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' and Government itself was prepared to send troops to that coun-
THE CITIZEN, SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1854.. A . ..
inferred that the project of mediation was as little satisfactory’ as
the rest. >
THE OTHER. POlYERS.
Flslvcrr.-The loan was being taken with ragemesi, not only
in Paris, but in the provinces. Much of it was taken in small
sums. An extraordinary loan has been mooted to buy up and sup-
press all private journals except the Illonileur and Journal dc I’ m-
pin, and to establish one government paper at the chief city of
each Department. The plan was actually discussed by the Minis-
ters, but is postponed indefinitely.-Psvssn evinces more learn-
ing towards the ‘Vests.-rn powers. . An address by several mem-
bers of the Chambers called on Baron lllantendel to give an ex-
planation of the position of Prussia in the coming war. 2 To this
lllzntendcl replied that Government would shortly make an explan-
ation-in the meantime the fleets in the Black Sea are those with
with which Pnissia is in sccor .:Swsosx was actively arming,
and had ordered the fitting up of seven lino-of-battle-ships, mdrwo
camps to be formed, one at. Carlskoon and snother near Stockholm.
The garrison of the Island of Gothland was increased to 16,000 men.
-: Dnruuss an address had been voted on by the Danish
Parliament demanding the dismissal of the Perstcd Ministry. Ba-
sides arming Copenhagen, Konigsberg, dcc., Denmark is htting out
s heel of 300 gu.nr.-- ii lrrtr.-The Sultan is reported to
have sent a friendly autograph to the Pope, which was well receiv-
ed T bacco and Salt monopoly had been extended, in the
Roman States, for ten years. Food riots had occured at Fabriano,
and were suppressed by the ' ' a.ry. osrcoir. a serious
dimculty had occurred between the students of Coinbra and the
citizens, but all was quiet at last accounts. amber of Peers
rom SW1-rzrzsusn we
voted an address to the crowne-
learn that numbers of emigrants fram Ticino were preparing to
start for Califonua om I-Iuvre.
. . J. . INDIA AND CHINA. ,
The following summary is extracted from the Bombay Tinln,
cfI“eb. 14: ‘ - -‘ ' I - ‘-
“ No very important events have occurred during the pl-fst fort-
night, and the alarm vihich was felt all over India at the date of
our last suinm as now considerably subsided. ' The news from
Buruiah is still melancholy, and warrants the belief vcry generally
expressed that matters are far from satisfactory in that country.
Captain Barry, the Commandant of the Arracan Battalion, leh
Lian-rwiam in command of a detachment of his regiment, to act in
concert with a larva force under the command of Major Cotton, of
the 67th Native Infantry, which had been dispatched from Promo
against a arty of dacoits. When on the line of march the
guides ofhio detachment led him into an ambush, and while about
to cross a river he was attacked by a body ofllurrrlsse, under the
command of llloung-goon-gyc, and shot dc He was mortally
wounded by two musket-bullets, pm: of which passed through his
head, and, having fallen from his horse, he survived but a few
seconds. ' In tho rcuconlre Lieutenant Thompson, of the 66th
regiment of Native Infantry, wasalso wounded in the arm, so so-
verely, we are sorry to say, that it became necessary to unputats
the limb.‘ It was stated that the men whom Lieutenant Proctor
had shot were the guides of this detachment, but recent accounts
contradict the assertion, and as yet all that is known is, that tho
e - IRELAND.
“ ’--vil.srrrs:r." The Dublin papers seem to think it a matter
. import to Ireland that one Sadleir, an attorney and mem-
ber oi‘ Parliament, has bad s verdict ofdarnages pronounced against
him to the amount of $000. From the same. reports we take
the following: i '
The case of Dowling 1:. Mr. John S-adlsir, M. l‘., rozlirucnond on
Friday, at the Carloiv Assizes, before the Chiizf'.Iustici>. of the
Colurn-.iu Pleas mid A special jury, and terminated next day in .1
verdict for the defendant-dslnnges, .fl,10D and 6d. costs.
The facts of the case are so familiar to our readers that we need
only givean outline of the proceedings. ‘ s an action for
so imprisonment. Mr. Sadleir was a candidate for the rcpri+
sentalion of Carlow in 1852; and Mr. Doulrn was on elector of
the borough. Ssdleir solicited Mr. Dowliiig's vote, and, on being
refused, procured that geirtlenrsnh arrest. ,
The Naliml, with its usual for-cv and eloquence, coinnients thus
on the mommtous event : ’ ,
Nemesis has not yet abandoned her retributive pursuit of Mr.
John Saddleir slid his colleagues. Just as the Carlow conspiracy
results in niulcting him for , and costs, the select committee
is appointed to investigate the petition for Sligo. Nobody seems
to doubt that the inquiry will result in ousting the Attorne -
Statesman from Parliament altogether; and it appears that .'llr.
Sorners has been disqualified from succeeding him by omitting to
furnish the scrutiny lists.“
The editorial correspondent of the saniu paper in London says.-
Mr. John Sadleir will have a partner in his fare. His friend snl
ally in Slioo, Mr. Stonur, has been recalled from his judgeship and
licprisrd of his ajct. . . . a
, This is a great vicloryfor Me Imieprndcn: Party.
Dss-rrrilrlolr.-A number of poor destitute females have been
sent from Newport, and thrown on the s arcs of Ireland, near
this city, without food or money ; and that, too, afler spcndingthe
llower of their youth in the “ sister “ kingdorn.- lllzznfard Nclu.
'“’e deeply regret to be compelled to state, says the Tuum
Hrrsld, that emigration is not only not nbated, but seems to
gather strength and intensity with each succeeding season of
spring. Every week batches ofsoina fifty each pass through this
town from the districts adjacent, and from the county of Mayo,
on theirvvay to America. .
:Tbs barracks of Nenagh are now closed up. The company of
the 47th, for some months stationed there, having joined the depot
st Birr,thsre is not a single soldier let! in the capital of North
'l‘ippcmry.-Linurick Reporter '
jCholera continues to manifest itself with increasing virulence
in Csrrickfergus. Since ursday last there have been upwards
oftwenty deaths in the town. A . .
On the present Grand Jury for the county of Cork, there is the
handsome number of four Catholic: (observes the Carl: Ezsrninrr).
Out of a body of twenty-three individuals, having the power to tax
the prctiperly, Lndin some events to decide on the liberties and
lives 0 a Catholic population of at least six hundredthousand,
the noble proportion of,one-sixth is assigned to the persuasion of
the vast majority.
‘:2
Lieutenant is in arrest for executing two Burmese on his own
responsibility.’ . i . ' ' '
“ The Col:npany‘s cream-frigate Aucliland arrived from the Per-
sian Giilf on the llth inst., and we are happy to say that every-
thing was perfectly quiet at the date of her departure; both at
Bushire and Teheron the utmost tranquillity prevailed, and the re-
port that the Persians had attacked sgdad was entirely without
foundation; but. although such is happily the slate of alTalrs at
present, ‘the rumors of war’, vr ch in reference to Persia have
. 'A large number of the ofliccrs of the Bank of Ireland have
given a complimentary dinner to Henry Browne, Esq., who w
the odicinl auditor of accounts of the Great Industrial Exhibition
of 1853, on his removal from the Bank of Ireland to an important
post in a bi h commercial iii-in. At the same time a splendid gold
watch and chain‘ were presented to him. I ,
At the meeting of St. Patrick's Society for the study of Eccle.
siolcgy, at its rooms in this‘ city .3 few days ago, Dr. Petrie in the
m
a
of late been bniited abroad appear to have had some foundation, chair, a communication was received from the Rev. Mr. Edwards,
announcing the completion of the repairs of St. Flsnn:in's ora-
try. Her M.-ljeety’s 86th Regiment, when can nmt: to Kurrachee, tory, Killaloe.
were ordered to halt at Panwell, and have been detained there for
some weeks. Theintelligence, however, brought by the Auckland
being of such a satisfactory nature, there remains no longer an
necessity to detain the corps, and the regiment proceeds to its des-
tination forthwith. .‘In Afghanistan matters are exactly in the
same state as they were at the date of our last summary, no further
intelligence liaviig reached us from that quarter., . ,
, 'v per Cent. Loan is extinguished, and the remaining
portion of the debt of 1848 is to be paid on the 29th of April
next. At the beginning of 1852, Government were paying interest
annually to the amount of 213,92G,98lr., so that by the payment
of the debt in April next. Government saves snniislly nearly
.C2D0,000." . .. ' , . > . > w ‘- I ,
. CHIN ‘ v
.The following is extracted from the 0czrla1id.Chino Mall of
.lanuary27thxv .,. r. , '
“Beyond the little news extracted from our merry issues there
isnolhing real to communicate; but among t'r ble runiors we
niaymention: . , , - ,- ,- '
“ 1. That the northern army of the rebelsis not maltrng much
progress, and has captured neither the capital vof Pelirn nor the
rt oi Tien-tsin ; so that the reports originated in China, and cir-
culated by the home papers months ago, were very premature, and
do not seem likely to be speedily realise . , . .
. " 2. That the reception of the French at Nankinlwae even less
cordial than we have already supposed, and sngurs ill for improved
intercourse with foreigners in the event of the rebels being ulti-
mately suocessfu - . 2‘ < ’
. "3. That Shanghai is likely soon to be retaken by, or restored
Wrptha imperialists-the l.-liter perhaps the more probable, a con-
Ilnracy for urrender having recently been discovered, and 200
oilhs conspirators put to‘ death; but the spirit of surrenderis still
-1-ta. and failing - convenient opportunity to manifest sum; and.
while foreign couhdcnce in the city rabble is waxing faint, the
’““"'-nil innrnplz, copied from the China Herald of Jan. 2l,
th :
“"437. January 12, three shots weyro lired from the
khan‘: Hospital.
11;“ ‘W9 W" I number or lmperialisl. soldiers lying there. iv
since undmtan that In eiiergciis remisnstrance has been made
to the rebel leadersin the city, who have promised to be more can-
tions in future.’ v . . ' , , V -
“ TD 15"’ Y'"“"" "' '1“! Nu ill! facts. that Canton was never
1 The British Telegraph Company have beld.a nieeting ii the
Belfast Chamber of Commerce, and stated their intention to lay
down ssubmarlne rope across the Channel from Stranraer to a’
little below Cnrrlckfergus. They disclaim the idea of rivalsliip
with the Magnetic Company. . , , , -V
‘ Tue Moors: TRSTIIONHCCHIMITTEIZ havespproveil of the
model furnished by Mr. Christopher Moore, for the bronze statiie
proposed to be erected ni honor of the poet. '
The Dublin Corporation have resolved upon sending a deputa-
tion to London, to impress uponrthe British government the jus-
tice of allowiner Ireland a share in the funds raised by the Com-
missioners of ilfoocls and Forests. [We are not sanguine an to
their success]. . ‘
I‘ ‘In: Conn:-rropv Corral-rrrs.-This is a Parliamentary Cam.
mittee, sitting to investigate charges of corruption against Irish
members of Parliament some years back. We find it continue
its labors, by the following from the Naliori of the 15th : ‘
I‘ " The Committee met again on Thursday when Dr, G .
rn-excirnined. He contradicted, by docurncniary proofs, tligyinjzd:
rial parts of Keogh‘s evidence on former days. His examinaiign
lasted about an hour. Mr. S. Bindon and Mr. Ansley, late mem-
her for Yougllal, were also examined lllr. Reynolds olrenzd him.
self for examination, but tliercovnmrttee declined, to hear him till a
future stage. ‘ ' . , V,
lilr. Maurice Le neg has been lecturing with grind survives in
lVexford, on the atnots and Statesmeri of ‘S2. ' -
Mr. Alexandw Mitchell, of Belrau, has erfccted nu‘ 2..3pm‘..,.
meal. in the screvf PI0.P911=r. and it is state that s steamship, the
lilalvmav ‘med "M1 I‘: 1113419 the passage from London lo that
town in H hours less than the average time.
' Mr. Shine Lawlor has been restored to the coinniission of the
peace. Mr. Lawlor was dismissed from His l'0IV'iIIll!SlDlI in conse-
quence of having attended a dinner given in compliment to
Smith 0‘Brien. in Cork. "3 1549- '
Nsnxasn llil.r. is lovu.-The heokuk Di.vpa'cIl says -.-M “Pg
are glad to see that the dernocntic prens of lows lsallnosl a unit
upon this subject. bl e IPJOIIE that those apcrs which were timid
.1-"1 racillaling (or s time, are becoming um again and are work-
ing rnanfully for the lnumph of that ‘great and glorious pn'nciple,
which is lhe comer-stone of our pobtical faith ; the capability and
tight or the people to govern lhernselveau All-early oppoailion 5.
by diaarrricd, andthc excitement, which bade fin to rival that
of 1850, is begirirrizig to ‘die avray. hVe do not doubt for ; mo.
ment that the measure will receive the sanction of the hours by s
more quiet, and that the ex pom from China were rrevefon a larger
sale."
decided msjonty."
JOHN 3171.1. AND THE EUSSIAN BEAR.
All men remember the particularly straight-forward rpcceb o
Lord John Russell,vrhcn he declared the policy of Britain, and
hurled dedzince at the fziithlcss Czar. One would almost imagine
that his Lordship had worked up his own diminutive soul to a sort
of divine wrath: And certain it is, that British readers perusing the
speech were filled with pious horror against so cruel and false a
Czar, and thanked Godrllley were Bulls and not Bears.
Iltul-us out lltal llic 1;:-itisll Gomnnuml liar bent lhm rm year:
back, plant.-lg a Iic‘llTl4Efl0ll and pu.m'zl'cu of the Turkish Empire
ztilll this any Czar.
The following is from the St. lhrerrburg Journal .- it is intended
as an answer to Lord I. Russell‘s dcliant speech ; and we think it
iv an answer. . >
“ ‘Ve have jua received a report of the sitting of the House if
Commons of the 17th of February, and the speech which Lord John
Russell made on that occasion. It is not here the place to repeat
brutal outrages of iv hich every fiilliful servant of the Iimpcror will
preserve the rccollcclion, but which doiiot reach the august person
to whom they are addressed. “Vs shall conllnc ourselves to re-
marking iliat the parliamentary annals might be searched in vain
for an example of such incl-mpcrate language from the mouth of a
Cabinet lllirlister in reference to a Sovereign against whom the
country of that minister has not yet declared war.
. f‘,Th:it this distrust might have been conceived by France, that
up to a certain oint it might have found a place in the mind of a
Government still recent, that had not yet time to acquire by a long
experience of our previous relations with it, on exact notion of our
true intentions, and which might yield involuntarily to the opinion
almost traditional that has been formed of Russian policy inthe
East, is very easily to be conceived. But the British Government
should have been the last to harbor such suspicious. It has in its
.ds thcoivritten proof, that they are based on no foundations.
For long before the present situation, bcforc the questions, which
ave been raised through the mission of Prince lllcnchikofl‘ to Cor.-
st.1.ntinople,had assumed as yet the character of serious dissent,
before Great Britain had placed herself on the same line of action
as France, the Emperor had spontaneously explained his iicwr
without the slightest reserve to the Queen slid hor ministcrs, with
the intent of establishing with them an intimate understanding
respecting even the greatest eventuality that might licfal the
Ottoman empire. some the year 1.929 his lllajvsty followed
with great attention the march of events in Turkey. e Em-
peror could not shut his eyes to the couscquencrs oi the tlmngei
which were, one aller the other, introcuced into that State.
Ancient Turkey disappeared from the time when it was sought to
establish those institutions diametrically opposed us wcll to the
genius of Islamism as to the character and us.-ige of the M ussulrnans
-institutions more or less borrowed from modern liberalism, and
consequently entirely opposed to the spirit of the Ottoman govern-
nt. It became evident that Turkey was undergoing s. complete
transformation, slid that these experiments, :it least doubtful so far
as regarded the re-organization of the empire, seemed rather calcu
lsted to lead to a crisis which would overturn it. It seemed likely
El
u:
would at all events destroy that which existed.
“ To these permanent andincreasing causes ofdissolution rgcent
complications have been added, resulting from the allairs of Molt-
tenegro, the religious persecutions exercised in scvcral Christian
provinces, a dilieraice with the Austrian government, considerable
tinancial emhanzissment, rind astl , the important strait of the
Holy Places, to which the imperliuus demands of the Frcnch Am
hassador at Constantinople were beginning to give a serious and
menacing character. These complications, which created sullen
excitement among the Christian population, Wore likely from one
day to another to bring about a sudden catastrophe which it was
urgent to prevent.
“Penetratcd with the extreme importance of such a result, and
having at that period almost reached the region of the possible, if
not entirely of the probable-convinced of t e lsaslrous conse-
quences which might result from it, the Emperor thought it ne-
cessary to assure himself beforehand whether the En g-llbll govcrru
ment shared his apprehensions. He wished more particularly, by
a frank previous understanding, to remove every subject or me-
understanding belwecn Great Britain and himself. It seemed of
the highest importance to his Majesty to establish the. rnost per-
fect identity of views with the government of Great Britain.
“ VVith this view the Emperor engaged the English minister at
St. Pctersburg to cause her Majesty to be informed of ‘his anticl-
patient with respect to the danger, more or loss imminent. ill“
rnenaccd Turkey. He requested on this subject a cnnlidentllil
interchange of opinions with her Britannic Majesty. That was
certainly the most evident proof of confidence which the Emperor
could give to the Court of sz. lines; and thus did his M?J9“l'
most openly signify his sincere wish to prevent any ulterior di.
vergence between the two governments, I g
Sir H. Seymour acquitted himself furlhvnili of the important
commission which the Emperor h.-id impressed on him in a long
and familiar conversation.
friendly character between the present English ministers and the
imperial crnmcnt. A
“It isgricdlt permitted to us to divulge tlic coritcnts of the non-
ollicial documents, vi-bieh do not concern the Emperor nlnric, and
which contain the expressions of a niirlual confidence. W hat we
are permitted to say is, that in cxainililng the circumstances more
or less likely to alike: the dirratlbnrf the Milli: quo in the Last
-aim examiiiation undertaken from ihc conviction respectively en-
tertained that every elrart should be made to suslmn the slum:
qua, and to prolong it as long as possible, ‘l"’"’ "93" W99 any
question of .-. plan by which Russia and Englan-l might dnflmi-"
beforehand, and between tliernselvel, of the deslipy of the duru-
en! provinces which constitute the Ottoman Prrrplrei -U" 19" "T
sfurmal agreement to be concluded bctvi-ran the
other Courts. , . 1 rd
‘- The two parties were limited to a trunk and sin; E “"1 3 pic:
ltlll without reserve on either side, to cominiinicuie w at mlg t e
isms. to English incrronts, what mini” is 50” .1‘“'5!’“;; ;"
tbatin any given me hostile or P.l'l‘!lt0Vlhl’l1lll(K0fyacuDnmlg I 0
‘ma’ ' 1- , ,,,,., ,,,.,'.i;,y..mi:.,..‘n. of tliishronfnlential corres-
pondencs In recalling the spin! in Wll!“hl'- er ll3cmfel'c- ling
mic-rprelel ii, iris ministers with Wlwm ‘“ l 1‘ ‘"1"’ I‘ “'1' Wm‘
on, and who since have pennilteil thcmsi-Ives to Q I lit‘ 1
prrposssssionr in be regretted, Wllljl-‘e able to decide ii‘ those pre-
pg.m.i..n. are just. Let 4 rd zllumil more especially re-
peruss thst‘corresponrlrnce. in which he was the first to take
part, before ceding to Lord Clarendon the direction of foreign af-
that a new order of things would arise ivhich,o‘.1liongh iniledrlable, .
“The result has shown itself in a correspondence of the mast '
in, without the ‘
knowledge and unassisted by the counsel and intervention of the '
v --c