The New York Herald Newspaper, March 20, 1849, Page 6

Oerresponden: Lonvon, Feb. 22, 1849. The War of Principles in Europe—Thieves? Alls- ence—Russia and England—The Operations of Rusa inthe ast-—State of Burope—Gloriows Prospect. 7 The armed heel of Rusma has been set again, like the black imprint of the death warrant, upon anew track of civilized Europe. Transylvania has just experienced the fate of Moldavia and Wal- jechia, from that impudent intruder, to whom 18 common everything, which to others 1s sacred. The Hungarians, as well as the Turks, in their turn, are coming under the protection of the Autograt—“ that protection which vultures give to Jambe—covering and devoring them.” Step by step, the spoiler approaches. Day by day, Europe advances to her consummation, through the ordeal of every element. In no country can the crisis be looked upon with indifference; but in the United States its eolution will be the object of countless hopes and wishes. You are, at least, the specta- tators, if not actors, in the most sublime catas- trophe of the drama of humanity. With the open. ing of the spring, in a shor’ month or two, our ace will have the vast tragedy which records the war of principles ; and in the next circuit of the seasons, it will be decided whether the old world, emulating the new, shall be republican, or talling nto chaos, become Cossack. One or the other | sainevitable, in the profound judgment of Bona- parte; but only the first of the alternatives is possi” ble in the opinion of any American. It 18 certain, however, that Nicholas courts the controveey— | and itis juet as undeniable that Englaad attends him and that the Thieves’ Alliance will soon span he continent. The neutrality of the German States and France | 1 8 indispensable to the grand design, of which Ruesia’s movements are distinct outlines. That design 18 to crush republicanism and drive it out of Europe with ignominous haste and slaughter, and also to make monarchy certain for the future, by acquiring for Russia a place for ships and for naval rendezvous, with England, on the Mediter- ranean. It necessary, Russia will not only rob the | Turk of his intervening lands, but also of the svlendid marie built near Constantinople, by Mr. Eckford, ana now lying comparatively useless sbout the Bospherus. It cannot be too often re- peated that these two great enemies of the human race are actually in predatory conclave for this detestable object. That the fact is notatall known in the United States, nor even to the small portion, of the English people who have any Knowledge of politics, ameunts to little, and falls far short ot a contradiction. France 1s the only country now,in Europe, where there 1s a vivid intelligence of fo- reign affairs, and America 18 too distant to chal- lenge the grossest robbery, while it yet rests chiefly 1n intention. 7 The sang frotd of the British government, while the recent Russian epoliations of Turkey were go- ing forward, was most edifying. At home, utter silence was observed ; but to the uninitiated, the conduct of Mr. Canning, her represeatative at the court of the Sublime Porte, was even more asto- niehing. It has ite parallel only with the case of ordinary confederates in petit larcenies—thefts without force, where one of them diverts the at- tenuon of the owner from the vigilant protection | ot hie property, by false pretences. Every thief | knows that by such contrivance the asportation is | eomparatively easy tor him to! whom 1s assigned | that part of the adventure. Hence, “hunting in couples” 18 not more frequent than stealing in part- nership. It diminishes the risk, if it does divide | the profits, and, therefore, 18 an especial resource with the chicken-hearted, who prey only upon the weakestof society. What, then, was Mr. Canning doing all the time at Constantinople while Rus- sia was making this honest acquisition trom the turbaned Turk—as it were, despoiling the infidel? Was he in Chnstian, exemplary fashion, keeping the commandments? The answer is, that at all events, he was apparently en- | guged in sacred studies, tor he was profoundly | scanning the Koran itself, with the mind of a cri- tic, and the heart of a patriot. In the midst of | these abstract pursuits, how could he hear of the fall ot Jassy, and ot Bucharest, and of the sanguin- ary brutality of the Tartar or the Corsack. His thoughts, if pot wholly removed to another world, at least hovered upon the furthest confines of this wretched existence. He was at home, alone with Mahomet and his creed, ape ietie } upon the de- lusions ot that countless host which fills the ranks of the faithful in Oriental climes He truly seemed | a mar apart--a scholar in pursuit of curious but almost forbidden lore, slaking his thirst by stealth at new fountains of knowledge. But neither the love of learning nor the pure spirit of controversy, nor zeal of proselytiem, animated his inquiries.— In the midst ot all his studies, he was still an Eng- lishman ; and he was scrutinizing the Koran, it appeared, with the eye of one who felt the respon- sibilities of that most conceited of diplomats any | where—the British minister. And like all men | intent upon an object, he soon discovered what | he sought, viz : something to distract the shallow | Sultan, while the contederate (Russia) swept off | Moldavia {rom the empire with his left hand, and Wallachia with his right. If any thing, the stu- dies of her Christian Majesty’s representative be- came at that very moment so intense as to be all- | absorbing. His conscience had been pricked by | a most grievous discovery. He found the enor- mous fault in Mahomet’s theo-palitical system, that Christians were not only in danger of future ; damnation, but that not one of them, at present, is, by the Koran, recognized as equivalent to the | tollower of the prophet. As some courts of justice | in the United States distinguish between the ad- mission of testimony given by a negro and that ot the white man, ao it seems in Turkey the Turks | do not place unbelievers upon the level of compe- tence with themselves. Here was an invaluable ‘discovery—most serious, opportune, and of an ur- gency to Englishmen which required the immedi- ate, and, if necessary, angry expostulation of their Heat an B True, the enormous evil had | long existed ; but that was a reaeon for its prompt redress, 1f not for most extensive reparation. this time, the learned British pundit had prouably | heard of Russian ravages, and the jeopardy of the splendid Turkish provinces on the Danube. But wae he, a Christian man, to hesitate, when so clearly in the line of his duty, demanding redress, because another power, equally Christian with his own, was harrassing the wrong doing Turk? He did hie duty with a zeal becoming the ancient fame of Smithfield, and the exigency of a com- mon cauee which brooked no delay. Mr Canning carried his seasonable, as well as reasonable, complaint up to the immediate atten- tion of the Sultan. He was strong in the right, and supported by the approbation of all Christen- dom. He clamored for justice, not after the [rish fashion of instalments, but jusice, without denial or delay, and at once. The feeble young man. Abdel Mejid, who, at sixteen, in 1839, ascende: the throne of his ancestors, ten years after, at twenty-six, was startled from his seraglio, where | Rovesian terrors had driven him for consolation.— The divan was assembled, and day after day the Briush minisier absorbed their twilight faculties in canvassing the civil dieabiliues of his country- men on the confines ot Europe and Asia. The world is not advised of the result of this magnifi- cent appeal for the impartial ndmission of witnesses from all ceuntries to testify before the Turkish tribune Bot one is almost tempted to ask if Christians were made competent witnesses before such judges as flourish under the appellation of | Cadia, and how much better would stand any of | the interests which happened to be brought in queetion 1 How can you force the unbelieving Ma- | hometan to put his faith and trust in the credibility of your heretic testimony ? 'o Mr. Capning, however, all questions but the moot question were perfectly indifferent; and that, | perhaps, would have been lees so, but for the very sufficient reason, that, meanwhile, when the ener- | gies ot the heathen were wasted in defending hia | ancient forms of justice and religion, the northern portion of the Thieves’ Alliance was driving such a smashing business on the Danube. The new firm was warring #gainst the enemies of Chris- tianity, and despoiling them of at least one-fitth, in a population of tea millions, and as much, or | more than that proportion of a territory of nearly ten hundred thousand square miles—something, both for church aud state, to demand the felicita- tions of the eaints of all countries—even if some such losses as the extinction for ever of universal suffrage and universal eligibility to office, with a hear approach to republicau goverament, were in- separable from the operation! And, indeed, it 13 not to be doubted that the partners have a mutual understanding that such a loss is gain, in the best Judgment of God’s anointed he ridiculous by play of Mr. Canning was of Our Lendon a piece with the whole system of British govern- ment. He conducted her diplomacy, in this par- ticular case, as all things connected with the fo- reign and domestic relations of this most unhappy country are uniformly administered. The most protracted dissimulation enters into every, even the remotest, ramification of office, and charac- teriees the entire series of public acts which make up @ nation’s history. It is not always thata great | Minisier abroad comes so near to setting the | whole world to laughing by the ludicrous nature of | hie proceedings. And really it requires reflection opon the villany of the entire transaction, be'ore one can restrain the temptation to let loose one’s nisibility. It has been, from first to last, such a servile copy of that chef'd'ewnre which pharanter. wee the ortrich, that it gould met possibly have | | taken place further north of the Desert than Con- ase be told that Lord Palmerston has hada moet furious altercation with Baron Brunow, at the Foreign Office; and that the Czar has been ven to understand, through his munister, that ogland 18 surprised at the continued presence ot Russia m the Turkish provinces ; aad, also, that following this interview, my Lord Palmerston has instructed the ow Mr. Canning to protest against Russia’s conduct—espectally fer violatu the houee of the Turkish Commandant, and the sei- zure of a British subject, &c. &e. It will be de- manded--as if it were difficult to answer—how can these facts be recenciled with a joint exploi- tation of “our ancient ally?” The reponseis very easy, with a word of explanation. The seizure of any British mubigot by Russians, in Turkey, was only by mistake. Ae for the rest, it 18 ace cording to the established policy, evea before Metternich came to Englind, avd by which it is always stipulated that, in every Bri- tish juggle, joint or several, at home or abroad, appearances must be saved. Seme antiquated dowagers, who have access to the court, and other octogenarian peers, who are making up_ their ac- counts with this world, would murmur it plunder was got and shared too grossly ; and, therefore, the Secretary who does the foreign affairs, transported himeelf extemporane ously into a most considerable Tege, and all for conscience ezke. The affair will soon be forgotten, because an every day occur- rence, and like the recondite search of the Koran, the letter of instructions to its last commeatator, will, having served its purpose, rest in kindred oblivion. ? But if Lord P. be serious in his wrath, let me advise him to consider the consequences. A fatali- | ty, before which he and the ministry to which he belongs are but reeds shaken in the wind, has proclaimed the bans between England and Russia. The ceremony will proceed, wiether he be content or non-centent; for better and for worse, the sacred ordinance of marriage will be prostituted to that basest of alliances which joins the hands of eavili- zation and barbarism—the destinies of a historic race with those of savages. Not a choice remains. Till lately, Spain was yet a congenial friend ; but even Spain had broken every te of amity with the government of Great Britain; and thug the last opportunity tor choice departed. It 18 finished—the course of constitutional monarchy in Europe is ended. Austria proper 1s now in strong convul- sions, and the rest of the States of Germany recoil from England, in consequence ot their superior tystems of education, and their intimacy and sympathy with the United States and France. Other first-rate power there is none to be enlisted ina crusade such as is now the sole mission of England and Russia. France, enlightened, chival- rous, and free, is to be their implacable udversary, and the future arbiter of the destinies of Europe. As in February last, her motto is, “Mort aux rolewrs.?’ While enemies of mankind are thus plotting its destructien, let_us take a rapid survey of the op- vosing forces. We will say nothing of the 1mme- diate efforts of France ; she can be of no service, at this moment, in active hostilities. I: is indis- pensable that she consolidate her republican insti- tutions. Peace 1s, theretore, positively necessary for a while ; and by a special providence, England has assisted, unconsciously, in assuriag the stability and development of French republicanism, but with no good intent; for she has been desirous ot keeping fiee principles out of Italy, and, also, of poisoning, diplomatically,the minds of the rulers and the people at Paris and in the departments against self-government. At this most laudable work, itis probable that Lord Normanby echpses the exhibition of Mr. Canning with the Ottoman Porte. In this connexion, you will not fail to esti- mate the deportment of the new French Minister, Admiral Cecile, on the 15th inst., at the Navy Club dinner, contrasted with the astounding conduct of M. Beaumont, Se le The Admiral did not deign the slightest allusion to that political system on which M. B. had stultified himeelt by panegyrics. ; Jt requires no deep study to perceive that Enrope 1s in a condition of defence to withstand the Thevee’ Alliance with success The most glorious encouragement arises on every side. [n the heart of Austria, in Hungary, the hero, Louis Kossuth, whom I have 80 loudly Apes has shown him- self worthy of all confidence. My eulogium did him less than justice. He 18 a great man, placed in @ great position by the acclamation of his coun- by, and he fills it as none of the men of the people who have rigen from these troubled times approach. He is, single-nanded, shaking the fabric of the Austrian empire to pieces, and at the same time seems to become more wary after every victory. His strategy has been most masterly in its very inactivity. He left his capital and retreated to the hills and streams an forests, where the roads were bad, supplies aa for him, but hard to get at by an enemy. and his forces are scattered in every defile and stionghold. Hunger, cold, desertion, and poverty, are his allies, and thin the ranks of the foe. No language can do justice to such conduct, when a nation’s fate is at stake. Iti the true, the in- vincible policy. If bluff Harold had not been a stupid Briton, Norman conquest would have been Norman disgrace. He, doubtless, after dinner, however, must need rush down'with all his painted followers, in all nakedness and absurdity, upon the mailed warriors of Duke William, at the plain ot Hastings, where an arrow soon cleft his scull. His safety lay in the mountains, and afew months wartare trom those fastnesses would have destroy- edthe invader, and kept away the feudal system, with its countless ills, from England. Even Jalius Cwsar never conquered the Picts and Scots of the Highlands; nor has ever warrior, less redoubt- ed, led an invading army to secure victory over a people who had the wiedom to avoid pitched bat- tles. Did not oa herself pale the lustre, by this very policy, of the whole constellation of French snarahals ? At this moment, then, Louis Kossuth 18 doing worthily the work of the first among the heroes of modem times. He has had the courage tobe discreet. F'ven the threats of Russia cannot shake so constant and pure a soul. s At the meridian hour of his victories, we see his cause supported on every hand. The masses of Germany are pressing their respective legisiative bodies, at Franktort, Berlin, Vienna, and in all the various lesser capitals, towards the complete recog- nition of popular rights. Poland is heaving with the mighty spirit of revolution; and even in the frosty realms of the Czar, the ear detects that grumbling sound which has ie affrighted monarchs per- plexed with the fear of change. It is time that the people of Russia themselves should join in the pro- cession of free nations; and that the spurned but irresistible armies of the North should copy the memorable example of those of France, and march forward under the flag of ‘ Liberty, equality, and fraternity.” But, like a mid-day meteor covering the hea- veng, in comparison of the stars, Italy has suddenly burst into eflulgence. The Eternal City hears gain the birth ery of infant freedom, under hap- pier auspices than those of Gracchi and Rienzi. Rome is free! Rome is republican! and starting from the gosl of provisional committees, already a convention has been called together, by universal suflrage, to mould the fabric of free government inte the proportions of another classic and famous commonwealth. Every day becomes more sacred still; the month ef February, and the Italian revolu- tion of 1849 bid fair to rival the immortal French anniversary of 1848. At this very instant, we have the news of the trembling of two other crowned heads besides Pope. The Grand Dukes of Tuscany and Modena have taken to their heels, ia most emulous flight, and old Radetsky has made Charles Aloert mecapable of the trea- son to the Italian cause ne meditates. How much freer and deeper the oppressed of Italy must breathe after such a mddance ! And the entire human race, should it not bend in devout thanks. giving tor these good gifts, so highly prized in America, and now 80 profusely scattered iu the cradle ot nationsf? The subject deserves a volume I reserve the considerntion of this grand event. It | Was necessary to refer to it here, forthe support o such drooping spirits as are incredulous of the future. Who is there in the United States, 1 will not say to despair, but to doubt the issue of the coming contest between kings and the people ? Englend and Russia, if perfectly secure at home, and ten times more united and formidable than they can ever become, must succumb to the force of idewe which isto decide the battle of priaciple now athand. Itis in vain for national resistance to be made, orfor fleets and armies to seek to crush the rising cause of liberty. It has the ure. preesible foree of mighty waters. And it can know no revulsion, “It swells Jiko the Solway; but cbbe (not) like its tile” The spoiler approaches, but the hosts of freedom edvance to meet him, under a banner prouder thaa his own. Itis said of the arch enemy, that when he makes a pilgrimage upon earth, a chill ruas throughout all animate and inanimate natare ; yet his present visible incarnation in the Ta Alliance, has loet that mark ot ite infernal origia. Men do not quail before it; nor does the horizon darken or the landscape fade. Makrcus. Our Dublin Correspondence. Dvatin, Feb, 23, 1849 Trial of Duffy—The Cases of the Convicted Patriots —Railways, §c., Fc. The public journals which will be forwarded by thie mail, will convey te you the result of Mr. Charles G_ Daily's trial, whieh I may say has occupied the aiten- tion of the court and people during the last fortnight exclurively, much interest being attached to the isane Mr. Doffy bas again, for the present, exouped tranr- portation, and the packet which has heon waiting to waft him to distant shores must mecesnatily wail with. ie memes Le om ene Ghat ble yuk AVEO he se sn ight were for o comvietivs on all the counts, three for an acquittal on the first, third and fourth counts, which charged the prisoner with imtent to depose the Queen, but s conviction on the second, which charged him with a design of levyin, war; the remaining juror, Mr Burke, was for ai quittalomallthe counts. Mr. Butt, on ite being known that the Crown would again try the prisoner, applied to have the trial then commenced, or the prisoner to be bailed, neither of which applications was granted. Mr. Doffy must, therefore, await with patience till the next Commission, which commences on the 7th April it will be seen that the prisoner’s intentions as to the formation of # republic in Ir re contradicted by the evidence of several leading public amd influen- tial characters, The following is « f the jury empenelled, aftera number of cli jes :— William idsmith, The- Byrne, foreman; a: Saray? Taylor, Richard W. Be ingtoa (Quaker,) James Boswell, Martin Burke, Jas. Forrest, Nicholso: a Wm. North. gone into ae re- otber convicted ’ writ of error, and an easly dey has xed for aigoment before the House Lords — Epgitsh Attorney and Solicitor General, hb be The Mesers, Monahan apd Hatchell, have been r fort y y Ne It is conf. versed, TOW hi, d Sir Frederiox Thesige: nd Mr raid for the defence. ly expected Guat thessntanse will d the prisoners be berated accord:ngly. Collections were made in the diocese of Meath, on the 1ith inst, in aid of the Pope, to the amount of up wards of £1,000 1 am glad to inform you that the great military force which has been for some time past in Ireland, is to be reduced by 4,060 men. ‘As you may anticipate, Lord John Rusnell’s propost- tion for the amendment of the poor law, in orrtain cares, to have @ general levy ef 6d. in the pound, has given, in some parts of tie country, general dissatis- fection, Mr. George McCartney, an extensive Janded proprietor, has addreseed @ letter to the rate payers and landed proprietors of Ulster, urging them to meet forthwith in their respective unions, and to resist, by every legitimate means, the imposition (as he styles it) of #0 iniquitous a system of taxation. In parts of Ulster demonstrations are being got up which have evinced strong indignation at the proposed rystem. A deputation of railway directors waited on Lord Clarendon last Saturday, for the purpose of laying be- fore bim * memorial soliciting # grant to enable them tocompivte their respective undertakings. The terms are 3d of their compated capital, with interest at 334 per cert. to commence at the expiration of five years from the last advanee of loan, and to be extended over @ period of fifteen years. ‘'he Lord Lieutenant, how- ever, did pot hold out apy hopes of the deputation’s wishes being complied with, but stated that it was his earnest desire to render every assistance to Irish rail- ways. If this boon was conferred, the overwhelming population which is at present idle, would, in a great measure, find employment, aud thus relieve the coun- try of the ruinous system of poor Jaws whieh at present exists. A company is about being formed for the pur- ose of amalyamating the northern railways, 50 as to jave them ali under one directorship, and thereby lessen the stock which at present isemployed. The Beifast Junction and Dundalk and E:nniekillen rail- ways were opened for public traffic on the 15th, to Vas- 1¢ Blauey, # distance of upwards of 70 miles from Dub- in. I regret to inform you that Ir id has not partaken of the revival of trade which isso apparent in England; a visible decrease in the circulation of the Irish banks for the year ending 27th ult, compared with last year, by £600,000; in specie an increase of £49,000. The Case of the Vall Inheritance and the American Consul in Paris. Panis, Feb. 20, 1849. Sin—It is only a few days ago that the number of the Herald cf the ‘dea ult., containing an article on the American consular system, came into my hands. M: attention was drawn to it by the following psragrap! ofa note from a very respectable fellow-citizen, Mr. Birney, profesor of English literature in the Univer- sity College of Bourges, who happened to cast his eye over it in that city :—“Permit me to ask you if you have read the New York Herald for Europe of the 23d of January. which has an article that affects you per- ronally? ‘The hostility of the writer is thinly disguised jer professions of devotion to the interests of Ameri- abroad, There is not one of these—and | fell- you on the fact—thst will not endeavor to counteract the efforts of your enemies, by every means ip his power.” The article may not, on close perusal, Warrant #0 re’ yn interpretation; but | find ambi- gueus circum: 8, which you will allow me to indi- cate, and, undeniably, both the suppre! jon of truth and the allegation of falsehood, whate' may have been the motive of your i: ‘ment. A man who, lite myself, dererves not t st ill-will or 1ll-word from any human creature, and who feels personal hostility to none, Is yet, occasionally, obnoxious to malice from various causes of irritation. Sin enough cf bud character on earth, y and richly earned, you will agree with me, that we should all endeavor to save from any unjust aspersion what is essentially good. Injustice is done to a functionary, however safe he may be in public opinion at home, where erron exaggerated statements of his conduct are thus sent abroad. 1! ectification cannot ap tant term, wor certainly reach the q! an unfavorable beg ion has beem produced. degree, the national o! oter suffers with that of t individual inn would dio! of the charg atleast the immedi- ate tranemirsion of it, in order that it might mot fail to be known where it ceuld bly be refuted, The case in question— the Vail inheritance. Occurred early in June, 1847; the affirmative decision of the Secretary of State and the Attorney General. to whom the whole equity, as well as the strict legality, ‘was submitted, bears dat e 16th of September of that year, and the final nettlement in October. Why did your informant, so sealous for the interests of the Americans abroad, allow a whole long session of Ci grees to pass without a public suggestion, and wait u Ul @ period of the second, when the consular bill could scareely be expected to come under considerat.on? We may presume—since he has particularly men- tioned the decision of the Secretary and the confirma- tion of the law officer—that he had read the document. But he observes of Mr Buchana: iminous and able exposé of the consular system,” that it pointed out all its defects, and suggested appropriate eorrections, Now, the Secretary, so far from from rignslizing as defect the provision of the laws which your informa: reprobates and requires to be amended, vindisates it emphatically. and ‘points out’ its various advantages. Again, on'the supposition that the complainant was acquainted with the text of the decision, how does it | happen that he has exhibited, as the sum received by the coneul, 5 999 francs--mearly twelve hundred doi lers—when the decision awards a sum less than that by 776 francs; which sum is the one that was received. | The difference—the commission on certificates of Ame- rican atocks—was inciuded in the censular bill of charges, without any intention of insisting on it, but in order that all questionable points might be finally determined in the reference. Of this, the Secretary of State was informed. Such certificates had been entered long before on the coneular books, as part of the effects upon which the laws weant to allow commissions. The Secretary decided in the negative, with my full assent. At s00n a the bankers, the Messrs. Hottinguer, refased to place the stocks of any description within the offi- cial custody of the Consul, I saw that a submission of the whole cure was inevitable; | wished that the judg- | ment should be comprehensive, All the circumstances and correspor dence were com- muniosted, and au opportunity was afforded to the re- tative of the Vail estate, then at New York, to tethem all and contert any olaim and point. it Paris, informed me that it was his inten- tion to repair to Washington forthe purpose—and I must believe t] did so. Conformabie to the print- ed instructio: epartment of State, | had sub- | mitted my proceeding 4 demands, and my co.res. | ondenee, to the minister plenipotentiary.in Paris, Mr. Rush, who ranctioned them, both verbally and in'w: ting.’ It be noied that the apprairoment of the , furnitare—and in particular of jewelry—was allowed to remain far below their real yalue, and the commis. | tions to be thus reduced. ‘The intervention of the Coneul in thi ‘arpestly solicited by the relativ the repretentative at New York. It was, gatory by law. All knew the consular demands which The Consul’s agency was unlimitedly em- 5 ne of her notes, the sister of Mr. Aeron ‘ail who served as hi 1847,) “Although I hi concerning the property of Mrs. Vai am giadto know that Mr. Rush bas the same view of the case,”’ | She was not alone was assisted by a gentiem: mature ege, a near relative; by the inceliigent nep! acm ef the de ed, 19 years of age; and invarial by the advice of the bankers. Ali ceded tober in the inspection and use of the oon- tents cf the apartments on which the « necersarily placed; the keys were left at the recretary of my offi command for several months; my person: vices and counsels were very frequently used. Dusing the hot eescon, | paid many extra visite to is trom my country r nce, t distant, with refe rence to ber enterpris siderable cost of health and mone; in a letter to me from New York, 1847, holds this language :—“ My self in gratefol terms for the assistance ceived fiom you in her trying positio bog that you will accept my own acknowledg our injormant erre in bis assertion that the oo: refured to take off his seals until he had received t full emount which be claimed. He contradicts indeed, in almost the same breath, by this s‘ateme: © Under the advice of the Messrs. Hottinguers he (uh Consul) was paid the sum of one thourand francs, pro- vided he would remove the reals.’ This was done on the condities that the sum should be at once be upplied to mere cflice expenres, and official whioh, indeed considering the extra lnbors of thi retary of the office,’ it fell far short, and it was comprired in the whole amount of the commissions, and equaily subject to the Seoretary of State's de- cision I originally proposed that the whole amount should be placed in deposit, or set mpart, sub- ject to his decirion; which being dene, the seals would be immediately removed-the lady relieved from allirkeome reepomribility—all the effects traus- ferved to her—and the certificate necessary to enable her to get poreession of the stocks, at once pro- vided. To thts arrangement the sisterand the bankers did not aceede until the middie of August, I should not have imposed (hese stipulations, it the resistance ot both tothe operations ef the lawn of the United Stater had not compelied me to etrugg'e to the last for entire victory. (Oificial duty ferbade me to desist, or to yield fivaily, in any degree, to what Mr. Buchanan, in bis opinion, properly calls «an iMegel barrier inter- pored by the bunkers.” In their answer to my firet application, Merers. Hottinguer & Co. wrote: —‘, We do not know the Auierican laws which may give you the right of whiob you rpeak, and we are not at all govern. ed in Paris by those jaws, bat by the French jaws.” It is sufficiently evident, however, that all who bold or or reprerent Awerioan infererts, perticulariy when American Oficial sgeney is employed. are eubdjuct co there provisions cf the Ametioun law «bien reiate and apply to there interests The Freneh treasnry. netore Moreover, 2 inheritance and paid, to of LW mvt DERMOT FO Obs nHGme, CAMEO Levad Lay) THIKE O 1 gto Wid creme UID | buities, on the other hand, concen ed, might be construed to import mitted a rort of official extortion : “ It is too bad ees rendered im this case by Consul, w! d truly amounted to but little, the sbonid be 80 t.? This allegation of the insignificance of the services, is the very reverse of In the first place, the inconvenience, ble, and delays of the intervention of the French thorities, which the comsular agency preciuded, are to be taken, snd largely, into sceount. Im the second, let me refer tu the subjoined certificate of the respec- table person who filis the post of reoretary in my bu: . The per centage preseribed by the law ab- sorbs all the veual fees sod other charges. It was really little, compared with the real amount of the perronal ertate—two hundred and fifty thousand franes cr more. I should be willing to aver, under any samo- tien whatsoever, of honor or oach, thatif | had foreseen the trouble. the irregular service the vexations with which the affair was attended, and bas been followed, J would not voluntarily bave wuderiaken it for double the pum received 1 would rather have sacrificed the whole, than have incurred the necessity of visiting the Secretary of State with the tusk which the expla- nations and vouchers imposed on his kindly nature aud cfficiul cenecience. | do uot believe that any American Jawyer or notary at home, of aay conside- ration, would have been satisfied with the same com- pensation for traneactions correspouding in measure, duration. aud annoyance After all, the up-list would be, that the Consul took the comminsions prescribed by the iaw for the pertorm- anoe of oneroun duties imposed by the law. An exact proportion between feen and services is not studied nor preserved im any cf the pubiic or private functions paid by salaries. tees, or per centage. Witness the learned profestions, executors and atministrators, members of legielatuies, diplomatic agents, bankers—who rarely seruple to accept what accrues by lew or customary demand ROBERL WALSH, U. 8, Consul. Evivon New Yous Mornina Herat, OPINION OF MR. BUCHANAN. w ‘The parties have submit the amount of commisious to which Mr. Walsh is en- titled, as Consul ef the United States at Paris, out of the entate of vire. Julia Vail, decease citizen, who reeently died near that city. Afcer careful exami: jon of the law, and the tacts of the conse, | am very clearly of opinion that he is entitled to the amount ebarged by him, (6,990 50 francs, deduct- ing therefrom the sam of 775 francs, the commis. rions, at the rate of 24 per cent, on the Ohio and New York loan. The main objection seems to be the charge of con- tular commistions upon the public loans and stocks owned by Mra, Vuil at the time of her decease; but it sppears to me that the copsular instructions, framed for the parpess of earrying imto execution the act of April 14th, 1792, have jong since settled this question in favor of the Consul. Surely these loans and etecks, so far as they are Fremoh, are, in the language of the law, “ personal estate left by apy citizen of the United States,’ within the consu- late of Mr Walsh, at Paris. and might have been sold py the Consul, had this been necessary, and applied to the payment of the debts of the deceased, which she had “there contracted ”? Both the act of Congress and the instruetiens, re- quire the Consul to administer ‘the effeots” of deceased American citizens, ‘who shall die within their consu- late.” The word “effects” is most comprehenrive in its tignification, and embri , a8 the instructions de- clare, “property of every description, imoluding debts ue. The act of April, 1792, hae proved highly be- Deficial im practice. It has relieved the per- sonal estates of American citisens who are abroad, from the heavy expenses and vexatious delays inci- dept to their administration, by the authorities of foreign countries; and after paying the debts of the deoossed, there contracted, has secured the balance to those emtitied to receive it inthe United States, These benetits resut altogether from the fact that the whoie estate abroad is suijected to coneuiar jurisdic- tion, in exclusion of the local authorities. Itie tr t, in the present case, the certificates of the loan tucks of Mrs. Vall were neverin the actual possession of Mr. Walsh, because the Messrs. Hottinguer, in wh ands they had been deposited by the deceased, refuced to place these evidences of debt im his custody. But surely this illegal barrier, inter. posed by them, to the execution of the act of April, 1792, coud not impair the rights of the Consul, or re- lieve him from the pertormance of his duiies. If it could, the whole efficacy of the uct might be destroyed by the refusal of third persons to deliver over to the Consut property of the decvased, or evidences of debt, in their possersion. . * . . * . . It msy be ratisfactory to parties to know that Mr. Clifford, the eminent jurist who is now the Attorney General of the United States, concurs with me in this opinion throughout, (Signed. JAMES BUCHANAN, Washington, Sept. 16, 1847. CERTIFICATE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE CONSULATE AT PARIS. My attemdanee at the dweling of the deceased Madame Vatl was several hours ver day for about twenty days. for the purpose of affixing the consular seals on ber effects, on the doors, trunks, boxes, kc., and of taking an inventory and eppraisement of the whole of the contents of her residence. ‘I’ne copies and registry consisted of at least one hundred and fifty peges of folio manuecript. Triplicate of the vo- luminous correspondence with the parties, and bank- ers, and the Department of State, were necessary ; they comsumed mueh time, amd cost a very heavy postsge. During three months scarcely a day past that lwas pot occupied in transoribing letters and documents appertaining to the Vail inheritance. I affixed from thirty to forty eonsular seais, indispen- sable for the security and legalization of documents and records, and the final adjustment of the inheri- tence. I bave held my present post more than four years; no buriness bas occurred that gave ro much ‘work, and was attended with so many troublesome de- taile. For a long series of years, | huve had occasion to be conversant with the buresux and ‘transactions of the notaries o! this capital; lam quite sure that there is no one of them whose bill of charges for ser- vices of the same kind and extent, would not have exceeded the whole consular claim on the Vaiiinheri- tance JOHN BARTLY, Seoretary of the Paris, 20th February, 1849. American Consulate. The Effeet in rsalacahe,* of the California Gold ews. [From the London Limes, Feb. 22.) The question whether a change in the relations of property is to take place trom the discoveries in Calitorma still remains unsettled. For the past month or two anticipatious of a social revolution have flitted before us, until they have come more or lees to be entertaimed by the majority. There are still, however, a large number whose personal interesis are involved, or who are indisposed te credit extraordinary events at any time, who re- sist the whole afluiras an exaggeration. On the relative correctness of either party the accounts of yesterday will not throw much light, and we must therefore, perhaps, wait another fortnight for more definite means of judgment. One tact, how- ever, to be strongly remarked is, that all the ac- counte, come through what channel they may, tell the same tale. Upto the present tume not a single instance has been made known of any individual upon the epot, or in its neighbourhood, whether at San Francisco or Monterey, having put forth a word of dissent or disappointment. this unitor= mity would be a striking testimony of truth, even ifevery man in Califorma were known to be un- worty of personal credit, or tohave some strong motive for deception. As regards motive, more- over, it must be recollected that if the findings were not Cyst iol? inexhaustible, it would le on the side ot concealment. ; Most persons, theretore, will admit thatif great eflects have not absolutely been shown to be inevi- table, they are at all events to be regarded as ex- tremely probable; and that it 18 consequently not premature, pending the arrival of more decisive news, to attempt to calculate the way in which they will be developed. The one grand result 18 plain to every body. Debtors will be benefitted, and creditors will be the suflerers. All persons holding annuities, whe- ther in the government funds, dife interests, gua- ranteed railway shares, fixed gfound rents, &c., or having any specified amount to receive at some , future date, must be prepared to find that the pay- | ments thus to accrue to them will purchase fewer commodities in proportion to the change which may take place between the relative supply of com- modities and of gold. The grautors ot these an- eluding the public, as far as concerns the national debt, and all persons under encumbrances, as well as those who may hold Jong leases, will proportionably be gainers. The problems to be solved arise out of the extent to which individual cages will be modified by their own pecubar ciscumstances, aad also by the van | ous compensations and adjustments which will be brought to bear on them by the simultaneous dis- turbances which are taking place inethers, The ; | complicated nature of these will employ and per- plex oll minds; and, as in every instance where novel conditions have suddenly arisen, the wisest and most rational calculations of what would re- fuit, have been found in some points not only to be errencous, but absolutely directly opposite to what has finally happened, we may rely that nothing will be put forward at the present moment which will not years hence have to be largely corrected, when our speculations shall be tested by experience Ii the yrobable extent of the cause by which the charges which may be impending are to be wrought 1s sublime in its vagueness, and the question whe- ther gold is henceforth to be freighted to usin ounces, pounds, or tons,18 a matter upon which one guess would be as reasonable nother, al- mest as wholly are we in the dark ag to the stock upon which the supply 18 to operate. 320,000,000 has been aseumed to be the amount at preseat held in Luroye and America, but nething can be more loore than the esumate, and at the same time, the quantity existing in plute and other forms, can never be arrived at. Passing then the vain question as to the force with which eppreaching events may come upon us, we must entively limit our vie w to their diree- ton. As regards the public funds and the prices of various descriptions of property, it eeems obvious that no alteretion in price should result in the case of annuities of any dercription, because these an- nuities berng payadle im gold the price ot the prin- cipal in gold must still bear the same relation to them. Av tar, theretore, as any direct action is ponkels should not be aflected, If the fy ' type EY ‘ would find his £3 interest purchase only what he can now obtain tor £1 10s., and it he were to sell his £100 stock at 94, he would also find the pur- chasing power of the product to be only £47. For the same reasove the rate of discount would re- main unaffected. A man in business requiri £100 now, for which he pays three per cent, we then require £200 to exchange for the same amount ot commodities, but alihough he would thus em- ploy £200, and pay £6 for ite the alteration would be merely nominal, as the res 200 and 6 would then be but different symbols for a purcaas- ing pewer, which 18 at present expressed by 100 and 3. On the other hand, investments 1n real property, such as land, railways, houses, ships, canals, docks, bridges, mines, We.; would all assume a nominal value of twice their present amount. This would not be areal increase, but while the annui- tant would absolutely lore half his income, the shareholder in these concerns would experience no euch fate, but would remain precisely in his pre- sent position. Where the landlord, or the railway or canal company, &c., now charge £1 tor lan let or goods conveyed, they would then charge £2, and would thus double the dividends to their share- holders, who in turn would find these nominally double dividends eactly equal to their present ones. But althongh these things would result trom a direct doubling of the supply of gold in the world, there are many modifying circumstances which must arise trom the change being a gradual one. In the first place, gold being the standard in this country, an undue amount would be likely to be shipped here by parties who might permit it for some little tume to lie in depozit, and as it would thus increase the circulation; without at the momeat stimulating trade, its first eflect would be on the funds. The amounts shipped also for re- turns in goods will create a sense of prosperity, which may act contagiously, and cause the funds to rise solely from sympathy. In this way they might, without true reason, go above par, and thus enable the government to make another reduction —from which, however, the holders ot Three-and- a-Quarter per Cents would be exempt, the con- diuon in their case being that they are not to be deduced to three per cent uil 1854, and that they are then to remain untouched till 1874, On the opposite side, 1t must be taken into ac- count, that many persons alarmed at the ultimate prospect ot the fundholder, may seek rapidly te change their investments, to shares 1a comp: nit based on realestate. Consols might thus be un- warrantably depressed, aud shares as unwarrant- ably raised. Again, itis impossible to calculate how far 4 vague excitement may operate in indu- cing people to melt down articles of gold and to apply the proceeds to such investments, by which they would still further be sent beyond a rational price. In this way, shares of land might come to be bought so much too high as compared with the tunds, that the qmet holder of the latter might after all be in the best position. One thing is cer- tain, namely, that whichever way the public rush, the movement is eure te go too far, and that hence, re-actions will eccur such as to show those who do not sur atall, that they have not suffered much by their supineness. . In estimating the various circumstances calcu- lated to counteract the California supply of gold, much stress has been laid on the additional quan- tity likely to be used in the arts, and also upon the less profitable mines being thrown out of operation. Neither of these considerations seem to deserve the weight that has been given to them, Indeed, it may be questioned if interences should not be drawn of a character directly opposite. It would require a considerable tall in the value of gold to bring 1t into greatly increased use for do- Mestic purposes, while on the other hand, the least commencement of a decline might create a silly panic, which would not only bring hoards of plate upon the market, but would also cause per- sons to forbear from purchasing; while as regards the less productive mines, the immediate effect of the Californian competition will be to stimulate the use of improved arrangements, especially in the Ural and Siberia, by fehicl much larger quan- tines may be obtained with the existing amount ot labor. The avidity with which other tra- ditionary gold mines in Central America, Borneo, and eleewhere, will now be sought out, must also be considered. There is, however, which, ag it will tend i discovery to extend in a great degree to silver as well as to gold, will have an equalizing influence. On the continent, where gold and silver are equal- ly a legal tender, silver has become the recognised medium of payment, because, having deereased in value as compared with gold since the standard ‘Was instituted, it isthe most prohtable mode for thoge who have debts to discharge. Let the suppl! of gold, however, prove suffictent to do away witl the premium it now bears to silver, andfrom that moment gold will, in these countries, become the commen staudard. and the tall in’ value will thenceforth, from the use of one and the disuse of the other, be distributed to a considerable extent between the two metals. 3 There are also two other points of modification. It gold were reduced to half its value, then the paper ci:culation would descend as lew as if, at the present moment, there were notes for £2 10a. ‘This would tend to render specie less necessary, and still further to decrease its vulue. On the other hund, the sovereign and the half sovereign being only worth respectively 108. and 5s., the use of gold tor small coins would be increased. Looking at the complicated interests which are hable to be affected, it need hardly excite surprise that propositions have already been put forth in Eng- land for an alteration in the standard, in order to prevent the threatened changes, it being urged that, without loss of time, silver should uow be adopted. It may be feared that, apart trom what must take pluce on the continent from the eflect of a great su;ply of gold, neither silver nor any of the pre- cious metals wili henceforth be regarded as very changeless measures of value. Be this, however, as 1t may, there can be no shadow of a plea for at- tempting to alter all existing bargains, merely be» cause the terms have turned out more favorable for the debter than was expected. At the termina- tion of the war the reverse was the case; but all contracts were then fuifilled to their strict letter, and the same justice must be meted now. Gold was selected as a standard, not as an unchangea- ble, but us the least changeable of all commodities, and there can be tew who have not at umes specu- lated as to the possibility of a suddenly increased supply, such ‘as had once already happened from the discovery of America, and which from unexpected causes was just as liable to happen egain. The contingency has been always before us, and those who ‘have overlooke it must pot ask society to relieve them of its consequences. There is no reason to suppose, if gold had become less abundant, which was quite within the range et probability, that creditors would then have called tor a law to enable their untortunate debtors to pay in silver or in any other difierent metal. Jn 1823, when such a result was anucipeted from the revo utions in Scuth America, nothiwg ot the kind was heard of. Moreover, itis quite certain thatif the d-brors, at the time when they made their contract, had bound themselves to pay, hot merely in gold, but in whatever metal might prove more valuable, in case gold snould suddenly beeame cheaper, they would have been entitled to better terms than they ever obtained; and that, im the absence ot such terms, it 13 plain the bargain was intended to be a literal one. ‘That, while the majority teel elared, a very large body ot persons hear of each confirmatory account from Calitorma with a confused teeling of appre- hension and dismay, is a ftuct to be adinitied with puin, falthough, perhaps, it directly questioned, theyjwou'd confess that this ts scarcely the spirit in Which the opening up of a new store of one of nature's most useful gifts ehould be met. Kor our own purt, supposing it to be confirmed, we shall be disposed to regard it as the commencement of an era which wiil be marked by a rapidity of com- mercial and maritime progress beyond anything the world has yet seen, and to believe that no cases of disturbance of imdividual interests will arise which may not be more than compensated, even to these parties themselves, by the advantages which, from diminished taxation and extended trade, will be universally diffused. one element of the question Affairs of Staly—The Intentions of Austria= The Congress at Brusseis. From the London Times, fab. 23.) Count Colloredo, the Austrian Envoy, has ar- rived, as was expected, in this couatiy. not for the purpore of entering at once upon the duties of his port as the Imperial Ambassador at the court of England, but merely to intimate to the British government the views of the Austrian cabinet with reference to the approaching conference ot Brus. sele. The language of the Austrian miaister is, we believe, very dietinct, und very fatal to the de- lusiens which this Italian conterence has fostered, wie those at least who chose to be 80 egre- giouely deceived. The court of Vienna announces that it does not intend to surrender or concede any portion whatsoever of its territorial rights in the provinces of Lombardy and of Venetia, and that it is prepared to defend those rights, if they be again attacked, with the whole strength of the empire. It is the intention of the Emperor Francis Joseph to establish in his Tialian dominions institutions tramed in a spirit of liberal concession, and de- tinued to ptomote the national well-being of his subjects South of the Alps. For the satistaction of those powers which have displayed a lively in- terest in the Italian cause, the Austrian govern- ment is prepared to state, at Brussels, what these intended concessions ure; but, as this is entirely & question of internal government between the head of the empire and a portion of his own do- Minions, no foreign interference will be asked or secepted on the subject, and the mediation which has been talked of will have as little to do with the constitution of Lombardy as with ite indepen- denee, The only remaining topic with reference to this port of the case 14 the negotiation tor pew to cause the effect of the | posing by - baer of the sfipleimatiats, at Ligh sels, they will render some service to }, but the sole difficulty which they will have to sheen ter hes not with Austria, put with Sardinia, oF rather with the revolutionary party which threat ens that uahappy country with the combined evils By yyy — ee t has please: 0g ‘rench ments to keep alive till the last moment a pertectly harmless ia the rest of Europe, ne you will, but contemptible everywhere, and mischievous in Italy. The mediating powers. encouraged the Italians to believe that some pore tien at least of their uational claims would be se- cured to them by this French and English inter= ference. It is true that the Italiaas have ruined their own cause by their cowardice and their vioe lence, but their failure dees not absulve those who were foolish enough to espouse that cause from the charge of having deceived and forsaken @ people. Hence the extreme bitterness of what is called the meteseen palay in Ltaly against the states- men who interfered im their behalf, and against the king who alone fought their battles. The lan- guage now held by the Austrian Euvoy is preci hat which we have adhered to throughout this discugsion. It 1s the language which French government has for some time tacitly adopted, es- pecially siuce the mission of General Pelet hae established the complete weakness of the Pied- montese forces, and since the declaration of Mar- shal Bugesud has directed the whole milit strength of the French republic to its internal diffi- culties. If, therefore, it ever entered 1ato the mind. of any English statesman to reward the treachery of Charles Albert, and aggrandize the house ef Savoy at the expénse of our most constant ally, that notable project nas met with its deserts, and ended in an humiliating tailure. But although the question of Lombardy is vir- tually closed, that of central [taly has acquired, within the last tew weeks, great additional inte- rest, and this interest may be still further iacreased: by the probability that Genoa and Turia will, ere long, repeat the experiment of Leghora and. Florence. The Abbe Gioberti will tiad extreme difficulty in maintaining his position since it has become necessary to turn the diplomacy, and, pro- bably, the arms of Charles Albert against the revo- Jutionary policy ot Mazziui and the republics of Rome aod Florence ; and whenever the present Piedmontese government shall fall, the mo- narchy will find itselt, like the governments of the Pope and of Leopold IL, with uo alternatives but armed resistance or the abyss of anarchy. It 18, however, fortunate that, in presence of these tresh and iucreasing dangers, the divisien of opinion which unhappily existed between Austria and the Western Powers with reference to Lombardy does not apply 10 the more advauced stages at which the Tiaiian revolution 18 now arrived. The debate which has just occurred 10 the National Assembly of France on this very question demonstrates be- ond all doubt what are now the intentions of the ‘reach government and the wishes of the French people. On the 24th of May last, M. Drouyn de Lhys himeelt, the present Minister of Foreign Afe faire, drew up and read a resolution, which the As« sembly Seaenaly adopted, exhorting * the Ex« €cutive power te toke as the rule of its conduct the three great principles—Fruternal compact with Germany—Reconstitution of Poland—Emancipa- tion of Italy” Onthe 20:n of February, before even the first anniversary of the revolution has come round, M. Ledru Rollin and M. Bue are the solitary cnumpions of the Italtam cause—the As- sembly refuses even to listen to 1ts own former re- soluuon—M. Drouyn de Lhys disdains to recog- nise such populer revolutions or such base-bora Tepublics as those of Rome and Florence—aad a Protestant clergyman, M Coquerel, gets up to recommend that the Pope be restored to his throne and his capital by the combined force of foreign armies. The recublican experience of the French at home, has evidently given them a more just estimate of the value of republican institutions elsewhere. It is instructive to remark, that not only 18 the revolutiovary propaganda of 1793 to- taily extinct amongst the ruling party and the great majority of the French nation, but that in all probability the forces ot the republic, if ueed at all, willbe used against the demagogues of Italy, and that whatever measures the state of that coun- try may render indispensuble will be taken with per- fect accordance between the Catholic and other contimental powers. Attera year of revolutions, which has just completed its ‘appalling circle, this Teeult at least rematus to the world—inat the cause of order triumphs by the eacess of disorder, that France herself 1s once more capable of lending whaiever strength she still retains to the conserva- tive party in Europe, and that whenever the influ- ence of our own country has leaned to the side of insurrection and revolution, it has been signally deteated. J We observe that some of our liberal contempo- Taries who had distinguished themselves some months ego im chasing *'the barbarians beyond the Alps,” and had eonsigned the King ot Naples to peidition, are now foremost in admitung the neces- sity otintervention. We contess that their precipi- tation in one sense 18 as little to our mind as their précipitaiion in another. It would have beer well to have obvisted these calamities ; but as they have now actually taken place, we see no immediate reason to relieve the people ot Italy from the consequences ot their own perversity and guilt. It they preter the government of assaveins and conspirators to that of Pius 1X. and Leopold f1., let them try it: and if ever Italy 1s to make any progress in rational liberty, it will, probably, not be until she has taken u lesson trom the excess ofanarchy. One cause alone would seem to juse tify a decided military interterence, and that 1s the actual provocation of a fiesh war with Austria, which is everywhere mide one ot the leaciag fea- tures in the scheme of the revolution. Mazzini, though not very fond of leading in persoa, and. more addicted to diatribes than to battles, has pledged himeeit to lead the hosts of Italy on their march to Vienna. Count Mamiani’s huinble ques- tion, ‘Where are our armies?” was met Behe shout of ignorant aud ungrateful scorn in the Ro- man forum. And if the aational party in Italy continue hxed in their stern resolve to subjugate the German empire, it 1s not impossible that their first overt act of aggression may bring the Austri- ans to Rome and a French squadron to the coast. The Designs of Russiain Turkey. [From the London Standard of Freedom, Feb. 23.) As we fully expected and anticipated, and as we have more than once warned our readers, Russia has eesayed her first move against the Ottoman em= pire; and, 1f the aecouuts of the transaction are to be elieved, has failed. We nave already explained. that ‘his insidious power has been, tor some time, 1m actual possession of the fine province of Wallachia. ‘The unprincipled means by which that possession was accomplished we ulso described, It now: feemis that an ulterior step has been hazardeds Having Wallachia in their grasp, and the neigh= boring province of Moldavia ina position nearly similar, the Machiaveliun cabinet ot the Czar has oer to the Suitan and bis ministers a treaty, under the provisions of which, aud under the pre- tence of crushing revolutionary ideas, these two fine provinces were to be placed tor seven years under Muscovite tutelage, after the expiration of which period their ultimate destiny was to be de+ termined. This treaty, of course, amounted to a cession of these terriiories to the rapacious Rus- sian. After seven years of Russian oevupstion it 1s surely clear that these couatries must have pase- ¢d under the dommion ot Russia. No enginery capable cf producing such a result would have been omitted to be setin motion by the cunaing occupants, and the resuit could only have been one. If the stories of toreigu journals are to be ~ ed, however, this deep scheme has been, for the present, baffled. Secing that this was only one step more towards the ultimate occupation ot Con- stantrnople iteelf, the Frevch and Austrian ambase sadors, itseems, plucked up heart}vo assist the un- tortnoute Sultangin his strait. If left isoiated, the Divan would not have dared to reuse the treacherous proposal of tie uapring cipled Musecovite ; backed, however, by France and Austria, the Porte got spirit to deimur to a scheme so palpably netarious, Sewing |rance and Austna resolved, Lord Palmerstoa gathered courage to join in the protest of France, A wtria, and Turkey, and, we are told, really talked to Brunow, the Russian ambassador here, as it he were a Cromweil ora Chatham. It his gasconade had beenall, Brunow must have been (knowing what he knows,) immeasurably diverted ; but France and Austria are not yet exactly to be de~ fied upon this topie, and the story now goes that the Czar has “ withdrawn his pretensions,” and. backed out. That Nicholas may have withdrawn hia overs tures in form we can readily believe ; but this he hes done only to putthem agai torward ut ano- ther opportunity, and in a modified shape. [a the Meant me fresh intrigues will goon. Possi y the two provinees will be urged and goaded 1uto some revolt, The revolt will be attributed to Tarkish emisearies ; and thus fresh ground for a hostile demonstration againet the Sultan, and an ultunate seizure of his provinces, will be obtained. If France and Austria are too trienaly, something will be fomented in Italy to disturb if possivle that good understanding ; wnd in a few montha we shall Again see another grasp at the two provinces made by the Czar. Noman who knows the nature of Russian policy willdoubt this; those who do not will hardly deem it credible. peneichstichet eh Foreign Mircetia: y: The news of an iusurrection 1a Modi fa ts confirmed. ee eee A portal convention between Fran Pnintay' ice and Bel- gium is on the eve of being ratified, . Eliza Cook, the poetess, 1 <werat peroarate 18 about to commence Thete were $24 butts of wine exported trom Port St. Mary and Xeres, in 1848, to the United, States