The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-26 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals• ( From the Times of this day.) Of all classes of the community our manufac turing population ought to be most anxious to patch up a peace. On the contrary, every day brings fresh evidence that they, of all others, are most anxious to prosecute the war with vigour. On Saturday we gave a report of an enthusiastic demonstration. at Glasgow in honour of past vic tories and in favour of more determined hostilities, d to-day we publish another such report from Oldham. The meeting at Glasgow was a soiree intended to supplement the banquet of six weeks ago. The banquet was for the wealthy and the noble—the merchant princes and the Scottish chiefs ; a Scotch duke was in the chair, and the speeches were delivered by men of old historic name and of public standing. The soiree was for the middle and l ower classes—for the bailie of the Saltmarket and the deacon of the weaverg for Pat-o'the-Mill and Harry Burn-the-Wind. A Professor of Astronomy took the chair and turned his telescope over Europe ; while the speakers generally seem to have been men of humble life and local reputation. We are not going to criticise the speeches, or we might urge objections to some of the views put forward. But there can be no mis take as to the feelings manifested by both of these assemblies, and the satisfaction which that feeling gives to every patriot heart throughout the country. The peasant is as bold as the peer, the clan as de termined as the chief; the master is not more ready for sacrifices than the journeyman ; the wholesale merchant is not more enthusiastic than the snuffy little dealer in the back street who retails everything imaginable, from tea to coffee, and from broadcloth to brass nails. It will be observed, also, that another meeting is to be held in Glasgow, as in other cities throughout the country, on Thursday next, the object of which is to incite the Ministry to resusci tate Poland, and so to inflict the deadliest blow on the Muscovite power, and establish the surest bar rier against her domination for the future. We need not at present stay to inquire whether this policy be good or bad ; it is at least attended with far more difficulties than have ever, probably, en tered into the calculations of its advocates. But, whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the scheme, there can be none as to the main object of these meetings, which exhibit the unflinching de termination of our people to carry on the war, and bear all its expenses, all its sorrows, until its ob ject be effectually attained. All are true sons of the fatherland, and in the genuine mother tongue swear themselves foes to Russia. We should think that even in the few individuals throughout the country who aro calling out for " peace at any price," the spectacle thus presented by the nation, and especially by the manufacturing classes, must excite a sentiment of admiration. He is certainly not to be envied who can look on the privations to which the working classes cheerfully submit for the sake of a war undertaken in the first instance in behalf of a distant State and a despised people, and now carried on for no material gain to ourselves, without feeling proud of his country. We have all a share of this burden to bear, most of us have had our hearts wrung with sorrow ; but on the manufacturing classes the war presses with peculiar weight. In some respects it is a positive advantage to the agriculturist, who finds a market so much better for his produce that he may be re garded as almost interested in prolonging the war. The trader, too, may gain more than he loses. If the war shuts up one sea, it opens another ; if one species of goods lies dead, another is in demand ; new firms, new businesses spring up ; trade is as brisk as ever, and fortunes are made in a voyage. But the manufacturing classes, and especially those of England, are peculiarly liable to be affected by the continuance of war. A shoemaker in this country is a shoemaker all his life ; lie has purchased his right to work at this trade by a certain number of years' apprenticeship. When the market is overstocked with shoes, and ho is thrown out of work, he cannot turn to tailor ine., or carpentery, or clockmaking. he has all his life been standing on one leg, plying one wheel, wielding one arm—he can do but one thing. There he is at this moment, with hundreds of others, out of work. Wages are reduced, bread is dear, sugar has risen, tea has risen, tallow has risen, taxes are increased. He is sadly pinched, and yet he never flinches, but gives his vote right willingly for the war. We have before now spoken of the bread riots throughout the country, and expressed regret that our operatives should resort to such measures —measures which only increase the misery which they attempt to alleviate. But there is one interest ing feature of all those "strikes," all thoso riotous meetings, that they very unmistakably evince the hearty feeling with which the manufacturing classes, amid all their privations, regard the war. We are not aware of a single voice raised among them in opposition to the war. There is a noble feeling abroad, which, before the struggle broke out, very many had despaired of ever witnessing in a country" where Manchester politics were begin ning to exercise too powerful an influence, and nothinc , was cared for unless it was wrapt up in cotton. " The age of chivalry is gone, said Burke, when he spoke of the enormities of the first French Revolution and the indignities suffered by the Queen—a saying refuted in the wars which followed. The cry has been echoed in our own times by men who looked too much to the surface—who saw the financier raised into the First Minister of State, and finance regarded as the sum total of statesmanship, who saw men rising to power who regarded cheapness as a cardinal virtue, could dine off a statistical table, and treated every pos sible question as a question of accouuts—whos aw the police reports filled with cases of cowardly as sault and swindling—who heard of solemn old firms insolvent for years—who read of forged bills accepted by persons knowing them to be forged— and who had tasted the`adulterations of food which the dealers had practised. Underneath all the true spirit lay dormant, as fire in flint, and the iron of war has struck the spark. Poetry is not gone, and chivalry is not dead, so long as for Honour and Justice —names which at one time were almost too romantic to be mentioned among us—our produc tive classes can, amid ell their privations, still so unreservedly raise th e i r vo i ces f or war . Ve have heroes in the Crimea, but we have heroes also at home. The former aro mentioned in despatches, win promoti on , h ave their pay increased ; all the poets are sin g i ng of them, the newspapers The l atter chronicle their exploits. seek no glory ern dirty , ed and win no renown ; their wages their children ask for more bread theyare lsese a and anything but C 0 decorated ;" Le poets do not s ing of them, and people generally do not recognise the heroism of their endurance. Let us at least attest the constancy with which they have sup ported the war, and record our admiration of the calm confidence and generous self-denial with which they await the result. It is almost too mach to hope that .this noble conduct will have weight with a certain class of our statesmen. Seldom has there been seen a greater anomaly—the people unanimous, enth a . eiastic, determined on one fine of policy, their once trusted leaders opposed to that policy, a nd leagued against the Minister who , almost single handed, has ventured to adopt it. However much we may admi re th e ir powers, and especially their power of speaking, they are still but men, and as from being the supporters of the war they have set themselves against it from motives which every sane man in the country considers utterly insuffi cient and unworthy, perhaps the bearing of our people, who have almost invariably been right in their foreign instincts, and who have an immediate interest in putting a stop to further hostilities, may lead them to re-examine the question, and to ask - nether a policy for which such sacrifices are cheer lulls made may net, after all, be and, at all events , may not be worthy of less su percilious treatment than they give to it. We may be quite wrong ; it may be the merest fanati cism to fight for an idea ; it may be very absurd to provide agai nst e e a, future contingency ; but the people of England, i f they are a b sur d, are a b sur dl y practical. Depend upon it they are thoroughly in earnest ; and whe n the y have been thoroughly in ea rnest they have ge nerall y been in the right: (Front the Times of tltia d ) et have Lord The lesser arrangements of the C ab been definitely an nounced. st are an,l Two addition sve now made to this body in the persons of Lo Mr. of A. ley, who retains his present p ast as Pro sy dent a the Board of Trade, and or Baines, who is to be Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancas ter. It has for some time seen known that the Duke of Argyll is to fill the office of Postmast er _ General. The Privy Seal, which has been placed Once more at the disposal of the Pre mier b y th e Duke's translation to St. Martin's-le-Grand, has been given to Lord Harrowby, who vacates the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lan caster to make room for Mr. Baines. None of these • gentle man4pointraents, except that of the last name(!, lfr. call for any serious remark. • Baines is ese classes, a n d a representative of the middle evidence of thee dis p osition may b e acce pted as ositioti of the Minister to im port that eleme n t into th e Ca binet. Hitherto, constitution of his wha tever duties M r . B a i nes has o e en intrusted with he nas discharged to the satis fac!ion of the public. As chief officer under the Poor Law he had a most troublesome and ariio e us t chit); to perform—one which served rather to t his capacity for administration than his fitness for i the higher vocation of statesman and orator. He THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY .EV.1 , 411.NG, NOVEMBER 26, 1855 was, however, occasionally compelled to address the . obtaining the high approbation of neighbouring house to defend the acts of his administration, and ' despots." whenever tried he has acquitted himself with sue- Let these " rebels" but learn that the allies have cess. When we have integrity of principle, sound raised up a standard around which the sons of sense, the power of addressing an assembly if not j Poland are to gather ; let but the Western Powers in a brilliant, at least in a satisfactory manner, effect a lodgment on the southern coast of the Fin what more can be expected from a man to whom as nish Gulf, and proclaim the arrival of the great yet the higher opportunities of distinction have s t r u gg le for Polish independence—and the ranks of been denied ? In these days every man will think the Autocrat's army, already thinned by the losses for himself, the principle of authority is weakened, of Crimean warfare, will suddenly melt away by and happily so in political affairs, so that mer e elo- desertion into mere skeleton legions ; the war of quence carries few votes. A modern statesm an is i national independence will spread from Samogitia powerful in the house and popular in the countr y , and Lithuania to the Ukraine ; and Great Britain in so far as he represents the opinions of the maw- will not only have the glory of playing the noble rity, or at least of a large section of the commu- part of a champion of Liberty, but have also pro mity. Lord Palmerston at the pres ent moment is vided in the most efficient way for her own na the representative of our determination to continue tional, financial, and military advantage. We the war with Russia until terms are obtained which cannot better conclude than with the words of an shall preclude the necessity of appaaling to arms j eloquent and learned speaker at the recent war again, for similar reasons, at least, until another meeting at Glasgow—" In mercy to Europe, pro generation has passed away. Hence the popularity nounce the word Poland of his Administration. With such a cause, and with the full weight of opinion out of doors at his back, the Premier seems inclined to oppose plain common sense to the attacks of the regular gladiators of the House. Mr. Baines has, as he declares in his address, accepted office with the full determination of lending the whole strength of his ability to this cause, and, with so good a brief in his hand, he will, we trust, hold his own against the oratorical ability upon the other side. THE WAR IN ASIA. (Prom the Examiner. ) The difficult nature of the prolonged struggle before Sebastopol must explain and account for the otherwise inconceivable neglect shown to the defence of Turkey on the side of Armenia. Among the Russian plans for the , conquest of the Ottoman empire and the reduction of its capital, that of a march through the central valleys of Asia Minor had long been considered the most feasible and sure, and the least liable to interruption from the maritime powers. The condition of such advance was that it should be gradual, not precipitate, until a point was reached from which the Bosphorus and Constanti nople might be menaced in not many days. Already mas ters of Akhalzikh, Gumri, and Erivan, Kars and Erze roum are stations on the way up the great valley of Arme nia to Kesaviek. We have seen with what boldness the Russians, after a few partial advantages in the open field won over the irregular forces forming the Turkish army, marched to surprise Erzeroum,and invest and assault Kars. And joyfully we have learned how the skill and courage of English officers guiding and encouraging the noble bravery of Turkish soldiers renewed at Kars the success ful heroism of Silistria. Notwithstanding this it is painful to think that the Russians would never have dared to employ their chief force south of the Sour, had the Turks kept even a moderate army at Batoum. The war was begun in that quarter most gallantly by the capture of Fort St Nicho las. Since then, the British fleet has afforded puissant aid by demonstrations which compelled the enemy to abandon the whole of the Circassian coast ; and the Turks or Allies ought long since to have occupied those provinces at the foot of the Caucasus which touch the Black Sea, are easily invaded from it, and are so difficult to defend, The neck of the Caucasian isthmus is here cut by two rivers, which rising on different sides of the same mountain, run east -and west, one into the Caspian, the other into the Black Sea. The river and the valley entering the latter are short ; the other river, the Kour, with its valley, is longer and wider. It constitutes Georgia Proper, and contains Tiflis. To be master of the more western of these rivers is to menace the other ; so that if the Turks had occu pied and held Imeretia and Mingrelia, the Russians dared not have stirred from Tiflis, while the Turks, if they had only been in force and commanded by an able general, might at any convenient time have made an at tack upon it. For which enterprise they could have Icounted on the powerful aid of Schamyl and the Ca-- cassian mountaineers. (From the Morning Advertiser of this day.). The anniversary of the Polish Revolution of 1830 is near at hand ; let us hope that imposing ; manifestations will be made throughout the coun try on that memorable November 29. Already we are glad to hear of popular gatherings which are to take place, not only in this metropolis, but also in many trading and manufacturing towns of the United Kingdom. Besides London, there are Glasgow and Liverpool, and other communities in the field ; and if we are rightly informed, the gene ral sense of the resolutions everywhere will not be a mere expression of sympathy with the cause of Polish freedom, but a formal memorialisation of Government—" To take such steps as may conduce to the establishment of the independence of Poland, by which means the enthralled people of that na tion would be detached from the strength of the enemy, and the power of Russia so crippled as to force her to sue for a peace which would be alike permanent and honourable to our country." Such, at least, are the words of a number of bur gesses and inhabitants of Liverpool in their address to the Mayor of the town. A similar spirit, we trust, will pervade the popular meeting which is to be held in St. Martin's Hall on Thursday next. If ever there was a time in which the necessity of bringing the Polish element into this contest could be understood by men of all ranks and classes, that time is surely the present. After two years of exer tion we have now before us the failure of succes sive Baltic campaigns, the false dealing neutrality and growing insolence of German dynasties, the suspicious hesitation of the Swedish Court, the protraction of the struggle in the Black Sea, the insufficiency •of a purely maritime blockade, an in creased drain on our financial, naval, and military resources, and—last, but not least—a pretty pro spect, not of peace, but of the expanding influence, in Russia, of the Grand Duke Constantine, who, if to-morrow he became Sovereign, would tax all the strength of his empire and employ all the chi canery of his Pan-Sclavistic schemes in order to restore the political balance in favour of absolute Muscovite supremacy. With , uch a position be fore us it would be suicidal on our part still to re frain from appealing to Polish co-operation. We demand Polish co-operation from the point of view of our own national interests ; and to those who question the propriety of this policy, we only address the following questions :—Have we, or hare we not, an intention of making an end to Russian rule in the Baltic regions ? If we have— why, it is necessary to our own interest that we All these opportunities, too long neglected or thrown away, are now grasped at. Omer Pasha sailed from the Crimea, followed by some of his best troops, and landed at Soukund-Kaleh • and as the Russians still hold the rivers and their valleys, as well as their connection with the sea, the first efforts of Omer were of course directed to drive them from these positions. For this purpose he attacked their entrenched position south of the Ingour, a stream that runs obliquely and in a sonth-west direr. tion from the mountains. It was the best line of defence the Russians could have chosen. So strong indeed was it that Omer Pasha was blamed by many for not landing south of it, and, so turning the Ingour. The Turkish commander, however, knew what he was about. He passed the river in front of the enemy, and marched to the attack of his entrenchments, as if to prove (which was denied him at Sebastopol) that Turkish soldiers were good for attack as well as defence, and could storm the batteries of the enemy, as well as repel him from their own. create a diversion in the rear of the Livonian, Curish, and Esthonian garrisons of Russia ; and this rear is Poland ! Are we, or are we not, re- The immediate aim of Omer Pacha's advance . . solved to destroy the treacherous connection be tween the Autocrat and the territory of the German doubt Kutais, from whence there are roads, either eas ward to Tiflis, or southward to Akhalzikb. Tire valley of the ancient Phasis was, we need scarcely inform our readers, one of the great channels of commerce ; and the country is rich enough of itself to afford mate rials of trade, which would become of first-rate import ance were the Russians driven from Georgia altogether. There is no man more capable of effecting this than Omer Pasha. But it must not be concealed that were the declared object to be any ultimate making over of the province to the Porte, serious obstacles would at once arise, of which the greatest would be the aversion of a large Christian population to be given up to a Mus sulman Sovereign. Jews and Armenians form the prin cipal inhabitants of Kutais -, and Tiflis of course has even larger elements of a Christian population. Such strength as Russia possessed in these countries has no doubt lain in the belief that she is essentially a Chris tian, and a fanatically Christian power; and for the allies to march against them in an exclusively Maho rnetan cause could only tend to render Georgian resist. ance religious as well as national. These difficulties are obviated in a great degree, however, by the existence of a native prince in the province now entered by Omer's army ; and if a final conquest of the province could be achieved, even without the reduction of Georgia, a hos podarate might be established there under the joint pro tection of England, France, and Turkey, which wouid effectually exclude the Russians from any communica tion with the Black Sea, or from possessing any port or territory on its eastern stores. This is one of the desi derata to be obtained by the present war ; and Omer Pasha's expedition mast be regarded as leading directly to its achievement. We need not enlarge on its advantages. It will be a'i especial service to the Porte to render its Armenian frontier secure against future aggression, and this would be accomplished by the establishment of an independent state in Imeretia, if not in Georgia, Its inunediate effect wonl I not only give peace to Kurdistan and eastern Turkey, but deprive the Persian court of all those incentives to treachery, or excuses for extortion, which it delights to act upon. Nor, even apart from his great military genius, could any commander be found better fitted for executing these delicae tasks than Omer Pasha, ?no is a strong stickler for Mussulmau dignity. without being a fanatic for the religion he has adopted. The choice of an English agent is equally commendable, that post being filed by Mr. Long worth, known long since for his adventures in Circassia, and grounded in oriental policy and habits by long residence in the east. Effective co-operation from the Allies may also now be expected. Their attention has at last been particularly drawn to the many benefits derivable from their now un disputed possession of the east coast of the Black Sea. Thsir naval forces can be seconded not only immedi ately south of the Caucasus, but north of it by the Cir cassians, who can molest Russia as much on the Kouhan as upon the Kour ; and hence a station for our vessels nearer to the eastern shores of the Black Sea than Ba laklava or Kamiesch is now seen to be desirable. The shores themselves have no convenient harbour, nor does the coast of Asia Minor afford one. Neither Kertch nor Yenikale give the security or facilities required. But there is Kaffa, too long neglected. It is the best port in the Black Sea, or at all events in the Crimea. It is open at all seasons, and presents a shelter not to be found off Kertch or lialaklava. In it vicinity, too, the original Tartar population is still to be found, and the Russians are there detested as much for their degradation and devastation of Kaffa, as for their oppression of the Crimea. From Kaffa is the shortest sail to any of the ports around the north-eastern corner of the Euxine. From Kaffa it is but a short distance to Arabat, and not more than thirty miles to Karasoubazar, on that high road from over the Putrid Sea to Sun pheropol by which the Russians there and above Sebas topol are chiefly supplied. Expeditions from Kaffa for cutting off such supplies would inflict far more mischief on the Russians than has been effected by those from Eupatoria. Indeed the cavalry sorties from Eupatoria, though ably led and handled by General d'Allonville, have not ended in a single capture of importance in the way of provisions. Let us hope that our admirals and generals, therefore, are not iikely to leave Kaffs, in the power of the Russians this winter. Such a con quest joined to that of Kiubourn, and attended by that of Mingrelia by that of Omer Pacha, would render the year indeed glorious to the arms and encouraging to the prospects of the Allies in Asia. Princes ? If we are, no other means are left to us than to drive in a wedge by means of a Polish in surrection. Do we, or do we not, intend to strengthen the hands of the Swedish and Norwegian nations, and to enable them to overpower the philo•Russian leanings of the Court ? If we do, we must prove to the Scandinavians that our wish of weakening Ressia is a real one ; how could we better show this than by adopting " Poland" as the watchword of our war policy ! Is it, or is it not, our desire to drive the Czar's army from the Crimea, and to secure the lilperty of the Danube by operations in Bessarabia ? If it is, we cannot better serve our purpose than by occupying the at tention of the Government of St. Petersburg on a point in its immediate neighbourhood ; and who can doubt that this point is Poland ? Would we, or would we not, forge a chain of blockade which shall effectively prevent Russia from the contact with the commerce of Europe 7 If this is our de cision, if we would not pay a costly farce of block ade with our tax-wrung gold, if we would not be mocked by Russian trade making its egress through Memel, Pillau, and Myslowitz, over Prussian and Austrian territory—why, then, we must hermeti cally close also the land frontier of the Czar's do minions ; and this land frontier consists of Polish provinces. All our commercial and military in terests, all our interests of national honour and prestige in the present war centre here ; it is a folly, therefore, to talk of the Polish question as if we were to engage in some Quixotic affair of senti mental romance. Without the participation of Poland in this struggle, we can neither hope to conquer a " speedy," nor an " honourable," nor a " lasting" peace. Not a speedy peace—because Russia never will give in so long as she concentrates almost her whole strength on one or two outlying points. Not an honourable peace—because no peace can be ho nourable to England till the stain on her honour is removed which successive Governments have caased 1 by their treachery and connivance with Russia in regard to Poland. Not a lasting peace—because it is idle to believe that the real strength of Russia can be destroyed by the demolition of Sebastopol or Cronstadt, the secret of her sway over Central, Northern, and Southern Europe being contained in the projecting territorial position she occupies between the dominions of Austria and Prussia. It is this contiguity with the empires of the Haps burgs and Hohenzollerns, it is this commanding station of Russia on the Vistula, Prosua, and Vartha, that makes her the arbiter of German affairs, and the Lord Protector, so to speak, of the whole Sclavouian race. Take away from her the iule over this Polish territory, and she sinks back into the dimensions of a barbarous but powerless Asiatic Khanate. \ The very wish of securing Turkey for ever against Muscovite attacks must induce us to re-establish this Polish bulwark ; for the weakening of the Ot toman empire through Russian aggression has kept equal pace with the gradual encroachment of the Cz trs upon the independence of the Polish race. Peter I, pursued his projects against the Porto before the Polish Republic bad been overthrown. It is known that he entirely failed 1 Catherine 11., on the contrary, proceeded to attack the Turkish empire after the independence of Poland had been impaired by the first partition. It is known that her schemes succeeded ! It is a curious historical fact, that all the conquests of Russia along the Dnieper, B ong , D niester, and Pruth, all her ad vances along th e B lack Sea and inthe Caucasus, have been subsequent to the first Polish partition, and that ever since th a t ti me she has gradually ' encroached upon European and Asiatic Turkey. This circumstance alone ought to teach us that the true security of the Ottoman empire lies in the re construction of the independence of Poland; and, in fact, if Turkish statesmen had been left to them selves in 1853 and 1854, there is no d ou b t they would have pursued a policy conducive to this ' effect. The mere proclamation, on the p ar t o f the Allies, that they are re ady to avail th emse l ves of r the sympathies of Poland, would strike terror i n t o the heart of Russia, d i sconcert her plans, throw the germs of dissolution into her armies, whi c h t o a great extent consist of Polish natives, and threaten the Muscovite empire altogether with a complet e exhaustion of its resources. "It is not," a Polish writer justly exclaims, "it is notßethnia, Finland, Archangel, the Caspian, or European Tartary, nor is it the fortifications of Cronstadt or Sebastopol which furnish the Czar with his most powerful means of domination and perpetual menace . - fertile These moans are supplied by the populous and Western districts, all torn from Poland. Does not . the grain o f th ose p rov i nces p a y f o r the luxuries of the wh o l e emp i re i n ti me o f peace , and fill the magazines in ti me o f war ? I s it no t with their l'orses that the Autocrat mounts his cavalry ? Is it not with their cattle and leather that he feeds an d equips his soldiers 7 Where does he find wood, hemp) and tar for his fleets ? In the north-east of Poland. Whence does he take his regular squad rons ? Prom the south of Poland. With that wool does he c l othe, with what iron does he arm ) i ! his battalions ? With the wool of the Lower, and the iron of Upper Vistula. But above all, it is ! from the population of the Polish plains he fill s u p his quickly-thinned ranks ; for, whilst he could not raise a sufficient force from the i population of Great Russia without ruining ! the domains of the Crown, and exasperating the he has only to send his press-gang t owar d s i t nobles, the West to find what he requires —while 1 he knows, moreover, that he will only be ruin ing rebels, favouring the rest of his empire, and THE POPE AND THE EMPEROR. (From as Examiner.) I po n. Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's steam-transport Urgent, Commander Phillips, left Portsmouth harbour for Spithead on Sa turday evening, and awaits orders. The steam transport Niagara, Capt. Shannon, arrived at Portsmouth on Friday night with the Westmeath Re giment of embodied Militia, under the command of Major the Earl of Granard. They are now quartered in Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth. It is a rifle regi ment, about 400 strong. The Vixen and Lizard steam tenders left Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon for the eastward. The bark Mohawk, with a general cargo of provisions from the Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, sailed for Ba'aklava on Saturday. The bark Lady Wbarncliffe, the brig Alfred, and the bark Ameoda, are being laden for the same destination. In consequence of the great demand, instructions have been received at this yard from the Admiralty to roast coffee day and night until further orders. Two French engineers visited the mills, bakehouse, and engine-house on Friday, and took sketches of the most important portions of the machinery in this department. We understand that her Majesty's Government have, in csnsideration of the distinguished and meritorious services of the late Colonel Balfour Ogilvy, who died at Balaklava on the 12th of July last, granted a colonel's widow's pension to his widow. Lord Panrnure has written to Mrs. Balfour Ogilvy intimating the grant, and took that opportunity of expressing his regret at the loss to her Majesty of the services of so valuable life as that of her late husband. Cat. B. Ogilvy joined Omer Pacha in the field in March 1854, and from that period up to the time of his death had on different occasions greatly distinguished himself. His gallantry and presence of mind at critical moments bad gained for him the entire confidence of Omer Pacha, with whom he was a special favourite. Lord Hardinge has, without any solicitation, given Col. Balfour Ogilvy's second son an ensigncy, without purchase, in the 34th Regiment. The 12th Regiment, 2d Battalion, from the Cape of Good Hope, and the 54th and 66th, from Gibraltar, will shortly embark for the Crimea. These corps consist principally of old soldiers. Tney will be relieved by Militia regiments. By the decsase ssf General Sir John Brown the colonelcy of the Bth Hussars has become vacant. He was for many years commandant of the Cavalry Riding Establishment at Maidstone. His probable successor in the colonelcy will be Sir Henry Somerset. Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Transit, Commander Johnson, refitting in the steam basin, Portsmouth dock yard, got up steam to try her machinery on Saturday, but broke down three times. She will take out a large force of the Land Transport Corps to the East. The Fire Queen steam-yacht,Master-Commander Paul, went to Spithead on Saturday, and trans-shipped the re mains of the late Colonel the Hon. N.Maule, of the 41st Foot (brother of Lord panmure), from the steam-trans , port Emperor, and disembarked them at the Royal . Clarence Victualling-yard, Gosport, where they were , taken charge of by Mr. Davis, Master Attendant, R, N., , and transferred to the undertakers for conveyance to ---.......- London. .. The — body was interred in Bulgaria 13 months ago, and is now brought to England to be deposited in the family vault. The Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Hand, and the Polyphemus steam-sloop, Commander Warren, will leave Portsmouth for the Black Sea fleet whe❑ ready. — iieMars, 80, new screw steam-ship, wa4 towed from Chatham on Saturday, and moored at the docking buoy ready for being taken into the fitting basin, Sheerness, to receive her boilers and machinery, which are ready for her. The entire ship's company of the Cressy, 80 guns, screw steam -ship, Capt. Richard L. Warren, were paid wages on Saturday, at Sheerness, and all, with the ex ception of the relief of guard for duty, are gone on leave until the 15th of December next. The screw stearn-ship Exrnouth, 91, Capt. W. Hall, with the flag of Bear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.B having de,charged her powder and shell in Piymouth Sound, steamed into fl acrioaze on Frid a y a ft ernoon , an d is appointed to go into duck on Wednesday for re pairs. It is reported that her cre w w ill b e t rans f erre d to the Conqueror, 100, which, havin g com pl e t e d th e re ception of her machinery, was taken out of clock at Key barn on Saturday and placed alongside the Vigo hulk at Hamoaze to be fitted for commission. The sailing-sloop Arachne, 18, Commander Inglefield, having had repairs emade good at D evon p ort , was t aken i out of dock, towed into the Sound, and placed along side the Egeria hulk on Saturday, preparatory to the transference of her crew. The steam-vessel Avon, having been fitted with boilers at Keybare, w o taken out of dock on F r id ay . The transport Diligence left Plymouth on Saturday for Pembroke. The Admiralty barge Ant, Edward Witts master sailed on Saturday morning from Woolwich for Sheer ness with 70 tons of machinery for the Mars. The Fly, ano ther of the Admiralty barg es , was a t th e same t i me taken into the basin, and was immediately go t rea dy t o b e l a d e n with the remaining portion of the machinery and funnels intended to complete the fitti ngs o f th e i Mare, with wh ich she is to sail on Wedn es d ay nex t. The Castle i den convict transport, having shipped 100 convicts from Woolwich-50 from the Warrior, off the dockyard, an d an equal number from the R o y a l A rsena l, was on Saturday morning towed do wn th e r i ver b y th e steam -tug Copeland fir her destination, Bermuda. The nu mber of convicts thereis now considerably reduced, as, in addition to the Castle Eden's freight, 52 were last week discharged, the term of their sentence having ex pired. As a number of these men have latterly succeeded in effecting their escape by mixing with the crowds of labourers, arid thereby passing the gates unnoticed, it has been suggested that the workmen should be provided with some kind of uniform which would render an escape by that mewls much more difficult, if not impossible. The frigate building on the slip is Pembroke dock yard lately occupied by the Sutlej is of 50 guns, and, being one of the newly improved fifties, her length is very great -2 4 0 feet-60 feet longer than her predeces sor on the stocks. This fact will show the increased size which is now given to our present vessels of war. Additional shipwrights, sawyers, and mechanics have been added to the dockyard strength at Pembroke, and great exertions are to be made for the spring. The Observatory telegraph at Milford Haven is near completion. This is to be the link between the forts of Thorn Island, the Point Battery at Dale, the martello on the Stack-rock, and the dockyard, so that a rapid communication between all the defences of the Haven can at once be secured. It is understood that Government have in contempla tion the erection of large and commodious permanent barracks, to accommodate at least 5,000 men ; and they are to be constructed near th e p resent fortified barrack on Llanryth-hill. A large building has for some time been marked on the plans, and the want of accommoda tion is much felt. The following appointments were made on Saturday at the Adtniralty;—Samuel S. D. Wells, surgeon, to the Royal William ; Thos. J. Breen, surgeon, to the Perse verance ; Henry P. Houghton , acting clerk, to the Ueda.. Lieut.-Col. Richard C. Mo od y , R.E., is to succeed Major-General Gordon as the Commanding Engineer in the North Britain district. A'couremartial, of which Capt. Sir Twos.hos Maitland, C. 8., of her Majesty's ship E.xcell.ent, president, assembled on board the flag-ship Victory in Portsmouth harbour on Saturday morning to try Mr. Jas. Driver, Acting-Assistant-Engineer R.N., of the first class, serv ing on board her Majesty's steam g un-boat Hinde, for having, on the 10th of Oct., disobeyed orders and be haved with disrespect to his senior officer, Lieut. Ward, and being absent without leave. The Court, hav ing heard the evidence in support of the charge, and what the prisoner bad to aisle fee e in as defence,d was of opinion that the charge, s f !elate to dieobedience of orders and disrespect to his some mending officer, had been proved ; but the remainder of the charge, which alleged that the prisoner h .d absented himself without leave, was frivolous; and in consequence of the prisoner's length et service and good certificates the Court only adjudged him to be dismissed his ship, to he reduced to the second class of Assistant-Engineers, and not to be promoted for two years. The average weekly number o f recruits joining at Chatham is 50. About 4,000 young men, after com pleting their drill, are annua'ly sent from Chatham— .2,soo to India and the colonies, 700 volunteers to diffe rent corps, the regiments coming home taking the re mainder. The Medical Staff Corps (says the United SertiCe Ga- Those who have found hitherto but " little to blame " in the conduct of the young Emperor of Austria, natu rally express surprise no less than disgust at the terms of the Concondat he has just concluded. To us, on the other hand, who have seen in his policy from the com mencement of his ill-omened reign so much that deserved the most severe reprehension, the last act of the drama is but a natural and not unforeseen conclusion. The intrigue which brought about the deposition of the Emperor Ferdinand 1., on his refusal to break the oath he had taken as constitutional King of Hungary, was, as is well known, direoted by the Archduchess So phia, the moth er o f the present Emperor. She belongs to the House of Bavaria, the most bigoted among the reigning families of Germany ; and such influence as the Jesuits still possess in Austria (reported to be not incon siderable) was, we believe, exerted to secure the irregular accession of her son, during the lifetime of her husband. Was it not to be expected, then, that one day she would be called upon to repay the obligation thus contracted ? Not that mere motives of gratitude are to be under the coucils of Aus rteheelriukleelyoft4hieswlamyperial and Apostolic e e ai ni tnhy p e t rd f ei r sg om the law which dooms governments ttMsorti°aadeieedsBßttaryislutceinntxion that have no hold on the respect or on the affections of their subjects. As a much more sagacious Emperor has lately declared, every government ulti mately rests on opinion. Even the Czar of all the Russias could not maintain himself on his throne, if he were not an object of veneration and regard at least to his thirty millions of Muscovite subjects. But where shall Francis Joseph find this necessary, this indisnens tarbilae a b n a d s i s the of f a ut Germanhority ? Tyrol In ? the A G u r s a t n r d i a n Duchy power of isua Asn inverted pyramid if it reposes on so small an area. In Bohemia ? The reserved Slavonia population of that country looks with no goodwill on anything German. In Hungary, which saved Austria from dismemberment I zette) will consist, when complete, of nine companies, in the days of Maria Theresa? The mag nates of that each of which is calculated for attendance in an hospital country (half-Austrianised as they once were) stand for 500 patients. In each company there are a steward with averted eyes in presence of the ruler and four assistant stewards, who rank respectively as whose hand is red with the blood of a Batthyanyi. 1 , serjeant-major and serjeants ; a wardmaster and eight The peas ints sigh for the return of Kossuth, to ! assistants, who rank, the former as a colour•eerjeant and whom they owe their delivery from the detested the latter as corporals. Then there are issuers, washer. Robot. The Hungarian soldiery, once n• less loyal than men, and assistant cooks, barbers, and orderlies, who brave, wait with ill-suppressed impatience for the rank as privates ; and a cook, who takes rank as ser hour when they can avenge those generals who led jeant. The pay is very good. About 100 young men them so often to victory, and who perished miserably by have joined the medical staff corps during the month. somniand of Francis Joseph on the gallows of Arad. Captain Carpenter, late 41st Regiment, who was se- The Hungaria❑ Protestant sees in perspective a renewal j verely wonnded at the battle of the Alma, has, by the of those religious persecutions, which obliged his ances- decision of the Court of Chancery on Thursday last, tors so often to implore the protection of the Ottoman ! come h-to possession of 60,0001. against the Catholic fervour of Francis Joseph's ances- The authorities at the Horse Guards have just issued tore. Even with the Croatians the policy of dividing for another memorandum relating to instruction in mus the sa k e of oppressing, which was practised in 1848, has ketry, in addition to the memorandum layi n g d own r e. become a stale trick, and cannot be tried again. To gulatious for the organisation of the corps of instructor; whom, then, shall the Emperor appeal for support / To lin musketry, issued a short time ago. The raemorae. the Poles ? Their hopes are fixed on France, on Sweden, dum details various rules which the Commander-in-Chief and on England. To the Lombards 1 The proposition directs to be strictly observed with a, view to efficient could only be made in irony, But at the elbow of the instruction in the use of the rifle. The course of inetruc• bewildered monarch there stand other ever.watchful ti en is to commence in every battalion or depot on or Italians who promise assistance, not merely from earth before the 15th of March in each year, so that it may be but from Heaven, at the price of subscribing a roll of finished by the time the autumn half-yearly inspection parchment. takes place. What wonder that this Concordat was concluded, then, Captain Twysden, 55th Regiment, is under orders to eve n at the expense of surrendering the entire control leave Hythe for the Crimea, to assist Col. Kennedy at of the Austrian Church into the hands of the Pope? The the School of Musketry about to be established there. Emperor was not in a state to make conditions. It may The United Service Gazette states that it is the inten be a straw which hp catches at, but it is the only assist- tion of the Government to resort at last to the ballot, ance within his grasp. When Metternich said " apeee and that it is to be carried into effect, without reference mei le deluge," he used the language not of selfishness, to rank, from the age of 18 to 40. The term of service as many have supposed, but of foresight. He saw that is to be for five years, aad it is considered that the man none of those who were likely to succeed him knew in ner of raising conscripts for the French army will be what consisted the vitality of Austria ; and that by seek- adopted. The fine of 51. for not serving will be paid to ing to Germanise and centralise (th e cour se pursued at the Government, who will provide substitutes for those Vienna since his time no less by liberals than by abso- who decline to enter the for Ce. lutists), they would accomplish the ruin of the empire. On Thursday the] depot of the 59th Regiment, for The Concordat is a necessary coro ll ar y an d sequence to some time past stationed in Belfast, took their departure this policy ; and accordingly w e d o no t h ea r that Dr. for Derry. The remainder of the depot, which was sta- Bach or Count Buol remonstrated against it, any more tioned at Newry-150 men—arrived at Belfast on Thurs than Cardinal Prince Schwartzenberg. day eveni❑g. They are replaced by the Royal Cheshire The Emperor can now boast that he has at last en- Infantry from Stockport. The total strength of this listed some active and zealous partisans. The Domini- regiment is 1.100, four companies of which were left in cans and Jesuits will strain every nerve to save a mo- Newry, and the remaihder, six companies, are to be eta narch who promises them that free scope for religious tioned in Belfast. action which they are denied in every other State of Europe. It is another step towards the precipice, but in the meantime there is something besides the sword to lean u LAUNCH OF THE SCRETV-FRIGATE SHANNON. PORTSMOUTH, Saturday. A. superb frigate, of larger proportions than any fri gate afloat, was added to the British fleet to-day, to further per petuate the name of her who, 42 years ago, earned for herself such world-wide fame in her glorious action with the Chesapeake. The old Shannon has been for many years doing duty at Sheerness as a receiving hulk, under the name of the St. Lawrence. The new Shanno❑ is as far superior to the old one as she was t the most primitive product of the shipbuilders' art, and her entirely different character and enlarged proportions will be seen at once by the follo wing comparative table of her dimensions, viz. : New Shannon, Old Shannon, ➢feasurement. screw, sailing, 51 guns. 46 guns. Feet. Inches. Feet. Inches. Length between the perpendiculars 235 0 .. 150 2 Length of keel for tonnage.. •. . . Breadth, extreme Breadth for tonnage Breadth, moulded .. .. .. . 48 6 .. 38 6 Depth in hold . ... • . 18 4 • • 13 0 Tons. Tons. Burden .. •• • • .... •• , 2,V.1 .. 1,066 ARMAMENTS. New Shannon. Old Shannon, Weight No. each. Calibre. No. Calibre. Main deck ..30 65 cwt. 8-inch. Upper deck ..23 18-pounders Upper deek 20 58 cwt. 32-pounders. Quarterdeck] 18 32. pounders 1 95 cwt. 68-pounders. & fofeeastle The old Shannon was a sailing frigate ; the new one will have engines by Penn and Son, on their patent trunk principle, similar to those supplied to her Ma jesty's ships Agamemnon and St, Jean d'Acre by the same firm : Nominal horse-power 6OO Diameter of cylinders equal to 70 inches. Length of stroke 42 inches. Diameter of screw lB feet. Pitch of screw 25 feet. Length of screw 3 feet 6 inches. Number of revolutions to pro duce The Shannon, launched to-day, was designed by the Surveyor of the Navy, Sir Baldwin Walker, and only about 12 months have been employed in building her ; she has been hurried, owing to her interfering with the progress of the work of the great dock adjoining the slip on which she has been built. She pres , ents a most beautiful and bold outline. Her figurehead is a hand somely carved bust of the late Captain Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, by Mr. Hellyer, Admiralty carver, from a design by Mr. Poate, of Portsmouth, and the likeness of the gallant victor in the famous action is said to be very correct. The ceremony of naming her was per formed by Lady Maitland in the presence of a vast con course of spectators. Her machinery is all made for her ; she will be fitted forthwith ; and it is reported that Captain Yelverton and the officers and crew of the Arro gant will be the first to commission her. In her action with the Chesapeake the old Shannon had a crew of 306 men and threw a broadside of 5381 b ; the present Shan non will have at least 550 men, the benefit of Lull steam power, and will throw a broadside of 1,2001 b. This broadside is also 1 cwt. heavier than Nelson's old ship, the Victory, ever discharged. THE NEW IRON MORTAR-BOATS.—The iron mortar vessel launched from the building yard of Mr. John Laird, at the south end of the docks, the other day, is so constructed that when she has mortar, shell, crew, and every necessary appliance on board, she will only draw three feet of water. She will present very little bulk above the surface, and as she will be painted seaegreen, it will be. impossible for the enemy to distinguish her from their batteries, even when within range of their guns, except by the occasional puffs of smoke from each shell. She is of 100 tons' measurement, and is made of the best iron plates manufactured at the Mersey Forge. The ex pedition with wLich she was constructed is, we believe, unprecedented. The order was received by Mr. Lair on the 23d of October, the keel was laid down on the 25th of the same month, and on the 13th of November, just three weeks from the date of the order being received, she was launched in the River Mersey, all complete, with mortar-bed, masts, rigging, anchors, cable, shell-room, accommodation for crew, &c. She left Liver pool for Portsmouth, in tow of the steamer Uncle Sam, on the day after she was launched, and arrived at Port-- mouth on Thursday, having been delayed by being obliged to put into three ports, owing to the severity of the easterly winds. The vessel is strongly built of iron, with wooden decks ; and the complicated nature of the work would have precluded the possibility of her comple tion in this short time, had not. Mr. Laird had relays of men working night and day. The iron plates, &c., were ordered from the Mersey Forge, from time to time, as re quired, and were generally delivered within 12 hours from the time of specifications being sent in, The con struction of this morter-boat shows the rapidity with which work can be completed in the Mersey, when all the facilities are properly applied. This is the first English mortar-boat built of iron; and, if the ex periments immediately to be tried upon her answer the anticipations of the Admiralty officials, we may ex pect to hear of a large order being given for the con struction of more upon the same principle. Mr. Laird is also constructing 14 wooden steam screw gun-boats, of 240 tons each, and about 69-horse power. She will be similar in size and armament to the Lynx, Arrow, Viper, Snake, Beagle, and other boats which have become famous in the history of the naval operations of this war. Mr. Laird is building seven of these boats at his yard on the margin of the Great Float, at Birkenheal, and seven on the Liverpool side. Although the ors:er for them was only received from the Admiralty six weeks ago, already about 1,000 feet of building sheds have been erected at these yards and fitted with gas, so that the men can work at the vessels night and day. Four of the boats are well advanced in frame, and the whole are to be ready for sea by March next. 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Observe--oppo site the York Hotel. Deafness—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies; the un pleasant sensation of singing noises in theiears is entirely re moved ; and it affords all the assistance that !possibly eould be desired.—Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses or the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derive. , from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons ars enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation—can see with these lenses of a much less magnify. ing power--and they do not require the frequent changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. By her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most nowerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye piece, lc ill show distinctly Jupiter's moons. Saturn's ring, and the double stars; with the same t e l escop e can is; soon a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 mil es . Th ey are o f l arger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary. ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discovermdre than the above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal Exhibition, 1 851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket Tlass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera houses, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles, They are invaluable for shooting, door-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite the York Hotel. Sporting Intelligence. PRINCIPAL WINNING HORSES IN 1855. I'ara ...... Tumbler.. Noisy ..... Antoinette... Each Inge ... rJaciy Tatton Instructress Besika Capucine Baroncino Cosset'_ WOO Brownie Courtenay Hazel Professor R.3nhani4 Fingeolet Bonnie Marn £745 735 700 675 630 605 600 •••••• 595 583 570 662 552 Botherbam Flatterer Shoreham Joshua Lord Alfred Jack Sheppard Mosquito Kingstown Rylstone The Chicken Blooming Heather FOUR YEAR OLDS. Scythian Neville Honeysuckle Puinicestone Quince Whitelock Seducer 1,083 Wild Huntsman 1,070 The Early Bird Bright Phoebus Hercules Robgill 974 Gamelad King Tom 706 Boor Winktield Acrobat Hurnguffin Foxhunter Mishap 462 Lurley Lady Bird .. 435 Domino 423 Epaminondas Comfort Virago Orson Charletnont 3OO The Caliph Scherz TWO YEAR OLDS Mary Copp Kale pyge 2'2,965 2,00 , Manganese Flyaway 1,435 Tyre Fly-by-Night 1,319 Stork Porto Rico 1,145 Ellington Coroner l,oeo ... 1,030 030 890 Mincepie Artillery Spindle Polmoooi. , Tilly Prince's Mixture Ceres 8ez0nian........ Enchanter Mirage Grampian heir of Linne Cerva Alfred' Sugarcane La Victime Milton Lawn C 660 611 610 5.50 .... 525 . 500 491 4SO 470 45 450 440 420 390 Intimidation Oltenitza ...., W. Willie..., Shelah Eglantine Bird in Hand 365 Thames Ditton... 360 Diego 360 Secret 350 Aleppo 330 Theodine 3.5 Queen's Head 3lO Newington Byrsa Dramatist Alaster 260 Lance Shadow 250 Pyrrha 2lO The British Remedy 235 1 Zeta Yellow Jack Astrologus Warlock Duet 145 THREE YEAR OLDS. Saucebox £5,762 Wild Dayrell ...... The Marchioness 4, 75 Habana 4,130 Rifleman Lord of the Isles 'l,loo Chalice 2,950 Clotilde 2,390 Fandango 2,286 Pugnator Corcebus ... 1,486 Alcyone Claret Sultan *Ou]ston Paletot Cavalier Eilermire 1,097 Pole Star 1,03s Escape Homily 935 Simony 9OO De Clare Imogene Vandal 865 Treachery B5O * And the Queen PRINCIPAL Duke of Belford £10,940 Mr. Howard Mr. T. Parr Mr. J. M. Stanley 7,232 Mr. F. L. Popham 5,905 Lord Clifden 5,620 Mr. Merry 5,337 Messrs. Greville and Payne 4,656 Mrs. Osbaldeston 4,600 Mr. R. Read Mr. Morris 4,236 Mr. J. Osborne 4,109 The Earl of Detby 3,820 Lord Zetland and Sir W. Milner 3,437 Lord J. Scott Earl of Chesterfield 2,957 Mr. Thelluson Mr. E. R. Clark 2,6.>6 Baron Rothschild 2,381 Marquis of Anglesey 2,270 Mr. H. Hill Sir J. Hawley Lord Wilton 2,236 FIVE YEAR OLDS. Rataplan Typee Ir. Sykes Ireland's Eye Mortimer 650 Orinoco Bourgeois 532 Speed the Plough Vindex 5Ol Talfourd SIX YEAR OLDS AND AGED. King of Trumps £1,455 Hungerford Little Davie 651 Braxey B4O Poodle Ephesus IMaster Slender 's Vase at Ascot. WINNERS. Mr. J. Dawson £2,009 Captain D. Lane 1,003 Mr. W. H. Brook Mr. A. Nichol 1,840 Mr. Bowes Mr. T. Dawson Mr. Mageuis Admiral Harcourt 1,438 Messrs. Saxon and Barber Sir C. Mouck Mr. Mather 1,208 Mr. H. Coome Mr. W. L'Anson.... . 960 The Marquis of Exe- ter _ 895 Capt. Bryan B4O Mr. Knowles Mr. T. V. Turner Mr. Sparrow Lord W. Powlett Captain Christie 661 Mr. Palmer 615 Mr. J. Adkins 6OO I Hr. Capel 560 HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. STAG-HOUNDS. Kent (Mr. Roberts's), Monday, Tonbridge ; Friday, Ightham-12. Her Majesty's, Tuesday, Iver Heath ; Saturday, Winkfield•row-11. Baron Rothschild's, Thursday, Wing-11. FOX-HOUNDS. Cheltenham (Capt. West's), Friday, Birdlip-12. Petre's (Hun. F.), Tuesday, Long Rims—half-past 11. Badsworth, Tuesday, BArri,dale Bar ; Thursday, Purston Bar ; Saturday, Notteu Village—half•past 10. Bertishire South (Mr. Wheble's), Tuesday, Mortimer Station ; Friday, Ha►npstead Norris-11. Blackmoor Vale, Tuesday, Monk-wood; Friday, Yar lington—half-past 10. Essex East, Tuesday, Birdbrook Hall ; Friday, Mess ing-street-11. Essex South, Tuesday, Nevendon ; Saturday, Aveley Mill-11. Essex Union, Wednesday, Ramsdell Heath ; Satur, day, Althorne Lion—half pant 10. Essex and Suffolk, Tuesday, Bradfield-street; Friday, Boxford-street--11. Hurworth, Tuesday, the Kennels ; Saturday, Moor Bank—half-past 10. Ludlow (Mr. Sitwell's), Tuesday, Coombe Wood ; Friday, B nilden 10. Seale's, Sir Henry, Tuesday, Asperington Post; Fri day, Berry--half-past 10. Sinnington, Tuesday, Sinningtou ; Friday, Woolah— half-past 10. S mierset Subscription. Tuesday, The Kennel ; Fii day Williton--half-past 10. Staffordshire North, Tuesday, Dillhorn ; Friday, Ercall Heath—half-past 10 Stamfor,i's Earl of, Tuesday, Dallicott ; Thursday, Rudge (Mr. Bocott's) ; Saturday, Stewponey —half pa-t 10. Suffolk, Tuesday, Felsham Green ; Thursday, Silverley Tower ; Saturday, Risby Toll-gate—quarter to 11. Sus ex East, Tuesday, Knede ; Friciay, Brede Hill— half-past 10. Tick ham, Tuesday, 0 tterden ; Friday, Rainham —half past 10. United Pack, Wednesday, Strefford's Bridge-10, V. W. H. (Lord Gifford'-), Tuesday, Poulton Vil lage ; Thursday, Stone Hii, Gate ; Saturday, Overley Wood—quaff ter to 11. Warwickshire North, Tuesday, Tile Hill ; Wednes day. Solihull ; Friday, Ansty Wood— quarter to 11. Wheatland, Tue-day, Cressage Park ; Friday, Cross Lane Head—half-palt 10. B. V., Tuesday, LUarnhull Quarries ; Saturday, Fk dleford Bridge—quarter to 12. High Peak, Tuesday, Mouldrtdge Grange ; Thursday, Duke of York ; Saturday, Wilton's Farm--11. Newcastle and Gateshead, Monday, White Mare Pool ; Friday, Wallsettd—half-past 10. Cleveland, Thursday, Kirkteatham—half-past 10. Lord Dacre's, Wednesday, Hudnal Common ; Friday, Bower Heath—aif past 10 llambleton (Mr. Bill's), Tuesday, Brawith Hall ; Sa turday, Oldstead—half-past 10. Holderness, Tuesday, Everingham Park ; Thursday, Burton Constable ; Friday, Driffield Toll-bar—quarter to 11. Oakley, Thursday, Broughton ; Saturday, Risley Toll-bar—quarter to 11. South Oxfordshire (Mr. J. S. Phillips's), Tuesday, Stanton ; Friday, WAterstock—quarter to 11. PembrokeThire (Mr. Lort Phillips's), Thursday, Wil lianiston-10. Lord Southampton's, Wednesday, Drayton Cross roads ; Friday, Bratiden ; Saturday, Brad well-11. Mr. Willoughby's, Wednesday, Staxton ; Thursday, Rillington House ; Friday, Pluckham ; Saturday, Grill ing Lodge—half-past 10. South Wilts (Mr. F. Wyndham's), Friday, Chitterne Clump-11. Atherstono, Monday, Red Gate ; Wednesday, Twy cross ; Friday, Ullesgaorpe Statf.on ; Saturday, ALUMS* ley Hall-11. Duke of Beaufort's, Monday, Trouble House ; Wed nesday, Drayeot ; Friday, Yal - ,e Rocks; Saturday, Cross Keys, Pickwick—half past 10. Old Berkshire (Mr. Moirell's), Monday, Hatford • Tuesday, Newbridge ; Thursday, Foxcombe-hill ; Fri day. Radcot Bridge—half -past 10. Brainham Moor, Monday, Riffa; Wednesday, Church Fenton ; Friday, Wighill-park ; Saturday, Boot and Shoe Inn—halt-past 10. Burton Hunt (Lord Henry Bentinck's), Monday, Magin Moor ; Tuesday, Faldin g wo r th G range ; Wed nesday, Wellingore ; Thursday, Brattleby ; Friday, Drinsey Nook ; Saturday, Langton by Wraghy-11. Cambridgeshire, Monday, Potion Wood; Wednesday, Warden Village ; Friday, Stow Fox— half-past 10. Cheshire, Monday, Buck ; Wednesday, Ash ton Hayes ; Thursday, Black Dog, Saigton, 11 ; Satur day, Norley Bank—at half-past 10. Cottesinore (Sir J. Troilope's), Monday, Wytham on the Hill ; Tuesday, Knossir!gton ;Thursday, Pick worth; Saturday. Leeethorp —ll. Craven (Mr. EL P. Best's). Monday, Eastbory Park ; Wednesday, Shaw House ; Saturday, Welford Woods — a quarter t 11. Crawley and Horsham, Monday, Lowfield Heath ; Wednesday, Rivers Wood ; Friday, Turner's Hilt—a quarter to 11. Du ham County, M,und ay, Thorp ; Wedpesday, Woodhatn ; Friday, NeNbiiigsl—ltalf-pa‘t 10. The as x (Mr. H. GreaYes's), Monday , Nazins C)m -rno,l ; ThurAlay, Navest.lck ; Sa' urday, Waple s Alia —ll. Mr. Farquharson'i , , Monday, Boeklai i - el Wool ; Tues day, Honeycomb ; Thursday, Comobe Coppicu ; Fridny, Short Wood. Eari Fltzwilliam's, Monvloy, Long Orton ; Wednes day, Starmick Pastures ; Friday, Hilly Wood -10. Mr. Garth',‘, Monday, the 11,,irse fsh,es, Rernenh,m ; , Wednesday Hartford Bridge klat ; Friday, Clere Park —half-past 10. Ha'adon, Monday, Glen Cottage ; Friday, Beaford Porches.—lialfpast 10. Hambledon (Mr. Walt's) Monday, Chalton Tillage; Wintepshiii Common'; Friday, Warnfor ---, l outtr to 11. :\l.o,Aay, Preston Oak Hills ; TuesdAy, Wes ; Tburld3y, London Lodge, Strattin Park ; Saturday, Lasham Village—quarter to 11. _ _ Heythrop, Monday, Boulter's Barn ; Wednesday, Lei well Village ; Friday, Litughorough Gate; Satin day, Fox. North Aston—half-past 10. Mr. M,:yneil Ingram's, Monday, Eaton Wood ; Tnursday, Longford Ball ; Saturday, Rolleston Hall— quarter to 11. _ _ - East Kent, Monday, Sandling .Park ; Thursday, Bar barn-street ; Saturday, Paddleswortn Gorse—balf-paat 10. Ledbury, Monday, the Frith Wood ; Friday, eighth Towkesbury-road— half--past 10. Lutuiey'a, Monday, Gringley ; Tuesday, 131 the Hill ; rlursday, Kiverton Park ; Friday, Darlton Bat•—hflif-rts`.. 10. Rid of Pot tAti,.utit's, Monday, Maishanger House ; Tne , iday,llighelere Castle ; Friday, Bedwyn Brick Kiln; Saturday, Kingselere-11. Puckeridge (Mr. Parry's), Monday, Furneaux Pel ham ; Wednesday, Langley Green ; Saturday, Alton bury—half-past 10. lipehley, Monday, Brixworth • Tuesday, Boughton Park, Kettering ; Wednesd a y, Arthingworth ; Friday, Long Buck by ; Saturday, Stow Nine Churches- quarter to 11. Baby (Duke of Cleveland's), Monday, Houghton Bank, Turnpike Gate ; Wednesday, Taft Hill ; Friday, Manfield—half-past 10. Rufford, Monday, Walesby ; Tuesday, Kelham, Thursday, Kneesal Green ; Saturday, Park Hall— quarter to 11. _ _ Duke of Rutland's, Monday, Croxton Park ; Tues day, Dry Dt)ddington ; Wednesday, Etton Manor ; Fri day, Ancaster—half-past 10. Mr. St-lby's, Monday, Ilderton—half-past 10. Shropshire, Monday. B ittlefield • Wednesday, Acton Barnhill ; Friday, Ercall Mill—half-past 10. Mr. A. Smith's, Monday, Perriam Down ; Tuesday, New Mill ; Wednesday, Pill Heath ; Thursday, Ham Ashley ; Friday, South Grove ; Saturday, Roche Court —at 11. S'iuthdown, Monday, Ripe-street; Friday, Asbcombe —quarter to 11. - - South Wold (Mr. G. Cook's), Monday, Tothill Wood ; Tuesday, Tower-on-the-Moor ; Thursday, Benniworth Village ; Saturday, Harrington Hall—at 11. Surrey Union, Monday, Clandon Village ; Thursday, Hampton Lodge ; Saturday, Leatherhead Downs—at half-past 10. Thomson's (Mr. Anstruther), Monday, Stratton And ley Tuesday, Weston on the Green ; Thursday, Ham Green ; Saturday, Bytield Toll Bar—at halfp..st 11. Tiverton, Monday, Huntsbarn Castle ; Thursday, Kingsbrornpton —at halt-past 10. Tynedale, Monday, Great Whittington ; Wedne-•day, Min , teraeres ; Friday, Nafferton—at a quarter to 11. HARRIERS Brookseud (Thane* Wednesday, Alland Court ; Fri day, Catslet Park, Herne Country ; Saturday, Brom atone—at half- pa,t 10. Eastbourne, Thursday, Jevington—at 11. Lord Lon,dale's—Friday, Pattenham—at 12. Surrey—Tuesday, Woudeote Grove ; Saturday, Ken. ley Common—at half past 10. Worthing—Tuesday, S;evp Down; Saturday, Ted dingtob—at 11. Country Marke HADDINOTON CORN MARKET —Noy. 23. WUSAT. BARLEY I oars. I pew, First 1003 Od 47s 'Od 38s 6d , 60s 0 ' Second B2s Od , 44s 5d 33s lld 1 57 , 44 Third 72s Od I 32s Od 1 31,, Od I 55s 6d Total quantity of wheat in market, 539 qrs., 416 ...old ,s, PP barley „ 807 qrs., 782 so a oats ~, 415 qrs., 375 sold beans ) I 39 qrs., 39 sold AVERAGES PER IMPICItIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 4/. 5 0 1-12ths i Barley, ...21. 4 5 10-12ths Oats, ... 11. 13 11 7-11ths I Beane, 21. 17 4 9-12 tbs PI II DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Noy. 22. Qrs. Best. Current. Inferltl'. 219 Wheat 96s Ad 1174 Oats 3ss 4d oos Od - 4d 1243 Barley 4Bs Od oos Od lO 6d 25 Peas St beans 56s &L.__ 00s Od ABERDEEN—Nov. Potato oats 32s Od to 33s °d 4olbs per bushel Common oats 29s Od to 31s Od Bere 41s Od to 41s 6d s3lbs Barley 41s Od to 41s 6d Wheat, red (spring)7os Od to 75s Od 621bs „ , white BO3 Od to 85s Od Oatmeal ' 2 l-s Od to 25s (A per Loll. Flour bds Od to 65s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Butter, p lb. Os 104 to s 114 Eggs, p doz. is Od to 15 31 Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 6d Chickens,de. is Od to 1E: 64 Ducks, do., 2s Od to 28 64 Ducklings,do 2s Od 2t. 6d Turkeys, each3s 64 to 4s 04. Geese, do., 3s 6d to 4E4 od At cure) per cwt.74s Od to 803 izen ........7d to RETAIL PRICES. Beef, per lb 5d to Ott Mutton, per lb 6d to 8d Veal, per 1b......... 6d to 9d Pork, per 5t...5s 6d to 6s 9d Salmon, per lb ......0s to Is Grouse, per brace Os to Os Tallow, p stone, 7s 'd to 7s 3 I Potatoes, pr peck, 6d to 7d Butter for exportation (preset Eggs, wholesale price, per do: Flour —s Od to 38 4d Oatmeal,l4lb Os Od to 2s 6d Beremeal Os Od to 2s 2d Peasemeal Os Od to 2s 8d 4-Ib. loaf —bd. Cheese, per imperi Barley flour,l4lb Os to 2e 43 „ dust, OS tO Os lOa „ per lb 2d to id Sids, Os to Os tSd j 2-lb. 10af...5d. 11 stone, 3s to 3s 6d. SEABORNE MAILS. Signifies that the malls are sent trot • the night—and Mby the morning —des COU tiTttl t UK) .11.1 • !la tiencr& 0113 co, Loncion.' Every .merica(byilrit.pact merles. k by United Scs packet) ti merica (by U packet) .... • N astralia (via south arnpton) M, Atto (via Marseilles) , k .itto (via 'ape 01 Elope) - .N 1 • •.. Africa ( West Coast).. N!' 23 d of the al‘q:( 1 Alexandria N 23 , & 3 f , of ~; mexandria „ 34 , 4 th & `oth n`tnun i'lahamas A 1 117th of the ttelglum , NIDEtI I 9•• •• • • -• • 9th of the month .. FluenosAyres • . 19th of the mont , . Cape ot Good hope Cape of Good Rope .. Cape de Vents . - Ceylon (see In Ceylon .. :";hatmel faith . N Moo We.i.,&Fri 4 Chili. • 2d it 17th (Imont. 9th 0 mc,+) 'hina .„ !Thnstantinople • , 8,13,18,23,x250l L.`nstantinople , „„ ~ 4th 'tc 20th of m.;:,nt. of Europe M ;::.; ,Tvoice daily , . ...gypt (see Irpti,i) :ranee .. M Fl - ‘, Twice . . • , braltar • , 7:: 4,7, 17, ..10: 27 •f lteece (ace In IID,) -eytown „„ „ 7„ , 1 &171:11 . ,c k „ , 2n..1 of .-•• • • • • ..... • i-onthiras „ ,„ l7tl c 4th ,Oth •ni - ,. Ird•ic (via9ontharnrt.ii)4 (sla Maraeilfes 2thBl.2fith4cno:c.o Lontari Is'.:es (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of filo,. Ireland N Twice daily •... kl 7, 9 , 17 , II: 27 of r.;. Vadoira 9t' of the month Nfadeira o' Monti , •• .. "•falte, flee India) Malta „. „N,B, IS, &28 of - mon. 44auritins (see India) Nitanritios „ -1; !Le inciff.i: Mexico ~ 2110, of the inonfL., y sth Istb2sthof men. Yew ilranada • 74 2i & 17th of mono , gew Zealand 13 Y Private sli p • • Papal State 4 ..„ -,N!•thlsth2ntholinen. Peninsula ...... Peru Port Yntal , ?thi7th27thofmoh 27th 01 mo! Nll5 , private ship.. • .9i . sl7hlsth2htholm' t); '• sthlso2htholmo t i. Tuscany ieneznela . ,, l l id . 1 70 otTion , .l 'Jan Diemen's L 4.11.1 (se , tustralia) „ .„ We,t N. , '• 1 the General Post erne* •atch.) Fro,. - a ' Dis; tcb du. t En. And 'Liverpool I,iverpoo- Nov. kouthun t • .S.outhampt.., • Mow, , Uncert Dec 6 I Dover Southara 17. t South.= !Dover .... ISouthampt,,, South IVarious por, DMly Dec. 15 Dec. 15 !Southampto Dec. 15 SOUth4M, louthamn ITU. T Dec. 4 !Dover . B'3l , :Tw; c dail IDover !South:imp i I London I ISout! - An.p'„, Dec. 1. Dover . . Dar South. , p Lc: 16thofrno 1 IPlym-ntb. Nov. 20 iDover j 'Dover.. Holy head iced ' ll ' Soufhampto,, Nov. 25 !Southampto, (Liverpool... IDoi, sr „ Nov. 20 it3outlian.ot.. Dec. 1 Dover t3outhampto, Various port rlticertAto Dover ...... Southampton Southampton Various; ports Uneertai, Dever Dover .... Southampton 1 & 6 Med •Ilclly Southampton 1 &16 MO Whenetny of these iatei fall on a itinclay, Luc ~1,411$ de" ;patched on the following day. with the exception of the In !i. 4 outhampton).and the Malta. both of which will be despatch ..d ti • preceding day. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 23c1 inst., at Clarendon-park, Lady He Bathurst. Oa the 2'd inst., at Bowden-park, Chippenhara, th• wife of Captain Gladstone, R.N., M.P. On the 2id inst., at 6, Onslow-square, the Hon. 2 1 °' Newdigate Bums. OF A DAUGHTER. On the 19th inst., at Bath, Lady Wade. On the 24th inst., at Stockwell crescent, Clapham-roads the wife of B. R. Aston, Esq. MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at St. George's, Southwark, M r . John Lancaster, of Newington-causeway, to Amelia, daughte r of the late Mr. John Saville, Woodford, Essex. On the 2,rth inst., at St. John's, Newcastle-on-Tyne, George Forster, Esq., manager of the Consett Iron Works , to Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. T. Stewart viewer , late of Gosforth. DIED. On the 24th inst., at 27, Oxford-square, Hyde-parl r ' James Wm. Mylue, Esq.. nged.,ss. On the 24th inst., at St. John's-wood, Josh. Prestwich' Esq., aged 78. On the 2 zth inst., Mr. Thos. Marshall, of 81, Chancel' lane, aged 69. On the 24th inst., at Percy-place, Clapham-road, Jame s M'Dowall, Esq., aged 88. On the 2'41 inst. at Dimmow, Essex, William ImPel Clayton, Esq., aged 56 On the 221 inst., at St. Petersburg-place, Bayswate r ' Mr. Henry Jackson, late of 15, Piccadilly, aged 61 On tie t inst., at Longuor Hall, co. Salop, panto ° Co • bet!, E , q., aged 70. On the 2 st inst., the Rev. Henry Du Cane, of t he Grove, 'Witham, Essex. On th.- 21st inst., at Cftmden-town, Saml. Maddoclio, Esq., ag 71. tno 2!til i ns t.. a t 79, t u lf or I- roa d nor th, De 138 15 w vc , ir-'own, Mr. Allied S Aler, -,ged 6. 0,• the 17th inst. at Sywll Lodge, near Northampto n ' James Pell, E- q., aged 76. LONDON : Printed anti Published by MURDO yotTs of No. 112, ;itranO, Print,a, at The Sun Oftioe, Strancl, P! , ,oinct of tliff Savoy, In the multi ° Mildialex, Monday, Novera)Jer 26, NW, 11 j - tl