The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-19 00:00:00

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEE 19.

A MR. °TALL:AGMS, who, if the O'CALLACM ANS
had their rights, would doubtless be a King or a
Grand Duke at least in the territory where he now
dispenses justice as a magistrate, after a very Irish
fashion, has been giving a remarkable proof of his
princely aspirations, in an endeavour to emulate at
some dio.ance the conduct of the Grand Duke of
Tumeas v. The Grand Duke, it is well known, has
a decidtd objection to allow any otm of his
born eubjects to be exposed to tile process
of conversion of any kind. In his aver-
sion to progress of all *arts, he takes fire
at the idea of?liar CUNINGIMIE walking about
with the " Pilgrim's Progress" in her hand,
and incarcerates her because she has dared to make •
Tuscan subject a present of a book where Pope and
Pagan are spokt n of in a manner, to say the least
of it, not very respectful. But what has the
O'CAILLAI,IIAN to do with this? What analogy is
there between the descendant of the Royal House of
O'CALL.IGIIAY, living in Dublin, and the representa-
tive of the princely Mtuirt tyrannising in Flo-
rows ? We can't tell, unless it is that Mr.
O'Cau,VIIIAN reasoned something after the
fashion of Fbrellen, and thought that as a Prince
had been a persecutor, a persecutor had a chance of
being considered a Prince. Whatever may have been
the train of reasoning, here are the facts.
Mr. 0111ILNNAN, • Roman Catholic schoolmaster,
while going to the thtere with a lady, was "en-
countered " by a certain WILLIAM SMITH, who put
—(" thrust violently," sass Mr. O'Bilessam)—a
piper into his hand. Instead of dropping the
paper, which would have been the most sensible plan
had it really been "thrust violently" into his
kind, Mr. O'IIItENNAN opened it, and
found it to be " a species of tract, contain-
ing matter which (he said) I look on in the
light of a nuisance." Ah! Mr. O.EMEITRAN, why did
'you not do what every rational man does when any-
thing is "thrust upon" him—cast it away? Are
you one of those simple-hearted Christians who believe
in the existence of erratic angels wandering without
wings through the streets and " thrusting" genuine
flve-pound notes into the unwilling hands of the
passers-by If not, why did you not throw away the
unclean thing that camo to you in such a suspi-
ions manlier ? We are sadly afraid that Mr.
O'Butts is suffered no more violence in being made
tb' possessor of the paper than did the most remote
of his maternal ancestors in receiving • certain apple.
There is an ominous similarity in the readiness with
which EVE ate the apple, and Mr. OTIERNAN set to
work to devour the contents of what he suspected to
be " a nuisance." Mr. O'BRE:asx had his reward ;
he found something in the paper that he had better
—according to his own statement—have left cuidis-
'covered ; "for my own part, I would rather receive a
does of poison than the poisonous matter contained
is this paper."
' Fancy the misery of Mr. (YERENNAN, after find-
ing something worse than a dose of poison " thrust
violently" into his hand. We wish we could under-
stsnd the circumstances a little better in order to be

able to sympathise with the sufferer more deeply.
It is difficult to comprehend the process of thrusting
.anything " violet tly" into an unwilling person's hand.
WILLIAM Sxtnl must have found Mr. OTREMNAN'S
palm either open or shut. If abut, WILLIAM SMITH
must have wrenched the palm—always supposing
O'Bazasoix a martyr—" violently" open, and laid
the "poisonous paper" thereupon. This would be
act of violence No. One. But the placing the paper
, there would not keep it there—hence would arias the
necessity for act of violence No. Two. Winualt
SNIT"! would squeeze tYBRENNAN's hand " violently"
together, and thus put his patient victim in undis-
puted possession of the " poisonous document."
Happy would it have been for the delicate
011IIMIMNAN, with such an appreciation of poisons,
had be acted as we suggested above. Bat, alas, the
terrible perpetrator of the deed of violence laughed,
and a woman laughed, and O'BRENNAN, remembering
doubtless the quotation, "A man may smile and
smile and be a villain," and sagaciously extending
the meaning of the quotation to females, opened the
paper. What met his most orthodox but most
curious eyes? Nothing leas than "An Invitation to
Roman Catholics to attend a sermon to be preached
by the Rev. J. O'CAauxu., A. 8., S.T.C.D., in St.
Luke's Church, on Sunday evening next, upon the
alleged supremacy of Pena." _ .

What were the subsequent proceedings of this in-
jured man Listen to his words:
" I am of opinion that when a man is going about
his business no one has a right to offend his feelings,
by thrusting into his hand a paper which is calcu-
lated to irritate and drive him to commit a breach of
the pesos; under these circumstances, I felt it to be
my duty, u a lover of peace, to give this person into
custody."

• " At; a lover of peace" Mr. O'BaZNNAN tenderly
delivered over Mr. SHITH to be incarcerated. Why ?
Had he been irritated in such a manner as to
induce him to commit a breach of the peace? If
so, why was not the breach committed? Mr.
O'Bazussr4 gives up the case at once, as far as he is
concerned, when he lets us know that he was either
not irritated at all, or that the irritation was not
sufficient to make him break the peace. And if it
had not that effect on him, why should it have the
asserted effect on others' Mr. O'CALLAGHAN, the
magistrate, who seemed at fir►t to be visited with a
glimpse of a common-sense view of the subject,

asked the complainant a question which ought to
have elicited enough to satisfy any reasonable man
of the absurdity of the complaint:

Mr. V.:allagian—Did I oftdemand you to say, from
what took place, there was any likelihood thst a breath of
the poste might ensuc ?
Witness—My opinion is, that if my temper had not
been controlled by education, it is probable that I might
bare struck him.

Well, then, aocordiug to Mr. O'BRY.NNAN himself,
men whose tempers are controlled by education
would not have committed a breach of the peace. But
does not the law suppose that all men's tempers are
controlled by education ? Does it suppose that men
are wild beasts ready to rush into violence at every
provocation? The law surely does not; but Mr.
OTALLAGnAN apparently does. "If (says this sa-
pient administrator of justice) a paper put into a
person's hand coota.us anything that is likely to
male bile ahyry er d,,?urb his feelings, it is in my
judgment calculated to provoke a bleach of the
peace."

We begin to understand now the cause of the
sympathy which caused the local authorities to
deal so leniently with the past race of Irish
landlords. Poor fellows, the whole body of
tradesmen were in league together, for ever en-
deavouring to put "poperen into their hands mica-
14tcd to mate than avry, and tiarefore to produce

a breach of the peace. The " little bills" that these
persevering dealers were anxious to thrust into the
hands of the proprietors of the Castle Raekrents were
enough to disturb the serenity of the latter, to make
, them angry, and provoke beaches of the peace. Bo
they were allowed to declare war against
all presenters of such paper, and keep the
peace in Galway by keeping all creditors out,
I Acting upon this theory, Mr. O'CALLAGHAN judged
the defendant guilty of the charge laid against him
and demanded recognisancee for his good behaviour
for the future, in default of which he should commit
I the defendant to prison for 14 days.
So Wi LLIAM SMITH must no longer present papers to
gentlemen with irascible tempers. It must be remem-
bered that be distinctly denied the " thrusting," which
in fact required no refutation. He must not
hand a paper by an invitation to a political meet-
ing, for fear the receiver of the invitation
may be of adverse politics and "become angry."
The committee of a Liberal candidate must abstain
from publishing head•bills stating the reasons why
they solicit votes, for fear that some Tory partisan
may have his feelings excited. All these, and simi-
lar doings, must be prohibited if Mr. O'CA.LLAGHAN'd
interpretation of the law is correct, in which case it
will be a matter of little difficulty to calculate how
much better laws are administered in Tuscany than
, in Ireland.

LATEST FROM THE CONTINENT.

WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
The following is a translation of the letter from
Omer Pacha to Prince Gortschakoff:

"Nlonsieur le General,—lt is by the order of my
government that I have the honour to address this
letter to your Excellency. _ __

" Whilst the Sublime Porto has exhausted all means
of concLiation to maintain at once peace and its own
independence, the court of Russia has not ceased to
raise difficulties in the way of any such settlement,
and has ended with the violation of treaties—invad-

ing the two Principalities of Moldavia and Walla-
chia, integral part. of the Ottoman Empire.
"True to its pacific system, the Porte, instead of
exercising its right to make reprisals, confined itself
even then to protesting, and did not deviate from the
way that might lead to an arrangement.
" Russia, on the contrary, far from evincing corres-
ponding sentiments, has ended by rejecting the pro-
royale recommended by the august mediating Court,—
.

proposals which were alike necessary to the honour
and to the security of the Porte.
"There only remains for the latter the indispeneable
necessity of war. But as the invasion of the Prin-
cipalities and the violation of treaties which have
attended it, are the veritable causes of war, the Sub-
lime Porte, as a last expression of its pacific senti-
ments, proposes to your Excellency, by my interven-
tion, the evacuation of the two provinces, and grants
fur your decision a term of fifteen days, to date from
the receipt of this letter. If within this interval a
negative answer shall reach me from your Excel-

leocy, the commen
turd consequence.

of hostilities will be the as-

While I have the honour to make this intimation
to your Excellency, I embrace the opportunity to
offer the assurance, of my high esteem."
To this note, the Russian General Gortschakoff has
intimated that he " has no orders to commence hosti-
lities, nor to conclude peace, nor to evacuate the Prin-
cipalities."

OALATZ, Ocr. 7.

Omer Pacha has declared that he will leave the
Danube free to neutral vessels until the 25th of this
month.

In Bessarabia, Bulgaria, and the Principalities, the
riven are all so low that they may be crossed, even
the Pruth, on foot.

All the German officers who have been imparting
military instructions to the Turks are recalled. The
military cordon on the northern frontier will not be
augmented. On the 29th ult. the Wallachian militia
were recalled from the Danube and concentrated at
Bucharest.

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, MONDAY EYZNING.

Metallic/ are rather lower than on Saturday, while
the Exchange on London continues to ascend. Five
per Cent. Metallic/, 911 ; Exchange on London, 11.3;
Bank Shares, 1,296.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.

Our own correspondent writes :

CONSTANTINOPLE, Ocr. 6.
My apprehensions have been unfortunately justi-
fied by events—diplomacy has failed altogether, and
the eastern question u likely without delay to be
transferred to the battle field. This untoward result,
with all its fatal consequence., is, in my opinion,
entirely owing to the blundering policy of the
mediating powers, who, by a timely display. of
energy and decision, might have averted long mix
the dangers and calamities which now unfortunately
threaten all Europe.
The representatives of France, Prussia, and Ans•
trig, it is understood, are making every effort to tem-
porise and delay the execution of its mammas,
whereas Lord Racliffe, if I am rightly informed,
abstains from any interference calculated to control
the independent action of the Porte.
The Nizam forces amount at present to nearly
300,000 men, and are receiving daily further rein-
forcements. There is, besides, an irregular force, or
Bachi Bozuk, computed at about 120,000 men, in
the different camps. The attack, it is sopposed, will
commence on the Asiatic frontier, where it is hoped
the Cireassians, Kurds, and other warlike tribes, will
combine with the Turkish force a, and annoy se-
verely their common enemy. Omer Pacha is to re-
main on the defensive along the line of the Danube,
but the war once commenced it will be difficult to
restrain the ardour of his troops, besides which the
Russian general, on learning the decision of the
Porte, will scarcely wait the expiration of the stipu-
lated term to advance his forces.

Many experienced persons, and among others MM.
de Laoctur and Bruck, are inclined to an optimist
view of the present slifficalties, and think that a
skirmish or two will be all the damage done. The
approach of winter will necessarily impose a snspen-
non of hostilities, and afford once more to diplomacy
an interval for re-opening negotiations. I can
scarcely, however, concur in that opinion, consider-
ing the indescribable exasperation of the whole
Mussulman population, ready at all risks and all
hazards to avenge the national wrongs, and wreak
vengeance on the aggressor—the enemy of peace,
ofprogress, and of civilisation in the East. Admi-
ral Slade arrived per Eregli steamer at Varna, on
the 20th ult., and after having inspected the works,
and conferred with the civil and military authorities,
rejoined the cruisers in the Black Sea.
Apropos of the crews in this flotilla, the Times'
correspondent describes their sea-sickness and other
seaworthy peculiarities. However, it may be well
to mention that these statements are not con-
firmed by our BritiA naval officers, who de-
clare that the stomachs and other organs of
the Turkish sailors are in tolerable good case, and
reatly for the Russian, should they come across
him. Again the " Correspondent " itinerary in
Bulgaria—Lis accounts of the Turkish forces
and defences, require also some expurgation, which
may be best effected, perhaps, by a comparison with
the official statement on this subject by the French
staff officers to their generals.
The French Rear-Admiral, Barbicr do Tinan,
started on the second per Gower fur Ilesika.
The Friedland is all right, and is expected to re-
join the fleet in a wee k or less.
Another correspcndcat writes under the same
date:
The Turks are pursuing with activity all their
preparations fur war. The hatti•scheriff or decree of
the Sultan,giving orders topreparkfor war, has been