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      rpiIE rise of Consols testifies to ¦ the soundness of JL the financial position—the one sate portion of the policy of the Coalition — . and the splendid proniise of an over-abimtWmt harvest , awakens expectations of the most gorgeous character with regard to the future cheapness of the staff of life , and the prosperity always attendant upon that desirable state of things . War , itself , the most costly of human enterprises , -will be robbed of half its terrors , at least in the apprehension of the City mind , by cheap bread , extensive trade , and chenp money . And such are the results which the sunshine of these latter days seems inclined to bring about .

      But the campaign , at present , does not look quite so promising as the financial policy of Mr . Gladstone , or as the harvest . Disease has stricken down a host of gallant fellows in the French and English camps at Varna , und . has enfeebled the remainder ; throwing a clnsli of despair into the gay courage of the Frenchman , anil shaking the sturdy valour pi the Briton . In the fleet , also , the epidemic has set its foot , and night after night for some time , were heard the loud splashes whii : h denote'tho full of the " shotted hammock ' into its " wandering grave . " So great has been the loss

      that there has even been a talk in the camps of abandoning the expedition to the Crimea . But this we may presume to doubt ; the more readily , as it must be tulmittcd , that the loss of the troops is by no means without parallel in previous wars , and has not boon anything like so great as our armies have heretofore sustained . The great fire at Varna has been followed l > y a cossiUion of the severity of the epidemic ; and unhealthy August having closed , uwd with Subnwtopol tl looming in the distance , " wo may fairly oxpoct that , tho old robust honlth of tho men will return .

      Ihe positions of the nmilea luivo not materially changed . Oinor 1 ' aeha Una entered . IJucharost , and Ins advanced guard has swept northwards ; i « far as Uusco , while a strong support has readiL'd tho line of tho Jalomnitza . Tlie lUissiium hnve ^ quitted Moldavia , but hold the Lower Siivth , in communication with Ismail and Odeysn , nnd aro Huiuling rcinforcemonta to the Crimea . In Asia they have defeated the Turks at Kurouk-Dar . Thus has tho long-expected battle in defence of Kui-s nt last ' boon fought by Zsii-ii rnelm . Although they were defeated , tho Turks

      are admitted by tlie Russians to have fought with undaunted bravery , and to have stood , stoutly against the bayonet-charges of the Eussian infantry . It seems that the Russians owed their success to the vast superiority of their cavalrya hint to the allies . The Turks retreated in good order to Kars , whither the ' . Russians did not pursue them . This battle establishes the fact that the Turkish regular can stand against the veterans of the Caucasus , so firmly as to win praise even from the enemy . But it also shows that Russia , by mastering the Turks at Bayazqed and ¦ Kurouk-Dar , has , to all appearance , gained the campaign of 1854 . ' From the Baltic we have nothing new ; but when the Czar hears that Prince Albert and th ' c Emperor Napoleon have met in the camp at

      Boulogne , as they will next week , it may suggest to him , and likewise to tlie King of Prussia , the possibility of the despatch of another Tun Thousand to'the North . What will be the thoughts of the Prince and the Emperor ? Certainly they will not echo those of the Newcastle men , who met on Monday to denounce the Coalition , to recommend the impeachment of Ministers , and their dismissal . This meeting shows pretty plainly the strong sympathy on the part of the great bulk of the people for free institutions—for the nationalities of Poland and Hungary . It might be asked , however , and Newcastle . would be

      [ wzzlou to answer , why we are to stop short of a regular declaration of fraternity with all the wronged peoples in our hemisphere . Why liold out a hand to Poland , Hungary , and Italy only , and not to Prussia , Austria , Baden—nay , to Franno itself . The old IVench Convention was more logical , but not so wise * as our Newcastle friends . But if Newcastle i . s illogical , is it not becausu our Government keeps us in studied ignorance of what is going on ; and is not this conflict between tho Government ami a people , both supporters of tho war , u disgraceful state of things ? In Tndin , British subjects have a dilTurenl , way of iimnifl'titing public opinion . They hold a ihiy of solemn prayer for tho success of tin ) British arms . Tho JMulioinedaiis , with one exception , ntund aloof , while Hindoos and Pursoos pray with one accord . Thu one exception is Ihe King of Oude , who clous not . ollur prayers , it i . i true , but men , oannon , mid horwes to tho British Government . Thu Spanish Government scorns to bo rapidly settling down into the saddle , after a rnthor rouyh

      ride to power over the barricades . Esparfcero has got rid of a great difficulty—he has aided , or winked at the flight of the wicked old Queen-Mother , who is off to Portugal . She saves her life and loses her pension . ; he saves tlie new Government from the fatal position of having to try , and perhaps destroys the mother of the sovereign . We .-liaye ¦ liot" the least sympathy for Queen Christina , but we are glad that a promising revolution is saved from an enormous embarrassnxent . The easy way in which the Government has succeeded in abolishing the revolutionary clubs , shows the great confidence of the public in

      Espartero . As the work of order proceeds , the Ministers begin to find the depth of the villainies of their predecessors , It turns put that these gentlemen have anticipated the revenues of Cuba for two years and a half ; have spent all the forced loan ; and left a yawning deficit behind them , of nearly 7 , 0 ' 00 , 00 < M . f Espai'tcro has appealed to the bankers , and the extent of the difficulties of Spanish finance may be guessed from the fact that he could only raise 500 ., OOOZ . But be has a way of replenishing the Treasury — the fee simple of Cuba , which a purchaser stands ready to buy .

      Besides the Spanish question , the Pope and Miss Bremer together command public attention the Pope proposes to proclaim u jubilee for pence among Christian princes only ; the pacification of the revolutionary spirit ; the cessation of pestilence and famine ; and—we scarcely believe our eyes — to convoke the whole Roman Catholic hierarchy in "Council" for the discussion of the " immaculate conception ! " Miss JJrcmer has not

      such extensive " notions" as the Pope ; but alth ough equally visionary , yet arc they far more useful , if practised in however slight a degree . Instead of a jubilee and a Council , Miss Uremer proposes u vast network of femnlc associations throughout the world , to cure for children , for thu sick and aged , nnd for pi'isoners . Wo would it might be done ; but , other obstacles apart , women's movements are far too much constrained to permit of such gigantic cfTorts .

      Our soli : domestic movement , what is it— -tin . Beer Bill commotion ! The state of the case is not so uncommon aa it looks . Here arc tho public , tint publicans , and thu magistrate * all of opinion that a few fuuatio . s liavu foitituil n lyniiiniou ^ nct on tho country—a stii |> id , as well us u tyrannical net ; yot , notwithstanding its unanimity , the Uritisfi public i . i piwrU-rts . Tho I ' arliamcnt that , imposed tlio vexation on in is h <) lulay-mttk . in «; nnd to trut iin wrulcUuil work ivjmired , -we arc forced to w « it lor » i « month * . Does not tins uplly illuslmtu tliu uses and boauUow ol our J . « rlijtin ' oiitary bo iii ^' * uiul and aim — tins recess ? Why hIiohM wo Mail , nix months for tho restoration of a proper state of things ?

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      VOL . "V , No . 232 , ] ; " ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ; ¦ . SATURDAY , SJEPTEMBEH 2 , ; : 1854 . ¦ ' , " ' . ' ¦¦ - '' . V , ¦ ,. [ PiiiceSixpence . '' .

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      ¦ NEWS OF THE WEEK- ^ ck "What Austrian " Occupation" The Indian Prayer for the Eng- A Russian Pamphlet 832 The War 813 ^^^ W-Z-:= Z \ Z S s S ^ feed ^ n" ^ el of ' ** ¦ Hipp ^« ai « lhl . A ^ " :::=: . « 4 SS'SSffiaiSU-si ^ :::::: § S . ¦ SiSSSotiJi - - IS peaca - ....,... * ....:....,. ^ .. ? ^ portpouo-The Prayer for the War in India . 820 i Snain ' ' " s ^ s OP ^ IM c oiiMr- u — A Clergyman ' s Experience of So-Admiralty Official Visits to tlie TheCoiirt "' ' ° - ^ wrti , uuui ^ il oiety 835 Outports 820 * ¦ Oxford Festivities "" 8 % The Domestic Moloch .. 827 Plague Sjiots 836 Miss _ Bromer ' s ^ Appcal toWomen * The Abortive Beer Act " " . ' „ ' . " . '' " . "¦ 823 Butjcs of the Clergy .. 827 ¦ l . ^ , . , . in Taypur of Pesice 820 | Miscellaneous ^ " - — : 8 ^ India 828 THE . ARTS — Austrian Persecution 821 i _ ¦ . „ , ' . ^ - * , ^^~"""" -.. ¦ Alison ' s History ... ; . 823 - "UTtn nf tlro ' Aiimi Taion / ie sii A Comprehensive Jubilee ...,...:.... 821 PUBLIC AFFAIRS- Buskin and the Crystal Palace . 823 Jlap oi uie Aland Islands ......... 857 The Sanatory Movement at Varna 821 i A Fragment of Royal Talk 8- ' 3 The Naval Service 823 — ~ . ¦ ¦ ^^^ S ^ :::::::::::::: ; - !! ::- i f ? $ S ^^ ' ^ s , M ^ es , ^ T > e ^ ... m Conveyance of Troops by Rail- ; Victiiallers . ; ......................... 825 Saramary ... .... . .. . ; ..... 829 -COMMERCIAL AFFAIRS—_ way .. ; . .................... 821 I " Accident" a Permanent Con- : Nicolinl ' s--Histovy o ' f ' theifi 5 Srtits 830 City Intelligence , Markets ; Ad-Prpspect of a New Liberal Party 822 i dihon . 825 A Batch of Books ..................... 831 I vertiseinents ,, &c ................... 833-840

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      The one Idea which History exhibits as everxaore developing itself ini ; o greater distinctness is the Idea cf HumanitT—the noble endeavour to throw down all the barriers erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views and by settn . e aside the distmrMc * n <* of Eeh !? ion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human , race as one brotherhood , havm" o ; ie cTc-at obipct—the free develonrripri ? of our smritual nature . "—ITumboIdt ' s Cosmos . . n ^ ucvciu ^ mtnt

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 2, 1854, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2054/page/1/