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Navy," in a style which betokened unusually strong
feeling upon the subject. The hon. baronet's animation
was especially marked while he was referring to the
navy. He said they were proud of the prosperity which
followed the manufacturing and commercial enterprise
of the people of these realms ; they were proud of the
institutions of old England, and of her power, and of the
position she maintained among the nations of the world
—(cheers)—but let them never forget that the safety of
our shores, and the repose of the country mainly de-
pended upon the united effort, the gallantry, discipline,
and valour of the two services, the army and the navy.
(Great cheering.) Heartily drink, then, he would say,
to the gallant yeoman whom he was then addressing,
the toast of "Tire Army and Navy." (Cheers.) The
gallant deeds of the army and navy had, he might say,
been pencilled in blood in the undying annals of our
country- (applause)—and if they searched through•his-
tory they would find what had been done by them in
times gone by ; but, how glorious soever the records of
the past might be, he was sure they would find nothing
to equal the noble daring, the enduring courage, the
brave magnanimity, which ha I distinguished our soldiers
during the last two years' campaign in the Crimea.
(Great cheering.) Let them for a moment take the
services of the army, and consider what must be the
self-denial and devotedness of the soldiers in the per-
formance of their arduous duties. They themselves, it
was true, wore the uniform of their country ; but they
remained in peace at home. enjoying the cemforts of the
social board—let them, then, for a while give a thought
to the soldier. He was far away from house, uncheered by
its comforts and endearments, yet ho bore his trials not
only uncomplainingly, but with a nea.gnan:inity worthy
of the noble cause in which he was engaged, sustained by
the knowledge that he was fighting for his oven home and
the interests of his own country, as well as the interests
of the civilised world. The soldier fought and bled, and
it might be that be fell ; hut he knew That he fell and
bled in the interests of his country—interests as dear
to him individually as they were to any of those who
were sitting at home at ease. (Applause.) What,
thought they, was the feeling that rose dominant in the
breast of the soldier when facing the foe ? He
was speaking in the presence of those who could
testify from experience what those feelings were,
and he was sure he should express them when he said
that the honour of his regiment was his pride, as the
glory of victorty would be his praise and reward. (Great
cheering.) There was a soldier then present connected
with a most distinguished regiment, and he would
appeal to him if these were not the feelings which ani-
mated the soldier when engaged in serious conflict on
the battle-field. (Cheers.) It had been well said—
" For gold the merchant ploughs the main,
The farmer plough the manor ;
But glory is the soldier's prize,
The soldier's wealth his honour."
(Applause.) Did not those lines well describe what the
feelings of the soldier were when fighting for others,
as our soldiers were now fighting in the Crimea. Marcy
, fell ; it might be amid the shouts of victory while in the
' unflinching discharge of their duty; and we in England
might well afford to let fall a tear of sympathy fir the
homes ef the families who were never to welcome them
back again. (Hear.) The tears of sympathy must drop,
but if they were any consolation in the affliction which
has thus come upon those homes, by the fall of the be-
loved away in the Crimea, it was the reflection that they
had fallen with a halo of victory to encircle their graves.
(Applause.) Well, he would now take the navy. He
felt that the navy had made us Englishmen the lords
and arbiters of the sea, and he would say to any man
who insinuated a slur against the navy that be knew not
how to appreciate the character of the mariners of Eng-
land. He well remembered, indeed, that happening to
propose the toast of the navy on a recent occasion in
virtue of the office he had the honour to hold, it was
alleged against him that he availed himself of his posi-
tion to insinuate a slur against the navy. He asked
them if they thought it possible he could have done so ?
No ; they knew him better. They (his friends and com-
rades) knew him better than to suppose him guilty of such
an act as that. Ho would rather lose the utterance of his
lips—the power of speech God had given him—than in-
sinuate a slur he had not the courage to avow. If they
would believe him he had not the courage to avow the
insinuation of a slur, because his heart did not acknow-
ledge it. He never insinuated anything against that ser-
vice, but, nevertheless, he must say, that when a man
served a government, to his mind he should first of all
serve his country, and put his country above every other
consi leration. (Cheers.) He would say, then, that in
proposing the toast they had so cordially received, he
trusted they clearly appreciated the feelings with
which he gave it. He knew perfectly well that
he could hold his own against the rest, and all he
could say in answer to those who had made the alle-
gations to which ho had alluded was, that if every
British heart beat as his did, he would warrant
that there would be no lack of spirit or
loyalty within the sea-girt cliffs of old England.
(Immense applause.) In returning thanks for the toast
of his health, which had been proposed by Mr. BASS,
M. P., a lieutenant in the same troop, Sir Robert added
—His hon. friend Mr. Bass, in speaking of the yeo-
manry as the police of the country as the armies were
the police of the world, had naturally introduced the
all-absorbing topic of the war in which they were at the
present time engaged, and indeed there were few meet-
ings at which the subject was not mentioned. Of course
it would ill become him to make any political allusion
to what was passing in the East, but a few reflections
might not be out of place. We had gained great vic-
tories, but at the cost of many men, and now at the end
of the year we heard tumours of a peace which was to
be brought about by the intervention of Austria. (Hear,
hear.) Now, this was a subject very interesting to them
all, as it came home to their breasts, and afficted the
interests of each individual. There were, then, some
ideas of peace. The funds were rising, and the hopes of
the public were raised at the idea of a peace which was
to be brought about through the intervention of Austria.
Now, they all anxiously desired peace ; but the danger
was that that very desire led them hastily to attach im-
portance to prospects net unfrequently based on shallow
foundations. (Hear, hear.) His idea gas that there
was little importance to be attached to these rumours of
peace. (Hear, hear.) He admitted the importance of
peace, and, with every one else, would be glad to see it
re-established ; and to this end be would say, so long as
the honour of the allies was secured, that it mattered
not through whose intervention it was secured— that of
Austria or of a friendly Power. (Hear.) He knew
and they all knew as well as he did, that Austria was
no friend of ours. (Hear, hear.) Austria, under a
professed lukewarm friendship, had only cloaked an
ill-disguised hostility—(hear, hear)—and what he would
say was, that if they did have negotiations for peace,
they must be cautious how they dealt with proposals
that came from Austria. (Cheers.) He wished to put the
case fairly before them. He wanted peace a; much as
any man, but if the negotiations for peace were to come
from Austria, he should be exceedingly cautious about
them. Ile could not forget the past—he could not for-
get the hesitation and vacillation of Austria during the
recent proceedings, and he could not close his eyes to
the treacherous conduct of Austria in the Danubian
Principalities. Austria entered the Principalities as our
friend, but her conduct had been nothing else than that
of the ally of Russia. If they were to have a peace,
the cause the allies had espoused, and which had been
hallowed, he might !say, by the blood of our country-
men, absolutely demanded that it must be satisfactory
to the country, and such as the sacrifices it had made
demanded. (Cheers.) The country had cheerfully ac-
cepted, because the war was just, all the hardships and
burdens war imposed. From the highest to the lowest
there had been breathed a spirit of patriotism, as witness
of which ho might mention the noble contributions to the
Patriotic and other funds--(cheers)—and these burdens
were accepted in a spirit of magi:mei:lay as great as any
nation had ever shown ; as we were fighting for a wi-
den whose safety was threatened, and her very people
enthralled with a slavery more despotic than any which
had ever threatened Greece or Rome. (Cheers.) But,
independently of all this, there was the honour of our
our own country to be held sacred, and therefore he said
they must not be satisfied with the Four Points. The
Crimea was no longer an integral part of Russia, and it
never must be, and, he would add, it never should be.
(Great cheering.) Let them think of the carcasses of
their countrymen by which the Crimea was hallowed, in
the eyes of Engliehmen, and then say whether _ttiebee•
were to be satisfied with any false peace which mid
offered 'g
offered through the medium of a Power which had prove,
itself anything but friendly towards them. (Cheers.) He
ought, perhaps, to apologise for taking up their time at
the social board with this topic, but it wasepy upon it,
the all-ab-
sorbingl question of the day, and feeling de
as he believed they did, be was anxious to express hie
views respecting it. As they bad accepted
the respon-
sibilities of the contest, they should continue it till a
glorious end had been achieved—that of a safe, honour.
able, and enduring peace. (Loud applause.)

MADLLE. JULIE.—W7O regret to find that this lady is
suffering severely from the late accident at the Plymouth
and that her friends have had occasion to he
Theatre,e 'tremel3 anxious as to the result. Her recovery, how.
ever is not despaired of.
A:CASE OF DisynEss.—Mr. Joseph Guy, the author
of the "English School Grammar," and of more than 20
other school books, has at the age of 72 no other resource
for his maintenance than what the sympathy of the pub_
lie may afford him. Under the impression that he had
done the State some service" by his efforts, however
humble, to smooth the path of knowledge to the rising
generation, he sent in a petition to the Earl of Abe
r•
participating
deen, when Prime Minister, in the hope of
in the fund set apart by the nation for the benefit of
distressed authors ; but no answer was returned. He
has recently petitioned Lord Palmerston to lay
his case
before her Majesty. His lordship, however, gives him
no hope, owing to the number of candidates for pensions
and the limited amount of the fund at his disp' .sal. Mr.
Guy has for the last four years kept a school
at No. 2,
Hollis place, but the income from the few scholars that
attend it dues not now even pay the rent ' • and a dis'
ttaint is threatened on his goods, and which must take
place in a few days if the rent cannot be made up.
Nevertheless, with a little pecuniary assistance, he could
still continue his school, which might serve bon for the
few years at most Olathe might rtquire it. This.talented
but unfortunate man resides at No. 2, Holies-place,
Camden New-town.

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Naval and Military In e
)y) 4±:
. The Manilla screw steam tranepeit, No; i; , fr7a(7,'S. ;e3A.Aseee
rived at Spithead from Kertch, Balsklava. Kosloff,- Con. I
etautinople, Malia,anidGibraltar. She brings-condemned -I -
naval stores from the Sea of Azoff and Kertch squad-
rons, and condemned ordnance stores from Gibraltar. -
The Telegraph, No. 18.4, steam transport, has also ar-
rived from Marseilles, to which port she conveyed Gen.
Sir James Simpson and staff. Her dates are—Kazatch,
Nov. 12; Athens, Nov. 16 • Marseilles, arrived the 233,
and sailed the 28th ; Gibraltar, arrived Dec., 1, and
sailed Dec. 3. No invalids or passengers. The gaeen of
the South, No. 135, screw-steam transpert, has arrived
from the Crimea and Southampton. Her arrival at the
latter port was reported in The Sera of Saturday. The
Europa, No. 55, steam transport, embarked, en Satur-
day evening, draughts of the 3d and 46th Regiments,
ano for the _medical staff. She sailed yesterday for
Plymoath and Malta.
The Royal George, 102 guns, screw steam-skip, Capt. •
H. J. Codrington, C. 8., arrived at the Nora at 11.30
a.m. on Saturday, and saluted the Commander-in-Chief's
flag, which was returned by the flagship Waterloo, 120,
Captain Lord Fredei Kerr. Toe Royal George left
Kiel on Monday, the 26th of Nov. last, at noon, under
steam, weather fine. She continued under steam merely
to clear the harbour, she then turned off steam and pro-
eded under canvass with a fair wind. She anchored
that night to the southward of Vengeance Shoal, where
she fell in with the Nile, 91 guns, screw steam-ship,
Capt. Geo. R. Mundy, and the Colossus, 80, screw
steam-ship, Capt. Robert S. Robinson, at anchor. The
Royal George weighed the following morning, and pro-
ceeded under steam with a strong head wicsi, and passed
Nyberg at about 10 a.m. Shortly after a defect was
discovered in her screw propeller. She kept under
steam, and arrived off Reefness at about four o'c ock
p.m., where she anchored for the night. The
Colossus parted company that night, proceeding
oa. On the followiug morning the Royal George
weighed and pr ,:e eded under canvass alone, and cleared
einuait that day. Wednesday night, being sternay and
strong winds, she anchored off Trindelen light-vessel. On
the following morning, the weather being moderate, and
a fair wind, she hoisted canvas, proceeded towards the
• S !am, and spoke the Royal Adelaide steam transport,
homeward bound ; communicated with her by boats,
and seat despatches and letters by her. The Pvlyal
George cleared the Scaw the same day, carrying a fair
wind until Sunday. The wind then veered round to the
south-west, blowing fresh, weather hazy, arrived off the
Outer Gabbard shoal on Monday, and made the Gal-
loper on the following day (Tuesday.) On Wednes-
day she a, ch veil under the Tongue Sand, off Mar-
gate, it blowing a heavy gale at the time. She rode
there with 110 fathoms on one anchor and 50 fa-
t oms on the other. She remained at anchor during
Friday. With Saturday's tide she again got under way,
weather moderate, wi,la snow showers at intervals.
She arrived at the Great Nore at 11.30 a.m, the same
day. She brings home a few invalids and super.
nuweraries, a some officers on promotion. On her
leaving Kiel sharp frosty weather had set ie. She has
:300 Coastguard tier on board as part of her crew, who
are spoken of very highly by their ,ffieers for their gene-
ral good conduct arid efficiency in gunnery and seaman-
ship. Her crew have, geueraly speaking, been healthy.
She has also two Ru;sians, deserter,, turned over from
the Ampliiin. At 12.30 p.m. yesterday she eras towed
into Sheerness Harbour, and moored off the fitting Latin
entrance to have her defects made good. She will forth-
with be taken into No. 1 dry dock, for which purpose
the Cressy was put out of dock on Saturday and berthed
In the basin.

The Mare, 80, screw line-of-l.,attle skip, is still under
the shiers in Sheerness basin. On Saturday she hoisted
her condenser. Maudelay arid Co.'s mechanics are below
storing the four boilers in her hold. It is generally be-
lieved this vissel will proceed to Chatham to fit out.
The Blenheim, 60, Cau'ain NV. H. Hall, returned t)
Spithead on Saturday fr,;in Dover Roads, whither she
went to salute the King of Sardinia on his departure
from England.

The Russell, 60, Captain Francis Scott, left, Sp'theati
on Saturday afternoon forQaten,town.

Ttle Mermaid, 42, left Sheerm si in tow of two padd's
steamers for Woulwtch, about two p.m. on Saturday—
report says to be converted into a mortar vesel.

The Osborne Royal steam yacht, Capt. G. T. Gordon
(pro tem.), and the Vivid and Fire Qaeen steam-yachts,
Masters-CommAnding, W. H. Allen and W. Paul, re-
turned to Portsmouth from escorting the King of Sar-
dinia to France on Saturday.
The Lucifer steam-vessel arrived at Portsmouth on
Saturday morning from Plymouth with supern material les.
The Dinapore transport went into Portsmouth har-
bour to discharge cargo on Saturday.
The Pincher steam gun-boat went ont of Portsmouth
harbour to try her engines on Saturday.
The screw steam-transports Imperador and Calcutta
arrived at Southampton from Portsmouth on Saturday.
The Imperador was hauled direct into the graving dock,
where she will undergo cleansing.
The screw steam-ship Nile, 90, Captain G. R. Mundy,
went from Plymouth Sound into Hatnoaze on Friday,
and was moored off Keyhatn
The steam-ship Meander, 44, Captain Baillie, from
Spithead, arrived at Plymouth on Saturday.
The crew of the screw steam-ship Evneuth, 90, Capt.
W. K. Hall, housed lower yards and topmasts at Ply-
mouth. They were p aid wages on Saturday, and granted
three weeks' leave of absence.
The corvette Arachne, 18, wa; towed from Hamoaze
into Plymouth Sound on Saturday, and took her powder
on board the same day.
The steam-vassel Advice, from Qaeeustown, arrived at
Plymouth on Saturday.
The naval steam transport Urgent, Commander Phil-
lips, R.N., which left Portsmouth ori Thursday evening
with a small draught of the 17th Lancers, arrived at
Plymouth on Friday, arid went up Hawoazs to repair
machinery. She will embark 735 men of the Land
Transport Corps, and a number of ()facers of various
regiments, for the East, and will probably leave tomor-
row. She will take 8,500 medals for distribution among
the army in the Crimea.

The sawyers i❑ the Devonport dockyard wiil commence
today working from 7 a.m. to 4 30 p.m., cutting the
framem of the steam gun-b Ate Aut and Autelope, build-
ing in slips Nos. 2 and 4

Tile sailing transport Sir George Pollock, Capt. Beach,
from London, arrived at Plymouth on Thursday to em-
bark troops for the West Indies.
Tire tol'owing appointments were made on Saturday
at the Admiralty: -Capt. Lord John Hay, to tile Forth;
Capt. F. A. Campbell, to the Trusty ; Capt. G. G. Ran-
dolph, to the Thuoderer ; Wm. P. Carrigan, Paymaster,
to the Conqueror.
Tue directors of the French railway between Mar-
seilles, Paris, and the north of France, have consented
to allow British officers and soldiers on duty, pioceeding
to or returning from the Crimea, to travel at half fare in
any class under certain regulations. Printed forms have
been supplied to Brigadier-Genera! Storks. Officers ac-
companied by soldier servants in uniform can have them
conveyed by third-class carriages from Calais to Mar-
seilles for 35f. 35c., and from Boulogne to Marseilles
for 32f. 30c.
A memorandum has been issued from the Horse Guards
dated Nov. 30, enclosing a new form for the transmis-
sion of money by soldiers in the Crimea to England, the
object of which is to give facilities for such remittances.
In the new form the signatures of the officer conimAnd-
Mg the company to which the soldier belongs and that
of the soldier himself are omitted. The circular also
requests commanding officers of regiments not to sanc-
tion the transmission of coin by soldiers, which is n 0.%
only unsafe but unnecessary, now that such facilities are'
given for sending money.
Tile following Russian prisoners, from Milbay Prisons
who volunteered for service in the FBoarreaivgen_L__:egile\prshsaiye
been escorted down to Sheerness from London, and de-
livered on board the Devonshire prison ship, ip.non.
conse-
quence of their declining to join on their arrival
soef, Simeon,
Lon-
don :—Shumslay Rochinski, E4,r
Fedessoff, Michael Petroff, Johan Bagdaniff,a
service,
Kerpichoff, all being deserters from the Russia
except the first-named soldier.
Six
Russian
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prisonerserrdlo, and have been itnt
permitted
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join a ship bound to the southwo..a
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veyed to London for that purpose.
The shipbuilders
llautbßoaritsg havewhotol b
been
nv receivedirectea boy G
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for constructing.
and
verrment to hasten their completion, and workmen are
nown Fi en pr yv a
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Dartnell, was held at Protnpton, when SO invalids were
pronounced to be unfit for further active service, the
decision was confirmed by Dr. Maclachlan,
attached to Chelsea Hospital.
Captain J. Buckley is appointed Barrack-master at
Chatham, vice Major T. Smith, Aldershott.
The Barrack-mastership of Maidstone is to be discon-
tinued, the duty to be performed by the Barrack-master
of Chatham.
A few months ago Mr. J. Elliott, a surgeon in the
Royal Navy, was committed to the Devon County Gaol,
at Exeter, for two years, for cruelty and neglect in the
daysCrim eaag,owiie
while
wass erving with the Naval Brigade. A few
attacked by fever, at.d inflammation of
the brain succeeding be die I on Tuesday last.
There are at present in the Exeter Barracks 100 of
the Dragoon Guards, and 50 of the Scots Greys. About
50 of the 35th Foot are also billettA in the city. In
addition to these are the following recruiting parties,
who have met with considerable success
ma-
rines, Royal Artillery, Sappers and Miners Artillery
15th Hussars, Coldstream Guards, 54th, 44'13, 213t14
and Bth Regiments, and the East Devon Militia.

LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER, 10, 1855.

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Mr. COBDEN says that the War is not popular.
Let the difference of the reception accorded by our
honest yeomen, on Wednesday to Sir ROBERT
PEEL and on Thursday to Lord HARRY VANE, be
taken upon this point as in some degree clearly
illustrative. Lord HARRY was for a pacific com-
promise, and was listened to accordingly with
extraordinary impatience ! Sir ROBERT was for
an energetic prosecution of the contest, and was
consequently cheered, as the phrase is, to the very
echo ! ?et the auditors upon both occasions were
representatives of precisely the identical class
from whose pockets are wrung the essential
sinews of war, tho absolutely requisite thews of
the great struggle. Nothing indeed can be more
obvious, politically speaking, nowadays, than the
resolute unanimity with which the people of this
prepared, in any and
country are every way
imaginable, at any and every sacrifice, to
strengthen the hands of their Government, with a
view to the carrying out more determinately
the present gigantic enterprise undertaken
against Russia by the Allies in the universal
interests of liberty and the common cause of
civilisation. Whatever the peace-mongering fac-
tion may say to the contrary, it is so. The vast
majority of intelligent Englishmen look with re-
pugnance at the mere suggestion of any precipi-
tate pacification. They are willing, they avow
themselves to be ready, they prove themselves to
he really prepared to continue this War with Russia
until adequate terms shall at length have been
extorted from the areh-criminal by whose predatory
acts, and lawless policy, and criminal ambition,
the terrible and sanguinary contest was und.e-
bly originated. No matter at what expendi-
ture of blood and money—upon the energetic
prosecution a the War with Russia, th.

nation at largo is definitively resolved.
This is no idle vapouring. It is the
simple announcement of a fact altogether
indisputable. The reality of what we are here
explicitly enunciating in so many words has been
demonstrated beyond the possibility of denial by
the attitude assumed during these two last mo-
mentous years by the entire population. Never
was the country, socially and politically, more
calm from one end to the other, than during these
long months of supreme anxiety, when its bravest
sons have been stricken down in battalions three
thousand miles away, by the sword and by pesti-
lence, when provisions and all the other neces-
saries of life have become dearer and dearer
under the pressure of a vast warlike exigency,
when increased taxes have extorted from the mul-
titude every successive season larger and yet larger
disbursements. In spite of all which the great
heart of the English People has remained true to
the sacred cause upon the vindication •f which
its military and maritime forces have together
adventured. It matters little enough what may
be declared to the contrary by the unpatriotic
wiseacres of Carlisle and Oxford, of the
West Riding, and of Manchester events
have proved, events are proving, event
will continue to prove, that England is heart and
soul for the War against Russia, for the alliance
with France, for the defence of Turkey, for the
championship of the interests of Christendom.

"Triumph not, ye peace-enameured FEW !
Fire, Nature, Genius, never dwelt with you!"

So CAMPBELL sang derisively, years ago, in his
"Pleasures of Hope," and so also, with equal
scorn, may we, too, exclaim, in reference to those
miserable peacemongers. Advocates of peace-at-
any-price, for whom we believe, in our conscience,
that not even the petty advantage accruing from a
partial victory is reserved, notwithstanding the
sinister rumours which have recently been so pain-
fully prevalent. It is a significant circumstance,
we maintain, a circumstance in every way sig-
nificant, as among the more obvious signs of the
times, that the sympathising allusions to these
same sinister rumours, adventured upon
on Monday last by the Noble Lord the member
for South Durham, on the occasion cf the annual
dinner of the Fat Cattle Show at Darlington,
provoked from the bluff yeomen who were pre-
sent, expressions both loud and deep of their dis-
relish for any such disgraceful and discreditable
paltering with the national honour. Expressions
which were (strictly speaking) to all intents and
purposes tantamount to that famous outburst of
indignation pronounced upon one memorable fore-
noon in reference to a namesake of this noble
advocate of a dishonourable compromise—words
blurted from the lips of his auditory almost as
articulately as those which fell from the lips
of blunt old OLIVER--" Sir HARRY VANE ! 0,
Sir HARRY VANE ! The LORD deliver me from
Sir HARRY VANE !" Not a jot less significant
in its way, we may venture to opine,
was the wholly different reception accorded to sen-
timents diametrically opposite to those expressed
on Thursday by Lord HARRY VANE at Dar-
lington, the sentiments we mean enunciated with
such patriotic and outspoken frankness by the Hon.
Baronet the Representative of Tamworth—Sir
ROBERT PEEL himself, as one of the Lords of
the Admiralty, a member of the present Govern-
ment. Speaking of the sinister rumours already
alluded to, Sir ROBERT avowed—and we thank
him cordially for an avowal so manfully explicit—
that his idea is that there is little importance
to be attached to these rumours of peace ! Rumours
doubly and trebly sinister, remember ! at
this particular time, seeing that they
couple the name of Austria with the
melancholy hypothesis of fresh diplomatic nego-
tiations. And as Sir ROBERT PEEL boldly declared
on Wednesday during the course of his rather
notable speech, a speech decidedly " to the pur-
pose "—" I know, and you all know as well as I
do, that Austria is no friend of ours." Where-
fore the notion of any peace with Russia to he
patched up at a juncture like the present, and
under the influence of the intervention of a power
like Austria, is an idea so base and criminal in
itself as to be entitled only to instant repudiation.
So thought Sir ROBERT PEEL, and so thought like-
wise the bluff yeomanry, by whom his honest English
speech was applauded at once enthusiastically and
unaffectedly. Enough. If straws thrown up show
which way the wind blows—passing words like
those which fell from the lips of the Member for
Tamworth on Wednesday, and from those of the
Noble Lord the Member for South Durham on
Thursday, may reveal clearly enough, by the
manner of their reception, the opinions cherished
in regard to the War with Russia and to a Peace
tkrough Austria, by the candid and impartial
masses of our English population.

It is agreed on all sides that a re-discussion in
Parliament of the whole monetary question can-
not be arranged too soon ! The Act of 1844 has
virtually expired, inasmuch as it only remains on
sufferance until the fatal notice be given which
must terminate its existence, and so deeply in-
jurious has been its operation, so prejudicial to
the best interests of the nation, and so produc-
tive of suffering to the great body of the people,
that it is admitted on all aides that some relaxa-
tion must take place. Even the organ of the
ultra-bullionists—those who are aiming at the
total abolition of a paper currency unless based on
gold, or, in other words, issued against a deposit
of specie of the sane nominal value--acknowledge
that some modifications of the measure are
indispensable, that something ought to be
done to relieve the wide-spread distress,
by the adoption of a limit too restricted for the
exigencies of the nation, and from time to time
reduced by the failure or withdrawal of certain
provincial Banks authorised to issue notes. The
hiatus thus occasioned may be partially filled up
by the Rank of England, but on terms with which
its directors would be very unwilling to close.
Authority might be obtained from the Chancellor
of the Exchequer for theßanktootfh ex
Englandetent to
of
issue, on security, its own notes
two-thirds of the notes thus removed from circu-
lation. But on what terms What induce-
ments are held out to the Directors to persuade
them to avail themselves of this privilege ?
None whatever. The whole profits of the extra
issue must be handed over to the Exchequer.
They may take for themselves the risk, the
trouble, and the expense of the enlarged issue,
but the whole of the profits must be
given to
other parties. Not a single shilling will go to
swell the dividend of the proprietors of Bank
The provision was, therefore, clearly
inasmuch as one of the parties could not
be induced
to carry it into operation on th e
stipulated
terms ! It was palpably intended
' for show rather than use, as tending towards the
object manifestly intended—namely, the ultimate
adoption of a totally metallic currency, in which
the privileges conceded to the Bank of England,
and the country banks in existence in 1844, should
be entirely got rid of ! and an additional increase
made to the fortunes of the moneyocracy.
The interested parties now find that they have
gone too far, that the sufferings endured by the '
industrial population of tte country have =clan.

gered the whole of the elaborate machinery. They
are therefore willing to make some trifling exten-
sion, provided what they term the " valuable
principle" be retained, to consider whether the
limit of 14,000,000/. was not unnecessarily low !
This concession, however, cannot now be accepted.
The moneyocracy have struggled to the last mo-
ment, and the people must strive to get rid alto-
gether of the baleful influence that has occasioned
such fearful mischief to the best interests of the
country.

There is a second and very numerous and in-
fluential class who, while refusing to go the whole
way with the extravagant bullionists, still listen
to other fallacies—who, while protesting against
the extreme measures of the " Jones Lloyd
School," still pin their faith on the Act of 1819,
and insist on immediate " convertibility " on
demand as an essential condition in any arrange-
ment that may be entered into. Although these
persons are in some degree more reasonable than
the extreme party, and the adoption of their
principle would lead to a vast improvement on
the code now in operation, they are still ♦ery far
from the judicious course which would insure the
equal value of money, and avert the fluctuations
so deeply prejudicial to the country, and destruc-
tive of the confidence and credit that ought to
attend all legitimate commercial operations.
It is then for the real Monetary Reformers
to see that their views are fairly and clearly put
forward, so that the thinking men of the country
may be enabled to understand all the phases of
the great problem. It is not only essential that
the undue restrictions on the circulating medium
should be removed, bat that the distinction be-
tween the currency required for foreign trade
and internal commerce should be clearly re-
cognised. There is not, there cannot be,
the slightest necessity for a deposit of gold
against that currency or any portion of it. And
we contend that the foreign trade may easily be
provided for without repeated interruptions to our
domestic affairs, and subjecting the industrious
classes to serious losses and constantly-recurring
privations ! The whole question must be decided
in the forthcoming session, and should therefore
previously be considered in all its varied aspects,
so as to arrive at a just conclusion of what will be
most advantageous to the great body of the peo-
ple, and do the greatest pod to the greatest
number.

The Univers is out of temper at the cordial re-
ception met with by the King of SARDINIA in this
country, and rails more stto at " the blundering
flatterers who regard as one of his titles to glory
the censure which the Holy See has pronounced
against his Government." This is precisely what
might have been expected from so indiscreet an
' advocate of ultramontane claims. Had the
Univers been endowed with the smallest modicum
of tact it would have refrained from putting the
affair in so damaging a way. But then it would
not hare been the Univers. No doubt the fact
that the King of SARDINIA. was under the censure
of the POPE contributed largely, in the case of
many individuals, to the cordiality of feeling with
which they welcomed him. There are bigots
among Protestants ; but it is not less true that
the great majority left the Papal censure out of
their calculation altogether, or at all events, if
they regarded it at all, it was with perfect indif-
ference. The claims of the King of SARDINIA to
their regard and admiration were, that he was a
thoroughly honest king, who had proved his de-
votion to the welfare of his subjects, by respecting,
and otherwise promoting their constitutional
Government, and to the cause of liberty and
civilization by joining the Allies. It was in re-
cognition of these claims that their cheers rent
the air at his approach, and so enthusiastic a wel-
come generally was accorded to him. The Univers,
however, must bring the matter to an issue, for
though it speaks of the censure as " one of the
King's titles to glory," it evidently implies that
it was the all-absorbing ono. Can these statements
be reconciled ? Does the Univers recognise in the
one act the involvement of the other ? Can we
not give an ovation to a wise, just, and chivalrous
ruler under Papal censure, without pronouncing
a condemnation of the POPE ?

The Univers seems to have had a glimmering of
the difficulties of the case. Unfortunately for it
the Emperor of the FRENCH and the French peo-
ple bad rivalled the monarch and people of this
country in the cordiality of their reception. Yes,
a Catholic monarch and a Catholic people, the
greatest in the world, had done precisely what we
had done. How was this to be accounted for ?
The Univers was in a great fix. We received the
King of SARDINIA enthusiastically, because he was
a rebel to Papal authority, and under the ban of
the Porn. Did the Emperor of the FRENCH and
the French people participate, like us, in the
rebellion of the Sardinian monarch, and emulate
us in holding up to derision the censure of the
Pope ? That was not to be admitted for a mo-
ment—so what people generally believed to be a
sentence of excommunication, which would place
every person continuing relations with the excom-
municated party liable to the same infliction, must
be toned down as above to " a censure," attended
by no such consequences. The explanation, for
anything we know to the contrary, may be cor-
rect, though the Univers is not precisely the paper
we would feel disposed to rely on in such a case
but we fancy it cannot be successfully de-
nied that it was generally believed, both in France
and England, that the young KING was under the
Papal ban, and could not be communicated with
without incurring the censure of Papal authority.
It will be no fault of the Univers if the impres-
sion does not become general throughout Europe
that the Holy See has, in this instance, received
a decided check at the hands of a church and
people in communion with the Church over which
it bears sway, and that the people of England
have pronounced once more decisively against its
obsolete claims, more especially when they find
the highest dignitary of the French Church ac-
cepting the Grand Cross of the Sardinian Order
of St. Maurice and St. Lazaze from the hands of
the Sardinian Government, and the highest digni-
tary of the Roman Catholic Church in England
congratulating the Sardinian Monarch on his
entrance into the Sardinian Chapel in London.
That, however, is not our look out ; and if deal-
ing with the temporalities of the Church, and
relationsub-
ordinating
be, on the
to thorn
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of
the
State,
offence against the Holy See incurring its repro-
bation, we sincerely trust that this example may
he followed by others, and that if they come over
here their conduct may elicit a like unmistakeable
approval.