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THIS EVENING, and every evening during the week, the GRAND ELEUSINIAN SPECTACLE of MAGIC and MYSTERY, by Professor ANDERSON, the Great Wizard of the North, in 12 acts, with ever-changing variety of incidents, continuous surprises, novel and extraordinary effects. Magic and Mystery is an entirely new entertainment, pos sessing ilistinctive characteristics and peculiar phases of amusement. It is not a monologue, for the audience them selves perform their parts with the principal actor, some of them on the stage and others in front ; it is not an exhibition, !'or though everything becomes metamorphosed before the eyes of the visitors no one can be positive that he sees any one thing; but it is a comedy really performed by the com pany ; a melodrama replete with startling positions and unex pected denouements ; a magnificent spectacle, with 2,000 of the public every night to appear as auxiliaries ; and an ex travaganza, in which all that seems to be is entirely beyond the bounds of probability. Professor Anderson returns his thanks to thronged and fashionable audiences which have nightly filled the Lyceum Theatre to overflow, and by means of wbose.generous aid he has been enabled to announce Magic and Mystery for con tinuous repetition. He believes that no professor of his art has at any time or in any place been honoured with an amount of success so extensive, so decided, and so unusual. He would attribute that success to three causes ; first, that in his present entertainment he has placed before his visitors the results of a life sedulously devoted to the attainment of perfected skill in one peculiar art, and to perfect which he has travelled the globe in every clime ; secondly, that he has spared no trouble nor expense to put this entertainment on the stage in the most elaborate manner, by the employment of the first mechanicians and artists of the day ; and thirdly, that, while endeavouring to provide amusement for those who honour him with their presence, he has not forgetten that it is possible to afford information also, and that the oppor tunity should not be neglected of exposing conjuring whey ever it has been used for nefarious purposes, or whenever by resorting to the conjuror's arts, in an illegitimate manrer. the designing have succeeded in making dupes of the credulous. The 937 letters on the subject of spirit-rapping, which Pro fessor Anderson has received, from the time of opening the theatre up to the present date, bear witness to the great in terest taken on the subject of this singular delusion ; whilst many of them bear melancholy evidence to the dangers which .tend a belief in the superstitious nonsense of the " Spiri tualists." Judging simply by the correspondence which has resulted, Professor Anderson's expose of spirit-rapping and his illustration of the so-called table phenomena, have pro duced a sensation unequalled by any previous attempt to ex pose a mischievous and impudent juggle. It is impossible for Professor Anderson to reply at length to a tithe of the communications which reach him on the subject. He regrets that many of these should come from ladies and gentlemen who, from their position in society and their well-known in tellectual attainments, he would least have expected to have been converts to a belief so preposterous in itself, and so easily susceptible of being controverted and disproved. Every evening, from the Lyceum stage, Mr. Anderson's opinions o spirit-rapping aro expressed, and every evening, within th Lyceum, how tables can be made to rap is exhibited and elucidated. It is respectfully requested that this public exposition will be accepted generally as Professor Anderson's only mode of replying at full length to his multitudinous correspondents. He regrets that th, names of the great and learned of the land should have been made to figure in the documents emanatinz from the spirit-rappers, as for instance the following, ex tracted from the Morning Advertiser of Thursday, Septem ber 20, and taken by that journal from the New York Spiri tual Telegraph. It purports to emanate from an American spirit-rapper, Mr. D. D. Hume :—" Sir David Brewster frankly confesses that he is sorely puzzled' at what he has witnessed, and Lord Brougham acknowledges himself to be thoroughly nonplussed. Both of these noted men brought the whole force of their keen discernment to bear upon the solution of the phenomena; but the presence of substantial, actual hands, and the demonstrative strength of the spirits who thus clothed themselves for the time, and moved mate rial objects about the room, proved to helm much of a ques tion for them to master." Mr. D. D. Hume, the author of the above, Las recently left England, and the following account of who, and what he is, occurs in the Family Herald, No. 648: --" This young man, who is a Scotchman by birth, and now in Italy, is a remarkable medium for all the manifestations without apparatus. Barnum, who is well-known throughout the Anglo-Saxon world as a splendid humbug, offered him 2,000 dollars per annum if he would perform at his museum in New York. Barnum then took it for granted that mediums could be bought. He was somewhat astonished when his offer was refused. Hume, an tolling the fact in London lobol T , erespr, and honestly remarked, that the money would have been very acceptable to him, for he was poor, young (under 20), an or phan, and in very had health : but he would have been afraid of losing his power as a medium, and he would sooner lose his life. The refusal, however, made Barnum thoughtful. He inquired into the subject; and now Barnum, one of the greatest humbugs in the world, and withal a conjuror, is one of the firmest believers in spiritualism." It is cer tainly surprising to find such a paragraph as this in the editorial article of an established journal, the editor of whore might be supposed to be sane. Even if Barnum does believr in spirit-rapping--does spirit-rapping gain or lose by this accession to its adherents ? and, with Barnum's endorse went to it, is this bill, drawn on public credulity, more likel3 to be negotiated ? Professor Anderson would believe not ; but, when he finds that educated clergymen of the Church of England have the temerity to subscribe their names to so gross a swindle, when he finds that the incumbent of Wortley (the Rev. N. J. Godfrey) positively asserts his belief in it, and writes a book on the subject, he considers it to be time for 'im to state that which he knows of the mechanism by which it is effected, and the mischief to which it tends. In the Morning Advertiser of October 3 appears a letter from Sir David Brewster, relative to that which he saw at Cox's Hotel, in company with Lord Brougham. He distinctly states that which the Wizard of the North proclaims every night—that spirit-rapping is nothing more than conjuring applied to bad purposes. In the Morning Advertiser of the following day, however, there is an answer to Sir David's letter from ono who was present when he and Lord Brougham had their seance with the spirits, in which the writer says, that "the table (a large dinner-table, I believe) moved about in the ino , n, extraordinary manner, and, among other things, a large ac cordion was convoyed by an invisible agency to my hand and then to Lord Brougham's, in which, held by his lordship's right hand, apart from any person, it played an air through out." With such a statement, printed for the edification of the people of the 10th century, with the facts before us that the most talented men of the day are permitting themselves to bo deluded by these juggling spirit-mongers—that the greatest novelist of the age is now engaged in making it the subject of a new work, and that a " spiritual convention" has actually been advertised to be hold is St. Martin's-hall, Professor Anderson trusts that his exposures of the spiritual ists of America, as given by him nightly at the Lyceum, will be received by the people of England as genuine honest at tempts to provide an antidote for the bane of the spiritual jugglers. In the course of the last five weeks 100,017 persons have visited tho Lyceum Theatre, —a larger number, it is believed, than has ever before been assembled within its walls in so short a period. Magic and Mystery is repeated every even. ing, the programme being continually. changed. Grand fashionable Day Performance, or Saturday, December 15, at 2 o'clock ; the programme being thus arranged ; - - Part 1. —Act 1. The Mesmeric Couch : or, the Clinical Capabilities of the Atmosphere : in which the Wizard will do by magic that which some suppose to be effected by mesmer sm, and illustrate the possibility of sleeping unsupported in the air. Act 2. The Aqua-Avial Paradox ; exemplifying the power of producing animated nature from fire and water only, and the possibility of eliciting from the simplest elements the most complex forms of ornithological existence. Act 3. Le Livre des Reeuoils Choisies : or, Puck's Own Pocket Book, with Puck himself within it. Typifying the evening's entertainment in the production of the very volu minous from a small volume, in the extraction of magnitude out of minuteness, in developing bulk where no space appears for its existence, in discovering odd things in odd places, and in bringing forth unexpected wonders from the most unlikely place for to be found, Act 4. Magical Locomotion ; or, Transition without Trou ble. In which will be comprised—the Adventures of a Wed ding Ring, the Peregrinations of a Bank Note, the Transfor mation—black into white, and the Discovery of every Article in the position which would seem the most inappropriate. Act 5. L'Ecrin de Vorre; or, the Casket of Cronus. Into which, tkough made entirely of glass perfectly transparent, and suspended so as to be visible to the eyes of all present, the Wizard will cause the money of his visitors to transport itself, and rain into the casket, though its lid be closed, locked, and the key in the possession of the audience. Act 6. Clairvoyance Extraordinary ; or, the Transparency of Opacity. Act. 7. A New Bottle of Bacchus ; or, the Novel Wine and Spirit Store. An improvement upon tho " inexhaustible bottle," inasmuch as the Wizard's bottle will not only be in exhaustible, but will change its contents, ad infinitum, at th e word of command, producing so d a - water, butter-milk, Epsom salts, Port, Sherry, brandy , gin , rum, whi s k y, noyeau, or any other wine or spirit required; and finally proving to be filled with pocket handkerchiefs perfectly dry, and occupying the whole space when tightly packed. Act 8. Half an Hour with the Spirits ; or, an Expos 6 of Spirit-rapping. Introducing the spirit-rapping table and tocsin of the invisibles. Act. 9. Grand Mystic Amalgam, in which the property of the Wizard's patrons will undergo some strange metamor phoses, and, amongst others, their handkerchiefs become transformed into the flags of victory—the banners of Eng land, France, Turkey, and Sardinia. Act. 10. The Enchanted Chair of Comus, in which he who seats himself will be under the magic spell, and app ear to the audience, under circumstances least e xpected, in a posi tion as peculiar as perplexing. Act. 11. The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the Nucleus of the Night's Wonders. To comprehend which the audience will have the goodness to observe, in an earlier part of the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin) in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which all will be produced. Act. 12. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shc,tcst Route to the Antipodes, Illustrating the easiest mode of ridding ourselves of a troublesome friend, and the advantages of the newly-discovered Ilia-terrestrial passage from the west ern to the eastern hemisphere. _ Doors open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8. 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In August, 1857, a further examination of the selected candi dates will take place in the following subjects : Law, including the ordinary rulr s of taking evidence and the mode of conducting civil and criminal trials .. ... 1,000 The History of India Political Economy ......... ....................... Any vernacular language of Indi a , t o be previously fixed by the Board of Commissioners for the affairs of India 200 and such further examination will be conducted in the same manner as that above described. (The umiier set opposite to each subject denotes the greatest number of marks which can be obtained in respect of such subject). 9. Any selected candidate who shall not, at such further examina tion in 1857, obtain in each of the subjects above-mentioned, one sixth of tf.e number of marks set against such particular subject, shall he struck off the list of selected candidates. 10. 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NO person will, even alter such examination, be allowed to proceed to India unless he shall comply with the regul,tions in force at the time for the civil service of the East India c ompany, and shall be of sound bodily health and good moral character. 13 The Commissioners for the Affairs of India will be ready to reeelvv, at auy time previous to the let of May, 1856, the testimonials of persons desirous of being appointed t 9 the office of Examiner; hut, with respect to the examinations above mentioned, no such appointment will be made until after the date above men tioned. 14. All papers relating to the above-mentioned examinations are .o be sent, and all inquiries are to he addressed, thus : "E. I. C Civil Serv;co `• Examination.` • No. 19,718.] PUBLICATIONS. NEW STORY BY MISS KAVANAGH. To•morrow, In 1 vol. post Svo., R A CHEL GRAY. By Miss KAVANAGH, Author of " Nathate,"" Woman In France," &C. 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To which ire ad,!ecl, Conunentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, with pre ,,utionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical prcetice, oul on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on hese important disorders. By SAMITEL LA' 31. D. 7.1 ED FORD-SQU Sf I A R, LONDON, setor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Effie aura, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society. Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., vise essential object of this treatise is to point out the fearful con iequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, glitch have produced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man ra-A, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any stiser class of disease known to modern pathologists. 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For the year ending the sth of April, 1856, an abatement of 51 per cent. has been declared on the Premiums of all Members of Five Years' standing and upwards. HENRY MARSHAL, Actuary. Princes-street, Yank, Dec. 5, 1855. NOTA BENE.—Resolved, this 19th Sept., 1855, That daring the present war every person assured or to be assured as a member, or otherwise, not a mariner by profession, may proceed to any part of Europe where there are no hostilities, without a ilceeco from the Court of Directors, and without paying any additional premium. NEW LABEL.—In consequence of the great variety of counterfeit labels of A. ROWLAND & SONS' MACASSAR OIL, now in circulation, and which so nearly resemble the original as trequently ti deceive the unwary—they have em p'oyed those eminent artists Messrs Perkins, Bacon, & Co., who, at great cost, and by a peculiar process of their own, have succeeded in producing from steel " A NEWL A.BEr.," whi ch cannot be forted. Ills composed of a section of au engine-turned circle, repeated one hundred and thirty times—and forms an original lace-work ground, upon which is engraved in white letters, "UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF TILE COURTS OF EUROPE," with an embossed profile of her Majesty "THE QUEEN," lately specially taken for the purpose, and which surmounts the woids (also in white letters) " ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, FOR THE GROWTH, RESTORATION, AND - FOR BEAIITIFTING THE HUMAN HAIR " Under which is the Signature of the Proprietors in Red Ink - ROWLAND & SONS." Sold by them at 20, Hatton-garden, London, and by Chemists and Perfumers. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, DEC. 12. MODERATION CLASSICAL CLASS LIST. The following award of the Moderators was issued this evening : CLASS I. Henry M. Fryer, Pembroke College Hubert Hamilton, Balliol College George E. Melbuish, Merton College Edward Moore, Pembroke College William R. Morfill, Oriel College John H. Overton, Lincoln College Frederick R. Pentreath, Worcester College Charles J. Powlett, Wadham College Francis B. Shacknell, Oriel College. Francis E. Thompson, Lincoln College John W. T. Wyllie, Trinity College CLASS H. Marmaduke A. Alington, Worcester College Henry Barter, Merton College Edward M. Cole, Worcester College Benjamin S. Dawson, Oriel College Philip F. Eliot, Trinity College Walter W. Hopwood, Pembroke College Englebert Horly, Queen's College Markham J. Law, Balliol College Alexander T. Weal!, St. John' s College Frederick M. Millard, Magdalen College James P. Nelson, Exeter College Frederick W. Oliver, Christ Church Lucas 0. Pike, Brasenose College John G. Talbot, Christ Church William H. Taylor, Brasenose College Charles F. C. West, St. John's College CLASS H. William G. G. Austin, Magdalen College William H. A wdry, Exeter College John G. Bingley, Brasenose College Henry Y. Borges, Christ Church Francis H. Dodgson, Christ Church John T. Faussett, Christ Church Reginald C. Glanville, Merton College Tho,..e Coss, Queen's College Arthur D. Hayter, Brasenose College Robert W. Henderson, University College John P. Hughlings, Pembroke College John T. Ryves, Brasenose College George P. W. Scott, Brasenose College R. MUOKLESTON, J. G. LONSDALE, Examiners. E. POSTE, 0. OGLE, CIVIL LAW EXAMINATION. .:,: The Regius Professor of Cicil Law, Dr. Travers Twigs (Senior Fellow of University College), has given notice that an examination of candidates for the degree of Bachelor in Civil Law will be holden in Trinity Term, 1856, upon the four books of " Imperatoris Justiniani Institutiones," and the two first books of " Heinecch Syntagrna Anttquitaturn Roman arum Jurisprudentiam illnstrantium es cun.'em ordinen Institutionuin Justini ani digestum, Ed Hanbold." THE ASSISTANT SURGEONS' PETITION. Dr. Andrew Smith, Director-General of Hospital, in the Crimea, has received a reply from Lord Panmure to the petitions to which 116 surgeons lately stated various grievances and asked for redress. Lord Pan mure says he cannot admit that the rate of military pay to these gentlemen is too low, but the present regula tion requiring ten years of service before the higher rate of 10s. is att a i ne d , i s " a fair subject, for reconsideration hereafter." Lord Panmure cannot draw from the more rapid promoti on o f t h e execut i ve t h an o f th e medical officers any ground for the conclusion that it implies an undeservedly low estimate of the exertions of the latter ; but " with referen ce t o th e comp l a i nt o f the inferior character cl some of the duties tba.t now fall to the junior medical officers, the memoriali.ts should be informed that this ground of complaint is under consideration. Lord Panmure cannot, however, relax the principle which requires that the assistant-surgeons in military hospitals be prepared to do any duties, even those of dispenser, dresser, or clerk, which may be required of them by their professional superiors. With reference to leave for professional improvement and other purpoes, Lord Panmure can only remark that when leave can be properly granted it is not withheld. Leave of absence must always depend upon the calls of duty, to which pleasure or study must equally yield. Lord Panmure will not be i n di spose d to consider the case o f t h e medi cal officers in respect to the length of service which gives a claim for retirement, but upon this point, as well as the gener a l p ropos i t i ons following , his lordship can give at present n o o th er rep l y than that they shall receive fair consideration in any change of the medical depart ment that may take place. The complaint of the memo rialists on the introduction of civil practitioners to posts of authority and emolument created by the neces sities of the war, is, in the opinion of Lord Pan mure, entirely uncalled for. The ranks of the Mili tary Medical Department were totally unable to supply the extensive hospitals created in the East. These establishments were only temporary. It would have been unwise and improvident to have based on them an increase of permanent establishments, to become a burden to the country in after years. The compara tively high pay of the civil practitioners appointed to these hospitals, many of whom gave up valuable private practices at the call of humanity, is based entirely upon the temporary nature of their services, and can furnish no ground for complaint that the regular department has been overlooked." APOLEON I. AND WINTER QUARTERS Colonel St. Ange takes notice in the Debate of a recent wild attack made on . Marshal Pelissier by one of our daily journals. In the course of his re marks he says : "The English public has been told that Napoleon I. did not suspend his operations during the most inclement season, and, as an instance, the battle of Austerlitz has been quoted. That of Eylau might have been added, both having been fought in the depth of winter. But in each of those cases all the corps of the French army were diEtributod in cantonments at two or three hours' ni,-rch from one another, and it was the Russian army that attacked. In Moravia, in 1805, the French held the country round Brunn, and the Russians the neigh bourhood of Olmutz. For several days previously hos tilities had been suspended by tacit consent, when the Russian army advanced on Austerlitz, manoeuvring against Napoleon's right, in order to cut him off from the road to Vienna and tbo Danube, forming the basis of his operations, and compel him to throw himself into Bohemia by the Inglau road. It was a clever combina tion on the part of the Russian generals, but it ruined them, because Napoleon managed to turn it against themselves. In the Polish campaign of 1807, Napoleon, after occupying Warsaw, had sent his army into winter quarters on the right bank of the Vistula, and the Rus sian army was cantoned towards Eastern Prussia. During the latter days of January, this army, collecting all its forces, marched on the Lower Vistula, in the hope of cutting off and vanquishing in their cantonments the various corps forming the left wing of the French. Na poleon hastened to parry this danger by promptly con centrating his army, and from these respective move ments a conflict ensued, which was the battle of Eylau. We briefly allude to these facts for the purpose of show ing by celebrated examples that Napoleon took up winter quarters as the Allied army is now doing in the Crimea, and that it he took the field on two occasions during the cold season, it was because he was provoked." SMITHFIELD CLUB. The annual dinner of the Club took place yesterda? at the Freemas o n s ' T avern ; the attendance. being th - s. most numerous that has been known for some year The chair was taken by his Grace the Duke of Rich mond, supported by Lord Berners, Mr. Miles, M.P., R. Barker, S. Jonas, R. W. Baker, Fisher Hobbs, J. Ind son, Esq., Seo. About 200 gentlemen sat down to an excellent and well appointed dinner. A novelty in the arrangements was the introduction of a musical party, under the direction of Mr. Genge, who sang a selection of appropriate music in the course of the evening. On the removal of the cloth, The CHAIRMAN gave " The Queen," with a warm eulogium on her Majesty's public and private virtues. The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm. The other loyal toasts were then given in the usual succession, with a special compliment to Mince Albert for his pa tronage of the Club, and generally for the great interest hi s Royal Highness took in agricultural matters. The next toast was "The Army and Navy," which was received with the loudest demonstrations of ap planse. In proposing it, the chairman disclaimed any political allusion as to the probabilities of peace or war, but, as an old soldier of a former war, he might, be per. mitted to express his admiration of the conduct of our brave soldiers and sailors during the present. (Loud cheers.) A young army had in their first campaign to meet the pestilential swamps of Bulgaria and the ter rors of the cholera. After all that, they had forced the heights of Alma and defended the defiles of Inkerman. Subsequently they had submitted to the monotonous dangers of the trenches ; but all through these various nerils they had nobly maintained the honour of the British arms, and now their only anxiety was to be on the best terms with their allies, and to r' emulate them in deeds of gleety.` (CheerE As foes we had respected those allies, as friends now we alm os t revered them. Much had been said on the reverse at the Redan. All he could say was that having been in three storming parties, all his wonder was that ever they succeeded. (Hear, hear.) The navy complained that they had not had their share in the war. He did not agree with them, and the Emperor o f R uss i a k new f ar b e t ter ; for so much was he impressed with the prowess and dis cipline of the British navy, that he dared not trust his fleet out to meet them in fair fight. (Cheers.) He begged then to give them "The Army and Navy." (Cheering for several minutes.) The CHAIRMAN next rose to give the -toast of the evening, "Success to the Smithfield Club." He would not tronble them, he said, at any length, seeing that they had for the first time good music, which was much more entertaining than anything h e cou ld say. (" No, no.") But he might say that the Smithfield Club bad done some service to the country, for in their club had originated the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Rival societies were mentioned as rising up all over Eng land, but of these he lied no jealousy, looking upon them all as the children of the parent cl u b. If t h e i r superio rity wat spoken of, he only said let their prizes be col lected a week after the show, and let them come and show against their (Smithfield Club) prizes, when the world would see where was to he found the best stock. He bad very properly been beaten in Southdowns this year, but nevertheless he was ready to show his beaten Southdowns against any local specimens. He under stood that fault bad been found with the club for confin ing themselves too much to the pure breeds. All he could say was that the club would be happy to receive suggestions from intelligent farmers, but he trusted the landlords of the country would keep up the pure breeds. For the tenant farmer the cross-breeds were the best, but the landlords must maintain the pure breeds, and to stimulate thorn to do that the only proper incentives were the prizes and premiums of the club. He gave " The Smithfield Club, and may it continue to prosper." (Loud cheers.) The next toast was "The Health of Mr. Brandreth Gibbs," in proposing which the noble chairman did full justice to the zeal, intelligence, and ability of Mr. Gibbs, in conducting the affairs of the club. Thu toast was received with loud cheers. Mr. B. GIBBS returned thanks, alluding to the grati fying fact that the club had now been in existence for more than fifty years, and had been the parent of all the modern societies. Mr. Gibbs concluded with a warm expression of thanks for the handsome testimonial which the club had thought it right to present to him. After this toast the prize list was read, as already pub lished, and the healthy of the winners of the gold medals were proposed, and then the remaining toasts having been disposed of, the company separated. BIRMINGHAM AND MIDLAND COUN TIES CATTLE SILO W. BIRMINGHAM, WEDNESDAY. The dinner in connection with the show took place last evening at the Royal Hotel ;.,the Earl of Dartmouth in the chair. Amongst-the notabilities present were Mr. Muntz, M.P. ; Mr. Scholefield, M.P. • Mr. Spooner, M.P. ; Mr. Newdegate, M.P. ; Mr. Holland, M.P. for Evesham ; the Mayor of Birmingham, &c. After the customary toasts bad been given, the noble chairman gave the "House of Commons." Mr. MUNTZ responded. He had now, he said, been a member of that house for sixteen sessions, and he might say without any presumption that as he believed he had gone into it an independent man, so he hoped he had continued add would continue as long as he lived. Being an independent man, therefore, and altogether free from party spirit, none had a better chance of judging how far the country derived the advantage which it ought to . have from that house. He believed there was a great deal of room for improvement in the Houseof Com mons. Either from ridicule or threat men very fre quently voted quite contrary to their original intention and disposition. 'Sometimes they said it was unpleasant to have to refuse when a friend asked them to vote in such and such a way. Now, why should it be so ? Could there he anything unpleasant in refusing to do what was wrong ? Last session a man came to him and said, " My dear fellow, for whom do you mean to vote?" His reply was that he meant to rote for whichever side of the question under debate was the right one. " Oh," said his friend, " I welkin% give a d—n for a man who will vote for us when we are right; we want those who will vote for us when we are in the wrong." (Laughter.) He (Mr. Muntz) was afraid that was the way in which too many gave their votes. Then, too, some constituencies sent re prssentatives to the house who ought not to have any such pewet ; so that though the House of Commons was an assembly of which the country might justly boast, ha thought, as he said before, that there was indeed great room for improvement. The hon member resumed his seat amid much applause. Mr. Muntz afterwards pro posed "The Agricultural Interest." Mr. HOLLAND, MT. f or E ves h a m, responded. After referring to hie having been a member of Parliament for 14 days only, and to his consequent inability to speak of the existing state of parties in the House of Commons, although he acknowledged they were very different to that presented some years ago, when he represented East Worcestershire, the hon. nienibtr went on to say that the olject of free-traders must be, not to maintain a high or a low price of agricultural produce, but to maintain a natural price. He congratulatel them upon that day's proceedings, upon the excellent cattle exhibited ; and this was especially remarkable when it was considered that the Smithfield Show was doing its utmost to com pete with theta, and upon the same day. Not only had there been exhibited cattle and sheep of first-rate quality, but there had been a new feature introduced in the Exhibition which was of great importance, viz., the roots upon which the cattle had been fed. (Hear.) The importance of roots should be well understood when they were considered in connection with artificial manure, upon which so much labour and money was expended, and what was to the British agriculturist what Califor nian and Australian gold was to the money market. The Exhibition of that day showed that the British agricul turist was keeping pace with the rest of the world and with the improvements in manufacture ; and he did hope that the two interests would, as Mr. Muntz had said, be always considered as twin sisters. (Cheers.) Mr. NEWDEGATE, M.P., th en proposed " The Menu facturing Interest." Ile felt that the agriculturists owed much to the great manufacturing metropolis of the mid laud counties for the noble reception it had given them on that occasion; and as representing both manufac turers and agriculturists, he rejoiced in that practical illustration of the union between the two interests. How could any one doubt that their interests were identical ? What supported our trade now but the soundness of the home market ? It showed that the strength of the country depended on this, that if external circumstances are adverse, it has within itself a power of consumption which, if not adequate to keep in motion all the whet is of our industry, yet supported them when markets abroad might be failing, and was in itself a security for the prosperity of our manufactures. (Hear.) He con gratulated there upon the metropolitan character which this annual meeting was assuming. Birmingham was eve ry day giving some fresh proof of its title to be considered the capital of the midlands. Whenever the inhabitants of the adjoining counties came to this town to enjoy the music it provided, or to take part in such a meeting as that, they 'net with a graceful, and generous, and hospitable reception. (Hear.) As one who bad been supported by manufacturers at a time when the opinions he held regarding agriculture and its prospects were unpopular, and most unreasonably so, he claimed front the agriculturists present an expression of their beat wishes for the success of the manufacturing interest. (Cheers.) After a few other remarks, Mr. Newdegete concluded by givicg the toast. Alderman Lucy briefly responded. This toast was followed by that of "The Successful Candidates," "The Unsuccessful Candidates," "The noble Chairman," " The Mayor," & c . Mr. C. N. CALDECOTE proposed "The Judges and Stewards of the Show." He referred to the complaint that the show this year clashed with the one in Smith field. Many exhibitors said it would be of advantage if it were so arranged that the Smithfield cattle might also be exhibited at Birmingham. But their object was to obtain the best show of local produce. He was instructed to say, however, that the c omm i ttee and subscribers gene. rally were anxious to take the subject into consideration at the meeting ou Thursday, and to make any arrange ment that might meet with the more general approbation of the exhibitors of stock. Their idea was to have the show a week previous to that at Smithfield, eo that the animals coming from the north might show here on their way to Smithfield. If this view met the general wish of the exhibitors he (Mr. Caldecote) was sure that the committee would wish to adopt it. (Hear.) Mr. VALENTINE BARFORD responded. He was sorry to see that this year a practice was gaining ground, not only in this but in other shows which he bad attended, of clipping the animals in the fall—(hear, hear)—and he knew he wa4 speaking the sentiments of his colleagues. Why endeavour to deceive the rising generation by prac tising deception ? He hoped and trusted that when be saw parties disposed to practise deception upon public institutions like that —(hear, hear)—he should never want the moral courage to expose it. He referred to the late speech of Prince Albert, and commented on the importance of science being brought to bear upon the I feeding of cattle. The last toast was— _ and the Smithfield Club." Bingley-hall has been quite an full to-day as yesterday —decidedly a greater, number of persons have visited the show than on any former occasion. "The Royal Agricultural Society Naval and Military Intelligence. Rear-Admiral Dundas C. 8., Commander-in-Chief of the Baltic Fleet, returned on boaid the Duke of Welling t-,n flag-ship at Spithead yesterday, accompanied by the Captain of the Fleet, the Hon. F. T. Pelham, to make arrangements for leave. Each will leave for London this day. The gun-boat flotilla for the next year's campaign in the Ba'tic will bs commanded by Captain the Hon. H. Keppel (Commodore), Captain George Elliot, Captain Yelverton, and Captain gee. Her Majeitfe steam-frigate 'Vulcan Commander Bowyear, ariived - ar - Spittreted yesterday 'Loot - theingag‘ with 85 invalids in charge ; Capt. Crombie, of the 72d ; Lieut. Stisted, 12th Lancers ; Surgeon Innis, and one sergeant also came home in her. She left Malta on the 16th ult., and Gibraltar on the 29th, and experienced strong easterly winds. On the 7th inst., in lat. 46.24 N., long. 10 . 45 W., she spoke with the bark Geelong, stand itsg. S.W. The Vulcan went into Portsmouth harbour yesterday afternoon, and landed her invalids, who pro ceeded to temporary quarters in Forehouse barracks. The Hawke, 60, Cai..t. Ommanney, left Spithead yes terday fel. Falmouth, to winter. The Colossus, 80, screw-ship, Capt. Robinson, went into Portsmouth harbour, from Spithead, to refit yester day. The Marlborough, 131, screw three-decker, was un docked yesterday, and moved into the steam basin at Portsmouth, where her machinery will be tested pro bably to-day. The steam-transport Victoria loft Portsmouth for Deptford yesterday. The Transit naval steam-transport, Commander C. B. Johnson, will embark in a day or two 36 officers and 1,039 men of the British German Legion for the East. The Cmsar, 91, screw, Capt. Robb, was docked yester day Portsmouth to repair defects. The arrogant, 46, screw-frigate, Capt. Yelverton, was taken iato dock yesterday at Portsmouth to repair de fects. The steam-transport Imperador, No. 187, arrived at Spithead from Southampton yesterday to await orders. Her Majesty's yacht Osborne, which was fitted out in such a hurry to attend on the King of Sardinia, at a great expense in materials used and damaged, has been, to the astonishment of everybody, dismantled and re turned to ordinary. It seems inexplicable that such folly should be perpetrated. Those only know the cost of these sudden fittings up and pullings to pieces again who have the opportunity of observing the wear and tear, and can calculate the loss. If a supplementary yacht is needed for the accommodation of distinguished personages, who may honour this c3untry with a visit, surely no one will dis pute the policy of having one ready, and, if the old Vic toria and Albert (Osborne) is not to be adapted to such service, she should be stripped of her out ward gilding and thrown into the transport service, where she would earn something for all the'thousands that have been ex pended upon her. The screw steam ships James Watt, 91, Capt. George Elliott, and Orion, 91, Capt. John E. Erskine, which arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday morning, left Kiel on the 6th of December, in company with the Duke of Wel lington and the French ships .Duquesne and Tourville. Although under steam only part of the passage, the James Watt accomplished it in four days and 17 hours. In spite of defective boilers she sometimes attained a speed of 14 knots an hour, her mean speed being from 10i to 11. She parted company with the Duke of Wel lington at 4.30 p.m. on Saturday. The boilers of the James Watt are so defective that they must be removed. The Orion arrived a few hours after, having made a pas sage nearly equal in speed to the James Watt ; her de fects are very trifling, and she may be considered ready for sea. The officers speak well of her sailing qualities. Both ships experienced severe snow storms immediately after leaving. On the 6th inst. the steamers Dragon, 6, Captain W. H. Stewart, and Locust, 3, Commander Bythesea, belonging to the flying squadron, left Kiel for Faro when the ice had set in so strongly that the whole of the squadron must come home shortly. The paddle-wheel steam-vessel Advice sailed from Plymouth on Tuesday for Queenstown. The paddle-wheel steam-transport 4hadamanthus, 4, from Woolwich, with machinery for ships fitting at De vonport, and boilers for the Liffey, 50, intended to be launched the first week in January, arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday, and went into Hamoaze. The iron screw-transport Durham, No. 179, having landed the lighter portion of her condemned stores at Woolwich Arsenal, was yesterday, during the flow of the tide, hauled up to the wharf, where she discharged some heavy guns brought home from the East. She subsequently steamed up the river to Deptford. Tim shaft for working the paper-mill commenced about two months since in the Arsenal-yard, Woolwich, was finished yesterday. This addition to the new depart ments there has been long in contemplation, and when completed will form a most important part of the esta blishment, and it will supply the whole of the Ordnance with all kinds of paper in official use. A magnificent temporary erection is likewise nearly completed, mea suring about 300 feet by 200, and is intended for the purpose of a general store-room, so much in demand at the present moment. Two additional powder magazine hulks have been taken off the Arsenal, and a third un dergoiug some necessory repairs and alterations is to be added in a few days. Toe mortar raft, on which some experiments were car ried out at Shoeburyness a short time ago, now lies in Woolwich dockyard completely dismembered. The raft itself has maintaened its principle as a good one, and does not appear to have suffered. An appropriate op portunity is now offered of testing the supposed snperio rity of the welding system over that of rivets, as the float has only suffered in the riveted joints. That portion of the metal is literally torn away, and the rivets have fallen out, so that the pontoon suddenly filled with water. The new fortifications at Dale Point, in Milford Haven, are in a forward state, and, although rot sufficiently ad vanced to have the guns mounted, yet the heavy ordi nance has been conveyed there by the Government steamer:, from the dockyard. The measure has been taken that the machinery erected by the contractors for moving heavy weights may be made available for lifting the ponderous pieces of ordnance supplied for the Dale battery. The committee for the management of the clothing from the Crimean Fund for the wounded at Chatham — viz., Second-Class Surgeons Robert Battersby and Henry C. Meade, and Staff Captain Rawlins—met at Brompton yesterday, and distributed to 40 men leaving this day— to each man a Guernsey shirt, two pairs of stocks, and a comforter, with which they were highly delighted. The huts for the officers of the Royal Engineers and men of the Royal Sappers and Miners at Chatham have been completed by the contractors for 525 men, and will be given over this day to Capt. J. Stawell, temporary Barrack-Master, for the purpose of their being fitted up with iron bedsteads, bedding, and barrack utensils, 550 Sappers being expected from Woolwich on Saturday, 25 of whom are to be accommodated it the Brompton Bar racks. The cooking and washing houses aro built of zinc, the former with all the recent improvements. The proxi mity of the huts to the barracks, added to the great faci lities for field operations and pontooning, renders the locality in every way desirable for this arm of the sou -1 vice. The following appointments were made yesterday at the Admiralty :—Commander Wm. Horton, to the Ar dent ; Lieut. G. W. Carter, to the Impregnable; Lieut. R. F. Scott, to the Forth ; Lieut. A. R. Wright, to the Blenheim ; Lieut. L. A. Whimper, to the Forth; Lieut. A. Dent, to the Sanspareil ; Lieut. G. E. Barnes, to the Arachne ; George J. Whitehouse, Second Master to the Royal William ; Wm. Smith, Second Master to the Victory ; John Fowler, Second Master to the Impreg nable ; H. W. Arlidge, Paymaster to the Trusty ; W. A. Martin, Assistant-Clerk to the Forth ; W. R. Jolley, Assistant-Clerk to the Thunderer ; E. Rees, Assistant- Clerk to the Trusty. 735 men belonging to the Land Transport Corps, in command of Major Ireland and Adjutant Jenkins, es corted from Bristol by Capt. M'Court, arrived at the Plymouth station of the South Devon Railway on Tues day afternoon, and were received by Brigade-Major Ibbetson, Capt. Butt, 79th ; Lieut. Bussell, 23d ; Lieut. Thackeray, 28th ; and Lieut. Campbell, 48th. This de tachment or the Land Transport Corps will be accom panied by the following officers of the line :—Capt. Trys den, 55th ; Lieuts. Hale and Brodigan, 28th ; Ensign Tulloch, Ist Foot ; Ducal, 28th; Brown, 48th ; and Wiliam, 95th. 900 men, including the 735 named above, were embarked on Tuesday on board the steam-transport Urgent, Commander Phillips, which sailed yesterday for the Crimea. The annexed circular memorandum, directed to the General officers commanding districts and at Aldershott, the Commandant at Chatham, and the officers command ing cavalry depots and depot battalions in the United Kingdom, was issued y yesterd " a llo ;— rse Guards, Dec. 10. " With the view of preventing the inconvenience aris ing from the overcrowding of military prisons, the Field- Marshal C o mmanding-in-Chief is pleased; to direct that, in order to reserve prison accommodation for the young soldiers, prisoners of hardened character under sentence of imprisonment be committed to the nearest county gaol, whenever the nearest district military prison shall not afford disposable accommodation, the amount of [PRICE 4D. STAMPED 5 which will be regularly notified by the prison authorities to the officers commanding districts, municipal garrisons, and cavalry depots and depot battalions, and the camp at Aldershott.—By command. • - - " G. A. WETHERALL." • • • THE MILITIA.' Orders have been received for the Royal Cornwall Rangers Militia to be disbanded. and recruiting parties ' from several regiments of the line are at Bodmin, where the corps was assembled, to obtain recruits. Toe Galway Militia arrived in Dublin on Tuesday, and marched into Aldborough barracks, headed by Lieut.- Colonel the Earl of Clanearty. The corps are about to embark for England, and will form part of the army en camped at Aldershott. LORD EDWARD HOWARD, M.P., ON TIIE WAR. At the Arundel Fat Stock Show on Tuesday, Lord E Howard, M.?. for Arundel, in returni ng th anks for his health being proposed, spoke as follows :—lle was happy that the market continued to improve and to keep up its name. They could not expect, of course, that this year all business would be flourishing, but he thought he might congratulate the agricultural interest at least at having a very flourishing time of it, although it was considered by some that the agricultural interest with respect to prices was in greater prosperity than they could wish, because he believed it was an acknowledgesi fact that nowadays prices might be too high. They all knew that when prices were too high a reaction might follow, which might not be found quite se agreeable. It was also admitted that the poorer classes of this country were suffering very much from the price of bread. In reference to the ever his lordship observed that some months since every one was telling tibout war, was some months later that everybody was talking about peace. He was sure that no one would like to see peace more than he should. But that peace must be a peace which must be lasting, and obtained too on the most advantageous terms. Some persons might have before them an object not well defined, and say that as they were at war, so they might continue to fight. That was not the right way of looking at things ; let them fret what as just and what they ought to get, and then let them make peace ; but do not let them urge on what his friend Dr. Duke would call it, a chronic state of war. He tw the other day a very excellent provincial paper, the Norwich Mercury, and it exactly d scribed the feeling of the country throughout the length and breadth of the land ; and there never was a time, he believed, when the country was more thoroughly imbued with war than the present ; from John o'Groats to the southern part of Lit tlehampton pier, everybody was heart and soul in it. (Hear, hear.) The paper he alluded to described it as be ing what the country wished, "a short and cheap war, and a long and lasting peace." He thought that took the question just where it cugbt to do. If anyone looked at the published maps, and saw the acquisitions which Russia had made within the last half century, from 1770, or something like that, and also the different states, with their dates attached, that would show the ex tended boundary of that great country, and in a way, too, which was not very agreeable to those who were her neighbours. (Applause.) He looked upon it, therefore, that they ought to continue the war until they had souse kind of guarantee that Russia would not be always knocking at our doors ; because it would be a very un pleasant thing indeed when one got up one fine morning to have a cup of tea and a plate of toast to find the Tmpe rial Czar carrying and taking it from him. (A laugh.) They, therefore, ou g ht t o carry on the war to prevent this occurring. What those terms of peace should be he could not exactly say ; and perhaps no person in the room could well form an opinion as to what ought to be the exact terms of peace. It was only those connected with the secrets of state who were enabled to look at the dif ferent points of view in which the great question was in volved, and who were able to form an opinion of what might practically and honourably be obtained. He was sure they, as Englishmen, wished for no more ; and he trusted that Russia herself would not think it any degra- dation to listen to almost, he might say, the united voice of a large portion of Europe, and give such terms that a speedy peace might be obtained. He thought they must all think, from the reports which had been diffused so generally and so implicitly for some time, that there must be something in petfo. If he was the Russian mi nister himself, or even the Czar—though he did not know whether his subjects might not put an end to him —and when one talked of peace he did not exactly know what the national feeling of the country was—be should say that Russia would see really that the best thing for her country would be to make peace, whether for the prosperity of Russia, the prosperity of her trade, land, or commerce, and for the advance of her subjects, and to put an end to those horrible things which one saw in the newspapers every now and then of the tak ing of 1.000 men from every 10,000 to draught into the different regiments. To put an end to these frightful things, he thong-he that Rasoia, must wish for peace ; and if she was wise or desirous to flourishothe would make peace as soon as she possibly could. There was a something attached to it called a point of honour ; but he thought it must be obvious that, when Russia had such nations as were united against her ; and when Austria was apparently every day getting more favour able to the allies, Sweden, too, coming from the north against her, he thought there was hardly a point of honour left for Russia ; and a man must be very punc tilious indeed if he did not see, without diminishing the strength or honour of Russia as a country, that she must very soon accept peace if such were offered on terms on which she might make peace. He begged par don, but be was intruding too lcug on the patience of the meeting. (Cries of "No, no.") His lordship con tinued, and observed that whilst the war occupied the serious attention of every ono, they did not always wish for the country to be in a state of war. What the coun try desired to see was the question so arranged as to develops the interests of the greatest number—the arts of peace and the advantages of commerce. (Cheers.) Although they had been young lately in the art of war, it was to be expected that they would not be thoroughly up to carrying on a great war after a lung peace and at 1 u:7; distances from the country—though at first they did not appear to have everything in the order it was now, yet he was glad to see that the governing power of the country, with a due appreciation of the serious mat ters in which they were embarked, had arranged that a flea of 260 vessels, furnished with all the appliances of art and skill, was to set sail for the Baltic in the coming spring ; and if the Czar or his Government protested against the justice of their cause, they should knock at the doors of his palace of St. Petersburg, having first lighted it up with the flames of Sweaborg and Croustadt, an.l, if necessary, should follow him to Moscow, and there tear from him that peace, which we trust, by the bless ing of a merciful Providence, they might be convinced was due, asking for no more than was fair for Russia to give to the allies, without obliging them to put there frightful and unhuinanising means of action into force. TITE RUMOURS OF PEACE. The language held by the principal continental journals received yesterday on the subject of peace is very guarded, and calculated to nourish only the most moderate expectations. The Debats says : We consider it useless to collect all the rumours that are still in circulation in the French and foreign news papers about the hopes of a pacific arrangement between the belligerent powers. On viewing more closely all the news and all the versions published on this subject, we can say that the question has not advanced a single step. It would even seem that the chances of peace have lost rather than gained ground during the week that has just elapsed. On the same subject Le Nord says : The affirmations relative to the chances of peace are becoming more and more vague ; we are wrcng to speak even of affirmations, since only expressions of doubt are now uttered. To the rumours of a step about to be taken in common by a few German Courts with the Emperor of Russia, with the view of inducing him to listen to some pacific arrangement, other rumours of equal doubtful authority have succeeded, which announce that the Diet is to be again called upon to pronounce on the Eastern question, Now, at the last sitting of the Diet on the 7th of De cember, that august assembly devoted itself merely to questions of trivial importance. According to our pri vate letters and the Frankfort journals, the allegations of which we reproduce, no proceeding, touching the great question that now engages the public mind of Europe, need be anticipated either on the part of Austria or on that of any other state of the Confederation. The lndependance says : A fresh rumour is afloat respecting the negotiations for peace. The Parisian Patric has undertaken to send it forth to the world. General Stackelberg, the military attache to the Russian legation at Vienna, has, it is said, taken to St. Petersburg propositions emanating from Austria, and to which Prince Gortachakoff, the'irepresen tative of the Czar at the Court of Vienna, has given his adhesion, at least, personally and provisionally. General Stackelberg, the paper goes on to say, is shortly ex pected in the capital of Austria to return-ftorn St. Peter burg, when it will soon be known how the Emperor a- Alexander has received the proposals brought to him by his military envoy. Such is the statement of the Patrie. In the whole of it there can be and there is no truth save in the words announcing the speedy ret urn o f General Stackelberg to hi s post of military attathe to the Russian legation of Vienna. All the res t can on ly be'a tissue of sheer invention. 'Why we will now ex plain. It is not recently, it is ahout two months ago, that General leftStackelbergVienna in order to go, like General Benkendortf, as aidei e-earnp to the Emperor Alexander to th e Crimea, whither - both those generals preceded the Czar in the journey he took, at the begin ning of last month, to the southern provinces of his em pire. Messrs. Stackelberg and Benkeadorff were even to take active service in the Crimean army. But, at the mo ment of returning to his capital, the Emperor Alexander changed his mind ; ho ordered his two aides-de-camp to go and resume their functions as military attache's—the one at Vienna, the other at Berlin, but to pass through St. Petersburg before they proceeded direct to their posts. It was therefore from the Crimea, and not from Vienna, that General Stackelberg proceeded t) St. Petersburg, where be must be at this very moment. , ; - .4 - K' , -.--- c,---) How can it be said then that he has arrived in that m• rl 1 1' .1 , i ,,, bearer 0 1 v...kiic . p.roposala antrusted to hita by ' AuOri.:l He must consequently have been charged with these proposals two months ago : he has given them carriage to the Crimea, and it is no.y for the first time that he communicates them to the Emperor Alexander; We see, then, that this fresh rumour paraded by the Patrie will not stand examination for an instant, and to say the truth, we have been engaged on it too long already. For the matter of that, it is not the only ru mour flying about. The believers in peace seem even to have taken fresh heart a little yesterday. But since nothing more sure than what is past and done with is brought forward in support of these hopes, as they will rest Solely on the efforts now being made with a view to an arrangement, although nothing as yet indicates the success of those efforts, we maintain our previous re serve, and we still recommend caution to our readers. We may likewise add, that according to the tenor of cak correspondent's letters from Berlin, these rumours of peace obtain far less credit in Germany than in France or England. The journals of this last named country are, besides, in general, still little inclined to regard them favourably. THE FALL OF KARS. ( From the Times of this clay.) Kars has fallen, and the last event of the war is a triumph, though hardly a glorious one, for the Russians. The brave men whose names were lat terly mentioned with pride through these kingdoms are now prisoners of war. The heroic defence, which might be numbered with the most famous in history, has ended in an inevitable and honour able surrender. Famine did the work in which Russian bayonets failed. For nearly a month the garrison had been in dire distress, and for some days absolute starvation prevailed. The country round was held by Russian detachnaents. A strong force was on the ridges of the Soghanly Mountains, ready to oppose the march of a relieving army. The few stragglers who fled from the invested city were, for the most part, cut off by the enemy's cavalry. At the last moment General Kmety is said to have succeeded in escaping, but our owu gallant countrymen are doubtless in the hands of the besiegers. The event is deplorable, but it is not the partof a high-spirited nation to bewail a mis fortwne. Let ens -nether—calmly consider the canasta.:, of this reverse, and inquire why the course of success has been broken by a disaster so long foreseen by every politician. The first reflection that presents itself is as to what has become of the relieving army under the greatest Ottoman General. What has been the result of the operations which were to cause the retreat of the Russian army ? It will be seen by the letter of our correspondent pub lished yesterday that Omer Pasha is still at Sugdidi, On the Ingour, within a short distance of the spot where the conflict of the 6th of November took place. Whether the Ottoman General would ad vance during the present season was doubtful ; the impression, however, was, that for the next four months there would be no movement, and that the Turks, like their allies, would fix their attention on preparations for passing the winter in s a f e t y . The Russians, on the other hand, hold the fords of the Tanitz-Kaleh, across which river runs the road to Kut.ais ; they are said, also, to be busy on the fortifications of the town itself, and determined to contest to the utmost the passage of Rion or Phasis, which is the next stream that breaks the path of an invading force. It appears that a body of light Ottoman troops has pushed on into the interior, and there are some speculations of au ad vance on Kutais ; but, viewing the operations as a whole, there seems not much hope of any immediate success. Omer Pasha is said to purpose changing his base of operations to Redoubt-Kaleh, lower down the coast. This town is now occupied by the Turks, but is watched, if not blockaded, by a small Russian force. Its deliverance may probably be effected with little difficulty, and the Mushir will then be content with preparing for the campaign of the coming spring. In the meantime how did the campaign in Min grelia affect Kars, distant some 300 mires ? It was erroneously „supposed that the landing of Omer Pasha on the Abasian coast was a skilful diversion, which must soon draw the Russian forces from the Armenian frontier ; and, no doubt, a large, well equipped and well supplied army, able to march with confidence into the country, to burst through the passes of the Caucasus, and carry the war into Georgia itself, would have compelled the retreat and concentration of the enemy's armies. But the well-known state of the Turkish force in the Crimea, its want of the plainest food and the most necessary clothing, the intrigues of the Porte, the scarcity of money, and the want of any directing mind at Constantinople, were sufficient to dispel any hopes of a powerful and energetic invasion. We have always felt that Kars must rely for its defence on its own garrison, and the opinion was strengthened when the relieving army undertook a diversion in stead of a direct march to the rescue ; for of all military operations a diversion evidently requires the boldest genius guiding a most powerful force. The campaign, therefore, as far as concerns the relief of Kars, has been a failure. The fate of the invested city is now decided. One hope, entertained some time since, appears to have been too hastily indulged. The rigour of win ter has not deterred General Mouravieff from continuing the siege with relentless pertinacity. The sufferings of his own army must be great, while the prize will by no means compensate the Russian losses or restore the damaged fame of the troops. But this perseverance was, we can hardly doubt, the consequence of direct and positive orders from St. Petersburg, and confirms the reputation of the Russians for invincible obstinacy through discouragement and defeat. The enemy has, in deed, achieved a victory which will cause pain throughout the West ; he has shown that this great war must be carried on with the fullest means and energy if eventual triumph is to be gained ; be has proved that the war in Asia can no longer be ne glected, and that in those distant regions Russia is able to put forth a strength which will at least make the conquest of her Transcaucasian provinces something very different from the easy task which hasty critics have imagined. But we may once more repeat our opinion that no permanent danger threatens the Turkish empire on this frontier. It was a point of honour to take Kars, especially after having been twice repulsed. The Russian Emperor no doubt deems that a diplomatic advantage will follow such in the last struggle of an eventful year. He now holds Fomething which he imagines will be a counterpoise to Sebastopol. He has made a conquest, and may talk about mutual restitution. But this is all. E rzeroum i s fortified even more strongly than K ars , an d we believe that Mouravieff will pause before commencing a contest similar to that in which lie has been so narrowly successful. By the beginning of the summer the Allies have it in their power to carry on war in earnest in Asia, as well as in the Crimea and the Baltic. The least chance of successful and lasting aggrandisement would suffice to call down such an invasion as would speedily make the Russians tremble for Georgia itself. We have therefore no cause to be discouraged, although it would be absurd to affect indifference. But the attention of the nation may be fairly called to the folly and petty jealousies which have led to this reverse. After the disasters of last year General Williams undertook to assist the Ottoman commanders in his character of British Co mm i s . sioner. He and Colonel Lake fortified the two Armenian capitals, one of which has just made so glorious a defence. The miserable state of the Ottoman forces was the theme of every letter from the seat of war, and the apprehensions of future danger were increased by the knowledge that the Russian armies were largely augmented, and that additional troops had been brought to the frontier even by the route of the Caspian. All this time the Porte and its advisers were inert. At a groat expense a large army of Turks was transported to Eupatoria, and divisi ons were afterward s h urr i e d to and fro between that position and Kamiesh to join in operations from which they were at the last moment uniformly ex cluded. There were not wanting those who urged the necessity of reinforcing the Asiatic army by part of this useless levy. The history of these transactions has yet to be made clear, a n d it will be for General Willi ams to give to the world those causes of complaint which are said to exist.i When the city which has now fallen had been i nv ested for weeks, wh en th e interest and indignat i on o f all observers h a d b een roused, it wag deci d e d to Sebas topol, Om er P acha and his army from b e fore _ th en prepar i ng for i ts l as t s truggle,_ and to send them t o th e rescue o f Kars and Erzeroum. How hastily and inefficiently the movement was made w e nee d no t r ecord. e h a r the tm e w u r s . t s of When At this moment O mer fi g e e l n d e general wouldknow P co a ra cl i l u a is i s s ar r i e a d t u a ce n d d t tera i n n s a p e o t r ie t n d e p y not. All the genius o he will be in a co nditio f n th t e o m ta o k s e t a th bl e e have been insufficient to accomplish the salvation of the beleaguere d cit y under such conditions. In despair of other succour,reduced t u those who reflected on the put their t rus t i n t h e snows of an Armenian winter. It app ears t h at success matter were red was resolved on by the enemy at any cost. In the midst of sufferings probably hardly less than those of the besieged they have persevered, and have achieved a considerable, though only a leaporarer, triumph. _ _________ ',ening, BEDFORD LITERARY SOCIETY.—On Tuesday e',ening, of this by the invitation from the managing co mmittee to its society, Mr. John S. Trelawny delivered a , l , e , _ xiins of members, at the Assembly-rooms, on the good.°ls audience, de la Rochefoncauld." There pwerahsiap&son account of many persons attending, less t he profound and their special interest in the lessons s t o heir respect for the cynical Frenchman, than to show lecturer, who so spiritedly co election of a successor to the latetestmedrt. h u is e b n o r r y ou s g t h uar a t t . the 3 173 E $ 75 14% 1334 13% sa4 .53% and. -