secretary , and the latest intelligence from Constantinople , impart a totally new aspect to the state of public affairs , both at home and abroad ; and the altered character is strengthened rather than modified by what we hear through less obvious channels .

      It is now expected in all quarters , from St . Petersburg to Constantinople , from Vienna to Paris and London , that war can no longer be avoided . It is regarded as inevitable in all circles , from the high dip lomatic and official circles to the Stock Exchange , from the mess-room of barrack or ship to the office of the journal of every party , from the drawing-room . to the coffee-house . We believe there is no exception to this general belief , which is indeed justified by obvious facts .

      Instead of employing peace , the last act on the part of . Turkey , in agreeing to continued negotiations , does but render the progress of war more certain . There was , we believe , but one chance for peaces and a disgraceful and a dishonourable peace it would have been It was that Turkey , at the eleventh hour , should have proved herself impotent and extravagant , and should 'have made her case so bad as to have justified the Allied Powers in sacrificing her to her invader . She has not done so . The Porte has agreed to the propositions of the Four Powers

      for a renewed negotiation . The negotiation was to be conducted by the representatives of Russia and Turkey , in the presence of the representatives of the Four Powers ; it was to have for its object xi definite understanding as to the performance of certain stipulations on the part of Turkey , and the withdrawal of Russia from any invasion which menaces the sovereignty and independence of Turkey . The effect of this conference would have been , that Turkey would . have secured her independence against indignity from one power , and Russia would have secured ilio subfltsintinl

      guarantees which she has demanded without the necessity of snatching them by any such violent and indecorous process as . she has attempted . Turkoy has agreed to negotiate for those objects ; and on the invitation of the Four Powers , who sanctioned her refusal of the previous note , she hus stated tho conditions' on which she would enter upon the negotiations . "The . conditions two three , iiumoly , that the place for the renewed

      negotiations , shall not be Vienna ; that the Four Powers shall give their guarantee for the evacuation of the Principalities on the conclusion of the new treaty ; and that the existing treaties with Russia shall not be renewed . In those conditions there is nothing unreasonable . Austria has behaved in such slippery style as-to justify the wish of Turkey for transferring the conference to any place rather than Vienna ; and 4 we may add , that England happens to be represented at Vienna by a

      nobleman , estimable in his private character , tasteful in his personal pursuits , bufc clinging to opinions which have gone out of office in this country , and suspected of aiding in those court intrigues which have served the purposes _ of particular : families , and have essentially promoted the intrigues of Russia . The offer to accept the " guarantee of the Four Powers for the evacuation of the Principalities , instead of being a demand , is a concession on the part of Turkey—a concession which proves her reliance on the honourable treatment of the

      Four Powers and her desire to sustain the comity of nations . The demand to discontinue the existing treaties with a power that has so grossly abused those treaties , is too reasonable to be the subject of complaint . This temperate and dignified proceedin g on the part of Tui-key pledges such of her allies as are acting in good faith to remain firm to the alliance , and it constitutes a new ground upon which they may act . Instead , therefore , of furnishing the pretext by which they might have backed away from the contest , it closes the door against retreat on their part .

      There is , however , not the slightest , reason to suppose that Russia will accept all these conditions ; on the contrary , as soon as the communication of the Four Powers , accompanied by the statement of these conditions on the part of Turkey , shall reach St . Petersburg , the reply of Russia is likely to be couched , whether formally or virtually , in u declaration of war against not only Turkey but her allies .

      It is well known that both sides are preparing for the extreme measures which the critical state of the relations renders urgently probable . Wo mentioned last week the hostile declaration ol Persia , against this Government . ; and , although that declaration does not bear very immediately upon anything which is passing in Europe , although wo have no reason to fear that a . Persian army will land in Kent , or the Persian ilecfc . sail iip the Thsimes , yet ifc proves the extent ; to which Russia in pushing her preparations . They

      have now shown themselves on ground which concerns us more nearly . It is well understood that Russia has sent to Sweden an order that the ports of that country shajl be closed against English and French ships . As Denmark has already constituted itself a fief , held as it were by a cadet branch , with a reversion to the Crown of Russia , there could be no difficulty in obtaining the co-operation of that power in excluding French

      and English ships—the less since the Danes , however opposed to the Russianizing tendencies of their court , nurse violent resentment against the country of Nelson . If Sweden were to acquiesce , the Baltic powers would be leagued to shut England and France out of that sea , and Russia " would ' be defended ,- without' expense , by ' two " kingdom outposts . It is said ; that the Court of Sweden is inclined to favour that

      great patron who is in the habit of swallowing up his proteges—that patron who saved Austria , as n means of acquiring Bohemia ; who protects Denmark as a means of cutting off intermediate heirs to the Danish throne ; and who is still gracious towards Sweden after appropriating Finland . But the Swedish people are understood to cherish a feeling of national pride and independence which will compel their court to reject the insidious and dancrerous overtures of Russia .

      We believe that the preparations of Russia for attacking us , either in our more distant interests and our more distant dependencies , or by some direct blow upon ourselves , have not been more active than those which our authorities at home have carried on . Of one class ' of preparation we arc quite sure . ' The best feeling prevails ' in " our fleets . Whatever ' the officers of high rank may feel of perplexity at the dip lomatic , restraints under which they are placed , and at the unpunished arrogance of SebaHtopol , the sailors of the fleet in the

      ISosphorus can hardly be kept ; back ; they long to have it / ling at the Russian . And for our own part , we , may say that , before many weeks or even days arc over , we expect to hear of more decisive action than any which has been reported . Not long since the First Lord of the Admiralty went ; down to our niival ports to superintend preparations for building the Queen ' s new yacht . Is it to be supposed tlu \ , t the whole attention of the First . Lord"in . absorbed entirely in . yacht-building , oven' for Queen Victoria ? Various . statements have been made , such us the one , that there is'to be a new screw fleet destined for service in the Unltfe . J . Jut thg

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 31, 1853, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_31121853/page/1/