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wpm. POLITICAL WORK BY THE AUTHOR OF " TIIE RIGHT 11014. BENJAMIN DISRAELI, M.P., A LITERARY AND POLITICAL BIOGRAPHY." On Tuesday, the 12th inst., will be published, i n 1 v ol. Svo THIRTY YEARS of FOREIGN POLICY : A. History of the Sceretarysbips of the Earl of Abe - leen and Viscount Palmerston. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. . THREE AND 9IXZENCE EACH, fcp. cloth.; POPULAR TALES. By MARIA EDGEWORTH. With 3 Engravings from Designs by Harvey. THE PARE NT'3 ASSI3TAYT. By MARIA EDGEWORTII. New Edition, in t volume. New Frontispiece and Vignette. EVENINJ3 AT HOME ; or, the Juvenile Budget Opened. By Dr. AnciN and Mrs. BARBAIILD. Engravings from Harvey and Gilbert. _ ----- THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON'. In 1 volume, unabridged Notes and Engravings. (Simpkln and Co.) London : Simpkin, Marshall, and Co ; W hitt a ker and Co. ; E. Hodgson ; Waahbourn e and C o.;H. G.. Bohn ; Smith , Eld er, and Co. ; Orr and Co.; Honl s t on andStoneman; J. Bain ; li. Renshaw ; Tegg and Co.; Rontledge and Co. ; C. Templeman ; and G. Willis and G. and J. Robinson, Liverpool. THEATRE -It OYA L, DRURY-LANE, M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. LAST 'NIGHT BUT SIX. THIS EVENING, Saturday, Dec. 2, the BEETHOVEN NIGHT will be repeated; on which occasion the following selection from the works of Beethoven will be performed :—Overture, Leonora ; the Allegretto from the Symphony in F ; the Larghetto from the Sym phony in D ; Concerto In E flat, for the pianoforte, performed by M. Billet; and the Symphony in C minor (the complete work). The Second Part will be Miscellaneous, and sague new Songs, "Say yes, Pussy" (third time), and "Minnie," nby Madame Anna Thillon ; the American Quadrille; Solos, cornet, Herr Kceni g • Lucrezia Valse ; the Atlantic Galop ; and the new DESCRIPTIVE QUA.DRILLE, THE ALLIED ARMIES, assisted by the Bands o f her Majesty's Grenadier Guards, 2d Life Guards, and Coldstream Guards. o r Anscisstow.—Promenade, boxes, and galleries, ls. ; dress F lu e ireie, as. 6d. ; private boxes 1/. Is. and 11. 11a. 6d. The Mendelssohn Festival will take place on Thursday next, Dec. 7, on which occasion the whole of the First Part of the Concert wtll be selected from the works of Mendelssohn ; the Second Part being Miscellaneous, Including the Allied Armies Quadrille. M. JULLIEN'S GRAND BAL MASQUE will take place en MONDAY, Dee. 11, and terminate the season. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Dac. 2, WM be performed the Comely of PRESENTED AT COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Backstone, W. Farren, and Howe ; Misses Reynolds, E. Chaplin, Grantham, and Lavine. To which will be added THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. To be followed by MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. To =chide with POPPING THE QUESTION. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Cliaaras KRAN. THIS EVENING, Dan. 2, Will be performed the highly copular comedletta, entitled LIVING T4O FAST. To be followed by FROM VILLAGE TO comir. Principa ehara,eters by Messrs. Harley, Fisher, and Cathcart; Misses Mur ray and Heath. After which will be proento I a new Melo-arm - II:We Spectacle, in three acts, entitled SCHA.MYL, the Warrior Prophet. LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENLY(, Dec. 2, Will be performed THE GIVE OF SPECULATION. Citarac tars by Messrs. C. Mathe 79, R. Rokby, F. Matthews, and Baker ; Mrs. Hughes, Misses Oliver and Wadham, and Mrs. Foote. To be followed by a new Comic Drama, entitled A COMICAL COUNTESS. To conclude with the Farce entitled JILT FELLOW CLERK. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, 21r. B. Webeter.—Dtreetreas, Madame Celeste. THIS RVENING. Ds°. 2, Will be performed MASKS AND FACES. Characters by Messrs, B. Webster, L. Murray, P. Bed/ON, foo.; Meedauscs Celeste, Wool gar, &c. After which, a new Farce called TUE SLOW MAN. Followed by BONA F[DE TRXITELLERS. To which will be aided a now Farce, ent tied THE HALLWAY BELLE. ROYAL OLYMPIC TIIEt TUE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Dec. 2, Will be presented THE BEULAH SP►. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, and IL Cooper; Miss Marston, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Fitzallan, and Miss Julia St. George. To be followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Mes.r.. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and Gladstone; Miss Julia St. George, and Miss Emily Ormond°. To conclude with the Farce, called A BLIGHTED BEING, in which Mr. Hobson will appear. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Miraculous attraction, and success without parallel THIS ETENING, The Magnificent and heart-stirring MILITARY SPECTACLE, in 2 acts. by'. H. SToccant.zza, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA! graphically realising that terrible conflict, and occupying both the Stage and the Ring, with 400 A.uxiiiari es ; After which, the Celebrated SCENES in the ARENA. Invented and conducted by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with a Grand Entrée called THE WILD ON THEIR FLEET HORSES N.8.-1n early attendance is respectfully suggested, in consequence of the numbers who nightly throng the doors of the Theatre. Boa-office open Prom Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Directar, Mr. Win. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —Morning 4 rain.after 121 Evening 26 min.aft. 12 To 3foitaolv - Morning 48 min.a.ftez 12 1 Evening 11 IniaAft. 1 THE WEATHER.—Soar Ornos, Dco. 2. THIRMOMXTEZ, IN THE SHADE. 47—highest since noon yesterday. 38—lowest this morning and during the night. 46—this day, at noon. Banomrrica, 29.97—5ti1l rising. WIND, W.N.W.—Fresh breeze and fine cold sunshiny weather. ~ M~ ~ s s~t •y ~ , 34)T, ~~ .Q LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1854. It is said, that a Treaty of Alliance has been signed between Austria and. the Western Powers—that FRANCIS JOSEPR has at length made up his mind to abandon the neutrality so humiliating to a nation arrogating to itself the title of a " Great Power," and to act for the future with energy and decision ; not covertly helping the guilty party, to whose unconscientious aggression the entire war may be justly ascribed. If this be so, indeed, we may attribute it to the de termination of the Western Powers to send troops to the line of the Danube, and to assume offensive operations in Bessarabia, and other parts of Southern Russia, as well as in the Crimea. The knowledge that France and England could no longer be trifled with, that they would treat those who were not with them:as against them, and that the time had arrived when Austria should choose her side—when she should give an unequivocal answer to the interrogation, " Under which. King? BszoNutf, speak or die," may have induced the act. But even if it be so, and that the vacillation, procrastination, and, we will add, habitual deception, have, indeed, been brought to a conclusion, and that a treaty has actually been signed, we can express no opinion as to how far it will be acted on, or how Austria may feel disposed to assist the Allied Powers un til we have it before us verbatim , et literatim, and are enabled to scan every clause, and maturely weigh every sentence, to see whether any and what quibbles can be raised, or point made by any Party desirous of evading its just responsibilities— " paltering " with its 0.-contractors, and while "keeping the word of promise to the ear, break ing it to the hope." Ws have heard of Acts of Parliament being enacte ' l to explain previous statutes of new treaties to interpret former ones, and show in what sense they were to be received. DANIEL O'CONNELL wax accustomed to declare that he could drive a coach -and-six through any law, and diplomatic casuists apparently possess equal facili lities for getting rid. of obligations imposed by treaty, at least such of them as it may be in convenient to submit to. The announcement that a treaty has been signed. is really no thi ng on which even the advocates for an Austrian alli e ance (and we were never among the num b er) could greatly pride themselves. • We do not at this moment even know what are the terms which those acting on the p art of France and England suppose that Austria has agreed to. They may be very stringent, or they may be quite the reverse. And as we have al ready witnessed some extraordinary bungling on the part of those concerned in framing a former Treaty of Vienna, which might have led to very calamitous results, but for the acuteness of the Turkish Government in detecting what was alto gether overlooked or disregarded by the French and English diplomatists, we cannot place very great reliance on anything emanating from the same parties. This is—even supposing that any treaty has been signed—a matter as yet by no means certain, and that it even apparently binds Austria to any decided course—a point at present involved in equal obscurity. The wisdom of the Trojan seer, when he uttered the celebrated warning, " Timeo Daneas, et Bona ferentes," has been recognised by all succeeding generations. It has passed into a proverb, trite and hackneyed, it is true, but the very universality of its appli cation, the readiness with which the veriest schoolboy uses it against those whom he is begin ning to detect as treacherous and deceitful friends (1) proves its sound practical philosophy. We distrust the Austrians, even when making the fairest promises and most specious professions. The recollections of byegone years, the memories of the past, when the Joint-Stock Empire--the nation com posed of shreds and patches, ever proved "fair and false "—when the modern Agamemnon, the grand father, be it remembered, of FRANCIS JosErrt, could sacrifice a daughter on the altar of expediency, all combine - to inculcate a wholesome distrust to those whose avowed rules of action aro altogether selfish, and whose political morality is by no means of an " uneasy character." We do not say that the destiny to which the daughter of FRANCIS the First was offered was not a glorious one, that the proudest monarch the world ever saw might not have rejoiced in a son-in-law such as NAPOLEON. But the destruction of that son-in-law was decided on at the very time when the daughter was offered to his arms, and a stronger illustration of perfidy and treachery could not be afforded. We must, therefore, watch Austria vigilantly and ceaselessly ; and it is an additional cause for rejoicing at the rapidly approaching meeting of Parliament, which will enable us to obtain explanations on the subject, which we could. scarcely hope for from the free will of Lord ABEBDJUIN. An additional reason for extra precaution is to be found in the fact that Austria and Prussia have also signed a new treaty, or rather an addi tional article to the treaty of the 20th of April last. Now, there can be no doubt as to the nature and character of the good " Clicquot's" wishes. He would—if he dared—assist his brother-in-law with all his resources. That he has not hitherto done so may be ascribed to his apprehensions, rather than his feelings, or his moral sense of right and wrong. And in the Royal Speech just delivered, at the opening of the Prussian Chambers, we find FREDERICK WILLIAM declaring that, " closely united with Austria, and the rest of Germany, he shall con tinue to look upon it as his task to plead for peace, therecognition of the independence of foreign states, and moderation." Ho hints as to the possibility of being compelled to "add force to this attitude;" but against whom or in whose favour it is impos sible to say. The "Angel of Peace" might puzzle sainaus if again restored to the world. His de clarations, his attitude, are, however, by no means satisfactory ; and as he is so closely united with Austria there are irresistible reasons for in sisting on full and explicit information so soon as the meeting of Parliament shall subject Ministers to the constitutional examination of independent members. Whoever wishes to understand Russia in the East has but to look at Mr. Wimp's excellent map of " The Ottoman Empire, with the frontiers of Russia and of Persia." There he will see at .a glance what she was, what she is, and what she means to be. By a yellow tint (it should have been a red one) the geographer has indicated her successive acquisitions, with the date of the rob bery broadly stamped on each. Once she touched neither the Black Sea, the Sea of Azoff, nor the Caspian. But, within about the last seventy years, she has obtained the almost uncontrolled command of the whole of them. Her barbarian hordes, aided by bribery, by cunning, and by diplomatic perjury, have wrested province after province from Turks, Cossacks, Circassians, Geor gians, and Persians, till she domineers without an equal from the Danube round to the borders of Persia. The Crimea itself is hardly a conquest of seventy years' standing, and Bessarabia on the Danube, and Georgia on the side of Persia, are spoliations of the present century, and that within the recollection of many of us. The whole south of Russia, like, indeed, in this respect to nearly all her boundaries, is a territory to which she has no better title than most of those who have expiated their crimes on the scaffold at Newgate had to the fruits of their murders. There are but two differences. The rank of the robber and the scale of the robbery. The grand robber fortress from which Russia holds in awe all these stolen, and therefore uneasy territories, is without doubt Sebastopol. This ancient city of the Tartars, whose native designa tion, Ak-Tiar, she has almost effaced from memory, is now a modern and purely military city. It is the arsenal, depot, and stronghold of Russia in the Black Sea. There is no trade to it whatever, except what is origi nated by its warlike objects. How it is fortified and provided with the munitions of war our readers know but too well. The moral of it all is this, that the object of Russia in the South and Fast is conquest, not trade. The latter she en courages, indeed, so far as she can force it, by stopping up rivers and by prohibiting tariffs, into Russian hands, and so far as it may prove a source of military funds, but aggression has been her course, and aggression is still her untiring pursuit. Every few years repeats the tale of some province stolen from a neighbour, or some crafty over reaching in diplomacy or treaties. A powerful fleet in the Black Sea, with an impregnable fortress for its harbour, is the natural device to sustain sueh a course. Sebas topol makes her formidable to Turkey in Europe and in Asia alike, to the States on the Eastern coast of the sea, and even to Persia itself. In no spot whatever can her endeavours at Eastern domination be so effectually repressed. It cannot therefore, even in the review, be regretted that we have determined to finish our work in the East while we are about it. Sebas topol must be annihilated, or it would have been of little avail to get the Russians away from the Danube, and with that city the Crimea must also pass away for ever from the bands which have so abused their conquest. There can be no serious difficulty in accomplishing this, if we attempt it in earnest. Our readers will find in MONTAGUE GORE, Esq.'s, " Description of the Harbours and Towns of the Crimea," * a clear account of the nature of the work to bo done. There are but three places by means of which Russia can send reinforcements to her army now there ; an d these three places are, or ought to be, at our mercy. prevent a7 Y along Our new gun-boats could abso lutely the succour seaarriving er A z b ff y ; w an a d y of if Kertch or A rab we occupied those places ourselves we might even turn the tables on Russia, and draw supplies from the adjoining Tartar tribes. But Perek•p, to which from the beginning we directed attention, laid. such s t ress a t and on which KOSSUTH properly St. Martin's Hall, is the place through which all the Russian reinforcements have arrived hitherto, and by which the greater and more important part must always arrive. Here, too, gun-boats only can approach very near the Isthmus ; but the Isthmus is so narrow that an army of small size could hold it against all the world This has been, indeed, proved. It would seem, therefore, to be the first duty of the Allies to secure this indispensable post. It would cut com pletely the line of communication between the Russians in the Crimea and the rest of the Em pire, and leave them, shut out as they are from the sea, without a base of operations. MENSCHI KOFF and all his army would be completely caught in their own trap. We contend that such a result is worth all we could expend on it between this and- the spring. To overpower the Russian army in the Crimea, now that so many of its best troops are concen trated there, would be to make the Crimea a Moscow for the enemy. The military prestige of Russia would entirely vanish with the evi dence of the vast superiority of our indivi dual soldiers, and the superiority, also, of our means of placing them wherever we wish. Com plete success in the Crimea will be anything but resultless. It will seal the first great effort of the Allies, the liberation of Turkey. It will leave them free to complete the liberation of Europe. There are some other Blaok-Sea places, indeed, to finish off. They ought to have been dealt with long before now. Nicolaieff, the southern dockyard of Russia, whose river, the Bug, NI CHOLAS has dredged for his 100-gun men-of-war, while he has allowed the mightier Danube to become too shallow for merchantmen ; Odessa, to which he has endeavoured to divert the na tural Danubian trade ; Kherson, and one or two Circassian ports. It is a pity these were left for next spring. For ourselves, we cannot for the life of us comprehend why we ourselves or our enterprising ally France have not dredged the Salina mouth of the Danube long ago. Not withstanding the War, it is understood that the provinces have produced a large supply of corn. Witk present prices we suppose our governors will not deny we want it ; and a few steam dredgers would have opened the river quickly and ot the same time to our merchantmen and to cur smaller men-of-war. * Published by Ridgway. "Many a true word spoken in jest." Some facetious remarks uttered at a symporium at the Crystal Palace have led to important results. The post-prandial hilt, that it might be worth , Government's while to contract with Messrs. Fox and HENDERSON for the taking of Sebastopol, has produced one of the most important and beneficial steps adopted since the declaration of hostilities ; beneficial in many respects, for it is the sacrifice of one of the most cherished crotchets of "red-tapism " that nothing could be done except through official sources—a princi ple that, as wo have already explained, probably prevented the rescue of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN and his brave companions from the dreadful fate to which they were subjected.. It now appears as if Ministers were determined to adopt the best means, although net in accordance with official regulations, and to select the best men, although not holding commissions in any branch of her MAJESTY'S service. This. is, indeed, a wise and judicious departure from official trammels—one which we have laut little doubt will lead to im portant alterations in every branch of the civil as well as the military service. It appears that Government applied to the Hon. Gentleman, the member for Norwich, to point out a suitable person to undertake the charge of a body of " navvies," and all classes necessary for carrying out engineering operations. Mr. PETO at once recommended a gentleman, who, with his staff, had recently returned from Canada, and whose qualifications were of a very high charac ter. The result is embodied in the following paragraph THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1854; OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. [FROM A SUPPLEMENT TO LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.] War Department, Dec. 2, 1 p.m. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle has this day received a Despatch, of which the following is a copy, addressod to his Grace by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. No. 98. Before Sebastopol, Nov. 11. My Lord Duke,—When, on the Bth inst., I re ported the gallant and successful repulse of the very formidable attack made upon the position occupied by our troops above the ruins of Inkerman, I stated that I would in a subsequent despatch lay before your Grace, the names of the officers whose conduct upon the occasion had been brought to my notice. I now proceed to discharge that duty. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge reports most favourably of the exertions of Colonel the Honourable George Upton, of the Coldstream Guards, Lieutenant-Colonel Reynardson, of the Grenadier Guards, and Colonel Walker, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, as well as of Colonel Cunynghame, Assistant-Quarter-Master -General, and Lieutenant-Colonel Brownrigg, Assistant- Adjutant-General ; Captain the Honourable Percy Fielding, Acting Deputy- Assistan t-Q uart ermaster- General, who was severely wounded ; and of Cap tain Butler, Deputy-Assistant -Adjutant-General, who was unfortunately killed ; and here I may pause to mention that he was the brother of Cap tain Butler, who so distinguished himself at Silis tria, and fell just before the siege was raised. The Duke of Cambridge likewise recommends Lieutenant-Colonel Dacres, of the Royal Artillery, who commanded the field batteries of the Ist Divi sion, which were admirably served by Captains Paynter and Woodhouse, Captain Hamley of the Royal Artillery acting as Staff Officer to that branch of the service ; Captain Ellison, the Brigade Major to the Guards, and Major the Hon. James Macdonald (whose conduct particularly attracted my attention), and the other officers of his personal staff. His Royal Highness speaks also in the highest terms of the spirited exertions of Assistant-Surgeon Wilson, of the 7th Hussars, who at a critical mo ment rallied a few men which enabled them to hold the ground till reinforced. In the 2d Division, which, as I have already informed your Grace, received the first attack, and was engaged throughout the clay, the officers whose names I have to bring forward are very numerous. Those who commanded the regiments of which it is composed were, without exception, either killed or wounded ; and, in many instances, those who succeeded wore wounded. Major-General Pennefather commends them highly. Colonel Warren, of. the 55th, in command of the Ist Brigade, and Lieutenant-Colonel Daubeney, 55th, who succeeded to it •n the former being wounded, and was himself wounded afterwards ; Lieutenant Colonel Mauleverer, 30th, and Major Patullo, of the same regiment, who took the command of the regiment when the Lieutenant-Colonel was wounded ; Major Champion, 95th Regiment, and Major Hume, of the same corps, who were both wounded, the latter having succeeded the former in the command, and being himself relieved by Captain Davis when he was obliged to leave the field. Lieutenant-Colonel Carpenter, of the 41st, who was mortally wounded, and succeeded in the com mand by Major Eman ; Lieutenant-Colonel Hely, of the 47th, who was obliged, when wounded, to relinquish his command to Major Farren ; Majo r Dalton, of the 49th, who fell at the head of his corps, and was replaced by Major Grant ; Lieu tenant-Colonel Fitzmayer, commanding the bat teries of the 2d Division, under the able direc tion of Captains Pennycuick and Turner ; Lieu tenant-Colonel Wilbraham,and Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Percy Herbert, the Assistant- Adjutant, and Assistant-Quartermaster-General, and Captain Thompson, 10th Hussars, and Cap tain Glazbrook, 40th Regiment, the Deputy- Assistant-Adjutant, and Deputy-Assistant-Quar termaster-General of the Division ; Captains Thackwell and Armstrong, the Brigade-Majors ; Captain Harding, Aide-de-Camp, and the other officers attached to the Major-General's personal Staff, one of whom, Captain Allix, the First Aide de-Camp of Lieutenant-General Sir Do Lacy Evans, and a most promising officer, was unfor tunately killed. The 3rd Division was only partially engaged ; but having been actively employed in all the siege operations, Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Eng land avails himself of the opportunity to mention, in terms of high approbation, the Staff Officers and the officers in command of regiments, and has drawn my attention to the services of Major Wood, As sistant•Adjutant-General, the Honourable Major Colborne, Assistan t - Quarter - Master-General, Cap_ tain Wortley, De p ut y - Assistant-Quarter-Master- General, and Colonel Bell, of the Royal Regiment; Colonel Cobbe, of the 4th Regiment ; Colonel the Honourable A. Spencer, of the 44th ; Lieutenant. Colonel Lowth, of the 3 8th ; Lieut enan t-C o l one l Adams, o f the 28th ; and Li eutenant-Colonel Waddy, of the 50th Regim en t s ; M a j or the Honourable A. Hope, of the 60th Regiment, Cap tain Daniell, of the 3Stli, Brigade Majors ; and Captain Edward Neville, Scots Fusilier Guards, his Aide-de Camp. The superior officers of the 4th Division, Lieu tenant-General the Honourable Sir George Cath cart, and Brigadier-General Goldie, having fallen, and the survivor, Brigadier-General Torrens, hav ing been severely wounded, I take upon myself to recommend the surviving officers of the Staff, viz. : Col. Wyndham, Assistant-Quartermaster -General, and Capt. Hugh Smith, 3d Foot, Deputy -Assistant Quartermaster-General; Major Maitland, Deputy- Assistant - Adjutant - General, who is wounded ; and Captain Street, 5 7th Regim en t , and Lieu tenant Torreus, 23d Regiment, Brigade Majors ; and I may hero express my deep regret that Lieu tenant-Colonel Charles Seymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, should have fallen. Ile had served on the Staff with the lamented Sir George Cathcart at the Cape, and had accompanied him to this country in the capacity of Assistant-Adjutant-General; and he was remarkable for his intelligence, gallantry and zeal. I would likewise beg to solicit your Grace's attention to the services of Colonel Horn, who commanded the 20th, and came out of action the senior officer of the division ; Captain Inglis, com manding 57th, and Lieutenant-Colonel S av o ', commanding the 68th Regiment, who was severely wounded ; and Captain Dallas, commanding de tachment of the 46th ; of Lieutenant-Colonel Ainsle, of the 21st, who was wounded ; o f Lieutenant-Colonel Swyny, who unfortunately fell at the head of the 63d, and was succeeded in the command by Major the Honourable Robert Dalzell ; and Lioutonant-Golonel Horsford, of the Rifle Brigade ; of Lieutenant-Colonel D. Wood, the senior officer of the Artillery of the Division ; and Major Townsend, of the Artillery, who was unfortunately killed. He was considered a most valuable officer, and was ably succeeded by Captain Hoste. Lieutenant-Colonel Powell would have commanded the 57th, but he was on duty in the trenches. The officers of the Light Division, whose ser vices have been brought to my notice by Lieutenant-General Sir George Brown, who was obliged by a wound in his arm to quit the field before the action terminated, and by Major- General Codringtou, who succeeded him in the command, are Lieutenant-Colonel Yea, of the Royal Fusiliers ; Major Sir Thomas Troubridgo, of the same regiment, *who was commanding in a bat tery, and thoueh desperately wounded, behaved with the utmost gallantry and composure ; Major Banbury, o f th e 23d, w h o rep l ace d hi m i n cornmand ; B reve t-M a jor M un d y , comman di n g the 33 ; Lieutenant-Colonel Shirley, of the 88th, who was employed in the trenches ; Lieutenant- " CIVIL E.IGINEERS AND NAVVIES FOR THE CRIMEA. " Mr. Beattie, the civil engineer, and his staff—who have recently returned to this country in consequence of the termination of the railway upon which they were engaged in Canada—have been employed by Govern. ment to proceed to the Crimea. They are to embark at Marseilles, on the 6th, for their destination. A nume rous corps of miners, quarrymen, plate-layers, smiths, and navvies, are to accompany or follow them." This is as it should be. We thank the Govern ment for this step, which is decidedly in the right direction, and which goes so far to prove that a resolution has been formed, even at the eleventh hour, to carry on " the war in earnest." STOPPING THE BRITISH SUPPLIES TO THE ENEMY. Our prominent notice of the exportation of lead seams to have at length brought the Government to a sense of their neglect to take proper precautions against supply ing the enemy with the means of killing our troops. It will be seen by a proclamation in the ()mete of last night that the Lords of the Council have stopped the exporta tion of lead to any place in Europe north of Dunkirk, unless their previous sanction is obtained. No less than 90 tons of pig lead, it is said, were about to be shipped for Prussia, intended, without doubt, for the brother-in• law of the King and his most worthy ally the Emperor of Russia. THE WOOLEN HUTS RENDERED FIRE-PROOF. A proposition was yesterday submitted to the Foreign office to render fire-proof the wooden houses to be sent to the Crimea. The suggestion has been made by an ironfounder of many years' experience. This gentleman having seen that the beams and rafters of his workshops sometimes ignited when large castings were in progress, turned his knowledge in chemistry to account, and made a composition, which he washed over the wood-work that was most exposed to the effects of heat. The re sult was satisfactory. Pieces of wood, when washed over with this composition, may be placed in the fire, and although under great heat they will become black and waste away, yet they will not ignite with a flame. The method and ingredients of the composition are to be kept secret. It is scarcely possible to overrate the importance of this discovery, which, if it stand the test of the experi ments to which it is about to be subjected, will prove an epoch in the art of maritime warfare. COVENTRY ELECTION. Sir Joseph Paxton was this morning returned member for Coventry, in the place of the late Mr. Geach. No opposition was offered, all shades of Liberals having joiied in support of the worthy Knight. SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND THE WESTERN POWERS. We are given to understand that Lord Westmoreland announced yesterday by electric telegraph to Lord Clarendon the signature of the treaty of allianoe between Austria and the Western Powers. ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKET COMP ANY. NOTICE. 55, 11loorgate-street, London, 2d Dec., 1854. Pursuant to instructions issued by the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty, the Parana, with mails for the West Indies, Mexico, &c., will not leave Southamp ton until Monday, the 4th inst. TIIE MEETING OP PARLIAMENT. We understand that the following letter has been addressed to those members of the House of Commons who usually support the Government : " Council Office, Nov. 28, 1854. " Sir,—The meeting of Tarliament haying been fixed for Tuesday, the 12th of December, on account of urgent public business, I earnestly request your attend ance on that day. " I have the honour to be your faithful servant, , "J. Rv4szi,L, ' Colonel Jeffries, commanding the portion of that regiment which was in the field ; Lieutenant- Colonel Egerton, commanding the 77th ; Majors Staten and Dixon, of the same regiment ; Lieu tenant-Colonel Unett, of the 10th, on duty in the trenches; Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrence and Cap tain Ebrinf‘ton, of the Rifle Brigade ; and Captain Hopkins, commanding a detachment of Royal Marines, which had been brought up to replace a wing of the Rifle Brigade that had been sent down to Balaklava, and fully maintained the reputation of that distinguished corps ; Lieu tenant-Colonel Lake, of the Royal Horse Artillery, and Captain Aorris, commanding the battery attached to the division, Colonel Sullivan, Assistant-Adjutant-General; Lieutenant-Colonel Airey, Assistant-Quartermaster-General ; Captain Hallowell, Deputy Assistant-Q uartermaster- General ; Captain Macdonell and the other officers of the Lieutenant-General's personal Staff ; Lieutenant the Hon. H. Campbell, Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Codrington ; and Brigadier-Ge neral Buller's Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenant the Hon. H. Clifford, whose conduct is represented to have been peculiarly conspicuous ; Captains Mackenzie and Glyn, the Brigadier-Majors of the Division. It is due to the principal medical officers of the several divisions, Doctors Alexander, Cruick shank, Forest Linton., and Hurafrey, to report that their able exertions have been strongly repre sented to me, and deserve to be most honourably mentioned, and the arrangements of the Inspector- General of Hospitals, Dr. Hall, for the care of the wounded, merit the expression of my entire appro bation. Lieutenant-Colonel Glambier, of the Royal Ar. tillery, who had the command of the Artillery in the trenches during the siege, a duty which he dis charged to my perfect satisfaction, was, I regret to say, unfortunately wounded when moving up with the two 18-pounders, which I had ordered to be brought to the right of the 2d Division ; and I have great pleasure in speaking in terms of high panegyric of Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson, who had charge of those guns, Captain D'Aguilar, and the officers and men who worked them ; they per formed under Lieutenant-Colonel Dickson's direc tions the most effective service, notwithstanding that they had a very heavy fire upon them, and that their loss in consequence was very severe, seven teen men having been either killed or wounded, and one officer wounded. I derived, as upon every other occasion, the most able and effective assistance from the Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, Brigadier-General Escort, and Brigadier-General Airey, and their Assistants, Major the Honourable W. Pakenham, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable A. Gor don, and the officers of their departments ; and from the Military Secretary, Lieutenant-Colonel Steele, Lieutenant-Colonel Poulett Somerset, and the officers of my personal Staff ; and I feel deeply indebted to Lieutenant-Creneral Sir John Bur goyne, for the constancy with which he applies himself to the discharge of his arduous duties, and the benefit I derive from his advice and assistance, as well as to Captain Gordon, Commanding Royal Engineer, Captain Chap man, and the officers of that corps; and to Major Adye, the Honourable Captain Gage, and Cap tain Fortescue, the Staff Officers of the Royal Artillery, to the command of which Lieutenant- Colonel Dacres has succeeded by the lamented death of Brigadier-General Strangways, whose Aide-de-Camp, Captain Gordon, I would also bring to your Grace's notice. I profit by this opportunity to render justice to two officers whom I omitted to mention in my Despatch of the 28th September. The one, Captain Maude, of the Royal Horse Artillery, who has since been badly wounded, dis• tinguished himself at the battle of the Alma, as I myself observed ; the other, Captain W. Pitcairn Campbell, became the Senior Officer of the 23d Regiment, when Lieutenant-Colonel Chester was killd, and, though severely wounded, could hardly be persuaded to quit the field.—l have, &c.,. RAGLAN. His Grace the Duko of Newcastle, &G., &c., &c. WAR-OFFICE, DEC. 2. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., the Secretary-at-War, has received no list of casualties amongst the non-commissioned officers and privates in the forces under the command of Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., at the Battle of Inker man ; and it appears that no such lists can be for warded to England untii after the next or following mail, in consequence of the great difficulty existing in obtaining complete and corrected lists from the several regiments of the army in the Crimea. THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN, The following despatch has been received at the Admiralty from Admiral Dundas Britannia, off the Katcha, Nov. 11. beg you will lay before the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty the accompanying return of casualties in • the Royal Marines in the action of the sth November, 1854. The Royal Marines have displayed their accus tomed gallantry, but I regret the losses they sus tained in this battle.—l have, &c., (Signed) J. W. D. DUNDAS, Vice-Admiral. To Secretary of the Admiralty. A NOMINAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES IN THE BATTALION OF ROYAL MARINES ENCAMPED BEFORE SEBASTOPOL IN THE ACTION OF NOVEMBER 5. W, H. March, captain, Queen, severely wounded. J. Mills (act. S. M.), serjeant, Algiers, killed. E. Richards, serjeaut, Bellerophon, severely wounded. J. Bunten, lance-corporal, Leander, severely wounded. J. Osborne, lance-corporal, Queen, severely wounded. J. Jones, private, Bellerophon, slightly wounded. A. Warren, private, Bellerophon, slightly wounded. B. Dean, private, Albion, slightly wounded. J. Kilpatrick, private, Vengeance, severely wounded. J. Whelan, private, Vengeance, slightly wounded. J. Smith, private, Albion, slightly wounded. J. Hausman, private, Vengeance, severely wounded. J. Sanders, private, Leander, slightly wounded. W. Short, private, Albion, severely wounded. W. Adams, private, Bellerophon, severely wounded. R. Quin, private, Bellerophon, slightly wounded. J. France, private, Bellerophon, severely wounded. J. M'Levy, private, Vengeance, dangerously wounded. Robert Cooper, private, Bellerophon, killed. James Angel, private, Bellerophon, dangerously wounded. W. Pitchar, private, Albion, severely wounded. J. Whits, private, Vengeance, slightly wounded. C. Robinson, private, Vengeance, severely wounded. E. Snow, private, Albion, killed. S. Toogood, private, Vengeance, severely wounded. J. Smyth, private, Albion, slightly wounded. W. H. Adams, private, Leander, dangerously wounded. R. Dennis, private, Vengeance, killed. J. Webb (2), private, Vengeance, killed. R. Wilson, private, Bellerophon, severely wounded. J. Perkins, private, Bellerophon, severely wounded. J. Jury, private, Albion, slightly wounded. J. Carroll, private, Vengeance, severely wounded. THE STORM IN THE BLACK SEA. LIST OF TRANSPORTS LOST OR DISABLED. On shore, but crew saved—Pyrenees, Ganges, Rodwell, Lord Raglan, and Tyrone. Burnt—Pyrenees. The Danube is lost near Cape Clierson, but crew saved. AT EUPATORIA, ON SHORE. The following have lost their masts :—No. 3, Her Majesty ; 53, Asia ; 55, Glendalough ; 61, Harbinger ; and 81, Georgiana. The crews ap pear to be still on board. Two other transports aro partly dismasted, bow sprits gone. AT BALAKLAVA: The following have gone to pieces on the cliffs —Prince, Resolute, Kenilworth, Wild Wave, Pro , gress, Wanderer, and Malta. The following were riding comparatively easy at their anchors :—Melbourne, Pride of the Ocean, Medora, Lady Valiant, Mercia, Caducens, and Sir R. Sale. The loss of life is great, 30 to 40 men hauled over the cliffs. The Victoria is in the harbour of Balaklava, and has lost her rudder. The damage to the other ships iu the harbour is confined to their upper works. fHE REINFORCEMENTS. It is the intention of Government to reinforee the eavalry division in the Crimea by sending out two regi ments, mustering 700 sabres each. It is stated that the 6th Carbineers and the 7th Dragoon Guards are to be augmented to the above number, and immediately proceed on this service. The first-named regiment has not been actively employed since the year 1808, when it returned from Monte Video, having been engaged in the unfortunate expedition of General Whitelock. The 7th Dragoon Guards returned from the Cape of Good Hope about four years since. Their present strength is 350 men each, but the required number, it is considered, will soon be made up from other cavalry regiments on the home service and from the cavalry depot, Maidstone. It is understood that in future all cavalry regiments on active foreign service are to muster, exclusive of trumpeters and farriers, four squadrons, or eight troops of 85 men each, making a total of 680 effective sabres. Tke whole of the Artillery stationed at Horfield, Bar racks left Bristol on Thursday for Woolwich, en route for the Crimea. More volunteers are required for the 18th, and an appli cation was made at Chatham on Thursday, by Colonel Reynolds, C. 8., commanding the 18th, to the command ant (Colonel Eden) to allow the 94th Regiment to be again opened for volunteering, as tho lith want about 60 men to make up the strength of the regiment. There can be no doubt of the number being obtained, as the bounty money (1/.) is a great inducement. The grant was obtained, and the volunteering took place yesterday. It seems that the whole of the men of the 94th are anxious for active service. Recruiting parties from various regiments are stationed in different parts of the county of Devon, chiefly in the centre of agricultural districts, where they have been working with great zeal. The Plymouth division of Royal Marines at Totnes, in the south of Devon, have enrolled a large number of men lately, and at Exeter and other places a large number of recruits have been enlisted. Tho Alma (late the Barwon) screw steamer, sailed from Gravesend yesterday, having embarked there officers of the following regiments for the Crimea ;—viz., Ist Royals, 7th Fusiliers, 17th Lancers, 18th, 20th, 28th, 49th, 74th, 83th, and 93th Foot. The IGth Regiment furnished 41 volunteers for the 17th Regiment (depot at Kilkenny), which is now serving in the Crimea. The same regiment furnished 10 volunteers fur the 71st Highland Light Infantry, also in the Crimea. The Cumberland, chartered iron screw-steamer, has been loading at Portsmouth with the wooden huts for the Crimea. She will stow about 100, or accommodation for 2000 men; so that we require 10 stio4 steamers at the least instantly, if we aro to provide covering for our 20,000 troops around Sebastopol. LONDONDERRY, Nov. 29.—The 15th depot, at Derry, has been called upon to famish 50 volunteers to the 18th Foot, now at Chatham, under orders for the Crimea. All recent volunteers for the Crimea will be allowed one guinea on joining their new regiments, without deduction for alteration of clothing, which is to be defrayed by the public. CORK, Nov. 30.—Yesterday 200 of the 16th (Bedford. shire) Regiment arrived. from Athlone, under command of Captain G. Studded, with two ensigns. The head quarters will arrive on Saturday or Monday, under Major Henry Copinger. Detachments will be sent to Haulbow line, Camden, and Spike Island. In place of 300, which was formerly the number of soldiers doing duty in Spike Island convict depot, there will in future be but 40; the constabulary and turnkeys are to be increased, to assist the military in taking charge of the convicts. A draft of the 89th, numbering 238 men, will arrive to-day from Waterford. The 2d Somerset Militia has furnished 30 volunteers for the 17th Lancers. A draft of the 17th, numbering 236 men, is to arrive on Saturday from Kil kenny.—Cork Consitutiori. The Royal mail steam-ship Magdalena, which arrived at Southampton yesterday from the West Indies, is to be immediately prepared for the transport service in the Black Sea, and will, it is expected, relieve the Orinoco, which steamer regnires to come home for repairs. It is expected she will be ready for sea about Wednesday next, and will make one of the most efficient troop-ships in the world. The private screw steamers Norman, Alster, Cos mopolitan, Hutton, Metropolitan, and Sir John Easthopo, have been chartered by the Government to convey from Southampton to the Crimea wooden houses for 4,000 men, which are being manufactured at the steam sawmills of Messrs Driver and Co. They ar,e constructed upon the same principle as those which have been made at Ports mouth. WINTER CLOTHING FOR THE. TROOPS IN THE CRIMEA. Yesterday the Messrs. Almond completed the following Qontract with the Ordnance for the army in the East :- 44,000 fur cloaks. 44,000 fur caps (helmets). 44,000 fur gauntlets (gloves). 44,000 waterproof capes. 44,000 long boots (cow hide material). 44,000 suits of inner clothing. 44,000 pairs of leggings. 10,000 suits of fur clothing for officers. MORE NUNS FOB THR ElST.—Several more of the Sisters of Mercy, from this country, are about to proceed to Turkey, to give their attendance to the sick and wounded soldiers. Accounts have been received is Dublin that a portion of the hospital at Scutari has been allocated ex clusively to the nuns fer their residence. Major-General Henry Bentinek hits arrived in London from the Crimea, and, considering the severity of the wound, fortunately only a flesh one, lie received at th e battle of Inkerman, i n b e tt er health than might be ex pected. Thegallant general had alengtiseue6l interview with Viscount Hardinge the morning altos Ids arrival, and also waited on her Royal Highness the Dins of Gloucester, at Gloucester-house, when the Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary came to town from Kew to meet the gal lant general. The Queen sent General Bentinck an invi. tation to Windsor Castle, but h 6 was compelled to decline, from his impaired health, her Majesty's gracious invi tation. Lieutenaut-Colonel Lord Charles Fitzroy, accompanied by his brother, the Earl of Euston, M.P., has been de tained in Paris from illness arising from the effects of the battle of Inkerman. The noble and gallant colonel, by the last letters, was better, and it was hoped would be able to leave for London yesterday. Lady Charles Fitz roy has arrived in town to meet his lordship. TIIE RUSSIAN AND THE ZOUAVE.—WO gave some time ago an extraet from a letter stating that every morning an oW Russian naval officer at Sebastopol had a cannon brought into the street by his servants, and amused himself with firing at the besiegers. From time to time the Francs tireurs picked off the servants, but they were daily renewed by others, and every attempt of the best marksmen to hit the old officer had failed. The P2',23e now publishes a letter from Sebastopol stating that ono of the Zouaves has been more fortunate. The Zouave made a hole in the earth to conceal himself, and watched for the appearance of the officer. The first day he fired in vain, but the next one of his balls struck the Russian, and he fill dead on his gun. WAKLIKE NEWS AND WARLIKE ENTHUSIASM.—On Friday last an itinerant speech-crier and his better-half, both more than "half-seas over," perambulated our streets, , in the middl e o f t h e day, vend i ng w h a t they called a cor rect account of the storming and cannonade of Sebastopol, which took place for 14 hours ; also the fall of that place into the hands of the allies ; together with accouats of the dreadful slaughter of the Russians; all published by the British Government, for the low charge of one penny." It need scarcely be mentioned that the "account" contained merely the telegraphic abridgment of Lord Raglan's de spatch, detailing the battle of Inkerman. The startling intelligence, however, appeared to meet with a large sale among the country people, and we have little doubt that the vendors realised a handsome profit f rom their decep tion. Late in the afternoon two goringmen from th e country, probably smitten with enthusiasm from pe rusing the " account" of the great victory, appeared at the Cross, in the High-street, armed with naked broadswords, which they brandished about their heads, to the great admiration of a pretty large crowd of boys an d g i r l s, at the same time shouting and swearing that "th ey would do for Old Nicholas." Not satisfied with thi s d emonstration of their valour,they marched up an d down the street, between the Cress and the corner of St. J o h n - street, for a few minutes, waving their glitteri ng weapons, and reiterating their ' vows of vengeance upon the tyrant, Neither of them was drunk, although, lik e Mr. Peter Paterson, they were probably' "just a leetle °elevated," and they did not appear to be recruits. It was only a miracle that no accident happened to some of the crowd, from the wild niatner in which the swords were whirled about. Halting a last at the Cross, . the heroes fulminated a final defiance to the Russian boozy and then retired intothe Skinnergate, swearing all the way' that they would "nic,l; him pit."—Perilatirc Courier. THE FRENCH REINFOROEMENTIS. BOULOGNE-SUR-BIER, Dee. I.—ln consequence of all order which came down from the Emperor, 10,400 men from the camp of the north have been elected to proceed forthwith to the Crimea pour remplacer les Ws. The Ea , ' peror, in order to pay a compliment to the army encamped around Boulogne, has given the soldiers an opportunity of volunteering for the scat of war, but limited the number of volunteers to ten from each company. Upon this feet being made known the greatest enthusiasm prevailed amongst the men, and the difficulty of limiting the election to ten from each company was very great, in consequenc e of the almost unanimous desire of the soldiers to be per milled to join their comrades in the East. The troops, comprising this reinforcement of 10,400, are being marched down to the railway, by which they pro ceed to Paris, en route to the place of embarkation. They are accompanied to the terminus here by their different bands, which are playing a series of lively airs throughou t their march. The greatest interest is exhibited by the inhabitants generally, who crowd the different thorough fares the soldiers pass, and greet the gallant fellows in the most rapturous and feeling manner. The Emperor has presented each of the soldiers with a copy of the New Testament, which is the diamond edition published in London by the British and Foreign Bible Society. The detachments of 160 men of the Bth, 9th, 17th, and 32d regiments of the line, in garrison at Paris, who have volunteered for the army of the East, left Paris last evening by railway. Similar detachments from the 36th, 63d, 66th, and 67th regiments of the line, and of the Bth and 13th light infantry, also stationed at Paris, are to leave to-day. All these detachments are to remain at Ali until they receive orders to proceed to the corps for which they are respectively destined. Gen. Montebello, who is the bearer of the letter of the Emperor to General Canrobert, left Marseilles in the Indus on the 26th. The same vessel carried out a detachment of 475 Chasseurs de Vincennes. Other departures of troops took place on the previous evening, and qthers again . were to take place the ne x t d a y. I n a dditi on t o t ro ops all the vessels that leave take out ammunition and stereo The reinforcements which leave Marseilles do not feria part of the regiments composing the divisions of Generals Salle and Dulae, which are to embark at Toulon. The Atlas steam-packet, belonging to the company Al' naud and Fouache, arrived at Marseilles on Monday eve n• ing from Constantinople, whore she had carried out troops' She left the Turkish capital en the 15th. The corvette Caravane, having on board a detachment o the 26th regiment for the army of the East, sailed foul Toulon on Monday. She also carried out a large quantity of wine for the Black Sea fleet. The Charlemagne arrive d in that port on Monday, and will have to stop several day° for repairs. Three English steamers, in addition to thesis which previously arrived, entered Toulon on Monday, but the next day two of them proceeded to Marseilles to receiv e troops. The number of vessels of different sizes ready to ea,it from Toulon on Tuesday, was, without counting th e English steamers, 15; and amongst them were the WO . vessels of the line the Fleurus and the Saint Louis. These vessels were destined to take out the 7th division, and the Bth division is to leave immediately aft er ' At Toulon, the fitting out of the ship of the li ne Navarin is far advanced, and that of the Souverain is t° be carried on with all activity. Upwards of 200 workme n are, besides, employed in the construction of a large ztesal v frigate to bo called the Imperatrice Eugenie. The depot cf the 19th battalion of Chasseurs de V I. connes arrived at Marseilles in the evening of the 26th, from Douai. It was four days en route, and passed throng ° Paris without stopping. . _ Detachments of the 9th and 32d regiments of tho line_ took their departure from Paris the clay before yeste ra i l; by the Lyons Railway for th e S ou th , w h ere th ey a re embark for the Crimea. They passed along the Quay?;, t he Hotel-de-Ville, and the Arsenal, singing patriotic songs. A letter from Toulon of the 28th ult. says :—" 11111 workmen in the dockyard were obliged to work on Sunds l last until noon, in consequence of the urgency of the W i t now in hand. The gun-bo a t s are we l l advanced in, tilt construction, and in a few months some of them can launched and immediately after armed. The English / 6. sel4which are to carry out the troops to the Crimea a r., expected here every d ay. A large quantity of artilieli stores is being emba r k e d on b oard the ships of the line an d frigates now in the harbour. The activity displayed h ere is extraordinary." We read in the Sentinelle Taukntnaise of the 27th in Bt ' "The screw ships Fl eurus and St. Louis and severa l frigates are making preparations to receive on board. t he first brigade of the seventh division of the army of th : ft East. The 10th and 57th R eg i ments have already packe d their arms in the arsena l ready for embarkation. 512" second brigade is to embark in the steam-frigate just rived, and the (satire division will be on its way to the East in a few days. The eighth division is to follow ho' mediately, as transports are arriving daily for that pur' pose, so that in less than a fortnight our army in the East will be increased by two new divisions, and will have Iv' ceived a great quantity of war materiel. Numerous detach ments leave daily to fill up the vacancies in the differen t corps of the army in the Crimea." STEAMERS INGAGED AS TRANSPOBrig AND ON MAIL SERVICE. --- The following magnificent steamers are at present env ployed as transports :- ROYAL MAIL COMPANY. Ross' Tons. n euter. Orinoco (p.) 2,900 ' BOO Avon (p.).... .............. 2,069 ............... Thames (p.) 1,900 45 0 Medway (p.) 1,895 430 Trent (p.) ............ . 1,856 430 Tamar (p.) l, 80 0 450 ....... . PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY. Himalaya (s.) Simla (s.) ............... . .............. : 2,600 600 Candia (s.) .......... 2,200 45 0 Nubia (s.) Colombo (a.) Indus (p.) 4 1,700 450 Ripon (p.) ,600 Manilla (s.) 6OO 60 Rajah (s.) GENERAL SCREW COMPANY. Prince 2,750 30 0 2,364 Indiana Golden Fleece Jason Hydaspes Harbinger Propontis This list shows that Southampton has contributed 22 steamers, of 32,266 tons, and 8,530-horse power. Liverpool also has borne her fair share in furnishing th e Government with steam-ships, screw and paddle, for serer vice as transport or store vessels, as will be seen by t he following list of ships, tonnage, and power :- CUNARD COMPANY. Arabia (p.) Europa (p.) ......... 1,850 65 0 Niagara (p.) 1,850 65 0 Cambria (p.) 1,200 440 Jura (a.) 2,200 400 Enieu (s.) 35° Alps (s.) 1,600 1,400 300 Andes (s.) CANADIAN COMPANY Cleopatra (s.) Ottawa ( a.) Charity (s.) 1,200 200 LIVERPOOL AND PHILADELPHIA COMPANY. Kangaroo (s.) 1,900 30v . '" SOUTH AMERICAN COMPANY.. Imperatrix (s.) CORK AND LIVERPOOL COMPANY. Albatross (a.) Cormorant (a.) horse power. making a total m of .d l d s iti v o largest class belonging to O e n ss t e o ls th o e f se 2 t 2 liere a to re n a s bo a n n t d tvr%n 4 t o ; Or thirty sailing transports of t he t port. u - sE OF A PLAID IN BATTLE.--A letter was received a few days ago by Mr. M`Dougall, tartan warehouse , Inverness, in ro uwhichrough p laoccurs which t w he egot m following e circumstancesome em ti ago for Captain Campbell, 23d Regiment, carried off the field on the 20th Sept e m ber."—lnv e rne ss Alma, as he found several balls in it after he V/ 3 g o f t this e d m is t i i d u l g a u n i a sh C 9 uglier MR. MACREADY e a r : saved r h . iifent:tr ate: em an IJ : e t idn te in e IN BIR3IING RAM. —0 a Thursday, compliance with an invitation from the CO w Institute,ed tragedian, gave i readingsn courteousin ue Town-hall, r birtninghain, from Milton, Dryden, eo d ds worth, Shakspere, and Popo, the proce edis to b evoted to the funds in aid of that institution- The attendance of a numerous audience was more than expected, the weather being extremely inclement. The hall was filled, and considering that Mr. 1411°- ready was merely a dramatic actor, this circumstan ce was the more remarkable. Mr. Macready, after his in troduction to the audience, proceeded to allude to big early and happy days in Birmingham, the eircunastan c ? twat he had been invited by the directors of the Midland Institute to appear on that occasion, and to apologise for any deficiencies which might be apparent during 411 10 performanc es w hi c h h e h a d un d er taken. I L ,' readings consisted of Dryden's " Ode to Cecilia, Pope's Vital Spark," Wordsworth's ti Cumber land Beggar," an extract from the fifth book of " Paradise Lost," together with the "Dream of Eve," and an extract from the fourth act of th e secand part of Henry IV. Au apologue by L ei g i ! Hunt succeeded, but produced little effect. It is almost impossible to conceive the impression which, by his versa tile talent, Mr. Macready produced upon his auditory The assemblage were enthusiastic in their plaudits. The entertainment did not last more than an hour and. a half. Th e p ro ceeds for the institution will be nea rl y 200/. uag TUE MUSEUM OF ORNAMENTAL ART AT MARLBOR O HOUSE.—The numbers attending, &c., during the men!: of N ov ember were as follows :-3,584 persons on the public dayss and admitted free ; 35 7 persons o n the students' days,!and admitted as students on the pay ment of 6,1. each, besides the registered students of the c lasse s and schools. The museum is now open free on Satur days for the convenience of schools, &c.