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THEPRospEcTs OF TIE CAMPAIGN.

| Let us cousilr, 10y the light Of History
the preparations which are now being rna,le.
hv Fr e and Austria for the CONDUCT Of
| the present war. The campaign which be-
gan ly the entry OF French troops into
Piedmont, and by the passage Of the Ticino
by the Austrians, is on a scale which very
far exceeds any former struggle is these
countries. In the long wars Of the first
Napoleon !: may be observed that the
armies continually increased in number.
while, ii is said, the genius of the COM
naDder and the prowe>s Of the individual
! soldier diminished. The brilliant campaigns
of Napoecn's youth were male ut the head
Of Il few thousand men. Marengo itself
WAS gained by $4,000, but the wars Of 1905
actively employed about 10000 French,
Will. i'll the campaign Of Wagram, Mos
COW, and Leip>ic we have ncomparahIy
sides. Now, the war Of / $50 begins on the
colossal scale Of the later Empire, and the
armies employed may attain dimensions
such as no single State has hitherto been
capable Of producing. PresumipG the s,rng
gle TO be cou!inu. to France nmd Austria.
ami to the field OF Northern Italy, we shall
have the spectacle OF combat in closed list
such as :hc wnrli has never before wi,ucS-
srd. II both the antagonists fight well and
>'us'lorn!y, the conflict will be an interest,
Ing to The military critic rs gricvous to the
rlrianthrrrst. Both France and Austria
will bc able to march almost all their cnor.
nous forces TO the seat of war. Germany
will. while the wars is confined TO Italy, tc
sufficiently the ally Of Austria to guarantee
her from any attack in the rear from Russia.
any demonstration on the Rhine. 1t may
l'e sail that, for some time to come at least
the influence Of Germany will have the cf.
feet Of leaving both sides free TO use all their
strength against each other. That they
will use it there is nn doubt. The seat of
war adjoius territory Of each, railways and
steamers transport their troops easily, anil
rnnst OF the long marches which cnt:rhird
au'l diminished! armies in the days Of Napo-
leon will be avoided. EnnrmouS ma:scs of
armed men men can be taken to- tie coun-
try they are to fight in as comfortably AS if
they We're merely making Il change Of quar-
tcrs. With this facility Of transport, and
this power of using the whole of their great
s:an!ing armies, we must expect To see two
hosts gathered togaher on the plains Of
Italy such us no two single States ever yet
opposed to each other. The numbers We
do rot pretend even to guess a'. The
Frrnch are pushing troops over tho Alps.
and l"a'!ny their ships Of war with soldiers
for Genoa. Tie supply OF food will he the
onlv limit to the nuuIbrr whih can thus
he brought into the field The French
probably have their information about the
Austrian army, rs the Court Of Vienna has
its own about French proceedings. But
Englisl,lneu are allowed 10 know little about
the matter. There is, however, no doubt
that the Power which sent quarter Of Il
million Of men to Svhastopul within eight
teen months will he able to send that mum.
ber into Northern Italy. Considering tina
the whole of Italy. with 27,Ooo,ooo people.
may shortly be in insurrection. anil that
Sardinia has some $4,000 troops Of her
own already, it may he rerkone'l without
exaggeration that more than 100000 men
may in the next two months be put in line
to drive the Aus,rians from their carefully
chosen and now famous positions in LON.
barly. On the other hand, Austria can.
and will, no doubt, bring an equal force in
to the field. She does not want men, for
the empire contains 33,Oo0,O0O sonls, with
out counting the Italian Provinces. II the
Finance Minister can find the money to
keep 100000 men, on foot in Italy
General Gyulai will fad work for them nl
They will not be men to fight with the
spirit and death Of Frcnchmen, but they
will be fine steady troops, superior in phy
ofyNC W tIcit tuSS VIII udSC
that science has achieved in the way Of
perfect weapons Of destruction, and they
will be commanded Ivy officers who know
tha, the eyes of Europe are upon them, and
that they must fight now for the very exist.
ence Of their empire.
Very intellectual wouian we find, by
observation, are seldom beautiful. The
formation Of the features, and particularly
their forehead, is more or less masculine.
Miss Landon was rather pretty and femi-
nine in the face. but Miss sejgewick. Miss
Pardoe, Miss Leslie. and the celebrated
ate An M Maria and Jane Porter, the con.
trary. One Of the Miss Porters had FORE
head as high as that Of an intellectual man.
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