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THEATRE ROYAL HATMARZ.ET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, DEC. 19, Will be performed the Comedy of PRESENTED AT COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, W. Farrell, and Howe ; Misses Reynolds, E. Chaplin, Grantham, and Lavine. After which, the Ba'let of THE STIR OF ANDALUSIA, in which Senora Perea Mena will appear. To which wl.l be added THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Followed by THE IRISH LION. To conclude THE STAR OF CITRRA, by the Spanish Dancers. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES KRAIG THIS EVENING. Die. 19, Will be presented FAUST AND 3IARGUERITE. Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, David F isher, Raymond, Cathcart, and faker ; Mrs. Wlnstardey, Misses C. Lederer', Daly, *ma K. Terry. Followed by C HARLE 3 THE SECOND. Principal c haracters by Messrs W. Lacy, Vining, Addiso n, and Cathcart ; Misses Murray ani Heath. To conclude with DEAF AS A POST. LTCELT3I THEATRE. THIS EVE..gr.:SG, D. 10, Will be performe4 AGOICA.VITING SAM. Principal characters by Messr.i. C. Mathews, itox.by, Itake , r, Swan, Williams, and Ma nna Misses ,liver and 11. Gordon. pleton Mrs. Macnatn Ira, To which will be added thenew Comic Drama, called A COMICAL TWO IIEAOS ARE BETTER THANT ONE. To be followed by To conclude with the Farce entitled M 1 FELLOW CLERK. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. proprietor, Mr. 13. Webster.—Directrcss, madame Celeste. TIM EVENING, DEC. 19, Will be pert, rmed an entire new Rustic Drama callol PIERRE THE FOUNDLING, Supported by Messrs. R. Webster and Kee ley, and Mrs. Keeley and Miss Wcolgar. I ,, !lowed by BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. Alter which, a new Farce called THE SLOW MAN. To which will be added a new Farce, entitled THE RAILWAY BELLE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEkTRR. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVEIiING, DEc. 19 Wlllbe presentedanew Comedietta,cdled A WIFE'S JOURNAL Characters by Messrs Brown, Emery, Harcourt, and Leslie; and Mrs. Brown, and Miss Maskeil. To be followed by THE BEULAII SPA. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, and H. Cooper; Miss Marston, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Fitzallaa, and Miss Julia St. George. To conclude with THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Ailed Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and Gladstone; Miss Julia St. George, and Miss Emily Ormonie. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATItt. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The Wonderful PE aFORMILG ELEPHINT3 for this week cnly ! TIIIS EVENING, THE BATTLE of TILE ALMA! After which, the varied SCENES in the CIRCLE, Also, the Wonderful PERFORMING ELEPHANTS, whose asto nishing sagacity and indescrioable deveiopement of the reasoning* f,►culty have been the theme of universal admiration, To conclude with the MARRIED BAC iTIELOIt. N.P. —A MORNING PERFORMANCE consisting of the New Comic PentonMite and Scenes in the Arena, will take place on TIIESD.A.Y, 26. h (Boxing Day) at Two o'clock. IEI wATzr. AT LONDON B 1 DG Tins DAT —Morning 51 rain.after 12 I Evening 16 rala.aft. 1 To- ioaa,,w • liii;raiLig 39 min.aiter 1 ftvening 4 atin.art. 2 TIUS WEATHER.—Smc Onto, Dec. 19. I`IIZILMOMETTIR, 111 THE STIADE. 43—highest since noon yesterday. 36—lowest this morning and during the night. 39—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29 82. WIND, N.N.W.—Light breeze, with fine frosty sun shiny weather. e r - ,44 3 t ~~~~,, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1854. The Foreign Enlistment Bill last night passed the House of Lords, and received its first reading in the Rouse of Commons. No division was taken. The' objections that had previously been so strongly presaed. by Lords DEBBY, ELLEN BOROUGH, and other Noble Lords, were repeated, 'kit they professed themselves altisited with the former vote, and sought no further trial of strength. It is, however, generally supposed that the result might have been very different had Lord DERBY availed himself of the proxies placed at his disposal, and which it is rumoured were sufficient to have swamped the bill. It was, however, resolved, whether judiciously or other wise, to leave to the House of Commons the re sponsibility of dealing with the measure, which is one of the most unpopular with all parties ever brought under the consideration of Parliament. This evening the matter will be fully discussed by the Representatives of the people. They will have to decide a serious question, one that is even more obnoxious to the Liberal members who generally support the Government than it is to those ordinarily opposed to their views. Of tie many who will undoubtedly support the bill, a large proportion will do so with deep pain and sorrow. They will esteem it, at the best, a choice of evils—a most unpleasant and distaste ful alternative. On the one side, there is a matter that strikes at the very root of the British Constitution—that is also derogatory to the honour and opposed to the feelings and wishes of the people —we use the term emphatically —of all classes in the United Kingdom. On whatever other points they may differ, there is, at least, a general concurrence of opinion that England may be defended by the Eng lish, and that Queen VICTORIA requires no foreign mercenaries to occupy the station which there are many gallant fellows in what were once the three kingdoms, but are now indissolubly united, ready to occupy. That the deep slight thus cast upon those who have proved their bravery and efficiency in all ages, and who sealed their testimony with their blood at Alma, Balaklava, and Inkerman so recently must be universally acknowledged. We want England for the English, not for the "Germans." We do not desire the occupation of our country, even under the most specious pro fessions—the most plausible promises. The new troops are not wanted for defence. That proposition has been altogether abandoned, and a special clause been introduced to prevent the possibility of such an outrage to the feelings of every true-hearted native of the British Islands, as the employment in our garri sons of men "alien in habits, in language, and possibly in religion." But the slur still remains of thinking that their aid is required—if not for protection, at least for the vindication of the wrongs. of those who had afforded ample proofs of their power to act in their own behalf. We place ourselves in the category of women, children, the aged and infirm, by procuring cham- Pions to fight the battles which we thereby admit ourselves to be unable to contest. These are mat tern exciting thoughts that must rankle in every British heart, and cause a bitter feeling to arise a g ainst those who have brought the bill forward, and press for its adoption. On the other hand, and_we readily give place to the arguments that have been urged on the other side, it is exceedingly desirable to avoid a course that must involv e the necessity of a dis- Parliament an d a so lution of general electi on . Of such a proceeding a The expense a nd turmoil should, if poss ible, be avoided at a time when there is quite sufficient excitement without it in the country. We swa llow the leek, and, lik e the renowned Pistol, gc we eat, and eke w o Swear. " Whether the difficulty be worth the exp ense at which it must be purchased i s a matter of taste. w e confess that, in our judgment, the price is too high, even for the blessing of retaining the services of Lord ABERDEEN at the head of affairs. This night the question will be asked of the popular branch of the Legislature, and ou the answer then returned will depend whether the introduc tionof the sharp end of the wedge will be tolerated, and that allowed which was refused to the third , WILLIAM in the very hey-day of his pride, at the very moment when ho was the champion of a uccessful revolution, and when the country was torn by civil dissensions and intestine commo tions. We earnestly hope that their decision will be such as to prove most conducive to the honour and interests of this country. Why not pay our gallant Allies, the French, for a large extra number to settle the question 7 They have plenty troops, all ready, and brave as they are willing. We have it now on the authority of Lord CLARENDON himself, that General HESS really did obstruct the movements of OMER PACHA in the Principalities. " We received from tke Austrian Government the fullest assurance that no difficulty should be put in the way of the Turks in their pursuit of the Russians into whatever part they pleased, or in their crossing into Bessarabia ; still great complaints arose, and hindrances were put in, the way of 031 ER PACaA." Not only this, but so serious were they, that England and France immediately remonstrated in the strongest manner. Austria met them with regrets, and professed ignorance of the deeds of her Generals ; and Count Buon graciously arranged for a mixed commission at Vienna, consisting of himself and one member for each of the Allies, to hear the complaints, and to answer them satisfactorily. Here, then, we have on the best evidence proof that Austria kept Russia at ease on the Pruth, and liberated the reinforcements, who, under the inspiration of superstition and brandy, assaulted our position at Inkerman. Lord CLARENDON is now witness for the slain on the sth of November that Austria was a contributor to the slaughter of that day. It is, indeed, very questionable whether, if Austria had not entered the Princi palities, Russia dare have moved sufficient troops to the Crimea to have hazarded the attack at Inkerman. True, the miserable defence is, that " the Austrian representative at Constantinople, and the Austrian Generals in the Principalities were not acting in accordance with their in structions, but contrary to them." But can Lord CLARENDON believe such diplomatic palaver? Does he not know that the servants of such de spotic Governments as Austria are all trained to be birched for Royal delinquencies, and to bear the disgrace of disobedience to orders, when to publish the orders themselves would discredit of incon venience their Governments ? Least of all, will any one believe that the Court which could at the same time order Jellachich to attack Hungary, and yet denounce him to Hungary as a traitor, and even order the Hungarians to attack him, could hesi tate for a moment to give orders to its generals, which it would utterly disavow when they were found to work inconveniently. Even Lord CLARENDON was not prepared to deny that Aus tria " might have used her moans to a greater extent." Verily, she might. Had she done her duty in the Principalities Sebastopol would have fallen before now ; and yet Lord CLARENDON speaks of his persuasion, that Austria would take the course pointed out by her " dignity, her honour, and her interests !" The dignity and honour of a perjured, evasive, shuffling, and cow ardly Government toe cannot understand. That she will take the course pointed out by her in terests, meaning thereby the very quintessence of the meanest selfishness, we are as confident as his Lordship CATI be. The Treaty is waste paper. But all calculations founded on whe.t. the narrowest save-skin policy may dictate, are solid grounds in predicting the course of Austria. We cannot help connecting with Austrian re lations to the Principalities and to Inkerman, a reference to the dogged secrecy of our Govern ' went as to the sources whence the proposed foreign troops are to be obtained. " Who—as Lord ELLENBOROUGH asks—are these foreigners to be?" We share the common curiosity, and we have already uttered our surmises. Are the Anti-Russian battalions of Hanover, or of Saxe- Coburg itself, or the troops of Prussia, gl swing with ardour for European independence, to be in vited to the Crimea ? Is there to be an indiscrimi nate enlistment of all whom their Governments will allow to join us, and are we thus to form some Legions of those whom they are afraid of at home? Very convenient, perhaps, to throw them upon Russian bayonets, and to send them to Sebastopol under orders similar to those which accompanied Udall. Or—are we going to take some Austrian troops by a round-about pro cess into our pay, and if subsidies cannot be voted openly, are they to be paid covertly ; money's worth instead of money ? So confiding does our Ca binet seem in her dear Ally that we cannot doubt Austrian mercenaries would be welcome enough. One thing, however, forbids. These foreigners, for some mysterious reason, are to come to Eng land—and the countrymen of HAYNALT well know the terrors of Bankside, and of English draymeu. Indeed we believe that it would be most im prudent to bring any foreign troops but Poles and Turks, who need not come here to drill within sight of our populace. The people will never believe that German soldiers, and German officers especially, have the courage or the inclination to fight against the CZAR. To land troops of the Russianised German States in this country would be to put them in the pillory. Mr. GLADSTONE we know to be chary of money, and unwilling to get it in the old fashion ; but what with the clever secrecy with which this bill was kept till it dropped unexpectedly upon Parliamen;, and the secrecy as is the intended source of foreign re cruits, it really does seem as if it was intended to steal a march upon us, and to attain some object to which publicity would be fatal. The Duko of NEWCASTLE says that the secrecy is really not towards the people of England, but • towards the Emperor of RUSSIA. Well, a short time will show us. LIVERPOOL, Monday.—The United States' mail steam . ship Atlantic, which put back on Saturday night with damage to her rudderhea(l, started this morning at nine o'clock for New York, after having repaired the rudder. She carries out abuut 90 passengers and the usual snails. This is the first departure of the Collins line under the new arrangement, which, notwithstanding the with drawal of several of the Cunard ateamers tor transport service, secures a weekly communication with North America. The stoam-ship Baltic, with the New York mails of the 9th inst., may be expected to arrive to morrow evening. SOUTHAMPTON, Monday, Dec. 18.—The gigantic new graving sock at this port was opened for general busi ness this morning, by the admission of the General Screw steam-ship Crcesus, of 2,500 tons register. This large ship was placed in her proper position, the pumping engines started, and the whole of the water pumped out in three hours, including a stoppage of 10 minutes. At the commencement of the operation there was a depth of 25 feet 4 inches of water. This dock, the largest :n the world, is 400 feet long by 88 feet wide, and is capable of taking the largest ships ever yet built. Vessels of the class of the Crcesus can be admitted at low water. It has been built at a cost of about 65,0001., under the superintendence of Mr. Alfred Giles, the engi neer of the Southampton Dock Company. The pumping engines of 100-horse power, are constructed by Messrs. Mandalay, Sons, and Field. It is anticipated that the txigencies of war will send a large number of the largest class ship s o f war to b e overhauled i n th i s d oc k , an d i n the adjoining one, which has been some years in use, t e andheaen-v terms,di na s u n ln :ktr able of receiving ships of 3,000 tons. inE n L eon t re c li v Evssrs.— This gallant officer, of whom s g eP o a f rr the first Newcastle r has written in such glowing tn i s e a d to several of our Scotch families, Viscount Arbuthnott, a lineal des- Mrs. Paterson Rollo, of oun n t n Arbuthnott, and niece of many yooacrksb.urun,orwbitrhabwehroims Ad.she resided in this city for miral Alexander Dundas Young Arbuthnott, Knight of Charles 111. And San Fernando, who was one of out, gallant midshipmen at Tr a f a l gar. -- Edinburgh, couninc. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 18. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, walked in the Home park this morning. The Princess Royal and Princess Alice rode i❑ the Riding-house. His Royal Highness Prince Albert went to London by a special train of the South-Western Railway, for the purpose of presiding at a meeting of the Royal Commission for the Patriotic Fund. His Royal High ness was attended by Major• General the Hon. Charles Grey, and Capt. the Hon. D. de Ros. The Duke of Newcastle and Viscount Palmerston, accompanied the Prince to London. The meeting was held in the Palace at Westminster at 11 o'clock. Present—His Royal Highness Prince Albert, K.G., the Duke of Newcastle, the Earl of Derby, Earl Nelson, Earl Grey, Viscount Palmerston, Lord Rokeby, Lord Colchester, Lord St. Leonards, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Hon. Col. Lindsay, the Right Hon. Sir James Graham, the Right Hon. Henry Lowry Corry, the Right Hon. Vernon Smith, the Right Hon. Edward Ellice, the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Sir Robert Throckmorton, Bart., the Lord Mayor, Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., Mr. John Gillibrand Hubbard, Mr. John Wilson Patten, and Mr. John Ball, M.P. ; Captain Edmund Gardiner Fish ; bourne, R.N., and Captain John Henry Lefroy, R.A., honorary secretaries. The meeting broke up at two o'clock. Prince Albert returned to the Castle at three o'clock. The ViscOuntess Palmerston and Major-General Bar nard left the Castle to-day. The Duke of Rutland has arrived at Stanton Wood house, Derbyshire, from Belvoir Castle. His Grace is entertaining a select circle of friends. The Duke and Duchess of Wellington have left town for Strathfieldsaye for the Christmas holidays. The Marquis of Salisbury leaves town to-morrow, for Hatfield House, Herts. Lord Robert Cecil, M.P., leaves the following day for the family seat. The Earl of Powis has left town for Powis Castle, near Welshpool, where the Countess (Dowager) and the Ladies Herbert are at present staying. The Earl of Yarborough leaves Arlington•street to day, on his return to Brocklesby Hall, Lincolnshire. The Earl and Countess of Errol have left Mr. and Lady Agnes Duff's residence, on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Campden. The Earl and Countess of Darnley have left Farrance's Hotel for Cobham Hall, Kent. - Viscount Wellesley has left the Clarendon for Strath. fieldsaye, on a visit to the Duke of Wellington. Lord and Lady Lyndhurst have left town for Tur ♦ille Park, near Maidenhead. The Right Hon. Sir J. Pakington and Lady Paking ton have left Farrance's Hotel, for their seat, near Droitwich. Lord John Russell has purchased Bare Homage, the seat of Sir John Littler, at Christchurch, in Hants. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston returned to their residence in Piccadilly yesterday, from a visit to the Queen at Windsor Castle. Despatches from the Governors of the North Ame rican Provinces, and also from the Governor of the Falkland Islands, were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office. Sir Alexander Spearman had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday at his official residence in Downing-street. Lord Goderich is detained from his Parliamentary duties by the illness of Lady Goderich, in the south of France. A deputation from the parish of St. Dunstan, Step ney, consisting of the Rev. Carter Smith, Mr. Church warden Patten, Mr. Courtenay (solicitor), Mr. Bathurst (vestry-clerk), and Mr. Ratcliff, had an inter view with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Home office. REPRESENTATION OP EAST GLOIIOESTERSRIRE. — Mr. R. S. Holford has addressed a letter from Genoa to the electors of East Gloucester, announcing his intention to stand for that division of tho county, upon Conserva tive principles. The Hon. Grantley Berkeley is spoken of as an opponent to the above-named gentleman. Colonel Cole opposed Lord Henry Loftus for Fer managh. TILE RED JACKET.—This vessel will sail for Australia on Saturday next from Liverpool. Letters intended for her will be in time if posted in London on Friday. They must be specially addressed " Per Red Jacket." RODEN.—The letters from Rouen state that, although the attendance of buyers in the market for manufac tures had increased, there was no material alteration in prices. - WINCHESTER COLLEGE.—THE GODDARD SCHOLAR. SHIP, 1854. —George Herbert Moberly (scholar) was elected on Saturday last to this scholarship. Exami ners—The Rev. Geo. Riding, M.A., fellow and tutor of Exeter College, and Mr. Henry Fumeaux, M.A., fellow and tutor of Corpus Christi College. Mr. Moberly is the son of the head master, and stood second in the exa mination of last year for the same scholarship. We subjoin the names of the next five of the competitors, in their order of merit :—J. K. J. Hichens, H. B. Georgen, W. F. Phillpotts, C. Mayo, F. R. Wickhann. The w 6 .' 1 4511 , by Mx. Pinlip B. Duncan for the en couragement of the study of the mathematical sciences in the school have been adjudged—the senior, to John K. J. Hichens, commoner ; second in merit, Hereford B. George, scholar, The junior, to Charles J. Manning, commoner ; second in merit, Alexander D'Arbly Bur- ney, commoner. RUSSIAN RECRUITING IN SWITZERLAND.—Accounts from _Berne state that a letter had been received by the master arinourer of Zurich, from M. de Colette, the Secretary of the Government at St. Petersburg, inviting workmen and armourers from Switzerland to join the Russian regiments. All expenses to their destination would be paid, with a salary of about 401. per annum, and they would be placed at the head of the workmen in the regiment. QUARANTINE NOTICE.--NEVIS, Nov. 28.—Fourteen days' quarantine from date of departure is enforced here upon vessels from Barbadoes, Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Trinidad, St. Kitt's, and Guadaloupe ; the last infected with yellow fever ; the rest with cholera. Bar badoes, St. Lucia, and Grenada, will soon be declared free from disease. THE PENINSULAR MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 16. — The mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gib raltar, which should be despatched on Monday, the 18th, from Southampton, will not leave until the warm ing day (Tuesday) in consequence of the late arrival of , the Iberia from the Peninsular ports ; no extra ship belonging to the Peninsular and Oriental Company being available, from the number of steamers engaged in the transport service, the delay of the mails in this instance is unavoidable. PRODUCE MARKETS.—The weekly reviews from the Anaakerdam and Rotterdam produce-markets mention that business, owing to the close of the year, had be come generally limited. In coffee, however, the opera tions had been slightly more active, and rates were well supported. Sales of rice had caused a partial decline, holders exhibiting less confidence. The transactions in sugar had not been numerous, but the quotations were firmly maintained. QUARTZ ROCK MARIPOSA GOLD MINING COMPANY. —At a meeting of this company, held yesterday, resolu tions were passed authorising the directors to raise 20,0001. on debentures, payable from first profits, for the purpose of giving effect to the recommendations in the report of Mr. J. A. Philips. One-fourth of the required sum has already been subscribed by the Board and their supporters. DEPARTURES PROM TEE PORT OF LONDON.—The de partures for the Australian colonies during the week have comprised fifteen vessels—six to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 4,491 tons ; three to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 3,392 tons ; three to Ade laide, with an aggrega t e bu r d en o f 1,639 tons ; one tc The eheir rates total of capacity tons ; and was orie to consequently Launceston, New Zealand, o f 617 t ons ; one t o H o b ar t Town, of 494 2 t0n5.419 tons. s . freight continue to exhibit general heaviness. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN.—The report published yester day, says a correspondent of a contemporary, respecting the discovery by Dr. Kane's Arctic party of the frozen bodies of Sir John Franklin and his men may be regarded by some persons as entitled to credit ; but Dr. Kane's expedition, having for its object the exploration of the seas and lands north of Baffin's Bay, it is manifestly ab surd that letters should have been transmitted from the expedition to Lake Superior, whence it appears that the intelligence has been received. Although the Lake Su perior Mining News declares its belief in the report which it publishes it is clearly unworthy of confidence. THE hum CHUM/H.—Some valuable church prefer. ments have just fallen vacant by the death, on Saturday morning, of the Ven. Thomas Magee, Archdeacon of Kilmacduagh, incumbent of St. Thomas's, in this city, &o. The deceased was one of the sons of the late cele brated William Magee, Archbishop of Dublin, and, until a recent period, was a prominent and active supporter of the extreme Protestant party in this country. Although " Grand Chaplain" of the Orange Institute, and a strong political partisan, Archdeacon Magee, as rector of one of the largest metropolitan parishes, was by no means unpopular among those who most widely differed from him In matters pertaining either to Church or State. A kind, though eccentrio, manner disharmed hostility in adverse quarters, and few of any religious sect could be found who entertained other than a friendly feeling towards him. His probable successor in the in cumbency of St. Thomas's parish—valued at nearly 1,0001. per annum—will, according to rumour, be the Rev. Charles Stuart Stanford, incumbent of St. Michan's. THE QUEEN'S IJNIVERsrrY IN IRELAND.—The report on the condition ant' progress of this institution, from September, 1853, to August, 1854, has been presented to both Houses of Parliament, by command of her Majesty. The examinations for 1853 commenced on the 29th of September, and were mainly conducted by printed papers. Of those who presented them selves for examination for degrees, diplomas, and honours eight were rejected. It has been decided that the rejection of a candidate by any one examiner is fatal, and cannot be overruled by a majority of the rest. The Senate has not yet been able to arrive at any conclusion as to the expediency or propriety of making my modifications in the course cf education now pre scribed, as suggested by a committee of non -subscribing Presbyterians and the professors of the Queen's College. Ad eundem, degrees will be conferred, but the greatest care is to be exercised in so doing. The examination for the B.A. degrees includes Latin and Greek, modern lan -1 guages, and English literature, mathematics, logic, me taphysics, chemistry, natural philosophy, zoology and botany, physical geography, jurisprudence, and political economy. In Oct., 1853, 9 persons obtained degrees of M.D., 11 degrees of M.A., 25 degrees of 8.A., 1 a de gree of LL.B., and 2 diplomas of law and agriculture ; aa - persons obtained honours in the various departments. of study. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 19, 18b4 CHRIST'S HOSPITAL.-(THIS DAY.) This morning a court was holden for the purpose of receiving the report from the Committee of Almoners, and also to take into cot aideration, pursuant to an order of the last court, a report from a Committee of Almoners, dated Nov. 7, nominating or recommending to the general court six governors to be placed on the committee of the hospital, and also four governors to be appointed auditors of aecounts, in the room of those who go off, pursuant to order of court of the 23d Jan., 1335. The names of the governors who go off were Alder man Thompson, Alderman Hooper, and R. S. Cox, deceased, C. B. Baldwin, H.q., G. Vaughan, Esq., and G. Forbes, Esq. The formal business as to returning gentlemen named as governors having been transacted, Mr. RUSSELL GURNEY moved as an amendment to the reception of the report above-mentioned, the fol lowing resolution :-- "That the further consideration of this report, so far as it relates to the election of the committee of almoners, be adjourned, and that it be referred to a select com mittee to inquire and report whether any, and if any, what changes are desirable in the constitution, powers, and duties of the committee of almoners." Mr. BAGGALLT, jun., begged to second the proposition of Mr. R. Gurney. After some discussion, the treasurer having put the amendment, it was carried by a large majority. A GOVERNOR then moved that the number of the committee for the present be 13, and be constituted as follows :—The treasurer, four foundation governors, four from the committee of almoners, and four from the dona- on governors. The proposition having proceeded as far as the elec ion of the treasurer, who was unanimously elected, A discussion ensued as to the composition of the committee. Mr. HELPS moved that one half of the committee be composed of donation governors. Mr. CAREW GlBSONseconded the amendment. The TREASURER put the amendment of Mr. Helps as follows :—That six members of the committee be taken from the general body of governors, who are neither almoners nor foundation governors. The amendment was put to the court and lost. The election of the committee mentioned in the amendment of Mr. Baggally was then proceeded with, and Archdeacon Hale, Mr. Baggally, Mr. Thomson Hankey, Mr. Darby, Ald. Lawrence, Ald. Wire, and Ald. Finnis had been elected when our report left. The following resolution was also on the paper, but the amendment of Mr. Baggally was understood to be substituted for it : "That a committee be appointed to take into consi deration what alteration it may be desirable to make in the constitution of the committee of Althoners, especially as to the relations at present existing between that body and the office of head master, with a view of revising the same. That such committee do report as speedily as possible to a special court of governors to be convened for the purpose." MARYLEBONE ELECTION (THIS DAY.) STATE OF THE POLL. NINE O'CLOCK. Lord Ebrington Mr. Bell HALF•PAST NINH. Lord Ebrington. Mr. Bell.. o'CLooK. 1,439 2,027 1,269 HALF PAST TEN. Lord Ebrington Mr. Bell.. Lord Ebrington Mr. Bell . 1,600 ELEVIAN O'CLOCK. Lord Ebringtoa Mr. Bell HALF-PAST ELEVEN Lord Ebrington Mr. Bell.. 3,101 1,925 3,580 2,238 TWELVE O'CLOCK. Lord Ebrington Mr. 8e11... 2,472 HALM-PAST TWELVIL Lord Ebrington Mr. Bell ORS o'4ol.i:ram. Lord Ebrington 4,711 Mr. Bell 8,938 4,357 2,709 HALF-PAST ONR. L prd Ebrington Mr. 801 l 5, 023 3,143 Majority fur Lord Ebrington, 1,880 THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITIO.N. THE PROGRESS OF THE PALACE. The oak flooring is laid down throughout the splendid galleries ; the glazing of the building is everywhere finished, save at the two extremities of the grand hall or avenue, which remain to be filled up with painted windows, upon which a large sum of money has been expended. That part of the building which is least ad vanced is the grand entrance ; but the delay is attri butable to the fact that the original entrance has been pulled down by order of the Emperor, to make way for a more imposing structure. At the corners of the building there are beautifully sculptured rooms, destined, it is thought, to receive refreshments for visitors. As evidence of the vigour with which it is possible to carry on building operations in Paris, we may here state that when the Palais de l'lndustrie began to rise above ground, one thousand workmen brought upon the ground and fixed no less than four hundred tons of stone per day. At the present time the contractors have eight hundred men employed, all Frenchmen. In this building the Owen Jones system of colouring has been tried, and has failed. It has been definitively set aside ; and various greys have been adopted for the internal decoration, which have this advantage indisput ably, viz , that they will heighten the effect of the ma terials to be exhibited. It is this consideration which has determined the authorities to adhere to greys ; and the effect is neither dull, nor tame. The space for which England has applied is so great that were it all granted the great hall of the Palais de l'lndustrie would exactly- suit the requirements of all British exhibitors, leaving the active populations of other countries to take shelter under the galleries, or in the supplementary building. H av i n g made our way through the confused heaps of planks and other building materials which still lie about the ground of the great hall, we emerged from the palace on the river side. We proeeeded through the workmen's sheds, where steam saws were cutting huge logs of timber like paper, where ingenious contrivances fashioned grooves in thin planks as accurately as any workman could make them—and where the air was impregnated with the fresh odour of new wood. As we passed along the narrow alley between the hissing, roaring machines, they threw jets of chipsandsawdust angrily upon us. The workmen seemed all to welcome the presence of one of the contracting firm —a good sign, I thought, which does credit to both employer and employed. We passed on through a timber yard to the great gallery. As we apprc ached we were infoemed that the gallery we were about to enter was the longest in th e wor ld. It is, within a few yards, three quarters of a mile in length. at s the not Seven weeks ago this remarkable building wa begun : now, the visitor standing at one extre m ity o f it sees a point of light about as large as a shilling oppo,,ite end. Already all the timber work is nearly finished ; already at one end the glaziers are very busy. At the present time there are no preparations for warm ing the palace, nor apparently for lighting it; and it appears that the company have not determined upon the uses to which they will devote the building after October next. It appears certain, however, that it will not be a winter garden, nor is it adapted for this pur pose. The light comes in from the top only—for a win ter garden it should come in on all sides. The Emperor has already visited the works many times. AN ACUTE SWINDLER. —At the Liverpool police-court, on Tuesday, a novel system of obtaining money under false pretences was elicited. It appeared that Richard Bell, a beer-house keeper, had been in the habit of asking c aptains of American ships the price of a voyag e ou t, and on b e i ng i n f orm ed, of saying, " Well, I'll pay you 2/. o n acc „ nt. ,, He presents an ackno w l e d gment written i n penc il , an d obtains the master's n ame i n i n k . When th e ship has sailed he erases the pencil marks, and m akes a bill out for work done on board the vessel, which he prese n ts to the consignees, who, seeing the captain's a u th or ity, pay without demur. In this man ner the pri soner had rece i ve d 521. from Mess rs . B owman, Grinn e ll , and Co., but, on presen ti ng a secon d bi ll, he was given i n t o cus t o dy, and as there were several si m il ar c ases against hi m to be inquired into, his further exami nation was adjourned to this morning.--Albion. F ATAL RAILWAY ACCIDWIT.—CharIes H orn , one of the g oo d s guards on the Edinburgh and Glasgow lostßail sWtaaytironin Q Lis ue life en_ s t o r n e e N t V . e d ne Horn,sd a y who in w the tunnelas twenty-two at th e years of age, unmarried, and belon ge d t o T ranent , b a d been all the previous night upon the line doing duty, and about half-past ten o'clock in the forenoon was pursuing his way on foot down through the tunnel to the stati_m, contrary, as s;,id, to an express rule which forbids all foot-passage in that way. An engine and t ender, which was also passing down the tunnel, over took him, running him over. The driver in charge of the engine felt a jolting, which he ascribed to a bad joint on the rails, but, on stopping to examine, the mangled body o f t h e poor f e ll ow was found entangled among the wheels. Death must have been instantaneous ; one of the arms was off, and the clothes were literally stripped off the body, and had got twisted in shreds around the wheels. It appeared strange that one of the officials should have thus flagrantly blundered in the very face of a precaution which all connected with the line ought to set an example,—Nort4 British Dailg go. lAATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. VIENNA, MONDAY MORNING. The Morgen, Post of Vienna states, under date Odessa, the 14th, that the Russians are trans porting their treasures and archives from the Pruth into the interior. General Liprandi has been deprived of his command for a fault committed at Inkernaan on the sth of November. The roads in the Crimea are impassable. OPENING OF THE DANISH PARLIAMENT. We have received the following via Ham. burg : COPENHAGEN, MONDAY EVENING. The Parliament was opened by the Premier reading the royal message. The former presi dents, vice-presidents, and secretaries are re appointed. To-morrow Ministers will communi cate their programme of principles, and the budget. The serenade is just over. There were immense crowds. The King appeared on the balcony, and thanked the populace for this loyal demonstration. He was intensely cheered. There were no disorders. NON-ADHESION OF PRUSSIA TO THE AUSTRIAN TREATY. iVIENNA, MONDAY. Prussia does not adhere to the Triple Treaty, but will renew negotiations on her own account with France and England. The Emperor of Austria has nominated the Emperor Napoleon Grand Cross of the Order of St. Stephen. THE BALTIC. A letter from St. Petersburg, of the sth, in the Hamburg Correspondent—a source which we have already noted as more than suspicious—gives us some curious items of Russian naval activity : " According to accounts from Aland, of the Bth ult. there were at that date eight or nine English vessels of war in sight of Ledsund. " Some detachments of the Russian fleet anchored at Sweaborg have made cruises without having met with any of the enemy's vessels. On the 10th No vember the Smiely and Rurick steam frigates, having the transport Volga in tow, arrived at Sweaborg from Crolistadt, and on the same day a squadron of four sail of the line and four steam frigates, under the command of Rear-Admiral Rumanzow, left Sweaborg for Cronstadt. On the 16th several gun boats arrived at Sweaborg from Abo." THE BALTIC FLEET. SHEERNESS, Dec. 18.—By a telegraphic despatch received yesterday afternoon, the Cressy, Capt. R. L. Warren, was ordered to be taken into dock to have her bottom examined, for the purpose of ascer taining the injuries she probably sustained from striking the ground on her voyage from Nargen to Kiel. Theremoval of her powder, shells, provisions, stores, arc., commenced at an early hour this morn ing, and the utmost activity is displayed by the officers to get her sufficiently lightened, so that she may be warped into the fitting basin ; and thence to the dry dock by Wednesday or Thursday next, at which time the height of the tides will have attained a maximum. Her refitting, if properly effected, must occupy two or three weeks, owing to the long list of defects which have been sent into the authorities. In the event of her services being required for the conveyance to the Crimea of reinforcements, it is expectid that short Ileave of absence will be granted to such officers and melt who can be spared during the period she is under the hands of the Dockyard. The Majestic, Captain Jas. Hope, C. 8., steamed into harbour yesterday at 11 a.m., saluted the flag of Vice-Admiral Gordon, and having taken up the moorikgs assigned to her, unbent sails, &c. The Royal George:l2o, and Euryalus, 50, are daily expected to arrive here ; the latter is to proceed to Chatham to refit. Lieut. Christopher, first of the Waterloo, flag-ship, is promoted to the rank of Commander. THE CRIMEA. HEIGHTS ABOVE SEBASTOPOL, Nov. 28.—Deputy- Inspector Cumming's promotion to the rank of In spec tor-Ge n . e , r. t a o l o b f . li s t o a s ff pi s t a u l r s g , c a c ti , n d e t f h t a h t e o fi f r S s u t. i e - g la e s o s n , day's General Orders. L eave o f ab aGpopr e d a o r n e , d M i D t - sence is granted to Lieut.-Colonel N. Lake, R. A" and to Lieut. F. Maxse, 2 1st Regiment, A.D.C. to Major-General the Earl of Cardigan, to proceed to England for the recovery of their health. Nov. 30.—Assistant-Commissary Archer and Deputy-Assistant Commissary-Generals Selby and Marsh have joined the staff of this army, and Drs. Dunlop, Longhead, and Paleologus have been attached to the 9th Regiment until further order. Between our pickets and Sebastobol, and also within our pickets, there are numbers of bat horses strolling about, and many stray animals have been taken care of by officers who found them starving. There is to be a general restoration, judging from the following order :—" A number of mules, horses, and mule carts, having been aban doned by Turkish and Maltese drivers during the late hurricane and bad weather, and many of these being in possession of regiments, detachments, or others, the Commander of the Forces desires that they may be immediately sent to the commissariat office of the nearest division, who will cause the same to be returned to the transport depot with out delay." There has evidently been some scru tiny about the rations of the " Bonno Johnnies," as a new regulation has come out to the following effect :—" The ration of Turkish troops serving with the British army is to be 11b. of biscuit, 5 oz. rice, and every 30 men will have 11b. of Turkish butter ; when fresh meat is issued, the ration is to be 11b. of biscuit, 2 oz. of rice, and alb, meat." DECEMBER I.—Nothing of particular importance has occurred throughout the day. A French officer kindly gave me the following order, which I could not send by the last mail on account of the severity of the weather. It is a document of the greatest interest. " ORDRE GENERAL. " Dans la nuit du 20 au 21, Bar la demand° do concoura quo j'avais adressee au Commandant en Chef de l'Arrnee Anglaise, en lui faisant observer que les tirailleurs Russes, s'etablissaient a convert en avant de sea lignes pour prendre a revers nos travailleurs. Cent riflemen conduits par le Capitaino Tryon sont sortis des tranchees Anglaises, out tourne par la gauche les positions occupees par l'ennemie et les out enlevees apres l'avoir dibusque. Les Russes formees en colonnes profondes ont t9te troi foie do les reprendre a la bayonnette, apres avoir fait, pleuvoir la mitraille sur le detachment Anglais. Nos allies, ont tenu ferme avec l'energie que nous leur connaissons et tont mates maitres de la position on nous pouvons les aperce voir oe matin. " Jai youlu rendro hommage devant vous a la vigueur, avec la quelle s'est accomplice hardi coup do main, qui a cause la mort an vaillant Capitaine Tryon : nous lui don nerous les regrets dtis asa fin glorieuse. Elle resserara les liens de loyalo confraterniti d'armes qui nous unissent nos allies. " Au Quartier General, le 22 9tre, 54, " Le General Commandant-en-Chef, "E. CINEOB/CRT." Who can read such an order without admiring the spirit and taste of the general who put it forth The movements, drc., are as follows :—Leave of absence has been granted at the recommendation of medical boards to the under-mentioned officers to proceed to England for the recovery of health : Major 0. Gore, 13th Light Dragoons ; Major J. Staveley, 44th Regiment • Brevet-Major J. Coats, 55th Regiment ; Brevet-Major S. Beardmore, 20th Regiment • Captain T. Martin, 4th Regiment ; Captain G. Cooper, 44th Regiment ; Captain F. Wilkinson, 42d Highlanders ; Lieutenant G. Mor gan, 4th Dragoon Guards ; Lieutenant M. Dow biggin, 4th Regiment ; Lieutenant H. Mcsely, 42d Highlanders ; Lieutenant R. Gunter, 4th Dragoon Guards ; A 3sistant-Surgeon Gilborne, R.A. ; As sistant-Surgeon F. Baker, Bth Fusilier Guards ; Assistant-Surgeon J. Coates, 26th Regiment; Cor net and Adjutant D. Webb, 4th Dragoon Guards. The Rev. E. Owen, officiating chaplain to the forces, has joined the staff of this army, and will be attached to the 2d Division ; and the Rev. J. Conti and J. Doyle, Roman Catholic chaplains, will be attached to tho 21 and 31 Divisions re spectively. DEC. 2.—We have 'had two courts-martial for offences of the most unsoldierly character. The first charge was that against W. Holmes, 44th Regiment, " For disgraceful conduct, in having, at camp, before Sebastopol, on or about the 22d No vember, stolen one pair of boots, one shirt, one pair of drawers, a a towel, handkerchief, a candle, some writing paper, and s word, the p roperty of non commissioned officers Bttionne milks and eiiittn Alexis Dulac, of the 4th Regiment of Chasseurs d'Afrique." The seoond charge was against Private T. Bartly and Private J. Lithgow, 47th Regiment, " For disgraceful conduct, in having at camp, be fore Sebastopol, on or about 21st November, stolen two five-franc pieces, a florin, a shilling, a ten-sous piece, a 25 copeck piece, a penny piece, and some small Turkish coins, the property of Louis Rapp and Pierre Moutinee, of the 50th French Regiment of the same." All the prisoners were found guilty, and received this sentence of punishment :—" Fifty lashes, and to forfeit all advantage as to additional pay, good conduct pay, and to pension on discharge, which might otherwise have accrued to them from length of their former service." Lord Raglan approved and confirmed the sentences, but was pleased, in mercy, to remit half the corporal pun , ishment in each case. Vegetables, that great com fort to an army, can easily be cbtained, for an order has this day appeared stating that " potatoes having arrived at Balaklava from Trieste, and pre served potatoes from England, regiments will send to that place for either of these articles, as they may require them." Leave to England has been granted to the undermentioned officers :—Major- General H. Bentinck ; Lieut.-Colonel C. A. Rir keley, Scots Fusilier Guards ; Lieut. G. Harrizton, 79th Highlanders ; Captain C. E. Watson, 7th Royal Fusiliers ; and Paymaster J. Thorp, 63d Regiment. THE PRINCIPALITIES. The Journal de St. Petersbourg quotes a cor respondence from Jassy, Nov. 25, which speaks of a Turkish force concentrating at Romani (near Jassy), of the strength of 40,000 men, and destined to cross the Pruth. hi s must be the corps d'armee under Sadik Pasha. The Turks seem to be ex tremely active in Moldavia in procuring the expul sion of all individuals suspected of connivance or even sympathy with the enemy. It was at Omer Pasha's request that Prince Ghika ordered the expa triation of the three Princes Moruzi and of Colonel Singuroff, giving them only four days' notice for their departure. The applications of their relatives • to Graf Coronini on their behalf remained fruitless, the General informing them that it was an affair in which he could not take any part. The population of Jassy and the neighbourhood make great com plaints of the lawlessness of the Austrian soldiery, but these complaints do not contain any imputation against the superior authorities as ordering it, •or even conniving at it. The Austrians, however, have not as yet paid for any of the supplies of pro visions, &c., that have been delivered to them by the local government of Moldavia, but nevertheless require the minutest things to be supplied to them, even down to pens and ink, and sticks for beating clothes. Dervish Pasha returned to Bucharest from Jassy on the 28th ult., and on the same day Colonel Simmonds, an English officer of Engineers attached to the Generalissimo, left Bucharest for Sebastopol with despatches from Omer Pasha. Prince Stirbey has of late, in consequence of representations made by the Turkish authorities, dismissed a number of officials suspected of a leaning to the Russians ; and from the same reason the Spathar Cheresko had given in his resignation, which was accepted with great regret by the Prince. PRUSSIA. The question of voting an address to the IV ng was discussed in the second Prussian Chamber on Friday. Baron i Vincke's address was put and lost, and M. Bethmann-Hollweg's was withdrawn. M. Manteuffel, the Prussian Premier, spoke briefly and said, " There is no necessity for an address, although the house can vote one if it wills to do so. In that case, however, Ministers, considering the. present state of political affairs, will decline to ex plain the foreign relations of Prussia. We are at peace with all powers, and must act with reserve." M. Vincke in the course of the debate lamented that Prussia was isolated from the great powers. " Not from Russia !" triumphantly exclaimed M. Gerlach, a leader of the dominant court party— " Not from Russia, a great power, and some say the greatest." RUSSIA. The St. Petersburg Court Journal has a bitter article against all those who persist in vilifying and misrepresenting the disinterested, truly Christian, and honourable intentions of Russia.. The follow ing is an extract "Russia raised her voice in the political world entirely in a religious, moral, and philanthropic sense, when she reminded the Porte of earlier treaties, whereby the latter was bound to protect the Christian population of the Turkish empire, and especially those of the orthodox profession f faith. Nevertheless Turkey acted in violation of all treaties purchased with Russian blood, and in its breach of faith oppressed all orthodox Christians. Conscience and sound reason induced rational men throughout Europe (?) to believe that all European Christian States would sup• port the disinterested (!) demands of Russia. But the reverse was the case. The party which thirsts for the destructive overthrow of Europe has excited the war against Russia, under the pretext that Euro pean civilisation is menaced. This is nothing more nor less than pitiful and ridiculous. The protectorate over Christians in the East has been thrown in by Russia's enemies as dangerous to European civilisation. Such indecency could scarcely have been hazarded in a theatrical farce, and yet it has found an echo in the political world. And England, it is added, stands at the head of this base conspiracy ; and its journals, copied by those of France and Germany, are the trumpets of these and other venomous calumnies." The Russian journalillen — Praises . the mag nanimity of Russia towards prisoners of war— this show of magnanimity, as well observed by the able and well-informed St. Petersburg corre spondent of the Berlin National, being the ex ception rather than the rule, and... one of those pantomimic or theatrical stratagems which Russia knows well how to employ exceptionally, 'to capti vate and throw dust in the eyes of Europe. It appears, on the authority of this correspondent, that the account of the disasters which befel the Allied ships on the 14th caused an outburst of joy at St. Petersburg. Fresh glorious trophies were expected to be captured from the wrecks ; but this joy was damped by other reports from the Crimea, which told of the pitiful ,state of the Russian troops themselves. They had been almost without provisions or forage during several days. The tempest had not only scattered and destroyed con voys, but even the ricks of forage, and so forth, of the inhabitants. "In the midst of peace even," says a report from Perekop, "such a hurricane would have been more destructive than a visit of locusts, and would have brought famine and plague with it , for, to the destruction of crops, must be added that of habitations." Raports have reached the Government from the administrative authori ties in the Crimea, relative to the destructive effects of the hurricane, which sufficiently explain the causes why Menschikoff has been obliged to suspend active operations. The intention of her Majesty Queen Victoria, not only to 'accord medals and clasps to our heroic soldiers in the Crimea, but to perpetuate their in comparable valour, by inscribing " Crimea," " Alma," " Inkerman," and victories yet to come, on their standards and appointments, is known at St. Petersburg. It is said to have caused inde scribable annoyance to the Emperor and the Rus sian military. This perpetuation of the record of their defeats galls them to the quick. French stan dards bear the records of mighty triumphs obtained over Russia; but these, they say, were effaced by the record of terrible subsequent disasters. But that every British soldier should bear on his appoint ments, so long as Britain exists, these records of Russian defeat--of defeat without a single favour able turn or trophy save those dug up from wrecks —it is a fearful blow to Imperial pride and national vanity. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The following despatch has been received here : " CONSTANTINOPLE, DEG'. 7. " Omer Pacha has embarked for the Crimea with the greater part of his army. " Ismail Pacha commands the Turkish troops on the Danube provisionally. " Prince Napoleon has had a re la p se, and cann ot yet rejoin his division." The Constitutionnet, in an article treating of the alleged acceptance to a ccept the four guarantees b y Russia of the four guarantees, says :—" In reality as the starting point of the negotiations does not constitute any e ngagement on the part of Russia. It merely a mounts to saying that Russia took the four guarantees as the maximum of the demands made by the Allies, reserving the power of debat ing them, and of getting them diminished in the course t e course of the negotiations. It is not thus Unit the acceptance of the four guarantees ought to be un derstood in order to become a s • emus concession. The Russian note of the 28th November—and the conduct of Austria proves it—does not constitute an overture of peace, and cannot serve as the basis of negotiations. Bet we en not announ c i ng reserves and sacrificin g th em there is a differen ce t o t e coqe." The ] lonitcur publishes the f o ll ow i ng re p or t he from M. Bar oc of M. B acting . as Minister of Finance in the absen ce the division by mean, who is ill, relative to chapters of the credits of the Budget of 1855 " Sire—The law of finance of June 22, 1854, opened the credits necessary for the expenses of 1855. Con formably with art. 12 of the Senatus Consultum of Dec. 25, 1852, these legislative credits were only fixed by Ministries and an imperial decree, after the council of state had been consulted, was to divide them by chapters according to the wants of each branch of the service. I have the honour to submit this division to the Lppraba tion of your Majesty. Since the budget of 1805 was voted by the legislative body, some modifications have been made in the expenses of the different Ministerial departments. In the first place, art. 13 of the law o June 14, 1854, on public instruction, prescribed that the service of the faculties should, from the Ist Jan., 1855, form a special service attached for the sake of order to the general budget and paid by the State. The conse quence of this legislative enactment has been to consti tute by the decree annexed the special budgets of the establishments of superior instruction. The expenses of the faculties were comprised in the general budget of 1855 for the sum of 2,786,636 f., and their proceeds are estimated among the receipts at 1,810,156 f. The amelioration of 1,375,105 f. anticipated in the latter has caused the credits to be increased by a supple mentary grant of a similar sum, and the subvention of 076,480 f. which is furnished by the Treasury has been added to the ways and means of the service of the facul ties. As to the credits of the general budget, they are confined to that subvention, and are reduced by the sum of 1,810,156 f, equal to the proceeds which it ceases to benefit. The imperial decrees of the 26th June and 6th July last, relative to the credit foncier societies, in placieg these establishments within the attributions of the Minister of Finance, and confiding the direc tion of the credit foncier of France to a governor named by your Majesty, has permitted the reduc tion to the sum of B,ooof. necessary for the expenses of the surveillance of the credit foncier companies of Mar seilles and Nevres, the credit of 29,0(Y0L included in the general amount voted for the Ministry of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public 'Works. The imperial decree of June 23, 1854, having attached to the Ministry of State the services of civil buildings, the non-subventioned theatres of Paris, the departments, and the dramatic censorship, which previously belonged to the Ministry of the Interior, it has been necessary, in the plan of division which I have the honour to submit to your Majesty, to cut off the credits granted by the budget to the latter Ministry, and add to that of the former Ministry the sum of 2,028,800 f. for the services in question. In consequence of the annulment of 1,810,156 f. and of 21,000 f. made in the budgets of the Ministries of Public Instruction and of Agricul ture, the credits opened by the finance law for 1,562,030,308 f. are reduced to 1,560,199,152 f. Out of this sum; 1,082,841,832 f. only farm in reality the charges' of the State. The surplus, or 477,357,320 f., is only • placed in the budget for the sake of order, and repro cents the expenses of collection, departmental expenses , &c. ; and it is only the sum of 1,560,199,152 f. which I have the honour to propose to your Majesty to divide into charters, according to the wants each service.- - I am, &c., " BAROCHE, acting ad inter i m.' The above report is followed by a decree of the Emperor, dividing the above-mentioned sum'into chapters, and appropriating it among the different ministries. CANADA. DEPARTURE OF LORD ELGIN. MONTREAL, Dec. 4.—lt is expected that Lora, Elgin will sail on the 22d in'st. Sir Cusack and Lady Roney also sail in the same boat. Mr. Laurence Oliphant, private secretary to Lora Elgin, returns to England with the noble Earl ; and Lord Bury, son of the Earl of Albemarle, suc ceeds Mr. Oliphant as general superintendent of ndian affairs in Canada—a post the noble Viscount is well qualified to fill. Sir Edmund Head commences his duties forth• with, and be stands, assuredly, under the most auspicious circumstances, so far as the present con' dition of Canada is concerned. THE BALL AT THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S. On Friday evening last his Excellency Lord Elgin gave his farewell assembly, at Spencer Wood, to upwards of 600 persons, including every member of both Houses of the Legislature . The fine band of the 16th Regiment attended in, ~.. the ball-room, and performed the usual variety of quadrilles, waltzes, polkas, &c. Shortly after 1 2 o'clock his Excellency, accompanied by Lady Head/ entered the supper-room. After due honour had been ' done to a most recherché entertainment. His l '' cellency, in compliance with a general desire, came forward, and addressed the ladies and gentlemen as follows " Ido not intend to depart from the rule which' bars prescribed for myself, of not giving toasts after supFT l ' at balls in this house ; but I trust that in the position in , which lam placed this evening, it will not be deemed altogether inexcusable in me if I try at least to say A t . few words to you, for Ido not know that I shall succeed . , i in the attempt, before I drink off the bumper I have filled here, and which I intend to drink to the last drop. I wish that I could address you in such strains as I bare sometimes employed on similar occasions—strains sultan to a festive meeting, but I confess that I have a weight at my heart, and that it is not in me to be merry. " For the last time I stand before you in the officia l character which I have borne for nearly eight years. Fo r the last time I am surrounded by a circle of friends, with whom I have spent some of the pleasantest days of ml We. For the last time I welcome you as my g uests to this charming residence, which I have been in the habit of calling my home. I did not, I will frankly confess it, know what it would cost me to break this connection, as the period of my departure approached , and I began to feel that the great interests which have so long engrossed my attention and thoughts, were 'pea' sing out of my hands. I had a hint of what my feelings really were upon this point ; but my anticipations h.:. this-respect were far different from their realisation. ,'" cannot bring myself to believe that the future bas ' n store for me any interest which will fill the place of those I am now abandoning. " But although I must henceforward be to you 'as 1 , 1 stranger—(no, no)-although my official connexion svit a you and your interests will have become in a few date matter of history, yet I trust that through some ° I 'S channel or another the tidings of your prosperity an progress may occasionally reac h me , that I may bee,' from time to time of the steady growth and develop' ment of those principles of liberty and order, of man l y independence" in combination with respect for au thority and law, of national life in harmony with attachment to British, connection which it has been my earnest endeavour, to the extent of my trust,h means of influence, to implant and to establish. I too, that I shall hear that this house continues to ls'' what I have ever sought to render it, a neutral territory, on which persons of opposite opiuiois, political old re ligious, may meet together in harmony and forget their differences for a season. And I have good hope that this will be the case for several reasons, and, among others, for one which I can barely allude to, for it migh i l be an impertinenc e i n me t o d we ll u pon it. But I thin , without any breach of delicacy or decorum, I may vend, Lure to say that, many years ago, when I was much 3 oueger than I am now, and when we stood towards eaeh other in a relation somewhat different from that which has recently subsisted between us, I learned to look up to Sir Edmund Head with respect, as a gentleman of the highest character, the greatest ability, and.the most varied accomplishments and at tainments—and now, ladies and gentlemen, I have 011 1 9 to add the sad word, ' Farewell.' I drink this bumper to the health of you a ll, co ll ec ti ve l y an d i n di v idually. , -I trust that I may h o p e to leave behind me some who soil , - look back with feelings of kindly recollection to 1 10 period of our intercourse, some with whom I have 10 0 1 on terms of intimate official connexion, whose worth and talents I have had th e b es t means o f apprec i a ti ng , and who could bear witness, at least if they please to do OP to the spirit, int e nti on , an d motives with which I have administered your affairs, some with whom I have been - bound by the ties of personal regard--aid, if reciPr" city be essential to amity, then most assuredly I c an leave behind me no enemies. lam aware that the re must be persons, in so large-a society as this, w ho this"' that they have grievances to complain of, that due con sideration has not been in all cases shown to them. 11 ' 4 them believe me when I assure them that so far as I a n ' individually concerned, that no such error of omission or of commission has been intentional on my part. Fare well, and 'God bless you." During the delivery of this 'address his Excellency was frequently interrupted by loud applause, and at its con' elusion the cheers were renewed again and again, and lasted for several minutes. As soon as silence was se' stored Sir Edmund Head came forward and said — Lord Elgin stated that he intended to allow ngl toasts to be proposed. I shall begin by an act of ipso-. boreination, and ask you to fill a bumper to the health Of Lord Elgin. The Governor-General has alluded to his approaching departure. I feel that I, as his successor, • come before the public of Canada under the greatest pos sible disadvantages, for I fellow one who has done more to ameliorate the social and political condition of the pi:o• vince than any public man can ever hope to do again. Indeed LordElgin has soltreated the varied questions he has had to deal with as to leave any man who follows btu 1 but very little to accomplish. I propose the health of Lord Elgin with all the honours. His Excellency, in reply, *said a thousand thanks to you for that cheer. Sir Edmund Head has conferred, a fresh obligation on me in provoking this outburst of your sympathy. Sir Edmund Head has referred,_ i i terms almost too friendly to the place which I hold s e your esteem, but let me remind him that though the° are sunny hours I have had my times of darkness iI Canada. He has said that I have had opportunities whicho may not occur for him. Let me toll hint that he, t w o ..! , will have his opportunities. Ido not say that he free I have no difficulties to encounter—a career altogethers an , of difficulty would not be one worthy of his abilities and character. But let me hope for him, that when the i eve " are darkest and densest, he may be able, as I have behind, l• been, to retain the lively faith that there is a sun. n . which, in due time, will burst through and scattertttl,,.T, At a later period of the evening Mr. Turco , nfy ron in an elegant. address, took leave of his behalf of the French Canadian portion tion, opula althe present time has Toe Quebec and Richmond the public last Monday, and up to ing i rn ad was opened to n E f x t c h e e l I e p of this road is a had very large traffics The open com munity, and it is very great the proprietors as pro' to be hoped th iat t will be to n venient. fitable as it is to the public co g boon to the travellin THE OFFICERS FOR THE EAST.—We have already alluded to the appointment of three additional general officers for the Eastern array. Lord Rokeby, late of the Guards, is an old Waterloo officer, a member of the noble house of Montagu, who, like a glorious scion of the nobility , has volunteered to go out. I.lajor-Genera. Barnard. wa s for many years Colonel on the Staff Major-General Markham, C. 8., late of the 32d Foot,. was Aide -de-Camp to the Queen. He served in Canad 3, and in India durin ,-, the Punjaub campaign, for which ha received a•niedarand two clasps.