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On Wednesday next will be published, in two vols., pest Bvo., THE PAST CAMPAIGN : A Sketch of the War in the East, from the Departure of Lord Raglan to the Capture of Sebastopol. _ By N. A. WOODS, Late Special Correspondent to the "Morning Herald" at the _ . Seat of War. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. MADAME I. PFEIFFER'S NEW TRAVELS. On Wednesday next will b e published, in 2 vols. post B vo ALADY'S SECOND JOURNEY ROUND the WORLD : From London to the Cape of Good Hope, Borneo, Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Ceram, the Moluccas, &c. Cali fornia, Panama, Peru, Ecuador, and the United States. By I DA PFEIFFES, Authoress of " A Lady's Journey Round the World," &c. London : L on gman, Brown, Green, and Longrians. MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND. ftaydn's CREATION, December 10.—Prices of Admission for Madame Ooldschmidt's First Appearance :—Reserved and Num bered Seats, One Guinea; Tickets for the Body of the Hall and West Gallery (not reserved), Ten Chillings and Sixpence ; Area (under the West Gallery), Seven Shillings. Mr. Mitchell begs to announce that, in order to prevent confusion, no more tickets will be issued than can be conveniently accommodated.—*.* Tickets wilt be ready for delivery on Tuesday next, December 4, at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and will be distributed according to priority of application.—Royal Library, Bond-street, November 29, 1855. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. - ROYAL • ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Last Week bat Two.—The Fall of Sebastopol Quadrille.—Grand Selection from It Trovatore. The Programme for TdIS EVENING (Fr:day, Nov. 30) will include—Mendelssohn's Overture, Ruy Alas (third time at these Concerts) ; Quadrille from Pietro it Grande (second time this season) ; the Faneral March from Beethoven's Sinfonia Eroica ; La Belle du Vi'lage Valse ; tine voce, and En_gliet Song, The Bird of the Foreq (first time), song by Madame Gassier; the Rataplan Polka (second time); Solo, Cornet-a• Pistons, by Ilerr Kcenig (his last appearance but two); the Grand Descriptive Qua drille, the Fall of Sebastopol, aeslsted by the military Bands; Grand Selection from Verdi's opera, II Trovatore (third time) ; the Sleigh Polka ; the Andante from Haydn's Surprise Symphony (second time this season) ; Solo, Violin, by Mr. V. ; and the Atlantic Galop. Commence at 8. Promenade and boxes, Is. ; dress circle, 2s. 6d.; private boxes, 125., 1/.15., and 1/. 11 s. 6d. The Mozart Festival will take place next Wednesday, Dec. 5. On Saturday, Dec. 8, M. Jullien's t Tinu:l Benefit. - - The Beethoven Festival will take place on Monday, Dec. 10, .................. _ ___ ~ , M. Jullien's Grand Annual Bal Masque will take place on Men. day, Dec. 17, 1855. IMITH'S GRAND BAL MASQUE at DRURY 1. for the MILLION. Reduced prices, but increased amusement.—Promenade, 7s. 6i.; private boxes, for two persons, 10s. 6d.; for four, one guinea ; dress circle, 2s. 6d. ; boxes and galleries, ls. Mr. E. T. Smith. Lessee, respectful' y informs the Nobility, Gen try, and Public, that a GRAND BAL M &SQUE will take place at the above Theatre on WEDNESDAY, December 12, en a scale of ma - nitude and expense never before attempted. A superb salon de danse, 400 feet in length, embellished and decorated with illuminated bowers, variegated lamps, and novel devices. Enlarged orchestra, well-appointed masters of the ceremonies, all the new dances, music, &c. Ticket, 7s. 6d. each, to L 3 oW?ined at the principal music sell,,rs and librarians, and at t ie theatre. Several thousand varie gated lamps, by Dotfell. The whole of the novel gas fittings under the superintendence of %I - . Joneq, of Bow-street, assisted by Mr. Palmer. The decoratiors by Dickwyoken, assist:id by Mr. Need ham. Ihe Bowes and scene: y arras led by Mr. Tucker. The re freshments by Messrs. Scott a id Wallill, of Piccadilly and Pimlico. Masters of the Ceremonies ruder the e'rection of Mr. Jarvi'. The police under Seperintendant Hancock. The Box-Dice under the superintendence of Mr. Chatterton. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY•LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will be performed A GAME OF SPECULATION. After which, NUMBER ONE ROUST) `HE CORNER. Followed by Madame Labarrere's Troupe f Lions, Bears, &c. To be followed by NITOCRIS. Characters by Messrs. E. F. Ed. gar, Stuart, B. Sullivan, C. Wild, C. Vincent, &c. ; Miss Glyn, Mrs, Selby, Miss De Vere, Miss Anderton, MISS Cleveland, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HA.YMARKET. 17ader the Management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, Will be performed GUY MINNERING. Characters by Messrs. Ti'l'ers, Compton, and Rowe; and Miss Swanborough and Miss Cu ihman. After which, COtRT FAVOUR; or, Private and Confidential To eonzlude with SHOCKING EVENTS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TLIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. o:usLas KRAL THIS EVENING Will be performed HOW STOUT YOU'RE GETTING. After which, KING lIENRY TILE EIGH TH. Queen Katha• ride. Mrs. C. Kean; Cardinal Wolsey, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A GAME OF ROMPS. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Dir. D. Webst.r.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed MARIE DUCANGE ; or, The Jersey Girl. T'ollowed by VALENTINE AND ORSON. To conclude with TWICE KILLED. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, 3fr. J. U. Anderson, 13, Norfolk-street, Strand. LAST WEEK Bur T;SO. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio TIII3, AND EVERY EVENING, at EVA &Clock, Will y 3 presented, with entirely New and Magnificent inpoint ments, MA.GIC and .11 VSTE BY, in twelve seta, arranged In two parts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling Illastr Wong of Spirit-Rappin , 4. HA AN-11011R WITH THE SPIRIT 4, being the most surprising sill interesting aeries of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. Revival, in an improved form, of the astounding novelty which t artied London 10 years ago, the GRE A.T GUN TRICK. ! Prices of admission:—Prlvate 111xes, H. Ps. 61. ant G. Is. ; Orchestra Stalls, 45.; Dress Byes, as.; IJoaer ?coxes, 21.; Pit, ; Gallery, 61. No Half-price. Box-olflee open from 11 to 5 daily. Grand Morn(rut Performance on Satarday Next at Two o'Clock Doors open at Half-past One. ROYAL STRAND MEATH& Under the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, Will bo porformel NICHOLAS NICKLEBY. Alter which, a SP.INUSU BILLET, by the Spanish Dancers. To be followed by MONSIEUR JACQUE- 1 . To which will be added TIIE G lAN FZTE. Followed by NITOCRIS. R'YAL OLYIIPIC THIS EVENING, Will be performed POOR PILLTCODDY. Characters by Messrs F. Robs3ll and Emery, Miss Marston, Miss Castleton, and Miss Ttrnan. ♦fber which, STILL WATERS DEEP. Followed by CATCFIING A MERMAID. ASTLETS ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. Engagement of Herr Johann End ?rsohn, the great Continental Grotesque. Tremendous effect produced by Mademoiselle CLEMENTINE SOULLIER, the first Equestrian in the World I Last Six Nights of the Fall of Sebastopol. THIS EVENING. The FALL of AERASTOPOL, which will shortly be replaced by an entirely new and original equidrama, in which the whole of Mr. Win Cooke's trained horses will appear. After which, each night, the noy , el ACTS in the CIRCLE, includ ing the Saut des Objets, by Mlle. Clementine Soullier. To conclude with a Melange of Amusements. it , t-onice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, Mr. W. Cook'. no. ITIGEI WA.TER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T TIR DAY—Morn. 53 min. aft. s—Evening 17 min. aft. 6 T)•\ To it now—Morn. 40 min.aft. 6 —Evening 9 min. aft. 7 THE WEATHER. —SUN OFFICE, Nov. 30. TLIEB,3IOIIETER, IN THE SHAMES. 47- h!gliest since noon yesterday; 42 --lowest this morning and during the night. 41 -tills day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 07. WIND, N.W.—Light, with fine, cold, dry weather. ~‘Aea4. ), (...„ Alin. LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1855. We commend to the attention of all our readers the resolutions passed at the twenty-fifth anniver sary of the Polish Insurrection, and the sentiments expressed in connection with them. The occasion was a solemn one, the persons present having previously attended a solemn mass for the repose Of the souls of such as had fallen in this last deadly struggle for liberty ; and if, as Protestants, we overlook the doctrinal mistake of the worship pers, we must confess to something appropriate and touching in imploring repose for martyrs who shed their blood under those incarnate demons CONSTANTINE and I•Ticitoras—those revellers in the groans of murdered patriots ! Holy Russia ! • H o l y Russia ! Yes, tilo NICHOLAS of 1830 is the embodiment of Russian holiness ; holy relentless ness, holy massacres, holy scourgi ng% holy banish , meats, holy consc riptions, holy a nn i hilation, not ' only of a nation's liberties, but, if po ss ib le, of its very language, holy ass ignments of high-bo rn wives and maidens to the concubinage of common soldiers Russian soldiers, too. It is such holiness which has damned to eternal execration the memory o f NICHOLAS, and has compelled Englishmen to luourn over the folly or the blindness of men who could grasp that blood-stained hand, could descant on the blandness of such a varnished savage (if he were not a disgrace to the name of savage itself), and who could return home to din us with cant about the wickedness of war against so gentlo a fiend ! If anything disturb the repose of those patriot souls, it will be the knowledge of what passes on earth. To know that the vampire w h o sucked the life-blood of so many noble hearts . and once free countries, was, till two years ago, caressed as the patron of order—the wise and prudent conservator of nations !—NicKoLA.2 knew no order but that of the Correlative curses of slavery and despotism ; of no conservatism but perpetuating undiminished the reign of the "Legion" who have possessed themselves of the Crown's gibbets and dungeons, by which they suppress all the nobler life of unfortunate Europe. What could be said at this meeting is, however, evidence of " the change come o'er the spirit of the dream." The cant of the men of diplomacy and the men cf drab is now loathsome to all. It is useless now to lecture on the goodness of the CZAR and the wickedness of fighting against him. The very walls of to-day bear witness that wheat and even potatoes are become the appeal of those who once used higher arguments. Time was when it required a first-rate orator to master the House of Commons and the country—now it is a splendid sight to see the triumph of common sense over all the great gladiators of St. Stephen's. Two great democratic orators, with the Peelite and Tory orators on the one side, the People and Lord PALMERSTON on the other—all the confessed genius, ability, and tact of the turncoats and the factions cannot move them. Lord PALMERSTON knows, and they know, that a dissolution might not indeed expel them from the house, better it should not, but would reduce their followers to most innocuous proportions. This is encouraging for the friends of liberty, for it is as a war of liberty that the English people give it their support. But we are told again and again that in the present hands it cannot become so. We deny this. Were peace made to-day it must be a gain to liberty. Russia humbled is liberty advanced ; and Russia is even now bitterly humiliated ; threshed by every antagonist who has faced her, her soil occupied, and compelled to turn her back on the provinces themselves. She will appear still more humbled in asking peace of the Allies, and she will have none assuredly till she does ask it. But more and much more than this—the Peelites drifted into a War, and the War itself will drift, if it lasts but a little time longer, to emancipation for the nations. Every step in that direction has been tardily, we fear, reluctantly taken. But steps are taken. It is more than whispered that the freedom of Finland is contemplated by the Western Powers. It is certain that a Polish Legion under the re-assuring command of ZAMOYSKI is in pro gress. Its formation, with every drawback, is a testimony that the Cabinets begin to appreciate the popular sentiment, that the Poles are the appropriate Foreign Legion against Russia. Further, the great obstruction to a -vigorous enlistment of Poles, and a final effort for Polish independence is rapidly destroying itself. Prus sia we never cared for ; France on the Rhine, and we in the Baltic, could in a trice settle matters with a restive Prussian despot. It is Austria, the accursed pet of the COBURGS and Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who has hitherto stood in the way. The poptilar instinct always loathed the young hangman of Arad and his Government fully as much as it did the CZAR himself, and would have rejoiced to have made war with him too. The instinct was sound. We have lost more men and money through our hypocritical "ally to a certain point" than we should have done by defying her. She dared not have joined Russia, and had she done so, so much the better ; but by defying her, the Crimea, the provinces and Bessarabia, at least, much more as we believe, would now have been ours. But this Duessa is now stripping herself, and even her infatuated paramours begin to blush for her. The concordat, the wanton insult to the British uniform, and the barefaced assertion of a civil right on Wallachian territory, have ren dered it indecent for England and France, too, any longer to keep terms with her. The pur chase of Papal aid by the venal prostitution of civil independence and Royal supremacy reveals a depth of despotic helplessness, and an extinction of all sense of honour and dignity, which must make even ABERDEEN and Lord JOHN RUSSELL ashamed of her ; and then, too, Colonel TURR— why where is there an Englishman, hardly except „ RICHARD COBDEN himself, w h o woutu spend any sum rather than tolerate such a fi tgrant insult to his country ? Austria dared not have done it had the Colonel worn the United States uniform. She would have remem bered KOSSTA. The sum of all is, Austria can be no longer tolerated in obstructing the calling forth of Poland. And, finally, nothing can be more satisfactory than the spirit evinced by the Polish leaders, at the late meeting, and on many other occasions. They ask but to be led against Russia as the first step, and as the next that they should be made an independent nation,—the eastern bulwark of civilisation, the barrier against Russian barbarities. They do not even ask for an unconditional voice in selecting their own form of Government ; they say " only give us independence, with a Govern- ment capable of self-adaptation to the teachings of experience." Men whose pretensions are so moderate and conciliatory are entitled to a hear- ing, and patriots longing merely for their country's independence to the co-operation of all free na tions ; especially when that co-operation, as in the present War, is the first necessity of the posi tion. We have but one great fear —one which we have often expressed--that the - very day in which the Allies openly declare for the Poles, Russia will beg for peace. She will sacrifice anything for Warsaw, now that Sebastopol is gone. She will soon avow readiness to come to terms so that Poland be left her. She knows that much less will content the Allies at present, and, conscious of her real weakness, she will submit to anything rather than to a Polish campaign. While we should be as thankful as Jonx BRIGHT himself to see the taxgatherer less frequently, we should not be thankful to see what should be the gran d aim of the War unattempted. We are not 'accustomed to anticipate much in. formation from Royal Speeches. They are gene rally composed of vague generalities and pompous platitudes, affording but faint indications of the real policy of the Executive. Something may, however, be gleaned from the mass of verbiage, on which, when taken in connection with other mat ters, to found guesses as to the tendency of the Royal or rather the Ministerial mind. Every expression is therefore carefully weighed, and made the subject of acute speculations, and mag nificent superstructures are erected on very slen der and i na d equa t e f oun d at i ons. The speech of Ki ng F REDERICK W ILLI AM OU the o p en i ng of the New Prussian Chambers does not materially vary from the ordinary precedents. The he good o(tlha‘t‘ e th i'k ei - r u " t ut ot congratulates his people on fa father-land continues to be the abode of peace," and expresses an anxious hope that he "may succeed • in preserving the honour and standing of Prussia with ou t inflicting on the country the heavy sacrifices of w ar r - -If any doubt could have remained after past experiences of Prussian vacillation it would be completely removed by this speech. The pal.. ' pable insensibility to public opiniun, which enables him to speak with so much complacency of " preserving the honour and standing" which have already been seriously compromised— which vaunts " the preparations for War and the readiness for sacrifices" of the people, shows that he cannot as yet form the slightest conception of the true position of his country, formerly regarded as one of the great Powers of Europe, but now deplorably "fallen from her high estate." He still apparently fancies that its " greatness" can be maintained, although all the attributes of greatness are disregarded, and the duties inse parable from an elevated station sot at nought. A just consideration of past events should teach him that if by his temporising and vapid policy he has maintained peace in Prussia, he has thereby involved Europe in the horrors of war, and brought the relative for whom he has made such serious sacrifices to the verge of ruin. Yes, FREDERICK WILLIAM has proved himself the worst enemy of Russia. It was his vacillation and weakness that lured his brother despot to the fearful doom impending—that induced him to persevere in his rapacious and iniquitous policy— supposing that others would be as indifferent to the cause of justice and honour as the "angel of peace" had shown himself to be. Had Austria and Prussia been more cognisant of their own * responsibilities—had they recognised the great fact that " nations had their duties as well as their privileges" —we should have been spared the grave trials we have encountered, and the honour and power of Russia might have been preserved intact. It was their criminal conni vance in his schemes of aggrandisement that har dened the heart of the AUTOCRAT and induced him to persevere in his nefarious designs ; and they will now receive the same description of gratitude which the thief at the foot of the gallows exhi bited to the parent who had first encouraged him in the paths of crime. One thing at least is distinctly stated. It is clearly shown that FREDERICK WILLIAM has re salved, as firmly as it is in his nature to do, not to enter into new engagements, " the political and military liabilities of which are not to be estimated beforehand." We may then safely disregard all the hints that have been thrown out respecting the good offices of Prussia or its intervention in any shape. She has isolated herself—has abdi cated the functions which some time since she might have justly laid claim to, and she -cannot feel surprised if Europe should adopt her own estimate, and suffer her to remain in the degraded position she has voluntarily assumed. The Speech of the Sing, FREDERICK WILLIAM, will certainly not induce the people of Great Britain to regard with greater favour any alliance, political or matrimonial, with the dynasty of which he is the present representative. In Sweden the enthusiastic reception accorded to General CANROBERT has proved, beyond the possi bility of doubt, that the hearts of that magnani mous people are in the right place, and that they ask or desire nothing more than to be permitted to reclaim their plundered provinces from their ancient foe. Sweden, and Norway, and Denmark are our natural allies in the present struggle, and whatever doubts or hesitations there may be on the part of the Courts there are none on the popular side. We are ourselves, perhaps, in some degree responsible for the neutrality of Sweden. Had we proved ourselves more earnest in the prosecution of the War—had we exhibited greater vigour and earnestness of purpose— Sweden might have long since flung aside the scabbard, and shown that her children had not degenerated since the days of " The Lion of the North," or the 12th CHARLES. Sho has, however, a just right to receive the most unequivocal assurances of support against hor gigantic and unscrnpulous neighbour ; and when these are given, we are convinced that Sweden will do all that can be expected at her hands, and prove herself worthy of her ancient fame. The accounts received in town of the visitation of pestilence among the German Legion at Scutari, however melancholy in themselves, are more so from the evidence they elicit of the little progress made in the army administration to provide against the greatest source of slaughter. It affords a commentary on the proceedings of yesterday at the meeting for the well-deserved testimonial to Miss NIGHTINGALE. We are assured that if a sanitary officer had been asked, in behalf of tho Russians, for a recipe to get up a pestilence amongst the troops of the unfortunate Contingent, he might have said— " Pack them close in a large trausport-ship, as usual. Mind and pay the owners on the num bers embarked, and not on the numbers landed alive or in health. There may not be time for an outbreak of pestilence during the voyage, but the usual course will predispose them to one when hey land. Immediately they arrive in port let them loose upon the shops for the sale of raki, the pernicious effects of which are so well known. Let them also indulge themselves with the Turkish fruits, which are found to agree so ill with European stomachs. Then crowd a double number upon an edifice intended as a hospital . ; crowd it even to the corri dors. Many of the Germans are by no means cleanly in their habits ; take no precautions against filth. By these simple means you will be very sure to get up a typhus, and if there be any choleraic condition in the atmosphere you will develope that special pestilence." Now we are assured that if the outbreak at Scutari be inquired into, as it is to be hoped it yet may (together with the persistence of dysen teric affections in the army), it will be found by a Parliamentary Committee that the conditions above indicated have been pretty well observed. Seventy men have been slaughtered immediately, and the contingent has been at once seriously weak ened. Now, when the mischief is done, one or two sanitary officers of the three provided for the whole army—without any proper support--will be allowed to act for the mitigation of the evil, which their precepts, executed by an ade quate and specially organised force, would have prevented. Now, too, Miss NIGHTINGALE may be recalled with her supports from Balaklava to at tend and perform the dangerous service of alle viating the sufferings of the victims of pestilence and mal-administration. The hospital at Scutari was found by Dr. SUTHERLAND, Dr. GAVIN, and Mr. RAWLINSON, the Sanitary Commissioners, when they first went out, in a terrible atmosphere of the filth from the crowded patients themselves, and two-thirds of the fatal cases were from the disease engen dered by the hospital in its then condition, and Miss NIGHTINGALE and the nurses laboured with extreme peril to their lives. As the sanitary measures proceeded, as works of drainage and cleansing were completed, the deaths from the hospital dysentery diminished, an the nurses were enabled to render their services in compara tive safety. It would appear that in the absence of the sanitary commissioners, or of officers competent to take preventive measures, the cleansing works have been allowed to get into disorder, and the Edifice to be overcrowded, the consequences of THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 30, 1855 which have been most fatal. Dr. GREGSON, who set about his work apparently in good health and strength in the morning, was a corps in the after noon. An officer, actively engaged in the pro mulgation of a notification to correct the fatal negligence which had taken place, was himself dead before its recommendations could be carried into effect. Yesterday, it was observed, in the course of the interesting proceedings, that the smaller proportion of the victims whose sufferings Miss NIGHTINGALE and other noble ladies alleviated, were sufferers from the injuries inflicted by the enemy. After the victims of the fatal positions, taken, as we are assured, against express warnings, near the marshes of Devna, few of whom survived the spot, the ill provided hospitals were crowded with the victims of influences, of which the following is an example. Of the '79th Regiment nearly two-fifths were at one time struck down with fever near Bala klava. It turned out that they had all been en camped on a swampy spot, with springs arising from beneath and water from above. This site had been befouled by the ill-regulated encampment, and the harassed, and fatigued, and pre-disposed men might as well have slept over a city sewer. At the solicitation of the sanitary commissioners the regiment was removed a few hundred feet to a less wet and befouled spot, when the fever abated. Another regiment, the 31st, were next put on the condemned site, and in the same huts, and the cholera broke out amongst them, and thirty men died of it. We now learn that after all this, that yet another regiment, the 13th, were put on into the same huts, that the men at once got the cholera, and in a very short time 50 of them were dead. This regiment, which left Gibraltar fully 900 strong, had never seen a gun fired, yet fatigue and garrison duty at Bala klava, and disease (the greater proportion of which, there is confident reason to believe, to be preventible) had, in the beginning of September last, reduced them to 450 effective men. Bad sites have almost everywhere been made worse by bad treatment, and the men who, as we well know, were predisposed by bad food as well as by exposure, were the victims of these neglects. Their sanitary condition has been ameliorated, but we are afraid that even now it is dangerous and unsatisfactory. We have had loud lamentations of the habits of intoxication prevalent amongst the troops ; but they have had little to drink but muddy water. The Turks and the French ware suffered to take possession of the springs, and to befoul them. Whilst efforts are making at home to find reading, lectures, and amusements to wean the soldiers from the use of fermented liquors, Miss NIGHTIN GALE, according to the last accounts, was at Bala klava promoting the sinking of wells, hoping to abate the temptation by the practical course of supplies of pure water. On the part of the chief speakers yesterday, as might be expected, care was taken to avoid allu sion to the administrative defaults which had oc casioned the dreadful amount of demand for sym pathy and service on the part of Miss NIGHTIN GALE and the lady nurses. But when Mrs. BRACEBBIDGE alluded to the crowds of sufferers brought to the badly-appointed hospitals, to the wants of common necessaries, which she supplied at her own expense in the first instance, and afterwards with the aid of the Times' Fund ; when Mr. MONCKTON MILNES adverted to the eminent administrative ability dis played by Mr. MACDONALD to supply what was wanting in capacity in the paid ser vants of the public, the meeting evinced at once a deep sense of the value of the voluntary service rendered, and showed that the scandalous administrative defs , ts, non' they may hA fnr gotten with a view to any retributive proceed ings for the past, will not be forgotten with a view to provision for the future. The last ac counts from Scutar;, and the continued returns of deaths at Balaklava, from dysentery, which tell their own tale, show that as yet only poor palliatives have been applied, and that extensive administrative reorganisations are still required. From less exceptionable testimony than that on which such statements have frequently been made, we learn that inexcusable delays and obstructions in the transport service still continue at Bala klava, and that private individuals would, at t evo thirds the vast expense to which the public are with profit to th emse l ves, under now put, and take to render an improved service. If the pre sent administrators allege that they have done their best, there is but one conclusion for the public. More must be said upon this topic before Parliament meets ; but it may he said without derogation of the great object of yesterday's meet ing, to which we have no doubt the whole coun try will respond. The Archbishop of Kherson is not only the most blasphemously servile of courtiers, but also tho most artful and warlike of Innocents. Taking particularly good care to keep out of the range of " the firebrands" himself, he is exceedingly ener getic in urging the ignorant serfs of Moscow to confront them with determination. Like the monkey in the fable, ho must have other pa ws than his own to get the burning chesnuts from the sparkling embers ; and if his province do not escape ruin, and he preserve his archiepiscopal reve nues, the fault will not be his. He who is vox et pretercea nihil, at least honourable, himself looks with the most courageous confidence to the poor half-starved militia to prove their devotion to their country by deeds. He who, in all probability, would not go without his dinner, or bate a jot of priestly pomp for his country, glibly parades Borodino, Torontino, and something unpro nounceably by western lips before the wretched horde. Have they not been accustomed to con template these fights from their infancy ? And " Oh, such men will never flinch before au enemy whoever lie may be." His fervour, we fancy, might have received a check, and his saintly bearing undergone a transmogrification, had any present had the courage and " gumption" to ask him whether his fellow countrymen who had been invariably beaten hitherto had never heard of these conflicts. It is quite possible some such thought occurred to himself, for, not satisfici with the above appeal, he reminds them of the " holy ashes of Moscow," and with unctuous fervour ex claims—" Oh ! such men will prefer to die rather than yield the victory to the enemy But even this is not enough—" the cradle of orthodox faith" must be resorted to. Were they not approaching it ? Was it not among us, in our sacred Cher souese, that the Grand Duke \VLADIMIR embrac -- 1 the Christian faith and received the water of baptism ? To be sure it was—"and in hitl person all Russia also beholds what you fight for. There is between us the indissoluble alliance of frater nity in the cross and in arms for the defence of: the country. And "oh !my dear children," & - e. It is quite as well the consecrated Pecksniff has again had his say ; for, however offensive to good taste his appearance may be, it is satisfactory to find that such efforts as his are required in the Russian cause. There must be something rotten in it. VISIT OF THE KING OF SARDINIA TO ENGLAND. ARRIVAL OF HIS MAJESTY.—(THIS DAY.) His Majesty Victor Emmanuel, King of Sardinia, ar rived in London to-day, at ten minutes before twelve. His Majesty arrived at Dover this morning, at 55 minutes past seven, in her Majesty's steam-ship Vivid, from Calais, which place he left at five o'clock a.m. His Majesty landed at the Admiralty Pier at a quarter to eight o'clock, and immediately proceeded to the Royal Ship Hotel. His Majesty was welcomed by the Sardinian Minis ter, Sir G. Grey, and other officers of the Queen's house hold ; and received by the naval and military authorities of the port. The King was enthusiastically cheered during his pro gress from the pier to the hotel. The suite of the King of Sardinia consisted of the following personages : Count Cavour, President of the Council ; the Cheva lier Massimo d'Azeglio, Aide-de-Camp of the King and ex-Minister; the Duke Pasqua, Prefect of the Palace ; Baron Nigra, Superintendent of the King's Household ; Major General Count Morozzo de la Rocca, first Aide• de-Camp of the King; Major-Gen. Marquis d'Angrogra, Aide-de-Camp of the King; Major-General Chevalier Carderina, Aide de-Camp of the King ; Count Cigala, Colonel of Cavalry ; the Chevalier Persano, Captain of the Navy, Commander of the Port of Genoa ; Count de Robillant, Captain of Artillery, Officer of Ordnance of the King ; Count Valperga Barone, Officer of Ordnance of the King ; Professor Riberi, First Physician of the King. O wing to the early hour at which his Majesty arrived the reception was comparatively private; but upon leaving Birmingham's, the Ship Hotel, where his Majesty remained a few hours, the usual honours on such occa sions were paid. Of the crowds belonging to all classes who assembled at Dover this morning, there were few who were not busied in some form or other with speculations of good likely to arise from the auspicious visit of his Majesty King Victor, and each one appeared determined to vie with the other in giving his Majesty a truly English wel come. Before the King left Dover, the Mayor and Corpora tion were admitted to an audience at the Ship Hotel, and had the honour of presenting the following address, which was read by -the Recorder, Mr. Bodkin : " To his most excellent Majesty, Victor Emmanuel, King of Sardinia, Cyprus, and Jerusalem, Duke of Savoy and of Genoa, Prince o f Piedmont,&c. &a. "May it please your Majesty, " We, the Mayor, Aldermen, and Burgesses of Dover, hasten to greet your Majesty with a warm and hearty welcome to these shores. " The devoted loyalty and affection with which we are animated towards our beloved Sovereign make us hail with delight the visit to her Majesty of one of her most august and valued allies, the King of a brave, free, and en lightened people, whose arms are united with those of England and France in a war, not of ambition, but of justice; undertaken with no other object than to protect the weak against the strong, and curb that aggressive Power, which threatened the independence of surrounding nations. " We hope your Majesty will graciously condescend to receive our enthusiastic congratulations upon the glory , with which (tru3lto Cleir traditional bravery) your Ma jesty's forces have so nobly covered themselves by their achievements in the East. " We fervently pray that the alliance happily existing between your Majesty and the Sovereigns of this country and France may be crowned with new victories, and that the united efforts and sacrifices of the allied nations may speedily result in an honourable peace, and restore to Europe a lasting tranquility. "May God long preserve your Majesty in health and happiness, for the good of your people, and the maintenance of the great principle of civil and religous liberty with which your name is inseparably connected. "Given under our corporate seal at Dover, this 29th day of November, 1855." The King replied as follows : "Gentlemen,—You are the first who have offered to me, on landing on the hospitable soil of England, words of congratulation and welcome. " These words are more highly appreciated by me on that account; and lam most happy to receive through you the first marks of sympathy at the moment I am realising a wish, long entertained by me, of visiting the Sovereign of this great country. "The expressions you have adopted in pronouncing an eulogium on the Sardinian army in the Crimea, are most grateful to my ears, and I am sure that the approbation of the countrymen of those who combated so well at Alma and at Inkerman will be highly valued by our soldiers. "1 acccept the expression of your good wishes as a happy omen of my journey; and I beg that you will convey to your fellow citizens whom you represent my sincere senti ments of gratitude." On his Majesty quitting the Ship Hotel a Royal salute thundered forth from the Drop Redoubt on the heights, and a guard of honour attended his Majesty from thence to the station of the South-Eastern Railway, where he was received by Captain Barlow, Mr. Coles Child, Mr. Way, and the other officers. The interior of the station was very elegantly decorated for the occasion with the flags of England, France, Sardinia, and. Tu rkey, in addition Ers --6:-..nts of evergreens and choice flowering plants were ranged on either side. All the arrangements connected with the royal train were as complete as could be desired, and reflected the greatest credit on Captain Barlow, and all who were in any way concerned in them. The King, his suite, the Marquis d'Azeglio, and the other august personages having taken their seats the train left the station amidst the plaudits of the multitude, and passed Folkestone, 10.9; Hythe, 10.20 ; Grneeth, 10.25; Ashford, 10.31 ; Pluckley, 10.38 ; Headcorn, 10.45 ; Staplehurst, 10.50 ; IVlarden, 10.53 ; Paddock Wood, 11 ; arrived at Tunbridge, 11.7. (Here a delay of 3 minutes took place for the engine to take water.) De parted from Tunbridge, 11.10; passed Penshurat, 11.16 ; Edenbridge, 11.23 ; Godstone, 11.30 ; Red Hill, 11.39 ; Merstham, 11.42; Stoat's Neat, 11.48; Croydon, 11.54; Norwood, 11.57 ; Anerley, 11.58 ; Sydenham, 12.0 ; Forest Hill, 12.2 ; New Cross, 12.5 ; and arrived at the Bricklayers' Arms station at 12.10--the journey having been performed in something like 130 minutes. Along the line, on the way up to town, notwithstand;ng the high speed maintained, crowds of people assembled, who cheered lustily as the train swept on in its course. Now it was a village school which had turned out to add its shrill voices to the general chorus of welcome now the labourers from the country side had collected on embankment and in cutting to raise a passing cheer. The stations were all filled with well-dressed persona, and at Tunbridge, where the train stopped to take in water, the inhabitants were peculiarly fervent in their acclamations. Immediately after leaving Dover the gloom which had prevailed during the early part of the morning disappeared, and the remainder of the journey was performed in one continual sunshine. At Croydon, amongst the spectators assembled were a num ber of Addiscombe cadets, who cheered heartily as the train passed. Then over the heights of Sydenham the Crystal Palace rose upon the view of the travellers, and its fairy architecture was displayed to extraordinary ad• vantage through the reflection of the sunbeams, which made the glass roof and sides glow like a veritable mountain of light. At the hour above stated the royal train drew up at the Bricklayers' Arms Terminus ; and on the King alighting he was most cordially received by Prince Albert. The royal carriages were drawn up to receive his Majesty, and an escort of cavalry waited in the court-yard to accompany him through the metropolis. The interior of the station was very tastefully decorated, and was crowded with spectators, who gave vent to their feelings of satisfaction in loud cheers. The route taken to the Paddington station was as follows :—Along the Kent and Westmin ster Roads, over Westminster Bridge, Parliament-street, Whitehall, Charing-cross, Pall-mall, St. James's-street, Piccadilly, Hyde-park, and by Victoria-gate and East born-terrace. Along this very extended drive flags of the different nations were displayed, and the windows were filled with elegantly-attired ladies. At Charing-cross, where vast numbers of persons were collected, the effect was heightened by the band of the Royal Marines, who played during the morning a succession of national airs, English, French, and Sardinian. The scene presented by the clubs in Pall mall was particularly animated. In front of St. James's Palace a guard of honour turned out and presented arms. St. James'-street had the windows and balconies of all its houses filled with a large assemblage of ladies, who waved their handkerchiefs as his Majesty passed by, and similar demonstrations took place during the re mainder of the way to Paddington. ARRITAL AT WINDSOR. During the whole of yesterday Windsor was in great excitement with the preparations for the reception of the illustrious visitor ; and, altogether, the pains taken to offer every facility to witness the arrival of his Majesty were highly favourable to the directing powers at Windsor. At the Great Western Railway seats were set upon the platform of the terminus, as well as in different parts of the yard. On his Majesty alighting from the Royal carriage he was most graciously received by her Majesty and the Royal Family. His Majesty, during his stay with the Queen, will occupy the State apartments of the Castle, and the gen tlemen composing the suite the rooms in the north front. In addition to the general decorations along the line of route through which the Royal procession passed, the river presented a most animated appearance ; the different vessels lying in the river being gaily dressed in the colours of the various nations, the Rus3ian alone being ex ce pt e d. Th e U n i on Jack, Royal Standard, and other flats float -- 1 gaily at the different Government offices and public buildings in the metropolis, as also at Greenwich and Woolwich, where salvoes of artillery were fired during the morning,, The Royal standard of Sardinia was very conspicuous at some places, the most beautiful specimen being hoisted at B. Edgington's, hat manufactory, London-bridge; consisting of the vertical tricolour, and red, white, and green, and on the white in the centre are placed the Royal arms of his Majesty, who has, this day, become the guest of English hos pitality. The direlois of the Australian Royal Mail Steam Company have intimated their intention of paying a sum of 103. per share from the suspense account on and after the 4th of December. LATEST NEWS. RETURN OF GENERAL CANROBERT, COPENHAGEN, THURSDAY. General Canrobert embarked at noon to-clay in the steamer Schleswig, for Kiel. He was accompa nied to the Custom-house by the King's Aide-de- Camp, and was enthusiastically cheored by th e assembled multitude. GENERAL CANROBERT AT COPEN HAGEN. A letter from Copenhagen in the Moniteur, dated Nov. 24, says : " General Canrobert, on his arrival here, was saluted by the people with the most rapturous cheering. " On quitting Sweden, during the journey of five days from Stockholm to Helsingborg, General Canrobert was everywhere received with the cries of Long live the Emperor Napoleon ! Long live France !' It was a perfect ovation." OPENING OF THE PRUSSIAN CHAMBERS. BERLIN, THURSDAY, Nov. 29. The Chambers have just been opened by the King. The following is an extract from his Majesty's speech : " Gentlemen—The conflict between several European Powers is not yet at an end. Our father land, however, continues to be the abode of peace, " I trust in God that it will remain so, and that I shall succeed in preserving the honour and standing of Prussia without inflicting upon our country the heavy sacrifices of war. " I am proud to say that I know of no people so well prepared for war, or more ready for sacri fices, than my own whenever its honour or in terests are really in danger. This proud con sciousness, however, imposes upon me the duty, while abiding faithfully by obligations already contracted, not to enter into further engagements, the political and military liabilities of which ara not to be estimated beforehand. "In the attitude assumed by Prussia Austria and Germany behold a valid security for the further maintenance of that independent position which is equally conducive to the attainment of an equitable and lasting peace and compatible with sincere good wishes for all." BERLIN, THURSDAY, Nov. 29. The Kreuz Zeitung states that the Grand Duke Constantine has been betrothed to the Princess Alexandra, daughter of Peter Prince of Olden- burg. THE OVERLAND MAIL. MARSEILLES, TiItIRSDA.Y. The Alhambra arrived this morning at 10 o'clock, with the India and China mails. AMERICA. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The United States Mail steam-ship Arago, Captain Lines, has arrived, with dates from New York to the 17th inst. The intelligence by this arrival removes an Ap prehension of a rupture between England and the United States. With regard to the question between the two countries, a despatch from Washington states : " The State Department has received by the Pacific a despatch from Mr. Buchanan, unequivo cally denying that he had made a tender of the sym pathy of the United States in favour of the Allies. The Administration is under no apprehensions of a rupture with England. The Secretary of the Navy withheld the instructions to Commodore Paulding until the arrival of the Pacific ; and in consequence of the receipt of official intelligence from England, assuring our Government that the despatch of a British squadron to the West India Station has no reference to Central American matters, nor any object hostile to the United States, only one vessel of the home squad ron will proceed to Nicaragua, that vessel being the flagship Potomac, with Commodore Paulding, in charge of the general interests of the United States." MADRID, Nov. 28. The Cortes havo to-day adopted the article of the Constitution which declares that the colonial provinces shall be governed by special laws. Re ports have been current of a ministerial crisis, but they are completely unfounded. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDA.Y EVENING. BOURSE, Nov. 29.—The following are the last quotations : Cash. fr. e. End of Month, 4i per Cents 9O 50 —f. -c. 3 ne' Cents 66 5 66 20 New Loan 67 Bank Shares 3150 Roman Credi:,Mobilier 1295 Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... .. Spanish Threes Pie Raontese — Home Debt RAILWAYS-NOB CASH. Orbaans Northern Lyons ._..,,1151 25 New Ditto 762 50 Mediterranean ...... 1270 Grand Central 585 Lyons Geneva 675 Teste Cette " Some uneasiness has for some days prevailed in Paris," says the Debats, " on the subject of the health of Queen Marie-Amelie, who, it is know n , has been for some short time ill at Nervi, near Genoa, where her Majesty received a visit from the King of Sardinia, previously to his departure for France. A despatch arrived last evening, which, although not announcing the full recovery of the Queen, leads to the hope that that event is not far distant. According to this despatch, the Queen has not had any fever since Monday ; her state has not become more serious, and is com paratively satisfactory. The impression produced on the illustrious patient by the unexpected arrival of her two sons, the Prince de Joinville and the Duke d'Aumale, was excellent. The Duke de Nemours was with the Queen, as were the Duchess and her children. The Queen is under the medical cure of Dr. Gueneau de Mussy, her ordinary phr sician, and Dr. Chomel was expected." The Moniteur of yesterday says : " Their Majesties the Emperor and the King of Sar dinia were present at the ball given by the Municipal Council to his Piedwontese Majesty in the name of the city of Paris. "His Majesty the King of Sardinia repaired, at half past two o'clock, to the Imperial hotel of the Invalides. His Majesty visited in succession the tomb of the Em peror Napoleon I. in the rooms o f w hi c h are di sp l aye d the plans, i n relief: of the chief fortified towns of France, the wards of the invalid soldiers, and the council-hall, where the portraits of the governors are placed. "During this visit a very touching episode deeply affected all who witnessed it. An old Sardinian soldier, who had deserted from the service of his country and entered the foreign legion, having been seriously wounded, and had his arm amputated, was admitted into the hotel of the Invalides. A t the sight of his law ful sovereign, the remembrance of his native country awoke more vividly in his heart, and he threw himself at the feet of the King imploring pardon, which was at once graciously accorded him. The poor soldier 11, therefore, be able to return into the bosom of his family, see again the paternal hearth, unless he prefers to enjoy still longer the hospitality he has found in his adoptive country "This evening there has been a grand dinner at the Palace of the Tuileries. "His Imperial Highness the Prince Jerome Napo. loon, accompanied by thaofficere of his household, paid a visit to his Majesty the King of Sardinia, at the Tuileries, yesterday, at four o'clock. "His Majesty the King of Sardinia has conferred on his Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon the collar of the order of the Annunciado. The collars of this order are limited to the number of 24- 12 for born Sardinians and 12 for foreigners." The Moniteur says that the King of Sardinia will probably return through Paris to his do minions. Marshal Prince Jerome has recovered from his slight indisposition, and yesterday evening he paid a visit to the King of Sardinia in the Tuileries. The prosecution against M. Alex. Dumas has been withdrawn ; whether as the result of condi tions made with him or not is not known, but the fact is, he declared to-day to some literary men that he would not write any more in the Mousquetaire, that he intends to remain in Paris but a very short' time, in order to bring out two dramas (one at the Vaudeville and the other at the Porte St. Martin), and to superintend the publication of a new edition of all his works in 300 volumes, and then to travel for several years, visiting China before he comes home. THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, Nov. 28.—The English line-of-battle ships Royal George, 120, Captain Codrington ; Nile, 91, Captain Mundy ; and Colossus, 80, Cap tain Robinson, left Kiel yesterday on their return home ; as also the French ships of the line Tour ville and Duquesne for France. The remaining British ships of the line are the Duke of Welling.. ton, bearing the Rear-Admiral's flag as commander in -chief, the James Watt, Majestic, and Orion, with three steam corvettes. The accounts from Riga mention that the frost had been succeeded by a temporary thaw, the wind changing to the south-west again. This may in duce the blockading ships to remain a little longer in the Gulf of Finland and the Baltic, to catch any stray ships with cargoes. It is very certain that a great many small coasting vessels, with valuable cargoes, are wait ing in Mecklenburg and Prussian harbours ready for a start for some of the Russian ports, se soon as they can possibly effect their purpose, free from the risk of being taken by our cruisers, who will, therefore, evidently remain on the look-out until driven away by the frost, and when they find no likelihood of these adventuring craft attaining the end they may have in view by eluding their vigilance in time to secure the advantage of reach. iug the destined ports. It is even said that some of these small craft have already been taken by the Gorgon steam sloop, and conveyed into Memel • in consequence of whi c h, an d th e Prussian authorities requiring explanations which the commanding officer refused to give, some warm altercations ensued. At any rate a good look out is what will effect all the ends required, and amply recompense the officers and crews of the British blockading vessels for their trouble. Yesterday we had a thaw here, and 4 deg. of warmth ; to-day, however, the frost has returned severely again, with 3 deg. of cold. THE WESTMINSTER PHUTOGRAP.HIC GALLERY. Every observer must have noticed the great disparity in excellence between the representa tions of "still life" and the " human face divine" .` by the photographic process. In one, all appears truth ; in the other, inaccuracy is the rule, accu. racy the exception. The definition, the brilliance; of detail, the charm of light and shade, the rigid ` fidelity which constitute the perfection of phote--,.. graphs from i nan i mate objects, are absent ; and in their place we have distorted, imperfect, and - unpleasant transcripts of humanity. The reason, though not obvious, is perfectly natural. Portrait photography is an art ; landscape photography is not. Many men are photographers ; few men are artists. For the landscapist the arrangements - are beyond his controul; they demand neither care nor skill at his hards. Such light and shade, such grace or grandeur of outline, as the scene or circumstances admit, are before him. He suc ceeds in delineating them a merveille. In por traiture, on the contrary, the best view of the sitter's face has to be chosen, a favourable dispo sition of light and shade effected, together with such an arrangement of the figure, drapery, and accessories as will most eminently conduce to the- • truth and verisimilitude of the likeness. These remarks have been suggested by a visit to the Westminster Photographic Gallery, 34, Parliament-street, for the purpose of inspecting a portrait of Mr. Robert Stephenson, M.P., in cluded among a collection of photographic like nesses prrulnegad by Mr- John Watkine, who has recently become proprietor of that establishment,„ which he has conducted for several years as the representative of Mr. Beard, the original patentee. The qualities that have made Mr. Stephenson what ho is in public reputation and honour are in this portrait most admirably preserved. Iron energy, force of character, and gentleness of dis position are alike truthfully conveyed. This picture, and the majority of those with which it is exhi-' bited, has been taken by the new Calotype pro cess, on paper—the objectionable glare of the metal plate being thus got rid of, —and greatly as-, sisted by a style of embellishment peculiar to Mr. Watkins, who, an artist by education, possesses in an eminent degree the qualifications to which re-, ference has been made. Some of these works are highly finished in oil, and others in water colours, the latter having all the brilliance and delicacy of miniatures on ivory. Several, indeed, of ladies, will bear comparison with the best productions of this class, and in all the likeness is infallible. Among those who have honoured Mr. Wat kins with sittings, and whose "effigies" are on view at his establishment, are the Arch bishop of Canterbury, Cardinal Wiseman, 'the Duke of Leeds ; Lords Brougham, Mont eagle, and Malmesliury ; Sir S. M. Peto, and a host of artists, including Gibson, Macdowell, Foley, Weekes, Dyce, Ross, Frith, Ward, Knight, and Goodall. Many others of world-wide reputation have " given their COUDie. nance " to this interesting collection, and all who desire to see the faces of those who have " made the age to come their own," will find it not only agreeable to spend an hour in looking round " The Westminster Photographic Gallery," but perso nally advantageous to follow the precedent esta blished by such acknowledged authorities. GENERAL CANROBERT'S MISSION. The Constitutionnel comments on the mission to the northern courts entrusted to General Canrobert. Our contemporary describes the enthusiastic reception ac• corded to that gallant officer, details of which have long since reached France ; but it fails to enlighten us on the essential point, namely the real object of the mission in question. A letter from Berlin, of the 25th, in the Universal German Gazette, says :—lt is stated that the Russian Admiral de Glasenapp who is now in this city on hie way to Stockholm i s c h arge d w ith a special mission to the King of Sweden. There is no doubt but that the object of it is to counterbalance the influence which had been exercised by General Canrobert at Stockholm." COVET CIRCOLAR. , THIIRSDAT. His Highnes s the MaharajahW lNDSOß Duleep Singh (attended by Sir J o h n Login), Viscount and Viscountess Har (liege, Colonel Sir Thomas Troubridge, and Lieutenant- General Sir James Simpson, arrived yesterday afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. The dinner party in the evening included her Royal Highness the Princess Royal, his Highness the Maha rajah Duleep Singh, Viscount and Viscountess liar dinge, Lord Byron, Colonel Sir Thomas Troubridge, Lieutenant-General Sir James Simpson, and Sir John Login. - - - The band of the 22d Regiment played during the din ner. Her Majesty's private band afterwards performed in the Castle. . His Royal Highness Prince Albert went out shooting this morning, accompanied by tt e Maharajah. Colonel Williams, commanding 2d Life Guards, and Colonel Boileau, comm anding 22d Regime n t, h ad the honour of hi s Royal Highness. joining Lord Byron, Lord in Waiti ng to the Queen, Major- General the on. Charles Grey, and Colonel the Hon. A. Hood, left Windsor to-day for Dover, to receive his Majesty the King of Sardinia. The Queen and Prince Albert have each subscribed 160/., towards a monument to be erected to the memory of the Elector Johann Friedrich the Generous, on occa sion of the 300th anniversary of the foundation of the University of Jena. The Elector is represented in his coat of mail, with the electoral mantle over it, while his right hand holds his s word, and his left an open bible. The marriage of the Marquis of Winchester with the Hon. Miss Montague, daughter of Lord Rokeby, was solemnised yesterday morning at the parish church of St. James's, Piccadilly. The Marchioness of Hertford has just returned to Paris from Bou'ogne, where her ladyship tas been re. siding for the last seven years. Lord Healy Seymour -; has aocompanied her ladyship to Paris. 4 4 '