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

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LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1853.

NESSELEODE has ventured to emulate the auda-
city of Nicholas. 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 to
DOMINE speravi, non confundar in ceternto
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
matnent to appreciate the sincerity of that desire,
attributed to the Russian AUTOCRAT by his faithful
servant and apologist NEssEratonE—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 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 sinaulta
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 bow 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 13 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
case 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 Olmiitz to in-
volve his imperial cousin
_the Emperor of Austria
in his warlike machinations, and subsequently
by an extension of his excursion as far
asa Ilerli.ll to lure the King of Prussia into
pitfall. Nay, he is so desirous
of c, c
urescribing the circle of hostilities"
,ording to that most apt and felicitous expres-
sj on of the Circ
ular Note of NESSELRODE), that
we find by our last
ad
vces in anticipation of the
Overland Mail that thisi benevolent and pacific
potentate is actually end touring in Hindostan
covertly, by intrigue,
arms, to embroil his British
openly,'by force of
their
e enemies
large
m ies
masses of the most formidable :all
h with
among the whole multitude of the Oriental 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
Cal cutta to the 4th, and from Bombay to the
14th of October, that while the 9th Cavalry was
Being marched from Jhelum to Rawul Pindee, it
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 movement was attributed to