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IPRUSSIA. -
PRUSSIA. The Times' correspondent at Vienna, under date of Nov. 15th, writes Not only is the Prussian Government opposed to Eng- land, Austria, and Turkey in the Dessarabian frontier question, but Baron von Manteuffel is endeavouring to consolidate the friendly relations which have recently been established between the Russian and French Cabinets. It is also related that the Prussian Minister-President speaks and acts as if the alliance between Russia and France were a fait accompli. Your particular attention is called to the foregoing in- formation, as it is from an excellent Prussian source, and was communicated to me with the remark, that it might be well that the British nation should know who was its fiiend and who its foe. My informant expressly stated that the Prussians as a nation abhorred the very idea of an alliance with France, and had a strong bias in favour of England. It is still asserted that the question of the resumption of the Paris Conferences is far from being settled, and the positive assurance has to-day been given me that the Em- peror Francis Joseph has expressed himself to the effect, that it will not be his fault if the stipulations of the Treaty of Paris are not fulfilled. The animosity of Russia towards this country increases from day to day, and Count Buol and his Imperial master are hated by the Muscovites with a perfect hatred. Not long since a Russian of rank ex- pressed his conviction that Count Buol would be insulted, if not seriously ill-treated, should he ever venture to appear in the streets of St. Petersburg. The same person was also of opinion that Sir Hamilton Seymour would be torn to pieces (zerrissen) if he went to Russia.
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CARDIGAN MARKETS AND IMPROVEMENT. Powers to Corporation of Borough, to establish Markets and Slaughterhouses, to supply Water, to Pave, Light, Water, Cleanse, Regulate, and Improve the Borough, to Purchase Corn and other Market Tolls, and other Purposes. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is -i?) intended to be made to Parliament, in the ensuing Session, for leare to bring in a Bill to enable the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of the Borough of Cardigan, in the several counties of Cardigan and Pembroke (hereinafter called the Corporation), to carry into effect and execute all or some of the objects and purposes following, That is to say To Erect and Provide, in and for the said Borough, a Market-place and Market-house and Rooms, to be used or let for the transaction of public and other business in the aaid Borough, with suitable Buildings, Offices, Sheds, Stalls. Standings, Works and Conveniences connected therewith or attached thereto and to authorize the holding of a Market or Markets in such Market-place and Market- house, on such days and at such times as the Corporation shall from time to time determine, for the sale of butcher's meat, poultry, game, fish, butter, cheese, fruit, vegetables, corn, flour, meal and other provisions, articles, matters, and things, and of all other marketable commodities; and to define the limits of such Markets or Market-place and for preventing, after the establishment or erection of such Markets and Market-place, sales in the public streets and other buildings and places not being private shops, of any provisions, articles, or marketable commodities, for the sale of which such Market or Market-place has been pro- Tided and for preventing the use, as a public Market or Markets, of any place or places, or of any buildings within the said Borough not being private shops, and for preventing the hawking of any marketable commodities within the said Borough. To appropriate one or more Room or Rooms in the BUIld- ing so to be erected for the use of the Free Grammar School under the control of the Corporation and also of the Di- vinity Library attached thereto, with proper Offices for the use of such School and Library. To appropriate and use a certain Piece of Ground belong- ing to the Corporation, situate on the west side of High- Street, otherwise Pendre, in the Town of Cardigan, called the Freeschool Bank, and the buildings on or adjoining the same, fronting-on the said street and also belonging to the Corporation, for the Site of such Market-place, Market- house, Buildings, and Conveniences. To Purchase, compulsorily or otherwise, all Interests (if any) in the Lands so to be appropriated for the Site of such Market-place, Market-house, and Buildings, the boundaries of which said Piece of Land and Buildings so to be pur- chased compulsorily, and the termini of the proposed works thereon, are shewn on the plan of such lands, to be deposited 88 hereinafter mentioned. To Erect and Maintain a Public Slaughterhouse or Public Slaughterhouses, and to prohibit the slaughtering of ani- mals within the said Borough except in the Slaughterhouse or Slaughterhouses so to be erected or in any private Slaughterhouse or Slaughterhouses which may be Licensed by the Corporation for the purpose, and to enable the Corporation to License Private Slaughterhouses, and to regulate all Slaughterhouses, as well public as private, within the said Borough. To appropriate and use a certain Piece of Ground, and the Buildings thereon, belonging to the Corporation, situate out of the said Town but within the said Borough, near to, and opposite to, the biook or stream called the river Muldan, or Muldan brook, formerly known by the name of the Cardigan Poorhouse, and now in the several occupations of William Jeremiah, Elizabeth Martin, David Jeremiah, John Jeremiah, George Daiies, Evan Jeremiah, Ann Wil- liams, Margaret Evans, Thomas Lewis, and Hannah Lewis, for the Site of such Public Slaughterhouse or Public Slaughterhouses and all Conveniences connected therewith, and to purchase, compulsorily or by agreement, the same Piece of Ground and Buildings, in case the existing agree- ment for the purchase thereof by the Corporation shall not be duly completed. To Purchase, by agreement and not by compulsion, a convenient Site for, and to establish and maintain within the said Borough, a Market-place for holding Markets or Fairs, and to establish and hold therein Markets or Fairs on such days as the Corporation may from time to time appoint, for the sale of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, and other animals, matters, and things, and after the completion of such Cattle Market or place for Fairs, or after such other period as may be prescribed by the said Bill, to prohibit the sale of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, or other animals, matters, or things, in the streets, roads, or lanes within the said Borough, or such other limits as may be defined by the Bill. To Purchase, compulsorily or otherwise, all Corn Tolls, Market Tolls, and other Tolls, Rates, Rents, Dues, Stallages, and Charges, now legally leviable or demandable within the itaid Borough; and to confirm any agreements entered into by the Corporation for the purchase of all or any of such Tolls, Rates, Rants, Dues, Stallages, and Charges, and to levy and receive Tolls, Rates, Rents, Dues, Stallages, and Charges, in respect of the Markets, Fairs, Market-place, Market-house, Room3, Buildings, Weighing Machines, Slaughterhouses, and Conveniences, to be so established by the Corporation, and to confer, vary, or extinguish exemp- tions from the payment thereof, and to confer, vary, and extinguish other rights, privileges, and exemptions, and also to manage and regulate such Markets, Fairs, Market- places, Market-house, Rooms, Buildings, Weighing Ma- chines, Slaughterhouses, and Conveniences respectively. To enable the Corporation to Maintain and Improve the existing Waterworks within the said Borough, over which they now exercisa oontTul, and from such Waterworks to supply with Water the Inhabitants of the Parish of Saint Mary, in Cardigan, in the County of Cardigan, and of the hamlets or places of Bridge End and Abbey, in the Parish of Saint Dogmells, in the County of Pembroke, and all other per- sons, and all buildings and places within the said Borough. To Lay Down and Maintain Pipes, Culverts, and other Works, in, under, over, or across any Private Lands and to break up, alter, or stop up, either temporarily or perma- nently, any Turnpike and other Roads, Highways, public and private Streets, Public Places, Bridges, Railways, Sewers, Drains, Rivers, Brooks, Streams, Watercourses, Quays, Wharfs, and other places, public or private, within the Borough. To Levy Rates, Rents, and other payments for the Water supplied by the Corporation; to alter the existing and proposed Water Rates, Rents, and other charges, and to confer, vary, or extinguish exemptions from the payments of such existing and proposed Rates, Rents, and other charges and other rights and privileges. To Pave, Light, Water, Cleanse, Drain, and otherwise improve and regulate the said Borough to License and, by bye-laws or otherwise, to regulate all Hackney Carriages, Horses, Mules, or Donkeys, plying for hire within the said Borough, and the charges to be made for the same and the places at which they may stand or ply for hire; also, all Boats, whether for the purposes of fishing or pleasure, using the beaches or shore of the River within the said Borough; also, all Bathing Machines, and the placing thereof, and the charges to be made for the same; and also to regulate the general management of Vessels navigating the said River within the limits aforesaid, and also to pre- Tent Vessels from discharging their ballast in any part of the said River within the limits of the said Borough, and to impose penalties for the breach of such regulations. To regulate and improve the formation and construction of all public and private Sheets, Roads, Lanes, and other places within the said Borough. To construct Sewers and Drains, and make Outfalls and Communications into the river Tivy, or the Muldan brook, or into any sewer running thereto, or otherwise provide for the effectual Drainage of the said Borough. To regulate the Removal and Prevention of Nuisances therein, and to make other provisions for im- proving the Sanitary condition thereof; to make bye-laws for such purposes, and for carrying out any other purposes authorized by the Bill. To vest in the Corporation all the powers of Surveyors of Highways within the Borough, and to exempt the District within the Borough from the present Highway Rates assess- able or leviable therein or in any part thereof, and to pro- Ide for the maintenance of the Highways within the Borough, and also of all Sewers therein, out of rates to be levied under the said Bill. To levy Rates on all Owners and Occupiers, or Owners or Occupiers of Property within the said Borough, for all or any of the purposes of the said Bill, and to confer exemp- tions from the payment of such rates. To purchase and hold lands and to apply, either tempor- arily or permanently, any Money or Property belonging to the Corporation or applicable to the said Borough Fund, for carrying into effect all or any of the objects of the said Bill, and to raise money for such purposes by way of Sale or Mortgage of such Property, or by Mortgage of the Borough Fund and Borough Rates, or of any Property, Tolls, Rates, Rents, Duties, or other revenue to be ac- quired or arise under the said Bill, or by all or any of such means, or to apply any of such Tolls, Rates, Rents, Duties, or Revenue, for such purposes or any of them. AND IT is INTENDED by the said Bill to incorporate therewith, and to extend to the purposes thereof, The Commissioners Clauses Act, 1847;" The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845;" The Markets and Fairs Clauses Act, 1847;" "The Water Works Clauses Act, 1817;" "The Towns Improvement Clauses Act, 1847;" "The Towns Police Clauses Act, 1847;" "The Public Health Act, 1848;" The Public Health Supplemental Act, 1849 and The Harbours, Docks and Piers Clauses Act, 1847;" or some of the said Acts, or so much thereof as may be deemed necessary or expedient, and all other necessary powers and provisions. AND IT IS INTENDED by the said Bill, so far as may be necessary for effecting the objects and purposes thereof, or otherwise, to repeal, alter, or amend and confirm the Charter incorporating and establishing the said Borough, and also any Act or Acts in force within the Borough which it will be necessary to repeal, alter, or amend for the purposes of the said Bill, and to confer other and additional powers in lieu thereof. AND NOTICE 18 HEREBY ALSO GIVEN, That Duplicate Plans, describing the Lands and Houses proposed to be taken compulsorily for the purposes of the said Bill, and also describing the termini of the Works to be constructed thereon, together with a Book of Reference to such Plans, containing the names of the owners, or reputed owners' lessees, or reputed lessees, and occupiers of the lands' houses, and other property which will be taken for the pu/ poses of the said Bill; and also a copy of this Notice, as pub- lished in the London Gazette, will, on or before the 29th day of November instant, be deposited for public inspection with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Cardigan, at his Office in Aberystwith, in the said County of Cardigan; and that on or before the said 29th day of November a copy of the said Plan and Book of Reference, and also a copy of this Notice, as published in the London Gazette, will be deposited for public inspection with the Parish Clerk of the Parish of Saint Mary in Cardigan, at his Place of Abode in the said Parish of Saint Mary, in Cardigan. AND NOTICE 19 HEREBY GIVEN, That Printed Copies of the said Bill will be deposited, on or before the 31st day of December next, in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons. .jJ" .Dated this First day of November, 1866.. LEWIS EVANS, SOUTH WALES AUDIT DISTRICT. LLANDILO-FAWR UNION.  the undersigned EDWARD JONES, ESQ., Auditor of the I above named District, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that I shall attend to Audit the Accounts of the Llandilo- fawr Union (as far as regards the accounts of the Clerk and Master of the Workhouse) on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25th, it Half-past TEN in the FORENOON, at the Workhouse, Llandilo-fawr. t-SEDWARD JONES, Auditor. &Nov. 19th, 18 3G. CARMARTHEN. BRICK, TILE, PIPE YARD, Situate near the GAS WORKS. JOHN MILLS & SON BEG to announce that they have now on Sale, a large supply of DRAINING PIPES, SEWERAGE PIPES, BRICKS and TILES, &c., of every description of very superior quality. Prices very moderate. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, ^T^HAT a separate Building, named BETHANIA CHA- JL PEL, situated at Mount, in the Parish of Lianbadatn- tref-Eglwys, in the County of Cardigan, in the District of Aberayron, being a Building certified accordin to Law as a place of Religious Worship, was, on the TENTH Day of NOVEMBER, 1856, duly registered for Solemnizing Mar- riages therein, pursuant to the Act of 6 and 7 William 4th, c. 85. Witness my hand, this 12th day of November, 1856. GEO. JAS. WIGLEY, Superintendent Registrar. NOTICE. ALL Persons having any Claim on the Estate of the L late EDWARD CLEMENT, of Abernantglas, in the Parish of Llandilo-fawr, in the County of Carmarthen, Farmer, deceased, are requested to bring in their account to Henry Clement, of Aberlash Mill, Llaudebie, to be examined and discharged. And all Persons indebted to the said Estate are requested to pay the same immediately to the said Henry Clement. Dated this 11th day of November, 1856. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT on the Eighth day of JANUARY next, application J[ will be made to Her Majesty's Justices of the Peace of, in, and for the County of Carmarthen, assembled at Quarter Sessions at LLANDILO-FAWR, in the Shire Hall there, in and for the said County of Carmarthen, for an Order to partially stop up and divert a certain Footpath Situate in the Borough Hamlet, in the Parish of Llanelly, in the said Countv, now leading from Water-Street, past a certain Chapel called SION CHAPEL, and thence continuing in a North-Easterly direction towards the Village of Velinvole, from a certain point or place situate at the upper extremity of Messrs. Rees and Williams's Printing Office, to a certain point or place distant therefrom Fifty Yards or thereabouts, and to substitute for the. same a Footpath of the average width of Ten feet, having its entrance in the Swansea Road, at a point immediately below the Gateway of the aforesaid Chapel, and extending Forty-five yards or thereabouts until it joins the said now existing Footpath leading towards Velinvole as aforesaid. And that the Certificate of Two Jus- tices of the Peace of, in, and for the said County of Carmarthen, of their having viewed the same Footpath with the Plan particularly describing the old and proposed Footpath with metes, bounds, and admeasurements, together with the proof thereof, will be lodged with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Carmarthen, being the County in which the said Footpath is situate, on the Fifth day of DECEMBER next. Dated the Twenty-ninth day of October, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-six. Five of the members of the I Llanelly Local Board of RICH. S. HOWELL, Health, being by virtue of DAVID MORRIS, the Statute in such case DAVID EVANS, )> made and provided, the JOS. J. LETCHER. I Surveyors, of the High- RICHARD GLASCODINE, ways in the said Borough Hamlet, in the said Parish J of Llanelly. LONDON IN 13 HOURS. IMPORTANT NOTICE. f I^HE Shortest, Best, and Cheapest route to LONDON is JL by the Elegant FOUR-HORSE COACH, the WONDER," which has commenced running from the Belle Vue Royal Hotel, ABERYSTWITH, on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, at a quarter before Seven, through Machynlleth, Llanbrymair, Newtown, and Welshpool, to Shrewsbury, at which place it will arrive in time for Trains to Liverpool, Manchester, Chester, and Oswestry, and for the 5 o'clock Train, by which Passengers will reach London at 10 o'clock. C. MARSHALL & Co., Proprietors. Belle Vue Royal Mail and General Coach 1 and Posting Establishment, Aberystwith, } October 11th, 1856. ) SONS OF CLERGYMEN & GENTLEMEN ARE RECEIVED AS PRIVATE PUPILS, AND prepared for the Universities, Military Examina- tions, or Commercial Pursuits, by the Head Master ?(Ojx?_ ford) of the ENDOWED GRAMMAR SCHOOL, ENFIELD, near LONDON, who is assisted by graduates of Cambridge and Leipsic. Number limited. References to arents. In the Matter of the Petition of David Hughes, of Wem- ddu, in the Parish of Llangunnor, in the County of Carmarthen, Labourer, and previously of the same place, Farmer and Grazier, an Insolvent Debtor. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the County Court of Carmarthenshire, holden at Carmarthen, acting in the Matter of this Petition, will proceed to make a final order thereon, at the said Court, on the 11th day of DECEMBER, 1856, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon precisely, unless cause be then and there shewn to the contrary. By the Court, WALTER LLOYD, Registrar. High Bailifl's Office, Carmarthen, 19th day of November, 1856. rpHE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS for SATUR- I DAY, NOVEMBER 22nd, will contain the following NGRA VINGS .-Fire at the Central District Schools, Sutton. Inundation in India: Tree of Refuge; Travellers overtaken by the Inundation; View of a Branch of the Ganges, near Rajmahal. The Vintage in France (drawn by Gustave Dore). The New River Waterworks, the New River Headworks; Service Reservoir of the New River Company, Claremont-square, Pentonville; the Engine- house and Reservoirs, Stoke Newington. Statue of Captain Coram, erected at the Foundling Hospital, on Monday last. Ornamental Spade used in commencing the Central Dorset Railway. Sketches of Moscow: Rag and Second-hand Market; Street Sentinel; Telashca, or Merchant's Car, and Istvostchik and Drosky. The Frst Day of the Season, drawn by John Leech. Daddy," the Esquimaux Dog of H.M.S. Enterprise," sent in search of Sir John Franklin. Rifle Practice inKurrachee. The Castles of Roumili Hissar, on the Bospborus (from a Sketch by Capt. Montagu O'Reilly). Insignia of the Order of the Garter for the Sultan. Graves of Admiral Boxer, &c., in the Cemetery on Balaclava Heights. With the LATEST FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, and all the NEWS or THE WEEK. Price 5d., Stamped, 6d. Offices 198, Strand, and Milford-house, Milford-lane, Strand BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. Price Is. ld. and 2s. 9d. per box. rpHIS preparation is one of the benefits which the science X of modern chemistry has conferred upon mankind for during the first twenty years of the present century to speak of a cure for the Gout was considered a romance; but now, the efficacy and safety of this medicine is 80 fully demon- strated by unsolicited testimonials from persons in every rank of life, that public opinion proclaims this as one of the most important discoveries of the present age; and, in testimony of its efficacy, John J. Giles, Esq., of Frimley, near Bagshot, says:—" Having been a great sufferer from acute rheumatism, I was induced to try your Blair's Pills, and bell to bear my humble testimony to their efficacy." Mr. WILLIAM COURTNEY, of Baron Stacey, Hants, says— Having suffered much from Gout, I had resort to Blair's Pills, and within two hours I was quite easy. The use of these Pills ought really to be known all over the world." GARBETT FOSTER GILL, Esq., 157, New Bond Street, London, writes :—" Whenever I feel any symptoms of Gout approaching, I have instant recourse to this medicine, which to me is so valuable that, were it not that the days of magic have ceased, I should certainly attribute the relief I obtain to that cause. Moreover, I rejoice to say that my health has not in any degree suffered but, on the contrary, the tendency of Blair's Pills is towards its improvement." FURTHER PROOF OF THE GREAT EFFICACY OF BLAIR'S GOUT AND RHEUMATIC PILLS. Forwarded by Mr. Reinhardt, Chemist, Hull. Sir,—Enclosed is a testimonial from a customer of mine, who is well known about here; he speaks in the highest terms of Blair's Gout and Rheumatic Pills, and would be glad to give information to anybody. To Mr. Reinhardt, 22, Market-place, Hull. "December 4th, 1855. Dear Sir,—I have been afflicted with rheumatism for 12 years, during which time I have tried almost everything, both internally and externally, but could not obtain any permanent relief. A short time ago I purchased a 2s. 9d. box of Blair's Pills of you, and before I had taken the whole of them, I was more free from pain than I had been for the last dozen years. You will please let me have another box, as I mean to keep them by me in case I should again re- quire them, and oblige, Dear Sir, yours obediently, JEREMIAH GAMESS." These Pills require neither attention nor confinement, and are certain to prevent the disease attacking any vital part.—Sold by Prout and Uarsant. 229. Strand. London udaUllrftt»Y«a*«a.
FRANCE. I
FRANCE. PARIS, Nov. 13. I The Emperor yesterday received at the Palace of the Tuileries Count de Kisseleff, the Russian Ambassador, who had to present to his Majesty his credentials as repre- sentative of Russia at the Court of France. The Count entered the Court of the Tuileries to the sound of military music, and the troops rendered him the usual honours. The reception took place with great splendour, in presence of the ministers and chief officers of the Imperial house- hold, when the Ambassador in presenting his letters of credence addressed the Emperor as follows:— "Sire,—The Emperor, my august master, in appointing me his ambassador to your Imperial Majesty, charged me to devote all my care to cultivate the relations of friend- ship which unite the two Empires. I shall consider myself happy, if, at the end of my career, I may have contributed to cement between France and Russia that union which secures to the general peace one of its most durable gua- rantees. In the name of my august Sovereign, I have the honour of presenting to your Imperial Majesty the creden- tials with which I am furnished and I venture to hope that you will receive with kindness the homage of my pro- found respect." The Emperor replied in these terms:- "Monsieur le Comte,-Fron-i the moment that the treaty of peaee was signed, my constant pre-occupalian has been, without weakening my ancient alliances, to alleviate by friendly measures everything that might be rigorous in the strict execution of certain conditions. I have learnt with pleasure that my Ambassador at St. Petersburg, animated with these sentiments, has known how to acquire the kind- ness of the Emperor Alexander. The same welcome you may be assured awaits you here, since, independently of your personal merits, you represent a sovereign who so nobly knows how to subdue the sad reminiscences which are too often left by war, in order to think only of the ad- vantages of a peace cemented by relations of friendship." This reply which the Emperor of the French made to Count Kisseleff, on the presentation of his credentials as Ambassador at the Court of the Tuileries, will be read with extreme attention throughout Europe. It is well to know that the foreign and domestic affairs of France are equally under the guidance of the Imperial will, although it fre- quently occurs that his Majesty's intentions have received an exaggerated interpretation at the French Foreign-office and at St. Petersburg. The Emperor's words this day inserted in the Moniteur may be taken as a declaration of Napoleon the Third's views on the disputed articles of the treaty of Paris, and it is difficult to suppose that his Ma- jesty did not avail himself of this occasion for proclaiming to Europe his real views. Under such circumstances the words of his Majesty are of the highest importance, and merit careful reflection. The Emperor tells the world that from the time when peace was signed, his constant en- deavour has been, without weakening his original alliances, suggested by the war, to render the terms on which peace was made as little humiliating as possible to Russia. In this declaration may be found the whole policy of the Emperor of the French, but it has been tortured into huge proportions by M. de Morny and the French Foreign-office. Indeed, to such an extent have the views of the Emperor been misinterpreted, that Russia believed France had no desire to see the treaty of Paris honestly executed at all and to this day, it may be, the same idea prevails. It will be thought, from the Ministerial press of France, that Russia has gained her point by playing on the corde sensi- ble of the French nation but the Emperor's words prove the contrary, and the alliance of England and France is secured. When Count Orloff came to Paris to make peace, the drama was already planned; the Envoy of the Emperor Alexander intimated to the Emperor of the French that his august Master placed the honour of Russia in his hands, and it was to France that he looked for an honourable peace. The Emperor accepted the confidence placed in him, and the soft hypocrisy of Muscovite craft was thickly applied. Had not the Emperor the highest sense of what is due to the French nation, and what is expected from his allies and real friends, Russia would, for aught some persons care, be allowed to interrupt the treaty as she thinks proper. In England we write the history of the late war with the blood of our soldiers; there are those about the Emperor who register the sad narrative only with the flattery of our enemies. Would there have been any question, we may ask, about the execution of the treaty if France had sent a couple of ships to the Serpents' Island, and demanded the frontier line which Count Walewski's finger traced at the Con- ference? Russia is not a Power which will appreciate the chivalry of our brave neighbours, though she may profit by their misplaced generosity. The moment a war passes from the battle-field to diplomacy, we should be men of business as well as soldiers, especially when dealing with a nation embued with oriental cunning. No courtly robe or imported civilisation can hide the Tartar trickery of the Russian. The Emperor Napoleon I. perfectly understood the meaning of Russian honour and Muscovite generosity. When the mother of the present Emperor, Queen Hor- tense, sought'to persuade the great captain, in his moment of trouble, to place himself in the hands of the Emperor Alexander I., and truet to his generosity, he replied, What, confide in the generosity of a man who still maintains in his Imperial Guard the murderers of his father!" These words were uttered in the presence of the late Duchess de Plaisance, and have been repeated to me by her most intimate friend. PARIS, Nov. 15. There now seems to be a general impression in Paris that the English and French alliance is a necessity for both countries. This I hear, too, in quarters where a very different language prevailed only a few days since. The Ministerial journals no longer defend the conduct of Rus- sia, although the foreign affairs of France are still under the direction of M. Walewski. His Excellency came from London to Paris to support and carry out the united foreign policy of the two countries. There is every reason to fear that Count Walewski did not feel himself justified in seconding the views of her Majesty's Government concern- ing the execution of the treaty of peace by Russia. I have heard it asserted that explanations have taken place of a nature to remove the necessity of M. Walewski's retire- ment from office-an event which under ordinary circum- stances would have followed the declared displeasure of the Emperor. The Assemblee Nationale indulges in the following ob- servations relative to the English alliance:— "We repeat once more that we are partisans of the English alliance, and sincerely desire its maintenance but the English alliance will never lead us to forget that, at an epoch which JÙ not very remote, in the reign of Louis XVI., the unkd fleets of France and Spain were mistresses of the Channel, and blockaded the English in their own ports. And^tit is not the destiny of States to conclude eternal alliances, and as events which cannot be anticipated by human wisdom may produce in the future combinations that have been witnessed in the past, such as a war between France and her neighbours beyond the Channel, we ex- press our hopes that, in this contingency, the French navy would be enabled, with the assistance of an ally, were that ally even Russia, to counterbalance the power of Great Britain on the sea." PARIS, Nov. 16. The intelligencean Germany declares that Russia is again pressing harcTCor the opening of the Conferences at Paris. The Patrie of 0 evening declares that Russia ought to give up her pretentions to the Isle of Serpents. Prince Frederic William of Prussia is expected to arriv* in Paris at the end of the month. The Constitutionnel of this morning indulges in a long essay on the abuses of the English press, and makes many grave ill-advised comments on its license and liberty, which originate in the want of a proper appreciation of what may be termed the newspaper trade in England. The Constitutionnel should remember that the British public like to be amused and surprised. Of all nations on the face of the earth, we are the greatest patrons of quackery we are essentially a people of patent medicines and quack divinity. Is there any country in the world, save England, where a tailor could sell his coats by advertising under the heading of Fall of Sebastopol ?" We have a passion for horrid murders and crim. con. revelations, and scandal and personal abuse. That certain newspapers trade with such profitable material is no commere:;jl phe- nomenon. But your French contemporary would not be the least alarmed at the results of the most malignant falsehoods if they would only remember with what un- erring certainty the British public, with all their faults and weaknesses, are sure to do justice, eventually, to honesty and merit. No one was more abused by the English press (with few exceptions) than Napoleon III and yet when he visited England the people of all classes greeted him with a welcome such as no other foreign sovereign ever experienced. A newspaper which sells its smiles or frowns in the market-place to the largest number of dupes must of necessity be as meretricious as those unfortunate beings who trade with the folly ¡.nd passions of humanity rather than with its reason and virtues. A journal which echoes the cry of the day-so often, indeed, based on ignorance — will of necessity obtain a 'greater number of readers than the respectable print which con- fines itself to the record of unvarnished and unspiced truths. The Constitutionnel only sees the disadvantages of a free press without recognising the good. In England we are glad to accept the press as it is, precisely because we feel its enormous power of good is so much greater than its power of evil. Even those public men of Eng- land who are the objects of the press's most unjust libels would be sorry to curtail its freedom. If continental governments and the foreign press generally took this view of the subject there would be less irritation. If they would understand that the people are immoral enough very often to buy newspapers they dispise, because most filled with abuse, a more correct idea would prevail of our manners and customs in 1856. PARIS, NOT. 17. M. Antonini, the Neapolitan Ambassador, is still here, though he has his passports. There is no day fixed for li'la dt:parlure and. he seems to linger willingly on the MM of ho got SWM Wteto om Iwnicf ly is setting, another makes his brilliant appearance on the I verge of the horizon. Count Kisseleff, who is now the recognised Ambassador of Russia at the Court of the I Tuiieries, will receive to-morrow and the day after, the members of the diplomatic corps. He will then fairly enter on the winter campaign.
TURKEY.
TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. G. The speech of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe, and the reply of the Sultan, have been published. The Sultan expressed the great gratification he expe- rienced at the fresh conversation now given to his alliance with England. ""VV'V"A.lV
THE PRINCIPALITIES.
THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHAREST, Oct. 29. The Porte is preparing to fortify Giurgevo. A camp of 25,000 men will afterwards be established in the environs. V" "v" "vV' -vv.
NAPLES.
NAPLES. We get," says the Paris correspondent of the Morning Post, "a strange report from Naples by telegraph, to the effect that the Government is about to make a free port of Naples. This is highly improbable, for the Customs du- ties are one of the chief resources of the revenue. The city was tranquil on the 12th." .OOo. 'J'O.
RUSSIA.
RUSSIA. Further details have been received with regard to the Russian railway concession* It is stated that the contract has been signed by M. Isaac Pereire on behalf of the Credit Mobilier, Messrs. Hope of Amsterdam, Solomon Thur- neyssen, Thomas Baring, and Stieglitz and Co. The roads are to be finished in ten years, and the duration of the I concession is to be for eighty-five years from the time each line is completed. The lines to be constructed are—1. The Warsaw line 2. Kovno, to the Prussian frontier; 3. Mos- cow to Nigny Novgorod; 4. Moscow to Theodosia; 5. Malo Archangelsk to Libau The Government guarantee 5 per cent., including sinking. fund per cent., which is not to commence for thirty years. Twenty years after the opening of each line the Government is to have the right of purchase by allowing for eitty-five years a sum per annum equal to the average profits of the last previous five years but it is supposed this is not to be the case if the profits have been below the guarantee. During the next two years about 200 English miles are to be opened, in the five following years about 470 miles, and in the last three years the remainder The President of the Board of Direction must be a Russian, but the chief Committee for the settlement of all differeuces is to be in Paris. Rails, machinery, and all requisites, are to be imported free of duty and the 6rst issue of shares is to be for a sum equal to E12,500,000 sterling, of which half is to be subscribed in Russia. [Our journals express general distrust of the scheme, the new explanations notwithstanding.] A letter from the Crimea, dated Oct. 25, and written by a Fiench officer, saya The Russians at Sebastopol are executing with perfect good faith all the stipulations of the treaty of Paris. No project has been adopted by the Im- perial Government for again raising the defensive works of the place, or refitting out a fleet. The vessels of war sunk in the roadstead, in the port, and in the bays, have not been got up. The only thing that has been done has been to endeavour to clear the entrance, so as to allow merchant vessels to pass in and out. The masts and rigging of the line-of-battle ships have been removed, but the hulls are so deeply embedded in the sand that it will be impossible to raise them. Divers, who have gone down, state that several of the hull have entirely disappeared in the sand and mud."
SPAIN.I
SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 13 By a royal decree, the state of siege throughout Spain has been raised. In the Council of Ministers to-day, ex- traordinary credits for divers services have been granted to the Minister of Finances. We learn that the fusion between the Carlists and the reigning branch of the Spanish Bourbons is advancing towards its conclusion, but without the concurrence, or, perhaps, the knowledge of General Narvaez.
IDENMARK.-
DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 13. Erysipelas has broken out in the face of King Frederick According to the bulletin of the physicians, the disease is following its usual course.
IENGLAND AND RUSSIA.
ENGLAND AND RUSSIA. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 10. An English gun-boat, having attempted to pursue into the sea of Azoff some Russian sloops which had captured Turkish vessels engaged m smuggling salt, was fired upon by the fort of Yenikale. The English interdict the approach of Russian ships to the Isle of Serpents. The New German Gazette of Berlin says We learn from a good source that the English Government has officially notified to the Cabinets of Paris, Constantinople, and Vienna, that the English fleet, now in the Black Sea, will pass the winter at Sinope. No notification to that effect has been made to Russia, because no doubt the de- claration of Lord Stratford de Redcliffe to Baron de Boutenieff, that the English fleet will remain in the Black Sea until Russia shall have completely executed the treaty of peace, is considered sufficient."
IRUSSIA AND THE ALLIED POWERS.
I RUSSIA AND THE ALLIED POWERS. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post says:— I have reason to believe that the assertion of the Nord, which declares Russia willing to give up the Island of Serpents and the Bolgrad difficulty, are not correct. It is, however, possible that the Cabinet of St. Petersburg may have made proposals on these dispused articles of the treaty, which are not likely to be accepted in Paris or London.
PERSIA.
PERSIA. PARIS, Nov. 17. Intelligence from St. Petersburg states that a cons i- derable corps of Russian troops is concentrated on the frontiers of Persia and Turkey, to give effect, in case of need, to the influence of Russia, if the affairs of Persia and Affghanistan should assume a serious character. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 10. The check experienced by the Persians before Herat is insignificant.
I RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA.
I RUSSIA AND AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna, in the Cologne Gazette, says It is certain that the relations between Russia and Austria have become of a very delicate character, and that the petty vexations to which Prince Esterhazy, ambassador at the coronation, was subjected at the Court of Russia, have contributed to cool those previously existing between the two courts. It is a fact that since the return of Prince Esterhazy the sympathies of the high Austria aristocracy for Russia have greatly diminished."
!THE NEUFCHATEL QUESTION.I
THE NEUFCHATEL QUESTION. BERLIN, No* 16. The Correspondance Prussienne of this day publishes an article directed against the Swiss press, in which it gives ground for believing that Prussia will exercise her direct authority over the Canton of Neufchatel, and that the Government of Berlin will exact a recognition of*its so- l.
RUSSIAN RAILWAYS.—WILL THEY…
RUSSIAN RAILWAYS.—WILL THEY FLOAT ? I After the strenuous support which this .journal gave to the criuse of the Allies in the late war with Russia, and the exertions which upon all occasions it has made to expose whatever was dangerous, or what appeared perfidious in the proposals made by that Power, we shall not be suspected of any leaning or sympathy in that direction. We must, how- ever, say that we have as little sympathy with the general tone of the public jonrna! which has evinced itself for some time past, in relation to the scheme to extend to Russia the advantages now enjoyed by almost every civilised country, of a great system of railway communication. When we arc at war, we believe it to be true policy to prosecute it with all the vigour which can be applied; but when we have succeeded in making peace upon terms satisfactory to the Jiononr and interests of the country, we hold it to be our duty to accept it in the true spirit of reconciliation and good faith. Nor is this in any way inconsistent with the most rigorous exaction of the terms of the treaty of peace. On the contrary, the less we indulge in puerile acerbities, and the more dignified the manner in which as a country we show ourselves ready to accept the settlement which has been made, the belter prepared we shall be to exact to the utmost the terms for which we have stipulated. No doubt it was very many years after the conclusion of the long French war, before the feelings and mutual antipathies which had been engendered by it began to disappear on the part of either nation. But no one who now looks back upon the prejudices and passions which were so long suflered to interrupt the intercourse and cordiality between us and our neighbours, will deny that they have exercised a most prejudicial influence upon the best interests of both coun- tries; or that the main reason which has rendered the recent French alliance so popular and stable, is the convic- tion on both sides of the mischief which the hostile feelings of former times had engendered, and the benefits which must result from their entire eradication. While, therefore, it may be very natural, and even to some extent excusable, that the public should look with great suspicion upon the professions and proposals of a Power with which we have lately been at war, we trust we shall not be found so unreasonable or so ignorant of our own interests as to throw any impediment in the way of those internal improvements in Russia which must be the first means of inducing to a better civilisation and of uti- lising for our own benefit the productive powers of that extensi ve empire, and of adding by this means, more than by any other within our reach, to the securities which we otherwise possess for a wiser and more enlightened policy in the future on the part of Russia. Is it true that the present Emperor, as has been said, has renounced the aggressive policy of his father ? Is it true that he has determined to enrich his empire and consolidate his own power by developing the inherent but slumbering capabilities of the extensive territory which he already possesses, in place of thristing to add new tracts and countries to his already unwieldy dominions ? If he has done so, his I determination must be applauded by all wise men, and he himself will soon feel the benefit of such a policy. But whether this be true, or whether it be a pretence, yet we may be quite certain that it is only in proportion as the great attributes of civilisation, such as railways, are ex- tended to Russia, that she will become amenable both through interest and public opinion to those laws which are recognised as at once the foundation and the bond of civilised nations. Our trade with Russia is important. It is true that the narrow and restrictive policy hitherto followed by that Government has deprived the Russiau community of the enjoyment of foreign manufactures at a cheap rate, and has limited our trade in form of exports. But our imports from Russia are very large, and consists of articles urgently required for our great manufacturing trades. They are, moreover, articles of great bulk, with regard to which, therefore, the cost of transit enters largely into their price. It is, then, obvious that we are deeply interested in every new facility for charpening and quickening the transport of those bulky articles in Russia, just as much as we are in the United States. We hail as a new source of wealth to ourselves every canal and railway which in America con- nects the Far West with the shores of the Atlantic ;-but we are as deeply interested in any new and better mode of connecting the great producing plains of Russia with the Black Sea or the Baltic. We have no sympathy with what hns been reported, we suppose erroneously, as the senti- ments of Sir James Graham upon the advantages to be derived from free trade with Russia. He is represented to have been desirous of suppressing civilisation and im- provements in Russio, for fear of the effective competition which the Muscovites could carry on against the producers here. Now, it is just because we believe that the con- templated improvements would bring in much greater abundance and at much lower cost to our shores, the corn, the wool, the tallow, the hemp, and other produce of Rus- sia (we may be assured we shall want all we can get), that we feel a deep interest in them, and that we shall be glad to see theitt stieceel. Let us, therefore, lay aside the false issue that has been raised, and the puerile doctrines which have been broached in respect to these railways, being well nssured that nothing we can say will prevent them being made, if the terms are such as will render them profitable— and submit the pioposals as far as they are known to a rigid examination in their commercial aspect. This brings us to very different considerations It is proposed to make five great trunk railways :-1, the com- pletion of the line from St. Petersburgh to Warsaw; 2, a line from Kovno to the Prussian frontier; 3, a line from Moscow to Novgorod 4, a line from Moscow to Theodosia and 5, a line from Malo Archangekk to Libau,—at an aggregate cost of about £40,000,000. It is proposed that the whole shall be executed in ten years:—that the Go- vernment shall guarantee an interest upon the capital in- vested of 5 per cent, up to a cost of 1'15,000 a mile for thirty years, after which for 55 years more the interest shall only be 4| per cent., and 1 per ccnt. shall be laid aside to form a sinking fund for the repayment of the first capital at the end of eighty-five years, when the railways will become the property of the Government. The con- tracting parties arc said to be, the Credit Mobilier of Paris; Messrs. Steigletz and Co., of St. Petersburg; Messrs. Hope and Co., of Amsterdam; Messrs. Baring and Co. and M. Thurneysen. First, as to the lines themselves* There can be no ques- tion that they will made, connect all the great producin"- districts of Russia with the frontiers both loy sea and Ianu, and wi:! afford as well to the producers in Russia as well as to the consumers out of Russia great advantages. There is as little question that in the event of another war they will afford «:eat facilities to Russia in moving troops and con- veying food. But if we are to be jealous of the creation of roads, canals, railways, and all the other great improve- ments which promote and advance commerce in every part of the world, and which contribute so much to our own advantage, because they may be used against us, or at least to the benefit of other: in the event of war, where are we to stop ? All that we can do is, by practical im- provements on our own part—by adopting at once and without delay every means of maintaining that high eminence wo have attained—still to keep ahead of other nations; in short, to rely upon our own merits and inherent strength rather than upon the weakness of others. Next, as to the amount of capital. Forty millions is a large sum, but spread over ten years, and distributed throughout Europe, through the influential agents who have undertaken the contract, it is trifling. Why, the expenditure in England alone, for several years together, was not less in each year. If, therefore, the terms and the security are satisfactory, the amount is not such as to offer any impediment or to threaten any perceptible incon- venience. But next we have to consider the security. Now no doubt the Russian Government, as far as its foreign cre- ditors are concerned, has hitherto observed its obligations with the most scrupulous good faith, so that even during the late war Russian stock suffered comparatively little depreciation. The quantity, however, is small, and ac- cording to the commercial term it is well held -that is it is held in few hands and chiefly as a bona fide invest- ment. But notwithstanding these facts it was found im- possible to raise even a comparatively small additional loan. The credit of a Government is better tested by its ability to raise new loans, than by the price of existing stock. Many people will submit to a loss upon securities which they already hold, who will not increase their stake. In shoit it would be a great error to say that Russian crcdit has not suffered much by the events of the last four years-not only from the antipathy which has been less or more crea- ted against the Government in Europe, owing to the reck- less course it adopted, but also from the explosion of the notion which prevailed as to the military strength of the country. But besides the transactions proposed are not of the simple and unquestionable character of a public loan, entered upon and completed at once;—on the contrary, they arc to be spread over ten years, involving many obli- gations less or more intricate, and subject therefore at every point to the partial views if not the caprice of officials under a despotic power, against whom no remedy can be had. The security, therefore, is very inferior to the public stock of a first-rate Government. Then as to the terms. The railways must not exceed a cost of 1;15,000 a mile:—and upon the cost up to that limit interest at the rate of 5 per cent. is to be paid. Well, under the arrangement agreed upon, that all the iron and other materials are to be admitted free of duty, it is pro- bable that with the cheap labour of the country that may be made within the prescribed limit. But, admitting this, and that 5 per cent, interest is, therefore, to be guaranteed upon the whole cost, will that rate prove a sufficient in- ducement to invest so large a capital? We much doubt it. It is true the rate of guarantee proved sufficient for the Indian railways. But who would not have the guarantee of the East India Government, sanctioned by the British Government, rather than that of the Government of Rus- sia ? But, again, at the time the Indian railways were commenced, the permanent average rate of interest was much lower than at present. And, again, in the case of the Indian railways, a well-grounded hope existed that while the minimum interest paid was 5 per cent., a very much higher rate might be earned while in Russia it is certain that the rr.te guaranteed by the Government will be all that the shareholders can ever receive. In the one case 5 per cent. was the minimum rate in the other it was the maximum. Finally, looking to the great demand for capi- tal all over the world for the purpose of effecting per- manent and solid improvements, and to the consequent. high rate of interest which now prevails, and which to all appearance will continue, we should regard these terms as being barely sufficient, considering the character of the undertakings, even though offered by one of the oldest and first-rate European Governments, and we cannot therefore regard them as sufficient at present when offered by the Government of Russia. Lastly,—as to the parties who have undertaken the con- tract, it must at once be admitted that the scheme has at least every advantage in this respect. If it could succeed through any agency, it must under that adopted. But wiih all the prestige which these names afford, the question which is asked is, will tho undertaking lioat ? And this question must be answered not in reference to the feelings which have naturally been excited in this country against Russia, but in reference to the inducement held out to the European capitalists; and looking at it in this light only, having regard to the present and prospective value of money, and to the terms offered, we think it extremely doubtful; at the same time we are bold enough to own that we shall regard ita failure as a matter to be rc&retted. I
THE FRAUDS ON THE GREAT NORTHERN…
THE FRAUDS ON THE GREAT NORTHERN < RAILWAY COMPANY. The Redpath bubble has burst just as the Robson bub- ble collapsed before it. Our re.ders may remember that Mr. Leopold Redpath was the registrar of shares, &c., on the Great Nor'.iiern Railway Company. With a salary of £ 300 a year he managed te keep a handsome house in Chester-place, have a box at the Opera, become a Governor of Christ s Hospital, and of the Royal Saint Anne's Society, besides subscribing to or directing several charitable institutions. Mr. Leopold Redpath was every- where. He disappeared from the scene of his piety and frauds on Tuesday last in consequence of the directors having resolved upon a strict investigation of the com- pany a accounts. His frauds have already been proved to amount to £ 150,000, and the bottom is not reached yet. He worked in the following manner When he bad to issue a 9100 stock, he added an "0" to the amount, making it £1000 on the company by the books. This operation was not confined to EIOO, but extended to stock of JE200, E300, and jEoOO, so that out of every £100 stock transferred he gained E900. The directors seem not to have made any examination into the accounts, probably because they never had any suspicion of their officer, and it has been to them a mystery for some yeais past that they were called upon tG -pay divi- dends upon E15,000 or zL25,000 more than according to their audited accounts they were liable for. As soon as his frauds weie discovered, his clerk, E. Cumming Kent, who is supposed to have been an accomplice, was appre- hended, and on Thursday he underwent a private examina- tion at Clerlzeiilvell police court, being remanded. Up to this time (Monday) no information that can be at all relied on has transpired to show the precise extent to which Mr. Redpath appropriated the money of his em- ployers; and probably the whole truth will not be made publicly knotvu until Friday, when he will be brought up for re-examination at the Clerkenwell police oflice. Pend- ing the investigation now being made at the head quarters of the company into the registered transactions in the department over which the prisoner presided, the superi- or officers of the company, under whose directions it has been instituted,and, indeed, all who are engaged in conducting it,—have necessarily been obliged to observe some reserve. There are, and have been from the first, several rumours current, as to the agregate sum of which the prisoner has defrauded the company, but as they are of a contradictory kind no good purpose could be attained by giving them greater circulation in the absence of in- formation worthy of trust. The belief, however, is war- ranted that the amount is something very considerably by the remark dropped by the prisoner on his way to the police station on Friday, that if the directors sold his place in Chester-terrace well" they might get E30,000 for it. At first sight this would seem a highly exaggerated estimate of the value of a house situated, certainly, in a desirable part of the town, but only of moderate size, but the style of more than ordinary splendour in which it is furnished, filled, as it is said to be, with articles of verity antiquities, and pictures, besides the elegance and costly character of the furniture, seems to throw light on his estimate of its value. Besides the house in Chester-ter- race he has a country residence at Weybridge-an ele- gant, detached villa, called Messelington-house—furnished, it is said, in an equally luxurious manner, where he main- tained some 10 or 12 servants. The contents of both these establishments are now under seal and in possession of the police authorities, at the instance of the directors of the Great Northern Railway, pending the result of the inquiry now being conducted by them at King's- cross. By an awkward mistake for the prisoner, a box contain- ing some deeds and securities for money came into the hands of the officials of the company at King's-cross just after his flight. On leaving the company's offices, pre- paratory to his departure for Paris, he appears to have sent a railway porter to the Union Bank, in Argyll-place, where the box in question was deposited, with instructions to take it to his house in Chester-terrace but misappre- hending the instructions given him, the porter took it to the prisoner's office at King's-cross, and its contents so came into the possession of the directors. This circum- stance is said to have caused him much annoyance. On airiving in P;nis on Tuesday night or the following morning he took up his residence at the Windsor Hotel, Rue Rivoli, kept by M. Fleury, where he was well known. When there some telegraphic messages-one of which was intercepted by the police authorities, if not more—passed between him and his friends in London, and he left the hotel in Paris on Thursday night, a few hours befcre Mr. T. Williams, the inspector of the Great Noithern Railway, who had been despatched there with a warrant for his apprehension, arrived in the French capital. Mr. Williams, who was accompanied by Inspector Saun- ders, a detective, and a good linguist besides, from Scot- land-yard, started for Paris on Wednesday in pursuit of Mr. Redpath, but, being detained all that night at Dover by the state of the sea, they did not reach Paris until Thursday night, so that the fugitive and his pursuers crossed each other between London and Paris. Inspector j Williams has obtained possession of a telegraphic message and some letters, the latter in the handwriting of Red- path, and addressed to Kent, the clerk in his officc, and now also in custody, tending to show complicity between. the two. He apprehended Keut on Tuesday night at a house in Gloucester-road, Seven Sisters'-road, to which he, had changed his residence from Castle-terrace, Camden* town, where he lived until very recently. On being taken j into custody Kent expressed great indignation, and de- manded on what authority and for what reason it was done.1 Inspector Williams searched him, and found, among other' papers, a telegraphic missage in his pocket, addressed to M Fleury, hotc-lkeeper, Paris, to the following effect I- Is Redpath with you ? If he is, tell him he must com- municate with roe immediately. Telegraph back." Williams asked him if he had sent it? He said, "No." He was asked Why when he declined to say, for: reasons of hi-i own. lie then gave Williams a key which, he said, would open his drawer, and there other keys would be found. In that drawer Williams discovered certain letters, some of which were written by Redpath. One of them was as follows I enclose you 303. You need not be under any ap- prehension. If the statement is pressed for, say Monday but I believe you will not be troubled. Yours, &c., "LEOPOLD REDPATH." The second If anything should turn up about the dividend to Walland-it was sent. Do as you would if any others were missing. Truly yours, LEOPOLD REDTATH." The other ran thus "Dear Clmles, —-If Oakley sap anything about the analysis of the dividends, do not do anything in it. Truly yours, LEOPOLD REDPATH." On this state of facts, Kent, like the prisoner Redpath, stands remanded till a future day.
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I LORD PALMERSTON SKETCHED. It may be truly said that Lord Palmerston first began to think of the domestic of the country when, after 70, he was summoned to thti conduct of the war. In regard to the infinitely multipli b and diversified subjects, administrative and legislative which continually solicit the mind of a Prime Minister if h is in earnest, and which prematurely exhausted the iØ1 mense energies of Peel, his conceptions are vague, flatt bald, and shallow, in an unprecedented degree. fhe lesson which he had set too late to learn, he has not learned at all; there is scarcely an idea, good, bad, ot indiffereut, to be extracted from his speeches upon the general business and legislation of the country even hiS military knowledge appears to be that of thirty years bac u'! and to be produced into the light in the garb of that d*1*' unrenovated, unrefreshed, even by the "reviving drawer of Sydney Smith. More than this the people feel that the business of the senate is handled in the spirit of the nursery; and the worst of all ii, that they feel it justl/' for there lies at the root a want of cordial interest, and marked absence of earnestness of purpose, and of the sen'" of any other sort of responsibility than the risk of beIJ;, placed in the parliamentary minority. These defects which, might, indeed, have left Lord Palmerston useful in the second place for which Lord Derby designed him, btl ( which are incompatible with the beneficial occupation of, that post on which all other Political Officers are dependcDw and, with defects like these in the head, it is impossible e co, for the men in secondary posts to achieve, the arduotio, exploits rendering creditable parliamentary service to th I country.—Quarterly Review. WoNiiEiti-uL SAGACITY IN A DOG.-William Dredg" lives about five miles from town, at the base of the rnoul" tains which tower north of its. A short time after midj night, on the morning of Wednesday last, he was rouse from his slumbers by the howl of a dog. No menaco 011 his part could rid him of the presence of the stranS intruder. The dog continued to walk round the cabin, sU repeating his dismal moaning and howling, occ ionall making efforts to effect an entrance through the close doorway. Surprised and somewhat alarmed at this demonstrations, Mr. Dredge at last hastily dressed himsc' and unbolted the door, when a large mastiff rushed 111 The dog at once caught hold of his trowsers, and emplore every gentle means to induce the than to accompany hI outside. Dredga's first impression was, that the anirn3 was mad, and yet so peculiar and earnest were the durn entreatirs, that he finally yielded, and proceeded withoii the cabin. A joyfal yell was the result, and the delightej brute, now capering and wagging his tail before him, an now returning and gently seizing him by the hand an trowsers, induced Dredge to follow him. Their course will up the precipitous side of the mountain, and soon they were forcing their way through a snowdrift that had settled 1$ one of its numerous fissures. Here comes the wonder upon the snow lay the body of a womr.n who had evidently perished from cold and exhaustion. Her limbs were already stiffened in death but what was the surprise of Mr. Dredge to see that faithful dog ferret out, from a bundle of clothing that lay by the side of the woman, a young child about two years of age, still warm and living. A little inspection. aided by the starlight and the brightness of the snotfi enabled him to discover that the person of the woman waS nearly naked. With a mother's affection she had stripped her own poison in order to furnish warmth to her exposed infant. The trusted dog had completed the work of self. sacrifice. Mr. Dredge immediately conveyed the child t" his own cabin, and, arousing some of his neighbourtl, proceeded again to the mountain, to secure from the attacki of wild beasts the person of the unfortunate woman. ReI body was buried the next day. The child and dog havi been adopted by this good Samaritan, but as yet he hli been unable to obtain light as to the name of the woman or how she happened to stny ori disnial mountain sidej lit such un uuiortunati- hour. Tue child is doing well, all!" i. trafr a toadttww J.-QllåjmØ.fltw.