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llt foitkit CirmspoiiW. eem it right to state that we do not at all times oursel/is with our correspondent's opinions.] te enterprise having given to the British what the Government thought fit to with- Im them-doubtless for very weighty reasons— Gortschakcff's rejoinder to Earl Granville's become a leading topic of the day. Without jng to discuss at length this important deE- I may briefly remark that, though far tvhat we might have hoped it would een, it is certainly far also from what it, have feared, and the reader who may have igthy leaders on the subject will have found a y perhaps in arriving at a more definite con- While on the one hand the Prince boldly hat Russia has found her position to be mere re intolerable," and asserts that the national nt protests against certain obligations of the f 1856, he repudiates the Russian claims being i as a menace to peace, and asserts that Ruesia iy to come to an agreement with the signatory of that treaty, either to confirm its general ions, or to sever them, or to substitute for them her equitable arrangement." Putting these nts together with the fact that Prussia, Austria, 3, Italy, and Turkey have agreed to a conference subject, to meet in London, and that the i of France is fully anticipated, it must be d that "the Eastern question' is not now so threatening as it was a week or so ago. re are all hoping that a peaceful solution of the y may be arrived at, renewed interest is the disastrous war in Prance, owing to perate efforts and the partial success of the France, as Lord Byron said of Greece, igh fallen, great," and she is evidently making effoits to free herself from her invaders. The vs you will give in another part of this paper of special interest, but, as the campaign has a most critical stage, and any moment may cisive news, the intelligence you will communi- be far more valuable than comments on events re passing as I write. isit which her Majesty recently paid to the ex- s of the French at Chislehurst, must have met Imost universal approbation. The Queen, cut the Franco-Prussian war, has doubtless opinions and her sympathies, as most of us d, and it does not require any profound sagacity e at the conclusion in which directions those lies have tended, but at a II events her Majesty erved a fair and honourable Leutrailty, and the isit was in no way opposed to this; it was i kindly and gracious act of personal sympathy, ex-Empress no doubt received it in this way. by jury is a glorious institution, no doubt, and ) men in a box are now, as they always have guarantee to a considerable extent of the main- of our liberties; but imperfection attaches to dy tbingp, and even a jury cannot be certain ing at the truth. A curious instance of the les which juries have in arriving at the facts of the recent action ia the Court of Common PI lintiff rays that his wife was waiting for a at it arrived, and two guards had an alter- 3out a bet, and paid no attention to her that 'as getting in the train moved on and jerked i side to side that she would have fallen, but uard took her round the waist and threw her carriage, consequent on which she was seriously 'he defendants, the London, Chatham, and Railway, had a very different tale to tell-that stepped in just as the train was moving that .n-law inside caught hold of her atd helped her that the guard merely "put his hand round t, lifted her in, and shut the door and more- tthe injuries from which she was suffsring were •>y two subsequent falls. Now when, such con- ry statements as these are severally made the by clever counsel on either side, how can 3 men in a box be expected to arrive at a >us conclusion. ? Why two or three of us talk- the matter would most likely differ and to jury. After a conference of an hour and a they found they could not agree. Then came :Hng question, would the counsel consent to the Df the majority ? Tell us what the opinion of ority is," counsel might have said to the Lord ustice, "and weqh let you know It was a and counsel for defendants said he had almost nei, when he was for a defendant, never to he verdict of the m&jority. Lucky for his hat in this case he did not quite determine on ourse, for the verdict of the majority turned e in favour of the company. The result is sug- Why should not the verdict of a maj )rity, less than three fourths, be a legal decision ? i unanimity seems rather a hard condition to ipon poor human nature. ■>->oc altogether of merely local interest ara the en- croachments on Hyde Park which Mr. Ayrton, the vhief Commissioner of Works is proceeding to carry without the sanction of Parliament. Both Hyde ark and Kensington Gardens are to be to some extent ^crificed to thg Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences, and ^tatten Re w, ^that world-renowned drive, is to be lessened. Qui^ an agita'ion on the subject is spring- lessened. Qui" an agita'ion on the subject is spring- lng up, and we^aball have some animated discussions on the matter when Parliament meets. By the way next session will be more productive, according to preStut appearances, of private bill legislation, than any session for a long time past. Bills for railway Extensions, &c., for tramways, cinals, and other public- Private objects, as they may be termed, abound, and Par lia men tary agents, counsel, solicitors, law-stationers, ahd many other classes, will at all events reap con- giderable profit, whoever else'may suffer. The expenses Connected with these private bills are enormous, and ^any of them wholly unnecessary, but precedent is ^-powerful. And so complicated, tedious, and heavy are the proceedings in private committees, that they do much towards retarding the public business of Parliament. Wo shall have a reform in the matter Perhaps-some day. Some very unpleasant factp, on which I will not dwell, are officially stated, the chief fact baing that during the m&nth of November 12 tons 9 cwt. of bad fish have been seized at Billingsgate and Columbia Markets. What about the bad fish that has not been seized ? Well, it is to be hoped that the Inspectors are 80 sharp and their management so good that all bad fish coming to the London markets is seizad. The hope is consolatory at all events, but perhaps the subject Would not bear very full inquiry. It will have been observed with general pleasure that Oxford has challenged Cambridge, and that the University eight. oared race will take place next year. At the early part of the present year there was con- siderable doubt whether the great annual contest for the "blue riband of the Thames" would take place, Cambridge having been defeated, if my memory serves six times successively, but, happily, it did con: e °ff, and, happily, Cambridge won by a length and-a- half, much to the delight of the public generally, and Of the ladies in particular, lovely woman's sympathy being usually aroused by Kiibfortune There is a pleasant rumour, too, that Harvard University means to challenge Cambridge to row on the Thames, but it "ould be only fair that they should first challenge Oxford to row on the Hudson. Tuese University batches deservedly excite great public interest, for it is felt that they are honourably conducted, and that the gentlemen row simply for the honour of winning. May these great aquatic contests never be lowered to the level of other contests for momy prizes. Partly owing to the fact that the Queen and the Prince of Wales are exhibitors at the Smithfield Club battle Show, and partly oning to the prevailing im- pression that the exhibition would be a very good one this year, an unusually large number of people has flocked up to London, much to the delight of our tradesmen, many of whom do a fine stroke of business luting the Cattle Show wetk.

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