THE EASTERN CRISIS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 42, 18 February 1871, Page 4

THE EASTERN CRISIS.

. PUBLIC PEELING IN RUSSIA. (From the Weekly Dispatch.) Intelligence from St. Petersburg informs us that although it is now certain that a conference will shortly be held in London, and at least probable that the Black Sea question will be settled in a manner satisfactory to Russia, addresses continue to flow in. The nobility of the province of Moscow have presented an address to the Emperor, of which the following is a translation : — " Most Imperial Majesty, most Gracious Sovereign — The Empress Catherine 11., of glorious memory, was pleased to proclaim to her people the following words : * Russia has always been accustomed to see from her people duty, faith, zeal, and labor of all kinds.' " True to their historical traditions, the nobility of Moscow now also consider it a

special happine s s to express their assurance that the word of your Imperial Majesty, which irrevocably restores to Russia the right of defending herself in the Black Sea, which has been received with such joyful enthusiasm l>y the nobility, has renewed their constant readiness to serve you, gracious Sovereign. It is with the same feelings that the nobility respond to the call of your Majesty, with a view to the sacred aud general duty of the defence of the country. ; " Recognising fully the opportuneness of the abolition of class privileges from compulsory military' service, the nobility of Moscow is ready itojuke its place in the rauks of your Majesty's army to defend the integrity, tKe honor and the dignity of Russian dominions, ias collected together by the wisdom of your forefathers and by the blood of your people. The nobility of Moscow will always be found equal to those duties which your Majesty may in your wisdom indicate in the general political organisation o f th G Empire." His Imperial Majesty was pleased to order that the nobility of Moscow should be thanked for the sentiments expressed in t.lu-ir address. Wiuter bus now regularly set in, and the port of Cronsladt is hard frozen, so that there is no longer auy possibility of ships of war leaving the harbor for the Black Sea this year. The Empress has left the Crimea on the way to the capital ; aud arrived at Odessa on Sunday, the 4th of December. It appears to be evident that a strong feeling is gaining ground that Russia will be left alone, without allies, in the Black Sea question; and, although it is not supposed that England wants to light, or would do so if she could possibly avoid it, people are hf-ginning to tjj^bk that, Prince Gortschakoff will have^'o eat humble pie if he wants to jiet oat of the scrape. The subscription which was to have been opened alf over the country for the construction ,%i the Black Sea fleet has been officiary prohibited by the Government.

King William a Traitor to Freemasonry. — A few dstys ago the newspapers published a ciiatiou issued by the Masonic Lod£i>. of the Orient of Paris, against. Brother William King of Prussia, as a traitor to Freemasonry. The King took uo notice of this citation, so he was tried as contumacious, and condemned to excommunication. lv connection .with this, M. Victor Hugo^newspaper, the Rappel, publishes th>Hollowin»: "Brother WiUiatn is now qm of the pale of the law. All Freemasons are authorized to assault him and tpxfnffiet upon him capital punishment." 'It reraains to be seen how the seuteuce will be carried out. A Freemason, in whose presence n doubt was expressed as to the seriousness of such a condemnation, replied, " Do not laugh ; the sentence of the Masonic tribunal is of such a dreadful nature that Bonaparte undertook the Italian war solely to retrieve himself from the excommunication pronounced against him by the Lodges of Naples and Milan. Planori and Orsiui were Freemasons." " Peace hath its victories no less than war," and Germany is as ready to win laurels in the corn field as in fighting against the Gaul. A certain Dr. Carl Mucke claims, in the columns of a contemporary, for himself and two other distinguished Germans to have discovered, not only the secret of what causes the rust in wheat, but a remedy for the disease. There are not a few intelligent farmers in this Colony to whom his remarks must have been very familiar, seeing that all he has to say on the matter is told with many valuable additons, in a volume of the Rural Cycloposdia, under the term " Mildew," published many years ago in England, and in which singularly enough, the name of Mucke is even mentioned. The doctor's advice for checking the rust is rather unique. He suggests that plants affected by the disease should immediately be plucked out, a rather interesting game it may be imagined in a field, of 70 to SO acres of wheat. To eradicate the pe3t, however Dr. Carl Mucke suggests a most effective plan, aud that is not to sow anything, lest the rust, which he says is in the soil, should destroy the labor ot the farmer's hands I — English Paper. A Little Failing. — Nervous old lady — " Now, cabman, you're sure your horse is quiet ? What's he layiug back his ears like that for? Look!" Cabby— " Oh that's only her femi-m'we curiosity, mum. She likes to hear where she's agoio' to."