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:s of Rhodes, Byzantium, and Samos.
le Empire were restored by an admi-
though thrifty, was not mean. The
Collected was freely spent when a
presented itself. The Senate, de-
\tempt and thinned by the cruelty of
and Nero, was raised in numbers
Rome was restored, and the cities
ir lPire were liberally assisted. Every-
Leta:ie hand of a great ruler, one devoted
qiiodillg all his energies to it, and making
Set 01 life subservient to its right per-
t:Z3n my feet," he said to his attend-
\ 41% death imminent, "an emperor
World standing."—De Roman Ern-
,
NETT
ESCAPED FROM RUSSIA.—At
l'ather before it, an offer was made
have immensely affected the destinies
Pitiu
ld might have even reversed our
u 0, A t Russia, and have rendered the
issian steam invasion, at this moment,
shores, by no means preposterous.
lest man, had been " sounding the
ifted
coadjutor at the Russian ambas-
speedy result, at that critical mo
)1 1775), was an offer of employment,
T, under the Russian government.
" staggered," " repented" his rash-
the " dangers" of so long a voyage,
indly reminded the bear-hugged
" precariousness of his health."
:ened I was !" exclaimed Dr. Darwin,
Russian bear had laid hold of you
', and was dragging you to Russia !
ou can help it. Russia is like the
see the footsteps of many beasts
of few returning. I hope your fire-
,ou here." Well it was for his then
'ost unconscious country that his
seep him here. Had the offer not
little trop tard, the empire of the
'he Briton, might have been at this
steam engineering centre of the
his the only
,as attempt opportunity that Russia
le full extent conscious of the im-
of such an endeavour to get ahead
to engage Watt's services
had been made in 1770—two years
\is friend
If Russia: Dr. Robson, late of Edin-
rieholaQ Again, even so long alter-
- iumself then Grand Duke,
vain at the Works
Soho
for per-
the interior,h.
fro is application being
m Lord Siamouth, of whleli the
the humble bearer ! There were
tls. suite who had other objects than
'he interior." Cunning and unseru-
' In 1775, Watt, it is verily be-
actually seized the opportunity of
Pine a salary as £l,OOO must have
it not been that he was alarmed by
Ain Perry, another engineer whom
engaged, had to fly for refuge to
;sador, and to return to England
the pay due to him ; Watt there-
fer to such " despotic predilections"
secure, and to us more fortunate,
)f bread and liberty."—LifeofWatt.
iptuous, noble, wise, charitable,
Egnorant, mercenary London; where
virtues : where they are so mingled
it one often passes for the other ;
Ted with gold, glistens a harmless
rinding oppression smirks a rare
are black incontinence, dipped in
'orth a radiant purity : where dia-
tenness struts a piece of moral ada-
-, where men with counters, nay,
buy the souls and hearts of men ;
13Y-word, virtue a mask to rob un-
lie as often as they respire ; and
buy lands, houses, the tinkling of
'Jell
praise of villains, and the stare of
damns the purchasers ; where
the cap of Folly outbuys a hundred
'l„Tws of wisdom : where the adroit
1' dies, full blooded and bursting,
'ant, breaks in obscurity and want ;
murder secundum artem ; where
°pr`4-14'g to the Act," is to be honest

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full weight ; where common sense is thrown a prey to
law, and hashed and carved, and cooked a thousand
ways to banquet such as are rich enough to pay for it,
Oh, London ! rare London ! prime mart of juggling
cheats, fantastic clowns----where a brow of brass wins
more than a heart of gold ; where beauty is knocked
down to the highest bidder—and the mind of man—
that subtle, mighty agent, which can glide into a
flower, or lift its broad forehead to the stars, is self-
cast upon its belly in the dust, and winds and undu-
lates before some glittering ass, till Nestor's self be-
comes a pimp to Paudar. Miraculous London ! with
wonderful discoveries ! who have tracked the olden
" fountain of eternal youth," and sell a guarantee
against death, and the cracks and wrinkles that herald
his approach, at so much per phial ; where rare cos-
metics, keeping in any climate," survive Siberia's
snows or Egypt's sands. All-healing, all-entrancing
London ! where syren pleasure lulls poor, squeamish
guilt to sleep ; where honour, pleasure, the red lip of
beauty, and an immortality of health, are bought for
so much yellaw dross, and the man of gold is not a
little "lower than the angels." Go, go to London! mid
if you have Midas's ears, so you have Midas's wealth,
poets will write sonnets to your wisdom, and the
ladies of the court " vow you are a fine gentleman."
Rare London ! great in thy baseness—mighty in thy
shifts !—Xetropolitan.
TRUE NODE OF RESISTING RUSSlA.—Russia must
be resisted by Europe, if the latter would preserve its
religion, its civilisation, its independence ; but it must
be resisted by Europe in its strength, not Europe in
its weakness. The nations of the West must go forth
to combat the hordes of the East ; but they must go
forth in their established ranks, under their traditional
leaders. and in their united strength, not with half
their faces turned over, from the dread of revolutions,
to th( enemy. Democracy has tried its utmost
strength against despotism, and failed in the struggle;
no future age with that arm can hope to achieve what
the genius of Napoleon and the fervour of 1830 and
1848 failed to effect. But this failure does not prove
that Europe is unable to contend with Russia, that
freedom must succumb to despotism ; it proves only
that divided Europe cannot stand against united
Russia, half the strength of liberty against the whole
forces of despotism. Freedom has need of all its forces
to resist the attack of fanatical zeal, and the lust of
conquest led by regulated despotism aided by military
skill. Had England been united to France in 1812,
Russia would have been repelled to its deserts by the
legions of Napoleon and Wellington ; had the triumph
of the Barricades and the Reform transports not para-
lyzed Britain and Germany in 1831, the independence
Of Poland would have been re-e4ablislied by the arms
of Skrynecki. The strength of the East lies in its
indissoluble union under a single head ; the weakness
of the West, in its ceaseless division; under many. In
the very front rank of the great league of the Western
Powers, which can alone preserve Euiope from Russian
subjugation, must be placed THE tESTORATION OF
POLAND. Such a measure would not revolutionary;
it would be conservative. Restoration is a work of
justice, of which no government, howstrong soever,
need be ashamed : the principle of revolution is spolia-
tion, not restitution. To restore Poland is not to
introduce new ways, but to return to the kld ones. In
the courage and heroism of the Sannatia race is to
be found the real and the only effective bar ier against
the encroachments of the Muscovite ; in thei indelible
feeling of nationality, the provision made by Providence
for its resurrection, like the Phceuix from u s ashes.
Such a barrier is not to be found in Turkey. England
and France may fight their own battle in the Crimea
or on the Danube, but they will not find ther real
allies in the Ottomans. The Cross must defend Itself;
it is not to be defended by the Crescent. Ekrope
committed a great sin in permitting the barrios of
Poland to be swept away ; it can be expiated onl3 by
aiding in its restoration. The extension of Austria to
the mouth of the Danube, and the acquisition by it of
Moldavia and Wallachia, under the burthen of tie
stipulated payment to the Porte, is the obvious mods,
without doing injustice to any one, of winning its con.
sent to the cession of Gallicia. If Prussia casts in its
lot with the Muscovites, it cannot complain if it under-,1
goes the fate which itself imposed on Saxony when its
Sovereigns adhered to Napoleon in 1814. But to
cement the league which is to achieve this mighty
deliverance, the cause of independence must be severed
from that of democracy ; Poland must be restcred yb

an effort of united Europe, not by arming one section
of it against the other. Its partition was the sin of
the sovereigns alone, and restitution must be made
or retribution endured by the sovereigns, not the
people.—Alison's History of Europe.