The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-05 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 5.

Magna oat oeritas et prootaebit. The Russian Go-
v/mount has become a convert to this doctrine. It
is anxious to add • modicum of Truth to the other
military stores it has accumulated. The Grand Doke
CONSTANTINE has advertised for Truth as our Go-
veromnt adverting' for biscuits, ram, hemp, and
transports. He has issued a circular to the Naval
Departments, requiring that all reports " shall con-
tain the naked truth, without any attempt to glom
over defects and misounagemint.• The confession
involved in this tequeet is a humiliating
one for the governing classes in Rat-
on. The Grand Duke has unquestionably
displayed moral courage in thus publish-
ing his country's shame, in the hope to
eradicate it. Bat the manner in which be has
oommesced his quest after troth is not such as to
inspire very sanguine expectations of his moms. The
whole administrative service of Rani& is one great
joint-stock company for the manufacture of lies. The
heads of departments are obliged to wink at the
falsehoods of their subordinates, in order to purchase
concealment of their own. To tell untruths is the
habit of all of them—a habit inherited from their
ancestors, confirmed by the prudes of their whole
lives. They have been so unaccustomed to
tell the truth, that they will not know
bow to set about it. And if any =lucky
wight were to maks the experiment, he would
thereby convert the whole of his colleague into
enemies. The Greed Duke threatens with dismissal
any individual who may be detected in making a false
report. This threat will inspire little terror 03111-
pared with the certainty that a true report would in-
steady call into existence a cloud of fales-witiemes
to blast the character of the man who was fool
enough to reveal the secrets of the office. The Grand
Doke CoNSTANTINI is not Dearly se wise in his
generation as was the Caliph HAROVW ALLAECHID.
If it were not beneath the dignity of one so nearly
allied to the Heed of the Russo-Orsek Church to take
a Inns from an infidel Mebometan, the Greed Deks
might find that it was better to trust his own eyes
and ears, than any reports likely to be elicited by the
threat he has uttered. Our feelings towards the Im-
perial family of Russia throughout the war have been
more of compassion than of anger. No mere mortal
intellect could fail to be unsettled by the adulation
whieh has been lavished upon them from childhood
by a whole nation of slaves. Their pride has been
mortified by the events of the war ; their compulsory
inning is the pressen of the Allied floats in the
Baltic, and the loss of their own fieet in
the Black Sea, has taught them to distrust
their owe power. Bat far more worthy of
compassion is that sense of the ocean of
falsehood in which they are immersed that has found
utterance in this last circular of the Grand Hoke
Conn/arms. He implores for Truth se the wan-
derer who has lost his way amid the sande of the
barbing Sahara prays for water, and with as little
chance °C haring his prayer granted. Bat eves Com-
panion sonnet deny that the sufferings of the Impe-
rial family are jest. The stern inexorable Nommen
has decreed that the indulgence of their instate
appetite for tittering falsehood shall be
Mewed by the panp: produced by the sweet
bet primroses draught. The plaintive cry fee
Truth, attend in his agony by the Grand Doke
Courts/ruts, is I; living lemon to all who wil-
fully sad habitaany close their are against her
voice. Then an other rulers who may be warned
by his coadttios. There are perhaps none of us, in
soy grads of moiety. who may not with advantage
take the lemon to heart. We are all of QS too apt to
write down as maligasat and fans whatever runs
counter to ear preconceived opinions and oar wishes,
thereby chafing our self-oomplamsey. All of us are
ready to find mosses for not firming to contra-
diodes. We say it is arrogant is any individual to
oppose his owe views to those whisk are generally re-
ceived is society. We nesse to lists to advice
that is conned is harsh, arrogant, or exasperating
language. This is to be as foolish as any who are
bars is the par* chamber of Russia or any absolute
monarchy : and its consequences are equally fatal.
It is a del we owe ourselves to seek for the truth;
to ask sot what are the motives of say Gee who
takes apse him to censure or advise as—sot whether
he hes born duly polite in the tone of his communes-
tics—sot whether there is an admixture of folly is
his remarks—bat whether then may not be more or
ism d truth is what be says, however unpalatable.
They nose are treeless who sae tolerate every ex-
pension of opinion, and seek to profit by it. Conti
of Lynch law held by American SIEVO•01111011, Jersey
iadigsatioa meetings," rabbling of Mornenite
pecacbsee—ire all as incompatible with true freedom
es the engoo-dole of the Isquisities or the maniere
of St. Bartholomew. Beglishmen need to be re-
minded of this ocossionalb . When Joax Mar.
bouts that he likes fry' and bold speech, he too often
mean Daly that he likes free and bold 'innate of
his own views and sentimests.

WAR-Orrics.—A gnat sissy important changes
are tufa, plus is this wiener establishment *sedge-
ststlos of duties eed legality is the order of the day. Bask.
hipheis House, is P.ll Mcli, is being fitted up for the
reeeption of the Aceessmath brass it of tb• ofilee, and the
reasiader of the esta►lishment will be sesmamedsted is
what has les, bees the Cassese Mlles. Mr. Hewes, the
Deputy Secretary at War. sad Mr. Drewry, the Chief Clerk,
sod a penis. of the establiehmest set sapped is the
tesselal Matson of the Wow Departssest, are Is MUM of
resseval to P.ll Molt Amapa( the stamps I. the per
soned. easseipeent apes the attire roesedellied of the
dimartmest, we may sow enemies that Mr. R. C. Kirby,
the Chief Basselewr, has dulled I. retire. We els only
lessehe err regrets. Mr. Kirby is to be enesseded by Mr.
Nelliage, es* of the Pint Clue Clerks, sad Mears. Pres-
oak Weary, and Bross, will be his immediate assistants
—MUNI Service Gmae.

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