The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-04 00:00:00

MJIILLIEN'S CONCERTS, • R3YAL MILIAN OPERX, CONTEIQT-GARDEN. For One Month only. Second Appearance of HERR ERN ST. The PROGRAMME for THIS EVENING, 1 hursday, Jan. 4, will include Mendelssohn's grand Concerto in G minor, for pianoforte, performed by Madame Pleyel ; Air from Auber's Opera of "Emma," and the new song, Minnie, sung by Madame Anna Teflon ; Solo, Violin—on Hungarian Airs —by Herr Ernst (his sec Ind appearance). Overture to Zampa; Le Comte (try Quadrille; grand Operatic Selec tion from Norma ; the new Comic Pantomime Quadrille ; the Andante Prom Mendelssohn's Symphony in A ; the Return Valse; Solo, Trom bone, Mr. Winterbottom ; the Charge Galop ; and the grand Allied Armies Quadrille, assisted by the three Bands of her Majesty's Guards; god Save the Queen, and Partant OF A po DMI SSION nr la Syre. PRICES . promenade, Upper Boxes, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Am pbttheatre 2s. 6d. D re ss Circle Private Boxes for Six Persons on the Grand Tier .• ...... s. 6d. Ditto ditto First Tier .. Ditto Four Persons on the Second Tier . l2s. Od. Commence at Eight. Places and Private Boxes may be engaged at the Box-office of the Theatre, and Private Boxes of the principal musicsellers and librarians. 3T. Jullien begs most respectfully to state that his Concerts will terminate on Triday, February 2, with a Grand Bal Masque, to be given on a scale of unprecedented splendour. DRIIRY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.— ReducA Prices as nattal.--A Morning Performance every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING, JAN. 4, Will be performed SIMPSON AND CO. Characters by Messrs. Younge and Belton ; Mrs. Selby, and Misses Arden and Lwe. After which, "OUCH AND TAKE. To be followed by the entirely original, extraordinary, lite rary, traditionary, comical, gastronomical, and peculiarly culinary and fantastic domestic grand comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled JACK AND JILL; or, Harlequin King Mustard and the Four and-Twenty Blackbirds Baked In a Pie. The extensive scenery, en tirely new, by Messrs. Nicholls, Cuthbert, Cooper, Gordon, Wilson, and Moore. The machinery by Messrs. Tucker. The extraordlum y properties, decorations, trl:ks, changes, and transformations by Mr. Needham; The choregraphic arr ngements by Madame Louise. The overture and music composed and selected by J. H. Tully. Leader, Mr. Hayward. The whole of the designs, models .and sketches furnished from the studio of Dikwynkyn, who for many weeks past has been personally super v i s i ng th e i r ex ecution. The novel gretesque burlesque opening invented and written by E. L. Blanchard; and the wnole arranged and pro lured under the immediate superin tendence of Mr. Edward Stirling. Principal Ingredients In the Christmas Bill of Fare : —The Hall of Hypochondria In the Domains of Dulness.—Misanthropy (Genius of Gloom), Mrs. Halford. Fog, Drizzle, Taxes, Spleen, Indigestion, Quarter-day (his Ministers of Melancholy), 'Messrs. E. V. Dent, E. V. Wet, E. V. Load, E. V. Day, E. V. Weight, and E. V. Bills. Azure Diatolicals in attend ance, Messrs. Croak, Quake, Fret, Fidget, Worry, Flurry, Fume, Vex, Groan, Growl, Grumble, and Grizzle. Apparition of Misan thropy on her favourite Nightmare, and Magical Appearance of Good Humour in her Christmas Car. Good Humour, Miss alder Lightheart and Sunshine (her Attendants), Misses Honey and Brown; Mrs. Glasse (the original "Cook's Oracle," an I the well. known adviser of the " First catch your hare," &c.), Miss Rosina Collins. The receipt given to make a good pantomime, and its con coctien accordingly. Cottage of Jill on the borders of Fairyland (by Stuntse), with Enchanted Kitchen, Garden, and Region of Preserves "Sing a song of Sixpence, " Pocket full of rye, "For. a twenty blackbirds, "Baked in a ple."—Ancient Nursery Le,gend. Tack (the interesting hero of the olden story, who went up the hill to fetch, &e ),afterwards Harlequin, %I. Meal(); Jill (the heroine of the adveatere, in love with Jock), afterwards Columbine. :Mlle. Bolero; Marmalade (the Fairy Queen of the Preserves), Miss K. Warrington ; Pineapple, Raspberry, Lemon, Cherry, Apple, and Greengage (her AsUstants), Misses Clifford, (lower, Johnson, Love, lemis, nest Richer:Noe : Strawberry, Cranberry, Gooseberry, Cur rant, Apricot, Drumm, Quin e, &c. (Fancy Preserves), Mi;ecs Grace Honey, Ellen Ilaney, Lvirance, Louise, Therese, Charier, Kin,, Si May, Gorthn, Barnes, Emily Barnes, Richardson, Eliza Richard eon, itoee, Sidney, Emily Moore. Elizabeth Smith, Ina Ellis, Rose Harrison, E. Rex, Tavler, Matilda Chenlev, Martiney, St. Clare, Tv re, John Levities, S. Johnso", and Roberts ; Preserved Ginger their warm idly), v aster Pungent ; Fruit Blossoms by a Blooming S.deetiun of Clrypheas. The Will and the Way—thl Talismanic sixpence he Chenge. G: and Principal Dancers, Mtlile Thereon and tune Cuthnie, Therese, Smith, &c. The Four-and- Twenty blackbirds, Masters TwcetTwect, Toot Too, Leodlo Loodle, &e. The Leading of the Will— " Jill must not a husband take, Till 311.3 a pie can nuke and bike." Interior of Ji Cotta4e (by afronlight).-Coal, Mr. Nabs; ?lundle of Wool, Mr. Halfpenny; Congreve Pox, Mr. Fizzer ; Peilows,Nr Lea thertongue Clutch Oven, Mynheer Vou TIM ; Rolling Pin, Mr. Smootlisaste ; Gridiron, %fr. De it -11"; Frying Pan, Mr. Broadrim ; Royer's Three-legged Iron Pot, Herr Potittc!t. Cruet Cast7e in the Table Territory (by aloonli,lit), and Gold..n Palace of Kin:, 'istard.-King Mustard (afterwards Claws), Harry Boleno; the Empress Vinegar (afterwa ds Pantaloon), Herr Kohl Black Pepper and White Pepper ( sentinels on du'y at Cruet Castle), fur. Husky and Mr. • 4 neezuros ; Sweet Oil, Miss Florenoe, Cayenne, Mr. Capti rem ; Harvey's sauce (attendant in waiting), Mr. Savoury ; the Army of Zest!, Messrs. Indian Soy, Curry, Capers, Ketchup, Mushrooms, Garlic, Shallot, Street Herbs, l'ortett Tougae ; Potted Beef, Potted Floaters, Potted Anchovies, Potted shrimps, &c.; Horse Radish front Cie King's staTe), by a Racing Na r. f/r,nd Review-Ter rill: Attack noon the Aopetite, and Rally of the Relish A-G:•en! Progress of Jill in her Culinary Career. The Abode of Chutnee in the Province of Pickles (lay Sunset).-Chutiee (Chief of the Pickles), :Ur. Fiery Fact m s; the Pickle Army, Messrs. Onions, Walnut, Gher kins, CatiliP.olver, Red Cabbage, &e.; Small Jar, Master Piccalilli. I ;nat d,mand for Pickles and determination of the Door to Stand a Jar. Interior of he Stupendous Salt Mine (by Moonlight). - Salt Rock (a bright White Sprite), Ilorr Willikind Moleno. Imminent danger of Jill in splitting upon a Rock of Salt- Treachery of Vinegar -Upsetting the Pail above, and Evaporation of the Saline Stalactite Columns, disclosing The Emerald Temple of Salad.-Megical rrion of the Sweets and Sours, and " a Pie" termination of the Loves of Jack and Jill. The Transformation. -Harlequin, M.lililano ; Columbines, Mdlle. llo'eno and Miss Ellen Honey; Pantaloon, Mr. Code; Sprite, Herr Willikincl Moleno ; Clown, the ctilebrated Harry Boleno (his first appearance In London for many years) ; Aerial Evolutionists, by the inimitable Italian Brothers. The Turk's Head Public-house and ilairthesser's Sh p. - Hairdresser, MOM. Pomade; Publican, Mr. Billy Williams; Customere, Messrs. Rednob, S'mockfate, Owen Swift, Beard!, Whisker Want, Baron Nicholson, and Tom Steed; the British Pub lic by themselves; Policeman Al, Mr. Vigilant. Approach of the ssreat Rugged Russian Bear-How he Whines after the Forte, which, being rather old, turns net somewhat crusty-A Dose of Turkey Rhubarb-A Douse Cossack-Pure Circassian Cream-How one Sham 111 makes all well-The Great Bear turns out a Great Boar -Russian Attachment to Grease-Clown Cuts his Customer's Hare and afterwards Dresses it a la Soyer -The Great Moustache Move ment-A Close Shave -C.own shows his high attachment to the Pole-Sudden Rise in Porter-An ai.T.M.P.-A Patten Lock at 10 o'clock-A Bona Fide Traveller-Ginger Beer and Gin without ger -A Mill, a ga ght, a Regular Row, and Station-house for Two. Crest American Baby Show.-Arrival of the Infantry-iudden Squall-Ma's upon the Eve of Battle-General Attack--Awarding the Prizes-Clown and Pantaloon's Offsprings - The Prettiest Baby m the World-A Model Baby and a Spirit Child -The Wonderful Effects of Dr. De Jongh's Cod Liver 011-Clown's Great Prize Baby -Fresh Arrival of 300 more Babies-The Judge Confounded-Great Uproar-An Unwelcom • Visitor to a Ladies' and Juvenile Party and Extraordinary case of Suspended Animation by the Ita lian Sprites. Scott's Oyster Shop, Newspaper-office, and Purse l's Pisc,it Baking and Confcetlonery Establishment, Cornhill -" rp rous,e ye then, my merry men, it is our opening day"-A Holster for one 'nd a Lobster for two-A Mussulrnan and a Man for a Ifueele-Duty and Custom-A Bride Cake and a Wedding Cake- First Edition anti Second Edition -Left Ont for Want of Bo m - Press 6f the Privilege and Privileges of the Press-" Oh, what a t,oir • arumpus, what a rioting." Baker, Mr. C rus t y; Fi s h monger , r 'iScales ; Master. Newsboy, Christmas-box; Printers, Messrs. T ype and Chapel ; Editor, Mr. Cutemdown ; Critic, Cutemup; Pas lenigers, Messrs. Tr o t, C ose y, St r ut a l ong , L ounge, L o i ter, and W alk- t * *Ml Boardman, Mr. Bobaday. Hosier's Shop and New Wing of omer set - house.--Here we are-Merry Christmas and a Happy s._ Te ar - nigh Prices and Low Prices-Manchester Stuff-Eng ,?" t;o raforters-Stocks on Hand and Hand some Sto c ks-Ford's -..ureka S hirts-Reform In the Civil List and 'Uncivil Treatment of the Clerks-Transfer-day at the Bank, and General Holyday at IS4rnerset-honse --Hosier, Mr. Stock en ; Sh o p s nan, Mr. Early es„,..d,` B oy, Master Toddles. Soyer's Magic Kitchen.-Chef de Soyer; Kitchenmaids, Misses Basteaway and V7Phingsell; Guardsman, Corporal Longshanks ; Policeman, "Meant, Dadger. Cupboard Lovers-Soyer's Last Soup - Where's the , sters-ilead Kniv . es and Forks?-Boiled and Unboiled Lob onna all tdietipart_Swains-Lobster Patty and Giblet Soup-Clown Mangled t' - Harlequi n Harlequin Gets well Towelled and afterwards Thou comest 7 and Pantaloon in a Stew-A Regular Broil ,. thee (sayer,no such an unquestionable shape, that I will speak (Clown's) jareth.....r The rage of . the History of England.-Grand Allegorical Allied Forces, y aline Effects, illustrative of the Triumphs of the double bands of thelnnZ 'lnitiates " Partant pour la S " Allied Army Quadrille," by the glish and French. "God save tho Queen," Regiment, Miss Yrie, and " Rule Britannia." Daughter of the the spirited patriotic ' euece4 Collins, in which character she will sing for December, and effusion,wrltteri.) published in "Blackwood's Magazine" dler Guards, whin the in Corporal John Brown, of the Grata litalaklava, Sept. 25th :- got some drink for the first time at "Come all you gallant British hearts th a t love the red and blue, '. t And (bask th e h ealth of thosei brave lads wh o made the Russians rue. Then fill the g l ass, and let For the twentieth of Septetnifass° three times three, aril one more, Vestibule of the Temple of Victor eighteen hundred and filty.four the Brae Patriots. Dietributlonory. The Tribute of England to Elestrie iactMe climax, with Revcoel Laurel Wreaths, Gorgeous and Illinnlnations. Terrific Flight of ying Columns and Varteg scene presenting a coup d' girt n ever before witneesed on the English stele the Italian Brothers. The whole stage. Admission :-S 1 • cfrc?,sis circle, 4s. ; second price, Is.; upper circle, 3s:: secon anises,is ( d .; Pit, 28. ; second price, Is ; lower gallery, Is.; second price, ; uPper gallery, Gd.; private boxes, 10s. GI, 15s, 215., and upward Doors open at halt-past 6, performance at 7 o'clock. Halfsprioe I.l` o'clock. The box-office open daily, :torn 11 till 5 o'c:ock, undeYth9e direction of Mr. Edward Chattertrn. Notice .-The toblelopeprranz cos are approved and in ; a D-The Gratia Christmas preparation, and will shortly ama, by Dion Dottrel yan to mine, by E. L. Blanchard, Esq, eault, Esq.; Two Dramss, by A. Har,rwisitEhi:, an Adaptation from Meyerboer's Opera, L'Etolle du Nord n (by Mr.Rend and effects; to be succe e d e d b y an English vertl eaen erY' properties, yE son) of Gluck's Iphigeni a i n T auride. The Grand tian Drama, many month s in preparation, will also Historical yp • - sh ortly appear. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMBKRT Under the management of Mr. Blackstone. THIS EVENING, JAL 4, Will be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OP TUE ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, H owe, W. Farren, Compton, and Buckstone; Misses Reynolds and E. haplin • ' Followed by a new grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled LITTLE 80-PEEP; or, Harlequin and the Girl who Lost her Sheep. Little 80-Peep. Miss L. Thompson; Harlequin, Ur. Chapin° ; Pantaloon, Mr. W. Blunts: Clown, Mr Appleby ; Columbine, Miss M. Brown. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. Under the Management of Mr. Cuanza KEAN. THIS EVENING, JAN. 4, Will he performed THE STRANGER Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which will be produced a New Grand Chriatrmus 'Pantomime. entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great ua s b a ,„ I I arlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Hahne ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. ROYAL LYCEUM 11113ATTE. —---------- Under the management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee Mr. C. Mathews. TIIIS EVENING, JAN. 4, Will be performed AGGRAVATING SAM. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. Will be produced a new and original Fairy Extravaganza, en titled PRINCE PRETTYPET and THE BUTTERFLY. T• be followed by TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. Box-office open from 10 until 6. Sole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Allcroft, 15, New Bond-street. TIIEATV F: ROYAL ADELPIII. proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—arectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, JAN. 4. be perform. d BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. Ch arac t ers by Mesirs. Romer, P. Bedford, Keeley, Mrs. Keeley, &e. After w Travels grand Eccentric Extravattanza, called ZIG ZAG ; ,r,or Messrs. Danube and Pruth. To be followed by TPIE CAMP AT CHOBHAM. To which will be altlezl a new Farce, entitled THE RAILWAY BELLE. --------- PIC THE'. TRE. RO YAL OLYM ' , TING. JAN. . Manager. Mr. A. Wigan. WIFE'S JOURNAL. LesseTellainsd EVENING, 4 4 * Iled A Harcourt, and Leslie; and Win he TwA.sented a new COtnedietal, C Characters by Messrs. brown, Emery, Mrs. crown, and Miss Haskell. • A:ter which, a new Fairy Extravaganza. INES. DWARF AND AND Tut , . XING OF THE GOLD 31 . YELLOW ters by Mr. F. Robson, Mis. Julia St. George, Mies E. travaganza entitled TRF. Ormende, Miss Marston, Miss Bromley Sirs. Fitzallan. To conclude with the Farce,, " ' e d . BLIGHTED BEING, ln which Mr. Robson will appear call . A ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHEAT RF• Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. . . The Most varied round of ente•taiument in Londori Is to be found at this vast Establishment. Tremendous success of the Comic Pantomi me ! ' • ' Jan w. To snore GRAND MORMING PERFORMANCES, Monday, Nth, Monday, Jan. 15th, 1855, each commencing at Two o'clock. V. , . - TIIIS EVENING, y. v - ..1* . ,'' And during the week, the splendid Spectacle o f --;"`' .• ~ - _ , THE 'BATTLE of THE ALMA! With a Classical Series of SCENES in the ARENA: : .. . . Ts conclude watt the gergee:is Equestrian Comie Pantomim e • called ..' 4131 4 L1 'lt L'A Tit x y ELS Tif h 0 UGLI TII E ILORSA i51,,1N04 ; ot, Harlequin and Britannia! Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Dijecter Mt. W. Coke, in, , THE SUN, LONDONL THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 4, 1865. SIB DE L.,46 1 Y _EVANS AND LORD RAGLAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln your journal of yesterday's date you did me the honour to copy from another paper a letter of mine to Lord Raglan. Some one, with kind and friendly intentions towards me, I have no doubt, but without my previous knowledge, must have sent this letter originally for publication. A paragraph, or sentence, however, of my letter ap pears to have been omitted, from what cause I know not. I rather think it may be a duty on my part to correct this mistake. I take the liberty, therefore, of enclosing herewith a copy of this omitted paragraph for insertion, should you deem it worthy of a place in your columns. I have the honour to be faithfully yours, DE LACY EVANS. Folkestone, Jan. 2. The omitted paragraph referred to followed the words "30th of October," and was as follows : " The post I was charged with during that long period was, I believe, deemed of the utmost importance to the safety of the French and English armies. Frequently but few troops remained to me for its defence, against sometimes tenfold our numbers of the enemy, within a short distance from our front. I had the honour of fre quently submitting my opinion of the weakness and precariousness of the position of the Second Division to your Lordship, and, indeed, also t o G enera l C anro b er t, and of the small means at my disposal to place it in more security. Its liability to be suddenly attacked at all times it was also my duty to represent. But the various exigencies to be provided for on other points at that time scarcely left it possible, I believe, to afford us any material reinforcement, or means for the cr,nstruction of defences. I have ventured into these details to account for the harassing nature of the duty alluded to, and of the anxious and almost sleepless nights and days it occa sioned Inc." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 3. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Dlichess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Suffield, Baroness de Speth, Earl and Countess Granville, Viscount Hardinge, Lord and Lady Cowley, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Lieutenant-General Sir G. Bowles, Major• General Jones, - Major Purees, and Mr Gibbs. The band of the Royal Bucks Militia played during dinner, and her Majesty's private band afterwards. Mr. PatriA Park has had the honour to submit to her Majesty the Queen and bis Royal Highness the Prince the bust of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, which he has executed for his Grace the Duke of Hamilton. Tae Queen, accompanied by the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, walked in the Home park this morning. Afterwards their Royal Highnesses took leave of her Majesty, and !eft the castle to pay a visit to the Duchess of Kent at Frogmore house, and in the after noon took their departure from Windsor for Kew. His Royal Highness the Pricce went out shooting, accompanied by EArl Grativifle, Lord Cowley, the Riglit Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Lieutenant-General Sir G. Bowles. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred rode on horseback. Viscount Hardinge, Lord and Lady Cowley, and the Right lion. Sidney Herbert left the Castle to-day. Major-General :Tones arrived last evening, and left by an early train this morning. The Elrl of Aberdeen left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Mkjesty. Viscount Palmerston returned to his seat, Broadlands, Hants, after the Cabinet Council, on Tuesday after. noon. [IMPORTANT CHANGES AT ST. PETERSBURG. A letter from Paris this morning contains the follow ing :—"A private letter from St. Petersburg, dated the 26th, mentions that some important changes have taken place, and more were expected, among the higher offi cers of the army. The one looked upon as the most seri ous is the nomination of General de Berg, who distin guished himself at Revel by the measures he adopted for the defence of the place against the Allied fleets. He has been appointed Cominsmdant-in-Chief of Finland, in the place of General Rokossowsld, who commanded there when Bomarsund was attacked by the Allies. This nomination is considered all the more significant that Finland is fully expected to become the theatre, or rather one of the theatres, of war next spring. Po't i-Jal persons at St. Petersburg fully believe that the King of Sweden is determined to abandon ail idea of neutrality, and whenever hostilities recommence in the north to take an active part with the Allies. A similar resolve is expected from the King of Denmark, particu larlysince the fall of the Oerstedt Cabinet, which was favourable to the Russians. The -Commandant of the coils of Grenadiers had left for Warsaw. Two divisions of the corps now occupy the banks of the Bug. The letter adds that the Grand Dukes who had left Sebasto pol on the 15th, arrived at Gatschina on the 23,1. Ac counts received from Sebastopol at St. Petersburg men tions that 7,000 of the inhabitants of the former place had quitted it in order to take refuge at Simpheropol, and that it resembled some vast barracks in ruin rather than a city." THE CONFERENCE AT VIENNA. The following article from the Patrie, of yesterday, gives an aceount of what took place at the conference of the 28th ult. : "A private telegraphic despatch relative to the con ference that took place at Vienna, on the 28th Decem ber, between M I de Buol, the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and M. de Bourqueney, and Lord Westmoreland, the French and English Ambassadors, and at which Prince Gortschakoff, the Russian Ambas sador, was also present, has been understood, from the first, as opening a new chance, however small, for the renewal of negotiations for peace. " The present state of matters is as follows : " After the treaty of the 2d of December bad been signed, the representatives of Austria, France, and Eng land exchanged communications on the subject of the precise interpretation that was to be given to the four points of guarantee indicated in the note of the Bth of August. These communications havinc , brought about a perfect agreement on every point that remained ob scure and undecided, the Austrian Government, through M. de Buol, proposed that the result of these communi cations should be drawn up in a protocol, and signed by the representatives of the three Courts, so as to invest their unanimity with a more formal character than could be attained by a mere interchange of diplomatic notes. "It will be at once seen that the representatives of France and England could not but give their esient to a proposition of this kind, emanating from the Austrian Government, intended to have for its result the addi tion of an important corollary to the treaty of the 2d of December, and at the same time doing away with the danger foreseen by Lord John Res el', and mentioned by him in the House of Commons on the 12th of De cember, that at the last moment, without failing in her engagements, Austria would have a right to say to the Western Powers that she could not agree to their inter pretation of the four guarantees. " This protocol, then, has been signed at Vienna by the representatives of Austria, France, and Eng land ; and it was to hear with his own ears, and in the presence of them all, the contents of this protocol, that Prince Gortachakoff was invited to be present at the hotel of the British embassy, on the 28:h ult. The meeting that took place there was not, to speak pro perly, a diplomatic conference; there was no conference, but a notification of the result of former conferences. "That Prince Gortschakoff was in►ited to give a verbal answer, Yes or No, as to the acceptance by the Emperor his master of the four points of guarantee as then interpreted, appears to us to be very probable. And it is not less probable that the Prince should have declared himself to be without exact instructions on the matter, and have demanded time to make a reference to his Cctfrt. "Here our information ceases. We know not if the conference at Vienna has accorded the fortnight's delay asked for, as necessary for the receipt of a reply from St. Petersburg. But what we do know is, that though this delay may h ave b ee n accorded, it will not put o ff for a minute th e ser i ous preparations of Aust r i a f or taking the field as promp tly as possible, nor the most ac five measures engaged in by the two Western Powers for bringing to a happy and speedy conclusion the combat now waging round the walls of Sebastopol." The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, who are sur- rounded by a family circle at Badminton Park, intend to remain at that seat until the close of the month, when they come to his Grace's new mansion in Grosve nor-square, The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and the Ladies Grosvenor have left Grosvenor House for Mot sombe House, Dorset. The Marquis of Clanricarde and Lord Dunkelin have returned to Portumna. The Marquis is embodying the Galway Militia at Loughren. The Hon. Percy Smythe has arrived from the British Embassy at Constantinople, at the residence of his father, Viscount Strangford, in Harley-street. The Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse, who with his accomplished Duchess, have been receiving a few select friends and relations at the late Duke's celebrated seat of Strathfieldsaye during the past fortnight, are expected to return to Upper I3elgrave street at the close of the ensuing week, when it is expected a p r i v y C ounc il w ill be held, at which the noble and gallant Duke will attend in his official capacity. PRINCESS'S THEATnE.—The revival of Hamlet is always regarded as an important event at this house. When Mr. Charles Kean appeared before the London public in th e year 1337, Hamlet was the character selected for th e occas i on, an d w ith thi s p ar t h e has, as it were, remai ne d identified ever since. It is not played very oft en at the Princess ' s, as it does not b e l ong to those p ecu li ar Shaksperian revivals that are assoc i ate d with the p resent management, but when it does come out the admirers of Mr. Kean invariably muster in great force. Last night //ii;,,/it Wa3 pla.:ied for th© first titne this season, and the house was crammed to such a de gree that while it was January in the streets it was July in the boxes. PATENT GRATES, FURNACES, &c.—ln the matter of Letters Patent granted to JOHN LEE STEVENS, of 1, Fish-street-hill, City, London, Notice is hereby given, that the novelty of Invention and the Patentee's rights have been established at law in the Court of Exchequer in an Action for Infri 'gements, wherein a verdict was obtained against lIENRY ATCHERLEY ; that the Statutory Certifi - ates as to the validity of the pate t have been given by the LORD CHIEF BARON' ; and that proceod gs In Chancery, or otherwise, will be taken against any person who violates the rights of the Patentee. REED, LANGFORD, AND MARSDEN, Solicitors to the Proprietors of said Letters Pstent. 58, Friday-street, Cheapside, London. MGR WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. rim DAY —Morning 34 min.after 2 I Evening 52 minaft. 2 ToAtonitow - Morning 9 min.after 3 Evening 20 min.oft. 3 THE WEATHEII.—Sins 017/01, Jan, 4. THERMOMETER, IN TER BIIADD. s?—highest since noon yesterday. 47—lowest this morning and during the night. 49 —this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'31. WIND, W.—Light breeze, with fine weather. c!,!-! - 41, Id) §a1,31 ' - 6- ,44t LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1855. We are absolutely disgusted with the subter fuges of Prussia. We are heartily sick of its dodgery and intrigue. " Clicquot " does all he can to embarrass the Western Powers, and to assist secretly, and by under-hand means, his brother ia-law. Although he has thus hung back, although he has practically joined our enemy, he professes to be virtuously indignant because he is not treated as a friend, and admitted to our councils. A friend, forsooth (!) What possible claim to the title can he put forward ? Why, next to the arcleaggressor, and his "friend of forty years' standing," he is chiefly respoisible for the War. Had he boldly and honestly expressed his views on the subject, and clearly and explicitly informed the CZIR that the invasion of the Principalities would be regarded as a casus beili, or had he even subsequently exhibited the slightest manifestation of his desiro that the reasonable demands of the Western Powers should ho complied with, Ns enoLas would have yielded. Unfortunately, how ever, there was no appearance of truth or since rity in his proceedings. At one moment he ear nestly supported the " four points ;" at the next he considered their contumelious rejection by Russia perfectly justifiable. He " breathed hot and cold " simultaneously, and his most confi dential and trusted adviser knew not any day what the following one would bring forth. At present the position of Prussia is thii. She seeks to obtain all the advantages of co-opera tion with the other Powers, without any of the incidental drawbacks. She is to be consulted in every negotiation—to take part in every confer ence—not merely for the advancement of " Ger man"—the cant phrase which she has used usque ad nauseam—but of "Prusian" interests. She offers no reciprocal advantage. She proposes no action by which she can be inconvenienced in the slightest degree. All she suggests is, that as it may be in her power to become mis chievous, we should be prepared to pay a species of " black mail" to secure her neutrality. It is the old story of the Stork and Fox, save that, as fortunately, we have never trusted Prussia, we have had no reason to apprehend her making a treacherous use of the opportunity. All that she can expect, however, is that she might have gone avowedly against us. We, on the other hand, may, and with much apparent reason, de clare that her open and undisguised hostility would be far better than her pretended friendship, or even her counterfeit neutrality. She has hitherto been permitted to profit very largely by this course, and as each day increases her gains, she is anxious to procrastinate matters to the very latest moment. By the concessions made at the commencement of the War to the commerce of neutrals, the whole trade between Russia and the Western Powers was thrown into the hands of Prussia. The " commission" was handsome, and easily earned, and therefore should not be easily relinquished. The moment that Prussia flung off disguise and joined either party these emoluments would cease ; and, as the truth of the old adage— " Ploratur lacrymisamissa pecunia veris," is universally acknowledged, we may easily con ceive how sincere would be the grief of Prussia at being compelled to make the election, or to return a decided answer to a plain interrogatory—a course which would be followed by the with drawal or loss of this lucrative trade. If any doubt could previously have existed as to the disposition of Prussia, it would be removed by the proclamation to which we yesterday alluded. Although Prussia might not be willing to relinquish her neutrality by expressly sanc tioning the enlistment of her subjects, she need not have affected such extreme alarm at the mere possibility of an attempt to seduce Prussian sub jects into the English service. It seems to us that it would have been time enough to issue the proclamation when some application was put for ward or attempt made to obtain this indirect as sistance. Until then it was a very unnecessary menace to England, to which we unfortunate!), exposed ourselves by the ill-advised and uncon stitutional measure passed with such reckless pre cipitation. The War Minister of England stated that the intention was to obtain German aid, and, therefore, Prussia interfered—unnecessarily and gratuitously interfered, as if Prussia were Germany. The most unpleasant part of the transaction is, that We afforded a colourable pr3text for the insult for which we cannot call Prussia to account. We must meekly receive the slap in the face, but wo need "not turn the other cheek to the smiter." We may avoid all further occasion for such humilia tion. Nay, more, we may avail ourselves of cir cumstances to return a Roland for the Prussian Oliver, and to say that Prussia, while she con tinues to act with similar duplicity, has no rea sonable claim to regain the position which she has forfeited. needless t o say that, in the foregoing ob- It i s and not people servatieutsi,i,:ve have alluded to the Government o£ Prussia . The latter are, we belie ve , justly indiBn. sued, and wou l d at the course p ur - Y remove the stigma from the national chars t er. . against them,agai but c ust We those who have sub ter no reproach jected them to s uc h serious censure. Incomparably the heaviest trial yet to bear in the Crimea is the awfully 17,11::, roux deaths from sh eer mismanagement. The losses of the Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman. w terrific, but, though p ar tly it i s t o b e feared front bad generalship, the waste of life was not total ; it taught the enemy the difference between those who defended the heights of the Alma and those who defended the lines at Sebastopol. The losses by the dreadful hurricane ,were appalling, but we bowed to HIM " who holds the winds in his fists," only regretting that, in one deplorable instance at least, the greatest blame could not so easily be thrown to the wind. The losses from a pestilence, which, half invited at Varna, would not quit us in the Crimea, Ivo also mourn over, but feel that such losses were in great part clue to an enemy against when' ..no human foresight could entirely g u ard. It is the deaths from half rations, cold, wet, 11 / 4 4 , fAtigue iA the cawp, and [mu gross ad ministrative incapacity in the hospitals, which wring the heart of the nation. While we look to HEAVEN as the Supreme Disposer, our sorrow it Lay be deep ; but we can say, " Thy will be don e," and brace ourselves to the fresh sacrifices fled efforts which PROVIDENCE always requires of virtue in a righteous cause. Not so, however, when impenitent mal-administrators defend all their fatal oversights, and stick to their de structive class-system, and, in spite of palpable incompetency, still cling to the honours (?) of office. We cannot say to such fellow:men, your will be done. No ; nor can we feel it to be much better than profanity when they ascribe to the behests of HEAVEN what they ought to have set down to their own in capacity. It is impossible to read the letters which he we appeared in our pages from time to time, esp e cially such as those which we inserted yesterdzy, without a reluctant conviction that utterly incom petent administration is a far more deadly foe to our soldiers than the Russians. We speak .our sincere belief in saying, that if some man from. the ignoti of our people, persons of experience in equipping large bodies of men, say a STEBILENSAIN, a PET°, or a BRASSEY, had been in the Duke of NEWCASTLE'S and the Right Hon. SIDNEY HER BERT's place, we should have had thousands alive now who have died the death of shelterless men dicants ; and, what is as much to the purpose, should have had them not only alive, but well ; not only well, but robust ; and not only rob - ust, but full of pluck for their work—if, indeed, they would not have done it by this time. We do not hear of large bodies of workmen while roughing it under such men perishing with fatigue, and dying in wet and mire too cold for pigs to lie down in. They know by experience what men are made of; they provide for their physical vigour and their comfort by a thousand devices of prudent foresight. We have followed the operations of the rail‘vay hero of Balaklava, with soms interest, and while all have been struck with his mastery of his work, we have been quite as much struck with his sympathy for his men's wants of every kind, and his clever arrangements for their coin fort. If he had to make a railway across the Zahara, we believe it would be found that no fatality would occur among his navvies from un foreseen exigencies. Now, we care not where they come from, or what official name be given to them, but such men we want, and want instantly ; and we want them endued with such plenary authority as to ride rough-shod over all the old technicalities and appointments. Better put on costly half-pay, or the pension list, a hundred or more of the aristo• cratic appointments of peace, than endure longer the fatally costly results of the present system. If our aristocracy can find the men from them selves we shall welcome them ; but have them we must, unless we intend to be beaten—not by Russia, but by exposing, wetting, and working our poor soldiers to certain death. Let us re member it is not the born dukes and dignities who have raised the naval and military glory of Eng land to its present pitch, any more than they have created her industrial and engineering pre-emi nence, but those who have earned their titles. The same is more conspicuously true of France, on account of its different system since the wars of the Revolution began. We tell our Premier, then, and his Peolite friends, that the country will have the right men for its work. We are all of us of no party now, but the party for saving our soldiers and bringing Russia to her senses. The position is too grave for party fight. England will now be trifled with no longer ; she has among her sons some equal to the work ; it is the business of the head of the concern to find them ; and Lord ABERDEEN must find them, or give place to somebody who will. Let it not be said that the worst is over, that the hitherto incompetent have learned in the school of mismanagement, and will now do better. We deny it. We want men of the genius for their work. Commonplace abilities are only fit for routine, but the circumstances and demands of war are ever changing ; they require long headed men both on the scene of action and at the War-office, and well-meaning industry can never supply the want of brains. While these are wanting every new phase of the matter will but display the folly of trusting to birth, rank, and connection what should be confided to genius alone. "Too late" will be the eternal reflection. Genius anticipates, mediocrity follows precedent. NELSON and WELLINGTON, PITT and CANNING, were always in time, or always ready for a change. We must find, if not their equals in genius for the supreme administration, yet what may b e found—men their equals for fulfilling the duties of a specific province. We write thus at the bid ding of imperious necessity. We have not been amongst the severest of the War-administration critics. We have been comparatively silent till it would be treacherous to our convictions of duty to be silent longer, and we had public reasons for this course. We have made every apology for the different positions of the French and the English, for the comparative length of distance from Balaklava to Sebastopol, and the greater exposure to the enemy in flank ; but at the best we are compelled to own that the superiority of military management is so overwhelmingly on the side of our Allies as to prove that our "administra tors are not equal to their post, and that they must be changed. For the worse it could not be. There is one man in the Cabinet who wished suc cess to the Coup c/4 Etat that a French Empire might be a counterpoise to Russia. AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF THE QUEEN. HER MAJESTY'S ANXIETY ABOUT THE WOUNDED IN THE CRIMEA. Perhaps, since the commencement of the cam paign, no document has found its way to the public so gratifying in its nature as that which we here subjoin. The earnest expression of her Majesty's anxiety for the bravo men who have been wounded is the service of the country will have the best effect in the army ; it will console the unfortunate who have already suffered, and animate to increased exertion their comrades who have hitherto escaped the accidents of war. The letter—for an extract from which we are indebted to our Special Correspondent in the Crimea—was addressed by her Most Gracious Majesty to Mr. Sid n ey H er b ert, and through him to Mrs. Herbert, by w h om it was transmitted to Miss 'Nightingale : Weul 7 e DE t c h . at 6, I lB b s eg 4 g . bogged YINonDtScIOIRMCNASHTTE Herbert rt she would /et m e see frequently th e accounts she receives f rom bridge, as hear Mis no detail s or Mrs. Bra ce - I see so many from offi c ers, of the w oun d e d , t h o ' about the b a ttl e field, and n a t ura ll y the rslle" former mast interest me more than any one. Lot Mrs. Herbert also know that I wish • Nightingale and the ladies would tell th ese Min noble wounded and sick men that NO ON t akes a warmer interest, or feels more for their suffeers ings, or admires their courage and heroism MORE, than their Queen. Day and night she thinks of her beloved troops. So does the Prince. Beg Mrs. Herbert to communicate these my words to those ladies, as I know that aur myna. pathy is much valued by these noble fellows. (Signed) VICTORIA, LATEST NEWS. THE CRIMEA. We have received the following telegraphic despatch from our correspondent at Berlin : Under date of St. Petersburg, Jan. 2, we learn that a despatch had been received there from Prince Menschikoff, announcing that nothing re markable had taken place at Sebastopol between the 20th and 26th of December, with the eacep• tion of two sorties on the 21st. In one of those sorties 11 officers and 33 sol diers were made prisoners, and a considerable number killed. In consequence of the bad weather, the siege operations were progressing slowly. RUSSIA. We have received the following telegraphic despatch from our correspondent at Berlin, dated Jan. 3 : ST. PETERSBURG, DEC. 26. An Imperial manifesto has been issued. It contains the following passages :-- "Our duty as a Christian forbids us to desire a further shedding of blood, and certainly we will not reject any propositions and conditions of peace, provided they be compatible with the dig nity of our empire and the welfare of our sub jects. "But another and a no less sacred duty bids us, in this obstinate struggle, to exert every effort and prepare for every sacrifice which the greatness of the means of attack brought against us demands. " We will all, if necessary, show a bold front to our enemies, with sword in hand and the cross in our hearts." The following private telegraphic despatches were received in Paris last night : AIARSEILLES, JAN. 2. The Gange, which loft Constantinople on the 25th ult., has put into Toulon. A despatch from that port gives us the news brought by this packet. At the last dates from the Crimea, 18 Turkish battalions had already landed at Eupatoria. As soon as the 30,000 men shall have been .completed, the Allies will resume their grand operatiGns. The besiegers had in part re-opened their fire. The weather had become better, and the cora- munication by sea was regular. The Saint-Louis, as well as other vessels, had arrived from France. In consequence of the extension of the siege lines of the Allies, the communications and the transport of provisions had become very difficult between Sebastopol and the Russian army posted near Balaklava. The Duke of Cambridge, who has received a visit from the Sultan, is, it is said to return to England. Lord Cardigan has already left for London. General de Montebello has delivered to General Canrobert 20 crosses of officers and 125 chevaliers in the Legion of Honour to be distributed to tho army. It was the Polish General Jordhu who com manded at Redoubt Kale, and who with the Eng lish defended the place against 10,000 Russians. Suloyal= Pacha has been degraded. Meeklee Paella has been named commandant-in chief of the Turkish army in Asia. VIENNA, JAN. 2. Prince Gortachakoff, after having received the last declaration of the Allied Powers, sent off a courier to St. Petersburg. The bad weather which has lately prevailed has caused delays in telegraphic communications. The affair relative to the cession of Austrian railways to a company of French capitalists for sum of 200 millions of francs was definitively concluded yesterday. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Deo. 25.—This time last year we were in the midst of uncertainty as to the re sult of the negotiations that were still pending between the Western Powers and Russia ; and the public in general, which had for many years been in the enjoyment of peace, could scarcely believe in imminent war. Great hardships have since then been undergone, and bloody battles fought, by the brave sons of old England and their gallant allies, the French. Alma and Inkerman are new stars in the annals of the British army, but many a brave man has breathed his last. Unhealthy Bulgaria and the dreary Crimea are their resting-places. This is Christmas-day —the time of joyful merrymaking and social meeting. The soldier in the Crimea thinks of home, and round many a hearth husband, son, or father is missing, both in lordly hall and humble cottage. This is Christmas-day--and the armies of England and France still gaze upon the battlements of Sehastopol, whose walls frown unshaken on the besiegers (if such a term can be applied to the armies that have invested the southern side of the town). Sebastoporis not besieged, neither is it invested. A bombardment, accompanied by partial siege -works, has not proved sufficient to reduce the great Russian stronghold. Sebastopol has notfallen this year. The armies are to winter on the bleak heights that surround it, and the campaign in the Crimea may be said to have only commenced. Th e winter season will scarcely permit of active mili tary operations, and we must look forward to the spring for a war in the Crimea, such as will surpass in interest the greatest military events of the early part of this century. In the meanwhile the Allied armies are exposed to great hardships, and must continue to suffer severely until the necessary winter accommodations which are being sent out by a zealous and active Government have arrived. I regret to say that a great number of sick arrive almost daily, and that the hospitals at Scutari are crowded. Diarrhoea, dysentery, typhus fever, and cholera make great ravages amongst our small and gallant force. The hardships the soldier has to go through in the Crimea are truly dreadful ; and, in speaking of these trials, it must not be disguised that our allies, the French—thanks to a well organised system—aro infinitely better off. Our general commissariat arrangements, as also the medical department, and, indeed, all the system for provisioning a large force and attending to the wants of the men in the field, are organised in a very unpractical manner. This is mainly traceable to our inexperience in providing for the wants of a body of 30,000 or 40,000 men in the field. The French, who are 'accustomed to such a state of things, outwit us in the regularity and precision with which they manage all these departments. With them everything works by military routine ; whereas with us a more civil organisation throws greater weight and responsibility upon individuals, and has the effect of checking the working of a re gularly organised system. Our ambulance T arrange ments, also, are net so good as theirs. ointro duce changes and reforms int ) these de p artments time and practical experience a re necessar y ; and as the war continues no doubt four system for pro viding for the wants of the army will also improve thanks to the goodwill and energy of the Govern ment. In justice, it must be admitted that the individual exertions of all the commissariat officers are very great, and that they are most active in the discharge of their harassing duties. The Metropolitan arrived here the day before yesterday, with detachments of troops (700 men) and a large staff of medical officers. They pro ceeded almost immediately to the Crimea. The Golden Fleece and the Beagle arrived from tile Crimea, with sick. Admiral Dundas has arrived here, on his way to England. The Robert Lowe came in yesterday with troops ; drafts for different regiments. Last week 42 Pro testant sisters and . nospital nurses arrived. They are for the present staying at Therapia, until ar rangements have been made for their reception at the Scutari hospitals. A large party of navvies had arrived. After staying a short time here they proceeded imme diately to Balaklava to commence operations. The last troops, forming part of the Bth division of the French army, passed through the Bosphorus last week, on their way to the Crimea. The Trident, French steamer, has arrived from Toulon, with troops, ammunition, and field-piec3s also the Amsterdam, with French troops. The 10th - French regiment of light infantry, and the 50th of the line arrived by the .St. Louis on Tuesday last. The loss of the French transport Giovane Innocente (No. 443), laden with stores for the French corn , missariat has just been reported. She was wrecked in the Sea. of Marmora, off Buyuk-Tchek-Medji. The steamer Alma has been sent down to the rescue. Lord Stratford de Radcliffe has addressed a cir cular to all the British Consuls in the Levant in forming them of the important decrees issued by the Sultan for effecting various salutary reforms in the administration of the laws ; doing away with a number of long existing abuses, and abolishing the trade in slaves in Georgia and Circassia ; and urging on the consular agents to give every assist ance by advice and exhortations to the Turkish authorities, who, in carrying into execution the said decrees, will, in all probability, have to con tend with long-established prejudices and national traditions. FRAN CE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. In conformity with the usual custom, a family dinner was to have taken place on Monday at the TailerieS, on the occasion of the Jour-de-ran. The fatigue of, the official receptions having prevented the Emperor from presiding at this dinner, it was Prince Jerome Who.this year collected round his table, at the Palais Royal, the members of the Im perial Family. There were present on the occasion the Princess Mathilde, the Princess Bacciochi, Prince and Princess Murat, the young Princess Murat, and the Baroness de Chassiron. The English steamer Arabia, having a strong de tachment of French troops on board, ran aground on the 24th ult. ' on the Lighthouse point at the entranceiof the Strait of Messi n a, but was got off in a few hours after without damage, and con tinued her N'oyage towards the Crimea. The Frencliofficers and soldiers on board speak in the highest' terms of the conduct of the captain and crew of the Arabia--towards them. The Patric has published the following tele graphic despatch from Vienna : " On the 22d there was a heavy fall of snow at Se bastopol, and the cold was intense. Both armies were preparing for a battle. Omer Pasha was expected. On the 28th, considerable reinforcements of troops of the line arrived at -Odessa. Two companies of Russian troops and a convoy of. sick escorted by them had perished from . cold." • .• • AbeOrding to:a letter of tlio,ttst ult.,. the'ln,depthartiiec of Brussels, it was. t:epOrted the" political circles* of that city, with 'sortie con fidence, that France is about to sign a treaty with Austria for the protection of her Italian possessions. In this treaty, it is added, England will not figure, but she approves of it. A rumour fia4 been current for some days past that the opening of the Grand Paris Exhibition would *be postponed, but the illoniteur of to-day announces that, it will positively take place on the Ist of May. BOURSE, J. 3.—CLosING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 43 per Cents 9l 30 91f. GO.. 3 per Cents 65 40 65 66 Credit Mobilier 730 Roman . 79i Credit Fon ci er — Austrian Belgian Five 5........ Spanish Threes (ad) 35 Piedmontese B5 75 Home Debt 3ll RAILITAYS--.-FOR CASH. fr. c. , fr. c. Orleans ........ ...... 1,137 59 Lyons 975.25 Western 613 75 Rouen Cetto — Strasburg .. 773 75 Mediterranean Bl5 Havre — Northern ~ 842 5) Cherburg AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 30th ult., in the Silesian Gazette, says : " The plenipotentiaries of the Allies, after seve ral conferenees, have come to an understanding concerning a protocol which completes the treaty of Dec. 2 and explains fully the four points. The definitive meeting took place the day before yester day, and immediately after Count Buol informed Prince Gortschakoff of the meaning attached to the guarantees drawn up against Russia. The Prince was "at the same time informed that as an unre served acceptance would be insisted on, Russia had only to give her reply in a simple yes, or no, within the period fixed by the treaty of Dec. 2. The Prince the same evening despatched a courier to St. Petersburg asking for further instructions, which he expects by to-morrow's telegraph. It is said that in the interpretation given to the four points, the idea' of bringing about peace before the first of the year is not departed from; but, on the other hand, the powers are determined, in case of a refusal on the part of Russia, to conclude a treaty of offensive alliance." _ A letter from Vienna, of the 28th ult., in the Constitutionnel, says :—" The movement of troops towards the Russian frontier continues. Some companies of pioneers, who recently arrived from Italy, leave this day for Gallicia. All the generals who were on leave at Vienna are immediately to leave for the army. The Corriere Italiano of Vienna, of the 30th ult., says :—"This morning at 10 o'clock the Em peror passed in review the garrison of Vienna, under the command of Marshal Baron de Herzin ger. His Majesty was accompanied by the Duke de Brabant. General Letang was also present, as well as Colonel de Manteuffel." The same journal says :—" The news from the Crimea do not speak of any act of hostility, but they are of interest, in asmuch as they detail the immenso preparations made by the Allies to defeat the Russian army encamped nearßalishi-Serai, and to take Sebastopol. A bright sun has at length come to reanimate the courage of the troops, whom the continual rains had much fatitsued. The roads are now practicable, and the soldiers wait with patience the signal for the assault or battle." The Emperor has conferred the Order of St. Vladimir of the First Class upon General Annen koff, Governor of Odessa. POLAND. A letter from Warsaw, 31st ult.-, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The concentration of the Ist corps d'armee, and of the division of reserve be tween the Peleka, the Warta, and the Vistula is is completed. General Siewen, who commands this corps, has sot off suddenly for the head-quar ters at Radom. Large quantities of provisions have been cellected within the last few days." Field-Marshal Prince Paskiewitch has left War saw for St. Petersburg. A letter from Vienna of the 28th ultimo, in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" I had to-day in my hand a copy of a despatch from Prince Menschikoff of the rith, and it makes no mention either of the malady of the Prince or of his replacement by General Osten-Sacken. The Russian commander in-chief only complains that the severe weather makes great ravages amongst his troops, as well as amongst his cavalry and 'artillery horses." THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, DEC. 29. Letters from St. Petersburg have been received here which state that several councils have lately taken place there under the presidency of the Minister at War, with the attendance 'o f the n aval and military officers commanding in the Gulf of Finland and its shores. These councils recognised the necessity of strengthening and augmenting the various fortified places, and of adding to the most important of them an entrenched camp, capabl e of accommodating a division of infantry. In fact, it is stated that this system of entrenched camps is t be carried out on a large scale, and to extend from o Cronstadt to most of the military positions in P°i li n is 3 ,. This, among other matters, is the cause of the visit made by General Dehm, the governor of the t ow n and citadel of Cronstadt, to Field-Marshalte t in claesneg of length invasion during the ensuing campaign. l Paskiewi'ch at Warsaw, in order to confer with him on a grand plan of defence for th© whole of the Vistula, and thence to the Neva,gn. SWITZERLAND. BERN, Dec. 30.--The Federal Council has dis tributed the different Ministerial departments among its members, as follow s : M. Furrer President and Minister of M. Drue Foreign Affairs. y .. . • M. Naeff ....... . Post-office and Public Works. M. Frei-fleroge War. M. Muriziger Commerce. M. Fransini Interior. S PAIN. \V O have received the Madrid journals of the 29th, ult. The Liar ;,o Espanol informs us that the Ministry, in pursuance of the promise that it had given, was endeavouring to effect economy in every department of the State. In the foreign depart ment, the legations of Denmark, Parma, Tuscan;'i Switzerland, and Saxony are to be suppressed, and those of Mexico, Turkey, Piedmont, and Naple s are to be of the second c l as s. I n t h e other depart ments there is to he a general reduction of the number of functionaries, and of the salaries of those who are to be retained. It appears also to be de cided that there shall be a large reduction in the budget of the cler g y. Nothing important too t place in the Cortes on the 29th. The Gaverninen' presented a bill for a levy of 25,000 men, but t4er e was no discussion on the subject in that sittiug• NAPLES. The Messagiere di Modena of the 23d contains!' , notification from the commander of the troops ' ll tho western district placing the city and (loran:m -0J of Carrara in a stat e o f s i ege. The inhabitan t S °c the city are called upon to deliver up their art within six hours, and those of the country with. 4l. 24. From 6i n th e even i ng unt i l 6in the morning: all public places an d s h ops must b e closed, an d all assemblies, even of three persons, will be brokeu by the public force. Although the Governmen t of Modena and Tuscany have thought proper ta t. treat the late distu r b ance a t C arrara as one of llig.ut political import, there is good reason to believe was no more than is known in England as a " ri° t 7 l , O, - originating in disp u t es an d bi c k er i ngs of o ld B " ing between the masters and workmen of the war: ble quarries in that neighbourhood, and having 31 further connexion with p o liti cs th an that, t 1 1: masters are for the most: part of very high Cons% vative principles, and the w or k men pro b a bly 8 1 deiperate Radicals. SAXONY. DRESDEN, DEC. 3 0 . 10 The Ki ng i n person c l ose d t h e session. of t Extraordin ar y Di e t o f S axony. H e do li Te re d tu , t , following speech on the occasion " GENTLEMEN OF THE STATES— "A short, but important session closes this day. P o id , your activity, your d evo t e d ass id u i ty, your applicatl 'to the business of the country, as well as by the c °11 ; stant zeal of which the t wo ex t raor di nary deputa tioe have given proofs, you have been enabled to conduct I , l e ' a happy issue important legi s l a ti ve l a b ours i n th e eh e ll i period prescribed for that purpo se by th e cons titutie% law, and to adopt decisi ons , i n con f orm i t y w ith ccnstitution, on the various projects of law which / 13 , been submitted to'you. My consen t h as a l rea dy b ee ,, given to the gre a t er p ar t o f t h e a l terat i ons yo u bt t . „, introduced into them. A s t o t h ose w hi c h h ave eth" befoie me within th e l as t f ew d ays I s h a ll reserve the" for more deliberate examination. 0 "I entertain, the re f ore , an assure d con fid enc e tb the ameliorations so ardently desired by the 0 001w bs in our administrative and judicial affairs will soon ,0 brought into operation, if H eaven b e p l ease d t o g rew a co I tinuance of peace from without. A 10d " have seen with particular satisfaction the %w/ have exhibited in complying un an i mous ly with vd wiehes with regard to fixing the civil list. I ,d therein a new proof of th a t d evo ti on t o m y p er son my family that your acts have testified on many ° sions,, the •‘-Deposit, then, in tranquillity your powers in band Of the Ordinary Diet, which is about to open. iti ty " The consciousness. of havingperformed their 1 9 will' accompany to. their 4inea:.th.ose who quit assembly ; and with the grace of God the spirit °f oci of deceased brother is , ittela:OiTei=tiaall for the go od our dear countrY." . . ' CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. THE THREATENED KAFIR OITTBRV- - e r Rumours of the probability —nay, the verY., c 4 tainty—of a fresh Kafir war havin g be c ome so ' - 1 1 frequent of late, it is necessary to s how, upon *r- o ti good authority, that there is not the most rel! t o chance of such an event. It is easy to see the gin f from whence such rumours take their rise, nal 31 :1 1 ; in the interested sp ecu l a ti ons o f th e m any , te cl would benefit by a state of hostiliti e s supr.`i 4 , by the exaggerated f ears o f i nex p er i ence d °the° 'to Two events have come in opportunely dist° o d give strength to the d e l us i on . Th e P un janb A tl io Maidstones merchant ship s , recen tly a rrive "of the bay with draught for different regimentao n d frontier, were both of them chartered to 0 °, 11 ,T 0 back the 91st and 12th regiments to E0;11 but the authorities having omitted to send ° r e oi' to that effect to the commander-in-chief, the ments are detained, and the ships return el lir g iti while those who desire a Kafir war seize 01 31( 4 in support of their view; by asserting that re el' commander-in-chief will not detach a sipgl° reel' ment in the present assumed threatening a 9 P e eit o the Kafirs, Fingoes, Hottentots, et hoc 9 omne. • 27th The 5 officers, 93 men, and 5 women of th e * gill! Enniskillens, saved from the w rec k of th e s i i i2 Charlotte, landed here from he r Majestl s , - Of eo Hydra on the 16th October, and are now gnat e ` in the castle, waiting the engagement of anot, transport to convey them to their destinat i yo Draughts for the 45th and 6th regiments ar,°, s to lodged in the castle, waiting an opportuleo proceed to the frontier. An engagement bo nsa i, entered into for this purpose with the ef t Vare to have them conveyed by the Natal or. " 0 0 0 of Good Hope steam-packet. This artialtrof the has been highly approved of by the o fficers different corps. a l' HAMBURG, Jan 2.--A storm from the 11 tliil west has caused the inundation of one-half 05 o re city. The dykes are broken, and the losses very considerable. • .11 1° The Spanish .papers. publish a letter frollt.# Bishop of Cadiz to Lord Howden, warmly o f 90 ing him for his res t ora ti on o f th e c hurch 01 .1 . . e Moniteur publishes a long table oho' , amount of capital required for subscribing t 7 .00 ferent amounts of renter in the two stocks 4) , fo r new loan, and the amount of the first an d ceeding instalments. Th Tribunal of G )1 th,. &DO- Francisco in that city. Ti vyviP% le tribunal o. Joinmerco e placed at the disposal of the Minister of Coot iof the sum of 2,000 f. for the purchase of artiembi the army of the East. The Cercle Agricoted. sent to Marshal Magnan 3,000 f. for the purpose. THE FRENCH LOAN. • - -2. „.• 0 Messrs, N. M. Rothschild an d S ons , o f No" . • 0 0 0,,," St. Swithin's-lane, have opened lists of subset:o: 4 pr the French loan, and are inviting applications fr English public. Messrs. Baring, Brothers,' e fb iP have adopted a similar course, an d h ave issued lowing notificatio Er : 0 , 6 0, ;1 , • Messrs. Blring, Brothers, and Co., by arraMpi' d with the Societe Gener a l e d o C re dit M o bili er le fr will receive application s f or th e new F renc h loan fi4 hundred million francs, for which subscripti e " o opened at Paris f rom th e 31 t o 14 t h i ns t an tp ° ls/ terms specified in the imperial edict of Dec. P . / and on the following conditions : Applications will be received at their countiaiell o y No. 8, Bishop sga t e - s t ree t Wi t hi n, every d ay bettf i i c lo o'clock a.sn. an d 3 o ' c l oc k p.m., or b y post, until 3" n on Thursday, th e 11th i nst. od Each application must be accompanied by of 10 per cent, of the amount applied for, at I 'o exchange of one pound sterling for twenty-five f° per accompanying regnlatidns. The proportionate amount of the loan which allotted to each subscriber will be notified with. t'4t O ; delay as possible ; the provisional receipt and srttoD certificates will be delivered to each subscriber,; 4 " - „t0 further charge will be made than ith per c e nt. 10 cost of the amount actually subscribed, whi c h sou!. ill paid to Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., o livery of the provisional receipt from Paris. r ed: Messrs. Baring, Brothe rs , an d Co. will, if d e li $A to do, pay the subsequent i ns t a l ments in Parie7,ote, per cent. monthly on the stock delivered, which )- ter j ments commence on 7th March next, and terrain:op, 7th August, 1856, upon receipt of the sclw i t t -- fe j amount on the fi rs t o f each corresponding mout h, same fixed exchange of 11, per 25 francs, withoed further charge e ith er for commission or cost of the mission and return of the necessary do cu ments. 1 .c . ; Should th e amount inscribed by the Treas ti iitr France be less than that applied for, the deposit el amount not inscrib e d w ill b e re t urne d t o each e/' cant without ch arge or d e d uc ti on , as soon as the n nary advice is received from Paris. Applications for the 4i per Cent. Rentes must be for not less than for 900 francs Rentes ; and le! f oe, per Cents, for no t l oss th an f or 750 R en t es ; or let tiples of these respective amounts. 8, Bishopsgate-street Within, Jan. 3. CALCULATIONS. t. Francs 900.—Rentes 4i per oent. are equival i eM 20,000 francs. Capital costing at 92 per cent., francs ; or at the exchange of 25 francs per .£ ot o 0. 7361., on which the deposit of 10 per cent is 73 1 . it IF and the commission of 4th per cent. on 7361., whole be obtained, is 18s. sd. oi l f Francs 750.—Reates 3 per cent. are equisra.e, 5 francs 25,000. Capital costing at 65f per cent., I ",.'iot: 50c , or at the exchange of 25 francs' per £ st e e ; fk, l 6521. 10s., on which the deposit of 10 per cent, is 6 161 P and the commission of gth per cent. on 6521. 1.00., whole be obtained, is 16s. 4d WIFE KILLED BY HER H USBAND .—A n incl lost 4 , "' held yesterd a y afterm , o at the Blanchester RePolt. firmary, by Mr. EdwardHerford, coroner for th e 'oe, on the body of Ellen Bruin, of No. 4, Stanler e P o io, who ha I di e d i n th e i n fi rmary on t h e provioug prgi: Joseph Bruin, husband of the deceased, who $ 045 sent in custody of the police, was a d ay waiter t/itt/: Albion Hotel, and went home on the night o f ult. in a state of intoxication ; a quarre l ensued Pet" him and his wife, in the cour se o f w hi c h h e t e?a ine /It ex . :i.,perated, and threw the t ea -k et tl e a t h er heti, e. such latal precision that the spout entered the 01: 0 0:1' the left side of her forehead. She was afterWarl, veyed hi,4 ot:e diedthe ior4i fi imuaorydi,lwel;are_ogeiryiirlaB 07t1,,C,1,1 Vo - 1 arid i bti o37; POrte, ktior fore tar t a 7: T n g toN • - • 1 ,1 ' 4 ItN %Lust aitx r OT Vita 104 • 38 2 11 tro t , to Pig,