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Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a remittance or a reference fur payment in town. C. - 10' 2 rog+ LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1855. POSTSCRIPT. RUSSIA.. The Russian demonstrations on the Polish fron tier continue to maintain a serious character. A letter from Cracow, of the 27th December, states that the Russian troops have within the last few days taken up a position between Opatowitz and Polanitz, on the left bank of the Vistula. These two villages are situated at the confluence of the Dunaietz and the Wisloka with the Vistula. They have planted cannon on that part of the river. A new battery has been effected on the north side of Cronstadt. A merchant there, of the name of Osterow, whose house was required to be Lulled down to make room, has presented to the battery the picture of the "Miracle-working St. Nicholas," in a silver frame, in commemoration of the Emperor's coming thither to trace out the lines of the foun dation. General Osten•Sacken, it is reported, is preparing to act against Eupatoria with 45,00) men and eighty guns. There is a new Enlistment Bill about to be brought before the French Legislative Chambers, providing for the re-enlistment of old soldiers in place of raw conscripts by means of a bounty, so that when a con script is drawn he must either serve or pay a sum of money, by which an old soldier may be obtained as his substitute, the Government regulating the whole matter. The painful ceremony of depriving Suleyman Paella and Halet 13ey of their ranks and titles, for having abandoned their posts in the Crimea, took place at the Seraskierat in Constantinople on the 23rd ult., in the presence of a very large concourse of spectators. The former com manded the Turkish division, and the latter the second brigade. They were condemned to be transported for seven years, with hard labour. They were addressed by the Minister of War, who, in a most impressive speech, pointed out their cowardice and its just retribution. He then ordered their military emblems to be torn off, which order was instantly obeyed by a crowd of soldiers, who mauled the fellows in a very rough manner. They were subsequently marched between a file of soldiers to the landing, and embarked on board a steamer leaving for Cyprus, where they are to undergo the penalty of their cowardice. The Emperor Napoleon is somewhat indisposed. It is reported that he has a slight attack of the gout. The Empress works daily at the preparation of lint for the army. Visitors to her apartments receive as a matter of course a piece of old linen, from which they are expected to make lint. A Vienna despatch, of the 4th, states that Prince Gortschakoff has had an audience of thecimperor, which lasted an hour and three quarters, but his Majesty is not likely to make any concession to Russia. The Press of Vienna announces, upon what it con siders good authority, that Prince Gortschakoff is making efforts to cause a protocol to be drawn up and signed by the representatives of all the Powers, solemnly recognising the integrity of Russia, ~~ THE PRESS. RECRUITS.—During the past week about 150 re cruits and seamen have arrived in this town from London by railway, under charge of their officers. Some of the former joined the depot here ; but the majority were conveyed to Portsmouth. They were in excellent spirits, and cheered heartily at the several stations, and were cheered in return. — Brighton Gazette. Recruiting from the militia goes on most satisfac torily, and, when all the effective regiments are em bodied, there is little doubt that their contributions to the regular force will be very considerable. The three regiments of Foot Guards are being rapidly filled up, principally by volunteers from the militia. Mr. DAVID Sii.oltioNs has resigned his seat as deputychairman of the East Kant Railway Com pany, in consequence of want of accord between him and the board, and the contractors (Sir C. Fox and Co.). THE coal product of the world in the year 1853 is estimated at 75,000,000 tons, of which 40,000,000 were produced by Great Britain, and 9,000,000 by the United States. EARTHQUAKE IN ITALY. LETTERS from Marseilles, and other towns in the south of France, describe the occurrence of a slight shock of earthquake which was felt on the morning of the 29th ult. In some districts of Italy the com motion of the earth was much more severe, and the whole area of country over which the phenomenon extended appears to have been very extensive. At Turin two distinct and heavy shocks were felt at about three a.m. on the day mentioned. They were undulatory, in the direction N.E.—S.W., and pre ceded and accompanied by a rumbling noise and violent wind. The shocks succeeded close upon each other, and lasted several seconds each. It ap pears that they were felt much more severely in the environs of Turin than in the city itself, since in the former they caused such terror among the inha bitants that they ran out of their dwellings; which Was not generally the case in Turin. A letter from Nice, of Dec. 30, says :—" The morn•. ing before last, about three o'clock, the inhabitants of this place were awakened from their sleep by a singular sensation of horizontal movement. At first, the greatest number thought it must be a dream, but they soon perceived that it was a terrible reality. Each house rocked gently on its foundations, as you may have seen young poplar trees swaying to and fro from a strong breeze. In an instant the whole town was on the alert. Every one rushed out, avoid ing the streets, and seeking the gardens and fields, where many erected marquees to shelter themselves from the night air. The weather was delightful ; the sky studded with countless stars, and everything above presenting a marked contrast with the con fusion and disquietude of the population. Soon after, a second shock, and then a third, increased the general terror to the utmost point. Chimneys had been thrown to the ground —a long line of wall had ,allen with a loud crash—no one knew but that the town was about to be swallowed up, and the sea to close over the ancient Nicrea of the Romans. The whole scene was horrible, but yet so strange that it had something of the charm of dreams, or of the supernatural. What added to the uneasiness was, that some Sicilians, who pretended to be learned in earthquake proceedings, announced that another shock was to be expected within twenty-four hours. In consequence, no one went to bed, and nearly all Nice spent the next night in bivouac. All the public vehicles of the town were hired, and carried off to the country, to serve as shelter for as many persons as could be stowed into them, and many a tent was erected in the plain for the same purpose. However, everything passed over in quiet, and the expected polka of the houses did not take place." tultsiastitai. PREFERMFNPS I) APPOINTMENTS. The Bev. Samuel Wm. Morton, 8.A., to the Stipendiary Curacy of St. Mary's, Rochdale. The Rev. Johu Haworth Milne, to the Stipendiary Curacy of Bartou:upon-Irwell. The Rev. J. Jones, ILA., to the Curacy of Leading Boding, near Chipping Ougar. The Rev. Edward Allington Cooper, M.A., to the Rectory of Ludford Parva, with the Vicarage of Ludford Magna, Lin colnshire. VACANCIES. A Canon Residentiary in St. Aaaph Cathedral,, and the Rec tory of Yaceiviog, near Mold ; worth 1,0001. a year ; in the gift of the Bishop of St. Asaph. The Vicarage of Stokesay, near Ludlow ; worth 4001. a year ; in the gift of Mr. R. Marston. The Vicarage of Barton, near Barnsley ; worth 150 k a year; in the gift of Mr. Beaumont. Great Salkeld Rectory, Cumberland; worth 9151. • year, with residence ; patron. Bishop of Carlisle. The Curacy of Nuneaton, Warwickshire, and the Curacy of Worcester, St. Helen. The Rectory of Homersfield, with the Rectory of South Elm ham annexed, near tiungay, Suffolk; worth 4001. a year ; in the gift of Mr. Win. Adair. The Rectory of Tilohurst, with Thule, near Reading; in private patronage. SATURDAY, FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE. Tuesday, January 2. BANKRUPTS.—HENRY NEWBY, North•plaee, Kingsland-road builder —RICHILIID FRANK XI N EDY, West COWIS, SollthaUlptoll, chemi t— DAVID LEUDESDORP. St. Martin's-le•Grund, City, com. mission agent—Joun OVERBURY, Frederiek's-place, 014 Jewry, City, woollen warehouseman—Tao/us RICHARDS, Riches-court, Lune-street, City, dealer in wood—SIDNEY Sefton, Bristol, cabi net maker-JONATHAN PODLUTT, Gilderstone, Yorkshire, worsted spinner---N►PTHALt HART, Liverpool, butcher-I'l-10)1km WADS WORTH, Macclesfield, Cheshire, silk dealer—Tuff/dab TILL/MESON, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, licensed victualler. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATJONS.—WILLIAM READIM►N, Glas gow, merchant—HUGH FRAZER, Girvan, merchant—Au-rasps:a FABIAN E, Glasgow, hearthrug manufacturer. Friday, January 6. BANKRUPTS.—HERni ALBERT ....INFORD and WILLIAM RICHARDSON, Girdlers' Arms, hherbourue lace, tavern and eat. ing-house keepers—GEoßuE Hairy, Strand, ironmonger —Wm. BOWLER, Old Kent-road, hat nianufasturer—WiLtaam THOMAS ASHWIN, Montpelier Vale, Kent, 01101L1111t.—!AVID LEOPOLD LEWIB, Salters'-hall-court, Cannon-street, merchant—ROßEßT THOMSON, St. John's-street-road, linendraper—'THOMAS BATE MAN MANNINO, Deptford, iron and brass founder—JAMEB MOST, Birch, Essex, lIENRY SAUNDERS, Pontypool, Monmouthshire, grocer—Jarma Lon, Chertsey. Surrey, buiIder—JONATHAN WAILES, Dewsbury, rag dealer— CHARLES MARION CROOKS, Church-row, hlouudaditoh, licensed victualler—OwEx THOMAS, Maliobester, taiIor—HARRIET JOSEPH, Merthyr Tydvil, Glamorganshire, victualler— . JAMES Barnshurv-place, Islington, innkeeper. SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS.—THOMAS WILKIE, Bothwell, near Hamilton, joiner—WlLE-um BI.►GLUT, Glasgow, coal merchant—ALExArthEß WATSON, Auchinleck, Itenhowshire— JOAN ROBERTSON, Edinburgh, cattle dealer. Tins present year of 1855 not onl3 commences on the same day of the week as 1849, but by a coinci dence will not recur for a long period, as in 1819 all the moveable holidays from Septuagesima to Advent fall on the same dates and the same days. The almanacs of 1849 might, therefore, serve for the cur rent year. ACCORDING to returns made up to the 31st ult. at the Admiralty, her Majesty has 142 vessels of war propelled by steam-power afloat and in commission, and 104 sailing ships—total, 240. A LARGE SHOAL Or PORPOISES was found stranded on the Solway last week. One of them measured twenty feet in length, and the captors are likely to realise a considerable profit from the oil. FOR two months, says the Times, all Europe was crying shame on the want of lint to dress the wounds of thousands of British soldiers lying at Scutari, and scarce a household in this country but was busily employed in supplying the want. It now appears that the lint was there all the time, only some brutal official thought it less trouble to sa ,- nothing about it than to give it out to the hospitals. What the fellow meant to do with his lint slid other stores at the end of the war, should it ever arrive, it passes us to say. THE Black Prince, screw steam-transport, No. 161, from London to the Crimea with Government stores, put into Falmouth on Wednesday for fuel. MAJOR-GENERAL HENRY WILLIAM ADAMS, C. 8., died on the 19th ult., at Scutari, from effects of the wounds which lie received at the battle of luker mann' on the sth of November. The deceased gene ral had been raised to his rank only on the 12th of December, for the distinguished gallantry which he displayed throughout the operations in the Crimea, whilst in command of the brigade of the 2nd division, composed of the 41st,47th and 49th Regiments, from the last named of which he was taken to fill the post of brigadier-general. Few commanding officers have been more beloved as well as respected by their corps —both officers and men. General Adams entered the the service in 1823, and attained the rank of lieute nant-colonel in 1840; at that time he was in the 18th Royal Irish, which distinguished regiment he commanded through the operations in China, inolud , ing the first capture of Chilean, the storming of the heights above Canton, the capture of Amoy, the second capture of Ch usan,: the storming of the fortified heights of Chinhae, and the capture of Ningpo. The 49th Regiment, which was likewise serving in these operations, was shortly afterwards returning to England, and Lieutenant-Colonel Adams exchanges into it. He has since been with his regiment in this country, Ireland, and the Mediterranean. McOr-Geni ral Adams being on the supernumerary list, his death will not cause a vacancy on the general officers' list. THE Suabian Mercury states that in Spain, Hol land, and Hamburg, depots for receiving volunteers for the Foreign Legion which England is about to raise, are being established under the direction of English officers. The old English reputation for liberality is bravely maintained by the Suabian jour nal, which says each volunteer is to receive 25f. on entering, and :300f. when he shall have joined his regiment. He is also to receive "as much tea, liquor, &c., as he likes." THE WAR OFFICE has been invited to investigat the merits of a novel description of siege cannon, tl iuventicn of a Mr. Williams, of Pembroke. Tl • great difficulty experienced at Sebastopol is tht enormous labour required to get the siege pieces into position. The cannon of Mr. Williams can bt carried with ease on men's shoulders, they being cast in pieces which can be fitted together in a fee, minutes by a person of the conmeneet uncial) standing. ■ .1.. mi..•••.-.