The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-26 00:00:00

Spirit of the Public Journals• ( From the Times of this day.) Of all classes of the community our manufac turing population ought to be most anxious to patch up a peace. On the contrary, every day brings fresh evidence t hat the y , of all others, are most anxious to prosecute the war with vigour. On Saturday we gave a report of an enthusiastic demonstration at Glasgow in honour of past vic tories and in favour of more determined hostilities, an d to-day we publish another such report from Oldh a m. The meeting at Glasgow was a soiree intended to supplement the banquet of six weeks ago. The banquet was for the wealthy and the noble—the merchant princes and the Scottish chiefs ; a Scotch duke was in the chair, and the speeches were delivered by men of old historic name and of public standing. The soiree was for the middle and lower classes—for the bailie of the Saltmarket and the deacon of the weavers, for Pat-o'the-Mill and Harry Burn-the-Wind. A Professor of Astronomy took the chair and turned his telescope over Europe ; while the speakers generally seem to have been men of humble life and local reputation. We are not going to criticise the speeches, or we might urge objections to some of the views put forward. But there can be no mis take as to the feelings manifested by both of these assemblies, and the satisfaction which that feeling gives to every patriot heart throughout the country. The peasant is as bold as the peer, the clan as de termined as the chief ; the master is not more ready for sacrifices than the journeyman ; the wholesale merchant is not more enthusiastic than the snuffy little dealer in the back street who retails everything imaginable, from tea to coffee, and from broadcloth to brass nails. It will be observed, also, that another meeting is to be held in Glasgow, as in other cities throughout the country, on Thursday next, the object of which is to incite the Ministry to resusci tate Poland, and so to inflict the deadliest blow on the Muscovite power, and establish the surest bar- rier against her domination for the future. We need not at present stay to inquire whether this policy be good or bad ; it is at least attended with far more difficulties than have ever, probably, en tered into the calculations of its advocates. But, whatever difference of opinion may exist as to the scheme, there can be none as to the main object of these meetings, which exhibit the unflinching de termination of our people to carry on the war, and bear all its expenses, all its sorrows, until its ob ject be effectually attained. All are true sons of the fatherland, and in the genuine mother tongue swear themselves foes to Russia. We should think that even in the few individuals throughout the country who are calling out for " peace at any price," the spectacle thus presented by the nation, and especially by the manufacturing classes, must excite a seutheent of admiration. He is certainly not to be envied who can look on the privations to which the working classes cheerfully submit for the sake of a war undertaken in the first instance in behalf of a distant State and a despised people, and now carried on for no material gain to ourselves, without feeling proud of his country. We have all a share of this burden to bear, most of us have had our hearts wrung with sorrow ; but on the manufacturing classes the war presses with peculiar weight. In some respects it is a positive advantage to the agriculturist, who finds a market, ' so much better for his produce that he may be re garded as almost interested in prolonging the war. , The trader, too, may gain more than he loses. If tke war shuts up one sea, it opens another ; if one species of goods lies dead, another is in demand ; new firms, new businesses spring up ; trade is as brisk as ever, and fortunes are made in a voyage. But the manufacturing classes, and especially those of England, are peculiarly liable to be affected by the continuance of war. A shoemaker in this country is a shoemaker all his life ; he has purchased his right to work at this trade by a certain number of years' apprenticeship. When the market is overstocked with shoes, and he is thrown out of work, he cannot turn to tailor ing, or carpentery, or clockmaking. He has all his life been standing on one leg, plying one wheel, wielding one arm—he can do but one thing. There he is at this moment, with hundreds of others, out of work. Wages are reduced, bread is clear, sugar has risen, tea has risen, tallow has risen, taxes are increased. He is sadly pinched, and yet he never flinches, but gives his vote right willingly for the war. We have before now spoken of the bread -iota throughout the country, and expressed regret that our operatives should resort to such measures —measures which only increase the misery which they attempt to alleviate. But there is one interest ing feature of all those " strikes," all thoso riotous meetings, that they very unmistakably evince the hearty feeling with which the manufacturing classes, amid all their privations, regsrd the war. We are not aware of a single voice raised among them in opposition to the war. There is a noble feeling abroad, which, before the struggle broke out, very many had despaired of ever witnessing in a country where Manchester politics were begin ning to exercise too powerful an influence, and nothing was cared for unless it was wrapt up in cotton. " The age of chivalry is gone," said Burke, when he spoke of the enormities of the first French Revolution and the iudignities suffered by the Queen—a saying refuted in the wars which followed. The cry has been echoed in our own times by men who looked too much to the surface—who saw the financier raised into the First Minister of State, and finance regarded as the sum total of statesmanship, who saw men rising to power who regarded cheapness as a cardinal virtue, could dine oil a statistical table, and treated every pos sible question as a question of accounts—whos aw the police reports filled with cases of cowardly as sault and swindling—who heard of solemn old firms insolvent for years—who read of forged bills accepted by persons knowing them to be forged— and who bad tasted the adulterations of food which the dealers }}ad practised. Underneath all the true spirit lay dormant, as fire in flint, and the iron of war has struck the spark. Poetry is not gone, and chivalry is not dead, so long as for Honour and Justice —names which at one time were almost too romantic to be mentioned among us—our produc tive classes can, amid all their privations, still so unreservedly raise their voices for war. We have heroes in the Crimea, but we have heroes also at home. The forme v r e a\e h mentioned in despatches, have win prom o ti on , pay increased ; all the poets are sin g i ng of elr them, all the newspapers chronicle n theiro renown exploits. ;tbe T ir he latter seek no glory and win wages a are lessened ; their children ask for more bre ,, i h t e hey are dirty, and anything but " decorated • do p n o o e t t r s do not sing of them, and people generally the heroism of their endurance. Let uraZ g l nise attest the constancy with which they have east sup ported the war, and record our admiration of th calm confidence and generous self-denial with which they await the result. It is almost too much to hope that this noble conduct will have weight with a certain class of our statesmen. Seldom has there been seen a greater anomaly—the peop le unanimous, enthu• eiastic, determined en one line of policy, their once trusted leaders opposed to that policy, an d leagued against the Minister who, almost single handed, has ventured to adopt it. However much we may admire their powers, and especially their power of speaking, they are still but men, and as from being the supporters of the war they have set themselves against it from motives which every sane man in the country considers utterly insuffi cient and unworthy, perhaps the bearing of our people, who have almost invariably been right in their foreign instincts, and who have an immediate interest in putting a stop to further hostilities, may lead them to re-examine the question, and to ask whether a policy for which such sacrifices are cheer fully made may not, after all, be the right one, and at all events, may not be worthy of less su • e~cdioxin treatment than they give to it. Wo may be qu i te w ciun to tight _ rong ; it may be the merest fanati provide ag a i n st an idea ; it may be very absurd to people of Engiat a s. future contingency ; but th e they are absurd, are a b sur dly practical. De ana P' whe d n t up he on it they are thoroughly iu earnest ; generally b een been thoroughly in e arnest they hav e 11 Y been in the right. (From, the Tim es i The lesser arrangements o f t t e .B day.) been definitely announced. Cabinet have now Lord Stanl e y m ade to this body in t he pera,:n o f additions are of A;derley, who retains his present Presi dent of the Board of Trade, and of Mr, atelPa;ce:,aesisii-e. who is to be Chancellor of the Duchy (A' Ba in es ter. It has for some time been known Doke of Argyll is to fill the office of Post which has been placed General. The Privy Seal, once more at the disposal of th e Premier b y the Duke's translation to St. Martin's-le-Grand, has . . been given to Lord Harr who vacates the Chancellorship of the Duchy of Lan casterh to make room for Mr. Baines. None of theft appointments luau last , except that of the gentle named, call for any serious remark. Mr. , Baines i s classes, and essentially a representative of the middle evidence of his the d appointruent may be accepted as port that eleme nt isosition of the Minister to ini binet. Hitherto, into the constitution of his whateverat he h been intrusted withduties Mr. Baines has fac;ion of the public. z discharged to the sati3- Poor Law he had a most troublesomecifofficer under the duty to perform—one which ilserved and anxious his capacity for administratio n ettved rather to test the higher vocation of. statesman and his fitness for and orator. He THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1855. was, however, occasionally compelled to address the house to defend the acts of his administration, and i. whenever tried he has acquitted himself with suc cess. When we have integrity of principle, sound sense, the power of addressing an assembly if not in a brilliant, at least in a satisfactory manner, what more can be expected from a man to whom as I yet the higher opportunities of distinction have been denied ? Iu these days every man will think for himself, the principle of authority is weakened, and happily so in political affairs, so that mere elo quence carries few votes. A modern statesman is powerful in the house and popular in the country in so far as he represents the opinions of the majo rity, or at least of a large section of the commu nity. Lord Palmerston at the present moment is the representative of our determination to continue the war with Russia until terms are obtained which shall preclude the necessity of appealing to arms again, for similar reasons, at least, until another generation has passed away. Hence the popularity of his Administration. With such a cause, and with the full weight of opinion out of doors at his back, the Premier seems inclined to oppose plain common sense to the attacks of the regular gladiators of the House. Mr. Baines has, as he declares in his address, accepted office with the full determination of lending the whole strength of his ability to this cause, and, with so good a brief in his hand, he will, we trust, hold his own against the oratorical ability upon the other side. (From the Morning Advertiser of this day.). The anniversary of the Polish Revolution of 1830 is near at hand ; let us hope that imposing manifestations will be made throughout the coun try on that memorable November 29. Already we are glad to hear of popular gatherings which are to take place, not only in this metropolis, but also in many trading and manufacturing towns of the United Kingdom. Besides London, there are Glasgow and Liverpool, and other communities in the field ; and if we are rightly informed, the gene ral sense of the resolutions everywhere will not be a mere expression of sympathy with the cause of Polish freedom, but a formal memorialisation of Government—" To take such steps as may conduce to the establishment of the independence of Poland, by which means the enthralled people of that na tion would be detached from the strength of the enemy, and the power of Russia so crippled, as to force her to sue for a peace which would be alike permanent and honourable to our country." Such, at least, are the words of a number of bur gesses and inhabitants of Liverpool in their address to the Mayor of the town. A similar spirit, we trust, will pervade the popular meeting which is to be held in St. Martin's Hall on Thursday next. If ever there was a time in which the necessity of bringing the Polish element into this contest could be understood by men of all ranks and classes, that time is surely the present. After two years of exer tion we have now before us the failure of succes sive Baltic campaigns, the false dealing neutrality and growing insolence of German dynasties, the suspicious hesitation of the Swedish Court, the protraction of the struggle in the Black Sea, the insufficiency of a purely maritime blockade, an in creased drain on our financial, naval, and military resources, and—last, but not least—a pretty pro spect, not of peace, but of the expanding influence, in Russia, of the Grand Duke Constantine, who, if to-morrow he became Sovereign, would tax all the strength of his empire and employ all the chi canery of his Pan-Sclavistic schemes in order to restore the political balance in favour of absolute Muscovite supremacy. With such a position be fore us it would be suicidal on our part still to re frain from appealing to Polish co-operation. We demand Polish co-operation from the point of view of our own national interests ; and to those who question the propriety of this policy, we only address the following questions :—Have we, or have we not, an intention of making an end to Russian rule in the Baltic regions ? If we have— why, it i 3 necessary to our own interest that we create a diversion in the rear of the Livonian, Curish, and Esthouian garrisons of Russia; and this rear is Poland ! Are we, or are we not, re solved to destroy the treacherous connection be tween the Autocrat and the territory of the German Princes ? If we are, no other means are left to us than to drive in a wedge by means of a Polish in surrection. Do we, or do we not, intend to strengthen the hands of the Swedish and Norwegian nations, and to enable them to overpower the philo-Russian leanings of the Court ? 'lf we do, we must prove to the Scandinavians that our wish of weakening Russia is a real one ; how could we better show this than by adopting " Poland" as the watchword of our war policy I Is it, or is it not, our desire to drive the Czar's army from the Crimea, and to secure the liberty of the Danube by operations in Bessarabia I If it is, we cannot better serve our purpose than by occupying the at tention of the Government of St. Petersburg on a point in its immediate neighbourhood ; and who can doubt that this point is Poland ? Would we, or would we not, forge a chain of blockade which shall effectively prevent Russia from the contact with the commerce of Europe ? If this is our de cision, if we would not pay a costly farce of block ade with our tax-wrung gold, if we would not be mocked by Russian trade making its egress through Memel, Pillau, and Myslowitz, over Prussian and. Austrian territory—why, then, we must hermeti cally close also the land frontier of the Czar's do minions ; and this land frontier consists of Polish provinces. All our commercial and military in terests, all our interests of national honour and prestige in the present war centre here ; it is a folly, therefore, to talk of the Polish question as if we were to engage in some Quixotic affair of senti mental romance. Without the participation of Poland in this struggle, we can neither hope to conquer a " speedy," nor an " honourable," nor a " lasting" peace. Not a speedy peace—because Russia never will give in so long as she concentrates almost her whole strength on one or two outlying points. Not an honourable peace—because no peace can be ho nourable to England till the stain on her honour is removed which successive Governments have caused by their treachery and connivance with Russia in regard to Poland. • Not a lasting peace—because it is idle to believe that the real strength of Russia can be destroyed by the demolition of Sebastopol or Cronstadt, the secret of her sway over Central, Northern, and Southern Europe b e i ng contained in the projecting territorial position she occupies between the dominions of Austria and Prussia. It is this contiguity with the empires of the Haps burgs and Hohenzollerns, it is this commanding station of Russia on the Vistula, Prosna, and Vartha, that makes her the arbiter of German affairs, and the Lord Protector, so to speak, of the whole Sclavonian race. Take away from her the rule over this Polish territory, and she sinks back into the dimensions of a barbarous but powerless Asiatic Khanate. The very wish of securing Turkey for ever against this empire through attacks must for rt the eus t o re-establish equal pace with the Ot toman weakening lr e ßaanas e ianaggre ss aggression n o f has tb e kept g gual encroachment of the Czars upon the independence Peter I. pursued his before the Polish Republic projectsliad of the Polish race. been the Porte It is known that he entirely failed l een Ca ° t v b e e r i t i l t i l r e olv l n . : on the contrary, proceeded to attack the Turkish empire after the independence of Poland had been impaired by the fi rs t partition. It is known that Bong, nie her s chemes succeeded ! It i s . a curious historical fact, that all the conquests of Russia along the Dnieper,rong the Blackl .Bg and Pruth, all her ad vances a Sea and in the Caucasus, have been sub sequent to the ti first Polish partition, and that ever since that encroached upon European and she has gradually This circumstance alone ought to Asiatic teach Turkey. us that the t ru e security of the Ottoman empire f lies in the re construction of the independenc e e in fact, if Turkis h states men had been e Poland lf ; and, them selves in 1853 and 1854, ther e is no .1 left to oubt they would have pursued a policy conducive to this effect. The mere proclamation, on the part of the ° Allies, that they are r ead y to avail themselves f into the sympathies of Polan d, would strike terror • to the heart of Russia, disconcert her plans, throw the germs of dissolution into her armies, which to a great extent consist of Polish natives, and threaten the Muscovite empire altogether with a complete exhaustion of its resources. " It is not," a Polish writer justly exclaims, "it is notßothnia, Finland, Archangel, the Caspian, or European Tartary, nor is it the fortifications of Cronstadt or Sebastopol which furnish the Czar with his most powerful means of domination and perpetual menace. These means are supplied by the populous and fertile Western districts, all torn from Poland. Does not the grain of those provinces pay for the luxuries of the whole empire in time of peace, and fill the magazines in time of war? Is it not with their horse s ito that the Autocrat mounts his cavalry ? Is with their cattle and leather that he feeds and equips feeds and hemp, his soldiers ? Where does he find wood, Poland. wi t; for his fleets ? In the north-east of squad rons ? e t re does he take his regular From wool does h© esouth of Poland. With what I his battalions ? clothe, l with what iron does he arm 1 the iron of Upper itl ii i, the wool of the Lower, and ' 1 from the population of But above all, it is fills up his quick' .0 the Polish plains lie quickly-thinned he could not raise a sufficient force from the population of Great Russia without ruieie , the domains of the Crown, and exasper • at , mg the nobles, he has only to send his press-gang - towards the West to find what he requires —while he knows, moreover, that he will only b — e 1e ruin ing rebels, favouring the rest of his empire, and obtaining the high approbation of neighbouring despots." Let these " rebels" but learn that the allies have raised up a standard around which the sons of Poland are to gather ; let but the Western Powers effect a lodgment on the southern coast of the Fin nish Gulf, and proclaim the arrival of the great struggle for Polish independence—and the ranks of the Autocrat's army, already thinned by the losses of Crimean warfare, will suddenly melt away by desertion into mere skeleton legions ; the war of national independence will spread from Samogitia and Lithuania to the Ukraine ; and Great Britain will not only have the glory of playing the noble part of a champion of Liberty, but have also pro vided in the most efficient way for her own na tional, financial, and military advantage. We cannot better conclude than with the words of an eloquent and learned speaker at the recent war meeting at Glasgow—" In mercy to Europe, pro nounce the word Poland THE WAR IN ASIA. (Prom the Examiner. ) The difficult nature of the prolonged struggle before Sebastopol must explain and account for the otherwise inconceivable neglect shown to the defence of Turkey on the side of Armenia. Among the Russian plans for the conquest of.the Ottoman empire and the reduction of its capital, that of a march through the central valleys of Asia Minor had long been considered the most feasible and sure, and the least liable to interruption from the maritime powers. The condition of such advance was that it should be gradual, not precipitate, until a point was reached from which the Bosphorus and Constanti nople might be menaced in not many days. Already mas ters of Akhalzikh, Gumri, and Erivan, Kars and Erze roum are stations on the way up the great valley of Arme nia to Kesaviek. We have seen with what boldness the Russians, after a few partial advantages in the open field won over the irregular forces forming the Turkish army, marched to surprise Erzeroum,aud invest and assault Kars. And joyfully we have learned how the skill and courage of English officers guiding and encouraging the noble bravery of Turkish soldiers renewed at Kara the success ful heroism of Silistria. Notwithstanding this it is painful to think that the Russians would never have dared to employ their chief force south of the Kour, had the Turks kept even a moderate army at Batoum. The war was begun in that quarter most gallantly by the capture of Fort St Nicho las. Since then, the British fleet has afforded puissant aid by demonstrations which compelled the enemy to abandon the whole of the Circassian coast ; and the Turks or Allies ought long since to have occupied those provinces at the foot of the Caucasus which touch the Black Sea, are easily invaded from it, and are so difficult to defend. The neck of the Caucasian isthmus is here cut by two rivers, which rising on different sides of the same mountain, run east and west, one into the Caspian, the other into the Black Sea. The river and the valley entering the latter are short ; the other river, the Kour, with its valley, is longer and wider. It constitutes Georgia Proper, and contains Tiflis. To be master of the more western of these rivers is to menace the other ; so that if the Turks had occu nied and held Imeretia and Mingrelia, the Russians dared not have stirred from Tiflis, while the Turks, if they had only been in force and commanded by an able general, might at any convenient time have made an at tack upon it. For which enterprise they could have counted on the powerful aid of Schamyl and the Cir cassian mountaineers. All those opportunities, too long neglected OT thrown away, are now grasped at. Omer Pasha sailed from the Crimea, followed by some of his best troops, and landed at Soukum-Kaleh • and as the Russians still hold the rivers and their valleys, as well as their connection with the sea, the first efforts of Omer were of course directed to drive them from these positions. For this purpose he attacked their entrenched position south of the Ingour, a stream that runs obliquely and in a south-west direc tion from the mountains. It was the best line of defence the Russians could have chosen. So strong indeed was it that Omer Pasha was blamed by many for not landing south of it, and,.so turning the Ingour. The Turkish commander, however, knew what he was about. He passed the river in front of the enemy, and marched to the attack of his entrenchments, as if to prove (which was denied him at Sebastopol) that Turkish soldiers were good for attack as well as defence, and could storm tho batteries of the enemy, as well as repel him from their own. _ The immediate aim of Omer Pacha's advance is no doubt Kutais, from whence there are roads, either east ward to Tiflis, or southward to Akhalzikh. The valley of the ancient Phasis was, we need scarcely inform our readers, one of the great channels of commerce ; and the country is rich enough of itself to afford mate rials of trade, which would become of first-rate import ance were the Russians di iven from Georgia altogether. There is no man more capable of effecting this than Omar Pasha. But it must not be concealed that were the declared object to be any ultimate making over of the province to the Porte, serious obstacles would at once arise, of which the greatest would be the aversion of a large Christian population to be given up to a Mos sulman Sovereign. Jews and Armenians form the prin cipal inhabitants of Kutais ; and Tiflis of course has even larger elements of a Christian population. Such strength as Russia possessed in these countries has no doubt lain in the belief that she is essentially a Chris tian, and a fanatically Christian power; and for the allies to march against them in an exclusively Natio rnetan cause could only tend to render Georgia❑ resist anco religious as well as national. These difficulties are obviated in a great degree, however, by the existence of a native prince in the province now entered by Omer's army ; and if a final conquest of the province could Le achieved, even without the reduction of Georgia, a hos podarate might be established there under the joint pro tection of England, France, and Turkey, winch would effectually exclude the Russians from any communica tion with the Black Sea, or from possessing any port or territory on its eastern stores. This is one of the desi derata to be obtained by the present war and Omer Pasha's expedition mast be regarded as leading directly to its achievement. "We need not enlarge on its advantages. It will be an especial service to the Porte to render its Armenian frontier secure against future aggression, and this would be accomplished by the establishment of an independent state in Imeretia, if not in Georgia. Its immediate effect would not only give peace to Kurdistan and eastern Turkey, but deprive the Persian court of all those incentives to treachery, or excuses for extortion, which it delights to act upon. Nor, even apart from his great military genius, could any commander be found better fitted for executing these delicate tasks than Omer Pasha, w'io is a strong stickler for Mussulman dignity, without being a fanatic for the religion he has adopted. The choice of an English agent is equally commendable, that post being filled by Mr. Longworth, known long since for his adventures in Circassia, and grounded in oriental policy and habits by long residence in the east. Effective co-operation from the Allies may also now be expected. Their attention has at last been particularly drawn to the many benefits derivable from their now un disputed possession of the east coast of the Black Sea. Their naval forces can be seconded not only immedi ately south of the Caucasus, but north of it by the Cir. cassians, who can molest Russia as much on the Kouban as upon the Kour ; and hence a station for our vessels nearer to the eastern shores of the Black Sea than Ba laklava or Kamiesch is now seen to be desirable. The shores themselves have no convenient harbour, nor does the coast of Asia Minor afford one. Neither Kertch ncr Yenikale give the security or facilities required. But there is Kaffa, too long neglected. It is the best port in the Black Sea, or at all events in the Crimea. It is open at all seasons, and presents a shelter not to be found off Kertch or Balaklava. In its vicinity, too. the original Tartar population is still to be found, and the Russians are there detested as much for their degradation and devastation of Kaffa, as for their oppression of the Crimea. From Kaffa is the shortest sail to any of the ports around the north-eastern corner of the Euxine. From Kaffa it is but a short distance to .Arabat, and not more than thirty miles to Karasoubazar, on that high road from over the Putrid Sea to Sim pheropol by which the Russians there and above Sebas topol are chiefly supplied. Expeditions from Kaffa for cutting off such supplies would inflict far more mischief on the Russians than has been effected by those from Eupatoria. Indeed the cavalry sorties from Eupatoria, though ably led and handled by General d'Allonville, have not ended' in a single capture of importance in the way of provisions. Let us hope that our admirals and generals, therefore, are not likely to leave Kaffa in the power of the Russians this winter. Such a con quest joined to that of Kinbourn, and attended by that of Mingrelia by that of Omer Pacha, would render the year indeed glorious to the arms and encouraging to the prospects of the Allies in Asia. THE POPE AND THE EMPEROR. (Prom the Examiner.) Those who have found hitherto but " little to blame " in the conduct of the young Emperor of Austria, natu rally express surpriee no less than disgust at the terms of the Concondat he hat just concluded. To us, on the other hand, who have seen in his policy from the com mencement of his ill-omened reign so much that deserved the most severe reprehension, the last act of the drama is but a natural and not unforeseen conclusion. The intrigue which brought about the deposition of the Emperor Ferdinand 1., on his refusal to break the oath he had taken as constitutional King of Hungary, was, as is well known, directed by the Archduchess So• phia, the m o th er of the present Emperor. She belongs to the House of Bavaria, the most bigoted among the reigning families of Germany ; and such influence as the Jesuits still possess in Austria (reported to be not incon siderable) was, we believe, exerted to secure the irregular accession of her son, during the lifetime of her husband. Wag it not to be expected, then, that one day she would be called upon to repay the obligation thus contracted ? Not that mere motives of gratitude are to be under stood as in any degree likely to sway the coucils of Aus tria. But neither is the rule of his Imperial and Apostolic Majesty exempt from the law which dooms governments to destruction that have no hold on the respect or on the affections of their subjects. As a much more sagacious Emperor has lately declared, every government ulti mately re sts on opinion. Even th e C zar o f a l l the could not maintain himself on hi s t h rone, if he were not Yussias an object of veneration and regard at l eas t a to his thirty millions of Muscovite subjects. But where shall Francis Joseph find this necessary, this indispens• able basis of authority ? In the G rand Duchy of Aus tria and the German Tyrol ? Austrian power is an inverted pyramid if it reposes on so small an area. In Bohemia ? The reserved Slavonic population of that country looks with no goodwill on anything German. In Hungary, which saved Austria from dismemberment in the days of Maria, Theresa ? The magnates of that country (half-Au , trianised as they once were) stand with averted eyes in presence of the ruler whose hand is red with the blood of a Batthyanyi. The peas nts sigh for the return of Kossuth, to whom' they owe their delivery from the detested Robot. Tho Hungarian soldiery, once no less loyal than brave, wait with ill-suppressed impatience for the hour when they can avenge those generals who led them so often to victory, and who perished miserably by command of Francis Joseph on the gallows of Arad. The Hungarian Protestant sees in perspective a renewal of those religious persecutions, which obliged his ances tors so often to implore the protection of the Ottoman against the Catholic fervour of Francis Joseph's ances tors. Even with the Croatians the policy of dividing for the sake of oppressing, which was practised in 1848, has become a stale trick, and cannot be tried again. To whom, then, shall the Emperor appeal for support To the Poles ? Their hopes are fixed on France, on Sweden, and on England. To the Lombards ! The proposition could only be made in irony. But at the elbow of the bewildered monarch there stand other ever-watchful Italians who promise assistance, not merely from earth hint from Heaven, at the price of subscribing a roll of parchment. What wonder that this Concordat was concluded, then, even at the expense of surrendering the entiro control of the Austrian Church into the hands of the Pope ? The Emperor was not in a state to make conditions. It may bo a straw which he catches at, but it is the only assist ance within his grasp. When Metternich said "apres moi le deluge," he used the language not of selfishness, as many have supposed, but of foresight. He saw that none of those who were likely to succeed him know in what consisted the vitality of Austria ; and that by seek ing to Germanise and centralise (the course pursued at Vienna since his time no leas by liberals than by abso lutists), they would accomplish the ruin of the empire. The Concordat is a necessary corollary and sequence to this policy ; and accordingly we do not hear that Dr. Bach or Count Buol remonstrated against it, any more than Cardinal Prince Schwarizenberg. The Emperor can now boast that he has at last en listed some active and zealous partisans. The Domini cans and Jesuits will strain every nerve to save a mo. narch who promises them that free scope for religious action which they are denied in every other State of Europe. It is another step towards the precipice, but n th; meantime there is something besides the sword to Lean u pon. Naval and Military Intelligence. Her Majesty's steam-transport Urgent, Commander Phillips, left Portsmouth harbour for Spithead on Sa turday evening, and awaits orders. The steam transport Niagara, Capt. Shannon, arrived at Portsmouth on Friday night with the Westmeath Re giment of embodied Militia, under the command of Major the E of.Granard. They are now quartered in Cambridge Barracks, Portsmouth. It is a rifle regi ment, about 400 strong. The Vixen and Lizard steam tenders left Portsmouth on Saturday afternoon for the eastward. The bark Mohawk, with a general cargo of provisions from the Royal William Victualling-yard, Plymouth, sailed for Ba'aklava on Saturday. The bark Lady Wharncliffe, the brig Alfred, and the bark Ameoda, are being laden for the same destination. In consequence of the great demand, instructions have been received at this yara from the Admiralty to roast coffee day and night until further orders. Two French engineers visited the mill, bakeliouse, and engine-house on Friday, and took sketches of the most important portions of the machinery in this department. We understand that her Majesty's Government have, in c oisideration of the distinguished and meritorious services of the late Colonel Balfour Ogilvy, who died at Balaklava on the 12th of July last, granted a colonel's widow's pension to his widow. Lord Panmure has written to Mrs. Balfour Ogilvy intimating the grant, and took that opportunity of expressing his regret at the loss to her Majesty of the services of so valuable life as that of her late husband. Col. B. Ogilvy joined Omer Pacha in the field in March 1854, and from that period up to the time of his death had on different occasions greatly distinguished himself. His gallantry and presence of mind at critical moments had gained for him the entire confidence of Omer Paeha, with whom he was a special favourite. Lord Harding° has, without any solicitation, given CA. Balfour Ogilvy's second son an ensigncy, without purchase, in the 34th Regiment. The 12th Regiment, 2d Battalion, from the Cape of Good Hope, and the 54th and 6Gth, from Gibraltar, will shortly embark for the Crimea. These corps consist principally of old soldiers. They will be relieved by Militia egiments. By the decease of General Sir John Brown the colonelcy of the Bth Hussars has become vacant. He was tar many years commandant of the Cavalry Riding Establishment at Maidstone. His probable successor in the colonelcy will be Sir Henry Somerset. Her Majesty's steam troop-ship Transit, Commander Johnson, refitting in the steam basin, Portsmouth dock yard, gut up steam t) try her machinery on Saturday, but broke down three time;„ She will take out a large force of the Land Transport Corps to the East. The Fire Queen steam-yacht,bilaster-Commander Paul, went to Spithead on Saturday, and trans-shipped the re mains of the late Colonel the Hon. N.Manle, of the 41st Foot (brother of Lord Pam:lmre), from the steam-trans - port Emperor, and disembarked them at the Royal Clarence Victualling-yard, Gosport, where they were taken charge of by Mr. Davis, Master Attendant, R.N., and transferred to the undertakers for conveyance to London. The body was interred in Bulgaria 13 mouths ago, and is now brought to Thglaud to be deposited in the family vault. The Sampson, 6, steam-frigate, Captain Hand, and the Polyphemus steam-sloop, Commander Warreu, will leave Portsmouth for the Black Sea fleet when ready. The Mars, 80, new screw steam-ship, was towed from Chatham on Saturday, and moored at the docking buoy ready for bring taken into the fitting basin, Sheerness, to receive her boilers and machinery, which are ready for her. The satire ship's company of the Cressy, 80 guns, screw steam-3hip, Capt. Richard L. Warren, were paid wages on Suturday, at Sheerness, and all, with the ex ception of the relief of guard for duty, are gone on leave until the 15th of December next. The screw steam-ship Exmouth, 91, Capt. W. Hall, with the flag of Rear-Admiral Sir M. Seymour, K.C.B , having disaarged her powder and shell in Plymouth So ind, steamed int) Hainoaza on Friday afternoon, and is appointed to go into dock on Wednesday for re pairs. It is reported that her crew will be transferred to the Conqueror, 100, which, having completed the re ception of her machinery, was taken out of dock at Key hole on Saturday and placed alongside the Vigo hulk at Harnoaze to be fitted for commission. The sailing-sloop Arachne, 18, Commander Inoglefield, h av ing had repairs made good at Devonport, was taken out of dock, towed into the Sound, and placed along side the Egeria hulk on Saturday, preparatory to the transference of her crew. The steam-vessel Avon, having been fitted with boilers at Keybain, was taken out of dock on Friday. The transport Diligence left Plymouth on Saturday for Pembroke. The Admiralty barge Ant, Edward Witts master sailed on Saturday morning from Woolwich for Sheer ness with 70 tons of machinery for the Mers. The Fly, another of the Admiralty barges, was at the same time taken into the basin, and was immediately got ready to be laden with the remaining portion of the machinery and funnels intended to complete the fittings of the Mars, with which she is to sail on Wednesday next. The Castle Eden convict transport, having shipped 100 convicts from Woolwich-50 fiom the Warrior, off the dockyard, and. an equal number from the Royal Arsenal, woe on Saturday morning towed down the river by the steam-tug Copeland fo. her destination, Bermuda. The number of convicts there is now considei ably reduced, as, in addition to the Castle Eden's freight, 52 were last week discharged, the term of their seatence having ex pired. As a number of these men have latterly succeeded in effecting their escape by mixing with the crowds of labourers, and, thereby passing the gates unnoticed, it has been suggested that the workmen should be provided with come kind of uniform which would render an escape by that means much more difficult, if not impossible. The frigate building on the slip in Pembroke dock yard lately occupied by the Sutlej is of 50 guns, and, being one of the newly improved fifties, her length is very great-140 feet-60 feet longer than her predeces sor on the stocks. This fact will show the increased size which le now given t) our present vessels of war. Additional shipwrights, sawyers, and mechanics have been added to the dockyard strength at Pembroke, and great exertions are to be made fur the spring. The Observatory telegraph at Milford Haven is near completion. This is to be the link between the forts of Thorn Island, the Point Battery at Dale, the marten() on the Stack-rock, and the dockyard, so that a rapid communication beta een all the defences of the Haven can at 01.C3 be secured. It is understood that Government have in contempla tion the erection of large and commodious permanent barracks, to accommodate at least 5,000 men ; and they are to be constructed near the present fortified barrack on Llanryth•bill. A large building has for some time been merked on the plans, and the want of accommoda tion is much felt. The following appointments were made on Saturday at the Admiralty:—Samuel S. D. Wells, surgeon, to the Royal William ; Thos. J. Breen, surgeon, to the Perse verance ; Henry P. Houghton, acting clerk, to the Hecla. Lieut.-Col. Richard C. Moody, RE., is to succeed Major-General Gordon as the Commanding Engineer iu the North Britain district. A court-martial, of which Capt. Sir Thos. Maitland, C.B ,of her Majesty's ship Excellent, was president, assembled on board the flag-ship Victory in Portsmmith harbour on Saturday morning to try Mr. Jas. Driver, Acting-Assistart-Engineer R.N., of the first class, serv ing on board her Majesty's steam gun-boat Ilinde, for having, on the 10th of Oct., disobeyed orders and be haved with disrespect to his senior officer, Lieut. Ward, and being absent without leave. The Court, hav ing heard the evidence in support of the charge, and what the prisoner had to allege in defence, was of opinion that the charge, so far as related to disobedience of orders and disrespect to his com• mending officer, had been proved ; but the remainder of the charge, which alleged that the prisoner lral absented himself without leave, was frivolous; and in consequence of the prisoner's length of service and good certificates the Ceuri; oral adjudged him to be dismiss ed his shi p , to be reduced to the second class of Assistaut-Engineers, and not to be promoted for two years. The average weekly number of recruits joining at Chatham is 50. About 4,000 young men, after com pleting their drill, are annually sent from Chatham -2,500 to India and the colonies, 700 volunteers to diffe rent corps, the regiments coming home taking the re mainder. _ _ _ The iledical Staff Corps (says the United Service Oa- zette) will consist, when complete, of nine companies, each of which is calculated for attendance in an hospital for 500 patients. In each company there are a steward and four assistant stewards, who rank respectively as serjeant-major and serjeants ; a wardmaster and eight assistants, who rank, the former as a colour•serjeant and the latter as corporals. Then there are issuers, washer s men, and assistant cooks, barbers, and orderlies, who rank as privates ; and a cook, who takes rank as ser jeant. The pay is very good. About 100 young men have joined the medical staff corps during the month. Captain Carpenter, late 41st Regiment, who was se ' verely wounded at the battle of the Alma, ha 4, by the dechiion of the Court of Chancery on Thursday last, come into possession of 60,0001. The authorities at the Horse Guards have just issued another memorandum relating to instruction in mus lietry, in addition to the memorandum laying down re gulations for the organisation of the corps of instructors in musketry, issued a short time ago. The memoran dum details various rules which the Commander-in-Chief directs to be strictly observed with a view to efficient instruction in the use of the rifle. The course of instruc tion is to commence in every battalion or depot on or before the 15th of March in each year, so that it may be finished by the time the autumn half-yearly inspection takes place. Captain Twysden, 55th Regiment, is under orders to leave Ilythe fur the Crimea, to assist Col. Kennedy at the School of Musketry about to be established there. The Uni!ed Service Gazette states that it is the inten tion of the Government to resort at last to the ballot, and that it is to be carried into effect, without reference to rank, from the age of 18 to 40. The term of service is to bo for five years, aad it is considered that the man ner of raising conscripts for the French array will be adopted. The fine of 5L for not serving will be paid to the Government, who will provide substitutes for those who decline to enter the force. On Thursday the] depot of the 59th Regiment, for some time past stationed in Belfast, took their departure for Derry. The remainder of the.depot, which was eta tionel at Newry-150 men—arrived, at Belfast on Thurs day evens g. They are replaced by the Royal Cheshire Infantry from Stockport. The total strength of this regiment is 1.100, four companies of which were left in Newry, and the remainder, six companies, are to be sta tioned in Belfast. LAUNCH OF THE SCREW-FRIGATE SHANNON. PORTSMOUTH, SaturJay.. A superb frigate, of larger proportions than any fri gate afloat, was added to the British fleet to-day, to further per petuate the name of her who, 42 years ago, earned for herself such world-wide fame in her glorious action with the Chesapeake. The old Shannon has been for many years doing duty at Sheerness as a receiving hulk, under the name of the St. Lawrence. The new Shannon is a; far superior to the old one as she was to the most primitive product of the shipbuilders' art, and her entirely different character and enlarged proportions will be seen at once by the following comparative table of her dimensions, viz. Measurement. New Shannon, Old Shannon, screw, R ailing, 51 guns. _46 ;ans. . _ Feet. India. Feet:lnail& Length between the perpendiculars .. 235 0 .. 150 2 Length of keel fur t0nnage.......... 203 5 .. 125 6 Breadth, extreme Breakh for tonnage Breadth, moulted „. _ . Depth in hold . 18 4 .. 13 0 Tons. Tons. Burden 2,V1 .. 1,066 ARMAMENTS. New Shannon. Old Shannon, Weight No. each. ' Calibre. No. Calibre. sla'n deck ..30 65 cwt. 8-inch. Upper deck —2B 18-pounders Upper deck [ 2O 68 cwt. 32-pounders. Quarterdeck 18 pounders 1 95 cwt. 68-pounders. 1k fozecastl The old Shannon was a sailing frizate ; the new one will have engines by Penn and Sun, on their patent trunk principle, similar to those supplied to her Ma jesty's ships Agamemnon and St. Jean d'Acre by the same firm : Nominal horse-power GOO Diameter of cylinders equal to 70 inches. Length of stroke 42 inches. Diameter of screw lB feet. Pitch of screw 25 feet. Length of screw 3 feet (3 inches Number of revolutions to pro duce GO per minute. The Shannon, launched to-day, was designed by the Surveyor of the Navy, Sir Baldwin Walker, and only about 12 months have been employed in building her ; she has been hurried, owing to her interfering with the progress of the work of the great dock adjoining the slip on which she has been built. She presents a most beautiful and bold outline. Her figurehead is a hand somely carved bust of the late Captain Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke, by Mr. Hellyer, Admiralty carver, from a design by Mr. Poets, of Portsmouth, and the likeness of the gallant vict'r in the famous action is said to be very correct. The ceremony of naming her was per formed by Lady 'Maitland in the presence of a vast con course of spectators. Her machinery is all made for her ; she will be fitted forthwith ; and it is reported that Captain Yelverton and the officers and crew of the Arro gant will be the first to commission her. In her action with the Chesapeake the old Shannon had a crew of 306 men and threw a broadside of 5381 b ; the present Shan non will have at least 550 men, the benefit of full steam power, and will throw a broadside of 1,2001 b. This broadside is also 1 cwt. heavier than Nelson's old ship, the Victory, ever discharged. THE NEW IRON MORTAR-BOATS.—The iron mortar. vessel launched from the building yard of Mr. John Laird, at the south end of the docks, the other day, is so constructed that when she has mortar, shell, crew, and every necessary appliance on board, she will only draw three feet of water. She will present very little bulk above the surface, and as she will be painted sea-green, it will be impossible for the enemy to distinguish her from their batteries, even when within range of their guns, except by the occasional puffs of smoke from each shell. She is of 100 tons' measurement, and is made of the best iron plates manufactured the Mersey Forge. The ex pedition with which she was constructed is, we believe, unprecedented. The order was received by Mr. Laird on the 23d of October, the keel was laid down on the 25th of the same month, and on the 13th of November, just three weeks from the date of the order being received, she was launched in the River Mersey, all complete, with mortar-bed, masts, rigging, anchors, cable, sails, shell.roorn, accommodation for crew, &c. She left Liver pool for Portsmouth, in tow of the steamer Uncle Sam, on the day after she was launched, and arrived at Ports mouth on Thursday, having been delayed by being obliged to put into three ports, owing to the severity of the easterly winds. The vessel is strongly built of iron, with wooden decks ; and the complicated nature of the work would have precluded the possibility of her comple tion in this short time, had not Mr. Laird h a d re l a ys of men working night and day. The iron plates, &c., were ordered from the Mersey Forge, from time to time, as re quired, and were generally delivered within 12 hours from the time of specifications being sent in. The con struction of this mortar-boat shows the rapidity with which work can be completed in the Mersey, when all the facilities are properly applied. This is the first English mortar-boat built of iron; and, if the ex periments immediately to be tried upon her answer the anticipations of the Admiralty officials, we may ex pect to hear of a large order being given for the con struction of more upon the same principle. Mr. Laird is also constructing 14 wooden steam screw gun-boats, of 240 tons each, and about 8 horse power. She will be similar in size and armament to the Lynx, Arrow, Viper, Snake, Beagle, and other boats which have become famous in the history of the naval operations of this war. Mr. Laird is building seven of these boats at his yard on the margin of the Great Float, at Birkenhead, and seven on the Liverpool side. Although the order for them was only received from the Admiralty six weeks ago, already about 1,000 feet of building sheds have been erected at these yards and fitted with gas, so that the men can work at the vessels night and day. Four of the boats are well advanced in frame, and the whole are to be ready for sea by March next. 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Observe—oppo site the York lElotol. Deafness—New Discovery.—The Organic Vibrator, an extraordinary powerful, small, newly invented instrument for deafness, entirely different from all others, to surpass anything of the kind that has been, or probably ever can be, produced. Being of the same colour as the skin, is not perceptible ; it enables deaf persons to hear distinctly at church and at public assemblies ; the un pleasant sensation of singing noises in the cars is entirely re. moved; and it affords all the assistance that possibly could be desired.—Newly-constructed Spectacle Lenses of the great est transparent power. The valuable advantage derive(' from this invention is, that vision becoming impaired is preserved and strengthened, and very aged persons are enabled to employ their sight at the most minute occu pation—can see with these lenses of a much less magnify. ing power—and they do not require the frequent .changes to the dangerous effects of further powerful assistance. By kor Majesty's Royal Letters Patent for valuable and extraordinary improvements in the most powerful and brilliant Telescopes, Camp, Racecourse, Opera, and Per spective Glasses, to know the distances of objects viewed through them—of great importance to the army, navy, and others. These telescopes possess such extraordinary powers that some three and a-half inches, with an extra eye piece, still show distinctly Jupiter's moons, Saturn's ring, and the double stars ; with the same telescope can be seen a person's countenance three miles and a half distant, and an object from 16 to 20 miles. They are of larger and all sizes, with increasing powers accordingly ; while their vary. ing from 4 to 6 inches enable us to discover more than the above, and the Georgian, with his 6 satellites, &c.—The Royal Exhibition, 1 851.—Valuable, newly-invented, very small, powerful waistcoat-pocket glass,the size of a walnut, by which a person can be seen and known 1 miles distant ; they answer every purpose on the race-course, and at the opera househ, country scenery, and ships are clearly seen at 8 to 10 miles. They are invaluable for shooting, deer-stalking, yachting, to sportsmen, gentlemen, gamekeepers, and tourists. Opera, race-course, camp, and perspective glasses, with wonderful power.-39, Albemarle-street, Piccadilly. Observe—opposite tho York Hotel. Sporting Intelligence. PRINCIPAL WINNI 'G HORSES IN 1855. TWO YEAR OLDS. Mary Copp ..... 22,965 Kalepyge 2,080 Manganese Flyaway 1,435 Tyre Fly-by-Night 1,319 Stork Porto Rico 1,145 Para Tumbler Noisy 7OO Antoinette 675 Exchange Lady Tatton 605 Instructress Besika .... ....... .. 595 Capucine Baroncino 570 Cossey Little Brownie 552 Glenfiddich Courtenay Hazel 5OO Professor Banhams Ellington ...... Cqrouer ... ..... ▪ 1,100 ▪ I,o'o Mineopie 1,030 Artillery__ Spindle' Polmoodie Tilly Prince's Mixture 614 Ceres Bezonian Enchanter 525 Mirage Grampian Heir of Linne 491 Curve 4BO Alfred ' 470 Sugarcane 459 La Victime Milton 440 Lawn 426 Intimidation .. . 420 Oltenitza 390 W. Willie 3Br; Shelah Eglantine Bird in Hand 365 Thames Ditton. • 360 Diego 360 Secret 15)0 Aleppo 330 Theodino 325 Queen's Head 3lO Newington Byrsa, Dramatist Alaster 260 Lance Shadow 250 Pyrrha 240 The British Remedy 235 Zeta Yellow Jack Astrologus Warlock Duet 145 THREE YEAR OLDS. S.9,ticebox £5,762 Wild Dayrell The Marchioness 4,175 Habena... 4,130 Rifleman Lord of the Isles 3,100 Chalice 2,950 Clotilde 2,390 Fandango 2,286 Pugnator .. 1,740 Corcebus Alcyone Claret Sultan *OuMon Palotot Cavalier Eilerinire 1,097 Pole Star 1,038 Escape Homily 935 Simony 9OO Da Clare Imogene Vandal 865 Treachery B5O * And the Queen Flageolet Bonnie Morn Rotherham Flatterer 429 4no 385 385 Shoreham Joshua Lord Alfred Jack Sheppard 330 Mosquito Kingstown 315 Rylstono • 302 The Chicken 175 Blooming Heather FOUR YEAR OLDS. Scythian Neville Honeysuckle Pumicestono Quince Whitelock Seducer 1,083 Wild Huntsman 1,070 The Early Bird Bright Phoebus Hercules Robgill 973 Gamelad King Tom 706 Boor Winkfield Acrobat Humguffin Foxhunter Mishap .., 462 Lurley Lady Bird ....... Domino 423 Epaminondas Comfort Virago Orson 345 Charlemont 3OO The Caliph Scherz FIVE YEAR OLDS. Rataplan Types M.r. Sykes ....... Ireland's Eye Mortimer 650 Orinoco Bourgeois 532 Speed the Plough Vindex 5Ol Talfourd SIX YEAR OLDS ♦ND AGED. King of Trumps 21,455 Hungerford Little Davie Braxey Poodle Ephesus Master Slender PRINCIPAL Duke of Bo:Iford £10,940 Mr. Howard Mr. T. Parr Mr. J. M. Stanley 7,2321 Mr. F. L. Popham 5,905 Lord Clifdeu 5,6201 Mr. Merry 5,3371 Meurs. Grevillo and 's Vase at Ascot. 851 840 485 455 339 Payno 4,656 Mrs. Osbaldeston 4,600 Mr. R. Road 4,505 Mr. Morris 4,236 Mr. J. Osborne 4,109 The Earl of Derby 3,820 Lord &Aland and WINNERS. Sir IV. Milner— 3,437 Lord J. Scott E►rl of Chesterfield 2,957 Mr. Thellason Mr. E. It. Clark Baron Rothschild 2,381 Marquis of Anglesey 2,270 Mr. H. Hill Sir J. Hawley Lord Wilton 2,23G Mr. J. Dawson £2,009 Captain D. Lane 1,903 Mr. W. H. Brook Mr. A. Nichol 1,840 Mr. Bowes Mr. T. Dawson Mr. Magenis Admiral Harcourt Messrs. Saxon and Barber Sir C. Mouck Mr. Mather 1,208 Mr. H. Come l,OOO Mr. W. L'Anson 9BO The Marquis of Exo- for 895 Capt. Bryan.. B4O Mr. Knowles Mr. T. V. Turner Mr. Sparrow Lord W. Powlett Captain Christie 661 Mr. Palmer 6is Mr. J. Adkins GOO Mr. Capel 560 HUNTING APPOINTMENTS. STAG•HOUNDS. Kent (Mr. Roberts's), Monday, Tonbridge ; Friday, Ightham-12. Her Majesty's, Tuesday, Iver Heath ; Saturday, Winkfield-row-11. Baron Rothschild'e,Thursday, Wing-11. FOX-HOUNDS. _ _ Cheltenham (Capt. West's), Friday, Birdlip-12. Petre's (Hon. F.), Tuesday, Long Barns—half-past 11. Badsworth, Tuesday, Barnsdale Bar ; Thursday, Purston Bar; Saturday, Notten Village—half-past 10. Berkshire South (Mr. Wheble's), Tuesday, Mortimer Station ; Friday, Hampstead Norris-11. Blackmoor Vale, Tuesday, Monk-wood; Friday, Yar lington—half-past 10. Essex East, Tuesday, Birdbrook Hall ; Friday, Mess. ing-street-11. Essex South, Tuesday, Nevendon ; Saturday, Aveley Mill-11. Essex Union, Wednesday, Ramsden Heath ; Satur day, Althorn° Lion—half-past 10. Essex and Suffllk, Tuesday, Bradfield-street; Friday, Box ford-street-11. Hurworth, Tuesday, the Kennels ; Saturday, Moor Bank—half-past 10. Ludlow (klr. Sitwell's), Tuesday, Coombe Wood ; Friday, Bpulden Village—half-past 10, Seale's, Sir Henry, Tuesda', Asperington Post ; Fri day, Berry—half -past 10. Sinnington, Tuesday, Sinnington ; Friday, Woolah— half-pat 10. SAnerse.t Subscription, Tuesday, The Kennel ; Fri day Williton—half-past 10. Staffordshire North, Tuesday, Dillhorn ; Friday, Ercall Heath—half-past 10. Stamford's Earl of, Tuesday, Dallicott ; Thursday, lodge (Mr. Bocott's) ; Saturday, Stewponey—half past 10. Suffolk, Tuesday, Felsham Green ; Thursday, Silverley Tower ; Saturday, Risby Toll-gate—quarter to 11. Sussex East, Tuesday, Knells ; Friday, Brede Hill— half-past 10. Tickham, Tuesday, Otterden ; Friday, Rainham—balf pa4 10. United Pack, Wednesday, Strefford's Bridge-10. V. W. H. (Lord Gifford'"), Tuesday, Poulton Vil lage ; Thursday, Stone Hill Gate ; Saturday, Overley Wood—quarter to 11. Warwickshire North, Tuesday, Tile Hill ; Wednes day, Solihull ; Friday, Ansty Wood—quarter to 11. Wheatland, Tuesday, Cressage Park ; Friday, Cross Lane Head—baif-past 10. B. V., Tuesday,Th.farnhull Quarries ; Saturday, Fid dleford Bridge—quarter to 12. High Peak, Tuesday, Mouldridge Grange ; Thursday, Duke of York ; Saturday, Wilton's Farm-11. Newcastle and Gateshead, Monday, White Mare Poul ; Friday, Wallsend—half-past 10. Cleveland, Thursday, Kirkleatham—half-past 10. Lord Daere's, Wednesday, Hudnal Common ; Friday, Bower Heath— half past 10. Hatnbleton (Mr. Bell's), Tuesday, Brawith Hall ; Sa turday, OldAead—half-past 10. Holderness, Tuesday, Everinghara Park ; Thursday, Burton Constable ; Friday, Driffield Toll-bar—quarter to 11. Oakley, Thursday, Broughton ; Saturday, Risley Toll-bar—quarter to 11. South Oxfordshire (Mr. J. S. Phillips's), Tuesday, Stanton ; Friday, Waterstock—quarter to 11. Pembrokeshire (Mr. Lort Phillips's), Thursday, Wil lia.mston-10. Lord Southampton's, Wednesday, Drayton Cross roads ; Friday, Bradden ; Saturday, Bradweil-11. Mr. Willoughby's, Wednesday, Staiton ; Thursday, Killington House ; Friday, Pluekham ; Saturday, Gill ing Lodge—half-past 10. South Wilts (Mr. F. Wyndham's), Friday, Chitterne Clump-11. Atherstone, Monday, Red Gate ; Wednesday, Thy cross ; Friday, Uliesthorpe Station ; Saturday, Annes ley Hall-11. Duke of Beaufort's, Monday, Trouble House ; Wed nesday, Drayeot ; Friday, Yate Rocks; Saturday, Cross Keys, Pickwick—half-past 10. Old Berkshire (Mr. Morrell's), Monday, Hatford ; Tuesday, Newbridge ; Thursday, Foxcombe-hill ; Fri day, Radcot Bridge—half -past 10. Branham Moor, Monday, Riffa; Wednesday, Church Fenton ; Friday, Wighill-park ; Saturday, Boot and Shoe Inn—half-past 10. Burton Hunt (Lord Henry Bentinck's), Monday, Magin Moor ; Tuesday, Faldingworth Grange ; Wed nesday, Weliingore ; Thursday, Brattleby ; Friday, Drinsey Nook Saturday, L ang t on b y W rag b y - 11. Cambridgeshire, Monday, P u tt on W oo d ; W e d nes d ay, Warden Village ; Friday, Stow Fox—half-past 10. Cheshire, Monday, Bucklow-hill ; Wednesday, Ash ton Hayes ; Thursday, Black Dog, Saigton, 11 ; Satur day, Norley Bank—it half-past 10. Cottesmore (Sir J. Trollope's), Monday, Wytham on the Hill ; Tuesday, Knossington; Thursday, Piokworth; Saturday, Leesthorp-11. Craven (Mr. H. P. Best's), Monday, Eastbury Park ; Wednesday, Shaw House ; Saturday, Welford Woods — a quarter to 11. - • Crawley and Horsham, Monday, Lowfield Heath ; Wednesday, Ri vers W oo d ; Friday, Turner's Hill—a quarter to 11. Durham County, Monday, Thorp ; Wednesday, Woodhatn ; Friday, Newbiggen—half-past 10. Tae E-s x (Mr. H. Greaves's), Monday, Nazing Com mon ; Thursday, Navestock ; Saturday, Waple's Mill —ll. Mr. Farquharson's, Monday, Buckland Wood ; Tues day, Honeycomb ; Thursday, Coombe Coppice ; Friday, Short Wood. Earl Fitzwilliam's, Monday, Long Orton ; Wednes day, Stanwick Pastures ; Friday, Hilly Wood-10. Mr. Garth's, Monday, the Horse Shoes, Remenham ; Wednesday, Hartford Bridge Flat ; Friday, Clere Park —half-pa,t 10. Ha'sdon, Monday, Glea Cottage ; Friday, Beaford Porches—half.past 10. Hauabledon (Mr. Walt's) Monday, Chalton Village ; 'lVinterkthill Common ; Friday, Warnfor Park—quarter to 11. H.R . ., Monday, Preston Oak Hills ; Tuesday, Wes Tinted ; Thursday, London Lodge, Strattin Park ; Saturday, La,sham Village —quarter to 11. Heythrop, Monday, Boulter's Barn ; Wednesday, Ledwell Village; Friday, Lougborough Gate; Satur day, Fox, North Aston—half-past 10. Mr. Meynell Ingram's, Monday, Eaton Wood ; Thursday, Longford Hall ; Saturday, Rolleston Hall— quarter to 11. East Kent, Monday, Sandling Park ; Thursday, Bar. ham-street ; Saturday, Padd leswortn Gorse—half-past 10. Ledbury, Monday, the Frith Wood ; Friday, eighth milestone, Tewkesbury-road—half -past 10. Mr. Lum!ey's, Monday, Gringley ; Tuesday, Biyth• Law Hill ; Thursday, Kiverton Park ; Friday, Darlton Bar—half-past 10. Earl of Portsmouth's, Monday, Malshanger House ; Tuesday,Ffighclere Castle ; Friday, Bedwyn Brick Kiln; Saturday, Kingsclere-11. Puckeridge (Mr. Parry's), Monday, Furneaux Pel ham ; Wednesday, Langley Green ; Saturday, Alton• bury—half -past 10. . - -- fytchley, Monday, Brixworth • Tuesday, Boughton Park, Kettering;• Wednesday, Zrthi ngwor th ; F r id a y, Long Buckby ; Saturday, Stow Nine Churches- quarter to 11. Raby (Duke of Cleveland's), Monday, Houghton Bank, Turnpike Gate ; Wednesday, Toft Hill ; Friday, Manfield—half-past 10. Rufford, Monday, Walesby ; Tuesday, Kelbam, Thursday, Kneesal Green ; Saturday, Park Hall— quarter to 11. - Duke of Rutland's, Monday, Croxton Park ; Tues day, Dry Doddington ; Wednesday, Elton Manor ; Fri day, Ancaster- 7 half-past 10. M. Selby's, Monday, Ilderton—half-past 10. Shropshire, Monday, Battlefield • Wednesday, Acton Burnhill ; Friday, Ercall Mill—half-past 10. Mr. A. Smith's, Monday, Perriam Down ; Tuesday, New Mill ; Wednesday, Pill Heath ; Thursday, Ham Ashley ; Friday, South Grove ; Saturay, Roche Court —at 11. Southdown, Monday, Ripe-street; Friday, Ashoombe —quarter to 11. South `Vold (Mr. G. Cook's), Monday, Tothill Wood ; Tuesday, Tower-on-the-Moor ; Thursday, Banniworth Village ; Saturday, Harrington Hall—at 11. Surrey Union, Monday, Clandon Village ; Thursday, Hampton Lodge ; Saturday, Leatherhead Downs—at half-past 10. Tliomson's (Mr. Anstrnther), Monday, Stratton Aud ley ; Tuesday, Weston on the Green ; Thursday, Ham Green ; Saturday, Byfield Toll Bar—at half-past 11. Tiverton, Monday, Huntsham Castle ; Thursday, Kingsbrompton —at half-past 10. Tynedale, Monday, Great Whittington ; Wednesday, Minzteraeres ; Friday, Nafferton—at a quarter to 11. HARRIERS. Brookseud (Thane), Wednesday, Alland Court ; Fri day, Chislet Park, Herne Country ; Saturday, Brom- stone—at half-past 10. Eastbourne, Thursday, Jevington—at 11. Lord Lonsdale's—Friday, Puttenham—at 12. Surrey—Tuesday, Woodcote Grove ; Saturday, Ken• ley Common—at half past le. Worthing—Tuesday, Steep Down ; Saturday, TA dington—at 11. Country Marke. HADDINOTON CORN MARKET—Noy. 23. WHEAT. BARLEY OATS. I BRAS - . First 1003 Od 47s Gd 38s Gd I 603 0- 1 Second B2s Od 44s 5d 33s lld 1 b7B 44 Third 72s Od 32s Od 318 01 1 55s 6d Total quantity of wheat in market, 539 qrs., 416 sold PP PP barley „ 8 0 7 qrs., 782 sold PP PP oats „ 415 qrs., 375 sold beans , f 39 qrs., 39 sold AVERAGES PER IMPERIAL QUARTER. Wheat, 4/. 5 0 1-12ths 1 Barley, ...21. 4 5 10-12ths Oats, ... 11. 13 11 7-12ths 1 Beans, 21. 17 4 9-1200 11 II DALKEITH GRAIN MARKET—Nov. 22. Qrs. Best. Current. Infelicr. 219 Wheat 96s ed 1174 Oats 3ss 4d 1243 Barley 4Bs On OOs N .... ..... 243 4:1 OOs Od 104 6 d 25 Peas & beans 56s 63 . OOs Od ABERDEEN—Noy. 23. Potato oats 32s Od to 33s Od 1 401bs per bushel Common oats 29s Od to 31s Od Bore 41s Od to 41s 6d 1 531bs Barley 41s Od to 41s 6d Wheat, red (spring)7os Od to 75s Od white Bos Od to 85s Od } 621bs „ Oatmeal 21s Od. to 25s Cd per boll. Flour 64s Od to 65s Od per sack. PROVISION MARKET. Beef, per lb 5d to 9d. Butter, p lb. Os 10d to s 111 Mutton, per lb. 6d to 8d I Eggs, p doz. is Od to is 3' l Veal, per lb 6d to 9d Hens, p pair 3s Od to 3s 6 cl Pork, per 5t...5s 6d to Ss 9sl Chickens,do. is Od to is 6d Salmon, per lb Os to Os Ducks, do., 2s Od to 2s 6 1 Grouse, per brace Os to Os Ducklings,do 2s Od to 2e 6,, Tallow, p stone, 7s )d to 7s 3d Turkeys, each3s 6d to 41 U s l Potatoes, pr peck, 6d to 7d Geese, do., 3s 6d to 4s 4 - u Butter for exportation (present cure) per cwt.74s Od to 80! Eggs, wholesale price, per dozen . . 7d to 7i3 RETAIL Flour —s Od to 3s 4d ' Oatmeal,l4lb Os Od to 2s 6(1 Beremeal Os 0(1 to 2s 2d Poaseuval Os Od to 2s 8d 4-Ib. 10af...10d. Cheese, per imperi: PRICES. Barley flour,l4lb Os to 2s f ! „ dust, Os to oslo 4 ~ per lb 2d to %id Sids, O a t o 0 0 scl I 2-Ib. A stone, 3s to 3s ad. SEABORNE MAILS. (N signifies that the inane are sent from the General Poet once the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when ma I.- in From what Wu" COUNTIMEti in General Post- Port due Oface, London.. Dispatche•l End tmerica(byßrit.pack)N Every Friday • • • • Li verpoo l Amerlcittby United Ste. packet) ..........N •• " ••• • • Liverpool Nov. America (by U. Stattt• packet) e• •• ••• • • Southampt. Australia (via South ampton) ...... M •••••• • • • • Southampton Ditto (via Marseilles) N, ...... ••• • • Dover • Ditto (via Cape of Goedi flops) NI ..... • • • • • • Ifncert Africa (West Coast) I; 1 23 d of the month .. plym ou th .. Dec. 6 5, 24, & 30 of in. Dover Alexandria.......... 2,,f . 4th & 20th of mon. Southamptoz Bei antes 17th of the month senthamptor Belgium • • • • • • Dover Brazil ..............m ,9th of the month.. Southamptol Dec. 15 Buenos Ayres.. —5l 9th of the month . • Southampton Dec. 15 Cape of Good Hope N Various port Uuc:urt"" tape of Good Hope N Cape do Vords N 9tl. of the mouth Southampto, Dec. 15 Ceylon (see India) Ceylon Chanael Islet N SOuthamptoi Tu.Tb.• Chi1i...... •• .• •• 23 Ss 17th of month Bouthampto, , China .... . Constantinople • _ N 8,13,18,23,128 of n. Dover Constantinople „ i dth & 20th of mon. S nithampto• Cont. of Europe M& N iTivice daily ...... Dover .... TWlced Egypt (see India) F rme , N ,Twice daily.— Dover TWin4 46ll' Gibraltar ... .M. 4.7.17, 20, 27 •f m Bouthumpton Greece (see India) ilreytown 2nd & 17th of mon. Southampton Hair:burgh ....N Tuesday & Friday Loud o n ..... N 4 2nd of the month Southampton Dec. 1. Holland .. Dally Dover pails Honduras m 17ta t 'the month. !Southampton . 16thofM 04 India (viaSouthampt.) m 4th & 20th of mon. Plymouth .. Nov. 2 0 India (via Marsoillos)sl 9th& 25th of month Do ver lonian Isles (see India) 7. 17, & 27 of mon Dover.... Ireland •.......M & N Twice daily ...... 1 Holy head ...ITwlsedaili .............. NE 7,9, 17, & 27 of m.l Southampton Nov. 95 " sth of the month S outhampton a `Li ra N 23d of month Liverpool Malta (see India) !delta 18, &28 of men.lDOvel. Nov. 90 Mauritius (see India) 4fatudtlll3 ..........N 14th of the month gemico 2nd of the month.. ,Soathampten 'Dec. 1 ziapi e s ..............N sthlsth23thormon.lDover low Gr ana d a ......91, 21 & 17th of month Southamptoi. New 'By private sl Various port Uneertgl Papal States sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover Peninsula ..........M Ithi7th27thofmon. Southampton Porn ..... & 27th of mon. Southampton Hy private ship... Va r io us ports 17001 Sicily 0° Port Natal ..........N ~..Nis t hls t h2 s thofinon, Dover ...... Tuscany ......N!sthlsth2sthofinon. Dover .. y enez neti t ...... .m l 2d & 17th of month Southampt on 1 8;16 01 0 Van Diemen's Lan d (so., Australia) „ 10 West Indies 17th of month Southampton!' & if 'Southampton Whehany 01 these dates fall on a Sunday, the mails w ill j !patched on the following day, with the exception of the India lv i Southampton), and the Malta. both of wbich will be despatched V preceding day. BIRTHS. OF A SON. On the 23d in s t., a t Cl arendon-park, Lady H el v e! Bathurst. On the 23d i ns t ., at Bowden-park, Chippenham, • wifo of Captain Gladstone, R.N., M.P. On tho 23d inst., at 6, Onslow-square, the Hon. IS I* Newdigate Burne. OP A DAUGHTER. On the 19th inst., at Bath, Lady Wade. On the 24th inst., at Stockwell-crescent, Clapham-road the wife of B. It. Aston, Esq. MARRIED. On the 22d inst., at St. George's, Southwark, Mr. J°, 11 „, 11 , Lancaster, of Newington-causeway, to Am e li a , daugh te r the late Mr. John Saville, Woodford, Essex. On the 20th inst., at St. John's, Newcastle-on-Tri4 George Forster, Esq., manager of the Consett Iron workh to Elizabeth, second daughter of Mr. T. Stewart IfieWer' late of Gosforth. DIED. On the 24th inst., at 27, Oxford-square, Hyde-Par t ' James Wm. Mylne, Esq., aged 55. On the 24th inst., at St. J o h n ' s -wood, Josh. Prestwich' Esq., aged 78. On the 21th inst., Mr. Thos. Marshall, of 81, Chancery lane, aged 69. On the 24th inst., mei SagedatBPB7cY.l3la"' Clapham-road, sra -- M`Dowall, On the 23d inst., at Danznow, Essex, William DAP° Clayton, Es q ., aged 56. On the 22d i nst., at St. Petersburg-place, Bayswater' Mr. Henry Jackson, late of 15, Piccadilly, aged 61 o On the 22,1 i nst., at Longnor Hall, co. Salop, Pant Corbett, Esq., aged 70. On the 2 st inst., the Rev. Henry Du Cane, of the Grove, Witham, Essex. On the 21 s t inst., at Camden-town, Saml. Maddo ck* Esq., aged 74. On the 23d inst., at 79, Culford-road north, De 13ci14. voir-town, Mr. Alfred Stdler, aged •'6. On the 17th inst., at Sywell Lodge, near NorthanW t o James Pell, Esq.,.ag.,ed 76. LONDON : Printed ar.d Published by MUItDO YOU S : 2 : of No. 112, Strand., P r i n t er , a t The Sun Office, No. 0 f o f Strand, in the Pre lint of the Savoy, in the coun t / Mondty, linvember 26,1855. C '34 tho be a'. A] the I steel the 1 Ge 1001, such me, 40d, ] ! fa r nc .hej Pra eiv aril the Prod k,ati lax the • to h hay( pros ROUT gati, titer kinc pro' stoe will atiti and Com arra the