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' ( Atifirireagltra4n4 -:. ....,- as' . it'"!. ~.-• .N. ~ .4. ..40"-- A > i e r e -- tic_ e 4 MR: ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC TO-NIGHT at 8 o'clock, and Every Night (but Saturday). Stalls, 3s. ; Area, 25.; Gallery, Is. The first Morning Representa tion will take place on Saturday, Dec. 10th, at 3 o'clock.—Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. THE TURKISH ARMY OF THE DANUBE. BUCHAREST, Nov. 24.—:Omer Pacha has written a letter to Connt Coronini, stating that in accord ance with the instructions of the Turkish Ambas sador at Vienna, he would execute all the move ments he had in view, as regarded his advance towards the frontier, and would occupy every posi tion that might strike him as advantageous, with out paying any attention to, or being in any way fettered by, the protests or objections of the Aus trian general. The language he uses is very strong, and. shows a return of the energy which did so much good service last spring and summer, and which ought to have produced greater results during the autumn. It is probable that an imme diate advance of the whole army will now take place, and Omer Pacha will probably move down to Ibraila, or some other town on the frontier, in order to superintend the movAments ; though lam persuaded, at the same time, that his absence from Bucharest will at no time during the winter be of very long duration, as anything like active operations is impossible without greater loss of life than the Turkish army can afford. Before the set ting in of the frost the mud is so deep as to render the transport of artillery and baggage all but im possible, and during the frost the cold is so intense, that the men suffer greatly under the most favour able circumstances ; doubly when forced. to take the field and carry on hostilities. Another reason for believing, in my opinion, that we should have nothing important during the winter months is, that Omer P ac h a ' s army i s not i n su ffi c i en t force to bring ab ou t any really useful result. To cross the Russian f ron ti er, a b ove all i n w i nter, w ith sixty thousand men, which is all he will have after leaving garrisons in the towns in his rear to keep open his communications, would. be simply ridiculous ; an d to attempt' to traverse great steppes, covered with snow, would lead to the final and complete destruction. of the Sul tan's last army. Had he, however, three months ago established himself on the Pruth, or thrown a corps across to entrench itself on the other side, as at Kalafat, there is little doubt the Russians would have left at least 100,000 men to observe him, and Sebastopol would ere this have fallen, and many a gallant young fellow, who will smile or weep no more, would have made merry on the oc casion. This is now becoming an old story ; useless Story many may think it, because if told hundred times over it could never bring the dead to life, or repair the consequences of a single mistake ; but a like case may, and probably will, arise again in the course of the war, and it is only by much speaking that men in office can be got to fix a rule for its decision. _ PATRIOTIC FUND.- ST. PAUL'S KNIGHTSBRIDGE A Public Meeting of the Parishioners, in aid of the above Fund, Will be held on Wednesday next, the 6th inst., at St. Paul's Grammar School, contiguous to the Church. The Chair will be taken by the Hon. and REP. RO GT. LIDDELL, Incumbent, at 2 p.m. precisely. JAMES THOMAS HORNE, lChurchwardens. CHARLES WESTERTON, No. 19,405.] LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1854. [PRICE SD. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE OFFICE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, 22n Nov , 1854. PUBLICATIONS. NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. campaign, if an immediate assault proved inipracticable; but the resources of England have not been found in sufficient even for the heav outlay which has now be come indispensable. The Casts of the winter campaign will be provided for, and yet 1854 will have passed without any increase of the National Debt. The second year of the struggle will not be incunabered with pay ments on account of the preceding campaign. If similar vigilance had been exercised at the close of the last con tury, the public burdens imposed in the later part of the war would have been far less oppressive. In 1815 the taxes raised to pay the interest of money borrowed since 1793 amounted to about 24 millions, or to the expense of a regular campaign. If loans should at last be found requisite, it is far more desirable to resort to them at the end of the contest than at the' beginning ; for the country be the better able to meet the interest of an increased debt, when the ordinary expenditure is once more reduced within its usual limits. A great effort may be .made walnut recourse to a loan. In the early partr of the present year the French Government borrowed a sum of 10,000,0001. At the same timo an annual increase of taxation to that amount was voted by the English House of Com mons. Mr. Gladstone would have satisfied or silenced many critter if --he had adopted: the course which was, probably for sufficient reasons, taken by our Ally ; and a loan of 10 , 0 00,0001., to he repeated within twelve months, would have been applauded in the City as a proof of conformity to the sound traditions of the past. Yet candid critics ought to be satisfied. The Minister has anticipated their demand by providing that an annual subsidy shall be raised during the whole period of the war, he has only differed from his advisers in taking the money which he wants direct from the ultimate pay master, unencumbered with charges for management or for interest. The great dealers in capital still remain with their untouched hoards as a further resource in case of need. In the meantime, however, their funds have been usefully employed in trade and- fa, manufactures, in the construction of railways aii&of tAeam-lsoats. Nor must it be forgotten that that Rortion of the national wealth which is abstracted - by taxaton is, -- for-the - inoor part, less productive than that which is absorbed when the Government has occasion for considerable loans. be reconsidered, its heresies corrected, or its orthodoxy completed. If the chaplain has nothing comfortable to say to the expiring hero, perishing in his country's cause, unless it be interlarded with his Church's secta rian conundrums, he had better hold his tongue and be• take himself to some more useful occupation than that of perplexing the dying in their last moments. The stabs of Russian bayonets should exonerate from wounds by the sharp points of a creed. It is difficult to say which Church—Greek, Russ.- Greek, Catholic, Protestant, Episcopalian, Puseyite, Evangelical, Presbyterian, or Islamite, comes worst off in the great battle of prayers which they all assert to be so divinely powerful. St. Nicholas had to run for it at Alma:and Inkerman. Allah allowed the Turks to be peppered at Balaklava, and to lose the batteries they should have defended. The Virgin Mary saves sailors from shipwreck ; but the late storm in the Black Sea was too strong for her. Nor have the devotions of all the British Churches combined yet conquered the Cri mea. Do all these facts go for nothing ? Are they entitled to no influence over what is said to people from pulpits on Sundays ; Providence has dualt impar tially with all the Militant Churches ? It has told them all, in a voice of thunder, that they are wrong in their doctrines of the power of prayers—that they are -deluding the people—and that although by God's laws established over universal being, the true, the right, and the just shall eventually triumph over the false, barbarous, and oppressive, yet that Churches, priests, bishops, and all the paraphernalia of ecclesiastical pre tension have very little concern or influence in the mat ter. good deal of the strain from the cables. At night fall there were five transports on shore, and others in a very precarious state. A most fearful night we passed! Every now and then a sea struck the ship with such violence that she staggered from end to end, so that it seemed impossible for iron or hemp to hold her. About 2.30 a.ni. a rattle was heard, and we all fancied a cable had parted ; fortunately, however, it was a false alarm —all three still held on. The Hannibal, 91, screw, Commodore Hon. F. W. Grey, arrived at Gibraltar on the 23d ultimo, from Ply mouth, en route to Sebastopol. The Ajax, 60, screw, Captain Warden, will be ready for sea on the 14th instant, at Portsmouth. The Meander, 44, Captain T. Billie, arrived at Lis bon on the 22d ultimo, from Falmouth. Fortunately the leak in the Cossack, 21, screw, Cap tain Fanshawe, has been discovered and repaired at De vonport. It was found to be connected with the engine cock-valves, &c. The Heela, 6, paddle, Commander Hawker, has com pleted coaling and got her topmasts on end. She will go out of the fitting basin, Portsmouth, to-day or to morrow. The COURT OF DIRECTORS of the ROYAL-EXCHANGE ASSURANCE do hereby give Notice, that their Transfer Books will be SHUT from TUESDAY, the sth of December next, to THURS DAY, the 4th of January following ; that the,ANNUAL GENERAL COURT appointed by their Charter will be holden at their Office, on the Royal Exchange, on WEDNESDAY, the 20th of December, at Twelve o'clock at Neon; and that a Dividend will be considered of at the said Court, NOTICE. CHEAP EDITION of PEPY'S DIARY and CORRESPONDENCE. A New and Cheap Edition of this Popular Work, comprising all the actlidonal Notes and Emendations of the Library Edition, printed uniformly with the last edition of Evelyn's Diary, will be ready in a few days, in 4 vols. post Bvo., with Portraits, Re., prie, 6s. per volume, elegantly bound. Orders received by all Booksellers. Published for 11. Colbarn, by his successors, Hurst and Blackett. JOHN A. HIGH.VM, Secretary. CONTRACT FOR. PRESERVED MEAT. Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset-place, Ist December, 1854. THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on SATURDAY, the 9th instant, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may he willing to Contract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at DEFfFORD, 501,060 lbs. of PRESERVED BOILED BEEF, to be delivered, half in six weeks, anl the remainder in six weeks afterwards, in equal weekly portions, or earlier, if preferred by the parties tendering-. Tenders may he made for the whole or any portion of the Beef. _ A Form of the tender and the conditions of the Revised Contract may be obtained at the said office. 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London : Loagunan, Brown, Green, and LOngrnans. • The Geyser, 6, paddle, got up steam yesterday in the basin at Portsmouth to prove her boilers and machinery. She is coaled and ready for the pendant. The Vivid, Admiralty steam-tender, Master Comman der Allen, left last evening for the eastward with super numeraries, A B C RAILWAY GUIDE for the present month can be had of all Newsvenders. Price Sixpence. APPOINTMENTS. Captain Henry Lyster (1845) to the Monarch, 84, flag-ship of Rear-Admiral Bruce, Commander-in-Chief on the Pacific station. Master Frederick J. Krabbe (1851) to the Perseve rance, iron screw steam troop-ship, at Woolwich. Assistant-Surgeon John Turner Caddy (1845), borne on the books of the Conway, 14, flag-ship at Cork, for service at Elawlbowline hospital, to the Monarch, 84, for service on the Pacific station. Second Master Wilfred E. Troutbeck (1848), recently serving in the Herald, surveying vessel, to the Leopard, 18, paddle-wheel steam-frigate. Assistant-Engineers of the third-class William Harri son, William Sweeting, William Elliott, John Albion Lodge, Thomas Smart, George Hunt, Joseph Hood, James P. Slade, Robert Jeffrey, and r David Smith, to the fleet. - ' CONTRACTS FpR TEA AND PEPPER. Department of the Colliptroller for Victualling and Transport Services, Somerset House, 30th November, 1854. THE Comniissioners for executing the Office of Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain find Irelaad, DO HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, that on MONDAY, the 11th December next, at One o'clock, they will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to contract for supplying and delivering Into her Majesty's Victualling Stores at Gosport and Plymouth, the under-mentioned Articles, viz. : R. THACKERAY'S NEW CHRISTMAS 131 BOOK, "THE ROSE AND TIIE RING," with Fifty. eight Cuts by the Author, price 55., will be published on Saturday next. London : Smith, Elder, and Co., G 5, Cornbill. 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THE ROYAL KALENDAR, and COURT and CITY REGISTER, for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies; containing an improved and enlarged Peerage and Ba ronetage —The House of Comsnoas, with the latest alterations—the Queen's Ministers—Royal Household—Government Departments— Ambassadors, British and Foreign —Navy and Army—Law and Civil Officers—Ecclesiastical Establishments Universities Literary, Scientific, and Religious Societies—Charitable and Commercial In stitutions—Magistrates, Hospitals, &c. REAR-ADMIRAL PLITAIRIDGE AND HIS FLAG-SHIP. Fire Queen, paddle-tender, Master Commander F. W. Paul, proceeded to Spithead yesterday, with Rear-Ad miral Plumridge, to visit his ship Neptune, 120, Captain Hutton. The gallant admiral will strike his flag pro tent., and have a few days' leave of absence. In the interim the Neptune will make the best of her way to Cork, irrespective of the Leopard, 18. The latter steam frigate, Captain Giffard, will proceed to the Black Sea with all despatch. 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STANFORD'S NEW MAP of SEBASTOPOL and Country round (SECOND EDITION), including Bala klava, Kamara, Kadilsol, the Belbek and Chernaya Rivers, shows the Positions of the Allied Camps, the Allied and Russian Bat teries, Forts, &c., with number of guns ; the Position of the Turk ish and other Redoubts ; the Head Quarters of Lord Raglan, General Canrobert ; also, the POSitioll of the opposing Forces on November sth; the Russian Attack of October 26th, &c., &c. Compiled from the New Admiralty Charts, and Authentic Sketches by Captain WETHEBALL, D.A.Q.M.G.. and other Officers. Price, in 1 large sheet, coloured, 2s. ; per post. 2s. 6d. Case, 4s. 6d. ; per post, ss. London.: Edward Stanford, Map-seller and Map mounter to Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 6, Charing-cross. Stanford's List of the Best Maps and Prints of the Seat of War in the Crimea may be had on application, or by post for I stamp. THE WOODEN HUTS. TO LOVERS OF FISH.- 100 real YARMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., package included. 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TRIESEMAR, protected by Royal Letters Patent of England, and secured by the Seals of the Ecole de Pharmacie de Paris, and the Imperial College of Medicine, Vienna. TRIESEMAR, No. 1, Is a remedy for Relaxation, Spermatorrhoaa, and Exhaustion of the System. TRIESEMAR, No. 2, effectually, in the short space of three days, completely and' entirely eradicates all traces of those Disorders which Capivi and Cubebs have so long been thought an antidote for, to the rain of the health of a vast portion of the population. TRIESEMAR, No. 3, is the great Continental Remedy for that class of Disorders, which Unfortunately the English physician treat' with Mercury, to the in evitable destruction of the patient's constitution, and which all the sarsaparilla in the world cannot remove. TRIESEMAR, No. 1,2, and 3, are alike devoid of taste or smell, and of all nauseating qualities. They may lie on the toilet table Without their use being suspected. 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'Just published, price 25., illustrated stamps, with canes; free by post for 30 NERVOUS DEBIL— Essay on Sper -1 T ; Its Causes, Symptoms, and Cure. —A u a o i f safer and more matorrhcea, with Practical Observations on in the Generative successflil mode of treatment of the diseases' cau.o d a et n ecting and System, obtained by the use of the Microscope founded distinguishing, by urinary examination, the real every variety of complaint, whether arising from solit4 effect i t o s f with excesses, accident, or climate. followed by practical remarks, f on twenty years' experience in the treatment of Nervous Debility, Local Weakness, Spermatorrhcea, &e. Impuissance, oT are added, Commentaries on the Physiology of Marriage, pre cautionary hints on the evils emanating from empirical p ra i c and on the dangerous remedies advocated by various writers on these important disorders. By SAMUEL LA'MERT. M.D. 37, BEDFORD-SQUARE, LONDON, Doctor of Medicine, Matriculated Member of the University of Edin burgh, Honorary Member of the London Hospital Medical Society, Licentiate of Apothecaries' Hall, London, &c., &c. The essential object of this treati se is to point out the fearful con sequences resulting from certain habits, irregularities, and excesses, 'which have prouuced more misery in Youth, degradation in Man hood, and premature decay at all stages of Life, than, perhaps, any other class of disease known to modern pathologists. Its perusal is Particularly recommended to persons entertaining secret doubts of their physical condition, and who arc conscious of having hazarded the health, happiness, and privileges to which every human being is entitled. It is absolutely necessary thatall men should know, that there are Principles of personal management which cannot be violated without Incurring grievous penalties, and when wisdom and regret succeed the hceyday of inconsiderate self-indulgence, how these penalties rri ay be mitigated, how the sting of their bitterness may be removed, and how the evil and its consequences may be avoided, and above all, that there is scarcely any degree of physical infirmity or functional derangement to which the timely aid of science cannot apply a cure. The Author has for a series of years been engaged in an extensive Practice in the treatment of these delicate complaints, which have unfortunately teen too generally confided to the care of ignorant ernPirles. who Inflict great injury on those who are induced to place faith in their pretensions. NERVOUS DEBILITY may be had, price 2s, of Messrs. 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Their magnificent business career commenced in the east of the metropolis and :extended over the known world, and at the urgent request of their friends, patrons, and the public, they founded a branch at the west end. There, and at the Parent Esta blishment, they have continued to furnish the most seasonable, the raost fashionable, and the best Dress for all classes at the most eco nomical prices. Winter Attire, Overcoats, Paletots, Waterproof Dress. Juvenile Clothing, Uniforms, Liveries, Ladies' Habits, costumes for all sta tions and professions, the Working Man's and the Seaman's clothing being provided with the same industry, at prices never imitated. In conjunction with the Tailoring and Ready-made Clothing business, E. Moses and Son have long had the lead as Hosiers and shirt manufacturers. 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PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 4.—The Cumberland, No. 151, paddle transport, having shipped the 80 houses for the troops in the Crimea, hauled from alongside the Dock yard last night, to take in 70 tons of coal from the hulk. She cannot now sail for her destination before to-night or to-morrow morning. The William Hutt, a screw collier, transport No. 149, and Cosmopolitan, screw transport No. 157, both arrived in harbour last night, to ship other portions of the wooden houses for the Crimea. 'Large quantities are ready in the Dockyard for shipment. ENTRY OF SEAMEN. Yesterday a number of first-class seamen were entered for her Majesty's steam-vessels Esk, Cossack, and Tartar at the Royal Naval Rendezvous, Tower-hill ;20 were sent to the Cossack alone. A number of men were entered for the Perseverance troop-ship. The entry of landsmen to be instructed as seamen gunners on board the Excellent at Portsmouth, continues daily. WooLwron, Dec. 4.—Tho Sinbad, recently mounted with a 13-inch mortar, embedded on a plan submitted by Captain Julius Roberts, proceeded to Greenhithe, and having taken on board her powder, shot, and shell, is under orders to go down the river, and with the Drake, mortar vessel, test the new plan by firing on the long range of sands off Shoeburyness. One sergeant and ten privates of the Woolwich divi sion of Royal Marines left by the North Kent Railway for London, en route for Greenock, to serve in the Athol on that station. Only 30 Russian prisoners are now on board the Rus sian prison-ship Devonshire, at Sheerness—they are merchant seamen taken out of prizes. MILITARY. General Torrens arrived yesterday at Southampton by the steam-ship Indus. The following announcement from the Horse Guards yesterday created at the clubs great sensation, and many protests : To be colonels of the following regiments, viz. the Bth, the 46th, the .50th, and the 67th, vacant by deaths, to be colonels—Major General Sir Richard England, K.C.8., Major General Sir Colin Campbell, Major Ge neral Pennefather, and Major General Bentinck. The old Peninsular officers think themselves much aggrieved on the point. Colonel Douglas, district quartermaster general of Limerick, has returned from England, and resumed his duties in that garrison. Major M'lntosh, barrackmaster of the Limerick dis trict, has received an •rder to forward immediately to Cork a large quantity of camp equipage from the Ord nance store there for conveyance to the Crimea. STAFF.—Captain Thackwell, 48th Foot, has succeeded Major Roche as aide de camp to Sir John Thackwell ; Captain Thesiger, Grenadier Guards has ceased to be an aide de camp to Sir Edward Blakeney ; Colonel C. Hastings Doyle has been appointed assistant quarter master general in Dublin ; Lieutenant Lucas, 73d, has succeeded Captain Lawlor, 73d, as garrison adjutant at Natal. THE MILITIA. -a. • The Royal Cornwall Rangers Regiment of Militia is about to be embodied. During the past week another draught of artillerymen from Pendennis Castle, in Cortwall, has been made, and the men proceeded by steamer to Plymouth, to em bark for the Crimea. Yesterday another draught of 100 men from the Lan cashire, Devonshire, and Essex Regiments of Militia, who had volunteered into the Household Brigade for active service in the Crimea, arrived at the Horse Guards. They are all smart, well-grown, active men, and after inspection by the officers, and receiving each roan his guinea, they marched to their respective bar racks, the Grenadiers taking 45. The total number of militia recruits to the Guards this week is 200. Yesterday the new regulation respecting remunera tion for militia billets took effect, and proprietors of taverns on whom they are quartered will receive 101 d. per day. THE NEW WAR LOAN. The controversy which is from time to time renewed as to the expediency of a loan will not be useless if it tends to clear away some of the popular fallacies which obscure the subject. A few years since, when the bur den of the National Debt was more vividly present to the minds of men than the objects for which it was con tracted, it had become a popular dogma that every ge neration ought to pay the expenses which it incurred. At an earlier period, however, an entirely opposite im pression had prevailed. Mr. Pitt's long-continued popularity was in a great degree founded on the boldness with which he relied on the national credit for the means of supporting the war. Then the Minister himself disco vered the error he had committed in borrowing too has tily and too largely ; his admirers still praised the heaven-born wisdom which has postponed the necessity of increased taxation. It would seem that the theories of 1795 are likely to be once more in the ascendant. The undeniable interest of posterity in the struggle which we have now commenced has of late bean dwelt upon with significant pertinacity. If it were possible to raise sufficient supplies by bills upon our descendants, there Would be no want of zealous advocates to recommend so convenient an arrangement. Yet some check on the eagerness to borrow may be found in the reflection that, for every 1001. of loan, we saddle ourselves with an im mediate annuity of between 31. and 41. It is perfectly true that the war against Russia is undertaken for the benefit of future generations as well as for our own; but the practical importance of the discovery is limited by the fact that the same proposition will hold good with re spect to every public outlay, so far as it is just and expedient. The distinction between charges on capi tal and those which belong to revenue is altoge ther empirical and arbitrary. A judicious proprietor may mortgage his estate to provide the means of re claiming a common, or of thorough draining his farms ; but he will not overdraw his account at his banker's as often as a few slates are required on the roof of his house. Yet posterity may be as much concerned in finding weather -tight buildings as in an increase of rental. Both classes of expenditure are prudent and ne cessary ; and the only question is as to the most conve nient and economical method of raising the money. A Government must assume that its measures, whether warlike or peaceable, conduce to the public benefit, as they are paid for out of the public pocket. But there are obvious reasons for meeting, as an ordinary rule, the necessary expens es of the y ear from the incomin g ev e as t p i e o c n o special lf justification is necessary for the speculative anticipating future resources. renue and operation The Ministers will, in all probability, reserve their decision until it can no longer be postponed. At pre- i sent, the Treasury is fully able to meet all demands ; and since the commencement of the war, not a single instance can be pointed out in which the public service has been starved or stinted from considerations of expense. The expedition to the Crimea might doubtless have been made more costly and more complete, if the Allied Governments had not con curred in the determination to try a coup de maim .against Sebastopol, with the alternative of a regular It is perfectly true that, at the certain point, the payment of taxes becomes oppressive, aid the nation can better endure the appropriation of its accumulated capital than a further drain on its income. This was, in fact, the real issue between Mr. Gladstone and his op ponents ; and when the interests of posterity, and other ornamental portions cf the case, ale for the time kept out of sight, few sober reasoners will doubt that the Mini ster was justified in his practical conclusion. The taxa tion of 1854 still falls far short of that of 1815. It is evident that-a more numerous and more wealthy com munity can well bear a smaller burcen than that which the improvidence of the past had accumulated at the end of the last war. The double property tax is ex tremely unpleasant, nor can the addition to the malt duty be regarded as in itself desirab:e ; but the imposi tion of these burdens for a single year relieves us from a perpetual annuity which would probably have amounted to 870,0001., absorbing the whole produce of one or more of the minor taxes which interefere most seriously with com fort and industry. The second payment of the war taxes already imposed will, by the end 0f1855, have redeemed an other annuity of equal or larger amount. In three years Mr. Gladstone's first war budget will have left the coun try exempt from a perpetual charge of about a million and a quarter. If the war should unfortunately continue, the same calculation will apply ; nor must the accumula tion of compound interest be forgotten. The annual payments on account of existing loans would have been necessarily met out of the taxes of future years, leaving a constantly-Jecreasing balance applicable to the public exigencies. It is not impossible that further supplies may be re quired even in the ensuing spring ; but if it should be necessary to contract a loan, the prescience displayed in the Budget of this year will be only the more fully de monstrated. The revenue will at least contribute largely towards the expenses of the war, and one year's interest will have been saved. The expediency of borrowing must depend partly on the elasticity of the actual revenue, but principally on the amount which may be needed. If fifty millions were required, all the world would con cur in the necessity of a loan. Prudent men, on the other hand, would rely on additional taxation for the means of providing one or two millions. The practical limit will lie between these extremes ; bat many consi derations must determine the exact point at which it is_ to be fixed. It is not undesirable that the Government should enter on the inquiry With a certain bias in favour of the course which involves the greatest amount of self den ial. orning Chronicle. THE CHURCHES MILITANT. ( From the Weekly Dispatch.) MR. EDITOR,—Every man has his opinion upon the present war, not only as to its origin, justice, and policy, but also the manner of conducting it, the wisdom of the military movements, the quality of weapons and stores, and the preparations to be made for its future progress. Questioning, as I do, the competence of 999 out of every thousand who deliver their oracular judgments upon matters of detail, I am willing to trust those whose busi ness it is to manage them, until mismanagement is proved, when I shall cry out as loudly as any one for replacing tho,se who are not by those who are deserving of confidence—much more of confidence there must be, if we are to wage this war successfully. Our represen tatives, it is to be hoped, will bear this in mind when they meet, and not be incessantly badgering the Govern ment with their questions and criticisms, as they did daring the last session. - The premature disclosure of the intention to attack the Crimea, into which Lord John Russell was worried and entrapped by this species of tactics, is a memorable specimen of the damage which may thus be done to our own cause, and of the aid which may unintentionally be rendered to Russia by the bustling vanity and the loquacious impertinence, aided in some quarters by the party spirit of British members of Parliament. We are put thus in the position of the card-player who shows his hand, while our opponent conceals his, and startles us with a trump just as we expected an easy trick. Let us put the best men we have to the work, and then strengthen their hands as efficiently as we can. This will not oondemn us either to silence or idleness. It will leave many open questions, and something for everybody to do, if they will but help on the struggle according to their capabilities. For instance, the Church might employ itself very usefully, if those of its agents who are sent abroad would but deal rationally with the sick and wounded, and if the great mass of them who remain at home were to de vote themselves to the intellectual and moral culture of the people, to the promotion of prudential habits, and to the dissemination of geographical, historical, and other facts, instead of hammering away at their theo logical conundrums, and abusing the Queen for listen ing to secular music from a French band on Sun days, as was recently done by that Manchester fire brand, the Rev. Canon Stowell: But the war has an ecclesiastical aspect as well as a military one. It is a war of Churches. The Russian troops in the Crimea have been reinforced by a brace of bishops and a corps of priests. We are sending out one batch after another of chaplains and missionaries. Allah and Mahomet, and the Virgin Mary, and the Protestant Divinity, are all in the field, as well as the Greek Di vinity with St. Nicholas. Heaven is between the two fres of the praying Powers. There is war above, as well as war below. As the calibre of our guns is tested, so is the strength of our devotions. And if there be any truth or meaning in the- language (profane I hold it) which priests and parsons use, on bath sides, Divine fa vour is about to be displayed by the fate of battles, and heavenly mansions will be won or lost by the success or failure of storming fortresses. The battle of Inkerman tells terribly against theßusso- Greek Church. The character of an act of devotion was previously given to that scene . of carnage. Mass had been solemnly chanted by the bishops. A prelate had explained to the troops how the English are the enemies of God. To fall in the field fighting against them was called being " chosen of God for a glorious death." Men and weapons were sanctified by Divine benediction. And yet they were beaten. Beaten by men who rushed to the field without saying their prayers, and on the Sun day too. Heaven smiled upon the Sabbath-breaking. And our Churches return thanks for the successful of fence against God, as they often tell us any work is, if done upon that day. I confess that all this is as sicken ing to me as would be the sight of those corpse-covered hills and valleys on which went down that Sabbath sun. One smiles respectfully at the honest corporal, who writes to his mother that be prays God to be on the side of the Allied Army, adding, " and I think he is." That man was nearer truth than be who professed the faith that Deity always favOurs " le,s grandsbataillons." But men who have had educational opportunities for larger views have no right to equally tender treatment. How does our ecclesiastical staff conduct itself in the camp ! We have their own reports. There is a long and minute one in the Times of Wednesday, from the assistant chaplain to the second division of the British forces in the East. His great concern with the dying seems to be to ascertain whether they have the true faith. This appears in a variety of forms. He says of one case, "I found poor Colonel Blair in great pain and breathing with difficulty, not expecting to survive the night. He had been wounded through the stomach. He was in deep concern for his soul, and timidly desirous to lay hold of the hope for sinners. He joined earnestly in prayer. Oh, how solemn to witness the soul's anxiety in its fast ebbing moments ! and how anxious the ministerial task (in so sudden a call) to guard against a false peace, and yet not withhold the free promise of perfect peace through Christ." Now, I would ask any man of common sense, who is not in holy orders, nor thoroughly under his par son's thumb, whether this be a fitting treatment for a dying warrior ? What can the " soul's anxiety" or the chaplain's anxiety do at that moment either for the past or the future ? Those w h o h ave studied th e theological vocabulary will know what the chaplain's language means. " False peace" is a trust in God which does not recognise the chaplain's dogmas. "Perfect peace" is that associated with a knot of mystical doctrines. And are these matters to potter about when the life-drop s are falling fast, and the breathings are numbered ! The soldier's life cannot then be revised and lived over again. The soldier's character cannot then be remoulded and cast in a different form, The soldier's creed cannot then Canon Stowell is a canon that ought to be spiked for firing on the side of the Russians. Now, when union amongst ourselves, and union with Catholic France, are. most essential, he seizes the opportunity to open his heaviest batteries against Popery and Papists. He ascribes the very existence of the war to the Jesuits. He denounces any Royal civility towards the French Em peror. • And he calls on Disraeli to lead on the "Pro testant" party to the repeal of the Maynooth Grant and ""anbr acts bf aggression-en those whose co raligionists are fighting our battles and shedding their blood like water. We talk of John Bright. Why Canon Stowell has not the excuse for himself of John Bright's peace principle ; nor is John Bright, like him, the paid servant of the State to do duty on its behalf in the Church. Yet there are bigots and ninnies in Manchester who look on while the one is burned in effigy, and who uphold the other in Sowing dissension, stimulating persecution, de preciating the Queen, distracting her subjects, and thus doing his very utmost to serve R uss i a i n the polluted name of the Protestant religion. Nor is be without fellow-labourers of the same clique. Dr. Gregg ascribes the "frightful outouring of blood" b e f ore S e b as t po l "as a consequence " to the more lenient spirit of our legislation towards Catholics. He declares that the send ing out Roman Catholic chaplains and nuns to the East,, will " offend the British people an may provoke the God of Britain." So then, amongst the Czar's allies we may reckon that section of Church religionists in England and Ireland which follows the teachings of Dr. Gregg and Canon Stowell ; and whose organ is the Record newspaper. It is wall that events have shown these fanatics in their proper colours. What their Christianity is worth has long been evident. We are now enabled to appreciate their decency, their loyalty, and their patrio tism. The devoted heroism of the battle-field, with all its sanguinary stains, has more religion in it than the cla mours of the Militant Churches ; and there is yet the finest specimen of all in the hospitals of Scutari. The best embodiment of Christianity which these passing scenes present is in Miss Nightingale and her band of nurses. They come not to trouble the dying with creeds and catechisms. Their mission is one of unmin gled mercy. No vow hinds them to duty, but a spon taneous obedience to the law of love. They do not, like certain chaplains, pick out colonels and majors to attend upon ; their services are for the humblest of those who fought and bled in the common ranks. Their mi nistrations breathe a peace which no priestly benediction can bestow. They soothe the mind while they mitigate the pains of the mangled body. With no unchristian incantations they draw down the spirit of health to abide in the receptacles of the suffering. The wistful eye, as it follows their movements, is moist with tears of gratitude. No distinction of creed or country draws a boundary line to their universal charity. From no offensiveness of anguish do they recoil. The thought fal preparation, the gentle care and tending, the unfail ing assiduity, are for all ; and onwards they move like the Angel of Pity, who is said to track the footsteps of sorrow whithersoever they may lead. Humanity canon izes them, and a halo beams around their heads. Across interposing seas and mountains our voices re-echo the blessings which are breathed on them from the hearts of those victims of war to whom they minister. PUBLICOLA.. THE GALES IN THE BLACK SEA. FURTHER PARTICULARS. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 20.—The disasters of the 14th are greater even than we anticipated. The following names may be added to the list of those totally lost at Bala.klava—Gertrude, Pride of the Ocean, Pyrenees, and Ganges. The total loss at Balaklava is : Lost. Dismasted. British lB 12 French 18 more British are raid to be lost or dismasted at Eupa toria or the Katcha. Commander Bayntoun, R.N., perished in the Prince. Dr. Spence is also said to be lost. He came out to in quire into the state of the medical service. The Sampson, Rdtribition, and Vesuvius will come down to Constantinople for repairs. The last is leaky, - her beam ends are started, and she is not trustworthy for sea. A Turkish line-of-battle ship is a total wreck off Eupa toria. The flag-ship is dismasted. The crew of the Henri Quatre are said to be in the hands of the Russians. Numbers of French and British sailors were taken by the Cossacks on the west coast. The Bellerophon rode out the gale at Eupatoria, and is quite safe. The rudders of the Queen, 110, and the London, 90, are badly rung ; but they may be kept at Sea, at least for a time. Five French line•of-battle ships have lost their rudders and received other injuries ; they will be brought down to Constantinople in tow. General Liprandi broke up from Balakla.va, with his army on the 11th, and retired beyond the Tchernaya, breaking down the bridge. The Danube steam-tender is thrown up high and dry in Kamisch Bay. It is said to be decided that Admiral Stopford shall proceed with the British sailing vessels to Sinope to pass the winter. Captain Inglis, of the Engineers, was lost in the Prince. It is said that several officers are lost in the vessels off Balaklava. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. About 10 a.m. the transport No. 20, the Ganges, began to drive—she havin g parted her cable. Right astern of her was No. 1 , the Pyrenees, which she soon fouled ; and a most fearful sight it was. Spars snapped like rotten sticks ; jibbooms, bowsprits, yards, masts, all shared the same crash, the two ships grinding together in a most awful manner. Of course No. 1 soon began to drive, as well as No. 20, and both, locked together, bore down upon the poor Sampson. Soon they were foul of her, and the same work of destruction began, and in ten minutes they cleared from her, and there lay the bold, defiant little Sampson, shorn of all her beauty, with not an inch of anything except her funnels standing, her masts having gone with one awful crash, and fallen inboard, so that we are most anxious, though most fearful, to hear of the damages they must have done in their fall. Her bowsprit is also gone short off. In fact, she is a complete wreck. Parting from her, No. 20 brought up, and we hoped was safe, while No. 1 still drove on towards the shore, and, much as we pitied her, help was, of course, utterly impos sible. While this was going on inside us, just outside us two French liners (the Jupiter and Bayard) fouled, but fortunately, or by good management, got clear, with only a slight smashing of boats and their quarters, and brought up with four anchors each. About noon the gale was at its highest, and there was then a cry that the Terrible had parted. a cable, and was among the breakers. Every moment we expected she would go on shore, but soon the paddles revolved, the remaining cable was slipped, and, right in the teeth of the gale, steamed out the splendid Terrible. This was the most cheering sight during the whole of this eventful day, and a glorious sight it certainly was to see that steamer going through everything, and proving the mighty oonquest of man over the elements. Our situa tion all the time was most critical. Right ahead of us were four French liners, one or two of which had already driven, and if any of them parted their cables our de- struction was inevitable ; and, to make it, if possible, worse, there was the knowledge that we could do nothing, but must patiently abide our lot, whatever Providence thought fit for that lot to be. We had dons our all—the result was in God's hands. About two o'clock the view all around was most distressing ; about a dozen transports were driving, four or five had cut away their masts, while only five or six were riding at all hopefully. Near us was a little brig, which we remarked as doing capitally, when, all of a sudden, her masts went over the side ; still she rode on, but now, alas ! the little ship lies on share with scarcely two timbers holding together, so utterly has the sea broken her up. Near us also was the Lord Raglan, a splendid 'ship, just new, of about 700 tons ; she, too, rode on most capitally. Close astern was the little Beagle ; how she escaped being swamped is to me a marvel, as, although we were not above 100 yards from her, continually from the height of the sea we could see nothing but the tops of her masts ; still she rode on, and although she rolled enough to roll every thing out of her, yet she seemed to keep her self pretty dry. Astern of her was the Algiers; she rolled, if anything, worse than the Beagle, and carried away one cable ; still, she held on, and this morning steamed out into safe anchorage. All the steamers had their wheels and screws welding,goin, which of course made them much safer, hy WEDNESDAY—The Lord Raglan is on shore, but taken there in a most sailor-like manner. Directly her captain found he could not save her, he cut away his mainmast and wizen, and, setting a topsail on her for emas t, ran her ashore stem on, where she lies quite upright, and has now (3 p.m.) rigged cheers over his hold, either, we suppose, to save his cargo, or to lighten his ship. The shore is teeming with soldiers, who, however, seem very friendly ; so much so, that an order has been given not to fire upon then, fearing lest they should murder the poor shipwrecked wretches if we do. They are, of course, taking into Sebastopol any men and plunder they call get ; but I suppose that is all right. • 5 p.m.—The Firebrand has just fired on the coast. It seems the wretches were prevented from doing harm by their impotence, not their will, for they have just brought down field pieces and fired on the wrecks, and the Firebrand is trying to keep them off. We were rather premature in supposing the Russians had become civilised atl of a sudden. • - • THURSDAY, 16th.—To-day broke very fine, with still a stormy breeze from the S.W. ; the Firebrand still busy keeping off the Russians, wino continue hovering about the shore ; and some capital shots she makes, dropping shot and shell right into groups of eight or ten, and scat tering them most effectually ; the boats are all busy getting men off the wrecks, and we hope that very few lives are lost here. About half-past 8 a.m. the captain of the Lord Raglan, a most intelligent sailor-like man, came on board; he has great hopes of saving his ship, whieh is nearly unhurt, and he says that the Russians were most anxious to persuade him yesterday to go on shore, but he declined, very: fortunately, as every poor fellow they caight, half drewnect and unarmed as he was, they handcuffed and sent rays that directly he lighted his lamp they opened a fire at his skylights, but fortunately without doing any damage ; he says, too, that his men, of whom he has 30, behaved most splendidly, and he has brought them all off. On leaving us he returned to his ship, and if man can save her he will do it. One French barque is full of soldiers, and at them the enemy kept up a continual fire ; the poor wretches could not leave their position, owing to every thing being washed away, so that they had to cling to the bulwarks for safety, thus affording an excellent mark for the Russians, who took great advantage of it. And yet the savages call themselves Christians I At noon No. 1 was set on fire, we presume, by her crew, who we know had left her after saving all they could, there not being the slightest chance of getting her off, and she is now 7 p.m., burning most brilliantly, and shedding a lurid light all around her. A splendid, though fearful, sight is a ship on fire. It belongs to the same owner as the Lord Raglan, and seems to have as energetic a commander ; certainly the next best thing to saving her, which was impossible, was to burn her. A working party has just started for the • Lord Raglan, and there seems to be every hope she may be saved, but no other transport. No. 20 was burnt last night, and both she and No. 1 are now smoking. It seems they were not set on fire by their captains, as we supposed, but by accident. I believe, however, that most of the cargoes were saved. The French fleet have all either taken their departure or are on the eve of doing so. The admiral, we hear, is almost broken-hearted with the loss and disabling of his splendid ships. It is rumoured, too, that we are to go into winter quarters, leaving the steamers and Bellerophon, which, with five French screws, will make us a match for anything Rus sian, if they dare show their noses outside Sebastopol. MEETING OF LIBERAL ELECTORS AT LAMBETH. Last evening Mr. Williams, one of the members for Lambeth, met a large number of his constituents in the large hall of the Horns Tavern. Mr. Williams presented himself to the meeting in company with Mr. Murrough, M.P., and supported by many influential residents of the borough, and was received with great and repeated cheering.. The hon. gentleman reviewed in detail the political events of the interval which had elapsed since he last met the electors, and, at the close of the address, had the satisfaction of receiving a vote of approbation and of thanks for his services. In the course of the pro ceedings Mr. Williams was asked by an elector to state his views of the English and Scottish beer bills of last session, and, in reply, he stated that he was opposed on principle to both, and would endeavour to procure their • repeal. Mr. FREDERICK DODLTON then moved a resolution, to the effect that the war with Russia had not been carried on with a due regard to the interests of the Allies, and condemnatory of the admission of the Austrians into, the Principalities as an act of extreme folly, if not of ab solute treachery, which, by the stoppage of the advances of the Turks, had been the chief cause of the needless sacrifice of our troops in the Crimea. The resolution like• wise expressed alarm and disgust at the recently signed treat" with Austria, as not being likely to prove beneficial to the Allies, while it would probably prove inconsistent with the restoration of Poland, which was necessary to preserve the stability of Europe. It further declared that the conduct of Lord Aberdeen had proved him unworthy of the confidence of the British people, un fit to hold any office of trust under the Crown, and requested Mr. Williams to exert himself in support of the spirit of the resolution, and to give his adherence to any set of men who would carry on the war to the honour of England and the promotion of the liberties of Europe. Mr. H. SLACK, in an energetic speech, seconded the motion, which was unanimously adopted, amidst loud and reiterated plaudits. • REPRESENTATION OF MARYLEBONE.—Last night a numerously attended meeting of the electors of Maryle bone was held at the Colosseum Tavern, Portland-road, for the purpose of considering the propriety of recom mending the Right Hon. Charles Tennyso• D'Eyncourt as a candidate for the borough. Mr. Michell moved a resolution, approving of Mr. D'Eyncourt as eminently qualified to represent the borough in Parliament, and inviting him to issue an address to the constituency. Mr. D'lflanger, jun., moved an amendment to the effect, " That as a meeting of the reformers of the three pa rishes comprising the borough was to take place, to select a fitting candidate to represent their principles, it would be inexpedient to support any candidate by express resolution." After a very stormy discussion, in the course of which it was denied by Mr. M'Evely and other speakers, that Mr. D'Eyncourt had commenced a canvass, the amendment was carried by a large majo rity, and the meeting separated. BAIL WAY TRAFFIC RETURNS. LONDON AND SW:ITN-EASTERN RAlLWAY.—Traffic re turn for the week ending Dec. 2, 1854 £13,652 8 5 Corresponding week last year 12,306 18 3 Increase in 1`54 £1,345 10 2 LONDON, BRIGHTON, AND SOUTH COAST RAILWAY. — Traffic return for the weekending Dec. 2, 1854 £10,527 10 11 Corresponding week last year 10,518 12 10 Total of the half-year to this date, 1854 345,293' 4 4 Total of the half-year to this date, 1853 316,289 19 11 HERTFORD AND WELWYN RAILWAY.—The ceremony of " turning the first sod " of the above railway took place in an upland field, known asltho Cottagers' Gar dens, abutting on the Hertingfordbury-road. The Hon. W. F. Cowper, M.P., on whom ,devolved the task of turning the first sod, drove his spade into the earth, filled the barrow at his side, and wheeling it down the centre plank, deposited its contents at the bottom of the inclined plane, amidst the hearty cheering of those assembled. The Mayor, following the example set him, turned the second sod, and the ex-mayor the third, each on the per formance of his task being received with a round of ap plause. TIE WESTERN FISHERIES.—The catches of fish on the Cornish coast, on which so large a portion of the popu lation depend, have during the present season been ex ceedingly small. During the past week, however, the seine at St. Ives have been tolerably successful. The drift-boats have been taking from 1,000 to 18,000 fine pilchards, which have found a ready sale at Is. and 2s. per 100 of six score in the Bristol market and for home consumption. At Pendeen a great quantity of fish, supposed to be pilchards, has been seen going down Channel, Fish have also been seen off Mullion a nd Gunwalloe, but tho weather has been too rough to se cure any. THE MAILS.—SOUTHAMPTON, Monday, Dec. 4.—The Royal mail steam-ship Parana, Captain Philip Nast, sailed this afternoon with the outward mails for the West Indies, Hayannah, the Gulf of Mexico, Centralwh Aommiesritchae, among and tie Pacific, and 152 passengers , Bishop of Guiana. The Peninsular_ a nd xin Oriental Steam Navigation Company's steam-ship E Captain H. H. Potts, took her departure at 2 p..m.uto-day for Gibraltar, Malta, and Alexandria, carrying the outward East India and China mails. The E___uxiox, Larkins, ine ha i‘ s f. B p s . p f a o s r se s n o g u e t r h s . , among whom are M. B. M. Wil c ampton, Mr. Willcox , jun . ,nc mCaapta or in ake. This Captain L steamer Logan, Captain Hitchins, a s e l the j value 65,730/. sterling has a very full carg o, an d d 3 p 9, for India and Ch ina, an d 39,5261. for Malta and Alex andria. The United S ta t es mail steam-ship Washington, Captain Cavendy , arr iv ed here this morning from Bre men. She is taking in a very large and valuable cargo continental merchandise, and will leave for New York oofnc;fletdnesday, the 6th inst., with the regular mails. CHINAMEN AT THE DIGGINGS.—We are informed that there are several China men at these diggings who have constantly in their employment from 50 to 60 of their countrymen. These gentlemen are to be distinguished from the others by their adoption of smart European dresses, and, whether it arises from the difference of cos tume, a longer intercourse with Europeans, or from natural energy, they certainly appear to possess a much greater amount of activity and an i ma ti on than is usually t observable in the Chinese we have among us. Since I commenced this letter, the Turkish army has begun its march. Yesterday and to-day several large bodies of troops have left en, route for Fok s chany. I do not e x p ec t th ey w ill reac h the frontier much before a month, as, although we have had no rain now nearly for a week, the mud is still of great depth. Here, in the town, one no sooner takes his feet off the step of his door than he sinks two feet, and in many places three, perpendicularly in a single plunge. Many streets are all but impassable even for the hackney coaches, in which everybody is forced to move about, owing to the presence of huge holes in which horses sink to their bellies, and the vehicle to the axle-tree. When this is the state of the affairs in the capital, you may imagine what it must ,be on the country-roads. As far as aetual progress goes it would have been far more advisable to have waited until the frost had set in, but the moral effect of the move, be it ever so slow, will `be doubtless very great, and may do much good. The great subject for regret is the miserable state of the men's clothing, to which I have already alluded in my , last letter, and which leads me to fear that the number of the sick will be fearfully large. colonel Symmons has been at Ibralia for some weeks past, engaged in reconnoitring the various positions in the neighbourhood, but is expected back in a few days. I was mistaken in saying that Bairam Pacha had gone forward. He has been unexpectedly detained by the illness of a relative, but the great part of his staff has already started. A letter appeared in the London Press some time ago, which has been copied into a recent number of Galignani's Messenger, containing what the former journal ifi pleased to entitle "Pleasing Remini scences" of the early life of Sir Stephen Lakeman. The writer relates a most extraordinary tale of his having had a dream, in which he saw a person named Lakeman fall out of a cab in front of his house, and break his bead, & - c., and the fulfilment of the said dream by the downfal of a certain Lake man exactly in the manner represented in the vision. This was the commencement of the corre spondent's acquaintgnce with Sir Stephen, whom ho afterwards met with in the capacity of contractor for some public works in the south of France. After this the biographer goes on to state that his hero was engaged in business—l forget what par ticular branch—at the Cape of Good Hope, and finally crowned an. adventurous career by gaming 60,0001. on the stock Exchange in 1846. lam enabled to declare in the most positive manner that every single statement contained in this extra ordinary epistle, except those which refer to Sir Stephen's services in the Kaffir war, is entirely without foundation. The writer has either dreamed not only the lamentable accident, but the whole story from beginning to end, or he has invented it, •r he has mistaken Sir Stephen Lakeman for some one else. This gentleman never was in business in any part of the world in his life, and instead of being an aged stock jobber, as the correspondent of the Press evidently thinks him, is a young man of twenty-eight years of age ; a very simple calcula tion will show from this that in 1846, the period of his alleged brilliant speculation in the funds he was only twenty ; and few persons will deny that it is not very usual for young gentlethen of twenty to gain 60,0001. on the Stock Exchange in England. The whole tale bears evident marks of having been compiled by the two domestic ani mals known as the Cock and the Bull, and is only entitled to as much notice as is sufficient to contra dict it in every particular. The want of all discipline amongst the Austrians has, it is to be hoped, reached its height. Every morning the reports of the police are filled with ,outrages committed overnight by the soldiers. Twenty-four hours never pass without a murder or murderous assault on some of the inhabitants or on the Turks. A few evenings ago three Aus trians entered a shop, and deliberately seized upon a cheese, and were walking off with it. The owner appealed to two Turkish soldiers who were present for protection, and by their interference the two thieves relinquished their prey, went out, returned iu five minutes with some of their comrades armed, and stabbed the shopkeeper and the two Turks. Cases of a similar kind occur every day. The night before last a fearful riot occurred, arising out of a brutal assault committed by some Austrian sol diery upon some of the Wallachian militia, which led to a general mehse, in which the Wallachian fire brigade—strong, powerful men—at l as t t oo k part, disarmed the Austrians, and thrashed them soundly. Omer Pacha stated'to the Wallachian minister of the interior, M. Jean Phil ipesco, on Saturday last, in most indignant terms, that matters had reached such a pitch, that he was afraid toleave his house after nightfall without being accompanied by half a battalion of infantry to pi - cited him against the insults of the strolling ruffians in the Austrian ser vice who infest the streets. Complaints to the officers are useless. All applications for redress forwarded to the celebrated General Popovitch and his subordinates, emanating from French, English, Wallachians, or Turks, are systematically treated with indifference and even contempt. Lest any of your readers should suppose l myself exaggerate, the to take or am wanting in proof, I shall give trouble during the present week of committed by the soldiers circumstances, the number of nocturnal outrages, and their atten dantfinishing touch to the his Imperial Majesty, .so that you may give the pictureyou must have already formed = rnde la paix. I must add in your imagination et* the precise nature of Baron Hesesibene ic of the Russiansjury or insult to here, soldiers t any m offering who ',were guilty of hat during the stay. the inhabitants of the town were punished with frightful severity. PRAYERS FOR THE SIOR AND WOUNORD.—The Lo r d Bishop of Glocester and Bristol has just issised the fol lowing letter to the archdeacons of his diocese : " Stapleton, Nov. 29. " Dear Mr. Archdeacon —a have b e e n f or some time ex pecting that a prayer would be published and ordered by the Queen's authority to be offered up in the churches for our countrymen engaged in the present awful contest with a foreign enemy. I still hope that such a special appeal will be made to God's providence on their behalf. " But, in the meantime, I would suggest through you to the cleigy of your arcladeaconry the propriety of their de siring at the usual place in the service the prayers of the congregation ' for the sick and wounded in our fleets and armies.' In so doing they will have the sanction and ap probation of their bishops. " Believe me to be, dear Mr. Archdeacon, " Tour faithful brother and servant, " J. H. GLOCESTER and BRISTOL." WRECK IN LLANDUDNO BAT, NORTH WILES.—In the afternoon of Wednesday last, the 29th inst., a schooner was observed in great distress in this bay, a high north wind blowing, and the weather very tempestuous. The signals of the crew were heard, and a boat was imme diately launched near Brynbia, when, after a long strug gle with the raging billows, the brave hoa o t r rn e. ea suc ceeded in landing the mariners safe on shore. but Th name of the vessel has net yet been as greatest kindness and ospitilit l y were t E h n e gl e i r s e h w . , with The the ,exception of o ne h Welshman,"are sel was loaded with coal. It is ea r• r m ed e she w e y b e s manifested by Lord Leigh to the p feared ee • 001110 a total wreck.