experience in the Crimea," and requesting them to call _personally,
with certain precautions for secrecy. They were both angry at the imposition, and the brass-finisher went straight to the Russian Consul previously to visiting Styles. The latter pleaded ignorance of the. illegality of his pro- ceedings, and was remanded, the magistrate offering to accept heavy bail. The whole affair seems of a trumpery sort. Styles, who is under twenty-one years of age, does not appear to be in actual communication with the Poles, and managed his work in a very clumsy manner. There does not seem to have been any probability of a legion being formed ; but it is well that the thing has been put a stop to, as well for the sake of the few raw youths who might have been trapped into joining, as for that of the Poles them- selves, who are thus saved from the irruption of a lot of -London "loose fishes" like those who flocked to the Geri- baldian standard, and brought discredit on the name of Eng- lishmen wherever they went.
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