The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-26 00:00:00

THE SU N, TO ARRIVE THE SAME EVENING, supplied to any STATION on the EASTERN C:RT NTIES RAILWAY, Carriage Free, by CLAYTON and SON, General Newspaper and Advertising Agents, 265, Strand, 'London. MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND. EXETER-HALL. On THURSDAY EVENING next, December 27, 1855, Haydn's Oratorio of THE CREATION will be repeated. Principal Singers—Madame Goldschmidt, Mr. Lock ey, and Mr. Lawler. Hlnders Oratorio of THE MESSIAH will be produced on MON- Ar Evening, Dec. 31, in which Madame Goldschmidt will sing the principal oprano part. Th. Chorus and Orchestra will consist of more than 600 performers, Conductor, M. Benedict. Prices of admission. Stalls (Numbered and Reserved), One Guinea; Unareserved Seats (Body of the Hall), 103. 6d.; West Gal lery, 10s. 6d.; Area (under West Gallery), 7s. Doors open at Seven, to commence at Eight o'clock precisely. Correct Books of the Oratorios are given with the Tickets. Application for Tickets to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street. Due notice w i lt he g iven of the Asst Miscellaneous Concert. THEATRZ ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. _ THE LADY OF LYONS. Claude Melnotte, Mr. Howe ; Colonel Dams!, Mr. Chippendale ; Beansant, Mr. W. Farm;; Pauline Desehappelles, Miss Reynolds. After which a New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST ; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHAIM= SEAM. THIS EVENING, THE HEIR-AT-LAW. After which will be produced a New Grant Christmas Panto mime, entitled. HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy ParadLsa and Hanky ranky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr Paulo ; and Columhine, Miss Phoebe Beale. R3YAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manaaer, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THIS EVENING. THE JEALOUS WIFE. Characters by Messrs. A. Wig us, G. Vining, Emery, Leslie, Dan vers, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Marston- Aner which will be produced a Now and doubly-moral, though excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled Tar. DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaft4. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marston, and Miss Haskell will appe tr. TEIZATRE ROYAL ADELPHT. Proprietor, Sir. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. , MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. After which HOW'S YOUR UNCLE? To conclude with a Gravid Coalition of Burlesque and Pantomime, to be called JACK AND THE BEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother Goose at Home Again. In which Me,srs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss Wyndham, and Miss B. Arden will ap,ear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek. THIS EVENING THE FLOWER GIRL. To conclude with A PRINCE OF PEARLS; or, Harlequin and lane Shore. LOYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVKNING, NOESHE; or, 'The Foster Sister. After which, IT RUNS Ii TIIE FAMILY. To conclude with HARLEQUIN BLACK-EYED SUE; or, All in the Downs and Davy Jones's Locker. ASTLEYS ROYAL AMPIIITHELTRIL Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. Emiestrian Comic Pantomime, the only one in the world ! THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING (Boxing Night), The successful Equid.rame called ROOKWOOD; or, TURPIN'S RIDE - to TORR. After which the SCEN'ES In the CIRCLE. To conclude with Om time), a Grand Equestrian Comic Panto mime from the pen of Mr. Nelsoa Lee, called HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON,.or the Seven Champions o Christendom. One hundrel horses, ponie., and other gladrupeds, trained by Mr. William Cooke, who has invented and arranged all the equestrian effects. This astonishing production may be desig nated the " Eighth Wonder of the World." It Is as exhibition un precedented and unparalleled „itloa-orrice open frcin Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. IC West. Eguestrlan Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun. I WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. MN DAY—Morn. 33 min. aft. 3- Evening 57 min. aft. To-fl olutow—Morn.l7 min. aft. 4—Evening 34 min. aft. THE TVEXTHER—SuN OFFICE, Dec. 26. THERMOMETER, IY TEM SHAME. 50 highest since noon yesteras.y. 4 —owc+st this morning and during the night. JI -this day ,t noon. BAROMETER, 99.19—a fall of nearly half an inch since yesterday. WIND.—S.W., fresh, blowing nearly a gale, with ago:illy rainy weather. r7ry.;v- • 7 , I c ^-^ llll LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1855. We are now approaching the third year of the The inclemency of the season has for the present suspended active operations, and com pelled a temporary armistice. The Allied Armies, while vigilantly watching the foe, so as to prevent the possibility of any surprise, are alsl engaged in the more pleasing duty of making themselves as comfortable as circumstances will permit, so that they may be enabled to take the field in the spring with renovated strength and vigour. The condition of the Allies is indeed very different from that which excited so many justly indignant complaints twelve months since. Having accomplished the arduous task on which they had entered they are no longer worn out with excessive toil, nor are they tantalised by the prospect of abundance whilst enduring the most serious privations. They have no longer to en counter most fatiguing and dangero us daily wor k in the trenches, or to expend their time and labour in bringing up guns and ammunition, in place of the provisions and shelter so urgently re quired. They are also suitably clothed, and have not to await the advent of spring for the distri bution of their winter garments. So far, then, the condition of our army is as good as could reasonably be expected. If they have not all the comforts of home, they have as many as could be hoped for under existing cir cumstances. But what preparations are making in France and England for the energetic and nu flinching prosecution of the War, in such a manner as will thoroughly humiliate the pride and crush the power of Our Gigantic Adversary ? We have too long endeavoured to bring Russia to a true sense of her situation by comparatively gentle means. But honeyed words in the shape of diplomatic conferences, and even the flinging of clods and less dangerous missiles, having totally failed to subdue her overweening arrogance, we must now follow the example of the old man in the fable, and really try " what virtue there may be in stones !" It is generally supposed that the recent propositions forwarded through Count VALENTIN ESTERHAZY, or on which he is instructed to obtain the views of the Cabinet of St. Peters burg,rejected ; th a t the CZAR will be decidedly dares not accept terms which would involve the complete and unequivocal abandonment o f t h e traditional policy of. Russia inaugurated by Plrrna, and steadily f o ll owe d up by his predecessors with greater or less activity. The old Mus covite party are still formidable. The truth has not as yet penetrated into the inmost recesses of the nation sufficiently to induce the fanatic' population to abandon their long cherished views of universal domination —when the AUTOCRAT, in possession of the Bosphorus and the Scandinavian kingdoms, with ports on Mediterranean, a n d the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, etl antic, and the might dictat e t o North Sea, E urope, perhaps to the world. There is, therefore, no use in persist ing in a penny-wise-and-pound foolish policy, in waging a little war, or allowing the sacrifices we have already submitted to to be productive of inade- War. quate results. The true friends of peace—those who are desirous of obtaining permanent tran puillity for Europe, and banishing " grim-visaged ;war" from the face of the earth on the cheapest and most eligible terms, are those who l Call on the Western Powers to put forth all their mighty strength, to tax their gigantic resources to the uttermost, so that by attacking the enemy in every vulnerable point there can no longer be either doubt or difficulty as to the result. In order to accomplish that great desideratum every plan for the ensuing campaign must be care fully maturel and decided on by France and England. There are many points to which at tention must be directed, so that we may follow up to their legitimate consequences the successes we have already achieved. In the South East we occupy four important stations or bases of ope rations—at Sebastopol and Balaklava, at Eupa toria, at Yenikale and the Kertch Peninsula, and at Kinbourn. From the former we threaten the whole of the Crimea. We may, by simulta neous movements, completely surround the Rus sian army, and insure its capitulation or destruc tion. From the last we command the portals leading to Nicolaieff and Kherson, the arsenal and granary of Southern Russia, and totally prevent the maritime trade through the Boug and the Dnieper. All these positions must be ren dered as available as practicable to ac complish the great end and object of the War, and to save our children and children's children from the . severe trials and sac rifices which we have been compelled to submit to for their: sake. Nor can Asia be forgotten. The fall of Kars has given a heavy blow and great discouragement to the Ottoman Power in a very important point. It is unnecessary now to consider the means by which that serious calamity might have been averted. It will unquestionably cost much to regain what might have been saved at a compara tively trivial expense. But our present object is not to criminate any parties, or to search out those responsible for the past, provided the wisest and most judicious means be adopted to retrieve the mischief. These will require mature and attentive consideration to devise future measures, worthy of the great champions of justice and civilisation, the guardians of liberty in every land and clime where it is imperilled. The proceedings in the Baltic and on, other points, where very important steps may be taken, also require careful forethought, and not an hour should be lost in deciding on every matter tha t o may arise during the rapidly approaching season for active operations. It is said, and with much apparent truth, that a Council of War is to be almost immediately held in Paris, for the purpose of discussing and deciding on these all-important matters, at which the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, Sir R. AIREY, Sir E. LYONS, and probably other distin guished persons, may attend on the part of Eng land. This is as it should be, and , we have no doubt that the results will be in the highest de gree beneficial to the glorious cause which the inhabitants of both countries, the peoples of France and England, have so deeply at heart. Nothing must be allowed for the forbearance of the enemy, but every nerve strained to render Russia harmless for many years to come. News direct from Russia, via New York, is pretty sure to be news indeed. However much " domestic" considerations may predispose a cer tain class of American citizens to espouse the part of Russia, nothing would seem to stimulate their good-will to partisanship so much as flattery by the great in that country. The trio of good naturod Frionds who paid the late CZAR a pop visit on an embassy of peace had, it must be con fessed, a narrow escape ; but a conceited Ameri can exposed to Russian wile has no chance at all, and whatever he was before is sure to roach home half Greek and half Cossack. To be hospitably received, courted, feted, and deferred to by a European despot and his myrmidons, noble and ignoble, is quite enough, and more than enough, to turn his head. It is such a glorious recogni tion of the claims of Nature's (American) Nobles to be considered not merely equal in every re spect to Fortune's, but superior, that the recipient feels bound in honour to give his imagination wing, and do his utmost to demonstrate that in the discharge of the officea of friendship, as in every thing else, America can " whip the world." In dividuals of other countries, not excluding our own, do not stick at a trifle in the beaten way of friendship, but JONATHAN sticks at nothing. The former, when 'practising the easy art of lying, feel restrained a little by European conventionalities, not so JONATHAN. Born to rove, if ho likes, un molested through pathless wilds, and able to whip his weight in wild cats, no such trammels can stay him. If he is to do Russia a good turn it must be in his own way—so as the truth won't at all serve her turn, he must lie for her with as much licence as the " buffaler " browses on the wide-spread prairies in the far west. Thus it comes to pass, that with all the will and some talent, he falls short of being a great artist. He don't reflect that before a man can be a magnificent story teller he must learn to tame kis fancy, and to respect the prejudices of those on whom he is desirous to practise. Government are making preparations fora ten years' war. The means of the imperial family alone are sufficient to carry it on at its present rate for many years without calling upon the nobles ! The mines never yielded so much, and the principal' manufactures were never so prosperous ! ! Nicolaieff is impregnable, Cronstadt an impossibi lity, and the Imperial family as well welded to gether as the fortifications!!! Everything is pa triotism, prosperity, piety, and brotherly love, and presages well for a prosperous issue. The Allies, in a word, have caught a Tartar, and are in an everlasting fix. But enough ! A liar without genius may suit some palates, but cer tainly not ours—and one with less genius and more impudence than Col. SHAFFNEI we fancy does not exist. We are heartily sick of a fellow who can lie neither with decency nor humour, but only " slick ahead." The worse than absurd, the mischievously foolish spirit of economy which we awhile back showed had taken possession of the Burnley Com missioners still troubles them. Not content with having resolved not to entertain any application from their servants for an increase of salary, they have proceeded to withhold what most people will be of opinion they actually owed. According to the Preston Chronicle, the Registrar of the Ceme tery has sent in his resignation, because, instead of dating the commencement of his salary from the period of his appointment, they had arbitrarily resolved it should be dated from the period of his entering on the duties of the office, and that notwithstanding he had been out of employment during the interval. Is there no one in their respective circles to inform them that spoliation is not economy, and that a tyrant on a small scale cannot but be contemptible as well as noxious ? Really the Commissioners stand in much need of a friendly turn, and the sooner they have it the better, if their acquaintance would have them remain in office. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DZOEMBER 25. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High ness the Princess Royal, his Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Colonel the lion. James Lindsay, commanding officer Ist Battalion Grenadier Guards, and the Hon. Mary Seymour. The band of the Grenadier Guards played during dinner, and her Majesty's private band afterwards per formed in the Castle. Divine service was performed this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, Princess Alice, Princess Helena, the Duchess of Kent, and Prince Ernest of Leiningen attended. The ladies and gentlemen of the Court and the do mestic household were also at the service. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor offi ciated, and administered the Holy Sacrament. Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial•office. CIIRISTMAS FESTIVITIES. The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are surrounded by a family circle at Goodwood, Sussex. Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess of Saxe Weimar and the E4rl and Countess of March are of the circle. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have - a large family party at Trentham, Staffordshire. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll, the Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, the Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, be sides other members of the ducal house, are staying there. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are receiving a select circle at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire. The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland are dispensing the hospitalities of the festive season at Raby Castle, Durham. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are at Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, with a select party. The Duke and Duchess have caused liberal benefactions to be distributed to the poor on the family estates in Northumberland and Yorkshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have a select party assembled et Hatfield-house, Herts. The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter are seeing company at Burghley house, near Stamford. The Marquis of Lansdowne is entertaining a distin guished party at Bowood, Wilts. The noble marquis will reoeive company until the middle of next month. The Marchioness (Dowager) of Londonderry is sur rounded by a numerous family circle at Wynyard-park, near Stockton-ca-Tees. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon have a select party at the Grove, near Watford, Herts. The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Theresa Lewis and Miss Lewis ' and the Hon. Mrs. Villi ers are staying with the noble Earl and Countess. The Earl and Countess Howe have a family party con gregated at Gopsall-hall, Leicestershire. As customary the noble Earl and Countess have caused the indigent poor on their estates to be relieved at this inclement season of the year. The Earl of Cardigan is surrounded by a large and distinguished party at Deene-park, near Kettering. The Earl Fitzwilliam has a large party, chiefly mem bers of his family, staying with his Lordship. On St. Thomas's-clay the iabourers on the Yorkshire estates, and also the poorer persons were bountifully relieved by the command of the noble Earl. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have a nume rous and distinguished circle at Broadlands, near Rom- Bey, Hants. Lord and Lady Ashburton are entertaining a select cirole during the Christmas holydays at the Grange, Lord and La'ly Stanley of Alderley are seeing com pany at Alderley•park, Cheshire. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs. Herbert are receiving company at Wilton-house, near Salisbury. _ _ A fine specimen of his country, i.e., in the opinion of those who have done their best to de ;.;rade it, and certainly of the class we have been noticing, is Col. TAL P. SRA.FFNRR, who, it will be seen, has, just now on his return from Russia, favoured the Eiitor of a New York paper with the results of his observation and experience. Everywhere welcomed and hospitably entertained during an extended tour through Russia, he re turns home more Russian a great deal than the Russ. The Allies don't know what a tough customer they have to deal with. They are labouring, as they will ind to their cost, under the wildest delnsions. Instead of the War being unpopular in R uss i a, i t is popular to fanaticism. Instead of forced levies being dragged in gangs to the recruiting depot, the conscripts 'rush there with ardour and devo tion. Instead of the nobles being dissatisfied with the loss of their bondsmen, they are only too happy to hand them over to the CZAR, t 3 whom, " if he required it," they are prepared to give up cheerfully all their property in money and estates likewise. Instead of the merchants being in a tottering condition, they are prosperoos to a miracle. Instead of a feeling of apprehension as to the results of the War being general, every body is satisfied that Russia must triumph. In stead of Russia' having suffered losses of conse quence during the last campaign, what she has suffered have been of quite an - unimportant na ture. Instead of her finances being embarrassed, " with the exception of a small loan, the whole expenses have 'been defrayed from the revenues o f the country. There is no lack of means (he tells us), andto state e - a that ptrhooefpubof. this it is only necessary lic works (fortifications 7) which w ere commence d last year are carried on with - unabated vigour, and on the same extensive scale on which they were begun." Instead of the Church being impo verished by the War it is being enriched. The effects, of the War are scarcely - perdeptible. The Sir Stephen Glynne has a large family party assembled at Hawarden Castle, Flintshire. The Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone are staying there. THE BOAR'S HEAD, AT QUEEN'S COLLEGE, OXFORD. The ancient custom of serving up a boar's head, " bedeck'd with bays and rosemary," and a large orange in its mouth, at this college, on Christmas day, was duly observed yester . day, and the spacious College Hall was crowded withl Oxonians and their town and county friends. The boar's head, which, borne on the shoulders of two servants, weighed upwards of seventy pounds, was announced by the sound of the trumpets, when the following song was chaunted : THE BOAR'S HEAD SONG. The boar's head in hand bear I, Bedeck'd with bays and rosemary, And I pray you, my masters, be merry, Quot estis in convivio. Chorus—Caput Apri defers, Reddens laudes Domino. The boar's head, as I understand, Is the bravest dish in all the land, When thus bedeck'd with a gay garland, fet us servire cantico. ° Chorus—Caput, &c. Oar steward hath ordained this, In honor of the King of Bliss, Which on this day to be served is, In Reginensi Atrio. Chorus—Caput, &c. The Rev. T. Rennison taking the solo part, and cho risters from Magdalen College singing the chorus, from the entrance of the hall to the high table, where a sump tuous dinner awaited the invited guests. This, we believe, is the only place whore the ancient custom of serving up a boar's head every Christmas day, with the original chaunt, is still observed. RAILWAY THROUGH EASTER Roes.--Adtive measures are now being taken, with a view to the formation of a lineof rail way through the rich and fertile district of Easter Ross, from the port of Invergordon to Tain and theM WRECKSe ikl e Ferry , —North E AT ZT ih C B O ) A I S iB T h O S M P ai C I OTLAND.—During o t hne the gale of e as t last e oa s we week v t of s c a n e tl several d. wrecks kasl l shaveioop wascome w wrecked near Montrose, anwdarstlslwhaamnpdesd,paenrdishfoeedr. crew of so me vessel foundered at sea. boat, on m A en drowned, s t a u k p i p n o g s e t d e t b o a r h b e o t u h r e , THE NEW BELLS OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL.—After a ellene o o f 25 years, these bells rang a merry peal on Monday (Christmas-eve) evening, an d the life and joy which they imparted were universal. The third and sixth bells, upon which the old clock s t ruc k t h e quar ters, were broken by the continued blows upon two sides (on one side by the clapper, and the other by the ham mers), and these have been recast. The hanging of the peal of bells has been rearrang ed and the fr amewor k strengthened, as the walls of the tower were much re duced in olden times to admit the bells — this has now a 3 of u yore, now consi s t s o f only for the c l oc k lhoeehneclleer,rtehcetelda.rgeTstheonpeael, being used and funerals. Many of the old ringers, whose names are immortalized in the tower with reference to sundry bob-majors and other surprising performances, have long since passed away ; but a new team has been or ganized-under the able direction of two of the survivors, Henry Ovenden, of St. Dunstan's ; and Mr. Austen, of St. Stephen's. The bells were rung again yesterday (Christmas-day) before and after each service, and hence forward they will be rung upon the same occasions as in olden times.—lfentia4 azzate. C ,a 4; _.-..~.'1 .._ the 11th inst. Crimea. THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA. EvENING, DECEMBER 26, 185 b. LATEST NEWS. MARSEILLES, DEC. 25. The Cairo has arrived with advices from Con stantinople of tho 14th, and from the Crimea of Despatches left at 1 p.m. The Russians attacked the French positions at Baga on the 9th of December, but were repulsed with the loss of 70 killed and 20 made prisoners. The weather has been frightful in the Black Sea. Twelve merchantmen, of various nations, had been wrecked at the Sulina mouth of the Danube. From Asia we learn that the garrison of Kutais had quitted that place, and retired to Gori—a defile leading into Georgia. TURIN, DEC. 25. General La Marmora is expected here from the MADRID, DEC. 24. ALManc.csa three Carlist chiefs have been slot. RUSSIA. The Journal de St. Petersbourg, of the 18th Decemberpublishes the offici a l accoun t o f th e sur rendei Of Kars. certain that Austria has promised efficacious assistance to the allies, in the event of the Cz;ir rejecting the overtures of Count Esterhazy. Public opinion hourly increases against Russia, and this reaction is all the more painful to her as her influence over the German press is a mystery to no one. The papers that enjoy her patronage have for some months past felt its inconveni ence. The middle class shows a decided preference for the independent press. Although peace be ardently desired yet few believe in it, alid many conjectures are formed as to the next campaign. We can foresee an invasion by the allies of the Russian territory of the Bal tic, and which will bo combined with a diversion of the Danube. The troops of the Crimea will be conducted to tho mouths of that river, and combine their opera tions with the 150,000 men that Austria can put in line. The probable results of that double attack, which, they say will be executed in the month of May, are discussed with much interest. The general opinion is, that it will be decisive, and that the issue will be as fatal to Russia as it will be favourable to the plans respecting the resto ration of Poland. I cannot, of course, say how far these conjectures are well founded ; perhaps the public guesses beforehand, as it usually does, the acts and even the thoughts of the Government, but I only repeat the rumours that circulate, and which are not mere gossip, as they obtain credit in certain well-informed saloons. Be this as it may, they serve, at all events, to show how public opinion points, and for this reason I think it worth while to mention them." It precedes it with the following letter of Vassif POha, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of A4iatolia, dated the 14th (26th) November, giving fu i ll powers to General Williams to negotiate Most eminent, most worthy, sagacious, and most noble General Mouravieff 1., " His Excellency the Ferik Williams Pasha, a digni tary of the great English Power, being in this country, is appointed by us and provided with full powers to ne gliate the evacuation of Kars ; this letter is written by m to inform your Excellency of the circumstance. I" The 15th of Raby-el-Aouel, 1272. Sealed with the seal of MEHMED VAMP PASHA." ct of the Surrender of the Town and Fortress of ars on the Stipulations agreed upon between the ommandenin-Chief of the Army of the Caucasus, ide-de-Camp General Mouravieff, and General Wil jams, Commissary of her Majesty the Queen of Eng and ; the 13th (25th) of November, Head-Quarters of cbiftli-Kaya. k` Art. 1. Surrend er o f th e f or t ress w ith a ll it s ma t er i e l lad. The guns surrendered are not to be spiked; the fires and arms are to bo given up in the same state as br are actually in ; the ammunition, powder, arsenals, posits of military clothes and stores are to be given up ;they stand in the official returns up to the day of render. Nothing is to be detracted or taken from arthiveo. 'On evacuating Kars, the troops are to leave posts, h of three men and a corporal, at the following nts :—At each fort, redoubt, or battery armed with iltery ; at each powder magazine, arsenal, or military pot, hospital, archives, treasury, and mosque. Corn ssaries shall be appointed by the Turkish authorities each part of the materiel, as the treasury, arsenals, t illery, hospitals, p rov i s i on s t ores , an d arc hi ves, charged i 1 hand over the same to commissaries appointed for .t purpose by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian PY• 'lmmediately the troops have left the place the above ntioned posts are to be relieved by Russian posts in presence of the above-named Turkish Commander of the newly-appointed Russian Commandant. The rkish soldiers are to give up their arms and accoutre nts to the Russian posts, and under the orders of their nmander are to march towards the Mainly Redoubt await instructions for their further movements. The nittal of the above -mentioned articles by the Commia les is to take place the day after the evacuation of the lee. FRANCE. PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. A camp of 40,000 men will be formed this win ter at Cherbourg. The Patric says nothing is definitely settled with regard to a proposed visit of the Sultan to Paris. His Highness has accepted the Cordon of the Legion d'Honneur, which is a great innovation on Oriental customs. At the present moment the Prussian Govern ment is trying hard to be admitted into the peace propositions. _ _ 'Art. 2. The garrison of Kars surrendering prisoners war, with the Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish y and all the military authorities, will leave the ce with the honours of war, and deposit their arms, s, &c , in a spot agreed upon previously, whence iy will proceed to the desti na ti on i n di ca t e d to them the Russian Commander-in-Chief. As a testimonial lhe valorous resistance made by the garrison of Kars officers of all ranks are to keep their swords. ' All the troops forming the garrison of Kars, except ite actually in hospital fr o m ill ness , are to l eave the ress in lull uniform, with dr ums b ea ti ng an d co l ours 'big, having first discharged their muskets, and are to r?emble at 10 a.m. near the ruins of the village of onrnbet. They are to deploy in a single line, in lumns, by battalions. The artillerymen are to form oarate columns by regiment% The Redifs, Lazes, and islii-Bazouks are to form separately at half a verst lance from the other troops. The garrison are to their arms, flags, and accoutrements, and to form in the preceding order in front of the line of muskets. ‘,` The Mushir Commander-in-Chief of the army of Anatolia is then to wait upon the Russian Commander in.Chief and hand him the muster-roll of his troops and a report of all the materiel stipulated in the act of sur render. Delegates of the Russian army will then call over the muster-roll and enregister the officers and men of the Turkish array, for which object the Turki,h au thorities are called upon to present the registers of their respective commands. The enregistration finished, all the prisoners of war, headed by their officers, will pro ceed in columns to the bridge of Tchiftli-Kaya, where they will be met by the Russian Mops appointed to serve as their escort. 1 ! The Turkish troops mentioned in the subjoined articles as having permission to return to their homes will take the Tamra-road, under an especial escort, and will halt for the night near the village of Kotanly ; they bind themselves to respect the inhabitants of that vil lage, and not to commit any excess. The column will continue its march the following day in the same order, and halt for the night at the village of Tosanly. On the third day, when they will have reached the foot of the Saganlong, the Russian troops will stop and the Turks continue their march across the chain of moun tain. In the direction of Erzeroum the Turks engage themselves not to enter the village of Bardours, occu pied by militiamen of the Russian camp. The Turkish stragglers who, within 21 hours of the last day's march, should not have crossed the Saganloug will be considered as prisoners of war. The Cabinets of England and France are just now addressing more than one foreign State with a view of forming a defensive alliance. A holiday at the Bourse of Paris. No quota tions. ''‘lts evacuating the town and fortress of Kars the military authorities of the Turki•th army engage themselves to leave there a sufficient number of medical men and nurses to take care of the sick left in the hopitals until their recovery. " Art 3. The private property of members of the army of every rank is respected. " Each individual belonging to the personnel of the army is authorised to sell his property or take it away at his own cost of carriage. DENMARK. We road in the Independance Belge, under date Hamburg, Dec. 21 : " Art. 4. The militia (Redifs, Bashi-Bazouks, and Lazes), their number having first been accurately ascer tained, will be allowed to return to their homes. " The Redifs, Bashi-Bazouks, and Lazes in hospital will have the same right under the same conditions, as soon as well enough to leave. , " Art. 5. The non-combatants of the army, as scri veners, interpreters, nurses, are allowed to return to their homes as soon as their number has been accurately ascertained. "Art. 6. To General Williams is reserved the right of designating at his choke in a list, which must be pre. viously submitted to the approval of General Monravieff, of a certain number of persons to whom permission will be given to return to their homes. ` 7 Military men, subjects of one of the belligerent Powers, are excluded from this list. "Art. 7. All persons indicated in Articles 4,5, and 6, engage themselves by their word of honour not to bear arms against his Majesty the Emperor of all the Russ:as during the whole duration of the present war. " Art. 8. The inhabitants of the town throw them selves upon the generosity of the Russian Government, which takes them under its protection. "Immediately the troops have given up their arms the inhabitants of the town are to Bead a deputation, consist ing of the principal inhabitants of the place, to give the keys to the Russian Commander-in-Chief, and to trust themselves unreservedly to the generosity of the august Sovereign of Russia. " Art. 9. The public monuments and buildings of the town belonging to the Government are to be respected and left intact. " It being the principle of the Russian Government to respect the customs and traditions of the people sub jected to its government, and especially the buildings devoted to worship, it will not allow a,nv damage to bo done to the religious monuments or historical souve nirs of Kars. "Letters of the 19th received to-day from Copenhagen mention the probability of the conclusion between Den mark and the two Western Powers of a treaty based in a great measure on the princ i ples of territorial guarantee, and containing the same reciprocal obligations stipulated in the treaty signed with Sweden. It is impossible to deny that the policy of the Scandinavian Governments, which had maintained during those two years of mari time war a system of strict neutrality, has been deeply modified, as respects Russia, by the sig nature of a treaty of this description, in which it is generally believed at Stockholm that some secret clauses are inserted with regard to certain con tingencies likely to arise out of the war. For the pre sent it app?ars positive that Sweden--and Denmark will necessarily follow the same line of conduct—has not bound herself to participate actively in hostile operations against Russia; but, should the war recommence in 1356, circumstances may occur which will render all further hesitation impossible on the part of Sweden. There is one fact, however, very clear—namely, that this:last Power has;evinced, by signing that act, a marked preference for the Western policy, and that the old al liance between the three northern Powers, Russia, Sweden, and Denmark, is virtually at an end. The French corvette D'Assas, which returned with the Eng lish squadron to Elsinore, where she underwent some repairs, has sailed for France. During the last fort night agents of the Swedish Government purehmed here a large quantity of dry tanned leather, which is said to be destined for her military armaments." "Signed and approved by " W. S. WILLrAms, Major General. " Colonel de KAUFMANN, Chief of the Military Chancery of the Commander in•Chief of the army of the Caucasus." PRUSSIA. The following extract from a letter dated Berlin, Dec. 210th, published in the Emancipation Beige : " I can, moreover, inform you that the Mini sters of the King, as well as his Majesty himself, have just renewed their efforts at the Court of Rus sia, and their language is this time characterised by much firmness, and I have every reason to be lieve that the Czar will bo touched by it. Our statesmen declare loudly that the war has been provoked by Russia without legitimate motives, and, the chances of war having been against him, there is a double reason for him to withdraw from it honourably. They add that Prussia will not abandon the system of neutrality she has adopted irrevocably, even though she saw the number of the enemies of Russia increase. "No one here now doubts that Sweden will enter ao• tively into the Western alliance. It is even admitted as that were engaged for the Havannah Timtre. Seven teen a the dead bodies have been picked up and buried, five are still missing. We likewise learn that five individuals were drowned who belonged to a French barque, which during the bad weather sunk deep in the sand at the mouth of the Guadiaro. The Bahiana,, which passed the garrison to the east ward on the morning of the 13th, was from London, with military stores and horses for the Crimea. The Northumberland (steam transport), having taken in at the New Mole 105 tons of coals, started at nino o'clock this morniog for Spithead. THE BRAZILS. The Luso-Brazilian steamer Donna Maria 11. arrived at Lisbon on the 17th inst. She brought the usual mails, 95 passengers, and a small cargo. Her dates were—Rio do Janeiro, 20th Nov. ; Ba hia, 23d Nov. ; Pernambuco, 27th Nov. ; St. Vin cent, Bth Dec. ; Madeira, 14th Dec. At Rio were her Majesty's ships Madagascar and Trident ; the French ships Chasseur and Pourstu vante ; and the American ship Savannah. The Tay reached Pernambuco on the afternoon of the 28th Nov. The Pampero (s.) was at Bahia on the 25th Nov. The British ships St. Michael, Comet, and Albion were at Madeira. On the sth Dec. the Donna Maria 11. met the British ship Mocander, bound south. We learn from Rio that the transactions since the Tamar's departure were small. The operations in coffee, however, had recommenced, and the sales had amounted to 70,300 bags, the greater part being for exportation to the United States, in con sequence of whieh freights had risen, and there was a want of shipping. The imports of sugar had been small, and the sales merely for consumption. The cholera was considerably declining at Rio, and the mortality was almost, reduced to the usual figure. At Campos it was also better, but its effects had been fearful ; the deaths had some days reached 90, and one day they numbered 107, out of a small population. Many acts of praiseworthy benevo lence were recorded in the Rio journals. At the instance of the imperial government, Lopez, the President of Paraguay, was about to despatch a plenipotentiary to Rio. It seems that the arrivals and departures of the Portuguese steamers have little influence on com mercial transactions, since by a short-sighted policy they are regulated so as to obtain cargo and passen gers, and not to favour the interests of the mer cantile community in general. In exchanges some 30,0001. were done at 27i at 60 days, and 27i at 90 days ; there was a little more firmness since the last packet, in consequence of the want of money. A few bills on Marseilles were done at 348 rs. per franc at 90 clays ; and a bagatelle on Hamburg at 655 rs. at 90 days. Discounts were at 8 per cent. in the banks and 9 to 91 outside, with some tight ness. Tho rates were—London, 271 to ; Paris, 358 to 360 at 60 days ; Lisbon, 98 to 100 per cent. at 60 days ; Hamburg, 655 to 660 at 90 days. Her Majesty's ship Inflexible had arrived at Pernambuco, having on board Viee-Admiral Hope Johnstone, the commander on the South American station. He had waited upon the president of the province, who had returned the visit on board the ship. The imports of sugars were much larger than was expected, the cause being the high prices ob tainable ; still prices of browns kept up, and 2 dols. 250 to 2 dols. 460 were being paid for low to good quality. Whites had declined. The exports from 19th Nov. to 26th inclusive were 1,402 tons, mak ing from Ist to 25th Nov., 3,545 tons. A largo quantity had been shipped for the Channel. At Bahia a solemn To Deum had been celebrated, followed by a procession, joined by all the civil and military authorities, in thanksgiving for the extinc tion of cholera. The exchanges were—London, ; Paris, 350 to 360 ; Hamburg, 655 to 660. AUSTRALIA. We have received Sydney papers of the 15th 01 September. We take the following from the Sydney Morning herald of that date : "The Government gold 'escort arived this morning from the western fields, and delivered at the Colonial Treasury the following quantities of gold dust :—From Sofala, 5980 z. 9dwts. 6gra. ; Tambaroora, 188 oz. 6dwts.; Avisford, 4510 z. 10dwts. The total amount received was 1,2380 z. sdwts. 6grs. There have been rumours circulated in town to-day of the discovery of rich dig. gings at Oakey Creek, on the Turon. "Thc amount of gold dust imported into the Sydney branch of the Royal Mint during the week ending to day has been 2,003 ounces, The issue of sovereigns to day was 8,000. "The acts for granting duties of customs, and to alter the duty on colonial spirits, assented to by the Legisla tive Council yesterday evening, involve so many itnpor taut considerations that we shall trespass beyond our cus tomary space, and give the chief of their provisions in extenso. The first act—that for granting duties of customs —repeals, in the first place, the acts of Council, lfith Vic. No. 7, and 18th Victoria, No. 24, except in so far ne' such acts, or either of them, m a y h ave opera t e d to re peal any former enactment. The second section pro vides that in lieu and instead of all duties of Customs heretofore levied upon goods, wares, and merchandise imported into the co l on y o f New South Wales there shall be payable the several duties of Customs which have just been published. The third section enacts that all goods imported for the supply of her Majesty's ser• vice shall be exempt from all duties and imposts of every description whatever ; and that nothing in this act contained shall be deemed to alter or repeal the provi sions of the act passed in the seventh year of her Ma jesty's reign, to authorise the issue of wine duty free to military officers. The fourth section enacts that it shall be lawful for the importer of any goods subject to any duty of Customs to warehouse such goods upon the first entry thereof; under the laws in force for the ware housing of goods, without payment of duty upon such first entry ; and all goods warehoused before the passing of this act, and which remain so warehoused before the passing of this act, shall be liable on entry for home consumption to the duties imposed by thisact. The fifth section pros ides for the drawbacks upon the exportation of refined sugar made in this colony. Upon refined sugar haying been duly claiified and thoroughly dried is the stove, and being of an uniform %%lateness throughout, the amount of drawback is fixed at 6s. Bd. Upon refined sugar, known as bastard sugar, the amount of drawback is fixed at ss. It is provided that such sugars respectively shall be shipped under the care of the proper officer of the Customs, in order that the shipment and exportation thereof may be duly certi fied on the debenture. The sixth section declares that the act shall he deemed to have come into operation on the 12th day of Sept. inst. The seventh section provides for the indemnity of the officers of Customs, and all other persons concerned in closing the offices of the Customs on the 12th and 13th inst., and refusing to transact the ordinary business thereof. The eighth section enacts that every person who shall, on or before the passing of this act, have made or entered into any contract or agree ment for the sale or delivery, free of duty, upon or at any time after such day, of any article whereupon any additional duty shall be payable under the provisions of this act, shall be at liberty to add to the price contracted for, so much money as will be equivalent to the addi tional duty which shall by reason of such provisions have been paid or made payable on such article, and to sue for and recover the same against such purchaser. Provided that it shall be at the option of such purchaser, by notice in writing under his hand, to be served on the other party to such contract, within two months atter the passing of this act, to declare the contract null and void, and the same shall be null and void accordingly. " The act to alter the duty on colonial spirits, which was also assented to last evening, enacts that, in lieu of the duties now payable upon spirits distilled in the colony, there shall be paid upon such spirits, when made or distilled from sugar which shall have paid Customs' duties, for every gallon is. id. Upon such spirits, when made or distilled wholly, or in any proportion exceeding 10 per cent, of the whole, from materials which are not subject to any duty of Customs, fcr every gallon 7s. The second section provides that nothing in the act contained shall render liable to the payment of any duty as before mentioned any brandy which shall be dis tilled by any maker of wine for the purpose of and for fortifying the wines the produce of his own vineyard to the degree of strength authorised by the act of Council, 13th Victoria, No. 27. The third section enacts that the act shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 12th inst. The last section provides, as in the first act, that duties on spirits contracted for before the pas sing of the act, and delivered after it, shall be p a id b y the purchaser, who may, however, within two months after the passing of the act declare the contract null and void. "The following is the return of duties collected for the Customs for the Port of Sydney on the 10th, 11th, and 14th inst., the Custom-hou se b e i ng closed on the 12th and 13th:— , 4. d. Brandy Gin,British 849 15 2 Ditto, foreign 827 14 1 Liqueurs and cordi a l s 3O 4 8 Whisky Rum, B. P. 1,593 16 0 Wines ll6 18 0 Boer in wood 5 4 2 Ditto in bottle 1 10 6 Tobacco, manufactured B6 9 0 Cigars Tea 2,963 11 11 Sugar, raw 1,153 0 11 .C 7,987 9 8 " In our wool market we have to note far more brisk ness than we have been enabled to report during the last fortnight. On Thursday Messrs. Mort and Co. offered 186 bales, and the prices obtained were satisfactory. Scoured, le. 6d. to 2s. 16:, the latter high quotation being for a very fine sample of Now Zealand wool scoured by Mr. Hays, of the Waterloo Mills ; superior clips are quoted at from ls. 46. to ls. 61d.; fair to good, le. 2d. to is. 41-d.; low to middling, Is. to is. 2d.; handwashed, 11d. to ls. "In tallow but few transactions have occurred during the week. Mutton is quoted at 33/. to 391. ; beef, at 361. to 381. In hides there has been inquiry for heavy and sound-conditioned samples ; parcel fro m t h e Clarence River was sold at Wu. Vd." SWEDEN. Vienna officicux writers (says a letter, dated Vienna, Dec. 20), in allusion to the late treaty, speak of Sweden having adopted the views of the allies of December with regard to the four points, and of her being prepared henceforth, like Austria, to give them her moral countenance and support. They speak further of a circular note having been addressed by the Swedish Government to its agents abroad, announcing its intention to take part in the solution of the one great complication, by ad hering to these views. The following statements , extracted from the Swedish paper Norbotten's osten, will be of inte rest. Advices from Haparanda (the frontier town between Sweden and Finland in the Gulf of Bothnia) mention a new regulation having been made known there with regard to fo reigners travelling into Finland ; i n th e ear l y part bf the year it had been ordered that any body who came to Finland from Sweden must remain thore till the end of the summer ; the present order lays it down that those foreigners who henceforth visit Finland must remain there till the end of the war. From a Finland letter also, in the same paper, it is evident that every body there looks forward to Sweden's taking part in the war, and expects that the common frontier would be entirely beset with troops. In Finland the inhabitants were never weary of circulating the most extraordinary reports about Sweden, each more extravagant than the other. CAPE OF GOOD HOPE. Cape of Good Hope papers of the 27th October have come to hand. The South African Commer oial Advertiser of that date, writing of the condi tion of the colony, says— " Moderate expectations, then, and determined per severance, will characterise those governments that may be destined to claim the glory of civilising the barbarous tribes of Southern Africa. But the reward will be great at every stage of the process. The first step is to main• tain peace. The next to administer justice. To con struct roads and open up markets, t ) shape canals and tanks for irrigation, and whatever induces men to culti vate the ground by regular labour, come in due order. &bolls and churches, and all means of instruction and discipline for the young, of course no one will need to be reminded of. All these outward aids are within our power ; and if they are all skilfully introduced and ex tended, without force or violence, all we pray for will succeed in the fixed order of nature, under the blessing of God." _ The same journal contains the following intelli gence : " The latest Hong-Kong papers announce that the barque Julia had been laid on at that port for Algoa Bay. " The schooner Charlotte left Table Bay on Wednes day for East London ; the Lambert's Bay Packet, for Christina Bay ; the Eliza Carew, for Mauritius. The Arlequin left on Thursday for Swansea, with a cargo of Australian copper and wool. Yesterday the Plantagenet left for Mauritius. " The barque Concordia arrived in Table Bay on Thursday, from Newcastle, with a cargo of coals for this port. The ship Coromandel left Simon's Bay on Wed nesday, for Liverpool. "Mails for England and St. Helena by the Meteor, for Mauritius, by the Express, and for. Batavia by the Maria Charlotte, close this day—the former at ten and the: latter at twelve o'clock. " The mail for Algoa Bay and Port Natal, by her Majesty's steamer Hydra, closed yesterday at half-past one o'clock. She will, probably, leave Simon's Bay early this morning. Another mail for Natal is open by the new schooner Rosebud, which is expected to leave in about a wcok. " His Honour the Lieutenant•Govornor has directed it to be notified in the (lazette that the undermentioned lights will be exhibited on Flat Island and the coast of Mauritius from the Ist of December next :—A first-class revolving catoptric light on Fiat Islands ; a first-class fixed catoptric light on Cannonier Point ; a red mast light on the left bank and at the mouth of Grand River; and a green mast light on Cooper's Island at the mouth of the harbour. " The municipality of Graham's Town have called for tenders from parties willing to erect stores on the Market-place for the reception of wool. "A meeting of the subscribers to the Cathcart Testi monial Fund wag to have been held at Graham's Town on the 24th inst., for the purpose of receiving and de termining upon certain proposals which the committee would lay before them." THE PENINSULAR MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, DEC. 25. The steam-ship Tagus, of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, J. Weeks, Commander, with the usual Peninsular mail, in charge of Lieut. J. B. Striven, R.N., Admiralty agent, arrived this afternoon at 1 o'clock. ,_, The Tagus, during the voyage outwards, expe rienced to Vigo, for the most part, fine steady weather ; wind from north-westward. On entering Vigo strong gales from eastward. To Gibraltar, S.E. winds, and fine. Iler dates of sailing were : Gibraltar —Dec. 15 Oporto Dec. 20 Cadiz „ 16 Vigo Lisbon ,, 19 Passengers—First-class, 15 ; second- c l ass , 8 ; deck, 7. _ The freight of the Tagus consists of eight pack ages of specie, value 23871. ; 211 boxes of eggs, 26 casks of wine, 654 boxes of oranges, 39 bags of chestnuts, 100 barrels of grapes, 620 boxes of raisins, 771 packages of elephants' teeth, 10 cases of preserves, and 34 packages of sundries. Her Majesty's steamer Prometheus was at Gibraltar; the ship of the lino St. George, at Lisbon. GIBRALTAR, DEC. 15. Ifis lordship the Bishop of Gibraltar and lady arrived at ; Malta on the 6th inst., in the British Queen, steamer, which left our bay on the 30th ult. We learn that most of the passengers who unfortu nately lost their lives by the wreck of the Bravo, near the Ouadiaro River, belonged to a company of actors, E. SALT ON TIIE CUBLENCT:O The following additional letter has been add l r?szl o bj en Mr. Salt to the editor of th e Time 4 Sir,—Again I have to say, think of the eballengegyoti receive as well as those you give. Mine runs " What would have bean the effect of the late coin" pelting gold payments if the gold in California and-Atti tralia, had not been discovered ? If the delayed arrival of a sir,gle vessel is a matter of public disquietude and danger, what would have been .our condition under that law if no single vessel hal ever arrived I" The question is no longer mine ; the public have taken it up and made it theirs. From every mouth. it is re peated, and the Times must answer in " bin, straight-forward terms." It must defend or ahinilon its position, and in either case rest its honour on the triumph of truth. I have certainly answered the challenge of the _Times. I have explained the principle, if not the formula, of the legal tender note at as great length as my very low estimate of the public capacity for reading would per mit. I will do so still more explicitly at the risk of some repetition. If I first somewhat ramble, the fault, most respected Editor, is yours. You thwart me, cross my path, lead me astray, with your pleasant, mirthful, laugh ter-loving spirit. Thus, when I ask you for an argu ment, you fling a gambol ; when I expect a fact you bring forth a kitten and a mouse, a "ridiculus mus." A wilderness of monkeys would less trouble and perplex me than one wayward editor. Now, most elvish Editor, be it known to you that the inhabitants of these isles are not Papyrophagi ; they do not eat bank-notes as kittens eat mice. but they pay them away for food, and the note thus paid away passes from hand to hand, filling the hungry with good things, and not sending the rich empty away, —for ever exist ing, and for ever being caught by the same skill and in dustry that caught them first. Every one eats his cake, and still has it ; and so the world spins merrily round, though the fact be beyond your philosophy. The story of the note is a strange one. While it passed from hand to hand, each individual in its course parted with what he did not want, and got just what he did want, and, having it, deemed that he was paid exactly in the value he wished to possess. This note, as fAr as each individual was concerned, was paid at the moment he parted with it. Its promise was substantially realised, and the note passed on with out reproach, and when it returned was as welcome as ever. Thereon statesmen and theorists gathered together and discovered that the people eat, drank, and rejoiced delusively ; that the payment in the thing they wasted was a snare ; that the promise to pay meant payment in gold, which they did not want, and could neither eat, drink, nor use ; and, to insure this payment, they fixed the price of gold below the price of goods, bribing the foreigner to take it in preference to the products of English industry ; and so they got rid of the gold, and compelled the bank to swallow the paper, and then the people, worse off than the cat that had swallowed the mouse, looked round in vain for the note they had not swallowed. Thus industry was paralysed, robbed, and wrecked ; happiness and content changed for misery and discord ; the word of pro mise was kept to the ear, but broken to the heart ; every interest was injured, and theory—no, blundering igno rance triumphed. I mean no personal accusation, but that, "promise to pay," instead of a fixed value—a fixed quantity to which you so lovingly cling—is a Shylock bond, full of fraud and cruelty, and your defence of it a Shylock defence. That it is the bond is true, and one more iniquitous and fatal never existed. The attempt to carry it out has re peatedly filled the land with suffering and crime ; driven honest industry to despair, and lighted the terrific fires of " Swing" around us ; and still your call is for the "pound of flesh." The fraud of money—which is the measure of value-- changing is essentially the same as that of changing the measures of size and weight, which the law punishes as in- famous. Though Sir R. Peel was profoundly ignorant of the nature of money, I believe his intentions were pure — that his whole aim was to fix its value; yet, in the face o the intention of the law and of all that is just, the Times claims quantity. If, then, the value of gold had risen no that the value of an ounce of gold would have been equi valent to that of a diamond of that weight, the Times would still have stood by the bond. A dream of more rapacious iniquity never haunted Shylock's brain. The 7 imes cannot, does not, mean what it says ; it has erred, writing hastily. Let it earnestly seek the truth, and, casting from it the farce of editorial infalli bility, honourably retract its errors. However, we have the bill. Let us see what it does for us. It compels the Bank to issue and withdraw its notes in proportion to the influx and efflux of gold. In the first case we have increased issues of mono'', increased bills at a date, increased confidence multiply ing the power of these issues by quickening their circu lation ; prices rise, speculation follows, and the Times oracularly declares trade to be in the soundest possible condition. The reaction never fails. The gold is ex.. ported, the Bank issues aro withdrawn, and the general alarm converts into stagnant that which was circulating money. _ With reduced money of reduced power we are called on to pay increased debts, then ruin comes, and again the Tinto declares we are coming to a sound state of things ; that nothing is so conducive to the general health at these clearances. It is downright savageness so to afflict a country. At any rate, the bill insures gold payments. What does that mean ? Why, that the merchant can go to the Bank and take gold, not as money, but as merchan dise, at prices so fixed that it is a good speculation to export the basis of our currency, instead of our goods-- a wonderfully wise contrivance. They get their quantity, Mr. Editor, and we get the consequences. By the monopoly given to the Bank as sole issuer of legal tender it has power to charge unlimited usury, and of its inclinations we have present, though imperfect knowledge. It gives notice only of its minimum rate of discount ; its maximum, is as profound a secret as the tortures of the Inquisition. Now, as to the benefit of having the power of claiming the payment of the legal tender note in gold, it is alto gether unascertained, but must be minute, as from the first issue of notes to the present time not only no one ever availed themselves of it, bat whenever such par inent is tendered, it is point blank refused. The banks in Birmingham from time to time have been gorged with gold, and have been unable to get their customers to take it, except for the convenience of small change. The run on the Bank of England in 1797 was for commercial profit and not for payment. The proof is that when the Bank stopped the people continued to take the note as payment. I do not, Sir, look mainly to the consequences of the war ; each subsequent year has brought fresh proof of error. The bills of 1819 and 1844 were attempts to bind modern commerce to the monetary system of ancient times, disregarding the fact that the changes in the last 50 years have been greater than in the previous ten cen turies. The discordance is too great to be tolerated. Our monetary system must he placed and maintained in harmony with the progress of commercial civilisation. With your gracious leave I will in a future letter shove the principles and practices of such a system. I am very respectfully yours, T. CLUTTON BALT. THE FRENCH TARIFF. (Front the Gazette of last Evening.) Board of Trade, Whitehall, Dec. 21. The Right lion. the Lords of the Committee-of Privy Council for Trade and Plantations have received, through the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a copy of a despatch from ber Majesty's Ambassador 'at Paris, trans mitting an extract from the Monitcur, containing the following modifications" which have been made in the Freneh tariff lISPORT Almonds, in French vessels 1f.," in foreign weasels, 3f. ; antimony, sulphurated, French lf., foreign 31. German silver, unwrought, French lf., foreign 2f. ; bitumen fluid and tar derived from the distillation of coal, French, Sc., foreign, lf., per 100 kilos. Timber of allkinds from French colonies and from Senegal, free in both vessels. Wood in splits, Fronds 10c., hoopeticks French 10e., foreign 1f.50c., staves, French 10c., foreign lf. 50c., per 1,000 in number. Fir, pine, elm, and other common timber, unhewn squared with the axe, or sawn of more than 80 millimetres in thickness, French 5c., foreign 10e., per cubic metre ; sawn to 80 millimetres or less in thickness, except boards and planks of walnut, specially denominated, French 5c., foreign lf., per 100 metres in length. Twigs for brooms, prepared, French 50c., foreign sf. ; saffron flowers, from countries beyond Europe, French If., foreign 10f. ; saffron flowers, from the Entropots, French 6f., foreign 10f., ; slack lime and limestone, cal• tined or broken, French ic., foreign lf. ; wax (not puri fied), brown or yellow, French if., per 100 kilos. Citrate of lime, French le., foreign 5c., per kilo. Horns of animals (raw), French 10c., foreign V., pelt 00 kilos. Spars, free in both vessels. Seeds for sowing—garden and flower seeds, madder and weed seed, thistle and Sc.,cotton seed, French 10c., foreign lf. ; plurabago or black lead, French if., foreign 3f. ; canes and reeds, French 10E, foreign 20f., per 100 kilos. Lemon juice— natural or concentrated to the strength of 33 deg. and lower, French lc., foreign . Per kilo. Cork (rough) , French 50c., foreign f, per 100 kilos. Boathook poles, of rom 6to 11 centimetres in thickness, inclusive, and pitchfork handle s , and handles for tar brushes, free in both vessels. Chest nut and chestnut flour, French lf. , forei g n 3E, per 100 per 100 each; Honey, French lf., foreign 6f. ; lam p black and Spanis ; kn or grindstones, qu i cks i lver, French Fre ne h 10 1 : c f. , black, French if., fore i g n 31., per 100 kil os. W alnuts, nuts and filberts, F r ench if., foreign 3f.; orillone, French 10c foreign lf. ; bones and hoof, of cattle, French 10c., foreign lf. E ls e hides of large size , ,dried, by sea, from countries out of Europe, French 10c., foreign 101. ; do., dried, by sea, from the Entrepote, French 5f., foreign 10f. ditto, dried, by land, of European origin, French, 10f., ditto, not dried, by sea, from countries out of Europe. French 10e. ; ditto, not dried, by sea, front contiguous countries, French 10c. ; sea dog skins, raw, fresh or dried, French 10c., foreign 5f.; lambs' skins, raw, fresh, or dried (without wool), French 10c., foreign, lf. ; goat skins, raw, flesh or dried, and other raw skins of small size not otherwise named, French 10e., foreign lf., per 100 kilos. Pigouilles, of from 11 to less than 15 centimetres of diameter inclusively, free in both vessels. Quits (raw) for pens, French 10c., foreign 10f. ; ditto, raw, French, 100., foreign lf. ; ditto, combed in or assorted bundles, French, 10E, foreign, 11E, per 100 kilos. Leeches, free in both vessels. Sarcocolla, kino, and other dried ve getable extracts, same duties as all exotic resins not specially named. Bran, French, sc. ; Spanish broom, raw or beaten, French, rjc. per 100 kilos, ~_ M( Yesi afs a 1 Marke umou❑ standil aecurit 4i per Were r Mobili Shares rose frl Into from t the imj State I: first ti upon a: tion. coin° is paint n Bon inl tent pr lation spoke c ri tory, seek fo Accc increas and th• month wag gri mouth ) land, howeve times t Engler bushels Acco state tl and th, the au' 'Less, 1 a great lowest( Tho OE% of which e amount previou ries of a' Turon. Sydney ending soveroil some n( passed blo imp duty on lien of I tilled is when n been lel tiroly o: whole f charges Trade tonal ii was rat provion and bu: A fa] Consols exhibits lation, 18 occas any otl to The Ne the Re 971. 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