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London, England, 1855-03-03

THE NUNS AT SCUTARI.

WHEN first it became known that the Govern-
ment had sanctioned the proposal of certain
religious houses to send out a body of nuns
in connection with the work so nobly under-
taken by Miss NIGHTINGALE, we felt it our
duty to remonstrate against what we believed
to be a dangerous and an unnecessary con-
cession. We could not but contemplate with
feelings of apprehension the introduction
into our hospitals of a band of women, not
only, as regards the majority of them, unfitted
for the peculiar duties intrusted to them, but
absolutely, by the very vows of their orders,
under a solemn obligation to be bold, earnest,
and indefatigable in that sphere of labour
from which it was delusively expected that
they would desist. The natural consequences
of giving them a task for which they had no
aptitude, and of which they had no knowledge,
was that they would surrender their entire
energies to that mission of proselytism on
which they considered themselves accredited.
If the objects of the sisterhood had been
confined to the tending of the sick and dying,
if they had enjoyed no opportunities of
merging the nurse in the teacher, we have
little doubt that they would have long since
resumed their veils and returned to their
cloisters. But subsequent occurrences have
plainly demonstrated that they have taken no
narrow view of their functions; but, secretly
aided by the Roman Catholic priests attached
to the various hospital establishments, have
not only been unremitting, but, unhappily, too
successful in their efforts to make perverts.
A case has recently come to our knowledge
which painfully confirms the doubts and the
suspicions we entertained. One of the Church
of England chaplains, upon making his usual
round] through the wards, stops at the bed-
side of a patient, whom he had frequently
seen, and whom he knew not only as a Pro-
testant, but as a communicant. He finds the
man in the last agonies of existence, but with
sufficient power briefly to acquaint him that
he had become " a Catholic, and been re
London, England, 1855-03-03

STATE OF PARTIES.

RECENT events in politics have been so
remarkable that it is impossible for Conser-
vatives to avoid reflecting upon their signifi-
cance. Even at a less imminent crisis, the
secession from the Cabinet of three such
influential statesmen as SiTJAMES GRAHAM, Mr.
SIDNEY HERBERT, and Mr. GL►DSTONE, would
cause much speculation as to their future
intentions. Penetrated with a deep sense of
the necessity for a comprehensive union of the
whole Conservative body, we are anxious to
bring forward certain grave considerations on
the serious dangers resulting from neutrality
in politics.
At a crisis of the national affairs like that
existing it is the duty of every publio man to
make up his mind firmly as to what party he
shall belong. SHERIDAN was right when he
shrewdly said that " gentlemen would find that
" there cannot be three sides to an argument."
The action of every political career in England
must be in favour of one or other of the two
great parties that permanently rule us. The
ever-recurring choice must always be between
Conservatives and Liberals—stability and
change. Let politicians manoeuvre as they
London, England, 1855-03-03

MARCH 3,1855.

to be had ? Have live cattle suddenly ceased to exist that
oar men cannot be placed entirely upon fresh previsions?
Any amount of potatoes can be procured at Constantinople,
and perhaps the very finest and cheapest lemons iu the
world are to be had at Smyrna and Varna ; yet oar troops
are dying for the want of them. Two cargoes of potatoes,
and another of lemons or onions, would do more to save
our men than all the jams and plum•puddings of ten
Crimean funds. Surely it cannot be said that the appear-
ance of scurvy—when oar men were night and day exposed
to damp, and living entirely on salt meats—took the
authorities by surprise, as they cannot assert that, when
once it did make its dreaded appearance, they were unaware
that fresh vegetables were requisite to stop its ravages.
The remains of the brigade of Guards are expecting each
day to move back to Balaklava. lam not now aware of
their precise strength, though certain that it is even lower
than when I last wrote. If any regiments could have been
saved by the unremitting care and tenderness of their
officers this brigade would certainly have lost little. The
conduct of the Guards' officers towards their men has set ti
splendid example to the whole force, and has been the
theme of many and most warm praises. I myself have
constantly seen several of the officers starting down to
Balaklava, in all weathers, day a'ter day, to much for any
little comforts or articles of luxury which might minister
to the cure of their sick men. It is this treatment and the
care and sympathy with which they have entered into any
plan which promised relief that lead the guardsmen to look
up to their officers with a devotion and attachment which
no peril shakes or privations lessen.
Omer Pacha is now at F.upatoria, and the Russians are
again intrenching themselves on the Alms, in case of his
attempting a forward movement. The Turks must be
better troops, and Omer Pacha a better general, than he is
generally supposed, if he succeeds in driving the enemy
from their post. I, however, cannot help thinking these
rumours of intended movements are without the least
foundation in fact. We are not yet within 100,000 men of
the strength necessary to complete an investment of
Sebastopol. Judging from what I see, it will be many
weeks, and perhaps months, before the place is in our pea.
session, and, if we succeed in taking it at all, it will not be
while we have a large army in our rear, to storm our lines
the instant we attempt to storm the town. Once the fine
weather sets in the chance will be 100 to 1 against our
taking it before next winter.
London, England, 1855-03-03

THE COMING LEVEE.

(It is rumoured that the following are amongst the intended presentations.)
THE Earl of St GERMANS, on awakening from a three years' sleep in
Dublin Castle, to deliver an account of certain knighthoods conferred
in a state of somnambulism.
Sir CHARLES WOOD, on his having mastered the facts and dates of
a shilling life of Napoleon 111., and discovered that the Emperor is
not an "assassin," and on his consequent retractation of his Halifax
idies Napolioinennes.
Mr. FREDERICK PEEL, on choosing, with the assistance of Moses's
poet and Mr. James Wilson, a specimen of summer clothing and " South-
wark gossamers " for the army in the Crimea, and on selecting a neat
paper far elephants' trunks iu the Indian army.
Mr. WILLIAM KEOGH. on being appointed to the Irish Attorney-
Generalship, on the principle of Henry VIII's appointment to the
Viceroyalty, viz., as being most intimately acquainted with the sub-
jects on whom his office of prosecutor may be exercised.
Mr. J. D. FITZGERALD, on being nominated second law officer in
Ireland, and coming to a much more satisfactory opinion than formerly
of his colleague, the Attorney-General.

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London, England, 1855-03-03

MARCH 3, 1855.

under Mr. PERCEVAL, has thus gone further
than any Prime Minister in renderinq tribute
to the power of the Roman Catholics. We
must say that his conduct in choosing officers
to represent the Crown in Ireland is not en-
titled to public confidence, and we shall not
be surprised if the attention of the Legislature
be directed to this most singular dispensation
of wholesale favour to the Romanists.
Nor can such showering of offices be alto-
gether fortuitous. The Earl of CARLISLE'S opi-
nion on the Irish Church is notorious. The
speech of the " amiable and metaphorical
" MORPETH," about " a lifeless corse and unte-
" nanted armour" (!), by which his Lordship
meant the Irish Church, is still remembered
for other qualities than those of eloquence.
Mr. HoEsmAN, also, is Chief Secretary, and
that gentleman's views of the Protestant
Establishment are well known. His escapades
in the House of Commons, in which he came
into such unpleasant collision with Lord JOHN
RUSSELL, are possibly now forgotten by his
recent patrons, who were his former foes in
those encounters. _ _ _

In the strong pro-Catholic character of
these Irish appointments, we see the an-
nouncement of a new system of " religious
equality," heralding the erection of an undis
guised Roman Catholic ascendancy!
London, England, 1855-03-03

CRIMINAL JUSTICE.

Th• Government bill, which provides that cases of
petty larceny under 20s. should be summarily dis-
posed of by two magistrates at petty sessions, without
the intervention of the jury, produced a short debate
in the Lords on Monday.
The LORD CHANCELLOR explained that the present
bill differed from one that had been previously intro
duced, inasmuch as it permitted the justices to send
the cases to the assizes if they thought proper.
Lord BROUGHAM warmly approved of the bill, say-
ing that out of 1,500 cases of larceny, 895 were
under 55., and 400 under ls. In many cases, those
accused of these petty thefts had been kept in prison
waiting for their trial for a longer period than they
would have suffered if they had at once been found
guilty. He found great fault with the irremovability
of the acts, which were productive, ho said, of great
abuses.
Lord CAMPBELL said that the bill would give uni-
versal satisfaction throughout the country. The
system already worked well in Scotland.
Lord St. LEONARD'S objected to the term of two
years, which the magistrates had the power to name
as the term of imprisonment. It was too great a
power to be granted without the intervention of a
jury.
The bill was then read a second time.
When the bill was committed on Tuesday, the
LORDICHANCELOR altered the maximum of the amount
of larceny from 20s. to 108., and the maximum of
imprisonment from two years to one, amidst general
approval. The bill, as amended, ccntains the option
of a jury, and omits the elective magistracy from its
operation.
London, England, 1855-03-03

THE PRESS.

general promotion from the ranks was under present
circumstances simply impossible.
Mr. Otway, Mr. Warner, Captain Scobell, and Mr.
J. Ball took part with the bill, disclaiming against
purchase, and urging that superior inducements
should be held out to soldiers to enlist and to distin-
guish themselves. In this view they were fol-
lowed by
Sir DE 1.44cy Eviars, who was indignant that men
who had purchased their commissions should be sent
to the Crimea, denounced the system as corrupt and
disgraceful, and bore testimony to the high and im-
proved character of the soldier, who had no incite-
ment at present to zeal or ambition.
Mr. S. HERBERT said that so far from being aria
tocratic the profession of arms was the most demo-
cratic we had. He approved of promotion from the
ranks, saying at the same time that it did not follow
a good non-commissioned officer must be a good
commissioned officer. The object was to provide the
best officer that could be found. He had with this
view established a system of taste. There was much
to be said against purchase, but there were advan-
tages on the other side which should be duly weighed.
The system of rewarding merit was the one which
he moat approved, but he could not deny that in its
application it would be open to great abuse.
Lord PALMERSTON said that 80 far from the actual
system being unfavorable to recruiting, it never went
on so favorably as at present. If we had not to
create a system we should not create that of pur-
chase, but it was established, and could not be
altered without grave inconvenience. It bad its
advantages by inducing men of advanced age to quit
the service. Admitting that promotion from the
ranks was desirable, he argued that many excellent
soldiers were unfit to become officers from their habits
of mind as well as difficulties of position. The
Government bad the subject under their serious
attention. They were anxious to give commissions
to all who were fitted for them, and he begged the
house to leave it in their hands.
The motion was lost by 158 to 114.
London, England, 1855-03-03

AUSTRIA.

A telegraphic despatch from Vienna on Thursday
gives the following account of tho approaching con-
.

ferences :
Baron de Brack is expected here to-morrow. The Con-
gress will be opened in four days' time. The Porte will be
represented by a distinguished dignitary besides Arif
Effendi. Mons. de Titoff and Prince tiortschakoff will re-
present Russia in the Congress; Lord John Russell and
the Earl of Westmoreland, England; but M. de Bout,
queney alone as yet represents France. For Austria M.
de Buol and Baron de Prokesch-Osten will appear. All
powers thus testify an earnest desire to restore peace. Full
justice has been done to military honour on all sides. A
satisfactory basis for negotiations is now established, and
the Congress will commence under promising auspices.
London, England, 1855-03-03

ANTI-PROTESTANT POLICY.

WE have no hesitation in saying that the
most remarkable of all the arrangements con-
nected with the present Ministry are the sin-
gular nomination to the legal offices in Ireland.
We are convinced that the people of England
will not learn with pleasure that the Roman
Catholics now rule with undisputed sway at
Dublin Castle. Mr. WILLIAM KEOGH, late
chief of the " Brigade," is now her Majesty's
Attorney General for Ireland. Mr. J. D. FITZ
GERALD, another Roman Catholic barrister, is
the Solicitor-General for the same country,
and Mr. CORBALLIS, also a Roman Catholic, is
" counsel to the Castle." Thus three Roman
Colon° legal appointments, are made
against one Protestant—Lord Chancellor
BRADY
This is a totally new system, and we have
yet to learn how far the public will approve of
it. Even in the days of O'CONNELL and Lord
NORMANBY there was always a Protestant
coupled with a Roman Catholic barrister in
the important department of Crown Prosecu-
tors. But Lord PALMJCBSTON, who Judd office
London, England, 1855-03-03

ties most space is given to the celel
yeui tapestry, which is illustrated
engravings ; but the subject has been so fully
treated in other works that we doubt whether
Mr. Musgrave has acted wisely in making
these hangings an exception to his general
rule.

He concurs with other travellers in noticing
the vast improvements made in France under
the present rt'yinie. To whatever cause we
may attribute it, tho nation never before dis-
played such zeal and such resources for en-
gaging in works of internal improvement.
Evidences of growing prosperity and of
material splendour everywhere meet the
traveller's eye, and every port bears witness
to the commercial progress of the empire.
Before he left France last autumn the author
visited the camps at Boulogne, and we cannot
better conclude our notice of his pleasant
volume than with the impressions ho received
of the skill and intelligence of the French
soldiery :

I walked home to Boulogne in the dark, astonished and
delighted at all I bad seen and heard in the encampment
of his army of the north. To &here all that had been
said and written concerning these brave and intelligent
men, whose success in all they put their hand to resem-
bles more a fixed and determined result, than the issue of
casual experiment, it was absolutely necessary to see them,
and the ocular evidence gained on this occasion continued
all my preconceived opinions. Their talent and in-
genuity, their physical and mental energy, their perfect
discipline and regard for order, their love of country and
of the profession of arms in its cause, their esp►it de corps
and self-respect, without the slightest exhibition of arro-
gance, or the semblance of military control—though
every soldier in that legion knew and felt his individual
value as a contributor to the vast internal resources,
prowess, and independence of the whole—impressed me,
as it must every similar witness, with the conviction that
nothing was beyond the ability of such gifted and in-
vincible agents—a magnificent living engine, whose one
impulsive force, brought into action, might at any time
determine the balance of all continental vowels, and
influence the destinies of mighty nations, though the
exercise of such ascendant should compel them to move a
world.

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PROMOTION IN THE ARMY.

Almost the entire sitting on Thursday was occu-
pied by this subject, originated by Lord GODERICH,
who moved an address to her Majesty, setting forth
that the present system is injurious to the public
service and unjust to the private soldier. Setting out
on the principle that merit ought to be the true
qualification for promotion, he argued that merit in
the private soldier had no chance ; that between him
and the officers a great gulf existed, and instanced
the paucity of cases in which private soldiers had re-
ceived commission, the proportion being a very
small one even during the present war. He adverted
to the open system pursued in France, with its great
results, and said that the present was a most fitting
opportunity for remodelling the system. He asked
for " a fair field and no favour," and insisted on the
high qualities exhibited by the soldiers in the
_ .

‘.
Crimea.
Mr. PEEL opposed the motion, arguing that the
present system produced a class of officers of the
highest order of merit who could bear the palm from
any army in Europe. As to the private soldiers,
they enlisted voluntarily, and could not complain.
A system of purchase could not coexist with a system
of non-purchase. To bring about the object we
must annihilate our present arrangement. He re-
ferred to the civil duties which our officers had to
perform in the colonies, and said that promotions
from the ranks were not so rare as was supposed.
In the discussion which followed, Lord Lovaine,
Sir J. Walsh, Lord Seymour, and Lord Eleho,
apposed the motion, saying that we must either have
the system of purchase or that of favoritism; that
merit was not discernible in times of peace, and that
London, England, 1855-12-22

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ITALY.

The Chamber of Deputies of Turin, in the sitting
of the 12th, adopted, by 00 votes to 11, the bill on
the provisional budget of 1850. The Minister of
War afterwards brought in three bills—one for the
levy of seamen in 1830, the second for the admission
of hydraulic engineers into the corps of artillery and
eng►neers, and the third on the pensions of retired
medical officers of the army.
The Tuscany affair has been finally settled. The
Grand Duke has expressed himself anxious to be
reconciled with the King and Government of Pied-
mont ; and it has been hinted that the objection to
Signor Cassati was entirely inspired by Austria. The
Government of Piedmont is by no means satisfied
with the conduct of her Majesty's representative at
the Court of Tuscany in this affair.
London, England, 1855-12-22

ate puma.

THE Pantomimes this year promise well. First on
the list comes COVENT GARDEN, with The Belle
Alliance ; or, Harlequin Good Humour, with the
Field of the Cloth of Gold, in which the famous visit
of Bluff King Hal to Francis I. is depicted with every
incident, including a terrible gale of wind between
Dover and Calais, the brilliant tournaments upon
the famous field, and the trifling amusements of
kings in the country. The Harlequinade here intro-
duces Mr. Flexmore as Clown, Mr. Brown and Mr.
Barnes as Pantaloon and Harlequin, and Miss
Horne as Columbine. The scenery is said to present
many new and striking features ; the dialogue pro-
mises well, and for the tricks and fun in the Harle-
quinade, Mr. Anderson's name will be sufficient
guarantee that something far beyond the average wilt
be given.
HAYMARKET.—The Butterfly's Ball, founded on a
poem of ltoscoe's, is to be the pantomime at this
theatre. The story is one of love, which does not run
at all smoothly, between the butterfly and grass.
hopper, an envious spider and a rejected wasp mali-
ciously striving to destroy their happiness. Mr.
Milano is the Harlequin and Mr. Appleby the Clown.
The opening scenes are written by the author of
Little 80-Peep, and that promises well. The
changes of scenery are said to be both novel and
beautiful in effect.
London, England, 1855-12-22

DECEMBER 22,1855,

States is unknown to its annals ; and that it
was unknown is principally attributable to
the fact that the great principle of the balance
of power was then undiscovered.
But, to quit theorising, it is certain that no
better guarantee can be devised against Rus-
sian encroachments than to strengthen as far
as in us lies the conterminous kingdoms.
Turkey in the South, and Sweden in the
North, may act as solid barriers against Rus-
sian advance, and form sound extremities
to that long boundary line which extends
unbroken from Varanger to Bakii. To raise
an impregnable wall against the further ad-
vance of Muscovite armies should now be the
object of Western statesmen, rather than the
dismemberment of the territories Russia has
already acquired. Confined within her present
limits, she is innocuous, but once let her
burst through to the German Ocean above,
and the Mediterranean below, and the inde
pendence of Europe would be seriously im-
perilled. ►
We sincerely rejoice to find the old Baltic
blood on our own side. That blood is the
best in the whole world. The Norman
races have never yet lost their ascendancy in
war; and with the policy of our Northern
brethren thus openly declared, we may with-
out difficulty check the ascendancy of Russia
in the Baltic. We may observe, in conclusion,
that any measure must be hailed by this
country with the liveliest pleasure which tends
to give a more Protestant character to the
alliance. We have noticed with regret the
hitherto unavoidable ascendancy of its Papal
elements, but with the accession of Sweden
this cause of annoyance is removed. It is pro-
bable that this fresh evidence of European
unanimity will induce the Czar to listen
to the pacific proposals which are now on
their way to his capital.
London, England, 1855-12-22

ilbtAL OLtNIPIC THEATRE.
Lesi-ee, Mr. ALFRED WIGAN'.
On Wednesday, and during the Week, will be presented THE
4EALGDS WIFE. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery.
Leslie, G. Vining, Danvers; Mrs. Stirling, Misses Bromley,
Marston, and Castleton. After which, a h ew Fairy Extrava
germs, by J. R. Plaiiche, Esq.. entitled THE DISCREET-
PRINC ESS ; or, THE THREE GLASS DISTAFFS. Prtn.
cipal characters by Messrs. F. Robson, Emery, Danvers, H-
Cooper, Clifton, White, Coney, Franks; Misses Marston, Mas-
kell. Stephens, Maynard, Ternan, and Julia Sx George.
Doors open at Seven, Performance to commence at Half•past.
Stalls, :is.; Upper Box Stalls, 4a.; Boxes, 4s. ; Pit, 25.; Gal-
lery. Is.

MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND.
EXETER-HALL. On THURSDAY EVENING NEXT,
December 27th, 1855, Haydn's Oratorio of the CREATION will
be repeated. Pridcipal Singers—Madame Goldscbruidt, Mr.
Loekey. and Mr. Lawler. Handers Oratorio of the MESSIAH
will be produced on MONDAY EVENING, December 31, in
which Madame Gold,climidt will sing the principal soprano part.
The chorus and °reheat! a will consist of more than Will perform-
era. Conductor, M. Benedict. Prices of a mission: Stalls
(numbered and reserved), One Guinea; unreserved seats (body
of the hall), 10s. 6d.; west gallery, lOn. 6d.; area (ituder west
gallery), 7s. Doors open at Seven, to commence at Eight o'clock
precisely. Correct books of the Oratorios are given with the
Tickets. Application for Tickets to be made at Mr. Mitchell's
Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-si reel.
Due notice will be given of the first Miscellaneous Concert.

MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOLOUY,
I.TI Jermyn•street—NOTlCE.—Durin? Christmas Week, and
henceforth, the Museum will be opened free to the Public every
day but Friday. By order,
TRENHAM RF.EKS, Curator.
London, England, 1855-12-22

pelaa

A CURIOUS CASE OF BREACH OF PROMISE was tried
at Dublin yesterday week. The action was brought
by a young lady of twenty-five against an elderly
gentleman of sixty, and damages laid at 500/. The
defendant admitted the promise, but in extenuation
pleaded his debilitated state of health, suffering as
he was from paralysis, affection of the kidneys, and
other diseases. The case for the plaintiff was argued
by Mr. Whiteside, and the jury returned a verdict for
3001. damages.
A CONFERENCE of the law officers of the Crown,
according to the Northern Whig, was held in Dublin
last week, for the purpose of considering the pro.
priety of prosecuting certain papers for their stric-
tures upon the conduct of the Attorney General in
the late bible-burning case.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Tueaday, Dec. 18.
BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED.-1 °sear JOHN ENGLAND
and THOMAS AUGUSTUS GARRAIU), Bristol, wholesale druggists
and dryssiters.
BAN KRUPTS.—SAH yet BELCHER, Lower-marsh. Lambeth,
hatter—WILLIAM COOPER. Nunbead, Peckham, builder—JEße-
HUH CHALLENGER WOOSTRR, Long-lane, West Smithfield, city,
fancy cabinet manufacturer WILLIAM PEARSE LILLICRAPP,
Davies-street, Berkeley•suuare, Middlesex, furrier—CHARLES
ROBERT THOMPSON, Winchester-house, Ohl Broad-street, City,
RINI Southampton, wine merchant and East India agent—Roseßr
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SPAIN.

General Gurrea's resignation of the important
appointment of Captain-General of Arragon, has
produced a good deal of sensation. It is expected
that an interpellation on the subject will be moved
from some member of the Democratic party in the
Cortes. Major-General Falcon is gazetted as
Captain-General of Arragon in place of General
Gurrea.
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after Easter.
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manded by the Government to collect the taxes in
1856, conformably to the budget of 1855.
The Espana states that the indemnity of 600,000
duros for the Black Warrior affair has already been
paid to the United States from the treasury of
Havannah. A royal decree opens a credit of
1,000,000 reals to the Minister of War for the
expenses of the mobilisation of the national guard.
Lord Howden has remonstrated strongly against
the attack on the English ship Vailiant, in the Tan
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FRAGMENT OF ONE OF THE LOST

SPEECHES OF BOLINGBROKE.

It is related of lir. Pitt (the younger) that when the conversation rolled upon lost works,
Latin
some said they should piefer restoring the books of Livy, some of Tacitus, and some a
Latin tragedy, he at once decided for a speech of Bolingbroke.—Lord Brougham's Sketches.
IT has been asked with an Infinity more of Gravity than answered
with Alacrity for what this War is carried on? One might with
Certainty suppose that to vindicate fully the Duty and the Necessity
of carrying on a great War nothing more were needed in these days
than to declare its final Objects ; for Wars have never, but by
Barbarians, been waged upon a doubtful Speculation or for an unde-
fined Result, nor are we in the Times of the Buccaneers, that we should
wait to have the Intention of an Expedition justified by the Amount
of Value it brought back. Yet who might not fancy that we were
transported back to such Times, if he had no other Guide than the
Spasms of Defiance which he sees exhibited by Ministers, or the
mysterious and uncertain Delivery by those journals, weekly and
daily papers, designed to stir up the people to an aimless rage, as
were the harangues delivered by the baser sort of Orators in the
Ancient Commonwealth.
Who could have expected that we should be told of the Destruc-
tion of an Empire in its position by Nature screened from the fear of
Invasion, and, in its Poverty of moveable Riches, enabled to despise
the Threat of Plunder? Who would have expected that we should
have heard all this Sound about Counterpoise and Limitation, while
every man except these Writers knows that to enforce a Limitation
there must be a perpetual Counterpoise .2 This is incredible, yet on
that account, by an argument like that of the Roman Doctors, we must
believe it quia impossibile est. I should rejoice to think that there was
no Object of the War, as then I might hope that the very wantonness
of its Continuance might cool even the =ism ardor by which the Mad-
ness is supported. But the Object is even on the Surface. When a
Minister becomes all at once martial and furious, recounting the Deeds
of the Troops, and bowing to the huzzas of the Multitude as though
the Compliment was Incense to himself, you may then, without
being a Soothsayer, discover that he feels his Place dependent
on the continuance of War, at whatever sacrifice of Principle or
Profuaioti of money. But what shall ho said if We find that tliis very
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ITALY AND ROME.

The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa of the 12th
states that the King, whose health isinuch improved,
will himself, probably, open in person the session of
Parliament. His Maj?sty will, it is expected, be
able to undertake his intended ,journey to Paris by
the eud of the month. The Italian Legion does not
form very rapidly ; it is mostly composed of Pied-
montese.
Reinforcements bad been sent to the East.
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OCTOBER 20, 1855.

The German Legion at Portsmouth, broke out in
insubordination on Tuesday evening last, and the
rof ended in the death of one of the ringlmiers.
I. appears that a standing order of the regiment
forbids any men leaving barrack before 5 p.m., but
oa Tuesday afternoon a large body of men attempted
on two occasions to force their way out between 3
and 4 p.m. The guard turned out, with fixed
blyonets, and on the second attempt charged the
a oters ; in a short struggle which ensued one of
the ringleaders, Joseph Goltswaltz, was run through,
and fell dead instantaneously. An inquiry took place
in barracks on Wednesday, and at the inquest held
on Thursday, the jury returned a verdict of "Justifi-
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agreement with the decision of the Court of Inquiry,
that the prisoner had simply done his duty.
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RUSSIA:

An ukase of the Emperor of Russia, dated on the
7th inst.; orders a new recruitment for the defence
of the empire. The proportion is to be twenty-three
men to every 1,000 souls.
In Orenberg and Samara the recruiting began on
the 25th of this month, and will finish on the 15th
of December.
A commission has been instituted at Kieff to
examine all prisoners from the foreign legions in the
service of the allies. They are not to be treated as
prisoners of war, but handed over to their respective
Governments.
Great changes are about to be made in the ad.
ministration of Poland; a letter from Warsaw, on
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It is certain that M. de Kotzebue has brought forward a
plan of re-organisation of the kingdom of Poland, which
has been approved of by the Minister of the Interior, and
submitted to the Emperor. The plan suggests a fresh
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composed of three governments ; the civil and military
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PRUSSIA.
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Catholic party, which, in a political point of view,
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very sensibly modified. The Chevalier Bunsen, late
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Chamber, to which the electors of Madgeburgh had
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The anniversary of the King's birthday was kept
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between Russia and the allied powers ; and adds,
that on sounding the allies, Russia found them so
disinclined to negotiate at this moment that she
made nol_proposals.
PRUSSIAN ELECTIONS.
Oct. 13.—With very few exceptions, the results of
all the elections are now known, but yet it remains
an impossibility to form any reliable judgment as to
the proportions of parties in the future House of
Deputies. Out of 350 electiops 163 have fallen upon
men new to publio life : while this ftirnishes a
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