The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-15 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1853.

NESSELRODE has ventured to emulate the auda-
city of NmifoLAs. It is the old phrase—like
master like man—newly and monstrously illus-
trated. The Circular Note of the Minister has
appropriately echoed that arrogance and insolence
which were only too audible in the Imperial Mani-
festo of the AUTOCRAT. The statesman talks
towards the close of his diplomatic document of
his august Sovereign "circumscribing as much as
possible the circle of hostilities." Precisely in the
same manner, in a manner absolutely insulting to
our common-sense, the CZAR concluded his diplo-
matic document by that blasphemous quotation of
the inspired words of the Royal Psalmist—ln k
DOXINE speravi, non confundar in oeternur !
It were well to observe closely the remarkable
expression here transcribed from the Circular
Note of NESSELRODE. We mean the sentence in
which that veteran politician speaks of the
desire of his august master to " circumscribe
as much as possible the circle of hostilities." Now,
let it not be forgotten that we are enabled at this
moment to appreciate the sincerity of that desire,
attributed to the Russian AUTOCRAT by his faithful
servant and apologist INTesszLnonE—and that we
are so enabled, not merely by sagacious surmises
or astute conjectures, but through the aid of a
mass of very curious and startling information.
Information, let it be especially remarked, drawn
from
from an extraordinary variety of sources--sources
most remote and sources close at hand--facts
learnt by intelligence alike from the Asiatic and
from the European continent, by news simulta
neously received from Paris and from Hindostan.
According to NESSELRODE we have seen it
officially stated that the Russian AUTOCRAT is de-
sirous of " circumscribing as much as possible
the circle of hostilities." According to actual
occurrences, now, let us discover how far this as-
sertion holds good, and let us do this simply by
aid of events that have long since become noto-
rious. How stands the matter ? Why, the Em-
peror NICHOLAS is so desirous of " circumscribing
the circle of hostilities" that he intimates his de-
termination to regard the appearance beyond the
Bosphorus of one vessel bearing the tricolor or the
union jack as tantamount to a declaration (as the
ease may be) of war on the part of France or of
England ! The CZAR is so desirous of " circum-
scribing, the circle of hostilities" that he per-
sonally endeavours by a journey to Olmiltz to in-
volve hls imperial cousin the Emperor of Austria
in his warlike machinations, and subsequently
by extension of his excursion as far
as Berlin to lure the King of Prussia into
a diraila, „
Pluall. Nay, he .is so desirous
of " circurancrib•
mg the circle of hostilities"
(according to that
most apt and felicitous expres-
sion of the Cirenia,
Note of NESSELRODE), that
we find by our last advises in anticipation of the
Overland Mail that this benevolent and nazi&
potentate is actually endeavouring
in Hindostan
covertly, by intrigue, and openly, by force of
arms, to embroil his British "
allies"
with large
masses of the most formidable of all their
enemies
among the whole multitude of the 0 •
riental popu-
lation. The last-mentioned circumstance is at
this moment especially and peculiarly entitled to
consideration. It may be easily stated in the few
words following. It appears by the Extraor-
dinary Express published by
us in our im-
pression of Saturday—the express from our
Indian possessions bringing down the news from
Calcutta to the 4th, and from Bombay to the
14th of October, that while the 9th Cavalry was
.
being marched from Jhelum to Rawul Pin dee
t
was deemed advisable to send a corps of irregu-
lars to Shelum, and to despatch an European
regiment forthwith to Sealcote. Ostensibly, the
cause of' the latter moven:tent was attributed to