... TH7IE Governor of the Cape Colony is as far as possible from being an alarmist. Most persons, indeed, who are acquainted with his public career would be inclined to say that he leans to the side of optimism in politics. He has a high reputation for tact, for prudence,. for moderation in language and purpose, and he is not in the least likely to cause unnecessary embarrassment to the Government ...

... TIIE 1? USSIANS OF TO-DA Y. IXXV,-SIBERIA.-ON THE ROAD. CAPITAL punishment has been abolished in Russia, that foreigners might no more be ableto call the Czar's subjects a barbarous people; and instead of it the process of doing offenders slowly to death in Siberia has been advantageously substituted. A Russian may be sent to Siberia by sentence of the courts or by an Imperial decree issued ...

... WALKING IN WIN TER. WE do not say it is wonderful that people do not indulge more in winter pedestrian excursions than they do, because we are apt to regulate our relaxations by habit and there are undoubtedly some grave objections to winter walking. No one would dream, of course, of plunging out in broken weather through mire or snowdrifts. Among the most common conditions of our climate at ...

... jr, IT ? 6 O. b t a in 1? W6 THlE WAR. 'ICRIKISII RETKEAT FROM SOPHIIA. A Rentcr's telegram from 13elgraie 'sys ?? It is runoured here that the Tlits have retreated from Sophia after having burned the town, and that ?? are now marching towar.s the ?? Defile, to hinder a Russian ticsarcre upon T.tar-}3azardj,1;. 'I hie t/ini(,rdl publishes the following telegram from Constantinople A101hrlig!r ...

... i2,'GIND STOW ?? isi The Commiitee ot!'f ~iberal'4scai~di d 6 ii~iXks*!o: an; . Mninoghm. 1, 'prcsded; n and Entsgsi a Jettgo tives r om anhSesehster, SIieillald, LIv *%iJ3erauq .,Thaifol--b own rslutsi was u~~g11y ¶ at Use lotn eolt~n vsQis; iti~o8 thoatll eta to hold pablio ga to p0i3 F IX Ysnd Arliwizi . t~txisp ?? C6i ii'c re'ws :ietl by medir ded:t maintains the ?? o tlie $tt!$ D~a ?? ...

... THIE RUSSIAN ANSWER. THE Russian answer to England's message of mediation has been received, and it is just what most people expected it would be. It is not a rough answer, but it comes to this: If Turkey wants peace her proper course is to seek it, not through diplomatic interference, but by communication with the Russian commanders in the field. Put in that way, the answer is rather more ...

... PARIS, .lfoteday. A LEGMAIIST paper considers it very unlikely that a French Minister, no matter what his inexperience of foreign affairs may be, should have written the note ascribed to M. Waddington, declaring that France has no need of allies and that she intends to remain completely isolated, so that she may be all the better crushed on the first opportunity. On the subject of foreign ...

... U5D4Ji Jos Ik UO~~~rBOjX tDA 'JA ' :jegrsahW, 6 Viceroy . respitinig' tif AI ainelrtaw ,t tthiat. inE drs, the ire '202,;33'peFsdui'i {'fti ri works, auankd 21432 re- daiving j;rpti , A bU,..uwb.rsI aore respecstiv ?? t4; ,nfiO~a,to,.thei improveainen ' 'takeu'p~ace, tie weekly Anler ,,o~ff iri~~4' AXlll ?? pa~rix jyes~ter-: diayjhich-s .eiit ,te.noveipent' of troops. 1ordered duri , tI ate ...

... The Turks are reported to have abandoned Sophia, after first setting fire to the place. The advanced guard of the Russian western division have occupied the Balkan passes bet*een Arab-Konak and Sophia, The occupation was effected Vith immense difficulty, we are told, owing to the snow. It does not yet seem clear why Mukhtar Pasha has been recalled from Erzerourn; contradictory accounts are in ...

... MEDIATION. The IZ~ives, commenting upon the refusal of Russia to accept English mediation, says it is easy to understand the motives which have dictated the decision. A victorious belligerent is always reluctant to permit the interference of any neutral, lest the gains of battle should be lessened by influences outside the circle of combat. It may also suspect that demands for negotiations, ...

... THIS DAY'S WAR NEWS. (FROM OUR IPArS CORRESPONDENT.) RUSSIAN ORDER OF WAR MATERIAL. PARIS, Tuesday Morning.-Russia has ordered here a large number of locomotives. The same company have been asked to furnish three iron bridges for the Danube, the pieces to be delivered on the river's bank in April. This order has been declined on account of the shortness of the time allowed for its execution. ...

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