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Fnaxca,—Unpleasant rumours respecting the health of the Emperor have been current in the Paris correspondence. The story is, that on Saturday the Emperor fell ill, after attending a council of Ministers ; that he went to bed early ; that he was bled twice • and that the Empress sat up with him the whole night. But it is ails; said that he rose at his usual time on Sunday, and received visits during the day ; and doubts are e.xpreseed whether he has been bled at all.

The Senate and Legislative Body have been convoked for the 2d July. The Moniteur tells us that " this convocation is not at all unaepected, as at the close of last session the Government informed the Senators and the Deputies that Anancial measures would soon render their reassembling necessary?'

Tun Cams.—It was whispered early in the week, that the bombard- ment, preliminary to the assault upon the Redan and the Malakoffi hid begun on Sunday or Monday: No news of the event was received from the camp, and public anxiety was manifested in reports that sprang up here and there, of the unsuccessful character of the operations then in pregress. As the telegraphic communication was interruptedt theee rii mours could be neither contradicted nor confirmed. No official intelk- gence reached our Government until Thursday afternoon, when a de- spatch was received, dated the 17th, stating that there had been some firing, but that no incident of importance had occurred. But the sinister rumours would seem to have been not destitute of foundation. It turned out that the Allies: had been unsuccessful. At half-Past two yesterday morning, Lord Pawns:ire received intelligence, which. he immediately communicated to the public' that "the English troops attacked the Redan, and the French the Malakoff Tower, at day- light on .the morning of the 18th, without the success that has hitherto attended our efforts. Both the French and ourselves have suffered con- alderably. The names of the officers who have fallen," Lord Panmure adds, "will be forwarded immediately; but it will be impossible to re ceive complete returns of all the casualties before the 30th, at soonest."

The Monileur of yesterday states that the French Government almost simultaneously received the following despatches from General Pelissier.

"June 17.—The combined movements agreed upon with our allies are being carried out. Today the Turks and the brigade of Chasaeurs made a reconnoissance towards Akhtiar. General Bosquet occupies the Tchernaya. Tomorrow, at daybreak, in concert with the English, I attack the Grand Redan, the Malakoff Tower, and the batteries connected with them."

" June 18.—The attack of today was not successful ; although our troops, who showed very great intrepidity, gained a partial footing in the Malakoff works. I was obliged to order a retreat in the parallels. The retreat took place in order, without our being harassed. It is not possible for me today to state our precise loss."

A set of letters from the seat of war, and a long despatch from Lord Raglan, were received on Thursday afternoon. They relate exclusively to the fighting work on the 7th and 8th instant, when the Mamelon and the Quarries were taken. From these documents we are enabled to supply some details of the operation.

The bombardment began on the afternoon of the 6th ; and was directed mainly against the Redan, the Malakoff, and the Mamelon. The Russians replied with vigour ; but their fire was far inferior to ours, and that was especially manifest in the Redan, to which the Naval Brigade had paid particular attention. At night the Allies maintained a vertical fire of shells upon the works. Next morning the Redan gave forth an irregular

fire ; but its defenders displayed a daring in exposing themselves, amount- ing to recklessness. Towards the afternoon, it became known that an attack would be made, and numbers of officers took up good positions for seeing the conflict. Lord Raglan and General Peliasier both went to the front to watch the operation, and were loudly cheered by their soldiers.

Omar Pasha moved up a large body of Turks to reinforce the right above Inkerman, and occupy the places of the French troops about to be en- gaged in the assault. The incidents of the evening are described by the correspondents of the Times and Daily lfews ; and from their letters we make sonic extracts.

At five o'clock the French divisions-assembled, and began their feutrch to the advanced trenches ; one of about 16,000, destined to fight, another of 10,000, intended to form the working party to secure the conquered ground.

"The Second Division, with General Cameo at the front,. led the way. About six or seven hundred yards from the entrance to the Karabelnaia ra- vine, the regiments were halted ; and shortly afterwards General Bosquet arrived, with his staff, and addressed a few words to each regiment in turn. By each, at the conclusion of his remarks, the General was greeted with loud sheers. The order to move forward was then given. A. battalion of the Algerian troops led the way, marching in column of subdivisions. They leftbehind their white turbans, and wore only the scarlet fez ; their blue open jackets, and blue vests, with yellow embroidery, their trousers in ample folds, of the same colour, contracted only at the waist and in the leg, where the yellow leather greavea and white gaiters covered them, their bare necks, their light elsatic tread, all presented a perfect pic- ture of manly ease and activity. Their swarthy, and in many instances jet ffiaok countenances, beamed with excitement and delight : tlsey gave vent to their feelings in exclamations which only those versed in African warfare are familiar with ; and seemed with difficulty to restrain themselves to the measured tread of the march Altogether, about 12,000 men went by in this division. Groups of men belonging to the two brigades of the Britizh Light Division,, some fully equipped, some half dressed, for parading pre. vitrarto taking their pert in the British right attack, ran and assembled' on each side of the sloping hills forming the-commencement of the ravine, and greeted each regiment as it passed with loud cheers. The French officers seamen, joining heartily, returned the salutation.' Seen after the Seventh Regiment hadpassed, a battalion of the Imperial Guard marched forward, apparently picked men, and followed the attacking columns."

-"It was a little after five o'clock when the first battalion of' Chasseurs passed down the gorge which leads towards the plateau crowned by the Ma- melon. Just about this time, General Pennefether arrived with his staff; when the air rang with hurrahs, caps flew up, and whenever he stopped for a moment he was surrounded by the soldiers, who seem to love him like a father. As the cheering did not cease, be winked as if to ask thamteliaten for a moment, and then said, smiling, 'Leave the cheering till you, base taken the place' ; which was succeeded by other cheers, and cries of 'We will take it,' and Never fear us.' " "The French went up the steep to the Mamelon in most beautiful style and in loose order; end every straining eye was upon their movements, which the declining daylight did not throw out into bold relief. Still their figures, like light shadow, flitting mums the dun barrier of earthworks, were . seen to mount up unfailingly—were seen running,, climbing, scrambling like *Irmishers up the elopes on to the body of the work, amid's plunging- fire flour the guns, which, owing to their loose-formation, did' them as yet little damage. As an. officer who saw Bosquet wave them on said at the moment, They went in like a clever pack of hound's.' In a moment some of these dim wraiths shone out clear against the sky. The Zouaves were upon the parapet firing down ion, the place from above; the next moment a flag was up as a rallying-point and defiance, and was seen to away hither and thither, now up, now down; as the tide of battle raged round it; and now like a swarm they were in the heart of the Mamelon, and a fierce band-tis-hand encounter, here with the musket, there with the bayonet, was evident. . . . . Twice the Russians made head against the current ; for they had a large mass of troops in reserve, covered by the guns of the Round Towers Twit* they were forced back by the on-sweeping flood of French, who foughta. if . they had eyes upon -them to aketch the swift erent in,detaiL For tenemi- nutes or so, the quick flash and roll of small-arms had declared' tharthe un- certain fight waxed and waned inside the enclosure. Then the back-door, if one may use a humble metaphor, was buret open. The noise of the eon- ' hid went away down the descent on the side towards the• town, and the arena 'grew larger. It was apparent by the space over which the battle spread that the Russians had been reinforced. When the higher pound again became the seat of action—when there- came the second rush of the French back upon their supports, for the former one was a mere reflux or' eddy of the stream—when rocket after rocket went up ominously from the French General's position, and seemed to emphasize by their repetition some very plain command—we began to get nervous. At last, through the twi- light, we discerned that the French were pouring tn. After the interval of doubt, our ears could gather that the swell and babble of the fight was once more rolling. down the inner face of the bill, and that the Russians were conclusively beaten. ' They are well into it this time,' says one to- an- other, handing over the glass."

Another extract illustrates the thoughtless impetuosity of our allies.

The arrangements had been made for taking and securing the large re- doubt on the Mamelon hill, but it was not intended to go further at that moment. Such, however, was the impetuosity of the troops, such the ex- citement of the officers and men at their first success, that they could not; resist the pursuit of the Russians on the one hand, or the attempt to storm' the Malakoff itself. Between the Malakoff and Mamelon hills is a deep, saddle-like hollow. Across this 'saddle, dipping down towards the right of the Malakoff bill, is the ordinary way of communication between the Ma- rine suburb and Mamelon. In this direction the Russian troops took their fight, and these and their pursuers were soon lost to sight behind the ridge. But the great body of the French troops moved straight across the add. and mounted the Malakoff hill. The Russians, aware of their danger, poured down a heavy fire upon the assailants from the batteries I and appa- rently brought field-pieces so as to take them in flank. n spite of these, the French still mounted, and at last were seen to reach the abattie work drawn around the hill So short a distance was this from the lower tier of batteries, that the Russians could no longer depress guns 'sufficiently to bear upon them ; and, standing upon the parapets they were seen to throw large stones, besides keeping up a heavy musketry fire, against the French, The French had evidently met with a difficulty they could not conquer; they were observed to be looking on all sides for an opportunity of advancing, but yet were unable to move on. Presently a sudden sense of their dangerous position seemed to seize them, and they retired back towards the Mamelon. The Russians by this time had assembled their reinforcements behind the Malakoff works, and as the' French were moving along the dip of the saddle towards the Mamelon, thesetroope were seen to come up in a dense mass, pouring a heavy flanking fire against our allies. At the same time they name within range of the guns of the works around the Malakoff Tower, (the Korniloff Bastion,) which, notwithstanding the shower of shell and rockets from our batteries, kept up a galling fire against the French as they retired. Some confusion ensued : the Russians followed the French into the Kamstchatka redoubt., and the latter were next compelled to evacuate it. That was a- time of deep anxiety for all who were watch- ing the engagement. But confidence was again resumed when the French, who had descended the Mamelon hill, were seen to be steadily reforming in the Russian trenches which surrounded its base. Up they went again, sending a shower of balls among the Russians, who were now in crowds covering the parapets. The redoubt was fringed with smoke and flames from the fins of the Russian rifles against the French as they mounted the bill, and the hill-side was oovered with the fire of the assail-

!late: It was now a few minuteabefore eight o'clock; a dense bank of black clouds rested on the horizon, and the sun had just sunk behind it. The Russians made for some time a gallant resistance; but in vain ; as the French mounted they were seen to waver, and just as the French reached the parapets, they leaped down and.rstired. Our allies were again masters of the Mamelon Vert. In vain the shipping in the harbour, the guns from the batteries on the West aide of Careening Bay, and some on the North side of the roadstead, tried to drive them away. The guards were thrown out, and the working parties speedily set to work to turn the redoubt against its late possessors."

The attack on the Quarries- was made by 1600 men selected from the Light and Second Divisions, directed by Colonel Shirley of the Eighty- eighth, and led by Lieutenant-ColoneL Campbell of the Ninetieth. Their exploit makes no figure in the letters. They dashed out of the advanced parallel, and dashed into the Quarries ; and: some, led away by their feel- ings, cashed at the abattis of the Redan. The difficulty they experienced was-not in taking but in holding the Russian works. Throughout the night the enemy made no fewer than six assaults upon our men, and were six times repulsed. It was in these attacks that we sustained our great loss. But, by the direction of Lieutenant-Colonel Tylden, the troops got under cover, and establiihed a communication with the advanced pa- ralieL

LordRaglen speaks in the highest terms of all engagediwthis operation, andmentions the following officers' in his despatch-

" The mode in which Colonel Shirley conducted this very arduous service, and carried out his orders, entitles him to my highest commendation. I have great pleasure in mentioning the following officers, who are stilted to have distinguished themselves on the occasion.-Lieutenant-Colonel Camp- bell, of the 90th, who commanded the storming patty ; Major Mills, Royal Fusiliers; Major Villiers, 47th ; Major Armstrong, 49th ; who are all se- verely wounded ; Lieutenant-Colonel Maxwell, of the 88th ;, Major Bayley of the moo regimen; who was unfortunately killed.; Lieutenant-Colonel Grant, 49th ;. Major Simpson, of the 34th; Lieutenant•Celonel Johnstone, of the 33A ; Major Herbert, of the 23d ; Captain Lowry, of the 47th ; Cap- tain Turner, of the 7th ; Captain Lowndes,. of the 47th ; Captain Nason, of the 49th ; Captain Le Merchant, of the 49th, who was wounded ; Captain Wolseley, 90th ; and Lieutenants Chatfield and Eustace of the 49th; and Palmer, Irby, and Waddilove, of the 47th; and Captain Hunter, 47th; and Lance-Corporal Quinn, 47th, who took a Russian officer prisoner in the most gallant manner."

Lord Raglan further names Lieutenant-Colonel Tylden, Captain Browne, Lieutenant Elphinstone, of the Royal Engineers, Lieutenant Anderson, of the Ninety-sixth,. Acting Engineer, Brigadier-General De- cree, of the Royal Artillery, and' Captain Lushington, of the Navy.

The medical report of Dr. Hall shows that the wounded were oared for. Writing on the 8th June, he says—

"'The wounded of last night were all comfortably accommodated in their own regimental hospitals, and their hurts were promptly and properl 'at- tended to by the medical officers, both staff and regimental ; and your Lord- ship, I am quite sure, will be glad to learn that a large proportion of the wounds is not of a dangerous character."

The correspondent of the Times at. Kerteb, writing on the 28th May, draws a sad picture of the state of that town, and blames Sir George Brown for his "apathy." He tells how the Turks, stragglers from the French column, and some of our merchant seamen, not only plundered the town, but committed diabolical outrages. The Tartars pointed out victims to the Turks, who quickly slaughtered them—not sparing even children. The French soldiers were forced to kill the ruffians, and order was restored only at the point of the bayonet. The valuable antiquities of the fine museum on the hill of Mithridates have all been destroyed!

Tax BALTICI.—The story of the massacre of several Englishmen at Hango proves to be too true ; the telegraph only erred in stating that the number was twenty-four.. The mail of the 9th June brought not only the ordinary letters from the newspaper correspondents, but the official despatches from Captain Fanehawe of the Cossack and from Admiral Dundee, in which the details of the atrocity are described.

It appears that the Cossack and the Esk, cruising off Hango, discovered several boats of the kind employed ostensibly in conveying wood to Cron- stadt ; and the armed boats of both ships were sent in to take and destroy them. This they accomplished, capturing also three prisoners. The Admiral directed that the prisoners should be set at liberty. With there the Cossack carried four other prisoners, taken by the Magicienne ; and proceeded to Hangs Head, where the men desired to be landed. On the 5th of June, having perfect confidence that a boat protected by a flag of trace would not be molested, Captain Fanehawe despatched the prisoners in the cutter„ under charge of Lieutenant Geneste. Besides the boat's- crew and the prisoners, the officers' stewards,, and the surgeon of the Cossack, Mr. Easton, were also allowed to go. The Cossack did not run in to cover the boat, as her captain believed that " it was in accordance with usage that the ship should stay out of gunshot on such an occasion." The cutter was seen from the ship to near the shore with the white flag flying, until it disappeared behind a rooky Wand. No blank guns were fired, no demonstrations were made which could be considered hostile. The officer in charge was not to suffer any one to stray from the boat ; but, should it occasion no detention, the stewards were to be allowed to buy any provisions that might be offered. The course of the boat was' in full view of the telegraph station ; so that the enemy had ample time te warn off the boat had he seen fit to do so.

The cutter disappeared, and did not return. Alarmed by her absence, Captain Fanehawe sent the gig with a flag of truce, to ascertain the cause of the delay. Evening came, and neither of the boats returned ; and the Cossack and the Esk anchored in the inner roads. About half-past eight, the gig came in, and reported that the cutter had been seen hauled within a small jetty, and containing the dead bodies of two or three of her crew. Hearing this, it 'was determined to take the ships closer in ;, but before they could weigh, the cutter was seen to move from the jetty, sculled by one man at the stern. A boat instantly went to her aid ; and when she was brought in, four dead bodies were found in her, riddled with musket.. balls. The " one" man yet alive was John Brown. He was danger- ously wounded with a shot through the fore-arm, and a bullet in the shoulder. It is from his lips that we obtain the particulars of the mas- sacre.

As the boat approached the landing-place, only one man appeared, and be ran away ; so that Lieutenant Geneste had no kind of warning. The officers and prisoners stepped ashore, and landed the baggage. At thie stage of the proceedings some three hundred soldiers suddenly appeared, and began firing at the officers and prisoners. Lieutenant Geneste waved the white flag, and collet out "Flag of truce?" an old Irtnn did' the same, using their- own language. The leader of dinging, in tolerable English, replied—" We don't care a damn for flap of truce.;, we will show how Russians fight" ; and instantly a.vollea of musketry, laid the Officers and prisoners low on the jetty. The ruffians, yelling fiercely, next fired into the boat at fifteen, paces, until every man was down. They, then jumped in, tarried: over the hodiat to gat' ut thearma bayo- netted those still alive,.and, flung some overboard. To show the relent- less character of the butchery, Captain Fanshawe mentions that "the body of one of the men found-dead in the boat had two shots through. the leg, which he had had time to bandage with a silk-handkerchief beforehe received: two other fatal. woundis in the abdomen and head." Brown es- caped by feigning to be dead. It is conjectured. from the fact that the man who led theenenryearriect mumket, that he was a. noncommissioned officer The-same-evening, Captain Frinshawe'openeff fire upon the place at'siir hundred yards, until a fog came on. Admiral' Dtmdas says in his-de- spatch, that he intended to communicate with the authorities. at Melding- fors.at the earliest opportunity. He exonerates Captain. Fanahawe from all blame, and says that he cannot discover any circumstance that may, serve. to excuse or palliate the cruel conduct of-the enemy- In order to be sure of the Sets of the case, so far as they, could.be asa certained, and also to discover whether Captain Fanshawe had taken all proper precautions in sending ashore the flag. of, truce,, Admiral Dundee addressed to him. the following, important questions— "1st, What were the circumstances which rendered it necessary to. select an opportunity for landing the prisoners in question,. when the boat. watiurt- supported by the immediate presence of the ship you command,. and when the display of' a flag of. truce- from her own mast-head would have obviated all misunderstanding as to her.object?

"Ict, What were the particular instructions given to the officer. in. charge of the boat ; and what opportunities were afforded to the enemy to grant or to reject conditions of truce before the party had actually landed upon hie-coast? • ''3d, What was the -distance of the boat' from the ship when lastseen pre- vicateto herlanding, and what at that time was'herdistance fromshorsr?' When and at what distance from the-shore was a flag. of ttuee'flrst displayed; and were any blank.guns or muskettrfired at the moment ; and.is the officer in uharge of the beat supposed to have-had any reason for belie,c- ing it to have-been; acknowledged by the enemy, onshore ? "5th, At what distance from. the shorewere. the riflemen, of the enemy first seen on the jetty by the crew of the Cossack's cutter ? "6th,. Was any assent, implied. or understoodi supposed to have been granted by theausaian officer. on. shore. to. the landing of the pa-numeral:1r crew ?."

. Having, received. fuRreplies, tn. these. queries„ Admiral Dundee, thus acqints his•captain—. 'No precaution appearahalave been omitted' by, the officenim.charge. of the boat toinalie known the object of his mission ;. and if. their. Lordship; 'about& see reason to regret that she was detached beyondthe reach-of protee- lion.from the ship, I 'feel. assured they will do justice to the explanations of Captain Fanshawe.i"

The„.Thurnal. de St. Poterebburg.g,ives the following account of the Hango Massacre. his a curious specimen of a-Russian despatch..

"TheGammander of the Force& in, Finland; Adjutant•General von. Berg, reports a very successfid skirmish, which took place not tar from Range Udd, between our volunteers of the second battalion of the King of Prussia Grenadier/bigirnent and a part of the crew of the Miglish frigate Cossack. The affair took place as follows. On Iitne4th, at-noon, the frigate Cossack appeared in the roads of Range Odd', and sent-off a .boat, which came ashore in the vicinity-of the telegraph, and landed a small party under the com- mand of some officers-there. -Ensign Sewertschkoff,, of the- Ring et Prussia's Grenadier Itegiment„ to whom_ this .portion of the coast is intrusted,. having been early infbrmedof this enterprise of'the enemy, concentratedsome men. of his detachment .behind.a building-opposite thelanding-place-; andanother portion; under the sub-officer, Peter-P=1(dr, he digached-alongthe beach to cut off the retreat of the Enilish. The enemy, attacked' on a sudden„de- fbnded- liimself'but feebly, and laid down his arms: The success of this affair must be ascribed' to the coolness and the foresight of Eheign Sawertschkoff: "'The loss of the enemy amounts to five killed': there were taken.pri- sorters; one officer, one surgeon,.one marine,. (garde marist,)' and' eight sail- ors; of which Latter four were wounded; "-Iiraddition to the above, our troops made spoil of the flag oftlieboat, seven muskets, and seven- cutlases. The boat itself, with one cannon on

board, was sunk. , .

"'On thefollowing Moreingtheltnglistifrigate- oath& he elbow to' Ringo Udd, and fired, at the.buildingai for about an hour and stalialfrbutwithout doing them any/great-harm:" It has been stated and not contradicted that Lieutenant) cote;.Ma Easton,_ and Mr..BillliVarli:are alive, but severely' wounded: There•seems little doubt' that the Russians- have made very great' pre- mations since the Alliedsquadron left the Baltic•litst year. Ili the-first place the junction of the Sweaborg with the Cronstadt fleet, has strength,- eneethe naval force at the latter place,, and the enemy seem& to' hare largely increased-the number of his gun.boata. The larger portion, at the fleet lay in the man-of,-war harbour, and between that and the island of Cronslott, and: two men-of-war are moored across the passage between Fort M ensohikoff and Cronslott; but in, order to' guard lumina any attempt to force' he Northern passage, four liners, four frigates, and fourteen gun-boatt, have been anchored' with their guns commandingit Besides these measures, the enemy have sunk infernal machines; outside their fortifications. Tweet these exploded under the Merlin; and' carried away eight sheets of her copper sheathing, and .oncrunderthe'Firefly ; 'nit little damage was done to' either vessel. On. the island there: were 'ree camps, and a. strong' earthwork extended completely across it from

oth to South.

lannaarr.—.Although no authentic statement has yet' been published, ;now generally believed that the Austrian Government' has decided:on Temporary reduction of the army. The very prevalentreportion this ,.nAhaveilot been contradicted in any quarter. The Emperor on his ha inspection along the Gallioian frontier, had visited Cracow, and "a eeded to the Bukowina, where lie would be met by Count Co- ro Atnatie relations, apparently with a view to reconciliation, continue ,o.etw,Vienna and Berlin. Two additional despatches have• been pub- uut.„ "one public, from Count Buol to- Baron Manteuffel ; the other ,-.°°nIatial," from the same Minister to Count Esterhazy, the Aus- matt toy at Berlin. But aa their date is anterior to the closing of the Confetes, and as they are of a-controaeraial-cha.racter, they have little public interest. In the despatch to Manteuffel, Count Bud intimates that a renewal of close relations with Prussia may be near ; covertly re- bukes Russia fur attempting to disunite Germany ;, and supplies a siegui.. Son of the German position— "It is precisely because Germany remains within the limits of the treaty of April and of its additional articles, that its position•cannot, in our opinion, be considered either rigorously neutral or as a transition to. a snict neutral- ity, which' t is wished to impose en it, so long as the basis' of the peace shalt nob be secured, and that the Turkish territory shall cull for the-protection of eur. arms."

A third' despatch from Count Brio/ to 1st. de Heiner, 'the Almtrian Mi- nister at Paris, dated the 20th May,, has been published, The con- cluding passage betrays- the Austrian position- " Decided, equally with France, to remain faithful tb the terma and the spirit/ cdthealliancts, Austria does not look on the demand for an interne. Ponsiengage,ment to be imposed on Ruaaia, with reference to a permanent limitation of hen naval force in the Euxine, as entering-into the' stipulations of the treaty of the 2d December. Presented to the exclusion of every other mode of solution that mightbe equally as efficacious, this Rendition of penes belongs' according to us,. to the class of. questions whose decision, by there", terms of the protocol' of the 20th December,. is reserved fer the course of mi- litary operations. We are firmly awaiting., then . the course of events, and the moment propitious-1hr renewing negonations'for.perice; in which, fin our part; whatever may happen, we ettalL unite -with an :nevi:Feeble. resolution-Ve- ining them to resultin the honest, efficacious, and complete realizatiotrof the lour guarantees."

Euesze..—The Journal de Peterabourg7of the l2dedune publishes a long reply ta•Count Walewski's circular of the 23d May The position of " injured innocence," assumed now for some time by Russia.is effec- tively worked out in this article.; the slain-object-of which. is to show, that Russia has done all, in her power to contribute towards the work. of peaoe,. but that the Western:Powers have frustrated her endeavoura; . that upon, them. rests the blame of the late rupture of the conferences at Vienna.; and that their " nut an end. to the-negotiations. Ac- cording to this writer the Principalities ewe everything to Russia; it is Russia that will benefit by. the' arrangements- for the free navigation of the Danube. Russia seesan all-sufficientatipulation,in the.engagement that - - . - " if a t .00ntio -arises between, the. Sublime Parteend one of the high-tontractingparties, the two states, before resorting to the employment of force, shall put the other Powers in the. way of preventing: au= an.ex- tiemity by wide means.' . . . . The principle of perfect reciprocity, ohs-- racterizing this stipulation renders it equally reassuring and' honourable-ler ell-thecontracting powers. After this guarantee'given to the nreservatkat of the European-equilibrium, isibneoessary to prolong-the-edianitiedef'werri. in order to seele for ampler materialprecantiona?" Fintliet---"lit is evident that every Eastern conflict gime, tier kettle- eventualiq, of a. complicated stateof things, wherein. the Western-Powers find themselves in opposition to Rua,ia.. Their united navarforces, beyond all,doubt, give them the superiority through:mere numbers. This result is toe patent to need proof. In this provision lies the most material guarantee ofpeace. Here it will be asked, why it is that this guarantee has not sufficed. to prevent. the, actual conflict. Must it be said ? It is because it was thoughtproper toallow the Porte tb take the initiative by,. declaring war against Russia ;. whereas the true mission' of the Allied representatives was to dissuade from andprevent this war. It has been pretended that' it, was the 'fanaticism of the Ulemas that provoked this act' of hostility, followed; or to speak more correctly, preceded, by the invasion of our Asiatic frontiers. The trudrof the matter is, that there existed at that time a predominant

iufteenceirt Constantinople, that' deemed the moment favourable for reno- vating the-Ottoman empire by a warlike' movement This influence pro.

veiled over the- wiser counsels of all the Cabinets; which werefcreed' tb follow, a, movement-that hurriedEarope into. at orient fao beycnthelt.human fbresight"

The article closes with: a magnanimous' intiimititni; that' Ittnisiltean afthrtt tb wait' until it suits the Western Powers to come to' reconcilia- tion.

" lf,.on the one.hand,ausaia opposed:to Franceemid England._ the finn.re- solution of not putting up with exactions which' exceed' the limit& laid dawn

• at the opening of.the Conferences,. on the other hand, it offered- to the.friendly powerwthe proof of its sincere desire to contribute ltryoillytoaarda tication conformable to the sentiment of the dignity oft Russia. e0011,- slant to these principles, it will leave the path open to an honourable meow. ciliation,- when the desire-of,pieoe alialrhave made itself more•generally,mri- dent in.France and in England, when experience will' have enlightened the opinion of the two countries: on the.mistaka of a war without an °bleat, of'a hatred without ,.cause."

TURKEY.—There is a report, much needing confirmatiom.thattheRus- siamshave'been beatearbeforelfara It a stated that martini. law has been proclaimed in Moldavia. Wel- ' lachia has been for some time: under a kind of military restraint,. said :not to be martiallaw., by the Austrian Government. The, Administrative Chuncir„ being- mvited-to publish replied, thatas.thie military mea- sure affected' not merely Moldavian subjects, amenable alone ttrtheir own lawn, but also the subjects of .foreignpowers,,the Moldavian Government did not consider itself authorized to take part ina.measure of 'this nature without previously referring to the Suzerain Court