Finding himself without resources,
he effected a reconciliation with his
wife in the hope of inducing hcrtocome
to his assistance, she being very rich,
fjueen Natalie, however, knows her hus
band too well and declined to do any
thing whatever for him until he had
eaten humble pie by himself demand
in the annulment of that divorce
which he had taken so much trouble to
r..tn?n A,irl even then she refused to
give him any of her own money, but
merely offered to use her influence
with her son to grant him a new al
lowance. Seeing that youiitr Alexan
der was somewhat slow about comply
ing with the request, and his position
at I'aris without either money or credit
being absolutely untenable, he, In de
fiance of all the promises which he had
made alike to tho czar, to the Austrian
government and that of Servia, re
turned to Belgrade, where his pres
ence brought about a couple of minis
terial crises and led to no end of diffi
culty. And he has refused to budge
from there until his financial exigen
cies are complied with.
I suppose that unless the tired Ser
vians depute some one to put him out
of the way by means of knife, pistol
or poison, we shall in course of time
see him once more going through the
same process. That is to say, he will
commute his present income for a lump
sum, squander it and then return to
Uelgrade ami upset one or two more
ministries, disturbing things general
ly until again bought off.
COST OF THE CRIMEAN WAR.
John Bull Paid Enomaoa Prtc Ettf
RuaaU Oat of Tarkay.
On Ju ,a- 1856, the Crimea tfm final;
ly evacuated by the liritish force.
