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London, England, 1853-11-12 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

" AU the strong places in the principalities to be given
into the hands of the Turks immediately; the complete
evacuation of the principalities as speedily as possible,
and a guartuitee of all the powers against similar
invasion.
The text of the Russian Imperial manifesto was
published in London yesterday evening. It was its
follows :
"By the grace of (,al, we, Nicholas 1.. Emperor
and Autocrat of All the 'tussles, &c., make known as
follows :
" By our manifesto of the 11th (213th) of June of the
present year, se made known to our faithful and dearly•
beloved aul•jecui the motives which had placed us under
the obligation of dennuiding from the Ottoman Porte in-
violable guarantees in favour of the sacred rights of the
01111.4. I X 4:111LP:h.
" also announced to them that all oar efforts to meal
the Porte, by means of amicable persuasion, to sentiments
of equity, and to the faithful observance of treaties, had
remained unfruitful, and that we had consequently
deemed it indispensable to cause our troops to advance
into the thumbnut principalities; but in taking this step
we still entertained the hope that the Porte would acknow•
ledge its wrongdoings, and would decide on acceding to
our just demands.
" Our expectation has been deceived.
" Even the chief powers of Europe here sought in vain
by their eNhortations to shake the blind obstinacy of the
ottoman Government. It is by a declaration of war, by a
proclatuatiiin lined with lying accusations against Russia,
that it has responded to the pacific etiOrta of Europe, as
well as to our spirit of longsulfering. At last, enrolling in
the ranks of its army revolutionary exiles from all cou a.
tries, the Porte bus just commenced hostilities on the
Danube. Russia is challenged to the combat, and she has
no other course left her than. putting her trust in God, to
have recourse to force of arms, and so to compel the Otto.
man Govennuent to respect treaties, and to obtain repa-
ration tier the insults with which it has responded to our
must moderate demands, and to our legitimate solicitude
for the defence of the 'Mesita faith in the East, professed
also by the 'welds of Russia.
" We are firmly convinced that our faithful subjects will
join their prayers to those which we address to the Almighty,
beseeching him to bless with His hand our arms in this
just and holy cause, which has always found ardent de.
fenders in our ancestors. In f' Doonine ',trace, HON eon-
Janda.- is wternuns.
" hone at Tzarskoe Selo, the Inth day of October (Ist
of November I, in the year of Grace 18:53, and the 28th of
our reign. "NICHOLAS."

A despatch from Berlin states that it was expected
at St. Petersbnrg that the Emperor would shortly
leave for the south. Orders had been sent to Kief
for the immediate revision of the last military census.
The official Gazette of the Semian Government
contains a decree by which every person capable of
bearing arms is ordered to possess himself of a good
serviceable rifle. Parties needing the article may
obtain it at cost price from the arsenal. Prince
Alexander has assured the Porte that no foreign
power will be allowed to violate the Servian territory.
In a despatch of M. do Nesselrode to M. de Kisse-
left there is the following sentence :—" What a fine
discussion would have taken place in the French
Chambers on the Eastern question But there is
no more liberty of the tribune or of the press.
France has only preserved enough liberty to insult
j Russia !"

A FACT is stated as indicative of the progress of
public feeling in Paris, in relation to the Eastern
question, that at the Orand Opera, during the repre-
sentation of Guillaume Tell, the audience eagerly
seized on some ot• the allnsious scattered through
the piece in favour of liberty and independence, and,
applying them to the present contest between Russia
and Turkey, loudly cheered the Turks, adding the cry,
" A has les Hussey !'' on the occasion.
Tim Emecnon returns to Paris for the anniver-
sary of the :hid of December, when there will be a
grand reception at the Tuileries. This is the last
occasion on which ladies will be admitted to the Im-
perial Court- without the manteau de la Cour and
trains, which are to be de rigeor after the Ist of
January. The Court is not to take up its permanent
residence at the Tuileries till the end of the year.

IT Is STATED THAT THE FRENCH SENATE is to be
convoked for an earl• day to receive the notification
of the approaching marriage of Prince Napoleon
(Jero►oe) Bonaparte with a Princess of Hohenzollern-
Sigmaringon

M. DE LA Corn, the present Ambassador at Cow
stautinople, is to replace M. de 3laupas at Naples.
Tim TRIAL OF THE OPERA COMIQUE CONATIRATORS
was resumed on Thursday morning, and the exami-
nation of witnesses on both sides concluded, after
which the Procureur-General proceeded to address
the court, but hail not brought his speech to a close
before the rising of the court. The Pmeureur-
General undertakes to demonstrate that the evi-
dence is conclusive against the prisoners, and that
they were guilty of an attempt on the life of the
Emperor.
A Di...lime is at the present moment under the
consideration of the Council of State, the object of
which is to grant a supplementary credit of 4,500,000 f.
towards the completion of the Louvre.

SATURDAY,

THE Ex-QCEEN of THE FRENCH and the princes of
the family of Orleans arrived at Genoa on the 4th,
and alighted at the Hotel Feder. The Spanish
steam-frigate Francisco &Assisi arrived in port on
the following day, to take them over to Spain.
Bwitum.—The address of the Senate, in reply to
the discourse from the Throne, was read in the As:
sembly on the 9th. Its discussion will take place at
the next sitting. It is almost a paraphrase of the
King's speech, but is full of patriotism and devotion
to the person of his Majesty.
DErimiaa.—At the last sitting of the Folksthing
the Minister of Finance presented a bill to increase,
during the present high price of provisions, the sala-
ries of the State employis which do not exceed
5,2301. a year. This increase varies from 20 to 23
per cent., according to the amount of the salaries.

SEVERAL CANDIDATES are already mentioned for
the borough of Cloiimel. Mr. F. Meagher, Mr.
Bienconi, Mr. W. S. Crawford, Mr. Dargan, Mr.
Bagwell of Mar Meld (the principal proprietor of the
town), Mr. John Reynolds, Mr. Henry Grattan, and
Colonel Justin Shell (late British Minister in Persia,
and brother of the late Right Hon. R. L. Shell).
CAPTAIN BEEctiv, the commissioner appointed by
Government to inquire into the loss of the Annie
Ja►ie on Barra, has closed his investigation, and re.
turned to London with his report on the subject to
the Board of Trade.
Tut: breadth of wheat sown in North Nottingham-
shire and South Yorkshire this season already ex-
cocas considerably that of any former year.

WAR-OFFICE, Nov. 11.
[From TAM Night's Gazette.]

2nd Regiment of Dragoons—Lieutenant John Arthnr
Froeman to be Captain, by purchase, vice Scobell, who
retires ; Cornet William Taylor rrentis to be Lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Freeman.
12th Regiment of Foot—Ensign James Fielding Sweeny
to be Lieutenant, by purrhaae, vice Wilkie, whose promo-
tion, by purchase, on 21st of October, 184'3, has been can-
celled.

14th Foot—Captain Granville Levison Proby, from the
74th Foot, to be Captain, vice Macdonald, whu exchanges.
Lith Foot—Lieutenant Augustus Applethwaite, from
the 23rd Foot, to be Lieutenant, vice Tilghman, appointed
Paymaster.
39th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel Robert Cole, from half-
pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, vice Brevet-
Colonel Wright, C. 8., who exchanges ; Major William
Munro to be Lieutenant-Colonel, by purchase, vice Cole,
who retires ; Captain William Chimes Wolfe to be Major,
by purchase, vice Munro ; Lieutenant W. Huck* Harding
Warner to be Captain, by purchase, vice Chnes Wolfe ;
Ensign Charles Milligan to be Lieutenant, by purchase,
vice Warner ; George Henry Young, Geut., to be Ensign,
by purchese, vice
4100 Foot—Licutenatit George Skipwith to be Captain,
by purchase, vice Wells, who retires; Ensign William
Allan to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice Skipwith; Armar
Graham Lowry, (lent., to be Ensign, by purchase, vice
Allan.

41nd Foot—Lieutenant Henry Clarke Jervoise, from
the 9.tird Foot, to he Lieutenant, vice Kennedy, who re•
tires upon half-pay.
46th Foot—Richard Coote, Gent., to be Ensign, by pur-
chase, vice Stretton, who retires.
b3rd Foot—Lieutenant William Peel to be Paymaster,
♦ice Hall, who retires upon half.pay.
57th Foot—Lord Ernest .11•Donudl Vane to be Ensign,
by purchase, vice Lee, who retires:
60th Foot—Second Lieutenant Henry Cockburn to be
First Lieutenant, without purchase, vice bit Cane, de.
ceased.

67th Foot—Brabazon Thomas Disney, Gent., to be
Ensign, by purchase, vice Basset, appoiuied to the 72ud
Foot.

_ . .
Bi►th Foot—Owen Roberts, Gent., to be Ensign, by purl
chase, vice Leggett, promoted.
7::nd Foot—Lieutenant Arbhibabl Alison to be Captain
by purchase, vice Evelyn, who retires ; Ensign Honourable
Somerset Hamilton Ward to be Lieutenant, by purchase.
tics Alison ; Ensign Gustavus Lambert Basset, from the
67th Foot, to be Ensign, vice Ward.
74th Foot—Captain Robert Macdonald, from the 11th
Foot, to be Captain, vice Proby. who exchanges.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE.
Tuesday Norember S.
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plumber—JohN CLartiau FAINCRTI, York draper—Rif:saw
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cotton manufacturer.

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Friday. NQr. 11:1,

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II kuut.so, Edpwark-roa.l. china and ghasa dealer—Wit.ciam
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WENS. 1ea.1(4111311-qtro•I. AilTo/1421itli —JOHN BOSWORTH
C Rot KYR. fITeircr—RICHARD ANDERSON, Kennington,
liernoed victualler—Fat.t.t:mt.ic JOHN klExsi.Lii Montagne •
place. Rn«ell•.mtare--.luSnra CRAMPTON, York, tleensed vie•
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NOVEMBER 12, 1853.

IC ittraturt.

The Journals and Correspondence of General Sir
Harry Calvert, Bart., Adjutant-General of the
Purees under the late Duke of York. Edited
by his Son, Sir Harry Verney. Bart.
THE history of bygone campaigns, of which the
interest, if not the memory. has been effaced
by events of more recent date, is rarely read
with much profit or pleasure. except by
students of the military art. Nor are such
scenes often very graphically described by the
actors; partly from want of leisure, partly be-
cause no officer (unless attached to the staff
at head-quartersl knows what is doing in any
part of the army except that where he himself
serves : partly also from the writer's fami-
liarity with the ordinary features of war lead-
ing him to omit much that to non-professional
readers is necessary for the comprehension of
his subject. There are, of course, exceptions ;
but such is the general rule.
Setting forth, accordingly, with but mode
rate expectations. we have been agreeably
disappomted in this book. The style is every-
where happy, marked, indeed, by no striking
beauty of phrase, but clear, unaffected, and
gentlemanly. In the matter there are of
course many details which have ceased to be
interesting, and many more which never could
have interested any one but a soldier; yet enough
remains to reward a perusal, if not to repay a
purchase.
Sir H. Calvert, when only fifteen, joined his
regiment in America (1778),* and served under
Lord Cornwallis in Carolina. Being in the
force which surrendered at York Town, he re-
mained a prisoner from October 17s1 to
February 'B4. In '9B he resumed active
service, and the apresent volume contains the
records of his campaigns during this and the
following year; partly in the form of journals,
partly in that of letters addressed to friends in
England. The state of affairs when England
entered on the revolutionary war may be
described in few words. So early as .luly
the allied army, under Brunswick, nearly
140,000 strong, commenced its march upon
France. No force of nearly equal strength
lay between them and Purls. Dumouvioa,
with 27),(100 troops, had, indeed, the advantage
Of position and of a better-organised commis-
sariat ; but neither these advantages, nor the
military skill of that remarkable commander,
would have sufficed to turn the scale, but for
the talents which he displayed in negotiation.
Now sowing dissension between Austria and
Prussia—now hinting at the part of Monk, to
be played by himself—now urging, with truth,
that to invade France would only render the
cause of royalty more hopeless than before—
he gained what he wanted—time—until the
increase of his force, by the junction of Keller-
man and Bournonville, and the disease which
simultaneously broke out in the hostile camp,
enabled him in turn to assume the offensive.
One great stimulus had been given to the
republican energies of France in the publica-
tion of the Coblentz manifesto, couched in
language offensive to the independence of
brave people, and breathing throughout a re-
actionary awl vindictive spirit. The execution
of Louis XVI. following in January '93 emu•
nutted the nation irrevocably to the revolu-
tionary cause. War being declared immedi
ately thereafter against liolland and England,
mid the armies of France raised to half a
million of men, the invasion of the former
country was decided on, and almost instantly
carried into cited. Breda and Uertrugilenberg
surrendered with little resistance. The way
to Rotterdam seemed open. Two strong
places had fallen at the first blow ; aid from
within might be expected. All in that critical
time depended on the aid of England ; and in
utmost need the Duke of York, with his three
battalions of Guards, landed at Dort. Ere
long the fortune of the campaign changed.
The siege of Nlaestlicht raised—the expulsion
of the French from Liege—the defeat of
Dumouriez at Nerwinden—and, finally, his
desertion And escape to Brussels—gave the
allies promise of a success which was never

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