THE RUSSIAN Dartomarisrs.—The mysterious movements of MA STUCHE.. WITZ in
the pursuit of spoil", and the gormandizing campaign of Pozzo or Bone°, are gradually unfolding themselves, and important changes are likely to take place in the corps diplomatique of St. Petersburg. Pozzo ni BORG() has left us more puzzled as to our internal politids than he was before he paid his visit ; and though his intercourse, his converts- tiOns, and his dinners were with all sorts of people, the opinions and statements he has heard have been so contradictory that he has confessed he cannot see his way far. Nor is this to be wondered at, when we consider how difficult, or rather impossible, it is for persons within their own country even to unravel all the links and the networks of artificial society:: no doubt Pozzo has been hoaxed and mystified as well as others of the same profession. He has left be-. hind him a Russian Count, who by keeping himself as much as possible out of the public eye, will endeavour to illutninate the wily Pozzo. It is well known that the Emperor NICHOLAS -will not receive Mr. STR ATTORH CANNING as our Ambassador at St. Petersburg ; and unless another is sent, the LIE YENS will be withdrawn, and the business of the Embassy placed in the hands of a Charge d'Affaires. By this manoeuvre, we shall-get rid of one of the most daring and artful intrigantes of the present day ; and whatever the feelings of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg may be, it is pretty certain that the present British Ministers will not weep very bitterly at the departure of a woman who has been a most inveterate and occasionally a very dangerous enemy to them. Many circumstances make it probable that Masrucur wirz (the Anti- Patriot Pole) will be appointed Charge d'Affaires for the Emperor. Possession- a degree of quickness, though no great depth of intellect, and a remarkable share of that cunning useful in the lower grades of diplomacy, lie was sent to this country as a kind of private agent of the Autocrat ; and the farce of protocol-making, in which he assisted, was all to advance other purposes no- avowed. The time is at hand when Ashburnham House will be a deserted man- sion; but the glories of Melton Mowbray are still rising.
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