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The new road from Balaklava is progressing. The great depth of the mud in parts, and the labour in making a firm foundation before covering it with the smaller fragments, so that it may resist sufficiently the heavy weights which will have to pass over it, prevent it from advancing so quickly as might be wished. But several French regiments have af forded their aid to that part of the road which ad joins the port of Balaklava, and they, as in all else they do, are working at it systematically and with alacrity. There at least will be an excellent macadamised road. In other parts working parties of the Ottoman troops are engaged, but it is evi dently a labour they have not been used to, or don't understand. What an advantage a few hun dreds of war railway excavators would be to us just now, if we only had the means of feeding, hutting, and keeping them in the condition we are used to see them in England ! The labour and expense of constructing a seven miles railway a mouth or six weeks ago would have almost been repaid by the saving in time, labour, and life which would have been effected through its agency ere this time. Scarcely any change has taken place in the bat teries the last few days. The French have a num ber of new guns mounted, which are being kept in reserve ; for use, it is presumed, at a period not very long distant. The firing in the Greenhill and Frenchman's hill batteries has been very slack, and generally in the Russian batteries opposed to them. Our position in rear of Frenchman's-hill (or Gordon's) battery is being strengthened by a breastwork and ditch, which, when completed, will extend from the two ravines known as the left ravine and the middle or Otchakov ravine. Some guns are about to be mounted for the purpose of more efficiently guarding against an approach of the enemy by these ravines, especially the latter, which, as I mentioned in a letter some time since, has been leftitoo wholly dependent on the alertness and determination of a single picket for its protec tion. The attack upon the position occupied by the Second Division has roused the authorities t• take the necessary steps to prevent the recur rence of a similar attack upon the portion of the encampment which crosses the southern extremity of the left ravine and ravine of Otchakov. The Russians have been making frequent attempts to impede the progress of the new works to the right, but the shells which they have thrown have done little mischief. They are thrown from vessels in the roadsted, lying near its south shore, and it appears that these have to be so far careened over in order to acquire the necessary elevation that the precision of the aim is thereby destroyed. The , enemy succeeded in disabling one of our large re cently mounted guns on the sth inst., in the Green hill battery, by a well-directed shot. A shell en tered the gun and burst within it, ripping up the side. No one was hurt, as sufficient warning was afforded for every one near to run into shelter. The same day that this last-mentioned occurrence took place loud and prolonged cheering was heard in Sebastopol. It was generally attributed to being the sound of welcome to fresh reinforcements. Boats laden with troops and cattle had been observed fre quently during the day crossing from the north side towards the south side of the roadsted. Prepara tions were made for an attack on the batteries in the evening, but none was attempted. On the 10th a very long convoy was observed approaching the direction of Sebastopol by the coast-road, on the heights between the Katcha and Belbec valleys. They wore readily distinguished as they came along that part of the road which slopes down to the latter of the two valleys. With a good telescope they could be observed to be solid, well-constructed waggons, not country arabas, covered with a sort of hood, and of uniform colour and shape, There were about three hundred. Whether they con tained troops or provisions could not be made out. This road, after descending into the valley, crosses the Belbec river anti then diverges into two distinct routes—one leading to Bakshi-Serai, the other being continued southwards and terminating at the back of Cape Constantine. A large herd of astie and two or three flocks of sheep are seen on the hills on the north side of the roadsted, a little below and to the west of the Star Fort, so that it is difficult to understand the reports brought its by deserters of the great scarcity of provisions in the Russian camp. It is doubtful whether the Russian army on the heights north of the Inkerman valley has not re ceived an increase in its numbers ; it appears to stretch over a greater extent of ground. The movement which took place among the Russian troops in the plain near Balaklava, on the 6th inst., appears to have been in all probability an exchange in position with a part of the force on the northern heights. A reconnaissance was made the following day by a French force of infantry, and it was dis covered that the position had not been abandoned. Some of the force previcusly lying on the plain has moved higher up the hills, probably on account of the marshy state of the low ground din the valley. Leave of absence to proceed to England for the recovery of health has been granted to Major- General the Earl of Cardigan, commanding the Light Cavalry Brigade. Lieut.-Colonel Berkeley, Scots Fusilier Guards ; Captain Watson, 7th Royal Fusiliers; Quartermast e r N ow la n , 62d Regiment ; and Paymaster J. Thorp, 63d Regiment, have also left for England on the recommendation of medical boards. Lieut.-General Sir George Brown has nearly recovered from the effects of his wound in the arm, and will resume command of the Light Division iu a few days. Major-General Pennefather, who took command of the 2d Division after the de parture of Lieut.-General Sir De Lacy Evans, has also been conspelledlo leave on account of a serious attack of illness, and Brigadier-General G. Buller is now acting as general of that division. Lieut.- Colonel Shirley, commanding the 88th, or Con naught Rangers, is now acting as brigadier of the 2d brigade of the Light Dvision, in place of Gen. Buller. Lieut.-Colonel Daveney, of the Ist Royal Regiment, resigns his position as commandant of Balaklava, being unable to continue discharging the duties of this office, which aro somewhat ardu ous, on account of ill health. It is understood that he is to be succeeded by Brevet Lieut.-Col. Haines, of the 21st Fusiliers. Many officers of the regiments in camp are suffering from sickness. The plan adopted for their medical treatment is as follows : if the regimental surgeons find that the means at their command are not sufficient, they recommend a removal to shipboard at Balaklava, where the sick have at least protection against weather, and the opportunity of obtaining better food. This failing, the officer is recommended leave of absence, for change of air, for a stated period, either to Therapia or Scutari. In cases where the case is likely to be very protracted, and. the medical board recommends such a course to be adopted, the patient is permitted to leave for Eng land, reporting himself for further observation to the military authorities at the Horse Guards. We have a French baker at Balaklava, who sells loaves which in England would be 4d. at the fa mine price of 2s. Incredible as it may appear, the Turkish private soldiers are the best customers of this baker, who, by the bye, is said to net 51. per diem. After this, let the tradesmen of Sydney and Melbourne for ever hide their diminished heads. For it must be understood that this fortunate baker might net 101. instead of 51., if he would but work harder, and bake up to the demand. DEC. 12.—About half-past 11 o'clock last even ing the Russians made a most determined attack upon the advanced work in front of the Greenhill battery, and also upon the advanced work of the French. After an hour's sharp fighting the fire was silenced and the enemy driven back. The moon had risen, but the atmosphere was hazy. The attack commenced in the left ravine which winds between Greenhill and Frenchman's-hill. Fortunately about a fortnight since a breast work and ditch were thrown up across the ravine, and extended up the sides to be connected with Captain Chapman's battery on the left, and Captain Gordon's on the right. The earthwork was defended by a party of the Rifle Brigade. The enemy came stealthily on at first, but, finding the picket prepared, rushed on in great force, and with a loud cheer which was heard in the English camp. The heavy guns, which had been discharg ing at intervals all the evening, ceased their fire ; the combatants were at too close quarters for artil lery to be used without equal risk to friend and foe. Presently the fire of musketry extended along the advanced position before Captain Chapman's battery, and not long afterwards a smart fusillade opened in.the French lines. The bu gles of the dif ferent regiments, and the drums of the ma r i nes i n camp had long since sounded the alarm, the men had got under areas, and were now moving to their respective stations in support of the pickets. The Russians, surmising or perceiving the approach of these supports, threw rapid discharges of shell and round shot, in the hope of annoying or arresting them in their advance. After the lapse of about PUBLICATIONS. NEW WORK ON THE SEAT OF WAR. On Wednesday next, In 1 ♦ol. post Bvo., A MONTH in the CAMP before SEBASTOPOL. By a NON-COMBATANT. London: Longman, Brow, Green, and Longmans. PROFESSOR JOHNSTON'S CHEMISTRY OF COMMON LIFE. Volume IL, Completing the teries, is now published, with copious Index, price 6s. 6d , bound in cloth. The First Volume has been reprinted, price 4s.,in c'oth. W. 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The Hogue, 60, screw-hlockship, is ordered to refit at Portsmouth, and will go into harbour as soon as she has discharged her powder and shell. The Imperi4use, 51, screw-frigate, Captain R. B. Watson, C. 8., steamed into Portsmouth harbour from Spithead yesterday, and hauled alongside the •a6tted, Tice schooner Iris, of Plymouth, William Gent master, from London with a general cargo, has been assisted into Sheerness in a very leaky state, and laid on the bank alongside the pier, after having been on shore. APPOINTMENTS. Captain George E. Patsy (1846), to command the Monarch, 84, at Devonport. Naval Cadet David Littlejohn to the Euryalus. THE MILITIA. Arrangements have been made for the Bedfordshire Militia to leave Berwick-upon-Tweed, where they have been in garrison for several months past, for the purpose of proceeding to Bedford to recruit their strength, 150 men having lately volunteered to Line Regiments. The re g iment is commanded by Colonel Gil p in, M.P. for Bedford. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Dec. 28. The examiners in the schools of classics, mathematics, natura: science, modern history, and jurisprudence, have this day published the list of classmen and passmen, according to the statutes ; for which we find that the classes have been awarded to the various colleges and halls as follows, viz. : THE _NAVVIES IN THE CRIHEA. (Prom the Times.) No doubt the slow progress of our arms in the Crimea will force on the people some troublesome reflections. The turn of those reflections is indicated by the eager glance of expectation cast at that reinforcement of "navvies" now on its way. It is the bit of novelty, the little leaven of the nineteenth century in an otherwise old-fashioned legacy of the times gone by. One of Scott's characters says that be never despairs of a sky, however murky and thick, if he can see a bit of blue enough to mend a pair cf breeches. These " navvies" they may not be sacrificed on th e i ns t an t o f th e i r arr i va l are the bit of blue sky, an d a ll we have to hope is that to the stupidity or insolence of some officer of Engineers, who may think it quite a feather in his cap to send the whole lot to perdition. What is more likely? The thing can be done, not only with much plausibility, but with actual grace. Let the "navvies" be landed, and their material let go to the bottom, like the cargo of the ill fated, or rather, not to th row th e bl ame on Fortune, much-injured Prince. Or let the "navvies" be put into a barrack at Balaklava, surrounded by pestilence, filth, and rum—the only article which appears never to have run short yet in the Crimea. Let them be desired to wait till Sir J. Burgoyne has selected some one to make a report on the proper line for the railway, or the practi cability and use of a railway at all, and till that report ;s made, and the line marked out by the military autho- ' rities. These successive operations, taken with military composure, may easily be spread over a month, ilh l / 4 0 the first of them need not be commenced till a week after the arrival of the " navvies." When everything at last is tevly for the "navvies," perhaps a third of them dui be dead, a third in the hospital, the remainder so attenuated that their friends svonld(net . knOW them, and their material, plant, and tools may be, as we suggested, at the bottom of the sea. In that case there could either )e another report en the then state of affairs, or, what would answer the purpose quite as well, the above at tenuated remainder of the " navvies" might be set to work in the mud, put on half-ratio ns o f bi scu i t an d meat, double rations of rum, and be sp ee dil y added to the so il of the Criniea. Seriously, we wonder whether the line A the proposed railway has been marked out, or will be marked out by the arrival of the " navvies" and their material ; or whether it will then be marked out within a fortnight, or ever at all. There was no such thing as a railway in the Peninsular war. There was not even a macadmized road. M'Adarn and Stephenson have both come up since 1815. That is what we mean when we say that this war will force on the people some trouble. some reflections. The first of them is, that this war is managed, and this nation to some extent governed, by :nen whose experience is not that of the present age, but that of the past. It is said that it must go ill with a generation that allows itself to he ruled entirely by the past. Heaven certainly intended every generation to govern itself, making ii responsible for its own actions, and giving it sufficiency of all things requisite for goodness and happiness. Let us use the past as we think proper, but not be tyrannized over by it. The country has long since acknowledged this maxim in its extreme jealousy )f institutions modelled and bequeathed by the past. If it accepts them, as it must do, it treats them as an evil or suspected inheritance, and qualifies them accordingly. It would be a still greater misfortune, were it possible, if the men of the past—the old men of the past—the Jld men who never were young—could rise from their craves and undertake to manage for us the new resources of our own age. Dr. Samuel Johnson, for example, was a very wise man in his day ; bet, unless we wished to go down by the head altogether, we should never liink of resigning into his hands a single affair of church it of state. Now, here are the men of the past, whose ,oast is that they got all their ideas in the Peninsular war, in command of an expedition as different as possible rem the operations of that war, and different in no cir cumstance so much as in this, that the Peninsular war was over in 1814, and the expedition to the Crimea is begun in 1854. There is not a single work of peace that would not now be done in half the time, at half the cost, and twice as well, as in 1814. In fact, all the instru ments and materials at the disposal of these men are-in finitely more efficient than anything which existed at the Milner date. But every workman will tell you that a good tool requires a good man, and that, unless a man either understands a tool, or takes kindly to it, he had better nut be permitted to touch it. All the vast facili ties afforded to us by our command of the sea, the use A steam, and such a fleet as the world never saw, are lost on men who imagine themselves waging war in the interior of Spain, and have settled in their minds that dysentery, half-rations, incessant exposure, nakedness, tbandonment of baggage, frightful mortality, the utter absence of roads, and general disorganisation are the .Lormal conditions of war, and need excite no concern .men in advance of their times. Alexander was not a one of the first 'mere ingredient l a rnn of h Macedonian e ia day, phalanx literary ; and he was accomplished, surrounded by philosophers and ?awns, and always ready to profit by their sug- Testions. Hannibal's versatility and ingenuity are notorious. Caesar was always in advance of his foes, and made a point of arriving earlier than even his friends expected. With twenty days' notice he made an earthwork as many miles long, which answered its purpose, and survives to this day. He was always look ing to his commissariat in time, detecting conspiracies long before they ripened. He was the best engineer of his time, no one knowing better the construction of such engines of war as were used in those days. He con quered a nation of pirates on their own element, and, when they thought to steal a march on him by cutting the tackle of his ships, he disconcerted them by the use of chains, instead of ropes. Had he waged war only as Scipio Africanus, or Alaries and Sylla, or even Pompey had done, be would soon have succumbed to a world of roes and rivals. But ho beat the age by being always is advance of it. That is still the only way. How is that, with the most practical science and tie best men in the world, we turn neither to account ? At The battle of Inkertnan we male the bodies of our Guards do the duty' of earthworks, and all this time our nen aro rotting by hundreds for want of a few ship loads of proper food, clothing, and housing. Nay, the shiploads are there, or only a few days' sail off, but there is not the head to get them up in proper place and time. The British Tantalus in the Crimea has all the necessaries al.d comforts of life within sight and reach, but is never permitted to grasp and enjoy them. The Russians—serf s , brutes, savages as we are accustomed '0 think them, and borrowers, as they notoriously are, in all arts and sciences —heat us at every turn. They have dominated us with their artillery, and overreached us in earthworks. They move armies in carts for lack of railways, and, according to the testi mony of all the prisoners, have actually made better use Of their steam transports than we have. Whatever may be pre' ended at home, it is certain that whole regiments arrive in the Crimea without a single Minie musket, and other regiments with only a small proportion. so armed. We are trusting, not to science, but to men. There is this difference, however, between mechanism and men,—that the former is of iron, tough wood, earth, or stone,—the latter of flesh and blood. Ac cordingly, the latter wears away much faster than the former ; and all that can be said of the men is that they have been excellent, but no longer exist. ' The Guards certainly were magnificent soldiers. Had they been earth, they could have been repaired in a night; but, being men, they could only be buried, or sent to the hospital. All this, doubtless, is according to rule. It was so in the Peninsular was. The Duke of Wellington was always complaining in his letters, and therefore the evils he complains of are inevitable to all war, and utterly incurable. Had it been so, the Duke would not have complained. Nobody knew the difference so well between war carried into the interior of a country and war upon seas or rivers within the reach of our navy. Therefore he left in office a memeraadum for the guid ance of our Indian authorities, warning them never to send an army far from the sea !ier a navigable stream. We have now the position he se much desired, and make no use of it, any more than we do of the resources of the nineteenth century. What does this show but that we want, not the wealth, the arts, the steamers, the weapons of the nineteenth century, but the men also of the century ? Thus far we have given the Czar the advantage of the century ; and, with his own ad vantage in respect of numbers, this new difference in his favour makes him too much for us. We can only match him by making the century our ally. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. CAMP OF THE LIGHT DIVISION, DEC. 11. The failure of the means of transport has con tinued to engross a large share of attention among the British troops in camp, and is still a serious difficulty both as regards feeding the men and horses, and also in respect to carrying on the siege operations. When the carts failed, dependence was placed upon bat horses'; the greater number of these are now so footsore and worn out as to be unable to move, and the men themselves have to be sent in to Balaklava from the camp to bring the every morning. 2 2 out rations. A c er t a i n propor ti on o f eac h reg i ment issent in does to not town exceed 20 or pounds Theweight of biscuit carried and pork, and yet so weak are the men that many fall out, unable to march 14 miles and to carry his burden 7 miles, while others have to be taken into hospital on their return to camp on account of illness. The 90th regiment, attached to the 2d Division by general orders of the 6th December, and 34th regiment, have been prevented from taking their share in the work at the trenches, and so relieving their comrades who are suffering from prolonged exposure and labour, because, if brought to camp, there are no means of bringing food to them, they have therefore been detained and en camped at Balaklava. The Cavalry Division has •ulso been brought as near Balaklava as possible, and an excellently protected position has been found for it in a deep mountain dell close to the little village of Kadikoi near the entrance to the port. The dell is *early- triangular in form, the mountains rise precipitously upwards on three sides, the small plain enclosed by them is soft and when first occupied was covered with grass, and excepting at the entrance communi cating with the village is sheltered on all sides from high winds. At one of the angles opposite to the opening to Kadikoi is a narrow winding gorge, and along this mountain pass is a road leading up to the plateau on which the allied army is en camped. There could not be a more favourable position for a cavalry bivouac in a cold season. But at present its most favourable aspect is the facility afforded by its nearness to the port for ob taining the necessary hay and corn for the horses, and the rations for the men. When reflecting on the very serious evils which have been experienced from a comparatively short prevalence of bad wea ther, and those too in the very first and most es sential article of food, we have indeed reason to be grateful for the verylong season of propitious wea ther which preceded it. At the same time it is difficult to avoid the consideration whether such evils are a necessary consequence of the change in weather, whether the exercise of a certain amount of forethought and precaution might not have ob viated their occurrence. We have ocular proof around us that they are not inevitable ; we see the beneficial effects of a different system pursued else where. And it happens from no want of forewarn ing. Attention was called to the unprotected state of the British right long before the fatal sth of November ; and had that warning been heeded— had a simple breastwork been then constructed, and a few guns mounted such as aro now placed in front of the 2d Division—much bloodshed might have been prevented, and many very valuable lives spared. In like manner the formation of commis sariat depots was suggested, and had these sug gestions been carried into effect, much loss of life, both of men and horses, would by so doing have now been avoided. But many of the most obvious exigencies have not been provided for. No arrangement has ever ever been made, nor is even now made, for shoeing the public horses, and this circumstance alone has led to many being 'dis abled. In Bulgaria, after a long time had elapsed, and much inconvenience endured, native farriers were brought, and a price fixed at which the bat animals could be shod. No such plan has been adopted in the Crimea, nor any alternative provided. It was only only on the Bth inst. that the follow ing appeared:— CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. RiOYA.L POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION. The following REMARKABLE NOVELTIES havo been SPECIALLY PREPARED. LECTURE by J. 11. PEPPER, Esq., on Professor Wheatstone's experiments on the TRANSMISSION of SOUND through Solid Con ductors, illustrated by a TELEPHONIC CONCERT. FIRST PAR r of as ENTIRELY NEW and SPLENDID OPTI CAL DIORAMA, illustrating the VOYAGES of SINBAD the SAILOR, with Beautiful PHANTASMAGORIA EFFECTS, and appropriate Music arranged by Mr. Waud. MONDAY EVENING, the let of January, first of a New Coarse of MONDAY EVENING LECTURES to the INDUSTRIAL CLASSES : On the CHEMISTRY of LIFE, by Dr. LETIIEET. Great Increase in the VIEWS of the WAR: the BATTLE of the ALMA, SIEGE of SEBASTOPOL, the ENGLISH BATTERIES, &c., &c. LECTURE on the MINIE RIFLE, and that powerful implement of war, the STEAM GUN, projecting Sixty Palls per 'Minute, which has been erected by Mr. Paax!Ne, and will be discharged daily and in the Eyeaimm. LEC TITRES on ELECTRICITY by Dr. BICHHOFFNIX. Mr. CEAWFM'S VOCAL ENTER TAINMENT of the PATRIOTIC SONGS of SCOTL AND. For the skcial Amusement of the Juvenile Auditory, DAVIS'S INGENIOUS MARIONETTES will be exhibited All the other LECT URNS, EXHIBITIONS of MODELS, &c. &o. &c. Fresh dece , ations. Special Juvenile Night on the 3d of January, and gratuitous distri bution of the Ornaments of a beautiful Christmas Tree amongst the Young People. Mr. VAN NOOADEN'S New Musical Game, the POLY-HARMONI CON, explained Daily by the Inventor. CRUELTY TO A ROME. BRIGHTON, Dec. 28.—T0-day, at the Town-hall, Mr. Robert liobdan, proprietor of the Artillery Baths, in the King's-road, appeared before the Mayor, charged, at the instance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, with having caused a certain horse to be cruelly ill-treated and tortured, by working it in a mill with raw wounds upon its shoulders and breast. Front the evidence it appeared that defendant supplied his baths with sea water by means of the mill in ques tion, which was situated in a dark subterranean vault, opening on the sea beach. The case was proved by defendant's own servant and other witnesses. The former stated that his master kept only one horse for this particular work, and that it had been in their employment since May, 1851, to the present time, often as long as seven or eight hours a day. Witness had frequently complained of the condi tion of the horse, and bad told his master that it was impossible that he could do his work properly with a horse in the state this had been in for nearly two months. Both shoulders were raw, and there was an open wound on the breast into which the collar had worked to a con siderable depth. It was also sworn that the food given to the animal had been reduced from three bushels of corn per week to two bushels, and that in consequence the horse was in a very bad condition. Mr. Lamb, solicitor for the defence, endeavoured to attach all culpability in the matter to the defendant's servant, but _ _ The Mayor said he believed everything this witness had stated, adding that he could find no extenuating fea ture in the case, and his judgment was, that Mr. Hobden should pay the full penalty of 51, and costs. " GENERAL ORDER. "Officers of the infantry may have their chargers shod by application to the Royal Artillery or Ca valry." But even this permission is rendered inert, be or regiment' of cavalry may regret that he cannot allow the shoeing to be done in consequence of his farriers having so much work for the battery or regiment in hand. This morning upwards of one thousand sick men of the English regiments were carried down to Bala klava by the French ambulance corps. They were brought on the mule pannier seats, two sick men being carried by each mule. Some were taken lying at full length, with a covered hood and curtain pro tecting the face and body, but the majority were sitting. They wore sent in certain proportions to each regiment, and, after receiving their convoy, were formed up at the head-quarters of each divi sion. The journey to Balaklava was performed in half the time which would have been occupied by the ambulance waggons. All the mules were fat and sleek, not a nail was wanting in a shoe, not a strap or buckle appeared to be out of order. The Corps d'lnfirmiers, who conducted the train, offi cers, and men, were all active, in good health, cheerful, and manifestly understood all the details of the employment in which they were occupied. The mules came chiefly from the Quartier General at Chersonese ; bad they collected those also re maining with the Divisional Ambulances they could have conveyed double the number. There is a very great amount of sickness con tinuing in the British camp. The fine weather to the last few days has done some good in arresting its increase, but now that the lobour of carrying up the rations from Balaklava is added to the severe duties in the trenches, this benefit will in some degree be counteracted. We trustthat the mild weather may continue until the means of hutting, and other necessaries, are brought. An order appeared the other day, of which the following is a copy : GENERAL ORDER. "Until further orders the issue of fuel will be limited to the troops encamped upon the heights before Sebas topol." From the wording of this order, one would be led to imagine that fuel had already been issued to those troops, but such has never been the case. No fuel has yet been obtained ; and indeed, if it could be got, there would be no means of trans porting it from Balaklava to the regiments, unless carried by the men themselves. I hear a question constantly asked—" Where are our private bat horses ?" They were left at Varna when the army left for the Crimea. The officers would gladly part with these for less money than they gave for them, as they are utterly useless to them where they are. Some say they hare left Varna, and have been sent by land up to Constantinople. We have experienced great varieties of weather and temperature since I last wrote, but the gene ral state of the atmosphere has been favourable for carrying off the excessive moisture on the surface of the _ground, and the mud now only remains accumulated in certain localities to such an extent as seriously to impede the progress of vehicles or passengers. The 7th inst. was particularly favour able in this respect. A cool dry wind blew from the north, while the sun exerted unusual power through the medium of a cloudless sky. An unex pected atmospheric condition followed. No sooner had the sun set below the horizon and its rays been withdrawn than the abundant moisture which it had caused to be evaporated from the surface of the earth became suddenly chilled and condensed by the north wind, and a thick fog enveloped every thing around. Many retarning from Balaklava could not find their way to camp. The feg came so rapidly that it appeared like a wall of dark cloud sweeping along from the northward. There had just been an alarm that the Russians were coming out of Sebassopol in strong force, and notice of an expected attack on the works had been sent up by one of the advanced pickets to the General commanding the Light Division, but the thick mist quickly removed all opportunities of observation. The covering parties in the trenches were put upon the alert, sentries were increased in all directions, and every precaution adopted, but no attack fol lowed. Darkness, where due care has been taken, must always be more unfavourable to an attacking than to the attacked force. The fe ' t continued all night, and did not disappear until the following morning, after the sun had again exerted its rare fying influence. During the night there was a sharp frost, and daylight showed the ground covered with a white coating of hoar and thin ice and the distant mountains capped with snow. The wind changed to the south-east and south on the 9th, and has continued blowing from the same di rection. Slight rain has fallen once or twice, and the temperature since the change of wind has been remarkably mild. Some guns have been brought up, but with im mense exertion, as many as 40 or 60 horses having been employed in some instances. Not only the state of the roads, but the weakened condition of the horses also, have acted as serious impediments to their transport. The larger kinds of mortars ~..~ ~~ ,; .~:r. , !?1 - , ' No. 19,425.] x~:. ~; .-e i p i r 41, # 01. ttlne A. MAIL FOR SCUTARI. Yesterday the - Postmaster-General issued a notice at the General Post-office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, that a mail for the British army in Greece, the sick in hospital at Scutari, and the army is the Crimea, would be made up this evening and forwarded via Marseilles. The postage must be paid in advance. A return mail is due at Marseilles on Saturday. SALE OF RUSSIAN SHIPS. The Russian prize Ernest Mark has been sold by pub lic auction at Hull, and realised a very good price. The Court of Admiralty proceeds on the Bth of Jan. to adjudicate on the prize Franciska and the other yes s:ls captured by her Majesty's cruisers for attempting to break the blockade of the Russian ports in the Gulfs of Finland and Bothnia. THE RUSSIAN PRISONERS. The Russian prisoners taken out of merchant ships captured by the Queen's cruisers, who were on board the Devonshire prison-ship at Sheerness, having given their parole not to serve against England during the pre sent war, have been permitted to engage themselves a , mariners, to assist in the navigation of British merchant ships to Australia. COMFORTS FOR THE CRIMEA. The Lady Franklin sailing transport sailed from Spit head yesterday morning with a heavy shipment of sup plies, amounting to about 800 tons of biscuit, beef, pork, rum, and hay for the Crimea. Above 1,000 pairs of the new boots to be worn by soldiers in the Crimea, extremely watertight and im penetrable to snow-water, and principally for these at work in the trenchee, have been sent to the Ordnance stores at the Tower by the contractors. The boots are made of cowhide, manufactured on a peculiar principle, being stretched to its full extent and well hammered ; there is then laid on a coating of some fluid which ren ders the leather extremely pliable ; the soles are about three sixteenths of an inch in thickness, and the legs of the boots reach above the wearer's calves. There are several thousand pairs ordered, and those at present in the stores will be sent out by the first conveyance to the Crimea. CLASSES 1. St. John's, 3 ; Christ Church, 3 ; University, 2 ; Balliol, 2 ; Worcester, 1 ; Magdalen Hall, 1 ; Porn. broke, 1 ; Corpus Christi, 1 ; Trinity. 1 ; Exeter, 1 ; Magdalen College, 1. GLAXSES 2. Balliol, 4 ; Oriel, 3 ; Christ Church, 2 ; St. John's, 2 ; St. Alban Hall, 1 ; Merton, 1 ; Magdalen College, 4 ; Lincoln, 1 ; New College, 1. CLASSES 3. Wadham, 2 ; Trinity, 1 ; Pembroke, 1 ; Banjo], 1 ; Brasenose, 1 ; Worcester, 1 ; Christ Church, 2. CLASSES 4. Christ Church, 3 ; Jesus, 2 ; University, 1 ; Brase nose' 3 ; Oriel, 2 ; Queen, 2 ; Magdalen Hall, 1 ; Pem broite, ; Lincon, 2 ; 1 ; St. John's, 1 ; Magdalen College, 2 ; Corpus Christi, 1 ; Wadham, 1 ; St. Edmund. Hall, 1. In the school of natural science and jurisprudence no class was awarded. The number of passulea was two only. RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH THE WEST OF IRE LAND.—The railway publio and shareholders of the Dundalk and Enniskillen, Drogheda, Belfast Junction, and Ulster Companies will learn with satisfaction that the Parliamentary warfare of last session between these companies will not be revived. The lines then pro moted for connecting the great northern and western districts by the Belfast and West of Ireland Company and the Dundalk and Enniskillen Company are now to be carried out by the Ulster and Dundalk Companies, assisted by the Drogheda and Belfast Junction Compa. nies, the route being from Armagh to Cavan, via Mona ghan, Cootehi:l, and Rockcorry. We understand that arrangements are concluded for the removal of the seat of management from Dundalk to Dublin, to be under the joint control of the subscribing companies. C~ half-an-hour during which th e fi re o f the mu s k e t r y was incessant, the Russians began to retire, and the batteries from the town then cast rapid volle3 of grape and shell against the Positions of the co vering parties of the batteries. The g roun d ap peared to be most warmly contested in the direc tion of the French advanced works, as the fire of musketry continued for some time in that situation after it had ceased altogether in the ravine where it had first commenced. Upwards of an hour had passed before the attack was sufficiently silenced for the regiments to return to their camps. The day is 113 W sunny, bright, and warm. It appears as if we were again about to be favoured with a duration of fine and favourable weather for the siege operations. THE BLACK SEA. OFF SEBASTOPOL, Dec. 12. Since the sortie of the two steamers from Sebas topol on the 6th inst. the Russian fleet has re mained quiet. It is, indeed, reported that move ments have been observed in the ha r b our , as if th e fleet w as -preparing to come out, that the vessels had set their topgallantniasts, and that an unusual degree o f activity was prevailing, but hitherto no thing- has occurred, except the little affair of the other .day. A steamer, supposed to be the Vladimir, came out under the cover of the batteries, while another was hovering about close to the sunken vessels. The first, unheeding the French frigate Megere, which was cruising outside, went close in shore to Strelitzka Bay, where another French steamer and a mortar-vessel were lying, and began to blaze away at the French left attack, directed against the Quarantine Fort, and the loopholod and bastioned wall which surrounds the town on the west side. As soon as this was observed the Valorous and Ter rible got their steam np, but before they could well come within reach of the Russiansteamer this latter had retired under the batteries on the south Bide. The Valorous, which has only come up lately, went rather too far in pursuit, and the forts opened their fire on her. A few shots struck her, but she suf fered no serious damage. This sortie proved, if nothing else, at least that there is a passage left for ships to come out between the sunken vessels, so that if the Russians were de termined to attempt a sortie with their fleet they could do it ; but the vessels are sunk so close to each other that only one at a time could come out. The range, however, of the forts would, on the other hand, enable them to form under the cover of their fire, and thus meet the combined fleets, which, as you will easily believe, are eager for such an encounter. Heavy south and south-west winds are still the prevailing feature in the weather, but they have lost a good deal of their former fury. The anchorage at the Katcha has been entirely given up, and all the liners which lay there after the departure of the three-deckers are now anchored outside of the double bay of Char sonesus, where the Agamemnon rode out the fearful gale of the 14th ult. Chersonesus-bay is formed by two indentations in the coast running nearly parallel to each other, and separated only by a narrow tongue of land. It forms thus two distinct bays, of which the one nearest to the cape, called Karatch-bay, is now taken up by the Eng lish fleet, while the other, Kamiesh-bay, has served from the beginning, as the landing-place of the French. Karatch-bay, although not quite so well protected as Kamiesh-bay, because the land around is lower and the entrance more open, is still infinitely superior to the Katcha as an anchorage, for, with the exception of a north-westerly gale, they have nothing to fear from wind and weather. The holding ground is, however, very unequal. In some places there is nothing to be found but the bare rock, while in others you meet with shoals in the middle of the bay. But the place has been surveyed and buoys laid down, so that there is no thing to fear on that score, while the distance from this bay to the entrance of Sebastopol is about the same as from the Katcna, and thus the fleet can bo up just as soon, if not sooner, should the Russians attempt to come out. A few days ago I went to the Monastery of St. George and the village of Karani, where all the remainine , inhabitants of the villages south of Sebas topol are kept. After the departure of the 73 per sons to Yalta there are still 380 men, women, and children remaining. Having no means of subsist ence, they are fed by the allies, a supply of flour found at Balaklava being partly applied for this purpose. Karani is a snug little village on the road from Balaklaya to the Monastery of St. George. Its inhabitants, like the rest of the Greek colonies in the south of the Crimea, although be longing to the Oriental church, are not incorpo rated with the Russian-Orthodox Church, but have their •wn clergy. The other day a curious proof of this was furnished by the priest of the village of Karani himself. The dragoman attached to the colonel of the French Gendarmerie, who is living in the village, fell in love with a Greek girl, and, without asking his superior's leave, in duced the priest of Karani to marry them. Next day he presented himself, with his young wife, to the colonel, who had him sent to Con stantinople to enjoy his honeymoon. The colonel wanted likewise to give the priest some good advice, but this latter, very likely too much accustomed to Russian ways, thought it safest to run, and he disappeared, leaving his flock to get on as best it could. The French colonel now proposed to have one of the Russian monks from the monastery to perform service, but the people declined, asserting that they were not of the same rite. Besides the French detachment, a part of the English Commissariat is quartered in the village. You cannot doubt this ; as soon as you approach, wretched mules adrift, others lying dead on the ground, broken carts and wheels speak plainly enough for themselves. Of course, there must be scarcity in the means of transport. The broken carts von may easily believe soon find other owners, and I have heard French soldiers say, " Is it not better that we should burn them rather than leave them rotting in the mud ?" In the French Com missariat the mules are regularly picketed, lard ca valry or artillery horses, and counted every day, if a cart is wanted it is left to the goodwill of a lazy Maltese or Bulgarian to r eplace it; the conse quence is that th e French Commissariat and ambu lance mules are strong and healthy, while Englisi Commissariat mules are vanishing without anybody asking what has become of them. Until lately the mules belonging to the English Commissariat were dispersed in the whole village of Karani ; now the village is divided in two parts—one occupied by the French detachment, the other by the English Commissariat. You may imagine how things must have gone when I tell you that the French had to make a representation about the shameful sluggish. ness in the English Commissariat at Karani. Since the departure of the first transport of Greek villagers to Yalta several others have expressed their wish to follow their example ; but, of course, one cannot have a steamer ready for every single individual ; but, if they should wish it en masse, I suppose th e y w ill get a steamer aga i n . It will be a relief, for it will be so many less men to feed. There are some Greek families likewise in the Monastery of St. George. This monastery, chosen with the usual cleverness which monks of all coun tries and ages display in the choice of their dwelling places, is situated on the precipitous side of a lit tle bay running in from Cape Feolente ; it seems evidently an institution getting into fashion, for everywhere you see traces of new, half-finished buildings, while even those which are completed seem quite new. There are now 15 monks re maining ; 12 others are with the Russian army, where they do business as chaplains. The monas tery is guarded by a body of Zouaves under a ger jeant, and there was some intention of converting it into an hospital, but the gale of the 14th has un roofed nearly all the houses and even torn down the iron plates from the church roof, so that the re pairings would give quite as much trouble as the building of a wooden shed for the same purpose. During the gale the Zouaves, as well as all the rest of the inmates, had to retire to the " hespitium," an out-building erected for the accommod a ti on o f pious pilgrims who come to drink the delicious waters of the St. George's Well, of mi racu l o us power, and implore the chivalrous saint's proteb tien. For an ordinary traveller the beauty of the spot would be quite sufficient reward. Even now, tinges aces, huge rocks, ,- it is one of the l ove li est spots w a l i t t h h o u itsgh imaginable, whiteaces, h e v i t e a r y t e thing rr wears the bleak autumnal and dark woods overlooking the wide expanse of the Engine. It is a place.as if made for silent contemplation, and, even while the fury of neighbourhood, the loud reports of the heavy siege guns scarcely ever penetrate to this retired spot. Among the new arrivals at the fleet is th Curacoa, 30, screw, which joined two days ago. Tai Noon PIGEON.—A circumstance has just oc curred in the neighbourhood of Canterbury which af fords irrefragabla proof of the destructive capabilities of the wood pigeon. One of these birds was shot last week in Clowes's-wood, in the parish of St. Stephen, and, upon examining its crop, it was found to contain no less than,937 grains of wheat, besides 94 tares, show. ing that it had found good quarters and had availed its self of , the advantages afforded. We may probably next year be in a position to record the produce of the grain thus discovered, as Mr. Bedwell, of Breton-court, has sown it distinct from his other crops, in order to ascertain the quantity of corn capable of being pro. duced from the consumption of a single wood pigeon South-Eastern Gazette, ~ ~~_ ~. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. THE most appropriate offerings for the ap proaching Season of Festivity are those which tend to the promotion of Health and Personal Attraction : none can be more acceptable than ROWLANDS' MACASSAR OIL, for imparting a transcendent lustre to the hair, and sustaining it in decorative charm. ROWLANDS' KALYDOR mparts a radiant bloom to the Cheek, and a delicacy and softness to the Hands, Arms, and Neck; and ROWLANDS' ODONTO, OR PEARL DENTIFRICE, bestows on the Teeth a pearl-like whiteness, and renders the Breath sweet and pure. 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