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Anderson, is, Norfolk-street, Strand. Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio THIS, AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will be presentel, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint ments, MAGIC and MYSTERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two parts, by Professor Anderson. After which. the startling Illustrations of Spirit-Sapping• 4,.LF AN-HOUR WIPII T fIE SPIRITS, the most surorising ant Interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any t heatre. 100,000 persons have visited the Lyceum already to see the Great Wizard of the North. Prices of admission:—Private I:I3XeS, 11. lie. 63. and IL Is. ; Orchestra Stalls, 45.; Dress Boxes, 35.; Upper Boxes,Pit, Is.; Gallery, 63. No Half-price. Box-office open from II to 5 daily. Grand Morning Performance on Satarday Next at Two o'Clock. Doors open at Half-past One. ROYAL OLT ‘IPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, NVIII be presented, TO OBLIGE BENSON, in which Messrs. nary, Y. 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DAY—Morn 13 min.aft. 7 —Evening 5 I min. aft. 7 T )-MORROW—Morn.3B min.aft. B—Evening 21min. aft. 9 THE WEATHER.-SIIN OFFICE, NOV. 2. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 45 - highest sinco noon yesterday. 39 —'.owest this mording and during the night. 44 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'82—still rising. :'TNT—N. to N.N.E.—Light, with dull, cloudy, cold weather. f )nu, LONDON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1855. Elsewhere we publish in oer impression of this evening the record of a rather significant incident which transpired only yesterday, upon the occa sion of an educational meeting held at the little market town of Fakenham down in Norfolkshire. It will be observed that this incident was nothine loss than the reading by the Chairman (the hog-'' curable representative for the borough of Tam worth) of a very mysterious communication addressed to Sir W. JoNEs, Bart., by the Noble Lord the member for Lynn Regis. The circumstance out of which the epistle itself may be said to have emerged can no doubt be readily enough explained and appreciated—namely, the disappointment of Lord STANLEY in consequence of his unavoidable absence from an assemblage, to the originators of which, ii; appears, he had pre viously prorni,, , ed whatever advantages might ac crue from his personal attendanc3. That, to be sere, is a matter, so to speak, of every day recurrence. Every one is liable, at ail times, to these kind of unforeseen and wholly fortuitous disappointments. It is scarcely, therefore, in the simple announce.. rnent, made by Lord STANLEY, of his incapacity to fulfil his engagement to the promoters of the cause of education in Fakenham and its neigl. bourhood, that we can find reason for conjecture, or subject for bewilderment. It is rather in the enigmatic manner in which the Noble Lord con veys to the meeting, through its Chairman, his scrupulous anxiety to evade, if possible, the ne cessity of anything like particularity in the wording of his explanation. So solicitous is the Noble Member for Lynn Regis that the cause of his absence last evening from Fakenham should be overlooked, that the mystery of his * " letter" results only in the awaking of the very liveliest curiosity, not in Fakenham alone, but throughout the length and breadth of the United Kingdom. 'Young though he is, his remarkable abilities have already rendered him so truly a man of mark among his contemporaries that the h e ir to the House of Derby must needs alrea d y pay the penalty of personal distinction and political eminence. It is because of the largeness of the promise afforded by the career of Lord STANLEY during the seven years which have elapsed since the date of his entrance into the House of Commons in the December of 1848-- that the glimmering prospect discernable through this problematic epistle of his possible assumption of the responsibilities of office under the Premier ship of Lord PALMERSTON, becomes at once, on the first whisper of it, a matter of very consider able interest to the great mass of his fellow-coun trymen. During the lapse of these seven momen tous years the Noble Lord may be regarded as having more than creditably served the full term of his political apprenticeship. Anticipations might not unreasonably be f orme d , consequen tly, as to the chance of his ulterior advancement to Lieber posts than that modest one occupied by him durin g the brief but memorable nine months in 1852, when his father grasped the helm of the State, and carried the good ship Britannia from 1851 to 1853—from the culmination of the star of the 40 years' peace iu the glories of the G rea t Internatroffal Exhibition, almost to the earliest apparition of that cloud (at first no bigger than a man's band) on the extrem e verge of the e a stern horizon, that cloud destined so soon to ex pst of war, overshad ow i ng the pand into a teroPe world with its gloom, and shaking Europe with its sudden concussion. Since the period when Lord STANLEY honour of the duties devolving ably acquitted himself upon him as Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs while the Earl of MALMESBURY continued at the head of that important department, the former has occupied no obTcure position among the more liberal members of her MAJESTY'S Opposition. Already when ranked in the official phalanx of the DERBY-DISRAELI Administration he was recog nised as anything rathor than a mere partisan, although himself the heir of the Noble Earl then Prime Minister of England. He was known, for instance, to be earnestly favourable to the admis sion of Jews int) Parliament. He was k nown t o be an energetic , supporter of the Principle upon which there is voted an annual grant to the Col lege of Maynooth. He was known to be a reso lute advocate of the exemption of Dissenters from Church Rates. This was no mere party man, no mere narrow-minded champion, through thick and thin, of Conservatism and nothing but Conserva tism. Lord STANLEY was known to entertain liberal opinions such as those we have here enu merated, even at the very time of his occupying the position of Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs in the ranks of the Earl of DERBY'S Government. Since then the Noble Lord the member for Lynn Regis has allowed his views to expand and ripen upon many subjects of great public import in the comparatively calm and sunny leisure of Opposi tion. He occupies, for example, though still very young, a foremost post among the more eminent labourers in the great cause of National Educa tion. And it is in regard to Lord STANLEY as a promoter of the interests of popular improvement, as an avowed enemy of religious disabilities, as an earnest friend of religious toleration, as an open foe to the levying of Church Rates upon Nonconformists —in other words, as a Liberal Conservative or a Conservative Liberal, —designate politicians of this particular genus as you please—that rumours are now rife as to the ehances of his accession to power under the Pre miership of Viscount PALMERSTON. In the mysterious missive to which we have already more than once referred, the Member for Lynn Regis observes, in reference to his compul sory absence last evening from the meeting held set Fakenham—" The reason of that absence I cannot at this moment fully explain"—adding, ' I will do so when permitted, and in the mean time I must beg you to believe in my assurance that it is of a nature to leave me no option whatever as to coming or staying." And further —" I go down to Knowsley to-night" [Oct. 31] —remarking to his correspondent in conclusion, " I telegraphed to you within half an hour of being made acquainted with the circumstances which changed my plans." All which, we take it, is sufficiently significant. So significant, indeed, that the Chairman of the Fakenham gathering, Captain TOWNSHEND, M.P. for the borough of Tamwortla, ventured to suspect, after reading the letter aloud to the meeting, that there was some " State occasion" for the Noble Lord's non appearance. The Times itself becoming so explicit in parenthesis, when announcing tlio incident to its readers this morning, as to de Clare in so many words—" [We believe it is not impossible that Lord STANLEY may become a member of the present Government] "—a declara tion of some import as coming from a sort of demi-semi-official organ of the present Cabinet, one that acknowledged only the other day that it de rives some few secrets, everynow and then, from a "little bird" straying at odd moments, with a garrulous beak and an erratic wing into the urban seclusion of Printing-house-square. It is an im pression not by any means restricted to that one locality—this impression that the Noble Lord the member for Lynn Regis " may " " not im possibly " " become a member of the present. Government." Remembering his ability, the liberality of very many of his priu oiples, his undoubted popularity, and his youthful but already extended reputation, we hope and believe that these rumours have beneath them something like a stable foundation. The lamented death of Sir WILLIAM MOLESWOR TIE has left a grievous vacancy in the Colonial Da partment. Besides which there is, virtually, another hiatus of some magnitude in that occu pied by the Pastmaster-General, a position held now for some time past merely pro tempore by Viscount CA/sTNIWC3-a statesman nominated, as we all know, long since by the Leadenhall-street:magni ficos, as the successor of the Marquis of DALHOUSIE, as the ruler of the British Empirein Hindostan. The Cabinet has from the first sadly wanted an infusion of fresh blood—that want is now more than ever imperative. The PALMERSTON Administration has been oppressed from the outset, by the not easily ponderable weight of its uniform and stolid medi ocrities. Now that Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTII has passed from amongst us in the very fullness of his powers, now that Viscount CANNING sug gests another vacancy by the approach of the time of his departure for Calcutta—the necessity for important changes in the Ministry becomes more urgently than ever thrust upon the patriot ism and sagacity of Lord PALMERSTON. Let u 3 cherish a hope that the residue of the Whigs may, at length, be cast aside, that the tail of the Family Party may at last fol low its head to the limbo of the back benches, that the political monster born of Incapacity and Nepotism may thus in the end be ignominiously extruded from the labyrinths of Administrative Government—and its place occupied by true Libe rality and genuine Statesmanship impartially se lected, no matter whence. The realisation, in short, of the day-dream of every right-minded patriot—not through a nefarious Coalition like that of old between the Shelburnites and the Rockinghamites, or later on between the Aber deenites and the Russellites, but rather through the nomination of the right men to the right places under the influence of a fusion of parties effected by no unprincipled compact, but by a natural and patriotic amalgamation. The full particulars of the capture of Kinbourn are now before us, and they not merely confirm the first vivid impression of that brilliant per formance, but place in a more striking light the extraordinary skill and judgment displayed in all the arrangements for the important operation, and the great efficiency and zeal with which the orders of the Commanders were carried into prac tical execution by officers and men. England may well exclaim that "every man had faithfully di sc harged his duty." And the r esu lt was not the less acceptable because it was achieved with compar atively trivial loss on the al partalways chary of of the Allies. A good co mmander is y the lives of those for whose welfare and safety h e It is a sacred trust whi c h should is responsible. not be lightly tampered with. He will know when there is a necessity for extraordinary risks, and will not hesitate to face dan g ers in whi ch 1 officers and men alike participate. But true courage is very different fr om a reckless incirf ferenca to the destruction of human life. The most unflinching bravery is invariably associated with the utmost humanity. All the arrangements were perfect, and we freely and w illi ng ly ren d er t o all engaged, from the Admiral and General to the humblest sailor or soldier, the thanks and gratitude which they ' have so well deserved. But we will also confess that the glad tidings have only whetted our appe tites for other exploits of a similar character. The capture of Kinbourn, the evacuation, and voluntary destruction of the Forts at Otchakoff, are chiefly valuable as a means to what should be the great end and object of the expedition, the Iseizure of Nicolaieff and Kherson, and the vast stores and materials accumulated in these most important towns. It would complete the humiliation of Russia, and give the AUTOCRAT additional reason to deplore the ambitious and grasping infatuation which created the difficulty, and the ridiculous arrogance which induced him to reject the too THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENINGLNOVEMBER :2, 1855. lenient terms tendered for his acceptance at Vienna. The work so well begun should be fairly followed up. The legitimate fruits should be fully realised. The occupation of Kinbourn may be a great feather in our caps. But we want a more substantial acquisition—something that will bring solid rewards, as well as laurels and decorations. If nothing more be achieved it will be but "a left-handed " triumph, that might just as well have been left alone, inasmuch as its chief effect will be to open the eyes of the Russians to the nature and extent of the impending danger, and direct their attention to the necessity of making adequate preparations for the inevitable struggle. " The blot" so dis tinctly pointed out, if not at once covered, will be rendered far more difficult to hit. We have seen, by the protracted siege of Sebastopol, the mischief of giving time to an enemy so energetic to repair their previous errors, and we may rest assured that if breathing time be given to TODLE BEN he will prepare " a nut by no means easy to crack," even with all our forces. Besides, the sources of supply for the Crimea will still remain intact. The channels of commu nication being open may possibly enable the enemy to retain possession of a portion of the Crimea, and to maintain some remnant of their quondam prestige. It is certainly late in the season for such im portant operations ; but even in the time much may still be accomplished. In place of months we have only weeks in which to work. But we know what even a few hours, pro perly disposed. of, may effe3t, and we may, therefore, reasonably hope that there will be no further procrastination, that the curse of being " too late," which has so long attended all our operations by land or by water, may no longer impair our most brilliant perform ances, and that the portals of Nicolaieff and Kherson being thrown open, the en• trance in our own hands, the road may be followed up to the extent of our most sanguine anticipations—so that henceforward there may be as little to fear from Nicolaieff as there now is from Sebastopol— once " the standing menace of Constantinople and of Europe." If the War should not end in the emancipation of Poland, it has begun the emancipation of our peasants. We learn from Mr. PACKE that the labourers of Devonshire are showing rather an noying symptoms of independence. "If a master says a word to a man he demands his wages and forthwith seeks a new place, leaving the master in a disagreeable position." The disagreeable po sition being that the master finds the serf-market changed into a free-labour market, through the competition of the recruiting serjeant. The change is indeed a great one ; two years ago, in the same part of England, the case was just reversed—if the man said a word to the master he was dis missed, and well if his wages went with him, to find himself in the "disagreeable position " of re jection for impertinence by all the farmers of the village ; and with no alternative but the work house, until he was supposed to be sufficiently subdued. " The young active man, however, who would have become a labourer or a mechanic, is now hurried oft(he should have said, he hurries off) to the Seat of War." Hence the lament that " the farmer has lost the control over the mea which he formerly had." The remedy seems not to have occurred to Mr . PACK; and the hundred gentlemen and farmers who sat down to the " substantial dinner at the Globe Hotel, Newton." In some cases no doubt the roving or excitable temperament of youth may have been .the reason why the serjeant's bounty and drill were preferred to the farmer's "control" and wages ; the grand reason, however, in most cases, might have been suggested by the "substantial dinner "on which the speaker and the audience had previously feasted. The lads well knew that from the day they commenced as soldiers they too would have substantial dinners, and songs, if not speeches, after them. We should like to know the rations obtained by proper demeanour under farmers' control. How often in the week did the Devonshire lads feed on any thing beyond bread and cheese ? How often did the smallest slice of bacon flavour the huge family dish of potatoes? How much, after the substan tials of bread and potatoes, was left for condi ments—such, say, as the Duke of NORFOLK'S curry powder 1 How much more to pay for rent or lodging, four in a bed and eight in a room? How much for fire, candle and soap, shoes and clothing? The answers to these questions, we fancy, explain the majority of cases in which the stalwart half-fed lad of twenty exchanged the blessings of Arcadian control for those of military duty. The truth is that farm wages have been de plorably low. The screw has been turned from above till the unhappy labourer has been com pletely squeezed ; and so long has this been dcne that it was supposed all independence had been squeezed out of him for a generation or more. The vitality of independence iu human nature seems quite to have surprised the magistrates and yeomen. They gaze on it with the wonder of the philosopher, when, at the presence of mois ture, he sees the dried up animalcula resume a vigorous life. What hopes does the fact suggest of what the result might be were the nations now crushed by Russian, Austrian, and other despots enabled to develope the undying principle of our nature ? To return, however, to our peasants. The multiplicity of farmers' sons bidding for farms, with the consolidation of small farms into large ones, enabled the landlords to screw the farmers. These, in turn, screwed the labourers. The additional profit thus gained, or rather ex torted, served the landlord's purpose again to give the screw another twist ; the farmers, of necessity, did their part again ; till what between superabundance of farmers, and still greater superabundance of labourers, the latter have been gradually squeezed till animal existence was compressible no further. We have our selves heard a farmer in a large market town telling another farmer that his labourers wanted eleven shillings a week !—it was with pre sent prices, —and denying with oaths that they h sh a o r r d t ly t c im re e dit ag it o , b m u u t e D li e l v o o w n e sh r ir t e h w an a should ever got it of him. Our town readers may a w t r a e nbdu we t a ge th s doubt whether they reach it even now. It is plain, then, that these commiserated mas ters have the Bank of England raises the rate of interest when it would keep its gold from • going abroad ; the farmer must raise the rate of wages if he would keep at home those who fill his coffers. Control also will return easily enough to those who pay their labourers what would nake it worth while to bear control. As a general rule, men do not lightly throw up situations when they cannot better themselves ; and the farmer, who, deter mined to have men worth paying well, would not long be in want of them. The farmers, after two such harvests, and such prices, both for flour and meat, will not easily grumble us into the belief that they cannot afford to bettor the condition of their labourers. Before the War emigration was in some places mulcting the sub- i lords of the soil of their long-enjoyed control, and removing before their eyes the very best of their labourers ; yet it never seemed to occur to them that these elite of their subjects might pay for wages which they would prefer to emigration. Hence arose the complaint that Canada and the States deprived them of all but the old and the worthless. Strong as the rustic's love of home is, it is plain where the fault lies, when he flees across the broad Atlantic. Mr. PACKE is an educationist. He praises the old system of agricultural apprenticeship, and asks for some general plan to educate the children of agricultural labourers. We have heard in days gone by too much of the evils of rural apprentice ship, when the apprentice, male or female, was little better than a slave, and the master or mis tress than a tyrant, to wish for a renewal of the system. With the humane and judicious it would often work well. But more than parental autho rity, unmitigated by parental tenderness, is too strong a temptation to many cruel abuses. Mr. PACKE laments that the early age at which agri cultural children are required to work inter feres with their education to an extent, which almost sentences them to perpetual ignorance. This is surely the fault of the landlords. They are omnipotent in Parliament in respect to rural legislation. Let the barbarous game laws, the income tax, and the probate duties, and twenty things beside, witness to that. Why not then generalise the law which they forced on manufac turers ? Why not compel the farmers to let the children go to school till thirteen ? Mr. PACKE himself seems now strongly to feel that the agri- I culturists need a more enlightened peasantry. He r l is right ; but if he be, let him put agricultural 1 children on a legal level with those of manufac turing districts. We have often wondered that, ' when the landlords were passing the laws for re ' fstricting the hours of manufacturing labour, and compelling attendance at school, the manufac turers (lid not consent on the condition that the principle of the law was made universal. It could , !not have been pretended that the most ignorant portion of the population did not need measures of compulsory education. LATEST NEWS. THE BALTIC. DANTZIC, TEIUBSDAY EVENING. The Lightning has arrived, and is to remain here till further orders. The Vulture, with the mail from the fleet, is expected to-morrow. The fleet is still at Nargen. The weather continues stormy. HAMBURG, Nov. 1. The Ajax and Hogue have arrived at Kiel. Other ships are expected from the Baltic. BERLIN, THURSDAY EVENING. We have rumours •f enforced changes in the higher ranks of the Russian officials. Count Kleinmichel, the Minister of Roads and Public Works, is to be replaced by General Tchert kine, from the Department of Mines. The disasters of the war have produced in quiries, which are likely to lead to further changes of a remarkable character. The presence of the Allied Fleets in the liman of the Dnieper has produced great consternation. Their having troops and engineers on board is thought to prove an intention of making a per manent lodgment there. RUSSIAN DESPATCHES. In its impression of Oct. 23, the Journal de Saint-Petersboury publishes the following : " NICOLAIEFF, OCT. 22, AT A QUARTER TO 1. "No change has taken place in the enemy's position. The main body of the fleet remains at anchor near the Kinbourn Spit, and its detach ment of light vessels in the roadstead of Otchakoff, and at the mouth of the Boug ; the total of these forces amounts to 93 vessels. " To-day, in the forenoon, a few ships of these detachments re-ascended the Boug and the Dnie- per, but only a short way, and soon returned to their moorings. The vessels that re-ascended the Boug did not even come so high up as the spot where they exchanged, yesterday, some cannon shots with our artillery. " The enemy's land troops are stationed between the suburb and fortress of Kiabourn." NICOLAIEFF, OCT. 23, 8 P.M. The position of the enemy's squadron off Kin bourn has not been changed. Their steamers and floating batteries are in the Oczakoff roads, in the embouchure of the Bong, opposite the village of Parutino, and in the embouchure of the Dnieper, between Stanislav and Rybaltchiz. At the mouth of the Dnieper the enemy is actively engaged in taking soundings along the southern bank of the river. The number of troops landed on the Spit of Kinbourn has not been increased. According to the statement of three English sailors, who, having ventured on shore, were made prisoners by the Cossacks of one of our dd tachments, a part of the invading army of the enemy is still on board the vessels of the fleet ; it amounts, including the troops disembarked, to about 15,000 men. A.D. C. General Prince Gortschakoff announces under date of Oct. 20, that the enemy had again come down from the mountains that separate the valley of Baidar from that of the Belbek, and that he had halted. He haPi reinforced himself evidently at Eupa toria, but has not yet undertaken anything from that point. A letter from St. Petersburg, of Oct. 21, pub lished in the National Gazette of Berlin, contains the following intelligence : The Emperor has, in consequence of a very detailed and circumstantial report sent to him by Prince Gortschakoff, at his own special com mand, and on which the continuation of the Em peror's journey into the Crimea was made depend ent, decided that it shall, in consideration of the existing circumstances, be left entirely to the Prince, without his incurring thereby any respon sibility, to give up the Crimea or to defend it as long as possible, as he finds it expedient. The army, however, is to be spared as much as possi ble under the circumstances mentioned in the re port. Together with these special powers the Emperor sends him two of his Generals, who are to learn from the Prince what his definitive re solution is, and who are to give him their assist ance. The Emperor confers his approbation in advance on every measure to be taken by the Prince, and will cause his movements to be sup ported by the co-operation of the army of the south under General Luders, who would for this purpose remain in Nicolaieff. A copy of the Emperor's instructions, &c., it was understood had been forwarded to the Minister of War, Dol gorouki ; and the Imperial family was also made acquainted with this decision. ADMIRAL BRUAT'S ADDRESS TO THE FLEET. A supplement of the Journal de Constantinople, of the 22d ult., publishes the following order of the day, addressed by Admiral Bruat to the 4quadron on the subject of the expedition to Kinbourn. It is dated the 19th, and is as fol lows : " The Admiral Commanding-in-Chief congratu lates the squadron or the fresh success which it has just obtained at Kinbourn as at Kertch. "The activity displayed by all, the zeal shown in the execution of the orders received, and the desire manifested to second the ideas of the chief, have led to a prompt and decisive result, which opens a vast field to ulterior operations. " The cordial union of the two allied squad rons, the rapidity with which the navy and the army have learned to combine their efforts, and the habit they have acquired during the last year of co-operating for a common object, have seemed the happy issue of all the expeditions which they have undertaken. " The taking of Kinbourn is another bond of union between the two fleets and the valiant 'hoops who seconded them. The day of the rith October will be henceforth consecrated in the French and English navies by a double souvenir. " A year ago the allied fleets braved for six hours the fire of the formidable seaward batteries of Sebastopol ; yesterday, the fort of Kinbourn and the works raised to defend the pass of Otcha koff, reduced by the thunder of the artillery, ac cepted the capitulations offered by the admirals. Being invested by sea and land, the forts of Kin bourn could not escape us. " The overwhelming fire of the floating-batteries and bomb-vessels so precipitated the completion of the action, that the other vessels of the squadron could not take that part in the glorious combat which they had hoped to do, but by the precision of their manoeuvres, their eagerness to get into fire, the gun-boats, the line-of-battle ships, the corvettes, and the smaller steamers, all showed what the admiral might have expected from them if the contest had been prolonged. " BRUAT." RUSSIA. BERLIN, Oct. 31.--The following is the text of the last ukase of the Emperor of Russia, ordering a general levy of recruits throughout the Empire:— " We, by God's Grace Alexander 11., Emperor and Autocrat of all the Russias, King of Poland, &c. "In consequence of the losses which our troops have suffered in the campaign of this year, we look upon it as indispensable thoroughly to complete our armies, for the purpose of repelling the enterprises of the enemy ; and order,— " 1. Throughout the whole Empire, with the excep tion of the Governments of Paskoff, Pultowa, Tcherni goff, Kharkoff, Ekaterinoslaff, Ch erson, and Tauris, there shall be a general levy at the rate of 10 from every 1,000 souls, in virtue of a special ukase issued simul taneously with these presents to the Executive Senate. "2. The Jews who are liable to military service are also on occasion of this general levy, the same as all other sorts and conditions of men, to furnish 10 from every 1,000 souls. "3. The levy is to commence on November 15 (27), and to close on December 15 (27), 1855. "Given in the town of Nicholaieff, Oct. 3 (15), in the 1855th year since the birth of Christ, and in the first of our reign. " ALEXANDER." The ukase addressed to the Executive Senate runs as follows : "In accordance with a manifesto of this day's date, a general levy has been ordered throughout the Empire, with the exception of the Governments mentioned in the manifesto, and we order— " 1. The levy shall begin on the 15th (27th) of Novem ber, and end on the 15th (27th) of December, 1855. " 2. The parties who have to furnish recruits a , •e to pay towards their equipment, with the exception of the half-fur-skins (poluschublci), a sum of money equal in amount to what the commissariat must spend for it, without the half-fur-skins, viz., 7 silver roubles and 80 copecs. The necessary orders with reference to the military portion we have left to our Minister of War. The speedy execution and conclusion of this levy within the appointed time we commit to the care of our Executive senate. "ALEXANDER. " Nicolaieff, Oct. 3 (15)." When we bear iu mind that, from the time when the Emperor Nicholas, for recruiting purposes, di vided the empire into two halves (the western and the eastern), which were to supply recruits alter nately, no general levy has taken place, and that very lately the Imperial militia has been formed at least 200,000 strong, we may readily believe what the preamble of the ukase says, that it is in conse quence of the great losses the Russian troops have sustained in this campaign. The last levy for the active army amounted to 13 in the thousand, the last for the militia to 30 odd in the thousand. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY EVENING. Being All Saints'-day the Bourse is closed. The Emperor and the Empress paid another visit yesterday to the Exhibition Palace. - By a decree in the Moniteur the Emperor con firms the promotion of 57 persons belonging to the army of the East to the rank of officer ; and the nomination of 572 to that of Knight in the Legion of Honour and the grants of 1,284 military medals made by Marshal Pelissier. Yesterday morning a train on the Strasbourg Railway ran off the line near Epernay. Several persons were hurt, but no one was killed. No other details of the accident have transpired. Lord Brougham, after remaining a few days in Paris, has taken his departure for his seat at Cannes, where ho intends residing until the meet ing of Parliament. Cardinal Wiseman left Paris this morning for London. The following private telegraphic despatch has been received here :—" Trieste, 31.—The last ac counts received from Constantinople announce that Turkey is forming a reserve camp of 30,000 men. Omer Pacha is said to have left Batoum to advance into the interior and threaten the line of retreat of the Russians. His advance guard will march on Darab. The Russians, according to the last advices from Erzeroum continued to invest Kars, but had made no further movement. Letters from Damascus of the 11th state that the f ite which took place in that city, on the occasion of the taking of Sebastopol, led to serious collisions be tween the Greeks and the Roman Catholics. The exciters of these disturbances were arrested, but were afterwards set at liberty on the intercession of the French Consul." ADELPRI THEATRE. Last night Peak's once highly popular farce entitled The 1001. Note was revived here with considerable suc cess. Mr. Keeley played his original chara-ter of Billy Black, the conundrum-making " boots," Mr. Hudson that of O'Sbaughnessy (originally performed by the late Mr. Powers), whilst the parts of Montmorency and Kate Arlington (formerly sustained by the late celebrated Richard Jones and Madame Vestris) were entrusted to Mr. Shore, a debutant from the Manchester theatre, and Miss Mlry Keeley. Mr. Keeley was inimitable as ever, and the performance of Mr. Hudson in no way inferior to that of his famous predecessor. Miss Mary Keeley, too, did ample justice to her part, and, whether as bal lad-singer or actress, appeared to great advantage. The farce was preceded by the popular drama of the White Horse of the Peppers, in which Mr. Hudson exhi bited his usual amusing ability. SURREY THEATRE. "Le Danseur Comique," the prince of buffos in the Terpsichorean art, had last night a bumper house for his benefit at this commodious theatre. Her Majesty's transpontme lieges showed that they were capable of appreciating, and determined to reward, distinguished merit. The exertions of Mr. Flexmore for their gratifi cation, for some time past, had deserved their gratitude, and they were determined to bestow the most substantial tokens thereof—to prove beyond the possibility of doubt that they would fully discharge the reciprocal duty of an audience to a highly meritorious and painstaking per former—and well did they carry out this resolution. Every portion of Cie house was crammed to suffocation. Not only was every seat in the box, pit, and gal lery occupied, but even standing room was eagerly sought for. Flexmore showed himself an excellent caterer for the public entertainment. There was some thing to suit every taste, and to insure the satisfaction of the audience, so as to induce them to bear with un abated good humour the close packing to which they had to submit. The exciting melo-drama of The Flower Girl and the Convict Marquis was first presented, in which the inspiring influences of a " bumper house" on the actors was clearly perceptible. Then came The Dancing Scotchinan—a Flexmorean creation—which no dancer of the day but one could venture to delineate. Every muscle of the renowned Professor was in action. It was literally something superhuman—a kind of mas culine "Gazelle," that would speedily have wearied to death any person whose nerves and sinews were made of a material less flexible and enduring than wrou; ht steel. How Flexmore could have gone through the work, and afterwards excelled the Spanish dan cers in their own peculiar school, was really astound ing ; but he did so, and to the latest pas there was not the slightest diminution of his indefatigable efforts. He was most ably seconded by Madlle. A uriol and the corps de ballet. Well and energetically did she sus tain the distinguished position which she has achieved, and which her performance of last evening was calculated materially to enhance. We cannot conclude without noticing the admirable performances of two youthful debutantes, Madlle. Leon and "La Petite Leon." The former, by the exceeding grace and ease with which she went through the difficult task which she had undertaken, gave high promise of ver dant laurels hereafter to be gathered. The latter —a mere baby of three years old—went through the pas Mac gregor, or Highland Fling, as in our ignorance we should term it, with a degree of steadiness, activity, and grace that might have put many carefully trained adults to the blush. There was nothing but the infantine ap pearance to denote that a highly-finished coryphee was not before the audience. There were loud demands for a repetition of the exciting performance. We must once more congratulate Flexmore on the substantial results of his extraordinary and brilliant efforts to gratify his patrons and friends. CITY OF LONDON THEATRE. This well-conducted establishment la progressing fa vourably, with One of the best stock companies in London. The new piece of The Mountain Monarch, from the pen of the late John Wilkins, has made a mcst positive hit. To keep up the attraction Messrs. John son and Nelson Lee have entered into an engagement with Mr. WV - joker, the celebrated American comedian. Ills Yankee drolleries in Sam, Patch, have never been equalled in this country—it is ono continued roar from rise to fall of curtain. He a ppears on Monday next, and will no doubt prove a great card for the manage ment. We hear other novelties are in active prepara tion, of a powerful nature. The bard says—"lt's not in mortals to command success ;" -the lessee of this theatre endeavours to deserve it. LORD STANLEY, M.P. At a meeting held at Fakeuham yesterday even ing, for the promotion of education in the district, the chairman, Captain Townshend, M.P., read the following letter from Lord Stanley, M.P. " St. James-square, Oct. 31. "My dear Sir,—l write to express my deep regret and annoyance at the inconvenience which my absence may cause to you and to your friends. " The reason of that absence I cannot at this moment fully explain ; I will do so when permitted, and in the meantime I must beg you to believe in my assurance that it is of a nature to leave me no option whatever as to coming or staying. Igo down to Knowsley to-night. " Believe me very faithfully yours, " STANLEY. " / telegraphed to you within half-an-hour of being made acquainted with the circumstances which changed my plans. This is all I can say at present. " Sir W. Jones, Bart." Having read the letter, the chairman remarked that he suspected there was some " state occasion" for the noble lord's absence. VAUXHALL-BRIDGE COMPANY. Yesterday the ordinary half-yearly meeting of the pro prietors of this company was held at the London Tavern ; Michael Prendergast, Esq., Q.C., in the chair. From the report it appears that the bridge expenses were about 1,3001., which was 3001. less than last year. An examination of the bed of the river, near the bridge, bad recently been made, and the piers were found to be in a perfectly sound and satisfactory condition. Twenty-six shares of the company had been bought in for the proprietors, and capitalised since the last meeting, according to the company's Act. The next dividend would therefore be upon 5,600 shares only. There were now in the bankers' hands Exchequer Bills for 2,0001. unpaid dividends 9501. 7s ; the reserved fund in the 3 per Cent. Consols was 2,3341. 18s. Id. ; the six months' tolls amounted to 5,9081. 3s. 4d. ; in the corresponding period of last year the sum received had been,6,2131. 17s. 6d., being a decrease on the half-year of 4051. 14s. 6d. The closing of Vauxhall-gardens during the greater part of last season would account in part for the decrease. In conclusion, the committee recommended a dividend of 14s. per share on 5,600 shares, less income tax, which was agreed to, payable on the Ist of December. Sornt discussion ensued, in which a proprietor recom mended giving up the roads by which the bridge was approached to the new Commissioners. The CHAIRMAN thought they bad better not let the control of these roads pass out of their ha n d s , l es t, w ith a view of serving the public, alterations should be made which would reader them less valuable as approaches to the bridge. In reply to a proprietor, The CHAIRMAN said, with respect to Wright's bonds, that the committee had no power to apply the reserve fund without the sanction of the general meeting, and the committee had never yet thought proper to make any recommendation on the subject to the meeting. They had not at present any means of discha rg i ng W r i g h t ' s bonds, nor would they till they were in a position to pay the whole of them off. They could not compel the par ties to receive the money, and have them paid off until the expiration of a certain fixed period, which was some fifty or sixty years to come. If, howeser, any of those bonds were in the market, as they sometimes were, they could buy them up and capitalise them, as they did the shares of the company. Resolutions were then passed adopting the report, sanctioning the declaration of the dividend, and the ca pitalisation of the repurchased shares; and a vo t e o f thanks to the chairman terminated the proceedings. _ We hear from very good authority that Sir Hamilton Seymour's appointment to Vienna is by no means ac ceptable to the Austrian Cabinet. NEW TEAS.—The Chrysolite arrived yesterday from the new and rising port of Foochow with the first of the new season's teas, which are reported to be of unusually fine quality. THE EXCHANGE AT AMSTERDAIL—The accounts from Amsterdam yesterday mention a considerable fall in the exchange, owing to the recent operations of the Bank of France. CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day.—Thursday, Nov. I.—Admissions on payment, 2,193 ; ditto by sea son tickets, 4 48 ; tota l v isitors, 2,641 ;corresponding day last year, 2,356. CHINA.—The telegraphic accounts from China yester day are to the 15th of September. The exchange had advanced both at Canton and Shanghai, but not to an extent to create danger, under existing circumstances, of a renewal of specie shipments from this country. Al Canton the quotation w as 4s . 94d., showing a rise of id., and at Shanghai it was 63. 50., showing a rise of 14d. The exports of tea to the 15th of September were 18,771,8001 b., against 21,000,0001 b. on the 20th of Sep tember, 1854. Of silk there were 5,887 bales against 6,907. At Canton three chops of new Congou had ar rived, and large quantities of old Hyson tea. At Shang hai there was a scarcity of fine tea, and operations were restricted in consequence of high-prices. Silk also was high, but the settlements were large. Politically there was nothing new. THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. At the monthly general meeting held yesteroay at the society's house, in Hanover-square—Admiral Bowles, C. 8., vice president, in the chair—Mrs. Seager and Mr. J. A . Wright were elected fellows of the society ; and Messrs. R. M. Milnes, M.P., and G. Norbury were proposed as candidates fur the fellowship. The report announced that his Majesty the King of Portugal had presented a beautiful ocelot, from Brazil, to the society ; and the general list of donations included, among other very in teresting additions, several reptiles from Jamaica and St. Domingo, presented by Dr. Bowerbank and Mr. Tweedy. The report further stated that the visitors to the gardens up to the present time had amounted to 302,171. The public of Lyons have been delighted at the re appearance of one whose name revives such pleasing reminiscences-111adle. Clementine Soullier. An absence of three years has not erased from our memories the daring deeds of this charming equestrienne, so young and beautiful, the wonder of her art. Her talent is of the highest order, totally eclipsing anything hitherto seen in the arena. After executing on her fiery steed her splen did impersonation of the models of the fine arts, she sur mounts every obstacle placed before her with incom parable ease and rapidity ; the spectator is breathlessly anxious for a few moments, only to be reassured of her safety by the brilliant completion of each succeeding feat. We regret the troupe of the Alcazar cannot per manently retain the services of this gifted lady. Having been called to Constantinople to perform in the eques trian merquee of the Sultan, Madle. Soullier can give but few more of her delightful expositions.—Journal de Lyons.—The above lady will appear at Astley's Amphi theatre on the 12th instant. THE USEFULNESS OF TIGHT-LACING.—A learned doc tor has given his opinion that tight -lacing is a public benefit, inasmuch as it kills off all the foolish girls, and leaves the wise only to grow into women. CATTLE MARKET AT ST. PETERSBURG. —During the month of August last there were sold in this market 16,301 oxen, 321 milch cows, 5,764 calves, 1,757 sheep, and 1,331 pigs ; in all, 25,474 head of cattle, fetching as a whole the sum of 654,466 silver roubles. The average price of butchers' meat was per lb : Of the first quality, 7 silver copecks ; second ditto, 6 silver copecks ; third ditto, 4i silver copecks. WRAPS FROYI THE SEAT OF WAR. The following extracts are from letters written on board bbip off Odessa : OPERATIONS AGAINST ODESSA. The expedition has never been intended to operate against Odessa, but is to occupy the forts of the mouth of the Dnieper, with a view to carrying out in futnre plans against the enemy which it is not now necessary to indicate more precisely. TIIE DISTANCE BETWEEN NICOLAIEFF AND KINBOURN. The distance between Nicolaieff and Kinbourn, across the entrance to Kherson or Dnieper Bay, does not ex need 11 mile, and the passage up the Dnieper to Nico laieff winds close to Kinbourn, and is not more than mile from the fort. THE FLEET OFF ODESSA. The fleet must have presented a spectacle full of gran deur and menace to the Odessans. It extended for the space of five miles in front of their town. A dense array of hull and masts, yards and rigging, which seem from shore look no doubt as if it was one unbroken net work of ships resting on the water. The nine line-of battle-ships tower aloft in the centre, and the heavy steamers, gun-boats, bomb-vessels, and transports, to the number of 60, filled up the intervals and extended along the flanks of the flotilla. Thb esplanade in front of a magnificent pile of public buildings wag covered with a crowd of people, amid whom were many officers and soldiers and well-dressed women, and the gunn e r s could be seen already for action i ns id e the parapets of the long low batteries which guard this Queen of the Euxine. These glimpses of the city were, however, in frequent, and were soon denied to us altogether, for down came the Black Sea fog and wrapped us ell in his clammy, unctuous, and chill embrace so closely that we could not see much beyond the limits of our own ship. CASTING ANCHOR. As the first ship of the English squadron cast anchor a long ;ine of dust was observed rising over the hilly coast to the north of Odessa and by the beach, which is lined with trees and a thick hedge of bushes, and we soon made out bayonets glistening in the sun, and a strong body of Russian infantry, with field-pieces and baggage, consisting o f some 5 , 0 00 or 6,000 men, marching in all baste towards the city. Two small camps could be seen on the hill-side towards the north, and a part of this column halted and encamped outside the city. A number of mw anted officers ac. tompanied the men, and some of them rode out through the gaps of the hedge on the beach and reconnoitred the fleet, which was drawing up towards the harbour. The eternal Cossacks were standing by their horses in groups (1 two or three, as videttes, beside the numerous signal and telegraph stations, which line the coast at intervals, and are in connection with a semaphore in Odessa, which was tossing about its arms like Niobe gone mad ; others were gall ping over the fertile steppe, appearing and disappearing over the low lines of hills, and numerous herds of cattle all over the country afforded proof that we have exaggerated the general exhaustion of the enemy's resources, if any were needed in addition to the prosperous appearance of all the white farmhouses and hamlets, with their enormous stacks of hay and corn around their homesteads. Some of the inhabitants seemed to be moving away from the place by the north road, and many waggons and carts were visible going to and fro by the road to the northward. ODESSA FROM THE SEA. These barbarous Russians have a rare knack of build ing graceful, light, oheerful, and clean-looking cities, which even the "Stones of Venice" might not utterly despise, and if it be distance ix hich lends enchantment to the view they have at least the satisfaction denied to more civilised people of saying there is one point of view from which their cities win the senses. As we slowly drew up to our inevitable " five miles S. by E. of Odessa," we passed a wonderful creation, which, com pared to the slow efforts of our ancient builders, seemed almost the work of enchantment. There stood an ex tensive city, built on the curve of a high sea shore, with descending terraces and broad flights of steps to the beach, which was enclosed by broad quays and the walls of ports and casemated batteries, all shining brightly in the morning sun. Broad esplanades or boulevards lined with trees towards the sea-front ran along the top of the bank, with a background of stately mansions worthy of the best " rows" near the Regent's-park, and we could see a Numerous and gaily-dressed crowd of men and women all along the promenade, gazing on the dark clouds of smoke which were slowly drifting in on them from the distance. Behind and in cocain nation of this esplanade are splendid residences, with pillared porticoes and orna mented peristyles, magnificent public institutions—the temples erected by De,potiam to Civilisation in hope of making peace with her, barracks, palaces, governor's house, prisons, rising in front of a confused but graceful mass of domes, column, steeples, and spires. One huge dome is of au ultra-marine blue, and is topped by a gilt cupola ; another is of bright green, surmounted by a ilden star; here is a Greek temple, there a Tartaresque looking mosque; there an unmistakeable " little Bethel," tiers a Byzantine church ; again an Eastern minaret-like spire; further on, an indubitable Sir Christopher Wren steeple ; and next to it a grand dome and cupola, which at once reminded you of St. Peter's or St. Paul's. THE RUSSIAN TOG. The fog at Odessa is worthy of the best ef forts of the London atmosphere in November. It is not so rich in colour, so yellow, or so choky, but it is equally thick and clammy. It is white in colour, and sometimes the sun stamps a moonlike imitation of his orb upon it, and one can see a faint indication of his existence above in fa%ourable m iments. Now and then you catch a dark outline of a vessel looming through the mist ; you strain your eyes to make out your neigh bour, but you might as well try to pick out the details of Turner's blubber boilers or of his phantom ships, and as you look the vision disappeared. The water flows by with a heavy oily roll, and the only noise to be heard is the plash of the lazy waves against the paddle-wheels, the bum ping of the rudder, and the creek of the odd timber as he rubs against his fellows. The following are extracts from a letter dated Sebas• topol, Oct. 20 : FILLING UP THE TRENCHES. Outside the town the French are hard at work level ling their aiegeworks, filling up trenches, &c., though why they should take that trouble it is bard to say, un less they contemplate the probability of Sebastopol being garrisoned by the allies, and they, in their turn, be sieged by the Russians. RUSSIANS FIRING AT THE MALAKHOFF. The Russians continue firing at the town, with little reply from the French. They fire principally at Sebas topol proper, but now and then drop a shot or shell into the Karabelnaia, and sometimes take the flag-staff on the Malakhoff for their mark. It is difficult to say why we spare them so much, unless it be that we ex pect them soon to walk away, and leave us their north side forts in good order and condition, which would be expecting rather ton much. RUSSIAN MOTIVE FOR MAINTAINING THEIR POSITION. Their chief motive for striving to retain their present position would be that, if they anticipate negotiations for peace this winter, these would be carried on more favourably to them whilst they still have a footing in the Crimea than if they had moved out of it, leaving us to garrison Sebastopol and Simpheropol, and, if we choose, to transport our army to the Danube and to Asia. THE RUSSIAN ARMY AND ITS PROVISIONS. On Wednesday the telegraph brought fresh informa tion, originating in Vienna, to our head -quarters, to the effect that the Russians were about to abandon the north side. At present there are no visible signs of such ap proaching evacuation, nor there is any probable reason to assign for it, excepting one, which is, that the Rus sians find it impossible to supply their army during the winter. On this point opinions differ much. Some think that there wilt be no difficulty in bringing enough supplies by the road from Perekop ; others doubt that road being sufficient, and think also that the Russian means of tran-port will run short. It is pretty certain that uo large depot of provisions exists near at hand, and also that none has ever existed, even at the com mencement of the siege, for last winter the Russians— who doubtless never contemplated a siege of anything like such duration, nor probably an attack at all by land, and had made sure of speedily beating off any naval force brought again4t their great fortress—had a constant stream of supplies pou►ing into the town. A CURIOUS SPECTACLE. A more curious spectacle is assuredly nowhere to be found than in the spice comprised between thelines where our batteries were and the harbour of Sebastopol. The ground in parts is literally paved with shot sunk in the earth, above which their upper surface scarcely rises ; there are ditches and trenches in which they lie as thick as apples in a basket ; in some places numbers of them have been buried. You see them of every size, from the huge 68-pounder down to the diminutive grape jolly little fellows, of a pleasant vinous appellation, but very nasty to run against as they are passing through the air. As to the fragments of shell, you might macada mise roads with them —jagged, rusty bits of iron, infi nitely various in size and form ; one thinks, as one looks at them, how many a stout and gallant fellow re. ceived his quietus from some of them before they fell to the ground after their diverging upward flight. Then you come upon ill-treated cannon, trunnionless some, others with muzzles knocked off, some burst into two or three pieces, and others bearing indentations as from clops. You walk up i n t o t h e Re if the French sentries object d th a e n— ha i m nt m o e t r ho of m a a C ia s k , hoff, not—and you marvel at the huge dimensions of those famous works, and feel more surprised at their having ever become ours than at their having so long resisted the utmost efforts of E n g lish and French—such a medley of enormous earthworks, huge lumps of stone, heaps upon heaps ( f shot and broken shell and damaged guns, ev erything rugged and b attered—a work of giants reduced to chaos. And then the gloomy, fetid bons , proofs, where, for so long a time, the stubborn Russians lurked —wretched holes, worse than most dungeons. A. minutely accurate drawing of as much of the Malakhoff or Redan as an artist could em brace at a view would give a better idea of the nature of the difficulties to be surmounted than any attempted sketch of the fight. The state of the town itself is the best proof of the enormous loss the Russians must have suffered daring this long and eventful siege, and especially towards the close, when no . part of the south side seems to have escaped our projectiles. The place is literally riddled wish shot. You coal() upon all kinds of fantastical shat tering—houses that stand when, according to all one's previous notions of support and balance, they ought to fall to the ground ; walls with huge holes through them, roofs in rags, and everywhere, within and without the place, the ground is ploughed up into great holes by the bursting of shells, 1,