The Welshman

j MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. j A proposition is afoot for erecting a cathedral in the Isle of Man as a memorial in honour of Bishop Wilson. Every shop in St. Petersburg contains a mirror for the use of the customers. Mirrors," says the Englishwoman in Russia hold the same position in Russia as clocks do in England. With us time is valuable with them appear- ance. They care not though it be mainly false appear- ance. Mr. Mason, the American Minister in Paris, who has been Jalely indisposed, is now in a fair way of recovery. Lord liedclifTe has formed a plan for uniting Wallachia and Moldavia, and placing the province under a Prince whose dignity shall be hereditary. I A party of miners has arrived at Panama from New York, to make a scientific exploration of the Isthmus, in search for gold. They were to commence their search along the Gulf of San Miguel. Workmen are at present employed in cleaning and restor- ing the first dome of the church of the Sorbonne, which was built by the order of Cardinal de Richelieu, and under which is his mausoleum, one of the finest works of the French sculptor Girardon. America is represented in Spain by a Frenchman, in Portugal bv an Irishman, in Itily by a Italian, at the Hague by a German Jew, and at Naples by a Scot. Every satirical work in Paris directed against the Emper- or meets with a sale in magnitude proportioned to the sever- ity of the satire. Cardinal Wiseman and the other prelates of Great Britain now at Rome have supplicated the Pope, and the request has been backed by the Bishops of other nations, that the devotion paid to the venerable Bede maybe extended to the whole Church. In many of the Macadamised streets in Paris/which when paved we. calmest uninhabited from the noise, the houses are now worth, in rents, at least ten per cent, more than they were, and the economy in the wear and tear of carri- ages is at least fifty per cent. The cures of the forty-five churches of Paris have posted up notices recommending to their flocks to send old linen and lint to the maiiits for the use of the army in the East. Early next month, Rome will be placed in telegraphic communcation with the principal cities of Europe, by the completion of the line from Rome to Bologna. It is intended to build a permanent bridge 0\('1' the Rhine at Cologne. It is to be constructed by the Prussian State architect Lescze; the piers to be connected by trellis-work, not by arches. The bridge will be used for railway traffic. One end will be surrounded by strong fortifications. Fires hive become so fiequent at Melbourne and Geelong that tLco in^ura'ice-offices suspect foul play, and call for ill- quiry by coroners. An establishment has been formed at Neuwied, on the Rhine, for slaughtering cattle for the use of the English army in the Crimea one at Lahnstein having been prohi- bited by the Nassau Government. At Tarbes, in the south of France, out of 100,000 francs received as deposits on the Loan, two-thirds of the pay- ments were made in old French and SpanIsh coins, which had long disappeared from circulation, and must have been hoarded many years,— Gahynani s M''ssenge). A piece of ground belonging to the City of Piris, at the corner of the Rue des Lavandicres and the Rue de Rivoli, and containing 352 metres, was lately sold for the sum of 176,000 francs, or more than 501 francs the square metre. i an Ga?'t'tte, 45 Russian According to the Russian Military^ Gazette, 45 Russian officers—including two generals and eight staff oflicers-ivere killed at Alma. In the quarter ended September last, the revenue of toria was £ :jo2,!»29 more than in the corresponding quarter of 18 53 the increase on the year was £ (47,280. The first Royal Lancashire Militia have volunteered in sufficient numbers to go to the Mediterranean. The English Prote-tant ch»reh at Alexandria, the foun- dation stone of which was lam in ioi HT- vice on Christmas day. The French Hnmress having seen some specimens of sculpture by a band-mtan iu the army at Heifaut, has provided funds for the young man to buy his disc harge and pursue the caret i- of an artist. The port of San Sebastian in Spain is quite encumbered with the large quantity of wine sent thither for export to France. William Henry Wilson, one of the metropolitan police, has been sentenced to twelve months' imprisonment for stealing a goose from the premises of a lady at Camberwell while on his beat at night. Thomas Maxwell, a common lodging-house keeper, has been fined 10* including cost-, by the Leeds magistrates, for having twu lodgers sleeping in a bed in the kitchen, where food is cooked. This is an offence against the Com- mon Loddng-house Act. The proposition for excluding individuals of the Hebrew profession from electoral rights in Bavaria, by the new law, was thrown out in the Munich Second Chamber on the 17tli. The pay of the third-class London police-constables has been raised two shillings a week. Lord Palmerston has directed a new arrangement of night-duty, by which the labours of the force will be reduced in severity. Jane Fowls, a pauper belonging to the city of London Ullion, who has been in the receipt of out-door relief fer the la,t ten years. has been lately compelled to refund to the parish authorities nearly £ 250, invested in the three-per- cent consols. A letter from Munich, in the Augsburg Gazette, states that a on the lake of Starnberg, recently dis- covered and took out of the water the bodies of the Hun- "arian historian Count Mailath and his daughter They wi hern for some time, residing at Munich. From the bodie.. been tied together with a s liawl, it appears that their deaths must be attributed to suicide; but no motive for such an act can be assigned. TTnnorary distinctions are in future to be granted to the shipowners and captains of vessels of the Portifical States who have deserved well of the state by exporting and im- nnrfine foods and produce to a large amount, to and from iistaiit parts. One of the distinctions is the privilege to hoist certain flags. Four hundred of the Oxfordshire Militia have volunteered for the Mediterranean, and it is expected that the whole of the officers will accompany them. Last week, some boys playing at "shinning," in the pub- lic streets of Leicester, struck an oystershell into the air, and it caught the face of a little boy, four years of age, and cut the poor little fellow's eye clean out. The Emperor of the French has conferred a silver medal of honour of the first class on Captain Raw, of the English merchantman Britannia, who, in October last, saved the crew of the French sloop Ulysse, of Caen. Mr. Beaton, gardener to Sir Wm. Middleton, of Shrub- land-park, predicted, in !lie Cottctyc Gardener of November, a severe frost to begin about the middle of this month, and last six weeks. A fire at Moulmcin has swept away no fewer than a thousand dwellings. On the 7th the Jesuits re-established themselves in Pres- burg, from whence they were expelled 81 years ago. A subscription is opened at Melbourne for a testimonial to illrs. Ciiisil" lin, and there is a demand for a vote of money by the Legislature t,) add to it. Dry weather in New South Wales had put the grain and fruit crops iu peril, but at the beginning cf October there had been some welcome showers. There is great distress among the labouring classes at Madrid; thousands are outof work, and they h;t,-T demand- ed employment from the city authorities. A Boston paper notes that since the breaking out of war immigration to America has been diminished. It is stated that Sir de Lacy Evans and Lord Cardan will shortlv be decorated with the Gra.nd Cross of the Bath by her Majesty. The last commercial advices from Canada are more cheerful than thev had been of late no more failures have occurred, and some remittancfs have been sent to Eng- land. The Theatre de la Monnaie at Brussels has been com- pletely destroyed by fire. The new-born daughter of the Countess of Trapani was christened on the 9th at Naples, and received the names of Maria Theresa Ferdinanda Immaculate-Conception Sabatia Luciana Philomena. The library of the late President of Magdalen College, Oxford, l, by a deed of gift made two years ago, conveyed to the Warden, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Durham. The library is said to comprehend nearly 20,000 volumes. Three Finlanders who had served on board a ship on the voyage to Australia, had deserted at Adelaide; and it was supposed that they intended to act as Russian spies. [Perhaps they only meant to turn gold-diggers others desert in Australia.] The dissenters of Kettering rejected a church-rate; and the Churchmen retaliated by refusing a gas-rate. Thus the town is in double darkness. Sir Colin Campbell has been gazetted to bear the local ollk of Lieutenant-General in the Crimea the Scotsman had previously stated that he had been made second in command and the Globe points him out's the successor of Lord liaglan. The Bishop of Arras has ordered the curates of his diocese to take notes of events of importance occurring in their locality, and to insert them iu the parish register. A portrait of the Emperor of Russia, which was captured at Yalta, has been brought to England by the steam-frigate Sampson, For the purpose of "dj ustinp: the differences between I Switzerland and Austm, conferences are about to be open- ed at Milan. Balls and assemblies have been given up tor this season in Manchester, in consequence of bad times and the war. There is great suffering in India from the high price of rice. At Madras it has led to rioting, onlv quelled by mili- tary force, after considerable damage had been done. In Ceylon mothers have sold their infants to obtain the means of buying food. Applications have been made to Parliament for 270 Pri- vate Bills. Of these 106 are for Railway purposes, four are promoted by Insurance companies, two by Scotch Banking- companies; the othcrscornprise Hoads, Gas, Docks, Ca- nals, &c. The Railway lists include bills for the Bombay, Baroda, and Central India Railway, the Scinde Railway, the East Indian Railway, the Madras Railway, the Cape Town Railway and Dock. HOI.I.OWAY'S PILLS.—An Infallible Remedy for Coughs, Colds, and Asthmatic Complaints.-Mr. David Morris, a re- spectable farmer, residing at Capel Evan, near Llanelly, had been a suflerer for many years from Chronic Cough and asth- ma, for which he hal; tried remedies innumerable without ob- taining the least alleviation of his sufferings. At length he was recommended by Mr. Hughes, Druggist, of Llanelly, to try Holloway's Pills, and this invaluable medicine has had such a wonderful effect on the disease that he is now com- I pletely cured and able to follow his avocation on the farm. — FIRES IN THE UNTIED STATES.—During the past year 83 fires have been fatal to 171 persons, who thereby lost do larijVeS' lhe Penary loss is estimated at 26 million do.lars. RIGHT OF TEXANTS TO DESTROY RARBITS,- Vice- Chanceiler Wood has given a decision which establishes the right of tenant farmers to shoot rabbits on their lands for the protection of their crops; a similar decision has has been given by tae Justiciary court of Scotland. RUSSIAN PmzES.-Since the opening of hostilities up to the Lt of January instant, the number of vessels captured has been 92, of which 40, whose tonnage amounted to 11' 124, were condemned and sold. MEKSCHIKOIT'S GLXEKALS.—PrinceMenschikoff recently remarked, that 'f the allies, in their present condition, withstood his three great genera ls, January, February. and Maich, they could resist anything. REPORTING UXBEII DirrICULTirs.-A reporter of an evening journal in Boston, we are informed by a traveller, learning that the Know-Nothing Convention was to be held in Tremont-temple lately, secreted himself in the baptismal tank to take notes of the secret proceedings. An examining committee" ascertaining this fact, let on the water, much to the discomfort of the unlucky eaves- dropper .American Paper. The Limerick Chroniclc mentions the following instance of Lynch law in the county of Clare Three or four women stole seven geese the other day off the lands of Ballyea, near Ennis. They were pursued by the owners of the geese who, scorning the dull routine of law, took the offenders and plunged them into a bog hole. They then cut the women's hair close to their heads and turned them adrift. Though the state of the money-market in America is better, the last mail announces many more commerrial failures. The most serious is that of Belcher, Brothers, sugar-refiners of St. Louis, who had been reputed very rich they have stopped for £400,000, and in their fall have pulled down several firms in other towns. Among the officers returning to England in the Harbin- ger are the gallant Sir Thomas Troubridge, who lost both his legs at Inkermann, and Captain Mackdonald, of 'he 9.5th, who received in the same battle no jess thau 17 m oiinds, of which 16 were by the bayonet. A person writes from New York to caution poor people not to continue their reckless migration across the Atlantic. Of late all affairs in the Union have been far from prosper- ous, and there is a lack of employment for the shoals of im- migrants who pour in from Europe. At the present mo- ment there are 20.000 immigrants in New York who cannot obtain employment, and a ltrize proportion are in tne di- rest distress, while others are supported as paupers by thc- funds of the city. A distressing affair has occurred at Leith. At a party in a gentleman's house, two young men amused themselves with playing encounter with swords by some unhappy chance one was wounded in the side, and the wound proved fatal, The deceased was a son of a merchant, and had him- self just entered on business, TIm Itev,. George Gilfillan describes the Times as that gigantic Jesuit of the press, that Cerberus with three heads, three tongues, and no heart which can be bribed but not bought; sopped, but not enticed to the upper air; and the Hercules to drag up this dog of dark- ness has not yet arrived." Some of Lord John Russell's friends state for him th'it he does not mean to take any office again, for the pre- sent" and they have long objected for him that he should have any post but the highest. Lord Aberdeen's wish to retire is well known: the post of Premier therefore wilt be vacant; while the leadership of the Commons, once de- volved upon Lord Palmerston, cannot be taken from him again. But Lord John's friends aforesaid have throughout contemplated his translation to the Upper House, where the Premiership may one day await him once more. The Yankees have never been troubled with much mod- esty, and the Governor of Michigan evidently has no ac- quaintance with it: in a messaze to the Legislature he boasts that the interest of the Slate debt is promptly paid —that is. the inter^t on the small part of the debt, not rep-ttatc.i the (i<ernor takes no notice of the large I amount ui debt and interest of which not a cent Its ever pa-d. The KevCTond n li;.diord, inoumbent of Lapf rd in Devonshire—a spoiting, convivial clergyman, known r- s Parson Jack," —who seems in hare lived a century too l*t.—has been committf d to prison for a rnor.^h by the Chulmleigh Magistrates, for an assiult on a parish-con- stable, who had accompanied the bailiff of a County Court who had a summons to serve on the redoubtable parson, and who feared to go to his house alone. John Mayna, an Irish labourer, has been robbed and murdered by three ruffians on Sleet Moor, near Alfreton in Derbyshire. They beat him on the head, knocking out one eye, and were preparing to throw him down all old coal-pit, when they were interrupted, but too late for their victim. Three Irishmen, whom Mayna named as his as- sassins, are in custody. The deceasi d was a careful man, hoarded money, and unfortunately carried it sewed up in his waistcoat. The United States' Cabinet appears disunited, and there is a likelihood of a rupture on the subiect of the abandon- ment of all aggressive intentions against Cuba. The pro- jected return of Mr. Soule is announced. The remains of the two soldiers from the Crimea who died at Liverpool early in the week, were interred on Thursday afternoon, with military honour, in one grave, in St. James's Cemetery, in that town. The procession included about a dozen convalescent soldiers on foot, com- rades of the deceased, who had shared with them the dan- gers of the battle-field, and about a dozen others in vehi- cles, more severely wounded, who, though unable to walk, had expressed an earnest wish to follow their companions in arms to the grave. The mourning cavalcade was at- tended by a dense multitude of people, composed of a large proportion of women who shed tears. MANLY LADIES.—The Russians have dubbed the High- landers, Lady Soldiers," from their dress. BUKLINGTON-IJ lusE.-The first house erected in Picca- dilly was the maiiiion built by Lord Burlington, then in the midst of fields ane- laiies. It is said that when the King asked tile owner W,1Y he preferred living so far from London, he replied that he wished for solitude and repose, and felt certain that he had found a place where no one could build near him. The courage of an Fn?IIsk army (says a writer in Totes I' and 6w;<?) is the sum total of the courage which the in- dividual soldier brings with them to it, rather than of that which they derive from it. When I was at Naples a Russian and an English regiment were drawn up together in the same square See," said a Neapolitan to me, who had mistaken me for one of his countrymen, there is but one face in that whole regiment; while in that (pointing to the English), every soldier has a face of his own." M. de Custine makes the following conclusive remarks upon Russia :—" Under their modern elegance, many of the pane/IUs of civilization have preserved the bear's skin true it is turned but one has only to scratch a moment and the hair re-appears. An Emperor of Russia must be an iingel, or, at least, a man of genius, to possess his reason at the end of a twenty years' reign; but what increases my astonishment most is, that the madness of the men who exercises this tyranny communicates itself so easily to those who are affected by it; the victims become the zealous ac- complices of their executioners. This is what one learns in Russia. When your son is dissatisfied with France, follow my advice and send him to Russia. The tunnv seems to be a confiding fish (says the author of Island Empire), that swims one side uppermost, and mo- rally and phvsically makes use only of one eye. The con- sequence of this habit, added to credulity and simpleiiess of heart, that arriving in May from the Canary Islands, where he is supposed to reside during that period ot the year when he is not to be found at Elba, he always takes the same side of the harbour on the entrance, an d thus falls an easy prey to his captor. It might be supposed that, after the lapse of some centuries (for Strabo mentions the tunnv-tishery of Popnlonia), those tunnies that have the cood'fortune to escape the nets would have imparted their experience to their fellow tunnies, and have taken good care not to have returned to their danger. GENERAL ROUTINE.—This is the worst General in the British service. He ought to be discharged forthwith, and sent to the galleys. It is this coxcombical, self-conceited, shallow dull, stupid, inanimate, and incapable old General that caused all the disasters, from the landing of our troops nt Gallipoli, when they were compelled still to wear ttv apoplectic stock, to pestilential arna, and finally to ti,, horrors of the Crimea. But nothing can move General lloutine-he is as stupid and unfeeling as a post. Tlte Times' agent did more good at Scutari with J,5,000 than old General Routine with £ -50,000. The old brute can neither see hear nor feel. His hand is leprous; whatever he touches withers and dies. General Routine has caused the death of 20,000 of the best troops England ever had, in the Crimea. He was the cause of the death of thousands more at Balaklava and Scutari. Even when the sick and the maimed landed from the Himalaya, to be forwarded, through Briahton and London, to the hospitals at Chat- ham, the old General was dozing so soundly that nobody dared to wake him, to give orders for the conveyance ol our poor wounded, suffering, dying soldiers to their destin- ation and he will doze on, till every man in the army, and and every ship in the navy is lost. No one seems to have the least control over General Routine. He does in ail things as he likes. He cares nothing for the Minister of the War, less for the Crown, and chuckles at the threats of members of Parliament. There is only one thing likely to rouse the old fellow-the roars of all indignant nation. THE PASS OVER THE PUTRID SEA.—It appears to be quite true that the Russians have long since found a way of penetrating into the Crimea without passing Perekop. They owe the way to Marshal Lacy, an Irishman, of great military genius who was forced to seek service abroad, be- cause his Government, at home, wftuld not then allow him to command a Serjeant's guard. And why ? He would not chaive the n-ligkm he conscientiously believed to be true. Russia opened her arms to him, and he laid the foundation of her present great military power. Had not the blinded and truculent bigotry of the tulers of those days interposed, Lacy would, of course have obtained high rank in the British army and it would be now more cun- ous than useful to speculate what Russia might have been if she never had such a man as Lacy to teach her rude bat- talions how to fight. De Lacy Evans is the grand nephew of Marshal Lacy, and inherited a large portion of his fortune. His aunt the Marshall's niece, long resided in George's- street, Limerick, where the General, whom England now honours, was born-his career is before the world- it has been a glorious one. The following extract from the Prince of Ligne's Memoirs of Field-Marshal Lacy, may be deemed interesting at the present moriient: It necessary the campaign should be opened with some eclat (1737). This famous Irish wanior, Marshal De Lacy, was fixed upon to take the command. His intrepid march, his passage across the arm of the sea near Arabat—partly on cask bridges, partly for fording, partly by swimming, are well known. He was charged with the operations in the Crimea. He penetrated it without losing a man, and it ought to be recorded how. He had remarked that the ex- cessive heat dried up a part of the Sea of Azoff, and that with the wind in the west, if advantage be taken of the instant, a passage may be effcted dry-footed. The Marshal availed hirmelf thereof; turned Perekop, which lie took in reverse, blew up the fortifications, and levelled these famous lines. This was his second route into the Crimea without passing Perekop."

I WHERE IS THE MAN ? To be, or not be a is ti e ran uestiori To be, or not be, ?"? ? '? ?he ?and question posited by the  th.  the  e !rd questlO.n mutandis, miht be apphed t any J 0J*e question, mutatis' affairs besides the militar?y. We her branch of public arrived t a dead lock of a« the t4e miHtary alone. Everyth?n?that we p e(jucatiot) ?c'ency, a working health Apartment pub??ui?? cienc? y,a working intelligent lawmakmg-eem to e oL»8t.rUcted U)e Tm machinery for attaining i. To ¡lJPtO\,cted ,by te 1'cr grand obstacle is the Le!¡lsbture, JUt lí'glslatlOn tb, »il £ the iledimbf an effective ar niv or an efficien t F4,lit admmlstral10n isthe??. arot? Eci.Urism., If the queiti Oil af the ™onth 18' whether from a commercial we OUgt oC the month i8, military people, the question of many 4 1S' w|je" ther we shall continue as we are, 1l1COnlpY llr past IS, whe- our own intent ? The war-shock ?? ? 'ent to carry ou. asphyxia and the ?reat censor mo,  us frun. 4', h o calls for ?, military *„» a dic.tor, may not > much as a prophecy. tells;¡, ieproacn N Many things which we have not though we weakly go on without, an? ?°?ht to have, al- but the want of warlike means in "a?,-? .cry for thein and unless, to use the wo ds Of o?r le ? peremptory: ur C!()Iitelilporary, wc, would settle down, as Hottand,?<r? contemporary, we once military states have become, thf and some othe; others' quarrel, we must perforce 'Pless spectators o! others' quarrets, we must perforce ?). ?r the s y stem. But the system is the natural pradu tel' the system" is; so that to alter our system we It¡°f the cow1tr s'" There have been in the pr 0 gress of ?' alter oueivrl turning-points, at which it was necessitous such knotty national decline or to bend the course ? ?o succumb undei main force. Ever since  the country by main force. Ever since the days of the country by have been men, who, t3 ,ki ng thought %t'lle country b' come to conclusion with themseh'es II 'H h"ir ra": have bend alike the mind and ;\ctiÜll of tl;e d h3v, resolved t" intent. Mahomet, the eamel-drfcr, ''?'ttunity to the!! f his lowers the dictators to a large part (,f the ?.),<  "dered -his lowu back her happiest tradiLions to Al'c? U. ?r.?nd traces iiidividti,-ti til, ,f ?is'??'?o impressed h? been such men 'd-' T?t. R?dotptt, 'eop1,. TtH're h?'? Crom?uH and Washington I\'ec Jl doùtb()tPld ol Ti?.?u-.y tors of a wiit already formed by the ridiniiiisita- ed them as leaders but to the cx<-cu?"UKtty who acc. pt- Cromwell and Wa?hin?ton brought ? of the d?Ly bo:h Il i 11 ()-' tiieir ,w-,t, commensurate to that which they of their own. have sustained a labour which was '?:, or they could no: nation. In our ov.n day we b.?e rt' thetn by a the same foreseeing and consctou? ?,;?s._d < -mmpics d will over a state. The series, indeed cine cf in?iJ?. was kept up b. the torr.?? of p t("I,k c?Iier tim.' i i itsell I)y. 1 1 development of r.u-.? under l1.td''1 ItSdl, by '.? establsbment of the Empire under ?????. by tht But with our own evcs we have seen I??n the Fjrt. determining a new'system of thin?,? ""is Napoleon pr"- ?.t t or ILI, emp i re, aN.  ?ucceed in est;lblihing h.s Inll, aQ r ail empire, an appears to be assimilated with the co??p)etc)y that H was imposed. ? upon which it Probably we my be told, that in a)) casesof success it) such enterprises of supreme ru e,t e of success in the conduct of a community ""o his o ? ?.n who takes ceed by a legitimate pross of cuit% ,Y nands must pr«.- his actions harmonious with the nataH, lon-ml1t r(>ndH mm¡t" which he seeks to affect am) e £ '<mth of the com- Dri-sthat have seemed !"?t P, thoe 'nter- dsce „) in nu! fo-.e. When our ^us rule may Of f..s?-n up.u K;? John the "'? ,?;?".?"? '? m ???" ?  times said to o.?inate with M?na ,? ?h.ch are ?njc- to those '"n? stitnt?ns as »l"ad> c??ta. t?y alpcaled usages-created in fact by ?,, spon!? "? in the form of ?-v7- and only recorded and cro« nf(1 f "til of the con,- slatut: It was the same with Cr()lQ1) the great public po?f'ufte?t.?'??r?'?.?   d = more  nci ?e ht?'? »• £ !■ ^s vthhre FPi.rst rtriede, to carry to cxtremes-the Eng 'sh ? '? th?e F.rat tried r?h? (tivine and Cromwell was „ ?n'vpahh against ter of the public opinion of this co?t? 8't.ma.e a minis-I of the stamen w.o assisted m res tas Monk or any i:s disturbance by the civil "ars. MOte 8 the balance afte. ?s.or.t.on it became necessary ag? so; for after the f.)r<cL ??o' the principle adtni^ o reestablish the of ttie PTinciple aditi; ll*'8teled and carried ill.,illiateiy rfe,)td"(1 In ".e BIll of I a fliti d;,tnlr lt?il eondnion of the ?f t?' (!r,),vii. litieief, or,?, but attach him- I t^erei-'e of Irs w? and 0filieBri,l.?" "ation, and the (,f )'i "ill ?,Tld force C,)h%.IIted ,? freeing the ? ? ?t it L? Ka?-h.oo h"d ? ?mmels that had King who ha? conceived 'a S imil-r ,??n preceded by a i course accordiuc to ?? 'predI:r )f deuectingthc different directioti. Louis Philippe b  i. cnirit of an ep 111 te, 3h that he had subfervient to trade. He Pointed t0 everything iti tra band the National Guard, as the true army upo^ gjrai.ned band, the should rest. It was a pet obJet eVl' *h Ih '.Nlon?rchr n?ne-ur and he suneyed the ?tr? Jus priv.,e )eisur. ?omt? P?c.-windowwithund??? „f his cre?.i. confidence. Louis Philippe unde.t, d c??.?,,?, and vertins the French nation into a 'I n ,I"he .?k of c.n- .?rrat cx'?nt he6.!cceeae? (j 'o,, brmliquicre, t? ?ndellfje stamp of his ulidou?i Nlr. i,„  of gogre't 4'd though meùiocre Ther"e was no real antaonis  L."?ou,itry as France" ?  and the qpirit of t%ve "I the King of Republicanism did lot contltute that, 4 '?"ablicani,?,M "LI  ?ore France  The reaction consisted in Jhe return ft organic action. In the intervals o. scij CivU to military ?o -? Soci?v the grave and ahno?st c' ?' to m.tttary Royal Society the grave arlid alill(ist r ?c ?cture at the Son u?e? ?'er the past Tic issitude?i ?t? Louis N.p.. maled ?rpossibHitiesb..ter".? an, 0 ??, and to- others have been, and may till be m? mr n?n thouh ever we may be, France is no L.? "teemed. W?t- qui?re though still rernelll3 beiiii?,, 111<)   ""?'- more military and the Empire >usa tt ry she ,s once Napoleon the Third. ?'? throne of It can scarcely be said that our owj sent day, has been entirely u"™ovc? ??y.?. the pre impulses. Imperfect as they ?h?e by > t ?? i. n^ dividual, .unicient to refute the fallacy th?at t^ U# they have been influence has departed for ever. i? day for individual hands to deflect the course and po??-et 11 ')t indeed for feeble Simply cOlIscienÜou,; mcu, axlous t a gr?t empire. cally intrusted to them, /ear>nS VK ?la tlle duties ?P?iH- p.rnng trom their comm.ss.on 'v nH ) ?ons'.? bitity of de- ofthaFkind. However re.dy to ???ac?mpl.sh work of that kind. Ilowever re,,idy to takk aireauy equipp- d, or to the N t')'4"1;11,d of a Beet tion with rule set down, t.u,  zar d, ous opera- .uch an act of domination, _.h:S?? d i ??" ?"? "?eed.n necessity of dividing a ??ar ?M'n n? Qdd.-ssentasto the Department, and continued to d, o » from a Colonial so scarcely a week before the «jcea.„, of doing to have arrived at the greatJunrlJre %vh done We seem the country must be a ,?tere?d P<'?? e (?r(,, the course of we do not see the workman. In looking round, of this kind, it is necessary that t?o accompi?h work posses not only high stat I'o. d ILI 'k tRL' statesnlall should /orc of the power th< he s?hou?m ?? ??e ? influence, but H Hed 'th?atesmanwhoacqu?ced .?se. K p.??d tion, forced upon the Km.mcipa- Reform Bill, extorted by B B?''nuiXn?hn?.? &i (?j C? on.??—in a o?h?dF?e.trade.andmve-?d? ?, k into his dent of Protection-? might have ?L, es ta ]is (, pPrece- S. L M.c drifted ¡¡long wnh doPted th p to have a d ministere d its statesm ?  Continent might hafe administered its statesnJilt entire C e 'Yar 0 and with that enjoyment m the e- p, ,vi,h lntmenl; Peel conCessed, and which are nC(:C.i8e of "'irhicl: servant of an empire strong enough, ?ry t. ?,?? tl,, look around the too numerous cro?d  his W ekn eIr t 11.' we do not see one man whose will \t?f "r or' f we the level of the cro?d, e?xcept t..h? .??s ),? ? men, ous and daring countenance of ?rd1!: con fron t (ad ao' e we discern, alas! ""°? qual1\Jes lIllboro te ngor- besides will and some special knowlt the ug, i whre etenMntsinas.?.??'.uforsafer tir¡ 'r':feclal serVice ,he?/ ele.nent., c?ec?Uy for ??but t?? "? The survey almost bids us u dc g..ccumulated disaster before th? h statesman. out of the rut of prcc dent, and befo ? Cau drajJ^ out equal in originality, po-er, and ? ?.S be dra¡;{ged niesof a nation in his hand .Spect^K t,, ??" ? cat?'ed? -'I'" 0 d the desti- TEE ENGLAND OF 4 t (- h. Foreigners have often speculated a I land, and if our country hlld not the' tb.e ?e):e of Eng- its youth whenever decrepitude came apO>. ?eclilJ(' of E  "City ng- now, without fear of contradiction, ,I>or¡ of renewing they might whole political system is rotten and '1{Cipqtt" they miht beginning to end is what it PrftJjn.ni0 bee 0 an■Nwers the purpose for which it was crePa?te?d, ? aj ? Nothing from most extrava?ntly pay. A c lotl Ucil the people most extrava antly pay. A CO,ll plicAki%I ".ch the people ;?ii(I conttivatices of ai)tedi 1,i%,iall,)tCraft),set-. etis Court Ircm popular uuselvatio,), ai?? Ila.lity crafty scr,eml eiVan,. au/^lhv "? 'Le Queen from a proper appreci.ati.on Jf ber li\¡bll\\t »¡.Ut out till' and wants. Indeed, so ithonj 3?et' 8 Ou 1 th¡, Queen ranements to which ^j ed, that no one to this day know.8 1II:}j u:t are the ar- rumour has been r?t ? ?   ft,r  condefin- Albert a support of t fivntt8tic pok^Urikm Uu whether Albert a supp o,t of ti,At dyn""Iic Poli ;it ti-ibut.n 9 to Prince tensed the admnttst??"? °" Lord ? to Prince %t IC 11 "? charac- terised the adniiiiistrAtiOll 0 f Lord 'kb etc it e" las charac- be possible tc, affirm that the garter, jI. to nor will it upon the woi 's t PreLuier Fngl4nnd d eevvi it "ly to be conferreu mal gift, and not a ti cx pre?sioll Of ODit ll.')Il mal gift, and not au expreølon o oil¡ill.cI, ill bt,' conferred ?fuoprott un gnif.tt, ely.Her ?? ,,uld did'ti8 rnerelv a for- all her subjects. We say this n1Y8tlli,d.dy f\\l.ich, 1111- for notwithstanding the ro,?o ?rve all'i itc, tulle, glish people properly use in sp■ eakin.,« »tt, • inisfoitune, j of *a,cu Lng- will be impossible that the 1(ie| s,, g- persons, i: painfut mistakes which th,e ?C?" ,,et?? ? 1.? uninjured painful mistakes wlncii the Ut» ,lic With an Aberdeen Cabinet, hel1(>4<tùe." ¡he '"r)' .)armi? war, and their .te ? ? "uent, an secret d.pfom.cy. our people c?' .,? '0p?p.. an y ?'? ? polon to preserve their name a"' P 'tce °ok to I a. fog of nations of the earth. So far as o? "Vn &.1110  }J- Ietrned, there has been too muc" -e 1 thjnl- s5rJ' CuI1" they would have s?cntic?d us to lW5s\q Il to r).. \yas CoH- the detestable principles enuncia?' "y j ill aCeo chc\e that if their p!ans should continue to bea!/Ohn ild.'lOce with proniptly fromPtl tlëJ.r miserable t\¡Q d Upon tight J, and must return ?, '-ould r.?;??P.??-?? ??'an?d it i d dtr tilpol us, our !lrmy prestige oi ^ould ha.'e p???— '"?-?f wretch.edest iag m Euro ;1'.C P"å ä\v-y "Y ?retcue d est • -En urope wo.? oef)a?ag?)'d er which our fore f?hers won so manv triumph ."Iag under which I lhemsehc" and for their de¡:eIlÙí!.lIt.Pa rigl:}d a.chieved for 'on .It noble name, Irom sucn a canstropie we saw t?"?er in England likely to deliver us; the leople were"??? like ghee to the slaughter, aid their boasted  of Comn?ns was a chamber of ver- worthless talk. ??PP?y, there is a prospect of cha\ge! and at the ,or Prance '?ay sa, ^"0! ,naJ' save us and herself, iouis Napoleon '?)ec ??"?''PTe wili decline to commi, the great crime 0 ? ?'?°?g to Rus sia, and 8lrengthrning the influence of t bart)arous despot- ism over the w)ote of Europe; '"<?],)'t ism over the wlole of Europe; JiouiJ'L ^°peful of obliged to be bORess of England, *e slo'lld be  France. But E'land will not sleer, for t%-er Opeful of she will recover 10m the stupor into '? ? ?as been thrown by large doses of Cabine1 Cli (orof 5"0 Isome day thrown by tnr?e ?oses of Cabinet 1 deplnn, and will awake to a full consciousness o? ber depl orm I' b,,e,l plight' She wHI perceiv.that her existence ?not, she submits to ive under the Go?-ert,r,le,'? ° used-up factions and aro?n representation li*ilh 4' 7Q Of us,d-,p Parliament, she runs the Parlianient, bile runs the risk of be ComilIgtile laugiiing ?tock of Europe nd in constant dallget of I .ei, in war to save he- Indian poere?"10"6'd or I i Of .i-ay to her p0. of way to get at them, wtu? all over the %"O'her Ight 9 nN'Oli,ed derided and her luthority ,Lockcd. Tbis 0-utAlj (r will be of things most 4;trimental to het ,.ode ond ?-? ? state her social progre^. far whatever peop le wi. th c,l.bte ? a state .ton souls hpr social progre?; fur ?hate?er P?? dignitcy te a stabtee ,8 broken dOWDJ the p?mon t chM?cter of Ùle ff Ulk8. Our miserable Cabinets naturally spring from our worth- less Parliaments, and good Parliaments are impossible with an electoral system that is at once a farce and a fraud. If the war goes on, it will assume large propor- tions, and most bi tterly will the people then regret that hey have secured no power over their own affairs. If, which is less likely, a peace is speedily patched up, all anks and classes will be ;indignant and ashamed, and all will confess that a great change must take place, or Eng- land will be a country in which it will be disgraceful to iive. The next reform agitation should be educational- and moral, not demagogic and anarchial. To teach men to clamour for rights, who have never contemplated the cor- relative duties from which rights are inseparable, is a con- temptible task; but to lead the masses, who are now ex- cluded from the sufirage, to entertain a strong desire to perform duties of cititzenship and to excite a demand for he franchise based upon such desire, is a widely different operation, and one which every good and prudent man will commend. Ofdesti-iictite radicalism the rational part of mankind are thoroughly sick: but a philosophic constructive radicalism, which seeks to replace dying error with new forms of vital truth, will have a fair field for its exertions Ía days which are close at hand.—A>'las. I THE MINISTERIAL 1>II i ICULTY. I Astonishment was the first feeling; but cn reflection it was observed that Lord John's conduct had not b. :n witn- out precedent or preparation. It appears that he audrrssrA a letter on Tuesday to Lord Aberdeen, intimating mat he Tould not resist Mr. Roebuck's motion. Lord John's :oral ri.'ht to ipa?'e the Cabinet at such a time is tn to grave question there can be no question as to the a brut.1'- ness of iiis act. This set people reflecting on his auteee- .ents in such matters. It Iris befoif now been too apparent that Lord John was actuated by an uneasy init.i(in, which rendered him restless in The seat which his patri'>:i«m • uffired to make him take on the fovn; Ujon of the Coalition Ministry, but has not sufficed to make him So long i\>¡O as the Strutt affair, last summer, he disturbd the Ministry in order to a needless aud bootless shif'ing of seats. In his new move lie wrs probably not unsustaitted by some kind of support amongst hi< personal adherents. There hall long been sign* that Government was not perfectly sound and coherent in r.ll its parts. Spiteful grumblings have made tbrm,>j\les audibie amongst the sub- ordinates—angry agitations of the Whig tail" and mu- tinous hints of hostility to th" Peelite section." Hut it was affirmed that these distentions did not really exist 'It i ons (1?(j l,t)', *v ex i w¡,\¡in the Cabinet, and would not be permitted to impair its strength. It discontent disturbed the min-is ether members of 'he Cabinet, h"v have t,, how 'o moderate heir personal feeiings. Lord John, with all !i:* reputed coldness and caution, has not been in the habit of keeping his pcrsotirtl impulses control. Whrti he last left office, his resignation took his colleague. as well as the public and the Queen, by sut prise The event of the pre- sent week shows that it was not safe to reckon upon him as a colleacue. To break up the Ministry, at the present time, was to run the greatest risk, not only of disturbing the foreign lelations of this country, not only of weakening us before our enemy and disgracing us before our allies, tiut of precipitating disasters upon Europe at large; since a structual change in our own Government might be at- tended by still larger and worse changes in other countries —in France, for example. The briah'est hopes were dawning fur the future ot Au-tiia, ami Lord Join. ti»ked the existence of one Government, in the alliance that pi. moted that promising future. He could not face the ac- cusation that we have a disorganized army in the Crimea; but he did not scruple to present the country before the world with a disorganized Cabinet. Of course he has a case, and that was ready-made to his hand by the newspapers. He was shocked at the mortality and helplessness of nur army in the Crimea; he could not deny the charge implied bv Mr. Roebuck's motion, of in- efficient war administration both at home and abroad he had urged upon Lord Aberdeen a consolidation of the two War Secretaryships, to be transferred to the vigorous hands of L.'rd Palmerston and he resigned because he could not conscientiously say no to Mr. Roebuck, although he ex- ppcted that the consolidation which he had proposed would be adopted. The case, thus put, is plausible in itself, but it does not apply to Lord John's action upon it The pro- posal of a measure of consolidation was sound advice, but the probable success of that advice deprived Lord John of anything like a practical reason for retiring, unless the delay in its adoption exceeded his toleration: but then, as Lord Palmerston said last ni^ht, he should have retired months ago, and not have waited until the satisfaction of his conscience wore the appearance of running away. If the Aberdeen Cabinet is not broken up, the post of leader in the House of Commons is vacated. In the actual "tate of political parties, the primary essential for any practicable Ministry is the support of the Liberal majority in the House of Commons the choice of a leader, there- lore, lay between Lord John Russell and Lord I'almerston. Lord John llusseil has settled the question for himse He retires iit" neutrality; self-exclude d from in the business oi the day, he is the Prussia of tht. Ooaiition. L.rd Panneistun has sometimes been suspected of ifleuvering to procure a disruption of the Cabinet, p >$MUV with all eye to promotion but in truth he does not appear to be at all mixed up in the present imbroglio. Two or perhaps three members of the Cabinet, it was understood, lelt bound to follow Lord John Russell into retirement, because they followed him into ofhee; but they are not supposed to s haie the responsibility 01 the present step, and they have not left "their post. There are yet statesmen in England who know their duty, and are superior to personal consideration*. This is fortunate. Some return was de- manded for the b'»niele?.s conduct, the patiiotism, and the anxieties of the Sovi ieign ,,¡hi on eveiy ground it would be iesii-able to secure the continuance of public business wi:h a minimum of change. At any cost, however, :t Mould be till more desirable to i, e the VLTT"lllfllt made as strong as possible at least strong enough to break through that impenetrable obstvuc'eMi to the riiít conduct of puolic business which is oftered bv the departments. Any Ministry that occupies office, which faithfully fulfilil the plain duties before it, and frankly relies on the support of the Crown and of the country, will, HC are assured, not be disappointed of that support"

WARM CLOnnXG Fdl THE SOLDIERS.—The following is a list of the clothing disembarked -It Lalaklava on Janu- ary 9: —Woolen Jerseys, 40,480 flannel drawers, 48,448 socks (pairs). 65,288; comforters, woollen, 13,51)0; boots (pairs), 29,280; shoe I pairs). 4.120 trousers (pairs), 6,000; coatees, 5,W4 great coats, 10,000; gloves, 50,234. Of other comforts that may be classed with clothing, there was landed Buffalo robes, L,vCJl rugs, 24,200; paliasses, bolster cases, 21,800; blankets (beyond the one carried by the men), 44,650; sheepskin coats, 1,515. TOBACCO FOIl THE SOLDIEUS IN THE CIUMEA.—The absurd and wasteful practice of the Custom-house officials of destroying all the contraband tobacco which falls into their hands is about to be put an end to, at all events for the present. At-i OTULR, we ate glad to hod, has eman > ed from the Commissioners of Customs, that ali tobacco under seizure, instead of being burnt as heretofore, shall be Stored and packed in casks at the several ports, and trans- mitted to such places as may be ordered, for shipment to the Crimea, for the troops engaged in the war.-Liveipoot Mercury. UNIVERSITY PEItIODICAL.-Two new periodical publica- tions, likely to attract attention, are the series of Oxford essays, and Cambridge essays. Each will appear twice a year, and each part will contain several essays on subjects of public interest by men resident at the Univessity. Mr. Saunders, of Oriel, is, it is said, to edit the Oxford series. A GOOD SPECULATIO.N.-We have been asked (says llerapath), as the English are so fond of companies, if it would not be a good speculation to send to the Crimea to collect the balls and shells the allies have so uselessly fired against Sebastopol. if brought home again and re-cast, it might be a good speculation, and perhaps compel the re- fractory ironmasters to reduce their prices E2., L3., or X4. a ton. If foraed, we should like much to see it calculated how many miles of railway they would supply rails and chairs for. CRYSTAL PALACE.—The earnings from the opening of the Crystal Palace on the 10th of June to the 31st of De- cember last have been from the admission of 956,232 visi- tors, including proportion of railway receipts, £ ;5,796.; season tickets, £ 36,725.; rental ofspace £ 18,850.; and pro- fit on refreshments, &c. £ 2,24). The expenditure during the same period on revenue account has been £.,9;IO, t x- clusivc of an extraordinary expense of about £ iu,00U. con- nected with the opening ceremonial. The result ot the seven months' working have been to give a net profit of £ 74,788., after revenue with all expenses, includ- ing the £ 10,000. incidental to the npening. The foun- tains in the building and on the upper terrrace are com- pleted, and will be ready to play early in May, and the other fountains and waterwotks will be ready very soon afterwards. lilt AN DY AND BITTEIIS.— A bill i,R Lle1}' handed to the authorities of Sail l'r meisco for payment l. i refreshments furnished to t:;p gr,>nd jury of that cityl^iule pursuing their investigations, which contained the 1011(. illl\ items: (.hl, (lozell cij(-i ry iyiii,, 3,500 cigars, one dozen Mal- tel's brandy, four gallons ditto, the baskets Hoidseiek, one bottle of bitters, two tins of cruckeis,. and 123 aoliais w. rth of cherry will This would give to each of ihe :23 jurors 2i bottles of chcrry, '2\ bottles of champ^ne, "nd p. quarts of brandy. In reply to some quoMiotis of the supervisors, the chairman i 1 tbt: jury replied their,-u..liber- ations were so intense that they repuired some artificial stimulants. ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION OF FrsH.-The Minister of Public Work s paid a visit a few days I to the College of France, to examine the apparatus f; i ;H"p,ill hsh. He found in 250,000 recently hatched tislt, 150,U00 of which had only just been brought up from the establishment at lluuniiigoeii. \U this large number was conveyed tu 1)0411. at the same tune, and with a se;ue( iy perceptible loss. It consists of common trout, trout fl" ti-a Jakes, salmon from the Rdline,. aiicf trout from the iiwins lakes. Ctouaiff OF TUB teum "DUNNING- "-Soine falsely tI:,i,,1c U comes (torn the French, where donncz signifies "g'?e?p," implying a demand for something due- others from to ?.?n). ? t?n?r but the ??o.i? this e--pressi,-)i-L okv,-s it?s birtli to one Joe Dun, a famous bailia of Lincoln, so extremely active, and so dexterous at the management of his rough business, that it became a proverb, when a man refused to pay his debte, Why don't you Dun' him that is why don't you send Dun to arrest him ?" Hence it grew into a custom, and is now as old as the days ot Henry VII. THE VALUE OF WHAT IS COMMON.—Through the vul- gar error of undervaluing what is common we are apt, in- deed, to pass these by as of but little worth. But as in the outward creation, so in the soul, the common is the most precious. Science and art may invent modes of illuminating the apartments of the opulent; but these i are all poor and worthless compared with the light which j the sun sheds into our windows, which he pours frcely, impartially, over hill and valley, which kindles daily the eastern and western sky and so the common lights of reason, and conscience, and love are of more worth an dignity than the rare endowments which give celebrit i to a few.—Lhanning. y WOOLLEY'S PECTORAL CAXDY for the cure of AsthtP Coughs, Colds, Shortness of Breath, Loss of Voice, and  Pcctorat Auctions; commands a weekly sale of from nftf aU hundred to two thousand boxes; this is a proof (were su ;en needed) of the unrivalled emcacy of this mcdiciue, whk* I'' has saved hundreds from premature graves, aud restored ter 'h of thousands of sufferers to health and ha piucss. See ad  Vertieeriient in our advert-- Q. j