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      M < le Castelbaiac demanded to lie treated in tie same mawur as his colleague * but , the Czar having expressed a wish to sea him , tha General acceded to the Emperor s desire , and was invested dnrfrig the interview with , tfca insignia of the Order of Sk Alexander Jfcmsky . The wealthiest femilitJS of St . Petersburg had asked leave to raise a regiment of infantry , at their owti expense . Their wish ht ^ i heen acceded to and they were allowed to name the officers . An ukase enjoins all naval officers on pensions to rejoin the service . Many Greeks hare been enticed into t he Russian service , and great advantages have been held oat to the Jewsta indnce them to « nter the narvy . ' Erinee Paslriewitsch is appointed to the supreme command over tlie Donubian army .

      The < St JPetersburff Jmirnal of tea- 24 th contains , the following as the « nbstanca of the answer sent by the Czar to the Emperor Napoleon •—«* If his * Imperial Majesty extends bis . band to mt as K extend mine , I am ready to forget the mortification I bave experienced , harsh though it be . . " Tlt * n , but thenonlyvcanl discos * the subject treated of in his letter ,, and . may perhaps , arrive at an nnderstanding . Let the French . fl eet preyent th < a Tar&s . froiat trjuttrojrtfpg reinforeements to the theatre of war | anoMei thia Turks send me a Plenipotentirry to negotiate , whom 1 wHr receare . as befits Ms character . v : ¦ ** -n > e conditions already madte lcnown to tfie-Co « fiKfW » CB a * Vienna-are the sal * base on which I iritt constat UttswKtJf * * The Russian GarernanemV it w s » 6 \ ku bee » ownpeBed

      to lay the same , embargo on the er ^ ortm g / m wwefcthty some time ; sincg imjposad , on that t £ Bibw . Jf-tWs ^» tat ment prove correct ,, the conomerck with Bus $ ii *> . TOicb , ia already ia : a very depressed state , will labonr . under still greater difficulties , J ( + ¦* " The Swedish and Danish officers and seamen serVinr in the-Kflssian navy haver received notice frbnfftheSr res ^ ec ^ iva ¦ Governments to return home . Tli © Britlan wsr -ste * irteB Sed et Ma arrived at Copenhagen' witfe the mastfer& i arid pilots a-ppoihted to-mafc * surveys . EnglaaKUand FrancaKask Denmark to allow the cajribiaetL fleets to itaMa up t&eir station ; at , Kiet , . . : ¦; :. . .-... ' ¦¦ . ¦ j . - ; :. , -k , ,. ;

      Bofisja , demands of ; Prussia- and- Sweden , that vuut , pprts near the Bnssian frontier sball be closed . to . Freqicb . and BneEah vessels . . - i . Tlw Imperial . GTuards hare arw « d in Warsaw . andV » iH dimply relieve troops of that gairri ' son , which are orieijjed ' off totfiesotrth . A military force . ik ta be stationedaloiiffthe ¦ c oast of the Baltic Some pjoor tailors and jfefcty' Shopkeepers have cot themselves loeareerated in the citadel' of Warsaw for the heinoaa : offence of ^ Trapping- np some of the goods they , sent . home to their customers in newspapers

      which contained the document * published in oar EArliamaatarv Hue bo $ k * - . - ( Wof the rumours current in certain potitieal circles » , that the Czar , in order to keen Austria quiet * ana to punish her for desertion , * threatens £ wrjtea the Paria correspondent of tb . c Mhrning Chronicle } not only to ! raise the irhola of the Sclavonic races into insnrrdctlon against tlfet » bw ; er of the-Emperor Francis Joseph , hnt - to re-establish tine kingdom of Poland in fawner-of hfe-thto&Bon . ' *

      M ^ Lapmaki , of tha Russian . Eomign ; One * , hitivbeen directed to draw up a war manifesto * Th » document *• to be , according to his ; iastrattums * popular , resolute , wad ardent . The Caar ^ again , maJUn « papes moneyj MyAtkultaw of the 17 th , addressed to thp directing senate , he ord er * the issue of six , new series of credit notes , each of three mjllions of silver roubles ( 7 & millions of francs . ) So great is the press for men m Russia , that soldiers who bad served' for 25 years and been discharged ' , ate ag&hx called out and forced to march immediately .

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      " Order la re-established at Saragossa , bat all Spain is declared in a Btate of siege .- Artwta , imprisonments , and JusQlades are tha order ; of the day , uvl pronunciamentoa are daily expected ia Arragon and'Catalonia . With regard to the unhappy affair at S ^ ragossa , it appears that the Government having reason to suspect the fidelity of the Cordova regiment , had ordered' It to Pampeluna , The revolt was i eclared at eleven in "the morning , and from that hour until evening both pnrfciea were preparing for the- struggle . Towards evening Brigadier Hore ; disappointed that the movement was not mono generally followed , advanced , with a < lem £ compagnie towards the Plaza , de la Seo , where he was received with a brisk lira by the Grenadier Regiment under the orders of the Mauquis de Santiago . At Van first

      diathe constitution of 1837 . The candidates will be proposed by the : provinces , who Will draw up a : triple list of the number of senators to be named ; the Grown will select from these lists . Tb » Senate will be renewed by thirds , and only when the Grown shall have pronounced tha dissolution of the Congress . The election of the , mfitiibers to Congress , and , that of the candidates for the . Senate , shall be effected by tyro degrees . The crown will alone nominate tfce presidents and vice-presidents of the two chambers . The mmrber of the deputies to Congress wrflhV very restricted . fngcaetaly it is proposed to strengthen the royal power at tha expense of the lerislative power . at

      It ^ as rep orted Vienna Thursday last tlat an IrapcriaF manifesto was about to appear ^ in which , though nientiba will be made of the nentrahtjrof this empire , the JSmparor would announce that , true to the , policy of his houses he . will not permit insurrectionary movements ; near his frontiers * and therefore his troupe wilt entec Bosiai * and Servia > ' . - .., _ . XhiB .. European residents of Goostaatinople hasra presented an address to tha Sultan ^ expressing their profound gratitude fjr the constant protection afforded to commerce , and the religious tolerance granted in Turkey . Be Kiuc and Queen cjr Sardinia returned to Turin oh Vb » & 6 tfi rift . Their MajeStiestwere' loadly eheered by an itnitkense crowd on enterrog the capital , and all al « ng on their way to the Palace . - In the evening the towa was iHumuiated . Their reception at GTenoa has bee » exedfent . P < ince Napoleon Jdrom * leaves Paris ; for Constantinople on tie 15 th , with . GenecaU Gaarobert and Bosquet .

      charge he fell dead , pierced by thr ©« balls . The iosurgenta were from that moment thrown into disorder . Tie gallant and devoted Brigadier Hore was tin attached friend of General Concha . -The population of Saragossa was doubtful , if not hostile to the Government . There is little doubt ; that if Hore had acted with more pmdence , and had been content to hold the strong fortresses of the place , the whole city and garrison' would have gone over to him , and the revolt would n . itve spread through Spain . As it is , the daom ( if the Government is only adjourned . Meanwhile they are playing a desperate game . M . Gonzuka Bravo , ex-JVIiniater , and the editors of the Opposition journals have been arrested and banished . General Serrano ( exfavourito ) and other * have been ordered to quarters in different parts of Saaln . General Concha

      has , it ia believed escaped to Nice , having set the police on a false soent . The insurgents who occupied the fort at Saragossa surrendered at discretion on the morning of the 21 st . The fiVe companies and handful of armed oiviliuns tied towards tlio French frontier , pursued by two squadrona of cavalry . At MadrU tUe council of Ministers was sitting en permanence at tlia war-office . Tlie day on which news of tho revolt reached the capital Queen Isabella appeared in public , and was received with the usual indiffereuci ) . The two Chambers now in existence will , it is bolicreil , he dissolved ; the Constituent Cortes will be convoked for the 1 st of May at Madrid ; the Government will present to tha Cortes the phn of a new constitution . Thoro will be two deliberative assemblies , a Sunate and a Congress . Tho Senate will bo organised according to the rules established by

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      THE EMPEROSfS REPIiT TO THE EKnSNDS . " We have already recorded the interview between Mr . Stttrge and his colleagues- 'tha amba&aadars from the Society of Friends . We have now tlie ans-veer of the Eaiperor to their address . It iras as follows i— , ' . 4 < ' We received the blessings of Qiiristianity from the Qreeki . empire ; and thi * has established and-maintaiaed ever ainc ^ a- link af oonnejdon , b , Qth moral ar ) dreliei » us , batween Busjut and that power . The ^ ties that liave thus united the two cdaatrfes have subsisted for 900 T 6 ara » andw ^ re not severed by the conquest of Russia by tb « Tartars , and when ^ at a later period , our country succeede 4 in shaking off that

      yoke , and the Greek empire , m its rani , fell under tha sway of ti » Turks , we still continued to tafee a lively interes t in the weifare of oar co-religionists there ; and when Russia b ' « caaie powerful enough to resist' the Turks ,, and to dictate the terms of peace , wa paid particular attentioa to the well-beiBg of the Greek Church * and paroeured the insertion in successive treaties of most important srtioles in her favour . I have my self acted as nw praaucesso * has , done , and the treaty of Adrianaple , ia 182 a , was as explicit as the : former ones in this respect Turkey ,, on her part , recognised this right of religious interftwenc ^ . and fulfilCedher engagements ontdl within the : last j « ac or two ^ whei , ; for the nrab time , she . gave me reason to complain * .: LwiU now advert to the parties who were her principal instigators on that occasion .

      &wco it to say that , it became my duty to interfere and to claln * from Turkey th « fulfiUnent of her engagementau My reptesentations were pressing hot friendly , and I have . every reason to believe that matters would , aoon have been settled if Turkey had not been induced by other parties to believe that I had ulterior objects . in view— -that I was aiming at conquest , aggrandisement , and the ram of Turkey . I have solemnly disclaimed , and ) do now as solemnly disclaim , every suoh motive . , . . I do not desire war ; £ abhor it a& iincerely as you io ; and am ready to forget tlie past , ! if only the opportunity be , afforded me . .... I have great esteem for your country , ani a sincere eBection for your Queen , whom I admire , not only as a Sovereign ,, hut as a h « dy , a , wife , and a mother . I have placed fuli

      confidence in her , and hare acted towards her in a . frank and friendly spirit . I felt it my duty to call her attention to future dangers , which I considered sooner or later likely to arise in the East , in consequence of the existing state of thing * . What on my part was prudent foresight lias been unfairl y construed io your country } pt © a , designing policy and an ambitious desira _ of conquest . ' This has deeply wounded my feelings and afflicted my heart . Personal meults and invectives I regard with Indifference . It is beneath my dignity to notice them , and I am ready to forgive all that is personal to mo , and to hold out my haul to my enemies in the true Christian spirit . I cannot understand what cause of complaint your nation has against Russia . I am anxious to avoid war by all mean * , f will not attack , and shall only act in . self-defence . I cannot be indifferent

      to what concerns the honour of my conntry . I have a duty to perform as a Sovereign . As a Christian , I am Feady to comply with the prec « pt » of religion . Oja the present occaaion my great duty Ls to attend to the interests and honour of my country . ' Tho deputation then remarked , that as their mission was not of a politicjil character , hut intended simply to convey to tho Emperor the sentiments of their own society aa a reli gjiou 3 bo-dy , fehey did not feel it to be thoir place to enter into anj of the questions involved in tho present dispute ; but with the Kmperortj permission , they would be glad to call his attention specially to a few points . . . . They said that they and many otliers in their own country had incurred the disfavour of

      tho supporter of the present military system by advocating tho settlement of international disputes by arbitration . They also remarked that , seeing that , while Mahomedanism avowedly justifies tho employment of tho sword in propagoting its doctrines , Christianity is emphatically a roligion of pence , there appeared ( with reference to tho present dispute ) a peculiar propriety in a Christian Emperor ' s exercising for * baarance and forgiveness . And they added that , in the event of a European war , among the thousands who would baits victims , thoae who were tho principal cause of it wouhl probably not be tho greatest sufferers , but that the heaviest calnrnities would fall on innocent mon , with their wives and children . "

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      March 4 , 1854 . ] THE LEADER . 1 § 9

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      THE WAS PREPARATIONS , THE QU 3 UBN AND Tim ( MTXftlts . Qdbek VicToarA has bidden farewell at least to one d £ tachme * t of the gallant fello w * nk » M . SI £ ta £ the national honour o » the bank * oC the Dtinnhp On Tuesday , foe first battalion of tho ScoU fca ^ iera were ordered to march to Portsmouth . Ij » obedi ence to tlie wishes of the Queen , their departure wa ^ postponed for aa huur . Her Majesty wi » het < l to bid them farewell . This delay drew to * fco « pot an immense concourse at upeetatora , among whom every variety of emotioa waft strikingly exhibited .

      Birdcage-valk , the enclosure of the park , and tbe apace around the pftlaoe were blodtcd up by an ever-swelling crowd . Shortly before seyea o ' clock the gate of Wetii ^ ton Bar » c ^ a wat thrown open ^ andthe advancod ^ guard thrown out tot oleajf the way » aiuwunced the oa ^ rard morem ^ nt of the bfittalion in tha direction of Buckinghnm Palace . 'She loud , bursts of hearty ana continued cheering wnder ** the laiisic of the band almoat iaaudibie ^ : A * soon a » the aerried column extended along the esplanade * i&r Mjuesty , accompanied by Prince Albert , t ^ e ! Prince of Wales , the Princeaa RoyatM Prince AJBnea . and Princess in

      Alice , cam ^ forward ; on the bilconjthfl centre of the pa-lace , and . yag r ^ ceJTcd wlfclt . < tftaf € mtiog cheers . The battalion formed line , opened ranks , and presented arms , the cotonrrbefo | r / fomered , and the band playing , " God e&m * the % ee » H- > Bmdtoie&y repeatedly acknowledged the compliment ,, Th « troops then shouldered atms , and , at a % n # froiP ^ otonel Bison , took off their bear-skin caps and most lustily cheered ; the field i officers ridjng * tip in front and mluting : her Majealy ^ t the game time . Resuming , jtta jWWClu . the , Jattalipo , pw > c « eded through St . James ; a iPalac ^ anotl > j Pall-DaaiV t . Trafalgar-sqxiare , 1 Ab 3 ' the Strand . ' ' across

      Waterioobridge , received alaajp the entire timfe wiffi even more energetic and spirit-stirr ^ tBg majti&staitidh ^ of popular enthusiasm than the dieiDarture of the Grenadierff and Coldsta-eams a few days ago- called forth . Arthef Army and Navy a « d the United Service Clubs , and again at thJat National Gallery ; --the * cheering « as loud and long-continued . Withfrr the narrow space of the Strand thousands 6 f erViHans ftlloived , and almost * impede * the progress of 4 he ^ nen Igrthjeir anxiety to bid them a hearty farewell . Mothers , sisters , and wivea , invade thct tanks , and , fctuig ; upon the steps of the mew . ^ herband alternatet -with the of

      fife * and dromsi- ^ iausto which toll « parting to all ¦ who hear it . Waterloo-bridge , i * rtJtJU « r t # wk ^ epere strongly entrenched ; behind their tttCnstile ^ ^ topped | N , & ¥ & ;<* m $ k '? A ^ : m ^ «^ e of ttofe iut fresh crowds -were waging to i ^ qeive tha hattaSon on the Surrey side , ax ]( d when it leaehed the entrance to the station the ppeMure of the . laultitude became fo great that the ! men had to pass in through a narrow Ian © of policemen ; m single fllei Here , amid deafening cheers , those soldier * who had friends wHbt tbein , whether mate or female , were compelled toltoYethem behind . Fairly in the station * , the entrance , doors

      were closed , and tlie cheering malt \ tude andi lamenting friends alike shut out . About nine o'clock two trains , starting ill quick Buccesaion , ; eouveye 4 the battalion to Portsmouth . That portaoo . of liie ; regimental band wh ^ clx remains behind played ' vi % out of the terminus amid the cheers o £ a , ; large number of spectators . The h > ause-topa and windows whence a view of the departing trains could be commanded were filled with occupants to- the outskirts of town , and at the various stations along the roai people had assembled in . numbers to show their sympathy and bid larewelt It was on . 9 o ' clock before the

      troops reached Portsmouth . Major-General : Simpson and the staff of the garrison Teceived them at the station , whence they were conducted , with every mark of honour from the military force and from the inhabitants of the town , to the "place of embarkation . The bands of the 23 ii , 35 thf 42 d , and nth played them on their way . A large force of the first and last-named regiments voluntarily fell in as sn escort , and the people amply performed their part in the general demonstration by their loud and continuous cheering . By 3 p . m . the battalion had safely embarked on board the Simoom steam frigate , of

      18 guns . The Rifle Brigade and the Ninety-third Highlanders have also set sail . The Thirty-tliird has left Dublin in the Cambria , the people of Du . l > Iin surpassing the Londoners in bidding the Duke of Wellington's old regiment farewell . All the infantry regiments in the United Kingdom are now under orders for foreign service } but its yet nothing definite has been stated respecting the cavalry , liord Raglan and Lord de Roahave paid a . hurried visit to Paris , this iveek , to consult with the * military authorities . Sir Baldwin Walker has also been there , to consult with the naval officials .

      TUB FLBKT . As tho time for action rapidly approaches , tho enormous armaments in progress at Spitlxead also approach completion . The arrWal of Admiral Corry ' a fleet on Wednesday largely increased thes force at tho anchorage , and aa soon as the French fleet arrives there will be ? assembled upwards of sixty sail

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), March 4, 1854, page 199, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2028/page/7/