The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-29 00:00:00

THE SU N, TO ARRIVE THE SAME sharp end of the wedge," far more va l ua bl e f or EVENING, supplied to any STATION on the EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY, Carriage Free, by CLAYTON and SON, what it may lead to than what it will itself pro- General Newspaper and Advertising Agents, 265, Strand, London. duce, So long as so-called neutrals can, without let or hindrance, convey contraband of War to Ports from whence they can easily be transmitted to the enemy, nothing very important will be accomplished. We may increase to some trifling extent the cost of these indispensable articles to Russia, but it will be at even a greater expense to ourselves. It is scarcely worth while maintaining an useless blockade so long as we permit the principle to be evaded with impunity. The right of search of all vessels pro ceeding to ports from whence the prohibited arti cles can be transmitted to Russia must be enforced. International law justifies such a demand on our part, and it would be the height of folly not to nsist to the utmost extent on our unquestionable R. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, illustrated by 50 instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character, and Costume, and a moving Panorama of the beautiful Lakes of Westmoreland and Cumberland, every evening, at S. A representation of the celebrated tragedienne, Mlle. Rachel. as Camille in Les 'boraces, with other new features, hays been added to the above entertainment. During the Christmas Holidays Mr. W. S. Woodin will give two morning performances only—Saturday, Dee. 29. and Saturday, Jan, S.—Polygraphic-hall, Sing Wiiliam•street, Charing-cross. D R. KAHN'S CELEBRATED ANATOMICAL MVSEIJM (the rarity and completeness of whose contents have already acquired for it an European reputation. and obtained the warm commendations of the press, in this and other countries) is now open daily. A New Series of original Speci mens and Models, embracing some most important and curious features, illustrative of the wonders and secrets of the human struc ture, has just been added to the Collection, which now stands wholly unrivalled in the world. Mmlical practitioners and students, and the public at large, are invited to visit the Museum, where Lectures are delivered during the day; an d a new and peculiarly interesting one is delivered by Kahn. at half-past eight o'clock every even ing, on the Reproductive Falletioll.9 in Man. Adrnisaion, One Shilling. Just published, price One Shilling, Free by Post (Gratis to Visitors to the Museum), a New Edition of Dr. Kahn's Treatise, " THE SHOALS and QUICKSANDS of YOU fit," an Essay, specially intended to ave.ll dangers to which the young and susceptible are peculiarly lla'de, and to arrest the progress of evil. rights. " The art of puffing" has been considerably elucidated by the proceedings in reference to the pamphlet on " The Necessity of a Congress for the pacification of Europe," to which we alluded yes terday in our leading columns. The " States man" appears to be neither more nor less than a mere literary hack, a man ready and willing to write in any cause for good payment. It was certainly a " good dodge" to ascribe its publica tion to an influential personage, but it contained intrinsic evidence of the total absence of foun dation for the allegation. We perceived that on a mere hasty and superficial inspection of its contents, and the view we then took is strength ened and confirmed by more attentive considera tion of the details. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY.LANE. Lessee. Mr. E. T. Smith. THI3 EVENING. • LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Fo'lowed by TRYING IT ON. After which, lIBY DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, llarleguln King Nous3nse and the Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. THE BUSY BODY. Characters by Messrs. Howe, Chippenda . e, Rogers, W. Farren, and Buckstone ; Misses Reynolds and E. Chaplin. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FE &ST ; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. ROYAL PRINCM33'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cluny.= ExAz. EVZNING. THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. That the conception and execution was favour able, or rather intended to be favourable, to Russia, is unquestionable ; that the inspiration, if proceeding from any influential quarter, was derived rather from St. Petersburg than from the Tuileries, seems equally certain. But we are disposed to regard it rather as a mere private enterprise, an extravagant illustration of " the puff indirect," than as proceeding from any really important source. Never did a more insignificant and ridiculous offspring follow parturient travail. The mouse celebrated in fable was a Brobdignag After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradisa and Hanky Panky, tke Enchanter. llarlequin. Mr. Cormack ; Clown. Mr. }Tuline ; Pantaloon, Mr Paulo; and Colum`dne. Bliss Caroline Adams. R 3YAL OLY‘IPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manaaer, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING, TIIE JEALOUS WIFE. Characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, G. Vining, Emery, Leslie, Dan vers, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Marston. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled THE DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Ulm Maratoa, and Miss Maskell will appear. in oomparison. One of the chief objects of the publication, if , not the only one, has, however, been accomplished —the pamphlet has sold ! It is not JOHN BULL only that is distinguished for gullability. The Parisian must be tickled in a more refined style —the hook must be better concealed ; but when the bait is suited to his palate he will bite just as greedily as his English confrere. Money has therefore flowed in abundantly to " the enterpris ing publishers ;" but if there were any ulteri•r object, any desire to promote the wishes of Russia, it has proved a most deplorable and un mitigated failure. The feeling excited by the suggestion of a Congress has been of a very une quivocal and entirely warlike character. The absurd suggestion has been received with the con tempt which it so richly merited, and has only served to develops the enthusiasm of the people in the righteous cause in which they have em barked. The fallacies and platitudes so pompously paraded have been estimated at their true value, philo-Musoovitism and Germanism have received very serious discouragement from what was in tended to operate in their favour, if at all. " The great and generous idea of PATER the Great" is fairly calculated at far less than that of the smallest coin of the realm. When sickened by the transparent toadyism, we recur to the spirit-stirring exhortation, " Tell them that if they wish for peace they must, at least, make vows for or against us ; that in the midst of a grave European conflict indifference is a false ealeillatian, and silent:4 au error." We perceive that "the mission of neutrality is neither more useful nor respectable than it was in the middle of November, and we can only wonder at the unparalleled auda city that could frame a lie so certain of speedy, if not immediate, detection. The work, however, has been done, the profits have been realised, and we can only regret the undue excitement which has pitchforked into temporary notoriety a pro duction which, to use the language of a contem porary, "is as shallow iu argument as it is pre tentious in style," and which must speedily be consigned to the oblivion it so justly merits, or survive merely as an instance of successful impos ture and unblushing mendacity. If there be any race which the present War has consigned to present and historical ignominy, it is that of the Germans. Two years of it have now passed away. It has surrounded all the geogra phical district called Germany with belligerents. Its objects have appealed to every nobler senti ment of our nature. Its marked success would give liberty to the fatherland of the Franks and Saxons ; any degree of success would have light ened the yoke of Russian Czars and their agents, the native Princes. Yet what has been the atti tude of this wordy, heavy-Joined, but sleepy and dreamy race t That of mere indolent and selfish lookers-on. Ready enough, as in Prussia, Aus tria, or Hamburg, to get florins out of the diverted traffic ; not unwilling to speculate, and perhaps to bet a kreutzer now and then on the issue of a movement or a campaign ; but not a party nor a journal even, nor a movement has, during all this time, evinced one spark of the old love of free dom. Loquacious slavery and shopkeeping sel fishness is all that an Englishman or a French man can see beyond the Rhine. At one time there was a b e li e f i n this country that the Geer© man people wer e ( as the people themselves are here) far in advance of their Governors, but this feeling is fast dying away. The last two years has generated the opinion that the influential portion of the Germans are not better, politically speak ing, than the despots who keep them down by standing armies, and drill them in the minutiae of life by their bureaus and polic3. They are no better political children, but alas! without any of the generosity They of childhood. combine the meanness and caution of timid old age with i nca p ac ity to go alone. Germany is indeed in a second childhood. Some sixty milli ons o f hi g hl y e d uca t e d an d civilised people are content in a soul-stirring time like this, and when their own liberties aro so deeply at stake to remain mere garrulous ciphers. Ses quipedalian and wind-bag protocols and confe rences, evaporating in talk, have been the only signs of German interest in this great conflict. The spectacle presented by a huge population of lazy cowards, merely looking on when every ccresideration might arouse them to act, is apt to result in something worse than contempt. English man can respect aworthy onomy. Half our cordial feeling towards France arises from the recollection dud she has long bee n our brave and, though often defeated, yet unconquerable antagonist. We can shl ,ke hands cordially with a stand-up opponent, or w ith a sharer in our conflicts ; we can never s 'es.ke hands with a cheat and a go-between. We re j teet the offer of arbitration from those who know ancir have owned all the wrong to be on one s id e , and who make the offer merely to save their own skies s. To us, Germany is the European district THEATRE ROYAL ADELPUI. Proprietor, Mr. 73. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. TRIS EVENING. MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. After which HOW'S YOUR UNCLE ? To conclude with a Grand Coalition of Burlesque and Pantomime, to be called JACK AND THE BE AN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother GOO3O at Rome Again. In which Messrs. J. Bland, P. Redford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will apaear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creewick. THIS EVENING THE FLOWER GIRL. To conclude with A PRINCE OF P ZARLS ; or, Harleiuln and Jane Shore. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. trader the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING, NOEXIIE ; or, The Fo3ter Sister. After which, IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY. To conclude with HARLEQUIN BLACK-EYED SUE; or, All In the Downs and Davy Jones's Locker. UTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Tremendous success of the new Egnestrl in Comic Pantomime ! THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING, The successful Equldrarne called ROOK.WOOD; or, TURPIN'd /AMP. to YORK. After which the SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with (third time) a Grand Equestrian Comic Panto mime from the pen of Mr. Neleo I Lee, called HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, or the Seven Champions of Christendom. One hundred horses, porde., and other quadrupeds, trained by Mr. William Cooke, who has invented and arranged all the equestrian effects. Thus astonishing pro - WM.lOn may be desig nated the " Eighth Wonder of the World." It is an exhibition un precedented and unparalleled ! Itox-odiee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, L. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tina DAY—,Morn. 31 min. aft. 5 Evening 52 min. aft. 5 TO-lloEBox—Morn, 9 min. aft. 6—Evening 31 rain. aft. 6 THE WEATTIER—SuN OFFICE, Dec. 29. THERMOIIRTICII, IN THE SHADE. 57 - highest since noon yesterday.. 46 -lowest this morning and during the night. 51 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30. Warn, W.—Light, with dull, mild weather. r 9 ), 4 14 V - 543 , j kt ) ' ' ' LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1355. A very important " Order in Council" has just been promulgated. The exportation of salt petre, nitrate of soda, sulphate of potash, and nuiria,te of potash (chloride of potassium), to her MaJEsry's Colonies and Plantations in North America, as well as to all forei g expressly p ro hibi ted, n countries, i s This is a step in the right direction, although a tardy one, and not adopted - until the eleventh hour. It will, if fairly car ried out, prevent the enemy from being supplied with some of the most important munitions of war from our own stores, of obtaining from Bri tish subjects the means of destroying their OWII brethre n , an d o f protracting the existing st ruggle at an enormous expense to the country. Expo rience has unfortunately proved that it is impos sible to rely on the patriotism or common sense even of some Englishmen when opposed to their private interests—that they will grasp at any prospect of personal profit, although for every pound gained by individual; hundreds, if not thousands, are lost to the nation. Foreigners will naturally be even less scrupulous, and great advantages have been afforded to Russia by the ridiculous scruples of England, and the conces sions made to the philo-Muscovites in. their desire tri wage " a rose-water war," awl to place no im pediments in the way even of the enemy's commerce, if carried on under the plausible pre text of neutral flar7s. The articles above alluded to could easily, and have repeatedly been obtained through indirect channels, forßussianuse from British stores. There was no unseemly curiosity manifested respectin ,, the ultimate destination —no surprise occasioned by a demand which could not be a ccounted for, save by the intention that Russia Should be th e mad ultimate consumer. Money was to be there we re " no questions asked." It was ke, andnown that Prussia had undertaken the invidious but money -making task of being the agent and carrier for her distressed neighbour, and there were 14.3h -minded (.9 and sympathising Yankees and thruaans ready and willing to assist in anything Which would procure for themselves the "almighty dollar," or the coveted " thaler." If these could be obtained they cared not for the ultimate re sults, or the general condemnation that must attend such unholy and unconsciontious traffic. The acquisition of money in any way that did not involve penal consequences was all that was re quired by these worshippers of Mammon. But what has already been done is but a small part of what is required. It may be regarded as the " insertion of the an initiatory movement, ^ Pt, LONDON, SA_TURDAY :EvEN - Ir-:e.-i DECEMBER 29, whose rulers and peoples alike have never been able to deny that a great European burglary, the sequel of worse ones, was committed by Russia, but who yet stood like dastards aloof from the vindication of international law. Such long continued meanness, such selfish secession from the duties of Europeans, will more than disgust this country : it will produce a deep-seated aversion to the race which defrauds liberty, inde pendence, and international law of the support which it demands. It will by no means lessen this hatred to believe, as the nation generally does, that Russia and Germany make official use of the purely German character of our Royal Family. It has always been provoking that needy German re latives should become secret dependents of the English Court, and prompt lucky princes who had get good hold on the English Exchequer to bag, for their benefit, every sinecure retained as the rewards of distinguished service. This evil, how ever, is measurable in £s. d. Not so that of the bias, unconscious it may be, of a training in the school of petty German despotism, with all its Russian leanings. The former evil may cost us, or the brave men who should enjoy the emolu ments, some ten thousand a year. The latter, as the great drag on the War, may have cost us three or four campaigns when one might have sufficed, with boundless military favouritism, mis management, and loss of life and money. The above remarks have been suggested in part by the attempt to wade through a pamphlet on " The Formation of a National Party in Ger many, a Necessity of the Present Crisis." (JA3IES RIDGWAY.) It is the production of a German, GusTavus DIEZEL, who has personally experienced th• petty despotism of " fatherland," and its object is, what the title suggests, to show that German unity and nationality, imbued with an Anti- Russian spirit, are the great want of the crisis. We freely acknowledge that much may be learned from the pamphlet by all who have patience to toil through the verbose pages of the German politician. It will be, however, more in the way of verifying impressions current enough here, than in the acquisition of new views. We all agree with the writer that Germany, if that motley compound of states should be spoken of as a country, ought to be Anti-Russian, and would be, if she had a particle of self-respect. It may also be true that this is not to be expected while it is cut up into Saxe-Coburg-Gothas, and Hesses this or that, dependent on Russia for separate despotic existence ; and that nationality is therefore the condition of German Anti-Rus sianism. This may all be true enough, we fear it is ; but we must profess that Malt DIEZEL has given us such a picture of his fellow Mein•Herrs as removes to the distance of a political millenium the probability of a German nation. A picture like it of political little-mindedness we have hardly seen elsewhere. An imaginary counterpart would be to turn our counties into kingdoms, to give a despot to each, a rival pair being allotted to the Metropolis with its dependencies, and to the great northern manufacturing districts ; to imagine then each of these little kingdoms concerned merely about its own local interests, and not even having one daily or even Weekly English journal ! while all the petty rulers were guaranted in their separate litte despotisms by a crafty French Emperor, quite aware that their divisions were his strength. If we imagine what it would be to make such rulers and peoples Anti-French, we have a fair idea of the task of making the little German States Anti-Russian. Intending to revert to the pamphlet again, we would just remark that the writer has overlooked a far more urgent necessity than German nation- ality, and that is Polish nationality. The worth less Germans never will have courage to release themselves from Russia till Poland stands free and independent between them and the CzArs. All Germany is not worth another conference or pro tocol. Poland would at once give a now phase to the contest. It might mortify the Germans to see a Sclavonic nation, which they had helped to crush, and under whose rains they have buried their Oirli liberties, regain its position first. That, however, is the only practicable course. German freedom and nationality depends on Polish free dom and nationality, and not vice versa ; while the latter would soon double the army of the Allies and decimate that of the Cztg. Tl' NEW LORD AMPTLIILL. The elevation of the Right Hon. Baron Parke to the House of Peers by the title of Baron Ampt hill has been announced, and will probably be pub lished officially in the new Gazette. His lordship is tho youngest son of the late Mr. Thomas Parke, of Highfield, near Liverpool, who, we believe, was a merchant of that place, by a daughter of Mr. William Preston. He was b orn i n 1782 , an d i n 1817 married Cecilia, daughter of Mr. Samuel F. Barlow of Middlethorpe, Yorkshire. He was edu cated at Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he was elected a Scholar in 1800, and graduated B.A. in 1803 as sth Wrangler and Senior Chancellor's Medallist, in the same year with Professor Pryme, the late Mr. Justice Coltman, and Dr. Davys, the present Bishop of Peterborough. For some time after taking his degree he remained in residence in the University, and was elected Fellow of Trinity in the following year. He was not called to the bar until some 10 years later, his name appearing among those called at the In ner T emp l e i n Easter Term, in 1813. His steady and p ersever i ng indus try here brought him early into notice, and business flowed in upon him with sufficient rapidity to war rant him in vacating his fellowship at Trinity by marriage, as we have said above, within four years after be became a member of the bar. Henceforth his rise was rapid. In 1828 we find him pro moted to the bench as one of the puisne judges of the King's Bench, on the death of Sir George S. Holroyd, from which he was transferred to the Court of Exchequer in 1834, in the place of the late Barn Taunton. It does not appear that Lord Ampthill ever rose to the bench through the in termediate stops of King's Serjeant, or " one of his Majesty's counsel, learned in the law." Ho never held the office of Attorney-General or Soli citor-General, and never occupied a seat in Parlia ment. His lordship has long been the oldest judge upon the bench, from which he might have retired many years ago with the usual pension, had he been less activelyland laboriously inclined. As it is he has tho experience of 28 years on the judicial bench to carry with him to the assistance of the Law Lords in the Upper House, who are now only five in number—viz., Lords Lyndhurst, Brougham, Campbell, Cranworth, and St. Leonards—and to whom his assistance will be peculiarly valuable. The newly-created peer has no male issue, his lord ship's only surviving child being a daughter, who is married and resides in Bedfordshire. The park of Amptill belonged to the late Lord Carteret, and is still the property of the Thynne family ; and it is not a little singular that Baron Parke should have chosen his title from a place with which, though rich in historical associations as tho residence of Queen Catherine, the first wife of Henry VIII., he has, we believe, no more permanent connexion than a temporary lease of the mansion.--Times. RAISING OF TIIE BLOCKADE IN THE BALTIC. (From the Gazette of last Evening.) ?OREIGN OFFICE, DEc. 28. It is hereby notified that the Right Honourable the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from the Lords Cornmiss'onvs of the Admiralty, an official com munication, stating that is appears by a report from Rear-Admiral BaineQ, dated "H M.'s steam-vessel Re tribution, Copenhagen, Dec. 12, 1855," that the block ade of all ports, roads, havens, and creeks, belonging to the enemy in the Baltic, was entirely raised on the 10th inst. LATEST NEWS. COURT CIRCULAR. DSOR, 2S. There was no additi on to the WIN Royal dinner DEC. party yes terday. The Queen, with the Princess Royal, walked in the Home park this morning. Prince Albert went out hunting. Her Majesty's royal charities to aged and afflicted pcor at this season were distributed at the Almonry, Whitehall, in the past and current week, under the direction of the Lord Bishop of Oxford, Lord High Al moner, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Jeff, Sub-Almoner, and Joseph Hanby, Esq., Secretary and Yeoman of the Al rnonry in Ordinary. Despatches from the Governor of Bermuda were re. ceived yesterday at the Colonial -office. Despatches for the Governor of Canala were sent last evening from the Colonial-office. The Duke of Devonshire has Lein sufferinz from slight indisposition, daring the past weak, at his resi• deuce in Kempt Town. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are re ceiving company at Hatfield House. The Earl and Countess Constance Grosvenor have joit.ed the family party at Trenshani. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke are entertaining a puny of friends at Wimpole Hall. Lord and Lady John Russell have returned to Pem broke Lodge, Richmond-park, and will shortly leave town for Woburn Abbey. TKO MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OF ABERCORN.— The Marquis and Marchioness of Aberconi are continu ing to entertain a succession of visitors at Baronscourt. Among those lately and at present at this princely man sion may be named Counts Karedy and E. Frankinans losf, Miss de Roos, John Ynyr Burgos, Esq., and Lady Burg Parkanaur ; Major and Miss Richardson Brady Oaklands ; S. Vesey, Esq., and Mrs. Vesey, Derrabard House, &c. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN lima LIFE.—W O under stand that a matrimoniel alliance is arranged, and will shortly take place, between the Lady Emily Curzon. daughter of the Earl Howe, and Lieutenant -Colonel Kingscote, of Kin,v,scote-park, Gloucestershire. On the 4th of this 1; nonth there were 50 cases of cho lera at St. Petersburg, notwithstanding the coldness of tl e weather. The Rev. Henry Howes, M.A., has bean instituted to the Rectory of Spixworth, in Norfolk, on the presen tation of John Large, Esq., of Spizworth aforesaid. DEATH OF JOSIAH CONDER, ESQ.—We regret to an nounce the death of Josiah Conder, Esq. The melan choly event took place at his residence in St. John's wood, on Thursday evening last. Lord Ebrington lectured last week on the English language —on Tuesday evening at Chittlelaampten ;on Wednesday, at West Buckland ; on Thursday, at North Melton ; and on Friday, at Castle-hill School-room. THR EAST INDIA CIVIL SERVICE. —Mr. J. H. Prinsep, of the civil service, has be en p erm i tte d to proceed to Europe f or one year. Mr. R. R. S. Campbell has ob tained leave of absence to Europe, on urgent private affairs, for one year. Dr. T. B. Wright, in medical charge of the Jyepoor agency, has been dismissed from the service of Government. The Calcutta papers state that Mr. Le Maistre has been confirmed in the appoint ment of registrar of the Bengal post-office, in which he has acted for five years. The appointment seems to h a ve given general satisfaction. Mr. M. S. Gilmore, civil and sessions judge of Cuttack, has applied for per. mission to resign the service. It is probable that Mr. R. P. Harrison, magistrate, collector and salt agent of Cuttack, will succeed Mr. Gilmore, and that Mr. Schalch at Balasore will be appointed magistrate, collector, and salt agent of Cuttack. Mr. Blowers has been appointed i l s ary going o t f o 1, England,o rup a e n e d s m D p e r r . going with the Miller a . s h t a e ms r - g rb. e e n Le e no r w a a l t , ph p, on oi n C.S.,ta s ed to the medical ch arge o f Mr. Cam eron, B Se is r h arn op po o r f e c , at Calcutta, is said to be th e once law commissioner a a l s cu A tt s a si o s n ta h n i t s -S t u o i ti .g r e . o T n h ß e ra jo i n s . Mr. Muir moves int o th e B oar d w h en Mr. E. successor of Mr. Roch e f o rt in the Kishna l gur A. College. bade proceeds home by th e M arc h s t eamer , an d Mr. Thornhill A. succeeds fß. G u N b l b r i . neis Muir to a tk s a s e ec t r he secretary to of og r v r e . rn G in ra e n n t t. as Alr. ac countant N. W. P., and M r . Sh erwr w ill, i as civil auditor in the pl ace o f M r. Barford.Lis ail, a c t as Se c t e. vice Gazette. THE OVERLAND MAIL INDIA AND CHINA. TRIESTE, SATURDAY, DEC. 29, The steamer Bombay arrived here this morning at 3.30 a.m., in 131 hours from Alexandria, which port she left on the 23d inst. The Indian mail left Alexandria on the 23d, with advices from Calcutta of the 30th November; Bombay, 3d December ; Shanghai, Bth Novem ber ; Canton, 13th November ; and Hong Kong, 15th November. On the 7th November there was a collision be tween the Hindoos and Mahomedans, at Oude, in which 500 persons were slain. The Hindoos were victorious. The Mahomedan leader was killed. Herat has been taken by the Persians. Lord Dalhousie returned to Calcutta on the 29th of November. The export of saltpetre is prohibited from India, except to English ports. The markets in India are depressed, and money scarce. Freights to England have advanced. Exchange at Bombay, 2s. lid. ; at Calcutta, 2a. The Mission has returned from Ava. No treaty was signed. Many pirates have been destroyed on the coast of China. At Canton tranquillity prevails, but 300 persons are decapitated weekly. Trade in China was dull, without an early prospect of change. Exchange at Canton, 4s. 10d. ; at Shanghai, 6s. 'lid. The Pasha of Egypt has rescinded the prohib ion of the exportation of wheat and Indian corn. HAMBURG, FRIDAY. Advices have been received here from St. Peters burg, announcing that a despatch had been re ceived at that capital from Prince Gortschakoff, and dated Dec. 20, stating that two sotnias of Tschernomorish Cossacks attacked and defeated a strong squadron of Gen. Vivian's Anglo-Turkish cavalry on the 16th inst., near Kertch, capturing the commanding officer and 47 men. THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. ( From the Times correspondent.) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, DEC. 15. The week has passed away without any change the position, but it has brought with it many rumours. The fall of Kars isnow beyond any doubt, and it has caused a painful feeling in spite of the prophecy that it will tend to peaceful solutions of the great " difficulty," inasmuch as it will soothe the pride of Russia, and enable her to offer one success as a counterpoise to the fall of Sebastopol and the victories on which that fall depended. On the, other hand we hear that notwithstanding the renewed talk about peace, there is more likelihood than ever of a long war, and that the Generals and Admirals have been summoned to Paris or else where to attend a great council, by which the ope rations of next year will be regulated, unless they should be thwarted by a breeze of wind or a fall of rain. It is certain that Marshal Pelissier will leave the Crimea immediately for Paris, and that Sir Edmund Lyons will s a il from Camiesh in the Royal Albert on Monday next. Report says that General Codrington will also quit his post for a short time ; but there is not the least certainty in any thing one hears out here respecting intended movements, unless when the telegraph is broken, —and it is now again out of order between Con stantinople and the Crimea. In all probability any such movement will be known in England before this ittatm r can reach you, and I shall therefore say no more upon mu 0-1,... 3 ."€_ There Is a general indisposition to a campaign in Asia, of which there is now some talk. With reference to the ensuing year the question of transport absorbs our principal consideration just now, and no doubt General Windham, whose views on this all-important subject are understood to bo large and novel, will.in conjunction with Col. Wet herall organise such a system as will render us " moveable," when the next campaign opens. Noxt year we are told that the Transport Corps will consist of 19,000 men and of 19,000 animals, for it has been found absolutely necessary to have one man for each mule or horse. The French have only the same clothing as they had last year. We are prodigies of excess in water proofs, furs, boots, seal-skin coats and caps. The winter has set in, but cold and frost have lost their terrors for the army now. On Tuesday forenoon the thermometer was 55 deg. :.; on Wednesday it was 50 deg. ; on Thursday it fell to 28 deg.; on Friday it was 22 deg. ; this morning it marked 20 deg. Fahrenheit. Col onel Wetherall, the Director-General, has alreaCly gained the confidence and respect of the officers of the Land Transport Corps and of the Commissariat, and he of course possesses in a high degree the confidence of the chiefs of military de partments. So far he is secure of support and of that attentive consideration of his suggestions and opinions which is invaldable to an officer in his position. But it must not be forgotten that the organiser of the corps, Colonel McMurdo, laboured long and earnestly and well to breathe life into it, and that, until he was stricken down by illness, his labou rs were successful. TUESDAY, Dec. 11.—According to intelligence received from Kinbourn, the Russians exhibit their usual energy in casting up defensive works along the banks of the Boug, and there is reason to be lieve that they are equally active in throwing lines across the Spit before Cherson, and in making re doubts to oppose the march of any force from Kin bourn upon the last-named city. The Dnieper is supposed to be quite impracticable, and the Boug will speedily offer enormous obstacles to the ad vance of even the most heavily -armed and lightest built gun-boats and mortar-vessels. The enemy are also placing Oczakoff in a condition of defence, and confine themselves to making works on the upper cliffs, which can scarcely be touched by the fire of our ships. The Cossacks have shown themselves from time to time in the neighbourhood of Kinbourn, but the state of the Spit prevents them establishing a camp or even a grand guard near the fort. D ec . 13.—The Russians kept up a pertinacious fire on the town at the rate of about two a minute. FRIDAY, Dec. 11. The frost continues and the thermometer marks 20 deg. this morning. There is no news to-day, but there are many rumours. It is affirmed that there is to be a great council of Generals and Admirals in Paris, and that Marshal Pelissier will leave the Crimea in a few days to assist at it. Further, it is stated that Ad m i ra l L yons w i ll sail in the Royal Albert from Kazatch as far as Malta, whence he will proceed to the scene of those deli berations. General Codrington is also mentioned as being likely to be summoned, in which case General Barnard would assume the temporary command of the army. What truth there may be in these reports I cannot say, but it is certain that the Royal Albert is under orders to sail on Mon day next. FRANCE. PARIS EVENING. The last accounts received s here l from St. Peters burg announce a strong warlike reaction, produced by the capture of Kars. Pacific demonstrations are postponed. A report that a truce of three months was agreed upon had caused a sudden rally on the Bourse. The rumours of Ministerial changes have entirely subsided with the return of M. de Persigny to London. That visit, the departure of M. Soebach for St. Petersburg, and the publication of the pamphlet on the Congress for the Pacification of Europe, have furnished ample material to the curious, and, it must be said, to those who would willingly seo the harmony that exists between the two countries disappear. Nothing relating to M. de Persigny's mission, at least of a positive kind, has t ransp i re d , further than that he had a long audience of the Emperor, with the object of communicating in person certain matters which could not be explained so well by writing. M. do Persigny's business was almost exclusively with the Emperor himself. We are not so satisfied with Prussia as we were some days since. It is not certain, after all, that the instructions to their Minister at St. Peters. burg were to support the identical propositions adopted by the three Governments, which Prus- EXPORTS TO THE ;COLONIES. (From the Gazette of last Evening. ) At the Council Chamber, -Whitehall, the 27th day of December, 1855, by the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council,— The Lords of the Council, having taken into conside ration the expediency of extending the prohibition to export from the United Kingdom certain articles used in the manufacture of military and naval stores, in put. suance of her Maj es t y ' s proc l amat i on of the 18th Feb., 1854, are pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the offioers of her Majesty's Cristoms do prevent the exportation of saltpetre, nitrate of soda, sulphate of potash, and muriate of potash (chloride of potassium), to her Majesty's colonies and plantations in North America, including the West Indian Islands, as well as to all &reign countries ; and that the officers of her Majesty's Customs do permit the articles herein men tioned to be carried coastwise to any port in the United Kingdom, or to be exported to any other of her Ma jesty's colonies, plantations, or possessions abroad, or to the territories of the East India Company, upon taking from the persons exporting the same a bond, that the said articles shall be landed and entered for use and consumption within such of her Majesty's dominions, or within the territories of the East India Company. Whereof the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, and officers of her Majesty's Customs, and all other persons whom it may concern, are to take notice sovtrn tnemselves accordingly. W. L. BATHURST. ZOUAVES FOR THE CRISSEA.—The steam transport La Dordogne has just embarked 1,000 men of the Ist and 2(1 Regiment of Zouaves at Algiers, to convey them to the Crimea. THE ISLINITON RAGGED SCHOOL TREAT.—We are requested to inform our readers that the "penny sub scriptiou " we announced a few days since on behalf of a " Christmas treat "for the poor children of the Ragged Solmols, has met with great success, but up to this time Mr. Worth has not received sufficient funds to give the same to both institutions, as he intended. APOTRECARIES%IIILL.—The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science and practice of medicine, and received ccrtifbeates to practise, on Thursday, Dec. 27 :—David Midgley Cock e:oft, Todrnorden ; Edmund Oldfield, Bascombe-lodge ; and Neil Benj Lin Baillie, India. THE MIIRDEII IN THE MINORIES.—An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. PAyne, the coroner for the city of London, at the Portsoken Wardroom, Fountain -court, Minorieq, on the body of Louisa Corrigan, the details of whose murder by her husband appeared in Me Sun of yesterday. The Rev. Mr. Hill, the incumbent of Holy Trinity distric , , and several other respectable inhabitants of the parish, were present, and appeared to take deep interest in the proceeding , . The evidence adduced on this occasion did not materially vary from that given before the magistrates on Thursday. The coroner briefly addressed the jury, who immediately returned a verdict of " Wilful murder " against Thomas William Corrigan, and the coroner issued his warrant accord ingly. THE CASE OV MR. JACKSON, THR DONCASTER PAWNBROKER.—A meeting of pawnbrokers took place at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, BlackfriarA, on Thurs day, for the purpose of eliciting an expression of opinion upon the case of Mr. Jackson, recently sentenced by the Sheffield bench of magistrates to twelve months' impri sonment for having taken in pawn a diamond ring, "knowing the same to have been stolen." Besides a large proportion of the London pawnbrokers, there were also present representatives of the trade from Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Doncaster, and several other large towns. A resolution, to the effect that immediate steps be taken for the liberation of Mr. Jackson was carried, and a deputation appointed to wait upon the Secretary of State, to represent the case of Mr. Jackson, and request his liberation. AFFRAY WITH POICIIERS.—A few nights ago a keeper of the name of Hayes, employed by Sir Edmund Walker, of Barry-hill, Notts, discovered three men with their faces blackened in a plantation, near the hall. One of the poachers having shot a pheasant, the keeper went up and closed with him ; another of the poachers then attacked the keeper, and a struggle ensued between them, in which tbo poacher tried to stab the keeper, but cutting through his trousers aed shirt only punctured the stoarach. During this struggle the third poacher came up, and raising the muzzle of his gun close to the keeper's bead, fired. The keeper fortunately moved his head at the time, and the contents of the barrel entered his hat. After this the poachers decamped, and have not yet been apprehended. Postal stamped paper will be issued by the Past-office authorities on the let of January next. It will be of the value of 4s. Gd., and ls. per sheet, and will pass for that amount of postage through the post provided it con tains enclosures of the proper limits as to weight. The impressions on the stamped paper which will give it postal value will be embossed. That of 4d. will be a red impression and of a round shape ; that of Gd. will be a purple ; and that of ls. a green impression, Both of the latter impressions will be of an octagonal shape. PRONSED NEW BANK AT MADRID.—A telegraphic despatch from Madrid states that the proposed new bank for the development and promotion of industry and com mercial enterprise has received the sanction of the go vernment, and' that, on the 24th inst., Senor Bruil, the Fir. ance Minister, read the particulars of the project to the Cortes, mentioning, in the course of his statement, that the house of Periere, of Paris, was authorised to organise in Spain a company upon a plan similar to that of the Credit Mobilier in France. Under discreet and abl 9 management, it may demonstrate to the Spanish gov eminent the value of financial honesty, and, by de gre, is, shame the public authorities into a better obser vant le of their national obligations, the constant infrac tion of which has brought so much obloquy upon the Spanish name. Te E AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—The Post-office authori ties h awe renewed the contracts for conveying the royal mails between Great Britain and our Australian colo nies, wic Liverpool, for another year. These contracts have been again taken by Messrs. Pilkington and Wil son, of t he White Star Line of packet ships, the sailing qualitie 3 and excellence of which have been so fully proved. ; and with Messrs. Baines and Co., of the Black Ball Lb le—a vessel belonging to the former of these gen tlemen being despatched on the 20th, and one by the latter o n the sth, of each month. The first Australian mail will be despatched from Liverpool by the Oliver •on the sth proximo, and the following one on the 20th, ly the Sardinian, belonging to the White Star Line. This latter, which is a new vessel, and like the rest b 'longing to this line, has been built expressly for the A witralian trade, has proved herself, on two voyages to and. from America, an extraordinarily fast and easy sailer, .and also a ship with very superior passenger acconna odation. 8 5 5. Cash. fr. a. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9l 50 —f. -C. 3 per Cents 64 75 64 90 New Loan 65 35 . _. Bank Shares Shares 3140 Roman Credit Mobilier I3GO Austrian Belgian Fives — §panish Threes 4O Piedmontese B6 75 Home Debt 35 RAILWAYS-10R CASH. ft.. c. C. Orleans Northern - 14 Vella. ....,,1140 New Ditto 752 50 Mediterranean 1260 Grand Central 5BO Lyons Geneva 697 50 Testo Cat te 7OO Austrian Com. 732 SO AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Dec. 25.—When Count Buol visited, says the Times correspondent, Prince Gortschakoff on the clay preceding that on which Count Es terhazy left Vienna for St. Petersburg, he did not communicate to the Russian Minister the conditions on which the allies were prepared to conclude peace, but, gave him to understand that he should be at liberty to do so as soon as he received telegraphic information of the arrival of Count Esterhazy in the Russian capital. The prince, who is one of the most resolute champions of the old Muscovite party, and carries the flag of Russia remarkably high, is not likely to approve of the propositions which have just been sent to Russia, and it is, therefore, the wish of Austria that the Emperor Alexander should have an opportunity of examining into their merits before they are communicated to his representative at this Court, who still proclaims the resolve of Russia to stake her last man and her last rouble rather than agree to terms "incompa tible with her honour and dignity." If Russia should reject the conditions of peace, which she probably wili do, Count Valentine Ester hazy will quit his post ; but it is by no means clear that the diplomatic relations between theßussian and Austrian Governments will be entirely interrupted. Austria will not, under any circumstances, give her material assistance to the Western Powers next spring ; but if the war should be prolonged another year, she may possibly be induced to send an ulti matum to Russia during the winter of 1856 and 1857. No great importance is attached to the mission of Baron Seebach to St. Petersburg. RUSSIA. PLAN OF NEXT YEAR'S CAMPAIGN. A letter has been received from Moscow, dated Dec. 20th, whi:h says :—lt was amusing enough for an impartial observer to witness the excite ment that prevailed in this ancient capital of Muscovy on the receipt of the Invalide with General Mouravieff's despatches about the surren der of Kars : for the inhabitants of this city, in their ignorance, firmly believe their favourite Mou ravieff—who belongs to the old Muscovite party—to have achieved a most brilliant victory and covered himself with glory, and cannot see the difference be tween taking a fortress by storm and waiting pas sively at a distance till the garrison are obliged to surrender for want of food. The Muscovite or war party are loud in expressing their enthusiasm and extolling the present Emperor's foresight and saga city at superseding Count Woronzoff and giving the supremo command of the army in the Caucasus to General Mouravieff, from whom they expect great things. Their gr ea t o bj ec t i s now no other than to get him the command of the army in the Crimea, vice Prince Gortschakoff, and to effect this various in trigues are being spun and different important in fluences called into play, which have their ramifica tions at St. Petersburg amongst the very highest per sonages in the empire. In spite of the flaming Imperial "orders of the day," so industriously spread by the _Northern Bee, and praising the state of the army in the Crimea, it is no secret here that the Czar was most deeply affected at what he saw with his own eyes, and on his return here expressed his astonishment that after the immense losses they had sustained, and the almost incredible privations to which the survivors were exposed, there should be any army left at all. The grand council of generals lately convoked at St. Petersburg under the personal presidency of the Emperor have settled the principles on which the forthcoming campaign shall be carried on. St. Petersburg and Moscow am in hw togetner with Warsaw, will form the three first class fortresses :of the empire. General Todtleben has arrived here, and, notwithstanding the extreme rigour of the weather—the frost having set in here with all the proverbial violence of a Russian winter —may be seen every day, accompanied by his staff of engineers, all wrapped up in bears' skins, sur veying the ground and fixing the poles to designate the line of circumvallation, which will be com menced on the breaking up of the frost. Besides this, other fixed principles of strategy have been agreed on for the prosecution of the war, though it must be confessed that as it is so essen tially a defensive war on the part of the Russians, all these plans may be completely upset, or at all events greatly modified, by any change in the sys tem of attack on the part of the Western Powers. It is fully expected in Russia that next year the prin cipal seat of the war will be transferred to the north, and the greatest exertions are making for an effi cient defence. For the safety of Cronstadt and Hel singfors no fears are entertained, as the experience of the last two years has shown that the enemy are not able to inflict much damage ; nor is it feared that even if the fleets are increased by a couple of hundred steam gun-boats they could take either of these strongholds unless with the co-operation of a numerous and well-appointed army on shore. The system of tactics resolved on by the great council of war may be summed up as follows :—The forti fication of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kiew, War saw, and Nicolaieff; secondly, the concentration of few but imposing armies ; and, thirdly, the abandonment of all the minor places, so that Lie ban, Riga, and even Odessa, will be deprived of regular garrisons, and left to their fate and the tender mercy of the enemy. The cold is so severe that several sentinels have been found frozen to death in their sentry-boxes, although they are relieved every half-hour. THE BALTIC. KIEL, Dec. 25.—We have already had a return of mild weather, and frost and snow have quite disappeared. The upper portion of this bay,which was a few days ago so completely frozen over that the ordinary winter sledge ferry had superseded the one generally occupied by boats between the opposite sides, is now so far open again that the mail steamer which arrived from Copenhagen this morning had no difficulty in reaching her usual berth in the harbour, and the regular communication between the continent and the Danish islands has con sequently been re-established. It can scarcely yet be expected that navigation should not again be interrupted, but as it is always considered a sure sign of the open parts of the upper Baltic being open when the bays here are free from ice, there is good ground to believe that the intercourse of the Prussian as well as the. Swedish ports with those of Russia, will at this time be carried on without any impediment, and indeed we already know that in some quarters this is actually the case, several vessels having arrived both at Bol deraa and Port Baltic with cargoes for Riga and Revel, which had for some time been watching their opportunity when the English and French cruisers should have left the coast. A double temptation is at present offered for such enterprises, for not only do those engaged in them derive large profits from their importations of salt and other comforts and necessaries, but they have an almost equal advantage from the very favourable conditions on which they are granted the privilege of exporting rye and linseed, of which the stocks in Russian ports are very large, and of which, as the general exportation is prohibited, the proprie tors are glad to find any opportunity of disposing, A letter from Cassel, in the Moititeur, says :—"M. de Baumbach has just been named Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Renipotentiary to the Emperor Napoleon. The idea of the Elector in raising his legation at Paris to the rank of a mission of the first class is considered as an evident mark of his wish to be agreeable to the Em peror Napoleon," TURKISH REFO RMS. — Lieut.-General Stephen Lake man, with respect to the legal reforms in Turkey, says that the present laws are very much on a level with the morality of the Turkish population ; and if at present you were to enact other laws, founded even on the strictest principles of justice, they would be but little appreciated either by the servile Chri,tian or haughty Turk. A most favourable opportunity now presents itself to supply in a great measure a remedy for this de plorable state of the Turkish population, and which might, under proper management, be immediately °p plied—namely, to enlist the Christians of Turkey in our Contingent. Nothing would be so likely to raise those people to a pr o p er sense o f t h e i r own dignity as the manly pride engendered by being called to arms by Christian na ti on suc h as E ngland. No Rayali w h o had once fought i n our ran k s an d experienced ourh sef impartiall to treatment and justi c e wou ld ever a f ter a llow himself be trampled on and brutalised by a Turk or any other human power. sia thinks too rigorous, but merely to impress on the Russian Government the necessity of listen ing to reason and adopting a conciliating policy. It is supposed in certain high quarters that Aus tria, in her desire to obtain peace, will submit new propositions from St. Petersburg. Should such be the case, I believe it will be found that the French Government will refer to the original terms as the only admissible bases for negotiation. France cer tainly desires peace, but only on such terms as past sacrifices demand and future security imposes. BOURSE, Dec. 28.—The following are the last quotations : THE ERENUB IMPERIAL GUARD. " One regiment of Grenadiers would have to b. formed. " To divide equally the number of battalions betwll the two brigades of the first division, I propose to your Majesty that the let brigade shall consist of— " The regiment of Gendarmerie 2 battalions. " A regiment of Grenadiers 4 11 " The regiment of Zouaves 2 " Total 8 battalions. " The 2d brigade should consist of two regiments of Grenadiers, also forming eight battalions. " The second division of infantry would comprise four regiments of Veltigeurs, of which two would have to be formed, and the battalion of Chasseurs•3 pied. This battalion and two regiments of Voltigeurs would form the lst brigade ; the two other regiments of Voltigeure would form the 2d. " The regiment of Grenadiers and the two regiment/ of Voltigeurs to be formed would be organised it the East. Placed under the orders of one of the Generals of Brigade, admitted into the Garde, they would remain provisionally with the expeditionary army. In this manner that army would not be weakened by the con* tingente it would have to provide for those new corPto the depots only of whi c h wou ld b e organised at home. " The division Of cavalry will consist of three bri gades : "One brigade of cavalry of reserve, formed of two regiments of Cuirassiers ; one brigade of cavalry of the Line, formed of a regiment of Dragoons, and a regiment of Lancers ; one brigade of light cavalry, formed of a regiment of Chasseurs and a regiment of Guides. "These six regiments would recruit themselves al follows : "1. The _two regiments of Cuirassiers from the till regiments of Cuirassiers of the Line and the two regi' ments of Carabineers. "2. The regiment of Dragoons and the regiment of Lancers from the 12 regiments of Dragoons and the sighs regiments of Lancers of the Line. " 3. The regiment of Chasseurs from the 12 regiment° of Chasseurs of the Line ; and, " 4. The regiment of Guides from the regiments of Hussars of the Line and from the regiments of the Chas seurs d'Afrique. "Such is the organisation which I propose to draw up in principle for the cavalry of the Garde, but, l es t its immediate realisation should cause an unadvisable per' turbation in the cavalry of the Line, various regiments of which are i n the East, I think it advisable to adjourn the formatio n o f th e f our new regiments. "When the moment s h all have arrived I will have the honour of prop os i ng t o your Majesty the necessary measures to attenuat e , as muc h as possible, the expense attending these n ew f ormat i ons. "As regards th e ar till ery of the Garde, it would con' sist of th e t wo reg i ments formed by the decrees of the Ist of May, 1854, and the 17th of February, 1855 ; there would be no other increase of personnel, except that re. suiting from the creation of a School of Artillery for the Garde. " No change would be made in the composition of the two companies of Engineers attached to the Garde ; they would continue to form a division, commanded by a captain en premier. " The baggage -train would also remain as it is at pro• sent. "If, as I hope, these measures respond to the views of your Majesty, I beg of you to affix your signature to the subjoined decree. " VAILLANT, " Marshal of France, Minister Secretary of State in the War Department." Then follows the decree : " Napoleon by the grace of God and the national will . Emperor of the French, to all present and future greeting : " Considering the decrees of the Ist of May, the 12th of August, and the 23d of December, 1854, and the 17th of February, 1855, on the proposition of our Minister Secretary a State in the War Department, have decreed and do decree as follows : "GENERAL STAFF. "1 general of division, commander-in chief; 3 gene• rals of division, commanding the divisions of infantry and of cavalry; 1 general of begade or a colonel, chief of the general staff ; 1 general, commanding the artil lery ; 7 generals of brigade, commanding the brigades of infantry and of cavalry. " GENERAL STAFF (ETAT MAJOR-GENERAL). "Etat Major-General.-1 colonel or lieutenant.colo• nel, sous-chef of the general staff ; 1 chef d'esosclroo ; 3 captains. "Etat Major of the Three Divisions.--3 colonels or lieutenant colonels, chefs d'dtat major; 3 chefs d'esca• dron ; 6 captains. "Aides-de-Camp. -12 chefs d'escadron captains ; 4 of these officers (aides-de-camp of the generals of division) may be chefs d'escadron. " ARTILLERY. "1 colonel or lieutenant-colonel, adjunct to the gees. , ral commanding and Chief of the Staff ; 2 captains attached to the Etat-Major ; 1 captain, aide-da-csunp of the general commanding ; 1 garde principal . ; 1 garde let class ; 1 garde 2d class ; 1 master armourer ; 1 master workman of the Staff; 1 under master workman of the Staff; 4 workmen of the Staff. " MILITARY INTENDANCII. " 1 military intendant, 6 military sub•intendants, or adjuncts, 1 chief 'veterinary surgeon. " TROOPS,-IST DIVISION OF INFANTRY. "let Brigade.—Regiment of Gendarmerie, 2 bate talions • Ist Regiment of Grenadiers, 4 ditto • Regi• ment of Zouaves ; 2 ditto-8 battalions. 2d Brigade. —2d Regiment of Grenadiers t 4 battalions ; 8d Regi ment of Grenadiers, 4 ditto-8 battalions. Total, Icl battalions. "SECOND INFANTRY "Ist ißrigade —lst Regiment of Veltigsure 4 bat talions ; 2d R eg i men t o f V o l t i geurs, 4 battalions ; 1 battalion of Chasseurs, 1 battalion-9 battalions. Second Brigade-3d Regiment of Voltigeurs, 4 battalions • 4th Regiment of Voltigeurs, 4 b attalions-8 battalions. Total, 17 battalions. "CAVALRY Drvisron. "Ist Brigade—Squadron of Gendarmerie, 1 squadron; Ist Regiment of Cuirassiers, 6 squadrons ; 2d Regiment of Cuirassiers, 6 squadrons. 2d Brigade —Regiment of Dragoons, 6 squadrons ; Regiment:of Lancers, 6 squa drons. 3d Brigade—Regiment of Chasseurs, 6 squa drons ; Regiment of Guides, 6 squadrons--37 squadrons. " ARTILLERY. "1 regiment of horse artillery, 1 regiment of foot artillery-18 batteries, and 2 cadres de depot. " ENGINEERS. " 1 division of 2 companies. " BAGGAGE -TRAIN. " 1 squadron of 3 companies, "Art. 2. The organisation of the four regiments of cavalry to be formed in the Garde will take ,place in virtue of special decisions rendered on the proposal of our Minister of War. " Art. 3. The 3d Regiment of Grenadiers, the 3d and 4th Regiments of Voltigeurs, the 2d Regiment of Cuiras siers, the regiments of Dragoons, of Lancers, and Chas seurs, will receive the same pay and the same organisation as the regiments of infantry and of cavalry actually existing. " Art. 4. Our Ministry Secretary of State in the War Department is charged with the execution of the present decree. " Done at the Palace of the Tuileries, Dec. 20. "NAPOLEON. " (Countersigned) " VAILLANT." A PUNISHABLE OFFENCE AT LYONS.— , The Tribunal of Correctional Police of Lyons, on Wednesday, tried a public•housekeeper, named David, of the Croix-Rousso, for having outraged religion by attaching a medal of the Virgin to his dog's neck, and . making the animal run about the streets with it on two several days. The man, who "is a noted red republican and socialist, and who wore a pointed Tyrolean hat of extraordinary gulsestt.! from his height and an immense red cravat," was sentenced to three months ; imprisonment and 300 f. fine. .. . ~ THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE.—The e ntnusiastie re cep ,, tion given to the Duke of Newcastle - on his arrival at My dear grace Worksop :—"Clamber,has wh i called eh m f l e a3 r y t t forth oti:hce:efentolbofewr:inxpressing to my Sir,—l shall be obliged to you if you will take any opportunity very kind friends and neighbours in Worksop how warmly I appreciate the very hearty reception which through the town. I was little pre they gave me last night on my arrival at the station, and on my way me, and, with thoughts full only of children and home, was indeed surprised to find, on a cold winter night, the whole population pared for so cordial a welco (female as well as male) in the streets to greet my return amon gst them. I am deeply grateful for so unusual as well as unexpected a compliment. I could not, however, but perceive that this demonstration was not one of mere personal regard. It was a token of sympathy with that noble army which I have been spending some m mills in visiting, and a proof that the warm interest in its welfare and its triumphs which led me to the Crimea iq fully shared by those who have remained at home. The inhabitants of Worksop have added another to the many links which bind me and my family to them. I remain yours very sincerely, NEWOASTLE.—H. HIM. ming, Esq., Sparkeu." The Moniteur of yestcr•lay publishes the following report of Marshal Valliant, Minister of War, to the Emperor : " Paris, Dec. 20. "Sire,—The Imperial Guard has realised the hopes which your Majesty conceived in re-establishing this In stitution of glorious memory. " Henceforth the army is provided with a reserve which it wanted, and all that remains to be done is to bring this reserve into connection with the effective force of our troops of the line. "In the last war,' of the Empire, the Garde formed two corps d'armee, comprising together nearly 100,000 men ; under the restoration, and in time of pea ce, the Garde c ons i s t e d o f f our d i v i sions, two of in f antry an d two of c ava l ry , o f an ef f ect i ve force of from 3 5 , 000 to 40,000 men. " Reduced to its actual proportions, that of a simple mixed division, the Imperial Guard would evidently not be sufficient for the important part it may have to take. Wnen decreeing its first formation on the Ist of Pilay, 1854, your Majesty only considered it as provi sional ; I think that the moment is opportune for consti tuting this select body on a larger basis, by introducing the excellent elements which the army of the East can now provide it with. ' The Garde ought to consist of two divisions of in• fantry, a division of cavalry, two regiments of artillery. two companies of engineers, and a squadron of baggage train. " The first division of infantry would comprise the regiment of gendarmerie, which would be afterwards reduced to two battalions, three regiments of Grena diers, of which two already exist, and the regiment Of Zouaves. MO The L tinued s bales wel Since the way Slim been vet?, The Bt ing Dece tory, and large dim the activ prirvailed tecuritiee tuente ne instalmel the annu Active ( Bullion Rest.... 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