llASZARD’S ‘GAZETTE. _JA1_\lUARY 17.

international law for an

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(From the lands: Times.

destruction

The immediate result of the ofthe at 'uo , w as tb e e that event reac ed Cea- da e, seems to have been that the

Autédors were called upon to take decid- ed measures, and that they did accordingly deepateh two steamers of each nation with joint iamructions into the Black Sea. T e entry of the combined fleets was ex ected to take place within a few days. e are still left to conjecture what was the precise a- mount and character of the Turkish naval fureedsetao at ope. The excitement produced in Constantinople by the news pre-

‘cludeatlie idea that it wasa mere convoy of

theliulks in the rt, audit is

.. transports or ' described by the Turks as “ a fiiTfilla." Yet,

it does not appear that more than two or

‘ three Turkish frigutes were on that station

at the time. It is remarkable, too, that, with the exception of OIMAN Pain’: own

.ship, which foundered on the passage to

bastopol, no mention is made of any cap- tures. All the other vessels are stated to have been destroyed, and it is added that "the carnage was frightful.” If it should turn out that six ships of the line directed their fire on transports crowded with troops, and wholly incapable of defence, and thus slaughtered these unfortunate wretches, whom it would have been easy to take pri- soners o war, the Russians would stand convicted of an act of singular atrocity, and the victory of which they boast would cover them with disgrace. The news of the battle was brought to Constantinople on the 3d by a Turkish steamer, which succeeded in ct‘- fecting its escape . According to her report, the Russians began the attack by an attempt to cut out the Turkish flotilla with the boats of Admiral Nachimofi"s squadron; but, not having accomplished this operation, they brought the line of battle ships into action. The Turkish vessels, it is also stated, were unable to return the tire with much effect, and the Russians suffered principally from the fire of a battery recently constructed for the protection ofthe harbour. This account would seem to confirm our impression that the vessels attacked were chiefly transports, wholly unable to fight an action with line of battle ships; but, whether they were chased at sea an ursiied into the harbour, or whether they were attacked when at anchor there still remains to be seen. It appears that the Russians terminated the engage- ment by burning the vessels they had not already sunk by their.fire. In the meantime another step has been taken by the Allied Powers, and we may shortly expect to hear that the fleets of En- gland and France are for the first time cruising in the Black Sea,—a change in the state of afl'airs which considerably out- weighs any advantage Russia may derive from her success at Sinope. It remains to be seen what notice the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh will think fit to take of this de- monstration. Russia has, at times, raised the strange pretension that she has grounds for objecting to the presence of a foreign naval flag in that inland tract of water, and she affects to lose sight of the fact that the Blue a has been regarded as a mare clousuus, not under the control of Russia, but of Turkey, which commands the only approach to it. The Convention of I84! was a formal recognition by the Five Great Powers of the ancient rule of the Ottoman empire, by which the straits of the Dar- danelles and the Bosphorous ought con- stantly to be closed against foreign ships of war as long as the Porte is at eace. ut the very terms of this exclusion denote that when the Porte is not at peace the rule fails, and that it is then competent to the Porte to deliver firmans to foreign vessels of war, as it is to foreign vessels to avail them- selves of such firmans without forfeiting their neutral character. With the assent of the Porte, our ships of war have at this time as mac ri ht to lie in the roads of Sinope, or the ay of Kavarna, as they have to occupy the anchorage of the Bos- There is, therefore, no ground in remonstrance Russia may think lit to ad ress to the mari- time Powers on this ‘movement; and such a remonstrance would only demonstrate more clearly the exaggerate pretensions she has put o to exclusive rights in that see, where, we may venture to afiirm, that our mercantile flag is at least as often seen as her own. It has, however, been more than once indirectly intimated that Russia would consider the entrance of foreign fleets into that see as a declaration of hostilities. ~ We shall be curious to learn on what grounds

she is prepared to contend for such a pro-.

tiou. Theposltion hitherto assumed by rest Britain and France in this quarrel is not that of belligerents, but of mediators and peacemakers. Our object ianot to prolong this war, but to put, an end to it; and Russia is already aware that the move- ments of our fleets, whether in the Black Sea or in the Archi Iago, have had no ob- ject but to prevent t e occurrence of events still ‘more fatal to the general ace. in that ea city we have as nine reason to “enter e Black Sea as the Russian Baltic fleet, under Admiral Hayden, bad to enter theglllediterranean during the contest be- tween Greece and Turkey. 'I‘lie_conditioii cf the mouths of the Danube under Russian ‘ on is also become a matter of univer- viutereu to the mercantile world; an , the lack has ceased to be clos- 'audmcnc liaedhyherown is, that It shouldbe be- maritime uutions, The r vemels of war may lie cl cruise depends ' ' - or it

ll! theettitudecftb mediating

ofiered to the progress of our vessels, they have instructions to meet it.

Some of our contemporaries, who are- animated by great confidence in the mili- tary resources of Turkey, appear to imagine that the success of the Ottoman arms on the Asiatic frontier more than compensates for the disaster they have just met with at Sino We fear the next arrivals will chcc this favourable view of the case, for we have already received iutelligciicr which makes us distrust the partial advan- tages which the Turks have obtained. The condition ofthe army in Asia is by no means favourable, and, though is is said that the town of Akhaltsich has‘ fallen, the Russians still hold the citadel ofthul border fortress. Prince Woronzoff has now re- covered from the illness which. hid W0!‘- rupted his operations, and, while the Turk- ish reports describe the army of Georgia and the Caucasus to be in a most critical

osition, the Rdssians announce that the Eussian General is about to assume the offensive and march on Kara and Erzerouin. The result can alone prove which of these contradictory statements is the more cor- rect, but our last accounts from Constanti- nople inspire us with little confidence in the alleged successes of the Turks. They have undoubtedly taken som_e small forts on the coast, but the rumour of their having gained any decisive advantage was at least

for the year I8.‘l3,’promised to the same object u-van guineas r dd. . The sum above pro- mised is ut the rate 0 £51 9s. per day—u sum seven times the amount of that of the same So- tiety, last week, the collections amounted to nearly $2000.

“ COIION 'l‘irmcs.”--Lord Ashbui-ton has benevolentl undertaken a task comparable only with t at of the man who is said to have brought philosophy down from heaven to enr_tli. llc proposes to encourusrc. we had almost said to introduce, ‘- the teaching ofcoiniiion things." For this really new branch ofinstruction lie is founding sholurs' and teachers’ prizes, and has explained in an address to a large body of candidates, sclioolmasters, clcr , and friends of education at Winchester. Ti) their assist» ance lie appealed “ to show not only by their lessons in school, but still more powerfully by their example out of school‘, how the garden could best be cultivated, how the dwelling might be mostefiectually and economically warmed and ventilated. upon what rinciples food and l0\\' chronic ulimcnfs might o averted by timely attention to premonitory symptoms and recourse to the physician. They cou d teach the mea- surement of work, the use of the lever, the pul- Icy, iind the wihdlass. They could, in short, expound those methods, sug sled by over- iiilviiucing science, by which toilemigbtbe light- cned and subsistence econoiiiised." 'lhe proverb s.iyri that it is not good to be ignorant in any matter, rent or small : but the truth is, that habits o inconsiderutencss, negligence, care- lcssncss, liccdlessncss, or whatever else ‘we are to call it, show themselves commonly in all things, great iind small; and the man or wo-

preinature. It is said that there is a want‘ of unity and authority in the command ell these forces, and the division ofthe Russian E army to which they are opposed in Georgia has always passed for a corps ol'.pickcd I roops. The conduct of the Persians in i this emergency is precisely what was to be 1 expected from that perfidious Power. It! was understood at Constantinople that the ‘ Turkish Ambassador had already left 1 Tehei-an, and that an army was marching; to the frontier. These circumstances are; said to have led our own Envoy there fol suspend his relations with the Shah, and it , is not improbable that they will give rise to i still further complications in the politics of: Asia. I c H i N A. ; The followinii sunimnrv of news is taken from the Overland Friend q/' China daird 27ili 0ci.:-— . “ From Shanghae, news has been brought up to ,i 11.551!‘ ingr, at which date some fighting H’-‘till going on between the imperialists and the parties‘ in possession of the town. From l“uo-chow-foo advices are to the effect that the cuuutry people all around showed increasing svniptoms of disaf-l fecticn, and that trouble might be looked for at: an early data. At this port of Foo-chew-foo not ~,_ less than a dozen ships are likely to load tea this i season, where one good-sized vessel never got a, cargo before. At Amoy. fighting between the , imperialists and the rebels was siill olng on when H. M. sloop Rapid left on the 23rd instant. . Canton is quiet—ominously quiet The local , traders appear to labour under the dread of some 1 hidden danger ; the streets, which in general are 3 so crowded wiili passengers, seen half denudc n attempt was made last week to blow up the British Vice Consular chop at Whampo.-i ; a hum- .of powder being found in one of the ports with e I light in ii." 1

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Cmxs.——Dr. McGowan, medical missionary‘ at Ningpo, writes under date of 8th September : -—F‘ Should it lease God further to prosper the patriots, C ristianit will soon become the i religion of the court an new dynasty. What a prospect! To me, however, it is as full of

loom as of hope, on account of the dapger of; eresies which the present state of ‘things lsi likely to engender: Fanaticism an_d impostiirc already play an important part in .\ankmg proceedings. How much we need.preachers, of the gospel to give a right direction to_ the; native mind, in the prospective transition ‘ state!" ttempts have. been made by many. missionaries (both English and American) to< reach the insurgents, but only one has succeed- ed. That brother came back, and, for that reason, was requested not to visit the cam again until the return of peace. The chief has 1 1

invited my friend Mr. Roberts (formerly ccn- ‘ nectcd with the Southern Baptist Mission) to I Nanliing. Mr. Roberts was his Christian tciicb- l er to some extent. He has been unable to} comply with the request, as the Imperiulists 1 guard the approach so carefully. But we hope I tobe able to sen two of the native brethren toblanking in a few do a hence, and lhopcf; Mr. Roberts will be here ythat time to uccoui- , pan them, and to teach the way of life more ' periectl to the man who ‘is likely soon to be the hen of this cat empire. The ou_i-ney is ' one of some peri ; my anxiety will e intense for some time after he starts.’

Tin Canvass Mii.i.iciv Nsw 'lhrniatrr Fuzsn We are gratified to learn, that the contribu-

one for raising a fund to present a million -copies of the New Testament hi the Chinese in their own language, are hourly augmcntin . The Committee of the British and Foreign Bib o Society have received, up to Monday morn- ing, £2390 3:. 8d., a sum all but suiliciont for two hundred thousand_ccpies. This looks well, and inspires us wit confidence that we s a soon have the satisfaction of in- forming our readers that the noble proposal has been fully aecoin lished. The contributions received up to this y. for the General Jubi- lee Fund of the Bible Society. amount to the noble sum of £38,819 8:. 21., though one- tbird of the Jubilee year yet remains. This afibrds a triumphant proof of the strong attach- ment of all Evan elicnl denominations to the Bible and to the ble Society.

Tin l'tcrsisx.Exramrioii '|'o_Jsrax.--The Nu- tioiiel Inulli says :-—Privati_9 letters, da- Shanghai st Se lember, mentions that the

Russian Admiral, outialine, had arrived with his squadron before Nsugasaky, on the gait, and was actively engaged with the Japanese authorities in ne tistlcns, which were not terminated on t e The Russian ships before Nangasaky were the frigate Pallas, the corvette Olivoutss, the steamer Rosloek, and the transport Prince lteushlkol’.

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Dliiuirimur Lisnsi.irv.-- the Wulclivauu we_learn that t the Wolverhampton _Asi_iiver- m of the yen Missionary Society, the fol iag note’ was handed to the Rev. Mr. Rul , one of th general secretaries of the So- ciety;-‘-I-“ M 13... fir--Your humble servant

wltliGod’slitsssl missionary nbeifor 5a.; sedlis unsts.t

lat September. -

’ ately unloosed her moorings. and pared T

man who is slipsliod and thou htless in the managenieiit ofii. house is vcr li ely to be just the same in the inomoutous a irs ofall. Lord Asliburton bcgips at the beginning. above specimens of what may be taught, he points to the surprising dillerence between the aspect of one ccttu e and that of another—tbc liysical strength 0 ‘one man and another, who ave both started together in the race of life.

!\'i.io.\a.i F.u.i.s Asa lll.n'rriic'rL'iii:s.—It appears the the water power,of Niagara Falls is about to be devoted to manufacturing purposes. At the last session of the Legislature of New York, a olnirter was obtained for the “ Niagara Falls Hydraulic Company,” which has since been organized, with it capital of $500,000 all paid in, with ii right of increasing it to $5,000- 000. lt appears from ‘the statement of the company, that they have obtained possession of lmds so situated us to give them an almost un- limited use of the water, for creating a manu- facturing power. They have acquired eighty acres of loud situated below the Falls, in the village of_2\'in.gar:t Falls, between Ontario street

and the river, with ll. front of H00 feet on the \v.i.tcr,-o.bove the Falls, and a perpetual ri ht

to a section oflund for a hydraulic canal, 00 feet in width, extending from the entrance above the Falls, a-distance of 3500 feet, to the manufacturing site below. These lands and water rivile on have been purchased for the sum 0 $550,000.

Faou CALIPOIINTA.-—Tll0 steamer George Law, from Aspinwall, with the California iniiils of the 16th ult. $800,000 in gold on freight, and 407 passengers, arrived at New York on the 12th inst., iind the steamer Star of the West, with 400 passengers, nearly two millions in gold, arrived on the 13th inst. The news is scarcely of the ordinur importance. The fol- lowing is a summary 0 events from San Fran- cisco papers of the lfith :—'[‘he population of California has increised but slowly this year. From the first of January to the first of Novem- ber, the arrivals by sea exceeded the depar- tures by only 6,781, which, added to the over- land einigrzition, will make the increase du- ring that riod amount to only 21,000 souls. 'l.‘lie mining news is generally favourable, but the miners on the river beds were preparing to leave, on account of the near approach of the rainy season. company of United Suites Dragoons have had an on merit near Rogue river, with n rty of Indians, in which two Indians were ki led, and two Americans besides it number of wounded on both sides. The squatters have held ii large meetin at Sa- cramento, an passed excitin reso utions, which, among other things, decfire that Co. tain Suter's claims are invalid, and that ands u on which cramento was built, belongs to the nitod States overnment as overllowcd groun . . an raricisco Herald says the the past month has furnished a bloody cata- logue of crime. Every paper from the inte- rior comes freighted with tales of horror, until men have begun to regard the spilling of human blood with as little concern as the slnughterin ofn beast, and to feel as little fear cfpunisli- meat overtaking them. f we would not ooked upon as a set of savages, it is time even- liunded justice was meted out to offenders. In- tolligencc had reached San Francisco of an in- tense excitement having been produced at Sono- ra, by the report of the sailing of the Fillibus- tor expedition. Troo s had been sent to Sono- rn from Guyamns. . ow Fillibuslcring expedi- tions are talked of, and it is said that another part will follow the invaders of Sonora, while snot er is destined for the Amazon. It is re- gzrted that General Tacon was on the march to no_ra, with 2000 men, to protect it against the invaders.

MAIIMOI ix Aimnci.—-On the last trip of e steamer Sonora, as the vessel neared the town of (iroenville, anxious looks exchan between many of her passengers protendedt at there was something extraordinary about to 000llI'- At length the matter was explaind by the announcement. that if there was a judge, justice. or rson on board, his ervices were ulred. t was a clear case 0 matrimony, ‘"3 ill“. too. " ‘in the wing." This important funotionnry was soon found in the person of JudgwBarnett, who, boin on hiswa to Green- vil1_:, u ii bein intro uoed to t a couple, declare his rea iness to solemnise the bonus on the arrivaljof the steamer at that lace. Everybody was happy,‘ for a wedding is a ways a jo ful event, whatever the consequences may is t at result from it. In a few mi_nutes the lost arrived, and, after she was lliirly landed, the famous “ she herd boy,” ‘Thomas 0. Noel. cfJufl'ersou, led prth from the ladies‘ cabin the utiful and acconi ished Miss Lydia Stinsen, of Evansville, atteii by the charming Miss V., of New Orleans, and a ntleinun from France, when his Honour, in t 9 presence of a hundred piissengers,uwed into speechless silence

by his in ive manner, in the " beautifu formula” of ju ‘ml rite to ‘make them one. and seal ' vows at his com.

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maul, “ Salute the bri e !" uttered with dlstlsct ...d measured tones, the breathless stillness was broken by the simultaneous ecboe is a hundred tongluea, " Long live in bllssful bagpi- nsss thawed ed pair!" The stsambr liuui I- txpt. IA Barge. had a feast

I , .- 'Wlii ble ii ' to hfliis ._ ‘Ir. Wflzigtsaeaestprsfiir-s nay reasubsr. ~-

A Siciir N01 or-rss sicss.—We take the fol- lowing Item the llltillltlflllltllt of Riirupeaiii Travel, by the author of“Geiinsny Revisited.” which appears in the New York Evening Pa_st:—ln

isms.-in swiiserlsnd. ihe Pmisstsiiigsiid (tuitio- lics have but one church. They slurs it peace- bly together. What is niure, coiisiderillg Inm's orejudice. they have but one grave yard, and lherr-. their diisi niiimles inc»-Ibo-.r. so iiiuclminexpected liberalily did me go-ii’. The i-.hun:li is (ltVld"d into two parts, a Catholic and a Protestant. They have their religious services alternate, and they never quarrel. -’l‘tie small bell calls both to church, the same roof covers both congregations. and I rather guess the ssme‘God hears the prayers of both. I was astonished to find this fact. for the Acme people had been des cribe to me as very intolerant l’r-itesisriis, and the Catholics there as much eiiibltlsrcd sgziinsi themziind lmade special enquiry, whether du- ringihe Ixite religions ililliculiies in Swiizwrlaiid. the joint use uftlie church was not endangered by the prevailing high prejudices. l was told than it was n_ot. I frankly expressed to the Catholic Sexton, who showed us in the church. my gratification at the hsmioiiioiis action ofthe two religions sects. H Well as to that." said lie. '-the people of Aarau are neither very aesluus Catholics nor very active Protestants ; they might boih be improved in their seal t'or their respective churches. I saw I had a churchmen before me I said nothing in reply, but after we were out of lhe cliuich,l could not help saying to inv com-

anloiis: ‘* The Aarau people may be poor Protes- isnis-snil poor Cailiolios, but surely they are good Christians.”

TH: Run: or Tunas —There ire exceptions to every rule but the rule ofibree; that is never changed. As yunr iiicuine is to your expendi- ture so will the amount of your debts be to your cash on hand and cniisequentiibility to meet tlieui. if you allow your Vanity to lead you into ex- travagance, you must rely on something else to take you out of it; either it rich relation or ilie 5lienfi‘s writ. Your furniture may be more showy than that of your neighbour, but never mind. Heller are cane-buiioin chairs a id mahogany tables that are paid for, their spring cushions and msrhleinaiitels on a note for six months. Your cost may be less fashionable than your neigh- bour's and while he is driven by a liveried coach- man, you may be riding slr.nik's horse but re member there is a time for bil-.incin'.' the books. and every purse has got a lmllum. ‘o ccunuinise, and always remember the rule ol there. Ilowro Choose A Doximric.—lIousekoc ing is not so full of sunshine and rose-coloured liss as many imagine. It is hardly possible to get alon without cooks, _scullions and chamber- uiui ii ; and what with their waste, wittlcs and impudcncc,says Aunt Sally, they are pliiguy rawbiicks on domestic peace and comfort. Old Pcppergrns was the customer for discrimination between the useful and the careless. P. sent word to the Register ofiice that ho wantcda good girl for general housework. About the time he expected an applicant he laid a broom down in the yard near the gate. Presently a irl comes up to the house, the broom ‘being immediately in the path. Miss Betsy strides over it. " d man w