The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-05 00:00:00

MJULLIEN'S CONCERTS, 0 ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. For One Month only. The PROGRAMME for THIS EVENING, Friday, Jan. 5, will include Lizt's celebrated Tarantella, on Rossini's Melodies, performed Ong, Madame Pleyel ; the Serena de, Sweet Love Arise, and the new 'bong, Say Yes, sung by Madame Anna Tuillon ; grand Selection from the Opera of Don Giovanni; Overture to Oberon; L'Etoile du Nord Quadrille; the Andante from Beethoven's Symphony in A ; the Valse d'Adieu ; the new Comic Pantomime Quadrille ; Solos, Cornet, Derr Ecenig ; Oboe, Mons. Lavigne ; the Atlantic Galop ; and the grand Allied Armies Quadrille, assisted by the three Bands of her Majesty's Guards; God Save the Queen, and Partant pour la Syria. PRICES OF ADMISSION. Promenade, Upper Boxes, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Am phitheatre... ....... ....., ...... ...... ............................Is. Dress Circle Private Boxes for Six Persons on the Grand Tier. 3ls. 6d. Ditto ditto First Tier .. Ditto Four Persons on the Second Tier l2s. 0.1. Commence at Eight. Plact.s and Private Boxes may be engaged at the Box-office of the Theatre, and Private Boxes of the principal masicsellers and librarians. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tm DAY —Morph'? 9 rain.after 3 I Evening 29 rain.aft. 3 To- Morning 45 min.afttr 3 Evenin.; 3 min.ait. 4 WEATHER.—Sus Ornes, Jan. 5. T lERMOMETZB, IN THE SHADE. 50—highest sine° noon yesterday. 45 —'owest this morning and during the night. 51--this day, at noon. BAROMETEB, 30'23. 77TND, W.N.W.—Light breeze, with very fine sunshiny weather. r o-fr ,b 7 ll t ,5; try - Atn, On Tuesday nest the Mendelssohn Festival will take place. M. Jullien begs most respectfully to state that his Concerts will erminate on Friday, February 2, with a Grand Bal Masque, to be given on a scale of unprecedented splendour. DRURY-LANE.—Lossee, Mr. E. T. Smith.— Reduced Prices as tfaual.— A Morning Performance every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING, JAN. 5, Will be performed SIMPSON AND CO. Characters by Messrs. Youngo and Belton ; Mrs. Selby, and Misses Arden and Love. After which, TOUCH AND TAKE, To be followed by the entirely original, extraordinary, lite rary, traditionary, comical, gastronemicel, and peculiarly culinary and fantastic domestic grand comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled JACK. AND JILL; or, Ihriequin King Mustard and the Four and-Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pie. The extensive scenery, en tirely new, by Messrs. Nicholls, Cuthbert, Cooper, Garden, Wilson, and Moore. The machinery by Messrs. Tucker. The extraordinae Y properties, decorations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Mr. Needham. The choregraphic arringements by Madame Louise. The overture and music composed and selected by J. H. Tully. Leader, Mr. Hayward. The whole of the designs, models. and sketches furnished from the studio of Dikwynkyn, who for many weeks past has been personally supervising their execution. The novel gretes a re burlesque opening inve n t e d an d wr itt en by E. L. Blanchard ; .rd the whole arranged and pro Sneed under the imierdiate euperm tendence of Mr. Edward Stirling. Principal Ingredients in the Christmas Bill of Fare : -The Hall of Hypochondria in the Domains of Dulness.-Misanthropy (Genius of Gloom), Mrs. Belford. Fog, Drizzle, Taxes, Spleen, Indigestion, Quarter-day (his Ministers of Melancholy), Messrs. E. V. Dent, E. V. Wet, E. V. Load, E. V. I Day, E. V. Weight, and E. V. Bills. Azure Dia ,olica s in attend ance, Messrs. Croak, Quake, Fret, Fidget, Worry, Flurry,- Fume, Vex, Groan, Growl, Grumble, and Grizzle. Apparition of Misan thropy on her favourite Nightmare, and Magical Appearance of Good Humour in her Christmas Car. Good Humour, Miss Alder ; lightheart and Sunshine (her Attendants), Misses Honey and Brown; Mrs. Glasse (the original "Cook's Oracle," an I the well known adviser of the " First catch your hare," &c.), Miss Rosina Collins. The receipt given to make a good pantomime, and its con coction accordingly. Cottage of Jill on the borders of Fairyland (by Sunrise), with Enchanted Kitchen, Garden, and Region of Preiesves "Sing a song of Sixpence, " Pocket full of rye, "Four-and-twenty blackbirds, " Baked ire a pie."-Ancient Nursery Legend. Jack (the Interesting hero of the olden story, who went up the hill to fetch, foe ),anerwards lisle:lain, M. Milano; Jill (the heroine of the adventere, in love with 'Nee), afterwards Colambine, Bolene ; Marna:shale (tee Fairy (riven of the Preserves), Miss K. Warrington •, Pineapple, Raspberry, Lemon, Cherry, Apple, ani Greengage (her Assistants), Misses Clidord, Gower, John eon, Love, turfs, and Richardson ; Seetwbene - , Cranberry, Gooseeerry, enir rant, Apricot, Damson, Quin e, &e. (Fancy Preserves), Misses Grace Honey, Ellen Honey, Laurance. Louise, Therese, Cherie', Kens, Si ince, Gordon. Barnes, Emily Pee - nos, Richardson, Eliz I Richard son, Rote, Sidney, Emily Mosre. Elizabeth Smith, Title Fitts, Rosa Harrison, E. ilex, Tesler, Matilda Chenley, Marti ney, St. Clare, Fes ns. John Levince ; S. Solenze, 5, and Roberts ; Pres, reed Gineer their warm rlly), aster Pungent ; Fruit Blossoms by a Booming Selectien of Coryelica. The will and the Way-the Tallenaeic. Pigpens Chance. Grant ilal:et. Principal Da 7cers, Therese anal Annie Cusimie, Therese, Smith, &e. The Fens-and- Twenty Peisckblrds, ]taste: s Tweet Tweet, - root Toe, Loodie Loodle. &c. The Reading of the Wit' - must not a husband take, Till she a pie can make and bake." Interior Of Jill's Cottaee liconlieht).-roal, Mr. Nobles; elunale of Wood, Mr. ILefpenny ; Coriereve Pox, Mr. Fizzer ; Pellows, Air. Leattertoneue : Dutch Oven, elynheer Von Tan ; Rolling Pie, Mr. Smootlipeste ; Gridiron, vt r. De BIN Frying Pan, Mr. P,roadrine ; Soye,'s Three-legged Iron Pot, Herr Potluck. Cruet Caetle in the Table Cloth Territory (by Moonlielit), and Golden Palace * of King einstard.-King Mustard (afterwards Clown), harry Bolen° ; the Rtepress Vinegar (afterwa ds Pantaloon), Herr Kohl ; Black Pepper and White Pepper (sentinels on duty at Cruet Castle), Mr. Husky and Mr. encezums ; Sweet Oil, Mlss Florence. Cayenne, Mr. fla -s -cum; ITarvey's eance (attend an t i n waitin p of g), Mr. Saveury ; the Army lasts, Messrs. I n di an S oy, Curry, Capers, Ketchup, Mushrooms, Garlic, Shalot, Sweet Herbs, "'settee Tontue ; Jetted Beef, Potted rloaters, Pottel Anchovies, Potts,' ‘•• lerimps, &e.; Huse Radish (from tee King's stable), by a Racine Na Grand Review-Ter rife Attack upon the, Appetite, met Rally of the Relish:a-Greet Pregrese of Jill in her Culinary Career. The Abode of Clettnee in the PrOvince, of Pickles (ey Sunset).-Chntece (Celef of the leckles), Mr. Fiery Fact a s ; the Pickle Army, Messrs. Onions, Walnut, Gher kins, Cauliflower, Re l Cabbage, leo. ; Small Jar, Mast. r l'l calm. Great demand for Pickles and determination of the Door to Stand Jar. Interior of he Stupendous Self Mine Ow Moonlight). - Fait Reek (a bright White Sprite), Herr Welikind Holeno. Imminent danger of Jill in splitting upon a Ronk of Sett- Treachery of Vinegar -Upsetting the Pall above, and Evaporation of the Saline Stalactite Columns, disclosing The Emerald Temple of Salad.-Magical Union of the Streets and Seurs, and " a Pie" termination of the Loves of Jack and J:11. The Transformation. -Harlequin, Milano; Columbines, Mdlle. llo'cno and Miss Ellen Honey; Pentaloon, Mr. Cole; Sprite, Herr Williklnil efoleno ; Clown, the celebrated Harry Bolero (hi, first app , nrance in London for rneny years) ; Aerial Evolutionists, by the Inimitable Italian Brothers. The Turk's Head Public-horse end Hairdresser's 6110 1 ) . - Hairdresser, Mons. Pomade Publican, Mr.-1111y Williams ; Customers, Messrs. Rednob, Senockface, Owen Swift, Bear `.l as, Whisker Want, Baron Niche'son, and Tern Steed ; the British Pub lic by themselves; Policeman A. I, Mr. Vigilant. Aperoach ef tho sercat Rugged Russian Bear-How he Whines atter the Porte, which, ?virus rather old, turns out somewhat crusty-A Dose of nutty Rhubarb-A Don-e Cossack -Pure Circassian Cream-Slow one Sham 11l makes all well-The Great Bear turns out a Great Boar -Russian Attachment to Grease-Clown Cuts his CustoMer's Hare and afterwards Dresses it a Is Sover -The Great Moustache Move ment-A Close Shave-Clown shows his high attachment to the Pole -Sudden Rise in Porter-An M.T.M.P.-A Patten Le , k at 10 o'clock-A Bona Fide Traveller-Ginger Beer and Gin without ger -A Mill, a llght, a Regular Row, and Station-house for Two. Great American Baby Show.-Arrival of the Infantry-Sudden Squall-Ma's neon the Eve of Battle-General Attack--Awarding the Prizes-Clown and Pantaloon's Offsprines- The Prettiest Baby in th • World-A Model Baby and a Spirit Child - The Wonderful Effects of Dr. De Jingle's Coil Liver 011-Clown's Great Prize Bale, -Fresh Arrival of 300 more Bahice. -The Judge Confounder'-e:reet Uproar-An Unwelcom Visitor to a Ladies' and Juvonfle Party rind Extr.sorlinary case of Suspended Animation by the Ita lien Spritee. Scott's Oyster Shots, Newspaper-efilce, and Put - eel's Biscuit Baking and Confectionery Estaleislanent, Cernhill -" Up • rouse ye then, my merry men, it is our °pellets; day"-A Hoist, r for ene •nl a Lobster for two-A einseulman and a Man for a Muscle -Duty and Custom-A Bride Cake and a Wedding Cake- First Editian and Second Edition -Left Out far Want of Po tea- Press of the Privilege an 1 Privileges of the Press--" Oh, what a row, a rumpus, what a rioting." Baker, Mr. Crusty ; Fishmonger. '-Mr. Scales; Master Newsboy, Christmas-box; Printers, Messrs. Typo a• , (1 Chapel: Editor, Mr. Cutemdown ; Critic, Cutemup; Pas sengers, Messrs. Trot, Cosey, Strutaiong, Lounge, Loiter, and Walt;. about; Boarsiman, Mr. Bobaday. HosLr's Ship and New Wing of ereeisset-house.-Ilere we are-eferry Christmas and a Happy ear Tear -Iligh Prices and Low Prices-Manchester Stuff-En¢- lleh Co m r orters-Stocks on Hand and Handsome Stocks-Ford's ar elia Shirts--R e f orm i n the Civil List and lencaell Treatment of the Cler ks - Transfer-day at the Bank, and General Mayday at eLemerset-house --Roster, Mr. Stociten ; Shopsnan, Mr. Early- O Y M , o. 3 Lastz ye T r o ; ddie Ne tchen.-Chef de s te * be S n ° m Y alds M Magic isses Ki Basteaway and trlPPingsell; Onardsrnan, Corroral Longshanks ; Policeman, wl;feenev Podger. Cupboard Lovers--Soy er's Last Soup - the Knives And Forks P-Boiled and Unboiled Lob- Goneeters-Headless pow I all to Po' al 's -- Lobster Patty and Gillet Soup-Clown manced_ao4--allnarlequin Gets well Towelled and afterwards Thou cornea in such Pan.aloo n i n a Stew-A Regular Broil . to thee (f oyer or rath an unquestionable s h a p e , th a t I w ill s p ea k (Clown's) Breth-The er Sh akspeare)-Teo Many Cooks Spell the An Illuminated Page ors scene finishes In a very spirited manner. he Tableau with Panoratni History of England.-Grand Allegorical Allied Forces, yoon e JEufifects, illustrative of the Triumphs of the doable bands of the Enggliahlien'" " Allied Army Quadrille," by tlie Partant pour la Syrie" French. "God save the Queen," Regiment, Miss Rebecca' Colll 'Rule Britannia " • slighterDa of the the spirited patriotic effusion, published in rrs, in which character ll sine for December, and written by Corporal J oht il l i ß a r e e k w w n e , °d o ' f ' e ag. G ' r z e in n e a ' - ' dier Guards, when the men got some drink for the first time at Balaklava, Sept. 28th:- " Come all you gallant British heatta that love th e re d and b lue, And drink the health - of those brevet Then fill the glass, and l e t i t pa„ three made the Russians rue. ree t he made end one more, For the twenti e th o f September, eighteen hundred and fifty-four Vestibule of the Temple of Victory.LaThe Tribute of Engl an d t o the Bra- e Pat r i o t s . Distribution ia Electric :scenic Climax, with Revolvine Col umns and IVreath' ' Gorgeous an Variegated Illuminations. Terrific Flight ef the Italian Bro thers. The whole scene presenting a coup d' ee i l never before witnessed on the English stage. Admission :-Stalls, 55.; dress ;circle,4a-; second price, 25.; upper circle,secondce, Is. 6d lower gallery, Is.; price, rd. pit, 25.; second price, Is s?rs open at half-past 6, boxes, 10s. 61., 155., 2 and upwards: upper gallery ' 6d • ; private performance at 7 o'clock. llalf•priee a' 0 The box. office open dally, from I I till 5 o'clock, under the () islsrret l io . n of Mr. Edward ces,Aree approved and in Chatterton. Notice.-The followine pi preparation, and will shortly be sea pi : aaia, by Dion Beurci- Paetornene, by Fe L. Blanchard, Fs Grand Christmas ; ): • w - itb:l 7 e . , ; Er Adaptation from vault, F.sq. • Two Draniss, by Meyerb teris Opera, L'Etolle du Nord, properties, end effects; to be succeeded by an English verainenei(lay, son) of Oluck's Iphigenia in Tauride. The Grand Ifistor • tian Drama, many mouths in preparation, will also shortly s E e a Y r P. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMTAEKE Under the management of Mr. Ruck tone. THIS EVENING, Jaw. 5, Will ROUND be T performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS OP THABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe E , W. Farren, Compton, and Buckstone ; Misses Reynolds and E. Chaplin. Followed by a new grand Chr;stmas Pantomime. entitled LITTLE 110-PEEP; or, Harlequin and the Girl who Lost 112 r Sheep. Little Ito-Peep, Mles L. Thompson ; Haflegula, Mr. Chapin° ; Pantaloon, Mr. W. Barnes; Clown, Mr. Appleby ; Columbine, Miss M. Brown, ROYAL, PRINCESS'S THEATRE- Under the Management of Mr. CHBII.I.ZB KEAN. THIS EVENING, JAN. 5, To be followed by TIIE RIVALS. Principal characters by messrs. W. Lacy, Harley, Meadows, J. Vining, 11. Mellon, Addison, and Everett; Mrs. Winstan'ey, Mrs. W. Lacy, am Alisse.,, Reath and C. Lcclercq. After which will be produced a New Grand Christmas Pantomime. entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEARD; or, The Great Rash", harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr, Paula and Columbine, Miss Desborough. ROYAL LYCEUM TIIEATRE. Under the management of Madame Vestris. Sole Lessee Mr, C. Mathews. MIS EVENING, JAN. 5, Will be performed AGGRAVATING SAM. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. Will he produced a new and original Fairy Extravaganza, en. titled PRINCE PRETTYPET and TIIE BUTTERFLY. To be followed by TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE, Box-office opea from 10 until 6. Sole agent for Private Boxes, Mr. Al'croft, 15, New Bona-street. TIINATItE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Sir. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, JAN. 5, Will be rerfornr d rONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. Characters ly 3fe3-rs. Romer, P. Bedford, Keeley, Mrs. Kce'ey, Re. After wlicb, a new grand Eccentric Extravaganza, called ZIG ZAG; 'r, Travels of Messrs. Danube and Truth. To be followed by THE CAME' AT CEICIIIIIAM. To which will be added a now Farce, entitled TILE RAILWAY BELLE. ROYAL OLYM ? I CT II11_1.; 13. R E. Lessee and :,lam et, ..fra A. _ THIS EVENING, JA •N. 5.1 W • , Wmhe presonted a hew Come dletta, called A WIFE'S JOURNAL. on t . Characters by M,.Emery H ar court, and Leslie; and Brown. ' Mrs • f° sown, and m iss Ma k II Ater which, a new Fa* Extravaganza, entitled 078 GOI)iIITNZEJ. Charac tersYELLOW by Mr. F. Robson, Miss 2' l , THE c t G eo rv, MISS E. Ormonde, Mias ararston, Miss Bromley, and a ll' To conclude with the Farce, e which .Mr. pobson will appear. 9264 4 BLIGri ors. Fitzailan.TED BEING, in A STLEY'S ROYAL AMP nrrazAT, Lease() and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The most varied round of elite. tainment in London is to be found at this vast Establishment. Tremendous success. Of the Comte Pantornirn,l Two more GRAND MORNING PERFORMANCE, Mont la, Jitn‘ 4 th, Monday, Jan. 15t1t, 1855, each commencing at 1 svo o'clock. THIS EVENING, And during the week, the splendid Spectacle of THE BATTLE of THE ALMA! With a HE Series of SCENES in the ARENA! To, conclude with the gorgeolts Equestrian Comic Pantomime, sailed GULLI VER'S TRAVELS THEOUGII 11ORSX IA LANDS ; or, Harlequin and Britannia! Box-ofllce open from Eleven till Four. Stags Manager, Mr. W. West. A cling Manager, Mr, W. U, Coke, Equestrian Direct( r Nr. ST. Cooks, Jim, THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 1855. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 4. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, the Earl of Aberdeen, the Earl and Countess Granville, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, and Lieutenant-General Sir George Bowles. The band of the Royal Horse Guvrds played during dinner, and her Majesty's private band afterwards. The Queen and Prince walked in the grounds ad jacent to the Castle this morning. The Hon. Eleanor Stanley and the Hon. Beatrice Byng have succeeded the Hon. Flora Macdonald and the Hon. Caroline Cavendish as Maids of Honour in Waiting. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived at the Castle yesterday afternoon, and left Windsor this morning for London. The Earl and Countess Granville and Lieut.-General Sir G. Buwles have also taken their departure to-day. The Earl of Aberdeen arrived in town yesterday, from a visit to the Queen. Despatches for the Governors of Australia were sent last evening from the Colonial Office. LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1855. " They manage these things better in Franee." So it was in the days of LAWRENCE STERNE, and so it is at the present time. Our theory seems per- fection itself, but unfortunately the practice is very defective, owing chiefly to red-tapism or ridicu lous adherence to " precedent," without consider ing whether that precedent be beneficial or other wise. At present it would seem as if no information were to be doled out in any matter where there has not been a pitched battle, and a long and deplorable catalogue of killed and wounded. The accounts of the sanguinary contest at the Al!na, of the flank movement at Balaklava, and of the Russian attacks en the British lines at Inkerwan on the 25th of October, and subsequently on the sth November, were published ; but we hear nothing of the progress or prospects of the siege at other times. Unless there is something on which to hang a laudatory notice of some of the generals or their respective staffs the public anxiety is totally disregarded, and we are allowed to glean our information from French or Russian sources, and to decide for ourselves on the amount of con fidence to be placed. Fortunately our Allies are better informe, - 1. LOUIS NAPOLEON does not consider it essential, or even judicious, to keep his people in the dark. He does not shroud that which may be communi cated without the slightest prejudice to the pub lic service under a flimsy veil of official reserve. He is sufficiently clear-sighted to perceive the advantages of p u bli c i ty. T hus, frequently when the public mind is agitated by the highly-coloured statements of Prince MENSCILIKOFF-statements that Lave been carefully revised and c=ected at St. Petersburg before publication —we have been relieved by the despatches of General CANROBERT, which furnish more authentic versions of the true state of affairs—our own General maintaining a total and unbroken silence, or, what is far more probable, Ministers withhold in,g the trustworthy intelligence they have received. But why, or wherefore, nobody is able to cLn ceive. They do it, because such has been the practice, and cling to the abuse, because it has becomo " an aged vice—a grey iniquity." The despatch of General CANROBERT, which will be found in another part of this day's impression, is a very satisfactory document. It is true that it details no exciting events, no fierce encounters, calculated " to harrow up the soul" or make the blood curdle in the veins ; but it simply and truly narrates the existing state of affairs, and affords fair data to persons desirous of judging for themselves. Thus we learn that, although the bad weather had continued with rare and short inter vals of improvement, the Allied Armies, never theless, contrived as much as possible to encircle the place with their trenches, and that all the siege operations become perfect and solid, not withstanding the rainy season, which renders 0,4: transport very difficult. This is a perfect answer to the croakers who are prophesying the total destruction of the Allied Forces, and the decided triumph of the Russian arms. It shows that although matters have not proceeded quite so rapidly as we " who live at homo at ease" had anticipated, there is yet no cause for despair, and the solution of the difficulty may be nearer at hand than has been supposed in England. Although we should not on that account relax our exertions in any re spect, it is yet satisfactory to learn that there are strong hopes of our gallant fellows extricating themselves and overcoming all obstacles, even before the completion of the arrangements for their relief on which we have so tardily entered. The strong testimony borne to the excellent re lations and perfect cordiality " between the two armies," and the brief but graphic account of the interchange of good offices—the English providing for the transport of the cavalry, while the French have lent their mules for the conveyance of the sick, and ammunition—is peculiarly cheering. The bonds by which thetwo nations are united will thus become indissoluble, for they will be founded on mutual esteem and respect. France and England may henceforward exclaim " Quis separabit It will be far beyond Russian wiles to creato dis sensions or heartburnings between those whose future friendship will be as remarkable and en during, as it will be far more reasonable, than their former disputes and distrust. For the other points we refer to this highly interesting document. It will be seen that there are almost daily, er rather nightly, sorties, which are invariably repulsed, and frequently with con siderable loss to the garrison ; while the various reconnaissances made show that the great body of the Russian army has been withdrawn, while those that remain are merely pickets observing, from a distance, the proceedings of the besieging troops. From this we may hope that something will speedily be effe3ted with respect to Sebastopol. It is probably the con tinued landing of the Turkish troops at Eupatoria, which has led to the withdrawal of the Russian forces from the vicinity of the Siege. They are, perhaps, striving to make some great point, but we hope that it will merely prove a coup manrptc, doing more injury to themselves than to those against whom their efforts are directed. Ina letter to a morning contemporary,M EDWARD CREstintz • r. icnogßeonEioNu.s pTliadussibillisttietes some plain and ineon_ testable facts wliie a %om ootf ple mt t h e ee l s y ssrtsa. demolish all the BRIGHT and statement 15, indeed, but an ex je,o'enrntitlled to the credittn of a disin atrnaactisf,rotmhertehfoer terested witness. Mr. BRIGHT have found the blue books, written Yinverylanliukegly made to veil our thoughts, somewhat managggafbai;e; but there is no means of distorting the bare to which we allude. The first bundle of facts i s contained in the sentence that Russia has extanded3 her territory in sixty-four years SEVEN HUNDRED MILES, on an average, in every direction 111 fere are the four leading particulars :—Her encroach ments have advanced her frontier towards Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Vienna, and Paris, about ' 4 'oo miles ! towards Constantinople about 500 miles! towards Stockholm 630 miles ! towards Teheran 1,000 miles! Nothing seems to stop her but the frozen sea and the desert ; ncr even these, indeed, as the borders of China and Kamsliatscha can attest. Yet this is the insatiable nation-murderer whom our great Free Welders would leave to PROVIDENCE. In their view it is no part of the system of PROVI DE=TCE that violence should be resisted by force, and that society should disarm the convicted lain. Did these reasoners ever master that text book of liberal English education, BUTLER'S Analogy ? With him we must believe that in stinctive resistance to wrong is one of the provi dential punishments of crime ; and further, that if we are too indolent or selfish to make the re quisite sacrifices for maintaining the order of society, greater eventual suffering is the inevitable result. Now, beyond all doubt, if any man had murdered as many individuals as Russia has mur dered nations even the Quakers would be ashamed to petition for his life ; but had he only, before and behind, right and left, appropriated his neighbours' property in this style, JOHN BRIGHT himself would think it time to put on the handcuffs, to tear off his disguises, and to restore him to his individuality in soli tary confinement. He would not venture to excuse his last felony or burglary because his own cotton-mlll or his own mansion was untouched ; or because it had been perpetrated on some indi vidual who was not religious in Mr. BRIGHT'S way, or not administering his property so well as Mr. BRIGHT was doing. Possibly the villain might prove a CANNON, and half-kill the police man who arrested him, yet Mr. BRIGHT would be willing, we presume, to incur tkat hazard, and maintain that the burglar must be put down, or that cotton-mills and mansions would be useless. We profess ourselves utterly incompetent to dis cern the want of appropriateness, when the same principle is applied to the community of nations. PROVIDENCE takes no more care of burglars than of conquerors, and knows no dif ference between them but that of degree ; and if we may piously or supinely leave the latter to PROVIDENCE, so we may the former. Here is a nation, sixty-four years ago, number ing but fifteen millions of people, swelled now, and chiefly by absorbing more civilised countries, to some sixty millions ! A nation which has so unblushingly mingled confessed fraud and open violence for the sake of acquisitiox that it is equally impossible to be on our guard against either ; a nation of slave-conquerors, which has spread. the bane of her serfdom over every terri tory she has absorbed ; an insatiable military po lypus, which has made each successive growth tho preparation for further extensions. She robs Persia, and locates her troops en route for India: She seizes the Crimea, and builds, not a port and dockyards to civilise the Asiatic csasts and her own people by commerce, but a fortress and navy which could at any time crush Constantinople. She receives, at the Treaty of Vienna, the Go vernment of Poland as an independent gtate. She provokes it by unheard-of barbarities to rise; and then, in the face of Holy-Alliance treaties, swallows and attempts to digest it., and Warsaw and other fortresses are forthwith put in array against Germany. By fraud and violence com bined she seizes Finland and the Aland Isles ; im mediately she makes Sweaborg and Bomarsund into Sebastopols for the conquest of Sweden aid Denmark. Everywhere the story is the same— the most unprovoked seizure of nations which were doing her no wrong, except, perhaps, that they spared her CZARS, even the groat CZAR him self, when they might have led them captive. Gratitude these varnished savages want a word for. We desist, however, from the endless topic of Russian villany. The politician who cannot perceive that it is now or never, cost us what it may, is beyond our power to reason with. We have not learned all our political logic in the counting-house and the till. The following quo tql;ou ought to settle the question :—" The ac quisitions of Russia from Sweden, equal the re mainder of Sweden ; from Poland equal the Aus trian empire ; from European Turkey equal Prussia, exclusive of the Rhenish provinces ; from Asiatic Turkey equal the small German States, Rhenish Prussia, Holland, and Thlgium ; from I%rsia equal England ; from Tartary• equal Eu ropa= Turkey, Greece, Italy, and Spain. The total acquisitions of Russia in 64 years equal her whole European Empire before that time I" THE OVERLAND MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam ship Euxine, with the heavy portion of the East India, China, and Mediterranean mails, has just arrived. ADMIRAL DUNDAS'S FAREWELL TO THE BLACK SEA FLEET. The following is the address of Admiral Dundas upon quitting the command of the Black Sea fleet: (General Memorandum.) Her Majesty's ship Britannia in the Bosphorus, 22d December, 1854. My term of service, as Commander-in-Chief, in the Mediterranean and Black Seas having drawn to a close, I am about to return to England and give up the com mand of this fleet. During the past year many trying circumstances have occurred—pestilence in its most aggravated form, action with the enemy against land defences such as ships hardly ever encountered, and a tempest of the most awful violence. In all those events the good conduct and gallantry of the fleet have been evinced and proved. In taking an affectionate leave of the officers, seamen, and marines of the fleet, I can hereafter experience no higher gratfrication than the assurance that they pre serve their high character for discipline, enterprise, and devotion to our Sovereign and country. J. W. D. DUNDAS, Vice-Admiral, Commander-in-Chief. To the Admirals, Captains, Commanders, Officers, Seamen, and Marines of the Fleet in the Mediterranean and Black Sea. THE SULTAN AND THE DUKE OF CA A/ BRID GE. The Journal de Constantinople of the 24th Dec. contains the following account of the visit paid by the Sultan to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge : His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, whose health is better, left the Hotel d'Angleteere on Monday last, to take up his residence at the palace of the British Embassy at Pera. On Friday last his Imperial Majesty the Sultan, ac companied by his ordinary suite, proceeded to the palace of the embassy, to visit his royal highness. The Sultan was received at the entrance of the palace by Lord Strat ford de Redcliffe and the whole personnel of the British Legation in full uniform, and by the Duke of Cambridge, who waited at the head of the grand staircase. Introduced into the chief saloon, the Sultan entered mo-t affably into conversation with the duke. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe and M. Etienne Pisani, first drago man of the embassy, were present at this interview, and as the noble ambassador remained standing, his Majesty graciously requested him to be seated. After the inter view, which lasted 20 minutes, and in which the Sultan expressed to the duke his sentiments of friendship and sympathy for Queen Victoria and the English people, and his satisfaction at the improvement in the duke's health, his Majesty then visited Lady Stratford, who, with her daughters, was in the ball-room, and conversed with them in the most friendly manner. The duke accompanied the Sultan half-way down the grand staircase, when the Sultan insisted he should go no further. Lord Stratford and the other members of the legation accompanied his Majesty to the great vesti btll:ele. , M. Etienne Pisani accomp an i e d hi s M a j esty to \ palace gates, where the Sultan mounted h is h orse and returned to,Teliiiragan. PLANK ROADS. 'lke following letter — 1 -- po ra ry ias--.- been addresed to a contem- Si —Having b een i n Canada at the period alluded to r: :-- by Sir F. B. Head, in his forcible lette r on an improved . means of communicatio n b e t ween Balaklava and s topol, p er Mit me t o o ff er an additional ar gument on behalf o f a p l an k roa d. I a ll u d e to the facility which it would afford for marching troops from the point of die eMbarkaVon to the camp. A railway will in no measure facilita.te this important operation, and the plank road will nearly equal its ad. vantages in other particulars. As every hour is of importance in rendering the means of transport between the port and the trenches ennui:len ,-;ura,te . with its requirements, that which can be the most readily carried into effect should be adopted as the most valuable,—l am, Sir, yours obediently, ITIATPR, DRURY-LANE THEATRE. The brilliant auguries of success held out to the en terprising lessee on his "opening night," bid fair to exceed his most sanguine expectations. Last evening the theatre was again densely crowded in every part. The pantomime of Jack and .1 increases in attraction each night of its representation. This is not to be won dered at, for, without doubt, it is one of the best things of the kind ever produced in London. Great prepara tions, we hear, are being made for the production of the Egyptian drama, which is announced as being in active rehearsal, but, taking the crowded state of the theatre last night into calculation, the pantomime will of itself prove a sufficient attraction at least till Easter. THE GALLERY OF ILLUSTRATION. We have seldom witnessed an exhibition or entertain ment more agreeable and instructive than that which the diorama of Messrs. Grieves and Telbin, now pre sented to the public at this gallery, affords us. It opened with the new year, and is in every way worthy of the events it unassumingly, but most successfully, seeks to portray. It is, so far as the mind can • fairly form a judgment from the account; transmitted to us from the seat of war, whether through " the Sea Pictures " of our " Special Correspondent," or the more official de spatches of the great leader of the British army, a happy pictorial illustration of the mighty deeds and soul absorbing incidents that crowd the sanguinary drama, upon whose last act the curtain has not yet fallen in the Crimea. The artists follow the steps of the Allied army from its departure from Varna to its arrival before the walls of Sebastopol, and its investment of that stronghold of the Czar ; at the same time faithfully embodying, with the poetry of life itself, the heart-thrilling scenes by "flood and field " that fill up tae brief chronicle of our deeds of arms in the East. The proprietors have very judiciously selected as their lecturer Mr. StocTieler, gentleman who seems to possess a very intimate know ledge of military affairs, with an apt and felicitous power of expression in explaining the technical terms used in the science of war ; and it was not the least amusing part of the entertainment to witness the avidity with which the fair portion of the audience seemed determined to trea. sure up the warlike information he imparted. The lecturer produced ciiagrams of bastions, and their curtains, paea pets, gabions, reda,ns, and redoubts, and lucidly ex plained their several uses, interspering his narrative with several pleasing anecdotes. There is an exquisite delivery of touch, and a finish in the whale performauce far superior to productions gotten up for ephemeral ex istence. The arrival and landing at Katarinta Bey, the Battle of the Alma, the Flank Movement in the Forest, and the Battle of Balaklava—witle the splendid and suc cessful Charge of the Heavy Cavalry, and the less for tunate, but sublimely heroic, headlong dash of the Light Dragoons, are all charmingly portrayed. In the fore ground of this picture is seen the gallant Earl of Cardi gan, mounted on his War-horse of goodly Northampton blood, high in mid-air, impelled by a noble and impetu ous daring, taking at a bound as he would a common fence or gun carriage, and with uplifted arm , i s a bo u t t o cut his way throu g h the gunners who are serving their deadly instruments of war. This figure, however, is impoetic from its coarseness, and it is quite wanting in identity. The house was very well attended, and the exhibition drew forth the marked and decided approval of the audience. THE PRUSSIAN DESPATCH. The following is a translation of the text of the Prussian deipatch of the 19th December, addressed td Lho Pruegiau. Ers.ro , a at Paris and London, of which a summary has already appeared in our columns : " BERLIN, DEC. 19, 1851. "Monsieur le Comte, —As I have had the honour of informing your Excellency by telegraph, it was on the evening of the 16th i❑st., that the envoys of France, England, and Austria came to communicate to me offi cially the treaty which their Governments signed on the 2d of December at Vienna, and to express to me, con forinably to Article VI., the desire of seeing Prussia adhere to it. I lost no time in submitting that impor tant communication to the King, our august master. His Majesty fully appreciates its great importance, and in making it the subject of a conscientious examination he has been guided by the sincere desire of associating himself, as much as his convictions and the interests of his country permit him, to the common work of the re establishment of general peace on just and durable bases. " It is with satisfaction that the King saw the proto cols of Vienna referred to. His Majesty continues to regard them as the expression of the concert of the four Powers, and attaches a particular price to everything which is of a nature to imitate (constatgr) the duration of that accordance. It is true that Prussia did not par ticipate in the exchange of the notes of the Eth Au gust; the Government of the King did not think it ad visable in the then general situation of things to bind himself in that respect by any engagement whatever; but the language which, at various times, he has held at St. Petersburg, and which has not remained without effect, proves that he endeavoured to assure a practical value to the guarantees formulated at Vienna, by in• ducing the Imperial Russian Cabinet to adopt them. "While on the one hand the diplomatic concurrence of Prussia is then already acquired to the efforts of the other Powers to fix the bases of a general peace, her transactions with Austria prove no less, on the other, that the Cabinet of the King, penetrated with the grav ity ed the interests compromised by a prolongation of the menacing attitude of Russia, has, within the limit of certain eventualities, engaged even its military co operation. " Under all these respect 3 the analogous attitude be tween Prussia and the Powers who signed the treaty of the 2..1 of December already exists, and the King, our august master, is too far from being under any illusion on the incalculable dangers with which the ulterior unchaining of warlike passions would threaten all Europe, not to be disposed to cement, in the inte rest of a prompt and equitable peace and the real equilibrium it is destined to guarante', by new stipulations, an accordance the pacific weight of which would be called upon to exercise a salutary and decisive influence. " Looking upon the treaty of the 2d of December in this point of view, and recognising with satisfaction that it contains the elements of the above indicated nature, the Kin g , our August Master, has, moreover, f oun d i n most of its articles the impression, most natural it is true, of its special destination, that is to say, of an entente between the Western Powers and Austria. It would follow—an I certainly the justness of this observa• tion will not escape the just observation of the three Courts who signed the Treaty—that Prussia, to adhere eventually to the general tendency of that tansaction, and to some of its particular stipulations, does not find herself in a position (en mesure) to accede to a treaty already concluded, but rather to conclude, if re quired (s'il y a, lieu), an analogous arrangement on her part. " With this object, and to fix clearly his eventual de cisions, our august Master has thought fit again to put the question to himself, what sort of interpretation is to be given to the four points agreed upon in the month of August as the base of the negotiation be tween the Cabinets of Paris, London, and Vienna, mentioned by then in their Treaty, supported by Prussia at St. Petersburg, and now adopted, with out reserve, and in primitive draft, by Russia. It is evident that the interpretation is destined to form, so to say, a centre ruund which all measures to arrive at the re-establishment of general peace will turn, and from which, whether diplomatic or military, they will borrow their real character. "Moreover, the King, our August Master, appreciates the high importance of the step taken by the Cabinets who signed the treaty of 2d December by inviting Prussia to adhere thereto, and the more desirous his Majesty is to respond to the sentiments which dictated that measure, the more reason have we to hope that con fidential explanations of the interpretation of the four guarantees will enable us to judge of the bearing of the engagements we should have to contract. ` Consequently, the King charges you, Monsieur le Comte, to speak in this sense to M. Drouyn de l'Huys (Lord Clarendon), giving to your language that character of frankness and abandon, which is the best proof of a sincere wish of coming to an understanding.—l am, &c. " DE MANTEUFFEL." DEPARTURE OF THE COURT FOR OSBORNE.—Her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal and his RoyalUighnoss the Prince of Wales, left Windsor Castle this morning, and proceeded by the Great-Western and 6 outh-Western Railways to Osborne. The august party was attended by a portion only of the rayal household. It . understood her Majesty will return to Windsor ..,aß , tle on M on d ay next. The Duchess o f S u th er l a nd and the Duchess of Argyll visited the Gallery of the British School of Art, 121, Pall Mall, yesterday. The Earl of Aberdeen ari ived in town yesterday, from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. LATEST NEWS. THE CRIMEA. The following telegraphic despatch has been received from Vienna : VIENNA, JAN. 4. Prince Gortschakoff has had an audience of the Emperor, which lasted an hour and three quarters, but his Majesty is not likely to make any concession to Russia. General Osten-Sacken is to act against Eupa toria with 45,000 men and 80 guns. According to telegraphic despatches from French head-quarters both armies are preparing to attack the southern part of Sebastopol, ST. PETERSBURG, JAN. 2. A new financial measure is promulgated, raising the import duty on tea brought from China over land 100 per cent., from Jan. 1, 1855. The following telegraphic despatch was received in Paris last night : TRIESTE, JAN. 3. Accounts have been received from Constanti nople to the 25th. Chekib Effendi, Minister of Justice, died cn the 24th. Admirals Duudas and Hamelin have returned. The Allied armies, suffering from cold, have no firewood. The Allies have taken three Russian gun,. General Liprandi still occupies his position neat Balaklava. Accounts from Trebizond of the 19th state that the Russians have raised the forts of Dayazid, and are closely watching the frontier of Persia. The heavy falls of snow which have taken place near Kars render-it very improbable that hostili ties can be resumed until the spring. The Russian garrisons of Sehamkoi and Anapa will be, it is said, marched to the Crimea. At Athens, on the 29th, rumours were again current of the resignation of the Ministers of Justice and Marine. OFFICIAL DESPATCH FROM THE ALLIED CAMP. Marshal Valliant, French Minister of War, has received the following report, dated Dec. 22, 1854, from General Caurobert " Monsieur le Marechal—The bad weather has been prolonged until now, with rare and brief in= tervals of improvement ; nevertheless we continue as much as possible the work of enclosing the place with our trenches, and although the rains make the movement of vehicles difficult, all the siege works are growing to completeness and consolidation. " The two armies reciprocally assist each other. To the English army I am indebted for the convey ance, by water, of nearly all the cavalry at my dis posal in the Crimea, and on my part I have placed at Lord Raglan's disposal sumpter horses for re moving his sick to Balaklava, and teams for the conveyance of his supplies. These exchanges con tribute to keep up excellent relations and perfect cordiality between the two armies. " Hardly a night passes in which our advanced works are not attacked in a sortie of the enemy. These attempts generally cost the assailants dear. Yesterday, at 2 o'clock in the morning, the Russians, after making a sortie against the third parallel of the English, who vigorously repulsed them, made a similar demonstration against the centre and left of our works. Received with a very lively and well-directed fire, they retired before our soldiers, who pursued them with the bayonet. The enemy left a great number of dead upon the field. "In order to render the protection of the trenches more efficient, I have organised a corps of volunteers whose peculiar duty it is to reconnoitre the approaches to our works during the night. This institution completes that of the sharpshooters (francs-tirenrs) organised at the commencement of the siege, and who do duty by clay in our trenches themselves. They have already done a great deal' of harm to the enemy. " As I have already announced to you, our works now extend to the bottom of the Quarantine bay. The enemy shows that he is not inattentive to our progress on that side, and his guns hotly dispute the ground with us, where we are obliged, as we are nearly everywhere, to dig into the solid rock. But our progress is not the less real, and we remain in possession. " I have already informed you that the enemy has withdrawn his left, and evacuated those points in the valley of Balaklava, where we had previously seen him in large masses. The day before yesterday, wishing to ascertain the situation he had taken up in that direction, I sent out a force consisting of a cavalry brigade, under the command of General d'Allonville, to reconnoitre as far as the village of Tchourgouna. Behind the village of Kamara they fell in with a few hundred sharpshooters, whom they drove back into the ravines. Some groups of cavalry, accompanied by their artillery, and a few battalions of infantry appeared on the flanks of the party making the reconnaissance, but they did not attempt to offer any opposition to the operation of the latter, which was most successfully executed. "At the same time, 1,000 foot soldiers, High landers and Zouaves, left Balaklava to the right of our positions, and explored the heights that ex tend towards the valley of Baidari. They only met a post of Cossacks. "In fine, I think that on the left bank of the Teliernaya the enemy has only a few soldiers posted to observe ourpositions at a distance. A movement has evidently been produced in the Russian army, the probable cause of which is the debarkation of the Turkish troops still going on at Eupatoria. I shall soon receive positive information on this head. " Although the number of the sick has slightly increased, in consequence of the constant dampness in which we live, the sanitary state of the army is satisfactory, and the moral spirit of the troops is perfect. " Although the soldiers have been heavily in convenienced by the rains, there has yet been no cold weather ; the snow, which for a long time past has covered the, tops of the mountains in the in terior, has not appeared on the hill-plain we occupy, and the thermometer has not once fallen below general zero., These conditions are improved by the care we take of our soldiers ; and, thanks to the pru dent foresight of the Emperor and his Government, the army enjoys a relative degree of comfort that makes it gaily support with a light heart its fatigues. " The number of the sick in our military hospitals at Constantinople amounts to 3,794, of whom 1,387 are wounded. Out of this total, 260 are Russians. I have established a convalescent depot in the Crimea, near the Bay of Karatch. Here the men who leave the army ambulances, and who only re quire a little repose before they return to their duty, will have their recovery promoted. This measure will diminish our draughts to Constan tinople. "H. I. H. Prince Napoleon, still detained at Constantinople by the illness that compelled him to leave the Crimea, wished to come and rejoin us. I was bound to oppose this return, which compro mised the health of the Prince. -in-Chief, " Accept, &0., The General (Signed) " CA.NROBERT." TURKEY. A letter from Constantinople, dated Dec. 25, says :—" General Canrobert and Field-Marshal Lord Raglan had demanded, you are aware, of the Porte that Omer Pacha should head the reinforce ments conveyed to the seat of war, with a view of operating a diversion on the right flank of the Russian army. To this the Porte assented neces sarily without hesitation, and transmitted to the Serdar the requisite orders to this effect. Omer Paella, however, to the utter astonishment of all, refused to conform to the instructions of his Go vernment, founding his objections on positive in formation from the camp respecting the critical position of the Allied armies, and his reluctance to take part in an enterprise likely to result in abso lute failure, and finally demanded permission to return to the capital and confer with the Grand Vizier on this important subject. On the re ceipt of this astoundin g intelligence the Grand Council assembled at once, and, in pur of a resolution, unanimously Adopt e d nuance orders have been transmitted requiring the Turkish Generalissimo to proceed forthwith to Sebastopol at the head of his contingent, and there to expose to the commanders-in-chief of the allied armies his motives and opinions —the Porte being no longer in a position to modify a resolution which had been adopted in common with them. TheSe stringent orders were yesterday forwarded to Omer Pacha, and which, it is hoped, will finally terminate this painful little episode. The Journal de Constantinople of the 24th of December says : " According to the latest news from the Crimea, the siege works had been advanced so far that direct com munication had become impossible between the garrison of Sebastopol and the division of the' Russian army in the vicinity of Balaklava. That division was in want of provisions, and was with difficulty supplied by the town, which could only send by roundabout paths along the coast." THE MAN IFESTO OF THE EMPEROR NICHOLAS. An extraordinary supplement of the Journal de St. Petersbeurg of the 16th (28th) December, brings us the following document : " By the Grace of God, We, Nicholas the First, Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, &c., &e., &c., make known : " The causes of the war, that still lasts, are well understood by our beloved Russia. The country knows that neither ambitious views, nor the desire of obtaining new advantages to which we had no right, were the motives for those acts and circum stances that have unexpectedly resulted in the ex isting struggle. We had solely in view the safeguard of the solemnly recognised immunities of the Ortho dox Church, and of Our co-religionists in the East. But certain Governments, attributing to us in terested and secret intentions that wore far from our thoughts, have complicated the solution of the question, and have finished by forming a hostile alliance against Russia. " After having proclaimed as their object the safety of the Otteman empire, they have waged open war against us, not in Turkey, but within the limits of our own realm, directing their blows on such points as were more or • less accessible to them—in the Baltic, the White Sea, the Black Sea, in the Crimea, and even on the far distant coasts of the Pacific Ocean. Thanks to the Most High, both, in our troops and in all classes of our subjects, they everywhere meet with intrepid opponents, ani mated by their love for us and for their country ; and, to our consolation in these troublesonta cir cumstances, amidst the calamities inseparable from war, we are constantly witnessing brilliant examples and proofs of this feeling, as well as of the courage that it inspires. " Such are the defeats more than once inflicted on the enemy's troops on the other side of the Cau casus, notwithstanding a great disparity of force. Such was the unequal conflict sustained with suc cess by the defenders of the coasts of Finland, of the Convent of Solovetsky, and of the port of Pe tropaulovski in. Kamschatka. Such, above all, is the heroic defence of Sebastopol, signalised by so many exploits of invincible courage, and of inde fatigable activity, as to be admired and done justice to by our enemies themselves. ‘-‘ Beholding, with humble gratitude towards God, the toils, the.bravery, the self-denial of our forces both by land and ,sea, and also the general outburst of devotion that animates all ranks of the empire; we venture to recognise therein the pledge and augury of a happier future. " Penetrated with our duty as a Christian, we cannot desire a prolonged effusion of blood, and certainly wo shall not .repulse any offers and con ditions of peace that are compatible with the dignity of our empire and the interests of our well-beloved subjects. But another and not less sacred duty commands us, in this obStinate struggle, to keep ourselves prepared for efforts and sacritices propor tioned to the means of action directed against us. "Russians ! my faithful children ! you are ac customed to spare nothing when called by Provi dence to• a great and holy work—neither yOur wealth, the fruit of loneyears of toil, nor your lives—nor your own blood, nor the blood of your children. The noble ardour that has inflamed your hearts from the first hour of the war *ill not be extinguished, happen what may; and your feelings are those also of your Sovereign. " We all, Monarch and subjects, if it be ncees sary—echoing the words of the Emperor Alexander, in a year of like trial, the sword in our hands and the Cross in our hearts—know how to face the ranks of our 'enemies, for the defence of the, most precious gifts of this world, the security and the honour of our country. " Given at Gatchina, the fourteenth day of the month of D.,,camber, in the year of grace 1854, and the thirtieth of our reign. (Bigued) 4‘ NICHOLAS." FRAN CE. 'PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. The. Government has received the following telegraphic despatch : " The French Chargé d'Affaires to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. PERA, Dec. 27.—General Canrobert writes me under date of the 25th :--‘ We shall soon be ready to resume the offensive ; we are strengthen ing ourselves more rapidly and more solidly than the enemy can do. We are full of confidence.'" The Moniteur says :—" We have already made known the resolution come to by the Sultan to send to the Crimea, under the orders of Omer Pacha, a corps destined, to second the operations of our Generals•in-CtLief by means of an important diver sion on the rear , of the Russian army. The ac counts which have reached us from Constantinople, under date of the 25th ult., announce that a Vizi rial letter addressed to the Ottoman Generalissimo enjoins on him to hasten the embarkation of his troops, and to, go immediately in person to the allied Generals in order to concert with them as to his movements." Wo also read in the Monifeur :—" A recent act has strongly evinced the close' union whichlthe treaty of the 2d of December has established be tween France, England, and Austria. Prince Gortschakoff having expressed his desire to enter on negotiations on the basis of the four gua rantees, the three Courts came t 6 an understand ing to address to the Russian Plenipotentiary an identical note, which proves the perfect solidarity of their interests, and the complete accordance of their views." The Emperor is somewhat indisposed. It is re ported that he has a slight attack of the gout. The Empress works daily at the preparation of lint for the army. Visitors to her apartments ro ceivo as a matter of course a piece of old linen, from which they are expected to make lint. M. tie Tallyrand-Perigord, Duke de Dino, for merly au officer in the French navy, and also an officer on the staff of the Sardinian army, has re ceived permission from the Emperor to join the army of the East, and place himself at the disposal of General Canrobert. _ The Minister of Marine has received from Syd ney, under date of 221 September, accounts from the corvette La Constantine, commanded by Cap tain Tardy do Montravel. That officer announces that he has sent home three specimens of coal, which. is found in great abundance at New Cale donia,, and which will be of tllehighest importance to that colony, as coal is generally very scarce in Australasia. The Moniteur says :—" Since the Eastern ques tion has changed itself into a formidable war, the Sublime Porte has made great sacrifices to furnish to its troops all that was necessary for them. It will be understood that the brave army of the Gene ralissimo, Omer Pacha, has not been neglected ; and it has shown itself before the Russians in a manner which has procured it the well-merited sympathies of all Europe. Reports have been lately circulated at Constantinople that the army of the Danube was in want of things the most urgent for them, whereas, on the contrary, Riza Pacha has incessantly occupied himself in provid ing supplies of every kind necessary for the army, and in sending to Varna provisions, ammunition, winter clothing, and indeed every thing that was indispensable. Precise orders were at the same time given for their being sent to the Generalissimo, Omer Paella." The Constitutionnel says : " We have spoken, on the authority of a despatch from Odessa of the 25th alt., of an intended attack on Balaklava, by General Liprandi. Letters from the Crimea of the 22d, received yesterday in Paris, state that, in fact, some movements of the Russian general had led to the supposition that an attack was intended for the 20th. But a reconnaissance showed that General Li prandi, far from undertaking anything serious on that point, was remaining behind entrenched forts on the read to Simpheropol, and that ho had not 8,000 men in his ad vanced posts along the Belbeck. It was not supposed that there would be anything serious for some time. The roads were impracticable, particularly for heavy artil lery and ammunition. Our soldiers are organising themselves as well as they can for passing the winter. They have above all adopted the system of excavations in the ground covered over either with tents or with roofs of wood, or brushwood plastered over with mud mixed up with straw. In that 'way they are pro tected from the wind. Already our Zouaves have made similar retreats for their friends the Scotch. It is a con tinual exchange of good offices. Winter clothing and pro visions arrive in abundance for our soldiers. They have received etobiaccct, on o b a a n c dci , gars, and have had distributed to wine, brandy, and coffee. Wooden shoes are exreted, which will be exceedingly welcome. The oilici:rs have received sheepskin coat-, and the soldiers are allowed similar ones for the trenches. The Russians, on their side, neglect nothing to fortify them selves in their positions. Everything is in preparation for a great struggle. The Turkish corps, which is al-. riving at Eupatoria, is sent by divisions of 4,000 men or 5,000 men. French cavalry is also being expected from Bourgas.. It is a campaign, perhaps, nioro than a sieg e which is in preparation." BOURSE, JAN. 4.--CLosnta PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4. per Cents 9l 75 —f. —e. 3 per Cents 65 70 • 65 95 Credit Mobili e r 747 50 R o m an . . Se Credit Fonder Austrian.. — Belgian Fives. ..... Piedmontese B5 25 Home Debt 32i RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. 991 25 Orleans ........ ...... 1,150 L yons Western 628 75 Rouen 93 5- --- Cate 585 -, Strasburg . Metliterranenn BSQ -,Havre 327 5 ° Northern - RUSSIA. The journal of St. Petersburg, of the 22d ult., publishes the following bulletin : "The last report from Prince Mensebikoff,• of the 13th, contains nothing remarkable of the operations he' fore Sebastopol. From the Bth the fire of the siege' batteries has been as feeble as it was before, and has 1 1 °' occasioned us any loss. Although the enemy continues his trench-works on his left flank, he cannot, from being annoyed by our sharpshooters, who are advantageouelf placed in advanced posts, push forward his lines in fron t, but extends them to the left. On our side, the defende rs strengthen themselves, and sorties are made during the night. On the night of the 10th, amongst others, the midshipman, Pitoff, with 20 men of the fleet, taking add vantage of the darkness, carried from one of our redoubts two howitzers, and after having enfiladed with some successful shots the French trenches, where men Warr at work at th e momen t, re t ur ned to the r ed ou bt witheP, having experienced any loss.',' The Cologne Gazette says :—" Hitherto.Rues i l has brought on th e th ea t re o f war on l y th e third her army. In fact, Russia has placed in line the 3d, 4th, sth, and 6th infantry corps of the activ.,e army, with the cor p s o f d ragoons o f th e reeer'; and the corps of the CauCasue. The Ist and corps of infantry, the two corps of cavalry of th e reserve, the corps of the _guard a n d o f th e greoi diers have not appeared hitherto on the theatre' war ; she keeps them to oppose Austria, and form s besides an army of reserve of 300,000 men, W. 11 1: mended by General Tcheodayeff. In the sprint there will appear on the line of operations an er° 3l subdivided into 6 principal parts : the North in th e Baltic provinces, the army of the West in Pole! )d the army of the Dniester and Danube ; that i 5 t e ° say, the army of the South of Prince Gortschah o , l o the army of the Crimea of Prince Mens c hikoff, army of reserve of Tcheodayeff, and the arms ° the Caucasus of General Mountieff." THE BALTIC. A new battery has been effected on the WO, side of Cronstadt. A merchant there, of the na ol ' of Osterow, whose house was required to be pulls( down to make room, has presented to the battel the picture of the " miracle-working St. Nichols' in a silver frame, in commemoration of the Bol e ror's coming thither to trace out the lines of "", foundation. SPAIN. We have received in due course the Mati,,, journals of the 30th ult., but their contents destitute of interest. In the sitting of the Co on that day, the discussion was on the Octroi bJl li The article of the bill declaring that means $ 11 , 14 0 bC found in the budget to supply any deficit in t' Octroi duties was adopted. DENMARK. The new Ministry are said to have resolved ! I I ; maintait.i.l o ,- * the system of policy observed b 9 . 1, p former Cabinet as regards the Eastern questl ° ;d It is believed in Copenhagen that the King imp' td this on the present Ministry on their coming P' l s office, as a sine qua non ; and it was only on w,3, understanding that M. do Scheel Plcssenconse' o t to leave his post of envoy at Sto c kh o l m to acc e 'o the portfolio of the Ministry for Foreign Affair'' Copenhagen. of Very little credit must be given to romours ri ,r pretended negotiations between the Danish :1,0 vernment and the two Western P ow e r s, 4 0„: ;0 0. the latter are urging on us to join the coan o ,l Nothing is known in the official circles here 0 " . - such pressing invitations. -....., DO A letter from Vienna states that the telegreP, v e communication from the Austrian frontier to -Le charest is to be extended to Varna, an d that of works for this purpose will commence i n „, 0, spring, When this shall have be en effected) "' p can be received at Vienna from the Crithea ie hours.- ~,,f The Independance Beige takes upon it se lf to ' d'a that England approves of the separate treaty, s % e between France and Austria for s ecur ing tu e v ,o tegrity of the Italian possessions of the latter P° s s lt The Presse of this evening, however, express e v i z i opinion that the report of such a treaty 10 been signed should be received with mistrust.., 0 A letter from Rome, 29th ult., in the Nova e .1 states the Bishop of Le' Mans died on that d a l t dd the palace of the Quirinal. He retained his in o f lectual faculties to the last moment. The 1 ' t fr, who had visited the prelat e on l y a s h ort tire° 0 fore his death, charged the Cardinal Secreter t r id State with the dire c ti on o f th e f unera l . The b will be conveyed to Le Mans for interment. 1 9 Reports from Hamburg state that the etc h l ) 1 from which that place so severely suffered 011 , 0 4 10" 2d inst. had considerably abated, an d the were gradually subsiding. i King Lewis of Bavaria had another severe lj d long , fainting fit on the 30th at Darmstadt, sedgy' d the case was regarded as dangerous, his MtklB received the holy sacraments. The Prince and Princess Caradja, accomre ~ iis '1 by their son, a captain in the Ottoman service, ; arrived at Berlin on their way to the Hague, i t ic the Prince will reside as Ottoman Envoy Extr 0 ' dinary to the Netherlands Court. All three' ' been welcomed here by numerous friends. 4 h According to letters of the 25th ult. from I Petersburg, the two Grand Dukes, w h o quitte d d bastopol on the 15th, reached St. Petersbnr to, the 23d, to the infinite joy of the Empress, v ,tY ' health and spirits were greatly benefited 1)3 ' 4 1 joy of again embracing her sous. It is exP' rold, that they will return ero long to the Crimea. A accounts of the health of the Empr es s are : '1" more satisfactory. A marked improvement .to taken prate within the last few days. It is contemplated by the Prussian War De 9 ment to do away, by degr ees , w ith a ll s ig-po , ,1 1 : foot batteries attached to corps &armee, and 7 place them with improved model 12-pounders. .tti will require an additi on o f f our 12- poun d er I 'l9 ries, or 32 pieces to each of the nine corps. I.' artillery department thi n k s th a t the reduced vi f and length of the new model guns will enabl f pieces to-be worked with six instead of eight b' # THE BRAZILS. LIVERPOOL, J-A- 14. ' 'r e it The mail steamer Imperador has arrived, 100 accounts from Rio Janeiro of Dec. 1; 8.,01 Dec. 6 ; Pernambuco, Dec. 9 ; St. Vincent's, 19 ; and Lisbon, Dec. 30. She brought dian valued at 25,8201., and a small amount of bi on freight. b$ . _ Buenos lyres letters of Nov. 12 state th; ss invading force, commanded by Generals and Costa, had -be en totally routed on the 7'Y. Buenos Ayrean troops under General Sc ' About 20 men were kil'ed on each side. The IV/ had a large num b er woun d e d , an d l ost a ll baggage, correspondence, &e. From the documents taken it appeared Urquia was the instigator of the invasion. 7 4 1 also implicate a large number of the residents i city, and several arrests had been made. Go lot' ment, it was said, would take possession of 13 Fe. • Troops had been despatched to reinforce ral Hornos and to garrison San Nicolas and - 00 sario. Buenos Ayres was under martial lay", everything was quiet. Another despatch, " ei di later date, announces that the rebels had silty another defeat, and had been totally disbalild General Costa was reported to have taken rel 4 on board the Brazilian steamer Thetis. fl 9 Bussiness very dull, the markets being quite , of imports, and exports very scarce. Exchange quoted at 655. In freights, 35F0 1 ,0 salt hides ; 30s. for tallow, and 255. to 30s. fo ty and wool. At Montevideo nothiag of particular interest I ::: occurred up to the 15th of November. Trade , 0 ;I flat. Exchange, 402 ; freights low and scab dead weight, 40s. ; hair and wool, 30s. to 3550 i 0 From Rio Janeiro ther e i s no p o liti c al nest 1 41 interest. Four war steamers had been ordereo,o the River Plate. Coffee had declined 50 to 10 0 2 1 Exchange flat at 27i to 271. Freights, owiv .. o excessive arrival s , h a d d ec li ne d ss.,—name4,l the Channel 535. / to London and Liverpool to Havre 70f. At BahiP , 11 ot" ,sallia sugar was advancing. Brown, quip 13s. 3d. to 15s. id. ; and white, 16s. 11d. Bd. Cotton neglected, and prices nominal. klufot firm. Hides in request, at 6 3-ths to 6 4.5tbSV dry, ; and 5 1-sth to N. for dry salted. Excbri firm ; bat little business wa6 done al, 28d. ; from to declining ; rates, to the Channel, 60s. to 655. Liverpool, 455. de r d The import-market at Permainbuco was„ - f IP stocked, Exports were to a fair extent, v" ta read i B TiPts , a ' Frei 11(4 04 The jiei Tla t ) h.for s o le wail st . neat d tia, from tok ar • 4041 rtvel ti v ;tb 4„ 44 tevid 4 " Iro ws INi A jat ia lithamle Y j ki rr i i . ette . tu; rgate, f r 11 `,,FteacItn an 'i'r!t;4 l 8 1 oh o eLat ttr, au '~