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London, England, 1853-10-08

ACCOMPLISHMENT )1: THE NORTHWEST

_ . .
PASSAt;
Comm.tyorit Ni.trytEt.ii, who was despatched in her
Majesty's swine ship Plurnix in the swing of the
year with stipplies for Sir Edward Ilelehers spia.
ikon. arrived at the Admiralty yesterday, having left
the Phiriii.r at Thurso, N. 11., Camminaler Ilightichl,
bringing no intelligence of Sir expe
iliti )))) . lie has, however, succeeded in ilivositing
supplies as directed, and is neeibiliiiimied by Limit.
mint CresswelL of the larextigatror, with ;ie.:patches
t'ilan Commander 31•Clure. thus enabling its to sat infy
the public and the friends Of those who embarked in
the InreAtigator, concerning which ship consMerable
anxiety hail existed as to her safety. The /treader
bitne transport which itecomplinied the l'lst, ni.r. was
totally wrecked by a nip of the iee : crew saved, and
brought helloe in the It is concluded from
Sir Edward Belehee4 despatches that that officer
would endeavour to retrace his steps this season to
lleechey Island tl winter.
It appears from these despatches that. Lieutenant
Cresswell had completed the passage between the
two oceans. having passed into the Arctic Sea by
Ilebring's Straits, and returning home by Davis
Straits.
Cioninander M‘Clure's despatches are dated
hirestigab,r. Hay of Mercy, Haring's Island,
A! riklx:1:1, and giN es a brief account of his proceed.
ings since sailing from Enghuid in Peceniber,
During the winter of Isso the vessel remained in a
"pack" of ice in Prince of Wales Straits, and in
July, 197 A, they succeeded in forcing a paKsege under
London, England, 1853-10-08

ITALY.

A letter front Rome, in the Parlament() of Turin t.f
the :litth ult., states:—

" 'the greatest diversity of opinion---a re!.:ular schism—
exists in the I.iberatl party at Home. In the month of lay
1,14 the Lilwritls had reveivellitres,ditg kolos time Miazzitti
to act i 111 l la•diutrly. As there was great indecision among
the Lilwrals, they sigreisl upon holding a meet.
Mg. si\ty persons attended. and, after mtielk diw•ne wizen,
it alp. Vat to the vote whether orders should I.e
e‘evittekl or nit ; Witereapoa :17 %ate, appeared against
and 3 far Mti:ziui. This result has tilled the party of the
FitAionihts with joy, their object being that of uniting the
Liberal Italians of all %Mules, without iiroclainting any par.
tieular form of government."
- - - -

A royal decree has appeared in Naples declaring
that the tratlic of ships coming from Newcastle to the
ports of the Two Sicilies will be provisionally sus-
pended. It was expected that this decree would be
followed by a general quarantine impost on all vessels
coining from England, us the Neapolitan Board of
Health were only waiting official returns of cholera
from England to put the long quarantine laws into
The King of Naples has signed a decree autho-
rising the construction of a railway between the
capital and Brindisi. It will be executed at the ex-
pense of the State, the work to be done by the army,
and superintended by the superior officers. All the
rails and mal4.rict will be manufactured in the State
foundry at Portia.
The Piedutontege Gazette of the :10th ult. state,:
that an English company has proposed to the Roman
and Neapolitan ttovertiments a railway line connect-
ing Brintbsi with Ancona.
London, England, 1853-10-08

GERMANY.

The King of PrusFla left Berlin on the •!nd inst.
for Warsaw. The }:mperor of .►ustria left ►ienna
on the same day for the same place.
The Austrian Government is busily occupied with
the Kosta affair, and receives a warm support front
the representatives of the other powers. A note has
been forwarded to the liocetvment of the United
States, to the effect that an admission of the claims
of Austria will be considered as a sine qua sum io re
ference to the maintenance of international relatuats.
Kosta himself has, howeNer, been released. For

OCTOBER 8, 1853.

some weeks be retuained in the interim custody of
the French consul at Smyrna, but was allowed to go
on board an American ship with the concurrence of
M. de Bruck, the Ausuian intentuncio, allki his 0 io-
vertiment.
The project of the new Austrian loan bas been corn-
municated to the house of Rothschild. The period
of the publication of the programme is not yet fixed.
The project is based on a lotter;, the last drawing of
which will take place in I•Nt'►.
London, England, 1853-10-08

'RISING PRICES.

tr Is an told observation that those chimps
which most seriously affect the condition of a
people take o*(e in so silent a manner as
scarcely to excite remark. The agitation
against the corn laws convulsed the country
for several years, and at last resulted in mea
cares which. by violently breaking up existing
parties in the State, introduced an element of
confusion into our political sphere which is still
painfully felt. Yet an action is now proceed-
ing which, so far as we eon judge, is producing
a far great:T amount of disturbance in our
snial relations than could be effected one way
or the other by legislation on the corn laws.
The continuous rise which has for some time
boon taking place in the price of the neees
barks of life (though perhaps both indicating
and promoting general prosperity) has now
reached a point which must seriously ineonve-
nienoe those (lasses whose incomes are fixed
and moderate, or who cannot. under any lir-
clunstancea, " strike" for an advance, let the
cost of living rise as it may. Housekeepers
find that for many of those articles which they
consume most largely they have to pay ;$0 per
emit. higher than for a number of veers past ;
and this rise, it is remarkable. has *taken pleae
in nearly all the great staples of manufacture
as well as in sulkies of food.

'this gene;af advance cannot be explained
'll partial causes. Corn has been the last to
participate in the buoyancy of other markets.
A h woes% ion of good harvests, and the i4tlig•
London, England, 1853-10-08

THE PRESS.

OW Suggestion has boon hazarded. It i% the lirae-
tiee at holland. and some other Owes where cons let,
are employed in England, that an ai%•01111t is taken
of the actual value of their labour. and, alter de-
ducting the expense 01 their own maintenance,
small iiereentage is set apart for the convict, to be
given to him when his periesl of servitude is expired,
and he leaves the prison. Nit such provision 1.4 al
bowel by the act for the Irish convicts. They an
in the strictest sense of the word, 40'01—With no
will of their own—with no power to t'llllllgo their
employment, awl with no interest in the produce of
their labour. They are reduced to that degrading
conditi•in by their oVVII erime, it is true; and it aoulel
ma lee well for society if they were not made to feel
the 6111 force both of the pain and the degradation
of their condition; but still it may be a question
whether it would not be desirable to allow them a
small portion of their own earnings, to he 0%1% to
them in an aceinnulated form when they leave the
prison. The knowledge that Such a Mllllllll4 Reel*
initiating for them would prove One ant Of sweet
tress in the bitter cup they WV EftliOil to drain ; and
tin possession of it, when they step out .11 their pri-
son into Noddy again, would plaee them above the
temptation of line Mg it reciittrse tie their old
prac6ves from sheer despair of 1111) either 1110410 of
gaining their next meal.
At. the present moment then` are 110 political psi
seiner; on the island. All are imprisoned for out
tages, more or less dagratet, on the ordinary criminal
code. The youthful appearanee of the prisoners
cannot fail to strike the most ordinary ohserver. The
greater portion of them see'llt to ht. under the age
of twenty ; and. from the forbidding, lowering, and
unintellectual diameter of their features, it requires
uo ingenuity to see that the great majority belong hi
the lowest MO most ittieeliwated portions of S 4
file LS which bear strongly upon the efforts that are
now making to extirpate the roots of crime, giving
greater attention to the moral and religious instrne
lion of those (lasses teem Which our juvenile crime
are reentited.
London, England, 1853-10-08

rtgg•

LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER s, is 33.

POSTSCRIPT.

THE Trimisit QuEsTios.
The I'renrh lui4l EngliAk tiovernments have vach
addressed a note to the Russian Govenunent on the
nun-acceptance of the Turkish modifications. These
notes arc said to be couched in decided terms, and
reply very forcibly to the last note of M. de Nessel-

. .
nide.
The Potrie of Thursday contradicts, in a semi-
official maner, the statement of the Sultan having
signed a derlatration of war on the troth ult. What
was resolved upon by the Divan was, that no more
►tinu•cssions could lie made, and that the prepara-
tions for defence must be carried on with increased
energy.
llumours have been current in Paris that ,►(1,(11M1
or 341,000 troops were to be sent to Constantinople,
but no orders have yet been given to indicate that
such a decision has been come to.
A Vienna correspondent of the C:as (Polish parer)
says, that the object of the meeting of the three
Sovereigns in Warsaw is simply to strengthen the
alliance already existing between Russia, Prussia,
and Austria, not only against all revolutionary nu►vo-
ments, but also against any demonstrations that the
Western Powers may possibly make.
" The Solon," says the Bulletin de Paris. "has
carried the order to the admirals at Besika Bay to
pass the Dardanelles. This measure will not mu lily
the situation which hail already been marked lo the
anchoring of the frigates before Constantinople, lint
it will complete it. The fleets are to cater time pos.
nhorus on the 7th inst. They will not anchor at
Bolden Horn, on account of the number of
merchant vessels there, lint will lie a short distance
from it."

Al. llt:sorr For-Ln,elliefol the great banking -house
11f Fottlal and Co.. and ame of the 'wavers of the Slwiety
of Credit Mobilier, has become alerimagoi iu iiisa
The unfortnnate gentleman' is maw in a 'liaison de
sante. lleis a near relation of M. Aehaie
the Finance 31inister.
London, England, 1853-10-08

530

hemisphere assured of our exports.
Yet the wrongdoing of the one is distorted
into a service to the eaUse of VOWMem!, While
the achievement utthe other Is 'passed over in
studied silence! )Thia measure is the inure to
the credit of Lord Mstuxsurar, inasmuch as
it was not, like we. Many of. the Melts Urea of
" popular" staterila4ll; fished out of the pigeon-
holes of a 4rean, but was; entirely his Own
act. lie se out', MT C HAULMS HotHAY to.
~pen these three rivers, Old the negotiations
were carried out in the most complete and
successful manner, Hi unison with the Minis-
ters of Finials and the United States.
Nor is this all. With the fart of the suc-
cessful negotiation of this treaty before us, it
is diffieult to believe the narrow infatuation
which could have led the present Administra-
tion, in July last, to order Sir CHARLIOI
lioritAa home, because they euustiderol his wig
stow kiwi's* and Etrtsmivit (!l. Tt) make the
gallant officer's triumph the more complete,
and the discomfiture of his "superiors" the
more signal, SirOIIARLhIe HoTIIAM's despatches
his m1144,4.'04 Will hare crossed the
order homed for his seem,—because faint-
heartedness and parsimony pronounced that
toteisess impossible !
• Blind though the Coalition organs were last
year, we 41o• not see how they well eitu affect
to he ignorant of this the perfect COIIBIIIII-
- Of 'ADM MALIMOIUar's maple effort on
behalf of English commense, in the hitherto
closed waters of these great South American
rivers. We shall be curious to note whether
their duty to the manufaeturing and shipping
interests, which requires them to proclaim the
incalculable ;prod thus isonferred on English
commeree, will get the better of their aubser-
vienee to this present Ministry, which compels
them to refuse all merit to the Administration
of bent Ibtaav, and more especially to the de-
partment presided over by laird MALmiooinev.
Such elhirtm will be vain; the tine' is gone by
when they tumid succeed ; and the elear sighted
commercial men of England will be quick to
pereeive that not only are they indebted to
the Noble Earl fisr this bon, but that also to
the promptitude and ability of Sir Ciwn.K.a
noTHAM it. is owing that its attainment was
not frnstrated by I .11E11 ABERDEEN situ II MINI
CI Alt N 04 as " hopeless." While indig-
nant at. the thoin.ht. of what this small smiled
caution Might !Me Shia heill out. lit MI, they Will
110 well to relleet that one of the most signal
aishievements oc rommercial diplomacy in
modern times had well-nigh failed, from a
beggarly Phut •charaeteristie calculation of its
" aryieneiecoess a! • .
London, England, 1853-10-01

No. 22.—VoL. I.

(Pt Vitss.

LONDON, SATURD.IY, O TUBER 1, 1853.

NEWK has arrived that Omen PACIIA is pre
paring pontoons to be in a position to
cross the Danube ; and that the remaining
portion of the English and French fleets may
be expected shortly to anchor iu the Darda
nelles.

The population of Constantinople was per-
fectly tranquil, though the news of the refusal
of Russia to accept the modifications of the
Porte had been received there. The fleets
are entering the Dardanelles as a political
consequence of the passage of the Pruth by
Russia ; and, although this step has been
deferred for negotiations hitherto fruitless,
they are not now in a position to retire until
Russia has made arrangements to evacuate the

provinces.
To obtain this result without a war either
Turkey or Russia must recede from itti de-
mands. The requirements of Thr)iey hnve
been endorsed by the four Powers, to whose
interpretation of the Vienna note that of
Russia is directly opposed. The task is to
reconcile this most patent contnuliction.
The influence of the Czar at the Ohniitz
Conference has so far prevailed over the
Emperor of AUSTRIA that the latter will renulin
neuter in the event of a war ; and thus ends
the boast of her Majesty's Ministers that by
their delay they had secured his co-operation.
In the meanwhile the Emperor, in a media-
torial capacity, is seeking for sonic further
terms of aceonunodation, but at the date of
our latest intelligence be had not yet found
them.

The fleets in the Dardanelles requiring
further instructinns, I,ord Mu:ant:EN is at
length It Cabinet
which may be expected to be livid in
the etutrse of the next %veil:.

THE -4hlative speeches of 4•int' Nliiiisters in tiefit-
land have followed closely on the heels of the
stitualittinv 111'SpiltdieS (11 fount Ni:ssr.i.itopt:.
Peace is to be preserved at " any rot short of a
ioieritire of 110114.1 w." The •oily fault 111 this

satislat•tory atsstiraiiro is that it leaves iis ill
41101114 Milat 0111*
peace owl what by ht,uour,
it peaeo fur Itu,siti to hold military nen;
pation of tbo
London, England, 1853-10-01

THE PRESS.

Duke of Brabant the grand cross of the Portuguese
order of the Tower and Sword.
Prince Chimay has returned from Lille, and was
the bearer of en autograph letter from Napoleon 111.
to King Leopold. The contents of the epistle have
not yet transpired, but it is said to contain a protesta-
tion against the prevailing rumours of an impending
aggression from France.
Meantime the nomination of the Prince of Chimay
for the mission wineb he has just tilled, and which
seems to hate %,n/milted front the personal will of
the King, is said to have provoked for a moment a
ministerial crisis in the Cabinet. The threatened
resignation of the premier, Id. de Brouckerfs Minis-
ter of Foreign Affairs, was given as Alttoti, tiositi\•e;
but it is added that some coreeit hicatilegis *eta ids
MAiesty hate tnititlrd 4,10 1‘; renounce hia Intention
for the present. The iveir.o,natio% 'of 'the Minister of
War. which i onnonneed in mw list letter, appears
positite; bet, as 1 told you, not on account of any
Political difficulties, but from some urchiteetural dif-
ferei ice about tile works of the fortifications at Antwerp.
It is affirmed that his snectssor is already desig-
ttted, in the person of the general of engineers, lie
'annoy, the former governor of the princes. It
would be impossible to light upon a more unpopular
choice. General, then Deltumoy wits some
years ago dismissed from his Innetions of governor
of the princes for having insulted the civic guard, by
calling them Sunday soldiers. The King resisted in
vain for a nun tent—at least in appearance—the
popular indignation. Now the same man would be
called to the Ministry of War, loan which another
officer, honoured with the personal friendship of the
King—i ;mend t 'hazal—has been ousted, through
the hostility of which he had been the obiect from
the semi national guard,
The linnifertt puhlishes an (Iflieial return of the
corn trade during the four days from the pith to
20th September. The importations of corn of all
kinds, and potatoes, amounted to 4,700,000 kilo-
grammes ; the exportations to 461,000 onlv. lin the
evening of September etti the amount of corn end
float in bomi tit Attweep was 19,000,000 kilogrammes.
In presence #.f sin h tt eircumstanee it is indeed in
ex plicoble haw the prices of all provisions continue
to ran higher and higher every day on all the mar-
kets of the country. The dearth has provoked serious
disturbances iu the little manufacturing town of SL
Nicolas, iu Fast Flanders. A battalion of infantry
has been called from Antwerp, and quartered per-
manently in the town. Other forces were expected,
as it was feared the disturbances may be renewed on
the next market-day.
London, England, 1853-10-01

A MANCHESTER MONODY.
COBDEN and Corn, COBDEN and eon'.
The Manchester School are looking forlorn ;
It is really surprising
How• wheat is rising.
The fanners are eased.
And begin to look pleased;
The Bank is mounting
The rate of discounting,
And !Undo are falling
Past all recalling.
Carpenters, linnet's,
A►tisans, tailors,
Butchers and bakers,
And candlestiekmakers,
AU sexes and ages,
Are %triking for wages.
Such a terrible crisis never was seen.
And all of it's owing to old Assan►EN.

Says Russia to Turkey,
I'm coming to burke ye.
If you don't sign the note
I obligingly wrote.
I'm the orthodox Czar,
And am ready for war;
And my motto, you know,
•' a word and a blow."
And the time is more fitting than ever WAS seen,
Entirely owing to old ABERDEEN.

ronecx and Ilatctrr
Are quaking with fright,
For the fleets that lay
In Ilesika Bay
Are imehored now
For a regular row.
As the telegraph tells,
In the Dardanelles.
And 'tis very plain
II say it with pain),
There'll he nothing to eat
Without !Russian wheat.
)11, what shall we do, for 'twill look very queer
If the 'patient loaf becomes as dear
I 'niter Free Trade OS under Protection ?
What shall we say at the next election ?
The people will hoot us, and pelt us, and jeer us ;
They never will listen, and never will hear us ;
(nu. game is up, our trade is done ;
We've nothing to do lint to rut and run.
Such a quandary ne‘er was seen,
And it's all of it owing to old ADEIWEES.

517

Tim NI %volt 0i Conti. Mr. Nlaguire. NI.P., at the eerenuoitial of 'Tuesday
last, sent it silver arrow into the sea, with as much skill as possible."
The archery feat is not surprising, considering the Brigeale's continual
practice with the long hew'.

"011 DEAR! WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE?"

" Ili dear. oh dear! what can the matter be?"
1114 is Income of our mond-force battery,
11'hcrc'• our peace-orator fishing fin• flattery?
Is he sleeping, or taking the air?
He promised us once, in rhetorical
To •• entmple the Czar as heel crumple up paper."
And now, lent w•e treat his big 111111111• C AN cal►oUw,
Is he curving to muzzle the Bear?

We're waiting in breathless attention for tidings
4 ►t' the punishment promised the tyrant's backslidings,
Hut silent as death sire the East and West Ridings,
Not one single word do we hear.
Perhaps he's constructing some novel invention,
To work out his plans for the Czar's circumvention,
And settle sans fiscox this warlike contention,
But why dues he tarry ?.-Oh ►lenr!
London, England, 1853-10-01

THE PRESS.

be Mitt to forget their nutulavr and inaptitude. The heat)
burdens which war entails ant iveastcrit i• the IrNa ttf us
evils. It as the effusion of human blassl, the
Of dontestie tie-, the left jug lasts.. of a moral scolimze o%el
a country which Inn:tit to he thought of. and which mlllO4O
nn MLsolatr obli;rotiou 011 litMellllll4.lllS turd Slille-1111.•11 to
avoid it at the eatMi of any Ramifies. short of duty and I 1111 l our.
this is the principle. which has guided the tiovet cut
throughout ill .gotixtiott: of the 64 fewlll tits anal
by this rule they would still act, knot% ing that it was atilt
individual. us with Hellions—that It was might be tett
popular at its C.illlttlelleilUVllt %%Inch ‘l.Olllll
at it. i'lo".e• just Its there were iseW people who entiTeil .51
a quarrel otherwise than brat e aatial self. reliant, but whit
might not like it mud' ere all was ON er.-

Ile eoncluileti by adverting to the I I onge Of Com-
mons, Alla hinting to the 111.41411. Nllll'll the 4.; overn -
went intended to ii S 4. ti►r the purpose of wowing
support willing the elected legislators of tilts OM' ry

Tho 'louse of t•onnnou. vow not now aliv itltsi lino two
cotupatet fumes °plantin each other on et cry tr•itiad pond :
the broad voutnotts of 1441 t% had 114.,eit obliteratcal ; Meal.
'WI'S of the lalrislature cserented mom their own reason.
anal wen, initiated to a greater extent by their honest cow
victim's. This in idgelf Wag vial litogyi,4, it i% as it rt..itit
which augured well for the triumph of mason and
.014164%
war a 1.1111%441111.111'1' Of thin state of matters that the pre.
sent Administration had tvecived so large an at 000000 int of
what is termed 'independent attrisat t.' trout its charaeter
and expericnco, it was peculiarly bound to go tau coneiliatito;
14141111' of that kind; and the best a) to sevoniplish
much an object WU.4 1104111'U Oil the 'Lauul to hug past
abuses mulcr the pretence of maintaining our institutions,
nor, on the other, reeklessly to urge a demand at at ianee
with the essential char tateristics of our institutions. This,
was the true way to obtain the caintialenee and ',import
of the people at large . whom it was alike vain anal mule.
Kimble to attempt to govern on the 'annelid', of a blind
superstition. Ile thought liat might naf,ly proinise this
would h.'thel.liiirSt. thO•l;ucrPlnuent wouldphone;
tea
lit' would yialal obedience to no other principle.
London, England, 1853-10-01

foreign Ott, Xittnturt, 41.

ATRENB.--EXCAVATIoNA AT THE Acaorous. —The
French Government have, of law, ordered some ex-
cavations to be made on this classic spot, which were
confided to M. nettle. Up to the present time the
citadel which contains the Parthenon bad but one
entrance, rudely built and hidden, as it. were, in ono
of the lateral walls. Now the Acropolis possesses a
majestic gate, at the feet of the Propylees, opposite
the Pyraus and Salamis. The sight of the Aem
polio also has been much improved by these works.
A wall, formerly built by the Turks, and which COM-
pletely concealed the Propylees, has been demolished,
end thus the ancient wall has come to sight: it is of
white Pentelic marble, decorated with friezes and
cornices. Two Massive structures (towers) are at
the sides of the doors, and in the middle opens a
Dorie gateway, which corresponds with the great
porticoes of the Propylees. It is from this spot that
we may judge of the great plan of the monument of
Mnesicles. The immense staircase, which reached
up to the top of the Acropolis, had a width of in feet,
of which the last steps have been found. It is only
since the late excavations that the Propylees have
appeared in all their old splendour; and we may now
%Vs,/ them without being obliged to go to the hills of
the Museum or the Pnyx. From the road which
leads to thenewentxance, we see their white columns
tod the grand trapezium of their doors. It is now
only that the whole plan of these splendid structures
can be duly appreciated. A largo marble table
erected at the entrance of the Acropolis, contains the
following inscription :
" La France a &convert la Porte de l'Aeropole.

lea mures, les tours et les i-icaliers. 1853. Beule."
yolklit.—ANTE nay% t lIIEN.—At the meeting
of the German naturalists held at Tubingen, l'io•
fessor Frau dilated on the most ancient. animal and
human inhabitants of the Swabian All). He flrit
Averted to the fact, that a popular work on the se
condary strata of the Swabian hnd spread a
eneral interest among the pea-unt population (!) of
that district, so much so that children sought after
petrifactionb ; anti the most rare Tecimens might be
London, England, 1853-10-01

AMERICA.

The AlWaif steamer lorings New York papers to
the lith ult. 'rho political news is unimportant.
A despatch from Washington suites that the
ltttn-
Sian Minister has cominimicated to the State de-
partment the feet that Itushia approves of Austria's
course in the Costa affair.

The proeredings of the ('oust of Bishops held in
Philadelphia respecting the case of the Right Rev.
Hr. Dome, Bishop of New Jersey, had at length ter-
minated. The presentment against Rishop Doane
hiss been dismissed by unanimous vote, the bishop
buying admitted his imprudence and indiscretion,
solemnly disclaiming any evil intent ; also exone-
rating the presenting bishops from any other motive
than a conscientious sense of duty with regard to
their action in the premises. The Court passed
corresponding resolutions, and then adjourned sine

511

The yellow fever at New Orleans appear, In kiwi,
abated ; but at Mobile the pestilence continued very
fatal. and was extending up the countr. Through
out the Union 115.711 s dolls. had been raised fur the
%litre Vert4 at New Orleans. Upwards of 1,1,0:11
had been contributed by four title,: for the benefit of
the unfortunate at Mobile.

A se‘ere carilliptake hail beon experienced in
Louisiana. doing nmelt damage.
A despatch from New Orb ilis contain% intelligence
from Me‘ii,o to the nth and era Cruz to the Stli
tilt. Simla Anna, assisted by Spanish agents, had
raised a tint' army of ;smite) mem The Government
was making vigorous ;liens to stop robberies, and
~ev, rat executions hail taken place. More troops
were being sent to the frontiers. 0,4,011,414 to repo,
the Indians. saws Anna continued his high -
handed me;tstires, executing all pi•rsons against
whom suspicion was entertained, without warning.
It was believed imother resolution lutist soon follow
this arbitrary course.
At St. John's' New Brunswick. on the 14th ult., tile
first soil of the European and North American hail
road was turned by Lady !lead, assisted by the
Lieutenant •tiovernor, in the presence of about
'25,000 persons. The grand procession of the trades,
tire companies, masons, .te., accompanied by bands
of musk, was two miles long. Commodore Shubrjek
mid suite were invited. The Railroad Company
gave it Intuit to the distinguished guests,
which Idiom ;NMI were present. A splendid display
of fireworks took place in the evening, and n mag-
nificent ball 11144 given by the citizens, under the
auspices of the company.
London, England, 1853-10-01

THE CAMP AT OLMCTZ.

" Ir," says an eyewitness, " we proceed along the
Olmiitz terminus on the Galicia' road, and have left
the village of llodolein in our rear, the view is at
tracted by the immense extent of the camp, which
lies on }Huh hides of the road. To the left is that of
the infantry, to the right that of the cavalry and ar-
tillery. If we pass through the camp or the foot
soldiers we see Germans, Slaves, Magyars, and Ita-
lians, all mixed together. While the greater pert of
the temporary tent dwellers arc gone early to the
manccuvres, another portion remains behind to attend
to the various occupations of the camp. It is curious
to observe, that even in the way of cooking a division
of nationalities is here observable. If we proceed on
the road up to the village of Bistros an, we perceive
on au elevation the camp of the Emperor, consisting
of about twelve tents destined for the immediate use
of the Sovereign and suite. The tent of the Emperor
himself is divided into three compartments, which
are united by covered passages. It. is a present
from Queen Victoria, and is conspicuous for its
beauty and elegance. At some distance in the
rear is the tent of the first aide-de-camp. General
Griinne, which is of historical interest, as it is that
which the Grand Vizier Kara Mustapha left in the
hands of King Sobieski of Poland on his flight from
Vienna : its interior is covered with red velvet, cm-
bmiderefl with gold and silver. To the left of the
imperial tent is a small observatory with a telescope.
The electromagnetic, telegraph apparatus. by which
orders and messages can he conveyed 1111.010 ml the
whole camp. is placed on three carriages, in each of
which a complete set of signals is to he found. Ile•
sides the usual apparatus, these carriages eontain
rollers on which the line of wire is fixed. which gets
unrolled es the vehicle proceeds, and by which a
communication may be established to any convenient
length : on the return of the carriage the wire replaces
itself on the roller. In this way it is possible to con-
vey orders instantaneously to the different corps, and
the wire is made of the kind that vv hen it is placed
on the ground not even the passing of the heaviest guns
' or waggons will injure it. As these camp-wires are
in communication with those of the central stations
of Olmutz, desptches sent from the very camp of
OtUltitZ filti• reach any part of Europe.".4lustrion
Lloyd.
London, England, 1853-10-01

BELGRAV E—On the 40th ult . at 11.1 e, the wife at Captain
Relerave, R.N., of a daughter
11013D—On the 411.1 th ult , at St. Audr,el. Lady Acland Hood,

of a son. .
the 25th ult., at CatoLi iJEesteirtice, Regent :•park,
the lady of Sir Charlel Maus, Bait., 01 daughter.
NEALE—On the 16th of AuFust, it the Pirteu3, the wife of
W. B Neal,,, Esq., her Majesty a Consul, of a daughter.
PINDER—On the 72nd of July. at Secunderabad, the %rife of
Captain G. B. Punier, 2nd European Light Infantry, of twin
daughter..

HiCHARDSON—On the 21st lilt., at Wril-rrve. Bark,. the trite
of Captain T. C. Ri,:tisialison. leth gee lieugal Native
lutantri, of a ion.

?CARRIAGES.

ANNI !..1. EY—MIDDLETON—On the lat ult., at Cheltenham,
Marcus J. Antiesley, Esq., late Captain bth Dragoon Guards,
to Frances Middleton, of Henor-hall, Herefordshire.
Ub QI7ESTORP—GORDON—Ou the 2'.'ind ult., at Stuttrardt,
the Baron Berthold de Questorp. to Anne c-orlon Spence,
daughter of Patrick Spence, Esq., of Jamaica.
HENSLEY—HODGSON-0n the Sth ult., at Charlotte-town,
Prince Edward Island, the Hon. Joseph Hensley, her Ma-
je4y's Attorney-dernral, to Frame's Ann Dover, daughter of
tity Huu. Robert Hodgeun. Chief Justice of Prince Edward
I +laud.

LYON—SMITII—At Bexley, Kent, the lion. Claude Borrow
I.yon, of the 2nd Life Guards. to Frances Dora. daughter of
Oswald Smith, Esq., of Blendon•haU, Kent.
MATH LW—MARSAC K—On the 29th ult . at St. George's,
lilootushurt•, John Mathew, Lsq., room. of Tipperary, to
Janette. datiotter of Colonist Maraaek. late Grenadier Guards.
t'sHAW—SMITH—On the t3rd instant. at Lindridae, Wolves.
wriliire, Charles 0. Shaw, Esq.. to Elizabeth. aftligliter of
the late Sir C. S. Smith, Bart.

sI:THERLAND—FISHF.R--On the 28th ult., at St. Jaute4s,
Weatboonte-terrace. Robert M'Cleod Sutherland, Captain ttanft
High!soder% w Charlotte, daughter of the lute Major Bud
Fisher, of Aberdeen.
TUFNEL—MURRAY—On the 7th ult.. at Danbury. John
iollitre Tufnel, jun., Esq., of Langley-park, Essex, to Eleanor
gargaret, daughter of the Lord Bishop of Rochester.
London, England, 1853-10-01

SPAIN.

The new Cabinet met on the t:Oth. Its first act
was to order the seizure of two jouluals, the Diario
Espanol and Tribano.
The Madrid Gazette announces that the Narvaez
question is settled. Ile may return to Spain when-
ever he pleases. It is said that the generals belong-
ing to the Moderate opposition are to be replaced.
The Gazette of the !Mid contains a royal decree
enacting that henceforth emplays shall only be
chosen from amongst men of known capacity, who
have experience iu public business, but are without
places.
REELS.

The Hellenic Government expresses, in the Obser-
rah ur of the 17th ult., astonishment and painful
regret that the Porte should have withdrawn the
exeguatur from the Greek Consul-Genera in Walla-
chia. The Government declares that it will first
complain to Turkey, and afterwards do justice to
itself, should this become necessary.
London, England, 1853-10-01

CAPE OF (Mon IIoVE.

By the Indiana Cape news of the :0111 of August
has been received. The intelligence is of u %cry
favourable th•scriptioti. Nothing has occurred ll'
interrupt the peace on the frontier : the witch' of 110
native trilN.,4 along or within the banner are stated tip
110 quiet 111111 SIIIMOS•i‘e. iiakas 1111%0 !Mid in
11111 whole Of their tribute of arms:. The thief toil
missioner states "that, with the of occit
illterViOW% Nillt the chiefs, Ile
coercive mea...41111••;, or even threats, have been held
out to enforce the surrimili•r of the arms demanded."
The tiovernor bus iswiteil it notice Oho result of
the hat. Inver commission) containing die names of
those kat Inver Hottentots who hire remained loyal
during the relielli , unit to %%luau he has restored
their property ; also a list of the se against wl
there had been clear 'mil sufficient evidence of rebel
him, whose limas are declared to be ; and
I'OIIittIiSSIOIIVES 1111% t' Leeu 111111114110*41 Igor the allot•
of these mill the hit-felted Tanifiankie
The all engrossing torte in the VOlnilly was the
40111111 g 414C1i01 4,1 inembi•rs fiir the Commit. If
tho fifteen required fi,r Ilie Upper Molls.) not less
than twenty ei.;lit qualified emendates hail accepted
respirations to soled.
Commercial attair4 have greatly improved, owing
to the large demand nor the Australian market.; and.
notwithstanding an abundant homest, the prices of
all artieles of Cape prance hail increased nearly
fifty per cent., and cargo after cargo 11114 leaving for
the 441141114'4.
A. great desire 1111.4 114441 11111111fe..11.41 al the Cape
for the pure laved of 'Merino sheep. Se‘i.rill cargiies
have arrived from Eitri ie. and renlisi.if large 16,4-4
—iii some instances as high us 1:00/. far a single raw.
A eimilikny has nisi) 114.41 folioed for the intri alitction
of Angora goats.

At la/I'lllw, on the I Ih ult., a frightfill tieeitlent
oreurred by the explosion of 111 powder magarine.
used by the :loth Regiment, situated at the further-
most or south end of the rock nt Windmill bill. The
disaster wits mit fully areounted for, lint Mtll4 to ho
properly investigated. The loss of life was x•ery
lamental.le : live out of six men beltaiging to the
t%lio Were nt work in the magtiline, were. killed,
end the sixth, the el qv thingenuisly wimmled,
tool not expeetetl to survive. The funeral of the
e1,.1.e ~.ed 141411( 14111.1• on the Pith. It was 'Wendell
by the whole of their corps, the regimental bawl,
and detachments from other regiments in the
garrixon, military honours hieing paid during the
ceremonial.
London, England, 1853-10-01

(`EAUTION.— TO THAI)ESMEN,
kJ CHANTS, SHIPPERS, ouTrirrEits, d4•.—Whereas it
has lately come to my knowledge that some unprincipled pet ist
ir persons hare for seine timo past been imposing upon
public. by selling to the trade and others a spurious article, MAIN'
the name of BOISIni PLIIMANENT MANNINO INK, this is
to give Notice that I au the original and sole Preview and
Manitiarturer of the said article, and do nut employ any tiu
Yeller, or authorise any person to represent themsels es a..
coming front my Establishment fur the purpose of selling th.•
said Ink. This Caution Is published by me to prevent fuithei
imposition upon the public+, and serious Injury to tnyaelf !t
IIU D. Solo Executrix and Widow of the late John Bond, 2").
Lontulatie, Wost Smithfield. London.
London, England, 1853-10-01

peace ?

Is it honour to pretend opposition to the de-
signs of Russia, and yet take no timely step to
resist them,—to amuse Turkey with promises
of support, yet suffer her territory to be invaded,
—to threaten her with the responsibility of
maintaining single-handed the rights we pro-
fessed to insure by our diplomacy, and yet, in
contemplation of au opposite skunked*, to
take meastio,; the purport of which we have
not the manhood to avow?

If we are still at peace, it is peace accom-
panied with many of the evils of war, with
interrntifion to ti..r trade, gloomy forebodings.
liability to panic, and complete uncertainty of
wh:►t to-morrow may bring forth. If wt. yet
maintain our honour, it is trembling on the
edge of an abyss of shame, into which the
indeeisionof 'our Cabinet, much longer pro-

trusted, will plunge it.
When the intelligence first arrived that ships
of the combined iNuadron were summoned to
Constantinople it seemed doubtful with what
(Neal our Oovernment was ACtiUg, qr. whether.
indeed, it was acting at all. The French Ambas-
sador took the initiative in dema ding the
presence of these ships ; it was the first seere
tary to the French Embassy who conveyed
the order for their arrival to Betake, Bay, in a
French despatchboat ; and the whole force is
now under the command of the French Admi-
ral, LE BARRIER DE TINAN, who has hoisted
his flag on board the Gunter. So far from
this step indicating a more decided policy on
the part of our Government, it is certain that
Lord STRATFORD DE REIWI.IFFE concurred in

the proposal of the French Ambassador on his
own responsibility. and without any direct in-
structions from home, We accept the statetneut
in .k-sterday's Times as literally true, " that
" this measure was nut dictated by any change
" in the immediate relations of Bustin' with
" the Western Powers." If taken advisedly, it
has been taken in pursuance of a policy that
has been suffered to remain in abeyance, that
feebler counsels might be at liberty to produce
an impotent result.
There are persons so credulous as to expect
that henceforth the emergency will be met by
more suitable IIIeaSIIIVS. With a temper too
sanguine to be chilled by disappointment,
they look daily fin. 54,me evidence of
sincerity from Lord A IiERIJEEN. and of vi
gum. from Lord CLAKENnos. They expert
that Lord Jous's brave words will be fol-
biwed by brave deeds, and that a Cabinet
which throughout this question has manifested
only the vacillation of tortuous weakness will
at lint he roused to the necessity of manly
and hontowahle action. The measures which
a few days hence may be thrust. upon the Ca-
binet alre MA14'1110441, while their Oleo
is neutralised by the timid. treacherous, but
elall4 'rate representations which are daily made
tot a rehietauee to 114111111
truth prOlelSSiOlkh of
peace we 1114' bacrititing its rurality to its
lagttluw It is 'imply falro to ropveimit
arty. rally Onitietry Iln silinutrom
London, England, 1853-10-01

ITALY.

The Tux ua Monitoreo7the !!‘lth publishes a
treaty of navigation and commerce concluded between
Prussia and Tuscany. It is to colon into force on
January 1.
The King of Sardinia held a review of three divi-
sions of the army in the plain of Alexandria on the
:nth ult. After a short and energetie speech which
the Duke of Genoa addressed to the troops, the
camp at Marengo was broken up.
London, England, 1853-09-24

WHIGGISH AND WAR.

Watts the Premier and the Home Secretary
have been in Downing-street engaged in low-
ering the diplomatic pretensions of England,
Lord Jonx RrssELL, at Greenock, has indulged
in a little characteristic Maple, designed to
repair the mischief. Among his political
merits. the Noble Lord has the art to be a great
tactician in little matters. No one knows
better than he how to make a small quantity
of specific statement produce a large result on
the imagination or the enthusiasm of his
hearers. While Sir ROBERT PEEL still lived,
his parliamentary rival paled iu the light of
his superior power : but now Lord JOHN Rea
SELL stands alone, not only without a master,
but even without a competitor. in a craft
beevrniug, let us add, yearly of less iutrinsw
London, England, 1853-09-24

SEPTEMBER 24, 1853.

importance to its professors. Lord JOHN
RUSSELL. is (anions, too, for his impulsive
bursts of a sort of traditionary patriotism.
There are certain " cries" that are sacred to
the Whigs—their own peculiar property ; so
exactly fitted to them anti their position,
indeed, as to be almost useless to any other
party. Just hint at "the cause of Civil and
Religioas Liberty." and Lord JOHN RUSSELL
immediately loses all his stereotyped gravity.
all his recaLitrant caution, and incontinently
" makes up- ibr the part of legitimate successor
of him who late(' on the field and the other who
died on the scaffold.
We have Ault felt puzzled, as observers of
Lord ,lolls ItussEta:s career, to determine
whether these valorous eseapades have been
the genuine and generous outpourings of an
hereditary Whig, or only felicitous bombast.
In endeavouring to test the value of the
tireenock manifestation, we do not find any
relief from the :teen/domed difficulty. " Not
" once, but meat times," the enthusiastic Seots
were reminded, " England has stood faarward
" to resist oppression, to maintain the intle-
" pendence of weaker nations, &e., eic." Anal,
further, they were exhorted to perfonn the
mgf-appointed duty of Britain, "by our moral
" influence, if possible, and maintaining the
" inestimable 'dossing of peace ;" but. they
were also told, " if peace cannot be maintained
" with honour, it is no hanger peace—it be
" conies then but a precarious tEllet`, to be
" denounced by others whenever they shall
" think fit—whenever they think ant opportu-
" ttutity has occurred to enforce by anus their
" unjust deinends either upon us or upon our
"allies." And, at each of these scarcely-veiled
attacks on the conduct of Russia in the Turkish
affair, there arose, according to the reporters,
" cheers," "loud cheers," "much cheering."
" much and loud cheering." and " continued
applause !" Now, we do not quite understand
this lett-handed statesmanship. To elicit
those cheers, in their intoned variety, was of
course a feat of which the orator might na-
turally be proud ; for he was cajoliing the
worthy Seotehmen taut of their senses in a
style that would not have been thrown away on
that House of Commons. But how does all
this bear on the position of the Ministry, in
referent.° to the Turkish question? Lord
3011 N 111101ELCS colleagues have pursued a
policy the very reverse of that which he sha-
dowed forth in the passages we have quoted.
They have implored peace, "at any price,"
and without the s!ightest regartl to whether it
could be "maintained with honour," or whe-
ther it was a "precarious truce." Is it in
aceordance with the high character assumed
for the STATESMAN, thus to obtrude personal
views, however honourably entertained, when
their very courage anal ittonlinesa clash with
the sordid and craven policy of the Cabinet us
a whole ?
London, England, 1853-09-24

Cly V ress.

LONDON, SATURDAY, sEI'TLitaLR4I, 1N53.

THERE never was a quarrel which advanced
more regularly than that between Russia and
the Porte, since a wolf and a lamb met to drink
on the banks of the same stream. It has
proceeded, step by step, according to the most
approved rules. Each week our columns have
recorded some new incident, heightening the
breach between the contending parties, and
menacing more ominously the peace if Europe.
It required no great sagacity to foresee, months
ago, the course which events would take. On
the 10th of .lune we wrote :—" Before us, at
" the best, is a prospect of three or four
" months of paralysis of our commerce and
" finance, with the probability of a • general
" war in the autumn or spring." At that date
our Government must. .14,0 understood what
was the policy of the Cabinet of St. Peters-
burg, and to what end its action was directed,
or it must have ignored the existence of no-
torious facts.

Since then—though struggling against the
misrepresentation of a powerful press—we
have insisted that the question became con•
tinually more serious, till now a crisis has
confessedly been reached, which must end in
the complete subjugation of Turkey to Russia,
and, by consequence, in the virtual extinc-
tion of the Ottoman Empire, or in A WAR,
whose proximate bearing, in the present
distracted state of European councils, it is
not easy to perceive, awl whose ultimate
issue it is impossible to divine. This much is
clear : in the event of war, we must, abiding
by our engagements with the Porte, be pre-
pared to take an active part in it, or consent
to be cast aside us one of the great governing
States of Europe, and sink into a mere mer-
cantile nation, degraded by perfidy towards a
faithful ally, and by dastardly submission to
the threatening attitude of a hostile and semi-
barbarous Power.
Two notes by Count NESSELRODE, which
aceompanied Russia's refusal of the Turkish
modifications to the Vienna note, place us in
possession of the Czar's views. Whatever
may be the faults of the Cabinet of St. Peters-
burg, it cannot be aeeused of attempting to
disguise its sentiments by verbal jugglery.
It, speech is decisive and trenchant—haughty
in consciousness of strength, and scornful in
contempt of the weakness to which it is op-
posed. The patty subterfuge (which it is now
acknowledged was suggested by our Govern
went) that the Vienna note, if signed by the
Porte, should be read in the sense of the pro-
posed modifications, must have appeared
ridiculous in the presence of the plain and
emphatic language of the Russian despatches.
" Either;' says Count N IMELRODE, " the al-
terations which the Porte requires are
es important, in which case it is very simple
‘. that we refuse to accede to them or they
London, England, 1853-09-24

RAILWAYS.

Railway shares have been severely depressed, not-
withstanding the traffic returns of the week indicate
an increase of 161 per cent. over the corresponding
week of last year.
The fall has been principally occasioned by large
speculative sales from Liverpool and Manchester,
which will he difficult to replace, as the market is
very sensitive.
French shares have been scarcely influenced by
the fall in the English funds ; on the contrary,
Strasburgs have risen.
London, England, 1853-09-24

THE PRESS.

hiirveat preaciited before them which. even with all their
energy, enterpriser. mill romovairea, they will scarcely be able
to reap. Then will s noble alai geuennes rivalry akin
spring up bets ern them, • hieh *hall contribute most of-
Octatllv u. pnanote the muse of Chriatianit,,
and fee. damn aurcw►yt iluiw ancient and aUvuige peolle.
With hetitituents twat rtimpect. 1 remain your Lila,
thent servant,
_

".I%mi:s ItucitAN‘s.-

tntt anb tasbion.

lirn llarr.sry's stay at Balmoral will. it is now
•tatcd, he prolonged co the second week in October,
when the Court is to return, via Edinburgh, Genii le,
wad !Amami, to o.born I

THE Asst. tt. tjtnnittNaa of the Highland clans
for the practice of athh.tie !ports and games was
held at !Intoner on the lath inst., and was honoured
by the presence of the Queen and Royal Family. On
Saturday her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Prin-
cess Alice went to the tap of 11.0chan y gain.
Lotto l'ttstt:ssTosi au-rived at Rahnond this day,
and succeeded Earl Oranilk as Minister in titbit
dance on her Majesty. The Home Secretary will
remain, to attend the Court on their retunt to the
south.

Lotto .lottN RessEti. purposes remaining in Scot
Lind until Christmas, unless any sudden emergency
Of a politieal nature should call him to London.
TuE Rtotur 110 N. SIDNEY lIIERRIMT, her Majesty's
Secretary at War, has during the last week 61311 en-
tertaining a distinguished circle of friends, including
several members of the Russian aristocracy, at his
seat in Wilts.

TIIE EAR!. OF Ai+►:ttnet:v and the Earl of Clam'
don are the only membors of the Cabinet remaining

Tut: F. sm. ot• Sit trrysnuttr, who has been travel-
ling on the Continent for the recovery of his health.
is on his way to London, to take his seat at the
lieneral Board of Health, in consequence of the
threatened prevalence of cholera.

Tug Roy;tl Yacht Squadron schooner Wycern. the
property of the Duke of Marlborough, sailed from
Portsmouth on Ttietalay evening for Australia, having
Lool Alfred Cliotreittll, son of the duke. and Captain
Cathcart, late of the 111th Hragoona. on board, who
go out to the geld regions ou a trip of pleasure.
She is :1011( tons. old measurement, and commanded
by Mr. Henry Brehaut, HS., late master of her Ma-
jesty's steamer Radian..M
A mettimot: is arranged betwesat Lady Elizabeth
Grey Exertion, eloleat daughter of the Earl of Wilton,
and Captain the lion. Dudley lie Hos. Plant sun of
Lord lie Hos, and Equerry to her Majesty.