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THEATRE ROYAL /TAU& ARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Dsc. 19, Will be performed the Comedy of PRESENTED AT COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, W. Farren, and Helve ; Mims Reynolds, E. Chaplin, Grantham, and Lavine. After which, the Ba let of TAE STAR OF ANDALUSIA, in which Senora Perea Mena will appmr. To which wil be added TUE BALANCE OF COMFORT. FolloWei by I LIE IRISH LION. To conclude THE STIR OF CURRA, by the Spanish Dancers. ROTA!. PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cnaaixe Stun. THIS EVENING, Dza. 19, Will be presented Fausr AND MARGUERITE. Principe characters by Messrs. C. Kean, David Fisher, Raymond, Cathcart, and Saker ; Mrs. Winstanley, Misses C. Leciercq, Daly. an 4 1`• Terry. Fdlowed by C ['ARLES THE SECOND. Principal c haracters by Messrs W. Lacy, VlnUig, Addison, and Cathcart ; Misses Murray and Heath. To conclude with DEAF AS A PO3T. LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS ENTENT2:ti, DEC. 19. Will be performed AGGRAVATING P,An. Principal characters by Mews. C. Mathews, tioxby, Baker, Swan. Williams, and Tem pleton; Sirs. Macuamara, and Misses ullver and H. Gordon. To which will be adde d the new Com!c D;arna, called A COMICAL COUN rEtii• To be followed by TWO lIFIADS ARE BETTER TITAN ONE. To conclude with the Farce entitled MY FELLOW CLERK. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dlreetress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Dzo. 19, gni be performed an entire new Rustic Drama called PIERRE TILE FOUNDLING. Supported by Messrs. D. Webster and Kee ley, and Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar. Followed by BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. After which, a new Farce called THE SLOW MAN. To which will be added a new Farce, entitled THE RAILWAY BELLE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THE k TRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS ETEWLNG, Dzo. 19. Tin be presenteo. a new Comedietta, c (Rad A WIFE'S JOURNAL Characters by Messrs. Brown, Emery, Harcourt, and Leslie; and Mrs. Brown, and Miss Maskell. To be followed by THE BEULAH SPA. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, and 11. Cooper ; Miss Marston, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Fitzallaia, and Miss Julia St. George. To conclude with THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Atired Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and (Redstone; Miss Julia St. George, and Miss Emily Ormonde. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. The Wonderful PEILFORIIILG ELEPHANT'S for this week only ! TIII3 EVENLNG, THE RATTLE of THE ALMA! - After which, the ve t ried SCENES in thii.'ClAbLE, Alto, the Wonderful PERIOORMING ELEPHANTS, whose asto nishing sagacity and indescribable developement of the reasoning faculty have been the theme of universal admiration, To conclude with the MARRIED BACHELOR. N. 13 —A MORNING PERFORMANCE consisting of the New Comic Pantomime and Scenes in the Arena, will take place on TUESDAY, 26. h (Boxing Day) at Two o'clock. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGVe... Tiny DAT —Morning 51 min.olter 12 Evening 16 mtn.aft. 1 To- foxxow --Horning 39 rain.after 1 1 Evening 4 min.aft. 2 MS WZATHER.—Sum Onto', Dec. 19. lEMEMOSIICTIM, Itt THE SHADE. 43—highest since noon yesterday. 36 —:owcst this morning and during the night. 39 —this day, at noon. BARONICITE, 29 . 82. N.N.W.—Light breeze, with fine frosty inn shiny weather. p. 4 , 7419 7-2, -1111, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1854. The Foreign Enlistment Bill last night passed the House of Lords, and received its first reading in the- House of Commons. No division was taken. The objections that had previously been so strongly pressed by . Lords DERBY, EL LEN BORCYUGH, and other Noble Lords, were repeated, but they professed themselves satisfied with the former vote, and sought no tut-thew trial oi l strength. It is, however, generally suppesed 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 discusse6 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. O the 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 Egg lisl►, and that Queen VICTORIA requires no foreign mercenaries to occupy the station which there aro many gallant fellows in what were once the three kingdoms, but are now isdissolubly 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, an d 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 languago, 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 t wrongs of those who had afforded ampl e 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 terst exciti ng thoughts that must rankle in every Latish heart, and cause a bitter feeling to arise aagnadinpartesthsofsoer whoits adoption. have brought the bill forward, Oa the other hand, it is ex and we readily give place to the argum ent , that eeeain have i been urged on the o ther side, involve i s j le desirable to avoid a cours e that must such election. necessity of a dis solution of Parlia ment and a general Th e e xpense and turmoil of a proceeding s hould, if possible, be av o id ed at eke Wo like swear." there is quite sufficient excitement without. when We svvallow the l ee k , an d , u:' k it ine the the country. renowned Pistol, " we cat, and Whether the difficulty be worth the expense ' ex pense which it must be purch ased is a,matter of taste. We confess that, in our judgment, the price is to o hi gh, even for the blessing of retaining tl _Ae services Of L or d ABERDEEN' at the head of affairs. Thi s night the question will be asked of the popular branch of the Legislature, and cu the answer then returned will depend whether the introduc tion of the sharp end of the wedge will be tolerated, and that allowed which was refund to the third ,; th-K; ~~~~ ~~~ WILLIAM in the very hey-day of his pride, at the very moment when he 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 ? 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 the 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, th 3 way of OMER PACHA." 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 BuoL 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 hat day. It is, indeed, very questionable whether, if Austria had not entered the Princi palities, Russia dare have moved sufficient troops ;0 the Crimea to have hazarded the attack at Inkerman. True, flue 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 or incon- venience their Governments ? Least of al 4, wil any one believe that the Court which could at the same time order Jellachich to attack Hungary, and yet denounce him to Hungary as atraitor, 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 mot prepared to deny that Aus tria " might have used her means 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 tee 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 L Lordship can be. The Treaty is waste-paper- But all calculations founded on what 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 ment as to the sources whence the proposed foreign troops are to be obtained. " Who—as Lord ELLENBOROUGII 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 ming 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 ITriah. 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 ? Sa 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 HAYNAU well know the terrors of Bankside, and of English draymen. 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. GLADSTONB 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 Parliament, and the aeorecy as to 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 Duke 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. e I Livzr.rooL, Monday.—The United States' mail steam ship Atlantic, which put back on Saturday night with damage to her rudderhead, started this morning at nine o'clock far New York, after having repaired the rudder. She carries out about 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 tho Cunard steamers ter transport service, secures a weekly communication with North America. The steam-ship Baltic, with the New York mails of the 9th inst., may be expected to arrive to morrow evening. SOUTHAMPTOY, Monday, Dec. 18.—The gigantic new graving dock at this port was opened for general busi ness this morning, by the admission of the General Screw steam-ship Crcesus, of 2,500 toes register. This large skip 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 Wai a depth of 25 feet 4 inches of water. This dock, the largest if 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 Crceius 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 engices of 100-horse power, are constructed by Messrs. Mau&lay, Sons, and Field. It is anticipated that the exigencies of war will send a large number of the largos' class ships of war to be overlrauled in this dock, and in the Duke the adjoining one, which has been some years in use, and is capable of receiving ships of 3,000 tons. terms, having is L o a f c Newcastle . e —This i written r g i t a t l e l gallant n o officer, of whomglowing' cendant of th nearly allied to several of our Scotch families, Mrs. Paterson marriede Josette Arbuthnott, a lineal des I resided in this city it rs i t Viscount Arbuthnott, and niece of of Bannockburn, with whom she miral Alexander 70uoisr many years. Her brother is Ad- Charles and Sand;"'Ster'ounl Arbuthnott, Knight of gallant midshipmen TraZon,rit who 'vas O c n o e t4 o l. of 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 Godericb, 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. Ceurtenay (solicitor), Mr. Bathurst (vestry-clerk), and Mr. Ratcliff, had an inter view with Viscount Palmerston yesterday at the Home= office. REPRESENTATION OP EAST GLOUCESTERSEIES.—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 the 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. THE 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." ROUEN.—The letters from Rouen state that, although the attendance of buyers in the market for manufac tures bad increased, there was no material alteration in prices. WINCHESTER COLLEGE.—ThE GODDARD SCHOLAR sIur, 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 Furneanx, 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 meritf—J. K. J. Hichens, H. B. Georgen, W. F. Phillpotts, C. Mayo, •F. R. Wickhann. The prizes forwarded by Mr. Philip B. Duncan for the en couragement of the study of the mathematical sciences in the school have been adiudgecl—the senior, to John B. J. Hichens, commoner ; second in merit ; "Elvereford 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 armourer 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. 23.—Fourteen days' quarantine from date of departure is enforced here upon vessels from Barbadoes, Grenada, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Trinidad, St. Kitt's, and Goadaloupe ; the last infected with yellow fever; the rest with cholera. Bar badoes, St. Lucia, and Grenada, will soon be declared free from disease. TEE PENINSULAR MAIM—SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 16.- The mails for Vigo, Oporto, Lisbon, Cadiz, and Gib raltar' which should be despatched on Monday , t he 18th, from Southampton, will not leave until the ensu 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 Amsterdam 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 authorisinn the directors to raise 20,0001. on debentures, payable from first profits, for the purpose of giving effect to the recommendations ha the report of Mr. J. A. Philips. One-fourth of the required sum has already been subscribed by the Board and their supporters. DEPARTURES FROM THE PORT OF LONDON.—The de partures for th© Australian colonies during the week have comprised fifteen vessels—six to Sydney, with an aggregate burden of 4,491 tens ; three to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 3,392 tons ; three to Ade t capacity iaide, with an aggregate burden of 1,639 tons ; one tc New Zealand, of 617 tons ; one to Hobart Town, of 494- ont s ; and w one as to consequently Launceston, nof ,oofs42lgtons. tons. The T rates Their eir otal 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 IRISH CHURCII.--!Some valuable church prefer ments have just fallen vacant by the death, on Saturday morning, of the Yen. Thomas Magee, Archdeacon of Kilmacduagh, incumbent of St. Thomas's, in this city, dsc. The deceased was one of the eons 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 ley no means unpopular among those who most widely differed from him in matters pertaining either to Church or State. A kind, though eccentric, 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, a ccording to rumour, be the Rev. Charles Stuart Stanford, incumbent of St. Michan's. THE QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY IN IRELAND. —The report on the condition one progress of this institutieen pres fled September, from 1853, to August, 1854, as b 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 -elves for examination for degrees, diplomas, and honours eight were rejected. It has been decided that the rejection of a candidate by any one examiner ,s 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 of education now pre scribed, as suggested by a committee of non -subscribing Presbyterians and the professors of the Queen's College. Ad cundein 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 guages, and English literature, mathematics, logic, me taphysics, chemistry, natural philosophy, zoology and botany, physical geography, jurisprudence, and pol economy. In Oct., 1853, 9 persons obtained degrees a de of A.D., 11 degrees of M.A., 25 degrees o f 8.A., 1 ;ree of LL.B., and 2 diplomas o f law and agriculture 33 persons obtained honours in the various departments of study. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Dxc. 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 in 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 Nelsen, 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 ville 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. 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 consideration, 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 accounts, 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, Esq., G. Vaughan, Esq., and G. Forbes, Esq. The formal business as to returning gentlemen named as governors having been transacted, Mr. RUSSELL GURNIIY 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. BAGGALLY, 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 GOVUNOR 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- tion governors. The proposition having proceeded as far as the elec tion 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 co mposed of donation governors. Mr. CAUSTIF GIBBON seconded the amendment. The TRAMBER 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, Aid. 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. Banally 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 Almoners, 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 •f governors to be convened i for the purpose." MARYLEBONE ELECTION. (THIS DAY.) STATE OF THE POLL. Niic o'CLocc Lou' Ebringten Mr. Bell 727 562 HALF-PAST NINA. Lord Ebringtoz Mr. Bell TEN o'CLecic. Lord Ebrington Mr. Bell HALF•PABT TEN. Lord Ebringtoo 1,439 2,027 1,269 ....... 2,598 Mr. Bell ELEVIN O'CLOCK Lord Ebrington Mr. Bell HALT•PABT ELEVEN. 3,101 1,925 Lord Ebrington Mr. Bell 2,238 LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. VIENNA, MONDAY MORNING. The Morgem 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 Inkerman 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. Hs was intensely cheered. There were no disorders. NON-ADHESION OF PRUSSIA TO THE AUSTRIAN TREATY. ' VIENNA, 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 Cronstadt, and on the same day a squadron of four sail of the line and four steant frigates, under the command of Rear-Admiral Rumanzow, left Sweaborg for Cronstadt. On the 16th several gun boats arrived at Sweaborg from Abo." TWICLYE O'CLOCK. Lord Ebrington Mr. Bell 2,472 lIALIP-PAST TWELVE. 4,357 2,709 Lord Ebrington Mr. Bell Oit oTtocit, , Lord Bbrington 4,711 Mr. 801 l 2,f/ HALT=PAST .OSE. Lord Ebrington Mr. Bell 5,023 3,143 Majority for Lord Ebrington, 1,880 THE PARIS UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION. 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 structu re . At t h e 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 Valais 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 sat 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 e xhibited. It is this consideration which has determined the authorities to adhere to greys ; and granted the great hall of the Palais de the effect is neither dull nor tam e . The space for which England has applied is so great t w a so ll uld exactly suit the requirements of all exhibitors, leaving the active populations of tries to take shelter under the galleries, or in i t oß b tir a ht: t etdir w suh ' es e ot r ru e i en i the supplementary building. Having made our way through the confused heaps of planks and other building materials which still lie about th e ground of th e great hall, we emerged from the palace on the river side. We proceeded 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 alley between the hissing, roaring machiees, with the fresh odour of new wood. As we passed along jets of chips and sawdust an g rily upon us. Th e workmen seeme d all to w elcome the presence of one of the contra ctin g firm —a good sign, I thought, ti which does credit to both employ er an d employed. We tthheeyna threwrro se passed on through a tnber yard to the great gallery. As we approached we were infm•med that the gallery we were about to enter was the lo ngest i n the wor ld . I t is, within a few yards, three quarters of a mile in length. Seven weeks ago this remarkable building was not begun : now, the visitor standing at one extremity of it sees a point of light ab ou t as large as a shilling at the opposite end. Already all the timber work is nearly finished ; already at o ne end the g l az i ers are very b usy. At the present time there are no preparations for warm ing the pal a ce, nor a pparently fo r li g hti ng i t; an d i t 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. y, --- AN ACUTE SWIND LEE.—At the Liverpool police-cou r t, on Tuesda a novel system of obtainin g money y under false pretences was elicited . It a pp eared that Richard Bell, a b eer-house k e eper, had been in the habit of aski ng captains of American snips the price of a voy age out, and on b e i ng informed , of sa y in g , " Well, I'll pay you 21. on account. " H e presents an ackno w l e d gment written i n penc il , an d obtains the master's name in ink. When the ship has sailed he er as e s the pencil marks, and makes a bil l out for work done on board the vessel, which h e presents t o the consignees, who, seeing the captain's au th or ity, PaY without demur. In this m anner the prisoner had received 521. from Messrs. Bowman, Grinnell, and Co., but, on presenting a second bill, he was given into custody, and as there were several similar cases against him to be inquired into, his further exami nation was adjourned to this morning.----Albion. FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—CharIes Horn, one of the goods guards on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail way, loaf his life on Wednesday in the tunnel at the station in Queen-street. Horn, who was twenty-two years of age, unmarried, and belonged to Traneut, had 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 illati )n, contrary, as said, 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 f oun d 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 Bet an m4)00,-1\ 7. 94 Pritim Dozy Moil. 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, &c., 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 tho conveyance to the Crimea of reinforcements, it is expected that short leave of absence will be granted to such officers and men 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-Adraiial. Gordon, and having taken up the moorings assigned to her, unbent sails, &c. The Royal George, 120, 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 ABOVB SEBASTOPOL, Nov. 28.—Deputy Inspector Cuinming's promotion to the rank o Inspector-General of Hospitals, and that of Surgeon Gordon, M.D., to be staff surgeon of the first-class appeared in to-day's General Orders. Leave ofab! sence is granted to-Lieut.-Colonel N. Lake, R.A., and to Lieut. F. Moose, 21 st 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 bttt 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 " Benno Johnnies," as a new regulation has cane 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 Vb. 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 an 20 au 21, ear la demand° de conconrs qua favais adressee au Commandant en Chef de l'Armee Anglaise, en lui faisant observer que lee tirailleurs Russel s'etablissaient a convert en avant de see lignee pour prendre a revere nos travailleurs. Cent riflemea conduits par le Capitaine Tryon sont sortie des tranchees Anglaisee, out tourne par Is gauche les positions occnpees par I'ennemie et lee out enlevees spree l'avoir dibusque. Les Busses formees en colonnee profondes ont tento troi3 fois de lee reprendre a la hayennette, spree avoir fait, pleuvoir la mitraille sur le adtachment Anglais. Nos allies, ont tenu ferme avec l'energie que nous lour connaissons et soot restes maitres de la position on nous pouvons les aperce voir ee matin. " Jai youlu rendre hoinmage devant vous a la vigueur, avec la quelle e'est accomplice hardi coup de main, qui a cause la mort an vaillant Capitaine Tryon : none lui don nerous lee regrets das é, ea fin glorieuse. Elle resserara les liens de loyale confraterniti d'armes qui nous unieeent nos allies. "Au Quartier General, le 22 Otre, 51, " Le General Commandant -en-Chef , "E. GANBOBERT." Who can read such an order without admiring the spirit and taste of the general who put it forth I The movements, tlrc., 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 Highlander s ; Lieutenant G. Mor gan, 4th Dragoon Guards ; Lieutenant M. Dow biggin, 4th Regiment ; Lieutenant H. Merely, 42d Highlanders ; Lieutenant R. Gunter, 4th Dragoon Guards ; Assistant-Surgeon Gilborne, R.A. ; As sistant-Surgeon F. Baker, Bth Fusilier Guards ; Assistant-Surgeon J. Coates, 2Gth Regiment; Cor net and Arjutant 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 2J Division ; and the Rev. J. Conty and J. Doyle, Roman Catholic chap lains, will be attached to the 23 and 3d Divisions re spectively. DEC. 2.—We have had two courts-martial for offences of the most unsoldierly c haracter. The first charge was that against W. Holmes, 44th Regiment, " For disgraceful conduct, in having, g, camp, before Sebastopol, on or about the 22d No vember, stolen one pair of boots, one shirt, one pair of drawers, a towel, handkerchief, a candle, some writing paper, and a sword, the property of non. COMIUIB B iQ4O .I officers B Wenn() Grollie alicl Jean 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 of faith. Nevertheless Turkey ' acted in violation of all treaties purchased with Russian blood, and in its bre-tch 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 (1) 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 G-ern,any, are the trumpets of these and other venomous calumnies." The Russian journal then praises the mag nanimity of Russia towards prisoners of war — this show of magnanimity, as well observed by tne 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 cropsonust be added that of habitations." Reports 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 Alajesty 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. Alexis Dulac, of the 4th Regiment of Chasseurs 7 voted by the legislative body, some modifications have d'Afrique." . The second charge was against Private been made in the expenses of the different Ministerial T. Bartly and Private J. Lithgow, 47th R eg i men t, departments. In the first place, art. 13 of the law o " For disgraceful conduct, in having at camp, be- June 14, 1854, on public instruction, prescribed that the fore Sebastopol, on or about 21st November, stolen service of the faculties should, from the Ist Jan., 1855, two five-franc pieces, a florin, a shilling, a ten-sous form a special service attached for the sake of order to the general budget and paid by the State. The conse smallpiece a 25 copeck piece, a penny piece, and some quence of this legislative enactment has been to consti- Turkish coins, the property of Louis Rapp and Pierre Moutinee, of the 50th French Regiment ti s i t te , b li y sh the d t ecre f e annexed the special budgets of the superior . • d st ir ruction. The expenses of the same." All the prisoners were found guilty, establishments the a fac m uljies were comprised the general budget f and received this sentence of punishment :—" -iftY 1855 for the sum e of 2,786,636 f., and their proceeds lashes, and to forfeit all advantage as to additional are estim.ted among the receipts at 1,810,156 f, The pay, good conduct pay, and to pension on discharge, amelioration of 1,375,105 f. anticipated in the latter which might otherwise have accrued to them from has caused the credits to be increased by a supple length of their former service." Lord Raglan mentary grant of a similar sum, and the subvention approved and confirmed the sentences, but was of 976,480 f. which is furnished by the Treasury has been pleased, in mercy, to remit half the corporal pun- added to the ways and means of the service of the facul ishment in each case. Vegetables, that great coin- ties. r As to the credits Of the general budget, they are fort to an army, can easily be obtained, for an of i i s n i ed o to that subvention, and are reduced by the sum benefit. , The e h q o ual . t a o l t d he proceoefds the e lii 2 ch h it ceases to d order has this day appeared stating that " potatoes having arrived at Balaklava from Trieste, and pre- Gal July last, relative pel to the credit foncier 6t j s u o n cret a ie n s, served potatoes from England, regiments will send plackg these establishments within the attributions to that place for eith e r o f th ese ar ti c l e s, as they of the Minister of Finance, and confidine , the direc may require them." Leave to England has been tion of the credit foncier of France to a governor granted to the undermentioned officers :—Major- named by your Majesty, has permitted the reduc- General H. Bentinck ; Lieut.-Colonel C. A. Ber- ion to the sum of B,ooof. necessary for the expenses of keley, Scots Fusilier Guards ; Lieut. G. Harrison, the surveillance of the credit foncier companies of Mar 79th Highlanders ; Captain C. E. - Watson, 7th seilles and Nevres, the credit of 29,000 f. included in the Royal Fusiliers ; and Paymaster J. Thorp, .631 general amount voted for the Ministry of Agriculture, Regiment. Commerce, and Public Works. The imperial decree of .Tune 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 1,810,1561. 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 E Out of this sum, 1,082,841,832 f. only form 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 repre sents 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 chapters, according to the wants each service. — I am, &c., " BAROCLIE, acting ad interim." 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. 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. This 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. CANADA. DEPARTURE OF LORD ELGIN. MONTREAL, Dec. 4.—lt is expected that Lord. Elgin will sail on the 22d inst. Sir Cussack and Lady Roney also sail in the same boat. Mr. Laurance Oliphant, private secretary to Lord 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 Indian affairs in Canada—a post the noble Viscount is well qualified to fill. Sir Edmund Head commences his duties forth with, and ho stands, assuredly, under the most auspicious circumstances, so far as the present con dition of Canada is concerned. 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 K'ng was discussed in the second Prussian Chamber on Friday. BaroniVincke'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 r triumphantly exclaimed M. Gerlach, a leader of the dominant court party— " Not from Russia, a great power, and some say the greatest." RUSSIA. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY. The following despatch has been received here : " CONSTANTINOPLE, Dm. 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 relapse, and cannot yet rejoin his division." The Constitutionncl, in an article treating of the alleged acceptance by Russia of the four guarantees, says :—" In reality to accept the four guarantees as the starting point of the negotiations does not constitute any engagement on the part of Russia. It merely amounts 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 dimini s h e d i n the course of the negotiations. It is not thus that the acceptance of the four guarantees ought to be un derstood in order to become a serious 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 o f negotiations. Between not announcing- reserves an d sacrificing them there is a difference tote cwfo." The Monitcur publishes the following report from M. Baroche, acting as Minister of Finance in the absence of M. Bineau, who is ill, relative to the division by 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 Consult= 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 approba tion of Jour Majesty, Since the budget of 1855 was 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 Ex' cellency, in compliance with a general desire, came forward, and addressed the ladies and gentlemen as follows : " I do not intend to depart from the rule which I have prescribed for myself, of not giving toasts after supper at balls in this house ; but I trust that in the position in which lam placed this evening, it will not Ir e deemed altogether inexcusable in me if I try at least to say a few words to you, for I do not know that I shall succeed 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 have sometimes employed on similar occasions—strains suited 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 offi cial character which I have borne for nearly eight years. For the last time I am surrounded by a circle of friends, with whom I have spent some of the pleasantest days of ITT ine. For the last time I welcome you as my guests 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 thi s connection, as the period of my departure approached , and I began to feel that the great interests which have so Ion: engrossed my attention and thoughts, were pas sing out of my hands. I had a hint of what my feelings really were upon this point ; but my anticipations in this respect were far different from their realisation. cannot bring myself to believe that the future has i n store for me any interest which will fill the place of those am now abandoning. " But although I must henceforward be to you as a stranger—(no, no)—although my official connexion with yon and your interests will have become in a few deers matter of history, yet I trust that through some 0 0 1 channel or another the tidings of your prosperity on" progress may occasionally reach me, that I may hear from time to time of the steady growth and develop* relent of those principles of liberty and order, of manly 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 humble means of influence, to implant and to establish. I trust, too, that I shall hear that this house continues to be what I have ever sought to render it, a neutral territory, on which persons of opposite opinione, political and re ligious, may meet together in harmony and forget their, differences for a season. And I have good hope that this will lee the case for several reasons, and, among others, for one which I can barely allude to, for it migh t be an impertinence in me to dwell upon it. But I think without any breach of delicacy or decorum, I may ven: tore to say that, many years ago, when I was m uch 3 oueger than I am now, and when we stood towards each other in a relation somewhat different from tha t which has r e ce n tly subsisted between us, I lea r n ed 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 onli to add the sad word, Farewell.' I drink this bumper to the health of you all, coll e ctively a nd individually. evil trust that I may hope to leave b e hi n d m e some who took bade with feelings of kindly recollection to th e period of our intercourse, sonic with whom I have been, on terms of intimate o ffi c i a l connex i on , whose worth and talents I have had th e b es t means o f apprec i a ting, and who could bear witness, at least if they please to do s n ' to the spirit, intention, and motives with which I hav e administered your affails, some with whom I have been bound by the ties of personal regard—and, if reciprc• city be essential to amity, then most assuredly I ca n leave behind rne no enemies. lam aware that there must be periions, in so large a society as this, who think that they have grievances to complain of, that due con sideration hes not been in all cases shown to them. L a them believe me when I assure them that so far as I am individually concerned, that no such error of omission or of commission has been intentional on my part. rar e• well, and God'bless you." • During the delivery of this address his Excellency was frequently interrupted by loud applause, and at its eon: elusion the cheers were renewed again and again, and lasted for several minutes. As soon as silence was re' stored Sir Edmund Head came forward and said— Lord Elgin stated that he intended to allow no toasts to be proposed. I shall begin by an act of insu bordination, 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 piss , sible disadvantages, for I follow one who has done more to ameliorate the social and political condition of the pro' vince than any public man can ever hope to do aga in. Indeed LordElgin has soltreated the varied questions he has had to deal with as to leave any man who follows hied. but very little to acco m pli s h. I p ro p o se 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 obli gat i on on me i n provo ki ng this outburst of your sympathy. Sir Edmund Head has referred, in terms almost too friendly to the place which I hold in your esteem, but let me remind him that though tbe!no are sunny hours I have had my times of darknes s Canada. He has said that I have had opportunities which may not, occur for him. Let me toll him that he, tol ! will have his opportunities. Ido not say that he !li have no difficulties to encounter—a career alto g ether fr ee 'of difficulty would not be one worthy of his abilities and character. But let me hope for him, that when the clouds arc darkest and densest, he may be able, as I haveb ever N b v e h e i t c ), b, to i n r e d t u a e i i w v i e i l l y b f u a t i . t s h t t t i l l i r a o t u t g li h er a e n i a s At a later period of the evening Mr. Turc?tte, : fie r y Y o _ in an elegant address, took leave of his Excell sacsautnt behind, behalf of the French Canadian portion of the poP"la tion. n Tee Quebec and Richmond Railroad %Into ptime e Pfre th i s road is a had very large traffic. The opening nit and it is t v o er b y e g b r o e p a c t d bog thetto h pt. roprietors as pro edha to g the public last Monday, and up to they, fitable as it is to the public conven ien itev THE OFFICERS FGR TUE E A ST. We have alreadY alluded to the appointment of three additional genehral officers for the Eastern army. Lord Rokeby, late of t 3 Guards, is an old Waterloo officer, a member of the noble house of Montagu, who, like a glorious sciun-of the nobility, has vo lunteered to go out. Major• Staff.Gencral Barnard was fu r many years Colonel on the Major• General Markham, late of the 132 d Foot, was Aide.de•Camp to the Queen. lie served in Canada , and in India during the Punjaub campaign, for which b e r eceived a me dal and two clasps. r ' : _„ . 7 ~~ ~~`a THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING DECEMBER 19. 18b4.