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The Czar is said to have made a speech highly

favourable to the immediate prospect of peace.—He was speaking to the artillery officers collected for the Artillery Jubilee Festival on Wednesday, and after expressing his confident hope that, should war arrive, the artillery would display all its wonted courage, he added these words :—" God grant that such an occasion as war may not happen in the near future, and may the Lord preserve us from such a grievous trial !" On the other hand, the shipment of great guns for South Russia is eagerly pushed on, and the concentration of troops in Poland has recommenced. The truth is, the Czar is entirely opposed to war, but, doubts if it is not inevitable, and allows the depart- ments to make all necessary preparations.

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