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London, England, 1856-06-14 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

and that the exact moment of its occurrence then became
a matter of calculation. The capture of the Cemetery of
the Quarantine by the French was regarded by the Russian
general as a symptom of decadence, and he succeeded in
inducing Gortschakotf to assault the French on three suc•
cessive nights, in the hope of driving them out and reco-
vering the lost ground ; but these attempts failed, although
the contest was so fierce that on the last night the works
changed hands nine times, and the general would not
renew the fight. Their last attack cost them 1,200 men.
Todtleben is not regarded as an engineer of scientific
attainments or originality of idea by officers of his own
branch of the service, but he is admitted to possess great
audacity, vigour, and enterprise. Their idols are officers
whose names we never heard before. As a proof of the
pressure of the siege upon the army, I was assured by an
engineer officer that he had only twenty men allowed him
to make the road to the Belbeck from the north side. The
bridge across that river is made of oak, which was brought
into the Crimea with infinite pains and labour, and at an
enormous expense.

A great central line of railway is to be made, and
great advantages from it are eagerly anticipated by
the Russians :

There is to be a railway from Moscow to Odessa, with
branches to Nicolaieff, Perekop, and Sebastopol. The
common remark now is, " Where would you have been last
year if we had had a railroad?" They evidently expect
great results from their iron•ways. butt regret to say that
their eyes are turned rather to the military than to the
social consequences of the introduction of this system into

Russia. They are intent on a new armament of their
soldiery, and on the extensive introduction of the rifles
with which the American manufacturers are largely sup-
plying them. The Liege rifle, made by J. P. Malherbe, is
their favorite weapon, but it is rather expensive, and it was
not easy to obtain supplies of these arms during the war.
" The peace will not last—in ten years, ay, in two, we shall
be very differently prepared from what we were." Like
ourselves, they attribute to the valour of the private sol-
dier and to his intrinsic excellence the lengthened defence
of Sebastopol, and declare that they had no general with a
spark of military genius, although Menschikoff had a rapid
eye and quickness of determination, and Gortschakoff is
possessed of unshaken fortitude, resolution, and industry.
To cheer up her soldiery and give them a little pleasant
excitement after the monotony of the siege, Russia is
about to organise a brisk campaign against the Circassian
tribes forthwith, and the surrender of Kertch and Yenikale
will enable her very speedily to march troops to *Anapa,
and to reoccupy her old strongholds on the coast.—lb.

and that the moment channels of private charity are
opened, meaning convents, the onerous charges for
relief will disappear, and the " itablissements de
bienfaisance " will bear the entire burden. The re-
lief is problematical, and the conventual evil certain.
A Belgian journal pronounces—" Le projet de lot de
M. Norhomb n'est sous la rubrique mensongere de
charite, qu'une loi tie convents.'' fhe object of t.e
" parti pretre." it continues, is to invest the priest-
hood with unlimited power under a fictitious name,
and declares that all charitable motive must be denied
to the Redemptorist Fathers, whose services consist
in preaching, confessing, and performing services as
salaried chaplains, and sowing discord in private
families. Such charitable motives must likewise be
withheld from the Jesuits, who devote themselves
solely and entirely to the education of the rich, pur-
loin from them their hereditary property (de detourner
legalement le patrimoine des families), and acquire
wealth without contributing to the support of the
country by the payment of taxes.
Already in Ghent there are the following monastic
institutions Lea Ricollets, Carmes Dechausses,
Dominicains, Augustins Jisuistes, Freres de Charlie,
Freres de St. Jean de Dieu, Freres de la Misericorde,
Freres des Ecoles Chretiennes, Freres de St. Vincent
de Paul, Congregation de la Sainte Vierge, Hospi-
talieres Scours Josephines, Scours de Charlie, Bet nar-
dines, Paulines, Scours tie PE n fan esus, Scours Noires;
at Brussels, Lea Jesuites, Redemptoristes, Capucins,
Josephites, Petits Freres, Carmelites, Scours de Marie,
Dames de Marie, Dames de Sacre Cceur' Scours de
St. Vincent de Paul, Petites Scours, Augustines,
Scours Noires, &c., and many of these have double
establishments. The other towns of Belgium—
Bruges, Ghent, Antwerp, Liege, Namut, Mons, dtc.—
have their full complement. If this number be ac-
counted by the "parti pretro " to constitute a
dearth of monachal benefits, it will not be easy to
determine what specific number will satisfy their
craving. One of their clerical organs declares that
the events of 1830 constituted a " restoration," and
not a revolution. A restoration of what—of a Jesuit
priesthood ? The " parti pretre " and the aristocrats
are playing directly into the hands of the democrats
and republicans.
An action has been brought before the public tri-
bunals of Paris against certain parties belonging to
the " Imprimerie Imperiale," for having surrepti-
tiously furnished the hulipendance Beige with au-
thentic copies of the treaty of March 30. The ac-
cused do not deny the fact. By the evidence it is
fairly established that a jealousy exists on the part
of the bulipendance against the Nerd, and the editor
of the former hints, with professional delicacy, to M.
Lejolivet, that if it be a question of money he would
willingly pay for exclusive information :

I do not ask, indiscreetly, how you became possessed of
the important document, and I have no doubt in sending
it to the Nord as well as to us you strictly performed an
engagement of honour. Only I would observe that I am
ready to make those little sacrifices that would insure " le
document seul," which would materially add " k sa valeur
pour L'lndependance." In that case—" si le cas se repre-
sentait "—you have only to fill up a blank cheque for sig-
nature, which shall be duly honoured. Accept, M. le
Prefet, the expression of my highest esteem.—Garefle des
Tribunaux, Observateur Beige.

The policy of Austria in the Danubian principali-
ties demands attention. When the Russian army of
150,000 men under Prince Gortschakoff engaged to
quit the principalities, they only required fifteen days
for a complete evacuation, whereas the Austrians,
amounting to only 15,000 men, demand eight months,
without assigning any reason for the delay. The
Vienna journals for the last two years have insisted
on the propriety of Austria extending her frontiers
to the Black Sea—"Ce sont I& sea frontieres natu.
relies ainsi que l'avait tres bien reconnu le Prince
Eugene." Further :

As Austria has not succeeded by this war in gaining
Moldavia, Wallachia, Servis, and Bulgaria, she is bound to
put every engine to work in order to accomplish it, by rail-
roads, mines, hanks of credit, suppression of the customs,
colonisation, &c. Every effort should be encouraged to
acquire the territory at any price and at every hazard.

SATURDAY,

director of the Leipsic and Magdebourg Railroad,
repaired to Jassy, in order to make arranoments for
immediately opening a Moldavian bank upon the basis
of the old agreement. The terms had been discussed,
agreed upon, and conceded by the Government, with
the full consent of the Divan. On learning these
particulars, Count Coronini immediately telegraphed
to Prince Ghika not to conclude definitively with M.
de Nulandt, as an Austrian banking company was
prepared to commence operations. M. de Mense-
bach, the Prussian Commissary-General, insisted on
the validity and finality of the bargain, snit the dis-
pute waxed warm. Recourse was had to the tele-
graph for further orders from Vienna and Berlin.
Subsequently a telegraphic communication was re.
ceived from M. de Buol, signifying to the Hospodar
the " DESIRE" of his Imperial Majesty Francis
Joseph, that the proposals of the Austrian company
should be accepted, and those of Prussia summarily
refused. After a severe contest between the agents
of Austria and Prussia, it was, despite of Austrian
opposition, proposed, resolved, and carried unani-
mously in the Divan, that the Prussian offer of a
bank " hypothecaire " should be accepted and rati-
fied; and M. de Nulandt is now on his return to
Dessau with his banking credentials perfectly "en
regle." The conduct of the English Consul in
exerting all his influence on the side of Austria, and
making use of the name of his Royal Mistress with.
out any possible authority, has not added to the
prestige of England in the principalities. The Rou-
main population have declared, without reserve, for
the junction of the principalities under one and the
same Government, and to be independent of the
Porte, save and except the payment of tribute.
England, France, Russia, Prussia, and Sardinia, are
in favour of the demand, which is opposed by Aus.
tria and Turkey.

II

The circular of M. de Buol on Italian affairs con-
tains two specialities—an accusation against Sardinia
for assuming the protectorate of Italy, and a decla-
ration to the effect that a representative system of
government in Piedmont is calculated to foment
sedition in neighbouring States. At the Confer-
ences of Paris M. Buol sought to maintain that
European nations, not having a direct interest, could
not claim "de jure " to interfere in Italian affairs.
This notion permeates throughout the present cir-
cular. He forgets that at the Congress of Laybach
the Kings of Naples and Sardinia were summoned
to take a part in the Italian question which the
powers of Europe had determined to discuss. It
was there openly affirmed by England that the pos-
session of Gibraltar, Malta, and the lonian Islands,
places of Mediterranean and commercial conse-
quence, made the tranquillity of Italy a matter of
moment, and authorised interference. France held
similar views, and French troops are now quartered
in Rome. So far from Piedmont assuming to claim
the protectorate of Italy, it is rather the Austrian
Government that would usurp the lieutenant-gene-
ralship of the Italian peninsula. In 1821 Austria
held military possession of Naples, afterwards garri-
soned, and now again occupies part of the Romagna,
reigns indirectly in Tuscany, and quarters her army
in Parma.

M. de Cavour, seeing that Austria does not with-
draw the sequestration from Lombard properties be-
longing to naturalised Sardinians, proposes that the
estates of the Archbishop of Milan, situate in Pied-
mont, shall be placed under a similar ban. Against
this measure the Armonia, a Papistic journal, loudly
inveighs, upon the ground that the Pope and the
Roman Church derive their entire and essential
power from the Almighty, and not from man ; there-
fore they are not amenable to temporal jurisdiction,
and consequently that Church property is possessed
by a Divine title incapable of reversion by Caesar.
The enlightened journal proceeds to maintain,
seriously and at once, in an optative and potential
m,)od, that the infallibility of the Roman Pcnuff
extends not less to political than spiritual matters;
and this opinion, or pseudo-faith, certain Belgian
and Jesuit journals assent.

C. A. H.

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and that the exact moment of its occurrence then became and that the moment channels of private charity are' director of the Leipsic and Magdoenbolueragrnißn
a matter of calculation. The capture of the Cemetery of opened, meaning convents, the onerous charges for repaired to Jassy, in order to make arranoments for
the Quarantine by the French was regarded by the Russian relief will disappear, and the " itablissements de immediately opening a Moldavian bank upon the basis
general as a symptom of decadence, and be succeeded in
bienfaisance " will bear the entire burden. The re- of the old agreement. The terms had been discussed,
inducing Gortsehakotf to assault the French on three suc•
lief is problematical, and the conventual evil certain. agreed upon, and conceded by the Government, with
nessive nights, in the hope of driving them out and reco-
A Belgian journal pronounces—" Le projet de lot de the full consent of the Divan.
raring the lost ground ;but these attempts failed, although
the contest was so fierce that on the last night the works M. Norhomb nest sous la rubrique mensongere de particulars, Count Coronini immediately telegraphed
changed hands nine times, and the general would not charite, qu'une loi de convents.''
f The object of t.e to Prince Ghika not to conclude definitively with M.
renew the fight. Their last attack coat them 1,200 men. " parti prdtre." it continues, is to invest the priest- de Nulandt, as an Austrian banking company was
Todtleben is not regarded as an engineer of scientific hood with unlimited power under a fictitious name, prepared to commence operations. AL de Menge_
attainments or originality of idea by officers of his own and declares that all charitable motive must be denied bach, the Prussian Commissary-General, insisted on
branch of the service, but he is admitted to possess great to the Redemptorist Fathers, whose services consist the validity and finality of the bargain, and the dis-
audacity, vigour, and enterprise. Their idols are officers in
..,___. ,_.,..., ,„„,.. a a „ .h‘, i preaching, confessing, and performing services as mite waxed warm. Recourse was had to the tele-