The Sun. — London, England, 1855-01-04 00:00:00

IVI• Ra j YAL L IT T i A L T IA OPERAL'B4., g9ENT-GCAR DEN T . S For One Month only. Second Appearance of HERR ET.ZNST. The PRf_IGRAMME for THIS EVENING, ' humbly, Jan. 4, will include AfendeNsolin's grand Concerto in G minor, for pianoforte, performed by Madame i'leyel; Air front Auber's Opera of " Em s, and the new Song, Minnie, sn u g by Madame Anna Toilion Solo, Violfh—on Hungarian Airs —by Herr Ernst (his seclnd appearance). Overtire to Zampa ; Le Comte (try Quadrille; grand Operatic Selee . Hon from Norma ; the new Comic Pantomime Quadrille the Andante Rom Mendelssohn ' S Symphony in A ; the Return False; Solo, Trom bone, Mr. Winterbottom ; the Charge Galop ; and the grand Allied Armies Quadrille, assisted by the three Bands of her Mai es! y's Guards; !loci Save the Queen, and Partant pour la Syrie. PRICES Of' ADMISSION. Promenade, Upper Boxes, Amphitheatre Stalls, and Am- Od. • pbithea tre ...... ..... ....... ls. • D res s Circle p r ivate Boxes for Six Persons on the Grand Tier 3 ,8. 6d Ditto ditto First Tier . 215. Od. Ditto Four Persons on the Second Tier. l2s. Od. Commence at Eight. Places and Private Boxes may be engaged at the Box-office of the Theatre, and Private Boxes of the principal mustcsellers and librarians. DI. Jultien begs most respectfully to state that his Concerts will terminate on :Friday, Februsry 2, with a Grand Bal Masque, to be Wen on a scale of unprecedented splendour. TIRURY-LANE.—Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.— , I?edite,d Pr!ces a 3 usual.— A Morning Performance every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING, JAN. 4, Will be performed SIMPSON AND CO. Characters by 3fessrs, yekange and Belton ; Mrs. Selby, and Misses Arden and Love. After which, 101.7C1i AND TAKE, To be followed by the entirely original, extraordinary, lite. nary. traditionary, comical, gastronomical, and peculiarly culinary ana fantastic domestic grand comic ChChristmasPanternime, entitled JACK AND JILL; or, Harlequin King Mustard and the Four and -Twenty Blackbirds Baked In a Pie. The extensive scenery, en tirely new, by Messrs. Nicholls, Cuthbert, Cooper, Gordon, Wilson, and Moore. The machinery by Messrs. Tucker. The extraordlnai properties, decorations, tricks, changes, and transformations by Mr. Needham. The choregraphic arrangement 3 by Madame Louise. ii The overture ant music composed and se l ec t e d b y J. H. Tully. Leader. Mr. Hayward. The whole of th e d es i gns, mo d e ls .and ee s sketchespastY furnished . from the studio of Dik w y n k yn, w h o f o r many weeks has been personally supervising their execution. The novel grotesque burlesque opening Invented an d written by F.. L. Blanchard; and the whole arranged and produced under . Ingredients in the mediate superina teudence Air. Edward Stirling. Principal Christmas Bill of Fare : -The Hall of ll l poc c o a n 3 d f r r l s. ai i n ia th ir e or D d o . m F al o n g, s of Dulness.-Misanthropy (Genius of o Drizzle, Taxes, Spleen, Indigestion, .Wet, E. V. Load, E. V. Quarter -day (his Mirilsters of Melancholy), Messrs. E. V. Dent, Azure Diabolicals in attend . v Day, E. V. Weight, and E. V attend ance, Messrs. Croak, Quake, _iii Fret, Fidget, Worry, Flurry, Fume, Vex, Groan, Growl, Grumble, and Grizzle. Apparition of Misan thropy favourite Nightmare, and Magical Appearance of Good Mu on h alou e r r inher Christmas Car. Good Humour, Miss Alder ; Lightheart and Sunshine o c i her inal Ateendants), Misses Honey and "Cook's Oracle," and the well known sadlvairsserGoirthsee (the First original your hare," &c,), Miss Rosina Collins. The receipt given to snake a good pantomime, and its con coction accordingly. Cottage of Jill on the borders Fairyland (by ' Ise) with Enchanted Kitchen, Garden, and Region of Preserves Saar . "Sing a song of Sixpence, " Pocket full of rye, Foar-and-twenty blackbirds, " Baked in a pie."-Ancient Nursery Legend. Jack (the interesting hero of the olden story, who went up the hill to fetch, &c ), afterwards Harlequin, M. Mil ano; Ji ll (the heroine of the adventure, in love with Jack), afterwards Columbine, Mdlle. Boleno; Marmalade (the Fairy Queen of the Preserves), Miss K. Warrington ; Pineapple, Raspberry, Lemon, Cherry, Apple, and , , Greengage (her Assistants), Misses Clifford, Gower, Johnson Love e nis, and Richardson Strawberry, Cranberry, Gooseberry, Cur rant, Apricot, Damson, Quin' e, Re. (Fancy Preserves), Misses Grace Honey, Ellen Honey, Laurance, Louise, Therese, Charles, Kinr, Sidney, Gordon, Barnes, Emily Barnes, Riebardsen, Eliza Richard. son, Rose, Sidney, Emily Moore, Elizabeth Smith, Lille Ellis, Rosa • ILteraton, E. Rox, Tesler, Matilda Cheuley, _elartiney, St. Clare, Ev:ns, joint Levinee. S. Johnson, and Roberts ; Preserved Ginger their warm ally), Master Pungent; Fruit Blossoms by a Blooming Selection - of Coryphees. The Will and the Way-the Talismanic Fixpence-The Change. Grand Ballet. Principal Dancers, Mdlle. Therese and Annie Cushnie, Therese, Smith, Re. The Four-and- Twenty Blackbirds, Masters Tweet Tweet, Toot Too, Loodle Loodle. &c. The Reading of the Will " Jill must not a husband take, she a pan k sand bake." Interior of Jill's Co Till ttage (by ie lito c oreigmaht).-Coal, Mr. Nobbs; Lund e of Wood. Mr. H alfpenny ; Congreve flux, Mr. Fizzes* ; Fellows, Mr. Leathertongue : Dutch Oven, Mynbeer Von Tan ; Rollin, Pie, Mr- Smootbpaste ; Gridiron, Mr. De Bar; Frying Pan, Mr. Broaarim ; Soyer's Three-legged Iron Pot, Herr Potluck. Cruet Castie in the Tahle Cloth Territory (by Moonlight), and Golden Palace of Kinc Mustard.-King Mustard (afterwards Clown), Harry Boleno; the Empress Vinegar (afterwards Pantaloon), Herr Kola ; Black Pepper and White Pepper (sentinels on duty at Cruet Castle), Mr. Husky and Mr. Sneezame ; Sweet-Oil, Miss Florence: Cayenne, Mr. Capsi cum; Harvey's Sauce (attendant In waiting), Mr. Savoury ; the Army Of Zests, Indian M essr s . Soy, Curry, Capers, Ketchup, Mushrooms, Garlic, Shalot, Sweet Herbs, Potted Tongue ; Potted Beef, Potted Neater:, Potted Anchovies, Potted Shrimps, Re. ; Horse Radish (from the King's stable), by a Racing Nita Gaiud tieview-Ter rifle Attack upon the Appetite, and Rally of the Relish .s-Great Progress of Jill in her Culinary Career. The Abode of Cinitnee fn the Province of Pickles (ay Sunset).-Chutnee (Chief of the Pickles), air. Fiery Faci a s; the Pickle Army, Messrs. Onions, Walnut, Gher kins, Cauliflower, Red Cabbage. &e.; Small Jar, Master Piccalilli Great demand for Pickles and determination of the Door to Stand a Jar. Interior of lie Stupendous Salt Mine (by Moonlight). Salt Rock (a bright White Sprite), Herr Willikind Moleno. Imminent (tenger of Jill in splitting upon a Rock of Salt-Treachery of Vinegar psetting the Pail above, and Evaporation of the Saline etalectite Columns, disclosing The Emerald Temple of Salad.--als,eical Colon of the Sweets and Sours, and " a Pie" termination of the Loves of Jack and Jill. The Transformation. -Harlequin, M. Milano; Co•umbinee, Mdlle. Bo'eno and Miss Ellen Honey; Pantaloon, Mt. Cole*: Sprite, Herr Willlklnd Moleno; Clown, the celebrated Harry Boleno (his first appearance in London for many years) ; Aerial Evolutionist% by the inimitable Italian Brothers. The Turk's Head Public-house and Hairilresser's Si! - P . - Hairdresser, Mons. Pomade; Put:Wean, Mr. Billy Williams; Cnstomerr, Messrs. Rednob, Smockfaee, Owen Swift, Beareib se, Whisker Waat, Baron Nicholson, and Tom Steed ; the British Pub lic by themselves e Policeman Al, Mr. Vigilant. Approach of the Great Rugged Russian Bear-How he Whincvs after the Porte, which, being rather old, turns out somewhat crusty-A Dose of Turkey Rhubarb-A Don-e Cossack-Pure Circassian Cream-How one ahem 11l makes all well-The Great Bear turns out a Great Boar Russian Attachment to Grease-Clown. Cuts his Customer's Hare arta afterwards Dresses it a la Soper-The Great Moustache Move teent -A Close Shave -Clown shows his high attachment to the Pole -Sudden Rise in Porter-An af.T. af.P.-A Patten Leek at 10 o'clock-A Bona Fide Traveller-Ginger Beer and Gin without ger -A Mill, a bight, a Regular Row, and Stetion-house fur Two. Great Amertean Baby Show.-Arrival of the Infantry-Sadden &Man-Ma's upon the Eve of Battle-General Attack-. Awarding the Prizes-Clown and Pantaloon's Offsprings- The Prettiest Baby in the World-A Model Baby and a Spirit Child -The Wonderful Effects of-Dr. De Jongh's Cod Liver Oil-Clown's Great Prize Baby -Fresh Arrival o'3oo more Babies-The Judea Confounded-Great tree - oar-An Unwelcom s 'Visitor to a Ladies' and Juvenile Party and Extraordinary case of Su.paided Animation by the Ita lian Sprites. Scott's Oyster Shod, Newepaper-oftlee, and Persen's Biscuit Baking anal Confectionery Establishment, Cornhilt -" Up reuse ye then, my merry men, it is our °penile.; day"- A Heater for ens nd a Lobster tar two-A al wet/linen and a Man for a Muscle --Duty and Custom -A bridle Cake and a Welder: Cake relltian and Serena Edition -Left Out far Want of Do in - Preai of the Priv lego anal Privileges of the Press--" Oh. what a row, a rumpus, what a rioting." Baker, Mr Cras'y ; Fishmonger. Scales; Master Newsboy. Christinas-box ; le inters, Messrs. TYpoand Chapel ; Editor, Mr. (7iitenplowit : Critic, Catemep; Pas- Sen gere, Messrs. Trot, Cosey, Strutalong, Lounge, I.oiter, and Walk - !met; Boardman, Mr. ilobailay. Hosier's Shop and New Wing of ,eolenrset-liouse.- Here we are-Merry C h ris t. al and a Happy er e '''' Tear- Bath Prices and Low Prices-Manchester S' off ''a -Co mforters-Stocks on Heed and Handsome eltocks-Ford's the elude Shirts--Reform in the Civil List and laic:ell Treatment oi I Cler ks-Transferelay at the Mink, and General Holyilay at bi snerset.ho tre Mr. Stock en; Shopsnan, Mr. Early- mss-, Master Toddles. Soyer's Manic Kitchen.- Chef de ee'sale, Mons. Soper; Kitchenmaids, Misses Basteaway and a*HPalngsell; Guardsman, Cor. oral Longshanks ; Policeman, eerteant Nagar. Cupboard Lovers-Soyer's Last Soup -here's the Knives and Forks a-Boil:A ana Unboiled Lob- Iri-Headless Swains-T.obster Patty sad (7i , let Soup-Clown ...ne all to Pot-Harlequin 'lets well Towelled and afterwards Thep and pantaloon to a Stew-a. Regular Breit j'eeees eemest In such an unquestionable shape, that I will speak Ja e li wil lee , s ( nee. or rather Shakspeare)-Too Many Cooke Speil the )Broth -The scene finishes in a very spirited manner. ...klilleininated Page of the History- of Fnelard --Grand Alia-erica! ATlfe le i a l wit h Bitneramic Effeete, iluetr;t of ' . the Triumphs of the floable aa n °re e e3 Young Jullien's " Allied Army Quadrille," by the '' Patient Pou ta . f the englali an 4 French. "God save the Queen," Begi nene, Sarie," atil "Ito ie Britannia " Diteghter of the the mel 9 s Rebecca COBIII4, in which character she will sine for beceinZatriotie effusion, Published In dier Guards, " Illaeltwood's Magazine" flit written-by Corpo , al John Brown, of the Uremia- Brealo aye, Z r y:n .), the men g,t some drink for the first Vane at Come all 3 , 0 1 :,' e -1 " nd driek the hae ant British hearts fiat lore the red and this, A• Thee tilt the glair al th of those brave lid Wil9 made the Ru-sian3 rue. leer the twenti of e,ll ofpaeieptemb.er, 3, and ie t it Saes, three times three, end one more , the Tent eiglneee hundral and filly-foer r•reetenriet'Se ct P n a ie tri C e l t i B m . of Vica.ry. The Tribute of England to a Distributio n or raterel Wreaths, Gorgeous and wiith RevolvingTerrilt Columns and Varleg tel scene presenthet a cue I:.•glit ef the Italian Brothers. The whole stoma Afteis,ion:_se.,....Til never before wialessed on the Er gilsh upper circle, as ; ; , 5 ; dress circle, 43. ; second price, Is.; lower tellers', le • - trice, Is. ed.; pit, e s • sec on d pri ce, is • hoea e le e. 1 ,.• second mic e, d -• , e es., 21s. and e, upper gallery, ed.; private performance at 7 taclotk: ,upwarde. Deere open at halap see open iLtay, Irani 11 till s ' llC.Pri-e a' 9 "'clue'c T"'b" office Chetterten. Notice. • ech o es r, under the d' -Ike f ellow , acct. el of Sir. Talwerd preparation, and will shorn oes are approved and in Panto aims, by E. L. Blangsbre,PrlTl - The Grstlid Christmae cault, Esq.; Two Dram , ra Pel liar. a IHmina, by Dion Bourei- Meyerbeer's Opera, L'Etolle jolrr(t.irris, " . "t• an Adaptation from and effects; to be succeeded by an o with new scenery, properties. son) of Gluck's Iphigenia in Tamale nglieh eerelen (by Mr. Ree-nold teen Drama, many months in preparation* The Grand iiistoricel EgYP • . also shortly appear THICITRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. -4aekstone. EVENING, Jew. 4. Vrill be performed the Drama of THE KNIGHTS -OP THE notTYD TABLE. Characters by 3tessrs. Chippendale, Howe, W. Farrell, COmpton , and Buckstone ; Aliases Beynolds and E. ( haplin. Followed by a new grand Chr:stmas Pantomime. entitled LITTLE: BOTEEP; or, Harlequin ant the Girl who Lost her Sheep. Little 110-Pcep, Miss L. "hompsm ; Harlequin, Mr. Chapin° ; Pantaloeb. M. W. Barnes; Clown, Mr. Appleby ; Columbine, M. Brown. ROY AL PRINCESS'S THEAT RE. Under the Managernent of Mr. Cuanza FRAN. Will be TRIA EVE NING, .Tax. Mr. C. Kean performed THE !RANGER. Principal character by After which wilt be produced a New Grand f hristmaa Pantomime. entitled. HARLEQUIN BLUE-33EARD: or, 'The great Bashaw a:lequin. Cormack ;Clog n. kir. Reline ; Pantaloon. Mr. Paulo ; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. ROYAL. LYCEUM Under the management of Madame Yestris. Bo le Lessee 14r. C. Mathews. TUB "EVENING; TA,x. 4, Will be perfcrmed AGGRAVATING SAM. Principal character by Mr. C. Mathews. Will be produced a new and original Fairy Fatravaganza, en titled PRINCE PRETTYPET and THE BUTTERFLY. To to followed by TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE. Box-office open from 10 until G. &le went for Private Boxes, Mr. Aileroft, 15, New Bond-street. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Direetrem, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING. JAN. 4. W• 11 bo rerform - d BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. Characters by Messrs. Eimer, P. Bedford, Keeley, Mrs. Kee'ey, &c. After wh , ch, a new grand Eccentric Extravaganza , called ZIG ZAG ; , r, Travels of Messrs. Danube and Pruth. To be followed by THE CAMP AT CHORIIAM. To which will bo added a new Farce, entitled TUE RAILWAY BELLE. ROYAL OLYMPIC. THE ITRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, JAN. 4. W inba Present& a new Cirre.dfetta, called A WIFE'S JOURNAL. Characters by Messrs Brown, Emery, Harcourt, and Leslie; and Mrs ' "own. and Miss iitaskell. _ .Aner which, a new Fairy Extravaganza ectliled TtlE TF.LT.OW t n e W rst ni' Ai? THE KING OF' THE GOLD MINE Charac less Mr. o * I L`mon, Mks Juila Georifa, Miss E. Onnonde, To it and Mrs. Fitz.llan. conclude with th which 31r. uob son - called A BLIGHTED BEING, in vill apnea* ARTLIMS Baru, AmpEuTHEATRF, Lessee and Mana ger, Mr. Witham Cooke. The meet Tailed round of elite tsilnnent in London is to be found • at this vast Establishment. Tremendous success of the Comic pantomime Two more GRAND MORNING PERFO RMANCE:S, Monday, , Jan. Bth, 3londay, Jan. 15 th, 1555, each com - u ' en ehls at Two o'clock. S„ TTI,% THIS EVENING, And dnr:ng the week, the splendid Spectacle of ' '''.;;-.• THE BATTLE of THE ALMAI . , .. • ' ...„ vi A se k al Series of SCENES in the ARENAI ..'; 2. - bk..„, 4 •2lilthe gorgeous Equestrian Comic - Pbbtc,m,... ii.. 1... ' .z/ . 4.vne rlilquin and Britannia! ~t, la g'' • Eleven till Four. Stage M anager, Mr. W. :::, tir.N7. IL Cool°. Eqacgritta.DireQtor -_. . . , THEI SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENIN(3i:, JANUARY 4, 1865. PATENT GRATES, FURNACES, itc.—ln the matter of Letters Patent granted to JOHN LEE STEVENS, ,t 1, Fish-street-hill, City, London, Notice is hereby given, that the ,ovelty of Invention and the Patentee's rights have been -stablished :it law in the Court of Exchequer in an Action for hind getmnts, wherein a verdict was obtained against HENRY ATC FIE RLET ; that the Statutory Can ifi ate aa to the validity of the pate,_ have been given by the LORD Cli IF.F BARON ; and that proceed , sln Chancery. or otherwise, will be taken against any person who violates the rights of the Patentee. REED, LANGFORD, AND MARSDEN, Solicitors to the Proprietors of said Letters Potent. 513, Friday-street, Cheapside, London. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. z'nus DAY —Morning 34 min.after 2 I Evening 52 min.eft. 2 ro-Nf0n,..,0w Morning 9 min.after 3 j Evening 29 3 TILE WEATII4/{.—Sun Onto, Jan. 4. THERMOMETER, IN THE SRAM 53—highest since noon yesterday. 47 —;owest this morning and during the night. 49—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30'31. WIND, W.—Light breeze, with fine weather. "*!.. r LaslAn LONDON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 1855. We are absolutely disgusted with the subter fuges of Prussia. We are heartily sick of its dodgery and intrigue. " Clicquot " does all he can to embarrass the Western Powers, and to assist secretly, and by under-hand means, his brother in-law. Although he has thus hung back, although he has practically joined our enemy, he professes to be virtuously indignant because he is not treated as a friend, and admitted to our councils. A friend, forsooth (!) What possible claim to the title can he put forward ? Why, next to the arch-aggressor, and his "friend of forty years' standing," he is chiefly responsible for the War. Had he boldly and honestly expressed his views on the subject, and clearly and explicitly informed the CZAR that the invasion of the Principalities would be regarded as a casus belli, or had he even subsequently exhibited the slightest manifestation of his desire that the reasonablo demands of the Western Powers should be complied with, NI CHOLAS would have yielded. Unfortunately, how ever, there was no appearance of truth or since rity iu his proceedings. At one moment he ear nestly supported the " four points ;" at the next he considered their contumelious rejection by Russia perfectly justifiable. He " breathed hot and cold " simultaneously, and his most confi dential and trusted adviser know not any day what the following one would bring forth. At present the position of Prussia is this. She seeks to obtain all the advantages of co-opera tion with the other Powers, without any of the incidental drawbacks. She is to be consulted in every negotiation—to take part in every confer ence—not merely for the advancement of " Ger man"—the cant phrase which she has used toque ad nausea»t—but of " Prusian" interests. She offers no reciprocal advantage. She proposes no action by which she can be inconvenienced in the slightest degree. All she suggests is, that as it may be in her power to become mis chievous, we should be prepared to pay a species of " black mail" to secure her neutrality. It is the old story of the Stork and Fox, save that, as fortunately, we have never trusted Prussia, we have had no reason to apprehend her making a treacherous use of the opportunity. All that she can expect, however, is that she might have gene avowedly against us. We, on the other band, may, and with much apparent reason, de clare that her open and undisguised hostility would be far better than her pretended friendship, or even her counterfeit neutrality. She has hitherto been permitted to profit very trgely by this course, and as each day increases her gains, she is anxious to procrastinate matters to the very latest moment. By the concessions made at the commencement of the War to the commerce of neutrals, the whole trade between Russia and the Western Powers was thrown into the hands of Prussia. The "commission" was handsome, and easily earned, and therefore should not be easily relinquished. The moment that Prussia flung off disguise and joined either party these emoluments would cease ; and, as the truth of the old adage—. " Ploratur lacryimisamissa pecunia veris," is universally acknowledged, we may easily con ceive how sincere would be the grief of Prussia at being compelled to make the election, or to return a decided answer to a plain interrogatory—a course which would be followed by the with drawal or loss of this lucrative trade. If any doubt could previouily have existed as to the disposition of Prussia, it would be removed by the proclamation to which we y es t er d a y alluded. Although Prussia Might not be willing to relinquish her neutrality by expressly sanc tioning the enlistment of her subjects, she need not have affected such extreme alarm at the mere possibility of an attempt to seduce Prussian sub jects into the English service. It seems to us that it would have beon time enough to issue the proclamation when some application was put for ward or attempt made to obtain this indirect as sistance. Until then it was a very unnecessary menace to England, to which we unfortunately exposed ourselves by the ill-advised and uncon stitutional measure passed with such reckless pre cipitation. The War Minister of England stated that the intention was to obtain German aid, and, therefore, Prussia interfered—unnecessarily and gratuitously interfered, as if Prussia were Germany. The most unpleasant part of the transaction is, that we afforded a colourable pr3text for the insult for which we cannot call Prussia to account. We Must meekly receive the slap in the face, but we need "not turn the other cheek to the smiter." -We may avoid all further occasion for such humilia tion. Nay, more, we may avail ourselves of cir cumstances to return a Roland for the Prussian Oliver, and to say that Prussia, while she con tinues to act with similar duplicity, has no rea sonable claim t o rega i n the position which she Plas, justly forfeited—. • . It is needless to say that, in the foregoing ob. serv atious, we have ,alluded to the Government and not th e People of Prussia. The latter are, we beli eve, justly indignant at the course pur sued, and would willingly remove the stigma from the national character. We utter no reproach against th em , but against those w h o h ave sub jected them t o such serious those I Incomparably the heaviest - tr -,--- ial we 'have had ------- 1 yet to be ar i n th e C r i mea is the awfully nu t , u , rous deaths from sheer mismanagemet. Ti,, losses of the Al ma , B a l a kl ava, and Inkerman were terrific, but, th oug h part l y i t i s to be feared from bad generalship, the waste of life was not total ; it taught the enemy the difference between those who defended the heights of the Alma and those who defended the lines at Sebastopol. The losses by the dreadful hurricane were appalling, but we Ibowed to Him "who hold s th e ' w i n d s i n his fists, " only regretting that, in one d e pl ora bl e i nstance at least, the greatest blame could not so easily be ( thrown to the wind. The losses from a pestilence, which, half invited at Varna, would not quit us in the Crimea, we also mourn over, but feel that entirely such losses were i h n om gr a e n at fo p r a e r s t igli d t ue oou to l an enemyirely against whom no 'guard. It is the deaths from half rations, cold, 7 ' 0, 1 4,14 fatigue ig the camp, wad from gross ad- mini! strative incapacity in the hospitals, which wrin g the heart of the nation. While we look to HEIL VEN as the Supreme Disposer, out sorrow may be d eep ; but we can say, " Thy will be done," and ibrace ourselves to the fresh sacrifices and effor'bi which PROVIDENCE always requires of virt ac in a righteous cause. Not so, however, whra impenitent oral-administrators defend all thi air fatal oversights, and stick to their de stynctive class-system, and, in spite of palpable incompetency, still cling to the honours (?) of office. We cannot say to such fellow-men, your will be done. No ; nor can we fe el it to be much better than profanity when they ascribe to the behests of HEAVEN what they ought to have set down to their own in- capacity. It is impossible to read the letters which have appeared in our pages from time to time, espe cially such as those which we inserted yesterday, without a reluctant conviction that utterly incom petent administration is a far more deadly foe to our soldiers than the Russians. We speak our sincere belief in saying, that if some man from the ignoti of our people, persons of experience in equipping large bodies of men, say a STEPHENSON, a PETO, or a BRASSEY, had been in the Duke of NEWCASTLE'S and the Right Hon. SIDNEY HER BERT'S place, we should have had thousands alive now who have died the death of shelterless men dicants ; and, what is as much to the purpose, should have had them not only alive, but well ; not only well, but robust ; and not only robust, but full of pluck for their work—if, indeed, they would not have done it by this time. We do not hear of large bodies of workmen while roughing it under such men perishing with fatigue, and dying in wet and mire too cold for pigs to lie down in. They know by experience what men are made of ; they provide for their physical vigour and their comfort by a thousand devices of prudent foresight. We have followed the operations of the railway hero of Balaklava with some interest, and while all have been struck with his mastery of his work, we have been quite as much struck with his sympathy for his men's waits of every kind, and his olever arrangements for their com fort. If ho had to make a railway across the Zahara, we believe it would be found that no fatality would occur among his navvies from un foreseen exigencies. Now, we care not where they come from, or what official name be given to them, but such men we want, and want instantly ; and we want them endued with such plenary authority as to ride rough-shod over all the old technicalities and appointments. Better put on costly half-pay, or the pension list, a hundred or more of I;hearisto• cratic appointments of peace, than endure longer the fatally costly results of the present system. If our aristocracy can find the men from them selves we shall welcome them ; but have them we must, unless we intend to be beaten—not by Russia, but by exposing, wetting, and working our poor soldiers to certain death. Let us re member it is not the bori dukes and dignities who have raised the naval and military glory of Eng- land to its present pitch, any more than they have created her industrial and engineering pre-emi nence, but those who have earned their titles. The same is more conspicuously true of France, on account of its different system since the wars of the Revolution began. We tell our Premier, then, and his Peelite friends, that the country will have the right men for its work. We are all of us of no party now, but the party for saving our soldiers and bringing Russia to her senses. The position is too grave for party fight. England will now be trifled with no longer ; she has among her sons some equal to the work ; it is the business of the head of the concern to find them ; and Lord ABERDEEN must find them ; or give place to somebidy who will. Let it not be said that the worst is over, that the hitherto incompetent have learned in the school of mismanagement, and will now do better. We deny it. We want men of the genius for their work. Commonplace abilities are only fit for routine, but the circumstances and demands of war are ever changing ; they require long headed men both on the scene of action and at the War-office, and well-meaning industry can never supply the want of brains. While these are wanting every new phase of the matter will but display the folly of trusting to birth, rank, and connection what should be covfided to genius alone. " Too late" will be the eternal reflection. Genius anticipates, mediocrity follows precedent. NELSON and WELLINGTON, PITT and CANNING, were always in time, or always ready fur a change. We must find, if not their equals in genius for the supreme administration, yet what may b e found—men their equals fur fulfilling the duties of a specific province. We write thus at the bid ding of imperious necessity. We have not been amongst the severest of the War-administration critics. We have been comparatively silent till it would be treacherous to our convictions of duty to be silent longer, and we had public reasons for this course. We have made every apology for the different positions of the French and the English, for the comparative length of distance from Balaklava to Sebastopol, and the greater exposure to the enemy in flank ; but at the best we are compelled to own that the superiority of military management is so overwhelmingly on the side of our Allies as to prove that our administra tors are not equal to their post, and that they must be changed. For the worse it could not be. There is one man in the Cabinet who wished suc cess to the Coup de Etat that a French Empire might be a counterpoise to Russia. AUTOGRAPH LETTER OF THE QUEEN. HER MAJESTY'S ANXIETY ABOUT THE WOUNDED IN THE CRIMEA. Perhaps, since the commencement of the cam paign, no document has foiled its - way to the public so gratifying in its nature as that which we here subjoin. The earnest expression of her Majesty's anxiety for the brave men who have been wounded ix the service of the country will have the best effect in the army ; it will console the unfortunate who have already suffered, and animate to increased exertion their comrades who have hitherto escaped the accidents of war. The letter—for an extract from which we are indebted to our Special Correspondent in the Crimea—was addressed by her Most Gracious Majesty to Mr. Sidney Herbert, and through him to Mrs. Herbert, by whom it was transmitted to Miss Nightingale : WINDSOR CASTLE, DEO. 6, 1854. Wonlcl you tell Mrs. Herb er t th at I begged 31, 1 ? 7 °l " let me see frequently the accounts she receive s from Miss Nightingale or Mrs. Brace bridge, as I hear no details of the wounded, tho' I see s o many from officers &c. about the battle field, and naturally the former must interest me more than any one. Let Mrs. Herbert also know that I wish Miss Nightingale and th e ladies would tell these poor noble wounded and sick men that Ivo oNE takes a warmer interest, or feels more for their suffer ings, or admires their courage and heroism xo lug , than their Queen. Day and night she thinks of her beloved. troops. So does the Prince. Beg Mrs. Herbert to communicate these my words to those ladies, as I know that our syni pathy is much valued by these noble fellows. (Signed) VICTORIA. -- -~` SIR DE LACY E ,ORD RAGLAN. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—ln your journal of yesterday's date you did me the honour to copy from another paper a letter of mine to Lord Raglan. Some one, with kind and friendly intentions towards me, I have no doubt, but without my previous knowledge, must have sent this letter originally for publication. A paragraph, or sentence, however, of my letter ap pears to have been omitted, from what cause I know not. I rather think it may be a duty on my part to correct this mistake. I take the liberty, therefore, of enclosing herewith a copy of this omitted paragraph for insertion, should you deem it worthy of a place in your columns. I have the honour to be faithfully yours, Di LACY EVANS. Folkestone, Jan. 2. The omitted paragraph referred to followed the words "30th of October," and was as follows : "The post I was charged with during that long period was, I believe, deemed of the utmost importance to the safety of the French and English armies. Frequently but few troops remained to me for its defence, against sometimes tenfold our numbers of the enemy, within a short distance from our front. I had the honour of fre quently submitting my opinion of the weakness and precariousness of the position of the Second Division to your Lordship, and, indeed, also to General Canrobert, and of the small means at my disposal to place it in more security. Its liability to be suddenly attacked at all times it was also my duty to represent. But the various exigencies to be provided for on other points at that time scarcely left it possible, I believe, to afford us any material reinforcement, or means fur the construction of defences. I have ventured into these details to account for the harassing nature of the duty alluded to, and of the anxious and almost sleepless nights and days it occa sioned me." COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, JAN. 3. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, Lady Fanny Howard, Lady Suffield, Baroness de Speth, Earl and Countess Granville, Viscount Hardinge, Lord and Lady Cowley, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, Lieutenant-General Sir G. Bowles, Major-General Jones, Major Purees, and Mr .Gibbs. The band of the Royal Bucks Militia played during dinner, and her Majesty's private band afterwards. Mr. Patrick Park has had the honour to submit to her Majesty the Queen and his Royal Highness the Prince the bust of his Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the French, which he has executed for his Grace the Duke of Hamilton. The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge, walked in the Home park this morning. Afterwards their Royal Highnesses took leave of her Majesty, and left the castle to pay a visit to the Duchess of Kent at Frognaore-house, and in the after noon took their departure from Windsor for Kew. His Royal Highness the Prince went out shooting, accompanied by Earl Granville, Lord Cewiey, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Lieutenant• General Sir G. Bowles. His Royal Highness Prince Alfred rode on horseback. Viscount Hardinge, Lord and Lady Cowley, and the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert left the Castle to-day. Major-General Jones arrived last evening, and left by an early train this morning. The Earl of Aberdeen left town yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Mijesty. Viscount Palmerston returned to his seat, Broadly nds, Hants, after the Cabinet Council, on Tuesday after- noon. [IMPORTANT CHANGES AT ST. PETERSBURG. A letter from Paris this morning contains the follow , ing :—"A private letter from St. Petersburg, dated the 26th, mentions that some important changes have taken place, and more were expected, among the higher offi cers of the army. The one looked upon as the most seri ous is the nomination of General de Berg, who distin guished himself at Revel by the measures he adopted for the defence of the place against the Allied fleets. He has been appointed Commandant-in-Chief of Finland, i❑ the place of General Rokossowski, who commanded there when Bomarsund was attacked by the Allies. This nomination is considered all the more significant that Finland is fully expected to become the theatre, or rather one of the theatre4, of war next spring. Po i i2al persona at St. Petersburg fully believe that the King of Swelen is determined to abandon all idea of neutra'ity, and whenever hostilities recommence in the north to take an active part with the Allies. A similar resolve is expected from the King of Denmark, pa.rticu larlyrsitce the fall of the Oerstedt C tbiaet, which was favourable to the Russians. The Commandant of the cons of Grenadiers had left for Warsaw. Two divisions of the corps now occupy the banks of the Bug. The letter adds that the Grand Dukes who had left Sebasto-' pot on the 15th, arrived at Gatschi;►a on the 23d. Ac counts received from Sebastopol at St. Petersburg men tions that 7,000 of the inhabitants of the former place had quitted it in order to take refuge at Simplieropol, and that it resembled some vast barracks in ruin rather than a city." THE CONFERENCE .47' VIENNA. The following article from the Patric, of yesterday, gives an account of what took place at the conference o the 28th ult. : "A private telegraphic despatch relative to the con ference that took place at Vienna, on the 2Sth Decem ber, between M. de Buol, the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and M. de Bourqueney, and Lord Westmoreland, the French and English Ambassadors, and at which Prince Gortsehakoff, the Russian Ambas sador, was also present, has been understood, from the first, as opening a new chance, however small, for the renewal of negotiations for peace. "The present state of matters is as follows : " After the treaty of the 2d of December had ly:en signed, the representatives of Austria, France, and Eng land exchanged communications on the subject of the precise interpretation that was to be given to the four points of guarantee itedidated in the note of the Bth of August. These communications having brought about a perfect agreement on every point that remained ob scure and undecided, the Austrian Government, through M. de Buol, proposed that the result of these communi cations should be drawn up in a protocol, and signed by the representatives of the three Courts, so as to invest ' their unanimity with a more formal character than could be attained by a mere interchange of diplomatic notes. "It will be at once seen that the representatives of France and England could not but give their assent to a proposition of this kind, emanating from the Austrian Government, intended to have for its result the addi tion of an important corollary to the treaty of the 2d of December, and at the same time doing away with the danger foreseen by Lod John Res el', and mentioned by him in the House of Commons on the 12th of De cember, that at the last moment, without failing in her engagements, Austria would have a right to say to the Western Powers that she could not agree to their inter pretation of the four guarantees. " This protocol, then, has been signed at Vienna by the representatives of Austria, France, and Eng land ; and it was to hear with his own ears, and in the presence of them all, the contents of this protocol, that Prince Gortschakoff was invited to be present at the hotel of the British embassy, on the 28 h uit. The meeting that took place there was not, to speak pro perly, a diplomatic conference; there was no conference, but a notification of the result of former conferences. "That Prince Gortschakoff was invited to give a verbal answer, Yes or No, as to the acceptance by the Emperor his master of the four points of guarantee as then interpreted, appears to us to be very probable. And it is not less probable that the Prince should have dec!ared himself to be without exact instructions on the matter, and have demanded time to make a reference to his Ccurt. " Here our information ceases. We know not if the conference at Vienna has accorded the fortnight's delay asked for, as necessary for the receipt of a reply from St. Petersburg. But what we do know is, that though this delay may have been accorded, it will not put off for a minute the serious preparations of Austria for taking the field as promptly as possible, nor the most ac• tive measures engaged in by the two Western Powers for bringing to a happy and speedyconclusion the combat now waging round the walls of Sebastopol." The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort, who are sur rounded by a family circle at Badminton Park, intend to remain at that seat until the close of the month, when they come to his Grace's new mansion in Grosve- nor-square. The Marquis and Marchioness !of Westminster and the Ladies Grosvenor have left Grosvenor House for Motcambe House, Dorset. The Marquis of Clanricarde and Lord Dunkelin have returned to Portumna. The Marquis is embodying the Galway Militia at Loughren. The Hon. Percy Smythe has arrived from the British Embassy at Constantinople, at the residence of his father, Viscount Strangfurd, in Harley-street. The Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse, who with his accomplished Duchess, have been receiving a few select friends and relation , ' at the late Duke's celebrated seat of Strathfieldsaye during the past fortnight, are expected to return to Upper Belgraye street at the close of the ensuing week, when it is expected a privy Council will be held, at which the noble and gallant Duke will attend in his official capacity. PRINCESS'S TEIRATRE.—The revival of Hamlet i 8 always regardeal as an important event at this house. When Mr. Charles Kean appeared before the London public in the year 1837, Hamlet was the character selected f or th e occas i on, an d w ith thi s part h e h as , as it were, remained id en tifi e d eve r since. It is p o t pl a y e d very ofte n at the Princess's, as it does not belong to those peculiar Shaksperian revivals that are associated with th e p resent management, but when it does come • out the a d m i rers of Mr. Kean invariably muster in great force. L as t n i ght Hamtet this season, was played for the first time and the house was crammed to such a de• free that while it was January in the streets it wa,f3July in - the boxes. LATEST NEWS. THE CRIMEA. re have received the following telegraphic desi iatch from our correspondent at Berlin :--. 'nder date of St. Petersburg, Jan. 2, we learn that a despatch had been received there from Pi ace Menschikoff, announcing that nothing re in arkable had taken place at Sebastopol between tl to 20th and 26th of December, with the excep ti ion of two sorties on the 21st. In one of those sorties 11 officers and 33 sol ii iers were made prisoners, and a considerable I lumber killed. In consequence of the bad weather, the siege , perations were progressing slowly. RUSSIA. We have received the following telegraphic despatch from our correspondent at Berlin, dated Jan. 3:— ST. PETERSBURG, Dr.c. 26 An Imperial manifesto has been issued. I contains the following passages : "Our duty as a Chlistian forbids us to desire a further shedding of blood, and certainly we will not reject any propositions and conditions of peace, provided they be compatible with the dig nity of our empire and the welfare of our sub jects. "But another and a no less sacred duty bids us, in this obstinate struggle, to exert every effort and prepare for every sacrifice which the greatness of the means of attack brought against us demands. " We will all, if necessary, show a bold front to our enemies, with sword in hand and the cross in our hearts." The following private telegraphic despatches were received in Paris last night : MARSEILLES, JAN. 2. The Gauge, which left Constantinople on the 25th ult., has put into Toulon. A despatch from that port gives us the news brought by this packet. At the last dates from the Crimea, 18 Turkish battalions had already landed at Eupatoria. As soon as the 30,000 men shall have been completed, the Allies will resume their grand operations. The besiegers had in part re-opened their fire. The weather had become better, and the com. munication by sea was regular. The Saint-Louis, as well as other vessels, had arrived from. France. In consequence of the extension of the siege lines of the Allies, the communications and the transport of provisions had become very difficult between Sebastopol and the Russian army posted near Balaklava. The Duke of Cambridge, who has received a visit from the Sultan, is, it is said to return to England. Lord Cardigan has already left for London, General de Montebello has delivered to General Canrobert 20 crosses of officers and 125 chevaliers in the Legion of Honour to be distributed to the army. It was the Polish General Jordliu who com mandesl at Redoubt Kale, and who with the Eng lish defended the place against 10,000 Russians. Suleyman Pacha has been degraded. Mecklee Pacha has been named commandant-in chief of the Turkish army in Asia. VIENNA, JAN. 2. Prince Gortschakoff, after having received the last declaration of tl►e Allied Powers, sent off a courier to St. Petersburg. The bad weather which has lately prevailed has caused delays in telegraphic communications. The affair relative to the cession of .Austrian railways to a company of French capitalists for a sum of 200 millions of francs was definitively concluded yesterday. TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Dec. 25.—This time last year we were in the midst of uncertainty as to the re sult of the negotiations that were still pending between the Western Powers and Russia ; and the public in general, which had for many years been in the enjoyment of peace, could scarcely believe in imminent war. Great lardships have since then been undergone, and bloody battles fought, by the brave sons of old England and their gallant allies, the French. Alma and Inkertnan are new stars in the annals of the British army, but many a brave man has breathed his last. Unhealthy Bulgaria and the dreary Crimea are their resting-places. This is Christmas-day—the time of . joyful merrymaking and social meeting. The soldier in the Crimea thinks of home, and round many a hearth husband, son, or father is missing, both in lordly hall and humble cottage. This is Christmas-day—and the armies of England awl France still gaze upon the battlements of Sebastopol, whose walls frown unshaken on the besiegers (if such a term can be applied to the armies that have invested the sauthern side of the town). Sebastopol is not besieged, neither is it invested. A bombardment, accompanied by partial siege-works, has not proved sufficient to reduce the great Russian stronghold. Sebastopol has in:Mallen this year. The armies are to winter on the bleak heights that surround it, and the campaign in the Crimea may be said to have only commenced. The winter season will scarcely permit of active mili tary operations, and we must look forward to the spring for a war in the Crimea, such as will surpass in interest the greatest military events of the early part of this century. In the meanwhile the Allied armies are exposed to great hardships, and must continue to suffer severely until the necessary winter accommodations which are being sent out by a zealous and active Government have arrived. I regret to say that a groat number of sick arrive almost daily, and that the hospitals at Scutari are crowded. Diarrhoea, dysentery, typhus fever, and cholera make great ravages amongst our small and gallant force. The hardships the soldier has to go through in the Crimea are truly dreadful ; and, in speaking of these trials, it must not be disguised that our allies, the French—thanks to a well organised system—are infinitely better off. Our general commissariat arrangements, as also the medical department, and, indeed, all the system for provisioning a large . force and attending to the wants of the men in the field, are organised in a very unpractical manner. This is mainly traceable to our inexperience in providing for the wants of a body of 30,000 or 40,000 men in the field. The French, who are 'accustomed to such a state of things, outwit us in the regularity and precision with which they manage all these departments. With them everything works by military routine ; whereas with us a more civil organisation throws greater weight and responsibility upon individuals, and has the effect of checking the working of a re gularly organised system. Our ambulance arrange ments, also, are not so good as theirs. To intro duce changes and reforms int) these departments time and practical experience are necessary ; and as the war continues no doubt our system for pro viding for the wants of the army will also improve thanks to the goodwill and energy of the Govern ment. In justice, it must be admitted that the individual exertions of all the commissariat officers are very great, and that they are most active in j the discharge of their harassing duties. The Metropolitan arrived here the day before yesterday, with detachments of troops (700 men) and a largo staff of medical officers. They pro ceeded ahnost immediately to the Crimea. The Golden Fleece and the Beagle arrived from the Crimea, with sick.- Adniiralfiuiaas_Daa arrived here, on his way to England. _ The Robert Lowe came i$ yesterday with t roops ; drafts for for different regiments. Last week 42 Pro testant sisters and hospital nurses arrived. They are for the present staying at Therapia, until ar rangements have been made for their reception at the Scutari hospitals. A large party of navvies had arrived. After staying a short time hero they proceeded imme diately to Balaklava to commence operations. The last troops, forming part of the Bth division of the French army, passed through the Bosphorus last week, on their way to the Crimea. The Trident, French steamer, has arrived from Toulon, with troops, ammunition, and field-pieces, also the Amsterdam, with French troops. The 10th French regiment of light infantry, and the 50th of the line arrived by the St. Louis on Tuesday last. The loss of the French transport Giovaue Inno3ente (No. 443), laden with stores for the French cca missariat has just been reported. She was wrecked in the Sea of Marmora, off Buyuk-Tchekaledji. The steamer Ai nia h as b een sen t d own to the rescue. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe has addre:=sed a cir cular to all the British Consuls in the Levant in forming them of the important decrees issued by the Sultan for effecting various salutary reforms in the administration of the laws ; doing away with a number of long existing abuses, and abolishing the trade in slaves in Georgia and Circassia ; and urging on the consular agents to give every assist ance by advice and exhortations to the Turkish authorities, who, in carrying into execution the said decrees, will, in all probability, have to con tend with long-established prejudices and national tradition& FRAN CE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. In conformity with the usual custom, a family dinner was to have taken place on Monday at the Tuileries, on the occasion of the Jour-de-ran. The fatigue of the official receptions having prevented the Emperor from presiding at this dinner, it was Prince Jerome who this year collected round his table, at the Palais Royal, the members of the Im perial Family. There were present on the occasion the Princess Mathildo, the Princess Bacciochi, Prince and Princess Murat, the young Princess Murat, and the Baroness de Chassiron. The English steamer Arabia, having a strong de tachment of French troops on board, ran aground on the 24th ult. ' on the Lighth ouse po i n t at the entrance of the Strait of Messina, but was got off in a few hours after without damage, and con tinued her voyage towards the Crimea. The French officers and soldiers on board speak in the highest terms of the conduct of the captain and crew of the Arabia towards them. The _Patric has published the following tele graphic despatch from Vienna : " On the 22d there was a heavy fall of snow at Se bastopol, and the cold was intense. Both armies were preparing for a battle. Omer PaAa was expected. On the 28th, considerable reinforcements of troops of the line arrived at Odessa. Two companies of Russian troops and a convoy of sick escorted by them had perished from cold." According to a Berlin letter of the 31st ult., in the Independance of Brussels, it was reported in the political circles of that city, with some con fidence, that France is about to sign a treaty with Austria for the protection of her Italian possessions. In this treaty, it is added, England will not figure, but she approves of it. A rumour has been current for some days past that the opening of the Grand Paris Exhibition would be postponed, but the ilionit eur o f to -d ay announces that it will positively take place on the Ist of May. - BOURSE, JAN. 3.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. sq per Cents 9l 30 91f. 603. 3 pea• Cents 65 40 65 66 Credit Mobilier 730 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian — Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes (xd) 35 Piedmoutese B5 75 Home Debt 314 RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans ........ 1,137 LO Lyons 975 25 Western 6lB 75 _Rouen 9BO Cette — Strasburg . Mediterranean 845 Havre — Northern AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 30th ult., in the Silesian Gazette, says " The plenipotentiaries of the Allies, after seve ral conferences, have come to an understanding concerning a protocol which completes the treaty of Dec. 2 and explains fully the four points. The definitive meeting took place the day before yester day, and immediately after Count Buol informed Prince Gortschakoff of the meaning attached to the guarantees drawn up against Russia. The Prince was the same time informed that as an unre served acceptance would be insisted on, Russia had only to give her reply in a simple yes, or no, within ihe period fixed by the treaty of Dec. 2. - The Prince the same evening despatched a courier to St. Petersburg asking for further instructions, which he expects by to-morrow's telegraph. It is said that in the interpretation given to the four • points, the idea of bringing about peace before the first of the year is not departed from; but, on the other hand, the power; are determined, in case of a refusal on the part of Russia, to conclude a treaty of offensive alliance." A letter from Vienna, of the 23th ult., in the Constitutionmd, says :—" The movement of troops towards the Russian frontier continues. Some companies of pioneers, who recently arrived from Italy, leave this day for Gallicia. All the generals who were on leave at Vienna aro immediately to leave for the army. The Corriere Italiano of Vienna, of the 30th ult., says :—"This morning at 10 o'clock the Em peror passed in review the garrison of Vienna, under the command of Marshal Baron de Herzin ger. His Majesty was accompanied by the Duke de Brabant. General Letang, was also present, as well as Colonel de Manteuffel." The same journal says : _44 The news from the Crimea do not speak of any act of hostility, but they are of interest, in asmuch as they detail the immense preparations made IT the Allies to defeat the Russian army encamped nearßakshi-Serai, and to take Sebastopol. A bright sun has at length come to reanimate the courage of the troops, whom the continual rains had much fatizued. The roads aro now practicable, and the soldiers wait with patience the signal for the assault or battle." The Emperor 11:71s conferred the Order of St. Vladimir of the First Class upon General Annen koff, Governor of Odessa. POLAND. A letter from Warsaw, 31st ult., in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The concentration of the lot corps d'artnee, and of the division of reserve be tween the Peleka, the Warta, an d th e Vi s t u l a i s is completed. General Siewen, who commands this corps, has set off suddenly for the head-quar ters at Radom. Large quantities of provisions have been celle‘cted within the last few days." Field-Marshal Prince Paskiewitch has left War saw for St. Petersburg. A letter from Vienna of the 28th ultimo, in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" I had to-day in my hand a copy of a despatch from Prince Menschikoff of the 17th, and it makes no mention either of the malady of the Prince or of his replacement by General Osten-Sacken. The Russian commander in-chief only complains that the severe weather makes great ravages amongst his troops, as well as amongst his cavalry and artillery horses." THE BALTIC. HAMBURG, DEC. 29. Letters from. St. Petersburg have been received hero which state that several councils have latoly taken place there under the presidency of the Minister at War, with the attendance of the naval and military officers commanding in the Gulf of Finland and its shores. These councils recognised the necessity of strengthening and augmenting the various fortified places, and of adding to the most important of them an entrenched camp, capable of accommodating a division of infantry. In fact, it is stated that this syStem of entrenched camps i s to be carried out on a large scale, and to extend f rom C rons tadt to most of the military positions in Polo n I. This, among other matters, is the cause of the visit made by General Dehm, the governor (4 the town and citadel of Cro ns tadt , to Field-Marshal Paskiewi' ch at Warsaw, in order to confer with him on a grand plan of defence for the whole length of the Vistula, and thence to the Neva, in case of invasion during the ensuing campaign. SWITZERLAND. BERNE, Dec. 30.—The Federal Council has dis tributed the different Ministerial departments among its members, as follows : M. Furrer ............ President and Minister of Foreign Affairs. M. Druoy... ......... FiLances. M. Naeff ...... ....Post-office and Public Works. Ni. Frei-flerec ...War. M. Muriziger ~,,.,Commerce. M. Fransini .......interior. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 29th ult. The:Dian:o Espanol informs us that the Ministry, in pUrsdance.otthe promise that it had give; was- endeavouring to effect economy in every department of the State. In the foreign dee ment, the le ga ti ons o f Denmark, Parma, Tu l Switzerland, an d S axony are to be suppresse d, these of Mexi co , T ur k ey, Piedmont, and are to be of th e secon d class. In the other clop * ments there is to be a general reduction 0 : 4 number of functionaries, and of the salaries oftPr e who are to be re t a i ne d . It appears also to bo tub, tided that th ere s h a ll b e a large reduction 1 1 U budget of the cler g y. Nothing important vi . :l place in the Cortes on' the 29th. The GoverDs presented a bill for a l evy o f 2 5,000 men, b u tt was no discussion on the subject in that sitting' NAPLES. The Messagiere di Modena of the 23d con 4-; ,.. 116 i ' notification from the commander of the trait the western district placing the city and eanvn of Carrara in a state of siege. The inhabit:l o 'j the city are called upon to deliver up their within six hours, and those of the country 119 .0 24. From 6in the evening until 6in the all public places and shops must be closed, an' assemblies, even of th ree per Sons, will be hrokel by the public force. Although the Governal of Modena and Tuscany have thought pro P er, treat the late disturbance at Carrara as ono of political import, there is good reason to belie, was no m ore th an i s k nown in England as a " originating in disputes and bickeriugs of old Et ing between the masters and workmen of the w ot hie quarries in that neighbourhood, and havingo further connexion with politics than that 41 masters are for th e mos t part of very high C o n o vative principles, and the workmen probably desperate Radicals. SAXONY. DRESDEN, DEC. f t s i The King in pers on c l ose d the session Extraordinary Diet of Saxony. He deliverw following speech on the occasion : GENTLEMEN Or THE STATES— 13, "A sho r t, b ut i mportant session closes this cuy„, your activity, your devoted assiduity, your apprel to the busin ess o f t h e country, as well as by t' stant zeal of which the two extraordinary del o 7 o o have given pro o f s , you h ave been enabled to eou " ct a happy issue important legislative labours in the,o period prescribed for that purpose by the constitsrly law, and to adopt decisions, in conformity ivieb o } constitution, on the v ar i ous pro j ects of law which been submitted to you. My consent has alreS"f given to the greater part of the alterations you introduced into them. As to those which hale t yo befoie me within the last few days I shall reserve for more deliberate examination. "I entertain, therefore, an assured confidescepf the amelior a ti ons so ardently desired by the c°o V in our admi n i s t rat i ve and judicial affairs will 13 °.„1 brought into op era ti on , if H eaven be pleased to gr' a continuance of peace from without. " I have seen with particular satisfaction the st, f have exhibited in comp l y i ng unanimously w ith. wishes with regard t o fi x i ng th e c i vil list. s therein a new proof of that devotion to my polo ° , my family that your acts have testified on mall sions. Deposit, then, in tranquillity your powers hand of the Ordinary Diet, which is about to 00 13 'iji "The consciousness of having performed the l !l will accomp an y t o t h e i r homes those who clulop assembly ; and w ith th e grace of God the spir it deceased brother will watch over us all for the g our dear country." CAPE OF GOOD 110P-!4" . 14, THE THREATENED KAFIR, OITTB Rumours of the probability —nay, the veto tainty—of a fresh Kafir war having become sc 'Of frequent of late, it is necessary to show, upoll good authority, that there is not the most 7j chance of such an even t. I t i s easy to see theD;ip from whence such rumours take their rise, 138 in the interested speculations of the wall/ would benefit by a state of hostilities suPP ii i. by the exagge ra t e d f ears of i nexperience d ' Two events have come in opportunely of It give strength to th e d e l us i on. Th e Pon j a ti Maidstones merchant ships, recently arri7 the bay with d raug ht for different regiments ° o fei frontier, were b o th o f th em chartered to cone back the 91st an d 12th reg i ments to E li g l o but the authorities having omitted to send ,: r ef to that effect to the commander-in-chief, th e ments are detained, and the ships return elti while those who desire a Kafir war seize 1 ( . 1 0 in support of their views, by asserting th3 fei commander-in-chief will not detach a sing l e l meat in the present assumed threatening l ls r a eoli s the Kafirs, Fingoe s , H o tt entots, e t hoe 017111 C. The 5 officers, 93 men, and 5 women of t t i r e eill i t Euniskillens saved from the wreck of:/00 11 :5 Charlotte, fanded here from her Maje', tor`; Hydra on the 16th October, and are now e i otl* M the castle, waiting the engagement of 0 - 4 0 9 , transport to c o n ve y th em t o th e i r destinl4-01 Draughts for the 45th and 6th regiments are lodged in the castle, waiting an opportul e io proceed to the frontier. An eng a g emen t lies entered into for this purpose with the con 3 W to have them conveyed by the Natal or the 0' of Good Hope steam-packet. This arrange 7 has been highly appr o v e d o f b y th e o fficea°' , different corps. HAMBURG, Jan 2.—A storm from the nte r , west has cued the inund a ti on o f one-half °L. city. The dykes are broken, and the 'loose' very considerabl e . 01, The Sdanish papers publish a letter froTi Bishop of Cadiz to Lord Howden, warmly t r ; ing him for hi s restorat i on of the church °f Francisco in that city. T 1 e ilioniteur publishes a long table show , Nir, amount of capit a l requ i re d f or subscribing tY ferent amounts of route in the two stocks o f new ottfe' new loan, and th e amoun t o f t h e fi rs t' and ceeding instalments. The Tribunal of CoMmerce of the Sell ) ", placed at the disposal of the Minister of Coet i fs the sum of 2,000 f. f or th e purc h ase of arti"; 110 the army of the East. The Cercle Agricol e d sent to Marshal Magnan 3,000 f. for the Pr purpose. THE FRENCH LOAN. Messrs. N. M. Rothschild and Sons, of Nev r ;f: ‘ ll St. Swithin's-lane, have opened lists of subscriP' t ;t? the French loan, and a re i nv i t i ng applications fr°,l-(?', English public. Messrs. Baring, Brothers, at P have adopted a similar c ourse , an d h ave i ssue d tu" ",, lowing notification : Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co., by arrangP, with the Societe Generale de Credit M o bilier in, r .; r will receive applic a ti ons f or t h e now French loan i° hundred million f rancs, for which subscript i e • opened at Paris from the 3d to 14th instant, 10 terms specified i n t h e i mperial edict of Dec. 3 1,^ and on the following conditions : hoil - 1 Applications will b e rece i ve d a t th e i r counting' o k, No. 8, Bish o p sga t e - street Within, every day betw e ,cior o'clock a.m. and 3 o'clock p.m., or by post, until 3° on Thursday, the 11th inst. 'Ci r) 24eP o ti Each appli ca ti on must be accompanied by a of 10 per cen t, o f the. amount applied for, at ti le e s, exchange of o ne p oun d sterling for twentyfive frA" ., per accompanying r egu l at i ons. 0 0! The proportionate amount of the loan which wi le s allotted to ea c h su b scr ib er w il l b e notified w ith 0 toe delay as po ss ibl e ; th e prov i s i ona l receipt an d su ipo se9 certificates will be delivered to each subscriber ; further charge will be made than ith per cent. cost of the amount actually subscribed, which ,0 111 21, tir paid to Messrs. Baring, Broth ers , an d Co., on t ' livery of the provisional receipt from Pari s . Messrs. Baring, Brothers, and Co. will, if desi`TO to do, pay the subs equent i nstalments in Paris °,01: per cent, monthly on the stock delivered, w hich i n ,;(11 mints commence on 7th March next, and termin g 7th August, 1850 , upon receipt of the aqu i t tY, amount on the fi rst o f each corresponding month, 1 5- 11 P1 same fixed exchange of H. per 25 francs, without further charge either for commission or cost of the mission and return of the necessary documents. a l‘ Shoul 1 th e amount inscribed by the Treastit,y France be less than that applied for, the deposit If amount not ins cr ib e d w i ll b e returned to each *el cant without charge or deduction, as soon as the° nary advice is received from Paris. Applications for the 4. per Cent. Rentes must be for not less than for 900 francs Rentes ; and for t 0 1' per C en t s , f or not less than for 750 Routes ; or for tiples of these respective amounts. 8, Bishopsgate-street Within, Jan. 3. CALCULATIONS. Francs 900. -Rentes 4i per amt. are equivalen S O 20,000 francs. Capital costing at 92 per cent., 18 %4: francs ; or at t h e exchange of 25 francs per £ sterl o. , 7361., on whi c h th e d epos it of 10 per cent is 73/. oi bS and the commission of Ith per cent, on 7361., it whole be obtained, is 133. sd. to Francs 750.—Iienteg 3 per cent. are equivalervO francs 25,000. Capital costing at 651 per cent., 16,4 50e , or at the exchange o f 25 f rancs per £ sterbp.i 6521. 103., on which the deposit of 10 per cent. is m 65 1 ., t h/ and the commission of Ith per cent, on 6521. 10s., whole be obtained, is 163, 4d WIFE Ii ILLRD BY HER ausneNn.—An inquest held yestf-r. tar afters o at the Manchesler BoYsl i o firmary, by Mr. Edward Herford, coroner for the r e e, on the body of Ellen Bruin, of No. 4, StanleyP ! t t who ha 1 died in the infir mar y on t h e previous eval l o r e Joseph B ru i n , h us b and of the deceased, who was Poe sent in custody of the police, was a day waiter et 0 .111,ion Hot e l, an d went home on the n i g ht o f the 0 ult. in a state of intoxication ; a quarrel ensued betel:;11 him and his wife, in the course of which he eeame exasperated, and threw the tea-kettle at her head Ig o' such fatal prseisio n th a t th e spout entered the scalP,,,b, the left side of he r f ore h ea d . She was afterwards 'et veyed to the infirmary, where erysipelas ensued/ which gbe died on Tuesday evening tr _ Co YCa ti qua f or tire, tun 6 the t J an 135, , z t .qe.s th e , un et dear 0f th Whi c This Pr oal 111 cti by I ( eltre 84 1Ittm kni t 3 1 ,, gto I t t° 3" 3%l ' 4.4 Ani t t e pit to 4, 4 t )% 14441 131 1 ,4441 16, 1 k krt. kind 44 .6 °6 1 1 ; 04 13/3,,,88 ' With TA * a 4 t e" 1 04 3a 9' 1 ki 1 , -4 to f-47Z 3-4 3 9 tcl6- P f ,• 6, 1 • mot, 20 ditt o 'R T 31 1 c , 411 1 ra W: 3 ditt o -I ,T I ot rad e a, ~~y