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Of Mexican news we Lave a few items of late date . The M exican papers were bitterly opposing the project of a Spanish protectorate , and any return , whether partial or complete , to the Spanish yoke . The union of the Papal See and State was progressing ; crosses and decora tions given by the Pope were publicly worn , and preparations were being made for the return of the Jesuits . The penalty of death had been decreed against public defaulters . Sir James Brooke has had an attack of small-pox at Sarawak , but the crisis of the disorder was past . The yellow fever is raging violently at New Orleans , the av erage of deaths being 100 per day . Guerazzi has been authorized to establish his residence in France .
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Saturday , August 20 . Parliament will be prorogued to-day , by commission . It may be presumed , in accordance with precedent , that the Royal Speech will be little more than a summary of those facts respecting acts of legislation , foreign difficulties , and military and naval affairs , with which our readers are familiar . Each Minister will be able to contribute an interesting paragraph respecting the work he has performed , with one exception . Lord Clarendon will find it difficult to write a satisfactory account of his Eastern policy . But on the whole , the Speech will probably be more substantial than its predecessors for many years .
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No definite news has reached London as to the ultimate determination of Turkey , with respect to the note agreed on by the Four Powers respecting the settlement of the question . But we are in hourly expectation of a telegraphic message from Constantinople . The Times of this morning , in a menacing article , tells us what the decision of the Porte " ought to be "—namely , to accept the note of the Four Powers without modification . The Times insists that the Pour Powers have obtained better terms for Turkey than she has obtained herself , and that nothing could be more fatal to her than a war with Russia . But , singularly enough , in the same article , " the advocate of Russia points out how dangerous a war would be both for Russia and Austria . It is
quite obvious that , even in the estimation of the Times , the despotic Powers run the greatest risk . The orders for preparations at Dieppe to receive Louis Napoleon , have been suddenly countermanded . The Emperor and Empress remain at St . Cloud .
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The Camp at Chobham was " broken up yesterday . The regiments of the line and the artillery marched out in the course of the day , and the remainder of the troops will leave to-day . A detachment of each regiment is to remain on the ground until early in the ensuing week , for the purpose of delivering over the nfcores and appointments to the Commissariat . Lord Seaton has written a memorandum of official eulogy . ' During the encampment of 16 , 000 men , but one instance of serious misconduct on . the part of the troops has been reported . "
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A letter from Mrs . Norton appears in the papers . It states her case in a simple and unaffected way . She says : — - " Onco for all , I did not part from my husband on Lord Melbourne ' s account ; nor had Lord Melbourne anything whatever to do with our quarrel . I parted from Mr . Norton because I persisted in nn intention to take my eliildron to my brother ' s house , whoro my husband , on account of his own conduct , was not received . My husband sent my children to a woman with whom lie was intimate , and who has since loft him an estate in Yorkshire , and wo separated upon that . I had no othor ground of dispute witli my husband . The slanders ro-Kpecting Lord Melbourne wore an afterthought . " Sho iidds : —
" All this , though it is hfo and death to mo , may not interest tlio public . But what docs interest tho public is tho . Btato of tho law . By tho Inw as it stands , if Mr . Norton can ovade his covenant ( as ho does , by stating that it is null because it was a contract with me , and " st innu cannot contract with his own wifo , " ) ho can defraud tho creditor ; for if n creditor sues mo , I liavo only to plead " coverture , " plead that I am a married woman , nnd tho creditor who could not recover against Mr . Norton , is equally unable- to recover against me ! Uotweon the facts , that ; becauso I am Mr . Norton ' s wifo he can cheat mo , and because I am Mr . Norton ' s wifo J ean cheat others , tho tradesmen who havo supplied mo would ( Iiy tho law of England ) utterly lose their ' money . "
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Tho groat Uridgcwater caso han been decided . It hus been ruled that tho condition in tho will wart a condition " Hiil ) so < iuont , " and that tho proviso is void , on ground *! of public policy . Lord Lyndliurst moved this judgment , in an argumentative speech , and Lords Brougham , Truro , and St . Leonardo coincided with him . The Lord Chancellor , however , held ( with tho majority of tho judges' opinions ) that the proviso wos a condition precedent , and that Lord All ' onl cannot inherit until it ho fulfilled . The judgment moved )> y Lord Lyndliurst wan carried . The / result , of tlut derision is , that the present Lord A 1 ford be-< ome « tho poweHHor of tho vast properly jn diuputo .
NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS . Several lett ers to "Open Councu" in type are necessarily omitted this week .
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the squadrons ; no more the cheerful hardship of the storm-battered tent , and the athletic games that relieved the sterner exercises of the morning , and beguiled the tedium of the evening hours . Tents are struck , and along that road pursued so zealously by the insatiable wonder of pacific cockneys , the last plumes are nodding , and the Jast bayonets are Hashing , as grenadier and dragoon , sapper and Guardsman , are marching gaily _ and triumphantly away . _ TCven Colonel Vicars ' s faithful few , the ever-conquered and ever reviving " enemy , " are making " their last and not inglorious retreat .
THE CAMP AND THE FLEET . The trampled and resounding heath of Chobham is once more silent and deserted . No more the shrill fife and the stirring drum , the sharp , eager rattle and the distant sullen roll of musketry ; the booming thunders of the heavy guns swiftly glancing from hollow to hill ; no more the serried columns of that invincible brigade and the squares compact of those unnamed heroes who carry England with the soles of their feet , from the Bunri&e to the sunset of the world ; no more the brilliant onset and the flashing suddenness of
The cheers of the regiments as they returned to quarters for the last time were not idle joy at the prospect of release from the severe labours and tedious discomforts of the camp . This feeling would , indeed , be no dishonour to the men , for their fatigues and privations have been far more severe than might have been expected . Inclemency of weather has been aggravated by the excessive niggardliness of space allotted to the canvas habitations . All , however , has , we know , been cheerfully borne ; and we may be permitted to interpret these parting cheers not only as the glad sense of duty well performed , and of tho applauding favour of their countrymen , but as the expression of eager readiness for sterner service . Wo believe that this
summer mimicry of war has been of real service to all engaged , and to all who merely looked on . It has brought tho army closer to tho nation with increase of mutual respect . The profession has been too usually considered a royal and aristocratic instrument , and that constitutional and English jealousy of a standing military forco at homo has only diminished perhaps of late in answer to tho call for a truly national army . But at Chobham , when in the presence of royalty under its most graceful aspect , and of crowds of their fellow - countrymon , our troops havo shared tlio honour and the work of tho
day with commanders among tho highest in the land , tlio union of tho elements of our national organization was happy and complete . In numbers tho Chobham display shows but poorly as compared with tho three camps in France , but in discipline , morale , and endurance our miniaturo army need four no comparisons . Tlio practical results , too , in a strictly
professional sense , that will bo attributable to tho experiences of Chobham cannot fail to affect tho comfort and position of the soldier ; to do away family with much unreforrricd rubbish in arms and accoutrements , and generally to economise forco by Bcicnco after tlio monk approved technical improvements of tho day , which tend to make war less and less a struggle of brute force , and moro and more a contest of skill . Our soldiers
have too often been sacrificed in India and elsewhere to the intrepid ignorance of thoir commnnrlers ; it in time that courage should not disdain to l > o allied with , skill . It cannot bo bill , that many improvements will havo been suggested by tlio munumvres at Chobham ,
and many errors discussed in . those tents It may be " hoped that on their return to barracks field officers will have discovered the necessity of something more than . " . dash ; " and that the soldiers will find increased attention to such bodily and mental comforts as are not incon . sistent' with the strictest discipline - and the highest efficiency . The reproach must not be incurred , that this camp at Chobham has been a mere supplement to the giddy entertainments of a London season .
The Spithead fleet , too , or the " Baltic fleet , " as it was christened some weeks ago by the eager apropos of the crews , is dispersing . When : the snips were assembling daily , and almost hourly , at the anchorage , Russia was not said to be receding , for she had not triumphed ; and . the Ministry were not pompously professing their regard for the honour of the nation , for they had not yet yielded it up . But let us forget for
the moment the political aspect of this formidable armament , whose guns have thundered in sue . cession down a range of three miles , from east to west . On the whole , we cannot find it in our hearts to pronounce this magnificent display of national resources a costly mockery—a gigantic royal toy . In spite of all diplomatic disgraces and political humiliations , we believe that the great day of the eleventh of August will not have been in vain .
It was a day never to be forgotten by the thousands who studded the shores and skimmed the waters of Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight . It was a day full of pictures to the landsman's as to the sailor's eye . The rush of the population at earliest dawn to the margin of that holiday sea , where the great black hulls lay motionless tinder the azure sky , and tranquil in their secret strength , as the dawn itself ; while in the extreme offing , to the eastward , four noble line-of-battle ships , the " enemy" of the day , were
already away under a cloud of canvass : the gathering crowds on rampart and platform ashore ; the multitudinous flight across the changing foreground of vessels of every trim ; steamers incessant , and swanlike yachts ; the heightening glow and animation of the picture hour by hour , as new flags appeared ; the hum of preparation on board the ships as signal succeeded signal , and boats shot past freighted with official dignities ; the buzz of expectation when the stately approach of the royal yacht was announced ; then the
booming of the ships saluting m succession ; tho majestic order of tho march as those enormous floating batteries , propelled by unseen powers , with no sails spread to court the light winds , moved away , led by the Queen , escorted by the two estates of the realm , and accompanied by all classes and orders of the nation ; the welcome of the enemy pressing down under all sail to accept the combat ; tlio concentrated calmness and precision of tho manoeuvres as the fleets met : tho sudden fury of the cannonade , which shook boats six miles off like an
earthquake ; the glaring of the huge ships through the clouds of smoke which lifted from tho horizon like snowy mountains ; the return through tho declining light of tho August ovening ; tho gunboat attack amidst acclaiming thousands ; and the last salutes as tho royal heroine of tho day steamed slowly down the fleet ; while in tlio eastern distance the retiring enemy novy loomed , liko a tradition of heroes . All these distinct recollections of the great day at Spithead will long remain like pictures on tho memory of those wlio Avitncssed them .
On tho eve of that memorable day , wh en every corner of Portsmouth was crammed Wit ' visitors , " llussia" was in every mouth when tno fleet was mentioned : Mr . Cobdon ' s name was , J' < must bo confessed , bandied about with small reverence ; and it was cvidont that the sailors « tho fleet , at least , looked on their ships ' ? mere holiday show . Whatcvor bo ; tho Jiumii" - l
lions , imposed upon us by diplomacy , wo *» j ! j rest assured that our " hearts of ouk" arc b sound and national to tlio core . They ar 0 " J trained to subtilize or to mystify : il «» y J » lV , ° ? t one watchword , and that is England : imcl ' ,, ono tradition , and that-is duty . JNo oloua . jealousy has ever interposed between tho n J and tho people . No doubt tlio urrny has I * often unjustly suspected of other than " ^ "JV t sympathies ; but this is to be ascribed to ^ system of commission by ¦ purchase wJn < -y- jj 0 Hues the higher grades of tho uorvioo t 0 , nionied , if not to the aristocratic and royal c
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SATURDAY , AUGUST 20 , 1853 .
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There is nothing so revolutionary ; , because nothing so unnatural and convulsive , as the strain to keep things fixed when all the world is by the very law of its creation in eternalprogress . — Aenolb .
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Leader (1850-1860), Aug. 20, 1853, page 804, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2000/page/12/
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