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FEANCE.—The chief event in Paris this week was the inauguration of the statue of Marshal Ney, on the 7th December, the anniversary of his execution. The statue stands in the garden of the Luxembourg on the spot where he was shot. It represents the Marshal with an uplifted sword in his hand, commanding a charge. Near the site a gallery was erected for the members of Ney's family and the civil and military authorities; and it was adorned with eagles and tricolor flags. About mid-day, de- tachments of the army of Paris took up their positions ; a deputation of veterans, armed with lances, occupying the post of honour. A large body of old military men were present ; and in the gallery were the Prince of Moskowa, the Duke of Elchingen, and Count Edgar Ney, sons of the Marshal, and M. Michel Ney, son of the Duke of Elchingen. M. de Persigny, all the other blinisters, M. Baroche, and the Marshals Magnan, St. Arnaud, Vaillant, and Castellane, were also present. Then came Prince Jerome Bonaparte. The veil was removed from the statue, amid a fanfarre of trumpets, and a salute of artillery. The Archbishop of Paris, at the head of his clergy, now marched up and blessed the statue. Ora- tions were then delivered in honour of Marshal Ney. Marshal St. Arnaud styled the proceeding "an act of reparation, accomplished after a lapse of thirty-eight years, in honour of an illustrious victim of civil discord." M. Dupin, one of Ney's counsel at his trial, followed ; expatiating on the vindictiveness of the Restoration, and protesting that the judgment was illegal, irregular, and iniquitous—a violation of the capitulation of Paris, forced from the judges to satisfy the implacable animosity of a faction. "It was the tricolored flag sacrificed to the white flag." "Parties," exclaimed the veteran orator, " should hear in mind that certain men whom they kill rise again in a commanding attitude." After this, a deputation from Sarrelouis, Ney's birthplace, (now a part of the Prussian dominions,) and a detachment of veterans, drew round the statue and placed a crown of immortelles at its foot ; the troops defiled, and the ceremony was at an end. It will be observed that the Emperor was not present.

Prince Czartoryski addressed a remarkable speech to a meeting of Polish Literary and Historical Societies, at the Hotel Lambert, on the 29th ultimo, the anniversary of the Polish Revolution. He pointed out that the great moderation of Europe and the Porte has failed to satisfy the mighty adversary. No nation desired war, but war has broken out ; and from the struggle he derived hope. Nevertheless, he strongly inculcated upon his audience the necessity of avoiding con- fusion—frantic insurrections with their fearful consequences. Poland, he said, does not desire revolutions, but justice. They must be united, and show at the same time that they are worthy of the generous hos- pitality of nations by not abusing it.

TrIMET.—The intelligence received this week from the East is not very striking in its character. General Baraguay on present- ing his credentials to the Sultan, made a speech, in which he said- " France does not fear war. Faithful to the spirit of his mission, declared by the Emperor Napoleon himself; France desires peace; but she desires it durable, loyal, and honourable for herself and her allies." The Sul- tan's reply is reported as follows- " I have always relied, and I rely in the present crisis, on the material and moral support of my ancient allies, France and Great Britain. France and the rest of Europe have the right to insist on peace. I too desire peace, but only if it can be had without prejudice to my sovereign rights and the independence of Turkey. At present no arrangement is possible without the entire renunciation of the pretensions put forward by Russia, and without the immediate and complete evacuation of the two Pnucipalities, which are part of my empire." The French Minister visited Lord Stratford on the 20th, and remained with him for a long time. While advising the Turkish Government not to reject the mediatory projects of the Powers too rudely, he handed over to the Porte 20,000 new muskets. The German papers, commenting on this, say that he talks peace but acts war. From the Danube there is scarcely any news sufficiently definite to enable any one to form an idea of the present positions of the hostile armies. The Turks have mounted 100 guns on the ramparts at Kalafat ; and there is some talk of a conflict as having taken place, between that station and Krajowa ; but it seems more probable that there has been only a slight skirmish with some Cossack* who had been plundering ad- jacent villages. The Russians at Krajowa are now said to be merely a detachment performieg the duty of a corps of observation. With respect to the main body of the Russians, they are said to be concentrated upon Butlarest with their front towards Silistria. General Luders is reported to have made an inexplicable movement from Odessa into Bessarabia ; and the corps of Osten Saeken has not yet been heard of. The Turks hold the island off Turtukal, and the island of Mokanon near Giurgevo : an object of continual attacks from the Russian side, to which the Turks reply by cannonading Giurgevo. It is probable that Omer Pacha has withdrawn at least a portion of his army into winter-quarters.

The same medical writer Who last week sent intelligence to Vienna, of the scarcity of provisions and the prevalence of sickness in the Turkish camp, has since forwarded a complete correction of his statements to the Vienna Medical Journal.

General 17rsuroff commander in Moldavia, has been superseded by Prince GortschakofF, an the ground that he treated foreigners, Austrian Jews among others, with great brutality ; and that the foreign Consuls had complained. A far more serious act has been perpetrated by General Engelhardt. Some despatches from Lord Stratford arrived at hallow, on the 15th November, and an Albanian, for nineteen years in the employ of the British Consulate, was ordered to take them on immediately to Bucharest. While they were getting ready, the Albanian stepped into a coffeehouse; and he was almost immediately arrested by the Russians.

He stated who he was, and his business; but he was sent to prison. The British Consul sent in a remonstrance to the Wallachian Becretary et State ; who took the note to the Ruseian official. The Russian said he knew nothing of any British Consul, except the Consulwho had some time since taken down the British flag. The Albanian therefore remained in prison : but we are left to suppose that there were further remonstraece, for the latest accounts briefly state that the Albanian has been set a't liberty. The despatches were sent an by another hand. Both the Eng. lish and French Consuls, it is believed, have left the: Provinces, the latter certainly, and have gone to Constantinople by way of the Black Sea. The Emperor of Russia has issued a "declaration" permitting neutrah to pass up and down the Danube, providing they do not stop at any pen:„ except Galata and Brailow.

In Aga the Turks continue to defeat the Russians and eapture their forts. A Russian corps assumed the offensive in Kars, passed the fron- tier, encountered the army of Abdi Pacha at Bayazid, on the 1st Novem- ber, and was defeated with great loss. On the 4th the Turks were again victorious near the fortress of Akeska. Near the coast, Sehm Pacha has stormed the fortress of Sid& On the 17th November, the Russians were repulsed in their fifth attack upon St. Nicholas. The Turks have taken Akhalzic in the Pachalic of Akhalzic.

A Legion of Hungarians, Poles, and Italians, is in training at Constan- tinople under Klapka and Wysocki, intended for service in Asia.

The Hospodars of Moldavia and Wallachia had a pri-vate audience of the Emperor of Austria on the 26th ultimo.

It is observed that Prince Milosch, the pretender to the government of Semi; has recently paid a visit to the Russian head-quarters at Bucha- rest.

The special military correspondent of the Morning Chronicle has for- warded another batch of letters giving us a glimpse of the state of affairs at Oltenitza after the engagement on the 4th November. It appears that on that day the Turks had only six guns on their intrenchment, not nine as was stated. Between the 4th and the 9th, Omer Paeha threw over about 5000 additional troops to relieve those who fought on the 4th ; and a tdte-de-pont with begun but not completed. There was no more fight- ing. A number of Cossacks, backed by squadrons of regular cavalry, showed themselves an the 9th ; but they kept at a prudent distance, having a wholesome dread of Turkish cannon. As our readers are aware, the fall of rain and snow, and not the movements of the Russians, caused the Turks to recross the Danube. This statement is fully borne out by the Chronick's correspondent Writing on the 13th November from Tim tukai, he says- " Early on the morning of yesterday the snow commenced falling, and the high bank upon which this town is situated was trite -white, the thermo- meter falling to 38 degrees Fah. On the same morning, the Russians awoke and found the tents of the quarantine station struck, and the place evacuated —burning too, in several parts. About ten a.m. a squadron of Cossacks marched down to recormothe ; and when within some 100 yards or so of the parapet, a single gun opened upon them from this bank- Before the sound could have even reached them, they turned and fled incontinently. These gentry have the highest respect for their enemy's artillery. Dunn the day two or three Cossacks hung about the mtrenchinent, burning with curiosity to investigate what Turkish fortifications were like; but, seeing it burning with something still more ardent, and fancying that they smelt a rat in the shape of mines, thought that prudence was the better part of valour, and contented themselves with an outside view. Later still, some squadrons of -cavalry, with a collide of horse-artillery guns, came down to reconnoitre the state of affairs at the tote-de-pont. A few remade of shot satisfied them that they were not wanted ; and not wishing, possibly, te thrust their society on the new arrivals, left them in peace. Today again reconnoisanees were made, but always at the Moe respectful distance?' Criticizing the Russian movements on the memorable fight of the 4th, the writer expresses his wonder that the Russians, contrary to the practice of other armies, should attack intrenchments in columns ; for the conse- quence of this mode is, that the fire from the intrenchment "is concen- trated on the head of the column, so that it is raked right and left as well as down the centre." But the cause of the 'leaden method is explained in an observation made by a Prussian officer, who saw the Russian officers urging the infantry to aci'vance, and enforcing their -exhortatidres by blows with the flat of their sabres. The troops marched up in column, it is conjectured, because they were not steady enough to deploy. The corre- spondent also remarks, that the Russian soldier fights in an equipment that snakes him a beast of burden. His animunition-pouch contains sixty-sixrcrunds ; he wears a knapsack, heavy cross-belts, sword,bayonet, greatcoat, and blanket, and a bag of bread broken up into crumbs. After the 15th, the army went into winter-quarters. "What, then, has been effected by this campaign? will be asked : the Rossini:le are just as much M 'possession of the "Danubian Provinces as ever they were, and less likely to leave them than ever. In reply--Supposing that war was inevitable, a good deal has been done morally. Omer Lacks has shown his enemy that he can cross he troops over the. Danube without any train of pontoons or cumbersome materiel ; that 2500 of his troops, with six pieces of artillery, could intreneh themselves, and in a day and a half after the first soldier reached the left bank could resist half a division of Reagan troops, some 10,000 in number, looked bytwenty pieces of artillery, twelve of them being pieces of position ; moreover, that on the winter season commencing, he could withdraw his forces, in the face of a considerable army, without the loss of a single man in the operation. A wholesome re- spect for the prowess of the Turkish troops will have got abroad among the Russian soldiery, instilled into them by the number of vasaneiesin the ranks of the 21st and 220 regiments—all general orders or biassed reports in Go- vernment journals to the contrary notwithstanding. Lastly, it will have shown Europe that the Turk can fight a good fight en, let detracters, who talk of degeneracy, say 'what they will ; that some of the old blood that of yore used to make him the terror of civilized nations still coarsesthrough his veins; and that, aided or unaided by his Western allies, he will not knock ander to the great Northern bully without a 'struggle. Omer Pasha said well, that Turkey now drew the sword in support of civilisation and. liberty: its first Stroke will have its effect.

Swimme.—The text of the speech of the King of Sweden at the open- ing of the Diet has been published, and has attracted a good deal of at- tentidn. We subjoin the striking passages.

"Gentlemen-1n the course of the time which has elapsed since the list meeting of the Diet, Providence has exposed me and My house to a cruel trial, and the inhabitants of the united kingdoms have deplored with methe common loss which has so painfully afflieted us. The recollection of the sympathy which my faithful subjects testified on that occasion, and of the sincere affection of which, in the course of a long and senoras illness, I re- ceived the most touching and precious proofs, can never be effaced frommy „fateful heart, and it will still further serve to cement the sacredness of the t-oods which bind me to the generous inhabitants of the Scandinavian Penin- sula. The Almighty has meanwhile deigned to give us a fresh proof of His

dome goodness by the birth of my graudohildren. The stability of the sue- • on to the throne which is the result of this fact is a rich source of antis-

{option and gratitude. aj dangerous epidemic has again ravaged the kingdom; but the people of gweden have been calm and resigned to the decrees of Providence. Our relations with all the Foreign Powers continue to bear the stamp of mated amity and confidence. I shall not cease to devote my constant soli- citude to the maintenance of the country's independence and most sacred in-

terests.

" Agriculture, the most important branch of our industry, has within the last years made the most satisfactory progress. The recent harvests which we have gathered have not, however, given a corresponding augmentation to the general weal. Wasted to a great extent by the fabrication of a liquor the abuse of which threatens to undermine the most noble faculties of the population, these harvests have not availed to exclude the importation of articles of consumption from foreign countries, which the soil of our country might supply in plenty, even beyond the wants of our native consumption. Gentlemen, it is time to pave the way to results which are more conformable to the public !good. All good citizens are in this respect animated by a senti- ment which is as noble as it is patriotic. I have received numerous peti- tions from all parts of the country, entreating me to check the disastrous fabrication and the excessive consumption of that liquor. Gentlemen, I shall submit to you a proposition tending to effect that purpose, and I am con- vinced that you will be eager to meet my paternal intentions."

I After referring to measures for simplifying the property-tax, and for developing the material resources of the country, the speech continued— "My feelings of duty in the presence of the political position of Europe compel me to present to you, gentlemen, a detailed plan of the allocations whiich are necessary for the completion of our system of national defence, and of the proper measures to carry that system out, so as to guarantee the independence of the kingdom. All true friends of the country will, of course, give their most serious attention to these important matters. Never did a Sovereign of Sweden appeal in vain to the patriotism of his subjects in matters concerning the honour and nationally of his people. I am sure you will show that you are the worthy representatives of a nation whose courage and devotion have enpaven the name of 'Swede' in ineffaceable characters on the most glorious monuments of history.

"An examination of the propositions which will be presented to you will prove to you, gentlemen, that the fresh allocations for public works, the array, and the navy, do not imply the necessity of an augmentation of the ordinary imposts which were voted by the last Diet."

ITALY.—The Milan Gazette quotes a letter, dated Florence, Novem- ber 27, stating that Miss Cuninghame owed her pardon entirely to Mr. Scarlett's conciliatory behaviour ; and then adds, in confirmation, the following passage from an official note addreseed to Mr. Scarlett by M. Baldasseroni- " The Grand Duke has been induced to grant a pardon chiefly on account of his esteem for the Charge d'Affaires of her Britannic Majesty, and of the manner in which he has conducted this business; but his highness begs him, at the same time, not to rely upon such kindness in future, the Grand Duke being firmly resolved not to show any similar indulgence. The President of the Cabinet takes this opportunity of expressing his disapprobation of the conduct of the English residents in Tuscany. He trusts that what has hap- pened will be a lemon to them : on the other hand, the Government is determined to execute the laws with the greatest rigour with respect to the English, and particularly those laws which relate to religion."

JAMAICA.—By the Orinoco, we have Jamaica papers to the llth No- vember. Very little progress has been made towards an adjustment of the dispute between the 'Assembly and the Council. An import bill, to continue till the end of March 1854, is before the Aesembly but ita final passing would seem, to be deferred until a committee appointed to con- sider the proposition with regard to the introduction of responsible govern- ment shall have made a report, The House has adopted a resolution simi- lar to one acted upon in 1849, declaring that the duties to be levied under the Import Bill, when passed, should have effect on and from the 3d of November, in accordance with the last existing tariff.

The files of the papers of the colony show that the feeling is rather in favour of the Government offers ; and that parties, much broken up, had not definitively settled down. There were three parties,—the retrench- ment party of last session ; a party that has determined to second Sir Henry Barkly; and a third party, who saw the necessity for compromise, but seemed disposed to give as little as they could help. One step, how- ever, had been gained. On the 7th November, the House of Assem- bly, by a majority of 17 to 15, agreed to send up a bill respecting pilots to the Council: thus showing that they will act with them. As to the offers made by Sir Henry Barkly, the Mondego County Union thinks they ought to be received with gratitude; and the Falmouth Post, of the 4th November, cannot see the good of following up, for mere consistency, the policy of last session.

As an evidence of the temper and uncertainty of the Assembly, it may be mentioned that a set of resolutions, diatinetly intended to test the feel- ing of the House upon the proposition for introducing responsible go- vernment, which had been referred to a committee, was met by a mo tion to adjourn ; a motion only carried by a majority of one—sixteen to fifteen. Already cries were raised in the House that the mover of these resolutions, Mr. Bristowe, was basely and cowardly deserting his party—. the party of last session.