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DEATH-BED OF TOM PAINE 1809.
"Tell me," was the language of the ancient,
"tell meiot how a man lives, but how he dies,
before I can judge of him." Believing there is
much practical wisdom in this saying, and that
a powerful antidote for infidelity may be had in
an exhibition of its legitimate fruits, we take
from the U. S- Catholic Magazine the following
extract from a letter of Bishop Fcnwick to Lis
brother at Georgetown College :
- A short time before Faine died I was sent for
by him. He was prompted to thi3 by a poor
Catholic woman, who went to sec . him in his
sickness ; and who told him among other things,
that, in his wretched condition, if any body
oould do him good it would be a Roman Catholic
priest. This woman was an American convert,
(formerly a Shaking Quakeress) whom I had re
ceived into the church but a few weeks before.
She was the bearer of the message to me from
Paine. I stated this circunis'anoe to F. Kolil
tnann, at breakfast, and requested him to accom
pany me. After some solicitation cn my part,
be agreed to do so ; at which I was greatly re
joiced, because I was at that time young and in
experienced in the ministry, and was glad to hare
his assistance, as I knew, from the great reputa
tion of Paine, that T should have to do with one
of the most impious as well as infamous of men.
We shortly after set out for the house, at
Greenwich where Paine lodged, and cn our way
agreed upon a mode of proceeding with him.
We arrived at the house : a decent looking el
derly woman (probably his housekeeper) came to
the door, and inquired whether we were Catho
lic priests ; "for," said she. "Mr. Paine hns been
so much annoyed of late by ministers of other
denominations calling upon him, that he has left
express orders with me to admit no one to-day
bat the clergymen of the Catholic ch.uch."
Upon assuring her that we were Catholic Cler
gyman, she opened the door and showed us into
the parlor, tihe thtn left the room , and shortly
after returned to inform us that Paine was asleep,
and at the same time expressed a wish that we
would not disturb him : "for," said she, "he is
always in a bad humor when roused out of his
Bleep ; 'tis better to wait a little till he awake."
We accordingly sat down, and resolved to await
a more favorable moment' "Gentlemen," said
the lady, having taken her seat also, "I really
wish you may succeed with Mr. Paine, for he is
laboring under great distress of mind ever since
he was informed by Lis physicians that he can
not possibly live, and must die shortly. He sent
fbr you to-day, because he was told that if any
cue could do him good, you might. Possibly he
may think you know of some remedy which hi3
physicians are ignorant of. He is truly to be
pitied. His cries, when he is left alone, are heart
rending. '0 Lord help me !' he will exclaim du
nr;g his paroxysms of distress ; 'God help me!
Jesus Christ help me !' repealing the same ex
pressions without any, the least variation in a
tone of voice that would alarm the house. Some
times he will say, 'O God ! what have I done to
Buffer so much !' Then shortly after, 'But there
is r.o God. And again, a little after 'Yet if
there should be, what will become of me hereaf
ter V Thus he will continue for sometime, when
cn a sudden he will scream as if in terror and
sgeny, and call out for me by name. On one of
those occasions, which are very frequent, T went
to him and inquired what ho wanted 'Stay with
me,' he replied, 'for God's sake, fori cannot bear
to be alone.' I then observed that I could not
tiways be with him, as I had much to attend to
?n the house. 'Then said he, send even a child
to stay with me. for it ic hil n ha alone.' 'I
never saw,' she concluded, 'a more unhappy, a
snore forsaken man ; he Beems he cannot recon
cile himself to die."
Such was the conversation of the woman who
Lad received us, and who probably had been em
ployed to nurse and take care of him during his
Uinces. She was a protestant, yet seemed very
desirous that we should afford him some relief m
his Etate of abandonment, bordering on complete
despair. Having remained thus some time in the
parlor, we at length heard a noise in the adjoin
ing room, across the passageway, which induced
aa to believe that Mr. Paine, who was sick in
that room, had awoke. We accordingly propos
ed to proceed thither, which was assented to by
the woman ; and she opened the door for us.
On entering we found him just getting out of his
slumber. A more wretched being in appearance
I never before beheld. Ho was lying in a bed,
Efficiently decent in itself, but at present be
smeared with 61th ; Lis eyes haggard, his coun
tenance forbidding, and his whole appearance that
f one whose better days had been one continued
debauch. His only nourishment at this time we
re informed, was nothing more than milk punch
in which he indulged to the full extent of hi3
weak state. He had partaken undoubtedly but
-ery recently of it, as the sides and corners of
lis rarJ2 exhibited very unequivocal traces of
it, ts wtUas.ef blood, which had also flowed in
hetrark. and left its mark on the pillow. His
face, to a certain extent, had also been besmeared
with it. The head of his bed was against the
side of the room through which the door opened:
F. Kohlmann having entered first, took his seat
on the side ntar the foot of his bed. I took my
seat on the same side nearer the head Thus, in
the posture in which Paine lay, his eyes could
easily bear on F. Kohlmann, but not on me easi
ly, without turning his head.
As soon as we had seated ourselves, F. Kohl
mann, in a very mild tone of voice, informed him
that we were Catholic priests, and were come,
on his invitation, to see him. Paine made no
reply. After a short pause, F. Kohlmann pro
ceeded thus, addressing himself to Paine, in the
French language thinking that, as Paine had been
to France, he was probably acquitted with that
language, (which was not the fact.) and might
understand better what he said, as he had at
that time a greater facility, and could express
hia thoughts in it than in English.
"Mons Paine, j'al hi votre l'vre intitule, Umjt
de Li liaison, ou vous avez attaquel'eeriture sainte
avec nne violence, sans !oraes. etd'autres de vos
cerits publies en France : ct jo suis persuade
vue." Paine here interrupted him abruptly,
and in a sharp tone cf voice ordering him to
speak English, thus : "Speak English, man,
speak English." F. Kohlmann. without showing
tho least embarrassment, resumed his discourse,
and expressed himself near as follows, afier his
interruption,, in English: -'Mr. Paine. I have
read your bok entitled the Age of Reason, as
well as all your other writings against the chris
tian religion, and am at a loss to imagine how a
man of your good sense could Lave employed his
talents in attempting to undermine what, to say
nothing of its elivir.e establishment, the wisdom
of ages lias deemed most conducive to the hap
piness of man. The christian religion, sir "
' That's enough sir, that's enough" said Paine,
again interrupting him : "I see what you would
be about : I wish to hear no more from -ou, sir.
My mind is made up on that subject. I look up
on the whole Christian Fcaciae to be a tissue of
absurdities and lies, and Jesus Christ to 1 noth
ing more than a cunning kr.ave or impostor."
F. Kohlmann here attempted to speak sgain
when Paine with a lowering countenance, order
ed him instantly to be quiet, and trouble him no
more. "I have to'd ycu already that I wish to
hear nothing more from you."
"The Bible, sir," said F. Kohlmann, still at
tempting to speak, "is a sabred and divine book,
which has stood the test and (he criticisms of
abler pons than yours ; pens which have made
at least some show to argument, and "
"l"eur bible," returned Paine, "contains noth
ing but fables ; yes fables : and I hae .. p raved
it to a demonstration."
All this time T looked upon the monster with
pity, mingled with indignation at his blasphe
mies. I frit a degree of horror at thinking that
in a very short time he would be cited to appear
before the tribunal of his God whom he so shock
ingly blasphemed, with all his sins upon him.
Seeing that F. Kohlmann Lad coniplete-1 y failed to
make any impression on him, and that Paine
would listen to nothing that came from him, nor
would even suffer him to speak, I finally conclu
ded to try what effect I might have. I accord
ingly commenced with observing : "Mr. Taine
you will certainly allow that there exists a God,
and that this God cannot be indifferent to the
conduct and actions, of his creatures." "I wiil
allow nothing sir," he hastily replied, "I shall
make no confessions." "Well, sir, if you will
listen calmly for one moment," said I, "I will
prove to you that there is such a being, and I
will demonstrate from His very nature that he
cannot be an idle spectator of our conduct."
"Sir I wish to hear nothing you have to say ; I
see your object, gentlemen, is to trouble me: I
wish you would leave the room." This he srokc
iu an exceedingly angry tone, so much so that he
foamed at the mouth. "Mr. Paine," I continued
'I assure that our object in coming hither was
to do you good. We had no other motive. We
had been given to understand that ycu wished to
see us, and we arc come accordingly : because it
is a principle with us never to refuse our servi
ces to a dying man asking for them. But for
this we should not of come in, fbr we never ob
trude upon any individual."
Paine on hearing this seemed to relax a little ;
in a milder tone of voice than he had hitherto
used, he replied ; "You can do no good now it
is too late I have tried different physicians, and
their remedies have all failed. I have n'alilug
now to expect," this he spoke with siu but
a speedy dissolution. My physicians have indeed
J .
told me as much." "You have misunderstood
me,
Ra;.l T immediate!? to him. "We arc not
come to proscribe any remedies for your bodily
complaints ; we only come to make you an offer
of our ministry for the good cf your immortal
soul, which is in great danger of being forever
cast oft by the Almighty, on account of your
A c. 1- f.ir t. rrimn of havinQ" villi-
ficdand rejected Ilis Son." Tame on hearing . way mrou-n 1-,- 1
this, was roused into a fury: he gritted his teeth, curtain ; after which they Lnd themselves in a
twisted and turned himself several times in his I suite of rooms cf conquerable S1ze bu misera
d utterin, all the while the bitterest impreca- j bly furnished. A freshly ht fire of coals bums
Uon.s. I firmly believe such was the rage in sulkily in one or two of the grates, and I know
which he was at this time, that if he had had a of nothing more dreary and dupir. ung Ihe
ptol he would have shot one of us, for he con- rain rattles solemnly .gamut fhe windows , of c
ducted himself more like a madman than a ra- palace. The noses of the "
tional being. "Begone" says he, "and trouble ! are quite red with cold, and thc.r hane are Was.
ine no more I was in peace," he continued, "'till , Let ns coon. ' ' .
you came." We know better than that." repli- j The last room of the suite is smaller than the
edF. Kohlmann ; we knew that you cannot be rest. It would be used as a refreshment room if
in peace-there can be no peace for the wicked. : Strauss or Jullien were to give a ball in the
God has said it." "Away with you and your palace. A coal fire bums sluggishly m the grate,
God too ; leave the room instantly," he exclaim- and there is a plain sofa without a back, placed
ed ; "all that you have uttered are lies-filthy next to the wall at the extreme end. As the m
lies and if I had a little more time, I would ternuncio enters with his suit an individual ,s
n-ove it.ai Ididaboutvour imposture Jesus seen to rise slowly from this sofa, and he stands
Christ " "Monster," exclaimed F. Kohlmann, up to receive the visiters. He is a dark, weaned
in a burst of zeal, "vcu will have no more time. ! looking man, in appearance about forty, though
Your hour has arrived. Think rather of the
awful account you have already to render, and
implore pardon of God ; provoke no longer His
just indignation upon your head." Paine here
ordered us again to retire, in the highest pitch of
his voice, and seemed a very maniac with rage
and madness. "Let us go said I to F. Kohl
mann ; we have nothing more to do. He seems
to be entirely abandoned by God : further words
are lost upon him.
' Upon this we both withdrew from tho room
and left the unfortunate man to his thoughts, I
never before or since, beheld a more hardened
wretch.
This, you may rely upon it, is a faithful and
correct accout of the transaction. I remain your
affectionate brother.
(Signed) II Bkxedict. Bp. of Boston.
From Bentley's Miscellanv.
VISIT TO THE SULTAN.
Let us follow the internuncio and his suite,
however, and we shall judge for ourselves. When
they arrive at the palace, they are conducted by
some stragglers who happen to be about the pal
ace, through a little garden formally laid out in
the old French style one of those gardens which
have nothing but tho name ; a garden with little
patches of flower beds cut into triangles and cre s
cents, and having hard, dry, pebbly, useless
paths bt tween, which nobody ever docs or could
walk upon. This garden may, perhaps, cover a
quarter of an acre of grounel, not more : and it is
soon passed. The internuncio and his train have
entered iuto a low stone passage, with many
mysterious doors here and there. This passage,
too, is very dark, and rather damn, and particu
larly bare. It has nothing of oriental magnifi
cence in it, yet we are within th? imperii:! palace,
and the Sultan is, I dare say, within hearing of
us .'omewhtre. Meantime some ha'f dozen strag
gling servants and officials appear to be ns busy
as orientals ever are, in showing us up slairs in
to the state apartments. There is nothing splen
did about them, cither. Except for their red
caps, they might easily enough be mistaken fu
German artisans in their Sunday clothes ; they
are quite as heav', as svkwsrj, with as solemn
a sense of dignity, and with as baggy trousers.
A few guard;, dressed in brown, with dirty gold
sashes, and having no arms but sabre?, are also
posted about, without order or regularity. The
day is wet and drizzly : indeed, nothing can be
altogether more commonplace or uncomfortable.
Things change a little for th better as we as
cend the stairs, in spire of the dir. gin ess which
still seems to hang about everything. T'pon the
first landing i; posted one of the palace guards
of th yultan, and bo is drosved in oMhes which
are at least meant for a uniform. The intention
is not very successfully carrietl out; bnt it is ob
vious that it has existed. We are satisfied: here
is at least a commencement. Up the dingy stairs,
therefore,' we go with the splendid cortege of tho
internuncio, and from the dingy stairs into a
dingy room oh! how dingy! dingier, I vow,
than a lawyer's office in Lincoln's Inn. It is ill
furnished ; anel there arc not chairs enough fr
the ambassadors suite ; more are brought in from
another apartment: but there arc still not enough,
so that a fresh supply must be sent fW. Then
the carpet, which is dingier really than anything
ever seen except the sofas, does not half cover
the room ; but this, perhaps, is merely oriental
fashion, so we must not be surprised. At last
the grand vizier is brought in, and the grand in
terpreter (a high oflicer in Turkey, then the
minister of foreign affairs, all dressed in ill-made
European clothes ; and they arc followed by the
usual pipes anel coflce.
The pipes are handsome r they have rich jewel
elled mouthpieces of amber, and their value is
sometimes as preposterous as an English race
horse. The coffee, also, is served in little cups
of jewelled f.iligree, of which the host are made at
Malta. Neither the coffee nor tobacco is very
good, and the former is served without sugar,
and unstrained, according to the fashion of the
East. There is not much conversation every
body feels rery cold and strange. Everybody
also is ignorant of the etiquette of the place, and
does not like to commit himself. There might
perhaps, be plenty to say, for men must l-e elull
inde-ed who cannot talk to a minister for foreign
affairs : but to make a remark is rather too seri
ous a business to be repeated often. Thus, for
instance, the internuncio observes, for want of
anything else to say, " That it is a cold day."
No sooner is the observation out of his excellcn
cv's mouth than the head dragum. tv.o
" . . ... n' I .1 :
r?i.g over his rawing conee, auu u.u,T,fe
1 vi- st a InnAii nuca with n fir-
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pression oi pan. ne. c..i..B...u. i
1 anguish is in one of his eyes.
" It is a cold day," repeats the internuncio,
nodding ; fer he is a pleasant, cheery' man.
The internuncio looks bored, and the pipes
having been changed for others still more magni
ficent, the whole rartv rise. They take their
in realityfscme ten years younger. He is dres
sed in a dark-blue frock coat, with a Russian col
lar. The sleeves and the collar of it are embroi
dered with gold and diamonds j both his coat
and trousers are much too large for him. He
wears r.o ornament but the nisham, a large me
dal C)f rold set with diamonds, and hung round
his neck, and a heavy Turkish sabre, set with
diamonds a'so, but elirty. On his head is a red
cap, and on his feet black jean French lxots,
with varnished tops, but so large it is marvellous
how he walks in them. This is Abdul Medjid
the Saltan of Turkey.
As the ambassador and his suite approach, it
is painiul to sec the embarrassment of the mon
arch. Tt appears to amount to constitutional
nervousness tnd is evidenced in many ways.
His eyes wjnJJr"here and there, like those of a
schoolbiy failed upon to repeat a lesson he does
not know. lie changes his feet continually, and
makes spa.'tnodic movements with his hands. I
am sure hi$ beard a very fine one is uncom
fortable to him, and that he fee's as if he had a
hair shirt on. 1 am still more sure that he feels
literally an-.bassadorcd to death. One was at
him ycs.Vr'lny ; here is another to-day ; and to
morrow" not tho amhassadnrs announced, the
terrible Sir Hector Stubble ? Oh. fbr alittlc rest !
Oh, for his ride where the "sweet waters flow '"'
Oil! for rt.c.e on the one true bosom which
waits hi; coming in the harem, and who will
soothe ! is aching temples, and lull him softly to
sleep withher lute ! The internuncio stands for
ward, h:s tuite fall back, and he begins to speak
while the cold drops gather upon the Sultan's
forehead. ':;d his thumbs are ne ver still a min
ute. His excellency, hewever, has not much to
say ; a fv of the commonplace civilities which
aic always paid to royalty, and a flourishing en
comium n the power and glory of his own na
tion nothing more. The Sultan replies. What
he -ays lobody knows. Not the best oriental
scholar ia the room, though he listen with .strain
ed ears. cr-.:i make anything of it. Certain dislo
cated sifctencfs arc jerked painfully from his
Majesty f. lips in gasps that is all. The impe
rial interpreter, however, is by no means at a
I ss. II. , at least, has get a neat little speech
cut and d ; he leainctl it by heart at mosque
vesterela-. So he betrins to bob and eluek with
great assiduity. He is a fat little man, whose
clothes are too tight for him, and he does not ap
pear io advantage, but he delivers himself suc
cessfully. The Sultan looks hoptles.-ly up at
the ceiling, then d;wn at his boots ; and once
oh ! !"' lovingly) at the door. Tlierc is silence:
you ift hear a pin fall, while every eye is
turned upon the changing countenance of the
menw Ihrrt comes a bustle : strangers must
withdraw ; and the ambasador, with his inter
preter, the minister for foreign affairs, and the
interpreter ofthe Porte, remain alone. No won
der his Majesty looks so bored. He is'safely tied
down for an hour's advice against every precon
ceived opinion he has in the world against his
prejudices, his education, his conscience, and his
religion.
Russian Cruelty in Turkey.
The accounts from Wallachia are most deplo
rable. The Russian ' protectors it seems, treat
the pro' cried somewhat in the tame fashion as the
Spanish conquerors treated the Indians when
they refused to work or find gold for their haugh
ty masters. It has 1k n already stated that the
Wallachians have lieen oblige-d to do the works
in which beasts of burden are usually employed,
and that crowds of the peasants and farmers have
fledttieir homes, have passed into Austria, or
crossed the Danul and joined the Turks, rather
than submit to the crue-1 c.irvce imposed by their
task -masters. My previous letters have inform
ed vou that inhabitants of several villages near
the "Danube had fled from their houses. The
Russian General had ordered that women and
yor.r.g girls should do tho work imposed upon
thetri by the troops. They refused. Cossacks
wet- sent among them. The Cossacks were re
sisted by a numerous body of peasants armed on
!ywith scythes or clubs. The General, we arc
told, sent troops who inflicted upon them " an
exemplary- chastisement." If we are to believe
the evidence of a Wallachia gentleman, who has
just arrived in Paris, who is to have an interview
with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and who
I undcestand, was on or near the spot, the " ex
emplary chastisement" was nothing less than
the massacre ofthe women and chileiren of three
villages in the neighlwrhood of Guirgcvo. Faris
Horrjispotidcnce oj the Loudon Times.
Ferociocs Attack o? a Wild Beast. The
New Orleans Crescent, of the 8th instant, gives
an account cf an attack upon Mr. Stephen O'Lca
ry, the chief cf police of that city, by a leopard
iir the menagerie of Mr. Van Antburgh : "Ste
phen was leaning with his left arm across the
iron railing, when the leopard thrust his long
muscular fore legs through the bars, and seized
-hrfia by the arm, midway between the wrist and
elbow, stripping the flesh clean from the bone
and tendons nearly to the hand, and drawing
j Captain O'Lcary up almost against the bars.
He struck the ferocious Ifast with his fist, but
the only reply was a fierce growl and a firmer
! grip of the hharp claws ; his companion was not
! armed to meet such an emergency, but he pluck
ed from his head a bran new and shining castor,
and dealt the animal a blow between the eyes
which utterly blinded and amazed him, and he
i relinquished his hold at the very instant when he
had the captain completely in his power.
"tioxx Cahe a IliT. An Irishman going to
i market met a farmer with an owl.
I "Sav misther, w hat'll you tak for ycr big eyed
Turkev V
"It "is an cwl, ye baist," replied the astonished
farmer.
"Devil a lit da I care whether it is ould or
young, pike the bird ye .spalpeen."
orricn Itrius.
ARRIVAL CF THE ATLAICTIC.
FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE.
Napoleon's Peacp Propositions Ejected by taa Crar
The U- S. Mail steamship Atlantic, Captain I
West, reached Sandy Hock fabout Oi o'clodk on
Tuesday evening, and then went ashore. She
got off about 3 o'clock and arrived at New York
yesterday morning.
By this arrival we have news from Liverpool
to Wednesday, Feb. 22 four days later than the
Alps brought.
The Asia, frem New York, and the City of
Glasgow, from Philadelphia, arrived at Liverpool
on the 20th, the former making tlie passage iu
12 and the latter in 13 days.
A violent gale occurred at Livrpoe! atid On the
coast on the 17th, which did much damirg to
shipping, though American vcsdcls generally es
caped. The political news is vory important.
THE EASTERN WAR. j
The Taris Zlunitvur announces that the Czar's
letter from St Petersburg arrived in Paris on the
18th of February, and that the EmpcrT Nicho
las does cot accept the proposals fbr arrange
ment which was presented to him.
The letter from the Czar in auswtr to the au
tograph letter cf Napoleon, is said to be lor.g aud
argumentative, but il is couched in language so
offensive that it is deemed proper not to publish
it.
The Moniicur adds: "This rer.dy feaves no
chance cf a pacific solution."
The Russians had bomlArdcd Rustchuk, and
having taken the Turks by surprise, gained semic
trilling advantage.
A letter from Constantinople fctates that a
Jewish Legion hadj been formed to assist the
Turks.
Hon. Carroll Spcnee, U. S. Minister to Con
stantinople, arrived thorc on the 2mL He was
serenaded by the Hungarian and Italian rtfur
goes.
Troups were embarking cn the day the At
lantic sailed from Liverpool, Dublin and South
ampton, and ships were fitting with great rapidi
ty at all the ports, f r the Baltic fleet. The num
ber embarked ft cm Liverpool was three thous
and. An important dtbate in the English Parlia
ment had taken place on the Turkish question,
and ihe army and navy suj plies had been vo
ted. The Queen had issued a proclamation forbid
ding the exportation of arms, ammunition and
marine engines, or parts thereof. On an expla
nation iu Parliament, the government staged that
machinery will be allowed to be sent to friendly
nations.
Great enthusiasm in favor ofthe war was aris
ing in Great Britain, and enlistments were going
on rapidly. A great number of recruits came
from Ireland.
The war is said to be very popular in Russia.
. A telegraphic despatch says that the Russians
are bombarding liutscbuck.
There is a very doubtful report current, that
the Russians have taken seven Turkish ships of
war.
It is stated that if Austria eloes not immediate
ly declare herself, France will form an army of
100,000 men on the Italian frontier, the same on
the Rhine frontier, and send a force io operate ia
Italy. This statement is believed to be authen
tic. French troops were embarking it largo num
bers from Africa for Turkey.
There is nothing from the Danube.
Oraer Pacha was strengthening his position at
Kalefat. "
Turkish reserves were advancing to Widdin
and Oltenitza, aud the camp at Shumla has been
broken up.
At Constantinople fortifications were going
on.
The health ofthe Turkish army and fleet was
excellent.
Six thousand men and twenty-four ships left
Constantinople on the 7th of February, under
an escort of eleven British war steamers.
It was reported that when the French and
English troops should arrive in Turkey, a meas
ure will le proposed by the Sultan to the Divan
to give the Christians and Mo.lom equal civil
rights. The rumor is, however tkmbtful.
ENGLAND.
TUTE WAR QCK3TIOX IV PARLIAMENT.
In the llonse of Commons, on the lotn, tnr
following conversation took place:
Mr. DTsraeli I wish to make an inquiry c f
her Majesty's Government respecting a very im
portant diplomatic document which has appear
ed in a foreign journal. It affects to be a letter
an autograph letter from the Emperor of the
French to the Emperor of Russia, and is appa
rently written with the saetion e f the Govern-
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menl of this countrr. U Lat l wirn io uncw is, .
whether the Government can hf rm the Houie
that that is a genuine doeumeut ; and if it be so,
whether any communications took place between
tho Government of France and her Majesty's
Government, before that letter was transmitted
to the personage to whom it is addressed; and
also, whether it wa3 so transmitted witn tr.c
cognizance aud sanction or her .Majesty s iv
ernmcnt. Lord J. Rusocll In answer to the question of
the Right Hon. gentleman, I must say in the first
place that I have every reason to believe that the
Wmnf-nt to which he aUuelcd as ruuiistiea in ice
Shnilcvr, h a genuine one. With regard to the
other portion of the Right Hon. gentleman's
question, I should say we have had communi
cations from the Government of France, 6tating
that the Emperor of the French thought it desir-
I able that he should rake an effort, by means
ale'ter written by himstlt to the Emperor of
I Russia, to procure a termiua'icn cf the dispute
I which had hern so Ion? roirsr cn. and which
tended towards hostilities. The English Got
emmciit, when in jesses ion cf the nature cf the
letter wh;ch it was proposed to send, observed
upon it that thry had no objection tosucha stp.
provided the terms were in entire conformity witb.
thoc proposed by the Conference of Yienca, and
provided that certain modifications which they
suggested were adopted. The answer which
they received was, that the terms to be propo
sed agreed with those proposed by the Confer
ence of .Yienna, and that the modifications
would be adopted. Generally speaking, the nb
stance of these modifications ha been adopted,
but her Majesty's Government Lad iiot any op
Irtunity cf again seeing the letter before it was
transmitted by the Emperor of the French.
Therefore, whde I s?y that her Majesty's govern
ment hoi 1 themselves entirely responsible for
agreeing to the substance of that letter, I will
not say that every particular word or phrase u
such as we should have adopted. I have no hes
itation in faying ih'it ve er.txrtly epprove of tki
ttp ichich the Emperor cf Fran-c has taJ.rn ; and
that we considered, ard do cT.sidtr, that it ws-
laudable to endeavor to prevent the breaking out
e f war ; and that we should I very glad if that
step effected its object. (CL.ci.rs.) I should sj.
in conclusion, that no answer to the proposal of
the Yien:;a Cor.ft.rcr.ce had l-en received, when
the letter referred to was t-cctfuTin Paris.
THE MILITARY AND NAYAL ESTIMATES.
(From the Globe.)
The Navy and Military estimates Lave been
laid before Parliament. Ia the anny the totti
number of nitu aked ibr tho current year is 1 12,
9xC, an increase upoa Ust year of 10.C04. Tho
total charge cf her Majesty's land forces for ser
vice at home and abroad for the year ending on
the 31st of .March, 1S55, exclusive of the Aubtra
liau colonies aud of the charge trai.sferrtd to lL
East India Cuuip auy is i;3,fJ23,J2S. The gross
total amount is XiT ,:2o, which will j rovid
for 2,710 oflicers, P,C-5(! non-com missioned offi
cers. 120,025 rank and file.
The naval estimates fcr the yearendirg March
31, 15j, show a total for the elective service of
5,979,800 ; an iiicrca.se upon last year of 1,172,
4 1G. We observe that the chargo for the con
veyance cf troops and ordt-ancc ktauds at Z2j,'
050 an increase cf X'2.1Z0. The (.ubsicL'arj
payments under the head cf half i ay, ic, are, if
anything l.ghtly decreased, the grand total for
the year being 7,4 17J4.S the net mcrta&e
'.202,455. . The force will consist oi 41,000 sea
men, 2,000 boys, lo.oO marines tho total, in
cluding 110 aieu tho picked service, 58,018.
The principal item cf ir.creaia in the cava!
charge comes under the head of wages, which
last year stood at Xl,733,23G, and this year at
2,195,071, the latter sum including 18,800
for gratuities to petty officers and gxd conduct
pay to able seamen. The estimates for victuals,
wages to artificers, naval stores, new works, im
provements and repairs, medicines, ic, all show
an increase, while the charge on the standing
machinery cf the cential department ia very
slightly increased, and th'.-thirge frr i.G'.s.b'.ii.h
mcuts abroad is reduced.
GENERAL NEWS.
The Greek insurrection has gained a formida
ble headway C.Ot'O men being under arms in
Epirus, Macedonia, and Thcssaly.
A dreadful colliery explosion had taken piae
allncehall, ne-ar Wigan, England. One hundred
men wcr? killed.
The English Loid Chamberlain has notified
Mr. Buchanan that be may ' appear at court in
any costume lie likes.
The King of Naples was attempting to form a
general Ilaiian league
Joseph Sturpe end the rst of the peace depu
tation were slill at St. Petersburg, but bd wA
seen the Czar.
THE YERY LATEST.
BY TELKGUAPU FROM LONDON' TO LIVEllPOOt
Loxdox, Feb. 22. A correspondent of th
! Chronicle telegraphs from icim, on 7 uehi.ay.
that advices had been received from St. Peters
burg to the 14th, which state that another war
like manifesto had been issued levying nine men
out of every one thousand until the 15th .f April-
The Times lias advics from Si. Petersburg to
the lllh, which announce that Sir Hamilton Sey
mour, the British Minister, had not yet commu
nicated his recall to the Russian Government,
and that his instructions to quit the empire had
net yet probably reached him.
The tVar wc tuffcring from Eryipeai, ar.d
was said to be iu a state of great irri'ation, which
rendered h.ira inaccessible to th.j; advances of hia
oldest ministers.
The utmost distress prevailed in every depart
ment. AUSTRIA.
Accounts from Austria report matters high'.r
favorable, and that the government tbcMS :
strong resolution to take part in the crisis, csi-c
cially fciuce the lost overtures of pece made b
the Courts of Yienna ar.d Taris to tnat of St. Pc
tersburg.
The U. S. steamer Sararac and slocp-of-wa'
Levant w ere to proceed shortly on a cruise in tM
. c g.
j Tne f.rmftn fr the passa
of the Bophori!
has been already granted.
Intelligence has been received in Ivndon the
two Russian frigates are cruising off Madira.
Ail the Turkish Consuls in Russia have Lee:
obliged to givo up the exequaturs granted t
them. TurlUh sulyects have been placed unde
the protection of Austrian agents.
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C7"A modern general has sa'ul, that the lw-1
troops would be, an In.bman f alf dnmit,
Scotchman half starved, and an Tibshn.
off with his belly f.j'l
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