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I was to a certain degree prepared for the hostility of France by what passed at a visit made by M. Titof to the French ambassador; when the latter, in the course of conversation, said he thought war between France and England inevitable.

But in assenting to the suggestion of M. Guizot, your Excellency cannot too strongly impress upon his mind how much will depend upon the character of the persons who may be selected as commissioners, in order to inspire the necessary degree of confidence, and to ensure any useful result.

L'Equipage du Vaisseau ne voyant pas revenir sa pr^e. Chaloupe malgré ses Signaux envoye sa seconde, les hommes qui la montaient trouvant la 1^e échouée dégrée et percée poussent de grands cris et font une décharge générale de leurs armes pour se faire entendre de leurs gens dans l'Isle.

L'auteur anglais dit plus loin: «One thing is certain, viz: to play with proper feeling and correct execution the Préludes and Studies of Chopin, is to be neither more nor less than a finished pianist and moreover, to comprehend them thoroughly, to give a life and a tongue to their infinite and most eloquent subtleties of expression, involves the necessity of being in no less a degree a poet than a pianist, a thinker than a musician.

True it was that that illustrious individual had enjoy'd in a very high degree the confidence of his noble friend's deceased relative; and true it also was, that none of the great measures which had been resolved upon at vienna and at Paris had been concerted or carried on without the intervention of that illustrious person.