The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-22 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NO VEMB,ER 22, 1856.

the Turkish Government to demand the with-
drawal of the British Fleet from the Black Sea,
so that there may be no interference with her
own proceedings. The latter policy is one of an-
cient times. It is illustrated in the fable of the
wolves and the sheep, where the latter are in-
duced, under the deceitful pledges of their
natural enemies, to banish their faithful
guardians, the watch dogs, and accepting,
as hostages for the strict observance of the
treaty, the young of their opponents. The
snare is, however, too palpable to deceive even
the most unwary. It is obvious that Great
Britain can have no personal motives for retaining
a naval armament in the Euxine—that her only
object can be to ensure the faithful performance
of the Russian obligations—matters of far greater

consequence to the Ottoman Government than to

herself.

Far greater vigilance ia essential at the present
moment, when Russia not only refuses to per-

form her solemn obligations, but when she has
displayed such palpable manifestations of an in-
tention to evade undertakings of a different cha-

raster. It is ridiculous to suppose that any man

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of ordinary understanding, can be blind-

folded by the sudden desire to acquire
a large commercial steam navy, on a

scale of vast magnitude. Nor is the motive
less transparent when the stipulation that every
vessel must be so constructed as to be capable of
being transformed into a ship-of-war at a brief

notice. The CzAßmust indeed have conceived a very
humiliating estimate of the common sense and judg-
ment of French and English statesmen if ho sup-
poses that they can for a moment be bamboozled
by so shallow a pretext. Like the contemplated
Russian railways, it is clear that no reasonable
hope can be entertained that the speculation
would prove remunerative, and that the Govern-
ment guarantee is all that the shareholders in
" the new Russian Steam Navigation Company"
could look to for a return on the amount of their
investments. Russia wishes, in fact, to obtain a
series of military lines, constructed within her
Own territories, at the expense of the western
nations, while she will further distress them by
drawing the bullion from their stores and care-
fully locking it up, so as to prevent the possibility
of its finding its way back, until the time had
arrived when she could cast aside disguise, and
again boldly avow her fierce determination to
Cossackise Europe.
The steam navy is with a similar object. She
might construct the railways herself if she
only possessed the money, material, and
engineering skill. No foreign Powers could protest
against these undertakings, although they must
be well aware that the end and object was to in-
crease the military power of Russia. But not so
with regard to the steam fleet. She has entered into
stringent stipulations hgainst any increase of her
maritime strength in the Euxine. If so many ves-
sels were to be constructed at Nicholaieff or Sebas-
topol, there would be many earnest remonstrances,
and perhaps something more, from the other parties
to the Treaty of March ; but by giving the con-
cession to a foreign company she hopes to over-
come the difficulty, while they would be to all
intents and purposes her own, the power of taking
possession at any time being retained in her own

As to the revival of the Congress, the pro-
ject is too absurd to require serious argument.
As we have already explained, there is nothing for
arbitration. The obligations on Russia are toe clear
and explicit to render any construction different
from that adopted by England for a tnoment
tenable. It would not be to carry out,
but to reconstruct and modify the • exist-

ing agreement, and any even a single
party has a right to object to such an unautho-
rised change. We have shown that Russia would
be virtually appealing to a packed jury, and that
the decision would be a forgone conclusion that
could only lead to the isolation of England,
or what would be even worse, closer connection
with Austria. On the part of England, then we
firmly protest against any revival of the CAife-
rences ; and we hop, and believe, that the Eng-
lish Premier will refuse his sanction to a proceed-
ing so uncalled for and so impolitic.

L3T(.I JOHN RUSSELL. What is he after ? Wha
can be done to keep him out of mischief, and al

the same time reward him for his past services ? A
brace of inquiries these beginning to excite some
degree of interest, now that the meeting of Par-
liament draws nigh.

On all hands it appgars to be admitted or be-
lieved be contemplates his reappearance as a prin-
cipal actor on the political stage on which he has
conspicuously figured, but from which lie has 're-
cently been compelled to retire by the veto of
public opinion. The natural inference therefore
is he is after mischief. No reasonable being, one
would imagine, can believe that Lord PALMER-
STON is such a nincompoop as to desire his
aid in the Cammons. Vast as are • the
resources of the Premier, unmatched though lie be
in tact, the risk is too great for him willingly to
encounter it. However steadily his coach may be
running just now, like all other coaches it may be
upset—and well he knows " JOHNNY" is just the '
man to do it. It would seem, however,
" JOHNNY " is so unreasonable as to believe the
Premier may be induced to accept him as a col-
league in the Commons, and thus allow him the
opportunity to do so. It can hardly be
that in one of his periodical fits of audacity Lord
Joixx entertains the belief he can command a fol-
lowing which will enable him, without treachery,
to assume before long the reins of Government
himself ! There is no knowing. This much,
Ihowever, may be relied on—both friends and foes
are of opinion that as a leader in the Commons
he is used up, and that tha sooner he recognises
the fact the better for his fame and for the inte-
rest of the Liberal party. _ _

The second question, to wit—What can be done
to keep him out of mischief, and at the same time
reward him (to some extent) for his past services
—is that which really demands consideration. A
morning
contemporary, who alone seems to retain
the odour of his inspiration, and pities him in his
isolated
position, ough it cannot help him
to hiswish, suggests the elevation of
the Noble Lord to a peerage, in order
to the strengthening of Government in the Upper
House. If by this
be implied in order to the aid
he can render in
an independent capacity—all
well and good. We won't even quarrel with our
contemporary for designating the acceptance of a
peerage a sacrifice on the part of the Noble Lord.
He " has done the State some service," and we
are by no means lothe to leave that
service publicly
acknowledged by a recompense worthy of it. Nay,
we are almost disposed to go further, and say,
with a more powerful contemporary, c; we feel
sure that the country would think no
honour the Crown can bestow to be too great a
reward for a statesman who in his time has done
many great and useful things." But if his ad.
1 mission into the Ministry, and the lead in
the
Lords be implied, as we believe it is, the
suggestion assumes another aspect. Where
is the assurance that in this capacity he
would not prove exceedingly dangerous to the

stability of the Ministry—well nigh as dangerous,
if not indeed more so, than if under the imme-
diate surveillance of the Premier as his colleague
in the Commons ? Bestow on him what honours

he may seem to deserve, but our advice to the
Premier—and it "is perfectly disinterested—is,
whether in the Lords or in the Commons, contrive
to do without his Lordship as a colleague ; or, as

sure as fate, he will contrive to trip up your Ad-

ministration.

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It will most probably be presumed from all this
that the Noble Lord the Member for the City of
London would not object to be pitchforked into
the Lords in the capacity of Ministerial Leader.

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They know but little of the Noble Lord who do
not entertain grave doubts on this head. His
Lordship conceives himself to be an ill-used man,
and is as ambitious as of late years he has proved
himself weak and wrong-headed. The future his
friends contemplate for him, and the future lie

contemplates for himself are two different things.
To his thinking, there is but too much reason to
believe, Lord JOHN is the coming Prime Minister,
who, instead of being " used up," is more capable

than ever of directing the affairs of this great
country, which always stands in need of his
services when deprived of them, while his friends
at best conceive he may be useful in a subordi-
nate capacity in the Lords. Are they likely to
succeed in converting him to their belief ? They
wish him to withdraw from .the Commons
before it is too late for his reputation—before he
has drunk to the dregs the cup of humiliation his
vanity and weakness have prepared for him. Is
he likely to overthrow a superstructure in which
he delights, and listen to their advice ? The
chances are enormous against his doing so. The
sacrifice of personal vanity required at the outset
is too great. It is not to be hoped. To quote from
our contemporary :—" Urged on by a kind of
chronic restlessness, he is rather anxious to try once
more his fortune in the House of Commons.
Old predilections, old reminiscences, a craving
for the occupation of official life, a confidence
in his party followers, and a still greater
confidence in himself, all make him willing to bid
once more for popularity and power, We can
hardly wonder that he should delude himself with
the belief that liberal government is impossible
without him, when we find such a notion actually
received by others, in spite of the events of the
last few years. For many years past it has been
obvious to all, except a few bigoted partisans,
that Lord JOHN'S political reputation has been on
the wane. His conduct has on many occasions
exhibited that mixture of rashness and timidity
which often betokens the decay of great powers,
and gives warning of approaching feebleness. It
is natural that, in fear of such an event, there
should be a party desirous of inducing Lord
JOHN RUSSELL to accept the honourable retire-
ment and the high distinctions which all will agree
he has fairly earned. Should they succeed, no one
will rejoice more fully than ourselves." In these
remarks we fully concur, under the proviso that
no more is intended in his Lordship's elevation
than his failing powers would wzrrant. A de-
cayed Minister may be even more dangerous to his
colleagues than if in possession of his pristine
energies, understanding, and self•command. The
subject is a painful one, and we gladly dismiss it.

Sir JOHN PAKINGTON having tried the Rouse
of Commons in vain has put his hope in Man-
chester.
The highest servant of the Crown and
the noblest of living patriots have recently taken
and conferred honours there, and Sir jouN. sees
no reason why he should not have his share also.
Sir JOHN informs us that to him belongs the
honour of redeeming education from being a mere
party question ; and that his bill placed it on
common ground. Be it so—that is the reason
why his bill, or any one like it, will not in our
time bconie an act. Sir JOHN and his coz,clja-

tors, honest and patriotic as we believe then to
be on this subject, have three antagonists which
they will not vanquish in our time—the priest,
the parent, and the parish. Any one of them
singly, formidable enough, but combined,
although from very opposite motives, they will

be a match both for Sir JOHN and Lord JOHN.
Take the Priest—the grand obstacle—who
will ever bend him ? He has a fired persuasion
that the school is the nursery for the Church.
Very probably he exaggerates the effect of the
Church or Assembly's Catechism on youthful
minds. In a free country like this the deference
of the youthful laity for the dogmas of their
school-books is small indeed ; some say that
there is even a tendency to throw the
Catechisms into the fire, as soon as compulsory
learning ceases. Be this as it may, the clergy do
not think so. To rehearse a Catechism for an
' hour, and then to submit to a two hours' service,
or at least to sitting or wriggling the service out,
is, they think, the sure course to discipline faithful
disciples for Church or Kirk. Each denomination
believes alike on this point. Each is well disposed
towards education, but nervously anxious that it

should train up adherents to its creed. Hence 1,
is that in Britain eleemosynary education has
fallen under the exclusive management of the
diverse, and generally hostile, religious bodies ;
and until this sectarian jealousy can be removed,
both secular and national education are simple
impossibilities. The wealthier laity are too much
under the influence of the clergy to subscribe to
any plan which the latter will not sanction, and
they will sanction none which does not multiply,
as they believe, their own spiritual subjects.
When Sir JOHN cites America and Canada, he
forgets that in neither country is there any domi-
nant and richly-endowed sect. Perhaps the fact
that there is in England has had more to do
than any other cause with the deep-seated
disaffection of the clergy of all creeds to
State education here. Dissenters fear that under
any national system the Established Church would
have the lion's share. It is so, indeed, with the
money now voted for education. The Church,
on the other hand, dreads the necessity the Go-
vernment is now under, of dealing on equal terms
with all creeds. The one dreads any augmenta-
tion of the privileges of which it is already jea-
lous ; the other shrinks from anything which
should put it on a level with unrecognised rivals.
In America, and we may say in Canada in a great
measure, this fertile cause of opposition to national
education does not exist. There are no favoured
sects, no Ecclesiastical Peers, no Ecclesiastical
Crown patronage, no teachers authorised by the
State, scarcely deigning to speak to the untho-
rised Dissenting teacher, and, in consequence, no
one to feel that his creed or sect is in danger from
the school supported by a Government which
knows no distinctive sects, or by a rate which is
administered. by Ecclesiastical equals. We be-
lieve it is impossible to exaggerate the indirect
obstruction to a national system of education,
arising from the fact of an Established Church,
surrounded by unestablished churches more than
equal to it numerically considered. But neither
Sir JOHN nor Lord JOHN contemplates dispens-
ing with the State Church for the sake of State
education. It is singular that as soon as the
greater part of the Scotch Church became
an unendowed church, it went im►nedi-

ately to war on education with the Church which
it left. The Lord Advocate knows this to his
cost.

CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held yes-
terday afternoon at the official residence,of the First
Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The Minis-
ters present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chan-
cellor, Earl Granville, the Earl of Harroswby, Sir Geo.
Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere,
Lord Panmure, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir
Charles Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, Lord
Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines.
THE COURT.—According to the present arrangement,
the Court will leave Windsor for Osborne on Thursday,
the 7th proximo, and return to Windsor for the Christ-
mas festivities on the 23d of the same month. The
birthday of the Princess Royal, who was born on the
21st of NoVember, 1840, and consequently has attained
her sixteenth year, was celebrated at Windsor with the
customary honours. On Monday next 'the first party
will be given at the Castle since the death of the Prince
of Leiningen.
Yesterday the Princess Royal completed her 16th
year.
The Omar Pacha, from Sydney, has, it is stated,
breught about 2,000 sovereigns.
The rumour that the Bank of England intended to
raise the rate of discount depressed the Paris Bourse.
There have been some slight disturbances at Madrid
amongst the lower classes.
I A treaty of commerce has been concluded between
France and the Sandwich Islande.
The Sardinian sailed yesterday from the Mersey for
Australia with a full cargo and 270 passengers.
It is said there is to be a new classification at the
Customs of the receiver-general's department.
Prince Woronzeff, whose death we announced two
days ago, was 74 years of age.
There is a proposal on foot for making a railway
between Cheltenham and Chipping Norton.
A powder mill has exploded at the Island of Rhodes,
by which 1,000 persons have been killed.
The new equestrian spectacle produced at Astley's,
entitled "bred," is attracting nightly immense audiences.
Baron de Seebach, Minister Plenipotentiary of Saxony,
has arrived in Paris.
General de Montreal has arrived at Marseilles from
Rome •
Since 1801 no less that 500 Acts of Parliament have
been passed respecting the Excise department.
A resolution was confirmed yesterday at a meeting of
the Life Assurance Treasury Company to raise a sum
of money not exceeding 100,0001. on debentures.
Preparations have commenced for the marriage of the
Hereditary Grand Duke of Tuscany with the Princess
Anne of Austria.
There is a rumour that four new Field Marshals are
to be created—viz., the Duke of Cambridge, Lcrd
Seaton, Lord Gough, and the Earl of Cathcart.
When the intended reduction of the Coldstream
Guards is completed, the regiment will cansist of 850
rank and file.
,Mr. Smith, the acceuntantigeneral at the War-office,
intends, it is said, shortly to retire, and to be succeeded
by Mr. Kirby, the chief examiner.
Mr. P. Bolt. has resigned his seat for Greenwich.
He says be is likely very shortly to become a Govern.
went contractor.
A meeting was held a few days ago in Manchester, at
which resolutions were carried for the abolition of the
punishment of death.
Sir Alexander Bannerman, Governor of the Bahamas,
succeeds Mr. Darling, the new Governor of Jamaica, in
the Governorship of Newfoundland.
Mdlle. Nau, the well known cantatrice of the Grand
Opera, has just returned to Paris from a highly success-
ful professional tour in the United States.
It is said that the Austrian Government intends to
establish a new Catholic university at Salesourg, and
new religious seminaries in each bishopric.
Eight additional pictures by Turner are to be added,
on Monday next, to those already on view at Marl-
borough-house.
A call of 11. 9s. is ordered to be paid, on the shares of
the Epsotn and Leatherhead Railway, by the 11th of
December.
The news of the election of General K!apka, a Hun-
garian refugee, as a member of the Great Council of
State to the Canton of Geneva, has been received with
great bitterness in Vienna.
The commercial letters received yesterday from Now
York state that the stock-market has greatly improved,
as the pressure on Europe is considered to be merely
temporary. '
Lieutenant-Colonel Macbeath having been appointed
to the command of the depot battalions at Glasgow he
has left Woolwich, and proceeded thither to 'assume the
duties of the appointment.
A meeting was held in Manchester yesterday evening,
at which a memorial was adopted, praying the Lord
Chancellor to appoint paid scientific eoanissioners, in-
stead of the present law officers.
Au accident occurred off the harbour of West Hartle.
pool on Thursday last, by which it is feared three young
men, named Pounder, Boumer, and Reuntiee have met
a watery grave.
A gold buyer in Sydney, in his circular, says he has
2,040 ounces of gold exposed in his window, and nearly
1,700 ounces more on his premises wanting transmission
by the escort. This would be rather a dangerous an-
nouncement in London.
Mr. W. H. Russell, the Times' correspondent at
Bakshi Serai, has written a letter to his friends, dated
the 4th instant, in which he states he is on his way
home, There must be some error in the paragraph
which has appeared, which stated this gentleman was
dangerously
An atrocious murder has been committed at Batbgate.
Two men, named John and Thomas Maxwell, were way-
laid and violently assaulted by two Irish miners. Thomas
Max well was stabbed to the heart and died instantly,
but John was only slightly injured. The ruffians have
been lodged in Linlithgow Gaol.
OXFORD WORKING MEN'S EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION.
—The first anniversary of this institution will be cele-
brated on Monday, December Bth, by a dinner at the
Town'hall, Oxford, at which the Rev. F. D. Maurice,
1V1.A., and other gentlemen interested in the work of
education will be present.
THE LATE Mn. BOGUE.—Yesterday an inquest was
held by Mr. Wakley, coroner, relative to the death of
Mr. David Bogue, of Camden•road-villas, Camden-town.
The evidence of Mr. Cousins, surgeon, of Camden-town,
showed that deceased's death had arisen from disease of
the heart ; and the jury returned a verdict of "Death
from nrieural causes.'
PATENT LAW REFORM.—A meeting was held at the
Town-hall, Manchester, yesterday evening, to memo-
rialise the Lord Chancellor to appoint paid scientific
commissioners instead of the present law officers. The
chair was taken by Mr. W. Fair-bairn, C.E., and a' me-
morial and resolutions in favour of the object for which
the meeting was called were adopted.
The arrangements in regard to the-estate of Fox,
Henderson, and Co., have been assented to by the great
body of creditors, nearly all of whom Lave signed. The
winding up will, therefore, be proceeded with without
difficulty, and with but little delay. Tho works are
going on as usual, and no more of the hands have been
discharged.
The Judge of the Westminster Consistory Court yes-
terday decided, in the case of " Lewis v. Smith," that,
notwithstanding the statement of Mr. C. Mathews that
he had purchased the right of performing "The Game
of Speculation," every time the comedy is played at any
other theatre than the Lyceum, the sanction of the
author must be obtained.
A FRENCII RAILWAY SCHEME FOR Tuns's/I.—The
capitalists of Paris are making great efforts to obtain
from the Sultan concession for a line of railway from
Cuustantinople to Bussorab, by way of Alexandretta.
This is intended as a counter scheme to the Euphrates
Valley Railway, while it is urged England seeks still
to maintain a manopoly of communication with the
East Indies.
WOODIN AT CHICHESTER.—It would be a singular
thing to sneeula.te as to what opinions the different cha-
racters represented in the "Olio " would form of Woodin
himself, if they had to criticise his entertainment! The
Old Playgoer would pooh pooh the affair, and make some
invidious comparisons with the late Mr. Mathews. Mr.
Growler would call it all a pack of nonsense. Captain
Smalltalk would feebly ejaculate "Tolerable," Giles
Clodhopper would say " lie be darned if be ever seed
such a thing afore."—The West Sussex Gazette.
The 560,0001. of gold brought by the Lightning was
delivered yesterday, but the purchasers on continental
account were not prepared to take, the entire:Jam; and
70,0001. was carried to the Bank. It may therefore be
assumed that some proportion of the 700,0001. to be
landed by the James Baines will also remain, especially
as the Asia, from New York, on Monday may probably
bring a considerable remittance. The purchasers of
silver on the continent, however, apart from any action
of the Bank of France, must keep up a steady outflow
sufficient to prevent at present any rapid accumulation
here.
KOSSUTH AT HALIFAX.—On the evenings of Wednes-
day and Thursday last M. Kossuth delivered two lec-
tures in the Odd Fellows Hall, Halifax, on "The pre-
sent state and future prospects of Italy," M. Kossuth
arrived at Halifax early in the afternoon of Wednesday,
and after an introductiou to some of the principal gentle.
re
men of the town proceeded to Manor Heath, the si-
deuce of John Crossley, Esq., whose guest it had been
arrang,ecild. Kossuth should be. The chair was occupied
on Wednesday evening by John Crossley, E ,'
and on
The ' spacious
Thursday evening by John Abbott, Esq.
hall was crowded in every part. At the conclusion of
evening's lecture a resolution expressigeor-
Thursday
cor-
dial sympathy with M. Kossuth and the cause of con-
tinental liberty, and deprecating in strong terms any
alliance between England and Austria, was put, and
carried amid boisterous applause.
WHAT WILL Pooß PIERCE DO ?—This is an interesting
question. What will poor Pierce do 2
Fie
months' grace left him in which to do e
something.has yet
Iffohuer
chooses, within that time he may
stumbling-block in the way of remove the greatest
Buchanan—the Kan-
sas question. Should Mr. Piercef
lcan assume the responsi-
bility, and secure the admissio o
ho will atone in that single act for all
the
es
haseradferreereSffitaatne,.
isms of which he hae been guilty duringthe last two years.
We go further, and declare it as our need belief that Mr.
Buchanan should be relieved from the responsibility of
making Kansas a slave State, for he
.was nominated
because his hands were clean of any participation in this'
plot of Davis and Atchison for extending slavery into
free territory of arms. At least, this dirty piece of work
assumed by Mr. Pierce should be finished by him. Why
should the scheme which has broken down poor Pierce
be transferred to the slmu!ders of Buchanan ? Why
saddle him with this " Old Man of the Sea ?" Mr.
Pierce should relieve his successor of this ugly piece of
business, and by admitting Kansas as a free State he
will save Buchanan, save the Democracy, and put them
on their pegs again, and return to Concord in a perfect
blaze of glory. What will poor Pierce do ? It is plain
what he ought to do, but still the question recurs, " What
will poor Pierce do 3"—New York Herald.

'olio.

LA T l-11 srr NEWS.

MARSEILLES, Nov. 21.

Advices from Constantinople, of the 13th, state
that M. do Boutenieff had again pressed upon the
Porte the withdrawal of the British ships from
the Bosphorus.
An English frigate had arrived at Constanti-
nople, and others were expected.
The endeavours of Ferroukh-Khan, with Lord
Stratford de Radcliffe, to arrange the Anglo-Per-
sian differences, had not been succerAful.
The following is partially the composition of
the new Ottoman Ministry :—Aali Pacha '(ex-
Grand Vizier), to be Minister for Foreign Affairs;
Riza Pacha (Seraskier), to be Minister at War ;
Mustapba Pacha, to be Minister, without a port-

The names of the other members of the Cabinet

are not yet known.

THE GUN-BOAT AFFAIR IN THE SEA

OF AZOFF.

The Pays states that the affair between the
Russian battery at the mouth of the Sea' of Azoff
and the English steamer has been arranged. The
guns fired were, it states, all with blank cartridge, t
and merely intended as a notice to the captain of
the steamer to explain his object in ascending the
strait. Explanations were afterwards entered into
between the captain of the vessel and the Russian
commandant, and it was agreed that the affair
should be referred to their ambassadors at Con-
stantinople. The matter being accordingly sub.
mitted to the representatives of the two Powers,
was amicably arranged.

The Paris correspondent of the Times (second
edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says
"The Marquis Antonini, the Neapolitan Minis-
ter in Paris, has not yet left, but his departure is
positively fixed for Tuesday or Wednesday next.
His passports had been prepared for some days
past, but were not, I believe, delivered to him till
yesterday. He will probably proceed to Brussels
with the members of the Legation. I suspect lie
has not yet lost all hope of an arrangement between
Naples and the Allies, though few share that hope.

"I am assured that the statement relative to a
new circular of Prince Gortschakoff is not correct.
Notes have undoubtedly passed between the Rus-
sian Government and the French and English, but
it is denied that Rhssia has yet formally announced

er decision on the matters in debate between

them. Of the complete accord between France
and England on these points I am again assured on
excellent authority."

A letter just received from Vienna, dated No-
vember 19th, contains the following paragraph :--
" Correct plans have recently been made by
military engineers of the two Bolgrads and their en-
virons, and the Austrians have come to the conclu-
sion that the Moldavian frontier will be totally un-
tenable if New Bolgrad is left in the hands of Russia.
The British, French, Austrian, and Turkish Courts
will of course settle the matter with Russia as they
please, but if they do not insist on the cession of
rjew Bolgrad to Moldavia, posterity will say that
they neither did their duty to themselves nor to
the nations over which they ruled."

A letter just received, dated Berlin, Nov. 20,
says :—" Almost all the letters from Paris
correspondents contained in the papers of this
morning state confidently that the Emperor
had accepted the proposal, or complied with
the request, made to him by General Dufour
in the name of the Swiss Confederation, to
act as mediator between it and Prussia in
the Neuchatel matter." The statement is not
believed here. It is alleged with considerable
positiveness, but also exclusively in Austrian
quarters, that Prussia is taking part with France
and Russia againstEugland, Austria, and Turkey,
in the matter of the Bessarabian frontier.

The Triest Zeitung has a letter of some interest
from Palermo. The subjects of England and France
residing in the capital of Sicily have been assured
that they will be protected by Government, and it is
possiille that the authorities purposely got up a little
" emeute" in order to prove to the strangers how
watchful they were. At all events, a crowd of
people assembled at the beginning of this mouth
in the neighbourhood of the University of Pa-
lermo, and cried " God save the King," and
" Malediction on the Western Powers," until
dispersed by the police. The correspondent
adds, that as the Western Powers have refrained
from any "more striking" demonstration, the King
will make many important reforms, and grant an
amnesty to all political offenders excepting a few of
the ringleaders in the_ revolution of 1818. "It is
credibly related that the amnesty was signed the
day after the departure of the English and French
Legations, and that the name of Poerio is at the
head of the list." No guarantee can be given for
the correctness of the information received by the
I Triest Zeitung.

FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY. EVENING.

The Emperor has decided that theWQ"Se •
bastopol " shall be inscribed on the eagles of all
the corps that have taken part in the Eastern war,
and that the words " Bomars'und," " Alma,"
" Inkorman," and " Traktir," will be inscribed
on the eagles of the corps that have figured in
these different combats. This- disposition will be
applied likewise to corps which have only despatched
detachments to the seat of war.
A letter froth. Teheran, of the na of October,-
in the Moniteur, states, that up to that date Herat
had not only fallen, but that Bokharan merchants
asserted that there was no more than an imperfect
blockade of some of the principal gates and roads.
Provisions, and even caravans, passed in and out.
The Persian troops were suffering from want of
supplies.
By two Imperial decrees, pensions of 12,000 f.
each are granted to Mme. Ducos, widow of the
late Minister of Marine, and to Mine. Fortoul,
widow of the late Minister of Public Instruction.
Each of these ladies has two children, and these
pensions are in reversion to the children, but only
to the amount of 3,000 f. each.
Admiral Behrens, who commands the small squa-
dron at Cherbourg, gave a grand dinner two days
ago on board the Wiborg to the superior officers
of the garrison. During thE? banquet and after,
the Russian vessels fired salvos of artillery, which
were responded to shot by shot by the French cor-
vette Newton.
BOURSE, Nov. 21.—The following were the last
quotations :
Cash. Q. End of Month.
4i per Cents
3 per Cents 67 85 67 85
New Loan
Bank Shares 4,000 Roman
Credit Mobilier ...... 1,390 Austrian
Belgian Fives 97Th-- Spanish Threes 4ll
Pied montese (5) ...... 90 Home Debt