If it had light in itself, it would not need another light. If it had life in itself, it would not need to receive it anew. If it were not lost, Heaven need not come to seek and to save it. "I am come a light into the world," saith Christ, "that whosoever believeth in me should not abide in darkness." He that heareth my word and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is passed from death unto life. "I am the resurrection and the life." Said John, "He that believeth not the Son, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abideth on him."
The world is lost. If it were not, righteousness would spring and flourish in the spontaneousness and abundance of an indigenous product. Vice, if found at all, would be the sparse and sickly exotic. All experience shows the reverse of this. Sin and crime have proved universally spread, luxuriant and rampant, as natural growth. Virtue, as a foreign plant, has struggled for existence, against incongeniality of soil and climate, and the choking influence of prevalent vice. If man were not lost, evil, if found at all upon his moral character, would be but the occasional excrescence on the tree of his nature. That tree would, notwithstanding, flourish in beauty, laden with the flowers and fruits of goodness. If moral evil were but a wart upon human nature, how easy the removal of the blemish, leaving the character fair and sound in native healthfulness. Instead of this, it proves, to all human surgery, the constitutional cancer. The out-breaking ulcer, cut out of the system at one point, quickly appears in another; proving that the virus has its subsistence in the whole system, circulating in the life-stream, flowing out from the heart through every fibre. When we have broken off from outward transgressions, we discover principles of evil within, too subtle to have been communicated to us in example; too deep to have been rooted by habit; and too mighty to be subdued by human determinations alone, or by the mere letter of the law. We feel that the power that created us originally in holiness, is needed to create us anew to righteousness, since we have become lost to it. We feel the need of an Omnipotent and Infinite Redeemer, to deliver us from our guilt, and to change our character, so that we may be at peace with God, and our hearts become the pure fountain of a holy life.
The condition of the physical, is made to correspond with the character of the moral world.
"Nature,
Through all her works gives signs that all is lost."
She has a mortal malady, manifest in the symptoms of her disease, and declared in the "sure word of prophecy." With her winter chill and her summer fever, her vernal bloom is as the hectic brightness on the consumptive's cheek, while corruption and dissolution prey upon the vitals beneath. In the intervals of her earthquake heavings, her dark and self-desolating storms, her calm and brightness are as the ease and quietude and hope in the intermission of the paroxysms of pain, convulsive strivings and assaulting death, in the mortally diseased. Nature is consuming her own life in eking out a limited existence with just strength and duration enough to correspond with the world's moral character, and to answer the purpose of man's probation.
The world, therefore, needs a Redeemer. Jesus our Lord is the Saviour it needs. To as many as receive him, he gives power to become the Sons of God. Their souls are pardoned and renewed to holiness, and by death their bodies sleep to be revived in the resurrection to immortality and incorruptibility and glory. And when the elements of the visible heavens and earth shall have been "dissolved," he will revive them in a "new heaven and a new earth," an eternal and befitting abode for his redeemed people. "Behold!" he saith, "I make all things new."
New Testament Reasons for Expecting Christ.
WE are fully convinced of the authority of the New Testament Scriptures, and rest with unshaken confidence on every word therein revealed. We understand by them that the Son of God was literally manifested in the flesh, and suffered death, to open a door of salvation to our fallen race. That while on earth he promised to come again to reward his followers and set up his everlasting kingdom. He also foretold events and signs which should immediately precede his second appearing, and left a command that when we should see these things come to pass, we should know that he was near even at the doors. At his ascension an angel told his disciples that in like manner he should come again. In his revelation to his beloved disciple, he said, seal not the sayings of the prophecy of this book, for the time is at hand, and surely I come quickly; and the opening burthen of this prophecy is, "Behold he cometh with clouds, and every eye shall see him." From prayerful examination of this book, we trace the prophetic history of our world from that time down to the present, and the next events are the anger of the nations, the coming of the Son of man, the judgment, and the succeeding glories of the eternal state. We know of no reason for delay, nor can we perceive anything in the prophetic map to hinder the speedy manifestation of the Son of God. We learn from our Saviour that the tares and wheat shall grow together until the end of the world, and that its moral condition shall be at that time like as it was in the days of Noah, and of Lot, that they shall be eating and drinking, and saying peace and safety, when sudden destruction shall come upon them. That he will come unexpectedly and as a thief to many who will be saying, my Lord delayeth his coming, and shall begin to eat and to drink with the drunken, and to smite and revile their fellow servants who expect him. We are also assured that in the last days men will so far forget the Lord as to scoffingly enquire, "Where is the promise of his coming?"
That they shall be lovers of their own selves and pleasures more than lovers of God, and covetous and proud, and disobedient to parents, having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof.
That the last days shall be perilous times, for men shall be boasters and blasphemers, without natural affection, and despisers of those that are good.
Who can for a moment consider this inspired sketch of the present time, and not be overwhelmed with the conviction that the hour has arrived? The signs which have been witnessed by the present generation, in the natural heavens and upon the earth, astonishingly verify the following words of our Saviour, "There shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the stars, and upon the earth distress of nations with perplexity, the sea and the waves roaring, men's hearts failing them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth, for the powers of the heavens shall be shaken, and then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory."
When we consider the irresistible evidence before us, we wonder at the long-suffering of God, and are constrained soon to expect the voice, "Thrust in thy sharp sickle, for the harvest of the earth is fully ripe."
Nothing else, we fear, will break the fatal enchantment that now enchains professing millions.
Why is this indifference and contempt manifested to the doctrine of a returning Saviour by his professed followers?
We appeal to the inspired text, which is fulfilling before our eyes, to the threatening heavens above, and the trembling earth beneath.
Nature herself seems more loyal and intelligent than man, and is moved at his approach, and lifts up her voiceless hands to welcome the glory of a coming God.
The Lord once said the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times, but my people know not the judgment of the Lord, they will not consider; therefore we would exclaim with his prophet, O, that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for a lukewarm church and a sleeping world.
An Appeal to the Unconverted.
By Editor
DOUBTLESS, to many of you, the world seems alluring, its charms manifold, its scenes captivating; but be not deceived, listen no longer to the song of the siren—it charms but to allure, and affords not true happiness—the spell will soon very soon be broken, and then not a vestige of consoling thought or happy reflection will be realized. O, we entreat you, be not paralyzed by this world's influences, but be constrained by the excellences of religion—the preciousness of Christ, the beauties of another world, the glories of the everlasting kingdom, not to set your affections on things of earth, but enlist yourselves as volunteers in that large company which is already marshalled, expecting soon to join the "innumerable multitude."
Be assured salvation is still proffered, mercy's hand is still extended. Will you submit to Christ and become the rich recipients of his love? Religion is entitled to your warmest sympathies—to the affections of your whole heart. O, yield to its claims. The Saviour who died to save you, is now an intercessor. Is there one who will reject the free offers of mercy now, and be shut out from Christ's presence forever? Solemn thought.
You have the prayers of the Israel of God—continual intercession rises from many a heart in your behalf. While we pray "Thy Kingdom Come," we are not unmindful of your well being. While we look forward, with joyous anticipation, to the consummation of our fondest hopes, and highest aspirations, our hearts are pained with the reflection of your coming doom.
It is a devout saying, that "if we expect to live with Christ in heaven, we must live to him on earth." Then how important that we obtain a preparation for the coming of the Lord. If we would exult with unmingled happiness at that blessed clime, we must submit to Christ, stand entire in him, and be ready, waiting for the solemn revelation of the coming day. Be impressed your earthly career will soon be terminated, "the great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hasteth greatly?" Then embrace the Saviour, live to God, wholly consecrated to his service; enjoy the fullness of the gospel of Christ and all will be well: when the Saviour comes, you will be like him; when He who is our life, shall appear, we shall appear with him in glory. Be summoned to no other than to a high and holy destiny.
And, in closing, let me earnestly entreat you all, kind friends, from those who know but little of earth's tribulation, to those whose brow is furrowed by age, by cares, to reflect on the untried realities of the future state, and pursue no farther the track which will inevitably end in the second death.160You are not yet bereft of encouragement; there is at least a ray of hope yet lingering, unwilling to depart; cherish it, cherish it, and let nothing deter you from shining among that bright constellation that shall shine as the brightness of the firmament, as the stars forever and ever. And with the kind assurance of our best wishes for your present peace and future happiness, I now close this appeal, commending you to God for his blessing and heavenly benediction to rest upon you.
SELECTIONS.
Unbelief.
In following the history of the children of Israel from the time they left Egypt, till they were brought to Kadesh, on the borders of the promised land, we find that God was in truth with them, and did bring them forth with a mighty hand, an outstretched arm, and the numerous deliverances wrought for them, we should naturally suppose would have inspired them with confidence in Him, that he would perform what he had promised, and give them the land which he sware unto their fathers he would give them.
We find on their arrival, that twelve spies are sent forth to examine the land, (one for each tribe,) ten of them brought back an evil report, and two of them a good report; but all agreed that it was a goodly land, flowing with milk and honey, and also, that the people possessing it were strong—the cities walled and very great. Caleb, (one of the spies,) stilled the people before Moses, and said, let us go up at once and possess it, for we are well able to overcome it. But the men that went with him said: We be not able to go against the people, for they are stronger than we, and went on to tell them about the giants, &c. And the congregation lifted up their voice and cried, and the people wept, and murmured against Moses and Aaron, and also against the Lord who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, to perish. And when Caleb and Joshua stood up, all the congregation said, Stone them. We find that after Moses had interceded for them, and God had altered his purpose of utterly destroying them, their sins were pointed out, and the consequences thereof made known to them; then it was they repented, and said, We will go up, &c. But alas! their repentance came too late. In this history we see plainly, that Israel did not enter the land, because of unbelief; and their sin consisted in this,—that they received the testimony of man, rather than the plain positive promise of God. What a striking analogy have we here, to the unbelief of these last days! If this sin was visited with such awful consequences upon that people who had just merged from the degradation of an Egyptian bondage, how much sorer punishment suppose ye, they of this generation will be thought worthy, who are brought to the borders of that glorious land which God sware to our fathers that he would give unto them, and their seed, for an everlasting inheritance, and who enter not because of unbelief. From the eminence we now occupy, we can look and see every part of the covenant God made with Abraham, concerning his lineal seed, literally fulfilled. We see also every part of the other Covenant in like manner fulfilled, except the entering and possessing the land. And the cry has gone forth throughout the land and the world, "Behold the Bridegroom cometh, arise, go ye out to meet him!" &c., and in support of which the plain positive promises of God are brought in rich effusion, and spread out in a manner that cannot be gainsaid or resisted. Yet we see the testimony rejected, by saint and sinner, as a thing beneath or unworthy of notice. And why is it so? Is it not because they are turned aside from the truth unto fables, and believe like Israel of old, the testimony of men rather than the testimony of God? O it is but too true, and I greatly fear that nothing will cause them to give up their unbelief, but the sounding of the trump of God to call the quick and the dead to judgment. And then how awful will be their condition—their repentance will come too late—there will then be no Moses or Saviour, to stand up and plead their cause before an offended and insulted God.
FOREIGN NEWS.
A Constantinople letter says—It is believed to be the intention of the Commander in Chief of the Anglo-French Expedition to the East to carry the war into the heart of Russia, and to raise an insurrection in the Crimea and Circassia, as soon as Soukum Kaleh, and Roden Kaleh on the coast of Asia Minor, shall have been bombarded by the fleets, and to land a body of 20,000 troops near Sebastopol, which would at the same time be attacked by sea.
The Cologne Gazette, states that the Emperor of Russia has had a relapse of illness.
THE WAR.—A dispatch from Constantinople, dated the 10th, announces that the outer works of Sebastopol have been cannonaded by the French and English fleets, with guns of long range, with a view to destroy the advanced works, previous to a general attack. The Russians retire from the exports.
THE DANUBE.—Dispatches have been received from the head-quarters of Omer Pasha, giving a favorable account of the recent operations of his forces on more than one point of his position.
The Russian corps which was known to have been collected at Turnu, near the mouth of the Aluta, is stated to have been repulsed on the 28th of April, with a loss of 1,500 men, by the Turks quartered at Nicopolis under Sali Pacha.
Greece will be occupied by 15,000 Anglo-French and is blockaded by the fleet. A reconnaissance of Sebastopol has been made by the fleets.
The war news, by the Asia is interesting, and will soon be more so if France and England, as reported, intend to invade Russia.
On the 2d of May another Russian detachment was beaten at Radova, not far from Krajova. There is every reason to believe these reports to be accurate and authentic. It was further reported that the Russians had received a severe shock, but the news requires confirmation.
From, Kalafat, an engagement is reported between six squadrons of Cossacks and five of Turkish Hussars, near Radsan on the 4th of May. The Cossacks were defeated, and lost 62 guns, and 130 men killed.
From St. Petersburg, 9th, letters state that the British fleet had been seen within twenty-five miles of Cronstadt, and had captured a number of gun-boats.
SPAIN.—The news from Spain is of an interesting cast. Six thousand men are immediately to embark in three divisions of two thousand each for Porto Rico, there to be drafted for service when wanted.
This will raise the garrison of Cuba to 30,000 of the best troops of Spain. Paixhan guns and such like hollow ware are to be sent out in due supply, and the Spaniards think they will whip all America—easy!
Louis Napoleon has recently stated that his policy will be the same in the West as in the East, intimating that he would oppose the annexation of Cuba.
SPIRITUALISM.
By Editor
"But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily [Private Circles,] shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction." 2 Pet. ii, 1.
"When they shall say, Peace and safety, then sudden destruction cometh upon them." 1 Thess. v, 3.
"Babylon the great is fallen, is fallen, and is become the habitation of devils, and the hold of every foul spirit," &c. Chap. xviii, 2.
"Whose [Christ's] coming is after [immediately following] the working of satan with all power, and signs and lying wonders." 2 Thess. ii, 9.
"And shall show great signs and wonders, insomuch, that if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect." Matt. xxiv, 24.
SPIRIT-DRAWINGS.—We have just been shown some magnificent drawings of flowers and fruits recently executed by Spirits by the hand of a lady (Mrs. B. . . .) of this city. Several difficult pieces, neither of which could have been executed by a skillful artist in much less than two days, have each been drawn, and shaded, and finished in the most exquisite manner, in from two to three hours. What adds to the marvelousness of the affair is, that the lady has never studied the rules, or habituated herself to the practice of drawing, and she finds that the Spirits, by the movement of her hand, can perform the work as well in the dark as in the light; and as well when her eyes are turned from the paper as when they are fixed upon it. We regard these facts as certainly very extraordinary, and as affording demonstration of an outstanding, invisible, and intelligent agent which should certainly be satisfactory to every reasonable mind. We learn that this kind of spiritual manifestation is daily becoming more common.
DISTINGUISHED INVESTIGATORS.—Among those who are engaged in investigating the phenomena and the teachings of Spiritualism are judges of the different courts, physicians, navy and army officers, clergymen, and others. It has been said that one or two members of the Cabinet are also reading and experimenting on the subject, but this I do not vouch for. It may interest the public to know that Judge M'Lean, of the Supreme Court of the United States, has been looking into the facts until he has become pretty well convinced that they are in reality what they purport to be—the acts of disembodied Spirits, who formerly dwelt among us in the flesh. I may also mention Judge Williams, of the Supreme Court of Iowa, who has for some time past been staying in Washington, as a most thorough and unflinching believer in the Spirits. He proclaims it boldly at the hotels or in private company when questioned on the subject. Mrs. General Macomb is also, I believe, convinced of the spiritual origin of the latter-day marvels. Many others, well known here, also believe. Indeed, the facts and the conjectured consequences of Spiritualism form a topic of conversation in nearly every drawing-room and at half the dinner-tables of Washington.—Spir. Tel.
The Fugitive Slave Case
By Editor
THE FUGITIVE SLAVE CASE, which has caused such an immense excitement in Boston and vicinity, is decided, and the fugitive, Anthony Burns, is returned to slavery. In a sermon on this subject, Theodore Parker says:—
"You know the rest. The trial lasted five days. Burns never saw a judge or a jury—he was sent back to helpless slavery. You have read the papers, you have seen the streets of Boston; you need not be reminded of the Faneuil Hall meeting, when even the eloquence of Wendell Phillips scarcely restrained the mob. You have seen Court-square surrounded, a man killed. Boston never saw such an anniversary week; the city was in a state of siege; the Court-House and public squares filled with troops, the Courts sitting with bayonets at their backs, and counsel entering the Court-rooms, drunken soldiers charging at their breasts with bayonets. The scenes of Friday you will never forget; ball cartridges were manufactured to oppose the people in Dock-square; cannon were loaded and put under the charge of drunken officers, who were ready to give the command to fire to foreign soldiers."
"They carried Burns off with all this preparation over the spot that was stained with the blood of Christopher Attucks, a colored man, the first martyr of the revolution, and order reigns in Boston as in Warsaw."
"So much for a history of the week. Here are two forces—Liberty and Slavery—and they will go on until one triumphs. Slavery has advanced since the annexation of Texas. Slavery is obviously the master, and freedom is obviously the servant. It strangles all the prominent men in the country. Fidelity to Slavery is a sine qua non for any man who expects to rise in official station."
The Tribune says:—"The future is big with events such as these, unless something is done to allay the public excitement produced by the proceedings of the slave power, backed by our rulers. The fugitive slave law, as it now stands, can no longer be enforced without jeopardizing the public tranquility to an alarming extent. We again call upon Congress to give their earnest and immediate attention to this grave subject. If there can be no repeal of the law at this session, which we think it quite certain, let us at least have the trial by jury. A modification of this sort is absolutely demanded unless the country is to be precipitated upon insurrection and perchance civil war."
RIOT AND BLOODSHED IN BROOKLYN, N. Y.—An outbreak occurred between the secret organization of Native Americans, and the Irish, on the 10th inst. Some five or six were shot, and a great many more had their heads, arms and legs broken with clubs. Pistols were also fired from housetops, and stones fell like hail in every direction. At 5 o'clock P. M., the crowd numbered over 6000; but the mob was cleared away and quiet restored about 8 in the evening.
Are such scenes the precursors of a temporal millennium ?!
Appointments.
PROVIDENCE permitting we will meet with the brethren at Boston, Mass., Sabbath and First-day 10th and 11th inst. Springfield, Mass., evenings of the 12th and 13th. Lincklaen, N. Y., Sabbath and First-day, 17th and 18th, where the brethren may appoint. JOSEPH BATES.
PROVIDENCE permitting, in company with Bro. Lawrence I will meet with the brethren in Loraine, N. Y., July 1st and 2d. Watson, 8th and 9th. A. S. HUTCHINS.
Rochester Conference,
By Editor
WILL be held June 23d—26th, commencing the 23d at 2 o'clock P. M. This Conference is appointed at Rochester because it is the most central place, and not because the brethren in the city are best able to sustain such a meeting. Provision will be made for preaching brethren, and for their horses, and for as many others as possible. It is expected that this will be a general gathering from the region round about, and one or more if consistent, from the different Churches in Western and Central N. Y., Canada West and Pennsylvania. This will doubtless be a large gathering, and many must come with the expectation of seeking their own entertainment
Receipts.
By Editor
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J. Barrett, J. Stone, C. Lamson, J. Deming, P. Cash, D. C. Turner, R. B. Hart, A. E. Nevins, A. S. King, N. Andrews, each $2. R. M. Nevins $4. S. Howland $5.
S. S. Davis, $2,70. A. N. Curtiss, $1,78. J. Alexander, $1,70. E. Harris, J. White, A. Gibbs, D. C. Babcock, each $1,50. J. Edgerton, $1,44. F. Strong, $1,33. J. Millard, $1,15. I. Doranee, $0,75. D. H. Hilton, $0,70. A. Follett, $.25.—$97, 20, behind on the REVIEW.
Murder of a Fugitive Slave
A colored man near Xenia, Ohio, was beaten to death by three persons, who seized him as a fugitive and attempted to carry him back to slavery. The murderers have been arrested, and the excitement in the surrounding country is intense.
THE STATE OF EUROPE.
A year has fully elapsed from the time that the Russian Emperor began to make serious preparations for war; for ten months his army has been in the Principalities, which he occupied partially in time of peace, without declaring war. Since the end of October war has really been waged, and yet the position of the armies is the same as at the beginning. About thirty thousand men have already lost their lives by the sword, the diseases and privations of war, and still no important battle has been fought, and no great strategical plan has been carried out on either side. Russians and Turks keep their positions, for, if Prince Gorchakoff has occupied and Omer Pasha evacuated the Dobrodja, Lesser Wallachia has, on the other hand, been abandoned by the Russians, and the neutrality of Servia is now firmly established. Two months have likewise nearly elapsed since the Anglo-French declaration of war; the largest fleets Europe has ever seen afloat in the Black Sea and in the Baltic, Gallipoli and Rodosto are garrisoned by French armies and Scutari by the English, but no action has yet been fought, though England has already managed to expend ten millions sterling on preparations, and Turkey has exhausted her treasury and is unable to pay the arrears due to her European and Asiatic armies. What will be the consequence of all this mismanagement on both sides? Ancient Turkey has already been swept away, the institutions of the Ottoman Empire have been overthrown by the reforms necessitated by the war, and even if Russia should ever yield and withdraw from the Principalities, the old order of things cannot be restored. The rule of those gentlemanly Osmalis, who were used to command but not to work, who were so hospitable, and generous, and chivalrous, and domineering, and lazy, and apathetic as the feudal Barons of the middle ages, or the modern planters in the southern States, has gone forever, with all its patriarchal forms, and great politicians; the question remains to be solved how the Empire is to be reconstructed. The Christian nations of European Turkey are the vilest and most abject population of Europe. The Serbs, too lazy for agriculture, live chiefly by cattle-breeding, and jealous of competition, do not allow emigrants to settle among them. The Montenegrins, the Albanians and the Armatoles of the Pindus, are freebooters by profession; the Bulgarians and Besniak have no manly, energetic spirit; accustomed to be serfs, they do not aspire to rule, nor have they the education fitting them for the management of an Empire; while the Greeks are well known as the greatest cheats and intriguer in Europe, a character which they have earned in Turkey and in independent Greece, as well as in the Ionian Islands. Under such circumstances the Anglo-French occupation will probably last longer than was originally contemplated, and may in spite of all the conventions and stipulations to the contrary, ultimately lead to a partition of Turkey, though its original object was the defense of the independence and integrity of the Ottoman Empire.
The Turkish fleet has left Constantinople for the Circassian Coast, and will probably soon join the Anglo-French fleet, which is expected to attack Anapa, Sudjuk Kale, Sukum Kale and Redut Kale, the four fortresses of the eastern Euxine where the Russians have concentrated their defensive forces. It is expected that the campaign will open in Asia in a few days, as the snow has at last disappeared from the Armenian plateau and the roads from Trebizond to Erzerum, and from Erzerum to Kars have become practicable.
The strange inaction of Pashkiewitch on the Danube is again explained by diplomacy. The Russian army of occupation, formerly facing Omer Pasha, has suddenly turned its front towards Transylvania, and the Czar is assuming a position more threatening to Austria than dangerous to Turkey, in hopes either to force Austria to join him openly, or to chastise the ingratitude of Francis Joseph in a summary way before England and France could assist their new ally.
In Italy an outbreak can scarcely be prevented. Garribaldi has arrived at Genoa, Tommasco, the exiled Venetian statesman and poet, has likewise returned to Italy, and Mazzini is said to have disappeared from London; all this tends to the supposition that my next letter may be more interesting.
The Queen of Spain has ordered the garrison of Cuba to be increased, and orders have been sent to Pezuela to arm the mulattoes and, if required, the negroes, in case of an American invasion, which would at once bring about the emancipation of all the slaves in order to make the conquest of the island both a desperate and worthless affair for the South of the Union. The fine of the Black Warrior has been remitted out of consideration for the United States; but the claims and pretensions in Mr Soule's note have been repudiated. The United States must either give up their claim or break off diplomatic relations.
Denmark seems not to be inclined to depart from her neutrality, and if indeed she should do so, it will be to turn Russian as soon as she is sure of Prussia. It cannot be doubted that the policy of Copenhagen and Berlin will be identical. The Swedes, on the other hand, wish to join the western powers, but being well aware that the combined fleet must leave the Baltic early in November on account of the frost, they do not like the risk of being overrun by a Russian army during winter when the Anglo-French alliance can be of but little avail. Still should Sweaborg be taken by Sir Charles Napier, Sweden would immediately side with England and France and garrison the fortress, which is the key of Finland.—N. Y. Tribune.