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Angleterre Ivessels, fresh troops. and fresh supplies of money wanted ?
rosettes of narrow gauze I The English Government is told to take them. It is

of the same

draperies, with a deep lace falling nearly to ti

it is England who offer

es them with regret ;
them with her whole
; she must triumph.

of roses, mixed I heart,

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hose I unanimity gives to

Government ; instead of having to

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ch row and at the bottom of the stimulate, it has only to direct and moderate. For it there
eis a narrow frill of point de Angleterre. A row of is no uneasiness for the future ;in presence of public
--osettes ornaments the top of the body. A opinion, so powerful and so enthusiastic, the parliamentary
was made of maroon taffetas, with figured powers cannot but second, with all their force and all their
i the borders of which were here and there votes, the submission of the Government to the wishes of
lvet, beautifully shaded red, yellow, and the country. We have said that this country is free.
Ice was ornamented with a fringe of When it decided for war, it took its decision with a full
s-work, in which hung rose-buds; knowledge of its situation and of its resources. It replied in
The body the affirmative when the, first sacrifices were in contem-

han this frix

witn steep barques, which, with the pagoda
ere tripmed to match the flounces. The front
length by rosebuds, formed of
s jewellery produced a more
the trimming of dresses. We
o exceedingly pretty dresses, the one was

plation, and it cannot use a negative when the last shall
be asked for. If by chance some criticising and grumbling
voices, as there must be in all regimes of liberty, should
demand accounts, would not public opinion soon bring the
accused towards the capitol ? Is it not the free will of
England which ferments in every mind, which inflames
every one's courage, and which raises so high the great
hurrah of battle, that the majestic noise of the spinning-
jennies, and the loud roar of the steam-engines, are but as
silence compared to it ? And then for the brave men, who
fall one against five, what a consolation there is ! For
those who fight, what a support there is in this fervent
public opinion, the echo of which reaches as far as them !
In what dignified language it speaks of their heroism ' • to
what sublimity it rises in celebrating their courage ; what
a pedestal it erects for their devotedness ! A man can die
with joy when so honoured. More than once, we also—the
organs of opinion in France—we could have wished to follow
our soldiers on the fields of battle, to live on the glory
which they acquired, and to identify ourselves by the

whole of the

and the poetry of our homage with all their
efforts. They do not do less than the English ' they
strike and die like them, and like them they exciteadmi-
ration. But why not avow it ? Why should they be less
celebrated ? The French presi has not the warm accents,
the acclamations of which resound on the other side of the
channel ; the phrases of our writers have not the sacred
flame which burns beneath the pen of their colleagues of
the city. It is not, however, either the patriotism
or the talent of the French press that must be
accused for this. At other periods it has proved
before history what it knew and what it could do. How
often has it been seen to animate all, and to incite all !
When its voice, its true voice, the free echo of a free public
opinion, sounded either in the country or in the world,
there was no other voice. There was even a time when it
guarded the frontiers conjointly with the armies, and
history can say that the enemy did not cross them. No !
We do not fear to make open avowal of the truth. Is not
the right of speaking to the nation, of every day exciting
it to disinterestedness and to glory, and of leaving no
repose to its love of honour, in a manner taken from us ?
Are we not a little the parias of the law ? Precautions are
taken against the press by every means which surveillance
can furnish. It has been wished that it should have no
strength for what has been called mischief ; it has been
desired that it should lose its sounding voice, its prestige
similar to the Eclat of the sun, its quos ego forming and
arresting storms. The journalist—formerly the man of
the moment and of enthusiasm—has become the man of

grandeul

reasoning and of tactics; his ink, formerly so burning,
has been chilled ; his periods, in order to be irreproachable
in the eye of the law, are to be carefully revised and cor-
rected—in a word, we have heen deprived of what was
nevertheless our principal merit—that of thinking aloud,
and of writing what we thought. We do not complain,
we do not recriminate ; but do not let public opinion in
England and France be any longer compared. Let it not
be any longer asked why, whilst Frenchmen and English-
men fall side by side, with the same heroism for the same
cause, the praises resound louder at London than in Paris.
If, when free, the press is a critical power, is it not, when
free, also the consecration of sacrifices and of glory ?
Look at England 1"

THE NUMEROUS DEATHS in the Duke of Cambridge's
regiment at the battle of Inkerman, and the horrors of
the whole scene, added to his annoyance that more care
had not been taken by Lord Raglan to strengthen the
weak parts of their position, have, it is said, so affected his
royal highness's mind, that he has been obliged to retire
from military life for the present.
INJURY THROUGH IDLENESS.—Not a few persons who
abandon their employments, under the impression that
they will be happy in doing so, actually die of ennui. It
induces bodily disease more than physical or mental
labour. Others, indeed, survive the ordeal. But where
the body does not suffer the mind often does. I have
known instances of persons whose habits have been sud-
denly changed from those of great activity to those of no
employment at all, who have been for a time in a state of
mental excitement or hypochondriasis, bordering on
mental aberration. Moreover, it is with the mind as it is
with the body—it is spoiled from want of use ; and the
clever and intelligent young man who sits down to lead
what is called a life of leisure invariably becomes a stupid
old man.—Psychological Inquiries.

CURIOUS LOVE AFFAIR:LA telegraphic message was
received by the police authorities, in Belfast, on Wednesday,
instructing them to apprehend two persons,named Harriett
St. George and Patrick M`Caffrey, expected to arrive in
Belfast, from Dublin, by the evening train. Accord-
ingly two of the detectives repaired to the Ulster Railway
terminus, at the proper hour, and although the parties for
whom they were in search remained in the carriages some
time after the passengers had left, they were eventually
discovered and taken into custody. It was found that the
female prisoner was the possessor of considerable property,
and related, it is stated, to a noble family residing in the
neighbourhood of Dublin, and that she has been living in
Dublin with a person named Robinson, her father's butler,
as his wife. The male prisoner is a draper's assistant,
lately employed in Dublin, but connected by family ties
with Belfast. He is about thirty years of age, wears a
wig, and has comparitively few of those personal attractions
which might carry off a lady's affections. Miss St. George
is between forty and fifty years old, and would seem, from
her personal appearance, to have passed that sunny time
of life for entering upon love's young dream. The charge
preferred by Robinson was, that the female prisoner
carried off some £lO worth of his property, in which she
had been aided by M`Caffrey. The case was heard at the
Police-court, on Friday. After some conversation sotto
voce between the bench and the professional gentleman,
the charge was withdrawn, Miss. St. George returning with
Robinson to Dublin.—Northern Whig.
NEW MEMBERS.—Although only a few • weeks have
elapsed since Parliament was prorogued, no fewer than
twenty-six new members will take their seats to-day, in
the House of Commons' on the opening of the session. It
will be remembered that a few days before the close of the
last session writs were granted, on the motion of Sir Wm.
Jolliffe, for five boroughs, which had been for a long time
suspended, and the following gentlemen were elected in
the early part of the recess :—Canterbury, Mr. C; M.
Lushington (moderate Conservative) and Sir William
Somerville, Bart. (Liberal); Cambridge, Mr. Shafto Adair
(Liberal) and Mr. Mowatt (Liberal),; Maldon, Mr. G. W.
M. Peacocke (Conservative) and Mr. J. Bramley-Moore
(Conservative) ; Barnstaple, Mr. Guiness (Conservative)
and Mr. Laurie (Conservative) ; Hull, Mr. Watson, Q.C.
(Liberal) and Mr. W. D. Seymour (Liberal). Mr. John
Henry Gurney (Liberal), King's Lynn, vacant by the
death of Lord Jocelyn; Viscount Duncan (Liberal), For-
farshire, vacant by the death of Colonel Maule ; Mr. Acton
(Liberal), Wigan, vacant by the death of Mr. R. A. Thick-
nesse ; Lord Dungarvan (Conservative), Frome, vacant by
the death of Col. Boyle ; Mr. Sergeant O'Brien (Liberal),
Limerick, vacant by the death of Mr. Robert Potter; and
Sir Joseph Paxton (Liberal), that for Coventry, vacant by
the death of Mr. Geach. Lord Haddo, for Aberdeenshire,
vacant by the resignation of Rear-Admiral the Hon. Wm.
Gordon. Captain Stuart, for Bedford, vacant by Mr.
Stuart's death. Seven other constituencies have yet to
elect representatives—Abingdon, Limerick, Fermanagh,
Antrim, Ayrshire, East Gloucestershire, and Marylebone.

FLowEis OF ORATOR-Y.-A report of the proceedings
at a recent " grand tenant-right demonstration" at Tip-
perary furnishes us with some choice specimens of Irish
oratory. A certain Father Zilultalley, referring to the
gagging of the Irish priestly agitators, remarked :—" For
working with the League to try and prevent such destruc-
tion of life and of souls, to try and keep the Irish at home
to live and die saints in the Island of Saints, the man who
would reproach ins- political c-

me as a _ agitator, I say he is a
heathen—(tremendous cheering)—l say he is a vile thing
in whose bowels some corruption has rotted

=
every particle of humanity. (Chefruig.)
of my slaughtered countrymen at home a
the souls driven to destruction—l promise

By the bones

nof abroad—by
to be an agi-

tator unto death

tic the

sate piece of declamation was followed
blasphemous speech of Mr. G.M

v, M.P.

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MONEY

—There was no abatement in the money
pressure, and business generally conitnued on a limited
scale. The difficulty of negotiating loans was very
great, even at the rate of lf to 2 per cent. per month
for prime signatures. The city banks are still con-
tractin
ssuedl;.

_ notwithstanding which the draw of specie
continued. The decrease in the loans was $492,269; the
loss of specie $600,549; and the reduction of deposits
$1,846,808. The continued currency troubles at the west
added materially to the general distrust engendered by
causes. The most encouraging feature for the future of
the money market was the decline noted to-day in ster-

ling exchange; with a very unsettled market, bills on
London being done at lost to 1091 premium. Conti-
nental exchange had not varied, but closed flat; namely,
Paris, &c. 5.15 f to 5.12 ff, sixty days, and 5.081 f to 5.071 f,
short siglit; Hamburg, 361 to 361; Frankfort, 411 to 411;
and Thalers, 73,1 to 74. The amount of specie in the
sub-treasury at the close of business yesterday was
$6,568,108 33c.

COTTON.—The demand has been rather more attractive
during the past few days, but at lower prices, and, in
order to realise, holders have been forced to yield a con-
cession of c. to which has led to increased business,
principally for export. Sales for the three days are esti-
mated at 4,000 bales, and for the past week about 10,000,
including 3,000 to 4,000 in transitu from Southern ports
to Europe, on private terms. Some irregular lots of mkt-