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LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1854.

It is of vital importance that a vigilant super•
vision should be exercised over Prussian proceed

ings at the present moment. The vacillating
and equivocal conduct of that Power since the

commencement of the War has gone far to alienate

the kindly feeling with which it had previously
been regarded by the English nation. We were

accustomed to consider it entitled to our confi

donee, respect, and friendship ; unfortunately,
these impressions are altogether removed, and
grave suspicions, humiliating estimates, and con-
temptuous indifference substituted therefor. This
is not the fault of the people. We believe that they
are still sound at heart, faithful, brave, and con-
sistent, and that, were they allowed to do so, they
would gladly cast in their let with the Western
Powers, and brave every danger in the cause of
truth, justice, and progress. Unfortunately, how-

ever, their rulers are very differently disposed. Their
weak-minded Sovereign looks only to the creature

comforts in which he so liberally indulges, awl to

the gratification of personal feelings, amiable in a
private individual, but highly derogatory to the
interests of the great people whose destinies are

committed to his charge. He forgets the great
principle that nations have no brothers-in-lax,

and that the steps which he may be induced to
tako or to neglect—his acts of omission or

commission, for the purpose of sparing the
personal pride of his friend and brother—may

prove very detrimental to the welfare and happi-
ness of millions of his subjects, who really possess
the earliest claims upon his sympathies, and whose
piety, honour, and prosperity should be exclu-
sively thought of in any matter where they could
by any possibility be effected. The KING might

make an excellent country gentleman of the good
old times of unlimited and unreasoning convi-
viality. Devoted to post-prandial enjoymentna
man with whom, as poor MAXWELL was accus-
tomed to remark, " you might drink in the dark,"
without any danger of his sconcing the bottle, he
would at any time postpone business, however ur-
gent, for the discussion of " a modest quencher," or
possibly so many " modest quenchers"that his facul-
ties would be altogether obscured. It is at such
moments that insidious counsels are breathed into
his ear, that his maudlin feelings are worked on
in favour of his friend and brother or by those who
have sold their venal services to Russia, and are
desirous of earning the degrading wages of their
infamy. It has been justly remarked t:tat a weak
sovereign is more injurious to the nation than a
wicked. one. The change, from 'King Loa to
Eing Stork might have been beneficial to
the frogs who escaped the Royal bill, and who
were not destined to form the materials of "a
dainty dish to set before the King." So it is with
FREDERICK WILLIAM. The very points that might
make him a respectable, aye, an estimable, friend
in private life, have been destructive to his
character as a Monarch, and very prejudicial to
the cause of Prussia.
Now, knowing the feelings by which lie has
hitherto been influenced ; seeing, also, that all his
efforts have been directed towards extricating the
AUTOCRAT from the scrape in which his pride and
cupidity had involved him, we must regard any
Prussian interference in the quarrel with doubt
and suspicion. Time° Danaos, et done ferentes,
should be the motto of every English Diplomatist
and Minister ; and the more plausible the profes
sions, the more specious the protestations, of the
Prussian representatives, the more cautious
should be the conduct of those acting on behalf
of the United Kingdom, or rather of the Western
Powers, for in this case the interests of France
and England are one and indissoluble. We are
now told that a Prussian despatch, addressed to
the Cabinets of London and Paris, announces
"an agreement with the views of the Western
Powers, and offers, in the terms of a special arrange-
ment, conformably tvith the particular position of
Prussia, to unite with them. in urging a settlement
of existing difficulties .'" This is indeed ominous!
This is something to be carefully watched !—sulß-
cient to induce every Englishman to shake off his
apathy, and to be on the alert against the
" dodges" of those whose interference is not for
our good, and who, considering the peace-at-any-
price predilections of the English Premier, may
produce most serious mischief before the re-assem-
bling of Parliament will enable us to obtain full
information of what is going forward. The selec-
tion of such an envoy as M. VON USEDOM—one
who, as a pupil in the school of the Chevalier
BUNSEN, is popular in England—only enhances
the danger. FREDERICK WILLIAM and his ad-
visers well know that an ambassador of a different
character would have no chance of success, and
they strive to shelter themselves behind his
deservedly high reputation. He is cordially re-
ceived at the English Court, in a very different
manner from that which would be accorded to a
Russian partisan. He has the opportunity of
offering suggestions and throwing out hints which
might not be granted to one of a different calibre.
But this is not all. It is not merely the pre-
sence of M. VON USEDOM in. London that must be
provided against: There are collateral matters
going on at Vienna, that proves that there is some-
thing threatening in the wind. On the 28th lust, at
Vienna ! nay, more, at the residence of the Earl
of WESTMORELAND ! ! a conference was held, at
which were present not merely the representatives
of England, France, and Austria, but also of
Russia. Yes, Prince GORTSCIIAK•FF assisted
in the deliberations of Count BuoL, Baron
DE BOURQUENEY, and the Earl Of WESTMORELAND.
We only wonder that Colonel VON MANTEUFFEL
was absent ! While such matters are going on—
while we see the war " starved" by Ministers
determined to obtain peace at any price, or on
any conditions, it is time that the people
should be true to themselves, and should impress
on their representatives, the necessity of being
fully alive to the schemes and intrigues that
are in operation for the purpose of securing an
early armistice. We cannot call it a peace, one
that would not be in accordance with the honour
or the interests of England, but would, in ex-
, change for a temporary time, more than quad-
ruple our future sacrifices. No ; we have Russia

in a fix, and it cannot be permitted to escape in
deference to Austria, unless its fangs are ex-
tracted, its claws pared, and. its powers of future
mischief materially reduced, if not altogether re-
duced.

One word for emigrant soldiers. They are
among the very best we can have ; only let them
be emigrants from oppression, and not from star-
vation merely. The life-blood of America is in-
herited from its Puritan forefathers—from the
men who had conscience enough to seek religious

liberty, and manhood enough to seek civil liberty,
at any cost. The men who groaned or died under
the tyranny of our TUDORS and STUARTS, or who
preferred the forest and the Indian to it, these
arc the men who have made America what she is
—the men who had souls as well as muscles, and
who therefore preferred voluntary banishment to
political slavery. Even all our present colo-
nies which manifest any British vigour, Canada
for instance, are composed of the class
of emigrants who have found the means to wrest
Colonial liberty from the reluctant Lords of
Downing-street.
Yet it has been the miserable course with certain
journals of this country to have the sneer editorial
ever ready for the noble-hearted but unfortunate
political emigrant. Now and then, perhaps,
affecting tenderly and condescendingly to speak of
them as refugees, their very pity being contrived
to brand them with imbecility, rather than to
exhibit the wrongs of magnanimous, though un-
successful, patriotism. As honest Englishmen we
have long marked the language of certain writers
respecting these noble people, with regret for
their own sake, and with indignation •for the
misrepresentation of our country in the eyes of
all the better spirits of Europe. The real senti-
ments of Englishmen are but little known
abroad, and it is to be feared that we are
suspected of loving Russian and Austrian
" order" better than the freedom for which
the subjugated and oppressed territories cannot
cease to pant. It has, indeed, been roundly said
on the Continent that the English love freedom
for themselves, but slavery for other nations.
Let the despised exiles of despotism, and the suf-
ferers beneath it, too, fully understand that Lord
DUDLEY STUART'S sentiments, as Mr. COBDEN tes-
tified in the House of Commons, are the senti-
ments of the great mass of Englishmen. The
difference between the English people and certain
journals which affect to speak their opinions can-
not be more accurately described than in the
well-known line Victrix causa deis placuit ; sed
vista Catoni. In other words, the order estab-
lished by bloody, relentless tyrants—being con-
querors, pleases the Jupiters of the press, but
the noble minds who vainly have struggled to
burst the tyrant's yoke are the hearty favourites
of sturdy JOHN Bum
Give us, then, a legion of emigrants, but not
of emigrants wandering from home merely for the
reasons which induce the very animals themselves
to migrate. What have such men to do with
fighting against oppression ? They would enlist,
if, indeed, they can be got, not from courage—a
not even from the love of adventure—but merely
to be clothed and fed. What could be expected
of troops so minded amid the discomforts of
Balaklava and Sebastopol ? No, let us send the
enlisting sergeant to every land where there are
haters of Russia and Russian antagonism to Euro.
pean liberty. Let us begin with the Polish prisoners
and emigrants in our own country, in France, and
in every place where they can 1,3 e found. Let
us publish to every Pole, Hungarian, and Italian,
that whoever is the friend of liberty and the
enemy of its arch-enemy, lie is the man for us.
That we want his services ; that they will aid in
the final emancipation of Europe ; that he will
be welcomed not as a mercenary, but as an
honourable and hearty coadjutor. Let every
actual exile, and every one whose heart is in the
cause which has banished his countrymen, be
boldly invited to join the Allied standards. The
conflict now waging is not one for the mercenary.
Soldiers of that stamp are very well for the ser-
vice of ambition and the rewards of conquest, but
their hireling presence is a profanation of the
battle for liberty. We know the technicalities
which some, and even Mr. MILNER GrssoN,
allege against enlistment in other countries ; but
if ever a war was mismanaged by deference to
antiquated technicalities, it is the present one.
From the commander to the drummer boy privation,
disease, and death have been the sacrifices offered
to technicality. We must be cursed with it no
longer. We aro faco to face with stern realities ;
and the punctilios of feather-bed times cannot be
thought of in the tempest. When CROMWELL de-
termined that the Parliamentary side should con-
quer, his first step was to get rid of all the worth-
less mercenaries by which it was encumbered, and
to organise his immortal regiment of Ironsides ; a
regiment of men whose souls were in the cause.
Naseby was the result. Give us a legion of men
eager to fight the first great battle of Euro-
pean liberty, where it must now he fought—in
the Crimea—and the result is certain. Sebas-
topol will be to NIOHOLA.S another Naseby.
Wo repeat that this is no time for military or
diplomatic pedantry. The Ministry which wants
tae Moral courage to use freedom's friends to fight
freedom's battles, is not the Ministry to retrieve
the disasters which routinism has indicted on our
troops. Some mercy may be shown to their ap-
prentice mistakes and timidity, but it cannot be
extended further. As they are bound to rise to
the mechanical and engineering standard of the
present time, so they are bound to rise to the
moral principles of free Europe, to rsnounoe the
hireling, and to fight her battle with men whose
hearts are loyal to her cause. If this can be done
with the good-will of Austria and Prussia, well ;
if not, do it in spite of them. As to the former,
Spielberg, "damned to eternal infamy," can furnish,
we suppose, at once half a regiment of patriots in
fetters there for their love of liberty. Venice,
where arrests have been numbered by the hun-
dred, could furnish another. They could do
Austria no harm in the Crimea, and admirably
would they match with our troops, since their only
crime has been that of aspiring to those institutions
under which every Englishman was born. Why
not propose to our new and noble Ally to open
her infernal prisons and spare us her political
prisoners for a regiment We do not knew
whether they would not make two. English
beef and fresh air would soon restore their ema-
ciated limbs and pallid faces ; and most willing
would our recruiting serjeant find them to ex-
change the patriot's dungeon of Austria for Eng-
, lish service against the man who enabled Austria
to throw them into a felon's prison.

SOMETHING OMINOUS.

(Prom the Press of this day. )
It would be premature to more than allude to an
Event now in progress, which, when ripe for an-
nouncement, will excite the greatest interest in
Europe, and open a new phase in the complications
of the Eastern question. In the present state of
the great European 'monarchies, it is not to be
expected that dynastic considerations can be
wholly separated from the policy of Courts, and
such considerations will soon, we have reason to
believe, assume a shapesto demand the gravest de-
liberation.

OFFICIAL DESPATCHES

FROM

FIELD MARSHAL
LORD RAGLAN.

(From a Supplement to the London Gazette of Last Night.)
WAR DEPARTMENT.
Dec. 30, 10-i o'clock a.m.
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle has this day
received a Despatch, of which the following is a
copy, addressed to his Grace by Field-Marshal the
Lord Raglan, G.C.B.
Before Sebastopol, Dec. 12.
My Lord Duke,—Your Grace will be happy to
hear that the weather has continued fine, since I
had the honour to address your Grace on the Bth
instant.
The enemyhas made no movement of importance,
and nothing of any material consequence has taken
place before Sebastopol.
The Russians moved upon our advanced pickets,
in front of our left attack, the night before last, in
some force ; but they were instantly driven back
by a detachment of the Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade,
on the right, and by one of the 46th on the left.
The firing, however, was kept up for some time,
I and the 3d and 4th Divisions were held in readiness
to support, in case their assistance should have
been required.
I inclose the return of casualties to the 10th
instant.---I have, &c., RAGLAN.
His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c. &c.
WAR OFFICE, Dm. 30.
The Right Honourable the Secretary-at-War has
received from his Grace the Duke of Newcastle the
following list of casualties amongst the non-com-
missioned officers and privates in the Forces under
the command of Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan,
G.C.8., from the Gal to the lOth December, 1854,
both days inclusive.
RETURN OF CASUALTIES. PROM 6TH TO 10TH
DECEMBER INCLUSIVE.
Royal Sappers and Miners—l rank and file, killed.
4th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file, killed ; 2 rank
and file, wounded.
Ist Regiment-1 rank and file, wounded.
38th Regiment-2 rank and file, killed ; 1 rank and file,
wounded.
41st Regiment-1 rank and file, killed.
47th Regiment-1 rank and file, killed.
49th Regiment-1 rank and file, killed.
• 50th Regiment-2 rank and file, wounded.
55th Regiment-6 rank and file, missing.
' 57th Regiment-2 serjeants, 3 rank and file, wounded.
Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade-1 rank and file, wounded.
t Total-7 rank and file, killed ; 2 serjeants ; 10 rank
and file, wounded ; 6 rank and file, missing.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT.
Adjutant-General.

RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
AND MEN KILLED FROM 6TH TO THE 10Ta
DECEMBER, ,BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE.
KILLED.
DEC. 6.
38th Regiment of Foot.
Private Duncan Kerr
Private Patrick Donnelly.

Dso. T.
4th Regiment of Foot.
Privata John Jones

41st Regiment of Foot.
Private George Phelps
47th Regiment of root.
Private Michael Brennan.

43t1i Regiment of Foot.
Private Henry Guest.

Diet 9.
Sappers and Miners.
Private Samuel Coles.
J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
AND MEN WOUNDED. FROM 6TH to 10TH
DECEMBER, 1854, BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE.
DEC. 7.
4th Regiment of Foot.
Private William Gowan, slightly
Private Robert Hewit, slightly

• Dxi, 8.
57th Regiment of Foot.
Serjeant Alexander 4l•Dougall, slightly.
Serjeaat William Griffiths, slightly.
Pnvat• Thomas Kelly, slightly.
Private John Murphy, slightly.
Private Michael Murphy, slightly.

Disc. 10.
Ist Regiment of Foot.
Private Jol,n Morgan, severely.
asth -Regiment of Foot.
Private William Crozier, slightly.
Ist Battalion Rile Brigade.
Private Charles Barron, severely.
J. B. BUCKNALL, ESTCOURT,
Adjutant-General.

RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
AND MEN MISSING, FROAI DEC. 6Ta TO
DEC. 10Ta.

MISSING.
DEC. 7.
55th Regiment of Foot.
Lane e Corporal Michael Mahoney
Private Martin Greahan
Private William O'Sullivan
Private James Preston
Private Jeremiah Rendy
Private Thomas o:shorn
J. B. BUCKNALL WSTCOURT,
Adjutant• General.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

Last night M. Jullien commenced another " month "
at this theatre. The great success that attended the
efforts of the ?maestro at Drury-Lane bids fair to be out-
rivalled here, judging from the crowded state of the
theatre last evening. The arrangements which have
been made by M. Jullien betoken considerable activity
in preparing for the new campaign. The "Pantomime
liithiadrille," especially contrived for the holiday boys
end girls, was the novelty of the evening. It was
more ludicrous than important, as may be imagined.
It consisted of "hot Codlings," and other tunes of
the same comic family, served up in various odd and
whimsical ways, the great feat being a reading of " Pop
goes the weasel," by Herr Koenig, on the penny trumpet,
the tiny sounds of which produced peals of laughter.
The other matters may be dismissed with a general
compliment to the delicacy and finish with which they
are rendered.

031EN-SACKEN IN COMHAND.—A well-informed writer,
in a letter dated from Berlin, Dec. 27, says :—" We
shall see whether General Osten-Sacken will make a
better hand of the command than his predecessor.
Certainly Gen
person.
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otwown horses killed under him, and all those around
him were either killed or wounded.' General
Osten-Sacken's arrival must, however, be looked upon
as an advantage to the Allied Army in case of another
battle. His humane conduct to the captives of the
Tiger shows that he is not a man to oountenaace the
brutal outrages palliated, if not encouraged, by Prince
Menschikoff."
THE PARIS EXHIBITIOL—The epoch of the exposition
not being far distant, we are authorised to inform the
exhibitors that their Majesties wish to reserve to them-
selves a free choice, and that they will riot accept of any
articles that may be offered to them.—lfoniteur.
SHIPWRECK AND Loss OP LIFE AT SELBT.— A very
melancholy catastrophe happened at Selby on Christmas-
day. A keel, coal laden, belonging to Mr. William
Broadhead, of York, and who was on board with his
wife (near her accoucheirient) and three children, was
sunk owing to the strong wind blowing. The vessel was
running before the wind, up what is called the Long
Reach, when she became unmanageable and in a very
short time she went down. Captain Broadhead and his
men tried all they could to rescue the family, but with-
out avail ; Mrs. Broadhead and her three children being
at the time in the cabin, and were drowned. When our
correspondent wrote the bodies had not been recovered,
although every exertion was used to do so. A few years
ago Mr. Broadhead's brother lost his wife and some
children within a mile of the same place by a similar
misfortune.--Emtera Counties Herald.

BRAIIIOPETUNXiC.—The tunnel on the Leeds nor-
thern portion of the North Eastern Railway, which it
will be recollected fell in on a passenger train in Septem-
ber last, and has since been under repair, is announced
to be re-opened on Monday next. For nearly three
months the traffic between Leeds and the north has hall
to be carried on via York, at great inconvenience to tra-
vellers. The loss to the company from the accident and
consequent repairs must have been enormous. The tun-
nel, which is 21 miles long, has been tested inch by inch,
and rendered thoroughly safe.
SUPPOSED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—PRESTCN, Friday.
—An inquest was held yesterday in this town on the
body of Phoebe Rose, a single woman, 18 years old,
who had been missing since the 13th inst., and who
was found in the canal on Thursday. Deceased was a
rover in a factory, and sometime ago formed an acquaint-
ance witk Edward Wilkinson, a married man with five
children. The result of their intercourse was the birth
of a child, toward the support of which Wilkinson con-
tributed. Latterly the deceased evinced despondency,
whether arising. from the consciousness of her impru-
dence, from the loss of employment, or from some other
cause, does not clearly appear. On the evening of the
13th inst. she left home with her infant in her arms, and
neither of them was afterwards seen alive. Last Mon-
day the body of the child was discovered in the same
canal. The mother had lost her employment about four
days before her disappearance, through the closing of
the factory, and had then no moans of support. She
left home with the child at seven o'clock, and did not
mention to her sister where she was going, or whether
she should return. The jury returned a verdict of
"Found dead." A similar verdict had been previously
returned in the case of the child.

LATEST NEWS.

THE CRIMEA.

were re-
The following telegraphic despatches
ceived in Paris last night :

MARSEILLES, DEC. 28.
The packet from Trebisond has arrived at Con-

stantinople bringing news of the 18th.
At that date the Russian army was marching
on Erzeroum and Redoubt-Kale; an attack against
the Circassians had been vigorously repulsed with
the assistance of a body of Turks, commanded by
English officers.

The army of Asia, notwithstanding this suc-
cess, is insufficient in strength, and has demanded

reinforcements.

The Sultan is about to send commissioners to re-
organise the army, and they will be accompanied
by English and French officers.

The Egyptian troops at Constantinople are
about to leave for the Crimea. During the last
month 14,000 men have left to reinforce the
Allies in the Crimea.

CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 18.

It is in contemplation to form a body of
French and English police to prevent any distur-
bance during the continual movement of troops

in this capital.

The reinforcements of the Allies are concen-

xating near Eupatoria, -where a camp of operations

is being formed.

The troops of Omer Pacha will be directed to-

wards Perekop.

CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 20.

It is confidently asserted that the resolution has
been adopted to storm Sebastopol as soon as the

Turkish reinforcements come up. The French,
it is said, are to storm, whilst the British and
Turks attack Menschikoff,
There is a report that Omer Pacha has written

to the Sultan, making it a condition of his ac-
cepting the command, that he shall have two
votes in the Council of War, in order to prevent
his being outvoted by Lord Raglan , and General
Canrober t.

VIENNA, DEC. 28.

A despatch from Warsaw announces that the
Russian naval artillerymen taken out of the Baltic
fleet had arrived at Sebastopol, and that to tlseir
presence is due the recant precision of the fire
from Sebastopol, as well as the new-found bold-
ness of the fleet.

It is stated that the Russians are advancing in
force to the Pruth.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING.
RECEPTION OF THE CORPS LEGISLATIF
AT THE TUILERIES.

Yesterday evening, at nine o'clock, Count de
Morny, the President of the Legislative Corps,
and the members of the bureau of that body, pro-
ceeded to the Tuileries with the bill relative to
the loan of 500 millions, which had been voted in
the course of tke day's sitting. The whole of the
deputies accompanied these gentlemen, and all
were assembled in the gallery of Diana, when the
Emperor, followed by the great officers of his
kousehold, and by his Ministers, entered. Count
de Morny thee presented the bill to his Majesty,
and spoke as follows :
t‘ Sire,—l have the honour of presenting to your
Majesty the bill concerning the loan, which the Legis-
lative Corps has this day voted unanimously. The
whole of the deputies have accompanied the members
of the bureau, in order to give, in the eyes of France
and of Europe, a striking testimony of their devotedness
to your person, and of the unlimited co-operation which
Obey are decided to afford you. They have also desired
that their President should place in your hands the ex-
pression of their sentiments for the English army and
fleet, and their illustrious commanders, as well as the
expression of their solicitude' and admiration for our own
valiant land and sea forces.", _

The Emperor replied as follows :
" The Legislative Corps has already given me so
many proofs of its patriotism, that I cannot feel
astonishment at the readiness with which it has voted
fibs bill which is to insure to me the means of prose-
cuting the war with vigour. I thank you for the senti-
ments which you have just expressed to me through
your President ; and I will direct my Minister of
Foreign Affairs to transmit to the Government of the
Queen of England the testimony of sympathy and grati-
tude of the Legislative Corps towards the English army
and fleet, and their noble commanders. France, with
the loyal and energetic co-operation of her allies, can
await without disquietude the issue of the war in which
she is engaged ; and relying on her valiant forces by sea
and by land will know how to uphold the rank which
is due to her in Europe."
These words were received with the liveliest enthu-
siasm, and were followed by cries of " Vive l'Em-
pereur !" The deputies afterwards proceeded to
the drawing-room of the Empress, and were per-
mitted to present their respects to her Majesty.
The following is the report drawn up by Count
de Morny, in the name of the committee charged
to examine the bill on the loan :
" Gentlemen, your committee, in accordance with the
sentiments which you had manifested, assembled imme-
diately. It charges me unanimously to propose to you
the adoption of the bill which accords to the Govern-
ment the authorisation to contract a loan of 500 mil-
lions, whilst leaving an entire liberty as to the manner
of effecting the loan. Your committee is anxious that
the enemies of France shall be well aware that the
Emperor will find every heart determined to support
him, and that the representatives of the country, the
faithful interpreters of its sentiments, are ready to
vote all the men and all the money that may be de-
manded from them, and will not recoil from any sacri-
fice. This war has been undertaken without any desire
of conquest., or any feeling, of personal ambition on
the part of the Head of the State ; the permanent in-
terests, of France, and all the traditions of her policy
impose on her the duty of protecting a weak state against
an unjust aggression. Tho Emperor has made the most
sincere efforts to reconcile that duty with the maintenance
'of peace. Russia only responded to him by a blind
obstinacy ; but thanks to the wisdom of our Sovereign
and to his loyal, disinterested, and generous policy,
France, who a short time back was alarming Europe
by revolutions, has beheld the holy alliance of former
times succeeded by another alliance, infinitely more holy
because more just, against Russia. The loan which is
proposed to you has appeared to your committee the
most legitimate mode of meeting the expenses of the
war. It will turn to useful account the savings and
capital that can be disposed of ; and the funds, em-
ployed by the State, will soon again return to general
circulation and reconstitute the capital of the country.
If the amount of this loan is higher than that of last
year, the circumstances in which it is to be contracted
appear to us more favourable. Men's minds were
then less familiarised with the idea of war. At
present, according to the just expression of the Em-
peror, if it causes each heart to throb, it does not
alarm men's interests. At that period, the adhesion of.
Germany to the policy of the Western Powers was
doubtful; at present it is a certainty. We are convinced
that this loan will be subscribed to with even more
The
eagerness and just confidence than the first one. Th
destination of this loan will be besides the most power-
ful inducement to the subscription, for thelmPortant
all the
point at issue is to urge on this great war with
Llliktehwei vigour
ig°thue
r
vigour of which France is capable—with
a
which is
required for eventualsuccess.
sufferings of our valiant army in the East must be re-
s
e v edi; and the Emperor be permitted to
solicitudecontinue has
the
careful attentions with whichhiegli h
Parliament, provident
which
enveloped our soldiers. The English
assembled before us, has had the
itsthe
advantage of antici-
pating us in the expression
sympathies for our
land and sea force. Your committee has perceived
with great satisfaction the unanimous desire of your
bureaux to respond to that friendly demonstration, and
to address to
the English army and fleet and their illus-
trious commanders the warm thanks of the Legislative
Corps,
and its assurance of the most lively admiration •
for the invincible courage of which they have given
so
many proofs. As to our own valiant soldiers, who
share their dangers and their glory, they have merited
well of their country. France is proud of them, and
happy to behold thus cementing an alliance which is
becoming the most precious guarantee of civilisation,
and the most certain pledge of a lasting peace."
The Moniteur announces that on account of the
death of H.R.H. the Princess Caroline-Fredericka
Willielmina of Hesse, sister of the Elector of Hesse,
the Court has gone into mourning for three days—
, namely the 29th, 30th, and 31st.
The Minister of Marine has addressed a circular
to the Maritime Prefects and other eminent lune--
tionarieSc of his department, stating that he has