The Express.
London, England, 1858-09-20 00:00:00

(Stamped id. Additionso [TWOPENCE.

nil ATLANTIC CABLE BANQUET dT
NEW 70.81 C.

Th. following are the 'pew hes referred to in the
letter of our New York correspondent, so having been deli-
vered at the grand banquet which was held at the Metro-
pelitan Hotel on the night of the and &Saber, 1/111111 the
MATOI Wedded. Aft4ll the wad toasts had ben banouted•
the following was proposed —" The governannt and people
of Greet Britain end 'nista, joined to us in the Court el
Nevins, ; may the attptlals never be pot sender 1"
Lord Marron, her Majesty's minister at Weakington, rose
to respond. He was remind with laud and prolonged chews.
He maid :

" Mr. Mayo, sad Gentlemen,—When I received her Yr
jetty's maws to goosed to the United States I dated
toped( that I entered upon my duties at en auspicious
time, and I cherished a hope that the period of my resi-
dence might be coincident with that solid and heart/ re-
coneillation et our respective countries which the =Ma-
e= of the age transparently indicated to he sear at hes&
Nor have I bees disappointed. TM worse at political
affairs mince my arrival has indeed exhibited some aspe-
rities which it wee impossible to foresee, and which meld
not be regarded without concern • but, elattiensn, new
hail in the event which we are met to misleads • &does
compensation for past 1116114i111 and an ampartsen seemly
against future dangers. To to the contempt:emu= spear
for of this great monument in human pregame Is ales antes
of honour end exultation. The thump' in width yes
distingsitted goods hes ao Minh a thin not mss
emir on them the celebrity led silleetts mitt melded
bestow cm their purest benethetore—sseh a Irlansph gives to
the protecting governments a claim to publio gratitude and
historic eommendatlen, It adorns end &genies the nations '
laid the time in which it is wrought, it imparts to thousands
the peruse contagion of enterprise, it leeches the universal
Wean of high, patience, and perseverance; It faun into
ms's seals • sense of ocoscious worth, end pours on th,
however bumble and remote, the glow of redacted fame. I
issetkin whether say mingle achievement has ever united more
futures of inter= and utility. AU the elements of adventure,
difficulty, and hazard have been here assembled which could
amen the imagination, and no virtue has been wanting which
could satisfy the jadgment and captivate the heart. Long will
the.. =see remain dear to the popular mammy. With
whet admiration do we contemplate the cheerful enthu-
sing= at Field, inspiring shareholders and Admiralties with
kindred zeal, =discouraged by the hostility of nature
and the frowns of science, divining mouse when others
denounced defeat, and carrying off the palm before an incee-
dulons though sympathising world. (Cheers.) What en-
counter on the ilea can compare with that last meeting of the
confederate ship. when the knot we. knit which shall never
be rent asunder ? How anxiously do we follow the Gorgon
an bet constant course, and watch the Niagara threading the
icebergs end travertine the gloom upon her consorts helpful
track. We tumble for the overburdened Agamemnon, still
torrostami by the gale. We blend our aspirations with the
worthier papaw et Hodson, when he kneels, like Columbus
es tic shut/ awl invokes the Divine protection on ha so-
(lbisvitaLs; Nor
mesa is the
infirmity.
meral
a.= ofb
eblllsralle, Stang to deplore. Themadeot of the
sthmemensesplllhe the porpoise of the deed ; with ready ran-
Lima bet =violate coneord,siemet forth opts Ye waters
the beliewinti sad the of our fame leiretaat
(Coss.) Thle to mot the dameelrele the
nets of ellegvaghlo oceetwadiadoe la the modes of go-
vernment ad commies, and be more= etueolialcas In
matters of private affection. I was= writ with recog-
nising its value in inteznatiosal seseasettewa dowageng
may be detracted from the fannismi of alplemmoy, but
much will undoubtedly be gained for the pease of nations.
By this means the highest intelligens end authority on
either side will be brought into immedlele =tact, end
whatever WON belong to the wapleyeseat el sabordinate
sad delegated woo= may be pewee= or pnengdy
ru/e~d.oar-
By Ole raw= many of the erds-baldmilel to
tizewei,yezza
.bas ciancelhd, also smile
may be remadisd,
=mie napes eapiimed, end la maim vi.•
stile esthiss may be spared las imssisthe diets
of dleserdea yeeseedieg on se bagethet ikmw edge ol
fide tad weever. la addition to Um_ kayak
It may le beg= that the Mill balik of
Win= interooneve pestly cab= 1•111:41
mevelisa al • geed vairiwalag. Oa dr sae lead
=ads lis#••/, the lane agile= led Waimea at
neweeldee.-ea are soma bat tweregerehie KO be ma-
gma= the wiewfals of a Wade= hatutry ; en the other
lie myth& of the United ewes, handed by the ems ems
Mesa by dram. webitima, tsars= deems osespeffi:
EON od erbies Midair vall belle pedkeloa iteett. (Chews.)
We °snot doubt that those from= amatioddie are fated
to =joy an lwasere =pawl= el mewled Ms the =want
blatercesage of evades, latellfgewek sad otemsodlttes
beam a aewlidia elm= lesigenbb fame extetiaos ; end
whatever =male= thle deadreperre will oppose • pests
dal ebbe= le the mese alpine
mom~
No Baas of
iserees Illmsenti awl peastradre wia the =egos
sad whim =who of a dtwovery =lob hoe =mewed Ileg-
Lad wish hued= aid America with the whole civilised
world hail= I wuald not darken the legitimate eatielictioa
of the prone sewaret by uttering a reludent or 'emptied
eel of es am beaky. Yet, eves Ii this beer el awe-
less sad convivial hlicitation, we shell do well to 'smasher
that the magnetic telegraph forms no exception to the cate-
gory at inventions which, however apt and proper and willing
to be the vehicles of benevolent designs, are also the na-
rsiedag tools of every blind or intemperate impolite in our
mans The votaries of a quondam philosophy spieloosly
meet the unequal march of morality and mind ; sad even •
pod ban affirmed, in foreboding verse, that all the train of
era which have reduced the material lielnleall to be the
mamas of mu will

" • Heal not passion Or a pant
Entailed on human hearts.

It Wimp to our respective oonntrise and to the preempt
age to confound that oprculauot which would divide
knowledge from virtue and inquiry from improvement.
The labour will not be light, nor is the eventual victory
everywhere apparent, yet there is one province of asho
in yid& des task would be may and the triumph within
ear grew. It depends on us, on oar will, ear choice,
to Derry Into perpetual effect the sentimeat whisk the hon.
chairmen has emaciated with his meet; it on as
to strike out for ever from the sum of public =al am
isenemonts all the continuities eta callieks batmen Blig-
hted end Amseica. If we Mord sreampin tar mpossdeatn I
powers In a Mendly spirt, If me "Mold b.s sae
lesallasibeg proneadem and asoodee boky eassormst ;
If even Moan deed wash entends so tho malleal sky
be baud es ths mowed" of • derma, arm if we
should ribs arts Is mat the wed of her mien" and to
rake the Mowers of War retook's MI Mad singe,
ten wadi Ms rernealie it Krpm* rid eoCM
iried7 NM Nay. (Alpierm) Gendeera YThs es moda
thst re disll purse • vary admit mum IE.rt
sat dilly K pvrTl ed- to the Prealast, sal is t
has mule• sineepending answer to tbs Ora )
Thome areeps mg sot be deed innipeime la oar ar-
ching, dry sort be ibuital maim ram Mesa (Chem)
Let or mmement be smiderre in Ma nesionme ; let
the cosionandwases of ens semenent rpm the SM.
as pelky, sod dis et ester a or-
dt7d= mt. lat doe moodier appromb
the adjustment of dryad queedosa, not with • toreleue
maid to paltry ad but with a broad view of immeral
venterhtd
and benelkeed results. restlesses, the subtle
shtel te
Mom vill set hem been fa vats. sal we ere
a verity tees be those and sidereleg Mowers
whisk by Pros psmiselen sad laser at we sismod.
The molleseseion of the Chasm Miami' hive
gives MAO; aid wllre been Chars
In
them I
ceistasamvill I, bighlynmeelad by bar and by
her Maid aura, Mr AMIN whit min dr virtues
, of drir or relpthava non beak the appaloosa's benne of •
dm aria. The Weirs d Great Britian MS rawsedy
mama as remstene Mort of an satermir le whin
they pen so dimly' pert, red will, I en wall snered,
Mnspert tab sGioia Moises the mild esnaeons 1
whin miser the Tapia pope towards** Asestiosa
kindred. needier you my snows tasks for the honourable
miasma manta to my mustrysia md tamed. Teo have
animal as ime • favour whin tre sail mar
Or per pea= hr ."lad is to readre sorailsollowlet
ores% thowws IWO mi mar rasa ea mar wlita snot
Moe= smokellas sod boimeionsse. Ws en al
=sliponne ad dist ars miry let a den and worm
to Os maw eaustry, Ora( strunth with
lise nal sublisitids enallibrin a assimmeenee reties. As the
maid ot the British
=lean areas tel=itielare joined to-dav an
jowl the pop whisk
we ban felt we a-
sks to be=
At the onelmiso of la imrabWe Sawn vidsk us.
Sam& to wish deep sioselsn, the gamer roe with oft oar
ant and game arm nary assn.
The mat speaker was Kr. Cyrus Field, who smite se
hams :
"Mr. Trodden and dentlesean,—Ten de ins fee moi
homer. TM onseedieled alsbratis slymemen, Vatie
Imam as an hen be, have- set sear
re =I do net Mew Ora is hove ben banal do acre
thea moseit. To se one sem Is the world indellesi fir OS
asblemmat. Om may have am same than smetkos—a=
mesas may ban had • plomisent sad this •
port • hot don b • beet of us who ban bees
Is the week
era thesomissien of whin. sl aillamos a"
day. I will monks say bortior . whew%
se well as welt, dhe eakram used trims Ms
been my seivism and balmy arteibita : ay wall"
!Muds, Yawn Pater Omer, Moue Teem. hisidtal
....10. Sokests,as
glawmaimed Tema.,
hen% IfirMesme
owsihismeiealhive g5.4.16d:
ameresporate • me. Ikere 1114 I" Kr.
Winaggelik Vlislivi" Ihei rule-
'.4
at
WWI
Used, err I bad arra dr atillitill=Ttek,
listramdark md Lower AW* Oulliew to mks
1 111.11•11.11 ill issima he the argialks iiit irk bee

anal the Atlantic, either by • new eaketription to their cont.
"acme' ce.forwab"ridmeTraohlywalPs", tia stramalen; the
ildwithdiLwg""hicharr="bat
to be mistimed Lord Clereedes, and Sir John P
the premat, and Sir Charthe Weed, Om late, First Lard alibi
Admiralty ; as also the Ilecestades el the English
nasylmg ;rgeve=iest ititegeretleffand I 7turiefir.
Neelarly math* the President and Seuetary_of the Navy—
the govemmenis elf Neeefeendkad, Prince Edward Wend,
it.,. Battik Osteede, end Meths; three sever to be for-
pmmldslienelod Maury, Professor Monm IProdaser Beebe, and Professor W.
Thomsen, who ham emilthred most efficient aid without
reeelyther my ; the accomplished and skilful
Peally, Derma, Aldhant, Otter,
Warightgatai • oar Own well known and honoured
Ca/4dr end gab, lieoliemst t=i,aari.aail an
the abet 'Mem el the end the
lest—(elemee)—emer teme r7t—e-
dem nem ; Mr. WM. K. the able esebteer,
whole's bold his 'hob time fm oteolhete roestruottitg
poieotageir payleg-ent menblemy wklr'whiolt the
cable Ma been nammtelly isid Nero the Whole am-
piny roes and mes these ahem, Wee reptoesd, with the
utmost kr lb. Everettl; Mr. Woodhouse
mod Mr. (Mien) ; Yr. Amid, who has
bees unsterilmailis7lessrtiout on oar be the Kill•
goblet cemoditee lberre. Joshes
Fmk Jobs atedNetsugr:rho, without com-
Plossitillar goys the maagesy the benefit of their embeat
lehot ; the breaks. of the Atlantic Telegraph Company,
whir ham demoted eo mesh time without one
denim Isr Emir servisetimeneedia.mi=sistent,
hinds. liestm. C. mid
Jabs 8. Morgan, of Leaskaa. (Cheers.) Mit add
mmay, seamy others to this list. We have all
and se efficiently as we oould in the prommtion of the
goad work. We have had many difficulties to sennotnit,
many dhoosragemente to bear, and some enemies to over-
=whose very opposition ham 'demisted us to greater
(Cheers.) We believe that the work meow
tirwill prom a great and lasting berth M our race. U
ffeid et bat a tithe of what le expected from it we gall be
more, amok more than rewarded for what we ham dome."
(Load and oontinted applause.)
Captain Nyman, of the Gorgon, responded to the beet of
The navies of Great Britain and the United Statee—mat
and joined in a noble work of peace ; may they never be
esperated or meet in staih," as follows :
"Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen,—l feel highly honoured in
remoadthg, for the British navy, to the toast you have just
done- ma the honour of drinking, and I am desired by the
' distinguished Admiral the Commender-in-Chief on the
North howl= station, Sir Houston Stewart, to express
to you his regret that he cannot himself be present at this
odebretko ; but he her permitted several of the officers of
his flag-ship to accompany us, and they are now here. It
dose not often fall to the lot of a naval officer, whom pro-
fusion is chiefly that of war, to be associated with the
national ships of another Power in duties strictly pacific.
But In the service the completion of which we are now cele-
brating the United States ships Susquehanna end Niagara
were amociated and worked together with no hie than
six of her Medeety'e ships—viz., the Agamemnon, Leopard,
tcLos VMorotia, Gorgon, and Porcupine. They co-
„i heartily and ettormefully to the mutual benefit of
both navies by the free and unconstrained intmetuse com-
menced in the beginning end kept up to the end, mod I trust
that the rivalry thus engendered may long continue to be
the only source of difference between us. It is,
somewhat presumptuous in me to speak of an =PI'
much my senior u Captain Bodice ; but I cannot help
saying, gentlemen, that Ceptain Hudson g In Rag-
land the friemiship and astern of officers fif
ths higheet
rank In the matey and that he carried away with him the
best wishes of elf who had the honour of his acquaintance.
We witnessed a spectacle yesterday which will not be sully
forgotten by any me of as. It wee that at the enthu-
siastic ',Jokier at teem M thousands of the human of this
agnificent city which stands first of all the Miss
of theta Amman oestinent regolciage for • peaceful
arEtaLacsomilesil by the united efforts of Aresricens and
• saw, as In oar own happy country,
without cooed= or throe to preserve
good ordemmtirwsd'also your volunteer regiments march
=lad were struck with their steadinem and military
. Lolly, we joined in the great promotes of fire-
width, es • body of organised mm, trained for the
Pmemmanoa of a most difficult duty, requiring a combination
and diehrline ta the midst of destruction and confusion, ap-
pems to is to be the grandest and the most perfect institution
of the kind in the world. And now, gentlemen, in behalf of the
Atone of the Indus and Gorgon, I beg to Misr our warmed
thanks for the hearty mimeo which you have Oven ua.
We Ilbal l mamba with pleasure this our visit to
L iertia=ead shall carry back to England the most pleasing
el the feeling, omakleration and kindlier which
have beim shown us, end which we accept as What's, of
favourable regard for the old country which still lingers
among her descendants on this vast continent.

a, 7a7; spears tal. 167 Scant, COCHILA
laved.

HABT 11101111=WITOBC14FT IN THE NINE-

liniziiiciiiiozY

It is a painful duty to have to chronicle in this
boasted nallightsaed age Mammas cd the grommet saparatition
prevailing la some of the rural pariahs. of this county, sad
are are sorry to say by ao masae confined to the lower dames.
Boat Thaspe, onailLassiondai earning last, presented probably one
11 • 111 lIKIN OMNI that ever occurred la North
loth those the of the hnioue Matthew Hopkins, the
wildirthelor, likahreee. It appears that Emma Brazier,
ymd2l,the daughthr er a Maw la the above parish, has
lank meld math trethanse by inahlag use of nod violent,
alindee, medial* ler oder the pedalo that she has
hews tinted
bye iisop-ie
may 76 years of age,
irk et lakents who Ins he aw world at the
Hag new end wia with Ms wile, is of Irreproachable cha-
racter. The poor wars lise theneseeesil by the Brazier
Welly of wrong servelless meth Iwo their live dock,
wok as waft we of their pigs to climb • cherry-Noe sod
help tier is the Ault had en top boughs Redone wee
had by the errs pored& to a waseethr ms, sawed Burrell,
at Weed, who bee hag kens the avers( " The
riril= of the North ; " but her ear was of so }scalier a
eluded se to bathe his skill to &Nave the spell. awn-
coition was nest awls to a thert-dedie, armed Murrell,
reddlog at Eatheigh (Bra.), who undertook to edict a cure,
aloha a kettle of folios, ler which be did not forget to
charge 1.. dd., and preeddith to pay a runt on Monday even-
ing to the old wink," lire. Melo, sad put an and to her
is arts. Mean hed Tweed this ewe during the
ahem" bee a kr weeks of the melee, who on his Mona the
deeply palm! to
And tiot,_after of secede hither, such
pod thawed thedd elth la his perish that the belief
la the telnemit et the girl sod the donale agar* of ea
isolthisho eM wthma wee all but usheeeth Ewing vidtad
the dd feroprothert bed her Aide essinat that ohs was
beam) be Mid II the reilerlagthloor el the district, who
osathenth Ilikleg tint shit vas wale he
resseeseended her leseevel le Or vaianthethethr
try 161801 M edges,
wit ems tine shift th—M-Ter
her athelein, hot s odious Wand le ad upon,
=lageare nada bee soca ranted that tithe vow e are
who was expected to cure the phi I
The oaths nontZe the 'doh* of the maturate, red
oblethed ss,ptaefee that the police shod' have se the wpm
the adghbemhe.d la the areentises the news if the to-
weled- smith of the whoh-dootor screed fer sad wile, and
abed dike Worth lb., maid ad have bad hat SW 200
people aolleded seer the
the
of Mrs. Mohr to wholes the
stherweiorel powers of the Eolith* wharf.
sad thrum anded were the elonowletthe cif the
I=,
end to pond Ma. Male Ada asthma Whose the rum wee
obligeeasallegd to dent weri et the weep door ; kr, although
the y iselt Woe thonethetely haws w do-
wries Warm (sot he had Imam of the the
isteadohir o for
sow der prwrfarly), he oder damped to Opens the
=et loth may stops Is preveat or pat a seop to the
Ullthredy two of the pass node their sp-
ine...My agd the mewl di=dalhe young woos his
does othrehosidied he the lib of her digit-
bear, Itho Woe, sad bawd ewer to loth the pesos ; sod we
.Ariereselphthe that so doe will he lath of this disgrooeful
egis Blanked, Sept. 17.

LAW" CJOITZNAZY.—A few weeks ago, one of
war thieves mesitesed to towel Maeda that be was about
le *mamba, Id* Lord
Gimpy IsthelocestiViss • srea
demenelesliss Is OK the mthesety of
Biwa blither, ad
Welts distil hi bawd to
Ty bolsi emsay etsemthib:
• melt tits semed methyl daisies leiter
tram at Whim' wee reed :—" Rabin, Assist 26,,
fat r Pelt Delta
lms, se it bet
e
Wilma dem ao-operste s sebum, *Wok
b= the shims the esbibities of respect for the momory
Dines es the pa el his bilow-eatestryme, sod I median,
et its sesyseties that there Meath be aeftsho
saliseths it the esthesery of hie birthday, tad
thet• esteorlglthe Sonia be =Wed tato for the perms 4 it
amid.' • ZIONMIII t ltis la that oity. As ft wasters
elmessimposidelhet I amid be able to attend the if asel,
smse egyessis meths the of stoweeis aid be
es wog essiiithellik MS I alma be most happy jots is
the sibilthigthelkal It solused isle.-1 hem
:be
b 02Conr te
be, per theft. amt.. leutryous sod Wiswor..—C. R.
&OM 1/Iq."—Olairow Dear Mail.
Li MOW RAILMsw.—We hear that wider, have
bees neeksi this week to Mop ell tarther_Fwerisses with the
Dever ateiska of the those rettway. Wbstmer eo Wee •
=&plug of the ishwirenesem of the /Anomie is the
thessiss, or to mere the Doom .Ye te a more
active es-opseeties, reeteiss yet tabs sem. The eiterehothas
qui:sever. is net et owe. awl, by sailed soaps
gest awe bald prewar.
easythe ME•011,81
tbs d Imprint town be ots se
tow le • tMly-elellyhei mod lemma rucy•—Dow

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SPORTING DITELLIGENCL

A SPECIAL EDITION of the “ EXPREINV
esataiaiag the result' of the day's Races, h pub
limbed every evening daring the Sportiai Seasea, at
el: o'clock.

Tux exciting accounts at first circulated rupee!.
log the see which the Russian Government is to be
allowed to make of the Harbour of %Inerrant* are fast
shrinking to more reasonable dimensions. Of tomes
it is found that the territorial and military constitu-
tion of Europe has not been revolutionised by the
operation of a commercial agreement ; of coarse
Rusin is not thinking of risking munitions and
man, sod ships, with • maritime arsenal far from rap-
port, exposed to the guns of both France and Eng-
land, and which she could not relieve until she had
obtained the command of the Mediterranean.
Busks, if stealthy, is still cautious, and Count
Csvocra has not forgotten all his international law.
Russia," exclaims a fervent contemporary, " hie
"established herself within three miles of the French
*. territory." Then we may be sure that she moans
to be well behaved.
The facts, as they reach us from various indepen-
dent sources, are found to be very much what might
have been expected from the well-known exigencies
of both Russia and Sardinia. Some of our readers
may remember, but most will probably have forgot-
ten, that very shortly after the signature of the
Treaty of Paris which forbade the Black Sea to the
belligerent navy of the CZ A 4 we published from the
Russian the elaborate scheme of a Steam Shipping
Company, a sort of Muscovite Lloyd's, which was to
have its seat at Odom, and the Mediterranean and
the Equine for the scene of its operations. Rush•, we
were thou told, was entering on a new era. Henceforth
her Government would foster her peaceful develop-
ment, and put its trust in railroads and commerce. '
Russian patriotism was otherwise addressed. It woe
shown that the extension of commercial relations must
have a favourable political effect; that it was im-
portant that the flag of Russia should be seen often
in the South of Europe, and that a large mercantile
navy should nourish and train s hardy race of sea-
men in readiness for better times. These conside-
rations obtained for the Company the patronage of
the CZAR, if indeed the project did not originate
with the Court. For a long while nothing has
been heard of the scheme; at length, however,
the opportunity is thought favourable to bring
it forward. Villafranca wee unoccupied and to be
obtained. Its harbour is small, too small even to
serve as a naval port for Sardinia, bat large enough
fora port of repair and outfit for vessels of any
kind. The Russian Company obtains the use of the
port, with its basins and warehouses, for commercial
purpcess, just as a French or English Company
might do—by paying for it.
It is of course easy to see that the Government of
the Wm will draw advantage from the possession
of Villafranca by a Russian Company. Its ships
of war, remote alike from Cronstadt and Nieolaieg
will resort thither fee the conveniences they have
hitherto sought in other friendly ports. Russian
mem of-war may already victual or repair at
Spada, by the customary courtesy of friendly
powers. It may be remembered that just before the
last war we repaired at Portsmouth a Russian
frigate, which a few mouths afterwards we had to
chase half round the world. No doubt, then,
Animism war ships will visit Villafraaoa, but only
while Sardinia gives permission. It is idle to talk of
fortifications which Russia might easily make. Bar-
dials does not want to fortify the place, and the
Russian Company is merely a tenant, with such
rights as subjects may exercise. If Villa/um ever
becomes • Malta or Corfu, as a oontemparary
suggests, Sardinia must make it so, and we It with
the responsibilities of a Power relying on form as a
means of external influence.

On this heal the evidence of our correspondent
at Tessin, whose aocarsoy of information in all that
relates to the policy of the Sardinian Government
has so often been proved, is direct. He tells as that
for military purposes the " Sardinian Government
" has Teri: wed to sell VilLafranca, refused to let,
" refoaed any kind of engagement that might
6 seem to involve the least semblance of a claim upon
" it, either temporary or in perpetuity. As a matter
" of friendship alone, Sardinia permits Ramie to have
" a depot of coal, rigging, and equipment stores, in
" the magazines and dockyard of Villatranca, for the
" repair of any damage to her vessels of war. Sat-
" ditda did not wish to refuse Russia what she did not
" refers ten years ago to the navy of the United States
" of Asperity. In consequence of some differences he-
" tweets Bpaia and the United States, the latter power
"was deprived of Port Mahon, that is, of those very
" advantages which Russia is now asking for, and
"when the Americans applied to Piedmont, they
"were granted the nee of the Varignano establish-
" asset in the Gulf of Spezia. Now, when Sardinia
" resolved on removing her own naval establishment
"from Genoa to Spezia, the Americans were told
s' that they could no longer occupy Varignano. Jest
:a the same way Sardinia may to-morrow forbid
4. 'Curia the privilege of tiring Villatrance which she
"all. we to-day."

The public is told that the cooomaion now made
would ►lot bare taken place if a particular Bridals
atatemnal had been in efilec We wishwe mild believe
that there is at this moment any English Minister is
Cr oat of ogee, wbo would have pursued towards
• Sardinia e sincere and frar kpolicy, evils' would have