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their counsel and advice, and to choose honest man and able advisers, who than be more devoted to the welfare of the State than the sordid advancement of their own personal interest.

A French correspondent informs u. that .there are, at the present moment two bad signs of the times in oonnectionlwith the affairs of Turkey-—the arrival in Puts of a number of Greek crosses (decom- tions), and a number of Turkish shawls. “I hope,” says he, “that the latter are only intended, according to Oriental cus. tom, to hide from the world the charm, of the fair sex. The present is the criti- cal moment for the future of Turke which all Europe has an interest in keep- mg independent; that independence and power ‘to resist the enemy, depends on domestic reforms; those reforms, again, rest on the united action of France and England in supporting the Sultan. The allied troops have left the domestic or. fairs of Turkey in the hands ofaloyal Sovereign. There is much to accomplish —inany difficulties, the niot grave, viz. religious prejudices, to overcome. Bui there is material for the most happy re- sults,if the Ambassadors of France and

Council of Manufactures, the oﬂicisls of the Custom-house, take a part in the cere- mony. The bosrd of Mines, the Chamber of F inance, the Commissariat, the Univer- sity, the Post-oﬂice, the Department of Theatres, with a number of other bodies equally share in the great solemnity. Hence the all-absorbing character of the ceremo- nial—and hence the niightiness of the pre- parations which have been made for its celebration.

In the other Kingdoms and States of Eu- rope, nothing remarkable presents itself.—- Jkeiss of the World.

repose in which it has lately been the sin- bition of her King to steep hour. by_ "10 announcement, that the might and majesty of her maritime ﬂag, even when ﬂoating from the mast—head of a ship of war, coin- manded by one of her Princes of the blood royal, has been impudently set at naught. and subjected to a downright defeat by a saucy band of Moorish pirates. All the press of Prussia has been busy for the_last three weeks in repeating the tale of Prince Adalbert’s mishap wit the Rid‘ pirates, and terrible have been the denunciations launched against the audacious rovers. The King of Prussia has made up his mind to avenge the outrage committed on his ﬂag,and to sweep the robbers and assassins from the face ofthe earth; to which end he has, what? Fitted out a couple of frigates and half-a-dozen gun-boats, and despatched them to the Mediterranean, with orders to settle all accounts between him and the impertinent gentlemen of thc Riff coast? No such thing. The King of Prussia does not avenge himself in that common-place manner. He does not undertake the task himself, but petitions others to undertake it for him! Instead of instantly fitting out such a naval expedition as would suffice for the punishment of the piratical horde, by whom his ﬂag had been insulted, he goes a-begging to England, to France, and, as it is said, even to Russia, and petitions

EUROPE AT BET.

There seems at the resent Inornent to belittle in the record 0 passing events in any of the nations of Europe to challenge particular attention or call for special com- ment. For the time being, the surface of society exhibits everywhere an appearance it of perfect tranquillity. The inhabitants of this broad quarter of the globe, busily en- gaged in the genial labors of the harvest, seem to have consented, whilst the sun still shines, to merge all other considerations in the one great aim of gathering in and secu- ring the bountiful fruits of the earth which a benelicent Providence has afforded them; and thus we ﬁnd, that whilst this labor is in progress ,the linm of discontent, even in taly and Spain, is hushed, and conﬂict be- tween liberty and oppression for the time

suspended. . How long this peacful state of things may continue is more than any human being can venture to foretell; but it can hardly be ex- pected,that the bitter feelings lately aroused in the bosoins ofthe oppressed people of the Italian peninsula will not again break forth with renewed acrimony against the tyranny of Naples, of Rome, and of Austria, and that too at no distant day. \’Vhenever this occurs,the danger of a collision between the principal Powers ofEui-ope will again pre- sent itself, and all our songs of peace may once more be suddenly changed into the

TURKISH REFORMS.

(From the News of the World.)

The last intelligence which reaches us fro Costantinople is not altogether satis- fac ory. There can be no doubt what- ever, that the Sultan and his Ministers are sincerely bent on improving the con- dition of the country by the prompt application of the new law; the Haiti I-Ionyayuioum has already been promul- gated wherever it was prudent and possi- to do so; and several Greek churches are already in the course of construction. But the great difficulty displays itself in persuading the old Turkish party to ac-

deadly blast of war. _

them to “ whip” the pirates for him. Can the dignity of a Monarch, assuming to

cept with sincerity the new order of

England work together for the welfare of Turkey, and the common interests of

For the moment, however, everything over the whole face of Europe wears the air of complete tranquillity. In Englan and France, rulers, statesmen, heroes, le- gislators, and politicians of all ranks and creeds apear to be solely bent upon the one endeavor of discovering how the time may be passed in the utmost repose and ease.

things.

It appears that the executive in Turkey consists generally and chieﬂy of a class of gendarrnes, principally Albanians and Rediﬂls, who, during the war, and in the absence of the regular army, were charged with the guardianship of domestic affairs, and particularly to put down brigandage. Now, it so happens, that this force has no more interest in entirely extirpating the brigands, than the professed rat-catcher would have in eﬂiecting the complete an- nihilation of vermin. No rats—no rat- catcher; no brigands—no Turkish force to put them down. Robbery is said to be certainly on the increase throughout the Ottoman Empire, and it is plain that there will be no remedy for this unless the regular army is employed to enforce law and clear the country of the lawless.

It has been proved in Greece, that the regular army is useless for this purpose, and the same may be said of Turkey. There can be no doubt that the majority of the Turkish Ministry, with the Sultan, are sincere in their endeavors to apply reforms ; but they are grievously obstruct- ed in the execution of tip good work by prejudices and personal interests of cer- tain personages not far removed from the Sultan himself, who persist in clinging to the old state of things with the most ob- stinatc tenacity. It is to be regretted, that this party has latterly received a sort of covert support from some of the mem- bers of the French Embassy. As the object of England and France is to im- prove the internal condition and elevate the external rank of Turkey, by placing in the administration of her afliairs, men superior to corruption, and sincerely de; sirous of applying wholesome and neces- sary reforms—nothing can be more inju- rious or more fatal to the end in view than that a contrary policy should find the slightest countenance in any official quarter to which the direct inﬂuence of France or England may extend. The good effects of the war depend on the ability of the Western Potvers to renovate the Turkish Empire—to make it national and thoroughly well governed within it-

‘associate himself‘ amongst the great Powers of Europe, fall lower than this? 'I‘o capture and hang a pirate who has fired upon his ﬂa and murdered his subjects, the King of russia must needs have the alliance and active co-operation of all the maritime powers of Europe! Wonderful to say, his . own subjects appear to be completely u» be pitals are empty_ The sea breeze of B.“"__ rather-S inplmedhto fio'rget til than to avenge ritz and the mountain air of Balmoral have - liill ill i ll illll iilliiil-y ii lliiilsiiliiiiiiii oil courted the two Soverei us of the mi ht iiiliiilil-ill iiiiii~iilllliiy ilpilil-i lil ‘liliiilil iliil West from their severalgseats of emgireiii liliiliilillig ilililiiy llii iliil iiiilg iiils iliiiliiilllii and led them ‘O seek in the com "saw; the once hi;;h-mettled people of_ Prussia. solitude of those secluded portions ldf their ill Rlillii-i lili llliiiiil ilililiiiiiilliiiiioiiil iiilil’ kingdoms a needful rest from the toils of llil ilillill8ii’gi~liijlgj-lilijiliii ill lilll ill-le iliiiailsililili government. So also with the statesmen illg llﬁljrlllilllllil livl ii Qiliiilllilliiliii Niiiiiiiig of both countries: few remain at their post. lliili llilllll llii illiliiiiiilliilil liiiil illiilil lice" Relaxation is the general order of the da ' allie ill llllllli- llilll llqliill iii -giiililiiiliiii-’ iiiiliil md none are found to resist it our heroé’ ness,.and tediousness what is preparing for it is true continue to have some work cui illil slgllilsillllis ill lllllii-liliil oil ilill Piiiiseiii out for tlliem in the shape of han nets and ililillilllllli l-i will llllliii-iilll ilil iilil.~il Po-lie" feisty but as for our “aha gmiciam of generalship to organize the multitudinous they alre absolutely reducedlltliilitlllie itiabld -ililililesllillil’ iii Elli llill llliiiiiilil-ii‘ of ililiiiiiiils extremity of having nothing whateveil-l to do iiilll ill? Cllillllililil liliii illii llll ii again’ iiilll and, what is even more deplorable, nothingl lli~lljl,l'dll wiilllll-lllelllj; lo ilillli iiilii iililgil’ whmemr to say. As an evidence of the wit ue attention, t e thousands ofdistin- condition to which a once numerous and «liiilililii illllilillillgils lliiill will lie giliiiiiiilld ﬂourishing body onhis ch“ is now reduced, in the.an‘ci}e‘ntvl:7Iuscovi(;e papital from every it is only necessrry to observe that for the region 0 t e est an ‘ Last. The Coro- last fortnight the leading topiclofdiscussion lliliiilli ll-ll ll lllilliilil-Czilil iillisl -"ill ill-i ilel in the Princifml organs of the regs devoted garded in the same light as the investiture to their interests has been an llinvestiwation ilil ll lvllsllllill Silliliilillgi-ii lllliil. words ilii-ii of the problem as to whether they hat?e any iiill lllillllle ill Gilli’ lliililll-i ill l-illigililiiii iiiiii exiswnce or not “Do we exist?" has construed by modern notions into. a mere been the anxious enquir)’ of the Corierva- ll-lillis ill-llilill-ii -llallll’ ill-ii lliiliiiiiiy iiilii Ri-iii tive press for some time past. ‘'15 there ll,-a’hlli§lll ililg-lliiil-illllillliliiéi dlllllll iiiiiiiililiy such a thing as a Conservative party in 3 i- ildiljllilelgll is 3-ilitlilllsil lo llll-iiiillcii-Y these kingdoms?” The inquirY has been eliilie- -llillll llll lgli liil iilliiilililll ills ood-naturedly taken up and re cared for llilllllllllliilli ill-lllil Hllillillil’ iiiiiilligii liie tshem by their brethren of a mdlre liberal ll-lllililllli llllii ll illlsli-illliliillii~ iii ilil lliiiliiili order um” every comer of we kin dam tribunal for the ‘exercise ofhis power. The has riimg With its echoes' but no satigsfac- ll-illllllliiillilll all-ii ill llllilili-ilililiiyiiig ilil-ilililiiiiiil tory reply has yet been afforded‘ so that at liilll illlll lliil lililll il'ii lliliicil lllil iiilp-iiiiiimiilii this ve-ry moment’there are sorlne two or iii gilliilllii iilii illllsllilllil-ll lliiliiiii is iegii-ii threehundred gentlemen ordinari|'ran in llliillliy llll-llliiillilliii lliiiii iilil- Eiiipiiiiilli iii themselves on the oppolsition sidie ofgthlol liillillllilil lliilll lllil lllliliili ililli-liiliililiiiiliiiil i-iliii House of Commons who are left in a state llliillllieil lliilli -iliil liili-y ilii- ilil ellliiiiisiiii of we most perpléxing uncermim and merely.a provisional jurisdiction. He is doubt as to whether they canla rlaimlito the illll lillllglllllilli lllil liill llill iilsiaiiilli Villel di nity of having any politicalllexistence at gillllllli ill lill-aliliiiii Hiiililil illil iliiiliiliiilil oil up This oes far to ar "8 that ‘he em State, the chief relates ofthe Church, the I of thiagcoumr "0 ft "rm reseml:no_ ambassadors of oreign Powers, are assem- P“ t " re" n-‘inch or P _ d bled to _witness a_ceremony which has to ‘mill, in ‘gain’ it i. but r:i':_°t ma" “Pg” the empire a. practical reality. Muscovite ‘l_’|:’n':":I_ I: "moi" mu may "3 al'Ii'wl_e“° cnstorrrrequires that each corporation_,each we“ oﬂunﬂd condnud ‘ah the m.rcu"l:mm}: profession, each province, each regiment cu which 'u"_°u'd “mm: The "ma may of the army, should be represented on the

the nations they represent.”

the Ambassadors will pursue this course - and that they will not permit any short: sighted rivalry between themselves to im- pede the progress of the great work of Turkish reformation, which the Western Powers have so ckep an interest in seeing accomplished.

An extraordinary statement appears in the Gala ne Gazette, which, indeed, might be treate with indifference were it not that the Paris_journals honor it with a place in their co|uipns—and it is this, that the Czar has_ promised to support King Bombs in his resistance to the rcmonstrances I the Western Powers, supported, as the llttep are, in appearance at least, by Austria, There may be something in this" statement, monstroualy improbable as it looks. It may be the case, that the King of Naples jg besotted enough to throw himself on the Czar for support, and that his agents are giving out the story, which has found its way to the banks of the Rhine.« That King Bomba is as silly as he is tyrannical cannot be doubted, because folly is stamped on every act of his imbecile and reckless go- vernment. There is nothing, therefore, which exceeds the bounds of credibility in the assertion that he calculates on the sup- port of Russia. He is, no doubt, oﬂ'cnded with Austria for having pronounced in fa. vor ofthe requisition of the VVestern Pow- i.-rs: and as he knows that Austria is not in good odour with the Czar, he thinks it easy to win the latter's favor and assistance, As showing Bomba’s folly and stupid persist- ency in his perniciotis course of conduct, the rumour of a Russian alliance with Naples is not unworthy of-attention; but as regards Russia herself, it is hardly possible to give a shadow of credence to such a.1 iriiputation on her confessedly astute under- standing of political means for practical ends and objects.

A few days, ago placards were affixed to the mansions of the Greppi, Traversa, and Poldi, in this city, on which were con- spicuous and legible the mottos, “Long live King Victor Emmanuel!” and “ Lon live Cavour!_” Next morning, there was a great commotion among the olice at the sight of these placards, and t ey ordered

It is very earnestly to be hoped, that

be said generally of’ France.

It is true that in that conntry,the popular voice is not

great day. If the assembled functionaries were only such personages as the masters, the grand masters, and the arch-masters

self, and thereby to render it proof against any intrigue of Russia in future. This can only be done by England and

the owners of the respective houses to re- move them at once. The latter declared, however, that as they had not aﬂixed the

allowed to find any expression in the press;

of the cc.-¢mt~,ni,,' the who], wnujd to“ placards to the walls of their liousea, they

but as far as we can judge from the testi- mony of English oorrespondents resident in Paris, and in many of the provinces, the prevalent feeling in every quarter of France is one of almost universal contentment.

emits has startled them the

inucb of its signiﬁcance. of the Asiatics has its representative among the spectators of the rite.

But each tribe

The chiefs of

been somewhat suddenly profound lethargy of the-

the peasants of the State domains, one for each Government, are there; the ancients "of the guilds of traders, the foreign mar- chants, the magistrates, the section of the

France using their legitimate inﬂuence to surround the Sultan with honest men; and if they steadfastly persist in that course, there can be little or no doubt of their ultimately succeeding, since we are assured, that the present Sovereign of

Turkey is really disposed to listen to

did not think it was their business to take them down. The police were then obliged to perform the operation, which was done in a most imposing manner.

The sacs states, that strong Iisrrssls are being erected at Madrid. which will is fact In

fonts, intended to keep the people in order.