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The National Register. — 1818-10-19 (London, England)

TIIE NAT/ONAI. REGISTER  Private letters from the Continent state, that several commercial houses at I'aris have been informed by their correspondents, " that the United States of' America have ctlered a sum of j0.000.000f, to the King of the Two Siciliea ibr the cession of the port of Syracuse This proposition was rejected. It is well known that Americans use every efl,,rt to procure an establishment in the Mediterranean, and that they have successively directed their attention on Porto Furrajo and on Mahon. In the fear of injuring the commerce of Leghorn, the Grand Duke of Tuscany has refused them the Isle of Elba fur which they offered fourteen millions." The American papers ring the changes on- the old subjects of the Indians, the Floridas, &c : to this has been lately added a third—namely the capture of American fishing vessels, fi►r intruding upon the fishing grounds of the English colonies. Montreal papers have arrived to the 12th of September. The new Governor of Upper Canada, Sir Peregrine Maitland, has already begun the grata') ing work of redress.  It appears from the most recent letters from Constantinople, that the agitation among the Janissaries is not yet wholly allayed The Divan have held several councils to deliberate upon the note which should be returned to the Russian Ambassador, in reply to the one which he presented to the Divan. A part of the wines destined fur his Majesty the Emperor of Russia have been seized by the officer of customs of the Low Countries, for a false declaration of their prices.—Paris Paper. A letter, purporting to be written by the French General Gourgaud to the Ex-Empress Maria Louisa, has appeared in most of the daily papers. No one vouches for i's authenticity ; but, considering the efforts so visibly made for the liberation of Buonaparte, or for a relaxation of vigilance, which would have the same effect, we see no reason for questioning the authenticity of the letter ; though, perhaps, the writer might be more anxious about its publication in England, than its delivery at Parma. The internal evidence is also very strong in its favour. None but a real adherent of Buonaparte, and an imitator of his effrontery, could speak of a man as "dying in the most dreadful torments and in the most prolonged agony," because ,he is restricted to a space of several leagues, in an island which has long been voluntarily inhabited, and because he rethses to take exorcise there in the presence of a British Officer. He is well known to be attended by a very expensive suite; yet the first paragraph of this letter represents him to be " without frtend4, without relations, without intelligence of his wife, or of his son, without consolation." May we not add—without a France to tyrannize over, without a Europe to ravage, without a D'hinghien or a Palm to. execute publicly, or a Wright or a Toussaint to murder in a dungeon, or a body of Magistrates to shoot (as at Milan) for defending their city ; or any consolatory hope of a return to the other practices in which nearly 20 years of his life were passed, except front the liberality of an English public ?
The National Register. — 1822-01-20 (London, England)

PARIS, JAN. 14.—The report on M. de Serre's project of law for the regulation of the press was presented yesterday; the discussion commences On Saturday. The reporter was Al. Chifilet (Member for Doubs), who is new to this Chamber, but who sat and voted with the majority for the Chainire Introuvabk. He was then the reporter of a commission which proposed to render the clergy proprictow, and strongly supported the proposition of M. de Ronald to suppress the of di-orce. He was appointed president of the Ciao.- /4/de of Besancon by Ultra interest. Such being the reporter on the project of law for regulating the press, the nature of the report may be easily conjectured. It was extremely lung, occupying the Chamber from half-past three to within a quarter of five. It was drawn up quite in an Ultra manner, and was frequently interrupted by the loud disapprobation of the lett side of the Chamber. The principal point of novelty in it was a recommendation to abolish the trial by jury in all offences of the press, as in M. l'eyronnet'a project with respect to the journals, and to transfer the decision to the (.bars-Rvafes, in solemn sitting, with not less than twelve judges. This, said the reporter, was all the guarantee that the freedom of the press could demand, The Chamber was full, and the sitting was very stormy ; the disapprobation of the Liberales vehement, tad the adhesion of the Illttas equally clamorou4. As soon us the report was read, nu less than flirty-two members inscribed their names to oppose the project.— Among those inscribed in support of it is M. Clausel de Coussergues, who made such an unreasonable and wanton attack on M. de Cares, as the murderer of the Duke de Berry : he is at their head. The galleries were crowded to excess. Persons had even taken their stand at the door by eight o'clock in the morning, though the sitting did nut open till halt= past one. The discussion will be very important France is yet flr from being settled in her liberties, when questions of such importance as trial by jury are opened for discussion in reports like the present. The report on M. Peyronnet's bill for the police of of the journals, it is said, will not be delivered till the debates terminate on the project of de Serre.— It is somewhat striking that the reporter of this commission, M. de Martignac, as well as of the other, should belong to the Royal Court. M. de artignac is Procurcur-general of the Royal Court of Limoges, and spoke lately in favour of M. de Serre, when his conduct with regard to striking a barrister off the list was made a subject of complaint to the Chamber. M. de Martignac is considered as a good and steady Ultra. " He was no minated (says an Ultra journal) a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour by the King, for his fine and loyal conduct at Bourdeaux on the restoration, and during the forty days." There can, of course be no doubt of his report.
The Press. — 1855-11-10 (London, England)

THE PRESENT STATE OF INDIA. THE present state of India is not very encouraging even in the opinion of those most enamoured with the conduct of the powers that be. Mr. VERNON SMITH'S estimate of its financial position—unfavorable as it appeared to the public when announced in the House of Commons—is held to be much too flattering a picture by people on the spot. The Santhal insurrection has not been put down, the conquest of the rebels being postponed till the cold weather sets in. Meantime, a proclamation has been put forth by Government, offering an amnesty to the insurgents, promising a redress of any grievances they may have to allege. In itself this measure is a good one; but had it been preceded by some show of power in the Government, it would to the minds of all sound thinkers have been of more effect. From the sublime to the ridiculous there is but one step ; and when a Government that talks so largely does so little, that step is passed. It is not good either to teach the natives of India the lesson that the readiest, if not the only, means of obtaining justice is a recourse to the sword.  The other chief items of news by the last mail from India are the attack on Brigadier Mc KENZIE, the murder of Mr. CONOLLY by the Moplahs, and the dissemination of a pamphlet by a Mahomedan writer, calling on all good Mussul• mans to take up arms. The leading journal has taken these facts as evidence of a hostile combination throughout the Mahomedan population of our Eastern empire. There can, however, be no doubt that on this point it is entirely wrong. Brigadier McKErizix is a wellmeaning, good man, but as fanatical in respect to his own religious views as the most bigoted Mahomedans are in respect of theirs. His interruption therefore of a noisy religious procession—which in any other person would have been set down to its true cause, the desire to mitigate a nuisance was taken as an insult to the faith of the party, and hence the murderous attack on him from which he so narrowly escaped with life. Substitute Mahomedan enthusiasts for Cockney ragamuffins, and it was a mere facsimile of what might have been the case of Lord ROBERT GRosvENOR with the London Anti-Sabbatarian mob. The murder of Mr. CONOLLY had equally little connection with the Mahomedan population of India at large. The Moplahs to whose revenge he was sacrificed are the descendants of an Arab tribe, wholly unconnected with the Mahomedans of the rest of India. They had been long settled in the collectorate he ruled, and his system of administration had for years given the deepest offence to them. He was an able man, and an honest one, but unhappily one of the new school of Indian statesmen who seem to think that the vigour of power is best shown by its wanton abuse. Constant risings of the people under him were the result, and it was at one time a question with Government whether he might not advantageously be removed.
The Press. — 1855-06-09 (London, England)

CONDITION OF SEBASTOPOL. An interesting letter from an officer of the Sebastopol garrison is published by the Military Zeitung of Vienna. The letter is dated May 13, and contains the following details :  In spite of all the efforts which the enemy have made, our bulwarks stand as fast as ever. Long before the bombardment began the journals of the West informed us that our walls and forts were speedily to be put to a new proof. This made us redouble our precautions, and we bore firmly the truly murderous fire (hollische) which threatened all with destruction. Nevertheless thousands were devoted to death, and it made one shudder to see the Moms (the steamboat) pass every two hours during the bombard'want from the south to the north with so many wounded that she could scarcely stun them. While standing in Bastion No. 4—the bastion which suffered must of all—l forgot the danger to which I was exposed in admiration of the cool and stoical conduct of our sailors. They fell and expired without a cry, though racked by the most fearful agonies. The southern side of our town has suffered moat severely, and is scarcely to be recognised; five hundred houses have been totally destroyed, and grass is growing on their ruins ; the beautiful theatre no longer exists. Though the upper districts of the town are not so much damaged, yet there is not a single house to be seen which does not bear manifest traces of the bombardment. The streets are everywhere ploughed up by shot, and the pave. ment is totally destroyed ; while at every corner stand whole pjramids of the enemy's cannon balls and exploded shells, which were daily collected before the opening of the fire. In many streets five or six such pyramids are to be seen, each of them from eight to ten feet high. Nevertheless business is continued, and booths are opened for the sale of goods. Frices, however, are enormously raised, and sugar costs one silver rouble (25.) per lb. The supply of meat is more than abundant, but bread ie exceedingly scarce. The streets are filled with people, and ciowds of children run to and fro, assisting at the construction of barricades and pelting each other with balls of clay. Our life in Sebastopol is agreeable to us, for use is a second nature. The greatest activity prevails in the harbour of Ekaterin, where cannon balls, powder, fascines, sacks, and provisions are landed in astounding quantities, as they arc forwarded from the northern forts. In a word, neither the thunder of the enemy's cannon nor the siege of Sebastopol is suffered to disturb us any longer ; we mourn over our adversaries, who are shedding their blood without result before our brazen walls. We read many absurd statements about the eondition of the besieged ; but the absurdest of all is, undoubtedly, the news that we suffer from want of supplies, and that hundreds and hundreds of us are daily cut off by death—of all which no trace is to be seen.  541
The Press. — 1855-11-24 (London, England)

THE MURDER OF MR. STIRLING IN DURHAM still causes immense excitement in the north. The reward of 8001. has been increased to 5001., and the most vigilant search is being followed up by the police. At the inquest held on Wednesday nothing beyond the finding of the body, and the fact that cries were heard immediately after the discharge of a gun by some labourers in an adjoining field, was proved in evidence. The investigation was adjourned till the 4th of December. The unfortunate gentleman had just previous to his murder obtained his appointment as assistant surgeon to the Turkish Contingent. ALICE GREY, the Wolverhampton impostor, made an attempt at self-destruction on Saturday last. The female turnkeys were attracted to ber cell by a noise at the door, upon opening which they found the prisoner apparently in a partial state of suffocation, produced by the smoke of straw which was burning in the cell. It. was then found that the prisoner had unsewed the pillow-case and taken out the straw, which she had set fire to by moans of the gaslight in the cell. Whether she was partially stupitied with the smoke, and fell against the door, or whether, being alarmed at the position in which she had placed herself, she endeavoured sto obtain assistance by making a noise, does not appear. She sustained no serious injury, and is now more closely watched. THE GABE or• DR. FRANCK does not even yet appear to be satisfactorily cleared up. In the face of the assertion of Dr. Arnold huge that no symptoms of strangulation were visible on the body of the boy, the Brighton Herald of this week asserts that "the body of the young man bore on it palpable external marks of strangulation. These were remarked by the jury on their viewing the body, and were pointed to them by the coroner. The face was also livid ; the knees were drawn up under the bedclothes. All these facts left no chlubt on the minds of the jury that the young man died by strangulation."  I  •A•P • •  1127 and body, till be rendered her insensible. The f the assault being corroborated by the evidence feral witnesses, Mr. Ingham said this was the ime the prisoner had appeared before the court 1-usage to his unfortunate wife. The prisoner I most worthless brutal ruffian, and, for the Lit he had committed on his wife, he should nce him to be imprisoned and kept to hard tr for six calendar months. ltaents ant( Offences. 1E Guiding Star, emigrant-ship, which took her rture from Liverpool for Melbourne on the 9th musty last, with five hundred souls on board, pposed to be totally lost. She was spoken on /th of February by the Boston barque, Kate, in 16.0 S., long. 38.48 W., showing that her passage o that date had been rapid. Since that time nog has been heard of the ship, and it is supposed she must have encountered some terrific weather have foundered. She was commanded by CapM'Clelland, an experienced and skilful navigator. HE
The Press. — 1855-07-14 (London, England)

FRENCH AND RUSSIAN PROCLAMATIONS. After the unsuccessful assault of the 18th, orders of the day were addressed to their respective troops, both by General Pelissier and Prince Gortschakoff. The former issued the following proclamation on the event to the French army : Soldiers !—ln the battle of the 18th, our eagles were carried to the works which form the very precincts of Sebastopol ; but it was necessary to abstain from carrying to the furthest a contest whose incidents I had not foreseen, would be so bloody, and you returned to your lines in order the enemy nut daring to leave his intrenchments or disturb your return. Our actual situation is that of the day before the combat ; my confidence in your ardour and in our success is the same. The arrivals of every day suffice, and more than suffice, to replace these amongst you who have gloriously fallen, and whom in your hearts you have sworn to avenge. We have gained ground, and in compressing the enemy more and more we strike with more certainty. He cannot subsist, fill up the gaps in his ranks, or provide himself with munition, but at the price of unheard-of efforts; while we, masters of the sea, incessantly and plentifully renew our means. Soldiers !—You will show yourselves more patient and energetic than ever in this obstinate contest, which will decide the peace of the world, and in which you have already given proofs of self-devotion, bravery, and patriotism, adorning your flag with immortal glory. I need not cite here any one individual out of so many brave men who honoured their names in the heroic contest of June 18th. A. Petissitui, General-in chief. Prince Gortachakoff assumes a tone of triumph and gratulation when addressing the Russian troops on the same occasion. He says Comrades,—The bloody combat of yesterday, and the defeat of an enemy in despair, has again crowned our arms with immortal laurels. Russia owes you her thanks, and she will not refuse them. Thousands of our companions in arms have sealed with their blood the oath which they had taken, and thus have confirmed the word which I gave to the Emperor, our common father. Thank you for it, comrades I Comrades I Immense reinforcements are marching from all parts of our sacred Russia ; they will immediately be with us. Oppose, as you have hitherto done, your manly breasts to the murderous balls of our impious enemies, and die, as thousands of your comrades have died, with arms in your hand, in an honourable contest man against man, breast against breast, rather than violate the oath which you swore to the Emperor and to the country—to preserve our Sebastopol. Soldiers ! the enemy is beaten—driven back with enormous losses. Permit your commander to repeat to you his thanks in the name of the Emperor, our august monarch, in the name of the country. our holy and orthodox Russia. The time is at hand when the pride of the enemy will be overthrown, when his armies will be swept from our terntorylmike straw beforecountry ntthl wind. Until then, with God fur kpero (gigned) buns G oar stgazolrlts
The Press. — 1855-12-08 (London, England)

THE INQUEST ON THE BODY OF MR. STERLING was resumed on Tuesday last at Newcastle, and adjourned for want of further evidence until Wednesday fortnight. The two men arrested on what at first appeared strong circumstantial evidence, will probably be shortly liberated, a good case of alibi being sustained by the prisoners. THE CASE OF MARTINSON, THE BANK CASHIER, who embezzled 4,2641., and was lately arrested on board the New York steamer at Southampton at the moment of starting, was tried at Newcastle before Mr. Baron Martin on Tuesday last. An attempt was made to exculpate the prisoner on the plea that the guarantees had, together with the prisoner's own property, made up the entire loss to the bank. Mr. Justice Martin observed that the plea was no mitigation of the offence, and that the greater the trust broken the greater should be the punishment. The learned judge then sentenced the prisoner to fourteen years' transportation. THE TRIAL OF THE MAFTEN MURDERERS, which was expected to take place at the present Northern Assizes, was postponed on Monday, by Mr. Justice Willes, as the matter was still under the investigation of the magistrates.  Sir,—ln my last I maintained it to he historically proved that great wars, once fairly begun, quickly get beyond the control of human reason or foresight, and pursue an irresistible course which statesmen are unable to arrest. I proceed now to show that this is not, as you say, a mere "pagan fatality," but what might naturally be expected as the legitimate consequence of war. 1. The very fact of war implies that the belligerents have previously tried all other methods of adjusting their differences, and, in particular, that they have found reason altogether insufficient for the purpose, and that they have, therefore, elected to do without it. and to put the issue on the chance of battle. It follows that the same irreconcilable discrepancy of opinion which has brought them into this position will prevent them agreeing to peace, the more especially as the evil passions which a state of war evokes will have embittered their previous misunderstanding. So that so long as the belligerents remain each the judge of his own case, there seems no terminus to the conflict till one or both are exhausted. 2. But it might be expected that the influence and power of neutral nations would bring about an accommodation—and this, indeed, often happens, am' is in itself an instance of the control of the contest being taken out of the hands of the combatants— but it only happens when the neutral States are sufficiently strong to compel the combatants to adopt their award, and in most instances of the kind actual compulsion has been resorted to. Bnt where the belligerent nations, as in the present case, are so powerful that neutrals cannot interfere by compulsion, interference in any other way is of little avail in bringing about an accommodation. The reason of this is simple, and explains the cause why such attempts, however well meant, prove abortive.
The Press. — 1856-12-20 (London, England)

TICKETS OF LEAVE AND TRANSPORTATION.  SeFFICIENT evidence is, in our opinion, already in existence to enable us to place the discussion of this question upon a tolerably broad basis. The increase in crimes of violence has been concurrent with the retention of our criminals at home; and the number of cases in which such crimes have been brought home to released convicts is quite sufficient to dispel any notion that it is merely an unaccountable coincidence. The scientific gentleman in " Pickwick," who was made a member of various learned societies on account of the highly erudite manner in which he explained the result of an electric shock on his own person, which was, in fact, nothing but an ordinary black•eye inflicted by the human fist, was hardly more sapient than those wiseacres who deny that the murders and robberies with which the past twelvemonth has been rife have anything to do with the bludgeon and centre-bit of the " ticket-of-leave."  Assuming this connection, then, it seems to us that the question for discussion is not whether we have rightly carried out the proposed substitute for transportation, but whether that substitute was not in itself a blunder. No way of working it could do away with the broad fact that it keeps the disease amongst us, which transportation effectually removes. The ill blood still remains in the system, and circulates through the veins of society. The point of this argument can neither be turned aside nor evaded. There is the nuisance before our very eyes, under our very nose, or whatever other popular hyperbole may best express close and undeniable proximity. And all which the advocates of the system can do is to admit that, though it may be worse for the honest population of this country, it is better both for the criminal himself and also for our own colonies. That is to say, that there is two to one in its favour. The first of these positions admits, we think, of easy disproof; and the second of such modifications as will leave it very little weight in the discussion. We arc almost tired of repeating, that the further you remove the criminal from his old associates, the better chance he has Of reformation—that the wilder and freer is the country to which he is removed, the better chance he has of procuring an honest livelihood ; and that there is a class of criminals, of whom Marley was probably one, whom active rural employment is nearly certain to reform, and whom the life of cities is almost equally certain to make worse ; that at home, on the other hand, nobody will employ a jailbird while honest labour can be had, and that thus old temptations and new wants unite to lead him back into crime. In regard to the colonies themselves, we have never affected to say that we should force our convicts upon such settlements as Sidney and Melbourne now are. The question 18, are we not justified in founding other  tirw