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that the war should be carried on in a way to weary and disgust every
advocate of such an unchristian practice. (Applause.)
The leading persons among the audience were then presented to
the Noble Earl, who entered special notes in his pocket-book of the
communications they made to him.
The meeting then broke up, and was being pelted by the populace
when our reporter left the town.

THE ART OF POLITICS.
(AFTER TEE EPISTOLA AD PISONES.)
Ut pictura pcosis.—Hor.
141. He who of Government hath seen each mode,
From the Czar's ukase to Napoleon's code,
Waded through sloughs of statutes, inch by inch,
Digesting all—Justinian to " Judge Lynch,"*
Draws tire from darkness—not the smoke from light,f
Nor wastes, like Hume, in slow details the night.
He ne'er, when vestry bills consume debate,
Will, like Macaulay, Burn's five tomes relate ;
Nor, where a turnpike claims the Senate's aid,
Like Russell, tell what " Mr. Pitt" had said,—
Never forgetting Chatham's maxim keen,
" Try to say nothing when you nothing mean."
*4-
154. If,—arduous task !—the House you seek to lead,:
And of the people's praise still gain a meed,
Each " patriot' member's depth beware you scan,
Nor deem each harlequin an honest man.
No early flash nor " double-first " mistake
For that which will St. Stephen's echoes wake.
He who is able is not always bold,
Dro” placed in sunlight outshines hoarded gold.
At Eton, Winchester, or Harrow, first
Desire of " tips " excels Pierian thirst ;§
By place denied the urchin's angry made,
By bribes his rage as easily allayed.
Then cotnes, in time, the dear long-cherished dream,
When loosed from reins by Cam or Isis stream,ll
The future patriot tries those pleasures all
Which college tradesmen "necessaries" call.
With Paine and port his well-smok'd room abounds,
His dear associates Whigs, and hacks, and hounds ;
Liberal of gold, the " Liberal side " he takes,
The " Union's " roof with praise of Danton shakes,
Till he—one tenth his sires small pittance left—
Like Proudhon, thinks " all property is theft."
Then time and duns compel his prompt resort
To " schedule B." or the Insolvent Court.
His choice is ta'en! 'Tis, clearly, now his fate,
To guide through storms the vessel of the State ;

• Qat mores hominum multorum vidit et urbes.
+ Non fnmum ei fulgore, sed ex fumo darelucem.
Si plausoris eges auhea manentis et usque, &c.
6 Reddere qui voces jam sat puer, etc.
Imberbis jnvenis tandem eustode remoto.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 141 1854.

POSTSCRIPT.

THE CRIMEA.
No official despatches have arrived since the letter
written by Lord Raglan, from Balaklava, on the 2Stli
ult., and given in another column. Telegraphic
advices to the sth inst. have, however, been received
through private channels vid Vienna. They state
that the preparations for the siege of Sebastopol were
actively continuing, that 125 pieces of heavy artillery
bad been landed, that the trenches were pushed to
within 1,500 yards of the fortification, and that, a
strong portion of the siege work being completed on
the 4th, a heavy bombardment was then commenced.
The tire, it is stated, was in the first instance directed
against the quarantine, in which two breaches were

effected in the course of the following day. This
fort is the most western, or seaward, of the defences
of Sebastopol.
The siege artillery was landed in a hay some miles
nearer Sebastopol than Balaklava. 650 sailors and
2,000 marines from the fleet assisted in the land
operations. All the water sources by which the town
is furnished were in the hands of the allies ; but
enormous water tanks are known to exist in the place
itself, so that no pressure can be exercised on the
garrison by depriving them of fresh supplies for
some weeks probably. The fortifications of Sebas-
topol to the south appear to be but a single loopholed
and embrasured wall, without any outworks. It may
be battered.down without difficulty from a distance of
800 yards.
Eight thousand cavalry belonging to the three
nations, England, France, and Turkey, have been
happily landed in the Crimea. All the troops that
were at Varna have sailed for the scene of action.
The Arrow steamer, with het new Lancaster
cannon, able to csrry font. English miles, has arrived
off Sebastopol, and tried the range of her guns against
the forts.
A party from the British fleet have established
themselves in the lighthouse of Cape Chersonese,
which forms the extreme eastern corner of the pro-
montory to the south of Sebastopol, and have relit
the light which the Russians had extinguished.
Balaklava Creek is one of the most curious anchorages
imaginable. The shore of the Crimea rises gradually east-
ward, until about Balaklava it reaches a height of scarcely
less than 1,0(10 feet of perpendicular chalk rock. The
creek is so narrow that it is scarcely perceptible at a couple
of miles off. Two ruined Genoese fortifications crown
the entrance, which gradually enlarges itself into a space
where a score of ships can lie, with water deep enough for
' the largest line-of battle ship. At the right hand side of
the entrance is the village of ltalaklava, a few hundred
houses, and at the bottom of the bay is another village,
near to which some French troops are now etrcamped ; a
few hundred of the British are also distributed in different