The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-15 00:00:00

IiT.A.DA.mm JENNY GOLDSCHUIDT - LIND. -& } --UTEII-lIALL, Monday Ever:lng next, Dee 17. Mr. MITCHELL re7pec:fuliy ani,onnces that Mcridelssolin's Ora torio of ELIJAII will be performed on Monday next. Principal Singers : ]Hiss Dolby, Mr. Lockey, Madame GOLD3CIIMIDT , Miss Tilegsent, Mr. Lawler, and Mr. 11. Braham. Doers open at Seven, to commence at Eight o'clock. ilaydn's Oratorio of THE CRF..ATION will be repeated on Thurs day, Dec. 27, in which Madame Goldschtnidt will sing the principal Soprano part. The Chorus and Orchestra for these performances will consist of more than 600 performers. Conductor, M. Benedict. Prices of admission.—Seats in the area, Seven Shillings; West Gallery and Body of the Hall, Ten Shillings and Sixpence; Reserved and Iguinnercd Seats, I /. Is. Tickets and full particular, may be obtained at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street, London. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. ine ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Most positively the Last Night. The Sebastopol Quadrille—Madame Gassier. The Programme for THIS EVENING (Saturday Dec., 15), will inchLle : -- Overture, Oberon ; Masaniello Quadrille (first time this Season) ; the Andante from Mendelss,hn's Italian Symphony ; Wild Flowers % r aise; Cavatina from 11 Trovatore, and Ah non giunge, Bung by Madame Gassier; the Warsaw Varsovlentie ; The Last Rose of Summer, sung by Miss Ellen Williams ; Grand Quadrille, the Fall of Sebastopol ; grand Select' in from Mozart's Opera, Don Giovanni ; the Andante Irons Haydn's Surprise Symphony; La Prima Donna False ; Solo, Flute, Herr Reichert ; and the Zouave Galop. " Commence at 8. Promenade and boxes, is. ; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; Private boxes, 123., 1/.15., and I/. l is . 6d. B kr, MASQUE, NEx r MONDAY. M. Jullien's Grand Annual Rai Masque will take place on Mon day rest, Dec. 17, and terminate the season. N.R.—All persons having claims on the Theatre on account of the concerts are requested to deliver their accounts, and to apply on Thursday, December 07, for payment. THEATRE ROYAL, uRURY•LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed the comic drama called USED UP. To be followed by MARRIED FOR MONEY. Characters by lttr. Charles Mathews, Messrs. it obert Roxby and A. Younge ; Mrs. F. Matthews, Miss Si. Oliver, and Miss Mason will appear. To conclude with a !tallet Divertissement. TIIEAT RE ROYAL, II AY M ARK ET. Under the Management of Mr. Bnckatona. THIS EVENDIG, Will be performed THE MAN OF MANY FRIENDS. Princi pal characters by Messrs. Buck tone, Compton, W. Farren, Howe, 3iisses Reynolds and Chaplin, and Mrs. Poynter. After which, the Spanish Dancers. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. To conclude with FISH OUT OF WATER. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CR•RLZI Izmir. THIS EVENING Will be performed DON'T JIIDGE BY APPEARANCES. After which, the comely of EVERY ONE HAS HIS FAULT. Characters by Mrs O. Kean, Messrs F. Matthews, Harley, C.,oper, Lacy, Ryder, and Fisher; and Mrs Daly, Misses Heath, Murray, and K. Terry. To conclude with THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO. Principal characters by Messrs. W. Lacy, Harley, Everett, Raymond, and Cooke ; Miss C. Leclercq, Mrs. W. Daly, and Miss Murray. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIIT. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed JANE ^ P 2IDE Characters by Messrs. B Webster, P. Bedford, Selhy, Bland, Moreland, Garden, C. J. Smith, and Keeley ; Madame Cel,ste, Miss Mary Keeley. To conclude with VALENTINE AND ORSON R )YAL OLY .IPIC THEATRE. THI3 EVgNING, 'WIT* performed THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL,. Characters by Niessrs. Eme-y, F. Vining, G. Vining, t. Wigan, Robson, &c. ; Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Stirling, and Mrs Fitzallan. Followed by Xi REWARD. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Anderson, IS, Norfolk-street, Strand. LASC FEW DAYS. Increased :attractions, and success in equal ratio' TIM, AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, t~lll',e presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint- Ments, NtAflte and NIT 3 ['FAY, in twalve acts, arranged in two parts, by rrotessor Anderson. After which,the startlirrg illuqtrxtion3 of Spirit-Rapping. F AN-11011a wura TtlF, SPEitir 4, being the most surprising and interesting aeries of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. Revival, in an inurovel form, of the astormiinz novelty which tartled London 10 years ago, the GREAT GUN TRICK 1 Prices of admission:—Privato Boxes, 11. lls. 6L ani 11. h. ; Orchestra Stalls, 45.; Dress Boxes, 35.; Upper Boxes, 21.; Pit, s.; Gallery, 63. No Half-price. Box-otlice open from 11 to 5 daily. (Irani] Iforninz Perfor wince on Saturday Next at Two o'clock. Doors open at Fait:past One. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPILITITEATRZ. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Csoke. Immens3 success of Roskwood ! This spirited and exciting Hippoirorne (with Turpin's Ride to York) embraces the principal events of Ainsworth's Rookwood. THIS EVENING, TURPIN'S 'RIDE to YORK ; or, the Heir of Rookvrood. Hair breadth escapes of Tarpin. Terriik leap over a ilve.bsrred gate by the mare Plack " Bess," trainel by Mr. William Cooke. L'st Week of Mile. Clementine Souther in the SCENE., of the CIRCLE. Mr. J. 11. Caoke's FLIGIIT of the BRIDGE, &c. To cam:ludo with a number of Arnttsin; Entertainmenti. niganti;: preparatiml ar3 makin; for the Grand Christmas Panto mime, written by Mr. Nets m Lee. , v—vflen onrui fro:n gleven till Font. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Efumtrian Director, g 7. W. Cooke, !an. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TUFA DAY—Morn. 55 min. aft. s—Evening 24 min. aft. 6 To-Itoßiteci—Alorn. 52 min. aft. 6 —Evening 23 min. aft. 7 THE 'WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, Dec. 15. THERMOMETER, IN Tag SHADE. 48 - highest since noon yesterday. 43 -towest this morning and during the night. 49 -this day at noon. BAROMETER. 30 . 09—rising. DINT, W. to W. N.W. —Light, with mild, dull weather. r kt r e, , 4.- - 4ne 3111^1, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1855, The cross causes of Guards v. Line, and Line P. Guards, have occasioned very considerable ex citement. The high personages who have lent their name to the discussion, as well as the strong interest entertained on the subject of Army Reform, have given greater piquancy to the dis pute, and led to the interference of a vast number of sympathisers in the shape of public journalists, and numerous correspondent; some of whom supply valuable information on the points at issue. We must say that the weight of evidence greatly preponderates in favour of the Line, and tht,,t if the verdict were now to be pronounced, it would be, without a moment's hesitation, in favour of the less aristocratic, but not less gallant, branch of the service. Objections have been freely urged against the form and substance, the manner and matter, of the memorial to which we alluded yesterday in our leading columns. It has been shown to be an ex-parte document, one that was cautiously kept from public inspection, which none but interested parties were invited to sign, for which there might have been some reason, as no others could be sup posed to take that side of the question, but it was "strictly privat3." The object was that it should be heard in Chamber, the public being excluded, so that no unseemly questions might be started until the fitting time, when the decision should also be announced, and no amount of clamour or just indignation could procure a rehearing. The public have, however, albeit very unintentionally, been made partie s to the cause, and judgment must now be given on the real merits, and in accordance with the voice of public • opinion. A very clear and able writer, who not only possesses much practical experience, b u t has also the art of distinctly expressing his meaning, has addressed an admirable letter to a contemporary on the interesting subject. The fact that a gen tleman has served " six years in the cavalry, and six years in the infantry,'' must have aff or d e d full Opportunities for acquiring information, and non e of these opportunities seem to have been ne glected or thrown away in the instance alluded to. The Hon. and Gallant Gentleman enters into th e entire question. He refers not merely to the solitary grievance of which so much has been made, but strikes at the very root, from the a to ". Ab ovo usque ad male." lie is thus enabled to show the true state of the case, and to explain not only what may be the results of the warrant so secretly e°m P lai "ecl of by the Guards, but also what has been the effects of the previous regula tions, and what may probably be anticipated if rem onstrance sho u ld b e favour the complainants' ably listened to. From this unexceptionable authority we learn at entrance into the Brigade is effected " partly by interest and partly by money ;" that " these two form the double hedge by which the brigade' is kept alike free from the taints of plebeianism and of poverty." Mere money will not do with out aristocratic connexions and aristocratic influ ence—connexions which will be recognised by, and influence available with, the high-born com manders. It is not merely that Prince ALBERT, as Colonel of the Grenadier Guards, receives 3,0001. per annum, and H.R.H. the Duke of CAMBRIDGE and the Earl of STRAFFORD 2,0001. each, but they also have the nomination or ap pointment of the respective commissions—the Commander-in-Chief having only nominally to confirm their several "fiats." We may then easily jadge respecting the nature of the "in terest" that may succeed in obtaining admission within these strictly-guarded portals to the exclu sive and highly-favoured class. The result is not surprising that there should be so much of what the talented writer denominates " the upper crust," the men with "handles to their names," which render the gentlemen of the "yellow plush" attentive, in the favoured list. Much money is also required. The first step in the Guards, according to the "regulation" scale, costs 1,2001., while that in " the Line" is but 4501. But, per contra, as business men say, it must be taken into account that the first step of a guardsman ranks with the second of " a mere officer," and that he may forthwith exchange with a Lieutenant in the ether branch of the service, and thus obtain a striking advantage at the very first stage in the proceedings. The next stage is proportionately expensive. The Lieutenantcy in the Guards costs 2,0501., while that of Lieuten ant iatli Line is but 7001., and that of Captain but 1,800/. 'Then comes:the third step, in the one case, the fifth in the otter. The Captain and the Limit.- Col. of Guards costs 4,340/., the Majority 8,3001., and the Lieutenant-Colonelcy 9,0001.! We may thus perceive the amount of interest and capital required, when the merely regulation prices are such as we have above set forth, and we need scarcely say how greatly the actual exceeds the nominal price of those valuable commodities, a difference that will be greatly enhanced, if not more than doubled, should the memorial to which the name of the Prince Consort is appended elicit a favourable response. We must say, however, that we also prefer " the baptism of fire" to that of s. d. that we desire that those who have really earned renown should receive its legitimate rewards, and that ten or twelve years at Windsor or London should not give higher promotion than double the MID - her spent in climates the most trying to the con-1 stitution, and arduous labours while encoun tering formidable dangers. We do not say that the officers of the Guards may not be constitutionally as brave as their rivals. Bravery is, we believe, the characteristic of Englishmen ; there is nothing very exclusive in its possession, and, therefore, nothing on which the Guards can found any ex traordinary claim. If, however, they think themselves badly used, or wish to be placed on a footing in every respect with their more "fortunate brethren of the Line," let the matter be fairly tarried out, so as to place them on an equality in all respects, and we venture to assert that there will be no opposition to their reasonable requests. Austria the friend of England and France ! Austria in their interests, theirs the cham pions of liberty and civilisation ! Austria sincere in desiring a peace that will be safe and honour able for them ! Austria neutral ! Austria a mediator they should trust I Austria, whose wis dom is chicane, whose valour is braggadocio, whose faith is perfidy, whose sway is brutal suppression, whose instincts are those of the vulture, whose progress is retrogression, and whose policy to this hour has utilised all the vices that can degrade, so that they might but profit, a nation making pretensions to civilisation ! Never believe it. In the very nature of things Austria is not to be depended on. All her sym pathies, all her interests are in opposition to those of the Allies. A crumbling despotism whose very being is under protest, whose people have been sold body and soul for bare life, and that totters beneath the curses, loud, deep, and prolonged, of oppressed nations, cannot but favour Russia— cannot bnt recognise in the rescue of that Power from humiliation a pledge for the perpetuation of her own ill-omened and unwarrantable existence. Turn to the earliest pages of the history of the War, and follow the course of events up to the present time, and the truth of this will stare you in the face. The dullest perception should be equal to the recognition of the most palpable facts. What was it, or who was it, that e us to drift instead of sailing boldly, as became us, into war ? What was it, or who was it, that caused us to suffer our Turkish Ally to contend single-banded with the preponderating forces of the CZAR, while the heroes of Alin' listlessly basked in the summer glow of Gallipoli, Scutari, and Varna? What was it, or who was it, that kept the Allied Fleets from the task of scouring the Euxine ere the heroes of Sinope fell beneath the shot and flame of the dastardly 6. What, or who was it, that stayed the tide of Ottoman success, and relieving the Russian army of the Danube from a succession of disasters enabled it to march to the Crimea ? What, or who was it, that exposed our gallant army to all but overwhelming odds at inkerman, that has branded the Allies with shame in the Principali ties, and made our statecraft the mockery of the world ? That has never been beard of but to our humiliation, and never deviated from neutrality but to our loss ? Who or what else but Austria, with her perfi dious counsels Austria, with he r pretences of sympathy and friendship ? Austria, with the in terests of Russia at her heart , and sympathy w ith us on her lying lips ? Austria, with her unwar ranted proffers of mediation, her treaties, her contingent promises, her Four Points, her wily Statecraft, her brutal mercenaries, her utterly selfish instincts Austria, too cowardly to incur the risk of openly aiding Russia, and too subtle to withhold from her the rascally assistance she could lend Austria, dastard and knave, that would head the great Germanic Confederation, yet carries her brains in her heels. That would arbitrate as an equal between the greatest Powers of Eu ro p e , ye t h as open l y so ld h erse lf t o be the b on d s l ave o f th e P OPE ! Do we not we ll to be a ngry when we think of all this 7 Yet would to HILI.Vit; this were all ! She is at her work of intervention. She is playing the mediator again. Led as easily by the nose " as asses are," there is a tribo of politicians both here and in, France, that, acquiring larger credulity the oftener they are duped, would have us once more recognise her title to a position she has utterly forfeited, if she e ver was entitled to it, and avail ourselves of her good offices. What can be thought of such men ? Knowing all that we have described, with the perfidy of yesterday— we mean the return of Baron DE LINGENI.U, the Austrian Minister, to Stockholm, notoriously to undo all that General CANROBERT has done.— fresh in their remembrance, they would have us be lieve in Austrian good faith, and accept her media tion. What right has she to play the mediator at all ? There is none needed, and if there were, why should she be chosen ? Prussia, even, degraded as that power is, almost to the lowest level, has better claims than she. The very fact of her attempting to bring about a peace at the present time is all but absolute proof that such a peace as she could compass is not desirable, that her only aim is to stave off the utter prostration await ing Russia at our hands, that with the keenness which selfish cunning lends the base, she perceives what the result of a campaign in the Baltic next year must be, and would do anything but be bold or honest to prevent it. To listen to her were folly, to be led by her madness—a madness we cannot believe for a moment Lord PALaLERSTON would willingly be guilty of. He is one of those who profit by experience, and cannot, therefore, but feel that the peace the Allies want is not forth coming, and that the results of another campaign will be of priceless value. Nothing displays more plainly the universal interest taken in the War than our agricultural meetings. If anywhere we might look for obli vion of the subject, or for pacific sentiments, it would be at these rustic gatherings. The plough share and the sickle are the very emblems of peace, and they furnish text enough for any num her of speeches. The agricultural mind, however, is in ardent sympathy with the general mind ; and when landlords and farmers meet to award prizes for the best stock and implements, this business is no sooner over than the ploughshares and sickles are beaten into spears and swords. The morning is spent in promoting the growth of food, and the afternoon in encouraging the de struction of corn-stacks by the mile, and of the life to sustain which is the sole use of food. There will not be wanting those who attribute the interest of farmers and county members in the War to its supposed influence on the prices of ag ricultural produce. Such a view has, how ever, nothing to do with it. Farmers know that the high prices began before the War began ; and they know, too, that if they con tinued long, it would result in such an advance of rents, and certainly of tithes, as would be slow in finding a lower level with lower prices. No, the whole tone of the speechifying reported in yester day's Sun, at the Guildford and Bath Agricul tural dinners, like that at similar meetings all over the country, is quite unselfish ; the honest sentiment which commands universal applause is " Russia had pushed her aggression on liberty and civilisation till the danger became intolerable, and now we have undertaken to avert it we must do our work thoroughly." One speaker, Mr. MANGLES, the Member for Guildford, alluding to the floating nonsense about the Emperor of the FRENCH peculiarly desiring peace, and the danger of our being left to fight out the battle alone, truly enough remarked that the EMPEROR was doubtless very desirous of peace, and that all of us were equally so ; but that it were absurd to imagine that he, any more than we, desired a peace without securities of such a kind, that it should not easily be violated again by the wanton aggressor. This is, indeed, emphatically the question of the hour. We have not much faith iu any intention on the part of Russia to nego tiate honestly ; still we own that we all ought to know what would satisfy us if she were to come forward with pacific proposals. We ought to have a minimum for each stage of the War ; and we confess that the minimum which would satisfy even our War Statesman now, is not that with which this contest ought to conclude. Poland and Finland ought to be restored to independence or to their original connection, and the Caucasus and the Kuban ought to become the Asiatic boundary of Russia, if we are to conclude with a peace worthy of the Allies and of the War. When the disgraceful Four Points were under discussion, we earnestly demanded that peace should not be conceded for a moment, ex cept on the terms now enunciated by the Times itself as the lowest worth thinking of ; while we held that' much more ought to be demanded. Our demands ought to;be regulated net merely:by what we have already seized, but by what we are manifestly in a posi tion to get. We can certainly, if the two Govern ments do their duty this winter, denude the Baltic of every maritime defence next spring, and rouse Poland to an unmanageable condition. We can as certainly complete the Bankruptcy of the Rus sian Exchequer. Under these circumstances why not make demands worthy of ourselves ? Why not say Poland for itself, Finland for Sweden, Bessa rabia (at least on the Danube) for Turkey, Cir cassia for the Circassians, Armenia for the Arme nians, the Crimea for the Sardinians, and two hun dred millions at least towards the expenses of the War, are our present terms; if you don't like them, then use up half a million more serfs, make, as you once did before, a three-rouble note worth half a rouble, and accept the same or harder terms after all. We are glad to see that the rational pro posal of making Russia pay is coming more and more before the public. We enforced it from the first, not only as a reasonable punishment, but as a political security. Russia made Turkey, al though the injured party, pay, and joined in making France pay for the War to eject her Firs Napoleon ; Austria made Sardinia pay for pa triotism ; even we made helpless China pay. If her pride will not accept the measure sh• has meted out to others, she must be humiliated till it will. The difference of incurring the expense of another campaign ought to be that we should save the whole cost of the War. The hitherto incurable mischief has been that our Statesmen have looked on the War through diplomatic spectacles and the people with the eyes of common sense. The former also have had un- Worthy aristocratic *cots to serve; the latter have only wanted the right man for the right place, and the right means for the right ends. Hence all the two years' waste of money, men, aid time. Hence the puerile endeavours to gain as an Ally the hateful Prince who would have done us more service as an avowed enemy. Hence all our Eastern parades and our Baltic exhibitions of big ships in shallow waters. Hence our always warning Russia to fortify every point in time for our attack, while we could, by more easy promptitude, have made an easy con quest of these places—witness Odessa, Nicolaieff, Kherson, Sweaborg and Helsingfors, and St. Petersburg itself. At length our statesmen begin, or seem to begin, to see what the people have long ago seen. Our gun-boat and ammunition pre parations begin to look like, what we demanded last year, " war in earnest." May it be so ! But there is one thing as essential as guns and gun-boats, and that is men. And of men one of the best qualifications is an indomitable life and death hatred of the aggressor ; and this quail& cation no men possess like the Poles. Matters ought not to be minced for these four months. SiLTAN's Cos s acks are all very well for a make shift ; but every consideration of humanity to our troops, economy in our Administration, effect THIS SUN, LONDON, SA.TURDAY kVitl4lll4o DECEMAOrt MN upon the enemy, and a safe fu - ture, demand that Poland and the Poles be dallied with no longer. We repeat that the hackneyed phrase " a vigo- rous prosecution of the War" 11 . 1 s no moaning if me are not to avail ourselves of the most vigorous )f all measures. M. DE PERSIGNY, early in the War, showed that a recognition of Polish inde pendence would prove the very soul of the War. The sagacious KOSSUTH, a patriot whose prophecies in exile have so generally proved true, has uni formly maintained the same, and in regard to Poland, at least, he is a disinterested statesman. If the War lasts, to this it must eventually come ; but it will be after thousands of English lives and millions of our money have been sacrificed to Saxe-Coburg-Gotha and Austrian interests. Had the Allies at first pronounced the word Poland most probably Russia would not have risked a war ; and had she done so, by this time her army would have been swallowed up in the double conflict with her conquered territories, and the Allies. They would have been it the same time decimated by the de. sertion of thousands of her best troops. Six thousand, we know for certain, were ready to be come the storming party instead of the defenders of Sebastopol ! ! Lincolnshire Agriculturists at the first re sponded enthusiastically to the demand for Polish EMancipation, and for fighting Russia through the vengeance of thoe she has crushed so long ; the country could not do more wisely than in forcing this still upon on our Coburg-ridden Cabinet. Gun-boats, and monster mortars, and bombshells are well—are essential ; but what traitorous madness is it to procrastinate the ex plosion of the awful mine on the. Vistula ! `•:The former would shake a few marine fortresses ; the latter would convulse all Russia. In the name of economy, of justice, of humanity, and of a per manent peace, England should demand that that mine should be sprung at once. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEC. 14. Major-General Sir Colin Campbell arrived yesterday on a visit to her Majesty, and returned to London early this morning. Dr. Elliott, Monsieur Delabarre de Nauteuil, Major Blackall, and the Hon. George Edwardes had interviews with Mr. Secretary Labouchere yesterday at the Colo nial-office. A deputation from the Licensed Victuallers of the City and County of Bristol, consisting of Mr. J. C. Mitchell (president), Mr. Geo. `Madge (treasurer), and Messrs. H. E. Allen and E. Williams (committee), in troduced by Hon. Henry Berkeley, M.P., had an inter view with Lord Panmure yesterday, on th 3 subject of the billeting system. Viscount Sandon, who has been appointed Private Secretary to Mr. Labeuchere, will commence his duties at the Colonial-office on the let of January next. Despatches from the Governor of Ceylon, and also from the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands, were received yesterday at the Colonial-office. Des patches were sent last evening from the Colonial-office to the Governor of Canada. TILE SPEAKERSHIP OF TIIE _SO USE OF COMMONS. We believe that one of the first acts of the Home of Commons, on the assembling of the session, will be the election of a new Speaker in the room of the Right Hon. Charles Shaw Lefevre, who is about to be raised to the peerage. Mr. Lefevre was chosen Speaker on the re tirement of Mr. Abereromby in 1839, and we believe we are justified in adding that few men have filled that arduous, responsible, and delicate office with greater dignity and satisfaction. We are not in a position to say who will be the suc cessor of Mr. Lefevre in an office which is one of the first of political prizes. The name of Sir Frederic Thesi ger is mentioned as likely to command a majority of the suffrages of the Commons ' • but it is understood th a t Mr. Fitzroy, th e Ch a i rman of Committees, will be put forward by the old Whig party. The salary is 6,0001. per annum, with a peerage on retirement, and b,OOO/. for three lives.--Morning Advertiser. METROPOLIS LOCAL MANAGEMENT ACT. _ The followinz have been elected menibPrs of the Cen tral Board of Works, for the districts specified : GREENWICH AND D EPTFORD.—Messrs. Bristow and Th wastes. PLUMSTBAD, CHARLTON, AND LENVISII.A.M.—Mr. Chas. Atkins, of Lewisham. WooLwica.—Mr. Lewis Davis. Miss Nightingale has been in the habit of seenlinc borne weekly considerable sums (often as much as 200/. or 300/. a week) made up of small ones of 20s. or 30,i., which soldiers begged her to remit. General Todtleben met with an enthusiastic recep tion on arriving at St. Petersburg a few days since. A dinner was given•him by the Grand Duke Nicholas and the generals and officers of the army at Sebastopol, who happened to be staying at the moment in the capital. The Royal Yacht Club has taken Cowes Castle, in the Isle of Wight, for a club house. HACKNEY CHURCH RATE.—The following was the state of the poll at its close yesterday, the second day : Against the rate, 932 ; for the rate, 704. Majority against, 228. MEATH ELECTION.—The following was the state of the poll at its final close ‘Evoy, 1 , 6 39 ; Meredyth, 899. Majority for M'Envoy, 740 . The letters from Hamburg state that money has again become very scarce in that city, and that tale rate of discount has returned to 6; p er cent. A banquet was given on Tu es d ay evening, at Taun ton, to Col. Chapman, on his r e t urn f rom the Crimea. Yesterday morning a man w as f ound lying dead on the railway passing over Bridge-street, Hackney. The commercial advisee by the India mail yesterday are, on the w hole, slightly less unfavourable. At Bom bay such sales as had been forced of manufactured goods had been at a further decline, but at Calcutta there had been an active inquiry at improving prices. Is the Court of Chancery on Thursday the case a gain st the original directors of the South Australian Copper Mining Company was brought to a decision, and they were declared liable to make good any loss occaskned to their mode of ; di e ti ng the company by the shares, and to account for a difference of 8,000/. in the sum alleged to have been paid for the mines. The question as to the payment of costs was def erred, but the Court inti mated an opinion that they *should be thrown upon the defendants. NEW PAMPHLET BY MB. COBDEN.—Mr. Cobden, we understand, is preparing a Pamphlet for publication, which will wake its appearance in all probability in a few days.—Manchester Examiner. The cornoners jury have held an inquiry into the death of Mr. John Blaylock who was unfortunately killed, a few days since, while attempting to leap upon a train which was in motion at the Tranmere station of the Birkenhead and Cheshire Junction Railway. It appears that the trains do not stop at this station unless a signal is exposed, and on this occasion the statioe reader, William Williams, was abseht from his duty. The driver seeing no signal, of course did not stop it the station, and hence the accident. .A. verdict of man sliughter has been returned against the station-master. THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION.—tis we intimated in our last this unfortunate commissioni3,in a state of dissolution, Mr. Romilly has resigned his office as one of the commissioners, and if we are not misinformed, the experiment, having been tried and having signally failed, will be given up "as a bad job." Mr. Henry Lewis Wickham, late Chairman of the Board of Stamps and Tax&, has been mentioned as his probable suc cessor to Mr. Romilly, but it is far more probable that the Civil Service Commission will be knocked on the head.—Civil Service Gazette. VACA/rIES, APPOINTMENTS, AND PROMOTIONS IN TUE CIVIL itIiVICE--War Department—Mr. Richardson has been appointed clerk in the Storekeeper's Depart. ment, rico Forbes ; Mr. Charles D'Oyley Forbes has been appointed clerk in the Storekeeper's Department at Gibraltar.—The Board of Trade—Mr. Lancelot Spence has been appointed a junior supplementary clerk.—Customs—Mr. Henry S. Persse has been ap pointed a clerk in the Imports and Exports Office in Londor. Mr. John B. Bunyard has been appointed an extra clerk in the Imports and Exports. Office in Lon don. lifr. Henry Jones bas been appointed an extra clerk in the Imports and Exports Office in London. Mr. James Smethurst has been appointed an extra clerk in the Imports and Exports Office in London.—Scotland —A. vacancy has been created in the office of Professor of Military Surgery in the University of Edinburgh by the death of Sir George Ballingall, M.D.—lreland--A vacancy has been caused in the office of Vice-President of the Royal Cork Institution by the death of Dr. Haines.—Tasmania—Captain Hawkins has been ap pointed Surveyor-General, and Mr. Sprent, Deputy Surveyor-General of the Colony, in lieu of Mr. Robert Power, retired on 5001. a year pension, and of Mr. H. C. Cotton, either pensioned or otherwise provided for.— Cape of Good Hope—Mr. Andrew Wyley has been ap pointed Geological Surveyor for the Colony of the Cape. —Fast Indies—Mr. C. D. Russell has been appointed collector of Sarun. Mr. G. L. Martin has been ap pointed collector of Purneah. Mr. E. F. Latour has been appointed collector of Tirboot.—Ceylon—Mr. P. W. Braybrooke has been appointed principal Assistant Colonial Secretary, and clerk to the council. Mr. J. Swan has been appointed second assistant in the Colo nial Secretary's Office, in the room of Mr. J, Frazer, deceased. Mr. E. R. Power has bden appointed Go vernment Agent for the Central Province, vice Mr. C. R. Buller, resigned.—Civil Service Gazette. LATEST NEWS. NEWS FROM KARS. Refusal of the Terms of the Besieged, and Sortie of the Garrison. VIENNA, SATURDAY. The Fronden Blatt contains a letter from a British officer at Kars, dated Nov. 11, informing us that the state of the besieged garrison was hopeless. They had offered to surrender if permitted to retreat to Erzeroum, but these terms were refused by General Mouravieff. On the ]Oth the garrison made a sortie, but were repulsed. (From the Morning Post of this day.) We pledge ourselves to the authenticity of the intelligence respecting the capitulation of Kars, which was published excusively in this journal on Wednesday last. We were perfectly correct in stating that General Kmety, the commander of Kars, had, with another officer, effected his escape through the Russian outposts to Erzeroum, and that thence intelligence has been received from him. General Kmety states that before he left General Williams had despatched a flag of truce to General Mouravieff offering capitulation. That Kars is in possession of the Russians there can be no doubt. That the brave Williams and his noble comrades are prisoners there is every reason to fear. If terms of capitulation could not be agreed upon, General Williams's only alternative was to cut his way through the Russian force, and risk the extermination of his troops. Beaten by disease and fatigue, their food and ammunition at an end, relief hopeless, the men who have made the name of Kars illustrious could, by no human means, long3r defend the place for which they have sacrificed so much. With this deplorable catastrophe we fear the campaign in Asia will close for the winter. (Front the Journal des Debats. ) The English journals continue to announce the capture of the city of Kars by General Mouravieff. We do not wish to contradict this news, unhap- pily but too probable ; we believe, however, that no despatch has arrived at Paris officially confirm ing the intelligence. The letters received this day (Thursday) from Constantinople speak of the critical state of Kars, but not of its capitulation. They tell us also that the city and its environs were covered with a bed of snow more than six feet deep, and which, without considering the enemy, would be sufficient to prevent all attempts to revictual it. (From, the Cottrrier de Marseille, of the 13th inst.) Accounts of the movements of the expedi tionary corps of Omer Pasha, on the banks of the river Phasis, had been received at Constantinople. The operations of Omer Pasha inspired much confidence at Constan tin ople. Everybody was per suaded thathe would soon roach Kutais, and that an encounter with the enemy must be favourable to the Ottoman army, which is in a far better con dition than the forces opposed to it, who have to cover and defend a great number of points. This bold diversion of Omer Paella, however, had not yet been attended with any satisfactory result for Kars. The garrison- was reduced to the greatest straits, and although the constancy of the Turks may still prolong the resistance, it is doubtful that the heroic besieged can hold out many days, unless efficient assistance be directly afforded them. The position of Kars is consequently much compromised, but nothing has been yet received to confirm the report of its surrender. BERLIN, DEC. 13. The following is published by the Constitution- nel :—" The Invalide Busse states. that a san guinary affair took place on the 6th ult., between the corps of General Koucherinko and the rebel tribe of the Tchefftchenieffs. The Russians at first crossed the Kuban (between the Caucasus and Circassia), but afterwards retiored behind that river." The Princess Dadian has signed a treaty by which she engages herself to co-operate with the Mingrelians against the Russians. TRIESTE, DEC. 14. Fifteen hundred men, forming part of the Anglo-Swiss Legion, arrived on the sth. VIENNA, DEC. 13. The subscription to the shares of the Bank of Commerce and Industry amount to 100 millions of florins. MADRID, DEC. 12. The Government has refused the offer made to it by the Credit Mobilier of Paris o 1 50Crmillions of reals at 6 per cent. The Sf. Petersburg correspondent of La P resse writes under date Dec. 3 : If you would forma conception of the losses sustained by the Russian army in the Crimea, read the Invalide Busse. The official journal coatains an order of the day by the Emperor, issued after his inspection of the 4th and sth infantry divisions, in which it is said that of eight regiments seven only could show an effee,tivo of more than two battalions. The Augsburg Gazette publishes the following : VIENNA, DEC. 7. Up to this time no ground has been gained upon Which negotiations for peace can be commenced. The story of an Austrian ultimatum is a pure in vention. We are expecting the arrival, within a few days, of several eminent Russian diplomatists accredited to foreign courts, among them Prince Gortschakoff, Baron de Budberg, Baron de Kru dener, M. Sewerin, and M. de Fonton. The Augsburg Gazette announces that the en tire army of the Austrian monarchy, the army corps occupying Moldo-Wallachia alone excepted, is to be reduced to a peace footing, as the 4th army corps standing in Gallicia has already been. The next corps for reduction is that commanded by the Archduke Albert, stationed in Hungary and Transylvania. The diminution is effected not only by granting leave to a large number of in dividual soldiers, but by the disbanding of cer tain battalions. The civil carps attached to the army, reinforced when this time last year its eventual activity was contemplated, are also re duced to their former footing. The Emperor of Austria's order of the day, dated Nov. 2, 1854, allowed two months for placing the army on the -war footing, and tlSis feiln was 'found too short, This fact will help us to judge bow far the Em peror still preserves the iuteution of becoming our active ally. RUSSIA. The Invalids Russe, the 7th, publishes the fol. lowing extracts from Prince Gortschakoli's Huai tary journal, from the 2d to the 10th (14th to 22d, November : " Since the 2d (14th) November the enemy has been working with great activity at the south side of Sebas topol, wh , :re 500 men are daily employed on duty. They have increased the height and thickness of our old mortar battery, and commenced the construction of other works at Cape Chersonese, and, it is said, a new mortar battery at the end of the bay opposite Fort Con stantine. Moreover, they have continued digging a trench on Mount Sapoune. They have also filled up and levelled their approaches and batteries against bas tions 4 and 5. "On our side, on account of this increased activity of the enemy, the guns of the northern forts have kept up a smart fire against the town and its neighbourhood. The enemy has replied weakly. We have not suffered any loss. On the 3d (15th) of November, at 3 30 p.m., a large powder magazine b e l ong i ng t o th e enemy blew up, and the explosion was soon followed by a second but not such a violent one. The noise of the bursting projectiles lasted for more than a quarter of an hour, and the quantity of powder must have been very considerable. "On the 10th (22d) of November, at noon, a third but not an important explosion took place on Bastion No. 5." "On the left flank of our positions the enemy has made occasionally reconnaissances. On the 4th (16th) of November, at half past 10 in the morning, the allies, with four battalions and two squadrons, advanced from Ourkousta along the mountain pass. The skirmish which ensued on this point between the advanced last lines lasted till 4 in the afternoon ; on our side we had one Cossack and one soldier wounded. At 4.30 the enemy withdrew, and our Cossack pickets resumed their furmer positions. " On the 7th (19th) of November the ad►anced Cos sack outposts of the 22d Regiment of •Lieut.-Colonel Valonieff captured two French officers, Lieutenant-Col. de Br3yer and Captain Panchen. The 69th regiment of the Line, to which these two officers belonged, forms part of Chasseloup-Laubat's division, which arrived from France about a month since." "Near Eupatoria the enemy's cavalry occasionally shows itself in considerable force, but not beyond half a march from the town. The object of these movements is to devastate the nearest villages." "On the 7th (9th) of November great activity was visible throughout the whole of the day in the Eupatoria roadstead ; 70 barges were continually going to and fro from the landing-place to the ships ; two steamers em barked troops, but they have not yet left the roadstead." A correspondent of La Presse, writing from St. Petersburg of the 3d inst., says : Fourteen successive levies of recruits have with drawn from the soil all the robust among the popu lation, leavin g c , in the villag es n one b ut th e age d and infirm. A certain number of the latter have already been enrolled in the Gassoudarsivennoe Opolt Schenie, and the remainder are threatened with incorporation in the Narodnoe Opolt Schenie. The nobility, thus deprived of the resources in which lies their wealth, anticipate the future with terror should the Czar continue the war for another year. Seeing themselves forcibly deprived of their moukiks, who, the war finished, will not not be willing on any terms to return to the domination of their former batiouchki-ba.rines, the nobility are extremely dissatisfied. They, however, are con strained to put a good face o n th e i r unpleasant lot, and are talking (this time seriously enough) about the emancipation of their serfs. Between ourselvep, this is the only benefit the war will confer on Russia. This emancipation of rabs is strongly discussed at this hour in the committee of the senate. With respect to military matters, and the defen sive measures which are being taken throughout the whole extent of the empire, I may mention that a high commission o f eng i neers has been established here, having for its mission to provide for the se cure defence of St. Petersburg and Moscow. The general of engineers Dehn is president of the com mission, and the vice-president is General Lomnoff ski, acting director of the school of engineers of Nicolas. Generals La3koffski and Todtleben, Cols. Boldyreff, Wolkenstein, &c., are members thereof. The Grand Duke Nicholas, in his capacity of chief of the engineers of the empire, is president ex officio of the commission. A letter from St. Petersburg, of 4th December, says :—" To-day all the avenues leading to the winter palace were crowded with carriages, as there was a presentation of high dignitaries, both mili tary and civilian, as well as of ladies, to the Dow ager Queen of the Netherlands. It could not but be expected that the presence at St. Petersburg of General Todtleben. would not pass without some manifestation in his honour. At the moment of his arrival, ho was met at the railway station by a great number of friends, who received him with enthusiastic acclamations, in which many strangers joined. The superior school of en gineers, whore the general was educated, could not fail to pay honour to its most distinguished scholar. A grand dinner was given at it yesterday in honour of the general. The Grand Duke Nicholas, in his capacity as Inspector-General of Engineers, honoured the dinner by his presence, at which were present all the generals and officers who took part in the defence of Sebastopol and who are here at this moment, as well as the former scholars of that establishment. The various clubs likewise are preparing banquets in honour of General Todtle ben.' KINBOURN. A letter from Kinbourn, of the 26th ult., in the Presse Orient, says :—" We are busily occupied in putting o ur quar t ers i n t o com f or table condition for the winter, as the cold begins to be pretty sharp. The sea is covered with floating ice, and the vessels at anchor off Otcha.koff have their lower rigging and sides covered with icicles. When the five or six buildings within the fort shall .have undergone the most urgent repairs, we shall be pretty well quartered. I speak of the officers and employes of the administration ; as to the soldiers, a number of them are lodged in the casemates ; one battalion occupies the village about 10 minutes' distance from the fort, and the remainder are under canvas. As, however, all are well supplied with , warm clothing and camp equipage of all kinds, those even who aro the worst off will be able to brave the rigours of the season. We are expecting 20 wooden huts from Kamiesh, which will each contain 30 men. Gulls, duck, and other water fowl are abundant and are easily shot, but unfortunately many of them when killed are lost for want of dogs to fetch them out of the water. The gulls which are good for nothing in the Mediterranean are very delicate eating here. I have them several times a week. A good dog would be worth its weight in gold to us." TURKEY. We have received the Constantinople journals and letters of the 3d, brought by the Gange. They publish detailed despatches from Omer Pacha of the affair on the river Ingour, but the fuli accounts, which we have already given, render it unnecessary to return to the subject. Other despatches, of a more recent date, have also been received from the Turkish Generalissimo, but as their contents have not been communicated to the French and English Ambassadors as usual it is supposed that they are not of importance. The Btshi-Bazouks have nearly caused a revolution at Adrianople. They off' insulted others carried o some Turkish women, and others in the streets and in private houses, which they have entered by main force. They have also ill-treated some of the French soldiers, and have wounded several of their own English officers. A complaint has been made to th e T ur ki s h Go vernment on the subject, and it is feared that it will not be the last. Doubts are entertained whether it will be possible ever to bring these men to submit to anything like military discipline. The regular mail from the Crimea had net reached Con stantinople when the Gauge left. It is supposed that it could not get out from Karniesh on the 1 st, in consequence of a gale. FRANCE. In the month of September last an address was presented by the officersand sub-officers of a French detachment on its way to the Dardanelles, to Mr. Augustus Stafford (M.P. for Northamptonshire) for the valuable services rendered by that gentle man to the soldiers attacked by cholera on board ship. Mr. Stafford is now on his return to Eng land, and the Emperor, who had been made ac quainted with all the particulars, learning that he was in Paris, h as a dd resse d t o hi m t h e following letter :—. " DECEMBER 12. " Sir,--I have read with the most lively interest the details that you have been kind enough to communicate to me on the transport of a certain portion of the French troops from Marseilles to the Dardanelles on board the English vessel Etna. They testify the most enlightened solicitude on your part, and I thank you for it. But your incessant care for our soldiers, attacked as they were by cholera, during the whole of the passage, your self-denial, your courage, the perilous forgetfulness of yourself in presence of the epidemic—everything in your conduct presents a rare example of devotedness to your fellow-creatures. Already you have obtained the most pleasing recompense in those letters in which the offi cers and soldiers of the different corps express to you their admiration and their gratitude, And I am happy - to - itad to it' Waif AtprtgitiOri of tuy own gthiiitilik Mit any sebtinienti: of high esteem for you. (Signed) " N'AroLlox." The 2ioniteur contains a decree assimilating the laws for tho expropriation of private property in Algeria, for purposes of public utility to those now in force in France. BOURSE, Dec. 14.—The following are the las quotations : Cash. ft. e. End ethic:lntl. 41 per Cents 9l 15 --f. - -e. per Cents 64 50 64 85 New Loan 65 50 Bank Shares 3210 Roman ciredit Mobilier 1305 Austrian Belgian Fiv es ...... .. 93 Spanish Threes — Piedmoutese B7 Home Debt ....... 35 RAILWAYS-70a CASE. fr. c. C . )rlitans ... ............ 1122 s') Western 755 --- Northern - Strasburg B9O Lyons —... 1145 Now Ditto Anditerranean 1255 Grand Central 5Bl 25 Ltons Geneva — Teste Cette 7OO Austrian Corn. 726 25 IND lA. The Governor of Madras is at the Presidency. Lord Elphinstone returned a few days since to Bombay from Matheran, a hill station close by ; he is understood to proceed very shortly on an official tour to Guzerat. The Commanders-in- Chief of India and of Bombay are at Simla and Mabableshwar respectively. Genson Anson has just returned to Madras, and is expected to suc ceed Sir William Gomm, whose five years' term of service expires next month. The Bengal Hurkaru, quoting from the Punjaub Journal, announces as the most important intelli gence of the fortnight, "if it be correct," that the fortress of Heerat, the key of Affghanistan, has fallen into the hands of the Persians. The Burkaru says, the possession of this stronghold will make the Shah all-powerful in Central Asia, but he will hardly be allowed to hold it peaceably. The Ameer of Cabool will in all probability attempt its recoverY, and then it will be difficult for the British to avoid joining the contest. The Rajah of Tanjore has died without heir, either of his own body coll a t era l or a d op t e d , and his do• minions lapse, therefore, to the British Govern ment. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, Dec. s.—The India mails have been at Alexandria since the 3d, and proceed to Marseilles and Southampton this afternoon by the Vectis and Ava, which arrived here y es t er d a y. Said Pasha, the Viceroy, received the engineers come out to survey the isthmus at the Barrage of the Nile, where he had coll ec t e d a cons id era bl e number f soldiers, and treated them all with great regard. His Highness has since proceeded to Siout, a town in Upper Egypt. Since Said Pasha left Alexandria Ahmed Pasha, the heir apparent, has been here, the latter always endeavouring to avoid the Viceroy. Haleoro Pasha, the Viceroy's broth er , h as as k e d t o b e ap • pointed Governor of the upper provinces, to reside at Khartoom. The isthmus engineers have proceeded to the upper country in the finest steamer on the Nile, except the Pasha's. After looking about the deserts in the upper country and the antiquities they will set earnestly about their work. A great many travellers have come this year to spend the winter months in the upper country, where the climate is very genial. Among other% there are now on the Nile the Earl of Portarling ton, Lord George Paulet, Lord Abercromby, Arc. Two American frigates and a steamer of war are now in this port. Some of the Arabs engaged in Alexandria for the Land Transport Corps have been despatched to Constantinople by the postal French steamer. Very great activity exists in this port, where about 150 vessels are now loading principally grain for England and the Mediterranean ports. It is not yet certain whether the prohibition of expor tation from the 6th of January will be enforced or not, but all are acting as if it will be. Prices continue to be very high, and the supplies coming down from the interior are enormous. Durin g the past fortnight 70,000 quar t ers o f w h ea t alone have been shipped from Alexandria. Exchange on London, 08i piastres per Esterling. A letter from Corfu, of the Ist, says :--ig The cholera has nearly disappeared from the island, and the health of the soldiers is excellent. The number of deaths in three months has been only' 420 out of a population of 60,000. The civilian Protestant church, which has been held in the Palace for these 25 years past, has been closed by order of his Excellency Sir J. Young, the Lord High Commissioner. The doors last Sunday were bolted and nailed, feating a rush being made on the church. The civilians are now without the usual place of worship, which has caused a great dissatisfaction. A report has been forwarded to the Colonial Secretary, and the civilians reside n t in Corfu are in hopes that they will soon have their place of worship restored to them." The Military Gazette of Vienna, of the 10th says :—" All the Austrian army is about to be provided with new Minie rifles of different sizes, according to the' different branches of the service. The Chasseurs have already had them for Bono months, but it will take at least 4 years before they can be distributed to the whole army." The Austrian war-steamer Elizabeth sailed front Trieste on the 9th for Constantinople, with the Austrian Internuncio, Baron Prokesch, on board. THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY NIGHT. The Madrid has arrived with the Peninsular mails. She left Lisbon on the 9th. It is believed at Lisbon that the Portuguese Mi nister has obtained a loan from the French capi talists, through the agency of the Barone de Paiva. Arrangements are making for the formation of a bank at Lisbon, and one at Oporto. Provisions have been sent by the Portuguese Government to some of the Cape de Verdes, to succour the inhabitants who are starving there. The vines in Portugal look much healthier than they have done hitherto. H.M.S. Neptune has been ordered home from Lisbon. The ships Nile, Ceylon, Secret, and Recovery have put into Lisbon much damaged. Exchange on London has fallen from 541 for 90 days, and to 541 for 30 days. DRAINAGE OF LONDON. TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. SlR,—Your excellent leader upon the Drainage of London, in The Sun of Thursday evening, induces me to trouble you with a few remarks upon the subject. Firstly—l would observe that the only valuable part of Mr. Dover's scheme is the production of solid manure. f much doubt, however, if it can be manufactured, by his method, for so little as 31. per ton. But, as there are practically insurmountable obstacles to his plan, it ill idle to waste words upon the matter. The principal merit of Mr. Ward's system 'seems to consist of the smaller sectional areas of the main sewers The alleged monetary saving is considerable ; but it is not clear that he would succeed in properly draining the metropolis. This being the case, it would be unwise to adopt his theory, until he has proved its efficacy—a task he will find far from easy. The engineers appear to have acted prudently in rs• commending larger sectional areas, for the following reasons. In the first place, the carrying into effect Sir Benjamin Hall's Bill will greatly increase the quantity of sewage matter from the metropolis. Secondly, considerable allowance ought to be made for the rapid increase of population. Thirdly, the main ■ewers about to be constructed ought to be large enough to last for centuries. The engineers are not, however, right in saying, the sewage matter is of no commercial value. As liquid manure it is perhaps not worth much. But, to assert that the sewage matter of the metropolis, containing nearly three million inhabitants, and most likely as many animals, cannot be profitably rendered available for agricultural purposes is strange ind ee d . I have no doubt I can point out a process (differing fr. , m Mr. Dover's) by which the sewage matter of London may be converted into a cheap, portable solid manure, ea sy of conveyance by rail, river, or road.—l am, sir, yours obediently, THOS. J. PILING, Architect. Wellington road, Camberwell, Dec. 14, 1855. At the particular request of her Majesty Sir Colin Campbell has sat for a photograph likeness, being the first occasion on which he consented to have his portait taken • lie is represented in undress uniform, with round cap, and in the position of giving some routine order. REPP.ESENT.ITION OF NORTH EssEx.—A split has oc• curred in the Castle Iredingham Conservative Club, which has for some years assumed to regulate the repre sentation of the northern division of Essex, as to the pletlges to be exacted from the candidates. It is under stood that Sir John Tyrell will retire when a dissolution takes place, and Mr. Ducane, who was unseated for Mahlon, was to be brought forward in his place. Major Beresford has also stated that he shall not again offer himself. del dui by a at AM( stoc Tlr Me: Can ditt cat The the Colc Ban Misc 3 pm Spat New Licht Di Cons El PR r Braz Di Di Di tioxi Port Russ ii par Turla ugh R -Ji Jae Call Peo Jar Cho 1 .1 Ay