The Express. — London, England, 1856-01-16 00:00:00

I! Ctr exvreoo. TO CORIXRPONDENTB. • teorloweento loteetted tor "Tbe Erpreoe Fios7les Iteowbag parer, sew M et the Mee; 10, llosvoriwattoet, by Two o'oloca os the d.y pubJeldiole. DION WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This DAT —.4ornieg. 6L Ns ARMCO& 9114 To-moasow —Manama, 94. tea . Anomie% 106. lka. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16. No ose, we presume, has read oar Correspondent's account of the condition of our army in the Crimea without a feeling of lively satiefsction. Surely it is well for us to know—it is well for the world to know —that England has not neglected those of her sow whom she has sent forth to bear her flog in defence of „iOrtigb'ltA Ohristmas-day in the Crimea Will spent by the British officer and by the British soldier with as much festive "joy and uproar' as by any other Englishouse at his own fireside. The well-browned turkey and the smoking sirloin, the sparkling wine and the ennobling mountain dew, gladdened the heart of the soldier = that barren promontory, and made him forget his toils and dangers in the thought that his country still remem bered him. Nor indeed is it possible to avoid the contrast of the condition of the army now from what it was twelve mouths ago. It would be vain to elaborate the contrast. The thing is too fresh in the remembrance of us all. Without convenient stores, without roads, without means of transport, without but., without clothing, the troops wanted every. thing to sustain the bodily frsme. A singularly in clement seaport, and duties singularly trying, griev ously increased the difficulties of a position is itself sufficiently difficult. The officers and men, ioexpe rienced in war, were exposed in the trenches to the dangers of shot and shell, and the more fatal in- Buenos of soaking wet and bitter frost. Throughout the army sickness and despondency reigned supreme. The sick could not be conveyed away fast enough. The young recruits who came oat to replace those who were lost disappeared almost as soon as they arrived, and within equal periods the number of seen who then died in one division was as great as the number of men who now die throughout the' whole army. Now, indeed, all is changed—instead of sickness, health—iestead of despandeeey, cheer fulness and expectation. Never was an army in, finer condition. The shallow foppery of iocompetent officials would fain have persuaded us that at that time it was the maddest of follies to lay bare our misferiee—to publish our 1200118itiaS to the world. When the Sebas topol Committee wee demanded the same cry waxed even louder. But that Franck philosopher who stood aniseed at the greatness of a nation which could, as he expressed it, anatomies its institutions in the face of mankind, and summon the public to the clinical lecture, was far wiser than most of us. A great man is rarely a great man to his valet, and verily it almost seems as if to most Englishmen and to all minister", Disbud were only half as greet as she is. Let men prate as they will, It is to public opinion, instructed by the press, that the brilliant condition of oar Eastern army is now doe. The pews had to submit to all the odium of rebuking men high la office, and of demanding vigorous measures of reform, and therefore the press is sow entitled to congratu late itself upon the happy changes which have been wrought. Benighted °pantry geodesics and rela tions of men high in office, must now steely acknow ledge that the press does not art, sad dare not act, without regard to truth. It they have been reluctantly driven to give up their accustomed papers, we trust that the service* which these papers have rendered to our army may induce them to resume that source of enlightenment so foolishly relinquished. For we venture to ask whether it is possible to name a single man who now unjustly stands the victim of newspaper slender? Nor, indeed, can we call to mind a single individual who, during the whole war, has unjustly suffered except Captain Csitisnx, the bar boar master of &Islam. Mr. LATAits did NI. doubtedly healed some assertion against that officer, which turned out to be unfounded. The real perse cutor was to anonymous writer, but the Pint Lord of the Admiralty, Sir JANES GLEAM. He it was laces single word scald have turned aside the toivent of public indignation which threatened to overwhelm that gellantelliwir. He it was whose sacred duty it Demme to utter that single word, but who, instead of fulfilling that duty, condescended to practise on the lions* of Cosmos% in order to mope the responsibility of having commanded a oeuet•martial. If any British officer, therefore, has uslastly sof feted in this war it is not the press ►e ought to blame, bet the Minister, whose moral courage to be honest and straightforward has failed. If a man is wronged or slandered by the press, only let the head of the depa►tment under whose orders the ABM attacked is pissed make known the facts, and the public will be satisfied, eves although the journal which made the accusation remains unconvinced. It has been the fashion indeed for querulous offi cials to remind us with solemn moistness of the wise sayings of the Duke of Wsumioros. They tell us how bitterly he complained of the information communicated by the English newspapers, and how such communications hindered his plans. There are, of course, 00C1141011/ ea which infatuation may be injudiciously made public, bet the invasion of the Crimea was an ocossica of a quits different nature. What the public journals then revealed was not plans proposed to be executed, but incompetency in high places, the want of roads, the want of tents, the want of clothing, the want of food. These were wants occasioned not by the necessities of the position of the army ; not by lack of money ; bet by the confused system of adagaistratioa both at home and abroad. These were wants of which the Cloveroment was ignorant, beanies about them an a& cial conspiracy would keep them in the dark. Theme were wants which the people of this Gauntry were met only willing but able to supply, if they had only known they ought to supply them. It was thug* the press that these wants were made !mown, sad it was through the preen that a partially reformed administration has been achieved. It bee been said Indeed that by indiscrimi nate denneciations the prestige of England has suffered ; that go where you will the Govern ment and the army of this country have almost become a byword. It may lie so. But the wisdom of telling the troth lies already been vindi cated. ''his country has only been plunged into the abyss of contempt to rise more conspicuous than ever far energy and practical genies. Seeing how little the English people spared their own shortcomings some twelve months ago, ao men of intelligence as now doubt the truth of the statements as to the admirable modifies of our trove. Where the slate of as army his been kept a secret from the !utilising, so official secant of its comfort or prosperity can possibly command belief. Who would audit a aorrearoadaat'• letter from the army of Prises Cloarcueuorr P— who sea be brought to treat ewes Mr. COSDZIES sacioaat of Ramie ? Bet with the British army tbs ass is ihlini THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 16, UK EXPRESS FROM PARIS. 'DISTRIBUTION OF BRITISH MEDALS TO I FRENCH. TROOPS. (mom otra owx COIIIIIPONDIWL ) I just the reverse. The more virulent the abase which was poured upon it, the more certain is the praise now bestowed to be sinew,. Like thesnat Falstaff, we " turn diseases to consnek.lity." Henceforth, let us confess free press, alibWeith it may inflict upon an individdlial a temporal bong, does, nevertheless, Maui? to tW Naustinunity Yineets the most lasting. 'Etc Court. _,- WINDSOR, JAN. 15. Colonel *Mord°, lately commanding the Land Transport Corps is the Crimea, urived yesterday afternoon, IS a visit toner Majesty. The diviner party included the Duchess of Kent, the Primus Boyd, the Count of Pleaders, the Belgian Mini* ter, M. Yin de Weyer, Lady Panay Howard, Baroness de Spetb, Si, George Casper, Colonel M'lliudo, sad Captain The Band of the Grenadier Glues& played daring &ohm The Queen's priests bend 'Beeves& performed In the Castle. Prince Albert, with the Priam of Wales and Priam Alfred, attended by the geotlesoes in waiting, skated oaths lee in the Hose Perk this sortie,. Lady Churchill has maids& the *ueblesses of Ely se Lady in Waiting to her Majesty. . . . _ _ _ Lord Byron sod the Hon. H. &olivine Wed have ono seeded Lord do Tablet' and Colonel the Hoe. N. Hood ea Lord and Groom la Waldo/. The Chasesliar of the Embegoer remnant to tows Tee today from the Grove, Watford, the mot of th• liar' of amend... Sir Ale:soder flipaumaa had as latomiew with dm tight boa. baronet at Ids oSoial neidesso Is Dowaispotroet. Dammam from Ms flowerets. of the North demised provianes, Voonver's Woad, sad Bormailo. were resolved moterday et the Coleniafollon FOILEIGN-0171CR, JAN. Quips bin ben pickiest to approve of Mr. William Custard as Coaled at Halifax. Nova Scotia, for his Mejetty the Humor M AIM . . Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kant will g ivs her nasal ball to bar Msjosty, his Royal Memos Prime Albert, the Prince of Wake, the Prisons Royal, sad other umbers of the Royal family, at Pregame, set Friday &set. Her Majesty's private bead will be is at tesdaaes. The 'marriage of Bir Robert Peel, Bart., with the Lady Emily Hay. is appoiatal to take pies. tomorrow, at the Chapel Royal, Whitehall. . - Queen Maria Christina is &bent to marry her mond deeikter to Prince del Drage, tka heir toe oessiderebie fortune. It is Obis pleases who was ea the peke of espousinn Prises COMM, sea of Count de Cesigtieno, Tama Kleiner of Per*. Alain, bat the prince died while t►e preparations were gam en. . Th. Coact of Lindero of the Root India Company purpose to Invite Sir George Polka to dt ler his *tars to be ►ang up is t►a Esauludas Hall at Addieesobs, Hz. Great is t►e artist eslsetsd. Yesterday the Lord Mayor sad the Lady Mayoress estertabied the members of the Ceram of Aldermes wad their ladies sad a somber of private Meads. Amos; dm mots were Oweerel Sir De Len Year, Aalmbel 51r Charles Napier, 111. P., the Kea. Mr. Campbell, Mr. llse barman, M.P.. Mr. drowses, M.P.. ead Kra. drops, 81r Charles Desists Crosby, Mr. Bodkin. the Tree/elm et the Beeal Hospital, the Prima Ward.. of the Fidtemegers' Compaq, the Kasten of the Masson', the blowshast Taylen', the Coopers% sad Kw Ambers's Campania. Mr. sad Mn. Disraeli have arrived at Groaveace. pee for the some teem Heibeadea Maser. The right hem reties= he; based mode N levitation to a parka. wiestary d 1..., kr Wodoesday, the 30th ire. Mr. Wilkiaaoa has radiraed hie mat at the Metro pilau Beard el Weeks. Nr. Cheshire states that be b set a eaadidate ter, the Mee et clock, bat for that of seer ~,. A literary undertaking of considerable interest is pointed. Mr. Owes Jesse promos te publish a "gram mar et ememeat," Oleg a series et 3,000 eaeseplas troet odor styles, ra►ibltiag t►e tewthweatel priaddee trda appear to reign la the iseepeeitiea et ersamotat even pedal. The week will ►e published la 211 aesthete el tear plates sea. The letterpress will appear at latervale daring the pewees d the work. Aram g the Tarr goody of tie day (says the armateis Geinkee) ia that lit Wawa Sanaa sad sae or two peas noblesse/ are reiaiae a leviathan stud. The Herald Mateo that a commieeke, emeisthig of three easel ellen% with a 'Klima as isereesty, bee bees sound to meted M lisalbeeifee, M *sire why sash is wisanabitlea ef bed swat hie tees meet la. It weald appear that ale semaisebia ewes its appolatseat to the feet that dosiai ths last year lassesse rejections et mat applied by Dottie. Cork, sad Limeriek haste', leek plate; sad we regret to lied that &tasty at Deptford, Gosport. sad Ply. womb, emetkiee of Um mime kiwi Me emerrod la imp melee milk emblisimmte I. them llowas. _ _ Lint.. Colonel Joao, R.R, F.R.8., tie hood of tho wigammetrisel any of the kingdom, sad .he me forsoorly attested to dm geological any of th• meetly, is delteorieg a gratuitous MOM of imams ost practisai geology so the nimbus of the loothoopon, flabooll of Azt. RI2II3IIINTATION OF THE UNITIBIITT OF CAIIIIIOOI.—.CAIIIIIILIDOI, JAS. 15.—n. are Of the Right Hoe. /mom Walpole is that Mat 4equent4 wis dom/ la measaim with the mew seemed by Mr. Owslitera's Math. TM Marquis of Gnat* awl Load Jobe Masson are aim spolum et, bet we hoar rust of Ur. Wm's. As pit, of seem, Whim has Woo doss. All *a above wood podiums as of Trfaity. 01101 IL Among the Dames or issial gentlemen seetioned la lifeetnnoster Ball, Is pre:ism with the pleat at As oistast Jude et Middlesex, are the fel:ening :—Mr. Phi.. the mint deerstery to the Adsairelty , Mr. Bodkin, the eminent postilion*, I. eriainsl law; Mr. Witham, who has fel setae pan been very adios is his atteadeaos us the Middlesex bead; sad Mr. Pashley„ Q.C., of She Northers Circuit. Of ail the gentlemen the awed there eaa be as desk that Mr. Bodkin eseabiaes by for the used valuable requisites foe the pet. It nay perhaps be speestissed whether this leaned peationaa would otopeat to seettlee the ISIMISSE promise be at proseat inlays la the Maid soar% is order to sant a laborious peek the prima salary of *MA doss not, we believe, cursed 1.2111 M a pan bat asses*, Mr. Bedltla to be willing to take the appol peat, there tea be so speollest that be is the pia whose selepien would beet serve the interests of the public. Mr. Bodkin is net matrix' se a winiaal hedge, bevies be some years ailed as finsorder of Dover ' sad ea several retest SIONSION as deputy foe lite let* Mr.lledeaat Agaa s. la both these *spondee be hot gives great setisfection both to she pablie sad the legal profession. Mr. Phial', betrayer, is very generally spokes of se being sot aaliktly to °hada the appoiatmeat. ADMIRAL WALcoTr, M.P.—Admiral Wa!soft was prewar at the asetiai of the Ave. sad Moor Farness' Mak bald et Cbrieudisrekes . Reply gto the teem of The Amy awl Navy" be that, "fee Massif, deeleed to see the war podoeged se farther thee to that polo Wish shall tomb nook thet she shell rot pfolllll host, denleeell the Mime et Iwo" dd that the lloodloilio of est a base mod Alm shalt he seaerod melee fatale aggressies. For Wadi, he bed se deuce to Web ea Rusts .r e didd fir hatilletad. Mobs was benweay with BegleaV bleb 4 dbidd fmllusigdiefit wsa to ow the Itoutweited aelajleedloomit I M Pert of the die pew* omd offaehr* memo& This yao pa tr in o=o, sled for the topotellos el legked . t TIIIMNIE fibirritrodwr.—The hilinrift am 'strew from it Wks jut received fres Kea^ eleeell Dee. 20 llejw Oeblimid retuned yeassesg, awl led me with mesh dainty hen the Baths arum N. sesiftea for three days 'hada therapist. sad woo Mese Illedhliod to the pion when pow Ihertatod had how =741 when ha died. tba ..s.s the rem. Oil be be a low abeedes, sof w ee thee WI to esbeedege hio oyes, when he and Moir otoadiall by the body of is, per frieod, Yid am waft al• tart delleete tare, wad with • paint at the On* CNA potpie, sew Mu. So had died tell that altamee. The hoot of Ma* Geldoold defies the meter part is SW tins yr a lieutenant of Coemoks, who boated Mao mot Madly. TM Iteasioe oil erre ere all awned, aulpesoly will-diepsold to the &WM ; sod ewe seemly/ irinsmi spa &hides Clem Vissath's boolth. Thole la so soot at haatUity to tho Wad; mod the Isaias somas show apoomead to Meat they weold he neat glad If the war woo es ea owl ; but sot the least frees say tease of bowls. bees beeteo." DITITAL PALACL-8111LLINO DAT, law. 16.—e Adealwieoe ea missal, 742; Deee by mem *hob o IN; Wok 1,006. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. . RUSSIAN OOIINTER-PW)PORAIZ • The Journal des Debate of this morning has the following: "We have received, under the data of the lltk, some interesting news from Vienna. Count de Stackelberg, bearer of the reply which the Cabinet of St. Petersburg has made to the communicatior with which Count Eeterhazy had been entissted by the Austrian cabinet, had arrived. The Russian reply was communicated in the morning to M. de Bad, who, after learning its contents, seat orders to M. d'Esterhazy to quit Bt. Petersburg immediately and return to Vienna. The following has transpired relative to the Russian reply : " Russia accepts the principle of the neutralisation of the Black Bea, and engages not to build any mili tary arsenals : Runk offers to put under the safe guard of the European powers the treaty which she will make with Turkey to As the number and strength of the light vessels of polies. Finally, Russia consents to eede to Turkey the entire delta of the Danube ; she will abandon all the months of the river without ex ception, and will retire tot distance from the Danube which shall be fixed. Them would then be between the frontier of Russia and the left bank of the branch nearest to that frostier a space of ground which would be unoccupied. This concession would involve the return to Turkey of the fortress of Ismail and many others." Yieterday's indeiresidesew Bele* gives the frost a special oarrespoodent, expressing at the sue time its hill credence in the writer's state- 1 mints : " VIENNA. UN. 12. " Besides the Russian courier who arrived here on the evening of the 10th, another arrived yesterday, sent from Bt. Petersburg by Count Feterhasy. The following has transpired relative to the despatches of which both are bearers —We are assured that Russia acospts the propositions which have been sub mitted to ker. To that which concern the freedom of the Danube, linos it is a wish of Germany, site consents; she coasents, even if not to the cession of the part of Bessarabia which is made the additional article of the Second Point, at least to the principle of a new limitation of frontier between Russia and the Principalities; but demands that the plan of this new limitation be determined in a European congress, and not decreed, from hence forth, before all negotiation. As to the neutralisation of the Black Bea, she consents to that even, are upon certain details. fibs desires, for example, that Nico -1 laioff be not included in the arsenal. or military posts which else is to give up upon the Black Bea; and in fact this port is not situated upon that ass. Russia proposes for the rest the mutual exchange of con towed territory. " See, at least, the version which is accepted in our political world. If it be correct, it will be emu that it is not the Third Point, but the Second, which at this moment presents the most difficulties; while the acceptation of the prineiple of a new limitation of frontiers in Bessarabia is a large concession by Itassia. "Moreover, I have some rumens to doubt that the above-mentioned couriers brought the definite reply, properly so called, to the propositioas submitted to Raw& I tellers rather that their despatches coo- Mined bat precursory ladies. of the probable reply, and it is not impossible that Count Btackelberg, who' left Bt. Petersburg at the 9th, was the bearer of ad adonisl concessioas ea the goat:ion of the cession of territory." Os the other head the liselopendesedo sostaiee televaphio despatch from Vienna dated yesterday, which says, it wee very generally rumoured that Prince Gortchakoff was making preparations for (pitting that city on Friday nest, but was waiting farther instructions by telegraph from St. Petersburg. The Indepetdance attributes the provision relative to the cession of territory in Bessarabia, to Austria. According to our Bruin& oontensporary,—it was purely an "Austrian thought." Oar own correspondent at Vienna telegraphs under dabs of yesterday evening : "AU the Vienna wowing papers speak of the new state al affairs r ' most swim," unexpected,' and ' alarming.' “ iii. whole persessowi of the Russian Embassy have received orders to leave Violas.” The interdiction of the rehandle( of the fortress of Situareasd, supposed to be provided for is the "special seedlike's" alluded tofu the ultimatum, was ismerted, °believes the Debate, in the special interest of Sweden. FRENCH FINANCE: The Matador, of this day, publishes the report of the Milts, of Pismo= to the Emperor upon the flaancial condition of the country. The report concludes as follows : "To resume, Sir., this simple sketch of the principal financial mete of the past year shows us a somenercial activity without a parallel ; un heard of progress in consumption ; two moinneas louts, paid up with the greatest regularity, and is a great msasare before the payments were dee; besides tits loans, more than 136,000,000, a sem which bad never berme been brown to have been employed in the purchase of Routes, for the departments ; the direst contributions paid by anticipation, sod al- most without expense ; a well balanced budget the floating debt reduced; and all thie despite the war, despite the aisle in the high pries of food, despite the very considerable outlay whisk accidental circumstances imposed spat ne. What greater root could be given of the vitality and rich:ems of the country and of all that France is capable of ► oder a popular government, with such remotions wisely employed P Extravagance aloes might be feared. Tour Majesty will know how to obviate that danger by your high prudeoce, by firmly opposing the in considerate temptations of speculation, sad by ad journing, is the interest of the enterprises already etrameseed, all those which do not bear the evident math of argeney." THE BALTIC. Le Nord has the following despatch: 0 HAMBURG, MQSDAT. " Two English men of war, serving es a vanguard to others, have arrived before Copenhagen returning 1 to the Baltic to resume their emirs." A Wks hem Tura states that beam his &par am ton Os &lam, Osumi Mamas obssosel as sons Mom a ossok's km I doll 'Mk yes km, et you jals op fa lomps." _ Tie 21.iile Nowa. aatioasees that Lag Victor Ilmaaall lent Meetly vial Nevus, to prom Wows to He Aerie Dollen Legics. A letier free Rise, dated the 6th teat, nye:— Mr. Mimi, Kisiato• of Masan, his askaewlsdes4 • 114•11 of Rawly a alMfas of arms ta • b./got of twelve nines. The &Ask wilt Its via& goal by tk• sok of tor tala patasely bsisagiaa a the ApassolLal Clombsr. tbW wilt iota, .bat 20111,11111118118111111 walk* Owe tas remands' lbs dabber teed will la Mil snag watelbatlea, sad s duty fa parables= se tree*, ebleb ball bees &weed I. pled* ie 11161, bat ate levied, will be famed." WEST INDIA MAILS. 10.110T110 TILIOIAPI.) (MOM 0011 OWN 00Z1ZSPONDINT.) SOUTHAMPTON, WIDNISDAT. The La Plata has arrived with the West India mails. The West India islands are healthy. The Emperor of Hayti left Jacmel on the 12th of December with 33,000 men, to invade the eastern end of San Domingo; on the 19th he was sixty miles east of Jacmel, making his way along the shore. A schooner arrived at Porto Rico on the 29th of December from San Domingo, bringing news that the Emperor had received a check. An extraordinary mine of gold, yielding five to seven ounces to the ton, has been discovered on the Isthmus of Panama, and is utility accessible from the sea. The gold is found in four immense veins of quartz. The mine is known as the Belen Mine, and is situated about seventy miles west of the mouth of the Chagrin River. The specie and gold dust on board La Plata amounts to nearly 900,000 dollars. La Plata brings news from New South Wales that the Patriotic Fund there bad reached 60,0001. sterling. The weekly receipts from the gold fields in New South Wales were three thousand ounces. The Public Works Loans Bill had passed. The Legislative Council had passed' the New Marriage Bill. The officially declared in solvencies and rumoured failures of mercantile firms had caused flatness in trade. PARIS, TOWDAT EVIKIIIO. The military spectacle at the Tuileries to-day was perhaps more striking than any of the many that Paris has witnessed within the last two or three years. The tried troops who lately made their triumphal entry into Paris amidst the plaudits of the popish. tioa were to-day Rambled before the doors of the Palace of the French sovereign to receive from the ands of a Prince of the blood royal of England, a medal, which he was deputed to give them in the same of Queen Victoria. This recognition of their gallant services in the Crimea, side by side with the British army, is precious in the eyes of the French soldiers, almost beyond what we matter of fast Englishmen eel imagine. The weather had completely changed since yeses. day. Instead of a bright frosty day we had a al. thaw and a fog. The streets were all slush and slip perinea. Partly in consequence of this disagreeable change, and more beanie the public knows that in a square like that of the Carrousel, they can see nothing of a review but an outside hedge of bayonets, the crowd was not very great, bat from the windows of the Tuileries the sight was beautiful and interest.' log in the extreme. As the different corps entered the Carrousel by the gesichets of the Rae Rivoli and the quay on the opposite side, their excellent marching was much remarked. It is a cosmos observation among the English, that French soldiers attach less importance to keeping step and preserving a rigorous line than British troops do. But on this occasion the French infantry seemed determined to show the Duke of Cambridge that if they sometimes "march loose," it is not because they don't know their drill. No sergeant-major of the Guards of St. James's Park could have found the least fault either with their dressing or step to-day. By • quarter to one o'clock the ooart-yard of the Tuileries, and the vast erase beyond the rallingoalled tlie Carrousel, which extends to the verge of the new part of the Louvre, were occupied by serried masses of troops. The various uniforms of the Chanute, Voltigeurs, Zosaves, and Grenadiers of the Imperial Guard, pro &toed an exceedingly picturesque effect. The regiments looked like beds of flowers--sad especially when they were in motion they seemed as vast fields of lilies, roses, and prinuessm stirred by the wind. At one o'clock the Emperor and the Duke of Cambridge mounted their horses at the door of the Pavillon de Fiore. They were scoom ponied by Prince Napoleon, Marshal Valliant (Minister at War), Marshal Magnan (commanding the army of Paris), Generals Canrobert, Niel, Ba guet, and &plume, and a not very numerous staff, consisting only, as I am told, of the eitiers de aerate. A detachment of the Cent Garda followed. At the moment when his Majesty and the Duke moved for ward from the Pavillon de Fiore, the Empress, accompanied by Marshal Prince Jerome, and attended by hoe ladies, appeared in the balcony of the Pavillon d'Horloge. Her Maa, jesty was warmly wrapped up in velvet and furs. and frequently held her white muff to her mouth to keep out the raw damp air, bat it was thought by many spectators that in her delicate au dition it was scarcely prudent to remain so long es she did in the balcony. As soon as the Emperor and the Duke gallopped to the head of the first regimsut, his Majesty drew up and motioned to the Duke to take the plane of honour, which, after a momentary pause, taking off his plumed cap and politely hesitat ing as if to show his sense of the extraordieary honour offered him, he did. This ceremony was re peated as the cartage arrived at the head deem regiment, for, in passing by the intends the Duke always changed places with the Earner and , rode a neck behind him. Every regiment received his Majesty and the Duke with load cheering. rto , anal of the bands played " God Have the Qom' and "Rale Britannia" After having reviewed eves" regiment, including the Artillery of the Oserd, which was drawn up at the eastern extremity of the Carrousel, with their backs towards the Louvre, hie Majesty and him Royal Highness gallopped to the door of the Pavillon d'Horloge, and took op the position of reviewing panels with their staff in the, rear. In a few moments the colonels and lieutenant colonels of the different regiments, and a eaptain,l lieutenant, sublieutenant, sergeant-major, sergeant farrier, corporal, and one soldier from every regi ment &deemed, and ranged themselves in five lines is front of the Emperor and the Duke. The Duke of Cambridge then came to the front, and read from NEW YORK, JAN. 1. t a paper, with mesh energy, a speech, the delivery of To the surprise of the country, and with no preoe , which lasted several minutes. Up to the hoar at dent in point, the President has communicated hie which I write, I have not seen the text, which is, I Annual Message to the use Congress before that gram is composed of the Senate understand, reservedt° b° published is the M°Nitanr body existed. and the House of Re ntatiees. The house has of to-morrow. I understand that the Duke said he not yet organised, and coniaquently is not a body , was especially charged by the Queen to ex- that can be officially addressed at all. Tins is, , pees her heartfelt sympathy with the dart- doubtless, the correct understanding of the case, and pee sad sufferings of th e arm y h e h a d t h e it was so understood by the members—for by a h t ea s e i r a mAj i e t rity i the h ref i t i ted an to an r c ez n ir t e co tr a taws gratifying honour to address. After the speech hie Royal Higbee" dismounted , and personally dllarl' o a f, in mid h a P By taking this new Nene, mend bated to the solonels and deputations from the regi- General Pierce has exposed himself to the first neat meats the Queen's medal. At the same moment, is any President has received from either branch ai , obedience to best of drum, the troops to whom (as a Congress. It is, however, regarded as a matter of se tt er of russee tty t o nee time) th e medal, bad been little impor h ta is nc i ai si The for w P h re ol s e ident ti l l ti , ad d as h ': distributed in the morning, took them out Patching orobalil cep Die it to the w orld ;acid becausemon th, won not from their pockets and fastened them on keep any longer. It was reasonable, however, their uniforms, and than—aparalleled spectacle-- to anticipate communications of high import the Queen of England's effigy, carved in silver, was and significance in • document sent forth, seen at once and foe the first time, shining on the under such unprecedented circumstances. And breasts of 15,000 Frenchmen in the Palace of the yet it will certainly puzzle the world to discover in this Waage anything that could not have been Tuileries. The medal bears on the front the portrait safely held is petto for some time to come. of Queen Victoria, and on the MOM a figure of So far es our foreign relations are concerned, it is id& Victory crowning a French soldier, with the motto, dent enough that the President is writing at England, Victoria Regina a Panne Franceise." It is attached and to be read in England. And yet the feeling white to a blue riband. The actual cost of every medal— dictated this pert of the Message is, beyond all qua. sa tit o the m p7 there being no distinction between that tre a t a ti f ir li w a fol o s t oo tha untry a .7,:us a t u aln it t:: given to the General and the private soldier—is the President in his interpretation of the Claytou-Balwer very considerable sum of 14fr. Alter the distribution treaty. This became evident from the remarks which the troops filed past with that rapidity for which were yesterday made in the Senate. &oaten of all French soldiers are remarkable, and by half-put 2 parties held the same language and expressed the the grand cenimay was Over. same opinions alter the reading of the Message. Mr. Clayton—who was Secretary of State when the The Viewelletwe — weesell. the wastes who wear treaty was made—was entirely explicit in his state red breeches and carry a cask of brandy to refresh meats, and but one opinion seems to exist through- 1 the soldiers in their march—received, a s w as out the country on the course which the British moat justly their dos, a medal as well winktry have deemed it their duty to take on this as the soldiers. Two of these w subject. loiprobable, thereto:, as a war between the to irr.taitn ea l r d uny y s iaeannon i r 1107/ this evening wearing their modal, and taking a w w e a crn av o id atnaa arig a r y y= Lord refreshments at the Cale de la Hoarse. A great Palmerston seriously intends to enforce his interpre. crowd was congregated outside to look at theta tation of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty P T he Beim to-day did not read t h e new, from Some portions of the Message afford solid and r r t sc ul to ation? li u ti r o n n ati l oal lis estimated so favourably as yesterday. The intim was, ratt°ltel grounds for congratulation. that the Czar seeing Austria decidedly a our side treasury th eet tsa e g peace expenses for the current condition. n year excee d would give way, bat the men withdrawal of the seventy million dollars and yet the secretary confi- Austrian ambassador hoe Vienna is not now dently relies upon a enrplos of fifteen millions. He thought so important. The Rents fell 30e., Credit sees but as remedy for the evil—only one mode of mobilise ru e. we" sa draw ys from 21r. ado. to 6fr. relief from his embarrassment. One step more must Me" I. a talk se the forthcoming lean bein g taken w ba ith meatti:fwactioa free n by t the eivili e se f d aat w wil l l d. ba hailed by the new financial society, of which Rothschild Is recommendations tif Mr. Guthrie are adopted we s the hall the bead. at the Ileum et 61fr. 800. have some modifications of the present tariff of duties The Aft's/item of this day contains the wlelnies for 1866. In indirect taxes th ere i s , as imen men,. on imports, both in redwing duties on one clam of goods and products, and by enlarging the free list. I Is" with 1664 , a not imam, of 103,619, shall hereafter enter more fully into this subject, a n d as moped with 1661 James 101,076,000 f. Mate,the reports of the different public depart.; At Demerara the rain had eet in, and the young canes were looking fresh and vigorous. The newly discovered gold mine on the L.thmus of Panama hea been conceded by the government of New Granada to Dr. Collier, an Englishman. CHASE OF AN AMERICAN SHIP. A letter from Copenhagen of the 7th, in the Universal German Gasell4, says :—" An American vessel, which was generally suspected of having on board a cargo of military stores on Russian amount, had remained at anchor for four months in this port, into which she had run in order to avoid being searched at sea. In order to watch this suspected vessel, an English war-steamer had placed herself close to her, and the English Consul had even de manded that the Danish authorities should examine the vessel, bat they refrained from so doing in conse quence of the heavy amount which the captain de manded for the damage which such a prooeeding would cause him. The English steamer at length left, and immediately after the American vessel put out to sea and steered for the Russian coast. The English steamer, which had not got beyond Elsi nore, immediately pursued ►er, but was too late to prevent her reaching a Russian port. A Russian vessel whisk was at Elsinore also managed to escape while the English steamer wee in pursuit of the Ame rican vessel." Letters host Bt. Petersburg state that a Baltic campaign is fully expected in that capital. Le Nord , announces that the Baltic army, which last spring was 80,000 strong, will before the end of winter have received an increase of 20,000 men, bringing it op to • total of 100,000. The fortifications at Danamuode, Rigs, Revel, and all along the coast of the gulf at the most exposed points, will be greatly strengthened before the opening of the campaign. It has, more over, been decided at Bt. Petersburg that batteries shall be erected in front of all the approaches to the Baltie ports, armed with rum of heavy calibre and long range, so as to be able to compete with the guns of the English and French men-of-war. The Moniker de la Flotte publishes the following letter, dated from the Coast of the Baltic, 3rd inst.: An estraordioary levy of seamen for the northern fleet in the Baltic provinces has bees decreed by the Emperor. These mamma are priasipally 'Mended to form the crews of the flotilla which the asesiaa government is preparing, sad is to arms immediately after t►e Ice melts. They are to be assembled at Creastridt in the begianiog of February, and are to constitute • new naval divisioa, ander the coosmaad of Viee•Admirsi Yripanschin, who is charged with its organisation. The Grand Duke Con matins carefully superintends the completion of the screw war ships he was the Bret to introdees into the Raesi•a navy. He also bestows much attention on the material of the artillsry, w►ich will be truly formidable. The great foundry at Bt. Petersburg works day and night. Three additiosel worsehope have been opened in the new arsenal, which are to commence operations in the begin• using of January. There is also very great activity observ able in the pyrotechaie department at Cronstadt, which has last bees placed under the direction of Colonel Pichelstein. The stockade works sad all those relative to the establish meat of obstacles is the different passes are Beepeaded is eoartquesee of the ice, bat will be resumed the moment the mild weather sets in. The population along the coast ego pears to be alarmed at their situation, end the Russian go. eernment itself, not sithstanding its strenuous ezertions to organise mesas of defines, is • prey to the rookies ca. mains aid pee•sssupatiesa AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED STATES. (11,011 OUR SPICIAL NAVAL AND MILITARY. REORGANIZATION OF THE LAND TRAP,. PORT CORPS. •- This force is to be organized upon a similar p:an to that of the" Royal Waggon Train," which carpe wet of very greet utility during the Peninsular War, and labor (Neatly at Waterloo. The great defect in the Land Tranoport Corm has been ucertained to violist of the very great prepondc ranee of officers of intermediate rank, as quartermaster., superintendents, and second clan drivers. To remedy this it ie intended that each troop shall consist cf 100 driven, l officered in a similar manner to a troop of cavalry, but having double the number of sergeants, and without any intennedi. ate rink of corporal, the first clan drivers haviog to perform that officer's duty when on active service in the field. With respect to Tartar camel drivers, it is proposed to dispense with their services altogether, and to substitute drivers from the Bombay Presidency and Arabs, both these races being much more docile and obedient and lees sloth ful than the native Crisis Tartars. It is fully expected that, with a corps of 10,000 European drivers, and abut g,OOO satires, Indians and Arabs, a molt efficient force will be constituted, and which, under competent offieen, will bo In readiness to take the field on the opening of the cam- lan ?unarm° B•rrnr.—The battery which N. Napier and eons have commenced to build, and are to complete by the ml 4 at April, is to be about 9/.0 feet long, with a breadth of, 4$ feet, and depth of 16 feet. Mem and num are to be alike. and the fors of the hull is not one calculated for quick sailing. The bottom in net. and without a keel, so as to deal in as little water as passible. The bilges are full. and the topsides tumble in oonsidernbly. Tome are to be two deck., on the lower of which the armament will be pimp,, consisting of twenty gone of the largest calibre. The ►all will he bold of iron In the usual way, but between•decke will be lined teak wood Mx Inches thick, and the outside protected with iron platen about !bur inches thick, sou to render the Bides shot proof, end re. cure the men at the guns from the effects of point blank shot. The draft of water, when ready for ma, is expected to be about eight feel, but ft will probably be more. The meanttrement tonnage will be about 3,000 ; and the propel*/ power in • screw, actaeted by ma. condensing engines of :00 boree•powcr.—kleeere. Napier me also inking a seeond pair of meatus of the name dencription for battery at mum building et Newcastle.— Glasgow Mail. POSTSMOtiTiI, he. IS. The Borussia, maw transport No. 33, sailed this morning with the tr mpg she embarked yesterday for the East. The Marlborough. 191, strew ehip, completed misting to-clay in the steam twain. Her rolzeamast was hoistec: on board this =nag in a quarter of an hour. The Colossus, 80, screw ship, Csptain the La. Henry Kennel, by bad bar lower deck cleared to-clay of guns, gun.carrisem Se ., i• order to anent of that deck being appropriated to use aa • depot for stores, provilion., ke., for the divisien of gunboats to be commanded W S:44Am Kennel In the eneuisg campaign In the Bait,.. Ms Cesar, 91, screw, Captain Robb was not usdocked yeeterdep. is iegteted. some delay having caned her removal from dock to be P Wrlisoy. Mesmer, has been out all day endeavouring to raim tbeirre. Mr. Berthon's mortar raft. imne difficulty Is mistimed in &kg 10, owing to the weight of the mortar and ita bed. The water alie so eold as simnel to prevent the divers working about the mask. TM Pigmy had not returned into harbour when tads dispatch left. ADMIRALTY, JAN. 15.—PROmoTION8.—Aseistant SW. peon 0. Meson, M.D. (1849), confirmed to the rank of correct. Arreannams.—Payniaaters : J.W. Maddock (ISO), toil:le/epics 80, saw Mesa ship, of 4SII home power, in the Block Sea; W. Weaver (1818), to the Senspanil, 70, screw steamship, of ISO torn power, at Deronport; and R. Derma (1835), to the Flynt Pub, screw Mesa gun resat, at Portsmouth. Clete: J. Leers, to the Coloesus, SO, screw steam ship, of 400 bone power, at Portsmouth ; and H. H. Shanks (18341, to the Oro. Union, SO, screw steamship, of 400 hone ;power, at Demaport. Assistant Clerks : 0. B. Molina, and W. LI. Aitken, to the Brans. wick, 80, screw steam ship, 400 bane power, at Deroapott; Alan end R. Drury, to the Algiers; E. TieMll, to the Sampareil ; p, Albin and C. fl. none, to th e Cologne; 11. F. It.e. to the Ao:us (lay . 42ito w n . frzat z :Lerzi o e t h h lt, at rortesnouttt ; W. J. Ellis, E. Tampon, PATIIAWMA Or THII ROYAL NATT.—A memorial, dated off Sireatiorg, and signed by the paymasters of the Baltic nee; 50 in number, awl approved by Captains IL J. Cothiogten, J. Hope, W. k. Hall, H. R. Telverton. and F. Warden, has been tranmitted to the Lords of the Admiralty through Admiral Seymour. The payment); wbileespressing a grateful tense of the recent alterations in their i 0 f:llz . , sad for the steps taken uplum them upon a more tdicult repreent that the prevent scale of hair-pay hi not comma. sante to the half.psy to which they trust they may fairly and honesty Wok laniard he cooed...tattoo of their one , oas duties and Mary noperibilitits. They therefore solicit that their beltpay, whith sow bemires tip to 12 years' *inlet, and masts at litr. 6d. ler ditn, maybe allowed to go on lomeasing Is. 6d. per diem for nay addi. tined these years served beyond that peeled (three years' tulip, ameba as Ea melmont paymaster being included) until it attains the amanst d lie. Mop ash that the pays asters of all nips Waring the *agar bewail pendant of an officer commanding in chief, whethee at hems se ohne& asap be again granted the allowance of 24.9 d. per de) (while woo &meow intiera by the late circular, No. 185), in Mi. deaden oitbeir inereaard duties sod responsibilities whet setting lo time ablpy mews especially in regard to Waders, clothing account% it& nog halm y that the established retired list of paysaiters la dietermlemmr, with the ',tiring allowance se at preeeat, is MINIOM belie Wore mentioned maximum rate of half-pay. That all paimmeesee after twenty-one years' morioe an full pay, includirs three no before mentioned as an amititent.paymettr, be pr. dmad Is rears with the rank of paymaster in chief, end the rata of halt.psy which they may have aced; a limited number beingeligtbis to receive this Ss. a day in addition to their hinf-pay in common sit lbs mind an of the amend aims," ma set tomb in artirie pease $ aY at their inetructione. And that the 'Stine el then Mama meg bo allowed W. per imam, and the widows of pay. mists SOL Field Khalil lard Haulage hoe appointed Captain Cbarlathaty, lith Sediment, ahle-de.camp to hf ujor-General Arbutt• nOt, 11101111Mdin the Northern distrints, on the recommendatioe of that °Om. Curia Catty diatingulohed himeelf during the hoar war, la the erpacation end command of a corps of European ride. men, wide° did geed and gallant eervioe during the fighting portion of the °impairs. He was twice severely wounded. Vie... Admiral of the Blue Manley H. Dixon (1545) is plead on the raansi bail pay UM of flag officers in receipt of wr. vise Thor gleam treaspert &vent, hospital chip, now fitting at lioathemplon. hoe lan aired to be prepared to convey out the fa:. lowing Nap said pawner% who are under orders to emboli at that pat as Mandley, the Slat Ina., : —To Malta. 2ffii teen, drab of restassta. To the Orin% 7 officers and 950 men of the Lard Teadepin Cor; alao Clarlear 7 urine, of the lot Foot; Caplan I apiarist, 7t F oot; L Sweestocs, thopeneer cf medicine"; Co:oar gement William Maple. dlth Regiment; soldier nervant ef Brevet K.jer Amara" of tie Wachream Gases. To Constantinople, the Rev. W.V. Seas" elkiblEid chaplain to the army in the Yee; ond .beee oaken' remota. traaa — port —u radiaa, No. 194, has strived at Soata• - A letter from Corfu of the 6th says : "The Screw lineal battle kilo the M. Item d'Ae,e arrived 7 erterday front Athens, aril the Sidon two dale twine. The militia are carrying on the duties 31 the prriaon exceedingly well, few regiment, of the line being rice. Nor in appearance and good conduct to the troop. now quarterel here. The cholera, len happy to say, ho. quite dteappeared. The church accostarodeUrat tor the civilians of this place cootinuer to le exceedingly deficient. ate* the late cloning of the chap 1 it the go. cerement hones. The gamine chapel la overcrowded, and the :.:_• tarp are obliged to have two serviette co each tianday." A GALLANT DEED UNREWARDED. "Jacob Omni= " urging in the columns of the Times, the establishment of a special order of merit, lath as exists both In the French and Russian armies, u s means of rewarding bra,, and good soldiers who see unfit for higher promotion, serrates the following anecdote heard by him from the lips of the officer in command, to show the sort of eases in which such an institution would be ad ran tepees : A company of the —lb Regiment were posted in one of the most advanced trenches before Sebaatepol. The fire of the Russians was unusually biting. One of the two officers in the trench was badly wounded in the shoulder, a non• commissioned officer and nine of the men were bit with Minis bullets. The enemy', riflemen so completely com manded the only road to the rear, that it appeared to be certain death to attempt it in daylight. Nevertheless' the wounded officer—an active lad—preferred the risk of being again hit to bleeding to death in the trench. lie made run for his life, awl escaped. The oth-r wounded saes were dealt with is the trench by their comrade' as best they could. After a while twe men of, I think, the 68th Regiment, stole up under shelter as near the trench as they could, and then" doubled " acmes the open, under a (wilt,' fire from the Russians. They hetes. got safe in, end offered to try and carry the nonmommissioned officer, whose cue was the worst, to the surgeon. So he was laid on a stretcher, and the two volunteer' sallied forth with their burden MP hot fire; but they bed not gone ten steps before the fore• most man fell dead, shot through the brain. The stretcher and the wounded men rolled on the ground, and the ea. Tieing volunteer threw himself fiat on his face, and lay close. Instantly, without a word being seam or se order given, another voluateer strode forth from the trendies sad replaced the wounded man on the stretcher, The Oa man iron, and, in spite of the Russian rifles, the arm sec onded ia reaching the rear without further damn.. Do the records of the war contain a more ingest deed than that. or one achieved from humbler or Maher motive There was so glory to be won, no promotion to no *Weir". not even a name in the Gamete, much less a H.C.l3..ship era monument in St. Peers. I asked my infermant;lrSt was done for the two meb " Nothiag," said he . " Oar mu was badly wounded Id mtaraing to join se by a shell ; and, altb , ugh I bad made up my mind to give the 68th man a couple of pounds if I could gad him—those were hard and weary dip'. T' know—l newer had an opportunity of doing BO." LAN 0 equally 'stubble to the peasant as to the peer. Egon, stroag are their natural affections, their desire to retort home, to see ones more their famihes and friends, to molest tattiest their 'offsets's sad escapes, to share with that honour, aid rewards won at the cost of health and ash If we compare the ease of these two poor private. of the 68th with that of the two noblemen who oommandrd oar cavalry on the sad day when our Light Brigade In. 1 0 0 -- 11 we consider that oar agricultural arid manufsenartsif population are latellireat and reasoning being., we s ellal require ao spoliator to tell us why the military a Two 0, Beglud Is unpopular with her lower damn. I Baron Von Seabach, Minister Plenipotentiary of Sozoay to the Court of the Tuileries, has arrived et l'air In,. St. Petenborg. The polio, of Berlin have forbidden the near panne of the capital to sdrait sdrertisecoests of pewits 1 protruding to weal wives sod husband'', such sooeunce - BeaW:b eiai 'cowry to propriety.