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      IF -we needed coiifirmation of the French and English claims to a victory at the Alma it would be obtained in the Russian account of the battle which lias at last been received , and in which even Menschikoff admits that , after several hours' fighting , he withdrew ( zuruckgefiihrt ) his army behind tlie Katchu . For a Russian general this is a considerable concession to fact : it enables us , in this country , to realise tlie grandeur of the courage of that army which has appalled a Russian journal into facing the Czar with a truth .

      Tet we are impatient : it is a fast age ; and we escpect to have a campaign knocked off * like a Crystal Palace . The day of the Alma will fill a page in history , but our people are not satisfied with even that much work in a week . There is actual disappointment that Sebastopol has not yet been taken : there is some risk that all the popularity of Lord Raglan will disappear if he be more than six days in taking a place which twelve

      months ago all England believed to be hnpreg--nahle . While this is the spirit of the Jay there ia a tendency to great injustice towards individuals . The leading journal has been sufficiently ba . se to pander to this spirit by hinting that Admiral Dundas , because ho is cautious , must be a coward ; and it is the melancholy gossip of society that the Duke of Cambridge lost his head because he did what overy general has done before him—halted his men under fire to

      re-form . England was wont to expect every man to do his duty : a good deal more is expocted nowadays . The position of tho nrmios in the Crimea is very clear . In another column v ? a sketch the battle and tho march to Balaklava ; and hero we may describe tho approaches on Scbnstopol . A military writer in tho Morning Chronicle says : — "On tho 28 th nit ., the fourth division of the English army , which formed tho rcur-guard during the flnnU

      march to Balaklava , was in advance at a place called Khutor Jcuzdootar , within threes nrilus of tlio town nnd docks . On its left , and rather in the rear , was tho third division ; and on the rijyht , nearer to Balnkluvn , lay tho first and second . The Fronch army was also in tho immediate vicinity of Balnklavn ; butitwns expected our allies would extend themselves further to tho right , ho that tho linos of tho bosiogoi's would reach from tho Tchernayarivor to tho " . Hay of Strelotsku—thus completely enclosing Sobustopol on the southern sklo ,

      and commanding the principal sources from which the garrison and the inhabitants derive their supplies of water- It 'appears that an attempt was made by the enemy to entice our fourth division within range of their heavy guns ; but Sia- George Cathcart prudently abstained from needlessly exposing his men-without . ah adequate object . Little is said , in the accounts that reach us , of the fortifications to the southward of Sebastopol ; and there is no reason to suppose that any formidable works ^ were found by the allied generals on that side—at least , in a finished and serviceable state .

      We hear , indeed , of a loop-holed wall round the town , and of earthworks recently erected ; but if the wall spoken of is that which existed before the war began , it is perfectly useless , and the first step towards fortifying the place would be to remove it . The powerful artillery which opened upon these defences on the 4 th or 5 th instant must have very soon swept away whatever portion of thorn . was destructible by " such means ; and when the pro per moment arrived for making the final attack , no very formidable obstacle could remain to task the boldness and perseveranco of the assailants . "

      there is no observable niotion . Omar Pacha , also doubtless for excellent reasons , has not made the diversion that was talked of in Bessarabia ; and Scharnyl and the Asiatic army of the Turks are watching and waiting . In Bucharest the Austrian general and the Turkish' authorities are quarrelling ; the A ustrians have insisted on bringing back to office Prince Stirbey , who , it is scarcely concealed , is a Russian agent . But then f . he last Austrian circular—is not that boldly anti-Russian and _ ariti-Pruss 5 an ? . We must , admit that the Austrian diplomatic literature is excellent ; and we do not doubt that Austria will adhere to the Western Powers , and that her

      adhesion will provoke a crisis in Prussia , awkward for Frederick William . Fnnica fides and Prussian protocols are coming to mean the same thing . Yet is Prussia more contemptible because she is leas clever than Austria ? Does that portion of our press which is triumphing in the Austrian junction really see anything noble , heroic , or amiable in the eager haste with which Francis Joseph rushed to congratulate the Allies on having beaten that Emperor who had preserved to Francis Joseph an empire ? Do t 3 iey really think Austria is thinking of anything beyond her own interests ; and if only her own interests , why bo

      There seems to be a general impression in London that Lord Rnglau expects a rapid success at _ Sebastopol . There is no doubt that MonschjkolF should have oll ' ered a second battle at the Kntclm , and Lord Rujrlun inuy be counting on the total demoralisation of the Russian troops . But , regarded from a distance , the circumstances at Sebaatopol suggest that tlie allied armies arc in an unexpected position . Tho assault must now be n Innd attack ; the fleets cannot co-operate otherwise than indirectly . The Russians not only shut out our fleet , by sinking some of their own ships of war at the mouth of the harbour , but l > y liberating the crews of those vessels they gained an inex'eased force of 10 , 000 for the garrison . They havethen and

      so complimentary to her ? The -war is inducing some of our host journalists to be interestingly illogical . We do not join with certain fast liberal ' s in denouncing the Austrian alliance : we see great mischief to Russia in our restraining Austria from u Russian alliance ; and we would urge our Government to be perfectly frnnk in hinting to tlie unknightly and ungrateful Francis Joseph tliat ivu are entering on a political war against absolutism . The Premier suggests in his speech at Aberdeen that it is his opinion peace may follow the fall of Sebastopol . Diplomacy will no doubt reappear now ; and tho country would have for tlie winter

      , , provisions men for a siege . It is not credible that the Allies can have cut oft ' tho whole of tho water supply ; and , while cholera is decimating tlio French and Knglish , tho Russians have to count , it is supposed , on reinforcements from St . Petersburg . Thus the chances of the Allies would appear to depend on speed ; in any case , a bloody stru ggle is certain ; and , at the worst , Tartar Mcnscliikou" ( hi whoso Roman suicide it is prcniaturo to bo interested ) has a resource denied to liiia at the Alum—liu may burn down the city , and blow up the forts—Fort ' Conataiitinc , no doubt , inclusive And in any case must tho Allies be prepared lor a winter in tho Crimea—a winter nil tlio more mischievous to them if tho Czar can uond no other army amiinst them .

      a now phase of excitements in watching the Conference that must assemble to re-map Europe . Ta the United States' Government to take part in that Conference ? The question ia being answered at a preliminary conforenco of the American Ministers , accredited to tho difibi-ont European capitals . fho only public movement at homo h connected with the war . There has boon a shocking neglect on tho part of the Government in Ijiu provision of medical attendance for tho

      contingencies of war ; and tlio slaughter « t Alma lian boon fallowed by a more sickening ciirnu # e—that , ninilo among tlio maimed by Neglect . Tho evil i . t done ; thoro should bo heavy puiiidhnuuit tor Llujno to whom the fatal . stup idity can he traced ; nnd all that tho shocked and pitying I " ^ c « ' » attempt in alleviation of tho niiauFiiofn of an exclusive , incarmble , and ( in tlio absence of Parliament ) irresponsible O ' oYornmonC , is to mitigate Downin ^ - strcut and tlio Jlorso ( Juards by—a subscription . Lot us all subscribe .

      Sir C . Niipiur is giving him tho chance ; for doubtless o . \ eolloiit reasons , which , however , ro mum to bo explained , ho Iuxh fun shod Inn season ii > the Baltic and will have nothing to do until next year—unlewfl ho gets a chunco of attacking tlio Prussian coast . At tho other points ofthownr

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      NEWS OF THE WEEK- paob Tlie Xrisn . li . ana Tontine ............ 970 Tho Tirsfc Footstep of America Turkey—Its History and Pro-Mr . Disraeli ' s Political Capital ... 970 m Europe . . 072 gross & 77 Tlie-War 963 Sections ....... .. 970 Wai-as a Moral Exercise .. .... ' .. [ 972 A Batch ' ofBooks """! " !! ZZZZ 980 The Battle of the Alma 962 W-B . at Castle Hechngham 970 The Patriotic Fund 973 Cholera in the Crimea 967 The Dauntless Affair—Courts- The War among the Journals ... 975 THE ARTSIllustrations of tho War 98 S Martial ... 970 ob-m rmiMrn a w ^ o ,. * * p r >« i ^ « . cn The False Report of the Capture The Porty-Sixthon the March . 970 OP ^ N COUNCIL- A Heart of Gold ... 981 of Sebastopol ............. 953 The Court , 970 Babel .......... ......... 9 , 3 . The Prime Minister at Aberdeen . 963 Continental Notes 970 Sheffield and Mr . fto ^ buelc ...... 9 / 5 TJie Public Revenue ...... ; . 969 Miscellaneous ..... . ; 970 k £ , p aD !? Tvwf ? , ? f " Births , Marriages , and Deaths ... 981 OW Civilisation . 969 „ ,, „ .. - + ? family Bible Proposi-Tie Public Health fl 69 PUBLIC . AFFAIRS' - tioii 975 COMMERCIAL AFFAIRSHorrors of Peace . 969 The Question ol'the Day .. 971 LITERATURE- City Intelligence , Mariets , Ad-Movements of Notabilities 9 G 9 England m the Crimea 971 Summary ....... 970 vertisements , &c .. ... S 81-984

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      " The one Idea which . History exhibits as evermore developing itself into greater distinctness is tbe Idea of Humanity—the noble endeavour to throw down all the barner 3 erected between men by prejudice and one-sided views ; and "by setting aside the distinctions of Religion , Country , and Colour , to treat the whole Human race as one brotherhood , having one great object—the free development of our spiritual nature . "—Humboldts Cosmos . ^

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      VOL . V . Ho . 238 . ] SATTJRDAY , OCTOEEE , 14 * , 1854 . [ Pbice Sixpence .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Oct. 14, 1854, page unpag., in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2060/page/1/