Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-05-19

Translated from the French for the STAR
Petition Of Sturgeon Of the Baltic TO his
Majesty the Gear Of Russia. @
The French wits make all circum-
stances and conditions food for their
speciality; and we find in the Paris
Cherivari the following, which we trans
late for the benefit of our readers. who
probably know that Cariure, that is. a
composite from the roes or eggs of stur.
geons, is an article of great consequence
to the trade and comfort of Russia:
SIRE: am q Sturgeon-but am or.
thodox. | was brought up by my pa
rents in the fear of the Car and of the
frying pan, and it is with awe and trem.
bling that I address your majesty. If
my movement offends you, sire, take my
head, but spare my brethren.
For some days we have been without
an instant's repose. The waters of the
Baltic have been necessarily ploughed by
enormous machines, compared to which
whale is lere gudgeon. ts =--
AT first, we thought that these were
Russian ships, but these machines have
not the majestic sternness which distin.
guishes the orthodox feet. The ships in
question fail completely on dignity. They
do not remain minute in one place.
They are moving hither and thither with
noisy wheel-the sea is covered with
foam, and they have, in the little time in
which they have been here, rendered the
Baltic uninhabitable.
An audacious shark ventured to cast
an eye above water, and he has certified
to us that these immense vessels carry a
great number Of cannons, and if they
should happen to be all discharged at
once, it would render deaf the very her.
ring which are on the coasts of the
''Island."
1t is not necessary that | should in
form you, sire, that the Island is situated
at great distance from Cronstadt, and
that the inhabitants have not the happi-
ness of living under the paternal govern
ment of your majesty. Of course your
majesty is better acquainted with geogra-
ply than am.
This is not all; Goldfish, who was so
frightened that he was all over goose
flesh" came this morning to reveal to us
the fact, which had been mentioned to
him by a Turbot of the first family in
the Baltic, (F. F. b. and consequently
perfectly well informed. that all these
ships had come into the Baltic with other
views than those of pleasure. They
were sent hither to cannonade and bonn
bard all The ports and all the forts be-
longing to your majesty.
This news seems to us to be quite i'm
probable; for if the Emperor of Russia
is not respected, who upon land or sea
will be respected But men, and par
ticulariy those who are not orthodox, are
so wicked that it may well happen that
these foreign cannOniers, may have really
come with bad intentions, and that at
any moment they may fire upon every
thing within reach of their guns-nay,
sire, perhaps they may let fly at the
Surgeons.
1t is Of the utmost consequence, sire,
that by skilltul negotiations your majesty
should temporise long enough TO retard
for five or six weeks the commencement
of hostilities. '
You know, sir, that the month of April
is the month of fishes. 1t is the beginning
of spring when all of us feels the need
of offering his heart to female sturgeon,
who will, according to usage, blush and
accept the offering. Now. it is impossi.
bic to make declaration with the accom-
paniment of cannonading. The more
love the more surgeons roe, (caridre.l
This is the important side of the question.
The caviare, sire, is the most splendid
branch of Russian commerce; and if
may credit learned porpciSe, brought up
in the best boarding school Of Paris, and
who is able to say papa and mamma
there is consumed, annually, Of the ca
Ware, more than lS,0O0,0 900 of rubles-
it is found in the best eating houses Of
Paris: a,.- - ~. r
loves and of our lovers, have the goodness
to protocolize with these frog cannoniers
for at least forty days; or if it seem bet
ter to your Majesty, 60 Immediately OF.
board one of your own Majesty's ships,
and summon all the commanders to strike
their flags, and give themselves prisoners
at Cronstadt.
e Doing this, sire, you will ovelwhelm
with joy all the surgeons, male and fe-
male, of the Baltic.
Ifnot, in 1854 Caviare will but mere
illusion, and the Russians will be COM
PEELED to live on herring, like the Dutch,
or on gudgeons and frogs, like the French.
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