The Press. — London, England, 1854-12-16 00:00:00

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Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a remittance or a reference fbr payment in town. Ytt ritgg. LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16,1854. POSTSCRIPT. 111711 i THE WAR. The packet which left Constantinople on the 4th had arrived at Trieste on Thursday night. 'the accounts from Sebastopol state that the allied armies were occupied in preparing their barracks to winter in the Crimea. On the 2nd, 1,000 English soldiers passed through the Bosphorus to reinforce the English army. The Duke of Cambridge was still ill, and con• fined to his bed. Six vessels full of troops left Constantinople on the 3rd for the Crithea. Cherib Pacha has been named Minister of Finance. A despatch from Balaklava, through Varna. has been received at Vienr.a, stating that Lord Raglan has caused some siege piece to be em barked on board the fleet, for the purpose of forcing the port of Odessa and using it as a winter station for tho fleets. The despatch is without date, and has not as yet been con firmed. _ _ gi,From St. Petersburg a despatch has been received at Vienna dated the 12th, stating that if negotiations do not produce peace at the commencement of the new year a conscrip tion is ordered throughout Russia of 16 in every 1,000, producing an army of 1,000,000 soldiers. The ratifications of the treaty of alliance between Austria and the Western powers were exchanged at Vienna on Thursday evening between the Plenipotentiaries of Austria, France, and England. gitrtion ntelitgtute. ABINGDON.—The nomination took place on Monday, when two candidates, Major Reid and Mr. Norris, both Liberals, were proposed. On the following day the poll commenced, and resulted in the return of Mtkjor Reid, by a maj )rity of 125 votes to 117 recorded for his opponent, ANTRlM.—Captain Pakenham, brother to the late gallant member, will probrbly be elected without a contest for Antrim. EAST G LOUCESTERSHI RE.—A telegraphic com munication has been received from Mr. Holford of Weston Birt, who l is still abroad, consent ing to be put in nomination. The election will take place on Tuesday next. FERM ANAOH.—Lord H. Loftus will be re turned without opposition for the vacant sect in this county LIMERICK.—Mr. Barrington has retired from the contest, and Mr. De Vere remains the only candidate in the field. The election is not expected to take place until after Christ mas. MARYLEBONE.—Monday at eleven o'clock is fixed for the nomination of the candidates. Among the numerous competitors for the re- presentation who have been successively an pounced two only remain in the field, Viscount Ebrington and Mr. Jacob Bell. Both profess themselves to be supporters of the present Government. THE ALLIANCES OF THE RUSSIAN IMPE RIAL FAMILY WITH THE PRINCES OF GERMANY. (According to the direction of the sixth clause of the will of the Czar Peter BAVARIA.—The late Queen of Bavaria, the wife of Ludwig, was aunt to the Princess of Saxe Altenbourg, wife of the Grand Duke Ccnstantine of Russia. Eugene Beauharnois, Duke of Len chtenberg, married a Bavarian princess, who would be mother-in-law to the Grand Duchess Marie of Russia. LEUCHTENBERO. Marie Nioalarwns, Grand Duchess of Russia, and daughter of Nicholas 1., married to the Duke of Leuchtenberg and Prince of Eiechstaedet, cousin of the King of Bavaria. HESSE (Grand Ducale).—Princess Marie Alexan drown& married to the Cesarewitch Alexander, eldest son of the Emperor Nicholas of Russia. HOLLAND.—Anne Paolowna, sister of the Emperor Nicholas, married to the late William 11. of Holland, the present King being nephew of the Emperor. MECELENBOTTRO STaisirrz.—Duke George of Meek lenbourg Strelitz, married to Catharine Machailowna, daughter of the late Grand Duke Michael, and niece to the Emperor Nicholas. This Grand Duchess is sister-in-law to the Princess Augusta of Cambridge. The late Queen Charlotte also belonged to this house. MECKLENBOITECT SCHIVERRF.N.--• The late Grand Duke Frederick Louis married Helene Paolowna, sister of the Emperor Nicholas. The Duchess of Orleans, mother of the Count of Paris, is half-sister to the present Grand Duke. NASSAU.—The reigning Duke married the late Elizabeth Machailowna, daughter of the late Grand Duke Michael of Russia, and niece of the Emperor Nicholas. PRUSSlA.—Princess Louise Marie, sister of the King of Prussia, Empress of Russia, wife of Nicholas. OLDENeourrei.—Prince Pierre Frederick, uncle of the reigning Duke, married Catharine Paolowna, sister of the Emperor Nicholas. The reigning Duke descends from a Russian princess. SAXONY. Prince Frederick Auguste Albert, married to the Princess Caroline of Vasa, relative of the Emperor Nicholas. Siorti ArreNentrao.—Princess Pauline Alexande- Josefowna, married to the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia. SAXE COBURG GOTHA.—Julipnne Anne Frederowna, aunt of H.R.H. Prince Albert, married to the Grand Duke Constantine, brother of the Emperor Nicholas, divorced in 1820 SAXE WicrmAn.—Marie Paolowna, mother of the reigning Duke, is sister of the Emperor Nicholas. WERTEKBURO. King of Wirtemburg, married Catharine Paolowna, widow of the Grand Duke of Oldenbourg, sister of the Emperor Nicholas; Grand Duchess Olga, daughter of the Emperor Nicholas, married to the Prince Royal ; Helene Paolowna, sister of the King, married to the late Grand Duke Michael of Russia. THFJ PRE_SS, SITattnA.T, best song of the evening, and appropriately nates the first and novel part of the entertainment. In the second, though we have the ascent of Mont Blanc with little variation, yet there are several new views, in themselves good pictures, of the High street of Berne, the Pass of the Gemini, the hut on the Grand Millets, the city of Lyons, and the Place de la Concorde in Paris, all well worthy of the able artist, Mr. Beverly, from whose pencil they proceed. A "Last Edition of Galignani's Messenger" is one of the best of the new songs. With the novelty and variety which Mr. Smith has added to his entertain ment, the ascent of " Mont Blanc," will no doubt still retain its popularity undiminished. No previous entertainment has ever been repeated so often, or given delight to so vest a numberof persons. Dauny-LANE.—M. Jullien's Drury Lane season ter minated, as usual, with a Bal Masque on Monday evening last. The attendance was very large, and the decorations of the theatre arrayed with very brilliant effect. Altogether the ball was more suc cessful than usual. The short season of the prome nade concerts has been completely successful and highly creditable to M. Jullien's management, though he has rather failed in his "solo performers." Crowded houes have nightly borne testimony to the musical taste of the public, and the silence and attention observable on the Beethoven and Men delssohn nights gave satisfactory proof of a growing appreciation for music of a high and classical order. We hope that in future series of concerts under M. Jullien's baton we shall have more than one or two nights devoted to the works of the great composers. The public are only too glad to listen to their works when effectively interpreted. The great success of this season has led to a rumour that the maestro is in treaty for Covent garden Opera house for another month of promenade concerts. The Royal Mail steam-ship La Plata, with the homeward West India and Pacific mails, arrived at Southampton yesterday afternoon. The mails will be landed about noon. The duration of the present short session of course depends upon the progress of the Go vernment bills, but the adjournment will most likely take place at the end of the ensuing week. Parliament will, in all probability, re assemble on Tuesday, the 16th of January. Major-General H. W. Barnard and Major• General Lord Rokehy have been appointed to commands in the Crimea. - Mr. Edwin James, Q. C., will be the Recorder of Brighton, under the charter of incorporation of that borough. The Devon Militia Artillery will be immediately embodied for permanent duty. GALLERY OF I LLUS TRATION, WATERLOO-PLACE .— The season has been opened at this popular gallery with a very beautiful diorama of the events of the war. The opening views of Cronstadt, St. Peters burg, Constantinople, and the meeting of the allied fleets off Varna, have been incorporated from the last exhibition at this gallery, and serve as an appro priate prelude to the scenes that follow. These con sist principally of the departure of the allied fleets, the night previous to the landing, then the landing in Kalamita Bay, the battle of the Alma, the march through the forest, and the heights of Balaklava and Sebastopol. Of these views, the night at anchor, the first aspect of the battle, and then the capture of the redoubt, are chef-d'teuvres in dioramic painting. The drawing and perspective, the colour and general effect, are superior to anything of the kind yet exhi bited. The capture of the redoubt, with the anima tion of reality, suggests to the spectator the idea that, after all ur science and military skill, there is, and always will he, the moment of the battle, when hand to hand pluck alone decides the day, when men fight as they did thousands of years ago, and the more indomitable will of the two claims the victory. Mr. Stocqueler precedes and accompanies the diorama with an agreeable and. instructive lecture. The highest praise is due to Messrs. Greive and Telbin, and their coadjutors, for the superior manner in which they have performedl their work, and we have no doubt that complete success will attend their spirited efforts to deserve public support. SUSSEX HALL, LEADENHALL-STREET.—Mr. W. Car penter is giving a pleasant evening entertainment, entitled " The Allied Armies," on Wednesday and Saturday evenings, at the above rooms. It is descriptive and musical, the songs are cleverly sang, the conceited) pieces and choruses well sus tained, and the descriptions pf the varied events of the war effectively told by Mr. Carpenter. The hall was well attended, and the entertainment un doubtedly successful, when we were present. gtmustmtnts. MR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC.—The return of Mr. Albert Smith to his old quarters at the Egyp tian-hall in order to commence the ascent of Mont Blanc for another season appears to excite as much curiosity as ever. The room is crowded long before the hour, and numbers are turned away from the doors every night. The route this season has been changed, and for the first part of the evening we are taken to Rotterdam, through Holland, up the Rhine to Switzerland, and thence, as before, to Chamouni and Mont Blanc. His description of Holland, its towns, canals, and general scenery, and of the in habitants, with their droll customs and " intense cleanliness," is exceedingly clever. This part of the journey gives occasion for some picturesque views along the mute. Those of Amsterdam and of the village of " Brock," where " cleanliness and babies" are held in such intense estimation as only Albert Smith can tell, are remarkable, the latter in particu lar, for peculiar vivid freshness, as if the paint-work was washed every hour of the day. We then proceed up the Rhine, by Cologne, Bonn, and Coblentz, accom panied by a moving panorama of the river and some lively anecdotes of the passengers on board a Rhine boat. After passing Coblentz, Mr. Smith gives a running commentary upon the scenery, in his song "Up the Rhine," introducing every point, castle, legend, and tale, from Stolzenfels, to Johannisberg, with extraordinary facility of rhyme. This is the \