The Sun.
London, England, 1855-07-20 00:00:00

(Prom the Daily News of this day.

Upon the whole the debate will be regarded as sad and un-
satisfactory, and as one of the saddest and most unsatisfac-
tory episodes in our Parliamentary history. Fall of irre-
levancy and ill-temper, feebleness and faction, it exhibits the
House of Commons, as now constituted, in a less reputable
point of view than any whiCh it has previously occu-
pied. Mr. Roebuck, by the admission even of Mr. Sidney
Herbert, did but his duty in bringing under the judicial cog-
nisance of the House the report of its own Committee. But
from the outset there was manifestly an indiposition to .meet.
thy - question candidly or nourageously. The member for
Sheffield was not supported as be ought to have been by those
whose zeal was burning for inquiry, and whose patriotism
was loud so long as nothing definite was to be done; but
who on the occasion when, if ever popular pledges ought to
have been redeemed, were content to leave the brunt of the
battle to be borne by two or three of the Tory opposition
aid by the hon. and learned member for Sheffield. This is
ILA the way to make a Parliamentary party.

A KING OF SHREDS !
( From the Times of this day. J

The busy and rapid passage of events, the anxieties of the
I campaign, and the certainty which at last has fully daWned
upon us that Austria has exhausted all her valour in fruitless
conferences and endless military promenades, have diverted
the attention of the public from the proceedings of that coun-
try which, by a rather overstrained courtesy, we still continue
to call one of the five great Powers of Europe, and one of
the leading States of Germany. Wo say by an over-
strained courtesy, for, Heaven knows, there is nothing
ember great, leading, or powerful about the attitude or policy
of Prussia. Her large army is condemned to perpetual inac-
tion, her Chambers can scarcely rise to the dignity of even a
discussion on foreign affairs, and seem totally incapable of a
vote or a resolution, her people are silent if they do not ac-
quiesce in her downward course, and her Court and King seem
fashioned exactly to suit the dull and stagnant state of affairs
iu the midst of which they exist. Everything in this remark-
able country seems to be constructed for the express purpose
of counteracting that object which it might have been sup-
posed intended to promote. Prussia has Chambers to stifle
free discussion, a press to misrepresent public opinion, an
army to do anything except fight, a Court which is neither
courtly nor national, and a King who seems to have been
made on purpose to show how many accomplishments, talents,
and even virtues may go to the making up of a man, who
is certainly the greatest failure and the greatest anachronism
of these our times. A King of Prussia, though not without
disadvantages, is placed in a situation which gives the most
ample play to individual character and genius. He has a strag-
gling, disconnected kingdom, and is oppressed by the vicinity
of a mighty and ambitious empire, from which he is only
divided by a geographical frontier. The greater part of his
dominions has a rigorous climate, and a soil not exuberantly
fertile ; but the inhabitants are brave, loyal, and intelligent,
animated by a truly national spirit, free, in great part, from
the trammels of the Roman Catholic Church, and susceptible
of almost any degree of material and social development. Ho
is a member of a large confederacy, the first place of which
is as yet undecided, and remains to be seized by the
hapd of the boldest or most skilful. Under such con-
ditions, a King not merely in name, but in mind, a man
raised by superior resolution above his fellow-men, might
find ' boundless scope for his energies and his talents ;
but, alas, no such man is King Frederick William.
To a superficial glance it is difficult to find a character
more richly endowed with all the attributes of intellectual
and moral worth. Never did nature:bestow her favours with
a more prodigal hand than on this very personage, whose
inconsistencies have made him ridiculous throughout Europe,
and turned the eyes of men with something like impatience
towards the far less shining qualities of his successor. It is
no flattery to say of the King of Prussia, in the words cited
by our correspondent the other day, that he is both good and
clover ; only his is a goodness which makes him easily imposed
upon by designing men, and a cleverness which seems to de-
stroy instead of constitute a capacity for managing great
affairs. No one can deny to the King of Prussia the credit
of being amiable, moral, and religious, anxious to do his duty
towards those whom Providence has placed under his care
and keenly alive to the responsibilities which thicken round
the bead that wears a crown. Lord Byron attributes to the
Emperor Alexander a sort of frost-bitten generosity, and the
King of Prussia possesses in like manner a kind of sickly theca
cratic, monarchical liberalism. His intelligence tells him that
a people like the Prussians cannot always be held in leading-
strings, his quick wit shows him the fallacies and absurdities
of a sam representative system, and he is not without ami-
able aspirations to make his people happy in their own way ;
but then there step in the exalted religious sentiments and
the overstrained monarchical dogmas that have taken posses-
sion of his mind, and ho stops, irresolute whether to take
back all he has conceded or to advance in the direction in
which he was of his own accord taking faint and irresolute
steps when overtaken by the revolution of 1848. He is far
too able not to perceive the danger and disgrace which her
threatened conversion into a Russian satrapy would bring
upon his kingdom; but, then, he is too amiable to d:aregard
the tics of blood, and too sensible of the "solidarity of kings"
to admit the idea of drawing the sword again,t a leading mom-
ber of the Holy Alliance. Ho is 1231ieved to be by no means Rus-
sian in his sentiments, and feelings, and yet, from habit and
from a certain sympathy with all that is exalted andfantas-

tical, he has formed his-associates out of a miserable faction,
which, forgetful alike of its own honour and of national feel-
ing, lends itself to the unscrupulous advocacy and avowed
promotion of purely Russian views. Yet, while these are his
associates, his Prime Minister is selected from among those
who lean to the side of the Western Powers, and between
these two extremes the mind of this singular personage oscil-
lates with the pertinacity, if not with the regularity, of the
pendulum of a clock. Such a man, with his high position,
his wit, his eloquence, his 'liberal sympathies, and his mo-
narchical predilections, his Russian friends and his anti-Rus-
sian Minister, his impulsive .feelings and his tardy resolu-
tions, 602,M8 MajtkCCl out by Providence as the very agent and
emissary of revolution, more formidable than a hundred
blundering Mazzinis, vapouring Koesuths, or blustering
Ladru Rollins. He is a propagandist the more formidable
because he sits on a throne—a missionary the more persua-
sive, because his advocacy of change is unconscious and in-
voluntary. The existence of such a mau in high power and
position, almost unchecked by constitutional fetters, is in
itself the strongest argument against the enormous faith of
the • many made for one, the most spirit-stirring protest
against the vast injustice of leaving the destinies of millions
in the hands of one capricious and irresolute man. Such as
the King of Prussia is, with his literary tastes, his high
mental cultivation, his wit, and his amiable social qualities,
he would have been a hundred years ago a first-rate sove-
reign of a tenth-rate State —an Alphonzo d'Este, patronising,
pampering, and imprisoning Tasso, or a Grand Duke of Saxe
Weimar, buying to himself a facile immortality by feeding
Wielands, Sehillers, and Goethes. Their equal in conversa-
tion, bulittle their inferior in genius or in knowledge, he
would have gracefully headed such a society, and might have
aspired to convert his paltry Court into an imitation of
the joyous circle that glittered around Rene, the Troubadour
King of Provence ; but, as the head of a great nation, as the
generalissimo of a large and well-disciplined army, as the
nominal depository of one-fifth of the power which regulates
the affairs of the world, the King of Prussia stands in a posi-
tion which the good and amiable qualities he undoubtedly

possesses only render more anomalou; and unsuitable. Clever,
but irresolute; amiable, but capricious, all his qualities seem
to neutralise each other, like the brilliant colours on a
painter's easel, which, if worked together, only form a single,
neutral, and indefinable shade. We for ever catch ourselves
wondering either that he is no worse or no better, that he is
not more Russian or more Prussian, that he does not lean
more to Manteuffel than to Gerlach—to Gerlach than to Man-
teuffel; that, being a Liberal, he does not carry out liberal
views, or that, being an Absolutist, he does not give full
scope to his Absolutist predilections; that, admitting we are
right, se moral a Prince does not support us ; that, being so
tenderly attached to his sister and his nephews, so devoted a
relative does not support them. But we must even cease
wondering ; for, not until we can stereotype the shadow of the
passing cloud, give permanence to the tints of the rainbow,
or substance and shape to airy nothings, shall we be able to
understand that subtle, versatile, self-subverting character
which, with so much ability and so little credit, so many good
intentions and such paltry results, wields the wayward des-
tinies of the spell-bound kingdom of Prussia.

RESOURCES OF ENGLAND.
(Prom the Times of this day.)

If misgivings should be entertained in any quarters as to
the real capacity of this country to maintain ou foot a force
proportioned to its own position as a State and the demands
of the war in which it is engaged, a simple reference to facts
perfectly well authenticated ought to be absolutely conclusive.
In the year 1813 we had been at war 20 years, with little or
no interval of peace, and had been exposed to all the ex-
haustion contingent on such a struggle. The population of
Great Britain in the year 1811 had been 12,596,803. Out of
this population we raised for the said year of 1813 140,000
sailors and marines, and 237.000 regular soldiers, besides
which we kept in arms 83,000 regular militia, and could
further rely upon the services of 288,000 local militia and
65,000 yeomanry cavalry. The total sum of these numbers
is 813,0110. Now, in the year 1851, when the last census was
taken, the population of Great Britain was 21,121,967, so
that, allowing for increase since that time, we have probably
a population at the present moment not much less than
double that of 1813. The rest of the problem we may safely
leave our'readers to work out for themselves.
In the last war we were under the necessity of keeping a
large force at home for the protection of our own territory—
an obligation from which we are now so free that we can
even spare some of the militia for foreign garrison service.
In those times, too, we had formidable enemies to deal with
in India, whereas that empire occasions us neither distraction
nor alarm. Moreover, great as has been our advance in m -
terial wealth and strength, this progress has been practicably
doubled by our proficiency in mechanical and natural science.
Of that knowledge which is truly power we have amassed by
our energies and perseverance a very large store. Steam is
now the mighty instrument of success, and steam is pecu-
liarly under the command of Englishmen. We have coal,
iron, manufactories, and artificers of a quality which cannot
be surpassed, and we have unbounded means of bringing all
these resources into play. Above all, we have France
.f.9F an
ally. France, with its population of 'soldiers, its 1"1,ta_11.
skill, and its physical science, now stands by our side. instead
of in our front, and such an advantage it is almost impossible
to over-rate.
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a subject are essentially comparative, and if we institute a
comparison between our enemy's position and our own we
shall find much cause for satiefaetion and none for misgiving.
As far as facts can be ascertained in such a case, there is every
reason to believe that the Russian Government, which began
the contest with powerful and well-organised forces, amassed
and arrayed for this very contingency, hassialiready felt the
pressure and exhaustion of war. As we' .showed the other
day in our remarks upon Mr. Seymour's boqk., the limits of
age within which in Russia military Service aotild be exacted•
have been considerably extended; exemptions formerly sub-
sisting have been revoked, and the burden arising both &will
the diminution of labourers and the incraasing numbers of
those thrown upon them for sustenance; nl the absence of
their own protectors, has become serious.in the extreme.
We, on the other hand, after starting from e•PrAee establish-
ment, and resolUtely weathering all the angers and difticul
ties arising from imperfect preparations, lire gradually de-
veloping our resources with- such snceees..that no less than
30,000 recruits—all, of course, by volanta4e4istiuent —have
been added to the army since the beginning 'of tie year. In
fact, when a short time ago attention had bearptbliely called
to the difference between our forces in 185 i put onr forces in
1814, it was openly replied that the comme.ment of a war
was naturally the time of our greatest mobile* and that
from the peculiarity of onr institutions, we gilittored strength
as we went on; and this—though, perhaps,• the rate of Iwo-
grass is not absolutely satisfactory—has cattily been tbv
case. We have gained upon Russia in her dist territories
and in front of her strongest fortress. We, have now in the -
Crimea a more numerous and effective armi,.; bunt powerful
artillery, and a stronger force in every respiot, 'than we had
when we began the war ; while Russia, with all her legions,
is driven to evacuate position after position from sheer in-
ability to maintain them. These are facts which should far
-overbalance any transient difficultiesexperienced itforganising
the additional battalions we require—gll that is necksaat7is
-to turn thevepolarsphiValld tikenatfnirticelniikr—Ns to good
account by timely foresight and provision, to 'economise the
lives of our soldiers by vigilance and care, and to second their
exertions by the vigorous display of that mechanical science
which makes one man worth many.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

A letter from Balaklava, dated the 7th inst., gives the fol
lowing intelligence from the fleet :
" Iu harbour the Leander, 50, Diamond, 28, Wasp, 14,
and Ttiton, 4. Commander Lloyd, of the Wasp, and Second-
Master Willahire, of the Triton, left by the Trent steam-
transport, en route for Athens, to give evidence in a ease of
piracy. Surgeons Whipple and Forbes, R.N., arrived yester-
day by the City of Aberdeen from England. Lady Paget,
after a two months' stay on board the Leander frigate, has
left in the Imperador for Constantinople. Surgeon Elliott,
dismissed the service by sentence of court-martial (as fully
detailed iu former letters), takes passage to England in the
steam sloop Inflexible. No cases of cholera have appeared
afloat lately, so that we may hope the visitation has passed
away. It is supposed Captain Peel will go to Therapia Hos-
pital to promote his convalescence, as the close harbour of
Balaklava is not favourable for wounds. Lieut. Dalyell,
whose arm was amputated, goes home in the Inflexible."
Our correspondent at Plymouth has received a communi-
cation, dated Kamiesh Bay, July 7, which states that the
Europe, one of the Cunard steamers, has been lying there
a month doing nothing; that the Canadian and the Simla,
one of the largest steamers afloat, have been unoccupied

nearly three weeks, and that the only present use for a large
Brazilian steamer, the Bahian, No. 160, is to afford accom-
modation to the Government transport agent. The cost of
this vessel alone is about 4,0001. per month.
The speed of the Queen's now yacht was tried against that
of the Fairy on Wednesday, in a run from Cowes to the Knab
light-vessel, a distance of 12 miles. Her Majesty and Prince
Albert and the King of the Belgians were on board the Fairy,
and witnessed the trial. The latter started from Cowes with
the Royal standards flying from her mainmast head, and, hav-
ing got some considerable way a-head, signalled the Victoria
and Albert to follow in chase, when she was swiftly over-
taken and left astern, the Victoria and Albert dipping her
ensign in passing, and on reaching the Knab the Fairy was
left nearly two miles astern. The "recall" was then made.
and before reaching Osborne, on the return, the larger yacht
was again considerably ahead. A Royal salute was fired es
the Fairy passed and repassed through Spithead. The Vic-
toria and Albert was again under way yesterday morning in
very trying weather, a stiff gale and sea, with heavy rain,
prevailing during her cruise.
The Virago, 6, paddle-sloop, Commander Edward Marshall,
arrived at Spithead yesterday afternoon from the Pacific sta-
tion, last from Rio, whence she sailed on the sth of June. She
brought no news, having been forestalled by the West India
mail packet last in. She has nearly 70 invalids on board from
the various ships of the Pacific and Brazil squadrons, and
300,000 dole. in specie on merchants' account. On the 25th
ult., in lat. 8 58 N., long. '23 9 W., • she spoke the French
ship Young Albert, 25 days from Bordeaux for Valparaiso ;
on the 26th, in lat. 11 22 N., long. 22 55 W., the ship Emen,
75 days from Colombo, for Valparaiso ; on the 27th, in lat.,
13 30 N. long. 24 29 W., exchanged colours with an English
ship, first pendant, No 9,207, and a barque, second pendant,
No. 4,306 ; on the Bth inst., in lat. 36 G N., long. 29 30 W.,
the English brig Chieftain, of St. John's, New Brunswick.
The Jackal, 4, iron paddle-Wheel steam-vessel, Lieute-
nant-Commander William T. F. Jackson, arrived at Sheer-
ness from her cruising ground off the coast of Scotland, at 7 30
p.m yesterday, her assistant-paymaster in charge, Mr. John
Mumford, being in a dangerous state of illness, having had
four epileptic fits, the assistance of the surgeon of the flagship
was sent for immediately on her arrival.

Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, Surveyorof the Navy, is daily
expected at Sheerness, to proceed out in the Glatton floating-
battery on a trial trip, to prove her sea-going qualities. She
has now every part of her equipment on board, except 12
guns, which will be about Blf tons more dead weight for her
to carry.

The Transit iron screw steam storeship, Commander John-

stone, could not bo put out of the basin at Sheerness yester-
day, in consequence of the strong wind blowing from the south-
west, She is ordered to proceed to Deptford to have her horse-
boxes fitted and secured on her upper dock, ready to receive
the cavalry portion of the troops she is to take out. They will
proceed from Maidstone Cavalry Barracks immediately she is
ready to receive them. She will then return to Sheerness to
take in artillery for the Crimea.
The Dee, 4, paddle-wheel steam troop-ship, Master-Com-
mander Thomas E. Pullen, made her number on demand yes-
terday, at 11.15 a.m., passing up the Thames from sea.
Too Iris, from Deptford, passed up the Medway at 11.30
a.m., yesterday, from Deptford, with stores for the Castor
frigate, fitting at Chatham,
The Alban, 4, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, Lieutenant-Com-
mander W. E. Fisher, arrived at Sheerness yesterday, at
3.15 a.m., from sea, on particular service.
The following ships aro now iu Sheerness harbour under the
pendant :—The Waterloo, the Formidable, the Transit, the
Glatton, the Meteor, the Cruiser, the Jackal, the Wildfire,
the African, the Myrtle, the Lizard, the Fearless, the Alban,
and tht Adder.

The Thunder floating battery is still off the dockyard,
Woolwich. Yesterday she got up steam at the buoy and
tried her machinery, whieli has been..fotuid defective ; conse-
quently her sailing was deferred.
The steam-transport Jupiter, at anchor off Woolwich, is to
complete her cargo of powder this day, and will sail to-
morrow.

The Rhadamanthus has completed her freight of boilers
and machinery for Portsmouth dockyard, and is to sail next
tide. Her crew is deficient.
Tho Hesperus, screw transport, left Woolwich basin on
Wednesday, and is moored off the Arsenal, faking in her
cargo of guns, &c., fer the Crimea.
The Australian Royal Mail Company's screw steam-ship
Adelaide, transport No. 138, Captain A. W. Young, will sail
from Southampton this morning for Woolwich, to embark
troops for the Crimea.
The Royal Mal. Company's steam-ship Orinoco transport
No. 218, Captain Wilson, is ready for sea, and it is expected
will embark the 6th Dragoons at Southampton to-morrow.
A large quantity of hay was shipped on board yesterday, and
steam was got up, and the state of the machinery tested.
The General Screw steam-ship Jason, Captain Lane, trans-
port No. 84, will shortly be ready for sea. It is expected
that she will be employed by the Government for the con-
veyance of artillery.
There were lying in the Southampton Docks at one time
on Wednesday last nearly 34,000 tons of steam shipping, the
principal portion of which consisted of vessels belonging
to the port which are and have been employed by Go,ern-
ment in the conveyance of horses and troops to the East, viz.
—Her Majesty's screw steam-ship Himalaya, 3,438 tons ;
Royal Mail Company—Magdalena, paddle, 2,944 ; Orinoco,
paddle, 2,901: Dee, paddle, 1,874: Derwent, paddle' 794 ;
Solent, paddle, 1,805 ; Tamar, paddle, 1,964. Peninsular and
Oriental Company—Colombo, screw, 1,864 ; Euxine, paddle,
1,165 ; Tagus, paddle, 782; Madrid, paddle, 479. Australian
Royal Mail Company—Victoria, screw, 1,878 ; Adelaide,
screw, 1,860 ; Australian, screw, 1,392 ; Sydney, 1,392 ;
General Screw Company's steam-ship Jason, 2,668 ; United
States' Company's steam-ship Washington, paddle, 2,000 ;
the screw steam-ship Union, 524 ; the paddle-wheel steam-
ships Queen, 460, and Noord, 240 ; and the South-Western
Company's paddle steamers Courier, Transit, Atalanta, Won-
der, and South-Western, of about 300 tons burden each.

Her Majesty's screw-transport Himalaya, Captain Priest,
came out of the large graving dock at Southampton last
evening.

. .
A GOOD Emer.z..—At the half-yearly meeting of
the members of the Frome Mechanics' Institution, a vote
of thanks was given to Donald Nicoll, Esq., late sheriff
of London, &c., for the valuable collection of books he
had deposited in that institution for the use of its mem-
bers. It consisted of more than one thousand of the
best works of ancient and modern writers.

SOUTHAMPTON, July 19.—His Majesty the King of the
Belgians, attended by Princess Charlotte of Belgium and
suite, will leave her Majesty's residence at Osborne early
on Saturday for this port, en route to Claremont. The
Royal carriages will await their arrival, and will convey
the Royal party from the docks direct to Kingston.
His Majesty will return by special train in the evening,
and will embark from the Southampton Docks for pis;
borne. The Duchess of Kent leaves Osborne, on he
return from visiting her Majesty the Queen, earlyon
Tuesday next.
French Loan on the Stock-Exchange y
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that for a few francs he shall make over his allotment.
Even if the aggregate taken by this class of applicants
should prove comparatively small, there can be no doubt
an extraordinary reduction will have to be made in the
pro rata division to the others, since not only are all the
French capitalists and traders desirous of obtaining con,
saderable sums, but they are in each case endeavouring
to anticipate the diminution to whiCh they must be sub-
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SCOTCH EDUCATION BILL.—DEFEAT OF THE
GOVERNMENT MEASURE.
The following is a list of the Peers who paired on as
second reading of the Scotch Education Bill last night :-.
Port TIM BILL. AGAINST Ts3l Bari;
Camperclown Douglas of Doody
Fingal! Morton
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Milford Home
Auckland Vane
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Strafford Northumberland
Rosebery . Plunket ' -
Manchester, Bishop Carlisle, Bishop
York, Archbishop Bantry
Peterborough, Bishop Kihnore, Bishop
Huntley Hopetoun, .
Errol Sinclair •
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Zetland Gray
'Clanricarde Ely
Broughton St. Leonarcls •
Donegal Ifativers
Fortescue Itavensworth
Enfield Forester
Portman Cardigan
Denman Sheffield
Abercorn Lyndhurst
Poltimore - Lucan
Breadalbarte Lonadale •
Cowper Carnarvon
Dufterin Halmesbuly
Methuen Portarlington
Sutherland Howe
Kilgore Kilmaine
Durham Willoughby de Stieby
Mostyn Templemere
Meath Darnley •
Clifden Wilton
Grey Cathcart
Campbell Crawford
Wellington Strathmore
Ellesmere Lilford
Pairs .. .. ..... 35 Pairs 35 .
Present -36 Present B6-121
Majority against the bill
Proxies not called.
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HOUSE OF COMMONS.--Jour 19.
•
AR4CY (CRIMEA).
Order read, for resuming adjourned debate on question (17th
July), That the question thee proposed, " That this•house,
deeply lamenting the sufferings of our army during the
winter campaign in' the Crimea, and coinciding with the
resolution of their committee, that the conduct of the Ad-
ministration was the first and chief cause of the calamities
Which befel that army, do hereby visit with severe repre-
hension every member of that Cabinet whose counsels led
to such disastrous results," (Mr. Roebuck,) be now put.--
Previous question again proposed, " That the question be
now put " (General Peel).—Debate resumed : previous
question put, " That that question be now put."—The
house divided : Ayes, IS2 ; Noes, 289.

AYEF.-18:1.

Adderley, C. Follett, B.
Alexander, J. Forester, Col.
Arbuthnott, Gee. Franklyn, O.
Archdall, M. Fuller, A.
Arkwright, G. Gaskell, J.
Hagge, W. Gladstone, W.
Bailey, C. Goderich, Via.
Baillie, H. Gooch, Sir E.
Baird, J. Gordon, A.
Ball, E. Graham, Sir J.
Baldock, E. Graham, Lord W.
Barrow, W. Greenall, G.
Bateson, T. Greene, John
itective, Earl Grogan, Edward
dell, J. Guinness, R.
Bellew, T. Gwyn, H.
Bentinck, Lord H. Hadfield, G.
Bentilick, G. Halford, Sir 11.
Beresford, Rt. Hn. W. Hall, Gen. J,
Bignold, Sir S. Hamilton, Lord C.
Boldero, Col. H. G. Hamilton, G. A.
Booker, T. W. Banbury, lion. C.
Brady, J. Henley, J.
Bramle-: -Moore, J. Herbert, S.
Bright, J. Herbert, Sir T.
Brown, H. Hiliyard, R. C.
Buck, L. W. Hill, Lord A. E.
Huck, G. ' Jones, Adm.
Burrell, Sir C. Jones, D.
Burroughes, H. Kelly. Sir F.
Burrower, R. Kendall, K.
Butt, G. Kennedy, T.
Cabbell, B. Knatchball, W.
Cairns, H. • Knight, F.
Cardwell, E. Knox, Col. B. W.
Carnac, Sir J. Knox, W. S.
Cayley, E. Langton, W.
Chambers. M. Layard, A. IL
Chandos, Marquis of Lennox, Loict fr.
Child, Smith Leslie, C. F.
Cobden, R. Lindsay, W.
Codrington, Sir C. W. Lockhart, W.
Cole, li. A. Lowther, Col.
Coles, H. B. Macartney, G.
Gphaolly, T. Macgregor, Jas.
Curry, H. T. L. Maguire, J.
Crook, J. Mallns, R.
Davies, J. L. Manners, Lord J.
Dillwyn, L. Maxwell, J.
Disraeli.
B. Meagher, T. -

Neald, John
Neeld, Joseph
Newdegate, C.
Newport, Viscount,
Noel, G.
Korth, Col. J.
Oakes, J.
Ot way, A.
Pakenham, T. H.
Pakington, Bird.
Palk, L.
Palmer, Robes
Parker. R.
Peacocke. G.
Percy, J.
Rl,ardo, J.
Robertson, P.
Roebuck, J.
Rolt, P.
Rushont, Col. G.
Scholetleld, W.
Scobell, Capt. G.
Scott, F.'
Smijth, Sir W.
Smith, J. B.
Smith, W.
Smith, Abel
Spooner, R.
Stafford, A.
Stanhope, J.
Startle, Le
Stracey, H.
Stuart, W.
Start, H.
Sidlivan,
Swift, R.
Thesiger, Sir F.
Tomline, G.
Tudway, R.
Tyler, Sir G.
Tyrell,
Vance, J.
Vansittart, (4.
Verner, Sir W.
Vernon, L.
Vivian. J. E.
Vyse, Col.
Waddington, D.
Waddington, H.
Walcott, Admiral
Walpole, S.
Welby. Sir G.
Whiteside. J.
Whitmore, H.
Williams, W.
wise. A.
Wyndham, Gen.
Wynn, Lient..Cot.

Louts, J. Meta, Sir H.
Daffy, C. G. Mlall, E.
Duneombe, Hon. A. Mlles, W.
Dunoombe, Hon.W. Michell. W.
Donne, Col. Montgomery, H.
Elmley, Vis. Mowatt, F.
Evelyn, W. Mowbray, J. E.
Farnham, E. Mulling% J.
Fellowes, E. Mundy, W.
Fergusson, Sir J. Mintz, G.
Filmer, tiir„E. Nurrough. J.
Fitzgerald, W. Naas; Lord

TELLERS
.lolliffe, Sir W.
Taylor. Col.

NOES-28,.

Leland, Sir T. Galwey, Sir W. Oliveira, B.
Acton, J. Gardner, R. Osborne, R.
Alcoca, T. oiadstone, Capt. J. Os/Wotan, Lord
Anderson, Sir J. Glyn, G . Paget, Lord
Annesley, Ears of Goodman, Sir G. Palmer, Roundell
Antrobus, E. Gower, F. Palmerston, Viect.
Bagshaw, J. Grace, 0. Paxton, Sir J.
same.% lit. Hon. M. Granby, Marquis of Pecheli, Sir G.
Ball, J. Gregson, S. l'eel, Sir R.
Baring, H. Orenfell, Chas. Peel, P.
Baring, Sir F. Grevnle, Col. F. Feel, Gen.
Baring, F. Grey, Sir G. Pellatt, A.
Barnes, T. Grey, R. Pennant, Col. E.
Barrington. 'Recount Grosvenor, Ld. R. Perry, Sir T.
Bass, T. Gamey, J. Philipps, J.
Beaumont, W. Hale, R. Plunimore, J. 0.
Beckett, W. Ititi, Sir B. Phillimore, H. J.
Berkeley, Admiral Ilenkey, T. Mutt, F.
Berkeley, li. F. Demmer, Sir J. Pilkington, J.
Bethel!, Sir R. Harcourt, G. Ponsonhy, A.
Bidduiph, It. M. II astle, .91ex. I /ice. Sir R.
Blw,gs, W. llastie, Arclid. l'ritchard, J.
Bland, L. lleadlam, T. Itamsden, Sir J.
Bonham-Carter, .T. Heathcote, Sir 0. Reed, J.
Bouveria, Hon. E. P. Heatlicote, Sir W. Repton, G. --• '
Bowyer, 0. Heneage, Geo. H. Ricardo, 0.
lirsinston, T. W. Herbert, IL .Ricardo, S.
Brand, 11. B. W. Hervey, Lord A Rice, E.
Brocklehurst. J. Heywood, J. Rich, 11.
Brotherton, J. Ileyworth, L. Rchardson, J.
Bruce, Lord E. Higgins, 0. 0. Robartes, T.
Bucklear, Gen. Hogg, Sir J. W. Runibold, C.
I, urke. sir T. Bolford, R. Russell, Lord J.
Butt, I. Holland, E. Russell, F. C.
Byng, G. liorsfall. T. Russell, F. W.
Campbell, Sir A. Horsman, E. Sadleir, James
Castlerosse, Viscount Howard, C. Sadlelr, John
Caulfield, Col. J. Howard, Lord Sawle, C.
Cavendish, C. Hughes, W. Scrape G.
Cavendish, 0. Hutt, W. Scally, F.
Cecil, Lord R. Ingham, R. Sc-tily, V.
Chambers,U. Jackson, W. Seymour, Lord
Chaplin, iV. Jermyn, Earl . Seymour, H.
Cheetham, .Tchn Johnstone, J. seyinour, W. D.
Chelsea, Viscount Johnstone, Sir J. Shafto, R.
Clay, Sir W., lit. Keating, It. Shea, Serjt. W.
Clinton, Lord R. Kerrison, Sir E. Shelley, Sir J.
Cobbett, .1. H. Kershaw, J. Sheridan, R.
Cockburn, Sir A. J. E. K innaird, A. Smith, J. A.'
Cocks, T. S. Kirk, W. Smith, M.
?anti, W. Knightley, R. Smith, R.
Cogan, W. 11. F. Labouchere,ltt.llon.ll Smyth, J. G. •
Coote, Sir C. H. Langston, J. H. Somerville, Sir W.
Cowan, C. Langton, H. G. Sotheron, T.
Cowper, W. F. Lee, W. Stafford, Marquis
Craulurd, E. H. J. Legh, G. C. Stanley, W.
Crossley, F. Lemon, Sir C. Steel, J.
Dashwood, S.r G. H. Lewis, Sir G. C. Stephenson, B.
Deedes, N. Liddell, H. G. Stirling, W.
Denison, E. B. Lindsay, Col. J. Strickland, Sir 2.
Derlng, kir E. Littleton, E. Struts, E.
De Vere, S. Lockhart, A. E. Stewart, Sir X.
Dive t, E. Lowe, li. Sutton, J. •
Drumianrig, Viscount Luce, T. Tancred,ll.
Duckworth, Sir J. T. Lushington, C. Thompson, G.
Duke, Sir J. Mackinnon, W. A. Thornely, T.
Duncan, Viscount M'Cann, J. Thornhill, W.
Duncan, G. Mangles, R. D. Tile, W.
Dundas, G. Manners, Lord G. Tollemache. J.
Dundas, F. MarJoribanks, D Townahend, Capt.!:
Dltigin ran, Viscount Martin. J. Traill, G.
East, Sir J. Massey, W. Vane, Lord 11.
Ebrington, Viscount Matheson, A. Vernon, G. '
Egerton, W. Masterman, J. Villiers, C.
Egerton, E. C. Matheson, Sir J. Vivian, N. 11.
Ellice, E. Milligan, R. Walsh, Sir J.
Elliot, J. Mills, T. Walter, J.
Emlyn, Vie. Milner, Sir W. Waterpark, Lord •
Esmonde, J. Wines, M. Watkins, Cal.
Ewart, W. Milton, Viscount Walls, W.
Ewart, J. Mitchell, T. Whatman, 7.
Fagan, W. Moffatt, 0. Whitbread, S.
Fenwick, 11. • Molesworth, Sir W. Wickham, 2. W.
Fergus, J. Monek. Viscount Wilkinson. W.
.
Ferguson, Col. Mon creiff, J. Willcox, B.
Fergtrison. Sir B. Monsen, W. Williams, M.
Ferguson, J. Moody, C. Willoughby, Sir Mi.
ilson,
Fitz Gerald. Sir J. Morgan, 0.
Wood,W Sir J.
C.
iitzGerald, J. Morris, D. WortleY, J. S.
Fitzroy, Hon. H. Mulgrave, Earl
fitzwiiliam, C. Newark, Viscount
Norreys, Sir D. Wwriynglidttsamon,.
W.
litzwilliam, G. Wyvill, M.
Forster, C. North, F.
Forster, J. Northcote, Sir S.
O'Brien, P.
Fortescue, C.
Fox,W. O'Brien, Sir T.
Freestun, Col. O'Connell, D.
O'Flaherty, A.
Freshtleld, J.

TELLEII3

Hayter, W,
Berkeley,.(}.

PAIRS ON 302, ROEBUCK'S MOTION.

FOR. Mr. Marshall AGAINST.
Mr. Ker Mr. J. O'Connell
Lord Burghley
Lord Shelburne
SirSiMr. Laing
Lord A. Lennox Mr. E. Denison
Mr. Farrar Mr. Dent
Sir Gesiga Forster /sir. Devercux
Sir Edmund Hayes Mr. Fieidea
Mr. Pack° Lord Elcho - .
Sir J. Bailey Mr. W. Patten
J. °Y° ragred Yards Boothl
ull sr
Sir George Berkeley Mr. Drummond
Lord Bernard
Mr. C. O'Brien
Colonel Maunsell Mr. Mackie
Mr. Long
Mr. J. Duff,
Sir P. Egerton Colonel Clifford
Mr. C. Bruce Mr. E. Elfew;iftn•
Lord Matuadeville Lord Grosvenor
Sir G. Montgomery Mr. G. Duff
Captain Bunbury : Mr. M. Dunne
Sir E. Lytton Sir J. M. Taggart
Mr. Shirley Sir Thos. Winningtoit
Mr. Bennett Mr. T. Greaves
Mr. Napier Mr. O'Brien
Mr. Smollett Lord DahTmple
Mr. Portal Mir. Hutchins
1 Mr. Hawkins Captain Townshead
Mr. Irtou Mr. Foley
Sir JTrollops Mr. Hindley
Mr. Marki'Hansilton Mr. Collier
Mr. Colville Mr. Betunish
Mr. Frewen Mr. Macaulay, '
Mr. Floyer Mr. MenOage
, Mr. Greaves Mr. Tynte

Mr. King King
Mr. Christie
Lord Galway
Mr. Davison
D'tr. Blackburn
Mr. George
TiOrd Lisburn.
sir Y• Maddock
34. Olgistopher

Captain Megan
Mr. Keogh
Lord Uxbridge
Mr. Urquhart
Mr. Heatheote
Mr. Deasy
Mr. Walter
Mr. bald
Mr. Ir, Currie

11)BER STALKING and GROljf 3E
SHOOTING.—TO THE SPORTING WORLD.—Theut ider-
,lgued (Who ft itte Great Exhibition of all Nations recanted alotnii g for
' Prize
pedal). has a choice amsortment of all the necessary C,
peer-Stalking, Gr. .uee-Shooting, Salmon Fishing, &c. Tar-
tans. Socks, Stockings, Bonnevi, Wrappers, C aacs, Cloaks, Z tland
goods, &c. Very fine Plaids and Tartans for Ladies. The High-
land Dress correctly made up.
D. idACDOUGALL.I2, High-street, TaTernetis.

THEATRE ROYAL HAYmARLET.
Under the illanagement of Mr. Bgeiritene.
THIS EVENING,

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Will be perlbrmed THE BUSY BODY. Marplot, Mr. Buck-
, tone ; Miranda, Miss Reynolds.
After which, the Ballet of the TWO PRETTY WOMEN.
Followed by BIICKSTONE'S ADVENTURES WITH A POLISH
7RINCESS.
Followed by THE GALICIA FETE.
To conclude with A DAUGHTER TO MARRY.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE., OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. MAW:. mss•
THIS EVENING.
Will be perforined HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING•
To conclude with KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Ka-
tharine, Mrs. C. Kean ; Cardinal Wolsey, Mr. C. Kean.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL
rrolnistor, Ur. B. Webster.—Directress, Zdt.dame CCM%
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed A MOVING TALE.
Followed ty A NOVEL EXPEDIENT.
After which, FRATERNISATION:
To conclude with OPEN SESAME ; or, A Night with the Forty
Thieves. Characters by Messrs. P. B
Word and Keeley; Misses
Woolgar, Cuthbert, Wyndham, M. 'Keeley, and Mrs. Keeley.

ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan;
THIS EVENING.
Will be performed PERFECT CONFIDENCE. Characters by
)Igessrs• F. Ronson and G. Villing; Miss Marston and Miss Bromley.
To be followed by STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. Characters
by stews. A. Wigan, Emery, G. Vining, Danvers, Miss Mullen,
end Mrs. Melfort.
To conclude with THE WANDERINCI, MINSTREL. Jem
Bags, Mr. F. Robson.

DOTAL STRAND THEATRE.
Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Teasel.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed A WONDERFUL WOMAN:
After which, SALLY SMART.
To be followed by THE SPANISH DANCERS.
To conclude with MARRIED DAUGHTERS AND YOUNG
ITUSSANDS.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke.
THIS, AND EVERY EVENING,
In compliance with the universal wish expressed, the interesting
Spectacle, Lord Boron's MAZ EPPA ; or, the Wild Horse, in which
Mr. William Cooke's highly-trained horses will appear for the first
time. The piece will exhibit all the original thrillingly electric
effects !
To conclude with the SCENES in the CIRCLE, by Equestrians of
high repute.
box-oftice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W.
Nitwit. Acting Manager, Mr. Nelson Lee. Equestrian Director,
Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

MOD WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
lints DAT --Mr. ornier 34 Lain.after 5 1 Evening 54min. aft. 5
xa..y.lrntarnr - Morrir:. 12 uttn.after 6 EveniL4 3 t min. aft. 6

lATHICIL—Sent Orricz, July 20.
THEBMOMETES, 17 THE SHADS.
66—highest since noon yesterday.
53 —lowest this morning and during the night.
66—this day. at noon.
BaRomETZR, 29.92—rising rapidly.
WIND, N. W. by W.—Light, with fine sunshiny wea
ther.

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Parliamentary Debates of the same even-
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with Official Despatches from the Seat of
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CirriSt4,L-4-A-4/7.;

fA„IAN,
4? c, AIMI

LONDON, FRIDAY, JULY 20, 1855.

The " light cloud has passed from the moon."
The last opportunity during the present session
for retrieving the damaged reputations of many
" honourable gentlemen " has been wantonly dis-
regarded. The safety, honour, and welfare of the
British nation has been ccnsidered of less im-
portance,than the personal convenience and amuse-
ment of those who, having undertaken the dis-
charge of ard,rous and important duties, delibe-
rately violated the trust, and consented to a dis-
creditable compromise between duty and inclina-
tion. If, after the events of the two last sessions,
any doubt could have existed as to whether the
nation was properly represented, it must have
been completely removed by the proceedings of
the week, which must have greatly exhausted the
almost universal desire for a speedy ts appeal
to the country."
As to the division itself it was exactly as we
had anticipated, and the views to which we gave
expression were powerfully corroborated by what
actnally. occurred. There were 471, or in-
cluding the Speakers and Tellers, 476 pre-
sent at the division; of whom 182 voted
for, and 289 against, the motion—leaving
a majority of 107. There were also 42 pairs, so
that altogether 561 members are accounted
for, and there are doubtless some few of
the absentees for whom valid excuses may be
offered. ' - There are, -however; nearly 100
who should be called on-to explain. the causes of
their unaccountable apathy on a question of such
surpassing interest and vital importance to the
nation. We trust that the division lists may be
closely scrutinised, that every man may be called
to account for the vote he has given. But even
a wrong vote was better than no vote at all ; the
chief delinquents are those who, without adequate
cause, strove to struggle out of their responsibi-
lity. From these perscns we hope that a heavy
reckoning may be exacted, and that they may re-
ceive a decided proof that such conduct cannot
he practised` with impunity. These who were
altogether deterred from voting, or who
shelved the importsnt subject for the sake
of avoiding the threatened dissolution, should
receive an early intimation of the opinions
of their constituents, and an unequivocal hint that,
as they no longer represented those opinions, the
sooner they made way for more determined and
earnest men the better. This divisien list should,
therefore, as we have already stated, be carefully
scanned by every independent voter"-aye, and
non-voter—throughout the United Kingdom, for
as we are told by the opponents of the ballot
they exercise a legitimate influence on the elections
in their respective localities.
The discussion last night was very different
from that of Tuesday evening. It was no longer
a petty skirraish, conducted with " pop guns"
but a fierce conflict, in which the heavy
artillery participated. The Atttorney-General
PpoLe, as he always does, brilliantly and effec-
tively) but he Dhowei the weakness ei hi, cause

► by the vituperation in which he indulged against
the high-minded, consistent, and incorruptible
member for Sheffield. It was as palpable as if
his brief had been exposed, that the inistructions
were, "We have no case—abuse the plaintiff's
actorney I" What might he not have said had
his able advocacy been enlisted on the other side ?
As it was his mind was too logical to permit a
direct denial of the premises. He cortld not, in
the face of the Report, which so far as practicable
strove to shelter the Ministry, deny that there
had been just grounds for complaint; but he argued
with considerable effect in favour of "limited liabi-
lity," and, to shield Lord PALMERSTON and his col-
leagues, not immediately concerned in the manage-
ment of-the War, from the censure that had been
decidedly merited by some of their quondam col-
leagues.

This defence—and it was decidedly the best
which circumstances admitted—was repudiated
by Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who, having been so re-
cently made a scapegoat by his colleagues and so
unceremoniously expelled the Cabinet, was com-
paratively indifferent to the stability of a Govern-
ment in which he had no place, and was also de-
sirous of extending the Ministerial responsibility,
so as to divide the odium which he has incurred
with the colleagues who still retain " power,
patronage, and pay." We must say that we so
far concur with the Noble Lord, although we
must admit that the arguments would have pro-
ceeded with a much better grace from any other
quarter, and without such biting acerbity and
palpable vexation. He, too, followed, in the
abuse of the plaintiff's attorney, or rather of the
faithful and efficient counsel for the People—the
manly, energetic, and indefatigable ROEBUCK.
Sir GEORGE GREY made a twaddling speech, in
which he did not give any intimation as to
whether he concurred with Lord JOHN Rus-
SELL in thinking that the Austrian terms
might be accepted. That is a subject which will
remain involved in mystery, so long as it can pos-
sibly be maintained ; and it is obvious that the
House of Commons will do nothing to dispel the
cloud. Lord PALMERSTON followed his colleagues
in a somewhat similar strain, though with far
greater brilliancy and effect. Like the others he
attacked Mr. ROEBUCK, rather a bad symptom, as
to the soundness of his cause.

Of the Opposition, Mr. WHITESIDE made
a vigorous and powerful onslaught on the
offenders ;. and he was sustained with great effect
by Mr. DISP.AELI, who reserved himself until
after Lord PALMERSTON had spoken. Mr. BRIGHT
also made a desperate attack on Ministers. What
a pity that the Hon. Gentleman is arrayed
in drab garments, and that he is a., monomaniac
on the peace question ; how vigorously he would
pound the Ministry unJer different circum-
stances. We must, however, be contented with
what we can. The Government has succeeded
in shirking. the unpleasant topic for the present
session, but it will be long before they can recover
the home thrusts so unsparingly administered by
WHITESIDE, BRIGHT, and DISRAELI, the wounds
from which must long rankle in their sides. As
it is, but for the season, the result might have
been very different indeed, and they would not
have had much cause to pride themselves on the
postponement of the indictment on which they
were so justly arraigned.

With all convenient speed our Ministers will
now get rid of their catechisers. RORBUCK and
LAYARD, DISRAELI and lIILNER GIBSON, and
all the troublers of ISRAEL will be dismissed to
their tents. The Press alone will be left as the
guardians of the people's interests, and the super-
visor of its servants. How much they need such
a supervisor the Crimean revelations of last
winter, denied at first by the guilty, but after-
wards ratified by a Parliamentary Committee, are
proof sufficient. A foreigner once expressing to
an English Judge his surprise at the small num-
ber of persons present in our courts of justice,
" Sir," was the reply "we sit in all the daily
papers." We suppose our Ministers will make the
same reply when we insist en the mischief of pro-
roguing Parliament. We want, however, the
assistance of counsel to enable us to report in the
most efficient manner the conduct of our Ministers.
The Press can put no questions by giving a few
days' notice ; or if it does, it can get no answer.
Custom, etiquette, and for aught we care to dis-
pute, the circumstances of a constitutional country
and a free Press, quite forbid the descent of her
MAJESTY'S servants into the arena where all others
contend. It is reserved for despotic Governments
to have the Government journal which can speak
wi th State authority. We, on the contrary, can hear
nothing as authentic from the Government unless
it has come to us by the Parliamentary channel.
A somewhat arctic zone this of ours in the poli-
tical sense ; for six months we enjoy such light
in Governmental matters as continental states
never know, and for the next six months we are
plunged into darkness unknown in the countries
of the Moniteur or the Invalids Busse. Perhaps
some of our readers will be inclined to stretch our
illustration, and to tell us that our boasted free
Press is, meanwhile, no better than the unsteady
and misleading light of the twilight,the moon,
and the aurora borealis. If so, there is no help
for it ; we must give the best' light we can.
Before we part, then, with our •Ministerial
catechisers we insist that they ought to demand
explicit declarations from Government on several
points. It may not appear to be the greatest of
them, but we just now place among the first the
Danubian Principalities. Our readers are aware
that there are fresh rumours of sacrificing these
misused countries to the odious rule of Austria.
She in return is to give up a portion, of Lom-
bardy to Sardinia, and Turkey is to be recom-
pensed by the Crimea. We hope, in the name of
all justice to the nations, that there is no truth
whatever in the rumour. Except in regard to
the Tartars in the Crimea, who are known to pre-
fer the Turkish rule, all the other arrangements
are purely arbitrary, and ignore entirely the
rights of the inhabitants of the countries them-
selves. Probably Lombardy,- or the "por-
tion" of it, might prefer the Government of
the country which sheltered its exiles to
the lying Government which sequestered
their estates, but they have an indefeasible
right, which centuries of HAPSBURG brutality can
never destroy, to choose their own Government—
they might -prefer Incorporation with Sardinia, or
they might not ; but it is not for us to repeat
the villanous policy of 1815, and to give away
people as if they were but toys for one despot to
present to another till all were contented. But
as to the Principalities, it would be a crime as
had as the partition of Poland to make a present
of them to Austria. They would weep tears Of
blood, quietly disposed as theysare, at the thought
of coming under the heels of •the most cruel and
perfidious dynasty which disgraces a continental
throne. A dynasty utterly insensible to the
nobility of Hungarian or Lombard patriotism,
which has indeed but one single aim—to repress
every aspiration for liberty, civil or religious, and
to subject all to the discipline of bureaus and to
the darkest superstitions of Popery.
We have no right thus to sacrifice these pro-
vinces. They must infinitely prefer their nominal
connection with the Turkish empire, and their real
independence under their own Hospodars. They
have, if they be delivered from Russian interfer-
ence and the Danubian trade be thrown fully open,
every prospect of speedily becoming wealthy and
flourishing. They will be for a long time to come
one of the granaries of Western Europe, and will
form a growingly noble addition to the political
status of the Turkish empire. The purpose for
which Austria wants them is obvious enough ; they
would not only *give her a better hold on the na-
vigation of the Danube, but they would enclose
Hungary and Transylvania in her domains still
more completely, and isolate still more those
countries of freemen from the world without.
The most revolting consideration of all would be
that this ignis fatuns of our statesmen, dancing
after which they have thrown away time, blood,
and money, should gain for her nefarious putposes
sucht a splendid addition to her territory. That
sae should have not only done nothing to earn an
acknowledgment; but that she should have libe-
rated Russian
troops from the Danube for the
Battle of .Inkerraaais
and at this yor'y mount iet