The Express. — London, England, 1853-07-06 00:00:00

h ; .tory of Muscovite power were not one continuous strt of forcible and fraudulent acquisitions. But the mask of sectarian fervour is too clumsily worn to lade the real features of ambition. With shame toe effrontery the Cz tit calls Gnu to witness that he e goes forth to battle for the orthodox faith," and pretends to believe that the special interposition of the Mi eitruto and the Juer will attend his murderous new s. But while he fails to note a single instance in which the rights of Christians have recently been in f r i n g e d, or the semblance of an excuse afforded for roieng the reproach of persecution by the Ottomans, the teal aim and purpose of this long-meditated war of :t zgreseion is °betrayed is the avowal that the of the Danube are forthwith to be overrun 11 Cataack hordes. Ihe people of Moldavia and Wellachia shudder at the approach of these ravenous invaders; for they 1, ;; ,a them linhoppily too well. three years bate si_tt Lily claimed since a corps amounting to several thousands of them were, with an equal number of the Turli-h troops, quartered at Bucharest and Jassy, in order to repress certain revolutionary movements there. which, if saeceraful, it was apprehended might poesibiy prove contagious. The contrast between the demeanour of the two armies has teen vividly de scribed by an eye-witness, who visited these countries i n 1.50, and who has since given to the English public the impressions then made upon him. The endless exactions of the Russian officers, and the brutalities of their ill-fed and ill-appointed soldiery, were strikir;ly contrasted with the decent and orderly demeanour of the Turkish regiments; and, not withstanding the so much vaunted sympathy of creed, it was plain to this Englisk observer that the Christian inhabitants of the Priucipali tits regarded the Mahometan troops of their sovereign without tear or aversion, while they looked upon the Itu-sian army of occupation with sentiments of hatred and disgust. As for the pretence of Musco vite protectiou being necessary in Moldavia or Wal lachia to secure the religious freedom of the people, it may be enough to recall the oft-repeated fact that in neither of the provinces north of the Danube is a Mosque to be seen ; and that with the ex ception of a few families officially or otherwise emcee:id with the Government, Islamism may literally be said to have no existence there. Churches and monasteries everywhere abound. The metropolitan prelate is chosen from amongst his own clergy, and receives his investiture from the I losvo ta,--himself a member of the Greek church,—who wields his vice-regal sword in the name, and under the sanction of the StLTAN. Such is the community upon whom Itus‘ia now prepares, in the first in stance, to impose the yoke of her blasphemous and rapacious " protection.** But a careful perusal of the Peterhoff Manifesto will show, as we have long suspected, that Russia's designs arc not limited to the northern bank of the Danulte. There lies between that noble stream and the lofty ranges of the Balkan the rich and porn:one plain of Bulgaria—a prize more fondly coveted by the Scythian spoiler than the Woodland country of the Ifospodars. This is obviously in cluded in the words of menace and invasion made use of in the Imperial Declaration of War; and there is no use in disguising the facilities which General Guareitatiove would have in thus extending his aggressive operations beyond the ricer. A Russian army has not for many years been seen in Bulgaria. The exactions and oppressions of Psi --'9 are well-nigh forgotten. The Turkish population, though far outnumbered by the Christian, is there sufficiently numerous to keep alive feelings of jealousy and strife. Above all it is in Bulgaria that the secret agency of Russia has for years been most actively at work to corrupt the' Greek priesthood,—with what effect events may speedily show. With the exception of Schumla and Verna, which are so situated as to command the passes of the Balkan rather than to protect the province from attack on the side of the Danube, there are no places capa ble of sustaining a protracted siege ; and it may be more than doubted whether the utmost amount of force which OMER PACLIA can be expected to bring into the field during the next three months, could be fairly or prudently matched against forces so great as those which may be expected to follow the banner of the Muscovite invader. It is, then, upon the shores of the Danube—not on those of the Bosphorus—that the pride and rapa city of Russia may be checked by the timely inter position of more powerful arms than those which the Porte, unassisted, can supply. We have never be lieved that Constantinople was in any danger from the romp tle main, which for some time has ceased to be possible, but in the quarter we have in dicated the danger is imminent and palpable. So likewise is that upon the side of Montenegro, where similar intrigues have unblushingly been car ried on by the Court of St. Petersburg up to the most recent period. We should like to know what those statesmen and journalists who the last few months were occupied with invectives against the Porte for endeavouring to crush the results of such intrigues, and who within the last few weeks were still full of flatteries of the Emperor NICHOLAS—that illustrious potentate by whose wisdom and moderation conservative order has been chiefly restored throughout Europe, and political progress everywhere thrust down into dark ness and silence—we should like, we my, to hear what those parasites have now to say for the idol of their abject worship,—the ruthless Chief who, in the name of ALMIGHTY GOD, is now preparing to let loose on Europe all the horrors and miseries of an unholy and most selfish war. • THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 6, 1853 • • .-- ovite power were not one continuous , AN ABSTRACT OF THE NET PRODUCE OF THE REVENUE OF GREAT BRITAIN, D ble and fraudulent acquisitions. But' IN Tilt YZAILS AND QUANTSBAI lINDND Jinx 6, 1832 , AND 1853. tarian teriour is too clumsily worn to I - Quarters ended Year '' Quarters ended Year .1 Year ended July 6, Quarter/masa July 3, restates of ambition. With shame- 1 ... - /wed ' I ended , 1533. 1833. he tz ilt calls 6ini to witness that he 1 Oat. 111, I Jan. 5, Apra 5, July S, Julys, Det. 111 , 1 Jan. 4, 1 April 3, July 5, , Jule s, , ..--.--..--, .-- - 111.61. 1852. I 1632. 1632. 1652. . 1 1832. i 1653. I 11 4 53. 1853. I 1833. I lnereave. ; Deere me. Inc:ream. ! Deere:me. /I bottle for the orthodox faith," and j ,,-, - 4531073, 4,539,412! 4,615,025 4,501,161 19,011,774 3,436,609 1 4,541,334 1 4, 132 , 832 4 . 463 , 47 , 1 8 , 8 5 4,361, : 57 . 412 441 . 17 i -- Si eye that the special interposition of the' E c : 1 d . 11 " 1. .....- - -• . ----- ..... -- ------ ...... ------------- 4,139, 41 54 3,552,970 2,070,064 3,443,5144 13,20404 4.303,753 3,339. 616 ^ 2,09,592, 3 , 795,61; 13,737 399 ' 631,1 95, 332,101" the J l'..T will attend his murderous ramp ----- ---------------- 1,432,56 i, 1.427,45 1A11985 1,42 *IV 6,002 A re' 1,321021! 1,615029; 1 A 37 7491 1675 14.11 6,477,3471 474871 48,312 ..... is Taus ..... ...„...„.- ...... ..... ....»._._._.. 2654231 41..5,922, 2n3,..46 1,303,707 I 4149,7011 - 159,21* ,, 1,419,613' ' 111:474.1 l ' AD l ,4s3 3,291,047 1 51:345 1 6,174 . ile he fails to note a single instance rrueertyria . 1 .87 0 .1 3e 381 % 03 ij 2,068,82 7 1,016,99i1 4363,919 , 1,913,681; 468,3361 2,152,1331 10.51,017 4311111.6791 225,16V1 1 1,961 b' hts of Christians have recently been P T V, ' g r im& - ---- • ....... • -- 306,00411 246,0101 14,000 230;410 1,041,006 1 261,04 6 . 272,000 :51,110111 231,000 1,040,09, 1 25,0001 21,030 N 40,006 40,006 , 110,0001 60,000, 210,t0u 4,0M1 60,001 72,000. 1. o,b6b 8112,666 I 17206 a .. . 110,833, . • . ~, e semblance of an excuse afforded for ut‘enß ll6 . l • • 143,06 I _ 'uach of persecution by the Ottomans, 1 ,„, p ,,,,„,„„ T l al "?'" 1 "" m 13,317,101 11,419,41 k 111,111 5 ,6 6 2' 12,6.3.; , 931 46,J0,396 , tsata,saa 11014,04 10,44,369 i 15,520,037 /9,376,11.41 - 11,450,054 j 200,456 j Loto,sa , ! 113,614 _ 111,331 117,3131 140,411, 212,658, 585,..04 . 157,994: 141,936 221,09. I 25.5,759, 23/3,4. 163,7651 ' 44.071, ..... 11 A purpo.c of this 9006 meditated war Igel.Ymnit'u4 Ads: sees -- - ----. 165,23 6 372,371 14,606 1 216,6521 612,a56 I 234,042 491,993' 171.539, 424.57 : . 1,322,4459 479.38 3 j 20:___ , Total _______ , _ Total Incase a 'betrayed is the avowal that the - 13,00444. 11,900,133: 11.174,731 13,031,733' 19,73.4165 , 11615 ..18 12,093,111111,2.9. 3 4 4 1 14,201.449; SI ,G 59,44 2 1.03;02 200,498 1,202.2521 115,616 u The Amount aptided 100 m. Fund, ese:sels4l46 J Di. 200,495 lserease . D.C15,616 Decrease e Danube are forthwith to be overrun Adv.olcs. .. -. 8,794,247 7,356,212 4695,165 7,620,954 29,1 1 1,64 j 8 445 711 7 1147 1431 3,676,93'1 3 219 933 1 27 209 7331 Ditto applie.l as Advances des. - .- ' --.. I. Ihh applied as p,..rtof theiraysilMOMMSl26llllMW 4325,825 quarter. a f.loldavia and Wol!achia shudder at -"- I ' t Total .......„„ ..... ....... .........., 111,600,140 11,94.41,333 j 11,174,731, 13 , 034 , 7331 49,756,485 ] 14046,618112.1.44111 ' 11,219,144 14,291,369, 54659,442 ! If these ravenous invaders ; for they The INCOME sad CHARGE of the CONSOLIDATEI) FUND, I s the graerrass ended JULY 11, 1832, and 1853. happily too well. three years havel 111coNii. 1832. 1533. !I CHA2O2. 1 551 . 1 65 1. il since a corps amounting to several ('uMO .. ..- .. _ _ _... _. . .. . .-....___._. _ -....-. Z 1514231 /4,9519.4 .1 Perntanent Debt .... x3, 7.3,6:14 .0:3,721,2.315 - Mal were, with an equal number of the Elriaz ----...-...................--...............-----.............. 3,452,902 3,604,041 Terminalde Annuitks 565,037 372,173 41 1A73,14i :1 Dito est on Lacheguer4lll., Waal tamed the Chemin do Cessolt- f. , quartered at Bucharest and Jassy, in Taxes - -. 1,144,707 1,510.43 'I Jana Fund 1,051,027 r' Rinkinc Fund ss certain revolutionary movements itaaP=Taa ..... ••••-•-•--- -- ............ ----------- 12515,961 241,000 - The Ciail List .„ 1 99,176 99,407 i f successful, it was apprehended might T . :,71 . 1-ant - ..... . .-...- m.ies soo,siis i. Other Mimeos the Onsonosed fend .-..... ..... .-. 202,150 90,537 ; Far Aileatices SANS i 999,027 contagious. '1 he contrast between the Imprest and other Stoners .. _.. 35,515 61,141 ', Tote:Clump - g7,55,553 6,304,719 I Produce of the Sale ot Old S:orea ........... -..........--..-......... ... 15.069 195,6.6 ," Ste Surpkar 5,711,550 6,144,662 1 the two arms has teen vividly de- Repaymants fa Ad, AM CI ..... ..... ..... ............. ............ .................. 216,652 421,5,73 '1 ye-witness, who visited t hove countries ” -- ----•.' itts,tssaas ct4.321438 0 1 a:13,081.20S 1114,129.360 ~ I ho has since given to the English public To Cash broesht to this Account to ray on' Di fteteccy BMA-- .......... 24.10,44/0 h 300 . 040 Die Amount et Eichetrier Dills leaved to meat the Charge of the Con. Is then made upon him. 'I he endless -- aolladed Fund In the Qulrter ending 54 April, 1453 ... 1 11,407,512 TV amount issued in the Quarter coded July 5,1145, in part of the sums I le ltussian officers, and the brutalities j panel by Parkin of tie Cone Fund for Supply Services 7,9:2,407 .d and ill-appointed soldiery, were I Bar slue Conaolidattd Fund The prehe.le amount of Licl.iquerElla requited to meet the Charge on 6,164,e62 trasted with the decent and orderly Its comotiasted Fund on St h July, 1833 r the Turkish regiments; and, not- £13,054,205 114,329,910 11 j 3,205,557 congress of sovereigns is the last assembly in the world from which to expect the settlement of a delicate and difficult business. Of course it is well understood that the work is done by diplomatists, but the sovereigns must meet, dine, and dance at the court or capital. We have only to look at the cha racter and relations of the leading sovereigns of Europe to perceive that even if all bad not taken part in the present quarrel their meeting would be out of the qaestion. The announcement that on the 25th ult. 12,000 Russians had entered Jassy, and vrhich has not yet quite disappeared from the columns of our contemporaries, originated with the Lloyd of Vienna. It is contro -1 dieted by the Austrian government. A letter from Vienna of June 30, in the Journal de Franefort, says : " Communications from Odessa state that trade is completely stagnant, from the ap prehension felt of seeing the port suddenly closed, and all exportation and importation of goods being rendered impossible. The news from the Danubian principalities are just as discouraging; no one has any confidence in the future, and at Jassy and Galata the foreign firms are getting in their capital." Oa the 2nd inst. Count Gyulai embarked at Stettin for St. Petersburg. The official Austrian Correspondence of the Ist has an article tending to divest Count Gyulai's visit of all political import ance, and representing it as a mere compliance with an invitation to visit the camp near St. Petersburg. The Nourelliste of Hamburg contains the fol lowing from St. Petersburg of the 25th ult.: " The Emperor has not only inspected Cronstadt, but he has also gone to see the forts of Risbarch and Cromehlot. His Majesty testified to General Mu low and to the other officers his satisfaction at the rapidity with which the works are being exe cuted. Numerous promotions have taken place in the fleet." The Indus, which arrived at Southampton yester day, reports that at Alexandria on the 22nd ult. the Egyptians were preparing their squadron for sea, and their contingency of troops was concentrating at Alexandria. The squadron consisted of one line-ot battle ship (100 guns), three 60-gun frigates, four corvettes, four steamers. The troops were reported to be about 25,000 men. IRELAND. Draxnr, Jrxx S. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO DUBLIN. As soon as it became known yesterday that we were on the eve of the long expected royal visit, and that an official intimation to that effect had been communicated to our civic authorities, the news spread like wild-fire, and created quite a sensation in the city. The Queen and the royal family will be received with a hearty and enthusiastic welcome by her Majesty's Irish subjects. Sir Edward M'Donnell, the chairman of the Great Southern and Western Railway, was yesterday chosen Lord Mayor of Dublin for the ensuing year, on the motion of Alderman Sir T. O'Brien, seconded by Dr. Gray. The choice was cordially supported by the conservative as well as the liberal members of the corporation. CLARE ELECTION._ The official declaration of the poll in Clare wu I made yesterday by the High Shentf. The numbers announced by him were— Cornelius O'Brien lra Sir J. F. Fitzgerald Colonel Vandeleur And he accordingly declared Mr. O'Brien duly elected by a majority of ;7 over Colonel Vandeleur, and Sir John k itzgi raid by a majority of 52.. Mr. O'Brien, in an address of some length, promised adherence to the principles upon which he had hitherto obtained the support of the electors of Clare. He had never deceived them, and never would. Sir John F. Fitzgerald addressed the crowd in a similar strain. NEW LAMPS FOR OMNIBUSES.—By the new Act, which comes into force on Monday, it is enacted that the proprietor of every metropolitan stage carriage shall C4lllO to be plaid inside such cornice a lamp, in such position and manner as shell be directed by the Commissioners of Police, and the conductor, or if there be no conductor, the driver of such carriage shall keep the lamp properly lighted whenever such carriage shall be used to ply fur or carry Peangers at any time after sun-sot and before sun-rise. FRANCE. CROSSING OF TILE PRUTII BY TILE RUSSIAN ARMY. (IT trinsmuxs rulaaArn.) PARIS. WEDNESDAY MOWN - MO. The government has received a telegraphic des patch from Bucharest, dated the 2nd instant, to the following effect : " To-day, the 2nd of July, the body of the army intended to occupy Wallachia, will cross the Truth by Leova. It is commanded by General Danenberg. Gen.Gouvelhakoll is expected at Bucha rest. To-morrow that portion destined to occupy Mol davia will also cross the Pruth by Skoulni. M. Ozoroff proceeds to Constantir.ople to commence fresh negotiations. The H , spodars have received an assurance that no change will be made in the government of the principalities." PARIS, TI:EbDAY EVENING. An extraordinary rise took place at the Bourse to- day without any sutficientreason so far as I have been able to ascertain. Everybody seemed agreedto believe that the Turkish question was arranged; a paragraph in the Independance Belye, stating that the }reach go vernment had received a despatch from London, con veying the determination of th‘English cabinet not to consider the occupation of the principalities as a cases belli, was much talked of. If this news should be literally true, it leaves the question fast where it was. The mere fact of passing the Truth, it has all along been assumed, will not be considered as an act of war by England until Turkey, taking the initiative, shall intimate that she will consider it such. This, according to all the intelligence from Constantinople, the Porte is disposed to do. A very cheerful view was taken to-day of Count Giulay ' s mission, which it was boldly asserted had been accepted by Russia. Mean while the government journals, which, notwith standing their official repudiation by the Mani !cur, must be understood as expressing the views which the government desires to dissemi nate, continue to treat the question as very serious, and say little or nothing to confirm the hopes enter tained at the Bourse. The Conatitutiannet has an article by Oranier de Cr avec, beginning thus : The hope so ressonably founded upon the consideration des to the good offices of Austria, accepted by the Czar, has relished. A Russian army now occupies Jassy, the capital ef Moldavia. We will not waste time in recrimination Is regard to this fact; we prefer to characterise and examine its probable consequences. The entry of the Russians into Moldavia constitutes, in spite of all that can be said, the most manifest, the most flagrant set of war imaginable. Russia has no direct right to the ow cupation of the Moldo-Wallaelian territory, and whatever protestations the Cur may mike by way of accommiale meat to the passage of the Pruth by his troops, the fact itself is of such a character as to reader explanations useless, and excuses futile. To Sr. epos a Turkish ship or military post would not be to cow nit an act so essentially hostile as is the presence of the Beweitee at Jan", for a cannon shot might be the result of • mistake, but the occupation of a territory presupposes selection and deliberate purpose. After this opening, the article gives a summary of the various treaties between Russia and the Poets on the subject of these provinces, for the purpose of proving what has been so frequently demonstrated, that they afford no colourable pretext for the hostile step taken by Russia. The promise implied in the heading of the article, that it would disclose a pro- bable solution of the crisis, is not kept, for the only consequence M. de Castagnac draws from the Ruch of the Russian army is that the Sultan, who alone is directly interested in the matter, meet belie whether, un der the circumstances, it would be = u t d to invoke the intervention of France and spinet this act of hostility. He does not appear to have received any hint from the French government as to what that decision will be. In one passage he supposes it to be possible that the French and English Ministers at Constantinople may think right to re fer to their governments before sewing to any resolution, even after they shall be in gmaleion of the final decision of the Porte. The thee of the whole article is however decidedly war-' like : In two or three days, according to all likelihood, the telegraph will bring us news of peace or war. Whichever ft may be every one must rejoin at seeing the end of a situation which for the last three months has weighed Wavily upon the general affairs of Europe. War has its happy chances, but this leaden uncertainty is uniformly disastrous. • • • If war breaks out, France will accept it without fear, after having engaged in it without ostenta tion. Whatever happens, it may be boldly said France would reap more fruit frem peace, and receive less injury hem war, than any other nation. This Pays has an article very much in the same teas, but a few shades more peaceable. It says that if Russia can satisfy Turkey and Europe that she has no ulterior views inimical to the integrity and future welfare of the Ottoman empire, it is possible that Turkey may content herself with protesting against the occupation of the principalities, and that fresh negotiations may be elPeofd• But unless this absence of any secret ag ve gesess designs can be conclusively established, the Ave admits no hesitation or compromise, and affirms that Tuikey may reckon upon the most efficacious support and protection. A further improvement took place to-day in the public securities, combined with great activity in business ; the advance being very consijerable in the Three per Cents., both in the quotations for money and the end of the month, the final quotations show ing an improvement in each to the extent of If. 60c. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. for cash rose ti 5c., and for account 34c. In Bank of France shares no varia tion occurred. The final prices were :—For cash Three per Cents., 77f. ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 102.10. For the account : Three per Cents., 77.10 ; Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 1021. Bank Stock, 2,650 f. Northerns, 862 f. 30c. • Orleans. 1,0701.; Paris and Strasbourg, 9021.; P aris: and Lyons, 002 f.. ITALY. The Pietbnontese Gazette of the Ist inst. publishes the law voted by the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, reserving to the government the esta blishment and working of telegraphic lines, with the exception, however, of the special conventions, which may be stipulated by the government with railway companies. Any person who, in violation of that law, shall transmit signals, with telegraphic machine or otherwise, to any distance whatever, shall be punished with fine or imprisonment. In its sitting of the 30th ult., the Piedmontesc Senate, in addition to several bills of local interest, voted one for the repair and excavation of the ports of the state, and another introducing certain modifi cations in the customs tariff. A bill was presented for the abolition of the pillory. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The following extraordinary document reviled London yesterday. A cersion differing somewhat from the present has been published with omifisions which are here supplied : " By the grace of God, " We, Nicolas 1., _ _ . " Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias and Czar of Poland, &c., &c., &c., " Inform all people. "Be it known to our beloved and faithful subjects, " The defence of our faith has always been the sacred duty of our blessed ancestors. " From the day it pleased the Almighty to place us on the throne of our fathers, the maintenance of the holy obligations, with which it is inseparably connected, has been the object of our constant care and attention; these, acting on the groundwork of the famous treaty of Kainadjir, which subsequent solemn treaties with the Ottoman Porte have fully confirmed, have ever been directed towards uphold ing the rights of our Church. "But to our extreme grief, in latter times, not withstanding all our efforts to defend the inviolability of the rights and privileges of our orthodox church, numerous wilful acts of the Ottoman Porte have in fringed upon these rights, and threaten finally the entire overthrow of all that ancient discipline so precious to orthodoxy. "All our efforts to restrain the Porte from such acts have proved in vain, and even the word of the Sultan, solemnly given us by himself, was soon faith lessly broken. " Having exhausted all means of conviction, and having in vain tried all the means by which our just claims could be peaceably adjusted, we have deemed it indispensable to move our armies into the pro. vinces on the Danube, in order that the Porte may see to what her stubbornness may lead. " But, even now, we have no intention of com• menciog war; in occupying those provinces, we wish to hold a sufficient pledge to guarantee for ourselves tho re-establishment of our rights under say circum stances whatever. _ " We do not seek for conquests : Russia does not require them. We seek to vindicate those rights which have been so openly violated. " We are even yet ready to stop the movements of our armies, if the Ottoman Porte will bind itself solemnly to respect the inviolability of the orthodox church ; but if obstinacy and blindness will it other. wise, then, calling God to our aid, we leave it to Him to decide our quarrel, and in full confidence in the right hand of the Almighty, we shall move forward on behalf of the orthodox faith. " Given at Peterhoff on the 14th (26th) day of June, io the year of the birth of Christ, 1863, and of our reign the 28th. " Sealed at the Senate in St. Petersburg on the 14th (26th) June, 1833. " To the original of this document the own hand of his Majesty is signed. NIKOLAI." Such is the address of the Czar to his subjects. In its professions of peace, mingled with artful war like appeal to a fanatical spirit, it resembles nothing so much as the manifesto of the same Nicolas which preceded the Turkish campaigns of 1828-29. The difference is that now the Czar is not able to allege a single act or omission in justification of the invasion which he announces. Not the least attempt to abridge the liberties-ef--the Greek Christians has the Czar been able to allege. The Sultan, instead of violating the privileges enjoyed by his non-Maho median subjects, has confirmed them. Finally, the Turkish minister has just replied to insulting and menacing demands by language full of moderation and dignity, and offered to send an ambassador to St. Petersburg, to ascertain how far it may be pos sible to satisfy the desires of the Czar con sistently with the independence of Turkey. It con siderably enhances the war-like character of the Russian manifesto that it is a purely gratuitous document. As a declaration of war—or of occupa tion—as the case may be, it was not necessary ac cording to the recognised international usages of Europe. The occupation was declared conditionally in the note of Count Nesselrode to Resehid Pacha. As an explanation to friendly powers it has been anticipated by the circular despatch of the 11th ult. As this despatch had been printed in the Journal d. St. Petersburg by order of the Czar for the informa tion of his subjects, they had been fully informed as the matter. But the short inflammatory address now published has a character of its own. It mann all reasoning, avoids explanation, and stating r simply as untruly, that the religion of Russia has been injured, raises the standard of a holy war. The publication of such a document addressed to an ignorant people in their own language seems to be the act best calculated to render peace impossible. The Assemble Nationale, like some other organs of Russia which,ashamed or afraid' to produce their arguments in the face of western enlightenment, is fighting the Czar's battle with pre dictions, professes to see peace secured by the tem porary occupation of the principalities. But when the hypothesis of these journals is analysed it is found that the weakness and pusillanimity of France and England are an essential part of their peace theory, and the Emperor of Russia is to retire from the Moldo-Wallachian territory with the concessions which Prince Menchikoff demanded. Other jour nalists, more honest, hope much from the good offices of Austria, which, it is again asserted, have been accepted by Russia. But good offices are now both too soon and too late. It is not pretended that the good offices of Austria will prevent the crossing of the I'ruth, and when that movement has been made Russia, pursuing her ends by force, will, according to the definition of Vattel, be at war. These successive statements announcing the acceptance of Austria's good offices should also, to be worthy of notice, include the intelligence that the Russian troops have been halted until the Czar had rejected or accepted the Austrian proposi tion; but instead of employing the mediation of the Kaiser, the Czar stimulates the passions of his people. Another rumour is that a congress of sovereigns is to be held, and that the Emperor of Russia has con sented to respect its decisions, whatever they may be. Whenever, for the last two or three years, any difficult European question has been raised, this has been a s uggested expedient. A 'lje Catty,. The Queen and Prinee Albert, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Prn'sia, and the Prince of Hohen lobe Langenbourg, left town for Windsor at twenty-five minutes before ten o'clock yesterday morning. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, the Countass Von Macke, Lord Alfred Paget, Lieutenant- Colonel the Hon. A.Vordon and Count G;lti. Iler Majesty and the illustrious party travelled by a spe cial train on the Great Western Railway, and on reaching the Windsor Station proceeded in several of the Queen's carriages to Virginia Water, and afterwards went to the Royal Lodge, where luncheon was served. The Queen and Prince Albert, and the Royal Circle, re turned by the same route to London, arriving at Bucking ham Palace at half-past four o'clock, escorted by a detach ment of the Royal Horse Gouda. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince and Princess of Prussia, honoured the Roya l Italian Opera with her pre sence last evening. The Royal suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Edgeumbe, the Countess Von Macke, the Countess Oriolla, Lord Camoys, Lord Alfred Paget, Lieutenant• Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, Count Puckler, Count Gotta, and Count Boos. The Duchess of Kent ac companied by the Prince of Hohenlohe Longenbourg, and the Princess Adelaide, and 'Mended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson and Lord James Murray, also honoured the per formance with her presence. Lord Camoys has relieved the Marquis of Ormonde in his duties as the Lord in Waiting, to the Queen, and Lieut.- Col. the lion. Robert Boyle has succeeded Major-General Berkeley Drummond in his duties as Groom in Waiting to her Majesty. The Commissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt had a quarterly meeting at the official residence of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in Downing-street yesterday. There were present the Chancellor of the Exchequer. the Governor of the Bank of England and the Deputy Govc roar. Sir Alexander Spearman, Secretary and Comptroller-Gene ral to the Commissioners, attended. The Marquis of Bristol had an interview with the Earl of Aberdeen yesterday at his official residence in Dawning street. A deputation from the committee of theAnti-State Church Association, to urge objections against the ecclesiastical pro visions of the Burial Grounds Act, had an interview with Sir Wm. hiolesworth yesterday at the office of Works and Public Buildings in Whitehalllilue. The deputation con sisted of Mr. Hadfield, M.P., Mr. Mien, M.P., Mr. Cross ley, M.P., Mr. 11, M.P., Mr. Kershaw, 111. P., Mr. Hey worth, M.P ' Mr. Pellatt, M P , Mr. J. Carvell Williams (secretary), the Rev. Alexander Lewd, Mr. G. J. Cockerell, and the Rev. Robert Eckert. Dr. Bowring and Governor Barkly bad interviews yester day with the Duke of Newcastle at the Culonial•office. A deputation to present a memorial for a repeal of the malt tax and hop:duties had an interview with the Chancel lor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. The deputation consisted of Messrs. Geo. Rusbridger, Geo. Lear, James Lawrence, J. H. Hopkins, S. Duke, H. Duke, Richard Castes, Edward Rabin, Mill lensDennett, Geo. Smith, Geo. Coote, John Wyatt, Edwd. Wyatt, W. Death, John J upp, Henry ILardwick, and John Brown. It is understood that credits lately opened in Lon don in favour of a member of the family of the Emperor Nicholas, who was expected to have visited England in the coure of the present summer, were withdrawn on Monday, the visit having been abandoned. The service of plate subscribed for by the parish ioners of St. James's, Westminster, as a memorial to their late rector upon his elevation to the see of Lincoln, was presented on Monday to the right rev. prelate, by the com mittee acting for the parishioners. The value of the plate was about 7001, and it was understood that it was to ba on view during the last three days of this week at the makers', Mean. Wilkinson and Dobson, P.ccaddly. THE BLIND KING AND THE BLIND DRAMATIST. — His Majesty the Kiag of Hanover has been pleased to pre sent to Mr. Moncrieff, the dramatist—now a brother of the Charterhoute, and, like hie augur. pa , ron, totally blind— the Royal Hanoverian Medal of Arts and Scienc a. Mr. Moneriett,shortly before his Majesty succeeded to the throne, dedicated his selection of plays in three volumes to the than Crown Prince of Hanover. - - DETECTION OF IRON SHILLINGS AND SOVEREIGNS. —By applying a small pocket magnet to • counterfeit coin of the above kind, it is instantly attracted, and may t k us be lifted up from a table, whereas genuine coins are unaf fected. A delicately-suspended magnetic needle is a still mere sensitive indicator. FLOGGING IN THE ROYAL NAVY.—Mr. Hume has obtained • return showing the number of punishments by flogging in the royal navy from 1848. In 1848 there were as many as 1,363 punishments. and the lashes infitcted were 40,515. There has been a decrease in the number every year, and in 1812 the number was 678, and the lashes inflicted 17,591. The highest given was 48, and the owest 3. CysToss.—From a return just issued, it appears that in the year ended the -sth January last, the Customs revenue was 22,312,5131., and the total cost of collection 1,268,4211. The value of exports was 219,545,609/., and of imports 109,345,4001. The tonnage inwards and outwards was 16,130,1410. The number of Customs officers was 11,691. DENUNCIATION FROM THE ALTAR.- CONVICTION OF A ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST FOR ASSAULT. At the Bristol quarter sessions, on Monday, before the ltec ' ,It B. Crowder, Esq., Q C., the Rey. William Cullinan, resident priest of the It:Asian catholic church of St. Nicholu, Lawford's Get, and Martin Foley, a lay member of his congregation, were 'evenly d for having un the 19th day of June, in the church of St. Nicholas aforesaid, unlawfully assaulted, beaten, i.nd treated the Chevalier Antonio Barace•co de Mascatenhas. Mr. Nash stated the nature of the fact?, which he be lieved he sbou!d establis'a, ;.d caned— The Chevalier de Masearenhas, who deposed that be had lived 31 years in Bristol, durina which time he had held the office of Consul General of Portugal. On Sunday, the 19fh, he went to St. Nicholas Church, for the purpose of attending service. As he entered the churchyard, he 1.14` the defendant Foley, a man nerned Ryan, and some others. As he passed, lie wished them a good morning, open which Foley said, " What do you come here fori —do you come to insult i" Ile replied, No ; I do not come to intuit—l came to my church." Some one said," You shan't come here," but he passed en and entered the church. Father Callinan was the cnti, Lit ing priest, and proceeded with the mass to the end of the first gospel, when he said, " I feel to) ill to•day to preach, but I shall have something to say after the mass." Atter he had concluded the mass and put the chalice on the altar he held up a letter in his hand and said, " This is a let er for an anion from the Chevalier's lawyer." He added that the Chevalier's Jawyer was a protestant, while Lis (Culli nan'e) was a catholic, and then, pointing at him (the che vslier), he said, "'that man does not perform his duties." Upon his thus interfering with matters betwe , ti Lim and his God witness rose and said calmly, "I do attend to my duties. I confessed on Friday to Father Godfrey at St. Mary's, and I received communion on S..turday." Father Cullinlso then mild, " Turn him out," or " put him out," and immediately Foley and Ry.fn, and others, ran to him, and seized him by the arms. I: would have been useless in him to resist a powerful manlike Foley, and he was dragged some way, when a member of the congregation said, " Do not put him out. You shan't put him out." Upon this Father Callinan pointed to the speaker and said, " I mark you." A Mr. Duck said to Lim " Come out with me,•' but he replied " No, let them put me out," and he was put out. In reply to questions by his caunsel it was elicited that the Chevalier had been a &::^t' promoter of the chapel, and that he had lest 2601. towards buiiding it. Of this sum he had got back VOL, and had given 10/., which left 50/. still due to him. He had likewise been a donor of coal and other matters for the poor of the di-nriet. In reply to the Recorder he said he was in personal fear at the time, as be knew that the same priest had ordered a woman to be kicked out, and she was kicked out. Cross-eaamined—He bad made statement• of complaint to the bishop against the priest. One atrocity complained of by him was this :—A person in the congregation happened to yawn, upon which Father Cullinan from the altar uid, " You go to hell and damn yourselt ; don't come here and damn others." He spoke to the father about this and asked him why he did such things, and arrogated a power which was only possessed by Christ. The father cited the Councils of Trent, but he told him he did not believe that a priest had such power. Another atrocity was that upon a sacred festival day the poor woman who had been kicked out brought candles as an offering to the Blessed Virgin, and instead of accepting them front her Father Cullinan took them from her anal threw them into the gutter. He complained of a third atrocity. On Good Friday, which was obs: rued by his church as a most solemn day—a day on which they prayed for all infidels, and the cross was handed round for them to kiss—Father Cullinan passed by the poor woman, and would not let her kiss it, which was a great thing. The witness admitted that he received a letter from the Bis':op, stating that as he was in Liverpool seeking contributions, he must refer him to the Vicar-General, and the Bishop also recommended him to go to another chapel. He dial not yield to this advice, as he was attached to the congregation of St. Nicholas. He had said that such Irish priests were not tit fir Eng- land, as the country was so different from Ireland. By the words " such Irish priests," he meant irritable prierts. Apart from the irritability he complained of, he believed that Mr. Cullinan was a very good man. Mr. Stone addressed the jury for the defendants, eon- I tending that the Chevalier had brought all the conse quences he complained of upon his own head. It was clear that he had preferred idle and groundlesc complaints against Mr. Cullinan to the Bishop, because, bad they been at all justified, the priest, at whom they were aimed, would have certainly been removed. Then, instead of attending to the Bishop's suggestion to go to another chapel, he chose to pass places of worship much nearer to his own house, and attend St. Nicholas, for the purpose of annoying the Priest and disturbing the congregation. On the occasion in ques tion he chose to disturb the congregation, and his expulsion was therefore justifiable. The Recorder, is summing up, remarked that the main question for the jury was, whether they considered that the complainant had disturbed the congregation during set vice, so as to warrant the parties in ejecting him; whether. indeed, the pointing out a person from the altar as having neglected his duties was a part of the service. Had the account given by the Chevalier been inconsistent with the truth, it was open to the defendants to have called the con gregation to contradict him. The jury, after two or three minutes' consultation, found both defendants guilty. The Chevalier de Mascurenhas said he hoped the Recorder would deal leniently with them, as his object was not punish ment but the vindication of his tights. The Recorder then sentenced Father Cullinan to pay a fine of 51., and Foley a flue of 21., to the Queen, and to be imprisoned till it was paid. HEALTH OF LONDON DrRING THE WEEK. The official report says:—The number of deaths registered in the metropolitan districts in the week that ended last Saturday was 1,103. The advance which it shows on previous returns arises trom coroners' cases, many of which were not duly registered till the end of the quarter, though the deaths occurred and the inquests were held at dates antecedent to last week. In the ten corresponding weeks of the years 1643.52 the ge number of deaths was 922, which, it raised in pro ' portion to increase of populatilll during these years and up Ito the present time, becomes 1,014. Tue actual mortality of last week, therefore, exhibits an excess, en the estimated amount, of 89. Fatal cues arising from symatie or epidemic diseases are at present, as regards the whole class, fewer than usual, the total number being 203, while the corrected ge is 244. looping-cough, which numbers 47, is the most fatal smongt the diseases incigent to children ; its average is 33. To small-pox, from which London has lately been compa ratively free, only 3 deaths are referred ; to measles 22, to scarlatina 31, to croup 5, to diarrlana 28, to dysentery G, scurvy one, to ague 2, to infantile remittent lever 4, to typhus, &e , 38, to rheumatic fever one, to erysipelas 7, to syphilis week uiis4. the births of 8.36 bays and 85.5 girls, in al; 1,711 children, were registered in London. The average number in eight corresponding weeks of the years 184.5-52 was 1,338. At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean height of the barometer in the week was 29.578 in. The reading of the barometer decreased from 29.58 in. at the beginning of the week to 29.50 in. by 9h. p.m. on the 26th ; remained at this reading nearly till 9h. p.m. on the 27th ; increased to 29.56 in. by 911. cm• on the 28th; decreased to 29.49 in. by 9h. p.m. en the same day ; increased to 29.64 in. by 911. p.m. on the 29th ; decreased to 29.56 in. by 31t. p.m. on the 30th ; and increased to 30.02 in. by the end of the week. The mean temperature of the week was 59.1 deg., which is 2 . 4 deg. lower than the average of corresponding weeks in 38 years. The mean daily temperature was below the average on every day of the week, except Tuesday, when it was 2.4 deg. above it. CAPTURE OF A BANK THIEF.—About six week. ago, several cases of theft of money from bank counters took place. In one instance the sum of 941!. was suddenly lost by a person transacting basiness at the Commercial Bank in Edinburgh, and, in :mother, 4.7i0/. were atolen from the table of the Western Hank Dere—the thief having in both cues distracted the attention of the parties in pas session of the money, by some inquiry leading them to turn round, and, snatching up the notes, elfzetcd his exit before I the loss was discovered. The description of the supposed thief in both instances agreed, and a swell mobsman, named M'lliarmid, originally a Scotch pickpocket, but more recently of metropolitan experience, having been traced in Edinburgh, and eluting the description, suspicion fell on him. Alter being watched for about ten days, M'Diarmid was on Friday captured in Etlinbur.th, on fits return from Newcastle races, by John Fallon, one of the most experienced detectives of the ci'y police. Ho has been identified by one of the tellers at the Commercial Bank, and by the poems who lost the notes there, as the party who alone, they believe, could hove abstracted them, and be will ho immediately sent here. with the view of (wither identification.—Sorti , British 31111. HONESTY Itrwaniern.—On Monday, an insolvent found' in the court of Mrl Commissioner where he was heard, a pocket•hook, containing notes to upwards of PAL He communicated the fact to an officer of w•hitecross-street Prison, and it was placed in safe custody. The property has been owned, and 51. was left for the insolvent, as a reward for his honesty. APPOINTMENTS. THE COMNHITEE ON DOCKYARD CASE OF LIEUTENANT ENGLEDUE. Yesterday the committee, consisting of Lnrd Siy mnur, chairman. Lord Itotham, Sir B. Hall, Sir F. Daide, and Mr. Becket., re-assembled fir further inquiry into the circumstances connected with the restardion of Lieutenant Engledue to laic former rani in the s Tries by the late . . . Board of Admiralty. At the lut meeting of the committee the witnesses eat mined were Admiral Berkeley, M P„ one of the bilitiof the Admiralty, and Captain Duncombe, M.P., owl Sir T. Herbert. M.P. ' two of the loins of the late Boar.' „t r Mims. ralty : Admiral Berkeley deposed that Lieutenant Engledue wu struck off the list in 1811, for refusing, when eal'fd upon, to join his ship, and that he Admiral Berkeley saw rep reason since th it period that could induce the Admiralty to restore Lieut. Engledne as the offence was a breach ut discipline, and any re instete- Inept would form a brit precedent. Yesterday the first witness called was Capt. Duncombe, who stated that it was quite in the discretion of the super intending Lord ef the Admiralty, on his own responsibility and without bringing the question helore the enteral beard, to decide air:rinse the restoration of en efticer. Capt. Milne, one of the Lordo of the AUinisolty was then examine - 1-1W stated that he bad been at the Board of Admiralty since December, 1.47, nod deposed that i.uting the who're ut that period whenever Lieut. king:ethic's me morial come before the board, his application for restoration was alwa y s refused; and that the memorialist was referred "to the former sibs's( ref the board." 'There were many cases in the service where etticers had refused to serve, especially in the medical depar molt, as they preferred en tering into private practice on Quire. They had even struck oft M consequence, but he did not know do y had been restored. Lieutenant Engledue was an e theer of energy and ability, and looked up to in the service, noel he de clined to serve, and it was neves...ay her the interests c t the navy to be strict in these mats: TS, %%here an e fther was Irequired who was well skilled in gunnery, ae Lieutenant Emelt:due was ; and if he refused, there was uo alternative but to strike him off the list. . .. . _ . . Lieut. Engledue, It N , was then called and examined. He said he bad heard the opinion of the different naval officers who had been examined before the committee on the subject of hie (Lieut. Eugledue . e) letter to the Admiralty, declining to joie the ship he was appointed to, and he now had to say that if he had reflected upon it, he should not have written that letter, and that he did not pretend to defend it far a moment. Ile was wiling to admit that had he been a lord of tee Admirel•y et the time. and any one else had written the letter in question, he ehoule meat decidedly have concurred in the conclusion that the writer ought to have been struck ott the list. Since ilea letter was written, and since the date of his memorial to the Admiralty. h had verbelly expressed his regret at the in judicious haste with which that letter was written, tied representing that he was quite prepared to make tiny apologies to their lordships. Admiral Dundee, in particu lar, had been of opinion that the measures velum.' against witness were harsh ones, and lint his support towards his re-instatement, thinking it was hard he should suffer for the rest of his lite, particularly as he had diAlnetuiehed him self by his services in the navy. lie could refer to Imo written communication to the Admiralty, they v ere all verbal. He had had a conversation with Sir W. Parker, then first naval lord, before he was removed from the list, and before he wrote the letter, and also with Sir John Pechell, remonstrating on the injitetice el making him scree as lieutenant, and on that reCintiOn Sir W. Parker said, " Sir, if you don't serve I'll scratch you off." He subse quently represented his case to Sir W. Parker, and Sir H. Pottingereon taking them out to Chloe in the Great Liver pool, and on that occaeiun he said, " Why, if you take me off, don't you scratch every officer off the list who has com mitted himself, and disgraced himself, who is nut admitted into private, end hardly tee) public. society ?" and he men tioned an instance to Sir W. Parker of the son of an old friend, and said to him, " how can you reconcile it to your conscience to remove me, an honourable Won. and distinguished in his professier, from the list, and retain on it another man who ha. .eseraeut himself as a man, and whom the world, which knows no better, still looks en as an bonen, able man 1" In proof of the estimation in which his services were ; held he might mention that Sir Charles Napier wish«l him to join the Portuguese fleet, whip: he (Lieut. F.eglectue) was on board the Excellent, hut he declined, saying that if his country called on him to serve there he would. Lieutenant Engledue then went on to cute that he offered himself to the Admiralty to instruct in the new system of gunnery and also in the steam.. ngine. Feeling, however, that his services were overlooked or hese ! lected, he determined not to serve again, finding that many 'seen of his pupils he hod instructed in the Excellent were promoted over hint ; and in 1810 he joint d the r•lnitliCrcial marine of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation I Company. He had been superintendent of that company's packets since 1811, and was the first officer wile arraugeil their coaling Stations, and the route of their attain commu nication between England and Calcutta. By the Chairman—Witness wit not aware that the Pen insular and Oriental Steam Navigation Conti...lle—as stated by Mr. Henderson, one of their directors, at the last meeting—had passtd any resolution stating that no hi Ile ence of theirs should be used either one way or the otht r at elections far the hormigh of Southampton. As an English man, however, residing there, he thought he had a et r'ect right to take what part he pleased in politics; mid he did take en active part on the occasion of Sir Alexander Cockburnhs re-eke:bun, on his In ing made Attorney General, when he, Lieutenant Engledue, and others, thinking Southampton should have a candidate of a more commercial character than Sir A. Cockburn, took the chit at a puhlic meeting, and invited Captain St 'pitied, of the East India-house, to stand. Te is had i tiled the animosity of Sir A. Cockburn against him (Lieut. nant Engledue),and had occasioned the present inquiry. Mr. Staf ford, Secretary to the Admiralty,came down to South .mpton in 1842, and was introduced to witness by Capt. Austen. captain of the packets, and witness went over the comeauy's vessels, and out on a trial trip with the Secretary, t it no thing took place beyond a conversation as to arming the merchant ship., and the machinery, sad nothing IV . .atecer was said to the Secretary of the Admiralty about witness's reinstatement, nor did the sending in of the memorial te be restored arise Out of this. Witness, in his memorial, pro posed to make himself useful in the equipment of ships and raising of men at Southampton, it he were restored, but Lot I to go into the service again, unless on a matter of emergency, as he held a much better appointment in the l'eninsular and Oriental Company's service than any in the royal navy. Witness had at this time commenced tt aching the contract crews of the Peninsular and Oriental in the practice of gunnery, and had mounted a gun at his own . pense, but the Admiralty grumbled about paying 2el. 1 towards the practice, anti the whole a ff air was R ive n up. It would depend ou the emergency of the cue set ether, if called twee, he (Lieut. Engledue) would be ready to serve in the navy even if restored, and i.. would also depend on the appoimment that was offered him. Witness aid not take any part at the last election for Southampton, and had no vote. If called on to serve when restored, and bolding an appointment under the Peninsular and Oriental, it would be a matter of consideration whether be would serve again and go nliaat. Ile thought that his services in carry ing out the steam route to Calcutta led him to deserve well of the government as did Lieut. Waghorn, and called for his re-instatement. By Sir B. Hall—Took no part on behalf of Mr. B. Cecil rane's election. Mr. Jesse, head of the appointment department of the Admiralty. confirmed, by reference to the records, the feet of Sir J. linuglas refusing to serve on the Talaveru, and being struck off, but re notated in 1841, his removal datiug in 1835. During the interval he had been very usetul in China. Lieutenant Sarsfleld was attune off for taking a situation as mate on heard;a post-office packet, the Admi ralty thinking It derogatory to the navy, although it woo in the service of the government. He was struck off in 1627, and restored in 1831, but witness did not know whether his arrears were paid aim. lie could not Sod the cases of Cap tains Hewlett and Laweer. The case of Master Mapleton was that of taking the command of a merchant ship without permission, but he was restored the next year. The committee then adjourned to consider their report. A LODGINO-HOUSE IN MISLBOURNE.—It Ras by no means one of the lowest lodging-horse, as 1 afterwards learnt, but it was bad enough for the worst ; excepting only that our throats were not in danger of being cut, it was only short of that. It was shocking. The bedroom we were shown into was filthy, very small, and with a very little window which had not been opened to admit INA ad. for a week at least. The blankets were hideously ditty, displaying ostentatiously large dark blotches of grease, ai d net-woike of dirty splashes, like foul mockeries of a map of the moon. There ve -re two beds of this description ; the room would not have held a third. In Ibis pl-ce we had some tea, and bread and Latter, with fried meat — such 'tuff Just as we were about to take possession of our wrotched bed,. in walked a man, with his wife carry ing a child, follawed by the landlady, who announced them as the oceupatta et the other bed ! I began a vigorous re monstrance, but was instantly stopped by the reminder that we had begged to be taken in, and had agreed to anything : and if we did not like it we might instantly depart. Our heads fell on our breasts in sick submission. The night we passed defies deacri,stion ; partly because so much of :t is unfit to relate. The man was drunk and offensive. the woman an urseemly slave, and insolent. The child c: lid all night. Besides this sleep was impossible for the lice, bugs, mosquitoes, and a lively sort of bceile continua'ly running over our 11412 , 1% and nett:A, and trying to get down the hack. In the morning every part of every oi.o of us was covered with large red swellicgs, or small rid punctures. Sot one inch of us had been spared. Our frees, as we looked at each other, were painful to behold As for me, I coma scarcely lift my eyelids, so swollen with hlight ; my tecond girl bites upon bites. My wife, once lovely, and far from bad looking even after all our harassing, was about the melt unsightly woman I had ever ?yen; my eldest daughter, ; 2 o e u p r a po ll ..httie boy, moon.cair. we N igas o h ne t aoyfesagusrldas at li o n t idw o e u al i own hands. My wife's nada hp was a tomato. I cotal have erica like a child, with a mixture of grief. rage, and self-reproach. She bore it ad mirably. I paid bur shillings each for our tea, four shil lings each for our bed—floor inclusive—and four stifling's , ach for our breakfast ; at which there was plen•y of fried beef steal., but so tough that we could not eat a mer sa.—Dickens's Household Words." IMPROVEMENTS IN IRELAND.—It is shown by a return just printed, that from 1847 to March, 18.52, leans , to 38,0441. 7s. 11d. have been made for public works in Ireland. II