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      A CCOKDING to the papers of the week , some _ CL totally new attempt at pacification is going on . There are several versions of this subject before the public . The Times contradicts the statement , that the Emperor of Russia lias issued a ' new Manifesto , and a new Note , to the Grovernments of Europe , Mgnifying that he will admit of nothing but war ; and . explains , that at the instance of France and Great Britain , Austria and

      Prussia have agreed to a Convention , which should bind the Four Powers to resist any disturbance of the existing territorial arrangements of Europe . That the tendency of the proposed arrangement would be to restore matters to the status quo appears to be admitted on all hands ; but the Morning Post gives a totally different version of the means taken to that end .

      According to that journal , the Cabinet of Vienna l \ as assented to a Protocol of the Four Powers . The first consequence of that agreement is , that a collective Note has been despatched to Constantinople , proposing a settlement of the Eastern question by means of a Conference , in which the plenipotentiaries of France and Eussia should take part . On the sentiments of the Sultan being known , negotiations will be opened with St . Petersburg !! . Nothing has been

      contemplated as yet , says the Morning Post , beyond this invitation to join in a European Conference for the settlement of the question , and no arrangements have been entered into for ulterior measures in case of failure in the present undertaking . The Morning Post anticipates that the Conference will como to nothing . The only difference which it ofFora from previous Conferences is , that it would admit Turkoy to a distinct political status in the Council of Europe . According to . the Austrian Lloyd , the project in ono for

      a quadruple alliance , which would exercise a compulsion in enforcing its conditions upon Itussia and the Porto ; and this project , sayH the Lloyd , originated in the porsuasion of the British Cabinet . According to ono account , therefore , the Conference would lav down the basis of a w binding upon those- who join iu it , to lnaml » iu tho existing territorial distribution of Europe , and compulsory by tho force of the Four PoworH upon tho other States of Europe ; while , according to the Post , there is nothing more than a new invitation to a Conference ) ut

      Vienna , with the difference that the ambassadors of the belligerent Powers would be admitted ; and , according to the Austrian Lloyd , this project originated with the British Cabinet ., We have no authority to say which account is right : we only point to the fact , that in the main , upon diplomatic subjects , the Post has upon the whole been the best and earliest informed of the morning journals .

      In the meanwhile , the Turks have gained some new successes ; the Russians have been once more repulsed from the Fort of St . Nicholas , and at other places , with considerable losa . The Sultan has received General Baraguay d'Hilliers , and while professing a willingness to accept of peace , has declined to be bound by the terms which he was willing to accept before proceeding to hostilities , objecting on the reasonable ground , that after being compelled to make extensive preparations for war , his position is altered in fact and in equity .

      On another frontier of Russia , jealousy has been avowed in the highest quarter . The King of Sweden has met his Parliament with the declaration that in order to maintain the independence of Sweden , it was necessary to prepare for self-defence . Sweden has never forgiven Russia the provinces taken without a shadow of reason by the sheer right of superior strength ; and the son of Bernadotte may once more iind himself in a remarkable alliance with the heir of Napoleon .

      In Paris , the white-haired Czartoryaki has addressed a meeting of his countrymen , and has shown them that the agitated state of the political horizon promises an opening for restoring Poland to tho list of nations . The accounts from Italy indicate a considerable ferment , not only in tho provinces of the North of the Peninsula , but also in most of tho provinces wlric-h constitute tho Austrian empire , ltemarkable language on this subject has been

      permitted to appear in tho National Gazette of PniHsia . In that paper ifc is" represented , that while Hungary ifl smarting under tho sense of conquest inflicted by Russia—for Austria was impotent to do \ t—Croatia , Sclavonic , and Silesia are discontented , their merit not appreciated ; the Italian provinces arc kept down only by compulsion , and tho German provinces aro loud against My ; Busman By a torn , Russian policy , and RiiHHinn subserviency of tho Auntrian Court . It -would not be wonderful if tho

      Austrian Emperor were , in £ he phrase of a contemporary , " to lend his countenance '' to any new project for protracting peace ; but if he were to do so , the favour from him would be qualified by two serious qualifications . His countenance is none of the best favoured—politically , at least , even at a gift ; and his diplomatic faith is so

      doubtful , that every ally must feel how abruptly the loan might be revoked , or perhaps it might be converted into a mere paper issue of the Imperial countenance . No one trusts Austria ; she cannot trust even herself , but hangs suspended between the fear of Russia , of revolution , and of the Western Powers .

      The latest news from America , while it tends to confirm , what we have already said on the subject of the feeling about European matters , also proves that , we wore right in treating the Russianised tendencies apparent in certain journals as the caprice of a day . The Washington 'Union generally regarded as an official organ , now adopts , as representing the views of the Government , a declaration pronouncing Russia to be without reason or justice , utterly to be reprobated , and Turkey to be deserving of staunch support . It is hinted that the European Powers will not be able to settle the Turkish difficulty by

      themselves , and that it is reserved for America to do so , in Asia . Why America should limit herself to Asia wo do not know ; but what we do know is , that , the voice and example of America would bo of the greatest service in making our own Government buckle to and listen with a more willing and bolder ear to the stirring propositions of France . Cortnin wo are that the attempt to proposo peace on a false basis can only weaken the Powers that Qfify prepared to mainto the

      tain justice , while it oontajitout ©^ resources of those Powers whiol * rety uj > on . intrigue . Our Ministersplead that tftey axe consultuigprudom « s while they are really co «« uUi » g ; infirinity of purpose ; and if America ej | O 0 ft 9 l } O > , tefct > , tho lead , mere shame , mere competition jfart ^ more sonse of the nocomity' ^^ 'W ^ X ^^ t ^^ 'tfjte place of England , would mtikto , a ^^^ ili ^ imoflint pro forward . . 1 , ' , ! , ' , '

      A Russian question lias occurred ou our very shores . A Russian frigate and corvette came to Portsmouth , ostensibly for repair ; but the 2 $ mes Bays that tho repairw were only a " baao preWtft , " " tho position of the officera being that of spifls . " The naval oiueorH of tho Czar , it seems , havC WR much difficulty in keeping the Hailorw to thoir duty ,

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      VOL . IY . No . 1914 . 1 V SATURDAY , DECEMBER 10 , 1853 . [ Pjkice Sixpence .

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      NEWS OF THE WEEK— vxxie Loyalty versus Law 1182 Official Degrees of Positivism ......... i 187 PORTFOLIO ^ LetterBfromParis ..... ; ......,........ 1178 Doings at St ^ Barnabas , Belgravia 1183 MagdalenAsyluins ........:...... 1187 A Jesuit Philosopher 119 * OnnHnPTiMl Wotps 1179 The Public Health .. 1183 Ultramontamsra in Germany 1188 * PkSS EiSsianSailore ' at Ports- The Beard Movement ................ 1183 The Governing Classes-No . XIII . — THE ARTSmnW 1180 Journal of Bailway Accidents ......... 1183 Viscount Palmerston 1189 1 MtAKT !> TtokevmdRMsk "" - — " | " Railway Accidents in France . 1184 ¦ ^ , The Hope of the Family 1195 SSSW '""""'"'' " "' ™ Criminal Eecord . 1184 OPEN COUNCIL- . The Thirst for Gold ...:.....: 1195 Sd ^ mdSner ' ByThem : MisceUaneous ......... ... 1184 The Federation of the World .... 1190 Mont Blanc 1195 selves ....... ; .......... ¦ ...,.... 1181 oiiniir iFFAiBS- - Religious Movements in Glasgow ... 1190 . — Income-Tax and WageR 1181 fUdLiu fti-rHins itfratiirf— - Births Marriages and Deaths 1196 University Reform 1181 The New -. AUinn ** nf / Enrniwan LITERATURE— iiirtns , . marriages , ana . ueatns uw > Deputations : Religious and Sanitary 1181 Powers ..... 1185 Boofea onour Tahla -. .... 1192 rniuiMFUrui affairs-Cify Matters ... ! :. , ...... 1181 Oxford University Stagnation ......... 1186 Phrenology and Phrenologists ...... 1192 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS The Smithfleld Club Show .. .. . 1182 Italian Patriots and their Calum- Lamartine : the Constituent As- City Intelligence , Markets , Adver-The Strikes ...... ; ....... 1182 niators ... 1186 sembly 1193 tiaements , &c 1196-1200

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      ¦¦ ¦ " Thei one Idea wliich ¦¦ Historyexhibits as evermore developing itself in bo greater distinctiiess is t } ie Idea cf Humanity--the no"ble endaavour to throw down , all the barriers ercpted . between men by prejudice and . one-sided views ; and by setting aside the distinctions ot Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as . one brotherhood , having or * 3 great object—the iree derelopmeni ; of our spiritual nature . "— -JlwmboldPs Cosmos . ,

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Dec. 10, 1853, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2016/page/1/