The Sun. — London, England, 1855-12-03 00:00:00

.\ `~_ ~ . THE NIGHTINGALE FUND. List of Subscribers.—The Honorary Secretaries, baying been re nested to postpone issuing a first list of subscribers until after a Meeting of the Committee has been held, and s.s such M eetingri canto of take place until Thursday, the 6 th o f December, thexl2; announce that such 'Ail' of SUBSCRIBERS will APPEAR in the several daily papers on Monday, the 10th of Decembr. Meanwhile subscriptions will be received by a iy of the London banks; tr at tht office of the Fund, 5, Parliament street, Chegurs Or Pest-office orders to be made payable t 3 Samuel Carter Hall, Esi. SIDNEY HERBERT , I S. C. HALL, non. Secs. • MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND. M Haydn's CREATION, December 10.—Prices of Admission for Madame Goldschmidt's First Appearance :—Reserved arid Num bered One Guinea ; Tickets for the Body of the Hall and West Gallery (not reserved), Ten shillings and Sixpence ; Area (tinder the West Gallery), Seven Shillings. Mr. Mitchell begs to announce that, in order to prevent conibsion, no more tickets will be issued than can be conveniently accommodated.—..* Tickets will be ready for delivery on Tuesday next, December 4, at Mr. Mitchell's Library, 33, Old Bond-street, and will be distributed according to priority of application.—Royal Library, Bond-street, November 29, 1855. 114 JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. - ROYAL • ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN. Last Night but Eleven.-31adame Gassier.—The Fall of Sebastopol Quadrille. — Selection from n Trovatore.—The Programme for THIS EVENING (Monday, Dec. 3) will include—Overture, William Tell (first time this season) ; Ernani Quadrille ; Scherzo Presto from Beethoven's Symphony in A ; The Lucrezia Borgia Valse ; Ah non giunge, and The Bird of the Forest (second time), sang by Madame Gassier; the New Polka, The Rataplan ; Solo, Oboe, by M. Lavigne ; the New Grand Quadrille, the Fall of Sebastopol, assisted by the military Bands; Grand Selection from Verdi's Opera, II Trovatore ; The Sleigh Polka ; the First Movement from Mendelssohn's Scotch Symphony ; Solo, Violin, by Mr. Viotti Collins ; and the Zouave Galop. Commence at 8. Promenade and boxes, Is. ; dress circle, Is. Gd.; private boxes, 125., 1/.15., and 1/. 11 s. Gd. To-morrow (Tuesday, Dec. 4), the 3IENDELSSOIIN FESTIVAL will be repeated, by general desire. The MOZART FESTIVAL.— On Wednesday next, Dec. 5 (the last night but nine), being the anniversary of the Death of Mozart, the who'e of the first part of the Concert will consist exclusively of his Works. The second part will be Miscellaneous, and includesongs by Madame Gassier and the Fall of Sebastopol Quadrille. M. JULLIEN'S ANNUAL BENEFIT.—On Saturday next, Dec. 8, M. Jullien's Annual Benefit will take place. The Beethoven Festival will be given on Monday, Dec. 10. M. Jullien's Grand Annual Bal Masque will take place on Mon day, Dec. 17, 1855. MITH'S GRAND BAL MASQUE at DRURY -7 LANE, for the MILLION". Reduced prices, but increased amusement.—Promenade, "te_ 64.; private boxes, for two persons, 10s. 6d.; for four, one guinea ; 4ress circle, 2s. 6d. ; boxes and galleries, Is. Mr. E. T. Smith, Lessee, respectfully informs the Nobility, Gen try, and Public, that a GRIND BAL MASQUE will take place at the above Theatre on WEDNESDAY, December 12, on a scale of mag nitude and expense never before attempted. A superb salon de danse, 400 feet in length, embellished and decorated with illuminated bowers, variegated lamps, and novel devices. Enlarged orchestra, well-appolnted masters of the ceremonies, all the new dances, music, &c. Tickets, 7s. 6d. each, to be obtained at the principal music sellers and librarians, and at the theatre. Several thousand varie gated lamps, by Duffel'. The whole of the novel gas fittings under the superintendence of %fr. Jones, of Bow-street, assisted by Mr. Palmer. The decorations by Dlckwynken, assisted by Mr. Need ham. The Bowers and scenery arranged by Mr. Tucker. The re freshments by Messrs. Scott and Watling. of Piccadilly and Pimlico. Masters of the Ceremonies under the direction of Mr. Jarvis. The police mid, r Superintendant Hancock. The Box-office under the superintendence of Mr. Chatterton. THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, Will re perfl,rmed the come drama called USED UP. Forowed by LITTLE TODDLESI Principal character by 31r. C. Mathews. Madame Labarrere's Troupe of Lions. Bears, &c. To he followed by NITOCRIS. Characters by Messrs. E. F. Ed gar, Stuart, B. Sullivan, G. Wild, C. Vincent, &c.; Miss Glyn, Mrs. Selby, Mies De Vere, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland, &c. THEATRE ROYAL, HITMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, be performed THE BUSY BODY. Characters by Messrs. Howe, Chlppmda e, Bolters, W. Farrell, and Buckstonc ; Misses Reynold+ and E. Chaplin. After which, the Spanish Dancers. Followed by THE LITTLE TREASURE. To eoncluie with JOHN JONES. ROY tr. PRINCESSS TE - IP_INTRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CIIAILLE3 THIS EVENING Will be performed MOW STOUT - YOU'RE GETTING; After wh!ch, KING HENRY THE EIGHTH. Queen Katha• rine, Mn.s C. Kean; Cardillo.' Wolsey, Mrs. C. Kean. To conclude with A GAME OF ROMPS. TaZATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, fir. E. Webster.—Directress, liadame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Wit be performed JANET P.ZIDF: Characters by Messrs. 11 Webster, P. Bedford, Sel Bland, Moralnnd, Garden, C. J. Smith, and Ke ley; Madame Celeste, Mies Mary Keeley. To conclude with TWICE KILLED. ROYAL LYCE(JA THEATRE. Lessee, Mr. J. 11. Anderou, 18, Norfolk-street, Strand. LAST WEEK BUT T 4 7 0. Increased Attractions, and success in erfual ratio THIS, AND EVERY EVE:NINO, at Eight o'Cloet, Will 'he presented, with entirely New and Magnificent Appoint ment~, MMItC and MYATERY, in twelve acts, s.rrauge , l in two parts, by Professor Anderson. After ,vhieh. the startling illustrations of Spirit-Rapping. HALT , - AN-IIOUR WICtI VIE: SPIRIT:4. being tho most surprising and Interesting series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. Revival, in an improved form, of the astounding novelty tartled London 10 years ado, the GREIT GUN TRICK 1 Prices of admission:—Private Bases, 1/. 113. 6d. and 11. Is. ; Orchestra Stalls, 45.; Dress Thus, 3s ; Upper Boxes, 24.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 6d. No Half-price. Box-of11,:e open from 11 to 5 Grand Nforninz Performance on Saturday Next at Two o'Clock Doors open at Half-past Ono. ROYAL STEAND THEATRF. Under the direction of Mr. Payne. THIS EVENING, Will be performed GUY MANNERING. After which, a SPAgiSrI BALLET, by the Spanish Dancers. To conciade with TILE SOLDIER'3 DAUGHTER. R)YA.T. OLYMPIC THEATRE. THI3 EVENI,TG. Will be presented PLOT AND PASSION' Characters by Messrs F Robson, Emery, G. Vining, Lesile, J. H. White, 11. Cooper, and Franks ; and Mrs. Stirling and Miss Bromley. Followed by £5 REWARD. To conclude with THE WELSH GIRL. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPEIITEIEATRZ. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. First Night of a New Equestrian Spectacle. Last Week of Mademoiselle CLEMENTINE SOULLIER. THIS EVENING, First Week of an Equestrian Spectacle called TURPIN'S RIDE to YORK, or the Heir of Rookwo td, with the wh le of Mr. W. Cooke's highly-trained Horses, the celebrated "Ride," and the Death of Black Bess! After which (the L•st Week) Mlle. Clementine Soullier's perfor mance in the WONDERS of the CIRCLE. To conclude with an Oita Podrida of Amusements. ' N.B.—Extensive preparations are making for the Christmas Her legninade. oDen from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. West. Kcittestiian Director, Sir. w. Cooke, jun. RIGII WATER AT LONDON' BRIDGE. T frig DAY—Morn. 51 Tnin. aft. B—Evening 26 min. aft. 9 To-no anow—Morn. 58 min.aft. 9 —Evening 27 min. aft 10 THE WEATHER--SuN OFFICE, Dee. 2. TfIERMOMETER, IN THE, SHADE. 46 highest since noon yesterday. 43 —lowest this morning a nd during the night. 44—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29.88—falling. N.N.E. to N.E. Fresh, with fine winter weather. DECEMBER 3. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 35 —lowest this morning and during the night. 39 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30.09—up again. WIND, N.E. to E.N.E. —Light, with fine frosty weather. ( 1 / 4 t);11 oft,:s; LONDON. MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1855. December again brings with it a variety of rumours respecting new negotiations for peace, under the auspices and through the intervention of A.istFi a . We are even told that terms have been proposed, not by Russia, but by the Cabinet of Vienna, which might not only be accepted with honour at the present stage of the War, but which would hardly be thought unfavourable oven after another successful campaign. It is, further, more than hinted that the Westeru Powers have "nibbled at the bait ;" and th a t, consequently, there is every prospect of a speedy cessation of We must say that we totally discredit the latter portion of these statements, believing that merely' " the wish is father to the thought," and that th e assertions are but ingenious feelers put forward to test the opinions and views of the community. We have already had quite enough of Austrian mediation. Her duplicity and insincerity have been too clearly and unequivocally displayed to allow us agai n •to fall into the obvious trap. Twelve months have elapsed since we had a dis tinct and positive undertaking from Austria, which, although Couched in ambiguous language, left no passible doubt as to the impression it was intended to convey to the Western Governments. It was only stipulated that if Russia, before the end of the then current year, 1854, should have wade propobiLions which were considered accept- . THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY _EVENING, DECEMBER 3 18b5. able, and which would insure a good and durable peace, that the three Powers would " advise " as to the means of obtaining that peace ! Surely it could never be supposed that one of these Powers would evade that solemn obligation by a quibble on the word " advise," worthy only an Old Bailey practitioner, and scarcely sufficient to be " re served " for the Court of Criminal Appeal in the case of a fraudulent bankrupt. And yet it is now gravely asserted that while that obligation re mains virtually unperformed, the French and English Governments would listen to new propositions from the same party by whom they had been so grossly and so scan dalously deceived. And that after the deliberate declaration by the English Secretary for Foreign Affairs that there was " much reason to fear that Austria would propose nothing that Russia would be unwilling to accept ; while, on the other hand, it seemed probable that Russia would agree to nothing that would interfere with the determina tion that the Emperor ALEXANDER had announced of carrying out the policy of PETER and of CATHERINE." No ; Austria has been " weighed in the balance and found wanting." She cannot again be suffered to interfere, and any propositions which Russia may think proper to make must be directly put forward by herself, and not through any third party. Great as ker losses have been, she is not as yet sufficiently humiliated to accede to terms that will, at the same time, give ade quate compensation for the past, and ample SQ curity for the future—that will recompense all the enormous outlay that has been sustained in misting her unjustifiable aggression, and prove that she has definitively abandoned her traditional policy of annexation. It is not from any vindictive feeling against Rus sia, or any undue aspiration after naval or mili tary glory, that we urge these matters, but from a profound conviction that no satisfactory peace can, at present, be concluded, and that any nego tiations or discussions must be highly prejudicial to the cause for which the Western Powers have been compelled reluctantly to fling away the scabbard and " unloose the dogs of war." Austria may have made propositions she is capable of anything. But if she seriously intended that her repree.entations should be listened to she would not have permitted so gross an insult, so foul a wrong as that perpe trated against the English nation in the person of Colonel TUB, an officer wearing the British uni form, and in the actual service of Great Britain, to remain so long unredressed. No matter how san guinary might be her minions, they would for the time at least have repressed their bloodthirsty in stincts, and abated the insolence of office, if by so doing they could have hoped to serve the twin despotism. The very audacity displayed and per sisted in proves beyond the possibility of doubt that they have no hope of again bamboozling the Cabinet of St. James into disastrous negotiations. The matter has now reached a point where there can be no looking backward—no retrograde movement. The path not only of honour, but of safety lies forward. We must still advance, if we desire that our heavy sacrifices, not only of money, but of the inestimable lives of our gallant brethren, shall be productive of results really beneficial to the nation, and insuring to our children, and children's children the peace and tranquillity which we have been unable to retain. In the interests of humanity it is much to be regretted that no Englishman can speak in Rus sia but Messrs. GLADSTONE, COBDEN, and. BBI4IIT. Each of their speeches are fully reported in the journals of St. Petersburg, and as their names have been carried on the wings of commerce fur ther than those of our more English-minded Statesmen, the Russians are deluded into the be lief that a faction only of this country are at war with their CZAR ; they are encouraged to sub mit to depopulating and impoverishing sacrifices under the belief that in a very little time the philo-Russians hero will eject the War Ministers. While Prussia and Austria supply the Russian army with ammunition, and shield her weak side, the Peelites and their coadjutors feed it with hopes of soon wearying out a power whose men of European reputation clamour for peace at any price. It were well if the vanity or party spirit of these gentlemen suffered them to remem ber that their own speeches are thegreatest obstacle to peace. The CZAR himself and his old Muscovite party are desperate ; still we question if they could have sustained the zeal of their rude soldiers but for the orations of our peace men. Had these gen tlemen but had the patriotism to be silent when their soft words were practically firebrands ; had they allowed the country to present the united and uncompromising phalanx of its majority of ninety nine hundredths, without their noisy band beating a retreat in vain behind it, it is presumable that Russia and Austria would have lost heart long ago, and that peace might have been the easy task of this winter. By preaching peace to England they have preached war to Russia. Why do we never hear them addressing themselves to the power which broke the peace Why, if they are honest, do they not prove to Russia that such are the resources and determination of England, France, and their allies ; that such is the mani fest wickedness of the attack on the SULTAN, ani indeed of all the Russian .conquests of tbe last half-century, that peace is hopeless till Russia give up her aggressive position, and retreat to legitimately Russian territory ? Why not tell Russia that, for such reasons, peace men as they are, they may talk for ever, but will never carry this country with them ? They know that such speeches would be read in the Russian Qourt if not printed in the Invalide Busse, and would produce ten times more effect than for ever lecturing their countrymen on the wickedness of War, to punish the disturber of peace and to tak e sufficient bail of him for the future. It is the notable meeting at Oxford, on Thurs day, which has reminded us so strongly of the mad ness of our Peace-men. Could the report of such a meeting but appear in the same Russian p apers, in which the Manchester and Peelite speeches are printed, we should feel less concern that the uneasiness of vanity in a minority vented itself in the form it does. Here it does no harm, because our perfectly free Press gives the antidote with the bane. In Russia these effusions are a kind of political brandy, a distillation from the wholesome total of the English newspaper press, serving the same purpose to the reading population there as the material stimulant to their poor soldiers at Inkerma.n and the Tchernaya. In the very city whose University parh Mr. GLADSTONE re p res ents, at an annual munici pa l e amadfinornetrheaettiteyndaVd ou by the Mem bers with the May or e x-Ma yor , the Sheriffs of the city and and county, and 'r . uord-Lieutenant of the county, the Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, and Procters of the University, and o th er gentlemen—at this c'NEwould and Memb ers o f have heard b u t one voice. There TMhre.reGL:.nerseT ea-Ministers Parliament of different, nay, decid edly opposed, politics; i there were literary Pntletneu, countr gentlemen, burgesses Of the city ; gent-him of whose incomes are likely to be 1 ' corAl ' l all - mated by the Income Tax- , -v y deci. r, , , Pot a note of dis. t sension is heard. Rival senators, civilians, masters of arts, soldiers, and tradesmen, all, without qualification, adopt the same language. What is very remarkable is, that the Mayor hav ing properly interdicted politics, and all the speakers concurring with him, they yet each and all treated the War as no question of politics ; that is, in their ordinary sense—as a topic on which, indeed, Englishmen could not be supposed to differ. We commend these plain facts to the consideration of the fighting despot at St. Peters burg, and the skulking despots at Vienna and Berlin. They will let them know the stuff which JOHN BULL —every limb of him—is made of. Sir JAMES FEROUTSSON, just come from the Crimea, exulted in the enthusiasm with which every returning soldier is received, and testified to the ardour and efficiency of the troops he had just left. Mr. CARDWELL, in a speech truly wonderful for a Peelite, endorsed the sentiments of the French EMPEROR, and affirmed that as in a civilised kingdom each citizen is bound by muni cipal law to aid in resistance to breach of thepeace, so by international law each kingdom is bound to join in chastising the violator of intternational na tional peace. He bore willing testimony to the unanimity of the British people, and joined in their demand for a thoroughly satisfactory peace. Mr. HENLEY was even more decided ; he (like our selves) could but characterise as cant the unde fined talk of a " secure and honourable peace." His opinion was " that when two strong persons fell out, nothing came of it until one or the other got a very good thumping." " This always produced some effect, and then things which to the defeated had seemed unjust became just, admissible, unpalatable conditions of peace were swallowed, and a secure and satisfactory peace was the result." We venture to think that if all the worthies of St. Stephen's waste the public time for six months next session in their word-fencing, the homely formula of the Tory member for Oxfordshire will sum up still the truth of the whole question. Colonel NORTH was sure that in this war for freedom " consider ations of money would never induce them to de sire a hasty and insecure peace." Mr. G. G. 1 HARCOURT hoped all the members would beintheir place next session, to give a vigorous support to such military measures as the Government might think it needful to adopt. The Earl of ABINGDON (the Lord-Lieutenant) praised'our Allies, especi ally the Constitutional Monarch of Sardinia, and felt confident that in union with them we should give the aggressor " the good thumping" which alone would lead to a satisfactory peace. Major REED was delighted with the unanimity on this sub ject of gentlemen holding such different political opinions, and showed up the odious position of Austria. Mr. CASTLB, the city sheriff, expressed the strong dissent of the citizens from the views of Messrs. GLADSTONE, COBDEN, and BRIGHT, and declared their willingness to make any sacrifices necessary for the conclusion of the War, with re sults worthy of the Allies and their righteous objects. Such is a bare outline of this thoroughly Eng lish meeting. If our readers overlooked our report on Saturday we would bog them to turn back to it. We feel proud of our politicians and citizens when we see them thus merging all vulgar differences and interests in a national and world-important cause. It augurs well for the approaching session, for the conduct of the War, and, therefore, for the earliest peace worth our acceptance. When will common sense be installed at the Horse Guards ? We ask the question without much hope of a satisfactory answer. Were it a question of mode instead of time the case would be far different. The reply would then be alike prompt and to the purpose. The reader would at once exclaim—" By clearing it of its present tenants, and setting Routine adrift to find where it might a congenial domain," and we would agree with him. The question, however, not being one of mode, but of time, we must reiterate the inquiry, " When will common sense be in stalled at the Horse Guards I" Some predestined victim of credulity, fresh from the recent announcement that a line of tele graph is about to be laid down from Balakiava to Kertch, "in order that the Allies may be regu larly apprised of the movements of the Russians, and enabled to send immediate assistance to any point menaced by the enemy," may point to it as a convincing proof that despair is unwarranted, and that we have only to " wait a little longer " to have our wishes accomplished. A convincing proof ! Couple the announcement with another, and see what it tends to demonstrate. General VIVIAN, the leader of the Turkish Contingent, was menaced, we are told, the other day at Kertch by WRANGEL, and consequently sent to Balaklava for cavalry to protect his position, as the crisis was somewhat imminent. Now, our cavalry hav ing been but little harassed during the War, it mightimagined that su c h an opportunity of provi be ng its effectiveness would promptly have been awarded it. What was the fact ? Why, despite this circumstance, and the urgency of the case, the cavalry was refused ! And on what ground? Why, en that of etiquette I Had General VIVIAN belonged to her MAJzsres service, instead of being an India officer, his request would have been acceded to, but being what he was he was incompetent to command her MAJESTY'S troops. H.M.S. must be under H.M.S. To be commanded by H.E.I.C.S. would be derogation and ruin. Better lose an important strategical post than that should happen. What is the welfare of the country—what the triumph of a great cause— what the lives of brave men, in comparison with the supremacy of etiquette A pretty illustration this of what the laying down of the new line of telegraph really implies. A tolerably convincing proof, at all events, that the object sought is not that paraded. Were it so the cavalry would have been sent. Such a de parture from routine would have preceded the appliance of so valuable a modern means of com munication. Can the reader imagine absurdity carried to sheerer depravity than in this instance? Here was a general who had won distinction in defence of one of our most important colonial P o ssessions, and on that account had been in trusted with high command in the present War, left with his raw troops to rout and destruction, because he did not belong to a favoured corps. A general whose training was in the same field as that chosen by WELLINGTON, and who had par ticipated in the triumphs of the most efficient army we have —an army that can recount vic tories to the full as great and more scientifically achieved than any in the present War victories, p Er alt z teenrn: a hardly won but complete, over warlike tribes that could beat back withofeeeasuereteheit armies of b e e f a ß: e ss r ia. Being, however, only a sepoy General, and the .ontingent, and " ,- " ..ns - . ition were as dust in p d a a rt cavalry, i ed n w t i o t il h b.e that, Mcl9. I nS i a n d defeatel by y f the him -; atl d ~ d : e g o m a : enabled to send immediate assistance;" thehs s e i sb l t e aa s slnacneoc balance. An .a i ,y m , continuous succession of embar- - J olvridalers,p9m, on , _ . each other ltssi n a g s as mt7 s h Ans a e t_v p a r r d ia e n rs ce ca w ic it u h_ and to frustrate the objects of the War. a much laid to stultify any general not above mediocrity; and and it is more than probable you make nearer approxiMPtion to the vl-2..utb. THE KING OF SARDINIA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) The King of Sardinia, with Prince Albert, Sir C Wood, and the whole suite, arrived at Basingstoke, by train on the Great Western Railway, from Windsor, attended by the Hon. S. Walpole, chairman, and C. A. Saunders, Esq., secretary. They were received by J. Crombie, Esq., secretary, and the officers of the South Western Railway, and started for Gosport at 10 o'clock. The royal train arrived at Gosport at 10.55 this morn ing, and will, according to present arrangements, leave again at 4 p.m. on its return. CHURCH RATES. [FROM A CORRESPONDENT.] CARMARTMEN, Nov. 30.—The Anti-Church-rate party have won a victory to-day. The poll has just closed, with a majority against the rate of 164 1 These are what are called personal votes, and until the poll is analysed it cannot be known what the real ma jority is, as many voters have a plurality of votes according to the amount of their rating. William Morris, Esq., one of the borough magi strates, after having spoken strongly and well against resorting to a poll and in favour of a voluntary effort to supply the needs of the church, proposed that no rate should be granted. This was seconded by Mr. James Bagnall, the well-known advocate for the abolition of Church rates, and supported by Lewis Mor ris, Esq., who filled the civic chair for the last two years. A forest of hands was held up against the vote, but a poll was insisted upon by the adverse party, and the glo rious result is as above. The state of the poll after scrutinising the votes was as follows : Against the rate 353 For 165 Majority 193 The majority of personal votes was 164, but after giving both sides advantage of votes according to amount of rating the result is as above. Viscount and Viscountess Barrington and the Hon. Misses Barrington, have returned to Beckett House, Berke, from visiting the Earl and Countess of Hard wicke, at Wimpole Hall. THE NEXT CAMPAIGN.—A letter from Constantinople, in the Cologne Gazette, states that next spring the Turk ish army of the Danube is to be increased to about 80,000 men, and is to march to the Pruth, in order to carry the war into Bessarabia. Two divisions of French and English troops are to proceed to Varna from the Crimea to support the operation. The betrothal of the Grand Duke Nicholas, younger brother of the Emperor Alexander 111., with the Prin cess of Oldenburg, daughter of Prince Peter of Olden burg, was celebrated on the 26th ult. at St. Petersburg. Prince Peter is eon of the Grand Duchess Catherine, who married the King of Wurtemburg, father of the Queen Sophia of the Netherlands. THE VICTORIA RIFLES.—The volunteer corps for the county of Middlesex will muster for drill every evening, during the winter months, at Allen's Riding School, Bryanstone-square. El Monday, Dec. 10, has been fixed by the high sheriff for the Meath election. The contest, although between candidates who, strictly speaking, both belong to the Liberal party, will be one of the closest and bitterest we have bad in Ireland for some time. The Queen has presented the Rey. E. Eardley Wil mot, vicar of Kenilworth, to the living of All Souls, \ Langham- place, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. W. Thompson. The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have been entertaining a large party at Hatfield-house, Herts, in cluding the Ea r l of Verulam, Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord and Lady Harry Vane, Lord Pelham, Lady Cowley, the Right Hon. Benjamin and Mrs. Disraeli, the Hon. R. Grimston, Mr. and Lady Susan Smith, Sir Fitzroy Kelly,iso. MM. Lorieux and Eugene de Fourey are preparing for publication, in 17 large maps, an Atlas of subter ranean Paris. FOREIGN POTATOES.—It appears, from a return just issued, that from January to October only 55,786 cwt. of potatoes were imported. In ten months of last year the importations were 110,773 cwt. . _ The German Journal of Frankfort states that the widow of Major de Lettgau, of the German Legion, who died on the way to the Crimea, is to receive an annual pen sion of 1501. from the English Government. Owing to the intended visit of the King of Sardinia to the city the colonial produce markets will be closed on Tuesday. In all other departments of business the transactions will be restricted as much as possible. SPECIL—The arrivals of specie last week, with the exception of some silver from Belgium, have been li mited to the large ones from Australia by the White Star, Oliver Lang, and Kent, amounting altogether to 1,200,0001. Of these one-third, the only portion yet brought upon the market, has been purchased and re mitted to the Bank of France. Meanwhile it is under stood the next specie shipments to India and China will be of unusual magnitude. From Mexico 500,0001. is now overdue. RISE Of WAGES.—In consequence of the exorbitant price of provisions the journeymen sailmakers of this city have applied to their employers for an advance of wages to the amount of 6d. per hundred yards, to which request they have readily acceded.—Pristol Mercury. THE HIINGERFORD CASH.—We learn with much plea- sure that the erection of a school-house for Mr. Grant will be commenced immediately, and that it is hoped a fund sufficient will be raised to admit of a chapel being erected for him in the spring. Several handsome sub scriptions have already been received by the committee, but more will be required to defray the expenses of building, and to reimburse Mr. Grant for what he has lost. . _ COU N T WALEWSKI'S CIBCULAB.—" An unauthorised denial," says the Emancipation of Brussels, "has been given to the statement that Count Walewski had ad dressed a circular to the neutral states relative to ithe Eastern war. This circular was read some days sauce to the Foreign Ministers of the various states not eng L e g d in the oenflict, by the French representatives at heir courts. The circular is drawn up in a pacific sense' cor responding to the last speeoh of Napoleon llr. The neutral states are invited to pronounce in favour of one of the belligerent parties, not in order to be brought into actual hostilities , but rather to influence by their moral support the decision of the power that commenced the war." SIR CoLIN CAMPBELL—Lieut.-General Sir Colin Campbell has honoured Cheltenham with a "flying visit" this week , arriving on Thursday afternoon, and teking his departure on the following day. During his short stay this brave and distinguished officer put up at the Queen's Hotel, where, early yesterday morning, he was waited upon by Colonel Kirwan, the Master of the Ceremonies, who tendered his services in any matter wherein they night contribute to render the gallant general's sojourn amongst us pleasant and agreeable, in timating at the same time a hope that an opportunity might be afforded to the inhabitants of the town pub licly to express their sense of the estimation in which they held their visitor. Sir Colin's arrangements would not, however, admit of his remaining in Cheltenham suf ficiently long for this purpose, having to leave the place in a few hours, and having only four days before he would have to re-embark for the battle-fields of the Cri mea ; he was consequently compelled to decline any pub lic demonstration in compliment to his very short and hurried visit, which barely admitted of his passing an hour with Lord Ellenborough at Southern, and seeing his other personal friends resident is Cheltenham. The gallant general left by the five o'clock train on his re turn to town.—Che l tenham Looker-On of Saturday. LECTURE ON ARCIIITECTPUBE.—Ou the evening of Fri day, the 30th ult., a lecture on architecture, its purpose and origin, was delivered at the Westbourne College, Bayswater-road, before the Rev. Charles Mackenzie, A.M., Principal, and an attentive audience, by Mr. Ed ward Hall, F.S.A. The lecturer showed the importance of architecture with reference to physical, social, and moral condition. He adverted to the qualities and to a lose of the beautiful in nature and art, and urged strongly the necessity of design and contrivance in ordi nary dwellings, and in the laying out of streets and squares. This design was habitually neglected by us, yet was important, quite irrespective of improved sewer age, water supply, and similar questions. The argu ment was illustrated by reference to Sir Christopher Wren's plan for the improvement of London after the great fire, where convenience and architectural effect went hand in 'and. The same lines of thoroughfare were being more and more demanded, but now were supplied with serious disadvantage, and without the chance of the originally designed architectural effect. A. subsequent lecture is to treat of the principles of " Practical Art," as applied to house decoration and furniture. LOAD J. RUSSELL IN GLOCESTEBSEIIBE. — Lord J.[Rus sell, who has lately taken up his residence near Stroud, in Gloucestershire, has been paying a visit, with Lady Russell, to Cheltenham, and inspecting the Cheltenham Grammar School. At the Grammar School he was con ducted through the different class rooms by the master, Dr. Humphreys, observed the system of instruction adopted there, and particularly examined the maps and other drawings in the commercial school, thence proceed. ing to the higher or classical department. The boys were examined in the presence of his lordship, and an address was presented by the dux of the school to his lordship on behalf of the scholars, in which they say:—"We have been too carefully instructed in the great principles of civil and religious liberty not to esteem and revere the statesman who has so long been the fearless defender of those principles ; and we need scarcely say that those feelings have assumed a deeper and a warmer character since we have learnt tho kind interest taken by your lordship in this ancient school, and the encouragement which our esteemed head-master has received from you in his arduous efforts to raise it from a state of compara tive decay to that heelt!ly and honourable position which 7 31 the 'pupils, feel proud to know the Cheltenham seraremar School has attained. We trust that we all shall strive to do credit to our masters and our school, and to prove ourselves not unworthy of the c ountenance and encouragement of the good and the noble." His ' lordship made a rather lengthy reply to this address, and pointed out to the boys the great advantages now afforded them in every department of the school com pared with what existed in similar institutions some years ago. Lord and Lady John Russell were after wards entertained at luncheon in the dining-ball of the school, where they were met by se veral of the clergy and gentry of the town. In the visit to the hospital Lady J. Russell inquired with much minuteness into the domestic arrangements, and appeared much pleased with the clean liness and good order which prevailed throughout the catabliiiktment. MAGAZINES. Blackwood.—"Zaidee" is finished : and now that it is finished we may speak of it deliberately as of its charming writer's unquestionable master piece. " Katie Stewart" was, previously, her best work, a *.‘ true story" of singular beauty and fresh ness. " The Quiet Heart" being a sweet companion narrative, replete with grace and tenderness. " John Riutoul, or the Fragment of a Wreck," occupying a minor place among the anonymous writings of this delightful contributor to the pages of the great Edinburgh Magazine. Not that we ourselves regard the last-mentioned tale as in any essential respect inferior to the other fictions emanating from the same hand, but that such ap pears to be the author's modest estimate of it herself—judging from the circumstance of its re maining (to our notion somewhat unaccountably) up to the present moment unhonoured by the fact of a separate republication. Beautiful, however, though the three preceding stories by * * * are beyond the possibility of any serious contradic tion, " Zaidee " is the best of all, as it is also the most considerable in extent, the most ingenious and elaborated in plot, and decidedly the most graceful, agreeable, and sparkling in its general treatment. The incidents of the romance here compacted toge ther in the crowning instalment of the serial-narra tive, are sufficiently numerous, varied, and im portant to satisfy the taste of even the most uncon scionable. The Cumberland Family, taking the half-suspected but as yet unrevealed. Zaidee with them, accompany Percy upon a visit to the Vivians of Cheshire. Before proceeding at once to the Grange, the whole party turn aside for the purpose of a brief preliminary excursion to Vivian Castle, where the heroine is startled by unexpectedly wit nessing the arrival there of the youthful " Head of the House," newly arrived from India, to take possession of the old estates placed within reach of his purchase-money by the death of Sir Francis. Bronzed with travel, only now in the first bloom of his manhood, Philip is at once recognised by Zaidee, the little brown Zaidee no longer, but the beauty of the family par excellence, lovelier even in the fastidious eyes of the whole Vivian race than the vaunted belle of Briarford, the noble and stately Elizabeth. Immediately after Zaidee has thus recognised Philip-in the person of the new Lord of Vivian Castle, she herself is recognised in turn by one after another of her beloved kith and kindred. The revelation of the lost Zaidee to each and all of these startled Vivians is very charmingly described. It comes—this astounding revelation of the heiress of the Grange—first of all to Percy, the Great Author, secondly to Sophy, now wife of the Rev. Reginald Burlington, Rector of Wood church, and then to the whole astonished group of the rest of the family, to Philip the Head of the House, to Mrs. Vivian the fairy Godmother, to Elizabeth the spouse of Bernard Morton, Captain and Member of Parliament, to Margaret, Lady Powis now by reason of her marriage with the Welsh baronet, Sir David Powis, of Powiscourt. And after these, still more surprisingly, the news of Zaidee's discovery comes also to the hearing of her kindly protectors, Mr. and Mrs. Cumberland, and good-natured, unsuspecting Aunt Burtonshaw —Mary, the betrothed of Percy, having been the first of all to penetrate the mystery of her adopted sister's identity. The upshot of all is, of course, the marriage of Zaidee and Philip, and the con sequent blending of the hitherto divided estates of Vivian Castle and the old Cheshire Grange of Briarford. And so the whole charming romance comes to the happiest conclusion imaginable. There are six other contributions in the present num ber of Blackwood, but these, for the most part, are of a rather dull, heavy, lumbering •haracter. The last and shortest of these six arti cles being a genial tribute to the memory of an old and honoured contributor to Maga—recently de ceased. This being the Rev. John Eagles, author of " The Sketcher," a well-known series of papers published some years ago in Blackwood's Magazine. Mr. Eagles, we may observe, was a native and for the most part an inhabitant of Bristol, having been born and having died there. And to him we were indebted, it seems, very recently, for the delightful notices given during two or three successive months, of Charles Knight's most agreeable collection of essay s entitled "Once upon a Time"—in the last of which notices, we well remember was a promise given by the reviewer of some new and as yet unpublished particulars about Bristowa's incomparable bard, poor, glorious, murdered Chatterton. For these particulars we fear we may now look in vain—un less Blackwood somehow comes to the rescue, and by some ingenious device contrives to redeem the promise given by its dead contributor. The most readable of the remaining articles in the December number is the criticism on " Art :" the most un readable, the treatise upon " Simony." The lite rary review of the month is the contribution re lating to " Herodotus ;" the political paper the one referring to the War ; and the story of the month, the translation, from the German, of a humorous history entitled " Court ship under Difficulties." So much for the contents of Blackwood's Magazine for December, the 482 d number, ending volume seventy-eight. Dublin. University.—" Holly and Ivy" appro priately begins the number for the month of De cember. Some suitable reflections are made on the departure of one year and the advent of another; and some pleasing verses are introduced in the course of the composition, entitled " December," "The Willow," &c. "The Old House of Dark brothers " is concluded, and although the plot is not very probable, nor the personages every-day ones, there is a great deal of interest attached to it from the charm of the heroine, Grace. Her courage, her kindness, and her talents render her worthy of a place in any story. It was no wonder that she softened the rigid austerity of Miss Beaufoy, and thus restored peace to a melancholy household. The succeeding passages in the story are of great power and energy, when Grace and her father, in the course of a journey they take in Ireland, meet with the relation of Miss Beaufoy, whom she had lost sight of for years—thus a second time was she of service to the proud lady who had once not thought her worthy of being noticed. There is also one scene which is very ably sketched, in which Grace crosses the sea in a storm. Her father had gone on an excursion to a small island, and while there had met with an accident. Grace insisted on joining some fishermen who were going there in a small " curragh." The voyage was exceedingly rough, and there was enough to terrify any one not so nerved with power and faith as the heroine. Grace had, however, had the pleasure of beholding, after all her toils and struggles, the whole dis united family assemble together, and the fruit of her works was peace and charity. " Th e Fortunes of Glencore," which is continued this month, is not nearly so engaging a story ; as yet the meaning is not so apparent, although it is cleverly written, and the .haracters of some of the dramatis personce are described with skill. Sir Horace Upton is a diplomatist, and his cunning wiles and deceitful manoeuvres form a decided and striking contrast to the open and straightforward demeanour of Colonel Harcourt, who is incapable of subterfuge, and to. whom the plots and counterplots of diplomacy are so many marvels. The old Lord is a most extraor dinary individual, who evidently labours under some great secret which he is unable to divulge on account of his extreme weakness and illness. It is to be presumed that the next portion of the story will contain some eclaircissement of the mystery which hangs like a cloud over the affairs at present. A short article is written on Lieutenant Bellot, as may be supposed, it is ono of great interest. On perusing the details that are everywhere and on all sides afforded of this officer's daring and devotion, the words of the poet occur to one's memory— " Brief, bright, and glorious was his young career ; His mourners were two hosts—his friends and foes." Although he lived in a time of peace, it was from these supposed to bo the hereditary foes of hisna tiox that Bellot won a hi g h mee d o f a pprobation. An account is given of the manner in which lie met his death. It is observed, in the description of one of his countrymen, that he sacrificed his safety to duty, and that he died full of that sublime confi dence and that holy faith which inspired the navi gator of the sixteenth century to utter the fine say ing, "Heaven is as near by water as by land." The writer of this article concludes by the follow ing passage : "So ended the short career of Lieutenant Ballot ; and seldom, perhaps, has a human life been more replete with the elements of genuine happiness than his. " Whom the gods love, die young." Bellot lived long enough to win, by honest means, the respect of two great nations, and, better still, to earn and to secure the esteem and love of irany friends. He died before the experience of manhood had cast its shadow over the brilliant colour. ing in which the generous enthusiasm of youth depicted the future. Being dead he yet speaketh, teaching, by his own story, the nse---, personal and social, of legiti mate and honourable ambition ; and, by the manner of his death, uniting France and England in a common de,ire to do honour to the memory of one of the truest and loyalest of Frenchmen." " Flow and Ebb" is a melancholy poem. It is in teresting in its idea, and the style is flowing and easy. "Irish Rivers" is continued. This month The Barrow is described. A great deal of in formation may be derived concerning the country and the different poin),s of interest met with by the course of the river. As is observed here, we are " made acquainted with picturesque scenes, famed rivers, and historic details of a country whose scenic beauties are too little prized." " Our Men o'-War's Men " contains accounts and delineations of the sons of the sea, and will interest those who take a delight in naval Subjects, Alter many re marks on various congenial circumstances, an opi nion is expressed that " the hearts of oak" who man " our wooden walls" have acted meritoriously in the war, and that in whatever he has had to perform or to sustain " Our Jack" has proved him self every way worthy of his name and fame. Colburn's New Monthly.—The first paper in the present number of the New Monthly takes its sub jects from two recent French works on the adven tures and exploits of the Zouaves at Sebastopol. It is remarked that " ever since the Zouaves have been designated by a Marshal of France the first soldiers in the world,' they have not failed to claim a lion's share in the history of the exploits of the war." The present article consists not so much of a list of their warlike feats, as a series of lively anecdotes of their camp adventures. A " Memoir of Sir William Molesworth," by Cyrus Redding, furnishes some interesting details of his political career. The story of " Millicent and Philip`Crano" is concluded, under the title of " Seven Years." Unlike the generality of this author's stories, it brings the trials of its heroine to a happy termina tion, although by the unsatisfactory expedient of a second marriage. "A Yacht Cruise through' the Caledonian Canal " consists chiefly of descriptions of Scottish scenery. A paper, under the title of " Fly Leaves from a Circulating Library," gives us a criticism on Mrs. Gaskell's novels. It contains a well-merited tribute to the powers of this writer, who may be ranked among the very foremost of the authoresses of the day. The history of " Stoke Dotterell " progresses, and recounts some extraor dinary events ; among them the arrest of Sir Jonah Foster for murder, on his wedding day, and his sudden death at the bar after his acquittal. The fifth instalment of " Occasional Notes on Litera ture in France " contains a criticism on Villemain, who has been styled by some " the French Addi son." It is an interesting paper, and presents an attractive sketch of the writings of the French critic, whose writings appear to be popular with his own countrymen, if we may judge from the fact of three thousand copies of one of his works being sold in two days. " Fontainebleau" is an entertaining sketch by Florentia, though it may be doubted if all its historical details are authentic. " Pied mont" is a state which will doubtless now be often described and discussed, the present visit of Victor Emmanuel directing the public attention to his do mains. It forms a brief paper in this number founded on a History of Piedmont, by Antonio Gallenga. "An Account of the Punishment of Criminals in the Eighteenth Century" gives a gloomy picture of the inhumanity and brutality of our ancestors in their torture of criminals. The extracts from the journals and registers of that time narrate, quite as au ordinary occurrence, acts of cruelty that now fill us with horror. The poeti cal contributions are not above mediocrity of a very superior class. They consist of three poems ; the first. some graceful but somewhat lengthy and vague stanzas by Mary Monck, entitled " Alice's Dream." The second, and best of the three, is a cavalier song by G. Thornbury, which is spirited and martial. The remaining one is a translation from the Danish, by Mrs. Bushby, w hi c h d o e s no t rise above mediocrity. Colburn's United Service.—The " War in the East," as might be expected, is the topic of the opening article. The writer is of opinion " that the opportunity of conquering the Crimea has been missed," and that retaining Kamiesh, Balaklava, Kaffa, and Kinbourn, the allies would do well to carry on a merely passive war in the Crimea, di. reefing, among other objectsitheir more active efforts toliards the destruction of the Russian trans-Caucasian army on its defeat by Omer Pasha and the conquest of Finland. " A Visit to the Camp at Aldershott " recounts the objects for which the camp was established, and, after describ ing its appearance and the scenes to be witnessed there, pronounces the actual result, so far as the training of the militia goes, to be " most satisfac tory." " Winter Quarters at Constantinople" are shown to be a capital exchange for the hard ships of the camp, and to include a good deal of the amusing and picturesque. " Pub lic feeling in Italy " should be read by those who are desirous of forming a tolerably correct notion of its actual state, and ascertaining on whom it is the people of Italy chiefly found their hope of future independence. " Camp Life Before Sebastopol," if not of a nature to secure contentment, would appear to be no worse than might fairly be anticipated, judging by the revela tions of the lively participator in it whose contribu tion bears this title. Having enumerated its an noyances and advantages, he remarks that " the campaign in the Crimea does a man good—if it does not kill him." " Mr. Cobden on the Army and the War" is gently handled, and the necessity for lighter carbines and curved instead of cut and thrust swords for our cavalry subsequently enforced. " Sekoum-Kaleh, Mingrelia, and Goomri," the second the scene of Omer Pacha's operations, are graphically described, as also their inhabitants, and those of the Caucasus, generally, in a long and interesting paper. " Leaves from Western Africa," and "The War in the Peloponnesus in 1820," are continued. The editor, in his Portfolio, apart from the injustice done to Sir Colin Campbell, expresses satisfaction with the appointment of Sir Wm. Codrington to the Eastern command. The number contains beside a great deal of information interesting to members of the two services. Bentley's Miscellany.----The first and the last article in this miscellany are the most remarkable. The former is the continuation of the tale of " The Spendthrift," by the editor, Mr. Harrison Ains worth, whose established reputation renders auy new work a matter of interest. The concluding article is by Monkshood, whose writings are always worthy of attention. The present paper is a criti cism on Prescott's " History of Philip the Second of Spain," the two first volumes of which have recently appeared. The critic renders full justice to the transatlantic historian. We may perhaps think ourselves fortunate that there are only two articles in any way relating to the war, one on " The Winter Quarters of the Allies," the other on " The Russian Territories in America." The tales, exclusive of "The Spendthrift," consist of an Irish sketch, the continuation of the intermi nable "Adventures of Benjamin Bobbin," and a ridiculous and extravagant story by Dudley Cos tello. It bears the attractive title of " The Cri mean Hero," but, without entering on the plot, it is sufficient to say that at the conclusion the Cri mean hero is transformed into—a ticket-of-leave man ! Another critical article reviews " Bailey's Mystic," and for the utter discomfit ure o f sober minded readers gives numerous extracts. Of these it is only necessary to say that when a writer of the modern school sets out intending to be mysti cal, the result can be better imagined thandescribod. The remaining contents consist of " An Account of Glasgow and its Clubs," and a pleasing paper with the curious title of " Take me Horne," in allusion to the wish so frequently expressed by invalids to return home in their last moments. The Merchants' Magazine.—A valuable number, containing an unusual variety of the most recent foreign, colonial, and home statistical information. At the outset the reader is presented with the latest returns from the Zollverein, and is enabled to form a pretty accurate notion of its commercial affairs, and producing and consuming powers, and incidentally something of the commerce of other countries. The paper is not without interest in connection with the present monetary crisis, the Zollverein having a good deal to do with the drain of our gold. "The Commerce of Rio de Janeiro" and " The Trade and Navigation of Spain for 1854" aro the titles of a couple of statistical papers of considerable utility. The imports and exports of Spain in the above year were, we aro happy to learn, 15 per cent. in excess of the preceding year, and 38 per cent. over the average of the four pre ceding years. A useful compendium of informa tion respecting " The Sound Dues" will be found in the succeeding paper. The views of the writer in relation to this obnoxious impost, and the op portunity now offered of doing away with it, are pretty much the same as those advanced awhile back in our columns. The writer of an article on "The Present Crisis" deprecates all excitementiand all hasty legislation about banking and financial economy, and cautions " those who are open to ad vice against sharing in the rising spirit of specula tion, because a reaction must ere long take place." In other words, he is satisfied with the present extravagantly high rate of discount, and opposed to the issue of small notes, which we are not. Miscellaneous.—Sharp's London Magazine pre serves its character as the best of the minor serials. Au agreeable variety of tales and sketches are usually to be found in its pages, which possess the additional advantage of illustrations by George Cruikshank. He is at present illustrating the his tory of " Lorimer Littlegood, a young gentleman who wished to see Life, and saw it accordingly." The style of the tale may be easily guessed from its title. George Cruikshank's design represents the congenial subject of a drunkard's death. Some chess exercises are given for the benefit of the ad mirers of that scientific amusement. The Home Companion furnishes a goodly list of well-known names among its contributors. The talented au thoress of " Mary Powell" is among them, and a story,'entitlod "The Good Old Times," is from her pen. A tale by Isabella Munro, " Consulting th e Sybil," offers a useful lesson to all young ladies who are inclined to rule their actions in accordance with the prophecies of fortune-tellers. "A Home Picture," is a pleasing domestic sketch. There are a great number of simple stor ies, which, without any unusual talent or striking originality, convey a sound moral with an agreeable narrative. New ten's London Journal consists, as usual, of a com plete account of all recent patents, with illustrailho diagrams and explanatory notes. The Churchman's Magazine presents us with Church intelligent*, some literary essays, and articles on " Parish Ma nagement," besides obituary notices, and similar papers. Le Follet has several charming plates, arranged with its unvarying taste. These elegant fashions are likely to elevate the general taste in dress, which is highly necessary, as most ladies seem to possess a profound indifference to the har mony of colours. The prose contents are, as usual, interior to its other attractions. DISCOVERY OF d .REPUBLICAN CON SPIRACY AT ROME—FINE A itT GOS SIP, &u. ROME, Nov. 24.—Another of those fatal conspiracies of the Republican party has a few days since been dis• covered and frustrated. The particulars of it have not transpired as yet. Arrests in great numbers are being made by day and night, and so many "comp rom i se d are still untaken, that the police keep the matter as quiet as its importance admits of. One of the leaders in the conspiracy, indeed the chief, is a man named Man cini, who was convicted of capital crimes committed during the last Republic in Rome, but affected insanity with such success as to completely gull the authorities who sent him to the Bedlam of Rome. He made hie escape from the mad-house some time age, and has since that time been hiding in the house of a bell founder, whose foundry exists in the Via Tor di Nona, on the way to the Castle St. Angelo. This bell-founder is himself an old defaulter, having made a very free use of the Triumvirates' order to destroy the belle of the Roman churches, but on the score of ex treme penitence he was subsequently pardoned by the Pope. The police were previously informed of every detail connected with the affair, and hearing of a meeting being appointed for a certain night in the house of a butcher in the Via Laurina, occupied the houses in the vicinity in great numbers, guarding all the windows and doors in front and rear. At two hours after midnight, the bell-founder joined the conspirators, as had been ex pected by the police, who had arranged his arrival as the signal for the attack. ' They accordingly sallied forth in strong force, and made their way into the house with such promptitude that the party had not time to light a match to set fire to their papers, and one or twe were caught by the throat and compelled to give out documents they were attempting to swallow. Other papers were thrown out of a window into the street, manned by the police, who possessed themselves of them, and, it is believed, have obtained intelligence of the utmost importance from them. I hope speedily to be able to say more about the matter. All I know as yet is that murder on a grand scale, as an act of intimidation, was intended as the first step in the affair. The French army of occupation being now small, in consequence of so many having been sent to the Crimea, and the Roman troops being at all times more ready to attack than to defend the Government employ ing them, the conspirators were sanguine of success. You will remember, in my letters of last summer, that I mentioned the disembarkation, clandestinely, of large numbers of armed men, who separated themselves off into divisions of from 20 to 30 strong, and who, spread ing out from the thickets (Macchie) adjoining the Pon• tine marshes, were heard of from time to time. The day fixed for making the grand coup was the coming Sth December, being the feast in honour of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin, which is to be held with more than ordinary solemnity and splendour at the Lateran Basilica, as a finale or wind-up to the year of devotion and thanksgiving, celebrated all over the Catholic world, but especially in Rome. CARDINAL WISEMAN AND THE CONCORDAT. Yesterday evening Cardinal Wiseman delivered an address at St. Mary's Chapel, Moorfields, on the subject of the Concordat recently concluded between the Empe ror of Austria and the Pope. He said it was but a few years ago since this country was thrown into a state of religious excitement in consequence of what was then termed the Papal aggression, but which was merely an arrangement among the Catholics themselves. Now, every day brought forward something to alarm the pub lic mind in reference to the See of Rome, in consequence of the Pope having entered into an amicable arrange ment with the Emperor of Austria. The publication of this arrangement had produced great excitement, and it was his duty, having charge of the interests of the Church of Rome in this country, to show how reasonable every thing was that bad been done, and how little ground there was for any oue to complain. To any one who watched the signs of the times, it would appear that, in this country, there must be, from time to time, some religious frenzy—that religion was like a boiling cauld ron, that must now and then run over. This ,has been peculiarly the case in reference to the solemn compact en tered into between the Emperor of Austria and the head of the greatest Church on earth. The solemn concordat bad been treated as a miserable fiction by England--a country which professed to treat religion with respect and dignity ; but her judgment would not be enhanced in the eyes of foreign nations if she treated with ribaldry a great subject, which ought to be discussed with dignity, which God had prospered, and which millions of men venerated. The Emperor of a mighty nation, which bad been known above all things for the slowness of its re solves and the multitude of its counsellors, bad been dis cussing this treaty with the representative of the Church of Rome, clause by clause, for two years, and after the gravest deliberation on both sides the whole treaty had been adopted. The document was drawn up in the pecu liar phraseology of Roman Catholic ecclesiastical diplo macy, and the words had had a different meaning from that which they bore when used in relation to ordinary matters. This well-considered document fell into the hands of a newspaper editor, who in two hours pulled the whole of it to pieces. His recent proceeding, how ever, could not touch a single interest in this country. Why, then, should England be so indignant, and why should the people of Austria be subjected to vituperative articles in newspapers. The Cardinal adverted at great length, and in terms of bitter sarcasm, to the religious divisions prevailing in England, to the High Church and Low Church, the Puseyite and Evangelical, and the various forms of dissent, and said his advice to England and her Church would be—" Physician, cure thyself be fore thou ye/Wrest again on a lesson to Catholic subjects and a Catholic Church." The Cardinal con cluded by stating that next Sunday evening he would analyse the Concordat, and explain its provisions. RUMOURS UP PEACE. For the last twelve days her Majesty's Government have been busily negotiating peace on terms deemed by the Emperor of the French to be satisfactory. Our readers may rely that after a period of active communi cations between Paris and London, on Monday the 19th of November last, the proposals to re-open negotiations for peace on " satisfactory" terms were formally de livere , l to the British Government, and that, in cones . quence, a Cabinet Council was summoned, and sat th next day (Tuesday) for upwards of three hours on th :subject. From that moment until the present unceasin communications have taken place between all parties and powers interested, and we have reason to believe with a far more favourable effect than in our last number wo presumed to anticipate.— The Prase, Dec. 1. The Freese asserts that on Monday the 19th of Nov. the proposals to re-open negotiations fer peace on satisfactory terms were formally delivered to the British Government, and that in consequence a Cabinet Council was summoned, and sat next day (Tuesday) for upwards of three hours on the subject. It tells rather against tie accuracy of the opposition organ that no Cabinet was held on the day here mentioned ; and that the Cabinet which assembled the day after (Wednesday) had bees summoned on the Friday before. No propositions for peace from Russia have been under consideration—for none have bee❑ received.—Observer. _ It may be remembered that this time last year we announced the completion of the famous treaty of the 2d of December, which was to have bound Austria to 118 in war in the event of Russia refusing to make peace on equitable terms. That treaty led, as a natural con sequence, to the Conferences of Vienna, where the arts of diplomacy prevailed in perverting the judgment of two of the most distinguished Statesmen in Europe, who, sent to accomplish a distinct mission by one party, not only left it unfulfilled, but came home with as dis tinct a mission from the other side. Thanks, however, to the energetic decision of the men who guided the Governments of England and France, we escaped, on that occasion, from the wiles of diplomacy and the artful insincerity of Russia, and in arms we have found a triumphant solution of diffi• culties which at Vienna were deemed insuperable. But is Russia humbled now 1 Will she now make the peace which is real peace, or will she again endeavour to cajole and trick us I That is what remains to be seen. A Government would be inexcusable which, after the sacrifices we have made, after the exertions we are pledged to, should lend its ear to such empty delu sions and hollow mockeries as the overtures of Russia have hitherto been. We believe p liev er e h t a la p a s t dmneoew,ead ppi ga r in o ,a t t io ti , s time of year, from precedent Austria is endeavouring to bring about negotiations for peace. We can only say that to be acceptable such ne gotiation must not only bey distinct, but al so c l ear l y effi cacious. None else could make us pause in th e course which we are pur suin g , and which, in all human proba bility in the course of another campaign, will reduce Russia to the necessity of beggi ng f or p eace on any t er ms. Convinced as we are of this, with these pros spects, it will not be easy t o di ver t us aga i n f rom their p r osecution by feigned alliances, chimerical projects, and deceitful negotiations. Morning Poi . A SEBASToPOL MEDAL. —Mr. T. R. Pinches, of 37► Oxeuion-street, has just issued a beautifully-executed bronze medal to commemorate the fall of Sebastopol• On the obverse a French eagle is displayed destroying the famous Malakh off tower with a thunderbolt. On the reverse, the flags of England, France, Turkey, and Sar dinia are represented, with the emblems of glory, honour, and justice, and on a tablet is the destruction of Sebas topol, and underneath the snake in the grass, with the words Sinope, Hango—alluding to Russian treachcry. The medal is executed in the highest style of art, and is highly creditable to the genius of Mr. Pinches. THE EXPORT BEER TRADE.—From a Parliamentary paper just issued it appears that the declared value of beer a►id ale exported, from the 6th of January to the 31st of October, was no less than 1,162,267/.