The Sun. — London, England, 1855-11-29 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVE MB +'R 29, 1855. .TULLIEN'S CONCERTS. - ROYAL • ITALIAN OPERA, COVENT-GARDEN.--Last Week but Two.—The Fall if Sebastopol Quadrille. —Grand Selection from Il Trovatore.—The Programme for THIS EVENING, (Thursday, Nov. 29) will include—Overture, Struensee ; Quadrille from Pietro it Grande (first time this season) ; Scherzo Presto from Beethoven's Symphony in A ; La Prima Donna Valse (second time) ; All, non giunge, and 0 Luce di quest' Anima, sung by Madame Gassier; the Rataplan Polka (first time) ; Solo, Cornet-a -Pistons, by Herr Kcenig (his last appearance but three) - the New Grand Quadrille, the Fall of Sebastopol, assisted by the military Bands ; the Grand Selection ftom Verdi's opera, Il Trovatore ; The Mont Blanc Polka ; Symphony in B fiat, from Beethoven's Symphony in F ari Solo, Clonette, by Mr. ; and the Atlantic Galop (second time this season). Commence at 8. Promenade and boxes, Is. ; dress circle, as. 6d.; private boxes, 125., 11.15., and 11. I Is. 6d. M. Juen's Grand Annu al Bal Masque will take place on Min illda , Dec. 17, 1855 . THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY-LANE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. THIS EVENING, win be performed A GAME OF SPECULATION. After which, NUMBER ONE ROUND THE CORNER. Followed by Madame Labarrere's Troupe of Lions, Bears, go. To be followed by NITOCRIS. Characters by Messrs. E. F. Ed gar, Stuart, B. Sullivan, G. Wild, C. Vincent, go.; Miss Glyn, Mrs. Selby, Miss De Vere, Miss Anderton, Miss Cleveland, go. THEATRE ROYAL. HAYMARKET. Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING. Will be performed GUY MANNERING. Characters by Messrs. Till:ers, Compton, and Howe; and Miss Swanborough and Miss Cushman. After which, COURT FAVOUR; or, Priyate and Confidential. To conclude with JOHN JONES. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CaAn= KALIL THIS EVENING WIN be performed DON'T JUDGE BY APPEARANCES. After which, the comely of EVERY ONE HAS HIS FAULT, Characters by Mrs C. Kean, Messrs F. Matthews, Harley, Cooper, Lacy, Ryder, and Fisher; and Mrs Daly, Misses Heath, Murray, and K. Terry. To conclude with THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Will be performed MARIE DIM ANGE ; or, The Jersey Girl. After which, the comedy of FOREIGN AFFAIRS. To conclade with TWICE KILLED. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE. Lessee, Ur. J. 11. Anderson, IS, Norfolk-street, strand. LAST' WEEK BUT T Increased Attractions, and success in equal ratio 7 THIS, AND EVERY EVENING, at Eight o'Clock, Will Ye presented, with entirely New and Ifagnideent Appoint ments, MAGIC and MY'STERY, in twelve acts, arranged in two parts, by Professor Anderson. After which, the startling illustrations of Spirit-Itapping. HALF AN-HOUR wtra TEIE SPIRITA, being the most surprising anal Interesting Series of experiments ever given within the walls of any theatre. Revival, In an improved form, of the astounding novelty which t artled London 10 years ago, the GREAT GUN TRICK Prices of a4mission:—Private Boxes, 1/. lie. 64. and 11. Is. ; Orchestra Stalls, 45.: Dress Boxes, 34.; Upper Boxes, 25.; Pit, Is. ; Gallery, 61. No Half-price. Box-oftlze open from 11 to 5 daily. Grand Morning Performance on Saturday Next at Two o'Clock. Doors open at Half-past One. ROYAL STRAND THEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Payne. THIS EVENING, Will be performel NICHOLAS NICKLE 3Y. After which, a SPA:NISH BALLET, by the Spanish Dancers. To be followed by MONSIEUR JACQUES . To which will be added THE G FETE. Followed by NITOCRIS. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Will be performed POOR PILLICODDY. Characters by Messrs F. Robson and Emery, Miss Marston, Miss Castleton, and Miss Ternan. After which, THE JEALOUS WIFE. Followed by CATCHING A MERWAID. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Leese() and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke. Engagement of Herr Johann Endersohn, the great Continental Grotesque. Tremendous effect prodeced by Mademoiselle CLEMENTINE SOULLIER, the first Equestrian in the World Last Six Nights of the Fall of Sebastopol. THIS EVENING. The FALL of CERASTOPOL, which will shortly be replaced by an entirely new and original equidrama, in which the whole of Mr. Win Cooke's trained horses will appear. After which, each night, the novel ACTS in the CIRCLE, Includ j az the taut des Objets, by Mlle. Clementine Soullier. To conclude with a Melange of Amusements. , v• )ftice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Equestrian Director, 31 7. W. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T RIB DAY—Morn. 9 min. aft. s—Evening 30 min• aft. 5 T J - NIORROW—Morn. 53 min.aft. 5 —Evening 17 min. aft. G THE WEA.THER.—Suk! OFFICE, Nov. 29. THERMOMETER, IN TH/3% SHAME. 48 - highest since noon yestorda.y. 45 -lowest this morning and during the night. 46 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30 . 15. N.W.—Light, with dull weather. • ~T)] - ^;~ ~✓ ~~a~~.. LONDON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1855. Red-tapism has received a heavy blow ! Rou tine a great discouragement ! We have now a real live Admiral whose Captain's commissi,n does not date back more than forty-one and a half years. Yes, my Lords have for once deviated from their usual practice, and rewarded distin guished service by promoting an Admiral ! All those who have hitherto conceived that seniority was the sole passport to promotion—that none but an octogenarian could possibly sport the flag of a full Admiral—will stand aghast at the start ling intelliegence, the daring innovation. There is no knowing where the matter may stop now that the portal has once . been opened. Imbeciles of every class feel that they may as well be at once placed no minally, as they long have been virtually, on the retired list—that the glory has permanently de parted from their house. We, however, in common with the great body of the people, hail the beneficial change with un alloyed gratification. We look on it as the inau guration of a new system, from which more aus picious results may be anticipated—by means whereof we may yet live to see Admirals in the very prime of life, who have not been shelved for some score of years, and practically disqualified for the discharge of the onerous and important duties of a naval command. It is true that " patronage" has been grossly abused—so greatly so, that it was for a time felt that promotion by mere seniority gave a better chance to real merit than that which subjected it to the caprice of a body like that of the Board of Admiralty. But it was soon found that great evils arose under what was considered for a short time a decided amelioration. An inflexible rule, a self-acting regulator, would not work well under any circumstances. It was, as we have said, even worse than the capricious selection of men, not on account of their personal qualifications, but of their political influence, or aristocratical connexions. The one might be, and no doubt had been, greatly abused—but under it we frequently got good men ; while the other prevented us from obtaining commanders until they required ca re f ul nursing, and were una ble to endure the trials incidental to the posi tion in which they were placed. Now that the rule has been most justl y and properly relaxed the promotions must be Closely watched, and the voice of public opinion had on every nomination. That of Sir EDMUND LYONS will be joyfully accepted by all, and we earnestly hope that there may be further progress in the same direction—that promotion may in every in stance attend real merit, and that the rule found applicable for the navy may be extended to other departments of the public service. In the Artillery and Engineers it will be particularly useful. Officers who h ave displayed the g rea t es t ze al and efficiency have hith er t o been shelved, while those who have had nothing to do have still maintained the lead, to which nothing but the accident of a few months' seniority entitled them. This must all be changed in Navy, Artillery, an d Engineers, and in many other depa . rti nen t e The rule of the Administrative 14-...wlermer: must, whenever practicable, be adopted, and the right men put in the right places. The almost insuperable obstacle that hitherto prevented this great desideratum was the gross corruption that prevailed in the very highest offices. That must now yield to the spirit of the times. The Augean stables must be completely cleansed, and those invested with extraordinary powers held strictly responsible for the mode in which they are exercised. The other day it afforded us considerable plea sure to be enabled to remark that the reception awaiting the King of SARDINIA at Guildhall was worthy so distinguished a visitor, and, conse quently, the Corporation, as in some sort the representatives of the citizens of London. To day it is our gratifying duty to announee that her meat gracious Majesty the QUEEN, with that fine sense of what becomes her as the ruler of a free people, which sbe has always manifested, has resolved to confer the highest honour in her gift on her royal guest and ally, in other words to create VICTOR EMMANUEL an honorary member of the Order of the Garter. The satisfaction with which this announcement will be everywhere received throughout the kingdom it is unnecessary for us to describe further than by saying that the only drawback to it will be the fact that her peo ple were prepared for it, knowing her anxiety for their honour and welter.). What remains, then, for speculation is the re ception awaiting him on the part of the people ; and with respect to that we have already expressed a decided opinion. It is not in the nature of Englishmen not to sympathise with the constitu tional ruler of a comparatively small State, beset with despotic neighbours. On no occasion, for many a century past, .have their hearts and souls not glowed with pleasure in hailing the approved champions of civil and religious liberty. At no period have they been insensible to the claims of high statesmanship and chivalrous daring, or failed to recognise ii a manly and honest ally a new found brother. It were too late in the day, then, to apprehend their according VICTOR EMMANVEL less than the most cordial reception it is in their power to bestow. Never came regal guest among them with more indisputable olaims to their gra titude and respect. In his title to admiration there is no real or apparent flaw. Compelled by ne imperious necessity to play the dictator, he comes among us the beloved monarch of a free people. Slave to no priestly domination nor heart less scepticism, he comes among us an enlightened and religious king. Impelled by no immediate peril, he visits us as a voluntary champion in the cause of liberty and civilisation. The head of a numerically small people, he has dared, if not alone, to confront the CZAR and his mighty hordes. Of no immediate kin to England, and owing us no gratitude, he comes among us our especial friend. The honoured guest of our most gracious QUEEN, his well-beloved ally, his chief anxiety, we are told, is to become acquainted with her people —to fasten on his memory their appearance, and see for himself, so far as time will permit him to see, the great things we have achieved—to know us as we are, our temper, manners, and institu tions—to trace, however cursorily, the foundations of our power, and treasure in his heart the recol lection of the intensity of our sympathy with the great cause to which he has so signally proved his devotiaji. From every street, square, lane, and alley of the metropolis, we look, therefore, for accessions to the countless thousands alteady prepared to give him hearty welcome. Lst it be shown to the whole world that the people of England, who notoriously regard with scorn and indignation the miserable despots of Austria and Prussia, and hold tke petty German princes whom they pay at once for their relationship to the Crown, and their friendship to Russia, in contempt, are as fully alive to the claims of true greatness as ever they were, and have manliness enough to recognise it with as loud and prolonged British hurrahs as ever kindled the sensibilities of friends or shook the nerves of enemies since they were first heard. In honouring VICTOR EMMANUEL the people will honour themselves. Let them not forget that. Patience is a very good thing in its way, and not unfrequently brings out the noblest qualities of those who are called upon to practise it. Care, however, should always be taken to prevent it from degenerating into passive indifference—a state unworthy of any human intelligence ; and especially should such degeneration be guarded against in relation to nuisances, the direct ten dency of which is to shorten the term of life. To weary of effort towards the removal of such de structive agencies, and tolerate their existence with soulless passiveness, is sheer homicide. It is undoubtedly a very unpleasant thing to many persons to come into collision with wealthy and influential neighbours, or to incur the risk of being designated ignorant and fussy meddlers ; but surely the certainty of deserving a worse ap pellation should be more unpleasant still. Better at any time to be reputed what you are not, than to be the thing ou ought to be ashamed of being. Better incur reproach than deserve it : better run all risks of offending your most influential neigh bour than have on your conscience the crime of suffering thousands around you to be rendered miserable, and have their days shortened for his aggrandisement, while any exertion you can make remains unmade. The obstacles in your way may seem insurmountable, but it is never theless certain that there is sufficient enlighten ment and virtue nowadays to arm the weakest with a giant's might when pleading the cause of suffering humanity. Success in such a c ause is c a e nd rt a iint is , h l indirectly ees matt matter r t m a p faycobne attained, tu latn, - gra if you shame oth era i nto doing what no less remote influence of yours can effect. i The truth of these remarks is now being strik ingly manifested in connection with the Belleisle nuisance. For many long years the entire popu lation within the radius of a mile from Maiden lane have been the victims to a nuisance o f a peculiarly offensive and they breathed has injurious nature. During a lengthened period the air been impregnat e d to a gre ater or less extent with odours the very opp os it es o f those proceeding from " Araby the blest," odours that "all the per fumes of Arabia" could no t swee t e n. Odours from the slaughter-house—odours from the glue fac tory, the printing-ink factory, and the factory for the composition of artificial manure. Odours, in a word, from decomposition of the worst sort, and of ev ery spec i es. Villanous scents, whose redee m i ng virtue it is that they produce nausea, but so subtle, and all pervading, that no door lattice or casement, unless hermetically sealed, could prevent their access. Fumes calculate) to stunt all healthy growth ou the one hand, and stimulate to the rankest vegetation on the other, and which, if respectable testimony is worth anything, have had, as science tells us, they cannot fail to have, the most pernicious effects on the human system—effects not to be traced ex clusively in the bills of mortality, but to be found also in the bOoks of medical men; - in once rosy cheeks turned pale, in active energies reduced to , lassitude, and the continual emptying of houses for fresh tenants. Such a state of things, as a matter of course, has not been suffered to continue without com plaint. Letter after letter to the papers, at more or less distant intervals, have tes tified to its existence, and been recorded in bitter protest against it ; but no well-organised action has been taken by the inhabitants gene rally to put a stop to it, not even to this day, though the general feeling pronounces most emphatically against it. Fortunately, of late, some resolute and persevering individuals have so far succeeded by the agency of the Press as to bring the ques tion to an issue. What with their correspondence, and the remarks of some of our contemporaries and ourselves, Government, to their credit, have seen fit to give the Islington authorities a quiet hint that it might be as well if they did their duty and instituted proceedings against the alleged offen ders, more especially since Government was pre pared to lend them a helping hand. "On this hint " the Islington authorities " spoke" in the Clerkenwell Court, on Saturday last, where and when they made an application for a summons, adducing medical witnesses to show that "faint ing sickness, headache, vomiting, diarrhcea, and typhoid fever" have resulted from these factories for the commercial utilisation of corruption. The summons was granted, and the complaint will, in due time, be brought forward for adjudication, when the defendants will have the opportunity of rebutting the abounding testimony to the perni cious character of their works if they can. That they will be able to bring a member of the medi cal professions to speak to its healthiness is more than probable—that they may enlist an arch deacon in their cause is quite likely, that they should succeed in justifying themselves is all but an impossibility, involving, as it would, such an amount of stultification as we shrink from con templating. The thingis bad—human nature revolts at IT, and all who sympathise with their kind in the metropolis at least will look with eagerness for the result. Commercial enterprise is too important a thing to be trifled with—but we trust it is be yond the power of an individual to convince an intelligent magistracy that that is healthy which no delicate frame can be exposed to for the briefest period without sensible injury. LATEST NEWS. VIENNA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, Nov. 28. Advices from Constantinople of the 22d inst. announce the arrival there of a portion of the English fleet from the Black Sea, and the arrival of the American squadron from the Mediter- ranean. The cholera was carrying off many men of the Anglo-German Legion. The French were recruiting on a grand scale for their foreign legion. The Tunisian troops are gone to Batoum. COPENHAGEN, WEDNESDAY. The High Court is declared competent to pro ceed with the trial of the ex-Ministers. HAMBURG, Nov. 27. Sweden and Denmark will continue to permi the exportation of corn. MADRID, Nov. 27. The Parliamentary committee charged with the task of regulating the tariffs has resolved to hear such manufacturers of Spain as may consider themselves interested in the question. The Cortes terminated this day the discussion on the recruit ment bill. Everything was perfectly quiet. word that Admiral Baynes, with a part of his squadron, had arrived there. The weather in the Gulf of Finland still con tinues mild for the season ; but iu the Gulf of Bothnia it has been very sharp. The Dragon was frozen in a few days ago a little inside the Aland Islands, but soon broke her way out with her paddles. I hear she has made some valuable prizes. To-day another division of the fleet parted from the rest, and has gone on its way to England. It consisted of the Nile and Colossus, who started in the morning, followed by the Royal George about noon. The latter left the bay magnificently, under both sail and steam. Other ships are expected to leave in a few days. The weather is generally fine and frosty, with occasional slight showers of snow or sleet. SPAIN. We have received the Madrid journals of the 23d. The Gazette denies that there have been any disturbances at Lugo. It contains a royal decree sanctioning the bill which fixes the force of the army at 70,000 men ; also a royal order regulating the manner in which a portion of the proceeds of the sale of ecclesiastical property shall be employed for the benefit of the clergy. Extensive inunda tions had taken place in the province of Valencia ; and some caused by the overflow of the Jucar had committed great ravages. The treasury of the Public Debt had paid all demands on it, and was prepared to pay all that might be made. The Infant Don Henry, brother of the Ring, had re ceived authorisation to return to Spain, and was on his way to Madrid. A conspiracy amongst the prisoners in the gaol of Burgos had been disco vered ; they intended to escape and to join an insurgent band of Carlists. The disturbances at Valencia are represented to have been of no im portance. THE KING OF SARDINIA PORTSMOUTH, Nov. 28.—The Osborne, Royal yacht, with a small squadron under the command of Captain G. T. Gordon (flag captain), of her Majesty's ship Vic tory, consisting of the screw two-decker Blenheim, Lieut. Jackson (Captain Hall being on leave) ; the Vivid, steam yacht, Master-commanding H. W. Allen ; and the Fire Queen, steam yacht, Master-commanding F. W. Paul, will leave Portsmouth to-night about 10 o'clock (as resolved on) for Calais, where his Majesty the King of Sardinia and suite will embark on the Os borne on Friday for Dover, on his visit to England. The officers selected for this special Royal service in the Osborne are the following : Captain (and senior officer) G. T. Gordon. Lieutenants Newcomen (First) and Forster, of the Victory ; and Jervis, of the Cmsar. Master—Mr. Aylen, of the Victoria and Albert. Surgeon—Mr. Minter, of the Victoria and Albert. Paymaster—Mr. Kelly, of the Victory. Chief Engineer—Mr. Robert Gow, of the Osborne, with a staff of assistants from the Victoria and Albert. Midshipmen—Messrs. Tracy and Streeten of the Victory. The Vivid and the Fire Queen will take their stations in advance, in line with either bow, ahead of the Osborne, to show the way out at Spithead, and they expect to make Calais in 12 hours. Captain Gordon and his officers have been indefatig ably employed all day in directing the yacht's embel lishment and equipment, and from a mere shell she is now ready for Royal company. His Majesty will visit Portsmouth on Monday next to make an inspection of the arsenal and its dependen cies, and will be the guest of Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, K.C.8., at the Admiralty -house. The Mayor of the borough (Mr. Stigant) has called a special meeting of the town-council for Friday, to re solve on voting an address from the burgesses, welcom ing his Majesty ; and a large squad ron w ill b e assem bled at Spithead to salute. Every demonstration of respect will be made by the loyal and patriotic inhabitants of Portsmouth in token of welcome and gratulation of the Royal and gallant ally. The Blenheim weighed from Spithead at half-past 5 o'clock this evening, and made all haste towards the ren dezvous in Calais Roads. She is the only blockship ordered to form one of the Royal squadron. DOVER, Wednesday Evening.—lt is expected that his Majesty the King of Sardinia will arrive at Dover from Calais early on Friday, the 30th inst., at about 12.30 or 1.30 a.m. His Majesty will stay at the Ship Hotel, and the proprietor, Mr. Birmingham, is actively engaged in making every preparation for the convenience and comfort of the illustrious visitor. The splendid rooms known as the Cambridge apartments, and which are always reserved for occasions like the present, will be ready for the reception of his Majesty. At present it is un certain whether the King will arrive at the time stated or at a later hour, but in either case it is under stood that his Majesty will rest a few hours at the Ship, in order to recover in some degree from the fatigue of the journey. The reception of the King at Dover will probably be as private as possible, on account of the early hour at which his Majesty will arrive, but the honours usual on such occasions will be paid when the Royal cortege sets out from the hotel to the railway sta tion. A grand salute will be fired from the Drop Re doubt on the heights, and a guard of honour, as an escort, will attend the King to the railway station. The various civil, military, and naval officers will also be present, toge ther with the commandant of the garrison, Col. Streat field ; the Sardinian Consul at Dover, Mr. Latham ; and others. There is almost as much anxiety mani fested on the part of the inhabitants of Dover to obtain some insight into the arrangements of the approaching event as on the occasion of the visit of our illustrious ally the Emperor of the French. The Sardinian Monarch will have an opportunity of forming an opinion, by the warmth and cordiality of the welcome which awaits him at Dover, of the high estimation in which his enlight ened and generous policy is regarded by the people of England. There is already a great demand for flags, and every preparation which the short time at the disposal of the authorities will admit of will be made to do honour to the event. Mr. Birmingham will hoist the colours of England, France, Sardinia, and Turkey over the entrance to his establishment facing the quay ; the railway authorities will decorate the in terior of the railway station; and, if one may judge from former precedent, the result will be as appropriate and tasteful as on previous occasions. The special train which is to convey the Royal party to the Bricklayers' Arms terminus of the South-Eastern Railway, en route for Windsor Castle, has been ordered to be ready at 10 - a.m., and if it should leave at the time stated it will arrive in London at about half-past 12. The Sardinian Ambassador at London, the Marquis d'Azeglio, and suite, are expected to arrive at the Ship Hotel to-morrow evening, to be in readiness to receive his Majesty. Since the above WM written we have learnt from authority that his Majesty and suite are expected to arrive at Dover at about 6 a.m., and will proceed thence on their journey to London by special train at 10 a.m., arriving at the Bricklayers' Arms Station at 12.10, or in 130 minutes. LONDON OMNIBUBES.—We believe that the London omnibus proprietors who have refused to sell their busi , nesses to the alleged French company have appointed a committee to investigate the improvements which have ' been made in the Liverpool and Manchester omnibuses, ' so as to give those public advantages to the metropolis. Mr. H. Gray, cbairman of the non-sellers' society, has already made improvements as to the mode of ascending to the roof ; and Mr. Hicks has placed divisional arms to the inside seats of his Camden-town omnibuses,. The gold brought by the White Star reached London yesterday. The amounts by the Oliver Lang and Kent are not expected for several days. It is presumed that the whole will, like the last receipts, be divided between this country and France. The French rate of exchange continues to recede, and at the present price of Austra lian gold there would almost be room to send it as an exchange operation, apart from any extra premium the Bank of France might be disposed to give for it. The telegraphic accounts from China yesterday are to the 15th of October. The exchange had again advanced, the quotation at Canton being 4s. 9icl. (a rise of id.), and at Shanghai 6s. 6d. (a rise of id ), a circumstance which has already led to an increased inquiry on this side for silver for exportation. The exports of tea to the 15th of Oct. were 27,500,0801 b. against 29,600,0001 b. to the 24th of Oct. last year, the nearest date with which a comparison can be made. Of silk, they were 15,000 bales against 17, 000 . Sha n g h a i was again threatened by political troubles. 34 c ho ps of new congou had ar rived, and 12 had been settled at 25 to 32 taels. There was little disposition to purchase, and the price was de clining. Silk likewise was a shade cheaper, but the transactions were confined to few and strong hands. The Australian advises received yesterday mention that the Phoenician sailed from Sydney for London on the 21st of August, with 13,702 ounces of gold and 11,209 sovereigns, making a total value of 6 6,0171. Sh e has now been out 99 days. THE C URRENC Y. —A public meeting will be held at ' the London Tavern, on Wednesday next, the sth De cember proximo, to take into consideration the question of the currency, when a series of resolutions, devoid of party bias, will be brought forward. THE MELBOURNE MAIL which arrived at Queenstowa by the Oliver Laing consisted of 117 sacks and 5 boxes of mails, weighing 5 tons. The Oliver Laing was off the port for four days previous, bound for Liverpool, and had to put in to Queenstown with the above unpre cedented mail. All the letter bags were forwarded un opened to Liverpool. It is the intention (says the Glasgow Daily M a il) of the Marquis of Abercorn, who is lieutenant for the county of Donegal, to perform the duties of the office for the future in propria persona, and to take up his mi.- dence within the county. PROPOSED MONUMENT TO FEARGUS O'CONNOR. —A numerously-attended meeting took place in the Exchange Hall, Nottingham, on Monday evening, to consider the propriety of erecting a monument to the late Mr. Feargus O'Connor. The chairman was Mr. Alderman Knight. Mr. H. Cope proposed a resolution to the effect that the character and conduct of the late Mr. Feargus O'Connor, who bad been member for Nottingham, had been such as to render him worthy of a monument to be erected in that town. The motion was seconded by Mr. J. Sweet. Mr. Ernest Jones then delivered a long address, in which he defended the private and political career of Mr. F. O'Connor. Ultimately the resolution was agreed to, and a committee appointed to carry it into effect. SIR COLIN CAMPBELL.—Mr. P. Scotland, at a meet ing lately held in Glasgow, in illustrating the deep in terest taken by almost every class of the community, in presenting a testimonial to this gallant soldier, men tioned that, while passing along in the Partick omnibus the other day, the question of raising a subscription for a sword to Sir Colin Campbell was mooted. He was re quested to send round his hat, which, on being returned, contained seventeen shillings—being a shilling from each individual present, ladies included. On the following morning the hat was again sent round with a similar result. In the small Yoker 'bus, which only contained some five individuals, four shillings was collected the ether day. ,TE, —The Secretary THH NEW GOVERNOR OF - of State having confirmed the appointment of Mr. Weatherhead, who was unanimously elected Governor of Newgate, in the room of Mr. Cope, resigned, at the late Court of Aldermen, ho has entered upon the duties of the office. Mr. Weatherhead was strongly recom mended to the situation by Viscount Hardinge and several of the most distinguished members of the mili tary and civil services. His testimonials were of the highest order, and spoke of him as being well qualified for an office where discipline and a strict observance of rules and attention to duties are required. For the last 11 years he filled the onerous post of chief superintendent of the South-Eastern (London-bridge) Terminus, and ob tained considerable praise for the way he managed the traffic of that very busy station. In more early life he served in the 41st Regiment as F erjeant - major, from which he was promoted by the late Duke of Wellington, for general good conduct, to a wardership in the Tower of London. There were upwards of 60 candidates for the office of Governor of Newgate. THE STRIKE AT MANCHESTER.—An additional num ber of Messrs. Birley and Co.'s operatives were thrown out of work, yesterday, in consequence of the strike, being persons dependent for their labour upon the spin ning department, in which the strike has taken place. This would make the number out of employ, belonging to that large establishment alone, between 1,200 and 1,300. The turn-outs had failed, up to yesterday, in persuading the operatives of the extensive mill of the Oxford-road Twist Company to follow their example. These people are said to have expressed their satisfaction with the new terms offered them by their employers, and to state th a t th ey w i ll continue a t their work if pro perly protected, PROMOTION OF SIR EDMUND LYONS. Weare happy to announce that her Majesty has been pleased to promote Rear-Admiral of the Red Sir Ed. mund Lyons, Bart., G.C.8., K.C.H., Commander-in- Chief of the fleet in the Black Sea and Mediterranean waters, to the rank of Admiral of the Blue, the first exercise of the Royal prerogative in such matters since the new order in Council was adopted. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 28. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes • terd ay._ The Queen and Prince, attended by the Hon. Caro line Cavendish, the Hon. Flora Macdonald, Major- General the Hon. Charles Grey, and Captain Du Plat, left Windsor by a special train of the South Western Railway at ten 10 o'clock this morning for Chatham. On arriving at the Waterloo Station the Royal party proceeded in. - the Queen's carriages to the Bricklayers' Arms Station, and travelled by a special train to Strood, where her Majesty was received by Colonel Eden, com manding the garrison, who conducted the Queen and Prince through the Hospitals of Fort Pitt and Bromp .ton, when her Majesty inspected a large number of in valids, and returned to the Castle at five minutes before 5 o'clock in the afternoon. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were Vis count Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir C. Wood, the Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith, the Earl of Harrowby, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right Ron. M. T. Baines. The Council eat three hours and a half. A deputation from the South Eastern Railway Com pany, consisting of Mr. Rich, M.P., Mr. Gilpin, Mr. Cross, Mr. Mellor, Mr. Beattie, Mr. Smiles, and Mr. Rees, bad an interview with Lord Stanley of Alderley and Mr. Lowe, yesterday, at the office of the Board of Trade. Viscount Palmerston gave a dinner to the Cabine' Ministers last evening, at his residence, on Piccadilly terrace. Lord Panmure was unable to attend the Cabinet Council yesterday afternoon, and was also absent from the Cabinet dinner given by Viscount Palmerston for the purpose of attending the funeral of his brother. The Right Hon. R. Vernon Smith arrived in town yesterday. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday. Present : the Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, Sir J. Patteson, Sir W. Maule, and Sir E. Ryan. An appeal from Madras, " Bommerauze Bahadur v. R. Mudaly," was commenced. VISIT OF HER MAJESTY TO CHATIIAM Yesterday morning her Majesty and Prince Albert and suite arrived in town from Windsor, by the South- Western Railway, and afterwards proceeded from the Vauxhall Station to the Bricklayers' Arms Station of the North Kent Railway, when, having entered the royal carriage, a special train started at two minutes past eleven from the Strood terminus. At the Strood Station the staff of the garrison, Cohn els Eden, Sandam, Savage, Phillips, &c., and Captain Wy vell, Naval Aide-de-Camp to the Queen, awaited the arrival of her Majesty, who on quitting the carriage was received on the platform by General Wetherell, who having introduced Colonel Henry Eden, Commandant of the Garrison, and Geo. Russell Dartnell, Deputy Inspec tor-General of Hospitals, the Queen, taking the arm of Prince Albert, left the station, where a guard of honour, in charge of Captain Stewart, R.M,, received her Ma jesty, the Marine band playing the national air during her Majesty's entering one of the royal carriages, which immediately proceeded, attended by M a j or C . S. E. Gor don, 76th Regiment, and Captain Fitzroy Somerset, Adjutant Royal Engineers, acting as equerries, in the direction of Fort Pitt. Upon the carriages approaching Fort Pitt a royal salute burst forth from the Spur bat tery, and her Majesty, received by a guard of honour of the 91st, commanded by Ensign Perkins, crossed the drawbridge into the fort. The front entrance of the hospital being reached, her Majesty, assisted by Prince Albert, alighted under the corridor, and, taking his Royal Highness's arm, was received by General Wetherall, Colonel Eden, and Mr. Dartnell, sur rounded by the entire staff of the establishment. The two first-class surgeons, Robert Battersby and William Parry, being brought to the Queen's notice, the latter gentleman, the skilful operator of the establishment, joined Mr. Dartnell in explaining every serious case to her Majesty. Among the men whose cases were brought to her Majesty's attention were Andrew Crombie, of the 42d Regiment, who had been in six engagements in the Crimea—Alma, Balaklava, Inkerman, Quarries, Redan, and Kertch. Thia man received a wound between his eyes, and in the advanced trenches a ball passed through his arm, fracturing it. Dennis Brotherick, 55th Regi ment, was knocked down at Alma by a piece of shell striking his hand and breaking his gun ; on recovering his senses he got up, overtook his regiment, and fought throughout the day. After escaping many dangers, he was at last wounded, at twelve o'clock on 25th July, in the trenches, a shell bursting, an d f rac t ur i ng hi s arm. Her Majesty looked at every man's card as she passed along, addressing consolatory words to the sufferer. Another of the cases pointed out to her Majesty was p w a a r s t o e f om th completely e fu tel e y P that of Richard Hagan, 21st Regiment. When in the trenches a shell fell amongst several men, killing some, wounding others, and it burst so close to Hagan that protruded destroyed one o w d ey e r e whileA stonet he other elso struck him at the same time,injuring l) breast and leg. Her his Her Maj es t y , on I _ eaving Fort Pitt; p rocee d e d t o th e Brompton barracks, occupied b the right wing of w hi ch is converted 3the Royal Engineers, , hos pital wards. The hospital hasbeen under emthpeodr7rreyotiooof First-class Surgeon Henry C. Reade. This.gentle man, being brought under the Queen's notice, followed Mr. Dartnell, explaining the cases under his charge. Her Majesty addressed most of the men. Of the many cases brought to her attention at Brompton may be named John Tong, 4th Regiment, whose leg was broken by a shell, and afterwards taken off in regi mental hospital in the Crimea. A piece of bone was taken away as late as the 22d Nov. Francis O'Brien, 4th Regiment, after escaping in several sorties, on the 24th July received a ball in his forehead, where it re mained for some weeks, and ultimately obtained a way. of-egress through the eye, from which it was skilfully extracted. O'Brien values this Russian relic, which will form his pocket companion through life. Her Majesty left the hospital for the train under a royal salute about half-past two o'clock, having inspected 600 Crimean men. Her Majesty appeared pleased with all she saw. The hospitals were in excellent order. The Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury have arrive& at their mansion in Grosvenor-square, from St. Giles's, Devonshire. LITERATURE. Western Wanderings. By W. H. G. Kingston. Chapman and Hall. Commend us to a cheerful and unjaundiced tourist, one who to a capacity for observation adds a willingness to be pleased with what he sees, and a thorough honesty of purpose. Give us a travel ler of this sort, and we will willingly overlook, if we must, the absence of profound speculation, and accept with gratitude the means for arriving at correct conclusions which he sets before us. In a word give us a tourist like Mr. Kingston, whose " Western Wanderings" let us at once say, entitle him to our gratitude. Thoroughly unprejudiced, of course, he is not, for who is ? but no one can deny him the merit of cheerfulness, and honesty of intention, coupled with pleasingdescriptive powers, considerable intelligence, and a scrupulous fidelity of narration. A happy Benedict, it would appear, he resolved to spend his honeymoon in the far West, and, combining the pleasing with the useful, note down as he proceeded, for the benefit of others, what might meet his observation mid the antique forests, splendid lakes, wild set tlements, picturesque hills and plains, and growing towns and ports of Upper and Lower Canada. Ac cordingly, having armed himself with a host of in troductions to the elite of these colonies, and of the United States, he took a passage for himself, his amiable bride (a Scotch woman), and her attend ants, on board the Atlantic, one of the magnifi cent steam-ships of the American Collins' line, lying in the Mersey, which paddled off with the happy pair, and some 300 other passengers for New York, on the 24th August, 1853, and after a short and pleasant voyage, landed them in safety, highly delighted with the scenery which greeted them on the coast in the neighbourhood of that pic turesque metropolis of the New World. As a matter of course our tourist found abun dant matter for observation, and, among other things, was a little surprised at the foreign aspect of the place, and considerably taken aback on his first introduction to hotel life in America. Like a sensible traveller, how ever, he speedily l a id th e bl ame in the right' quar ter, and found the creature comforts offered in these magnificent civic (shall we call them ?) cara vanseras not to be sneezed at, whether as regards quality or quantity ; the abundance of ice placed at the disposal of the guests, owing to the extreme heat, more especially challenging his approbation. One or two disappointments, we regret to say, ap pear to have damped his spirits for a moment ; and these were, first, the discovery of flagrant bribery and injustice in relation to the distribution of viands at dinner—the knowing ones, aware of the frailty of the tribe of wai' :s, being in the habit of dropping a dollar into the . 7 plates on their arrival at "mine inn," and thereby insuring the best supply of the choicest food—the fact of all the dishes being dissected and apportioned in an ante-room, enabling the rascals to manifest their gratitude— at all events, to complete the iniquitous bargain ; secondly, the cosmopolitan character of the popu lation; and, thirdly, the demeanour of the artisans, at least that portion of them which met his gaze while perambulating the streets. The last he de scribes as resembling more the reckless bravado of audacious foreign adventurers than the manly, Anglo-Saxon self-assertion to have been anticipated. Broadway, with its rows of trees on either hand, its multiformed houses, splendid shops, gay prome nades, and well-ordered omnibuses, far surpassing those of London in comfort and convenience, chal lenged, as might have been expected, his admira tion. Unable, however, owing to the heat, to stay above a day or two, his perambulations soon came to an end, and he set to work to make preparations for his journey westwards, which being complete he took his departure by steamer for Albany. Looking round him the size and arrangements of the vessel, including the separation of the passengers and the crew (which is so complete that the latter are unable to see by what agency the vessel is directed) naturally at tracted his observation. Arrived at Albany he proceeded by train to Saratoga, which he reached at the termination of the season, when the visitors belonging to the " Upper Ten Thousand " were dispersed in various directions. Having landed and taken tickets for Montreal the waters of Lake George and its richly wooded shores we are told reminded the party, as they proceeded on their voyage, of some of the most beautiful of the Scotch lakes. Fort Ticonderaga, on Lake Champ lin, next challenged their admiration. There the novelist James has pitched the locale of one of his latest novels, describing the scenery, according to the tourist, with singular fidelity. To judge by the description given of it, the novelist has been most tasteful in his selection--anything mere beautiful in colouring than the landscapes presented to view from the lake being impossible. Arrived at Mon treal, the remarkable purity of the air, and the effects of the great fires in every direction, whole streets having a twelvemonth ago been burnt down, are briefly noticed. The Cathedral was not to the author's taste—nothing, in fact, connected with Roire appears to have been so, his prejudices, not often nor coarsely obtruded, being amusingly in veterate in that direction. In connection with this building he picks up a story of a providential escape from a horrible death, reminding us of the precipitation of the priest from the tower of Notre- Dame, as veritably related in Victor Hugo's roman tic tale. Here he met for the first time with a number of Indian women, whimsically attired, whom he describes as " remarkably like the lowest class of Irishwomen." The scenery on the banks of the St. Lawrence, between Montreal and Quebec, in the main, escaped his notice, the boats running as usual at night. What he did see, however, was not of a character to excite regret about the re mainder. Arrived at Quebec, the party, after a number of excursions , and obtaining theinforma tion for which they had come in search as to their proper course, turned backward and made for Toronto, in the province of Upper Canada, at which place they landed deeply impressed, by the way, with the grandeur of the lakes. To the surprise of our tourist, in stead of a " muddy little York," he found a large, handsome, admirably laid-out, and - growing city, with many fine public and private buildings —the shops, vieing in every respect with those of any city in England, except, perhaps, London and Liverpool. As to the society to be met with there his report is equally favourable. The scenery, unfortunately, it would appear, is uninteresting ; still, with this exception, for which the Falls of Niagara in the neighbourhood compensate, he is of opinion no more desirable residence for a family is to be found in Canada. Before leaving Toronto he took a trip into the country, and was agreeably surprised at the striking indications of progress, such as railways, lines of telegraph, &c., visible in every direction, and not less amused at witnessing, for the first time, the "irresistibly comic spec tacle" of a house changing its locality—the domicile in question conducting itself as decorously as if it was used to it. But westward, ho ! being still his motto, the party took their places in the railway train, and plunged into the backwoods at the rate of 20 miles an hour ! Passing vast heaps of charred trees, and a number of log huts scattered atintervals through the wild forest, they arrived at Bradford —landing at th e h ea d o f a l ong se d g y creek, haunted by wild fowl, c overe d w ith a profusion coe of water lili es , an d runn i ng u p f rom Lake Sim There they had recou rse t o a steamer, tits way' which not unfrequently, we are told, had to u through floating islands as well as between the winding sedges. At last Lake Simcoe was reached ; whose open blue waters with the farms, cottages, gardens, a n d or c hards on the east highly refreshing after the dreary shore proved lake, it. would scene they had just witnessed. The shore of this appear, is Recounted the most healthy part o . ! Canada, as its waters are the purest, because of its elevation. Couchachine—a beautiful lake, with marble quarries on its shores, and still paddled . by, the Red Man, was next entered. Arrived at Orillia, the party started by waggon for Lake Huron, and were duly bumped on their passage over the " corduroy" or plank roads, witnessing, however, as they proceeded, a great variety of the wildest scenery and a number of romantic spec tacles. Chief among the latter were three magni ficent wood fires, by the side of which stood the hardy backwoodsmen—" their figures glowing with the ruddylight, while they fed the fires and watched that the flames did not spread to their huts or the neighbouring trees." Having reached Lake Huron and taken their places in a steamer the party were paddled onw ar d, s t opp i ng h ere and there to pay a visit to some of the numerous islands and settle ments in connection with it, including an Indian village and missionary station, of the inhabitants of which, their condition and prospects, we have an interesting description. While threading the Georgian Bay, as the eastern portion of the lake is designated, the purser of the vessel gave our tou rist an account of the melancholy fate of the ro mantic young Englishwoman, who became the wife of a half-caste Indian, exhibited as a Red chieftain in Catlin's exhibition in London, from which and subsequent information it appears that she was treated with much cruelty by her savage husband, whom, however, no entreaty would induce her to quit, so strong was her sense of duty. That she embraced the Roman Catholic faith, and was indebted to the charitable offices of the resident priests for a cessation of her husband's cruelties, and that a couple of years before she had slept her last sleep, worn out with suffering, and praying to the end for the conversion of the man by whom she had been so atroziously deceived, leaving behind her the character of a mistaken but " virtuous, high-minded, and devoted woman." It but adds to the tragic effect of the story to nar rate that since her death her prayers appear to have been answered in the conversion of the uncivilised widower, who has built a tomb to her memory, to which he nightly repairs, to bewail her loss and his deep culpability. Having landed at the Bruce Mines, on the north shore, the result of Mr. King ston's inquiries was highly satisfactory, much progress being made and making there, and the prospect opened out to capitalists being in every respect of the most encouraging description. Arrived at the small town of Sault St. Marie, in the vicinity of Lake Superior, and 400 miles distant from any other town of size, the author embraced the opportunity of witnessing a burnt forest, six miles in extent, on either side. The impressions produced by the spectacle are thus described :—" No churchyard, no battle-field, no city of tombs, could create feelings more melancholy and oppressive than did this burnt forest. It seemed the abode of the very spirit of sadness and regret ; and as the gloom came on the blackened trees shaped themselves into gaunt spectres stalking over the ground—fit denizens of such a locality. I could endure it no longer, and hurried away, splashing through the wood, heedless of rattlesnakes and adders." To return : In this locality, we may mention, the Hudson's Bay Com pany—whose grasping, cold-blooded monopoly is elsewhere stigmatised—have a post, which the author visited, meeting with a cordial hospitality from the superintendent. Cooper's Indian charac ters arepronounced imaginative, the noblest tribes being less brave than represented, and none but arrant cowards, and worse, being to be found on this side the rocky mountains. From Sault St. Marie the party proceeded to Chicago, and from thence followed the waters of Lake Superior, through Lakes Huron, St. Clair, and Erie, to their terrific plunge at Niagara, of which and the sur rounding scenery there is a graphic and animated, but unexaggerated, description, the result of a pro longed inspection. The conclusion finally arrived at respecting the falls by our traveller who cer tainly possesses a taste for the grand and pic turesque, is as follow s :—" A poe t may describe it as his fervent imagination may dictate—but in ear nest, unexaggerated prose it consists simply of a good-sized river falling over a very ordinary sized cliff, and very very inferior in grandeur or in terror—inspiring power to a storm on the ocean when lightning darts from the lowering sky, the wind howls, and the waves, lashed to fury, threaten the labouring ship." Still " a very beautiful sight, and more worthy of a visit than most sights and will afford subjects for the painter's brush so long as the world lasts." Leaving Niagara, Mr. Kingston and his party made their way to Hamilton, the rival of Toronto, and containing 23,000 inhabitants, the population of the latter, the older city being some 24,000. Here, it seems, are to be found more good hotels than in any city in Canada. In the neighbourhood the celebrated Sir Allan Macnab has a country seat. The climate, it appears, is comparatively mild, and "in winter it is a very pleasant residence," partly on this account, besides being healthier the year round than Montreal or Quebec. The varied effulgence of the foliage, interspersed with a luxu riant growth of fruit, in the neighbourhood are de scribed, pardon the bull, as indescribable. On the highest spots on several of the farms tombstones and monuments, railed in as in an English church yard, were observed, the custom of burying the dead after this fashion having had its ori gin prior to the erection of churches. The climate of Upper Ca na d a i s d escr ib e d as differ ing materially from that of Lower, the inhabitants of the latter freezing with cold, while the Upper Canadians are enjoying warm weather. The win ter, too, when it does come, is only half the length, and at no period is the temperature lower than at New York or Boston, in the United States. The rapidity with which Hamilton has risen will ap pear from the fact that, 18 years ago, it only con tained one brick or stone house, the remaining dwellings being made of wood ; and now, besides the public edifices, the public buildings generally are of brick and stone. Land in the outskirts, it is stated, sells for 3001. per acre. Upper Ca nada, by the way, is a grea t c id er country. The next journey was from Hamilton to Wood stock, a rural straggling place, though the county town of Oxford--from thence to London, a town of rapid growth, and one of the most desirable in land places of residence in Canada. The reader will be amused on learning that London has a river Thames flowing through it, a Westminster on its banks, and bridges over it bearing corresponding names. From Londoif the party went on to Paris, the prettiest town in Canada—so-called niirabile dictu 1 because of the extensive beds of gypsum or plaster of Paris in its neighbourhood. The next stage terminated at Galt, a straggling town, named after the author of " Laurie Todd." From thence they proceeded to Guelph, and onward to Toronto, the area between which place and Hamilton embraces "the garden of the Upper Province." From Toronto they pushed on to Montreal, and from thence to Quebec, where our tourist had his illusions dispelled as to the plea sures of sleighing, and the locale from which we derive our supply of Wenham Lake (1) ice—that luxury actually being imported, or exported, by the American company from Norway I While describing this city, its peculiarities and prospects, and drawing attention to the numerous indications he witnessed of Canadian prosperity, Mr. Kingston gives it as his impression that Toronto is likely to become the capital of the Canadas, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, when these are provinces united. Romantic youths are warned against delusion in relation to life in the Backwoods, it being unendur able, generally speaking, to men of education. On the whole, his report of the prospects held out to industrious emigrants of limited means, and capi talists, is decidedly favourable; the Upper Province, however, he represents as preferable to the Lower. The general feeling in relation to the union above referred to, is, we are told, in favour of a legisla tive rather than a federal bond. In Canada it would appear there are no daisies, no holly, and no wild ivy ; and with respect to the birds a curious fact is narrated, viz., that they are acquiring the art of song. The dog, it may be remembered, owes the art of barking to its companionship with man. Bidding adieu to Canada, the party returned to the United States, and visited Boston, Cambridge, and other places'. At Boston, Mr. Kingston had interviews with Mr. Prescott, the historian, and the Hon. Abbot Lawrence, and attended a lecture by Dion Boucicault, the dramatist, who appears to have moved his indignation by a false and degrad ing description therein of the status of lit erary men in England, At Cambridge it was his good fortune to find the poet Longfellow at hom e , an d to discuss with him books and writers. The address of the poet is described as affable and ani mated his manners those of th e world, and his general appearance i ndicative of genius. Of the adaptation of a republican form of govern ment to America candour compels him to pronounce most favourably. In like m anner h e acknowledges the courtesy and kindness which he every where met with there, as well a s i n " th e C ana d as. " Finally, the party took their departure homeward, and arrived at L iverpool on the 29th Jan., 1854, having been absent from England about six months —thus affording a convincing proof of how much may be accom p li s h ed by diligence and determina tion. In conclusion, we cordially recommend these volumes, with th e i r r i ch store of anecdote, illustra tion, and description, to all parties interested in our colonial empire, and more especially to the in tending emigrant. The Earl Talb o t, i n consequence o f th e d e li ca t e s tate lot health of Lady Victoria Talbot, intends wintering abroad, His lordship and family are now ait Cadiz. FRANCE. PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. This evening the King of Sardinia attends the grand fete in his honour at the Hotel de Ville. At the review yesterday the Emperor presented to the King of Sardinia the military medal, saying that be could not allow bim to present himself to the French army without that honourable dis tinction. The Moniteur contains a list, approved of by the Emperor, of 255 persons to whom 3 gold and 252 silver medals were awarded in the course of the quarter ending 30th September last, for having distinguished themselves in saving persons in dan ger of perishing from drowning, fire, &c. A letter from Kamiesh, of the 11th, in the Mo niteur de la Flotte, says: —" There has just taken place at Kinbourn an incident which shows what prudence ought to be employed by the French in their excursions on the territory of the enemy. Three French officers of the fort, one of whom was the surgeon of the Vautour, were walking quietly on the isthmus which connects the spit of Kinbourn with the main land, when at a short distance from the French outposts they were all of a sudden pounced on by a band of Cossacks and carried off. The whole affair took place so rapidly that there was no possibility of rendering assistance." BOURSE, Nov. 28.—Tbe following are the las . quotations : Cash. h. a. End of Month. 4i per Cents 9O 25 3 per Cents 65 55 65 90 New Loan 66 70 Bruk Shares 3150 Roman Credit Mobilier 1250 Austrian - - Belgian Fives. 93i Spanish Threes 391 Piedmontese B5 35 Home Debt .... ..... 311 RAILWAYS—POR CASE. fr. c. C. Orlimns Northern . B9O Strasburg B9O Lyons, Mediterranean 1260 Grand Central 585 -.- LT ons Geneva 655 Teste Cette 695 Austrian C0rn....... 713 75 TURKEY. CONSTANTINOLPE, Nov. 19.—Within the last five days cholera has again made its appearance at Scutari with considerable virulence. General Smith, commanding the Turkish Con tingent, has arrived here from the Dardanelles on his way to Varna. Their write from Erzeroum under date of the 7th inst., that up to the 31st October all was well at Kars. General Mouravieff had treated the garrisoa to a review of his army, which they report to con sist of 16 battalions, each 400 or 500 men strong, three regiments of Dragoons, two of Cossacks, and 40 guns. The Algiers and Agamemnon, are here. The latter have gone up above bridge to get fitted with a new maintopmast, in lieu of the one whilh was damaged at Sebastopol on the 17th of October, 1854. The St. Jean d'Acre, Hannibal, Princess Royal, Highflyer, and Sphinx are daily expected down on their way to Malta. It i s sa id th a t th e rest of the fleet will remain in the Black Sea. We hear that a body of English or lonian police are coming out here to look after the highways and byways of Pera and Galata. The 11th Hussars are to pass the winter in the Crimea. All the other British cavalry regiments will come down here. Their land transport has been arriving within the last three days. RUSSIA. A letter from Odessa of the 16th, in the Vienna Gazette, says :—" Since General Luders has trans ferred his head-quarters to Nicolaieff, we receive but little intelligence from the Crimea. Here it is the militia which forms the garrison, to the num ber of 6,000 men. The duschines of Moscow will leave this week for Nicolaieff ; and the cavalry, under the command of General Grotenjelm, is to take up its winter-quarters at Terasopol. The coast-batteries here are being armed with new guns sent from Kiew, and which are mounted on cast-iron carriages. The uncommonly fine weather which has of late prevailed has facilitated their conveyance. The coast-batteries are all placed under the command of General Clement, who has the reputation of being an excellent artillery officer. General Totleben is also expected here. He still suffers from the wound in his foot." A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 18th, in the Debats, sa y s :—"Although the Russi an fl ee t i n the Black Sea exists no longer, it is supposed to exist as a matter of form, and recently all the va cancies which occurred in the higher grades have been filled up by new nominations. In a list of decorations just published in the official journal, we notice that the Order of Sainte Anne of the 2d class has been conferred on M. Sterky, Consul General of Sweden, and on M. Bozzaris, Aide-de- Camp of the King of Greece. The governm en t h as just issued a decree prohibiting money-changers from taking more than 1 per cant. f or c h ang i ng small money, which has become excessively rare, and for which accordingly they charged high. This measure is very vexatious to trade. The Northern Bee publishes an article full of exaggera tion on the chances of Russia in the continuation of the war ; it is entitled, The War is only be ginning,' and is preceded by some lines of Kutusoff on the burning of Moscow as a motto." PRUSSIA. The Bourse Gazette of Berlin announces that Count Kuchstein, the Austrian Ambassador to the Court of Dresden, has, from personal motives, ex changed that post for the embassy at Madrid. The successor of M. de Kuchstein is not yet appointed. The same journal announces from Hanover, that that kingdom has just acceded to the treaty of navigation and commerce concluded between Sar dinia and the Zollverein, and also to the treaty of commerce and navigation concluded in 1845 be tween Prussia and the Zollverein on one side, and Sardinia on the other. The Nuremberg Correspondent states that the Berlin journals have received an injunction from. the Government not to insert mere surmises un der the head of telegraphic despatches. DENMARK. The Danish Government has at length taken a resolution with respect to the fortifications of Flensburg. In 1851 a mixed commission examined the territorial r i g ht s o f this fortress. The opinions of the Danish members were contrary to those of the German delegates, who were willing to pre serve the place as a federal fortress. The Govern ment proposed to adopt a medium resolution, and to raze the fortress to the ground. The work of destruction had been commenced when a pamph let, written by an old 'soldier, roused the atten tion of the Germanic military commission. It ap pears that it has now been decided to destroy only the works before the Eider in the Duchy of Schles wig, leaving a sir tete de pont ; b u t th at the principal fortifications in Holstein, belonging to the Confederation, will bo preserved. The head quarters of the military commandant of Schleswig and Jutland will be established at Flensburg. THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL Nov. 26.—0 n Friday last the Lightning left the fleet, on her way to England direct. On Sunday the Vulture arrived b:0111 Faro, bringing ~~ 1 3E 27 tr e] eh cc