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

THE SU N, TO ARRIVE THE SAME , I sharp end of the we d ge, " far more valuable for EVENING, supplied to any STATION on the EASTERh COUNTIES RAILWAY, Carriage Free, by CLAYTON and SON, what it may lead to than what it will itself pro- General Newspaper and Advertising Agents, 265, Strand, London. 1 duce. l So long as so - called neutrals can, without let or hindrance, convey contraband of War to Ports from whence they can easily be transmitted to the enemy, nothing very important will be accomplished. We may increase to some trifling extent the cost of these indispensable articles to Russia, but it will be at even a greater expense to ourselves. It is scarcely worth while maintaining an useless blockade so long as we permit the principle to be evaded with impunity. The right of search of all vessels pro ceeding to ports from whence the prohibited arti cles can be transmitted to Russia must be enforced. International law justifies such a demand on our part, and it would be the height of folly not to insist to the utmost extent on our unquestionable rights. whose rulers and peoples alike have never been able to deny that a great European burglary, the sequel of worse ones, was committed by Russia, but who yet stood like dastards aloof from the vindication of international law. Such long continued meanness, such selfish secession from the duties of Europeans, will more than disgust this country : it will produce a deep-seated aversion to the race which defrauds liberty, inde pendence, and international law of the support which it demands. It will by no means lessen this hatred to believe, as the nation generally does, that Russia and Germany make official use of tke purely German character of our Royal Family. It has always been provoking that needy German re latives should become secret dependents of the English Court, and prompt lucky princes who bad get good hold on the English Exchequer to bag, for their benefit, every sinecure retained as the rewards of distinguished service. This evil, how ever, is measurable in Xs. d. Not so that of the bias, unconscious it may be, of a training in the school of petty German despotism, with all its Russian leanings. The former evil may cost us, or the brave men who should enjoy the emolu ments, some ten thousand a year. The latter, as the great drag on the War, may have cost us three or four campaigns when one might have sufficed, with boundless military favouritism, mis management, and loss of life and money. The above remarks have been suggested in part by the attempt to wade through a pamphlet on " The Formation of a National Party in Ger many, a Necessity of the Present Crisis.' (JAMES RIDGWAY.) It is the production of a German, GiuwrATEs DIEZEL, who has personally experienced the ray despotism of "fatherland," and its object is, what the title suggests, to show that German unity and nationality, imbued with an Anti- Russian spirit, are the great wait of the crisis. We freely acknowledge that much may be learned from the pamphlet by all who have patience to toil through the verbose pages of the German politician. It will be, however, more in the way of verifying impressions current enough here, than in the acquisition of new views. We all agree with the writer that Germany, if that motley compound of states should be spoken of as a country, ought to be Anti-Russian, and would be, if she had a particle of self-respect. It may also be true that this is not to be expected while it is cut up into Saxe-Coburg-Gothas, and Hessen this or that, dependent on Russia for separate despotic existence ; and that nationality is therefore the condition of German Anti-Rus sianism. This may all be true enough, we fear it is ; but we must profess that HERA. DIEZEL has given us such a picture of bis fellow Mein-Herrs as removes to the distance of a political millenium the probability of a German nation. A picture like it of political little-mindedness we have hardly seen elsewhere. An imaginary counterpart would be to turn our counties into kingdoms, to give a despot to each, a rival pair being allotted to the Metropolis with its dependencies, and to the great northern manufacturing districts ; to imagine then each of these little kingdoms concerned merely about its own local interests, and not even having one daily or even Weekly English journal ! while all the petty rulers were guaranted in their separate litte despotisms by a crafty French Emperor, quite aware that their divisions were his strength. If we imagine what it would be to make such rulers and peoples Anti-French, we have a fair idea of the task of making the little German States Anti-Russian. MR. W. S. WOODIN'S OLIO of ODDITIES, illustrated by 50 instantaneous Metamorphoses of Voice, Character, and Costume, and a moving Panorama of the beautiful. Lakes of Westmoreland and Cumberland, every evening, at 8. A. representation of the celebrated tragedienne, Mile. Rachel, as Camille in Les Horaces, with other new features, have been added to the above entertainment. During the Christmas Holidays Mr. W. S, Woodin will give two morning performances only—Saturday, Doc 29, and Saturday, Jan. s.—Polygraphic-hall, King William•stree'., Charing-cross. DR. KAHN'S CELEBRATED ANATOMICAL MUSEUM (the rarity and completeness of whose contents have already acquired for it an European reputation. and obtained the warm commendations of the press, in this and other countries) is now open daily. A New Series of original Swci mens and Models, embracing seine most important and curious features, illustrative of the wonders and secrets of the human struc ture, has just been added to the Collection, which now stands wholly unrivalled in the world. Medical practitioners and students, and the public at large, are invited to visit the Museum, where Lectures are delivered during the day; and a new and peculiarly interceting one is delivered by Dr. Kahn, at half-past eight o'clock every even ing, on the Reproductive Functions in Man. Admission, One Shilling. Just Published, price One Shilling, Free by Post (Gratis to Visitors to the Musetun), a New Edition of Dr. Kahn's Treatise, " THE SHOALS and QUICKSANDS of YOUTH," an Essay, specially intended to avert dangers to which the young and susceptible are peculiarly liable, and to arrest the progress of evil. " The art of puffing" has been considerably elucidated by the proceedings in reference to the pamphlet on " Th• Necessity of a Congress for the pacification of Europe," to which we alluded yes terday in our leading columns., The " States man" appears to be neither more nor less than a mere literary hack, a man ready and willing to write in any cause for good payment. It was certainly a " good dodge" to ascribe its publica tion to an influential personage, but it contained intrinsic evidence of the total absence of foun dation for the allegation. We percei►ed that on a mere hasty and superficial inspection of its contents, and the view we then took is strength ened and confirmed by more attentive considera tion of the details. THEATRE ROYAL, DRIIRT-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, LITTLE TODDLEKINS. Followed by TRYING IT ON. After which, HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, Harlequin king Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. TFIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, THE BUSY BODT. Characters by Messrs. Howe, Chippenda'e, Rogers, W. Ferran, and Buckstone ; Misses Reynolds and E. Chaplin. . After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BUTTERFLY'A BALL AND THE GRISSHOPPER'S FEAST ; or, liariequin and the Genius of the Spring. ROYAL PRINCEiff'S TREATRIS, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CaLamm Kiix. THIS EVENING, THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradisa and Hanky /lanky, the Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. !Wine ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paula; and Colum)lne, Miss Caroline Adams. That the conception and execution was favour able, or rather intended to be favourable, to Russia, is unquestionable ; that the inspiration, if proceeding from any influential quarter, was derived rather from St. Petersburg than from the Tuileries, seems equally certain. But we are disposed to regard it rather as a mere private enterprise, an extravagant illustration of " the puff indirect," than as proceeding from any really important source. Never did a more insignificant and ridiculous offspring follow parturient travail. The mouse celebrated in fable was a Brobdignag .n comparison. One of the chief objects of the publication, if not the only one, has, however, been accomplished —the pamphlet has sold ! It is not JOHN BULL only that is distinguished for gullability. The Parisian must be tickled in a more refined style —the hook must be better concealed ; but when the bait is suited to his palate he will bite just as greedily as his English confrere. Money has therefore flowed in abundantly to " the enterpris ing publishers ;" but if there were any ulteri rr object, any desire to promote the wishes of Russia, it has proved a most deplorable and un mitigated failure. The feeling excited by the suggestion of a Congress has been of a very une quivocal and entirely warlike character. The absurd suggestion has been received with the con tempt which it so richly merited, and has only served to develop° the enthusiasm of the people in the righteous cause in which they have em barked. The fallacies and platitudes so pompously paraded have been estimated at their true value, philo-Muscovitism and Germanism have received very serious discouragement from what was in tended to operate in their favour, if at all. " The great and generous idea of P./STEM the Great" is fairly calculated at far less than that of the smallest coin of the realm. When sickened by the transparent toadyism, we recur to the spirit-stirring exhortation, " Toll them that if they wish for peace they must, at least, make vows for or against us ; that in the midst of a grave European conflict indifference is a false calculation, and silence an error." We perceive that " the mission of neutrality " is neither more useful nor respectable than it was in the middle of November, and we can only wonder at the unparalleled auda city that could frame a lie so certain of speedy, if not immediate, detection. The work, however, has been done, the profits have been realised, and we can only regret the undue excitement which has pitchforked into temporary notoriety a pro duction which, to use the language of a contem porary, "is as shallow in argument as it is pre tentious in style," and which must speedily bo consigned to the oblivion it so justly merits, or survive merely as an instance of successful impos ture and unblushing mendacity. Intending to revert to the pamphlet again, we would just remark that the writer has overlooked a far more urgent necessity than German nation ality, and that is Polish nationality. The worth less Germans never will have courage to release themselves from Russia till Poland stands free and independent between thorn and the Cz trs. All Get navy is not worth another conference or pro toool. Poland would at once give a new phase to the contest. It might mortify the Germans to see a Sclavonic nation, which they had helped to crush, and under whose rains they have buried their own liberties, regain its position first. That, however, is the only practicable course. German freedom and nationality depends on Polish free dom and nationality, and not vice versa ; while the latter would soon double the army of the Allies and decimate that of the °Asir. COURT CIRCULAR. ---- WINDSOR, DEC. 28. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes terday. The Queen, with the Princess Royal, walked in the Home park this morning. Prince Albert went out hunting. Her Majesty's royal charities to aged and afflicted poor at this season were distributed at the Altnonry, Whitehall, In the past and current week, under the direction of the Lord Bishop of Oxford, Lord High Al moner, assisted by the Rev. Dr. Jeff, Sub-Almoner, and Joseph Hanby, Esq., Secretary and Yeoman of the Al monry in Ordinary. Despatches from the Governor of Bermuda wore re• ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. Despatches for the Governor of Canada were sent last evening from the Colonial-office. If there be any race which the present War has consigned to present and historical ignominy, it is that of the Germans. Two years of it have now passed away. It has surrounded all the geogra phical district called Germany with belligerents. Its objects have appealed to every nobler senti ment of our nature. Its marked success would give liberty to the fatherland of the Franks and Saxons ; any degree of success would have light ened the yoke of Russian Czars and their agents, the native Princes. Tot what has been the atti tude of this wordy, heavy-loined, but sleepy and dreamy race ? That of mere indolent and selfish lookers-on. Ready enough, as in Prussia, Aus tria, or Hamburg, to get florins out of the diverted traffic ; not unwilling to speculate, and perhaps to bet a kreutzer now and then on the issue of a movement or a campaign; but not a party nor a journal even, nor a movement has, during all this time, evinced one spark of the old love of free dom. Loquacious slavery and shopkeeping sel fishness is all that an Englishman or a French man can see beyond the Rhine. At ono time there was a belief in this country that the Ger. man people were (as the people themselves are here) far in advanceaowfayth.eiTrhGe o la y s e t rn tw or o s, ye b a u r t s this that th e i nfluential portion feeling is fast dying generated the opinion of the Germans are not better, politically speak down by hey ing, than the despots who keol) them standing armies, and drill them in th e min„tire of life by th e i r b ureaus an d p o l i c Th ey are no better politi ca l c hild ren , buta h la o s o l d. without T any of th e generos it y of child combine the meanness and caution of timidoe. old age w ith i ncapac i ty to g o alone. Germany is i n d ee d i n a secon d childhood. Some sixty millions of highly educated and civilised people are content in a soul-stirring time like this, and when their own liberties are so deeply at stake to remain mere garrulous cipkers. Ses quipedalian and wind-bag protocols and confe rences, evaporating in talk, have been the only signs of German interest in this great conflict. The spectacle presented by a huge population of lazy cowards, merely looking c on when e ver y ensideration might arouse them to act, is apt to result in something worse than contempt. English men can respect a worthy enen3y. Half our cordial f e eling towards France arises from the recollection that she has long been our brave and, though often defeated, yet unconquerable antagonist. 'We can shake hands cordially with a stand-up opponent, or with a sharer in our c on fli cts ; we can never go-bet ween. We shake hand s w ith a cheat an d a reject the offer of arbitration from those who know and have owned all the wrong to bo on one side, and who make the offer merely to save their own :kips. To us, Germany is the European district The Duke of Devonshire has been suffering from slight indisposition, during the past week, at his resi• deuce in Kempt Town. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury are re ceiving company at Hatfield House. The Earl and Countess Constance Grosvenor have joined the family party at Trensham. The Earl and Countess of Hardwicke are entertaining a party of friends at Wimpole Hall. Lord and Lady John Russell hare returned to Pem broke Lodge, Richmond-park, and will shortly leave town for Woburn Abbey. Tie MARQUIS AND MARCHIONESS OF ABERCORN.— The Marquis and Marchioness of Abercorn are continu ing to entertain a succession of visitors at Baronscourt. Among those lately and at present at this princely man sion may be named Counts Karody and E. Frankmans loaf, Miss de Roos, John Ynyr Borges, Esq., and Lady Burge+, Parkanaur ; Major and Miss Richardson Brady Oaklands ; S. Vesey, Esq., and Mrs. Vesey, Derrabard House, &c. APPROACHING MARRIAGE IN HIGR LIFE.—.We under stand that a matrimonial alliance is arranged, and will shortly take place, between the Lady Emily Curzon. daughter of the - Earl Howe, and Lieutenant -Colonel Kingscote, of Kingscote-park, Gloucestershire. On the 4th of this month there were 50 cases of cho lera at St. Petersburg, notwithstanding the coldness of the weather. The Rev. Henry Howes, M.A., has been i ns tit uted to the R ec t ory of Spixworth, in Norfolk, on the presen tation of John Large, Esq., of Spixworth aforesaid. DEATH OF JOSIAH CONDER, ESQ.—We regret to an. nounce the death of Josiah Conder, Esq. The melan choly event took place at his residence in St. John's. wood, on Thursday evening last. Lord Ebrington lectured last week on the English l gtlage—on T ues d ay evening at Chittlehanapton ; on W ednesday at West Buckla n d ; on Th ursday, at North EAST and on F r id ay, at Castle-hill School-room. THE -EAST INDIA CIVIL SERVICR.—Mr. J. H. of the civil service Prinsep, 'has been permitted to p roceed to Europe for one year. Mr. R. R. S. Campbell has ob tained leave of absenc e to Europe, on urgent private affairs, for one year. Dr. T. B. Wright, i n me di cal has b een di sm i ssed from charge of the Jyepoor ge the service of Governme a n t ncy, . The Calcutta papers state that Mr. Le Maistre has been confirmed in the appoint ment of registrar of the Bengal post-office, in which he , has applied for per• has acted for five years. The appointment seems to have given general satisfaction. Mr. M. S. Gilmore, probable that Mr. t j h u e d e g e e rv o i f ce C . utta l c t k is R. P. Harrison, magistrate, collector and salt agent of mission civil sei o a n n dt to e r s e s s i i o g n e s Cuttack, will succeed Mr. Gilmore, and that Mr. S c h a i c h appointed mag i strate, collector, and at Balasore will be app salt agent of Cuttack. Mr. Blowers has been appointed a salary of 1,500 rup ees per postmaster-general, on month. Mr. Lowth, C.S., is going to England, and Dr. Miller has been appointed to the medical charge of Serampore, a s A ss i s t an t-S urgeon B ray i s going with t h e his The Hon. Mr. Came ron, Bishop of Calcutta en tour. once law com m i ss i oner at C a l cutta, i s sa id t o be th e successor of Mr. Rochefort in the Kishnagur College. Mr. Muir moves into the Board when Mr. E. A. Reade proceeds h ome b y t h e M arch steamer, and M r. Thornhill succeeds Mr. Muir as secretary to geverntueut. Mr. M. R. Gubbins is to take the place of Mr. Grant as ac countant N. W. P., and Mr. Sherer will, it is said, act as civil auditor in the place of Mr. )3erford.—Civil Ser. vice Gazette. THE SUN, LOIN DON, SATURDAY EVEN' G DECEMBER 29, 185 5. LATEST NEWS. • sia thinks too rigorous, but merely to impress ou the Russian Government the necessity of listen ing to reason and adopting a conciliating policy. It in supposed in certain high quarters that Aus tria, in her desire to obtain peace, will submit new propositions from St. Petersburg. Should such be the case, I believe it will be found that the French Government will refer to the original terms as the only admissible bases for negotiation. France cer tainly desires peace, but only on such terms as past sacrifices demand and future security imposes. BOURSE, Dec. 28.—The following are the last quotations : Cash. h. a. End of Month. 4} per Cents 9l 50 —f. -c. 3 per Cents 64 75 64 90 New Loan 65 35 Bank Shares 3140 Roman Credit Mobilier 1360 Austrian Belgian Fives ..... ... Spanish Threes 4O Piedmonteso B6 75 Homo Debt .. ..... .. 35 RAILWAYS-7On CASH. fr. C. 0. Orkans ........... 1137 59 Western 755 Northern 897 5) Strasburg L y ons .«„x,.ll4o New Ditto 752 50 Mediterr anean 1260 Grand Central 5BO Lyons Geneva ...... 697 50 Teste.. Cette .................. 700 Austrian 732 50 AL VIENNA, Dec. 25.— U STR I When Count Buol visited, says the Times correspondent, Prince Gortschakoff on the day preceding that on which Count Es terhazy left Vienna for St. Petersburg, lie did not communicate to the Russian Minister the conditions on which the allies were prepared to conclude peace, but, gave him to understand that he should be at liberty to do so as soon as he received telegraphic information of the arrival of Count Esterhazy in the Russian capital. The prince, who is one of the most resolute champions of the old Muscovite party, and carries the flag of Russia remarkably high, is not likely to approve of the propositions which have just been sent to Russia, and it is, therefore, the wish of Austria that the Emperor Alexander should have an opportunity of examining into their merits before they are communicated to his representative at this Court, who still proclaims the resolve of Russia to stake her last man and her last rouble rather than agree to terms "incompa tible with her honour and dignity." If Russia should reject the conditions of peace, which she probably wili do, Count Valentine Ester hazy will quit his post ; but it is by no means clear that the diplomaticrelations between theßussirth and Austrian Governments will be entirely interrupted. Austria will not, under any circumstances, give her material assistance to the Western Powers next spring ; but if the war should be prolonged another year, she may possibly be induced to send an ulti matum to Russia during the winter of 1856 and 1857. No great importance is attached to the mission of Baron Seebach to St. Petersburg. RUSSIA. PLAN OF NEXT YEAR'S CAMPAIGN. A letter has been received from Moscow, dated Dec. 20th, which says :—lt was amusing enough for an impartial observer to witness the excite. ment that prevailed in this ancient capital of Muscovy on the receipt of the Invalide with General Mouravieff's despatches about the surren der of Kars : for the inhabitants of this city, in their ignorance, firmly believe their favourite Mou ravieff—who belongs to the old Muscovite party—to have achieved a most brilliant victory and covered himself with glory, and cannot see *he difference be tween taking a fortress by storm and waiting pas sively at a distance till the garrison are obliged to surrender for want of food. The Muscovite or war party are loud in expressing their enthusiasm and extolling the present Emperor's foresight and saga city at superseding Count Woronzoff and giving the supreme command of the army in the Caucasus to General Mouravieff, from whom they expect great things. Their great object is now no other than to get him the command of the army in the Crimea, vice Prince Gortschakoff, and to effect this various in trigues are being spun and different important in fluences called into play, which have their ramifica tions at St. Petersburg amongst the very highest per sonages in the empire. In spite of the flaming Imperial "ord ers o f th e day," so industriously spread by the Northern Bee, and praising the state of the army in the Crimea, it is no secret here that the Czar was most deeply affected at what he saw with his own eyes, and on his return here expressed his astonishment that after the immense losses they had sustained, and the almost incredible privations to which the survivors were exposed, there should be any army left at all. The grand council of generals lately convoked at St. Petersburg under the personal presidency of the Emperor have settled the principles on which the forthcoming campaign shall be carried on. St. Petersburg and Moscow are to be fortified, and, together with Warsaw, will form the three first class fortresses of the empire. General Todtleben has arrived here, and, notwithstanding the extreme rigour of the weather —the frost having set in here with all the proverbial violence of a Russian winter —may be seen every day, accompanied by his staff of engineers, all wrapped up in bears' skins, sur veying the ground and fixing the poles to designate the line of circumvallation, which will be com menced on the breaking up of the frost. Besides this, other fixed principles of strategy have been agreed on for the prosecution of the war, though it must be confessed that as it is so essen tially a defensive war on the part of the Russians, all these plans may be completely upset, or at all events greatly modified, by any change in the sys tem of attack on the part of the Western Powers. It is fully expected in Russia that next year the prin cipal seat of the war will be transferred to the north, and the greatest exertions are making for an effi cient defence. For the safety of Cronstadt and Hel singfors no fears are entertained, as the experience of the last two years has shown that the enemy are not able to inflict much damage ; nor is it feared that even if the fleets are increased by a couple of hundred steam gun-hoats they could take either of these strongholds unless with the co-operation of a numerous and well-appointed army-on shi:fre. The system of tactics resolved on by the groat council of war may be summed up as follows :—The forti fication of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kiew, War saw, and Nicolaieff ; secondly, tho concentration of few but imposing armies ; and, thirdly, the abandonment of all the minor places, so that Lie ban, Riga, and even Odessa, will be deprived of regular garrisons, and left to their fate and the tender mercy of the enemy. The cold is so severe that several sentinels have been found frozen to death in their sentry-boxes, although they are relieved every half-hour. THE BALTIC. KIEL, Dec. 25.—We have already bad a return of mild weather, and frost and snow have quite disappeared. The upper portion of this bay,which was a few days ago so completely frozen over that the ordinary winter sledge ferry had superseded the one generally occupied by boats between the opposite sides, is now so far open again that the mail steamer which arrived from Copenhagen this morning had no difficulty in reaching her usual berth in the harbour, and the regular communication between the continent and the Danish islands has con sequently been re-established. It can scarcely yet be e±pected that navigation should not again be interrupted, but as it is always considered a sure sign of the open parts of the upper Baltic being open when; the bays here are free from ice, there is good ground to believe that the intercourse of the Prussian as well as the Swedish ports with those of Russia will at this time be carried on without any impediment, and indeed we already know that in some quarters this is actually the case, several vessels having arrived both at Bol deraa and Port Baltic with cargoes for Riga and Revel, which had for some time been watching their opportunity when the English and French cruisers should have left the coast. A double temptation is at present offered for such enterpriges, for not only do those engaged in them derive large profits from their importations of salt and other comforts and necessaries, but they have an almost equal advantage from the very favourable conditions on which they are granted the privilege of exporting rye and linseed, of which the stocks in Russian ports are very large, and of which, as the general exportation is prohibited, the proprie tors are glad to find any opportunity of disposing, A letter from Cassel, in the Moniteur, says :--" M. de Baumbach has just been named Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Renipotentiary to the Emperor Napoleon. The idea of the Elector in raising his legation at Paris to the rank of a mission of the first class is considered as an evident mark of his wish to be agreeable to the Em peror Napoleon," TURKISH REFORMS. — Lieut.-General Stephen Lake. man, with respect to the legal reforms in Turkey, says that the present laws are very much on a level with the morality of the Turkish population ; and if at present you were to enact other laws, founded even on the strictest principles of justice, they would be hut little appreciated either by the servile Christian or haughty Turk. A most favourable opportunity now presents itself to supply in a great measure a remedy for this de plorable st a t e o f t h e T urk i sh population, an d which might, under proper management. be immediately °I ,- plied—namely, to enlist the Christians of Turkey in our o Contingent. Nothi ng wou ld b e so lik e l y t o ra ise those people to a proper sense of their own dignity as the manly pride engendered by being calledtoar:,ho hadsbya Christia n na ti on suc h as E ngland. N o Rayah once fought in our ranks and experienced our impartial treatment and justice would ever after allow himself to be trampled on and brutalised by a Turk or any other humea power. ROYAL OLV.IPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manaaer, Mr. Alfred Wigan. THI3 EVENLNG, TIIE JEALOUS WIFE. Characters by Mews. A. Wigan, O. Vining, Emery, Leslie, Dan- Term, Mrs. Rtirling, and Miss Marston. After which will be produced a New and doubly-moral, thigh exceogively old, Melodramatic Fatry Extravaganza, entitled TuF.: DISCREET PRINCESS; 0-, the Three Glass Distaffs. In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, 11. Cooper, Miss Marston, awl Miss Maskell will appear. TTIr.ATRE ROYAL iDPILPITT. l'roprietor, 3fr. E. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, MOTEER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL. After which HOW'S YOUR UNCLE ? To conclude with a Graad Coalition of Burlesque and Pantomime, to be called JACK AND TEE BE CT STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother Goose at Home Again. In which Messrs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Colette, Mice Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will ap)ear. ROYAL SURREY THEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick. THIS EVENING THE FLOWER GIRL. To conelnde with A PRINCE OF PEARLS; or, Harlequin and lane Shore. ROYAL STRAND TUEATRIC. Under the direction of %fr. Payne. TILLS EVENING, NOE.I[E; or, he Foster Sliter. After which, IT lITINA IY THE FAMILY. To conclude with HARLEQUIN BLACK-EYED SCE; or, All in the Downs and Davy Jones's Locker. kiTLS:Y'S ROYAL AMPITITHEATIM Lessoe and Menater, Mr. Wrn. Cooke. Tremendous success of the new Equestrian Comic Pantomime' THIS (SATURDAY) EVENING, The successful Equidrarne called ROOKWOOD; or, .TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK. • After which the SCENES in the CIRCLE. To conclude with '(third time) a Grand EquestrianCorale Panto mime from the pen of Mr. Nelgo I Lee. eAlled If A RI.F.Cif SI AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, or the Seven Champions of Christendom. One hundred horses, ponies, and other qaadrupedc trained by Mr. Wiliam Cooke, who has invented and arranged all the equestrian effects. This astonishing production may he de.ET nated the " ELalth Wonder of the World." It is an exhibitioa un precedented and unparalleled I ttox-53 , 1 1 .ce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, air. W. Cooke. Jun. HIGH. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. nug DAT—Morn. 31 min. aft. 5 Evening 52 min. aft. 5 TO - 3 , IObRON-11orn. 9 min. aft. 6 —Evening 31 min. aft. 6 THE WEATHER —SON OFFICE, Dec. 29. THERMOIIETER, IN THE SHADE• 57 highest since noon yesterday. -iowest this morning and during the night. 51 --!.his day at noon. BAROMETEIt, 30. WIND, W.—Light, with dull, mild weather. • 311 Is •,Ate.• LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1355. A very important " Order in Council" has just been promulgated. The exportation of salt petre, nitrate of soda, sulphate of potash, and muriate of potash (chloride of potassium), to her MAJESTY'S Colonies and Plantations in North America, as well as to all foreign countries, is expressly prohibited. This is a step in the right direction, although a tardy one, and not adopted until the eleventh hour. It will, if fairly car ried out, prevent the enemy from b e i ng supplied with some of the most important munitions of war from our own stores, of obtaining from Bri tish subjects the means of destroying their own brethren, and of protracting the existing struggle at an enorm ous expense t o t h e coun t ry . Expe rience has unfortunately proved that it is impos sible to rely on the patriotism or common sense even of some Englishmen when opposed to their private interests—that they will grasp at any prospect of perspbal profit, although for every pound gained by individuals, hundreds, if not thousands, are lost to the nation. Foreigners will naturally be even less scrupulous, and great advantages have been afforded to Russia by the ridiculous scruples of England, and the conces sions made to the philo-Muscovites in their desire to wage "a rose-water war," and to place n o impediments in the way even of the enemy's commerc e , if (tarried on under the plausible pre text of neutral flags. The articles above alluded to could easily, and have repeatedly been obtained through indirect channels, for R ussian use from British stores. There was no unseemly curiosity manifested respecting the ultimate destination—no sur prise occasio ne d by a demand which could not be accounted for, savo by the intention that Russia should be the ultimate consumer. Money was to be made, an d there were "no queatious asked." It wag known that Prussia had undertaken the invidious b ut money -making task of being the agent and carrier for her distressed neighbour, and there we're high minded (!) and sympathising Yankees and Germans ready and willing to assist in anything which would procure for themselves the "almighty dollar," or the coveted " thaler." If these could be obtained they eared not for the ultimate re sults, or the general condemnation that must attend such unholy ancluncouscientious traffic. The acquisition of money in any way that did not involve penal consequences was all that was re quired by those worshippers of Ma mmon. But what has already been don, in but a small part of what is required. It may b 3 regarded as the " i nsertion of the an initiatory movement, THE NEW LORD AMPTHILL. The elevation of the Right Hon. Baron Parke to the House of Peers by the title of Baron Ampt hill has been announced, and will probably be pub lished officially in the new Gazette. His lordship is the youngest son of the late Mr. Thomas Parke, of Highfield, near Liverpool, who, we believe, was a merchant of that place, by a daughter of Mr. William Preston. He was b orn i n 1 78 2, and i n 1817 married Cecilia, daughter of Mr. Samuel F. Barlow of Middlethorpe, Yorkshire. He was edu cated at Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he was elected a Scholar in 1800, aid graduated B.A. in 1803 as ith Wrangler and Senior Chancellor's Medallist, in the same year with Professor Pryme, the late Mr. Justice Coltman, and Dr. Davys, the present Bishop of Peterborough. For some time after taking his degree he remained in residence in the University, and was elected Fellow of Trinity in the folloyiig year. He was not called to the bar until some 10 years later, his name appearing among those called_ at the I nner T emp l e in Easter Term, in 18).3. His steady an d persever i ng indus try here broughthim early into notice, and business flowed in upon him . with sufficient ra pidit y t o war raat him in imotnag his fellowship at Trinity by marriage, as we have said above, within four years after he became a member of the bar. Henceforth his rise was rapid. In 1828 we find him pro moted to the bench as one of the puisne judges of the King's Bench, on the death of Sir George S. Holroyd, from which he was transferred to the Court of Exchequer in 1834, 'in the place of the late Barn Taunton. It does not appear that Lord Ampthill ever rose to the bench through the in- King's S er j ean t, or " one of learned in th e l aw ." He hteirsm Majestyediate stops ,scoun of counsel, never held the office of Attorney-General or Soli citor-General, and never occupied a sea t i n Parlia ment. His lordship has long been the oldest judge upon the bench, from which he might have retired many years ago with the usual pension, had he been less activelyjand laboriously inclined. As it is he has the experience of 28 years on the judicial bench to carry with him to the assistance of the bew Lords in the Upp er H ouse, who are now only five i n number—viz., Lords Lyndhurst, Brougham, Campbell, Cranworth, and St. Leonards—and to whom his assistance will be peculiarly valuable. The newly-created peer has no male issue, his lord ship's only sur v i v i ng c hild b e i ng a daughter, who is married and resides in Bedfordshire. The park of Amptill belonged to the late Lord Carteret, and is still the property of the Thynne family ; and it is not a little singular that Baron Parke should have chosen his title from a place with which, though rich in historical associations as the residence of Queen Catherine, the first wife of Henry VIII., he has, we believe, no more permanent connexion than a temporary lease o the mansion.—Times. RAISING OF THE BLOCKADE IN THE BALTIC. (Fgeot the Gazette of last Evening.) FOREIGN OFFICE, DEC. 28. It is hereby notified that the Right Honourable the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Principal Secre tary of State for Foreign Affairs, has received from the Lords Commission/Ica of the Admiralty, an official com munication, stating that i& appears by a report from Rear-Admiral Baines, dated "11.3,1.'8 steam-vessel Re• tribution, Copenhagen, Dec. 12, 1855," that the block ade of all ports, roads, havens, and creeks, belonging to the enemy in the Baltic, was entirely raised on the 10th inst. EXPORTS TO THE COLONIES. (From, the Garotte last Evening. ) At the Council Chamber, Whitehall, the 27th day of December, 1855, by the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council,— The Lords of the Council, having taken into conside ration the expediency of extending the prohibition to export from the United Kingdom certain articles used in the manufacture of military and naval stores, in pur suance of her Majesty's proclamation of the 18th Feb., 1354, are pleased to order, and it is hereby ordered, that the officers of her Majesty's Customs do prevent the exportation of saltpetre, nitrate of soda, sulphate of potash, and muriate of potash (chloride of potassium), to her Majesty's colonies and plantations in North America, including the West Indian Islands, as well as to all &reign countries ; and that the officers of her Majesty's Customs do permit the artia!es herein men tioned to be carried coastwise to any port in the United Kingdom, or to be exported to any other of her Ma jesty's colonies, plantations, or possessions abroad, or to the territories of the East India Company, upon taking from the persons exporting the same a bond, that the said articles shall be landed and entered for use and consumption within such of her Majesty's dominions, or within the territories of the East India 'Company. Whereof the Lords Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, and officers of her Majesty's Customs, and all other persons whom it may concern, are to take notice and govern themselves accordingly. W. L. BATHURST, ZOCAVES FOR THE CR:MEA.—The steam transport La Dordogne has just embarked 1,000 men of the Ist and 2d Regiment of Zouaves at Algiers, to convey them to the Crimea. THE ISLINNirON RAGGED SCHOOL TREAT.--We are requested to inform our readers that the " penny sub. scription " we announces a few days since•on behalf of a " Christmas treat "for the poor children of the Ragged Schools, has met with great success, but up to this time Mr. Worth has not received suf f icient funds to give the same to both institutions, as he intended. ' APOTRECAIII2III4ALL.—The following are the names of gentlemen who passed their examination in the science_ and practice of medicine, and r ece i ve d certificates to . practise, on Thursday, Dec. 27 :—David Midgley Cock croft, Todmorden ; Edmund Oldfield, Bascombe-lodge ; and Neil Benjelpin Baill.e, India. THE MIERDER IN THE MINORIES.—An inquest was held yesterday by Mr. Psyne, the coroner foe - the city of London, at the Portsolon Wardroom, Fenntare-court, Minoriee, on the body of Louisa Corrigan, the details of whose murder by her hukband appeared in The Sun of yesterday. The Rev. M-. Hill, the incumbent of Holy Trinity district, and several other respectable inhabitants of the parish, were present, and appeared to take deep interest in the proceedin;-. The evidence adduced on this occasion did not materially vary from that given before the magistrates on Thursday. The coroner briefly addressed the jury, who immediately returned a verdict of " Wilful murler " against Thomas William Corrigan, and the coroner issued his warrant accord ingly. THE CASE OS Ma. JACKSON, THE DONCASTER PAWNBROKER.--A meeting of pawnbrokers took place at Radley's Hotel, Bridge-street, Blackfriara, on Thurs day, for the purpose of eliciting an expression of opinion upon the case of Mr. Jackson, recently sentenced by Vie Sheffield bench of magistrates to twelve months' impri sonment fur having taken in pawn a diamond ring, "knowing the same to have been stolen." Besides a large proportion of the London pawnbrokers, there were also present representatives of the trade from Liverpool, Manchester, Sheffield, Doncaster, and several other large towns. A resolution, to the effect th a t i mme di ate steps be take n fo r the liberation of Mr. Jackson was carried, and a deputation appointed to wait upon the Secretary of State, to represent the case of Mr. Jackson, and request his liberation. AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—A. few nights ago a keeper of the name of Hayes, employed by Sir Edmund Walker, of Berry-hill, Notte, discovered three men with their faces blackened in a plantation, near the hall. One of the poachers having shot a pheasant, the keeper went up and closed with him ; another of the poachers then attacked the keeper, and a struggle ensued between them, in which the poacher tried to stab the keeper, hub cutting through his trousers and shirt only punctured the stomach. During this struggle the third poacher came up, and raising the muzzle of his gun ()lose to the keeper's head, fired. The keeper fortunately moved his head at the time, and the contents of the barrel entered his hat. After this the poachers decamped, and have not yet been apprehended. Postal stamped paper will be issued by the Post-office authorities on the let of January next. It will be of the value of 4s. 6d., and ls. per sheet, and will pass for that amount of postage through the post provided it con tains enclosures of the proper limits as to weight. The impression! on the stamped paper which will give it postal value will be embossed. That of 4d. will be a red impression and of a round shape ; that of Gd. will be a purple ; and that of ls. a green impression, Both of the latter impressions will be of an octagonal shape. PROPOSED NEW BANK AT MADRID.—A telegraphic despatch from Madrid states that the proposed new bank for the development and promotion of industry and com mercial enterprise has received the sanction of the go vernment, and that, on the 24th inst., Senor Bruil, the Finance Minister, read the particulars of the project to the Cortes, mentioning, in the course of his statement, that the house of Periere, of Paris, was authorised to organise in Spain a company upon a plan similar to that of the Credit Mobilier in France. Under discreet and able management, it may demonstrate to the Spanish government the value of financial honesty, and, by de grees, shame the public authorities into a better obser vance of their national obligations, the constant infrac tion of which has brought so much obloquy upon •the Spanish name. Tug AUSTRALIAN MAILS. --The Post-office .authori ties have renewed the contracts for conveying the royal mails between Great Britain and our Australian colo nies, via Liverpool, for another year. These contracts have been again taken by Messrs. Pilkington and Wil son, of the White Star Line of packet ships, the sailing qualities and excellence of which have been so fully proved ; and with Messrs. Baines and Co., of the Black Ball Line —a vessel belonging to the former of these gen tlemen being despatched on the 20th, and one by the latter on the sth, of each month. The first Australian mail will be despatched from Liverpool by the Oliver Lang, on the sth proximo, and the following one on the 20th, by the Sardinian, belonging to the White Star Line. This latter, which is a now vessel, and like the rest belonging to this line, has been built expressly for the Australian trade, has proved herself, on two voyages to and from America, an extraordinarily fast and easy sailer, and also a ship with very superior passenger accommodation. THE OVERLAND MAIL. 29th of November. The export of saltpetre is prohibited from India, except to English ports. The markets in India are depressed, and money scarce. • Freights to England have advanced. Exchange at Bombay, 2s. lid. ; at Calcutta, 2a. The Mission has returned from Ava. No treaty was signed. Many pirates have been destroyed on the coast of China. At Canton tranquillity prevails, but 300 persons are decapitated weekly. Trade in China was dull, without an early prospect of change. Exchange at Canton, 4s. 10d. ; at Shanghai, 6s. lid. The Pasha of Egypt has rescinded the prohibi tion of the exportation of wheat and Indian corn. HAMBURG, FRIDAY. Advices have been received here from St. Peters burg, announcing that a despatch had been re ceived at that capital from Prince Gortschakoff, and dated Dec. 20, stating that two sotnias of Tschernornorish Cossacks attacked and defeated a strong squadron of Gen. Vivian's Anglo-Turkish cavalry on the 16th inst., near Kertch, capturing the commanding officer and 47 men. THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. ( From the Times correspondent.) CAMP BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, DEC. 15. The week has passed away without any change in the position, but it has brought with it many rumours. The fall of Kars isnow beyond any doubt, and it has caused a painful feeling in spite of the prophecy that it will tend to peaceful solutions of the great " difficulty," inasmuch as it will soothe the pride of Russia, and enable her to offer one success as a counterpoise to the fall of Sebastopol and the victories on which that fall depended. On the other hand we hear that notwithstanding the renewed talk about peace, there is more likelihood than ever of a long war, and that the Generals and Admirals have been summoned to Paris or else where to attend a great council, by which the ope rations of next year will be regulated, unless they should be thwarted by a breeze of wind or a fall of rain. It is certain that Marshal Pelissier will leave the Crimea immediately for Paris, and that Si r Edmund Lyo ns w ill sa il from amiesh in the Royal Albert on Monday next. Report says that General Codrington will also quit his post for a short time ; but there is not the least certainty in anything one hears out bore respecting intended movements, unless when the telegraph is broken, —and it is now again out of order between Con stantinople and thy) Crimea. In all prob . ftbility any such movement will be known in England before this letter can reach you, and I shall therefore say no more upon the subject. There is a general indisposition to a campaign in Asia, of which there is now some talk. With reference to the ensuing year the question of transport absorbs our principal consideration just now, and no doubt General Windham, whose views on this ali-important subject are understood to be large and novel, will,in conjunction with Col. Wetherall organise such a system as will render us " moveable,' when the next campaign opens. Next year we are told that the Transport Corps will consist of 19,000 men and of 19,000 animals, for it has been found absolutely necessary to have one man for each mule or horse. The French have only the same clothing as they had last year. We are prodigies of excess in water proofs, furs, boots, seal-skin coats and caps. The winter has set in, but cold and frost have lost their terrors for the army now. On Tuesday forenoon the thermometer was 55 deg. • on Wednesday it wa s 50 d eg . ; on Th ursday it fell to 28 deg.; on Friday it was 22 deg. ; this horning it marked 20 deg. Fahrenheit. Colonel Wetherall, the Director-General, has already gained the confidence and .respect of the officers of the Land Transport Corps and Of the Commissariat, and ho of course possesses in a high degree the confidence of the chiefs of military de partments. So far he is secure of support and of that attentive consideration of his suggestions and opinions which is invaluable to an officer in his position. But it must not be forgotten that the organiser of the corps, Colonel McMurdo, laboured long and earnestly and well to breathe life into it, and that, until he was stricken down by illness, his labours were successful. TUESDAY, Dec. 11.—Acco r di ng to i ntelligence received from Kinbourn, the Russians exhibit their usual energy in casting up defensive works along the banks of the Boug, and there is reason to be lieve that they are equally active in throwing lines across the Spit before Cherson, and in making re doubts to oppose the march of any force from Kin bourn upon the last-named city. The Dnieper is supposed to bo quite impracticable, and the Boug will speedily offer enormous, obstacles to the ad vance of even the most heavily -armed and lightest built gun-boats and mortar-vessels. The enemy are also placing Oczakoff in a condition of defence, and confine themselves to making works on the upper cliffs, which can scarcely be touched by the fire of our ships. The Cossacks have shown themselves from time to time in the neighbourhood of Kinbourn, but the state of the Spit prevents them establishing a camp or even a grand guard near the fort. Dec. 13.—The Raesians kept up a pertinacious fire on the town at the rate of about two a minute. FRIDAY, Dec. 11. The frost continues and the thermometer marks 20 dog. this morning. Th ere i s no news to-day, but ere are many rumours. It is affirmed that there is to be a great council of Generals and Admirals in Paris, and that Marshal Pelissier will leave the Crimea in a few days to assist at it. Further, it is stat e d th a t Ad m i ra l L yons will sail in the Royal Albert from Kazatch as far as Malta, whence he will proceed to the scene of those deli berations. General Codrington is also mentioned as being likely to be summoned, in which case General Barnard would assume the temporary command of the army. What truth there may be in these reports I cannot say, but 4% certain that the Royal Albert is under orders to sail on Mon day next. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The last accounts received here from St. Peters burg announce a strong warlike reaction, produced by the capture of Kars. Pacific demonstrations are postponed. A report that a truce of three months was agreed upon had caused a sudden rally on the Bourse. The rumours of Ministerial changes have entirely subsided with the return of M. de Persigny to London. That visit, the departure of M. Seebach for St.. Petersburg, and the publication of the pamphlet on the Congress for the Pacification of Europe, have furnished ample material to the curious ' and, it must be said, to th ose who 'would willingly see the harmony that exists between the two countries disappear. , Nothing relating to M. de Persigny's mission, at least of a positive kind, has transpired, further than that he had a long audience of the Emperor, with the object of communicating in person certain matters which could not be explained so well by writing. M. de Persigny's business was almost exclusively with the Emperor himself. We are not so satisfied with Prussia as we were some days since. It is not certain, after all, that the instructions to their Minister at St. Peters burg were to support the identical propositions adopted by the three 6i- overammt63 which Trua. INDIA AND CHINA. TRIESTE, SATURDAY, DEC. 29. The steamer Bombay arrived here this morning at 3.30 a.m., in 131 hours from Alexandria, which port she left on the 23d inst. The Indian mail left Alexandria on the 23d, with advices from Calcutta of the 30th November; lltnabay, 3d December ; Shanghai, fith Novem ber ; Canton, 13th November ; and Hong Kona 15th November. On the 7th November there was a collision be tween the Hindoos and Mahomedans; at Oude, in which 500 persons were slain. The Hindoos were victorious. The Mahomedan leader was killed. Herat has been taken by the Persians. Lord Dalhousie returned to Calcutta on the : TROOPS.-IsT DIVISION OF INFANTRY. "Ist Brigade.—Regiment of Gendarmerie, 2 bat talions ; Ist Regiment of Grenadiers, ditto • Regi ment of Zou a v es ; 2 dit to - 3 b attalions. 2d B rigade. —2d Regiment of Grenadiers, 4 battalions ; ad Regi ment of Grenadiers, 4 ditto-8 battalions. Total, 16 battalions. "SECOND INFANTRY DIVISION. "Ist ißrigade-Ist Regiment of Ycltigeura 4 bat talions ; 2d Regiment of Voltigeurs 4 battalions ; battalion of Chasseurs, 1 battalion-9 battalions. Second igade-3d Regiment of Voltigeurs, 4 battalions • 4th Regiment of Voltigeurs, battalions-8 battalions. Total, 17 battalions. "CAVALRY DIVISION. "Ist Brigade —Squadron of Gendarmerie, 1 equadror; lst Regiment of Cuirassiers, 6 squadrons ; 2d Regiment of Cuirassiers, 6 squadrons. 2d Brigade—Regiment of. Dragoons, 6 squadrons; Regiment of Lancers, 6 squa drons. 3d Brigade —Regiment of Chassenre, 6 squa drons ; Regiment of Guides, 6 squadrons--37 squadrons. "Ann - Until% "1 regiment of horse artillery, 1 regiment of foot artillery-18 batteries, and 2 cadres de depot. " ENGINEERS. "1 division of 2 companies. " BAGGAGE -TRAIN. " 1 squadron of 3 companies. " Art. 2. The organisation of the four regiments of_ cavalry to be formed in the Garde will take place in virtue of special decisions rendered on the proposal of our Minister of War. "Art. 3. The 3d Regiment of Grenadiers, the 3d and 4th Regiments of Voltigeurs, the 2d Regiment of Cuiras sier, the regiments of Dragoonr, of Lancers, and Chas seurs, will receive the same pay and the same organisation as the regiments of infantry and of cavalry actually ' existing. "Art. 4. Our Ministry Secretary of State in the War Department is charged with the execution of the present decree. "Done at the Palace of the Tuileries, Dec. W. " NAPOLEON. "(Countersigned) " VAILLANT." i A PUNISHABLE OFFENCE AT Drolis.---Tha Tribunal 1 of Correction a l P o li ce o f L yons, on Wednesday, tr i e d height an d three a 1 publie•housekeepe r , name d D av id , of the Croix-R•usse, for having ou t rage d re li g i on b y attaching a me d a l o f th e animal run r a n: , , abo ut Vir gin th tG e s h t i r s ee d t o s g w 's it n h e i c t k, who " is a noted re d re p u bli can an d s ocialist, and w h o on a t n w d o sever al m ak i an immense red c ra v a t," was sen tenced to m onths; wore a pointed Tyrol ean h a t o f ex traordinary imprisonment and 3001. f ine . ng da th y e s. • THE DUKE or NEWCASTLE. — The enthusiastic recep tion given to the Duke of Newc as tle on his arrival at Worksop has called forth the following letter from his grace :—"Clumber 13th December, 1855._Nr— y dear Sir,—l shall be o bliged to you if you will take any opportunity which Inv occur of expressing to my very kind friends and n o in Worksop how warmly I a ppreciate the very hearty reception which they gave me last night on my arrival at the station, and on m y way through the town. I was little pre pared for so.cord; -al a welcom e , an d, w i t h t h oughts full on ly of children and home, was indeed surprised to find, on a cold winter night, the whole population (female as well as male) in the streets to greet my return amongst them. I am deeply grateful for so unusual as well as unexpected a compliment. I could not, however, but perceive that this demonstration was not one of mere persor,al regard. It was a token of sympathy with that noble army which I have been spending some Months in visiting, and a proof that the warm interest ix its welfare and its triumphs which led me to the Crimea is fully shared by those who have remained at home. Toe inhabitants of Worksop have added another to the many links which bind me and my family to them. I remain yours very sincerely, NEWCASTLE.—Ii. sem. raiß, En., Sparkon.'". THE FR.ENCII IMPERIAL GUARD. " The Garde ought to consist of two divisions of in fantry, a division of cavalry, two regiments of artillery, `wo companies of engineers, and a squadron of baggage train. " The first division of infantry would comprise the regiment of gendarmerie, which would be afterwards reduced to two battalions, three regiments of Grena diers, of which two already exist, and the regiment of Zouavee. " One regiment of Grenadiers wonld have to b. formed. " To divide equally the number of battalions between the two brigades of the first division, I propose to your Majesty that the let brigade shall consist of— " The regiment of Gendarmerie 2 battalions. " A regiment of Grenadiers 4 " The regi men t o f Z ouaves 2 „ "Total 9 battalions. " The 2d brigade should consist of two regiments of Grenadiers, also forming eight battalions, " The second division of infantry woad comprise foes regiments of Veltigeurs, of which two would have to be formed, and the battalion of Chasseurs-4 pied. This battalion and two regiments of Voltigeurs would form the Ist brigade ; the two other regiments of Voltigeurs would form the 2d. " The regiment of Grenadiers and the two regiments of Voltigeurs to be formed would be organised in the East. Placed under the orders of one of the Generals of Brigade, admitted into the Garde, they would remain provisionally with the expeditionary army. In this manner that army would not be weakened by the con tingents it would have to provide for those new corPso the depots only of which would be organised at home. " The division of cavalry will consist of three bri gades - "One brigade of cavalry of reserve, formed of two regiments of Cuirassiers ; one brigade of cavalry of the Line, formed of a regiment of Dragoons, and a regiment of Lancers ; one brigade of light cavalry, formed of • regiment of Chasseurs and a regiment of Guides. "These six regiments would recruit themselves as follows : "1. The two regiments of Cuirassiers front the ten regiments of Cuirassiers of the Line and the two regi ments of Carabineers. "2. The regiment of Dragoons and the regiment of Lancers from the 12 regiments of Dragoons and the eight regiments of Lancers of the Line. " 3. The regiment of Chasseurs from the 12 regiment' of Chasseurs of the Line ; and, " 4. The regiment of Guides from the regiments of Hussars of the Line and from the regiments of the Chas seurs d'Afrique. "Such is the organisation which I propose to draw up in principle for the cavalry of the Garde, but, lest its immediate realisation should cause an unadvisable per turbation in the cavalry of the Line, various regiments of which are in the East, I think it advisable to adjourn the formation of the four new regiments. " When the moment shall have arrived I will have the honour of proposing to your Majesty the necessary measures to attenuate, as much as possible, the expense attending these new formations. "As regards the artillery of the Garde, it would con• sist of the two regiments formed by the decrees of the, Ist of May, 1854, and the 17th of February, 1855 ; there would be no other increase of peraonnel, except that re suiting from the creation of a School of Artillery forth* Garde. "No change would be made in the composition of the two companies of Engineers attached to the Gard• ; they would continue to form a division, commanded by a captain en premier. " The baggage•train would also remain as it is at pre• sent. "If, as I hope, these measures respond to the views of your Majesty, I beg of you to affix your signature to the subjoined decree. " VAILLANT, "Marshal of France, Minister Secretary'of Sista in the War Department." Then follows the decree : " Napoleon by the grace of God and the national will Emperor of the French, to all present and future greeting : " Considering the decrees of the let of May, the 12th of August, and the 23d of December, 1854, and the 17th of February, 1855, on the proposition of our Minister Secretary of State in the War Department, have decreed and do decree as follows : "GENIMAL SIAM " 1 general of division, commander-in chief ; 3 gene rals of division, commanding the divisions of infantry and of cavalry; 1 general of brigade or a colonel, chilef of the general staff . ; 1 general, commanding the artil lery ; 7 generals of brigade, commanding the brigades of infantry and of cavalry. " GENERAL STAFF (EWAT MAJOR-GENERAL). "Etat Major-General. -1 colonel or lieutenant-cole nel, sow-chef of the general staff ; 1 chef d'escadron ;S - captains. "Etat Major of the Three Divisions.-3 colonels or lieutenant colonels, chefs d'dtat major; 3 chefs d'esca dron ; 6 captains. " Aides-de-Camp. -12 chefs d'eacadron captains ; 4 of these officers (aides-decamp of the generals of division) may be chefs d'escadron. • ARTILLERY. " 1 colonel or lieutenant-colonel, adjunct to the gene ral commanding and Chief of the staff ; 2 captains attached to the Etat-Major ; 1 captain, aide•de-camp of the general commanding ; 1 garde principal ; 1 garde Ist class ; 1 garde 2d class ; 1 master armourer ; 1 master workman of the Staff; 1 under master workman of the Staff; 4 workman of the Staff. " MILITARY INTENDANOZ. " 1 military intendant, 6 military sub•intendante, or ' adjuncts, 1 chief veterinary surgeon. The Mfintiteur of yesterday publishes the following' report of Marshal Vaillant, Minister of War, to the Emperor : Path, eo, 20. "Sire,—Th e I mper i a l Guard has ` r ealised D the hopes which your Majesty conceived in re-establishing this In• stitution of glorious memory. " Henceforth the army is provided with a reeerve which it wanted, and all that remains to be done is i° bring this reserve into connection with the effective force of our troops of the line. "In the last wars of the Empire, the Garde formed two corps d'arrnce, comprising together nearly 100,000 men ; under the restoration, and in time of eace the Garde cons i sted of four divisions, two of infantry and two of ca va l ry, o f an effective force of from 35,000 to 40,000 m en . " Redu ce d t o i ts actual proportion., that of a simple mixed divi s i on, the Imperial. Guard would evidently , p not be sufficient for the important part it may have to take. When decreeing its first formation on the lit of May, 1854, your Majesty only considered it as provi sional ; I think that the moment is opportune for consti tuting this select body on a larger basis, by introducing the excellent elements which the army of the East on now provide it with. 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