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^ o ffjssenxble a President ' s message , to contain the his-3 fe ) igE « f # ie presidency or province for the year , it risw * &fe& * he improvements in legislation , police , ^ jtogation , public works , and , all other ^ P ^^ ntS ' i ^ fter tthe fashion of the rsj > art which Lord fclgm , & < , me . months since , presented for Canada . These re-StorJbs are to be immediately published in India and Iswarded to Englaad . They will form , in ti je course « rf yeara , a complete index to the history of British Sndia . Meanwhile they will show the Government at Smehow we are getting on , enable them to estimate ifce ffndian . rate of progress , and above all , permit Ahem to decide on the results of the different systems in force . I am informed that Lord Dalhousie W 1 U le&v * India positively on the 5 th or 6 th of March . Jjord Canning is expected in Calcutta on the 26 th ot February , and for a few clays will remain a guest at Government House . "
cohta . Intelligence from China is as meagre as from India . IFhsreis absolutely no news from the interior . Irnjxortsat Canton have beeu in limited demand , but the lea anai-ket has been very active . A few items of jintfelligence are supp lied by the Tunes Hong Kong Correspondent , who says : — " The American Commodore , Joel Abbot , of the United States' ship Macedonian , has expired , after a protracted illness . The icial of , the American Consul- Keenan stands over , pending the recovery of Chief Justice Hulme , who has been seriously indisposed . Commander Vansitiaj * , of her Majesty's brig -Bittern , lias been presented 5 ra . th ^ vtestimqmal w 1 address from the mercanitile body in Shanghai , commending the gallant conduct of the officers and crew of the Bittern , and
thanking them for the .. eminent services lately rendered ; to trade , by the destruction of pirates on the coaat . ll'he Chinese bankexs and merchants at Ningpo have also come forward to testify their gratitude , and have , among other acts , subscribed £ 1 , 000 , to be forwarded to the mother of Mr . Turner , late master ojf the Bittern , who was killed in action ; and . £ 200 to each of the three seamen . "who lost their limbs in the engagement . "
- egtpt . I < ord Canning left Egygt for India on the 13 th ult . Said , iPacha , the Egyptian viceroy , has been suffering from , boils and ojpthalmia . His temper has been very irritablei ; and he dismisses his doctors when he finds that they do not cure htm . at once . He ^ has given gceat offence by insisting- that the sons all relations c ^ k the higher classes shall be enrolled as soldiers as ipelLas the lower classes . A shiekh induced a man to give his -son as a substitute for the shiekh ' s own : on TJ ^ bkiehjiSaid ordered the shiekh and the other man to 1 ^ 3 p £ Rged j and the punishment was carried into exe-Qj ^ lp . oTR . £ . , The public Jroads are iia a most filthy and unwh . ateaome state ; which adds to the unpopularity ^ m& mf&fvj- pEESi a-
* toAT : . 1- ? nmmt ^ n +-T- * £± l-i - »»^»^/* r » * v \ -tt ^ i o ^^ i * « i ^ T ^ iir * ottnn c \ * -v » - » , j 3 KL ; JBpvirr , i 6 e , the French minister at Teheran , is on jjejjy friendly terms with the Shah , and is endeavouring ( fc > smooth down the differences which exist be-< 3 ? oen , the , English and Persian governments .
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the House of Bourbon , and to render the fusion between them still more complete . The ' ¦ Monit&iyr announces that the marriage of the Princess Augusta Bonaparte , daughter of his Higliness Prince Charles Bonaparte , with his Excellency Prince Gabrielli , her cousin , was celebrated at the Imperial Chapel of the Tuileries , their Majesties the Enrperor and Empress being present . The Queen ' s Speech on the opening of the English Parliament has excited great discussion in Paris , and various opinions have been expressed . By some , it is regarded as a very dignified document , exhibiting a fitting and majestical reserve ; others think that a warmer mention might have been made of the French alliance ; and the omission of all l-eference to the Queen ' s visit to Paris last August is remarked on as singular .
CONTINENTAL NOTES FRANCE . It is said ( writes the Timed Paris correspondent ) that a circular note has been addressed by the Count de Chambord to Ms principal partisans in Paris and the departments . They are earnestly recommend ed by the Prince to contribute , so far as their means allow , for the relief of the working classes during this rigorous season , when | . the necessaries of life are so dear . ; They are requested to suggest to the organs of the Legitimist party the propriety of speaking in the highest terms of the bravery of the French army , and , indeed , to omit no occasion of rendering homage to it . They are also stronglyadvised to forget any dissension that may still subsist between the Orleanists and themselves ; to > promote a , good understanding between the partisans of the two branches ; to ' imitate in eveiy respect the union that has been effected between the Princes of
The use of chloroform on the occasion of the approaching family event in the Imperial ch * cle at Paris is "being discussed . The suggestion is urged from high quarters on this side of the Channel . The Emperor ' s desire for peace is said to be owing to his -wish to develope internal improvements ; among other projects , to impart activity to the Crddit Poucier by enabling it to profit by the credit of the State , with a view to the improvement of agriculture .
KUSS 3 A . Prince Paskiewitch , the Viceroy of Poland , has at length expired after a lingering and painful illness from cancer in the breaat . By a , judgment of a court-martial , ratified hy the Emperor , Prince Biberdon , a Caucasian Prince , and sub-ensign in the Finland battalion of tho lino , is condemned to be degraded to the ranks , and to be removed to another battalion , as well as to the loss of hie nobility , for theft .
THE DMTUBIAN PTUNOITALmES . The Moldavian peoplo , who had shown such warm and spontaneous enthusiasm at the news of tho talcing of Sevastopol , were desirous of testifying in a still more oifeotual manner their admiration of the Allies and tlieir sympathies for the cause which they support . Subscription lists were opened throughout tho whole of Moldavia in favour of tho woundori , and a sum of 4 , 420 ducats ( 54 , 543 francs ) lmd already boon collected . MM . Nogri and Balloti , the Moldavian Ministers on a mission at Constantinople , havo just received instructions to pray that sura into tho hands of tho French ambassador in thai capital . —Letter from Jassy in the Monitenr . Sssasw bpain .
In -the Cortes , tho difloussion of tha doctoral bixsos is being proceeded with . Tho Oa , zcttc contaiun an artiol * filled with praieo « f the Duko and PucIiohs do Moiitpensier for thoir charitable aota at Seville Tho Madrid journals of < the 29 th ult . publish oxoitiug intelligence from the Bnsquo proviueoH , utjvting that the looal authorities at Vittoria luwo disooverod the cluo to n democratic conspirnoy on tho part « f a number of aergoanta of the army , ami havo boon , in consequence , compelled to tako precautionary m ° " suros , Tho Government contradicts in tho Gazette the fuot of there boing any « uoh ooijHpiraoy . Tho Gmette Bays that disorderly nymp > tomH am ' o > ng the working olaHBeB havo boon porooivod , arming from tho high prioea of food and tho common nooc » Harios oi ' Hfo , But puocaubiouH havo boon taken , and thoro ] u \ n beou no disturbance ,
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ancient Romans , " Suaviter in modo , fortiter in re . Cromwell , ¦ Washington , Wellington , and Napoleon , were all men of superior minds , and the success of Julius Caesar may not improperly be ascribed to the strength of his" understanding . His character , as briefly drawn by Livy , is worthy of quotation , since it serves to illustrate to some extent the assertion which I have made : — " Fuit wm Solwa magntis Imperator , " says the Boxuan historian , speaking of him , " Sed etiam vir doctus , Latinam . ling-uaaa maximd elegantid et puritate scripsit , habuit a / rtetn faciendi se amabilem omnibus . " He was not only an able commander , but a learned man . also , and wrote the Latin
language with great elegance and puritj ' , and had , besides , the happy art of rendering himself agreeable to all m en : indeed , nay Lord , wherever a nation ' s annals present a general of any eminence , they present at the same time a partial philosopher . Fools may , and are , doubtless , bold enough , my Lord , but their ignorance and temerity frequently mislead them . It requires a deep , penetrating mind in times of war to foresee the nappy moment when bravery will result in positive advantage . The man , therefore , who has long been engaged in philosophical researches , in devising plots and escapes , in inventing arguments and rendering reasons , seems to me , my Lord , preeminently fitted to undertake the command of an ai'my in the day of battle . Granting him , however , to have acquired previously a competent knowledge
of the duties of a soldier , his ideal creations qualify him for perilous realities ; his imaginary wars , depicted with so much pathos , eloquence , and judgment , fit him for actual engagements ; for surely , my Lord , there is nothing unreasonable or extravagant in the supposition that the mind which is able to devise the plot of a tale , and to conduct the hero and heroine to final happiness and success , after encountering innumerable hardships , difficulties , and wrongs , must be better qualified to exercise the arts and strategiesjof war than the mind which never composed a paragraph . "Why then , my Lard , not call forth from the garrets and back-rooms of our large towns and cities the -talents there withering in obscurity , employed only in execrating the impolicy of statesmen and their own wretched fate ? The necessities of
( Copy . ) War Department , 18 th June , 1855 . Sir , —I am direoted by Lord Panmure to acknow . ledge the receipt of your letter , dated the 11 th instant , and , in reply , to express his Lordshi p ' s great regret that your exertions should hitherto have been attended with so little benefit to yourself ; but I am to observe , with regard to your remarks on the want of greater ability in the army , that , in requiring a good education as an indispensable requisite for officers of the army , tho Government does as muet as can be done towards the recognition of literary qualifications . I am , Sir , your obedient servant , ( Signed ) John Croomes . Mr . John Forster , foot of Percy-street , Tynemouth .
the country require the exercise of genius wherever it is found , whether in the cottage of the poor or the palace of the great . The summons , niy Lord , would , be immediately responded to by thousands of nature ' s nobility , ready to distinguish themselves in the cause of humanity and justice , and whose wisdom and valour might contribute hi no small degree toward retrieving England from her present difficulties and embarrassments . My Lord , faa * be from , me the wish to speak disparagingly of the British aristocracy ; nevertheless , when I say that the late mismanagement of the Government , and the utter incapacity which oui
OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE . The following correspondence speaks for itself . It Will , " -at least , interest the reader . We print Mr . Burster's letter exactly as we received it . His allusion tot'iLiwy may be an allusion to one of the lost books , bf it ooaay be a slip of the pen . ( Copy . ) TO LORD PANMTJKB , MINISTER OF WAR . My JLord , —Amid the present excitement wad exigencies of the State , the mind is . naturally led to inquire / by what means tie diminished defences of the country might most effectually be reoruited ; and , as many expedients hare Ijeen < suggested to me while
Reflecting upon thiB subj ect , I wish most respectfully to-cail the attention of your LordBhip to the following . In this country , nay Lord , there is a large and intelligent class of men well known by the significant appellation of tho Literati , whose poverty and ability have frequently rendered them exceedingly dangerous to the State , for the poor remuneration which they usually receive for labours , together with the cottflciousness of their mental superiority over the great bttlk x > f their fellow-citizens , tends very much to make them restless and disquiet in their present position , and to declaim also against the existing state of things . It hau , therefore , pcourrod to me , my Lord , that the junior portion of this class of individuals
might easily bo induced to resign the pon and assume theaword , wero Government to offer thorn subaltern commissions in the army , with the privilege of eubseimenfcly rising to the higher grades of command by merit ., By the adoption of this plan , my Lord , the cttaaaterB which havo lately hofallen our gallant troops in . tho Crimea would , in future , bo prevented , ffiSu ^ S ^ tow * We ft staff of able and judicious « SSi ? f Uein ^ P ^ ients , brave in action , rich and 5 B ^^^ zr » r ^ T ? rr
general officers , with few exceptions , have uniformly displayed during the present war , is patent to the world , I speak but the sentiments of my countrymen in general ; and , unless some expedient be adopted , similar to that which I have suggested to your Lordship , in order -to recover the ground which we have already lost , England , once the pride and terror of the world , will very soon descend to a second or thirdrate power among the nations of old Europe . Hitherto , my Lord , the nobility have exclusively enjoyed all posts of emolument and trust in the State , qualified , or not ; but the honour of old England
must in future be committed to the custody of abler hands than those who have reoently controlled her destiny . Merit , and merit only , my Lord , must henceforth fo > rna the stepping-stone to civic eminence and distinction - The flowers which have hitherto Wflst « d their sweetness on the putrid atmosphere of murlcy tenements , must shortly emerge from their lowly habitations , to shod thoir fragrance in the Council Chambers of tho State , and aristocratic incapacity be driven from the oflioos which it has too loug injuriously occupied ; in a word , my Lord , private interests must in future succumb to the weal of the
commonwealth . . Nothing loss than this will satisfy tho country j and you , my Lord , an Chief Minister of War , have now a favourable opportunity of taking precedence of your poors in the work of desired reformation . In conclusion , my Lord , permit me to flay that the homage which officers of every grade nro allowed to exact of the common soldier will over prevent intelligent young men from entering the army mei'oly as recruits . It requires a nature less dignified and susceptible than that of tho humblo author to brook tho iuflolenco of commissioned fopa ; plaoe him ,
however , in a position which secures against tho contumely of wealth , and ho will readily , exob , » ngo the prooariouB Bubsiatonoe which he derives from tho labours of hi * pon for the settled stipend of a subaltern ; bub ho long oa opulence alone must domiimto whore intelligence should rulo , so long , my Lord , will genius endure the privations of poverty . Y " our Lovctahip ' f ) humble and obedient aorvant , ( Signed ) John Fokstjeu . Foot of Poi'oy-streob , Tynomouth , Juwo 11 th , 1865 .
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 9, 1856, page 126, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2127/page/6/
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