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mm* b wttorly UBhaoan to ma. II) thai cotuuiwai
anBOBMl T+tu Kayr-ata ?rtJ OB frOaittenUr. aha]
(aitona as inoVr tha 1*4? Chor !*>hntaj..
Awatsta seeks to strengther, W ??? ? i- si to a.
The Priar* of fJoiabrto, heir sr<pw- at to UkB
litre we af Nafree, it to ma rr> the si*trr of Um
ataanwanaaf Attstria, aa aiKaaca wait a ? anna* fail
la rands* Nsples Mill more Jrpeadrat an the
Kahror, since the Pnnce r? . waai mnd and tha
?iMaiaa ??nVWat'y eaaagi tic. la Lsmiharsiy. the
antntea af rk-r rod *$Mm mtm naturalized m Sar
?J*ayh\ wLien ?er?tat s<??irratrd .ti IHM are to ba
?antut.?i t? tie ,r,? awafeiea. ?? * itep which t?
?aaeaa t to rtanliate the Lumbar. Initorrne*.
hfr. J.-bo Fainter, edit, r of TV / ??uaer. ban
haaa apvointod rVeretar? af Um ' misaio? of
laa.se? with a salary of CI.OM ? tear. I Arid
i'ahnarr?taa risasinoee to reward or kril-e tbe laad
kaxmmr-n mf tbepenoCi -a; I'reaa by a judico'ts dia
weaVifiea *f hha Cto-arnanafd natrvaare ?. p. C
T1IE *WAK.
*m*mmm^ 9 ? - ' ?b>
IKOfihl.vs Of Ni:oOTLVTIONS.
Mo oecoanta have yet been ineatved as to the LaV
l^eeeei.b produced on the Russian Cabinet by the com
anun?ratM'n of which Count Estcrhazy wan the bearer.
Mo reply could be exj??eted sosmer than the 10th in?t.,
and it may not unlikely be some day late*-.
Connt Eeterhazy hau had an interview with Count
HVeee'redo, tka sabjest diecoaeed wu the attitude of
Austria, CoL Msnteuffol ba* arrived in Vienna, and
presented the K.ng >>! lWi-ia's autograph letter to
tbe AueUaii Emperor, lie content* bave not trans?
pired.
Tbe following (from 7V I. ..??Ion Time?) i* received
v na the mo*t Jihely eetimote of ihe proponed terms of
peace, sent to <t. Petersburg:
"A good "leal has been ?ai-l abont the proportion*
presented by the Emperor Kranen. Joasna to Bttasan,
and accepted by Franco and ahsgtead. I ntil they are
oflVically known we may a* well pre you wnat is
stated in the Gam an Chnaoailotiei nt I'aris, already
alluded to, ai d we have r> aeon to suspect that it is
nerbap- aearer the truth than BMtafhf, ai yotnnh*
liehed on the ?nbjei t. WHh n-apeet to the Danubian
I'riut ipaliti's we nr. iiesur? d that, na already slated,
the complete abolition ..f btaasiaa ptcdetdorato la
ineieted upon. Russia is to have ne eie!u-ive n?'ht of
arotw-tlon, mu intervention la Uta aVKnaatte affaini of
aha Principalities. It is deinanded that the Frincipaii
tke shall retain tlieir privileges and iimunnities under t !ie
BMSfrswaaff of the Kult an, and t. at the (Mtonaan I'orte,
as conce rt with the eontracting Powers, shall grant to
th? Prfax tpalitk - an internal otgauization according to
tbe nec?' itifs and frt.ly expressed wwhee of the pojiu
btiion. In concert with the Sultan, also, as their swieV
sua, the PiiBBipalltiai will adopt a j>ermrtnent de.
fenaivc system, such as is recpuiredby their geographi?
cal position, and no obstacle and no :u [leaiment ?hall
be offered f.. them m their adoption of any extraordi?
nary measures, of defense they may require to enable
them to roreol BOSrrcsMon on i i,e pHrt <d 'i loreigu Power.
It. eaehnngt fortlie foriided plaeaa ami tenitory <m-( u
pled by the nllied snuics, Ruaaia will be ronnlred to
aeeent to the modification of her own frontier with
Turkey in Kurope. Tbe frontier thus modititd con
tormafily to the genera! int. rest, will commence front
tbe neighbor hood of Chotym, following the line of
mountains which extend in a south-. ..-t- rly direction,
and terminating in the I^ikc Sank. The line will l>.
definitively regarded by tbe tre?ty of pea IT Bad the
eeded territory will be r< stored to the Principali?
ties, and consequently to the ftztretineU of the
Port?. \Aith MBpeet to the Danube, the open?
ing of that river and its mouth- wiil no .-tbctually
eevurcd by regulations in which Europe wrtl have
an inteiest, and in which the oontf?etiag Powers
will be duly represented, excepting the portions J
Is-loBgiug to the powers who have tenitory on
ite banke, which will be regtil ited according i? th<
principle ratohhnhed bytbefJonf^reai af Vienna in mat- i
lent relating to river navigation. Lach of the contract- I
aig Powers will have the right to maintain ose ort??
stntitl vessels of war at the mouth of the river with the
..Me. i of tu'O'iiig the t'aaontion H regulations rel?
ative to the liee.ioari of the Danube. TdwBlaohSea j
will be made completely neutral Its waters will be
ojs?n to the mer. hi.iit ship]>i:ig of all ua'.ions, but will
be inteidicted to ?.tr nnvi.-s, mid, iu order to make
tlet neutralization a be>na tide neutralization, the
pto*? nt military arsenal* will be destroyed and no new
once hereafter created. The complete pmuc
tMiti of the commercial and maritime interests of all
?atiouK w id I/?- secured iu the various part a of the \Y.n k
by MuhtrJons based on nn.i ut conformity
with ttit.niatioiial right. Th hro Poo.u*
po*M?i.iug tenitory on the Dlaoh Sea will nooept the
engng. tneiit rociprocal'y to maintain therein no mon
than the number of light veasela, the force of which
sh. II b< in term.i.iil previoM* \. naoeasB j foi thoaer.
vice of their coasts i< *p. etivc.y. It i- also provided
that ?ucb stipulation or Convennon as shall have been
airreed tutor thai object, shall ba append il to the ft a
ejul lieaty. It will be previously subuiiltcd to the
approval of the powi ? * who sign Qial treaty, ami will
have the-ami-force, and be in rv. rv respeef coii-nl
?4-ed as forming an integrnl part of t tint instrument.
Tho*c atipulatioiis tu convention* forming part of tin
general treaty, and secured ip the same manner, shall
not hi nhV red, modi tied, oi canceled, without the pie
vious assent of all the Powers who sigu tic said geav
eral treaty, Wllh loaneot to tin closing of the straits,
the exception will bo admitted as applicable to
tbe Powers that possess territory on tin
ahere* of the Black BOB, as adverted to in the pre?
ceding article. The privilege-, bxununHies, mi l rights
of the nen-blnssulmau subjects of tbe Porte win ba
continued, but without affecting the dignity and tuo
md. p*-i.iieiH. of the Btdtoa, as Uuasia will after
the p< ace he invited to take part with France, En?
gland and Austria, in all such dohhornBDOn00 have
toi their abject to aecare to the nou .Mus-mlina'i inb
leets of the Sultan their religions and poHtJeal rights.
In addit.on to the above, the bi lliger, nt Powatare.
aarve to tiieaiselves the right to pix>pi*e, *n the gen?
eral interest of EiirojH', special condition* beaide the
tear guaranties. Irie repr?-*entatives in Paris of
Boaae of the Stale* at tieriiuiuv, and perhaps ouc ...
two hussian result lite, are *anl to be cognizant of the
adwre. Tl . ?.am.-may, peihan*, be ahnrnied oi thi
ltelg.au ttoveniaient.* At all] .-vent-, it is baaV fad
that ice tun-going is a fair sum,nary of the famous
Austrian propositions."
Tbe Kiug of Havana is about to scad a special
Envoy to St. Petersburg, to support the represe nta?
tion* of the Saxon Envoy, Baivn S??t. o h
It is once mor? confldently stated that Attstiiawill
anbuiit to the Crerra&nic Diet the proposition* for
nVaee which she has forwarded to St. Petersburg,
aexi an call on the Diet tokiipjK.it this.
? ? aas
HIE CRIMEA.
Datea are t?> DVswinber 'iX The Kassiane have in
an sssrl their (ortin* atioss* over Inkenuiaan, aud bave
saawskr.1 a* w batten. * ?>n the '.-ft .,' t),. Cheraava.
Mar-aol Pi ItSaier d.s.-? Bat km*I i' < BBt I Iii a.
Maithaayss will act a* L - pn v, in the < Wm\
m\ Parte. No injury ?a? b?Ibibi-iI shrpa ' wai at
the re?-. nt ?tonn?. Tbc -teaiuet N*? -l ork I.a I an ired
Bat Couetaatruopiv . Va di*pai i ? - havi
eaevrd itoiu the Allied fiiasraaiaiw
ahvady pubb-L ^
MINi M
Otiasr P?-ha ha* arrived at Hat-a n. fV si at '
Mara ha* reader. .1 hiuu unpopular at t ..n-tart.nopb ,
aad hje re.-?JI we* .iie.-ui?sed, but rert.-d la b<- Bapsaat
hsV, His army wl eu nesu kntais was to- ta*ashtya
srithosK sappliea. oa aorxruiil af fraahet* in (he nn -
and lesuvr auablt- t.. ad>aaoe, h? deemed it rxudrirf to
in. v-\riity ahips are bow loading at Ci>a*taiiti
i?H>. ? Hi ?iipr' .s auO, BiuBitssx.- t.sr Hukum kalt-h.
Hahtn Paa).a Va* arrived at Krarroam where reeo*
t-en.-in. nta sr. ?- aa rwbVeted. liters fr>-u
(lea. Wtllisn*. . t ? an vul s* tlusnn, iu gsrod
hraNh. TAW gr.?- )?-. ulst. and ----maniifi rarnt
sasah ptaew it> ? I . rut i Kan-. and what littir
aaass stoae wa- rn .? af fjsia
Hillswt? to i I * Ii?..I. to>
havad awOty, a*a ao.nri? ih. last.
Tire ( earianamue aaa* "tu of
a flairs i*> hss*. aa>l Ihr t -i v< < ? at
ConwBBI narpb do not
sif Ihnes? tVha ? ?trateary. ? ul it* ? . u ?
a*aa of saaaspasgii iaiulww a rsjaai hoS
Plank drvaa ?S?sts are ustw atssSJ a . e la Is wai
N cirveasst M tae defei.*?- of Err-itwn i ? i Irel...
?ax?le. At pre?-Set the nnsis.1 i? >?\t'< ? h ?BSiW,
aa ) f<ir ihre? or tWr laMMStka to rvra. Iber eaa h? a>><
ejwie
Till FAIL OP KM.
< e?..t??a*.?? oi Tie? I rAtm T'saes
, anas t i?r?? it D? ?. .'?. -??
Kara aha rssaur..** pa a- us?-?1 'o inquire into the I
etat? vi Safaire in A i . ? ? .?oue?-ils oi war hebt I
si Iht B. -aahwea:, .1 . r BtilBf > BOhnathal
rm that even tkw rsm, ?r? A a I.Ii S ever> praaj
i^rag* as (lesai Kb ope as sis .1 - - niu. h inUreal
* ? lh*-y are>ajd at -?U -? Urne?
Th' errtva! 11 D *as? ? <l OBB af
.t. -^m*** rsaad m <uu .,?*>?
? 'sgs aaraeUr t<> the k**?">v ..f dais '' " as
laaa mirathr Mitherto <*nlv 'h*- r?ic -s e aiurva af
sVwfwgj on ma ridt aM vJ.a.ny vo Iht ether atfa
knewe, but n? w? see t?y d.e;r*"**1' las ii nuu'iii r>
eeser appearing and erweking for thonie* iv?*. If oca
llfj to th** tr?. ge.lv, ?wie ? an seaieeTy beben Ihel t
et i ?>? aVt*tm. Th* dewpi**?*i Tvrkwh array of Aria,
? rabble at iaf whirh everybody seeire-d to d< epair.
* converted by tie energy and moral ?uperiorrty of a
f.w > rn< en into a L? roic hole band, wboe* discipline,
pr.t to the severest tret by famine and despair, canavt
be rnrpaer-ed by the tiret soMkra ia tbe worid.
Although cuinbera wi re daily dying from starvation
no nceeees ?ecarred; ia the halteri'-e, where there
wrre always thrre days' proviaioos, the fanu?bed sentry
pared about within reach of them, witliout a'lowine;
I rrn !f to be overcome by the temptation. It was
the otory ol Tanta'u* a thousand time*, but moi> nobly
1.1?at* d, foi it aas moral courage, not physical im
| ?ibility, which prevented tBwaa from su'L-f> .. J ' :??
(ravings tf hunger. Tbe inhabitant- tl.> Uttel res were
aearee'y \ < Uad the troop? in tlie di?p!.iv of unsrifirhnese.
Wtilethey lad anything left theatrsrvel they -hand
voluntarily with tleir Isthaden, and deprived them?
selves even of their b< d* to give comfort to aaaas pot r
Jel'ow in the bo?pita!.
The T^optdatrtm of Kara is, for the mo?t part, com?
pos*? ef Turk.-L Oiuigiaao who, hav ng, before the
orgaaixatiou of the Nixam, been often ejjjh i tijeon to
Mend the town and the frontiers, pre-erve a tradi
tieaal bravery. TliC only black sheep among them
wer? fee Kara Kalpak*. a Turkoman tnU settled in
the town ano it- eathwaa. xfceee latter served both
sidee. TVy were of great help to th* Ku*-iaus in
tbo transport of'provision* and material, but at the
nan e time they used to be in constant commum, atioa
wit) ti e Urara and bring new? of the enemy. Now
and then a boraen an used to appoar b. fore the ram?
parts and fire off his gun as a signal; when w one
ran.? out tO BJOCf him he first expressed hat
about bis being a Mussulman, and only wh? n he heard
tt a profeeeion OS Mol.ntnm. <Ihii faith did he believe his
news. Then a kind of sham fight took pbhM to bUad
tkVt ? of prowling CoaMCfegj pWokl sTOri tired off
and tne borseaoai diaapp? sr. d.
General Williams'? uncaotoa had always been tocnt
II touch the < in un a Leu ev? rt hope of i eBaf had dU
api eared; but tiie letters which be continued to re
eefVfl up to the last moment, especially fiom Seliin
Paska M Kr/< rocm. made him hope and persevere,
aid when at last the futiity of all these promi-c*
dawn* d upon him it was too late for sir h a raoatatiaa.
A eastacil was hebl to date aas the pasaibflitj of thi- la?t
riiiiolr, and Kerim Pasha?one of the beat and
brave't of the Turkish commander*?li'l not hesito'e
to declare that tl.e emaciated soldiers, even with the
courage of despair, couid not march with their mu?
ktts Tor a mile without sinking nuder the loid,
aid the nraiest liu-sian forces were at four inile
distance from the town. One may imagine what point
exhiiu-tion had reached when some time bstfori the
surrender a body of Coaaacki with two cime approached
ore of the torts and began to throw oSeW into it, and
of all the guard oniy three tuen wert able to crawl to
their pv*t. Had the Kussiann known theeiaot -t?teof
things, they eonld have taken tbe town without resist?
ance.
While in the town all were vieiug with each other in
pep-et eianee and self seClihoe, meanness, and ulti-h
aaaah < med to bt the otder ol Ihe day without. In
spite of all indications of an approaching movement
on the side of the Itu.-rian-, and with all thi fie ilitics
afforded for luoviding the town with everything' neu -.
.-ary in tbe beginning of the- siege, tbe gro*-?.-t tegfe) t
pre vailed in evi rv department.
Ki?t. as regaads the munitions of war, it will be
Mareoiy ondited that only three days' ammunition was
in the town for the guns of position. The seoret was
will k*pl, und the KuK-inns will have ni.-eovered it
only ufte. tu1 in,; posseesioa of tke town. for. had they
known it, they would cutaiiily have made a few sue
i native false atta< ks, which would have soon nhuu. ted
the ammunition of all tin heavy guns. And this was
, theOaeolaaIWnitlat (oaa. txpijseuevory moment toan
I attack of the enemy, w hile mountain- ol ammunition
encumbered the magazine*, at Krzciomn and Trc
bixoode! Halett Bay, the Chief of the Ordinance
Department of tbe Asiatic urmy, is under i fairy in
consequence.
The etni vation which b d to tbe final surrender of
tbe srcrrisoi in less than four months tills it- own -a'. .
An exporod fortress like Kara, the key sftknaaUO?ll
itg court ly^ ought to have had at least one, if not I wo
Tears' prOTstkrJal in it, while the garrison received CD n
in the second month half, and in the end a quarter of a
ntiou. Tabii Paal a, tns deftecdar. or rnraralsstry
gtneiul, is accountable for it. Notwithstanding re?
nt ated requisitions from Oath William-, from the very
beginning he found pretexts for refusing. Had it been
left to him, the tow n would have been absolutely with?
out any provisions at all ut tbe beginning of tbe invest
fort unit ei;. Gen. Williams took the matt.i
into bis own laiufs. and this wa* enabled to holdout
aoleast) but the il.tlieutie- thrown in bis way were
such that, a ith nil l.i-energy, he could not complete
his arrangements. While tke uurrison of Kars wai
starving, the aV fterdnr, -ei/.ed by an uuaccountalile
eroneuin al tit, bargaiued with the ajjaaVstejara, and in?
sisted on a difference < 1 a few para", the result of which
was that no bargain trat ?Htoludod at all. Pteatjot
ciain was in the stores of Krz. roum, but the pretext
wus the waat of aalasah la carry it. There are, how
avar, naahotkai doahsya in the town, and win nit
v?a- praposed to employ them the d< ft? rdaf*i ahioetaaa
n Be tint it would be a -biilne to employ donkeys tor
theOoasaaawariat of tbe hspotialanorjr. Pining the
siege itself there were persons who offered to take
^.rain to Kars at tl.eir own , i-k. ana i^iiiii < conouib-al
pretests prei eatad tkaa.
In the mt dicui department likewis. peculation bad
l?ft tin- town ataerry aayawvided. It was aot the
qi.ant ity about w hich one would complain, hut the
quality, for hundred- of casee arrived cx?ataaafaaf the
moet ateleas 'Irugs, while nil es-ential thing- w.-ic not
provided. Instead of the btstnraaeats necessary for
fn'd surgerv, oaees conta ning obstetricItaliBiiteals
tame out in quantities; eosBnctict and other OttriotU
medicines, twatlgh for Ihe whole jajp'-'ation of Asia
Minor, form? d the chief portion of the niedica' -uppiit e.
Tbe raasoa of this is eemly explained; the p'-rson
who bad tbe oaatiaet toi this km I ot sapalThwaght as
cheaply ?1 possible all kinds of iin-a'abfe arti?-lee iu
all the back sbop>- of Pen and Oahsta, aad ohaiaatl
tlum at a high price to the Tartnah Qoverataeat, grr
hag a reasonalee pn.tit to tlum. whose interfcr. not
Would have bet n inconvenient. The consequence is
that the Tuikiel Govi raaaeat ?.w? * him at tins arneat
njoaseat 7,000,ouo piasters for the sappry of m< didaea
to the army, and this to a msn who had three ycar
bko 1 ot credit Itu ^,"00 piasters! lie is likewise under
iu\estimation.
Thus, you see, there wire not a few proximate
causes which rjoatribated to the fall of Kars, but they
do ni't excuse anybody for this state of things, wl.i?h
waa prettv weD known by the eotistant dispatches of
Genetal William-. As Kat* was not in a po-ition to
save itself, it was to have b*? u saved by other-. Now
that it bus fallen time is no end of councils of war,
at 11 dings.of troops, and teiioOjl tboutlit* of appointing
a proper .Commander-in-Cbii f for tli> A-iatic armv.
The touitecn Pasha- were the real ban?-of it, and'it
is time that tins ai-euid and fatal state ot th ng- sli-ud i
be altered.
Three coaactls do not rxpresa, a* far a> I ran hear,
poaitive diseatisfac<ti?>n with Omer Pe-ha. but the
s<'option of a new aiaa of ? ampaien hwaaVaattstal
dLsapprobation of his conduct. The rlauk uUvrrsions
bave tnea given up, and serious tliou*rbts ai* g,\ sa ?>
the derense of Eraeroem and Trehiaoade. There -
awdaagwrfat the moment, for the conairy is alrcad>
so oovt red with sn?iwthatit would he impossible tor
an army to atave. There me consequently ffem throe
to four moathi for pr< pant ion. Cndcr taaai ircum
staue?-? it would lie perhaps premature to fix on a
<le 1. reive plan, whioh Otight ? ripple the ojseratione fat
Beat year. Onu s Pa?ha 1-. saia to bare goce to Ba
t B&1. and bis atuiy to b<- falling bark toward Rcdut
Kab h. Thus the* famous diversion for tbe reUefef
Kars L- at an eati; )mt, although t w?a rat'er s
ttraugv idea u> sei k ?af?t\ fcr Kan aa the Circassian
1 a-t tail might become an inip?>rtant poiut for tipcra
tit ns in the Spring, if it be undertaken independently.
Tbe position ot trap Ku?ians has in the mean time
cousid? rablj- mquoved by the capture of Kars: for,
although of no great importance us a dcfri.-iv? ;m*.;.
tion for the Tmks, it offer* no email advantages to the
enemy. It is a ^wrd <i Urn, which enables th. m to
occupy the tsoghanli-da^b and the ritnpe ?ef Lax ist a 11,
aanaaaigtkas a road toward tin N'ail? ft f the Churouk
1 su, but Kaix is the more imrx?nant fcr Ihcaa. bxsjaaili
it gi\ i-s tin m . >?iv f?i ilitv of inrii. nciug the Kurd, h
trib?- wluch surround to the south tb< whole pre/tisj 1
ml Y.i 71 ifum.
In this raawaat she fiovemment of t'on-fantmopV
bsauiu(h to surw,-! tar. It ha- fat wa > weina-i
eafiy batrigaed to break riowu the K udal j<-wir ot th
Kardish t't.n t?. und t?i mak? isoatrot 01 reTaaue of
th?in. irstead of taking ad I aat age ef their militniv
apint to form them tnto an tmcn-nt tronticr juard. it
ha- to w?^l BJBeaaadasI that now all the Kurdisn tribes
? ?I 1 e frontier an beaut and -01' n i; ..--i.-i. tad tht
paseeesion of Kais will extend Hu-ian iaflueiK'e like?
wise over the more distant tribes.
PKSTIU ( TION OI RUSSIAN !???( K>.
te.Tt?j>.Bj*. e ef Tbe I.enSon Uslly News
C\ar, Si\ A?rorot, Monday, Dtr. -ii IMS,
On? of the fiv, et .< biated lirv-divk- in the KaraN !
I aaya suburb of Sevastopol wn* aoaaeasahed bv tbo
Tr> d< b 1 ngii ?. r- on Satunlav la-: the S3d ir-t., at .'
I p. pa., by the t\\ loeion of mibe*. TV detraction 0f
j the do. k was fully accomplished?the b!a-t baring
ahnoet Iwataataansasli redu?-?-dihe aaaasira fabric into
a ruined and confased heap of otoas ?.
The baaiaaiaa ef desotstywaga portion of tht doek*
1 was noa known .u camp until an earlv hour of the
mortiii'i: c-f ii ?? same day. The six compauie* of ;h?
1Kb IvVi\aJ Irish regiment-which for tbe last month or
I five at?k- I ire 1 001 qaartstwd in the Kanbelnaya,
j artist ng in tb- ner er uratiecs r th< <l? ?
I tic* of tl* tkr*< duck? ,l rial, an., tie |-an cf tie
baaia lactarge ef the Pr.g..sc tug i.*-v_w,., Ul ,(J
3k- 5 la Ii ., before dayligl... Tneu departozr wn^
?> nivebserved by tbe em my oa the aunh ?dB of
fb. wed-t??.; It wu ...- ?i.ia-ro?! pn.d. at to march
thr?r mm up to ramp, in rare th*- Rnseriau* might
think proper, after tbe eTplssion, to diree* a heavy flrr
on the suburb, and to avoid all ri*k of oa*Uall>-.
should aay of tbe buiklings fail fruaa tbe coacaaema
Tbia movement rt- a sufficient intimation that tbe ??
plocnon of part of the dock* wae at hand; bnt in addi?
tion all servants, and men on fatigue, going into the i
town fur wood, were early in the morning stepped at
the Hi.'au, and -nUequentiy a cordon of sentries wa*
drawn around to ptevit ? flu ? ? "i'Bay i* rsou from
approaching within the nei/hbortood of the dorks
whore there was the slightest danger from tbe explo?
sion. A- it turned out. howev.-r, these precautions
proTcd unnecessary, for the mines were *o laid that
the effect* of their explosion were; onniicd to a very
'.imiti d "pheie of action.
Tha aV i k iaeted by the Fri m h engiceer* for de?
molition on this occasion wa* tbe one placed to the
west of the lock through which ve mB former: y it
t?ied into the great basin. In addition to ti..- ?
the French bfl 11 to dcsttuy BBOtlwaT dry-dock on the
. a-tsiil? ( fthe .nlrar.ee lock, the lock" itself, which,
w th its rides atiil foundatiou of cut uuuonry and mag
Lifi. eal Uoodgati s, ha- the appearance of another Back
rxd half the basin. It ie BBBaBBtOOd thst th. .-ngir.-i ?-?
ing operation* an- completed for tbe demolition of the
whole of these structure*, and that the obj.i-t in de?
molishing one portion only was to teet the accuracy of
certain calculations with regard to the quantity of gun?
powder m ceseary tor ? ffee.in% th. desired result. The
quantity Betasfly employed is aald to have been a
litte- over 1,1 00 pounds Ei glisb. or i.?VO Frtnch kiio
?Lrammis.
I: ? F:.r.'. ? ave followed a -oniewhat
different plan from the English engineers for tbe de
rtmction of the din ks. They have trusted piiacipallv
to gailariee carried acror* and beneath the bottoui 6*
tne di/ok. Ihey have nleo, however, parallel with
? ach side, a hoi.ioLtal gallery, to blow out the founda?
tion ard lower part < f each -ide walL In the docks
to be destroyed by the Eughvh perpt.ndicul.ir shafts
bave been si ak at frcqtieiit intervals along the ?ides,
for the MBpoaa of blow in. the whole of tie- sides in
waid. Latterly iil*o gall, rios Lav e h- en ron-tructe l
Wreath the foui.datioii- o. tbe bottom of each dock.
mi that their demolition BBBSt l?e very effectuaL Ar?
rangement- have been mode f<a filing the English
nxiaasby a voltaic battery. The French mine- oa
s-alun'ay wen- tired by ;ueaus of train* of '.aid guc
J OWil. i ai d file. -.
The iepcrt of the explosion was by no mean- loud.
It we- heard in camp, hut "as L'enerally suppo-cd to
ba the bursting of some of the Ru-nan projectiles
among the buflomgi of the town. Nearer to the scene
of tat explo.-.on a trcin'.i'ous agitation of the ground
wa-felt, and tl.'-wa- f"''owed by the peculiar com
Msjaaad sound?more like the rumbling of distant
tkaader than tha usual re|>oit of gunpowder tired f.oia
witnin metal?w hi. h alwoy* accompanies oibti rrain -
on. discharge*. Sum'tani-oii* with the noise of the
blasting, tin air ovi r the situation of the dock became
thick with smoke, stone- and nibbidi. A 'ar.'e quan?
tity, among whion wi r. masse- of eoasloVruble size,
io*e perjn ucttcnlarty upward, wliilent the same time a
shower ol um-otiry wa- hulled from each tide upwat l
and cuiv ing towntd the center. Tbegreotir piution
of these blocks and fragment* of stone appeared to
fall downward into the vacant space of the dock;
unrcely any wereobaorred to flv fur beyond it- lianata.
A dense- cloud of smoke fi'led and" rested over tbe place
of nun, and this continued hanging over it for a con.
aJdarnhw time, for there was no brei/e to waft it
away. No sooner had the explorioi occurred?the
( rasii of the falling mseoniy had -enrcely died awsy
from the ears?when tbe sharp report- af several
-hells nliout the dock* and neighboring building* told
that tl e em mv I.ad been no iiuoImo rvaat spectators of
the scene. They hoped to hit some of the tloops, v< b?iu
they suspected to be in the neighborhood of the explo?
sion, the nature of which they no doubt understood,
but, as Banal tired without'effei ting any injury or
i Hti-ing casualty.
It is remarkable how very lew i a*-..alt ies have ta?
ken place among the sapper* and nrtill. rvim B, and in
the six i oinj Baien of the no-n of the J*tii Regiment,
wba have been quartered iu the Karab. lnaya during
the i pirstioi - connected with the Banning of tne dock*,
notwithstanding the con-taut fire id" the enemy. En
til a short time ago. wh? n a shofl entered B company's
orjoking-house, whence the men canJd not readily e*
enpe, and wtieic, iu consequence, sb | aval were
wounded.not a casualty lhi! occurred among the i*th
Regiment, The Bnstdnns aj.pi nr to have the range of
all the principal points, and moreover, seem to have
men ahrayi on the boMBX. who make itgnah to the
gunners in the battirie* wheuevcr a party of troop*
are obseivcd moving iu the town, for no *oouir is a
group i xpoaed to vitw than it is tired nt. One princi?
pal source of BecniRr to oui saea b, of coanaa, ths
atrmbei of stone buildings of the town. These not
only intcicipt the Bahn flea of the enemy aa they fall
toward the -round, but offoid tob rably -afc nieau* of
ahcltt r when a wcii-directcd ?heil fulls too dangerously
e!o-c i ot ;?> I? , if po?eib e. avoided by hasty flight.
Report -ays that Bai tha preparations will be com
pletid for tha demolition of tbe three docks tobe
di -tiov i d by Ihe Engii.-ii :n '.In course of a w? ck tVoiu
the prtoi nt nate. The airnngenaetits wonld BBTohaea
fiiishi I art adr, had it not bean for tbe largo quantity
of w.itir wiciL ha* fbnnd tta way uto the shafte and
galtet if a ixcaTBted for the reception of the blasting
powder. It anpean that the rtason for the water
MTing entered so eopaoaafy into tin--c esMvaraons,
wio.'i those coBBocted with the Prencfa ntbsea have re
?satted dry, kt their relative j?o.?!tion with regard to
thi ti rm.in.I.on oi the Karalich.ava ravhaS, between
the Redan and MalakotThills, and at a short di-tance
front tbe dockyard WBlL Tin- three docks in charge
ot the Ft ghsh are tmnrBtod from ths ond of tbia rn
vlae-?where bb enornaona amouiit of water had oot*
leited, and fcrnted an bnanenao nond or roaervott?
only by an artificial causeway, constructed at au enor?
mous expei c af labor by th- Ru-aian* during the
toimation of the dse?-, and through Ibis earth tbe
watir gradually |>ereo!ated.
Uadei oriiinarv' circiim*tuiu es the wat'i- af the mid?
dle or Kaiabebxaya iaviue would diam through the
si i! and fii.d it- way to the Kuiabelnaja creek or har?
bor, and in thi- duect.oiithe water collected in the
shafts hr.s cow had to be conducted, after much labor
by pen.ping and other mean* of drainage. It would
have bna more easy to drain the shafts through
the gri at baein. into wLuh tin- three docke opeu: but
tl i- would probab'v have led to flooding a portion of
the Fienrh works. \\ BOB tin t.me -hall arrive for the
destruction of the bghnh i*jrtion of the BOcka.il b
hopi dtbat their destruction will be a- OOBMIbIb a*that
ot the French dank ain ady demolished, and if the
t!.n i aie dtnioliebcd at the 'same in*tant the eff?xt will
be proportionable nw ri -ttik.ng. I bav e heard if ?fat.-d
that tL?- floor ot ths BockjBBtdcottoied by the fit aoh
oncineerahnanot boon so effictua?y and completely
bnaV B an ss.t wu- anticipated it would be by the ex
ploei n, but hardly believe that thi- BBB ho BBCBttaiax I
while it n msm- ei.cunibi red with the ruinesi raosoory
atj'ri -ent heaped over it- surface.
l'l e weath? r lias been tnuoh wilder ?inee tb- la*!
mail left. During the davtime tbtre ba: been a con?
stant thaw, and ,t ha* only been after sunset that th
tempi io'i re b't- nach J the freezing p.jiit.
Ulli NF.XT 0AMPA1OK.
h '?/?? Th* l.rt*ipo*l .t/Siea.
Adaairni l?enia*, :t seem-, ha.i for -*irae bhni a*.k
v irtuaiiy anticipated hi* own itopiliatssn of-.he u, ?
' on manJ. for BB -aid he won', i not actively renUnM ;t,
ll> considered the operation* prope-ed by the Acmi
rnlty fat 11 * * < vr llslt.e eip.-n t .oii to be perfectly
nit . r.giirdci Cranntadtna qu;tc inipn-^uable, and
that it would be tie d e- reef wa f.- ..i .;-|,e, rn>uj 4?,i
aurfsVsW to attack it; DelsaafOjn h in preci-e|v the
san e rategot' , and, moreover, it ;s ?ai-j, that be dis
Bppraras ?f the wa. b nrharhnh) and poih r, aa<i i.-ema
BaToporatkarj in tbe Bflltic to he a'ike unwarranted,
nenUes.-, and prep?>-terou?. Not ouir th>, but it is
now added, that he bi t.-d against bis natter kaskaaant
wheat be assail. I Baeabaigi thai he kh- w' ind sa:sl
the a.-- ah am t p:ov?- me par-iai, e-iuittees aad
abortive thing it has turned out -, that :Se tv<tre4-e*
the real srraagth af the p.ace. usanht be aaniy naade
' i ?: have been; j;,d. Ibmt aa
is r.j ttted to have me de a- tittle ......... bis'opmioas
Ott nO those fsdnta a dtd hi. prciece*-or, Sir C. *Na
p:< r. on certain other |>o:ut- the yam l>efiere.
\\ e !*j] i ve thin issmal! doubt aow tha: wbea the
tree storyof tb. a;tack onSweaborg taancstohe rfasjaj
it will o.a.r a- ntnek ft out th.- gai.tt. d itirrative a*
th. atuciicc? ver-iou eurrint in Jsnuarv, is;*, ,>f
Balaklava charge diffire i from that' told bv Ix?rd
t fciuigan at fse L-rd Mayor*! hnnonet the nreenshn ?
Vinter. There iethiaiutke. ee-eaial .'.inVreow- that
tl. --captain not o-Jy did not Mek to take credit for
what he had not done, bnt was anxyv.s to d. <-linemneh
of the credit he indi-pctabiy eamcd, and which his
friends would force npou bJan; whereas ihe aoble horse
BBW, who uiceasant!) bk w his own trumpet, was n*
.atinte ot pra:*. for w^... v ?^aattemj^evl aod' smi??.-:
b'e j erhmanot -. Of eat rar, vW Ac bnJ li-.ii .J4,C
opin.<n?, ;t wa* n.4 to Ik tb?u.Lt of t--af >e ,',. '.j
pn-e. e i to the Kai::.- again. 11 r tl.--. . ,v
pub v tw, mo-; :mp*.rtant fnsafi nt:
Fiftti Are the-* BfWoaa attrlhntad to '.im ibondod
m feet' Are C'ronstddi. BaanBanjaBBj Ac. mi.r..
nab.c ' I< th- proposed naval campaign, for the com.
ine Spring, h th. BnltJe, with vir count!. ** rl.-etsof
Btanendoni battle *J.;p*, and ?bot-proof floating bat
t<::. -. and all the unpn c denied acccsori. * ? . sue .
? i- th.s e,,nij.aign i ertam. >t eTrn rr-m.M. ,r hkelv. n
tha "pinion el the sdmtrn: who cwhirled the last, to
be like that last and the on. preceding it, uarrtelv
Btmcthing only to sigh over or to laugh at '
CaVBBsB If sncb b. tbe admiral'a opinion, why did
he?we will not sav avow it. for w.- holier.- he did
avr w ,f?bnt why did be Ml inimediat. W throw up
I - i . u n an.:
Thhl be migtt tseedone Wag ago, without d-;i>
urct to the service, tor ll>: ??e>en ?i' cue o: siagaa
tioa. Bat to do it bow, oi. the very eve of the rootw?J
of active bo"tDitiee, is, to soy tee least, a very curious
proeeetthvg. Not lews rtnioti?, however, kl mat eon
3vrt of ministers if they knew, as of mar*? they most
or ought to have don**, the opinion of the goil?ot a-i
miral. aad did not instantly re to ve him from ?o .<? <?? a
1 poeiUon, fraught with obvious detriment to the efS
cieaey and prestige of the navy. What Blast the
navy, w in: must the nation, what must the C jar, think
of aa expedition from ttve command of whieh>wo edmi
ra's in iuceeseion ret irr I?one partly in disgust at the
Admiraltv aad the Admiralty aaajaaaaal with him: the
other in disgust with the ent? rpi?e it- f.
But the instance now before ne Bead* perhaps, excite
little sstonishinent after ail. It at but ot' a pi? e with
the pn-ot-.-ding" of those who led us into the war, and
thee back- d < ut of it. Rightly was it snnniaed that
when certein Russians wen- expelled the Cabinet they
left others behind them equally friendly to the enemy.
Dundas, as a non-fightinf Adnv'ral, was always sup
Moed to be a prates' ot that clique, as opposed t >
Napier, who would have fought it he were allowed.
Tie last "action.-' of Dundas now scommglyja-tines
the appteciation of his Peelite admin rs. Perhaps,
low. v.r. w.- are lahoriug under a dsJaaioa all fl;?
while, fur we see that Admiral' Lyons and Panda* are
a*?i-t at th- feethcosaiag council of* war at Paris.
This is, iadeed, the crowning coupe of the whole inex
pikability, onlv there is one consideration fires as
cans. : which Dundas is i?? he of the Baltic or of the
Black Sea 1 As far as the enemy need care, we
believe it dors not much matter; and of course it
rcatttr- as little to the country which baa such very
discreet guardians of its honor in a war of all other*
that ceded and admitted of deed, worthy of the
...m<- of nur flag.
VABIOI S ITKMS.
A letter from St. Petersburg, publish. 1 iu the rVveac,
ba? advices from the t.ulf of O.-hof-k to the ruidd'e
of Amrr?t. The allied fleet had just quitted the Greif
without having ?u< co ded in finding the cannon which
the Russian* had buried on leaving that vicinity.
The Baeaiben of Ute tlrand Council of War, ?s.em
b!td at St. IVter?burg. are principally engaged on th?
questions r< lafing to the fortifi, ation of the strategic
j-o nt-1: tb. hmpire. The IbttraVratJoaj ej Kfctww
b> fit -bed mi fore the end ot Winter.
Im I .'in'- (iiaratt?.?The entire Rn?eian forces
are at pre*, nt distributed under the following com
nani'tr?: Ceneralisrimo of the whole n-tivo army.
Prince l'a'kiewitch; Conamaaderui naland,Oen, roa
Betg: in St. Petnr-burg, Count Rudiger and Ocn.
ArbaeaaTi in H-tL'ar.d, bom, Orabbe; BaPie Corps,
Gea. Seven central Army (KieaT), Gea. Paarntna;
\\ i ten Ainiy !' Gea. Niuntarakoff. ?.'?:?.?
era Ant jr. tJen. Ladt r-: Crimean Army, Prince 0<>r
DbakctT; Pannbian TsTlilOtT, (Sen. ChomutofT; Ku
? M hi- Territory, d n. s. reluiakofT. Cain a*u-. (!-u.
Mel.. I ? . - <;? n. Muravi. ft.
M. Lai eaahJ, of the Russian foreign office and
Writer of the Nes.-eliodc i'i-patehe?, i- dead.
The railway from MoOCOW to sr. Pete:-burg i- to be
prof.? teil by redoabts pined atIntervals ai.mg the
Law ; < ach redoubt i- to he (woupied by a battalion of
militia, wfco are to be reeponriluV for the line within
tl < ir limit-, to the extent ot guarding it against any
surprise by the t m my.
The price of saltpeter has risen ext eedingly iu Rus?
sia. All restriction has been removed from it- prtwlue
tion, aad although Ikeiaapert duties are no; formally
rep. a'ed, it is tacit ;y BBdV r-tis?l that it will ba allow, d
to be imported free of all charges. Clan destine ex?
portation of gold nud i'vr continues, uotwi. hstanding
the prohibition: the profit of thi? underhand trade fc
la a bo st t per cent.
Th-' Sr. I'r'ertbvrg C< .mmrc-iil fJeXSeOt publishes
the following decree: Article 1. t'util the eouclu-ion
ot the present war i'l Kuropean men hand.se and .??>
Ion ial prod ice whith were adm.tted into the Tiati
caaeanaa praviaees by the ports ef the Black Sea
under the tariff of IMS. may be imported by the laud
frontier- ol Persia and Turkey. Art. Iba two
frontier qitarantiiie oibe. at wacberseMwaaaad hl?
? xandropol shall aloue be open for imp ti'triaiou of
?uch nietcbandise. with ?M power of reeetrhag the
duties theieon aud of sending them into the aaaaVpat
at Tifli .
GREAT BRITAIN.
a)
1 hf re i- no news of jwi'nticiil interest.
I ha freedom of the City ef Okaagew has been pre.
rented to the Karl of ki'gm in te-tuiiony of his merits
as tiovt raor-Genc! al of Canada. Lord BbjM male
a good spei cb on the ocuaaiou.
A most i itraoniiMaty sjgtaof psiaoaingoccupies cou
- rh rable spact la aabtw attention. The ob^oaanataaoei
tflj U . Pi. \\ I'liiD Palmer, asmgOOVbat
who made betting hi- profession, in Other UTOfds it
" ejevitiiig nmn," -vas m oosjaaaajj with a gentleman
named Cooke at Rugi'ey, BtollwVtlsblie, sed ng up
aoaaa (.ambling actoimt-, when Cooke, who bud just
iirunk i glaos < f liqeor, sattdeaJy baaajoM -i< k and u>
e'atau d that 1 aimt bad poi-.,ned him. ( Vsike died
next day. and Palmer was airsoUd. A dtsoarery that
Pabnei was Indebted i ''irg> etna to Cooke rialnnid
the -n-jrh ion agadael bun. and it wa- then lememlH-red
tlat his Pa'mersJ rife had died suddenly of symptoms
-in Dai to those that luul carried oh? Cooke. Thin led to
furthei inquiry, whso the astounding fact came gradu
a lyont that $%xt*tt at i-on-. all iinmc<liat> lv connected
a it at Palmer, bad died -uudenly within a short time
and that on the U\<-* of senn- of the-e perrons b<' had
elltcted insurances, vhflo w tb others he bad betting
traaaaetieaja. The most a-toun<liog incident of thaas
derelrrpaaenta fat that Lord a. orge Bent inch (who, i?
will be remeaaharad, died suddenly) had transac?
tions w.th Polmer, and it is now beoerod ho was
poisoned! The corpses of ooaaoaf taasnppaaed Ties
timshavi btrn r.ti nmed aud submitted to chemical
rrseait-h far traces of poi-on. Strychnine or looao Other
vegetable prt pats thai i? safaaoad to have been the
m. n:.- at] uy< d II I looaewwat curious that the ac
rwsed had a last bona that figured conspicuously in
bis tarf SpacalatioSM aad ban the name of " Strych?
nine."
Mr. BramweU hes beea appointed to the Bench in
the place of Baron Park, who takes the place of Lord
W? ii'eydale of \> ik.-bire.
The Marquis Ttwnrbend dnd recently at fJenoa,
when he bad Head aneay rean hi retirement, lie i
?ucceeded in bis titles bim! sotatOI by Captain Town
send. M. P. forTamwortk.
Mr. Layard ha- laothi i work .>u Assyrian Antiqui?
ties in the press.
Madame (ioMsotilt L:nd aj.peered a? IJ Ter pool in
the "Mes?iab. ' and had a crowded uu hence at tickets
from 10-. 6d. to Sis.
Adis.ral SeVBWUr has completely lost the slgfatof
one FTC. bc.t "bu? Otherwise recovered from tbt in?
juries 'he nnt with from the rcc? nt rxplo-ion of a
thBaaaa tarpeda.
Woiks are being erected at Birmingham for the
omaofhiliin of BitTiilutoial ihtkis iu ba?alt. The
??tag-tone" ot the beahay Is aa lad and east in cold
mol'ls, producing a species of basalt, or ghtovj lava,
to whin, the paxin <?'. ob idlan i? given.
Ponrtecn steam run boats, of wood, are at pre-cnt
behag baDt ea the mersejr, al Rlrhoahsasl, aaa htiati
tiovernment orders for cannon and prr>j?>ctile- keep the
eric* ;n and BTOWad Liverpool la full activity.
TLirfv-f vc rnnboaU are in pneeM of construction at
Woofwii h, beside UBBMluas others at other poti*.
A man nanv-d Heywood was executed at Liverpool
for the murder of Li- paramour.
The manufn- tan >?( -a't from the r. hes of the Iri-b
- ? ? ? an accomplished tart. The enterprising
ptoptieteea of tb>- Duncru?: 5Ult Miaee hare erected
tataaairc aa.i oowtnoiaat work- contiguous to the
BaUyneao Railway, ta nkith their raw material is
i iBTwyed tram the in.r.e.- m ar CaiTickfergus: and a
ran'aay caving b?en completetl from these works to
?',t itoht rOBM ? cati be I oadod at t!.e quavT with
ereat facility s^-'l dispatch. The rirtt cargo of tLL- ar
t.ei,?a la:_'e v.: i 'uns?we- dispatched, Bot
baas dace ht Kew-Oriaaaa; and wo have no doubt
that the (aciHtirs otTered by the comnnuy, both in
price and shipping nc, ooamadwisra, will ?p.-edily tn
-uie tot t'iem a large ind pewaaable ezparl trade.
FKertkera Whtg
Mi. Cobdao'i paorpklel on the Basniaa war en?
titled "Maat Beat, au I ntxt," ha-ju-t i-sue.1 from
Lbs j NOB.
. e> ? ?
LOUD CLGia <?N THE < <'L<?Mi;>.
The tret-dom of the ( jtr o? tiUegow vas pre-vnted
to Lard Bag n on the ?th inst.. when be made a speech,
of wli? h wr ?ubjt .ii tlie ohiof portion;
'? At the !:iric when I w ?s appointed to the office of
6k?vei *"~1 t~'1 ? fat Caaadis the pattti
cai 1 or,r::tLiioB given to Canada at the time of the
naioa?bad be? u in txieteaca somewlutt less than eight
t.ar-. Dariagthcw ? <ht year- no !???? than fjuretni
B .... -:neu bad HUccessiv. ]y held the office
at Poretaor-Oeaenl af the Canadas, sud on the day
whta I talk i :nun Urarjaaalthe grave bad already
eJaat I iu upon tbeoi a'l. roremoet in that list was a
waterman ad large Sleva and strong popular sympathy.
wbo*e nanie is known throughout the length and
brn Ith of Britisl (forth America, and who. at that
? ties' p,"vxl in tb- Li-tory of tkis country, derire?!
gth. Bad BCnCTfrad in what I believe; to be the
path of only, rxoaj the t^Hnteatnce and -unport of the
i-iLabitant- of (iia.-row fCbeera). I hau made the
acquaintance of) i sj ',,an Mu.i-tcr, a worthy gen
'-i'tnar.. I may compare small thing- with
itrea'?an office fa Canada similar to that of the Chan
? ? ha l.v hi ? uer intbi- country. Where do you
tt .nk I found i. m I I found l.im walking up and dowu
? etj of London, with 60,000 debentures .u
hie pocket, which he ?ould not get anv one t-i
take ff ia bim for love or money, lie baa gone to
the e/,p;tai,.t-, and when he could not sia-e.*. d
with Ib.m b. apihed :o that old loving lady?
Bjetber ?t^i.try?aad ?a:d, ' l*ray, for the sake ol tbe
love veu hear year poor. ruDnf. Ml very weU-behaved
Oaaada, | my s?dorw*? these )'<"?? I Miev be
bad more s-ieeees ?n hie Wree addreee than in u.* other
addreeeeo to tbe pochet, atel the ^??-eo-i- ?.-?? was, so
low was oar credit, and aa redaoed were we tor want
of money that we war? sd-Kged to laroe a quantity of
ive-doller defecates, which wa forced on anetched
office-borders, and obliged them to take tbeex? wbioh
ib< j not exchange without a discount of som..
wb. re from to to 20 per eeut. If I ovuld hare fore?
st en at that time that the day was coming- when, in
the presence of this enlightened commercial <KHB
mnmty, I ?bould have been abie to point to lb- ???
?eae discredited Canada ?eeuh?es as bavir.g a higher
premium in tbe market than any other American
security whatever, and to point to tbe proceedings of
Parliament, showing Canada to be regarded in htseon
it-tuticn as a model depeLdency?.f I could have
?een th< day when I cou'd have painted to these facts,
I should have borne a lighter heart in my bosom
when I went shivering through the enow to take up
that viceregal scepter which bad proved so heavy iu
ihe bands of our aHe*t men. But. ladies and gentle
mi n. I pa*? from wtat i- pun -!y p.-tsonn! n r. .- .-oni
pliinrnt to matters of higher moment, and I trust I
may be permitted to .nfer. from the notice y.m arc thus
p!. a?ed to take af humble ?erviee* rendered in I -
l ah cos, that tbe affair* and interests of those remote
dependencies are beginning to engage, to a great, r
extent than heretofore, the attention of the peopl, of
th;- country. It is. ircutletnen, a most interesting fact
that, wbde our despotic foe ie compch.-d to douhic the
forces station, d on the n n;< tc fronte rs of his va-t Kss
pire. a> a proteetion both against aggrvemo-i from
a itLout and d -order from within, our constant.oual
monarch strong in the affection of her subjects, is en
ahled to withdraw from her esjmng territori. s th ??<?
garrumn* retained in time of peace. I know well there
ata poOBh iu this country, perhaps not *o many now
a- many y ars ago?hut I know there arc persons in
the country who lioM tbe ftpii.s.u that th*- .-..lonie*
are a useless ?ncnmhrance: and I so far agree1 with
theee Miaana, that it i? p<w*ibIo so to govern tbcs?
colonies as to render them an intolerable burden ;
bat I believe it possible, by the adopt ion of a wiser
policy?by freely and frankly conceding to asj I I ssj
subjects iii the colonies thoee righ's and privileges we
*a at ai v prize?by tieatii g th. ir I afaaajawitl raaaei t.
and their w .-Lr* with consideration, .-o to attach tho-ii
to the n oiler country a* to render tiieiu a source of
\\ 1 aveonlytosay that daring the erheic
Of lev public lit'. I have W-n esgaged in vario'i- *p .en -
ot duty in the humble aadeavOt to solve this pi\ibi.-.u
and to* work out thi* reni't. I present myseif to the
inhabitants of II!a*gow as a practical man. 1 do not
even pro-ume, according t<> tl e fashion of tne time, to
put myself in the professor's chair. I do not a-k )ou
to receive from mr one *ing:e rule, or principle, or
n Rxim. apaa Colonial Government whiaa I have not
myself tested, and ot which I have not vended ths
rvsak by ex|K-ri? uce. Now, gentlemen, speaking in
that i apacity, and of ahnt I found from my own expo
11. im e, 1 BMatS baU to ??y that a mis-t imporlant and
u ai. nal ? hange has taken place of late years in tha
Ullatiiaila on which the Colonial (tovemment is Con
dn. t. d. It is it < h.ii.ire, not -o much iu the for.o af 001
continental < oewtftnnon, but hi the spirit. I apeak
more particularly ot Cai ada. not only b.-c.tu-e 1 SHOW
mote oi it than af the oth- r colonies, and have b.-eu
BlJatlf rtspoasibhi for the change* that hav. taken
place i at aJao btcoBM it is the ? Shot ot i kaages thai
In, v. taken place in that colony that have wmughi au
improvi nieiit in the system in oth. r colonies. In our
lelatioti- with the colonies we have substituted for a pol
ii y of distrust mid res. rve a polii v of Confidol. Now,
we Baay with great propriety a: d advantage inqui'o
ul nt the p -u!t*of this srsteaa Lave b. en.an.l whether
the] are aach as to justify aa hi endeavoring top -
psjtaate and ext. u<i it. Now, 1 would u-k, in the fcnt
plai e, what have the effects of this syst, m be n ou tha
moral prOOM rity of Canada f I do not wish to eneum
I . i yesj w.th a'masn ot statistical details, but amour
nritetuof nUdeeci iptious. pohtu . , -tuti.-i icnl and new.*
p.ip. r eon.-epondente, who huv. treated of th.* affairs
ot North America, it would be imp?-eib!o to find one
who, writing be fort If30, does Bat Ovav. that the BBB>
tra-t }in Rented l.y Canada on one -ido, und the Cnited
Mate* on the other, i* most unfavorable to the fsriuer,
moat discouraging to those who prefer inonarcliienl to
r. publican instnuiions. Will, siSMM IBS9 there is a
unanimity almost a* nratarkaliis aad thti Lord Pro?
vost aas adrertodto that?the other way. It would
be im|>orsible to find one, I think, who does not ad?
mit that sine thut period the progress of Canada has
In ?n in ail n-pect? most -a'i-faotory, equaling, if net
?arpaaaiag, tha aaoat thTurod j*nrta of tha Union, N.?
people hate been mine frank iu d. .vuntiou to tiiis
Ihct than our neighbors iu the United States. I
need net say to you that there is uo eubje. t up M
which the piople oi the I'nit. d Statte are more
juond than they aie in rolOfarsM to tln-tr system of na?
tional education, and they ceitaiuly bave ve y g.sid
ii ii ion to In *d\ Lt causc while we are in this country
I H . aiming \<? ifcr>>ueiy '."ir /teal foriM.p.ilai .-d icaiion,
asd proving oni siuci nty by unitfng to dfiflliiaiil
. tcry spenl,. plnn that is product d, th N it i. iiully
in that louniry in operation a Matern that i- elevating
the iateUectnaJ staudaid of thut "people to an ilcvation
aevar bodnro attamed by uuy aonannudty. At thk
met t ? i?u of th. Edncation Board hi New*Torkt rt v -i'
was resd, ri presenting the system of . dical ion in
Cnnnda a.- sqanl to that hi ?Msncknaetti or Ncw
Yotk, aiid I hi Preaidenl reeoaamended the svstem
adopted at Toronto, Canada Went, 1 do not thinhH
Isundrairnhte thattLe ttryn*nthtnof Besjtlnad should
know that tlu re is it urn ir\ not two w . U > -.
from Ciasgow, posee?sing it fertile soil and ag -n iii
oMinnti ?].r.ng a population very muoli resembling
what \ou find in any 6cnttiah|00anty, shariag our
views nad seannwenti on nil qaoations, aatwaL ?oeiaJ,
polklcol, and. above all, religious, with the means of
attaining alenaentniy aanonuon, tn e of nost, as l on
eondttioai that can do i kt ? aoe to no principle, aa eon*
ditions iittuinnble by every child in the community,
and wb. re ? vi ry child of talent and industry may goto
11 a higher *? Lool, where a superior eiluce.tion i- given
on the same t.-mis, and from the ?upenor *<'hool to
tl e University. Now, if any lady or gentleman in this
n 1 in ?..nt to put tic question, if we e'an g.-t all th. ???
advantages by going to Canada, why we cannot get
them without going to Canada, I implore that they
will not expect me to aa^wer it. I came here exp- at
ing to have an oppottnnBj of d> batiug and disciuwing
gn at i^i. stloiis of i rorernntont, but ui.s is so lai ge an
assemblage, and esp.cially theie are so many of the
fair sex pn smt. that I am really ashamed to eut.-r on
?nch topics. Tbe last occasion on which 1 mndo n
simi'ar appe arance, was certaiuly mit in a etty -o larg"
as (I'asgow, nor among a community so influential,
but in a city which i* the capital of a state nt which n
very great u.oral and social experiment is dein'.' m? to,
of which the issues are still doubtful, but which no
pMkuthranart can watch without aatarest, ndngtssl
with stixiety snd misgiving. In Portland, in tne
State ot Maine, I had tb?- honor of being received a*
1 am here to-day, and, having been iutrodnced by the
Mayor to the citizens, th<- band struck up ? <*<j*l *-?\
tbe t^ueen,' and both to my surprise anJ delight the
w bole audience stood during the whole time the air
playing. We had dinner alter the meeting, and at that
dinner a practice was adopted which I hope will this
. veiling be honored in the breach rath. rthnn inthe ob
-M v ance. We had nothing to drink our toasts to but
water. Among those sentiments?for they are t<?o
wishy-washy to be called toasts?we had 1 Sin oam t.?
tha n' ii.-d armies. 1 have alway- Ml aViatoi thai the
most serions penalty we ?on Id pay was any bad f.. 'mg
in the I'Dited States regarding our American aotanii I;
and I mads it one of my hi>t dato s toendeavo to
ledaee that n-k to the minimum. It i-fair to say
Cuba is very ill governed, and *o loug as that -tan- <,i
tilings exists, youeanrot prevent -nine of the Am- ? m
peojlefroni ?\mpi ihi/ing with the d -atf.-cted. Had
w. g.,t. ined Canada .1* ( uba has been governed, wo
would have found h>-r a thoru rather being, as sbe is,
s r. *s-. Att.-r the Revolutionary War we eonxntitti d to
tbe Americans, as citizens of the United States, t' e
sine rights of nsbing on the coast of British North
America as they had enjoyed previously as subjects of
Great Britain. They continued in those rights up to
lila, and Ikon we pioliahll went to war. At the
dote of the war our legal advisers decided that
all treaties were abrogeiteit by the war, and tnat
tbe United States people mnst have a new
tn aty. W.- got a new treaty restricting tiie right*.
The Amencan liahermen did not fauey being excluded
fron the gl ?und* wbi.-b th.-ir ancestors bad I scon
Bthadtted to. and went on fishing very much in the way
they bad done before?not, of course, w itbout a good
d. al of annoyance and interruption. Well, urhen this
ca-e came up before the Oov< niinents of the I'olony
and of tbe I aited Man-, the latter show- d a .
deal of ii gecuity on tbe occasion; thaw said tu. y mm
not consttue the treaty the same as we did, and than
were ingenious arguments ou the on. that
"bay*''were bays, and ingenious arguments on the
? th. r side to show that bays wen- not bays, aad tbe
British Government si lsst re-oived to cut tn- mt lei
short and blow the trump* t uf ? ? ftai ? - . a. dourti einls
ai Anh rh a isaned ia thtnahhwai to the contrary, stating
that their interpolation was tie- corrwt one. We were
iiirt in thi* posittoa thai a aaf-head, d ? ap'a.n of an
An eri. an aloop, with the Presidency in he- view, might
have plunged us into war at any motm nt. In 1434 ail
the products ef the North Am. ncati Colonies wer?- in
ti. < n. ed halo ths markets of tt. Hi It I ahnh i ken af
ilutv, and on the same teruis as similar prodactions of
taaLB^todBtntea. We may hope that the prosperity
of th> last few years will proceed at an aaaohnnsaM
ratio in time to come. ? ? ?
Thoueh I think we bave solved one important
tion in Colonial poii?-y?viz: how to reconcile complete
liberty of local government with tin anaMBM of the Im?
perial pre rcgat;v . I do not know that that i- our '.a?t
t ?? i' - \*rypo-siblc that g-.*ot colonies, a-"
?nuiir.g th? wl..:* . hart" Of their own defense, an 1
. v. a at Bring forward to aid us in war. may uo
biately be *utisfied nl U-SS> tbey nave a VOtC*- in the liu
f.'ia. CeVrinvfct i ?. let tl nt* t advmabh
t reat of ml ii Ht<- rt *? eb*trae*. qri.si.c-*. bat I be
b'eve wVg rt arrivee irr Ml be ah'* to deal win
?? ?*>'?"?'? '->r:'> m we have dealt with forracr qaee
t or s, if we Kill m?'. t tJir euioniee in the aaaae frank
? in n??i arr. Whet ie wealed ie thie?it ? mtMtmtr
that tne people ot?j,;? country should look oatoetek
i-irs as part and pat-?l of thotneciv.-ynmeAb.ee i
their wisbe*, and reioHc in their pri?gre#a. We know
tbat many of the Colem** form au a-taxreble hreeet.
m? nt lor our capital, and I wn sure if you make aa u>
Tfstni. titof your affection upon the Colon??*, yon Wiff
fi d an ample return in their er?titudc and good *u.
[Cheers.) For my own part, lest I should seeak ta
arrogate anv merit to myself, or to accept too literaril*
the rery nattering remarks of the'Lord IV?voetTi
want to" aar that 1 take no credit to says?If tor the
: ' . - it ( auada during my a-inun 'traiion. I wee
deanng there with a free, intelligent, loyal, more?
peot Ie, and it is to their threat and go?d <fu*di>r- that
a ! that prugreaa aad prosperity is owing. (Cheers.)
If I Lave been in any degree metruiuncai i ? piewir ^
thrm in a more favorable porition for the eih.bt'.ioo ?3
tfcoee qualities than what tuey occupied before; aad if,
above al. I have been ah.< to do anything to avert tee
risk of what I would consider the greatest of all ealaei
ni, e?a cohiaiou betweea the two great Angl
Suxou communities on euher .-ide of the Atlanta*-,
ran only bambiy graUfal to Pro* idcuee for rseine
permitted to effer'this humble mite to the honor ana
security af my country. (Proloaged applaesw.|"
This spevch was the oucaaiou of a leader >n in* Lon?
don jf'ivK?. tVsm which we make the foilowiag ex?
tract i
i' QatS topic there was in the ?peeoh wSirh was a* - -
ther trite nor onimportant. lx?rd Elgin antieipati ?
that the ncv s, none co.on.il qu' stioti wbn h will ans?
will be frOBI tl c ? 'ajrns of the colonies to Is- repr sea
ed in the Imperial Pat?amerf. He leHver* ao opie.
. ii on tl>e sebjeot, but contents liuuseif with the orac?
ular prediction that, as we have got orer of her difrl
Ct'lt qu? ?Von*, so we shitll n!-.> iref <i??r thi-. The
ostoef aai eoseeaal hastrwstess aaaaaj to be that of
the learned cuiiueutator who was ' <a fmtUt *a<''i>.
? i? d-?r\!( sweat.' we are overwh- (rhed with oaav
? t, arguments and illustrations as to that wh
self-evident, and a- to that which w dark and difficult
are 1< ft to argue, comment and illustrate for ourselves.
We are ibspoerd to accept the lilierty afforded OS hi
Lord Elgin, and to offer au observation oi two on the
question he bus passed over so lightly. The
eaeetioa of Color lal Representation in the British
Par'iam. nt ie one which ha- occupied shw aitri
tiou in Kactb America, and b. eu eUvo.aled ua
-.meoftl.r u osi . xtraotdit ai \ ?p cimeu* of traoeat
antic i l. qutucc that it has yet been our lot to a<>e.
1 lie orators generally place themselves on an imegta
aiv pivot, ti.iu th? it cy. s north, -o.i'h, > as; ,.n.i west,
and, conti mp'at;ng the broad lakes and de p rivers of
tl. n< w continent, draw comparisons extreinelv unfa
i ? giaphoul pliyioguomy of the old.
Thea the] gtvi is [mpottaaad exports, pepakatioa aa
it is row,' ss it was VO years ago, as it aill tee ?*), SO,
Ion \ eai - t? uce. They enlarge on the beauty oi th?l_
women, tl e -.uidy hi a'.th ol their children, the fertil?
ity of their seil, aad the bracing severity of their c'i
t.'nt., Bad tbaa they triuiupkautly ask, ' H thie a eoauV
> try tob? d< nit dt hi ii?huot cm/.. u*hip ' i? thi* a peo
'pleb be ti. at? d a- an ii leriorrace anil held in vu#*el
' age and-t Vj. i UtM r Om answ. r is short, aud we beg
?for it lbs attention of l.ord Elgin and of any one eise
?!.. maj bedispo t dlotaki th< c'aptiap vn w ot Um
qaeatiaa. We admit the eaaaltte ot our colorasts, bat
we can admit no more. I ? t them, hy all .n?.
etjtcf our Parliaim nt, and let it be on tenus
of perfect equality. They claim the right to tecUa
ate for us, nnd, if so. we p\nrt also have the right
teWgisinie tar tin in. Thov claim a voice id taxiug
ans wku'h we arc to jn.y, ..nd in
saddlii g us wrf.i obrb^Snfofit which we aee to dis?
charge. All tLis ^.v^t, ot i onise, be mutual. If they
tax Us we must tax them. It tin y hoi row money on
the si i ui ty i foBJ Ways and M ans, W< uiu-t a>-?i baVii
n right t" | dga thi irs. If they are to participate in
In.) i rial powets they nm-i atM imrticipute in luiperoil
bnrdeaa. The Mngiish Empire maybe looked at in
twopoirds ef vii w? either as a Sovereign State tti?.
i ? Baas d by a number of 8epi mm neu-?, or a? a vast eon
i it racy of equal Mat. s, each haviug u vole, ncoonl
iag to its popaJeAioa, its wealth, or its t. inior?. Iu
the first case, the dependencies may n'aM'uably expect
tl s Sovereign Slat, to bear exclusively the burdens of
the Government which the ratals* m her own hamls.
Iu the second oaaa, it seeens lust that ooaredarab
shaaad eoasatbai aeaosskhaj to hi* ability, not only to
I'm-expenses of the Imperial foiveruin.nt, but to" the
interest of Ute debt lac aired tor tta defense and con?
solidation. If the colonies are willing ,?i be repre
| seat d in ti ? lasaertal Pailiiinn at oa them term-, wc
*on our part, BOO no objection, but they must took the
question fairly in the face, nmt makeuntbeir minds
whether the honor they seek be worth fh? prtotl
will assuredly have to pay for it. '
FRA^OR
The .Voar.e?e annoupcvst^ai hy a doafa.
iliiilstcr ot Fiimnce, the interest on the pabUc Trca?
i v Baads i- ta bo fixed, from January 7, at 4) \m
cent per aanum on boads from three to Ire months
date; at 9 per cent on those from six to ? !? reo aXNsthS(
und at pat i oaf tot bond- of oao yaaT.
The m? mbcrs of the Allied (Irand Council of War
tob.- I <ld in Paris continue to arrive. The Kngtisli
aw mben are the Duke of t 'atnbridge, Admiral LyOM
\ t al Daadaa, Geaa. s\iraa and dune?. It mi re
p< iti ii thMin uii al ions have been thrown out "from
I In- l.ighert quaitei" that if Kuseia dot - not ae. ept
Hi pi ? positions imconditioi ally, the wai will b? rt
Bowed with \ nor,
Maj cdeoa I ? pn set.ted to Q".* en \"ictor? ae a Vow<
Years gift an A'rium containing water-color Balatlaga
by the nio^t eminent artists, riu h picture n [WtswiallllS
some incident in the Quer n's rianta Pari?. To the
Hnrprrsa be BM |? ? -? I K i a c,.-i|y iui.1 ii'g*iiioii?ly de
rhaaj aa vice ot plate.
The following American ship* are u* M r-. . s, tak
fig in stores for tin fjmmmk Qorenaaaati Queen oi
< ppere. Great Republic, Monarch of ti,< s, a Oix an
lb luld, Titan, White Falcon, Astoria.
Paris letters contain- thi- paragraph;
"It was stated some time since thai tb. Cnt-d
States had made a treaty with the Shah of Persia, and
that t ley proj,.lt., guarantee his trrritiry on the
Persian t lujf. No *ucb treaty, it n now believed, aa*
hcenenteied into, but it is certain that advances of a
futot friendly des< ription have been made, ami it is un?
fortunate that at the very moment Russia and Amer?
ica are intriguing with the Shah a rawptiBliill) of this
diplomatic reutions with England should bare taheo
piaie."
DENMARK.
" ? aa
Tbe Sound Dues Conferences which mir to have
I at n aWJMd nt < opeubagen Jan. *, are postfoned in
di finitely.
ITALY.
RoMt.v ST*T?s.? 8ome excitement has brssn caused
te the Pontifn al Oovernmenl by the renort that tb?
President of Mexit i> has suppressed the Mexican lega?
tion in Rome and has withdrawn the Minister. The
archives ot the office are already packed up for removal.
II crt>? *tiU? it is reported tbut ti e Jesuits are being
expelled fmm Mexico, and that fuUfreedotnof n ligwa-t
wor>hip is to be eefabliabed.
Kiri.t.f.?A n viva! of two rumor* ei.me. Onto Na?
ples; the first is tbat the Ebum r ?r of Auitrit is about
to visit Ifapleoj o.pA tin- other that a ooOJthnjpBBt of
Neapolitans will be sent to the Crimea. H.-tb r< pon
are most probably doubtful.
TIIEIATEST.
|>. i TtU-irapK/rum London to Lirrrrvti-1
WaoM-da?, Jan. 9?a. in.
THE WAR IN ASIA.
>'rcsa UM Mu'-tltur.
EaiaJtOVat, Dec. VJ.?The Russian army took up
its j osatlca ht Kars, last Monday, the thinl of Decem
ber. IV toe)? have been quait* red in t'. ? town,
and a small division of* about 2,000 men, consisting at
t.--mks and irregular Kurds, have bs-ea left at
Sohardy Dagh, where it o<<?pied the forti&.aUou*
erected in June last, by General Muravieff.
Yen Kern, a village some 54 miles from I., n .....in
on the roan to Kars, is likewise occupied by the Rus?
sians, who Lave there collected their large stores of
wheat, rye ami barley. It appears that the Russian
General is apprehensive that. Seiiin Pasha ie cowing b>
attack Kars, for be baa concentrated all bis force at
that spot, and has b ft at Aiexaudriaaotile only a weak
g&rriaoo, hnrdly strong enough to do the duties of the
citadel, 'the 1 utkish forces under tbe orders of Sekia
Pn.ha are rtiil encamped in the mountains of Derah
Poyrm. II ? re :, no fear of the enemy's attemptiig
now a ttiu/y ah BMt'a agsin-t Kr leraaaa. Tb* exhaust.
kw el th. troops and tbe stat. of the roads forbid ;t
--e>
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