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‘.311 1'“ In‘ ‘fin, a nteto tu an iusurrectiomordisturhnnce were emiiisntl o rtune, only on Ttiimlay II] inllllllflfil plunder llll boon by 'l‘lie Bri Henry Peek Cock. tastes- ‘I‘ or “G 0 _some kfid, ll} Wellacbia. which might givel tho 'Ii’uu-s, Wfl'“.UBp0pI'I!ltll|dh:" to correct the dc_ath._ But the general course united by the Greenochhsriud at Pictoisotilrlday ’ .0- ‘us“‘ AND .'.U.K3Y_ ajust colour ofjustillcation to the cccu tion pl blunders of their _c—mtc_iu runes: gm-is out middling and_trading clauses. W iolt_ are so nI- after a passage -of 52 hys; She ex ,1... -uh. a. “min "‘ . the Princi lines. These agents are reeks. tn with an air of semi-ollit-i nlltllority. iI_.ll _thi-. mtfrous in China. seems to he to barraca ~ very heavy weather dnriii the ad.‘ 1...”, ‘I. n 1...“. dub“. ".n''‘'“ ‘no’ the pay 0 Russia, and are extgemgly active in stoi_-yhof Baron Brock s pretended n dllhlttllll. govggzinzbfitrurqlzflxl. ‘ h..n« 0 I ‘ _boQ ' “ dd. ‘thunk. Inch “jam”. foineating disturbances in sortie. aliic the day nftcr the were coin‘: is to 0- ‘H H _d,_ III 1”‘! 0|! |9|’° _ ‘Iv pbrflbue the T“ ‘I “.0 h. ‘I d 1.,” _ St. Petersburgh letters of the glitli. report cliire was a mistake a together. 11 designs |°_ N Fl‘ ‘ J ‘°°°'“_° *9?’ P°" Pi! MW" ' i. ‘.n.d°°‘°“luP°'.‘i" ‘knew that the fecling_wus still,tliatnegociatio must ol ltussia now u ..r transparent to all the pie rivciisnndhr: u thechic maritteli «hi cage tors are _ t to I-'-'1'--"“"« --"T--"""m “mm --= »«»-a-«»«- -an .'=:,.°.:':::.".:‘;..::’.' *:..':.r’..'.‘:,"::;'.'*°~..::'..:. .':.:.':'.‘.-.., .3‘°..‘3:‘.“‘.E.'2.'.”".°':l.'..§?‘:.1??.}‘§.:’.1'.§.‘T‘“fl- ..':.*:.:;,::.'.:*:,......'.‘.'.':..'.‘:.':.°..::".°.‘.-. .. .....: ' .... “Y ' hh: to that end all ismeasnrea for many 3 - - 8 ll . pm, For 30'“; . “R : ho“ dré ho'w marl; laid”

plflhave been directed. Public opinion 4 —ddvedbs- nservlng instinct of imminept danger rnere than from any reasoning upeni a

hem of the eese—lcn ago came to tliaeoeclneion that the alleged cause of dispute was nothing but I pretence: and that no 'cn‘w ' h the Sultan could at any time have made, would bee Iheahghtest alteration in the Cast. f there (was. room for doubt at anyhpreviin: pied o —OflI at t at ri when the Gear the law into his own l_l’:nds, and marched his armies into the territories of hie

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it. Anti under the avew compulsion of the Gear, the eepedarof Moldavia has declared him- self I dent of the Sultan. The seine con-

duct has been dictated, by the same irresistible authority, to the Hoe r of Wsllschia; and the dismembernient of the Turkish Empire is thus a fa’: ' We are glad to see that the spirit cfGreat ritain, if not of the other anti-Russian ' . yarousedbyt event; and that this coontrylisseasunied an attitude to- wards Russia which will necessarily bring the Erotica to a e y and a final issue. The vernment of rance, end, we believe, that of Austria, have she done at the last momentwhat ought to have been done many weeks ago. Fnllee has notified to the Czar, that the time for i compromise has one by. All Europe has, in fact, determined t at the Turkish Empire shall be maintained in spite of the aggression. which, ac- tive or passive, is driving it into anarchy end disintegration.

So insolsnt has been the conduct of the Russian Sovereign in the unhappy dispute which he has fastened, for a malicious purpose, upon Turkey, that the meet peacesble nations of Europe have been reluctantly compelled to admit the necessity of a combined action egpljnst hie pretensions, if not against himself. are is not a state in

rope at the present moment which has not the strongest reasons for remaining at peace; and we may safely say of the people of Europe. as distin- guished from their Governments, that they are even more averse from war than their rulers can be. Every possible interest that they have is in favour of peace. hey deeire leisure to trade, to manufacture, end to thrive; in gain,to consoli- date. or to extend their liberties; and to promote their social welfare end enlightenment in an age unparalleled for the great advances which it has Inade in every branch of human enterprise and energy. But, highly as they severally appreciate the bearings of peace, there is not one first-rate mister or leading people throughout the entire gth end breadth of Europe which would not, at any inconvenience, defend the Turkish Empire against the wicked projects of the Czar. They all feel—and their instincts were aroused long before the statesmen end diplomatists of Europe awakened to a full consciousness of the subject- that the safest, soundest, and best policy is to resist the beginnings of evil—and that a war with llussie at the present time, deplorable as it might prove, would be much less deplorable than an on- certain peace, purchased by unworthy concessions. To reduce Russia into submission to the general law of Europe, end of honesty, may be a a task in 1853; but, if Russia he allowed to have her own way— to hold Moldavia and Wellacliis for a few weeks or mcuths—-to weaken the Turkish empire without crossing the Danube, and simply by the insupportable weight of her presence on a soil that does not belong to her-the task which would be reserved for Great Britain and France in 1854 or 1855 would be infinitely har- der. At the present moment the whole reason and sentiment of Europe are against the Emperor Nicholas. He has not a friend among the na- tions; and although he has evidently calculated upon their divisions and jealous'iee—or upon the solid end an tial reeseue that render war as distasteful as it is inconvenient to them—he will yet find that his calculations are based in error ; end that if nothing else be powerful enough to unite them, a common sense of a mutual danger will prove amply suficieni. When there is a fire in the prairies, the well‘, the tiger, the horse, and the men cease th ir former enimoeitiss. ’ eir common dread of a too powerful evll forbids them to hate each other in the rcacnoe of danger. When the Czar menaoes a universal conflegration in the civilised world, nations that no or acted to- gether at a former period. form a cl League against him in defence of the right. he Czar has misunderstood hie position and hie wer. His haughty rsfosal—after he had incited the Hoepedars of Moldavia and Wallaohia to proclaim their independence—io treat with Greatliritsin France ripen the subject; and his determi- nation to listen to no proposals that did not reach him through the medium of Auetrie—a state which he. and he alone, had rescued from the destruction that im nded over it in 1348 and 1849- van reefs how little he on- d the reel senti is of the Western ne- tiens. He will i due time, it is to be hoped. dhcever his fatal error. He is the common enemy of every state in Europe. He has already inflic- ted more mischief upon them than has been indic- ted by any individual since the days of the French Censalate and Em ire The only course left for this and other countries is to he repered for him : and we gather from the spcschc Lord Clarendon, in answer to the Marquis of Clanrioarde, that, far as this nation is concerned, there is no reason dfdreed any further indecision or veeillatiou. kaewe, at last, the true character of and is re to make a great .uerilse, if need be, to prevent still sacrideu at a future period.

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yet had any success it convincing the Cabinet that there were r some Ports could not give way.

A letter from Riga states that several lins- sian which formed part of the second us- sisu fleet, have been sent to Cronstadt, 30.00!!!- plete their fitting-out, which was not finished when they sailed.

THE TURKISH ULTIMATUK.. The Turkish Government, b ooudgcphpf Russia, aipdthhavilpg expohe: ‘tiegahe wcr injustice c at ower. r- miued to act with vigour. lt has hitherto al- lowed Russia to have all the id!‘ to her- self, and has had to endure the moat‘ nsulting i”I.1.'l‘2.‘.“l..‘.'.§‘u'..§’.".’.’..‘»’.”.?.§.’.‘I'.'n'.’.§ .i2"..'l;'.'. inde ndence. The Pcrte hasrou ’ exerllibn ; and private accounts from Commuti- nople slate theta note, in the form and with the character of an ultilnotum, is to be addressed to the Russian Government. The note repeats, but in a more precise manner, the various argu- ments em I -d in its revicus communicu ions to Russia ll laliows he: the Ports evinced cvery dis ition and desire to continue on terms wit its neighbours; that it was a ways dis- ed to listen to just complaints, and to reme- do. them ; that no distinction was made between 1: e Christian population and Mussulninn sub- jccts; that it has very recently given roofs of its love of tolertition and pg impdartip‘ usticfltie, in the llrmnis it has issu , on w in su - ciently securb the immunities, privileges, and rights of the (‘liristian ulaticn of every de- nomination. All thipl thtgultan has donp, put if he be required to o anything more he is inconsistent with his own honour, and with the honoitr, the difiuity. and the indcppdincti‘ of lips pc le, he she give the some re y e _asn - ready given to the ullilrnalurzi 01f ldlount hessel- d-— l , I‘ ' : ' t econsequencc_ bl‘ tliutnydlfisltlu uvlillr, :2: lie ‘must accept : I but he leaves it to the world tojudge between them, and to ironouucc its verdict us to the rt that rendered necessar so terrible on ul- P“ Y . . 3.’ . . . . ternntive. The evncpatiotp of ll::ul;rlnc:[ml.lh0S H ‘bl ’ ' u , nut its is mddemillntllld lilllsilllimftriilllii ihllispensablc condi- tion of pacific nrraugcment. 'l‘lit- note concludes by rciteratin the assurance that the Stilton is . ready, slioul ncgociutioris be accepted. to sand I an . mbnssmlnr l-‘.xti-nortlinnry to St. l‘<‘_lt‘I'fi- burg. * ( From \\'illmcr”s Hiirnpi-uu 'l‘imc.~.) It would t.'t‘l'l/Xllillll bchvcry rash for us l>t.- I come alsriuists w i at t is greater part 0 our i contemporaries assure us still every day that, ii. peaceful solution of the Eastern question is proximate and certain: but we t-orifess that, upori tlicfsce of the facts placed before ‘ti: VIN! §~'.’.'"-"“."‘ 1'.‘ ’ ‘.3‘.'?§.?.‘i°.'.‘.'.'.i..'.’if'1i'.I'..'ll.'ll'15i...il§ ' . I‘ I8 0 C 0 in the wrong. and still more be persuaded to evacuate the Principulitics. where he is estti-_ blishing an iron despotism We '

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. rcfcr form- , ing our judgment by what falls from the lips 5 f Lord Clarendon and Lord John Russel, than from the miserable trush which the foreign cor- respondents furnisli from tho Fiustci-n_ parts of 9 urope, From the statteineuts made in Porli- i ment we collect that all the tales about Baron ‘ Bruck’s proposition are, as we said they were, pure inventions, or got up to gain time. The - state of the case now is that Austria refused, at the period when Prince llenschikolf left Con— l stantinople, to hold it conference of the four great Powers to come-. to terms of adjustment, while the matter remained in a state of di _lo- matic negocintion, unless Russia, by inva rug the Princi litics, ut an end to the status quo in Europe. Vheu t at event occurred Austria agreed to summon the four Powers to Vienna. T e Minister of Russia refu France, England, and Prussia attended the conference through their Ambassadors. Cor- tain terms were agreed upon, and were des- putched last Sunday to St. Petersburgh and to Constantinople for confirmation or rejection. The propositions originated with France, but were adopted and actuallylpropcsed b Austria with the concurrence o russin. \'e infer, therefore, that the letters written by Lord C’ irendon and M. Drouyn de Lhuys have been embodied in these propositions settled at Vien- na, and it now remains to be seen whether the Czar will ' In the meantime what are his generals oing in tho Principalities? They are establishing such a despotism, and levy- ing such uuwarrantable exactions, that ii dc- utation of Boyards have gone to St. Peters- ur h to obtain justice. Lord Clarendon tells de Redclil has been in- formed that a communication ha u made by the Consul-General of Russia to the ‘Hos- podnr of Moldavia, informing him that his re- ations with the Ottoman Government were to cease; that the tribute y trnnrrnitfed to the Sultan was to be trnnarniuad to the Rtiuiint Govern- mail; and that the action of the Sunni Powers must necessarily, thou h tempornri y, be sus ded. The Turkish overnment ex- , receive a similar notice from the Hos- ppdsr of Wallachin, but Mr. Colquhoun, our onsul-General at Bucharest, says, in a letter ted the 22nd Jul , that, up to the evening - , had not_recct-

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mission to use it rtion of the treasure in the vnults of the bank of Russia for carryin on the over which the (‘nor has provoked. 'l‘ 0 Rus- sian Minister of l-‘iusnce dares not take this step, as it would endanger the whole system of Eper currency of which this bullion is the sis. The Sacred Synod liasre sad to vancs a loan of sixty millions of roubles, which the Executive Government has attempted to borrow. But money must be raised, and to an immense extent, if the (‘ear does not recede. We are told that it lar Russian army is col- lecting in Finland, and t eDanish Government, plexed and liarraased with the cholera. which is raging frightfully at Copenhagen, is further threatened by the vast inilitnay ‘prepfiorations preparing on tho coast of the ul of tliniii. n one word every power in Europe is now arming to arrest the l0W9l' of the Gear, but such is the infamy of t in press that we actual- ly read in the loading journal that England has consented that l-‘riincc should a Italy as the price of her co-operation, mcrcly providing that Sicily shall become inde ndcnt. This trash is put into the mouth u an “En lisli gentleman” by the chief correspondent o the chief London‘ journal. Fortunately for man- kind England nnd France are in accord upo this question, and we trust that the conduct of neither nation will bc sulliod by any sellisli consideration in the impending stru_ ls. I that we En lishmcn want is miss: an t e_.1!ulu.s a. Our ong experience. liowcver,whis rs to us that peace can only be maintained y n resolute course of action. Amidst all these commotions, it is curious to remark that the Grand Duchess Illgo of llussiu, with her liiis- band the crown prince of Wurtemberg' has arrived in London, and is about to join her im- icrial relation the Grand Duchess Marie at orquny. These are in some measure. hostages of‘ peace. but states have iii-itlior sisters nor «lriuglibcrs.

TH!’-I EASTERN QUESTION.

'l‘lie Glnbefli Paris correspondent has good reason to believe that the French Cabinet does not reckon with any confidence on receiving a favourable reply to the propositions sent from Vienna to the Emperor of Russia. A rejection is not anticipated, but an answer is considered very probuh c

It is not the present intention of the English or French Governments to go to war in the event It rejection or evasion.

On Wednesday a person very high in oflice, and whose opinion hitherto had great weight in the French Council, said it is a great error to slip- pose that, if the Emperor should reject our pro- positions, war will ensue. 'l‘lie negotiations will still continue ; the only difference will be that we shall negotiate at Constantinople, with the fleets lying under the walls. Three months may be re- quired to bring the negotiations to an end, or even longer : by that time, however, war this year will be uripuesilile, atid then we shall have the whole ,~ winter for negotiations. There is no later an- thentic news. There is no doubt that the j Russians are strongly endeavouring to bring about a struggle between the Miiasulmcn and the Christian population.

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The intelligence we continue to l'¢t'(‘l\'t' from China is of ll very extraordinary and eventful character. 'l‘lic rest insurrectioniiry inovc- merit of’ tho discip es of Tui-ping-wang, which is interpreted to menu “ the ince o cace, has nowhere been ellectually resisted by the Impo- rialist troops, and on every point on which the Mandarins and the Mantchoo authorities have been attacked they have n rou and over- thrown. The British Plenipctentiary in China proceeded towards the end of A ril in Her Ma- jesty's Steamer Hermes up the ang-tse-kiang, to confer with the chiefs of the rebellion, and to announce to them the neutrality of the Bri- tis evernmcnt. The object of this ex ition not icing at first clearly understood, 1: e Her- mes was re ntedly fired upon from the forts along the river, but she succeeded in making aid her voyage without loss of life. As Sir

‘ rge Bonlmm approached Nankin, a singular indication was seen of the sudden change efl’ect- cd in religious opinions of the Chinese, for the river was strewn with the floating fragments of wooden idols, like the figure-heads of sbi s scattered from it wrock. Shortly afterwards t c infe(r£y)eters wciit on shore, anda letter from

' rge Bonliam was communicated to the Chiefs, in which he appears to recognise their claim to the title of sovereign authority. The natives visited the ship freely, and great cordi- ality and eagerness to trade seem to prevail. The inter rotors succeeded in obtniuin copies of some 0 the reli 'ous books circulate nmon the now sect, and it is impossible to doubt that they are derived from the Old and New Testa- ments, with some all ht adaptation to the man- ners of the Chinese pire. Thus,in the com- mentary on the seventh commandament, we are informed that smoking opium is to be consi- dered as included in the crime of adultcr . The prayers and thanksgivings to be used y the

i ful in the various occasions of life are ex- pressly ofercd “ throu ll the merits of our Sa- viour and heavenly bro er, the Lord Jesus who ; redeemed us from sin." The form of praise is evidently lnken from the Chri_stinn_doxology;

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abdioatc their functions in the event of such notice; and Lord Clarendon has signified the entire approval of her Map’-isty’s Government of such a course, and has nstructed Slr Hamil- ton tseymour to demand an explanation of the Cabinet of St. Petershurgh respecting this fresh aggravated insult and aggression is n the

several ri tsofthe ltan. Ne, w these p in before us, the truth of which is beyond donbt,we ask our lntelllgznt commer- cial readers what cviduicc there , what she- dow ofan indication there is that me Caar in- tends to recede. course of the Suite would be clear enough but that En d and France have held his arms lest he III ght strike a blow -rashly. The Sultan. however, has 'ven orders to the Hospodars to withdraw front 'Prinoipalities, and to cease their functions the monent the lnsolent notice of the Csar ll be received. The '

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the observance of th is enjoined, and , the whole dispensation of the Old and New Tcs-. : taments is set forth in a poem or pealiu, called ' the “'1‘rimctrical Classic," which is one of the most singular productions we can remember to 1 have perused. n point of morals and language, the conduct of the new sect is eecri as ex- tremely deoorous, and strikingly dilsrent from the usual habits of the Chinese. It scents, ‘ however, that the numbers of troops serving l under the standard of this insurrection are less 1 than it stated. At Nankin their re ler I force did not exceed 8,000 of their cri ins par- ; ty, ted by about 26,000 men who ' in , t eir shndard in die rovinces they be snb- ‘ u Upon the Ma rice and Tarhr troops they make war with great ferocity, and many thousands of them have been slain. It is stated , that the Maritchccs at Nankin numbered not: lcssthan 20, ,o w In .000 were re lai- troops. Yet they struck not a blow in th r de-j fhnoc. Only about 100 seen out of the whole in: the rest, men, women, and ren,were _, t tethe sw “ We killed them all," insur nts to the i tars, , lnhnt narias; we is not ' tcs rue . Their bodies were thrown. ate the sag» g." The rabble of the NICO ofeoersejsla th hreh oftbe eueeseiftil erny he be purpewefptuaeer. tlicuglt is as-

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war junks, or means f water cotnh But Annoy had flillerfilitc the power " c- uiy on the liltli of May, after it srvere combat. and a su uent atto-uipt ofa Chinese min to re-take t to place was repulsdd with loss This was the first instance in which one of the rts opened to European trade b- the treat of 'ankin had been the scene of ac l li6sFi'll'&i, and it is gratifying to llnd that cflectual nice- sures were et once (It by the insurgents to roteot the foreign factories from iuaul u ' .. age, and that they have uniformly testi their anxiety to favour mercantlltinterests. 'l‘o Canton the revolntl.on.hed not at penetrated at the date of the last accounts, w ich extended to the 3d of June, but there was reason to believe tbata great internal outbreak was impending in that city, probably in connection with the movement going on in other provinces, and, from. the bitter ostility of the rabble of Canton to foreigners, it was feared that in the event of disturbances there the Europeans would have chiefly to rely‘ on their own coitrage and alacrity for defence. The small steamer Ra id w’as within easy reach of‘ the fact» , it was hoped that reinforcements wcu d be sent it from ng. It happens, unfcrtunsteéye,