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proper attempt of the President to direct the
Federal troops to enforce the unconstitutional de-
crees of an ille gal and usurping body, styling
itself " The Territorial Legislature of Kansan."

Meanwhile tho President has given orders
to discharge forthwith all workmen and other
employes not holding commissions from himself,
whose pay, wages, or salaries are taken from the
appropriation for the manufacture of arms at the
national armouries. This is apparently the last
move on the board. He may imagine that cast-
ing a number of men out of employment, and
thereby reducing their families to comparative
distress, will heap obloquy on his opponents.
But the Americans are a sturdy race. They
have already on many occasions exhibited un-
questionable proofs of -their tenacity of endurance
in what they believe ft be a just and holy cause ;
and we are greatly mistaken if the odium conse-
quent on the movement will not fall more heavily
on the President and his :advisers than on those
who have offered a constitutional opposition to
his would-be despotic will.
Already the Northerns have regained all the
advantages which were a ehieved by the pro-
slavery party on the first onslaught ; they have
shown themselves made of 'the right material, and
if the question were to b e decided amongst the
real bona fide immigrants into Kansas for the
purpose of settlement, tb,ere could be no doubt as
to the result. The Missourian ruffians had every-

;hing in their favour in the first instance. They

took the peaceful settle rs by surprise, and came
down with an organised. piratical gang, prepared
for any extremities, whc' plundered and murdered
all who came in their way, whether friend or foe.
Under their invasion —tor it was nothing else—.
every vestige of legal authority was set aside.
A. so-called Territorial Legislature was appointed,
under circumstances of intimidation and duresse
that rendered the pretext of election a ridiculous

farce ; and it was t'ais Legislature that Mr.
PIERCE attempted to support with the Federal

;roops.

If such proceedings could be tolerated, it would
be for the Northerna -to demand the dissolution of
the Union—a matter by which they would be
greatly benefited, while the Southerns would
speedily be compelled to cry "Peccavimus !" and
to solicit its restoration. It is scarcely to be sup-
posed that 25,000,000 of free citizens should be
compelled to yield to 300,000 burdened
with the care of ten times the num-
ber of slaves, -whom, if left to themselves,
they would find it impossible to manage. Should
the separation r€ sally take place a fair division
may be made of tie national standard ; the stars
will naturally belong to the north, while the
" stripes" will be the distinguishing mark of the
south, on which they have long cast an indelible
stain.
The result of -the Presidential election offers the
only solution of the great problem. If FREMONT
be returned all will be well. Should BUCHANAN,
however, trlum ph, it will be but " the beginning of
the end." The model republic will pass through a
fearful trial, bid we believe that it will be materially
improved by the ordeal. Until, however, that
event has barn decided, it is vain to anticipate
peace or tranquillity. The Southerns will still
strike while a single hope remains. B•CHANAN
is their last card, and we earnestly trust that he
may be overtrumped by FREMONT.

suit. Doubtless there is some force in the objection ;
but he is a dreamer who looks for the restoration of
liberty in Italy without bloodshed ; and if any are
prepared to devote themselves as sacrifices to
their country's welfare there would seem to be no
field at present where their devotion could be more
signally manifested and prove of more essential
service. If the operation of the scheme be pro-
ductive of the results contemplated by its con-
eoctor, well, no harm is done ; if not, and the
sodden tyrant perpetrate new atrocities, the public
ear of Europe is on the stretch to hear of them,
and every fresh act will but precipitate a revolu-
tion with which it will be dangerous to any sym-
pathising despot to interfere, and which will
be conclusive of the sway of the tyrants of Italy,
including the ever-execrable BoMBA,

LATEST NEWS.

The King of Nereus still maintains inviolate
what he is pleased to consider his sovereign right
to "do what he likes with his own." The lesson
' he learned in his youth is one a Bourbon was
never slow to acquire, nor, once having learned, to
forget. Indeed, of all principles, good or evil,
none is more religiously cherished, or held in
abeyance with more reluctance than " the right
divine of kings to govern wrong." Once embraced
in early life, nothing but death can sever the
bond. Promises are nothing oaths aro of no
account— so long as a born despot has the power
to act on this sovereign principle, act on it he
must and will. The leopard will sooner change
his spots than he cast this, his only " stuff o' the
conscience," aside. So PoEalo, and other noble
martyrs, day by day rot in their prisons, and
Naples is an earthly hell.
We don't wonder at it, so far as BOMBA is con-
cerned. The wonder, if any, is that the people
have borne with him and his mandates so pa-
tiently. To do them justice, however, it must
be remembered that they have been and are
cruelly mystified by the French and English Go-
vernments. Knowing an attempt at revolution,
under all the circumstances, involves the gravest
hazard, they have turned to these Governments
in hope of redress, and have suffered themselves to
be cajoled from the initiation of an organised resist-
ance by the promises they have received of effective
interference, France and England, they are per-
petually told, have either sent in a threatening
remonstrance, or the Government of Naplei is
about to receive one which will frighten it back
within the confines of the constitution. An
amnesty, they aro told, will speedily be issued,
but it never comes. The KING is wiser than they
in this matter. He understands the policy of the
Emperor of the FRENCH, on which, by the direr
or indirect confession of an English governmenta
journal, that of Lord PALMERSTON depends (!) and
his subjects do not. If they addressed themselves
to an unbiassed consideration of their position,
they would soon be satisfied as to how little they
have to expect in the way of aid from either
Government. The free exercise of their own
good sense would teach them that; the man who
successfully conspired against the constitution
in Spain, and unsuccessfully against the Swiss
Republic is not the deliverer they look for, and
if he interferes at all it will be to thrust on them
possibly a less cruel, but certainly a no less iron,
despotism in subservience to his will. A change
of tyrants is doubtless a boon for the nonce, but
the Two Sicilies surely deserve something better
than that. If they do, their own wisdom and
their own right arms, in conjunction and har-
mony with those of other oppressed Italian States,
must be brought into play to insure it.
" Hereditary bondsmen! know ye not
Who would be free themselves must strike the blow I
This is a piece of information Italy should lay to
heart at the present moment. Italian liberty, to
be established, must be based on it.
In Austrian Italy an example is being set which
is well worthy of imitation. Ultimate good can-
not but come of it even in Naples. We allude to
M. Mesests's scheme of an organised resistance to
pay taxes, as a legal means of peaceful agitation,
which might go far to force the Knia of Naples
to submit to reforms. In Lombardy this scheme
has been put into operation to the great annoy-
ance of Austria. In Brescia this has been done
on an extensive scale, and the Government is
befftal by the absence of bidders for the property
it has confiscated in consequence. The scheme
should, in our opinion, be tried in Naples. The
Neapolitans have still a constitution entitling
them to refuse payment. The subjects of Austria
in Italy have not, and yet thousands of them are
bold enough to withhold their quota of taxation.
It is objected that Boa Ba would seize persons,
and not property, and imprisonment, and possibly
death, must be looked for as the most probable re.

VISIT OF NAPOLEON TO SPAIN.

MADRID, SEPT. 10.

A telegraph despatch announces that the Em-
peror of the French was yesterday at St. Sebas-
tian.

FRANCE.
PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING.
The Moniteur of to-day says :—" Immediately
on learning the disasters caused in Algeria by the
shocks of an earthquake, the Emperor stepped in
to succour the people suffering by this visitation."

CORONATION OF THE EMPEROR
ALEXANDER.
MOSCOW, SEPT. 1.
The English Ambassador Extraordinary, the
Earl of Granville, gave his first reception at 10
p.m. It was most brilliantly attended. The mem-
bers of the Corps Diplomatique and a great number
of the Russian nobility were present. Prince
Menschikoff, General Osten-Sacken, Prince Ga-
ga Kin, Prince Galitzin, the best of the Russian
noblesse, the Foreign Ambassadors, and a number
of distinguished generals and statesmen paid their
respects to the Ambassador and to the Countess of
Granville in the course of the evening,

TITESDA—Y, SEPT. 2.
To-day the Empress-Mother received the Am-
bassadors and the various strangers who have been
presented to, the Emperor, and was very gracious
to the mure distinguished members of the diplo-
matic body. Her Majesty made a most pleasing
impression by the grace of her bearing and by her
kindness of manner, although her physical weak-
ness was very evident. M. de Morny, M. Baudin,
and the members of the French embassy, which
comprises no less than three of their Crimean Ge-
nerals ; Lord and Lady Granville, the Marquis
and Marchioness of Stafford, Sir Robert and Lady
Peel, and the suite of the British Embassy; Prince
Esterhazy, the Sardinian Ambassador and suite,
and the whole of the diplomatic body who have
come on this special mission, were duly presented,
and the proceedings, which began at 1 o'clock,
were not terminated till 3 o'clock.

WEDNESDAY.
The world of Moscow was in a continual ferment
to-day. Races, reviews, and presentations quite
distracted it. The Emperor alone was engaged in
business—all his subjects and the strangers who
have flocked here to see him crowned were intent on
pleasure only. Prince Esterhazy held a reception
which was very well attended ; but it was remarked
that many of th• old Russian party were absent,
and that the number of generals was not great con-
sidering that there is such a swarm of these officers
here at present. There was a parade and review of
cavalry to day on the Putrovsky Plain at 2 o'clock,
and races at 6 p.m.

THIMSDAT.
The ceremony of proclaiming the Emperor's coro-
nation was performed to-day for the first time.
At 9 o'clock in the morning the procession was
formed in the square before the Senate House, in-
side the Kremlin, in the following manner ;—The
General in command, Osten-Sacken, on horseback,
halted in the centre of the open space ; on his right
hand, a little in the rear, a squadron of the Che-
valier Garde, and on his left a squadron of the
Garde )1 Cheval were drawn up in parade order ; the
trumpeters of each squadron were posted on the
flanks, and six led horses, with rich caparisons,
were stationed in a line on each side of the trum-
pets. In front of the general were the two Secre-
taries of the Senate. An aide-de-camp general, a
grand master of the ceremonies, a herald-at-arms,
and two masters of the ceremonies, in full costume,
were placed at each side of Osten-Sacken, and be-
hind him were four trumpeters, with trumpets of
silver magnificently draped with cloth of gold em-
broidered with the Imperial arms. The masters of
the ceremonies wore tri-coloured scarfs embroi-
dered with gold, and the heralds at-arms were as
richly and fantastically clad as Norroy or Clarenceux
could desire. Shortly after the assistants had taken
their places, the General raised his hands and gave
an order in Russian, whereupon the trumpets burst
out into a wild and startling flourish, the heralds
raised their maces in the air, and all having un-
covered their heads one of the Secretaries read the
proclamation, of which the following is a transla-
tion into English :-
1 " Our very august, very high, and very puissant Lord,
the Emperor Alexander Nicolaievitch, being mounted on
the throne of his ancestors, which is that of All the
Russias, as welt as upon those of the kingdom of Poland
and of the Grand Duchy of Finland, which are insepar-
able from it, has deigned to order that the coronation
of his Imperial Majesty and his oath shall take
place on the 26th of the month of August, His
August Spouse the Empress Marie Alexandrovna
participating in this sacred ceremony. This solemn
act is announced by the present proclamation to all
faithful subjects, to the end that on this happy day
they may redouble their fervour in their prayers to the
King of Kings, that He may spread by His Almighty
power His favours and blessings on the reign of His
Majesty, and that throughout its duration He may
maintain peace and tranquillity, to the glory of His
holy name, and for the unalterable prosperity of the
spire."

Let us hope that " all the people cried ' Amen' "
to this prayer. May it be heard !

Then the heralds-at-arms scatterel printed copies
of the proclamation among the people, which were
very eagerly caught up, and the trumpets of the
cavalry played " God save the Czar." The crowd
cheered loudly, and many knelt down and prayed.
The procession then re-formed, and passed out
through the Saviour's Gate to the Place where the
monument to Minine and Pojarsky is erected, au
follows :—First, four led horses very richly capa-
risoned, two led horses for the heralds, four for
the Grand Masters of the Ceremonies, two for the
General-in-Chief, a squadron of the Chevaliers
Gardes preceded by trumpets and kettle drums,
two heralds preceded by the four trumpeters with
silver trumpets and flags, four Masters of the Cere-
monies two and two, General Osten-Sacken, two
Aide-de-Camp Generals, the two Secretaries, and a
squadron of the Guides a Cheval. The proclamation
was again made in the same form as before, and then
the cortege was divided into two bodies of equal size,
each composed of the functionaries of similar rank,
which separated and proceeded to the various gates
and principal points of the town, where the procla-
mation was again made, and copies distributed to
the people. When this ceremonial was finished the
Masters of the Ceremonies proceeded in great state,
in gold coaches, to the residences of the different
Ambassadors, to announce that Sunday next had
been fixed for the coronation.
FRIDAY MORNING.
_ _ _

Last night the rooms of the Graziani Palace were
thrown open to the beau, monde of Moscow, and
about 350 or 400 people flocked into a "little dance"
at the Countess of Granville's. The attendance of
Generals, of statesmen, and of Ministers was very
large, and all the special embassies, with the excep-
tion of that of France, were fully represented.
The Prince of Prussia, the ex-Minister and favourite
of the late Czar, Count Kleinmichel, M. Nesselrode,
M. Von Seebach, Prince Gagarin, Prince Galitzin,
and many other persons of distinction were pre-
sent. The state ball-room has not yet been opened
and the dancers were more than sufficient to fill
the room assigned to them. The Turkish Minister
has arrived at last, he will be in ample time for the
coronation. The ceremony of the proclamation
will be repeated to-day. The Emperor still keeps
jeuir maigre, but he works incessantly with his
Ministers, and they are loud in their praises of his
extraordinary assiduity.

The committee of the Stock Exchange have fixed
Thursday, the 18th inst., as the settling day for the Cal-
cutta and South-Eastern Railway, the Sittingbourne and
Sheerness .Itailway, and the European and Indian Junc-
tion Telegraph, the whole to be quoted in the official
list. A settlement is to take place in the Copiapo Ex-
tension Railway on the same day, but those shares are
nut to he marked. The committee have also resolved
that the new Metropolitan Railway shares, issued with
a guarantee of 6 per cent, from Mr. J. L. Ricardo, from
the opening of the line, are to be quoted in the official
list.

QUARANTINE IN THE BLACK SEA.—Official intelligence
has been received that the Russian Government has
abolished for the time being all the quarantine restric-
tions now in force in Bessarabia, the Blaok Sea, and the
Sea of Azoff. This new regulation is to remain in force
until the navigation is °tooled for the present year.

TH E SUN, LO N' DON, FRIDAY EV_El!.Nci, SIPPTEMBER 12 1854

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

BANKRUPTCY COURT.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Pane.)
A CRIMEAN SPECULATION.

The bankrupts were described as of Great St. ulen's,
London, St. George's Stores, near Sebastopol, Russia,
and to-day came up to pass their last examination on
accounts, prepared by Messrs. Thomas and Copley,
Gresham-street.

The balance-sheet shows debtor to creditors, 4,5421. ;
liabilities, 8381. 63. 11d. ; profits, 1,5991.115. ; capital,
April, 1855, 7671. 15s. ; creditors, by good debts, 356/. ;
doubtful, 6961. ; property, 251. ; trade expenses, 3,9301.
ls. ; losses, 1,6351. ; partners' drawings, 2661. The
heavy expenses and losses are attributed partly to the
difficulty of getting the stores from Balaklava to the
front of the camp, and further by the loss sustained on
the realisation of the property on the sudden termination
of the war.

The bankrupts passed without opposition.
IN RE STERNBERG.

This bankrupt was described as of Northampton,
wine merchant, and to-day came up to pass his last
examination on accounts prepared by Messrs. Thomas
and Copley, which were satisfactory, but a question was
raised as to allowances made by bankrupt as excessive
interest.

Mr. Chidley supported, and said that the accounts
being satisfactory, the bankrupt was entitled to pass.
The bankrupt accordingly passed. '

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.--(This Day.)

BOW-STREET.

ASSAULT.—SamueI Joslyn was placed at the bar, on
remand, charged with assaulting an elderly woman,
named Mary Pleasance.

The maa was first placed before the magistrate of this
Oourt on Wednesday last, but in consequence of the
woman not being in attendance he was remanded till
to-day.

The woman Pleasance slowly entered the court
this morning, ' and delivered a medical certificate
to Mr. Jardine, which stated she was suffering
from blows and bruises. On being sworn, she
stated that on the morning of Tuesday last
as she was proceeding to her work she was followed by
the wife of the prisoner, who threatened, for some cause
or other, to give her into custody. To get away from
the crowd, she then went an indirect way, and succeeded
in getting in-doors. As she was returning home in the
evening between eight and nine, she found that the wife
of the prisoner was waiting for her; and she be•
gan to speak to her daughter about the cir.
cumstance. While she was so engaged she
heard somebody say "Here she is ;" and immediately
after she received a blow at the back part of her head,
which felled her insensibly to the ground. She was
conveyed to the hospital by some women, and a con-
stable coming up the prisoner was given into custody.
Mary Sullivan stated that about half-past eight she
saw the woman Pleasance pass along Bream's-buildings,
and shortly afterwards she saw the man at the bar strike
her a violent blow on the head.
• Prisoner—You was in a public-house, How could
you see it
Sullivan denied the assertion that she was in a public.
house at the time. It was true she had been brought to
this court, but it was for an assault, and she was now
on bail. She did not know the man at the bar, neither
-had she ever had a quarrel with him.
Another witness, named White, saw the assault com-
mitted by the prisoner.
In answer to the charge, Joslyn said it was all a
made-up affair. He certainly pushed the woman down
to prevent her scratching his face, as she had made an
attempt to do so after having abused him very much.
He had been to the surgeons she bad mentioned, and
they said she had nothing the matter with her.
Mr. Jardine said the certificate from the hospital
proved the contrary. He should, therefore, sentence the
prisoner to six weeks' imprisonment for the assault he
had committed upon the complainant.

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