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After which HOW'S YOUR UNCLS ? To conclude with a Graad Coalition of Burlesque and Pantomime, to be called JACK AND THE BEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother Goose at Home Again. in which Me.srs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Ma'am° Celeste, Wyndham, and Miss E. Arden will ap)ear. ROYAL SURREY TFIEATRE. Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Crew Lek. THIS E VENING THE FLOWER GIRL. To conclude with A PRINCF: OF' PEAFCLS ; or, Harlequin and Jane Shore. ROYAL STRAND TIIEATRE. Under the direction of Mr: Part.. THIS EVENING. NOME; or, The Foster Sister. After which, IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY. To conclude with HARLEQUIN BLACK-EYED SUE ; or. All in the Downs and Davy Junes's Locker. ATYLKY'S ROYAL. AMPIIMIR &TIM Lessee and Manner, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, ROOK WOOD; or, TURPIN'S RIDE to TORK. After which the SCENES in the ARENA. To conclude with one of the most extraordinary productions ever witnessed, en Equestrian Comic Pantomime, introducing SO hones, pontes, and other quadrupeds, trained by Mr. William Cooke, erilled HARLEQUIN AND ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON, or the Seven Champions of Christendom. Morning Performances at 2 o'clock,SaturElay, Jan. sth, 12th, and 19th. , t ,, x-ofnce °nen from Eleven till Fonr. Stage Manager, Mr. W West. Equeetean Director, Ur. W. Cooke. ;tat. HIGEI WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIN Day—Morn. 39 min. aft. A—Evening 9 min aft.. 9 TO - MORROW—Mori:I.IO min. aft.lo —Evening 40 ruin. aft. 9 THE WEATHE R-Su' OFFICE, JAN. 1. TIIERSIOIIETER, ICI Tll3 SHAD% 43 highest since noon yesterday. 42 --iowest this morning and during the night. 50 -this day at noon. BAROMETER, 29'63. wram, E.—Light, with dull, cold weather. r e 44 I =l q: - ;• . 4 ) . Z igt°l- 774_re LONDON; WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1856 Russia is not as yet prepared to abandon her traditional policy, or to give up her schemes of aggression. Her humiliation and losses, great as they have been, have not as yet brought her rulers to a sense of their true position, or what is due to common honesty and common justice. The CZAR still looks forward to the goal which dazzled the vision of PETER, Of CATHERINE, and of nano- LAS ; and albeit the path has become rough and perilous, still hopes to follow it en to its termina tion. Nulla vrstigia retrorsum is still his guiding principle, and will be so until the Western Powers oarry on the contest with energy and determina tion, sparing no vulnerable point, and showing an inflexible resolution to render it a war a rou te-a/tee, in which the power of the common and unconscientious disturber of the general peace must be effectually diminished. In our impression of yesterday we gave the alleged particulars of the proposals which Count ESTZRHAZY has been authorised to lay before the Cabinet of St. Petersburg. From the vast im portance of the subject we here repeat them. They are as follow : "1. The relinquishment of the Russian Protsctorate over the Danubian Principalities and the conditions essential to a securing of a new order of things there. This difficult point, which is already in process of being carried out, is drawn up so decisively and so clearly, that in case of its acceptance every pre judicial influence on the part of Russia en the del:bera• Mons as to the regulation of the affairs of the Principali ties is excluded at once. Russia is required simply to give her assent to the arrangements about to be made, without Participating In any deliberation or in any re• solution on the subject. "2. Cession of a portion of Bessarabia, to such an extent that Russia would be not only removed from the delta of the Danube, but would have to give up her entire position on that river. The geographical line for the future Russian frontier is traced on a map appended to the papers, and according to that the Russian frontier would be considerably thrust back. "3. Neutralisation of the Black Sea, without any R uss i a n fortresses and arsenals on its coasts ; at the mouths of the Danube, however, there is to be a station for vessels of war of small burden, fur the purposes of marine police. 1. c omm ,n protection of the Christian subjects of the Porte. " Admission o f Consuls into the h ar b ours of the Black 5 % , an d an undertaking on the part of Russi a never for the future to erect any fortifications on the Aland Isles." The first four conditions have, it is said, emanated exclusively from Austria ; while those relating to the admission of Consuls into the harbours of the Black Sea, and the undertaking that Russia shall not attempt the reconstruction of Bomar- sund, or other fortifications on the Aland Islands, . . have, it is said, and with mileh apparent truth, been added at the suggestion of the Western Powers. The Austrian suggestions are manifestly " the means of accommodation " w hich Count BuoL declared, at the breaking up o f the con. 'OTTNTIES RAILWAY, Carriage Free, by CLAYTON and SC , ,eneral Newspaper and Advertising Agents, 265, Strand, Londe ,1 Z ANONI. By BULWER LYTTON„ Also, may be had:: — PAUL CLIFFORD. IS. 6d. CARTONS. 2s. Ammo Is. 61. ERNEST MALTRAVERS. Is. Gd. LAST OF THE BARONS. 2s. PILORIMS OF THE Rem. Is. RIENZI. IS. 6d. LAST DAYS OF POMPEII. IS. 6(1. EUGENE ARAM. Is. 6d. The whole of Sir E. Buiwer Lytton's works being now complete In the " Railway Library," we can hardly imagine that there will be a. library, however small, without the works of England's greatest. novelist. After which, fIEY DIDDLE DIDDLE; or, Harlequin King Nonsense and the Seven Ages of Man. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. 17nder the Management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER. After which the New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST ; or, Harlequin aad the Genius of the Spring. gOTAL PRINCESS'g TEL OXFORD-STRENT. Under the Management of Mr. CUAILU Klee. Tun EVENING, The Historical Play of LOUIS XI. Louis (King of France), by Mr. Charles Kean. After which, HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the Fairy Paradise and Hanky Panty, tke Enchanter. Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Haline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Pante; and Columbine, Miss Caroline Adams. HE SU N, TO ARRIVE THE SAM STATION on the EASTE/ ferences, it would be the task of his Govern ment 'to discover. They are neither more no less than what were considered by the Allies th just development and interpretation of the " Fou Points," and no allowance has been made for th events of the year, which justify, and, indeed render new demands and satisfactory securitie indispensable. Russia stood the chances of thi game. She has played out her trump cards, anc totally and entirely failed. Her stronghold has. passed to other hands. The " standing menace to Europe" is in the possession of the Allies. Sebastopol has fallen, and the Black Sea fleet, which found shelter under its guns, no longer exists. There has thus been a practical solution of the vexata qtuestio, and Russia might, there fore, have readily assented to the complete neu tralisation of the Elaine, which would have im posed no sacrifice of any kind, or even destruction or surrender of existing vessels. It might have been considered an infringement of honour and dignity to assent to the surrender or destruction of an existing fleet, but there could be nothing of the kind in an undertaking not to replace those that had been sent by Russian hands under the direction of the Russian authorities. The Four Points have been strongly enforced by the posses sion of four other points on the Russian territory, and Sebastopol, Kinbourn, Eupatoria, and Kertch offer powerful arguments in favour of the complete submission that is indispensable, before there can be any prospect of a restoration of peace. The two first of the Austrian conditions had already been agreed to by the Russian Plenipo tentiaries. The only addition made thereto would be solely in the interest of Austria—inasmuch as she would exercise considerable control over the ceded districts of Bessarabia, and would thus practically enjoy the reward acquired by the valour and expenditure of France and England. The complete neutralisation of the Black Sea was the plan originally proposed by M. DROUrN DE L'HUYS, and which received the earnest support of Lord CLARENDON. It was that which Lord JOHN RUSSELL was instructed to advocate as the most complete and satisfactory solution of the Third Point, and which was declared by Count Buor, to contain " a complete and effi cacious system," and the fourth condition was merely the Fourth Point in a very meagre and attenuated form. The Austrian proposition is therefore neither more nor less than one for the resumption of ne gotiations exactly where they left off on the 26th April last, the Allies waiving the benefit of all the advantages they had since obtained. If these terms were altogether too lenient under the then state of affairs—if they then afforded no satisfac tory indemnity for the past nor adequate security for the future, they must, d fortiori, be totally improper under existing circumstances. It would be an easy task to point out their many glaring deficiencies. It would indeed only require a re petitien of the arguments we have already urged usquc ad nauseant, strengthened and corroborated by intermediate events. But fortunately we are spared the duty. A diplomatic circular has been f for the meerschaum and beer for the toast—nectar and ambrosia to the ',German taste, under whose e fascinating influence your Herr can forget ✓ everything but himself and Faderland. They e can fish for themselves ; but German metaphysics , that in their unfathomable abyss can swallow, not s merely the subjective ego, but the objective uni e verse, they must seek for in his dominions where I they cannot have it without his consent. How ; sweet a revenge ! Vainly will the prodigals strive to charm away remembrance of their ingratitude in wreathing clouds of odoriferous nieotiana, or in the clinking glass, the roaring toast, and all the wild merriment attendant on muddy beer. Sour kraut itself will be valueless without Ger man metaphysics ! The scapegraces must be for ever miserable here, and wander perplexed ghosts hereafter, unless they make a speedy return, when—won't they catch it ? So, under the influence of this delectable prospect, the regal PARTLETT has put a stop to the charitable mission of the Berlin Corres pondent of a morning contemporary, by forbid- I ding the collection of German books he was making for transmission to the famished Legion. Nous verrons. Nor Berlin, nor Prussia, is Germany, and possibly the books may be had elsewhere. In any case it is in the nature of a duck to swim, and all the Dame PARTLETTS in the world cannot uproot in stinct, or "make an example," without setting the very one they punish the more effectively forward. Should the War continue, as there can be little doubt it will, and the Anglo-German Legion win laurels, as we trust they will, it is quite within the range of probability that more Prussian ducklings may take to the water than will be compatible with the continuance of the maternal anxiety and beflusterment of the foolish hen ; that is, if the Gallic Eagle does not pre cipitate matters by her appearance on the Rhine. Both French Eagles and British Lions have a sympathy with Liberty, and can do execution on its foes. COURT CIRCULAR. issued from St. Petersburg of unparalleled audacity and insolence, which can only be regarded as the addition of insult to injury, the mere transmission whereof would be an outrageous offence to France and England. It is merely a rechauffee of the proposition advanced by Prince GORTSCRAKOFF, and at once rejected even by Lord JOHN RUSSELL. Looking to the matter per se, it would seem to be rather the gracious concession of a conqueror will ing to exhibit some appearance of magnanimity and not to push his advantages to the utmost 'point than of one who bad sustained many serious re- verses, and to whom a continuance of the War would prove certain destruction. And so it would be represented if listened to for a single moment. Why should the flags that have tri- umphantly waved over the Euxine be for ever excluded from the scene of their triumphs, and why should any matter, however trivial or unire- portant, be arranged without the participation of the Western Powers, who have so nobly earned the right of interference ? The matter is, in , - fact, two absurd for serious consideration. The propositions carry with them their own condem nation, and merely prove that Russia has not profited by the painful lessons which she has re- ceived—that she is a victim to the mad infatua 'on that precedes total destruction. Did the reader ever witness the spectacle of a hen discharging the duties of maternity to a brood of ducklings in the vicinity of a horsepond ? Ii he has not he has a bit of amusement just suffi ciently dashed with pity to heighten enjoyment in store for him. As if sniffing the water, the little creatures, guided by an uncontrollable instinct, no sooner begin to waddle with moderate steadi ness than they make approaches towards it, until at last one more daring than the rest gets out of its depth, and settles the interesting question of "Can a duck swim ?" The rest follow, and the glance of stupid amazement with which Dame PARTLErr regards theirdeplorable rashness speedily gives place to a turmoil of anxiety and apprehen sion. Fluttering wildly her beclipped wings she rushes madly along the edge, running the while the chromatic scale (commencing with a cluck and just falling short of a crow), stops of a sudden, and ventures a step or two into the hateful ele ment, to return with quickened speed to the shore, and there renew her flighty peregrinations, the ducklings all the while wondering what is the matter with her, and of course never dreaming for a moment of repentance. Cluck 1 cluck ! ruck-a-tuck ! Quack ! quack ! Cock-a-do-o-o ! Haven't you the SC 9 / 1 0 before you ? Can't you conceive the ludicrousness of the situation, and the nature of the old Dame's feelings ? Of course you can —we will not do so much injustice to your in telligence and our own description as to doubt it. Well, the feelings of the King of PRUSSIA, in connection with the escapade of the members of the Anglo-German Legion, sufficiently resemble the old hen's to be understood by means of the illustration. The young German ducks took to the water, and the old Prussian hen, at first full of grief and vexation, is now in due succession endeavouring to resign herself to the mischance— not, however, without an airy peck, indicative of, perhaps under the circumstances, a pardonable In other words, the members of the Legion having joined the ranks of the Allies, or, more correctly speaking, of the British army, and shown no symptom of repentance, nor given any promise of return to nestle beneath the fostering wing of the regal PARTLETT, his (?) Prussian Majesty has taken to peck at their presumptuous sides --at a distance ! The inexperienced duck lings cannot live without aliment, and not having learnt as yet to dive for as much as they require for themselves long for a supply from the accus tomed source, without going back for it, and the old hen has resolved that they shall go without any, if she can help it. To drop metaphor, the Anglo-German Legion want German books to while away the tedium of their at present inac tive military life, a n d th e King of PRUSSIA, in the fulness of wounded feeling, is resolved they shan't havo any, if he and his police can pre vent it. It is such a pleasing' bit of revenge ! Tobacco THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2, 1856. speaking, have not the smallest power to act in any matter independently of the decisions of the coun cil of health. How comes it, then, that the British authorities complain, and that there has never been a shadow of difficulty existing between the Board of Health and the French, Sardinians, Austrians, and other powers, who have equally with ourselves their commercial interests at stake ? The reason is simply this, that all conform cheer fully to the laws providing for the public safety, with the exception of the British traders, who have been repeatedly guilty of sanitary infractions, and if they have to suffer on this account, it is entirely their own fault. All vessels unprovided with a passport or patente de sante from the local authori ties are considered in a state of suspicion, and treated necessarily as such, according to law in all countries. This document costs not quite 35., and still our merchant captains persist in numberless cases obstinately in refusing to provide themselves with a passport at such a trifling cost, which would place them completely beyond the reach of acci dents ; "nil non arrogant armis." You will perhaps object that there is happily no longer the slightest apprehension of plague, and that against cholera quarantine regulations are of little avail. This, however, is not the case, strictly speaking, I am told ; and on the authority of an eminent medical man I may mention that there is not perhaps a more dangerous focus of infection, whether cholera, plague, typhus, or other zymotic disease prevail on board, than are, in the great ma jority of cases, our British trading vessels. 0 ur noble steam-transports, for instance, are doubtless splen did in all relating to the comforts of the captain, officers, and passengers—bit not so as regards those of the unfortunate crew, on whom the whole safety of the cargo and vessel depends. My medi• cal friend had occasion to go professionally on board two magnificent steamers some days ago, and was horror-struck, he tells me, on comparing the splendid saloon, with its comforts and various decorations, in which the captain, officers, and pas sengers were carousing, with the miserable and filthy den called the forecastle, containing berths for 16 men, whereof nine were suffering in a putrid atmosphere from severe bowel complaints. In the second steamer the doctor, having had quite enough refused to enter the said frightful receptacle or fore castle, and six poorpatients, laid up also with gastric ailments, were accordinglyassisted down to the state cabin for medical inspection. One of the sufferers, who really appeared much above his condition, re proached the captain in the severest terms, and said that it was impossible that sixteen men, closely packed in such a dungeon, could ever en joy one day's health, and which had been suffi ciently proved during the whole passage. lam further informed, that in addition to these causes, the intemperance so notorious among our sailors, renders them peculiarly subject to all epidemic dis orders. I think, therefore, under all these circum stances, that our trading ships are rather suspicious characters, in a sanitary sense, and that they ought, to say the least, independently of this cir cumstance, to provide themselves with a 3s. pass port, conformably with the law of the land, cheer fully obeyed by all other nations, and thus save much trouble both to themselves and to the Board of Health. Baron Prokesch-Osten, Austrian I n t ernunc i o , arrived here, per Elisabetta steamer, on tho 17th inst., and h a d his audience at the Porto on the fol lowing day. ERZEROUM, DEc. 4. Kars has fallen a sacrifice ; the capitulation was signed on the 28th of November. As I wrote to you on the 27th ult., General Williams received intelligence from here on the 22d which deprived him of the last hope of assistance. He communi cated this intelligence to the Muchir Vassif Pacha, and to the council. The unanimous decision was that nothing remained but to treat with General Mouravieff, the more so as the garrison was so ex hausted with hunger that a sortie for the purpose of cutting their way through the ranks of the enemy could not have been attended with success. On the 24th, General Williams betook himself to the Russian general, who received him with all due honours. The conferences concluded on the 27th. It was generally supposed that General Moura vieff would have shown himself much more rigorous and intractable than was the case ; and much satis faction was expressed when the terms of the capi tulation were made known. They are very nearly as follows :—The whole of the artillery, arms, and ammunition are to be given up to General Moura vieff. The soldiers of the regular army, the pachas, generals, and other officers aro to surrender them selves as prisoners of war. The Magyar officers and others in the Turkish service, the surgeons of the army, the secretary and clerks, the soldiers of the Redif, and the Bashi-Bazouks are to be at liberty to depart whithersoever they choose. The citizens Aro to remain unmolested in Ksr- , "nu city will be respected and preserved. The ansilery tonna in nars was composed of 66 heavy gul l s and 86 field guns. The muskets amounted to the number of 20,000. The troops of the regular army numbered 5,000 men. The Redifs may have numbered 7,000. In addition to this, there were about 2,000 Bashi-Bazouks, from Lau ristan and other provinces. Dr. Sand with is at liberty, and we expect him here. Mr. Churchill, secretary, and Zohrab, the interpreter of General Williams, are also at liberty to return here, but it appears that they prefer to follow their chief to Tiflis and perhaps further. Yesterday and the day before, there arrived here from Kars Colonel Schwartzenborg, a Belgian, and Major Tashler, an Hungarian, and other foreign officers. They report that on the evening preced ing their departure the Russian officers invited them to a great dinner, in honour of the brilliant defence of the 29th September. All express their gratitude for the humanity and ability displayed by General Williams. They confess that but for his talent the terms of the capitulation would have been far different. It may be said with truth that the siege of Kars ought to have had a different ter mination. Never did such exalted heroism receive such a reward. I forgot to mention that the Magyars and other foreigners who left Kars were obliged to take an oath not to appear again in arms against the Russians. We are now in expectation of receiving other details, which will probably be brought to us by the Redifs and others. Many officers disapprove of the field of action chosen by Omer Pacha. They believe that it would have been much more wise to have marched from Trebizond in this direction to liberate Kars, and then to have prosecuted the war in the direction of Alexandropol and Tiflis. By landing at Batoum, and taking an eastern direction to invade the enemy's territory, ho separates himself frora a centre of retreat. Besides this, he advances into a country made unhealthy by the number of vast marshes. Having traversed the plain there would not be sufficient time left to relieve Kars, as he had promised, at least by his couriers. People at Kars, however, attribute the cause of their being obliged to capitulate to the promises made to them by the Muchir of this place, Mins Pacha. Depending upon these promises they con tinued in a state of comparative want of energy, whereas, had they been aware that they were to receive no assistance, they would have made such exertions to put an end to the siege as might have been expected from their great but unsuccessful courage. considerable force was to be assembled in Asia in order to oppose the army of General Mouravietf. It is, however, to be feared that this measure can not be carried into immediate execution en account of the bad weather, but the same cause will also prevent the movements of the Russians. The command of this new army will, it is said, be given to Omer Pacha, who cannot proceed with his ex pedition to Inneritia, and who, it was thought at Constantinople, would be compelled to take up his winter quarters at Soukoum-Kale. Baron Pro kesch Osten had an audience of the Sultan on the 20th to deliver his letters of credence. The mail from the Crimea had not arrived at Constantinople at the departure of the last packet, the bad wea ther having prevented the steamer from putting out to sea. THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Constantinople, in the Gazette du Midi, says :—" The conferences for the organisa tion of the principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia are expected by many to open here, notwithstand ing what has been said of delay. The French and Austrian Governments would have preferred to maintain the static quo to the end of the war, in order to be able to erect something solid and dur able ; but the English Government wishes the matter to be dealt with without delay. To com mence the conferences, the arrival of Baron de Prokesch Osten, the Austrian Internuncio, has been waited for. Two great difficulties stand in the way of the plan already presented—the first is that the union of the two provinces will not be so easily effected as is imagined ; and the second, that the populations are not ripe for re presentative government, and that the adoption of that form would have no other effect than to continue the troubles which have so long afflicted those unfortunate countries." GREECE. ATHENS, DEC. 18. Baron Prokesch d'Osten, the new Austrian Internuncio at Constantinople, arrived here in an Austrian war steamer, on the 12th instant, on his way from Trieste to his post, and left again on the morning of the 14th in stant. During his stay the Baron was constantly closeted with King Otho, and he also dined with M. Persiany, the Russian Charge d'Affaires, where he met the Prussian and Bavarian Ministers, while he altogether abstained from even calling upon either the English or French representa tives. This undisguised course of proceeding is considered significant of the policy of Austria, as, no doubt, the Baron had his instructions how to act when in the capital of Greece, and the natu ral inference must be, that his advice to King Otho will only have confirmed his Majesty in continuing his senseless opposition to the policy of the Allies. Why will England and France condescend to listen any longer to anything that Austria may propose, or give her the opportunity of still pursuing that despicable and shuffling policy which has charac terised all her acts relating to the present war ? Yesterday the neatly-purchased and restored Rus sian church at Athens was consecrated with great pomp, and to-day there was a grand service in honour of St. Nicholas. The Russian party are to-day in extravagant joy at the news of the surrender of Kars. SWEDEN. We read in the Independance Beige, under date Hamburg, 27th ult. 1— "The last two ships of war of the Allied fleet, the English corvette Falcon and the French !corvette Aigle, which had re-entered the Baltic after the departure of the rest of the flying squadron, were obliged by the winter to quit that sea, and have sailed for their respec tive countries. Notwithstanding the reports of peace, which are, perhapa, less credited in the North than in any other part of Europe, I can assure you that the English Admiralty has ordered several extensive build ings to be engaged at Kiel and Elsinore for the purpose of converting them into depots of materi4l of every de scription for the us e o f th e fl eet next spring. The victu alling department, which is to be confided to contractors, is also to be organised for that period on a grand scale. The land force which France will send to the Baltic, should the war continue, in 1856, will draw their pro visions from Sweden, where companies are now being for Med for that object. It appears that during his stay at Stockholm. General Canrobert made every inquiry, and even entered into conditional arrangements with Swedish companies to satisfy his Government that the expeditionary army could be regularly supplied with provisions from Sweden. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, December 23.—Lord Canning, the new Governor-General of India, with Lady Can ning, Lord de Burgh, Captain Bouverie, and Dr. Leckie, arrived here from Marseilles on the 12th in the steamer Caradoc. Said Pasha, the Viceroy, has done everything to treat his Lordship ...rah. ne greatest consid erat i on during bi,..4,..y in Egy te . On landi ng the Geyer-. d ynor -General w as con acted to a palace placed at his disposal, and on tht? 14th he proceeded to Cairo, where another palace, situate on the banks of the Nile, had been prepared for him. Said Pasha, having returned from the tipper Country on the 15th, received his Lordship with the greatest dis tinction, and placed a steamer at his orders to con vey him to Upper Egypt, to visit Thebes and the cataracts of the Nile. Lord Canning expects to embark at Suez for Bombay about the middle of January. Mr. Gisborne has come to Egypt to make ar rangements for laying the submarine electric tele graph from Constantinople to Alexandria, to cross Egypt, and to be hereafter extended from Suez to India. The engineers who are to survey the Isthmus of Suez are at present on the line of the proposed canal, and a steamer is awaiting them at Pelusitun to inspect the coast. Au interesting race wa3 run last week at Cairo between an English mare and an Arab horse belong ing to Haleem Pasha, when the former thoroughly beat the latter. The length of the race was eight miles, the time occupied by the mare 18i minutes, over a rough, gravelly, and sandy road. The same race has baen offered for the last two years against all England, for 10,000 sovereigns, with the same horse, and not accepted. The Egyptian Princes are now convinced that their Arabs can be beaten by English horses. The late Viceroy, Abbas Pasha, had offered to stake any amount up to 150,000/. on his own horses against any others that might be brought to run. A serious insurrection has taken place in the Hedjaz, in Arabia, where the authority of the Sul tan is very feebly maintained by a very small number of troops. The Arabs threaten to expel the Turks from the coast of the Red Sea, and de mand that the English and French flags be pulled down, and all Europeans driven out of the country. The primary cause of this rise has been the publica tion of the anti-slavery proclamation and tho depo sition of the old Shereef of Mecca. The East India Company's sloop Elphinstone is to proceed to Jed dah, to protect English subjects. The Pasha h as annulled his order for the prohi bition of the exportation of wheat and Indian corn, which will be permitted as heretofore. FRANCE. The Paris correspondent of the Times (Second Edition), in his letter dated yesterday, says :-- "The last dayo the new of n th yeare sank in andcloud genial and mist. Th e firstyear 1855 rises in amild sky ; and the sun, which had been hidden from our gaze for many days, again shone out in this busy city. Let us hope it is an omen of success for the important work we shall soon be called upon to do. Another year has passed rapidly away. It was but a minute fraction of that portion of eternity called time, yet in it were crowded events important as any i n th e hi story of the world. i for ever, like th e tid e which Mirza beheld thas g n gone ne through the br o ad va ll ey which stretched out him as he stood i n contemplation on the high before rolling hit of Bagdad. The tide still flows on as then, issuing from thick mists at one end, and disappearing amid im penetrable clouds at the other. That year was marked by events whose consequence no mind can foresee or conjecture. It has seen the man whose power hung for years over Europe like the sword overthe head of Damocles, and whose name spread terror among the weak andeven awed the powerful, struck down in the fulness of his pride with a suddenness that was appalling. It has seen the stronghold which was at once the defence of his vast dominions and the instrument of his future conqu eB t, , which was at o nce hi s b oast, his pride, and his defiance', and whose capture by a foe seemed nob to be within the range of probabilities, levelled to the dust. When that year began we had asyet hardly recovered from amazement at the hardihood which decided the invasion of the Crimea ; we had so long slumbered in peace that we never thought our waking would be amid the din of war —and of a war with Russia. But not the least wonderful of the changes it witnessed was the extinction of the old enmity between the Saxon a n d th e G aul. It has seen a Sovereign of England make a triumphal entry to the capital of her old enemy, and welcomed by the a cclamation s of a multitude, among whom might have been thousands who took part in the last battle which it is to be hoped will everbefought between two such people ; and it has seen the arrival of another Monarch whose arms are united with our own in the same noble cause, and whose flag is the emblem of religious and political freedom at home, and perhaps the precursor of the unity and independence of another fair portion of Europe. Great as these events were, they will probably be surpassed by those that are yet to come. The lesson we have given in the East has to he repeated in the North, awl the nations long sunk in lethargy may yet awake to the sound of our cannon, and rally round the banners which bring them independence. "A levee was held at the Palace of the Tuileries this day, pursuant to the announcement published is the tlloniteur. civil, military, and ecc lesiastical, the S enate , t h e IC was att en ded by all the au th or iti es , Legislative Corps, and the other constituted bodies of the State. The Diplomatic Corps was also in atten dance to pay their reapecta on the 000404 of the new spite. LATEST NEWS. RUSSIA. WINDSOR, J. 1. The Duke of Cambridge (attended by Colonel Tyr• Whitt) and the Duke of Newcastle arrived yesterday afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. The dinner party included the Duchess of Kent, the Prineess Royal, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, the Duke of Newcastle, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Speth, the Hon. Mary Seymour, Sir George Couper, Mr. and Lady Frances Baillie, and Colonel Tyrwhitt. The {sand of the Grenadier Guards played during dinner. After dinner her Majesty had an evening party, to which the following had the honour of being invited : Lady Caroline Barrington, Colonel the Hon.C. 8., Mrs., and two Misses Phipps, Captain Sayer (63d Royal Welsh Fusiliers), Mrs. and Miss Bathurst, Miss Knollys, Major-General the Hon. C. and Mrs. Grey, Miss Clive, Colonel the Hon. N. and Lady Mary Hood, Miss Hill, Colonel and Lady Emily Seymour, Lady, Miss, and Mr. Couper, and Mr. Gibbs. Tho Queen's private band attended. This being New Year's-day, the baud of the 2,1 Life Guards assembled on the East-terrace at seven o'clock this morning, and performed a selection of favourite airs. Her Majesty's annual distribution of food and clothing to upwards of 600 poor persons of the Windsor and Clewer parishes took place this morning in the Riding house of the Castle. The Queen and Prince, accom panied by the whole of the royal family, the Duke of Cambridge, Prince Ernest of Leiningen, and the Duke of Newcastle, attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the household proceeded to the Riding -house at a quarter before ten o'clock, to witness the distribution, which was arranged under the direction of the lion. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, the clergy of Windsor and Clewer, and the district visitors for the relief of the poor. The members of the Clothing Club, established under her Majesty's patronage, received at the same time arti cles of clothing according to the amount of their contri butions, with the addition provided by her Majesty. In the evening Mehul's sacred drama of Joseph was performed in St. George's Hall, by an orchestra of nearly 100 executants. The persons represented musically were as follows Benjamin, youngest son of Jacob Madame Clara Novello. Joseph (Paaneah) Jacob, his father Mr. Weiss. Simeon Mr. Benson. Reuben Sons of Jacob Naphtmli Mr. Wilbye Cooper. Uutoba.l, an Egypttan Mr. Thomas. Messrs. G. George, Seven other sons of Jacob (semi- Walker, W. Grice, chorus) and Smythson. Israelites and Egyptians (chorus.) The band comprised her Majesty's private band, aided by a selection from the principal performers of the Phil harmonic Society and the Royal Italian Opera. The chorus, 72 in numbe r , were se l ected from the Royal Italian Opera, and the Sacred Harmonic Society, Exeter-hall. The performance was conducted by Mr. Anderson, the director of her Majesty's private band ; Mr. W. G. Cusins, organist of her Majesty's Private Chapel, pre siding at the organ. For this occasion, a new English version, with re citatives to connect the various scenes, and render the whole available as an oratorio, was written expressly for her Majesty by Mr. W. Bartholomew ; the music of the recitatives being composed by Mr. W. G. Cusins. Lord de Tabley and Colonel the lion. N. Hood have succeeded Lord Camoys and Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stovin as Lord and Grooai in Waiting. Lord Charles Fitz Roy and Colonel Seymour have succeeded Lord Alfred Paget and Ciptain Hon. D. de Ros as Equerries in Waiting to the Queen and Prince. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial. office from the Governors of the North American Pro vinces, of Ceylon, Hong Kong, Mauritius, and Labuan. Despatches were sent yesterday to the Governors of the West India Islands. The Commissioners in Lunacy have (with the appro bation of the Lord Chancellor) appointed John Forster, of the laner Temple, Esq., barrister-at•law, to be their Secretary, on the resignation of R. W. S. Lutwide, Esq., appointed a commissioner.—Gazette. A matrimonial alliance (says the Glasgow Daily Mail) is understood I'6 be concluded between the youthful Marquis of Lothian and the Laly Susan Ramsay, elder daughter of the Marquis of Dalhousie. The Marquis is on his return from India, after which the nuptials are expect-id to be celebrated. His lordship's estates in I:dieburgh, Ruxburgh, and Norfolkshire are esti►nated to yield 40,000/. per annum. The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, Bart., M.P., arrived at his official residence at the Admiralty last evening, from Hickleton-hall, Yorkshire, where Lady Mary Wood and family intend to remain until the close of the month. The Earl and Countess of Elgin have returned to Broom-ball, Fifeshire, from visiting the Earl of Mans field at Scone Palace, near Perth. The noble earl is to be presented with the freedom of the city of Glasgow on Friday next, and will be entertained at a banquet that evening by the civic authorities. The Earl of Shaftesbury has returned to St. Giles's, Dorset, from visiting Viscount and Viscountess Palmer. ston, at Broadlands, near Romsey. Mr. Watson, Q.C., is to be the new judge. The Walter Hood sailed last night from Southampton for Sydney. It is stated that the Earl of Erne has invested 105,0001. in the Dundalk and Eoniskille❑ railway. A new screw frigate to carry 50 guns has been or dered to be built at Bombay. She will cost between 100,000/. and 150,0001. S►r Robert Peel's marriage with Lady Emily Hay has been postponed till the 17th inst. MEETING OF THE LONDON DOCK COMPANY.—At meeting of the London Dock Company, held yesterday, Mr. Cattley presiding, the dividend declared was 21. 10a. per cent. for the half year, free of income-tax, and the report received unanimous approval. A despatch from Alexandria says that the fears of a scarcity of corn have proved unfounded, and that the exportation of grain is permitted. Mdlle. Taglioni has just quitted Vienna for St. Peters burg, after a stay in the former capital of two months. The Right Hon. W. G. Hayter has given 401. to the funds of the 'Wells Mechanics' Institute, to be expended in books. His Royal Highness the Count de Chambord has for warded the sum of 201. in aid of the funris of the French Benevolent Society, " Society Francaise de flienfaisance." The Lord Mayor has also most liberally contributed to this most excellent institution. Colonel Eden, the commandant of Chatham garrison, issued an order on Monday, stating that the several de partments will endeavour to carry out the intentions of the letter received from the Horse Guards for contri buting to the Nightingale Fund. CFCAmriorr OF TILE STAB.—According to the latest dates from Melbourne it appears that the Champion of the Seas was to be despatched on the 25th, instead of the 15th of October. She is expected to bring more than 400,0001., and is now 68 days out. The liabilities of Mr. J. Cheetharn is stated by the Manchester Courier to amount to 111,098/. The assets 51,643/. Four thousand persons have been carried off in the province of Pataz (Peru) by an epidemic classed by physicians as a fever of a new type. CRYSTAL PALACE.—SHILLING DAY, JAN. I.—Ad missions on payment, 1,197; ditto by season tickets, 263 ; total, 1,460. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.—The next session of this Giurt is fixed for Monday next, the 7th inst. The judges on the lota are Lord Campbell, Mr. Baron Martin, and Mr. Ju.stic4 Crowder. lUaell,. k.&cci I , 7,dus "To favour this reconnaissance Major Mous sine Pouschtine of the Count Radetzky Hussars, advanced towards the south side of Mount Yaila with a company of Chasseurs and some Greeks of the Balaklava battalion, and by the sudden firing of a gun threw into alarm a post of 40 men sta tioned there who fled precipitately." THE FALL OF KARS. (From tree Daily News Correspondent.) CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 20. Subjoined is a despatch, which reached me two days ago from your Erzeroum correspondent, with further details of the surrender of Kars, on the 28th ult. In this lamentable affair it is at least some consolation to reflect on the terms of the ca pitulation, which are honourable alike to the victor and vanquished. The sumptuous banquet given to those British officers and their brothers in arms who took such a prominent part in the heroic de fence of the fortress, is indeed a goodly incident and convincing proof that there are still in the enemy's ranks some traces of that noble and chi valrous spirit which softened down the horrors of warfare in the olden times. General Mouravieff is well and honourably known at Constantinople, having bee' here some twenty years ago with the Russian armaments, to aid the late Sultan in the Egyptian war, conformably with the stipulations of a treaty then in vigour between Russia and the Porte. From all I can learn, he was a frank, generous soldier, and not without a certain tincture of liberalism—fond of society, of music, and a great chess player to boot—and certainly it must be ad mitted that, notwithstanding a signal discomfiture, he has managed to play and win the game admir ably in the present instance. General Williams, as British Commissioner in the Turco-Persian question, had, moreover, frequent opportunities of cultivating the best relations with Mouravieff; and this circumstance no doubt contributed in some degree to alleviat e th e m i ser i es o f the captured city, its garrison and population, and will also, let us hope, procure for our noble countryman every possible comfort and consolation compatible with his position as prisoner of war. In reviewing the series of causes which led to the lamentable disaster of Kars—all arrivals from that locality conour in the opinions expressed in my last, relatively to the apathy and most cul pable conduct, generally speaking, of Selim Pacha, the military commander at Erzeroum. These com petent authorities state that had not Selina Pacha distinctly promis whole month previous to the fall of the fortres the was on the point of ad vancing vigorousl resetzc, taw garrisem an d population were all f irm l y resolved to sally forth and rescue themselves, without even a chance of failure at that time, considering that the enemy ' s reinforceme n t s had not yet come up, and that he was moreover completely decimated and demora lised by his late discomfiture. In the next place, the invasion of Georgia by Omer Pacha, a country with which he is, it ap pears, but little acquainted, and at this unfavour able season besides, has not escaped without obser vation and comment. It even appears that the Russian officers themselves at the banquet of Kars did not attempt to conceal their astonishment at this untoward movement of the Sirdar, calculated to compromise the safety of his whole army. Lastly, it is much to my regret that I again re cur to the true and real origin of all the disasters which, with one splendid exception perhaps, have attended, from beginning to end, the campaign in Anatolia. In the opinion, therefore, of many in telligent persons with whom I have had occasion to converse, this long series of calamities is entirely to be attributed to the improvidence of the allied powers, who, ever since the commencement of the war, have persisted obstinately in refusing to the Sultan the smallest aid and co-operation in teat quarter, for the protection of the finest and most fertile provinces of his empire. The Turkish Go vernment, no doubt, also will incur much blame for having neglected to supply and equip ade quately its brave army, as well as for the eternal delays which are said to have existed in sending on the necessary reinforcements. These complaints, perhaps, are well founded more or less; but, on the othe - r hand, it is well known that the military ope rations of the Turkish army have been entirely de pendent throughout on the decision and direction of the generals commanding the allied forces. It is a matter, I believe, of the utmost notoriety that, when there was a question of transferring Omar Paella's force from Eupatoria to the Asiatic coast, much delay was occasioned in consequence of the necessity of obtaining in the first instance the sanc tion of the British and French governments • and that havin g b een procure d at length, the girdar had, if I am rightly informed, the utmost difficulty in finding three or four British transports for the conveyance of thirty or forty thousand men with all the munitions and materiel of war. I have no doubt, besides, that however culpable others may also be, the onus and odium of delay, whenever it occurs, will be laid principally at our own doors. John Bull, foreigners say, is invariably too late in all his operations. Ho rises late, breakfasts and dines late, sits late, and goes to bed at an hour when most others are astir and well nigh on their legs. He learns wisdom late; his education is late, commencing really, for practical purposes, after the expiration of his academic course, at a time when other folks are, generally speaking, nearly equal to the duties of their respective callings. The only instances wkerein he somehow or other manages to keep up with time, are, in the field, on the race course, and the stock exchange. To do him justice, however, when once his blood is up he puts his shoulder manfully to the wkeel ; and with his wonted "sinews," pluck, and rouscle, contrives at times to retrieve his losses, and effect wonders. And so be it in the present trying emer gency. The cholera is almost completely extinct, and only six cases in the capital and environs, during the week, wore reported yesterday at the last sit ting of the council of health. It has come to my knowledge, from an unquestionable source, that a despatch from Lord Clarendon, with an accom panying note from our ambassador, was also trans mitted by Fuad Pacha, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, to the council, containing an accusation against the sanitary administration for undue severity towards British transports and British trading vessels in general. This is a rather serious complaint, and although I am not as yet fully ac quainted with the whole merits of the case, I have no hesitation in presuming that Lord Clarendon has been led into error by his informant, who had not time or opportunity perhaps of acquiring cor rect information on this subject. I therefore think it a duty to state that all vessels, under whatever flag, trading between the different ports of the Ottoman empire, are subject exactly to the same regulations which form the organic or fundamental sanitary law of the land framed many years ago, with a view to the safety of the public health, by the Porte, with the consent and co-operation of all the great powers. Theyare, therefore, all represented jointly with the Turkish government by their respective delegates, who are Also members of the council of health ; and hence it is utterly impossible that the smallest partiality should exist in that assembly, or any injustice be done in those cases submitted to their considera tion. Tho sanitary officers, or executive strictly The Invalide Busse publishes the following " News from the Crimea" : " On the 26th of November (Bth of December), Col. Oklobjio, Commander of a detachment on our left flank, made a reconnaissance from Yeni Sala by the mountain pass into the Baidar valley, with a view to annoy the enemy and ascertain his strength and position. With this object in view, on the night between the 25th and 26th of November (7th and Bth of December), our troops advanced in two columns to the pass, followed by a reserve, and although they en countered a pelting rain in the mountains, and the descent into the valley of Baidar was ren dered very difficult by the rough nature of the ground and the number of cross trenches and abattas on the way, the movement was neverthe lees carried out with complete success. At daybreak the throe companies of the left column, under the command of Major Biruko viteb, attacked the village of Bap, drove out the French out-post detachment, and pursued it as far as its reserve, consisting of three battalions, which in the interval had formed into line of battle on the heights in the rear of their lodgments. The three companies of the right column of Major Danilenka, on hearing the firing, hastened to join the left column beyond Baga. A bayonet combat took place here, and our six companies having routed the enemy pursued them vigorously in the direction of the Tchernaya. "This little but brilliant affair threw the whole enemy's camp into alarm. When the dense columns of French infantry got into movement from the Merdvinoff Farmhouse, to come to the support of their advanced guard, our detachmen retreated in perfect order beyond the pass, carry ing off 18 prisoners. Our camp at Devi Boynu suffers continual losses, both from disease and from the effect of frequent and serious desertions. If we are not to remain exposed to the fate of Kars, the Governments of the Sultan and of the allied powers ought to despatch immediately a force fully equipped. For some days past we have been visited by Russian spies. It is reported that two are already condemned to be hung. We may infer from the appearance of spies, that General Mouravieff will not be contented with Kars, and will commence operations this winter, or in the coming spring at least. A portion of the troops of *Lich Klissia still re mains encamped. in Balli Kioi, about 12 hours' journey from here. General Mouravieff has received reinforcements. They consist of about 20,000 infantry, but they are troops unused to war, being levies from the Geor gian infantry. To-morrow we expect the arrival of about 2,500 troops, lately landed at Trebizond, to join the army of Selim Pacha. Of the 12,000 men who were pro mised us two months ago we have received as yet scarcely 4,000. Better late than never. The British officers made prisoners with General Williams aro : Colonel L a k e Major Teesdale, Capt. Thompson, an d M r. Church'ill secre tary and inter preter, who f o ll ows voluntarily. Zohrab, the other interpreter, is expec'Led here in a few (lays. He is not a bl e to accompany the General, as ho is only in a conva l pscont state, recovering slowly from the effects of typhus. TURKEY. We have received the Constantinople journals to the 20th. Th e articles of the capitulation of Kars were considered as equally honourable to th e vic tors and to the vanquished. The great object then under con sideration was to prevent th e Rus sians from advancing into Asia, and the T ur ki s h Government, understanding that necessity, have decided on doing everything in their power to attain that object. Conferences had taken place between the French and English Ambassadors on the subject, and the Grand Vizier was, on the day after the departure of the mail, to present to the Divan. the measures proposed t o b e a d opted by the Minister of War. All that had trans pired of those intended measures was that a year. The Empress was not present. Frio,i Tuileries the parties proceeded to the Palais pay their respects to Prince Jerome and bis son Napoleon, and then to the Rue de Courcelles to vi Princess Mathilde. The day was fine, and the 111 1 the State carriages and liveries attracted the usury bar of curiou s p eop l e i n the neighbourhood Tuileries." We have received the Moniteur. It da l contain any news of interest. Advices received here from St. Petersburg that the Council of War had reported that th i sources of the empi re were capable of maintain second, third, and °von fourth campaign. Tile` of Prince Bebutoff had received reinforoerli and General Mouravieff's forces were to be, mented. Perhap s no o th er sort of report Cow , expected to be made public ; private corref f ence, however, giv es a very di fferent view , resources of Russi a , an d th e means of maim the war, even through the spring campaign. - A letter from Vienna of the 27th ult., Suabian Mercury, says :—" It was Austria assumed the initiative in explanations relatill, the reduction of h er army, as, in a note add ' to the Allied P owers, she explained that only a financial measure, and that the army es° at any moment re-established on a war fonti4 The Stockholm correspondent of the 0! landet, of Copenhagen, states that such great ' , vity has never prevailed as at present in 51/ , manufactories in Swed en engaged in making' tart' equipments. All the commanding offid, regiments have rece i ve d or d ers to hold thems in readiness for service, and officers who had manded leave of absence to go abroad have P told that it cannot be granted for the moment. THE SANTAL REBELLION. The Calcutta Gazette of the 10th inst. cod: he following proclamation : i "Whereas certain p ersons of the tribe of Santahl4 others, inhabitants of the Rajtnahal Hills, of the DI i-Koh, a n d o f cer t a i n pergunnahs in t he distriel i . Bhaugulpore, Moorsheddbad, and Beerbhoore f owing allegiance to the British Government, are,, for some time p as t h ave b een, in open rebellion ag j the authority o f th e Government; and whereas il. after the first o u tb rea k of the said rebellion a prool tion was issued o ff er i ng a free pardon to all who'eburS come in and submit within a period of ten days, el ringleaders and pe rsons convicted of murder , notioi. standing which act o f c l emency the great body of rebels have not availed themselves of the offer of 11 thus held out, but continue in rebellion,—where . ; it has beco me necessary, f or the speedy and effe tj suppression of this rebellion, that aclean9 should be taken of the season to commence tematic operations against the rebels, for which par it is expedient that martial law should be declared, that the functions of the ordinary criminal courts of,,,kJ dicature should be parti a lly suspen d e d in .the said a' bricts ; 1 4 "It is her e by p roc l a i me d and notified that the i'l,,e tenant - Governor of Bengal, i n th e exerc i se of the ant!), O rity gi ven t o hi m b y Regulation X. of 1804, and il the assent and concurrence of the President in Collp,. does h ere by esta bli sh martial law in the following il'i tricte—that is to say,— "So much of the district of Bhaugulpore as lies 0 1 1 the right bank of the river Ganges ; "So much of the district of Moorshedabad as beg C° i the right bank of the river Bhagirutte ; "The district of Beerbhoom ; ! and that the said Lieutenant-Governor does also iOPp Ol the functiontiif the ordinary criminal courts of Judi 1; ture within the'districts above described with respect ~, all per sons , S anta l s and others, owing allegiance to tv,, British G overnment, in consequence of their either ba d ing been born or being resident within its territories B P., under its p ro t ec ti on, w h o after the date of this proe , w mation and within the districts above described 810,1 1 7 taken in arms in open hostility to the said Geyer/moo! or shall be taken in the act of opposing by farce of Ard s the authority of the same, or shall be taken in the 06 " tual commission of any overt act of rebellion against the state. "And that the said Lieutenant-Governor does 0 11 ! hereby direct that all persons, Santals and others, owl!! allegiance to the B r iti s h G overnment, who alter P' date of thi s p roc l amat i on shall be taken as aforesa i d) shall be tried by court-martial ; and it is hereby notifir° that any person convicted of any of the said crimes the sentence of such court will be Fable, under section Srf regulation 10, of 1804, to the immediate punishment death." VOLCANO IN THESAN:bWICE ISLANDS' according to the following description,- says the Washington intelligencer, the eruption of the ye cano of Hawaii is becoming horribly dangerous , 1855. " Hawaii s till b urns. The great furnacel3 on Mope Loa is in full blast. For 63 days the moltori flood bag rolled down the mountain without abatement. Oa Hawaiian atmosphere is loaded with smoke and gage* through which the sun shines with dingy and yellow rays. The Irnount of lava disgorged from this awftu magazine i. f enormous. The higher regions of the monr td.ia are 1100 e ".ed with vast t racts of smo ki ng lava, 10111 the streams, shich have flowed down the side of the mountain spread over a surface of several miles in breadth. The main stream, including all its windings, must to more than 50 miles long, with an average breadth of three miles. This is still flowing direct for 'our bay, and is supposed to be within 10 miles of us. It is eating it' way slowly through the deep forest and the dense jungle in our rear, and its terminus must be the sea, unless the great summit fountain should cease to disgorge. O n the 2d instant Mr. M'Culley and myself set off to explore the eruption, taking the bed of the stream, the Wailuke river, as our path. We reached the terminal crater in four-and-a-balf days, tracing up the fiery streatn from the upper skirt of the forest to the summit of the mountain. In the woods we could not follow it on account of the dense jungle. The burning stream now runs all the war in a covered duct, so that it can be seen only at its vents, which let off the gas. These are truly fearful. We looked down one of them, and saw the fiery current rushing under us, in sonic places at the rate of 40 knots. We returned via Kilauea, and were absent 10 days. What we saw, and beard, and felt, cannot be described." Letters fr .rom Jerusalem state that the Latin Patriarch has received the Belgian decoration of the Commander of the Order of Leopold. The Cross of the Commander has also been given to the Governor of Palestine, whose reception of the Due de Brabant has not been forgotten. Dr. Duigan, recently returned from the Crimea, and who has just been appointed surgeon of her Majesty's ship Seahorse, has been entertained by his townsmen at a public dinner in the Club-house of his native town, Kilkenny. DRESDEN, Dec. 31.—The Dresden Journal of to-day announces that Colonel von Manteuffel, who arrived yesterday at noon from Berlin, was received by the King at a private audience, and then invited to dine with his Majesty. He set out again at night by the express train on his return to Berlin. The marine artillery at Cherbourg and Brest is at present making experiments with new balls, of a coni cal form, terminated by a point of steel, and filled with gunpowder, the explosion of which can break to pieces, it is said, the hardest stonework. General Durand° has assumed the command of the Sardinian army in the Crimea. The Geneva Journal says that in a forest near Yvorne, in the Pays de Vaud, the earth opened in three places at the moment of the late earthquake in the Valois, and that a kind of smoke issued from the fissures. The government is about to send some men of science to in vestigate the phenomenon. The Sher6orne Mercury says :—" Thanet may be proud of the defenders of Kars, for among them are numbered one if not more, who are natives of the island. We are informed on good authority that General Williams was born in this parish, of which his father was vicar at the tinse. Many cf the resident gentry re collect the gallant general in his youthful days. An other of these heroes is Lieut.-Col. Lake, son of the Dowa ger Lady Lake, of Ramsgate, who married a daughter of the late Sir W. Curtis, Bart." MONEY MARRET.----With the approach of the 3d of the month the demand for money continues extremely active, but the appli cat i ons at the Bank yesterday were mode rate. On Monday, it is said, they were greater than at any period during the last eight years, the total ad vaueed in loans and discounts having exceeded 900,0001. ; 500,000/., however, has returned to the establishment yesterday afternoon, in the shape of a 10 per cent, in. stahnent on the Turkish loan. The general advances this quarter up to the present time are believed not to have been much in excess of the usual amount. THE MAIL STEAkER WASHINGTON.—The following notice was issued from the General Post-office yesterday, viz. :—" The United States mail packet Washington, being detained for repairs, cannot leave Southampton on the 2d instant, the day appointed. The next mails for North America will therefore be despatched by the Bri tish packet America, to leave Liverpool, for Boston, on the sth instant. The Washington will leave Southamp ton, for New York, on the 6th inst., and all letters forwarded by that vess e l." P to the evening of the sth w ill b e about 4 p er mule prer n i um ( according to the last tariff), pos Zto i E n oF L G ol o 'd f , n on .— u Th e quot a ti on o f go ld at Pavia i s which, at the English Mint price of 3/. 17s. 1 0Id, p er ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 25'27 and, the exchange at Paris on London at short bei ng 25 . 22 A, it follows that gold is about 0 . 18 per cent, dearer in Paris than in London. By advices from Hamburg the price of gold is 425 per mark, which, at the English Mint price of 31. 17s. 101 d. per ounce for standard gold, gives an exchange of 13.41 ; and, the exchange at Ham burg on London at s ho rt b e i ng 13.4 it foll ows that go ld is 0.29 per cent, dearer in London than i n H am burg. The course of exchange at New York on London for bills at GO days' si g ht i s a b ou t 109 per cent., and, the par of exchange between England and America being 109 23-40 per cent., it follows that the ex c h an ge is nomi nally 0.58 per cent. against England; allowance for charges of t ransport and difference of in terest, the present rate le aves no profit on the transtuis eign o f go ld e ith er way b etween the two countries. GREAT Loss of L IFE. Nov. 9.—Th e Waverley, from Suat ao , near Amoy, bound to Li ma with 450 coolies o n boatel, put in here 25th Octob er w i th the m as ter dead on board, and, as there were sympt oms of dysentery amo ng th e coolies. she was put under qua rantine. Som e disturbance subsequently occurred, w h en the m a te and ere - 4' fereed th e coo lies d own th e b old and battened down th e h atches ; when opened about fifteen hours after wa r d s 251 of the coolies were found d ea d f rom uffocation. Manilla, but, after making • ' ex ful TI ce