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      in " , roads , / postSj I and many other institutions . But Messrs . Cobden and : Bnght do not « ee that Turkey had , twelves months a § o , at last arrived at domestic tranquillity , and was | ost enteruig ^ fia a rapid career of internal improvement , to which the invaaion of her territory has pat a . fullistop . The railwayirom IVarna to Rnatchuk was in everybody ' s month . Tfalineio Adrianople , Philippopoli , &c . was actually decided : ori and the surveys in progress . Is it possible to avoid hraghing at-t £ ie anomalies which the history of- this question bas'tiriBsentedfTom first to last ? Peace was the policy of Turkey , war was the policy of Russia , and yet the great Apostle ' of P , ekce falls font of Turkey at the very period when ? shet isi beginning to cease to be a reproach to the civilised world for lawless barbarism . " A correspondenf of the Morning Chronicle , writing on the 2 nd . inst ^ says ) that a grand attack of the Bosawna on Matschin was fixed for the 13 th inst . ' . - >

      Baron Brailow is expected to join M . do Kisseleff at , ^ .. -Mi ^ de < Ja ; Cour is appointed Ambassador of France to NapleSjiinthe place of 3 M . de , Maupas . i - ¦ '• ¦• - W . lstnritJB is expected at Madridi from London on the 2 ( hhiinsk Thepresent state of Spain is thus described by the correspondent of the Times , at Madrid : — ' * The ? Queen , desirous o ! extending her prerogatives j to the destruction of the'iConstitdtaon shehas swwrnto observers half frightened , half ^ eaiy of th * straggle , and trembling on , the bnnfcof a fprejOTaceVj Tie Queen-Mother , seeingithe danger , would fain con ) nr » . < it , by her own instruments ^« whom ; rshe arrays in ¦ oppOKtioD fcoUs Ae : morflfe liberal p * rty % composed of imoitiAf ^ the-best men of the oldJMoaerados and

      Progreaftaajdhev ^ antagonism to whom mainly arises from heri ^ c of Espartero , - who she : thinks would send h ^^ b ii |^ of ^ the country . if he were inv power , but i who ^ puid m ^ ^^ J ^^ r ^ dUincet in « prov ^ n « ial > town . ^ e ^ 'Opposition , l&veipdajp moiev n ^ ted , sendes 4 ts ranlra and ^ bides its time . - .-i ' - ^ i .: ii . i > i " . ' /;' :. « - ^;^^ v ; Thjo only broad classificai ^ . to b « atipiesent ma 3 e of parties 5 a Spain is into ^ hose % ho desire tosretaincra »^ utionafc ^ vernment Cor I should-3 » ther toy to recover it ) , and those who areready to lend themselves $ ^ i&ataM om and to , the restoration of absolute monarchy , bblsol ^^ ipoa ^ nmilar ^ system to that » t present' existing in > ~ JSes £ Qi £ m ^ k . ^^ T | i « k ^ bifc | te « s ^ jp ^ ty- 'is - nn ^ aeattSottabljF . -: much the less nftjun pa ^^ ^ i ^^^ , It ^^ UpjnB !^ m ^ p <^^ - *' -i ' " U . A ^^ -v .:. \ . ± * i ;? 1 H : fXhe 8 C ^ . . » ' ' *• . ' ¦•> l « " ^ -t ' v « . ^ jL-fc "'' 'J *> i- "_ 'I— - ' ?! -. »¦¦ *¦*" - - - £ _ . _ -- *¦» i _ it . riw ^ - -. * -. j .. j __ ' a 4 .. _ __>*_ i kih reurtuneufr vine

      , < uhw ^ vw pt ^ uuna ^ M-XiOgroiw ^ onur ^^^ mm ^ mmmm ^^ pt iv ^^ T 0 f $ Ma& Gc&onel ' lAtotre . of thtf 4 wbanded tegiment , jraa 6 hbt * t ^ rag () ssa onth eCUi in 8 f . * ' *** ***' ¦ ¦ - ' - ' A letter fr $ > m Naples . gives an account" of a grand fancy baltwhich wai ^ nren b y the Court on Shrove-Tuesday . TUe greater part © E the Mindt ^ / andAmhAskdcira bad adopted the ^ eostumesof the great liistortcal persoita ^ es of the , latter "OehtuiiiB ofttie French mbnarchy- ^ -M ; ' m- Maupas was drefss ^ as e ^ laghyl and the MimBter of War as . the-great € ohd < & ^ tto ^ tble % i | ibaxd ' of theQaeearMotheirf who * having dressed Ji ^ sei iF- pi !* i , £ ! als | , i > rese brigand , and appeared before the . Kin ^^ n ^ that ^ costume , was immediately ordered to withdraw aM ^ uto ^ aBdther costume . ' Some sappose that the King feared in thip costume an offence to the Bonaparte family , remembering the * treatment of llurat by ^ he eaUbriaiis .

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      For several days past it has been stated that the question of the suppression of the existing journals in Paris and the deportments , with some exceptions , was actually discussed in-the Council of Ministers . Besides tbe Mdniteur , two journals only would be allowed for Paris , and one for each of the . departments .. This proposition was thrown out by a small minority , and one version is , that the Emperor , who presided at the Council , gave no opinion , while another is that he opposed it . This rumour is almost incredible , for , with the exception of the Legitimist press , never was the tone of the independent French press more dignified , moderate , and national than at the present moment , and never was the support of public opinion more necessary to the Government .

      making the worse appear the better reason , and for consecrating violence , with falsehood , and cruelty with fraud . The public at St . Petersburg having shown symptoms of coldness towards the French , . comedians in that city , they have been promised by tbe Emperor his special protection , not only " for their persons but Tor their talents . " The elephants recently performing at Astley ' s hare been very successful in Paris .. The Journal de SL Petersbovrp of the 3 rd publishes , in a supplement extraordinary , a circular , addressed by the Bnssian Cabinet to all the ambassadors and diplomatic agents of tu « Emperor of Bn&da ^ giving an account of the negotiations on the Eastern . question , and justifying , according to the opinion of the Russian Cabinet , all its proceedings . The circular fills not less than 17 columns of the Journal dc St . . Peteribattrffi , and is . ten times as long

      as that prepared by M . Drouyn de Lauys for the French Government with a similar object . The greater part of the Russian circular , however , consists of a'history of the Eastern , affair , interspersed . with arguments which have all been brought forward in the notes of Count Nesselrode and the letter of the Emperor of Russia , published in the French and English journals . Throughout this historical review the desire for peace and the moderation of . the Emperor of Russia are spoken- of , and he is-represented as having been constantly thwarted by doubts , suspicion , and distrust , which he had done nothing to deserve ; and it is endeavoured to make , the world believe that the Eastern question has been brought to the state iu which it now is , not by any refusal on the part of the Czar to make all the concessions which were compatible with his honour . and dignity , but * by the want of confidence in his declarations evinced by the French and English Governments . < ..

      Die subscriptions for the new loan are on so extensive a scale , that it is now calculated that instead of ten millions sterling , the amount of money tendered will reach to fully twenty millions . The police at Cologne seized , on the 12 th , 16 waggons laden with arms coming from Liege . Mademoisollo Rachel is expected in Paris in the course of jiext month , when she will come to u definite understanding with the Theatre Francak . A new ddbntanfa in the leading tragic parts , is announced to appear under the name of ^ lademoiaelle Darben . This lady was formerly on the stuco . The Emperor of Russia becoming journalist u undoubtedly a homage to the power of the press and to public opinion . But it is no honour to the press that the Imperial pen should never dip ia priuter ' a ink for any other purpose tlmn lor

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      DEATH OF ME . JUSTICE TALFOURD . About six years ago the news was telegraphed to Mr . Sergeant Talfourd , at the Stafford Assizes , that he ha 4 been raised to a ^ eat ^ on ^ he Bench . On Monday the news v | u telegraphed from , Stafford to JLondon thatr-Mr ; Justice Talfourd had . died suddenly while ^ delivering his opening charge . Early that morning behad token hi * usual walk ., and seemed as veil as usual . Both courts opened at ten o ' clock that moni-H | ngw Mr . Justice Talfourd presided in the Ctown < Jourt . He had reviewed the calendar , and was directing attention to the number of charges of highway robbery which ? it contained .

      These crimes , " be said , ' * corne—I will not say exclusively , bat in the far greater majority of these' cases—from those districts which are th « most rich in mineral treasures , where wages are high , and where no temptation of want can for a moment > be set op as an > excuse -or palliation for the crime ; on -the contrary , I have observed' in the experience I have had of the calendars of prisoners tried at ; these assizes—an experwnce ,. many of you are aware , extending far beyond tbe . period : of tny judicial labours—I have . observed that in tunes of comparative privation crime diminishes , and that when wages ; are high and are earned by a less degree of work there is a strong temptation to spend them in vicious indulgences , and that crime has increased

      almost in proportion to tbe state of prosperity by which the criminals have been surrounded . This consideration should awaken all our minds , and especially the minds of gentler men connected with those district * , to see in What direction to search for a remedy for so great an evil , it in untrue to say that the state of education— -that ia , such education as can be furnished by the Sunday schools ^ and other schools in these districts- —is below the general average ; then we must search among some other causes for the peculiar aspect of crime presented in these cases . I cannot help myself thinking ^ it may be in no small degree attributable to that separation between class and class , which is tbe great curse of British society , and for which we are all more or less in our

      yon , and especially of the crime of highway robbery ; for whereas on the one hand it stirs- up evil , awakens wl % ^^|^ and kindles the slumbering passions , of the human heart * and puts the reason into a state of twilight ; so on the other hand , it points out the victim as the . person to be robbed by presenting temptations to those who see him exposing his money in public-house after public-house , or in a state ol drunkenness he ' finds himself a suarer in a Bin from which domestic ties should keep him , and is overtaken b y his partner in that sin , who adds to . it another crime , or he Ls

      marked out by some of ^ er wicked , associates . One great evil of this circumstance is , I think , y ou will find , looking at the depositions one . after the other * that it is the mere repetition of the same story over again-rof some man who has gone from public-house to public-honse , spending his money and exhibiting his money , and is marked out by those . wliu observed him as the fitting object fur plunder , when bis senses are obscured , and who is made the subject of an attack under those circumstances which enable th&WEties to escape from the consequences ; because , although the ' story may be perfectl y true which the prosectttor in this . case tells—al though it may be vividly felt by him—yet h « is obliged to confess" - , , - . .

      While uttering these noble sentiments his head fell on one side . As soon as posstbkv Dr .. Knight and Dy . Holland gave him help , but in raiiu . In his scarlet robes he was borne out of the court by six gentyemen , and he b | : eathcd his last the moment he was placed on , hip : bed in the judge ' s lodgings . ' Mr . Justice Wightman , presiding ia the Civil Court , had'hasUined to the scene * and , on returnkig , said , his voice scarcely audible from emotion * that it was impossible to proceed with business that day

      Thomas Noon Talfourd was born at Beading-in 1793 ; his father was a brewer , his mother the daugh ter of a dissenting minister . At the age of la he came to Xondon and placed himsetf under Chitty in 1813 . In 1821 he was called to the bar , and tte next year he married . Devoted- to literature as well as to lair , Mr . Talfotcrd was' th& author of " Ion , " and other playv besides articles , and one W « V 4 \* iA vr # h 1 n « n < % « Ml'ls <^^ 9 -AC VaAAf «« vm l # Mtn k 1 «« h **¦ TT— j- ^ a . T .

      ^ &V « V W . VAUtUtfl MH ^ IfU ' «« a > C |>| f&VAA JUkC ^ UAI ^ AVa * . AM ? O * b for Beaming ia tjin'o Parliarnents , and was raised to the Bench in 1 $ 46 . Whatever claim he maya hare upon the attention of posterity ^ it will be not for his legal decisions , jmt for his literature . Oa the whole , his was a Bucoesaful life , and his death , though unfortuaate , has by its ^ suddenness stamped his name more deeply oa the mind . Ia charging tbe Grand JTury at the Derby Assizes , oh Wednesday , Mr . Jittilce Coleridge paid the following welUdeserved , ' appropxiate ; and feeling tribute to the late Judge : —

      " Lean hardly part with you without expressing my feelings at the great loss the-country ,-the profession , and a large circle of attached friends have sustained in the awfully sudden death of ' my brother TaUourd . fie was citting , « s I ^ do noir , discharging the same ^ du tyiu which I am engaged , and in the act ot addressing the grand jury , when in an instant that eloquent tongue wa * arrested by the hand of denth , and that g « nerous , unselfiah beatt ' waa cold . Surely nothing can exemplify more strikingly the Uncertainty of life . There he was aitlitt ^ as I anraow ? sdmlaistering justice—people were trembling at - the thought of having to > come before him , but in a minute his function was over , and he was gone to his own account Gentlemen , as he . was the leader of another circuit , and I believe had never visited this

      as a jndge , he was probably not much known to you either at the bar or on the bench . Bis literary performances you can scarcely be ignorant of , but , indeed , he was much more than merely a . distinguished leader , an eminent judge , or a great ornament of our literature . He had one ruling purpose of his life—the doing good to his fellow-creatures in his generation . He was eminently courteous and kind , generous , simple-hearted , of great modesty , ' of the strictest honour , and of spotless integrity . I am quite sure that he has left a void that cannot easily be filled up . I could not hel p alluding to this distressing occurrence , the similarity of my present position and employment brought it so forcibly to my mind . I hope yon will excuse the allusion I have made to a loss I feel so deeply . I really could hardly dismiss you without indulging in this expression of what is on my mind . "

      respective spheres in some degree responsible and which is more complete in these districts than in-agricultural districts , where the resident gentry are enabled to shed around them the blessings resulting from the exercise of benevolence , and the influence and example of active kindness . 1 am afraid we all of us keep too much aloof from those ben « ath us , and whom we thus encourage to look upon us with suspicion and dislike , liven to our servants we think perhaps we fulfil our duty when we perform our contract with themwhen we pay them their wages , and treat them with the civility consistent with oar habits and feelings—when we curb our temper and use no violent expressions towards them . But how painful is tha thought that there aro men

      and women growing up around us , ministering to our comforts and necessities , continually inmates of our dwellings , with whose affections and nature we are as much unacquainted as if they were the inhabitants of some other sphere . This feeling , arising from that kind of reserve peculiar to the English character , does , I think , greatly tend to prevent that mingling ot class with class , that reciprocation of kind words and gentle affections , gracious admonitions and kind inquiries , which often more than any book education tend to the culture of the affections of the heart , refinement , nnd elevation of the character of those to whom they are addressed . And if I were to be asked what is the great want of Eneliah uociotv — to minclo clam *

      with class—1 would any , in one word , the want is the wunt of sympathy . • • * No doubt tho exciting cause in the fur larger number of these cases—tho exciting caiuse that every judge has to dcplort in every county of thia landia that which waa justly called , in the admirable discourseto which I listened yesterday from the sheriff ' s chaplain , 4 the greatest English vice , ' which makes us u byeword and u reproach amongst nations , who in other respects aro inferior to us , and have not the same noble principles of Cluistiuniiy to guide and direct them—I mean the vice of drunkenness . No doubt that this , in most of those cases , id tho immediate cause , and it is a cause in two ways of tho crimes wJiich will come before

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      REFOKM BILL GATHERINGS . Bkiquton , Birmingham , Yarmouth , and Maidstorte have declared , in public meeting assembled , that the Reform Bill deserves the hearty support of all true reformers . At the Birmingham meeting , the mayor , Mr . Baldwin , an unimpeachable Radical , presided , and Mr . Scholefield , M . P ., spoke to the purpose , lbs said that both himself and Mr . Muntz entirely and completely repudiated the teachings of their friends of vhat was called " the Manchester school . " (/ mmense cheering . ) For admiring , as he did , the great nbilities of Mr . John Bright , and not forgetful of his past services in a good cause , he did feel nevertheless

      that the conduct of that gentleman jn many respects , especially with reference to this Reform Bill , cam * so near to prejudice and political bigotry , that it would not have done much discredit to the other side of the House . It appeared as if that hon . gentleman and some of his friends could see nothing but errors , and attribute nothing but unworthy motive-a to the acts and conduct of the present Government . In discussing the provisions of the bill he said he disapproved of the minority clause ; bat he understood that Lord John Russell was attached to that part of the scheme , and Mr . Scholefield declared that if tno pinch , came he woutd ruthcr &wnllow the minority clauses than endanger tho bill

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      " 2 £ 8 THE L'EABIETL £ Satuju > ay ,

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      The United States corvette St . Louis has been to Naples to settle the Carbone case ; but the Neapolitan Government an ^ cipat ed the difficulty by releasing the American citizen . TlicUmted States frigate ' Sarrimac was at Genoa oh tfaef 8 th ' . j ' Qosenaa has been visited twice with an earthquake . An eruption of Vesuvius is expected . - A regular battle took place at Coimbra , in Portugal ,, during the carnival , between the " town arid gown" men , in ¦ which several were killed and many wounded . l The Spanish bishops , like those of France , have taken alarm at the turning and speaking tables . ' The Archbishop of Toledo has just published a pastoral letter exhorting and commanding the clergy and faithful to have nothing to do with them .

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      The mission of Prince Lncien Napoleon to Italy is . kept secret hy ^ e . trench . ( J | overninent . / He ^ is believed to be . commissioned to ' confer with 4 he Pledmontese Government as fVthe"di 8 ]) ositions of France ' towards Italy under ceruia ' eventnalitie&of the coming war . , T

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    • Leader (1850-1860), March 18, 1854, page 248, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2030/page/8/