HASZARUS GAZE'I"l‘E. DECEMBER 6.

replaeefithemi A centralised" gov , is alw an expefdve govern- ‘ ° to mun . fairly tlm legioll

' ""atilb_ori y, - 1.: ' that even

hierarchy, ' 'ofNii:lto 'aa'wlto‘generally shown no mercy

“llI;|lhl'IliIOl_|ll.‘ the senators, and the most . .b » « ‘generals wltohad disti

T” kcrisf birsvei-y is_ beyond praise-were dis-

Jociiucl

' ' of a ship's broadside over a stone fortress ashore.

. the bivtsdetdes of a ship at such a range are

ea XI 0‘ _ _ In Charles Napier

did not feel himself strong enough to’ re-

press as evil which had rowu to such an

extent; for could he even’ vs removed all I)

Eeqald lie . ‘f ,the flyof riewoneefi

_ cattle’ a with defidlfln the imperial budget; he, therefore, did not interfere with the extortions of 5. in Nicholas has a temper diferent fntlntltet of Alexander; he sees in the corru'ptlbility' 9! ill! °5§§'.!t.D9_U..lllltl chsekuparahis

M. tsswsre, that even his ' ‘ a bribe by item. The“ . as y prob _ , the POVOl’,0ftlIB our is not on- limi_ted‘—ha is unable to purif his adminis- tration. And this a stern bribery does not stop with the _ower ranks of uflicial

nor is it uprooted by the severity

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I An 9 l who ought to_execute t

when a’ ‘ rose

ilna“, h‘. case of corruption is brought

h¢lit‘!l- Even the chiefs of the_ tlettowned enersls of the army, can be ‘an areoflen bought. Soon aller ungarian campaign, three of the uished themselves-

amongst them General sas,the mostfintrepid ‘soldier 0f_llI0' Russian Empire, whose per-

gruced for _pilfei-ing, and for conniving at ptlferisgs, iii the commissariat.

‘-rats sea at-cuss on streets.

. Inch disappointment, end not a little discon- IOIII, have been felt and expressed at the non- aseninplisliiuent of any great deed of naval daring by sea emiaideerit I or which etttered the Baltic in March last. and is now again resuming its anchorage in the ports of England and France

In" the estimation of most people. Sir Charles Napier comes home with little credit end no glory. After the striking success which attended the esaaultupon llor'nsraund._it was argued. and not without a fair show of re'sson. that a similar attack upon Croostedt or Helsingfure would be equally suceeaafol. Subsequent experience. however- forees us to believe,that the conclusion so hastily amt impatiently drawn was‘ not a correct one. We have lately seen that the heaviest fire which our lllaclt See fleet could bring to bear against the oesian stone wal's, at the entrance to the harbour of Sebastnpol, was comparatively ineffect- ive. damage was unquestionably done to the apes works of the enemy which were exposed to the shower ofshells projected from the fleet. and in those wtirks many guns were dismounted an _many men killed ; but the cssetnatati batteries appear to have auccrssfully withstood every endeavour that our ships could malts to breach them. The only elfrct of the five hours‘ Ire of the lost upon the wallaof Fort Constantino, was to give tlrein the appearance of being " pock- msrlted." Our shot in no instance had penetra- ted toadepth of more than twelve or eighteen inches in walls th-t are oftwelve feet thickness. On the other hand, our ships aulored very materially from the red-hot balls which the bat- teries thickly red upon them, and several of them were repeatedly obliged to haul uffrom the fight to suhduetlis flames which had been kindled aboard them. We see. then, that the stone walla of ltusais are not suinuchflto be despised as the easy reduction 0fB0fllI’0|Il|d would have led us u e. -

Tlte fsetin. that there were certain conditions connected with the sitsof Bumsrsund. which do irotexiat in the ease of any other of the great Russian marine fortresses ornarsuud was built it the brink of a channel deep enough to allow 5 rpsof the heaviest burden to lie immediately beneath its walls. An enemy intending to attack Bomersund from the sea. could bring shi of the lsrseet size. and metal of the heaviest ca ibre. to bear open its batteries. within a range of 100

side. It was not so at Sebsstepol, neither would i be the case at Helaingfors or C sch of those fortsesses is erec upons shore so shallow as to be perfectly inaccessible to ships of any burden. except at a distance of 9.000 or 3.000 evil Sir Edmund Lyons, it is true, contrived ‘by an act of consummate daring to bring the A ‘insertion within 700 yards of Fort _Constan-

he V followed by s singlsgfiigate. and a very few of the screw-ships of lighter draft of water. The Britannia and the heavier ships of the fleet were unable to approach nearer than 9,000 yards. At Cronsisdt and l-lelsinnfors the shores are equally gliatlow. Now, if the exam le of Bomarsund is to betsksn as an instance u what may be ac- islied by a fleet firing against atone walla st ' abort range. it is but just that the example ot ort Constantine. at Seosstopol, should be record- as a proof 'of how little can be efectsd at a long one. The w..lls of B-Imsratutd crumble to powder beneath the lrrcadsldes of Admiral Clisds at 900 yards reuse. but the walls of Fort Constantine were onl .“ poskaiarked" by the ilr-5 of Sir Eliuund fly». at 700 yards, and were scarcely get-sighed by the allot of the Britannia at 2,000 yards. Itis obvious, then, that the superiority

is wholly dependent upon closeness of range. arose battery. by firing red-hot bell‘. ml! toll ship in Games at a distance of 0,000 yards, but

proved to be wholly powerless against granite ‘gun. Now that these facts have been clearly ascertained. we certainly ought to feel more reeoneilsd than we have hitherto exhibited a dlepoeitlos to be, with the non-performs til the Billie nest. After the experience rxrtly gaiaeil at Sshastopnl, it must be diliealt_for any

rains iorasisttlie eanelsoen that would have acted with the

airaost rsetinesa. ifhs had risked the at

faiths Government. They were fors- '.mss.whwt thslaat wasseoat to sail for the

aisle in March last. that heavy ships would be afbutlittleor no see is ap--rating against the Tom’ is that ass. Toe . were warned. Il_IlI| e d'agaid. that the only ive mode of assailisl setters fortresses. and of gettln at tile lest. would any masasef gen-liners. a of hvavlly- avmd vesselsdrswine little water. Sir Charles Nseler hitssal’ has asarml

to " ‘set about

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qualities tends to diguify our s _ _ _ to distinguish themes ves in the condition in which they have been paced lfave been sown broadcast over the human race, on as abundantly dispersed among the bum- blest closses as they are classes of the lan .’ The palace is constituted mentally and bodily the same as the child born in the cottage 3 Mid 3'10

ptlic labourin bette

exclude -consideration for the r

Charles. at the age to which he has now attained. is the fittest man in the world to command a fleet, which. whenever it shall come into action, must t gnditioos wit which he. as assamall reboot. is ht little scqasiatsd. is a question imte which wefiell not now enter. t when he is assured for the little he acecifilished summer, we meet ht mnduar the blame rests 3 with tietzwits the Government. ‘

—-* Weevwtflthetthe navel deficiencies of the

psabteyelr in gun-boats and hosting batteries. are to am lygt eempd by then w flotjjl which lite he sat a .mt ln’the coming’ riI'gi.‘Iis_t Is trust that this may prove to be t a case. ' a people of ngland certainly will not patiently bmitm tbsimpaasities of fartbm. ssxstiss the prosecution of the war, unless they receive an assurance, that Cresmlstlt. early its the sprint. shall be subjected to the saute doom as that which isauis impsadiog tapes Bslrsampel

Lorin ritutsss-i-oit’s run.

The Pastries has preached of to the

titles of Aberdeen, and the p out of the auucil has been to Bristol to encourage liter- l d. Th ll Secrets ' t i tit: satttryoiltnon their l>,udnlt8s.l>‘ti.s,‘:nil° fo ban fl: their correction. Of these of the Administration. the last we the most highly of. Lord Aberdeen re- an old story.an Lord John

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at the root of the sin and sufitring with which society is aflicted ; and with an e oquencs and enthusiasm that only require perseversnce to ensure aucceps. The Home Secretar-y's s at Bonisey is worth ten thousand such globu- rste preuohisente as the Premier has delive

at Aberdeen and such lamentstions for his

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as Lord John Russell has made at Bristo . The sub‘ t is homely. but everybody can un- dcrstttn or

and feel its force. We may pi-ny_f peace, but shall not ensure it. unless t e spirit of see is in the nation's heart ; and that carnot , whilst the morale are corrupt and a man's home is not hie chief resort, and his wife and children the chief objects of his care. John Russell ms t a man with the wisdom of all tho historians combined, and his own to boot, to supply the literary desiderstum he points out, ut books will do nothing, ii‘ men themselves are demorsliaed; and the drinking and sntokin propensities of the poor are under- mining all t e moral that exist. and defying all the powers of the preacher. The pipe and _the pot may be pronounced an old English en_)oy- meat; but the abuse of that enjoyment occasions nine-tenths of the existing misery, vice and crime. Nine-tenths of the pan rism which we hove to support may be t to an excess in the en’ iyment of beer and tobacco. The crimi-

grees under the pipe and “ All children ; it is a bad education and budssso-

ciution in early life that corrupt the minds of li'ii,dLdown ; and ifits truth be admitted (as it needs must be). the rogress of a movement in accordance tberewit '

This is the doctrine Lord Palmerston

will be acknowledged. good uslities of human uature—tlie 0 min and of heart-everything that ice an to enable men —these qualities among the highest child born in the latter may occupy,_iu afterlife, as honourable n

The father is

positionns the prince. But the poor man's . . S,

selfish, and s nds the chief psrtofhis earnings upon himsel ; the wife has to work in order to support the family. and as soon as possible the child is sent out to earn a little.

He returns from work to a home of wretchedness, a drunk- en futlier. perhaps, and a careless mother. He am a no lon r at home then he can hel . He shifts for b mself, and too often in t e worst of we a. “ It is the duty ofall rents," said Lord lmerston. “ to see that t it chil- dren are well and properly educated ; that they ore early instructed, not merely in book learn- ing. in reading and writing, and acquirements of that kind, but instructed in the recepta which indicate the difference between ri ht and wrong. and that they are taught the p nclplee of religion, and their duty towards God and man. Now, the way in which that can be done is by the father and mother buildin up their house- hold upon that which is the oundstion of sll excellence in social life—l mean a hspp home. No home _can be happy, if the husben be not s kind and albctionste husband, end a father to his children. Bearing this in mind, he must avoid two grea. s on which too many men in the liuinbler ranks make ship- wreck—tbc tobacco-sho and the beer~shop. The tobacco-shop ruins his health and leads to all kinds of diseases.” In this brief passage we have the substance of an excellent: omi_ly. The man who indulges to excess in the “ $50 and the pot,” impoverishes his family and] a his children to the condition of felons and con- victs. There is no he The drunkard is rack with pains in the head, and sulers continually from im ired digestion. He has no real enjoyment of ifs, and allows no peace to others with whom he is connected. 8 riding the best part of his earnings in dis- sipation, his wife and family have but little to subsist upon, and y are tful and com- plaining. Hence, quarrels arise ; the wife as rah, and irritating things. and the drunken husband bests her. The and of that family is deplorable. Lord Palmerston would encourage man to work out for himself a r and h gher fortune. He is, to some ex- tent, the master of his own destiny. There are many ways to ppliisas, but none are true ways that have not a chief reference to home. ’ hetis the tsstofsllpleaettrss_odalleo,yoy- pernicious. if th y msu's own re- It is there only that be can make his Indus tbere obtains its sure re- ward—lsbour there ensures its blessing. It is no fancy picture that exhibits the man careless of his home. ll u

iuess in drunkenness.

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r, lietallltanh Palmerston dlreete

H ftlten‘ ‘II bleebtsl more valeeblsedltloas ofbooks.

ary aspirants in writings new liistor of Eng- o

mile. or whose prosecution and unisbnieut we see are tsxed to provide a fond, too their first de-

' t pr-the , . a‘ th ‘ bani! ztilunighdf .Pslmerstou's plaa isegocd one.

GIIIIAL HTILLIGIIOI.

A saaious ITIAIIOAT masses: in ostort iiaasoa.

A dimster of rather as unusual and (10 character, occurred in Boston Harbor on Fri y evening last, rqsultirtg in great loss of property, the dmth of thee peressssrid the serious injury ofssvsrsl others.

can. nottttovan’s l'l'Al'lIlll‘!‘.

‘The smtsuientof Capt. Donuovsn of the Ocean s as we: - " We left our wharf at the usual hour (5 o'clock) and proceeded on our course for Bath. Augusta, llsllowell. and other places’ on the Kenuehec. having on board from sevent -five to one hundred passen rs; it is imposaib e to say with cssminvjaet w mnny, as the list and other pa re were destroyed. At the time just before ah: colliaion. we were aware of the a proach of the Canada, and knew that if she kept course. she would inevimbly strike tts : but as our lights were up. and our whiatle blowing, we were confident that saw stud heard us. and would turn from her course; there were several other bcete—the atcamerri of Boston, Forest Cit and Eastern State, rind a ship and in’ u to near us; we were rig to to the rig t. but the Canada bore direct- or se; we perceived this and continue a southerly coruse. The Forest City and Ocean were nearly side by side, perhaps the former

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might have been a quarter ofa mile cl‘. Find- ing that the Canttds was fast coming upon us, an must soon strike us. we hailed or as loud

as possible, calling upon tiles: to put their helm hard to port; if they had corn lied, we should have gone clear, and the collie on could not have occur .

The lights of the Canada were displayed, but on she came, and those of the crew and seen- gers who were aware of the perilous condition we were in manifested the greatest consterna- tion. nsds accrued to atop a moment before the collision, or at any rate to lesson her a ed. I wee in the wheel-bouae with the pilots, and my mote was probably below when the shock too plsoe . it was indeed awful ; the hows of the British steamer struck us just shaft the lsrbosrd wheel, cutting a fenrful chssm in our side and admitting the water in torrents ; I immediately ran below to ascertain the extent of the damitge. and to my utter horror rceiv- ed that the steamer was siukin . end t at was on fire. I hurried upon cck togive the necessary directions, when the most appalling spechcle met my eyes. Men, women and chil- dren were running in all directions, shrieking for aid, and many threw themselves into the

The flames bed in a few momenta made such a tearful headway. that there was no hope or possibility of checking their progress; and us everytliin was dry and com ustible, the fire spread with, ulurming rapidity all over the! deck. The flames burned t e riggin . interior of the boat. drapery, everything in fine was it sheet of fire-—ell ut a. portion of the deck for- wa . Isaw the perilous condition, and en- deavoured. to the exteutof my ability, to restore sud preserve order, and with reasonable suc-

cess; lordc the ngers all forward, as that was the only point of safety, and ordered the boats to lowered instantly, with it view

rs and crew.—Before the ra id headway, the Bri- .to k water and detrich

ofssving she psssen homes had made suc tislt steamer was tabla itself from our side.

lendeavour to assist the women into the boats fit-st, butin some cases the fluincs pre- vented fur a few moments. but all who remain- ed.not having leaped overboard, were taken o . got the starboard life-boat down with great d ficulty, but the wooden cover fell upon me, severely bruising my leg and side : I t as many people on board as I possibly cool , but in doing so, it was with dificulty, tbut I could keep the bout alongside, for some of those first in, being apprehensive that we were over- crowding it. attempted to shove cl‘, but I retained my hold to the utmo_st ofmy stren th. hsvinginy cost torn ofiin thesttempt. Fina . when as many as could with snfety go in the boat were on board. it left us. I join into another boat. and we exerted ourselves to the utmost in picking up the poor beings who were struggling in the water. We illled our boat and put t sin esfely on board a steamer, then returned ttnd resumed our work of picking up others; this we continued till our boat had been tilled three times. tiiple other hosts were as busy as our own in pic 'ng up persons from the water, and when we had filled our boat for the third time, there was not another human being to be seen; we believed that all had been thus res- cued who had not been drowned in leitping overboard at first. and then got on board the Forest City. I believe that the three dead bodies taken up are all who have perished. but it is impossible at this time to say with any degree of certainty. The cause of people ruahin aft and jumping overboard stflrst. was prcbab y. because t sates titer struck us about the after ngway. Among the last of the persons pic ed up was Mr. Kimball. clerk of the boat. versl of those rescued had life- preservers on.

The last person rescued from the wreck was a man who hung in the riggin or clung to the wood-work on the bows. wh e the flames rolled all around him ; he was taken oifssfely. Had there been perfect order after the collision took place, it-is quitsnprohsble that there was time enough to have an cl‘ every soul with safety. '1here were, probably. as many as twenty small boats anpged in the rescue of

raonsirom the water and wreck. Charles

on, a colored peesen r, who was saved, was so dly injured that h s recov is extremely doubtful. His wife was very ly bruised.

In less than an hour from the time the fire broke out. the Ocean was burned to the water's edge. The hull of the wrecked steamer was

untied on the data at Deer lslsnd.-—About thirt men and boys were employled on board tbelileasnasbereee lhsvess ed l9years, and this is the Irat accident I ever met with. The Canada stopped. evidently before the col- llsioa.bttt didnets outo hareou she don, so. the accident would not have oo-

u . . . The Canada arrived it this morning. The following passengers of e Ocean got on board of her at the the of the collision: Mrs. M Oocb, Ira. Sullivan, logy low‘, lletlrath, Dotieity. a Master W. H. Olilird. f W were bros t to this cit

[mod ll‘ t I .13: r2’.§'.’i.i. o low,Ne. They y. ..*~.-. . ..-v...*- -' °:.- ~.:*,':.-~.:.' . . r. er wsree,a‘"' ' ',0IIII<lI.0It tbai.r retiirii hum Iellfsx. The boy will be clothed, and

presence of mind seized an e box, lifted it over the rail of the vessel on threw’ it over- board and than with a bound litndcd on top of it an the boom. .

One Rssenger of the Ocean who was rescued by the rest Cit , suited that be lost $350 in money while in t e water.

rims A1‘ saw vonx. , New Year, Nov. 2l.—‘l'he extensive works of the Msnhattnn Company, at the foot of West 17th streehtook die this eveaiuit. Ind firemen miinot zpproach the spot. Fortu- natel , it is aurroun ed mostly by shaaties. At 11 o clock, the lire was still raging, and will probably extend considerably.

Later from lavana—Beported Excitement

New Osuarrs, Nov. 2l.—-By the srrlvsl of the etetimship Bleak Warrior. we have bgen put in receipt 0 Havana dates to the 16th inst.

The.DeIls mys, it has received infortnntion from an authentic source, to the efcet that the inhiibimsts of Cuba, nertill , were in a state of the wildest onthusissm, an contem luted an important rising in the course of a ow days. The same paper also publishes it bold und encr- getic proclamation issued by the Cube “ Club 0