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EATJ'S COPAHINE, or JACCHARATED St,t . . kPsuLEs.—Copaiba and Cubebs are, doubtless, the best nit 2 for the cure of certain diseases, but these drugs are, in lu,olt 4 ;Lal state, of a repulsive taste and odour, an' occasion after ~ milts + colicky pains, nausea, and gastric disturbance. Useless "gtse d er _ e been made, both in France and England, to conceal llothes and Raquin enveloped their substances in ,f;tokii; Celatine and Gluten which increased the drawbacks of t k z tAlf, „,;„ bY adding the indigestible nature of the capsules. Mr. i bt i , tti n ci,re fortunate than his predecessors, has succeeded in tipiNing these valuable therapeutic agents perfectly inocuous, in p t 7 I t the same time, in his Copahinc, all their curative prin- Nit of I t t.,,,"n l Portant preparation has been adopted by the Aca 110)1417,eine, after more than 1,008 trials in the hospitals of ettl i :ao report of Messrs. 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I node of i treatment of the diseases of the Generative glistin;,,,' Zoiained by the use of the Microscope in detecting and tv ery"V i ing, by urinary examination arisingal cause and effeet o s t t Zets,,,' rl etY of complaint. whether from solitary babit 011 twe. aceident, or climate, followed by practical remarks, founded l ' 4 rro, a nt l Y ) Yc.ars' experience in the treatment of Irap i u , i are add e ,, ''l'llitY, Local Weakness, gpermatorrhcea, &%. c. eaution_ ~, C orrim entaries on the Physiology of Marrrge, ay' p ee o t which re. and (m ll hints on the evils emanating from empirical practi , these laIPo of disord. h 17, R E DY SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D. —,eto mPOItD-SQUARE, LONDON, r A btlr r ef c,,, ediell e , Mericala.od Member of the University of Edln „,eenAtiti. li a t e — O ° f rarY Xem ' ber of " tho Londor Hospital Medical Society', •Os we . 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Jane Pearce, a domestic servant, deposed that she saw the deceased, at about half-past seven on Monday even ing, at Mr. Cory's, at the station. He told her he was coining down to Pegwell, and added, "It is very dark —suppose I was to fall over the cliff." No one was with him when he left her, and he turned ,to go in the direction of Pegwell. William Cory, coast guardsman at the Pegwell station, in going from the ladder to the station, at about nine o'clock the same evening, heard a noise of some one groaning, and, immediately descend ing the ladder, followed in the direction of the noise till he came to the deceased, who was not quite dead. He said to deceased, " Good God ! Harry, is it you ! " and he replied "Yes," quite plainly. He spoke no more, and died in about half an hour. 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It is by the pressure of that alternative that the dominant party in Berlin hope eventually to reduce the country to submit to the ascendancy of Russia, and by rekindling the old familiar passions of jealousy against Austria and of hostility against France. From the aspect which affairs have recently assumed, we shall not be surprised to find that advantage is taken of the present conjuncture by the men who surround the King to bind him more closely to Russian interests, although at this very moment an eminent Prussian diplomatist has been sent to London and Paris to ex plain the King's intentions in a very different manner. We have recently read with considerable surprise an address delivered by the Prince of Prussia to the officers of the garrison of Coblentz, in which that personage, whose own sympathies and opinions are known to be favourable to the Western Powers, stated that he did not anticipate that the present year would pass without compelling the Prussian army to enter upon active service, but that it depended solely on the will of the King whether these gallant troops were to face to the East or to the West—whether they were to bo employed in fighting the battles of Russia by plunging all Europe into war, or to join the confederacy of the other Powers in obtaining solid guarantees of peace. We do not dispute' that the army is a blind. instrument, and that it must obey the commands of the Government it serve! ; but it is impossible not to com ment with great pain on such a speech as this, which seems to denote that the heir presumptive of the Crown is himself ignorant of the course of policy in which his country is engaged ; and that, though he thinks war will (ensue, he knows not against what enemies or with what allies. Such is unhappily the real state to which Prussia has been reduced by the unstable character of the King, and by the systematic intrigues carried on around him. While Frederick Wil liam has been flattering himself that he was destined to play the part of the great pacificator of Europe, and to interpose his military power or his diplomatio influence to arrest the sheding of blood and the strife of nations, he has not only lost all claim to that respect which could alone have invested him with the character of a mediator, but he stands almost as isolated as the Czar of Russia himself, and he may be exposed ere long to more posi tive dangers. Russia, after all, can recede within the recesses of her empire, and may hope by great sacrifices to exhaust the energy of her foes. But Prussia is, in a strategical point of view, the most defenceless state in Europe, and she owes her present existence to the treaties and alliances of 1815. For her to evade those treaties or forfeit those alliances, but more especially her good understandi ng with Au s t r i a and with England, implies a degree of infatuation which may lead to most disastrous results. Every day brings her a step nearer to the alternative of an alliance with one party or the other in this contest. The ground of neutrality leaves her altogether isolated and powerless. Yet the Russian alliance, with all its perils, almost turns the scale of in fluence against the Western Powers, and by endeavour mg to risk nothing Prussia may lose all.—Tintes. r PRICE SD. caloryand sincere ; we do n o t b e li eve th a t there is in the history of nations a single f ac t w hi c h g i ves t o a sovereign and a which a p eace th us brought about would peop le give to the trance the Emperor." (From the Pays.) We assuredly ask for nothing better than to believe in the sincerity of the pacific declarations made in the name of the Emperor of Russia by Prince Gortschakoff. We should salute the re-establishment of peace as one of the most fortunate and most desirable results. We recall to mind, with pride for the cause which the Western Powers defend, that the existing war is only a war of general equilibrium, and that the day on which its political object shall be attained, and the equilibrium of Europe be consolidated and guaranteed, none of the Governments engaged in the conflict would wish to prolong it. The treaty of allianoe between France and England solemnly sets forth that those two empires do not wish to derive from the war any peculiar advan tage, any increase of territory, and that they only seek for the means of assuring in future the peace of Europe and the world by rescuing our manufacturing nations from the eventuality of new disorders. If peace be possible under conditions loyally accepted, obstacles will come neither from the west, nor from the powers which now support European interest. Are we in such conditions ! Is the question/ which during the last two years has agitated modern States, and which only yesterday was so grave and menacing, about to be settled all at once in an unhoped-for arrangement ! Does the Czar, who was so proud and reluctant to treat only two days ago, henceforth resign himself to the conces sions demanded by Europe, and does he accept without reserve the law which the interest of the future obliges the /Meat INFeers to linpOse en lum 1 If we can believe the numerous despatches which have reached us during the last few days, and which we consider as exact on the whole of not in the details, we must reply in the affirmative to these questions. Prince Gortschakoff, even before the expiration of the time accorded to him by the Allied Powers, has made known to the represen tatives of Austria, France, and England, that his sove reign adheres in principle, with the exception of some slight modifications of detail, to the four guarantees, and to the interpretation given to them in the Conference of the 28th December. He added that he demanded the opening of negotiations to treat and conclude on all points. Thus then in appearance at least Russia unex pectedly accepts what she declared unacceptable not a month ago 1 The four guarantees, which ox the 6th Nov. last a circular of M. de Nesselrode considered as incom patible with the dignity of the Czar, which Prince Gortschakoff affirmed on the 28th December to be dia metrically contrary to the views of his Government, the Czar and Cabinet of St. Petersburg new submit to in the most sudden and most unexpected manner ! It will be admitted that in this sudden - change of Russian policy there is something strange which explains the general astonishment with which the 2160713 has been received. To this /astonishment is added involuntary but very natural distrust. In spite of oneself the mind ramie the souvenir of what took place with respect to the famous note of Vienna. At that epoch the most serious men believed in the re-establishment of peace. When the Czar adhered to the propositions of the conference of Vienna, faith in his uprightness was general, andthere was a disposition to treat ac chimeras the far-seeing ob jections of Turkey. The memorable circular of M. do Nessclrode, by displaying the real views of Russia, tore from all eyes the bandage which hid the truth ; Europe was saved from a fictitious peace, from which soon would have arisen the greatest danger and the most redoubtable complications. Does Russian diplomacy keep in reserve a second edition of this note in order to bring it forward at the moment which may be con sidered opportune. We do not know what secret projects may be in concoction on this subject at the Court of St. Petersburg ; but it will be admit ted that the past authorises the most impartial men to be on their guard against the future. Unfortu nately, there are numerous reasons for distrust. Russia, in addition to the evident interest she has to gain time, is obliged to make all her efforts, on the one hand, to prevent Prussia from adhering to the alliance of the 2d December, and, on the other, to prevent that alliance, which is now simply defensive, from becoming offensive, between Austria and the Western Powers. Negotiations are evidently the readiest and most natural means of sus, pending, in this respect, definitive resolutions, and per haps of causing them to fail I But nevertheless, as re gards this case also, the past contains precious lessons. Prussia, with her admitted sympathy for the cause of the Czar, may allow herself to be dominated by this falla cious pretext. But the intelligent loyalty of Austria will not fall into such a manifest snare, and as to the Western Powers, if they frankly accept the negotiations proposed to them, if they wish to prove that they do not reject any occasion of re-est*ishing peace, if they offer to RUbala. Mae _pueslblllty of prop - ring in a striking way the sincerity of her pacific declarations, they will not lly aside their arms, which protect theindependence and the interests of Europe. The heroic conflict of which the Crimea is the theatre will not be imprudently interrupted, at the risk of giving to Russia the time of accumulating fi l t ri: on th is poin t i ti : er o w arefforceshho es whoaa,l,l thin k a elementsthat ue m o e f lei r s et isfs for tt c hh e ea . It is not the first time that great military operations and e pacific negotiations have been carried on at the same deliberations of Plenipotentiaries and the drawing up of srotocols 1" IRELAND. DUBLIN, Friday Morning. PANIC IN THE PROVISION TRADE. This morning's accounts from Cork announce that the news of the peace negotiations has pro duced a panic in the provision trade there, and that already a serious fall has taken place in the prices of pork, as well as of all kinds of grain. The following is from the Constitatioib of yesterday morning : " On Tuesday the buyers who had previously made considerable purchases held back, and the farmers who brought pigs to market could not effect sales. The re sult was, that out of about 450 pigs nearly 200 remained unsold. The remainder (273 in number) were sold at a reduction of fully ss. from the previous day. Pork, which had previously fetched 435., had to be sold at 353., which was the top price obtained. Owing to the large num ber which remained unsold, the scroves in the market were quite inadequate to store them, and they had to be crowded on ladders, where they remained during the night. The receipt of news, either confirmatory or in denial of the previous intelligence, was anxiously looked for, but no information could be obtained. The conse quence was that yesterday the panic continued, and the sellers were forced to dispose of the stocks in market at a ruinously low figure. The top price for prime pigs was only 365. 6d. or 375., which sum, the parties allege, was totally inadequate to renumerate them for their outlay. One person from Fermoy stated that on a lot of 100 pigs his loss was over 151. Should the news of peace prove true, the consequence to the large provision houses in this city will be serious. They have had heretofore difficulties to contend egainst, one of which is the great scarcity of casks. The journey men coopers have been at cross purposes with their em ployers, and frequently a bounty of 51. or 61. has had to be given to a good workman for consenting to enter on an employment. The consequence of the scarcity of casks has been, that in the stores of the principal pro vision merchants the provisions are piled up, uncsoked, in immense quantities. It is stated also that, while the contractor is bound to supply to Government the re quisite quantity of provisions, Government are not in any way bound to the contractor, but can purchase his provisions or not, just as they please. If five casks in any lot' is condemned by tho examiners, the entire lot may be refused. It is also stated that from the casks in which the provisions are packed being made of new timber the pickle quickly turns black, and produces an apparent discoloration of the meat. The wheat trade, like th a t o f por k, has a l so b een ex - ceedingly dull. The quantity as yet sent into market has not been large, as farmers - were holding off in the expectation of a rise in prices. The receipt of the news which was published on Tuesday, however, will, it is expected, cause a considerable quantity to be immedi ately thrown on the market, and, consequently, unless the receipt of fresh warlike intelligence should give a new turn to affairs, the prices of pork, wheat, and oats may be expected to keep down for a few days. Wheat was on Tuesday sold at 395. 6d. currency,' while the previous day's price was 425. ; and yester day's market gave a currency' of only 395. Oats are going down in a similar ratio. The opinion, how ever, among the merchants is, that the present circum stances are more of a panic than a reality ; and, giving every reasonable degree of credence to the telegraphic) report, the general expectation is that ere long prices will again be to the previous level." The Cork Reporter, published on the evening of the same day, adds— . " Pending the definite settlement of those ' Four Points' which are just now bewildering the minds of all agriculturists as well as statesmen, the markets will continue in an unsettled state, and be characterised by a want of confidence which cannot fail to have an in jurious effect on the provision trade. The immediate declaration of a peace, although a thing greatly to be desired by the general community, it is thought would be attended with serious results to parties largely en gaged in the provision business in this city, some of whom obtained a large proportion of the late Admiralty con tracts, and have been actively engaged for some time past in making preparations for the fulfilment of their con tract, notwithstanding that, by the terms of it, the Go vernment is net bound to take any portion of the lot for the supplying of which the contractor is bound under heavy penalties. To-day the markets wore inactive, awaiting further news from Vienna, or some warlike in telligence from the Crimea. The tendency, however, was upwards, and the desponding tone which marked them since Tuesday morning appeared to be passing away. The banks are cautious notwithstanding. It is stated that the scarcity of casks and the reluctance of coopers to work have had an unsatisfactory effect on the pork trade. Salt, although there are no arrivals by water, is not scarce. The price, however, has advanced ls. or 25." All the country corn markets have shared more or less in the prevailing " panic." A t Mullingar, yesterday, oats fell from IGs. to Hs, per barrel, and other kinds of grain met a proportionate reduc tion. A dividend of 2 per cent. for the half-year was also declared at the meeting of the Commercial Dock Com pany held yesterday on the capital stock, and also on the New Four per Cent. Preference Stock, which would be payable on and after the 22d inst. ELOPEMENT AND MARRIAGE EXTRAORDINARY,—The adage of " truth being sometimes stranger than fiction" will appear from the subjoined brief narrative of a love affair which has been communicated to us by a corres pondent. A certain farmer, a widower, who resides in the county of Armagh, thinkingl that the only balm for his grief at the loss of his wife would be to supply her place with another, bethought him of a fair cousin, a lady in her teens, residing in the county of Down, who, according to report, was to have a round sum of cash in her own right, bequeathed her by a deceased relative. Full of this idea, the gay widower paid a visit to the father of the fair one, by whom, as a relative, he was hospitably received, not at all suspecting that the object of his visit was to become still more nearly allied to him. As he was a relative, no danger was apprehended from allowing him to spend an occasional hour with the young woman on whom he bad placed his affections. This op portunity the wooer turned to so favourable an account that after a few days he succeeded in getting her to elope with him, he having procured a post car for tho purpose. The intended bridegroom, regardless of the caution against selecting the fox as a sentinel, brought his intended to the house of a friend, a blacksmith, who resides not a dozen miles from Cough. This man also was a widower, having no iscumbrance but one boy, of about a year old. Between him and the young wo man a sudden attachment sprang up) and the son of Vulcan, probably on this account, became enamoured of the good-natured young girl, and being more youthful and sprightly by far than the man she had eloped with, at - the expiration of the ten days, the time necessary to fix their residence and to get the marriage license, when they proceeded to Cookstown for that purpose she pre ferred sitting on the side of the car with the blacksmith, who managed his point so well that he contrived to leave the first wooer sitting in the inn where they stopped, and, accompanied by the frail one, procured the license in his own name, leaving the county Armagh man to proceed home alone, a sadder if not wiser man than when he left. Ultimately the father of the young wo man, accompanied by a friend, arrived in Coagh in pur suit of her, and finding how matters stood he gave his consent, and had the blacksmith and the girl married; This romantic affair came off about ten days since.— , 1, Tyrone Constitution. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, JANUARY 13, 1855. OFFICIAL DESPATOFI. FROM FIELD MARSHAL LORD I?AOLAN. (Filo' LAST EVENING'S GIZETTIL) WAR DEPARTMENT, JAN. 12. His Grac© the Duke of Newcastle has this day received a despatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed to his Grace by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. Before Sebastopol, Doc. 30, 1854. My Lord Duke,—Since I wrote to your Grace on the 26th the weather has been somewhat more propitious, but the state of the ground is hardly more satisfactory. The 18th Regiment has arrived; and I have likewise the honour to inform you that we are daily receiving vast sup plies of ammunition, warm clothing, and huts for the army. The utmost efforts will be made to disembark all those stores ; but the difficulty of effecting this desirable object is very great, owing to the very limited extent of the harbour, its crowded state, and the narrow entrance to the town, and want of space on the beach, the rocks on the north side rising directly out of the water, and there being, consequently, no accommodation but on one side. The Russians continue to withdraw from the Valley of the Tchernaya, whilst they have constructed defensive works on the heights above, which would imply a diffi culty of maintaining their troops in the field. A reconnaissance was sent out this morning by General Canrobert towards the river, in co-operation with a por tion of Major-General Sir Colin Campbell's force on the ex tierne right or 13.1.11avis, the result of which is not yet known. I enclose a list of casualties from the 25th to the 23th. I have, &c., RAGLAN. His Grace tke Duke of Newcastle, &c. WAR-OFFICE, Jex. 12. Theßight Honourable the Secretary-at-War has received from his Grace the Duke of Newcastle the following list of casualties amongst the non-commissioned officers and pri vs tes, in the forces under the command of Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., from the 25th to the 28th De cember, 1854, both inclusive. RETURN OF CASUALTIES FROM 25TH TO 28na DECEMBER, 1854, INCLUSIVE. 20th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file killed; 2 rank and file wounded 41st Regiment —1 rank and file wounded 44th Regiment —1 rank and file wounded 55th Regiment-1 rank and file killed; 1 rank and file wounded 57th Regiment-1 serjoant, 1 rank and file, missing Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade-2 rank and file wounded Sappers and Miners-1 rank and file wounded Total-2 rank and file killed; 8 rank and file, wounded; 1 serjeant, 1 rank and file, missing. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN KILLED FROM 25TE TO 28Th DE CEAIBER, 1254, INCLUSIVE. KILLED. DECEMBER 25. 20th Regiment of Foot. Private George Drudge. 55th Regiment of Foot. Private D,tniel O'Connors. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOITRT, Adjutaut-Ger eral. RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN WOUNDED AND MISSING FROM THE 25TH TO 28TH DEC., 1851, INCLUSIVE. WOUNDED. DEC. 25. 20th Regiment of Foot. Private James Duggan, slightly Private Martin Donlan, slightly 55th Regiment of Foot. Private Philip Parker, slightly DEC. 2G. Ist Ba'Aalion Rifle Brigade. Private Thomas Bray, slightly Dec. 27. 44% Regiment of Foot. Private Jo'in Porter, severely. Sapporo and Miners. Private Robert McFarlane, severely. DEO. 2S. 41st Regiment of Foot. Private Francis Markey, severely. Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade. Corporal William Foakins, slightly. MISSING. DEC. 26. 57th Regiment of Foot. Serjeant Thomas Holden Private Hugh King. J. B. BUCKNALL BSTCOURT, Ad j utant-General. and a half ago. The Scotland'made her number to her on off the Start. A WATERLOO-MAN'S WIDOW. An earnest appeal has been made to us on behalf of a widow named Mary Bolton, aged 80, whose husband served nearly 25 years in the 11th Dragoons, and was twice wounded and received two medals, one for Sala manca and one for Waterloo. He served during the whole of the Peninsular campaign, and was accompanied by his wife. This poor woman is desirous of being re ceived into the Cambridge Asylum for soldiers' widows. Proxies in her favour or any contributions for her will be received by the Rev. Charlton Lane, the Incumbent of St. Mark's, Kennington. At a time when so much sympathy is excited for the widows of the soldiers who have fallen in the Crimea, it is to be hoped that the destitute widow of a Waterloo soldier will not be for gotten. have interdicted themselves from asking any thing for themselves, when once their task shall have been finished. On the other hand, the well-known cha racter of the' Czar, his immense preparations, the language -of his representives on various occa- sions, and quite recently of his minister at Tienna— all warrants our incredulity. Is it true, is it possible that Prince Gortschakoff can have accepted without reserve the conditions which he declared to be unrea- sonable •n the evening of the 28th of December ? The following is what we believe to be the real state of things. On the 28th of December the interpretation of the four guarantees, such as they are understood at present by France, England, and Austria, was read non-officially, and, as a matter of information to the Russian ambassador by Count de Buol, Prince Gortschakoff took copious notes of the document thus communicated, but not handed to him ; he asked for and obtained a fortnight to write to his government on the subject. It was clearly understood that on January 14 he was to declare by a yes or no whether Russia accepted or refused the four guarantees with their in terpretation. No discussion was to be admitted on that interpretation, and, in case of refusal on the part of Russia, the alliance of Austria with the Western powers was to become offensive from the 14th of January. Prince Gortschakoff, whilst transmitting to his Govern ment the conditions of the powers, declared them to be unreasonable. A week after, and when scarcely one half of the time allowed had expired, Prince IGortschakoff came and announced to M. de Buol that he was authorised to accept the four guarantees modifying slightly the interpretation of one or perhaps of two of them. Ee added that if the representatives of the allied powers considered themselves empowered to enter into communication with him on these bases, he had the necessary power to treat, and could commence the definitive negotiations at once. According to what had been agreed to on the 28th December, therepresen• tatives of France and England could, when Count Buol communicated to them the answer of the Russian Minis ter, have given a simple refusal to accept it, as they had a right to treat as a refusal on the part of Russia an ac ceptance, which was not without reserve or limit. We believe that Austria requested of them not to make use of that right immediately. On one hand it could have been observed that the interpretation given by Russia to the four guarantees did not differ sensibly from the interpretation decided on amongst the three allied powers ; and, on the other, the delay accorded to Russia to reply had still a week to run. There consequently did not appear to be any inconvenience for the ambas sadors, in place of replying by an immediate and irre vocable refusal to take, on the offer of Russia, the in structions of their courts. It is that course which was adopted. Oar letters state that the English and French ambassadors have written to their Governments for in• structions, and, should it be necessary, for the necessary powers to treat. Such are the facts, if we are well-in formed, and they have not the proportions which the imagination of news-makers at once attributed to them. They constitute merely for the policy of France and of her allies, a great moral success. It is already an enormous step to have brought Russia to accept in their substance these four guarantees, in which M. de Nesselrode had beheld the destruction of her power and the ruin of her honour. But the question which occupies every mind at present is to know if we are nearer to peace. To that question only one man can reply, and he is the Emperor Nicholas. If he be sincere, if the declarations of his ambassador do not conceal any duplicity, if the negotiations be asked for sincerely, and will be carried on in the same spirit, peace may issue from the conferences to be perhaps opened at Vienna. But is there not some snare in the offers of Prince Gort schakoff ? Three things authorise us to call in doubt the sincerity of Russia ; the unexplained rapidity of a complete change in the opinions, language, and declara tions of the Czar ; the evident interest of Russia - to pro long the discord which exists at present between the two great German Powers, and which every pacific step on the part of Russia aggravates by furnishing to Prus sia the arguments which she wants ; and lastly, a deci sive strategical reason. The Russian Government con ceals as much as it can from publicity the movements of its troops, and few persons take the trouble of following in the map even those which come to the knowledge of the public journals. The persona who are acquainted with the measures taken by Russia since the signature of the treaty of December 2, and the prospect of a contest with Austria, will understand of what im portance would be the delay of a month at present to the Czar. It may be remembered that the con centration of the Austrian forces in Transylvania placed the Russian troops in so false a position that the Em peror Nicholas was obliged to make up his mind to eva cuate the principalities. Russia now seeks to render to Austria what she has done to her. In order not to be taken in, the rear by the large forces which Russia has assembled in Poland, ,en the Pilica, and the Upper Vistula; the Austrian army has extendectits left beyona measure, and it was found necessary to create in the greatest haste the entrenched camps of Cracow and Lemberg, in order to protect Gallioia. With the im perial guard concentrated at Warsaw, the corps of Livoniathewer and e s and Potir anitinde: Russia an can in fact dthereserve in a few daysswhicharein Thethrow g r e a l s t o, p o o o i o n t ite o . w i t h h e e road A Austrian o ia V n Vienna. rto Ga p li rtr i en o t n which occupies the principalities, and the centre of which is in Transylvania, from giving assistance to Gallicia, whilst leaving some divisions to hold firm against the Russian corps which guard Bessarabia and the banks of the Prath. Since December 2, Russia has been making every exertion to form, without stripping the Danube, a new army to menace the Upper Dniester, and the headquarters of which are at Kiew. These two armies, the army of Poland, intended to be marched from the north to the south, and the army of Podolia, intended to be marched from the east to the west, and which would so place between two fires the Austrian army, are to be placed under the command of Prince Paskie witsch. General Hess would be obliged to provide against both at the same time, and a battle gained or a march concealed would open to one of the two Russian armies the road to Vienna. What Russia wants in order to be able to strike this grand blow is to have assembled in Podolia sufficient forces ; she has so completely stripped her army of the Danube to defend Sebastopol land Odessa, that she has as yet been able to collect around Kiew not more than 80,000 men. She requires from 120,000 to 150,000 to act efficiently. Did she hope, by pretending to negotiate, to gain time for the troops which are on their march from all sides to arrive in Podolia It is for better-informed persons to say." Another article on the same subject from the Constitutionnel says : " The four guara ntees were accompanied with reserves which are set forth in article 1 of the treaty of Vienna war continues in the East ; Russia has not supported a long conflict ; she is not exhausted ; and yet, her am bassador, accepting the four guarantees with reserves, demands to take them for the bases of a treaty of peace ! What is to be thought of this war ? Wonld it be very solid and very durable ? If anything can instruct us exactly as to the real intentions of Russia, it is assuredly the despatch of M. de Nesselrode, dated 26th August, addressed to Prince Gortschakoff : We regret not to be able to act on these communications. We believe that we have exhausted the measure of con cessious compatible with our honour ; and our inten tions seriously pacific, not having been favourably re• ceived, it only reinaias to us to abandon to the even tualities of war the task of fixing the definitive bases of negotiations. We will wait until equitable conditions shall permit us to conciliate our wishes for peace with our dignity and political interests.' It seems to us that the veil is rent asunder by such language as this. The Emperor Nicholas makes known t hathe is not seriously inclined for peace, unless his situation in the Eastbe main tamed ; and he adds that the four guarantees being con trary to his dignity and his policy, war alone can fix the definitive bases of the negotiation. In good French, does not all that mean that the four guarantees accepted by Prince Gortschakoff as the basis of a pacification, are, iu the eyes of Russian diplomacy, only a provisional basis, and that the peaceable intentions at present mani fested by the Czar are not serious I The least that such declarations authorise us to say is, that every man of sense has reasonably the right to ask himself if the offer to negotiate peace, made by Russia, be a trick or an act of sincerity ? Is it a trick to gain time ? Time will not be gained ; everything marches with the same step at Paris, London, and Vienna ; and the Czar will find himself after as before, in presence of the same calm and the same resolution. Is it a trick to deceive Europe ? It will deceive no one. European loyalty which might be surprised in 11163 by the acceptance with the double understanding of the, Vienna note, will only receive the Muscovite propositions supported by gua rantees of real value. Is it ail act of sincerity ? God grant it may be 1 Everybody has need of peace, and greater need of security ; and AIM Czar would deserve praise for having resolved on-justice. But even in that case we should be less moved by peace as a result than as the glorification of'reach policy. Peace we are sure to have in any case; eWe cannot understand those who would beg for it as a concession from the magnanimity of the Czar. Peace is the right of Europe and the world ; accepted or iinposed we shall have it ; and when three powers lik e France, England, and Austria unite to conquer it, it would require a strange failure of mind or heart to doubt of its certain and solid establishment. What would especially strike us, if the offer of Russia should be sincere, would be homage ren dered in the face of the world to the prudence, modera tion, and firmness of France. When the Emperor sent the fleet to Salamis, he was alone—alone with good sense, equity, and courage. Three months after he had the support of England ; four months after that of Aus tria ; six months after that of Prussia ; and at present he has that of Russia. After all the kings and all the peoples, the Emperor Nicholas would say to Napoleon 111. Sire—You are right ; your policy was from the first moment true, moderate, loyal, in conformity with the principles of justice, civilisation, and Christi anity ; founded not on personal views or private ambi tion, but on the interest, exactly, equitably appreciated, of Europe ; and the proof is that I, who am en lightened and subjugated by so much wisdom—l, who have my forts full of fleets, my provinces of soldiers —I accept this policy in the face of God and men as the basis of a treaty of peace.' Such is what the de claration of Prince Gortschakoff signifies, if the Czar be ROYAL ARTILLERY. On Thursday 50 additional men of the Royal Artillery attached to the V Troop, marched from Ipswich bar racks for Woolwich, preparatory for embarkation for the Crimea, and on the same day a company of artillery of about 300 men with a great number of horses, under the command of Captain Marriott, marched into the Ipswich barracks from Woolwich. , Eleven companies of the 'Royal Artillery are now under orders to proceed to the Crimea from Woolwich ; two of these are heavy field batteries, their guns re quiring 12 horses, and each company numbering 280 men. Fifty wounded non-conamissierhoa yflacora and gunners of, the Royal Artillery, sent home from the Crimea, arrived at Woolwich yesterday, and were con veyed immediately to the Ordnance Hospital, where every attention will be paid to them. The draft from the 14th Regiment, now in Cork Bar- racks awaiting the arrival of the Princess Royal, consists of the following officers and men :—Brevet Lieutenant Colonel Watson ; Captain Newman ; Lieutenants Warren, Hall, Saunders, and Dods ; Ensigns Armstrong and Bradley ; 4 serjeants, 4 corporals, 1 drummer, and 131 privates. The draft from the 91st Regiment embarked at Cork yesterday morning for Chatham, per the Falcon steamer. It consists of 1 officer (Lieutenant Olivey), 2 serjeants, 3 corporals, 2 drummers, 155 privates, with 8 women and 7 children. Hon. Mr. Crofton and Mr. Graham, both midship men on board the St. Jean d'Acre, were unable to proceed in her to the Crimea, having been away from Cork on the day of her arrival in the harbour. Mr. Creagh, who was mate of the St. Jean d'Acre, was in time to proceed in her. Messrs. Crofton and Graham will be allowed to embark in the Princess Royal. John S. White, Esq., of Douglas, has been appointed to the commission of the peace, at the recommendation of Lord Bandon, the lieutenant of the county. THE CONFERENCES AT VIENNA. The Journal des7Debats of Thursday, in an artiole bearing the signature of "S. de Lacy" (a gentleman supposed to have peculiar facilities for information), gives the following details of the late important con ferences at Vienna : "It is known that Prince Gortschakoff declared, in a note addressed to Coont Buol on the 28th November, that the Emperor his master accepted the four propo sitions of the Cabinet of Vienna as a point of departure for peaceful negotiation, and that Count Buol replied on the 30th •that the Emperor Francis Joseph had re ceived the communication with much satisfaction, and that, appreciating to the fullest extent the intentions that inspired that important zesolution, the Emperor thoughtl he could not respond to it on his part better than by hastening to communicate it to his Allies, the Courts of Paris and London, in order to obtain a frank and fair solution of the four points, thus recognised as an indispensable preliminary to the re-establishment of general peace. " These commusicltions resulted in the conference held at Vienna on the 28th of December, between M. Buol and the representatives of France and Great Bri tain and Prince Gortschakoff. The business of that conference was to make known to the Russian Minister the interpretation given by the three Courts of Paris, London, and Vienna to the four conditions laid down in the note of the Bth of August, and to place in his hands a copy of the protocol or memorandum contain ing this interpretation. In reality, it was more espe cially to determine the sense and bearing of the second and third conditions that explanations were necessary. The second condition declared that the navigation of the Danube should be freefrona.ill liindranne and sub:. jected to the application of principles established by the acts of the Congress of Vienna. The third declared that the treaty of the 18th of July, 1841, should be revised in concert by the contracting parties with a view to the maintenance of the balance ef Europe. [The treaty Of the 14th of July, known as the 4 ‘ Strait's Treaty." re news the old closing of the Black Sea. By its stipula tions, entrance into the Black Sea is forbidden to vessels of war of all nations. The effect was that the naval forces of Turkey and Russia could alone navigate that sea, whilst the navy of Russia was not allowed to pass from thence into the Mediterranean.] " As far as regarded the free navigation of the mouths of the Danube, the protocol of the 28th December pro posed the formation of a mixed commission appointed by the five Courts, the powers and duties of which could be arranged in the course of the negotiations. As regarded the revision of the treaty of 1841, with a view to the maintenance of the balance of Europe, the protocol stated that balance to have been disturbed by the pre not only by the treaty many former treaties ; all these tporfoenaldtBiee4rsal , pre ponderance a would obtained b e i s ne a d tiny b u y i i tRc ju.„i 1 he Black Sea would be free ; but the naval strength to be maintained or pre videl for these by each Power would be determined on a principle of equality that would form a basis for future stipulations. The protocol of the 2Sth December stated, also, that there was no intention of assailing the in tegrityprovince whatever. But the three Powers signing it reserved t o: h e ems eißussianves the pr i ii or of depriving it of any g . t of profiting from what ever advantages might result from the existing war, whenever it was necessary to settle definitively the strength and extent of the naval and military establish ments hereafter to be allowed to Russia on the coasts of the Black Sea. " The first of the four conditions of the note of the opf t i e eth rale Bth of August relates to the protectorate exercised by Russia over the principalities of Wallachia, Moldavia, and Se u w g a u s st t w o a c s ea s s o e p . re T ci h se e tlhanat ga g ia. the protoco l of the 28th D ecem b er a dd e d nothing on eo r f v note This that point. But the protocol was explicit on the fourth point. This had for its object the final abolition of the special right of protectorate unceasingly claimed by Russia in favour of those subjects of the Sultan profes sing the Greek religion. All the treaties appealed to by Russia in support of this claim were to be annulled. For the exclusive protection of Russia, there was to be sub stituted the joint protection of the Five Powers, who would engage to respect the rights of the Ottoman Porte, and to use their protectorate with the utmost delicacy, so as neither to alarm its susceptibility nor weaken its ~incleperience. The protocol then recited the re cent decreer of the Sultan, whose sincerity was be. yond doubt. The signing Powers guaranteed the main tenance of these decrees, so favourable to the whole of the Christial communities, and their impartial applica tion. " The reading of the protocol was followed by a warm discussion, which produced a clearer explanation of the advantages reserved as possibly to be derived from the actual results of the war prior to the signinee of prelinaimries. It would not, therefore, be impossible that the demolition of the fortress of Ismail, on the Danube, might be required, and the construction in its place of a neutral fortress, the property of the five Powers, and under the guardianship of a mixed garri son. Possi)ly, also, there might be required the de struction of Sebastopol, with the demolition of its forts and arsenals ; and their rebuilding might be for ever forbidden, as would also the establishment of any naval or military station that could threaten the independence of Turkey. This proviso was energetically opposed by Prince Gortschakoff, who declared that ho had no power to accept such conditions. Ile added that he would im mediately transmit the protocol or memorandum to the Cabinet of St. Petersburg, and request the orders of his Sovereign. "The next day Prince Gortschakoff again had an in terview witti Count Buol, and showed himself disposed to accept a new version of the third condition, as to the possible consequences of the war, not essentially differ ing from that proposed to him on the previous evening. Count Boot, however, stood firm to the old rendering, announcing that the reply would have to be plainly and simply in the negative or affirmative. " But on the evening of the 6th inst., Prince Gorts chakoff received from the Emperor Nicholas an order to accept the protocol of the 28th without reserve, as a basis for peaceful negotiations. On the morning of the 7th, M. Buol was informed of this resolve of the Court of St. Petersburg, which was immediately communi cated to the representatives of France and Great Britain, who met together in the evening. The Russian Minis ter was present at this meeting. Other conferences have taken place since the 7th inst., and, if we are to rely on later telegraphic despatches from Vienna, the Turkish Ambassador has been invited to take part in them. ' "We confine ourselves here to a simple narrative of facts. The field is open to wide conjecture, but at the present critical conjuncture of the negotiations it is doubtless wisest to wait the course of events." (Front the Constitutionnel.) Has peace come to surprise Europe at the moment when everything seem ed to intimate that the war was about to become general, and to assume vaster propor tions, or has the telegraph once more thrown men's minds into a deceptive and ephemorical delusion In France and in England peace ought to be easily be lieved in, because all ar e anxious for it. The Western Powers do not, in fact, combat for any material in terest, or for any satisfaction of self love ; they have taken up arms to defend the rights of an ally, and to preserve the balance of power in Europe. They NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Royal George, 120, screw, Captain Codringtou, is still in the Sheerness basin, on the east side. They are cutting a space forward for the Lancaster gun to work. The Majestic, 80, screw, Captain Hope, C. 8., is still in 13heerness dock, rigged throughout. Yesterday morning her main-shaft was got out, and will be sent by steamer to Woolwich to have the defects made good ; it appears some exist i❑ the after part of the beamings, which are brass, and are much worn. The shipwrights are still working at her, and she is to be coppered higher up ; her crew are on leave, and she will not be out of the engineers' hands for some time yet, consequently be detained in dock. The Molampus, 42, troop-ship, Commander Borlase, is still fitting out in Sheerness basin. She wants arti• ficers, able seamen, and petty officers ; and is ultimately destined as a depot ship at Constantinople. The Elk, 20, Captain Birch, sailed from Spithead yes- terday. The Desperate, 8, screw, is still moored on the west shore at Sheerness. She flies no pendant now, and her crew have drafted to the Pylades, The Prince Albert, chartered sailing transport, sailed yesterday morning, from Spithead, for the West Indies. Tho Feliza, of Bristol, Captain Tease, has now dis charged the whole of her cargo of mahogany from Hon duras into her Majesty's yard at Sheerness. She has taken in a portion of her ballast, and yesterday hauled out of the basin into th© stream, where sho will ship her crew, and next week proceed to take in a cargo of Welsh coal for Malta. APPOINTMENTS. Lieutenants Edwin T. Hinde ',1.344) to the Orion, 91, screw steam-ship, at Shoerness ; Robert G. Douglass (1853) to the Orion ; Bedford C. T. Piro (1850) to the Orion ; John K. Simcoe (1850) 10 the Orion ; Mark B. Pechell (1852) to the Orion ; Richard Roche (1854) to the Archer, 14, screw steam-corvette ; William Hewett (1854) to the Martin, paddle-wheel steam-sloop, at Woolwich. Master James S. Hill (1845) to the Orion. Surgeon Thomas W. Jewell (1833) to the Desperate screw steam frigate, at Sheerness. Chief Engineer Charles Kerr Renwick, recently serving in the Phenix screw seam ship in the Arctic regions, is promoted from chief engineer of the third class, to be chief engineer of the second class, and ap pointed to the fleet. Acting chief engineer William Oliver, of the third class, has been confirmed as chief engineer of that class, and appointed to the fleet. Assistant engineer Horatio Percy Webb, of the second class, is appointed to the fleet. Assistant engineers of the third class, James William Maddison, James Jones, James Davidson, William J. E. Johnson, David Mason, add James Draper Mead have been appointed to the flee;. Gunner Francis Bossey to the Merlin, at Woolwich. Boatswain George Drake to the Perseverance screw steam troop ship at Woolwich. Commander Edward P. Charlewood is promoted as Captain. Lieutenants Francis N. Clerk (1825), and Richard Joachim (1815), to be commanders. These promotions are dated January 1, 1855, and are the annual promotions for the Coastguard. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. The Marley Hill (No. 160), steam transport, sailed yesterday for the Crimea. Yesterday, 500 barrels of winter boots, each con taining 30, were shipped from the Tower-wharf, to be put on board the transports at Woolwich for conveyance to the Crimea. These boots aro made for the upper leather to reach the hip, perfectly waterproof, and are met at the tops by a waterproof cape, the ends of which strap to the trunk of the boot, completely shielding the wearer from all outward moisture. We are requested to state that recently a clerk has been added to the dockyard establishment at Ports mouth under Rear-Admiral Martin, whose business it is to take charge of, register, and forward all boxes, parcels, and packages for our officers and men at the seat of war in the East. All consignments for that dis tant service should therefore be sent direct to the de posit store at the Admiral Superintendent's office, in stead of through the Commander-in-Chief's office as here tofore. The carriage of all consignments must be paid to Portsmouth dockyard. MISCELLANEOUS. By order of the Lords of the Admiralty the Russian prisoners captured in the Atlantic, condemned as a law ful prize, in the port of Leith, have been released, and permitted to enter themselves as merchant seamen to navigate British vessels to Australia, giving their pa role not to Lear arms against Britain or France during the present war. Lieutenant Rogers, of the irethusa, Mr. Kerr, mid shipman, 2G invalids, and a seaman, who was wrecked off the Katschka, on the 14th of November, when the Sampson was dismasted, hate come by her. She has been very healthy, Laving bad no disease, and only one death on board since she left England under Captain Jones's (now of the London, 90) command, two years PRUSSIA AND THE ALLIED POWERS. We have as yet no reason to attach credit to the statement, which some of our contemporaries have bor rowed from the Vienna press, that Prussia has signified her adhesion to the treaty of the 2d of December, and resumed without further difficulty her former relations with the other great Powers. No authentic intelligence to this effect has yet reached London, and the report to which we allude probably proceeded from a Russian source. If Prussia now joined the alliance of the Three Powers it would be to defeat the object of that agree ment, and, if her voice were again admitted to the Euro pean conference, she would figure there only as the accomplice of Russia. The events of the last few days have, on the contrary, rendered the position of Prussia more perplexing and anomalous than ever, and must convince even the Court of Berlin of the results of the policy it has hitherto pursued. After having sacrificed everything to the hope of setting on foot a fresh nego -1 tion for peace, the King of Prussia finds not only that a negotiation has been begun to which he is not a party, but that even Russia has signified her assent to propositions which Prussia has not yet adopted. Prussia having declined to join the treaty of the 2d of December is no party to its conditions, or to the verbal note of the three other great Powers by which the application of the sth article is determined. Prussia having refused to place herself in a position of military observation, or even to comply with the requisition of Austria to array 100,000 men upon her eastern frontier, in obedience to the military convention of the 20th of April, is not entitled to be con sidered as a party to these transactions. She has thus entirely forfeited her locus standi for the purposes of diplomacy or of war ; and if, in the event of these nego tiations assuming a more serious character, she should attempt to take part in them, such an offer would be very coldly received by the Allied Powers, inasmuch as the voice of Prussia in the conference would obviously be altogether at the disposal of the enemy, and only used to counteract the measures of the other Courts. It is perhaps fortunate for us that Prussia has thus excluded herself from these deliberations,since weknow that what ever influence she might have possessed would have been used against us. At the Congress of Vienna in 1315 it was mainly by the defection of Prussia that the Emperor Alexander succeeded in carrying his point, against the wishes of France, Austria, and Greatßritain; and we are not surprised to learn that Russia attached so much import. ance to this partnership that she proposed to the King to make his admission to the conference a preliminary condition. The King had, however, still sufficient in dependence of character to decline to hold as the no minee of Russia that position which he once filled as a great European Power. The result is, that Russia is dealing single-handed with the allied Courts, and that Prussia is altogether left out of the game. She has, in fact, entirely lost the confidence of the other Powers, and, if her interest in the great questions now agitating Europe is so remote that she can take refuge in a selfish neutrality, she has no claim to be heard in a cause for which she has not made the slightest sacrifice. Such might be the result if the future condition of the Turkish Empire and the definition of maritime rights in the Black Sea were the only matters under consideration. But the present te state continent of of affairs Europehas already which affect givenri the eto e upon h ition of Germany, and ma y p r oduce the results whole eoed most important consequences to Prussia herself. Such i s more especially the intimate alliance of Austria and France —an event entirely new in the political combina tions of the present generation, but which renews one of the most important political combinations of the first Napoleon, and realises under favourable auspices a scheme which has frequently been entertained by the greatest statesmen of both these countries. For the last forty years Austria and Prussia have belonged to one and the same political system • they acted together in the Germanic Confederation ; they adhered steadily to the compact which had been sealed by the battle of Leipsic ; and, though differences have sometimes arisen between them, they have been settled by the tutelary arbitration of their great Northern ally. The events of 1848 and 1849 gave a rude shock to this near connexion, for the policy of Prussia in Germany was hostile to the rights of Austria, and her interference in the Danish quarrel called forth the reprobation of all Europe. But this deviation of Prussia was in some degree accounted for by the revolutionary movement of the time, and it was severely expiated by the check applied to it both by Austria and by Russia. The Eastern question of 1854 has proved still more fatal to the Northern alli ance. Russia, which had hitherto been the moderat ing Power, now becomes the aggressor ; the inte rests of Germany are not only severed from, but opposed to, those of her Northern neighbour ; the prin ciples for which the Western Powers take up arms against Russia command and obtain the entire concur rence of Austria ; and before the end of the year the Cabinet of Vienna forms an alliance with France, in which neither Prussia nor any other portion of Germany is at present included. The consequence of this impor. _-----•••••• VS.