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ALARMING INTELLIGENCE.

NORTHERN DAILY TIMES OFFICE

WEDNESDAY MORNING,

MOST alarming news reached the Metropo-
lis last evening, by submarine telegraph from
Trieste, which, if confirmed, will be productive

of the direst consequences to Turkey; but more
particularly to the British Empire. An alliance
between DOST MAHOMED and the CZAR is said to

be formed; and that a large Persian army was
collecting in the valley of Sooltania, to cooperate
with Russia against Turkey, whilst a large Russian
force was also said to be invading Kiva and

Bochara. This is the latest intelligenee received
from the seat of war. Should this astounding
intelligence prove authentic, Parliament must
assemble forthwith—as the destinies of the Em-
pire can no longer be exposed to peril, and possibly
endangered.

Letters from Vienna, dated Monday, contain the

following :—" Private news from Bucharest states
that Omer Pasha had received definite orders to
suspend hoslilities, and direct negotiations of peace
had begun. A considerable rise took place on
'Change on receipt of the above news, though not
authentic. Negotiations for an armistic are cer-
tainly going on."

A Vienna letter of the Ist inst., in the Nurnberg
Correspondenz, states that Baron Mayendorif has
formally declared that the Czar will not accept any
arrangement, no matter by whom it may be pro-
posed, and that the proposals which His Majesty
lately submitted to the European Powers are the
only words of peace which will ever issue from his
lips. This peremptory declaration is, of course,
fatal to Lord Redcliffe's proposals.

THE world, at no epoch of its history, has been
wanting in heroes, whose daring exploits or sub-
lime achievements signalized them above their
fellows. And it is well that such has been, is,
and ever will be, the case. Humanity has dark
sides enough, HEAVEN knows ! not to be occa-
sionally relieved by some bright gleams of moral
sunshine—and deformity enough not to present,
ever and anon, some approximation towards the
condition of a perfect being. When a great man
rises up amongst us, all eyes become attracted
towards him. But when, in the noble and heroic
pursuit of some great advantage, he falls a martyr
as he attains the goal of his ambition, our
sympathies irresistibly become moved—we erect
a monument to . his memory and his name
and fame become perpetuated to remotest poste-
rity. The meeting, convened last week, in the
metropolis, to do honour to the manes of Lieu-
tenant BELLOT, is a proof of the readiness evinced
by us, as a nation, to recognise distinguished
ability, heroism, philanthropy, and general worth,
wherever found. Moreover, it has done more
than all the Peace Societies in the world could
achieve to unite England and France in bonds of
indissoluble amity. At this meeting, at which
many distinguished men were present, there was
not wanting any lack of sympathy or exhibition
of enthusiasm ; and Sir RODERICK MURCHISON,
who presided, did not fail to eulogize the hero
who volunteered his services in so praiseworthy,
but, unfortunately, fruitless, a cause as the Arctic
Expedition.

It may not be uninteresting briefly to glance at
a few of our hero's antecedents. Lieutenant
BELLOT was truly a self-made man—one who
could lay no stronger claim to high birth or
aristocratic distinction, than simply being one of
Nature's nobility. He was the child of compara-
tively poor parents, and received his education in
the town of Rochefort. He had not long entered
the navy when his name became favourably recog-
nised ; and even when serving under the French
flag he co-operated with the English fleet in the
Rio Plate, and on the Madagascar coast. In the
latter instance he was known to capture a slaver,
and relieve from suffering and chains many un-
fortunate captives. BELLOT was one whose extra-
ordinary daring could find no scope in the naval
service of his own countr34 Being largely-endowed
with the spirit of enterprise, and possessing a
heart replete with generous and manly sympathies,

he was not only willing, but anxious, to make any
sacrifice—even that of life itself—in the service
of humanity—in aiding the development of science,
and in promoting the progress of the world.
An opportunity presented itself—and BELLOT
was not tardy in making the same conducive
to his purpose. At the time when the fate of Sir
JOHN FRANKLIN first attracted public attention, and
when an expedition, was about to be sent out to
Baffin's Bay in search of that distinguished Navi-
gator, BELLOT, instantly addressed a communica-
tion to that devoted woman, Lady FRANKLIN, ten-
dering his voluntary services in so arduous an
enterprise and honourable a cause, provided his
own government would but sanction the under-
taking. At length he embarked at Aberdeen, in
the Prince Albert, a private ship, fitted out in 1851,
under command of Captain KENNEDY. During the
two years of his exploratory labours in the North
ern Ocean, this young hero accomplished most
extraordinary feats, and escaped the most imminent
perils. At one time he travelled considerably over
one thousand miles upon the ice—having dragged

his sledge the entire of the journey. The places
which he then explored are known as Bellot's
Straits. Upon his return to this country (a second
expedition having been just resolved upon) this
undaunted Navigator, again volunteered to accom-
pany Captain INGLEFIELD to Wellington Straits,
which the Admiralty at once accepted. The result
of his labours are too well and painfully known
to be easily effaced from our memories; and
his name shall evermore rank with those distin-
guished individuals—of which our country may
well be proud,—who have braved the same difficul-
ties,—dared the same dangers,—shared the same
sufferings,—and fared the same fate ! Never, per-
haps, were the words of OLIVER GOLDSMITH—
" Man wants but little here below

Nor wants that little long,"
more truly exemplified than in the life of our de-
parted hero. " Give me," he was wont to say, "but
a plank to lie upon, and a corner in which to put
my clothes—l ask no more !"

What attracts our attention, perhaps, more than
anything else, are the charming phases of his cha-
racter, which, like the declining autumnal sun,
presents richly diversified shades of colour. He
was truly a man of generous sympathies and pure
humanities—unaffected, simple, almost child-like'
To know him was indeed to love him. His respective
commanders esteemed him highly—one of whom,
Captain KENNEDY, had no hesitation in acknow-

ledging his superior genius—sailors were devotedly
attached to him, and even the poor Exquimaux,
among whom he associated, although they could
pronounce no other European word, could yet utter
the name of "Poor BELLOT !"

There are some men who properly belong to no
country—who are cosmopolitan in feeling, senti-
ment, politics—whose broad souls take in the whole
world in their grasp, and whose sympathies, affec-
tions, and nationalities, belong properly to no time
or place, but extend to all. BELLOT was one of
those. The French government has taken the
initiative in doing honour to his memory. Would
that our own would imitate the example. Bat as
this is not likely, the next best thing has been
done. A public meeting has been held, with the
object of raising a testimonial to his fame, at which
some eminent statesmen, and others, pronounced a
hearty aoges, and contributed munificently. What
is lacking, the public, there can be no doubt, will
cheerfully and readily subscribe. The name
of Lientenant BELLOT deserves to be held in long
and hallowed remembrance. So young and de-
voted a martyr to Science is a rare and beautiful

sight in any age, but especially in this. True, he
had attained the acme of his ambition—the climax
of his unwearying labours, protracted sufferings,
and prem.atura loath _ But, what of thst° The
discovery of the North West Passage, after all, can
never compensate for the loss of one BELLOT !

The Monetary position of the United States,
s o closely resembles that of England at this
moment, that we think its cool perpension a matter
of grave necessity. Previous to entering into the
anomalous condition of things which present
themselves in either country, we must bear in
mind that, up to a very recent date, the currency,
policy, and banking practice, of the two countries
differed as widely as day from night. The States
recognised and sanctioned everything as money
which led to production and sustained labour,
while the control of her monetary institutions was
left to the public judgement.
A stern necessity called for a constant expan-
sion of a circulating medium which legislation
could not supply, and dare not interfere with. A
vast nation had to be created, and its existance
consolidated. Cities had to be built, lands cultivated,
canals cut, ships constructed, railways made, and
all the other great efforts of a civilized people
sustained without the aid of one solitary metallic
cent. The history of the strategies, employed as a
means to the great end in view, is replete with
comical and tragical incidents, all of which are too

well known to need particular notice. The great
and astounding truth, however, that the Great
Republic sprang into existence, Phoenix-like, from
the ashes of a discarded nationality, without the
help of Plutus, and despite the threats of
Mammon, is perhaps the brightest and most in-
structive page in the histoiy of Republicanism.
With a perfect licence of impunity to create the
vast monetary means required to uphold such a
stupendous fabric, where is the nation that can
boast of so perfect a redemption of its obligations,
or that can point to such noble results from the
exercise of an unguided national discretion ? The
industry which called for succour, has redeemed
its papers, and sustained its credit, while that
high reward which is said to attend all true
honesty of spirit, is fast filling the land with those
metals, which alone give a country moral dignity
and political power among the ancient States of
Europe.

To turn great successes to a good account,
however, often requires greater discretion than to
provide for adversity. In being called on to em-
ploy a vast amount of bullion wealth, the States
may be said to be on their trial. Thus
far their transition from a paper to a
metallic monetary system, has not been atten-
ded with the happiest results. From the
moment bullion became a power in the State,
from that instant we find a want of confidence per-
vading the public mind, and great difficulty im-
pending over the ordinary development of pro-
duction. Already those American journals, which
devote their pages exclusively to the consideration
of commercial and monetary subject's, are begin-
ning to deal very plainly with the cause of the
present American crisis. In speaking of the state
of trade at New York on the 21st ultimo, the New
York Economist says :—" The past week has tried

its stamina in meeting the heavy payments of the
season in face of severe bank contraction. Those
institutions, useless in time of prosperity, are the
bane of dealers in times of difficulty, and too often
the difficulty is created by them. The trade is,
however, apparently.independent of them, and must
ever be when sales are judiciously made on not
over-strained• credits, in times of general prosperity
like the present. The war fears that -have .been
entertained cannot now influence this country much,
and that favourably only."