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did not wish Mr. Ferriere a more lucrative mat‘an be
has held here for the last 14 years, they-would alkro- `t. t 1
claim him to be " the right man in thieright place," and
rejoice in his continuing here.
With ref‘r, ace to the shoal on which the Azoff struck
"I•ti may be necessary to add that there is reason to be-
_Neve that it is a continuation of the coral reef near Ga-
lita, where the Avenger was lost, in 1847, when, out of
a crew of 500, only four were saved and only three of
the de bodies were found, by the Rev. Mr. Davies. A
rem irvey ought without loss of time to be made,
tact course of the reef ascertained. No doubt
's safety is entirely to be attributed to her pe-
struction in water-tight and separate col:apart-
kind of naval architecture which it may be
hoped will, ere long, be universally adopted.

THE CZAR AT ODESSA.

The Journal d'Odessa, of Nov. 7, contains the
following official narrative of the late visit of the
Czar to that city
His Majesty tne Emperor has deigned to visit the city
of Odessa.
His Imperial Majesty, accompanied by the Grand
Duke George de Mecklenburg-Strelitz, arrived frora Ni-
colaieff on Saturday the 3d, at 7 p.m., and alighted at
the house of Prince Woronzoff, upon the boulevard.
His Majesty was received upon the flight of steps by
Aide-de-Camp General Luders, Commander of the Army
of the South ; Aide-de-Camp General Count Strogonoff,
Governor-General of New Russia and Bessarabia; Lieut.-
Ganeral Krusenetern, Military Governor of the city of
Odessa ; and by Lieut.-General Grothenhelm, Cow.
mander of the Troops stationed at Odessa. In his Ma-
jesty's suite were the following Generals :—Count Orloff,
Count d'Adlerberg, Baron Lieven, and Prince Bariatinaky.
The same evening, thanksgivings for the happy arrival
of his Majesty the Emperor were offered up in the ca.
thedral by his Eminence Monsignor Innocent, Arch-
bishop of Kherson, and of Taurida.
At half-past 10 o'clock in the morning of Sunday
(Nov. 4) his Majesty deigned to receive the military and
civil employes, also the body of the merchants of the
city of Odessa, who had the happiness of presenting
bread and salt to his Majesty. His Majesty the Em-
peror condescended to honour with a gracious reception
all the persons who were presented to him, and expressed
to the body of merchants his entire reliance on the Mcst
High that He will grant a happy issue to this war
raised against us by nations whom we have constantly
nourished with our bread, and his conviction that after
the conclusion of an honourable peace the oommerce of
Odessa will resume its original importance.
At 11 o'clock his Majesty the Emperor went to the
cathedral. At the threshold of the temple, Monsignor
Innocent, in presenting the cross and the holy_ water,
addressed some words full of unction to his Majesty.
His Majesty assisted at the divine service celebrated by
the Archbishop.
At one o'clock in the afternoon his Imperial Majesty
went out of the city upon the great plain, which formerly
served as a hippodrome, and where the troops stationed
at Olessa are now assembled, under the command of
Aide-de-Camp General Luders. Thera are now under
arms four battalions of infantry, three regiments of ca-
valry, four artillery batteries, and eleven cohorts of
moveable militia of the governments of Moscow and
Smolensk. His Majesty passed these troops in review,
which defiled first in platoons and then in columns.
The Emperor then visited the military hospital estab-
lished in the former institute of the demoiselles nobles of
Odessa ; also the Hospital of the City ; the Emperor con-
descended to kindly interrogate almost all the officers
and soldiers upon their wounds ; addressing to each some
words of encouragement and consolation. His Majesty
then visited the coast batteries from Perepice to the
mole of the Quarantine. His Majesty was desirous also
of visiting the hospice of the Sisters of Charity, where,
amongst others, the military dangerously wounded are
surrounded by the results of a charity which is truly
Christan ; but time, to the great regret of his Majesty,
would not allow him to fulfil this wish.
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon the principal authorities
were invited to his Imperial Majesty's table.
In the evening two military bands assembled before
the house occupied by his Majesty, and performed some
beautiful nto:•ceatt x, while the crowd thronged the walks
of the boulevards. At nightfall the city was illuminated.
At 8 o'clock in the morning of Monday, the sth, his
Majesty, accompanied by his Grand Ducal Highness
the Duke de Mecklenburg-Strelitz, quitted Odessa, for
Nicolaiefr, in perfect health. Prayers for his Majesty's
safe journey were offered by his Eminence the Arch-
bishop Innocent, in the cathedral.
His Majesty the Emperor has expressed his gratifica-
tion to A.D.C. Lieut.-General Strongonoff, Governor-
General of New Russia and Bessarabia, at the wise mea-
sures taken during the presence of the enemy's fleets in
the road of Odessa ; also his imperial satisfaction to
Lieut.-General Krnsenstern 11., Military Governor of
Odessa ; Major-General Shocstac 1., Commander of the
city of Odessa; to Von-Tchudy, formerly Inspector of
the Quarantine of Odessa, and now Colonel of the Kam-
schatka regiment of Chasseurs ; also to Arcoudineky,
Master of the police of Odessa.

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The following are the remarks addressed to the
Czar by the Archbishop in the cathedral, referred
to in the above :

Pious Sovereign! Thou had scarcely put on the crown
of thy ancestors when it pleased Providence to surround
it with thorns. Our bodily eyes are not accustomed to
see such an ornament sparkle on the head of kings, but
the eyes of faith see in it, with piety and respect, a sou-
venir of the crown of Christ. Have not indeed such
crowns been worn by the most pious kings and princes
from David, Jehosophat, Constantine, Vladimir the
Great, to Dimitrii, our hero of the Don, and finally thy
patron, Alexander Newsky
" Have courage, and let not thy soul become weak ai
the sight of these smoking brands," said the prophet to
the warrior king, Ahaz, when the two kingdoms of
Israel and Assyria united against him in an unjust
war. How closely do these words of the prophet apply
to us and our enemies ! This unhappy France I Is
she not in truth the brand which for half a century
has carried fire throughout the entire world ? And
the proud, but to-day abased and jeopardised Bri-
tain ! What is she, it not the other brand, which, after
being extinguished for two centuries, recommences
to smoke in the midst of a yawning gulf ? And we also
will say with the Prophet, "Let not thy soul grow weak
at the sight of the-e two smoking Lrands before us !" At
a sign from the Most High the winds abate, and4he rain
falls to fertilise our fields. These brands depart, and
Russia, protected by God, recovers itself for the joy of
her chief and for the well-being even of her own enemies.
"Enter, then, 0 pious Snyereign,the temple where
once thy august father came in the depth of night to
raise towards Heaven his thanks for having escaped the
tempest and shipwreck—enter, and in thy turn raise with
us thy praycrs to the King of kings for the cessation of
the tempest which now rages both upon sea and land.
May Heaven grant that this temple may again see thee
kneeling before God, but then only to render acknow-
lelginents and to give thanks. Amen.

A correspondent of Le Nord, writing from
Odessa, complains that the account in the official
journal gives a very imperfect idea of the enthusi-
asm created amongst the inhabitants of the city by
the visit of the Emperor. He adds that a Russian
merchant having observed to his Imperial Majesty
that the restoration of an honourable peace—but
only an " honourable " peace—was all that was de-
sired to complete the prosperity of the city—the
Emperor replied, " Who is there that does not de-
sire such peace ? I more than any one else.'