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to be true wisdom; the men who would enforce these views are the most earnest labourers for future security. Though success culiio slowly, though the progress be painful and won stcp by step. it is the duty of the nation to persevere with vigor, iaticncc, and self-denial, until the darkness w iicli threatens Europe shall pass away. Pcrliaps the brightness which will sue- ceed it is nearer than tho most sanguine dare to liopo.—Lon«Ion Timcs.

THE DUKE OF CA.\lBRIl_)GE ON THE WAR. Many speeches have been made within the last fortnight, but few in which there has been anything to notice, and still fewer which have deserved an word of raise. It is therefore with some p easure,that we refer to the remarks made b the Duke of Cambridge at Liverpool. A roya duke and a general not long returned from active service could hardly address an au- dience at the present time on an other subject than the great events which have lately occupied the nation. On the past campaign and our mi- litary system, which has so completely collaps- ed, the Duke of Cambridge gives his opinion freel ', and with a candour and good sense whic 1 may well shame older men. There is a certain class of speakers who always“ have seen with great regret " the observations made on those who allowed a noble army to perish of cold and sicknes, or thrust forward a doomed band to destruction, while the comrades who could have saved them were kept inactive in the rear. These are generally lllcn belonging to some clique which has a friend in command, or who think to display superior discernment by proclaiming the general judgment of their coun- tr men to be unfounded and unjust. Those, however, who have a position to lose cannot

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POLITICAL INTRIGUES IN 'l‘URKEY.

We do not know whether we may rely u n the rcport,that Lord Stratford has been rccalliilil, and we certainly do not wish to lace implicit bslicfin the accounts of the in assador s re- cent conduct in the nﬂ'air of Mehcmet Ali Pa- clia. It is said, that he refuses to recognize the appointment, that he sent an attache or drago- man to the Sultan with reinonstrauccs, and that in personal interview, he addr--sscd the feeble but not spiritless Sovereign with such want of courtesy as to throw him into a nervous fit. These things may be true or they may be exag- gerated statements, arising. like other mythical narratives, from the known cliaractcr of the ac- tor. If correct to theletter, they would only he a. repetition of what has often happened before,

Western Powers was evidently rising to supre- macy, Redscliid Pucha determined to go every length in subservicncy to at least one of them, and the \'ctorll.n who laid helped to negociate the peace of Bucharest seemed a more powerful protector than the unworldly and‘hasty soldier who for the moment represented Trance: lied- schid, therefore, becaino_ in a most undignified manner the partisan of Lord bu-atl_'ord. hven the conﬁdence of the Porto was violated that the British representative might have early Ill- tclligcnce of a liuterviews or ofiicial documents. If this power had been really used to advance the interests of_ England the attainnieut_cl it might have Jllltllled the means by ‘which it was ‘acquired; but all acquainted with the East know that personal importance and personal dis- play liave always been the chief obyccts of him who represents Englan at Constantino le. Even during the present year this old am as- sador, instead of giving the results of his long experience to the comuioii cause, has been en-

aged in unsccmlngl disputes, about the most trivial matters, wit the French Charge Affairs, a young man laced in a most dillicult

osition at little more than 30 years of age. ltedscliid Pucha being_now the iuostuseful in- strument, thc desire of Mehcmct Ali to return

'3'-"“"° '0 "'3P"".V t"'5 """°i§""°“ """ "'l‘°°t‘"" for it is well known that in the last resort the on. Even the Cabinet has tacitly admitted the justice of all that has been said both on former and recent sliortconiings, and now we hear a personage of the highest rank, and with the best means of forming a judgment opt.-nl_v pro- claiming the reality of tile delinquencies which have been so stoutl denied. ‘ At the begin- nin of the Crimean Campaign, " says his llo_v- al ighness, “ deficiencies manifested them- selves which made every one impatient. Oﬂiccrs were made impatient. men were impatient, I was impatient.” Because the nation was impatient too, and found an expression for its feelings,a set of loudniouthcd uuderlings has ever since ke t up a cry about calumny, false- hood, and tile injustice of attacking absent men. It was said that ersons at a distance could know nothing of w iat really passed, and that even civilians on the spot ought not to pro- sume to give ajudgment on military affairs. We have. now a General ol'Division who fought dur- ing two months of the campaign and those the most disastrous and depressing, and his opinion coincides with that which the public has long since forms .

The Duke speaks of the late disasters as due to our military system, rather than to any in- dividuals actually engaged in the Crimea. 'l‘his is, no doubt, to a. great extent true. The de- fccts are of ancient date. Every oliicer and “V0?! depﬂ-TUDOR‘ 01311 tlll‘0\V With jllﬁilce ¢0D5i- rovivcd importance is, howcver, wanting in in- durable blame on other persons and other bran- ta;-est to the world and clcvatioli in ihclf. It ches of the service. But the public condemns» is the enmity and the inn-i«_-nos of two rival tion cannot be averted by this mutual shifting 'l‘ui-lrish politicians which have nrged thc Am- of responsibility. The result remains the same baggadof of the Queen of }.;,,,,|,md to pa,-gonal —than the British army was ruined by the in- disrespect ofan allied moniircii at the moment competence Of its heads and till.) anarchy Of its when comnyon dunge;-5 “-cm; succeeded by 3 departments. Each man has done his best, but c,,mm0n triuml-,h_ his host has onl been to ﬁght with the “NW ’1‘ho public knows that this McheinetAli P..- t°‘°‘-' """"°"Y °f "_'° m°°' "°""'”""'s "' "em cha isa strong-minded butunlcttered Turk, who 97°’ “mi “ °.""" J"dl:'s"'°"‘ ""° “'“'_'“"'- """ we rose from a low origin, was brought up in the “W9 ‘"9 "_°ﬁ°""'°-V "° "'° system w"'°," ""° D""° late b'ultan’s palace, and married ‘his master's ofCainbridge openly condemns. Itis ofno use dnug to,‘ vim, was an ,,,,n,,,. fro", “.mch "° "90"" ‘° "'9 Put‘ 't "°"'”""s '° l"'°"t "3 every sensible man who was above absolute P35‘ ?""°""v_""" W° ""9 8'''‘' t0 1""' "',"‘ """°"g want endeavored to escape in UN‘. olden times. t"° l."g''°°'' "' the State’ ‘be-7 M" 5° -lug"-V "l" The daughters of the great i-cloriiiiiig Sultan P"e°""ed- _ . have gcnerullv resembled i»: lvlliper the two

'1-"'9 ”"1‘“"‘5 °f ‘"9 """° °f (-'‘‘"'''’'''‘'lS° ‘"3 t"° queens who sprang from a v -rv similar poten-

""°"' q"°3"'°" °" ‘"0 W” W"' "9 "°°°'V°d tate in Envland. Achmct l"-.'.'Llll Pncha who, "i"' “9t"'h°"°“' “ A °"°° 3' "'9 ""°"""‘ married on; of them ll:ll‘tll\‘ dared to express m°m°“‘»" 9“ 3 "is R°.Y"' "'8"""3sv " “"°""' an 0pinion—hc did ndt evcnlsmoko in her Pre- not be an honorable, durablo,and lasting peace. w,,w_ Mehcmet Ali gccfns to have grained the [gum sue." "' pc"'c° con“ hi.’ conchldcd.’ "'3 .w"s best, and by her help he i' vs: througli various '°" °9'"'.V"'8 '3" "'9 “"*"' Wu" "" l—'°-"5""° "'«‘a'°" -vradutions, until he attiiim-il the same post he

3"" “"’t°"""""'."'°"_' " "'_'sv I_'°"""P5» "_"'_"~'°"3' iioiv holds. In this position, he made large 3‘“'.)’ W 8'“ 5P°°'“' P""'5° "“' “" °l""""' "' sums b such devices as drawin" on the 'l‘i-cu- "me" "'° D""" "95 """"°" "' °""""°“ “""' lsur for the construction ol‘lai',;e:tcaiiii-rs, and "'0 8'19"‘ "°dy “f "'5 _°°""t".l""°"9 ""‘ "'9? W0‘ then ordering small cries at lil:l(‘l{\\'illl, substi- P'° '7'“ '’° g""" m "n" t""‘ "'0 ' "'."V° "' """ tuting 32-poundcrsl'or-1:4-pouuilors,or building one who shares their patriotic fee ings, and will .,.e”,_.1,, 0f ,,,{-,_.,.i,,,. wood’ ],U,,gm ,,1,e,,I,;,. “I ha” 8'“-’ ‘'0 °°''“t‘"'3“°° ‘° t"° ""‘""'t"Y "°""""" l the sum niontioncd in the contract. [lot it not ‘V"" ‘”"'°" “'9 ""° t""e"t°"°"' T"'5 '5 " "'“" l however, be thought,that these little failincs at when "'0 °°"’P"'“'°“ 0" ‘-‘"-"'.Y """" '-" " "V95-""' lull lowered him in the eyes of tli iliploiiinticl ry for the success of the common cause, and the body‘ ,,,. cm”, of Lord Sm,tfo,.d %;,,,s,,”-; for knowledge that ii. ncar relative of tho Soveroigii hm , ,,,~,C,., they “.,.,.e excellent f,.3wd,,_ M,,h0_ f°°'°' “"°' "xl""’33°“ t"° "°""""""'t“' ‘lr ‘''° '"'°'"' inct Ali received small cvratilications from other "Iv W"! 33'“ ""“""°"°° '° "'°“°_ ""',° "'l'°" t" quarters, and, though ii: strict .\lussulinan, in- uphold its dignity, while abroad it will discou- m,.,,,,tL.,1 hi,m,,,1f “.,u.,,,]). in belmlf Up o,.c,.y “g° '"'.Y '8"°“'“t "0993: ""”_ "my "0 '°'"'d‘~"' Christian who was rich. At last he became a 0" “'l"" ‘"9 °""‘-"' ".Y"“""'° _""""~"'"“"' " '9 sharcr in the transactions which have furnished some consolation to have a Prince of this manly his ,,,,b__,eq,,e,,, 0m,,,,,cms Wm, ,, p,.ctcx; ,,g,,;,," 1lind- A" °""°"" °' "'° sale 99°” "°"' """”" ' liiui. ])ic7.airli', an Armenian, formed the cus- t° P‘-’5°°"t° t"° ‘“"' l""'°"g" V'°""'.l' "ll" """“" toms of Constantinople. lie wns extravagant, 391' “mil '5 °".l’-wt" "" w°".' S°""5i°I'°' “"" huilta splendid mansion, plundered the Slate, 110* 5555" " P°°Ii° ‘?'''° ‘’:''° "' """"" '1'" t"° 5°‘ bribed on all itidcs, but without skill, and was °'“"‘y °f ""0 ' V'°t‘?"'“ "P" °"'P""'°" °""' overthrown by Meheniet Ali, because of his non are not the results for which we bade fare- inc,.e3,,ing connection with Redwlﬁd lynch“. '9“ t0 ‘l P°"°° °f '1'"? J'°“"- _w° "SM f°" “ When his accounts were examined there was a principle, and not _for the point of honour. deﬁciency. (L ‘,0. n mid the unfortunate fhe Duke of Cambrid is as sensible of the mm’ to £50300 to “,0 Sunni, meme, and blessings we have 108* 1' M°"°n»“,§*“'5' LW 1:40.000 :0 Mehemct Ali. " The insolcnt Gia- oasbirc peaccmaker. “ Every one, he says, 0,“. was ordered back 3,, pﬁwn for gm, c.|,,,,,. “ who had witnessed, as_ he had, the actual nii- ny_ Then came the Menmhikoﬁ miuiom Ma- series of war would reyoice at the return of hem“ Ali behaved very well, and was lupporg. peace, and cherish a state of peace as one of the

test blessings in nation can enyoy.

sonal terror of its chief's incnaccs acting upon whom he can rely. Wliatcvcr may have been’ the violence of hard Stratford, his mistake in a diplomatic point of view consists only in not poi-c-iving that the age for such forcible re re-

loscs independence by adniission into the Eu- ropean brotherhood of ings, he also gains by becoming entitled, in the opinion of the world, to that personal deference which is customary in civilized ‘ourts. No one sees more clearly than Lord Stratford that his power is not what it was in days, when the attention of nations was but partially given to the East. He has learnt that his lon experience and the influ- nce he_ wielded throu h the belief of the Turks that his embassy wouild end only with his life have not saved him from the checks the most ailing, and he must see that in the Sultan’s regard he has never had ii. place. Only the cou- viction that his power was dangerously mena- ced would, is. such circumstances. lead him to recur to the iold policy of lo mer years, in the

resence of : new and hi_«.;hly distinguished ‘rench Anihassador, and at a time when the position of the Western Powers requires great caution and great dignity in their representa- tives. The occasion of this last struggle for

ed by all the influgice of Lord Stratford, to

" 9‘ whom the Pasha was leasingl dofcontial-

British Einbassy has al\vay.~x rolled on the per-«

I , . . _ _ , land become its leader. To his iularity with the weak mind of a Monarch who has low ony P0‘

‘ to diplomatic support. So far as ho was linked

scntiitions has passed, and that if the Sn tan,“ . I I §Turkish journals, llis exile was then wrung

to power was viewed with alarm, for he was not likely to be as friendly as before.‘ Ile had of late fallen back on the old Turkish party

the Sultan and the people he looked more than

with an einh-assay it was with the French. He was an ener clic man who must be conihated and crushed. The old affair with l)jezaii'li was vain opened, and the acceptance of illegal pre- sents by Mehsmet Ali was published in all the

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' from the Sultan after a long resistance. It now appears that he was too strong for both Reds- 'ohid and his protector. He had been recalled. land resumed ollice with, it is said, the concur- grcnce of the French Embassay. _

; Such is a iece of political history in the pre- '-sent day. '1hese are transactions in_which a ;reprcsentative of western civilization is engag- ’cd. Any one curious in past politics may turn jto the various blue-books connected with the -East. There he will find a number of des atches lwritten somewhat in imitation of the a ler iRa.mlas. The style is not loftior than the mo- rality. They reprcsent a man who abstains from political intrigue as from pollution, who is on terms of mutual goodwill with all around him, and whose only thoughts are for the good of the country he represents and of that to ‘ which he has been sent. t the enquircr then llistsn to the opinions of men ofaiiy nation who

ted, and took refuge in the Austrian territory. The Austrians disarmed them and sent them to Gortscliakoff. He gave them the usual choice of enterin the Russian ranks ; they desperate- ly refuse . It is said, that the general was

resent at the execution which followed. The

ogging lasted many hours ; ten died under the lush ; seven more yielded after terrible tortures and were borne to the hospital. Gortschakoff stated his determination to go through the whole number, if the execution lasted a month. The Poles than bowed the head, and were draf- ted into the “..i<sian egions. Such was the stern nature M‘ the man whom Nicholas sent to defend Scbasto ol. You inay wcll say that he

was “ wise in iis generation. ’ 000 ROYAL ALLIANCES.

During the last few days a discussion which commanded some attention two or three weeks back has been revived,- nnmcly, the probability of a marriage be- tween the eldest daughter of Queen Victo- rin, the Princess Royal, and Prince Fre- derick \\’illiain of Prussia, heir to the throne of Prussia when his uncle mid father cease to c.vist,——pi-esuiniiig always, that the Prussians will endure the family so long. This contemplated union, which was re- garded in the light of Court gossip when the subject was first mooted, aissunics now the form of an actual fact, and has been treated as such by the lending paper ofthe empire. In private life, the discussion of such affairs is conliiied to the family circle; but in the case ofsovercigns, this family circle embraces the entire nation, and the people have a right to discuss arrangements liich so materially concern their future liberty dud liappincss.

We see many things in the inﬂuential organ, which has warmly taken up this sub- jcct. to which we cannot always subscribe, but its tone for the most part is an excellent reﬂex of the national mind, and we believe it to be in the main honest. It has been said, that it is dangerous to see a single

the Times, but its influence is at least legi- timate, and it derives its prestige from its uncoinpromising e.\‘posui'c of abuse: and unhappily, there are constantly arising abuses which could not he put down with u leverage less potent. In treating of this

lknow the East and the politician who enned l those lofty documents, and he will fully admit gthat men uro not always what they seem, and ‘ erhaps be enlightened as to the cause of many failures that were before inexplicable.

Piuivcs (x'oii'rsciuicoi‘i'.—'l‘lic following letter has been addressed to the editor of the '1'intcs by a correspondent who signs “ One who stood h :"—Lcss than three years since, an illus- trious assemblage stood within the walls ol' St. Paul's Cathedral. The occasion was the interment of the great commander who had so often led the legions of England to victory. There were present representatives of all the great inonarcliic.-.. which had been the allies of this country in th-2 war which the dead hcro concluded. Among these was a general past the prime oflifc, but distinguislicd by the ener- gy and firinncss which his countenance expres- sed. In the interval which preceded the tune- ral car, this l'oi'-.-igncr was observed to be strangely occupied. He passed along the lim- of soldiers chosen from the various regimcuts, and, turning up their trousers, attentively examined the make of their shoes. “ What is the matter, Prince Uortscliukoll'l" said some “ It is said at home," returned the Russian, “ that your Guards are fitted with strong and ivcll-made shoes, but that those of the line are inferior. I wished to learn the truth ol' the matter, and therefore examined them. There does not seem to in‘ :iny.difl'c- rcnco.’ Till.-I minute disciplinarian was but an iuiifator of his master, who with his own imperial hands would open soldiers‘ coats on parade, to see that their shirts were clean. lint a few months passed, and the cloud which ho- tokciicd u.not£:ei' tcliipcst rose on tho ll0l‘lI.l)ll. .Tll0 re rosciitaliic of the llnssiun l|l‘llllt'h at thi- funcra of Wellington was placed in command ol' a powerful force. It remained to e seen how far the higher qualities ofa General were united to those of the martiuet. had no great success in the Principalities, and had his career closed with that campai n, he would speedily have been forgotten in the Vest. But, as it is, his name is 'oined to the longest, the fiercest, the most deadly struggle in modern war are. ' ho last act of the late Czar was to appoint him to the command which age, failing health, and weakening resolve induced Ment- schikoffto relinquish. Nicholas knew the man. You may well say, “ A quarter of a centur before, he had carried on war in Poland wit

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is conclusion is that of sluiostcvsry reflecting B,“ the p,.,,,k,°, of the one gu gmnud Rod. fearful severity.” _ The case was this: He Inglill-'IlII8|L ° '1' ' ill‘ "Pm" ‘° ""‘k° "9 scliid for Mohemet Ali in the Cabinet, in order proposed to his prisoners on all 0 sions the peace at not to break entirely with Russia. As war bs- alternative of the Russian service, or he knout. Once a body of 2,000 insurgents were defea-

pressnt, nor at any time to can from some more imminent, and the authority of the a

h I til ls uarantees be van .:I|:t'i?lIo,l):tnI)0 giigwsd. This we be iovs

Gortschakolf

contemplated marriage, a remark is put forth wliicli opens a wide vein of thought. “ In one sense,” says our great contempo- rary, “an iillinnce with Prussia may be considered as a step towards an alliance with Russia. The two royal families are inex-

'tricahly entwined in the bonds of relation-

ship, ofsympathy, and of mutual interest; on it needs little argument to prove, that 'thc present is, at any rate, an ill-chosen

time for bringing us into contact with the

Court of St. l’ctei-sliurg, or raising a sus- ,picion of its influence over any portion of lthe Royal l'uinil_v of England. In humbling , Russia, we are not only reducing a barba- lrous zznd il,'_!;_"l'L'.*‘4§lV(.‘ power, but pluck- (ing up froin the very depths of the ocean ,ll1nt niiglily anchor upon which till the tinti- lpcrpnliir clyiizisties of Europe hope to ride lout tho .-torui of public indignation and con- tn-iiipt.” This is well and powerfully put, and its truth will strike the sense of the gi-not dciimcrzicy of England. Our con- duuglitcr of l*)n;_vl.'ind in a situation in which devotion to lll'I' husband inust l)u trcnson to her coiiiilry-—-wliy distract hor iniinl between Wl.~‘ll(‘§ for the wclfziifo of the liiinily which she has left. and that into which she is to ho rt-crivctl." Exactly so. This is what is vul;_r.;i-ly called “ hitting the right nail on tho ll<’£ll.'," and, in this instniico, the nail has l)l_'(!ll driven home. liut why not go it

slop ll'.ll'."l’, and advocate the total i-vpcal nflhv illl.~‘lll‘(l and iniquitous law wliittli pro- llllllls‘ Inc nlliuiico of the Royal liiniily with

Eiiglisliliien and I‘llIgllSlI\\'0lll(‘l). This is the real sollrcc of the evil, and against the repeal of the law, so little can he urged that it is an annoyance to see the Times stop short of the inevitable conclusion to which its own reasoning leads. The German ul- linnccs have been both expensive and un- popular, and the retort of the stout English Yeoman, nearly a century and a half back, when the consort of George the First land- ed at Portsmouth, is as applicable at the present day as it was then. The lady, whose English was very indifferent, put her head out of the carriage, and said in her Gerinnii patch, with a pati-onisin’g air, "I am come for all your ‘goals’ “[good].

paper possess the powci- aml the weight of.

lI.'lllp0l'lll'_V add.-', “ \\"hy should we place fl.‘