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CHAPTER XVIII.-continued.
The French Emperor. His means of putting a pressure upon the
Violent urgency of the French Emperor for an advance of the fleets
Want of firmness and discretion evinced in the adoption of the
Ostentatious publicity of the Russian operations in the Black Sea, .
Tidings of an impending attack by the Russian fleet,
Inaction of the Ambassadors and the Admirals,
The disaster of Sinope,
CHAPTER XIX.
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369
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371
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Chasm in the instructions to the Admirals of the Western Powers,
Tends to bring blame upon the Home Government, .
Reception of the tidings of Sinope in France and England,
The anger of the English people diverted towards the Czar, .
375
376
377
An unjust charge against him gains belief in England,
First decision of the English Cabinet in regard to Sinope,
Lord Palmerston resigns office,
378
Proposal of the French Emperor,
379
Danger of breaking down the old barriers between peace and war,
Ambiguous character of the proposal,
Orders to execute the scheme and to announce it at St Petersburg,
383
CHAPTER XX.
Terms of settlement agreed to by the four Powers and forced upon
the Turks,.
384
Grounds for expecting an amicable solution,
Friendly reception by the Russian Government of the news of the
first decision of the English Cabinet,
385
CHAPTER XX.-continued.
Announcement at St Petersburg of the scheme finally adopted by
the Western Powers,
The negotiations are ruined, .
Rupture of the diplomatic relations, .
The Czar prepares to invade Turkey, and fleets enter the Euxine,
386
387
Sir John Burgoyne and Colonel Ardent despatched to the Levant, .
395
Troops sent to Malta,.
396
Tendency of this measure,
Ministers determine to propose but a small increase of the army,
Continuance of Lord Aberdeen's imprudent language,
Temper of the English an obstacle to the maintenance of peace,
404
State of feeling in the spring of 1853,
408
Effect of the Czar's aggression upon the public mind,
409
Still in foreign affairs the nation looks for guidance to public men, .
Lord Aberdeen,
Effect of this on the efforts of those who wished to prevent war,
The ruin of their cause not for want of grounds to stand upon,
Nor of oratorical power,
Mr Cobden and Mr Bright,
Reasons why they were able to make no stand,
415
416
417
423
The separate understanding with France,
Unswerving resolve of Austria and Prussia to rid the Principalities
of Russian troops,
Proofs of this from transactions anterior to the Queen's Speech,
From transactions subsequent thereto,
424
428
The interests of Austria and Prussia begin to divide them from the
Western Powers,
434
Austria and Prussia never swerve from their resolve,
435
The Minister who went his own way,
440
Lord Palmerston's way of masking the tendency of the Government,
450
Debates upon the Address,
451
Parliament in the dark as to the real tendency of the Government,
Question on which the judgment of Parliament should have been
Austria and Prussia support the summons without taking part in
the step,
461
The French summons,
462
France and England brought into a state of war with Russia,
Share which the French Government had in causing the war,
482
Share which England had,
485
The volitions which governed events,
493
APPENDIX.
Part I.-Papers showing the difference which led to the rupture
of Prince Mentschikoff's negotiation,
497
Part II.-The 'Vienna Note,' with the proposed Turkish modifica-
tions,
501
Part III.-Papers showing the concord existing between the four
Powers at the time when France and England were
engaging in a separate course of action,
503
Part IV. Note to page 302, .
518
Part V.-Note respecting the 'Te Deum' for Sinope,
519
Plate I.
ILLUSTRATION TO VOL. I.
to face page 388.