, 1876-01-22

Ill Tue lnMeulaCe uOWnfalI or what they called
superstition phllanthrOpists, even in our own
time, announcing that the great European wars
had become out of date and impossible, these
and a hundred other instances occur to his
mind, when sanguine men predict a future of
unlimited progress, because progress has been
the rule IL Europe during the last FIVE hundred
years, Or when philosophers attempt to calou-
late the movements of the human mind as az
trOnOmer5 calculate the movements Of o
comet" Be tolerant of conviction 10 others,
but be yourselves steadfast in doubt may be
said to have been the chief moral of Lord
Derby's advice to the Edinburgh students,
The news Of the week from tha East is Of
little Importance. The Turkish Government
is appointing Councils Of various kinds to carry
out its promised reforms, which the insurgents
only ridicuIe, and is straining every nerve to
pay the half-interest dua 10 January. The
collectors in the provinces are commanded to
send in money, whatever the result, and the
population in many provinces are described az
on the verge Of Instruction. The statement
that guarantees for the reforms are to be de-
mandeQ from the Sultan is repeated every
week, but the form of these guarantees Is not
given, nor is it certain that Russia and Austria
are agreed upon their terms. Ia fact, all par
ties appear to b. Waitlny,-th8 Turks to see
whether they can borrow money in January,
the AQstriau2 to see whether the rebellion can
outiast the winter, and the Russians to see
WA ttharin spring The prospects, hopeful enough
to iu9tily action against tho Turks. Nothing
Is in the least improved IN tbesituation, but the
oiOokWork has still some distance to fall before
il explodes the dynamite. In the interim, the
Sultan has ordered another ironolad. and is
going on with the Mosque (oost $4,000, 00n)
which is to carry his name down for ever. He
need fear Rothing for his Immortality. Angus.
tulas is no more forgotten than Augustus.
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The Government of Madrid is apparently
about to make another effort to terminate the
Oarlist war. General JovelIar, the Minister
of War, has been sent into honorable exile as
Captain-G General Of Cuba, and is succeeded by
General Cebalios; while General Quesada
takes the chief command il the field. General
MoriUnes, moreover, is again employed, and is
to command the actual attack upon the Carlist
positions in Guipuzaoa, which are now hill
camps, most formidably defended, The mean
ing Of these changes is said to be that the Al
consists must via in this campaign, or the
monarch viii be oyertdroWn by the Republi.
cans. Their chiefs, therefore, are seeking for
good Generals, irrespective ofp9IiticaI opinions,
and th8 Generals will probably act without the
ar1l6rs pensts hitherto felt By some Of them
that complete success is uui0sirable.
SO prospe rouS is France. that ". Leon Say,
the Minister Of Finance, believes the revenue
this year will exceed oGIt0,00 900 sterling,
and be nearly $1,000, 900 in excess of the esti-
mates. Unfortunately the expenditure has
risen in a similar manner, tha military outlay
having increased by { 2,560,00o and the Trea-
sury, but for a balance in hand of efI,200,0 600,