The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-09 00:00:00

TO THE ELECTORS of the BOROUGH of MIRYLEBONE. GENTLEMEN. I must in the first place con iole with you on the premature de cease of your late lamented representative, whose self-sacrificing liberality and philanthropy have identified the name of Dudley Stuart with hatred of oppression and sympathy with distress. Having been unexpectedly honoured with an invitation from a meeting of electors to make a statement of my political opinions, with a view to being proposed as acandidate for your borough, I lost no time in doing se. And lam happy to find that the answer I have since given to a deputation, in further explanation of my sentiments, both upon political matters in general, and upon the all-important question of the war, has led to my receiving from many quarters assurances of influential support if I should allow myself to be put in nomination. Under these circumstances, I have determined ' to solicit the honour of your suffrages. The public questions are few, indeed, on which, in the course of fifteen years, I have not pronounced an opinion, whether b y my voes. my speeches, or by writings. I shall, however, be h a ppy to answer, to to the best of my ability, any further inquiries you may think fit to put to me. But I can give no pledge beyond that of my Past public life. If I cannot be returned as an independent representative, I will not be returned at all. I never have sat, and I never will sit, on any other terms; and I would submit to you that he who could be capable of sacrificing his convictions for the sake of your votes, would be, on any convenient occasion, equally capable of sacrificing your interests to his own. • roving If you do me the great honou r of a pp me as the tried friend of civil, religious, and commercial freedom—as the pro moter of good local self-government, and of that efficiency in local administration which is the only true economy —as the supporter of extended franchise send general education—and as the advocate of the present Just and flecessary war—a war undertaken, in concert with our brave French neighbours, for the purpose of checking the encroachments of despotism, and of ultimately, with God's bless ing, conquering for Europe a safe and honour.ble peace; if, above all, yon feel with me that we ought to strain every nerve to succour effectively and at once our struggling forces in the Crimea, the wasted survivors of that gallant army so lately embarked from our shores with the pride of health, of equipment, and of numbers ; if you agree with me that we are bound to reinforce and refit, without stint, that sadly diminished band of heroes, whose noble prowess and ill-requited humanity, whose devoted obedience and uncomplaining endurance make us proud of the name of Englishmen, but whose losses, privations, and sufferings it makes oar hearts bleed in the midst of our exultation to think upon ; If, on these terms and with these sentiments, you place me in the proud position of your Representative, I shall endeavour to merit your approbation, and testify my gratitude by a diligent attention to my public duties and a sedulous promotion of your local interests. I hare the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient Servait, pare, Dec. 7, 1814. EBRINGTON. MARYLEBONE ELECTlON.—Viscount ERRINGTON'S CENTRAL COMMITTEE, Sir JOHN EASTHOPE, Chairman, SIT DAILY at the Portland Hotel, Great Portland-street. T HEATRE -ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. - The Programme for THIS EVENING (Saturday, Dec. 9), will include the New Songs, " Say yes," and " Minnie," sang by Madame Anna Thillon ; Overture to " Tannhauser ;" Grand Selection from " Les Huguenots; Le Comte Ory Quadrille ; the Andante Poco Adagio from Bristow's Symphony in D minor; the American Qua drille ; Scherzo in G minor, from Mendelssohn's midsummer Night's Dream ; solos—trombone, Signor Cioftl ; Violin, Signor Monasterio ; and Clarionet, It. Wattle ; Valse from Lucia di Lammermoor; Chance Galop ; and the new DESCRIPTIVE QUADRILLE, THE ALLIED ARMIES, Jullien, assisted isy the Bemis of ber Majesty's Grenadier Guards, 2d Life Guards, and Cdkistream Guards. Patcra or ADMlSSlOL—Promenade, boxes, and galleries, ls. ; dress circle, 2s. Gd. ; private boxes 11. Is. and upwards. M. JULLIEN'S GRAND BAL MASQUE will take place en MONDAY, next, Dec. 11, and terminate the season. N. B. All persons having claims en the theatre on account of the concerts are requested to deliver their accounts immediately, and to apply on Thursday next, Dec. 14, at two o'clock, for payment. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Buckstone. THIS EVENING, Die. 9, Will bo performed the Comedy of PRESENTED Al' COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. BuAstone, W. Farrell, and /Lowe ; Misses Reynolds, E. Chaplin, Grantham, and Lavine. After which, the Ballet of THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA, la Which Senora Perea :Sena wi , l appear. To which will be added THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. To be followed by MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. To conclule with the FLOWER OF TIIE PORT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. OXFORD-OPREET. Under the Management of Mr. CUARLZB KIAL THIS EVENING. Dzo. 9, Will be perfumed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Harley, Fisher, aad Cathcart; Misses Mur ray and Heath. After which will be presented a new Melo-dramatic Spectacle, in three acts, entitled SCIIAMYL, the Warrior Prophet. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T9n! DAY —Morning 32 min.after 4 Evening 51 min.aft. 4 To- fonnow - Morning 10 min.after 5 1 Eveni ng 31 mia.aft. 5 TUB WRA.'nimi , .—Bun Orruss, Dec. 9. TEIIIIMONINTEN, IN THE SHADS. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day, at noon. BA.Ro3frrEa. 29.51. Wtsp, W.—Fresh, with fine clear weather. j Gw UIL LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1854. "The Treaty" still forms the subject of general conversation, to the exclusion of all others. Occa sionally an anxious pater familias, afflicted with a heavy family and a light salary, may commence a Jeremiad touching the high prices of provisions and the consequent difficulty of making both ends meet, together with vague speculations respecting the prospects of a further increase of the Income Tax, and his incipient doubts as to the accuracy of the reasoning with which the Chancellor of the Exchequer crushed his daring correspondent, Mr. J. LLOYD PIMPS, of Birmingham, and executed a war dance over his prostrate body. But he is invariably snubbed and silenced, and - the conver sation is restored to its ordinary channel, through which the stream rushes like a torrent—what are the terms and conditions of the new alliance, and how far has the phlegmatic German been enabled to humbug his more lively brethren of the West; for that he has, in some degree, humbugged them more or less, appears to be the almost universal conclusion arrived at. So far as the contracting parties themselves are concerned the secret appears to have been well kept. It appears that the details have been kept strietly private until the " ratifications" have been completely exchanged. All that has been announced is, that a Treaty has been con cluded and provisionally signed. Everything beyond that is left to the imagination of the diffe rent parties to guess at ; and these guesses greatly depend on the previous feelings and prejudices of those - striving to obtain a correct solution of the political enigma: A new element has, however, been introduced that nay elucidate the mystery. It is said that Prussia, to whom the stipulations were commu nicated without a moment's delay, has not felt itself restricted by any obligation of secrecy, and that the terms so strictly concealed by the pi n _ I cipals have been suffered to ooze out by Philo- Muscovites of Berlin. Austria kept the secret itself, except so far as its babbling partner, the German " GRINDERSON," was concerned, but the latter dealt with the information as it thought prope r ; so that within a few minutes it WaS speed ing along the electric wires to St. Petersburg, to enlighten the CZAR as to the new combinations he would have to encounter, and to be prepared for the ultimaits. simum, perhaps we should rather say the ultimo-Us' sts . -sis-simum, addressed t o him by his that was to be brother Emperor. It was also given to some favoured journalists— at least, so they used ; but whether they are more veracious or trustworthy than others nearer home, who strive to invest their guesses in an official garb; is a matter of opinion, on w hi ch w© shall not venture to decide. Knowing, however, the bias of the Court, or the Pro -R • ussian party-- the terms are convertible at Borlin---we would carefully avoid bestowing unlimited credence on such statements, however positively asserted, although, as there is probably some found at i on of facts—as in the MENSCHIKOFF despatches — we cannot altogether reject the intelligence, thus obtained, as uttterly unwarranted by the facts. If, then, we are to these credit • accounts—the declarations and engagements contained in the Notes exchanged on the Bth of August last, that is to say, th e " Four Points," are to be regarded as the n ecessar y b as i s of peace, but each of the Contracting Powers" is to be allowed tho faculty of extending them by additional conditions ! If this be:so, we really cannot perceive the advan tage of defining limits, which any of those con cerned may - transgress . at pleasure, and which. t. transgression may be justified on that rather vague ustification—the state of the War. In addition, it is said that Austria enters into the same engage ment with Franca and England that she had already done with Turkey, that she will de fend the Principalities from any Russian attack. We may be very obtuse, but we are equally insensible of the value of obtaining a new promise to do that which she had already undertaken. She was allowed to occupy the Principalities, solely on the faith that she would exclude the Russians. If they attempted a new invasion she should drive them off. We cannot, therefore, see the value of a renewal of the obliga tion that had not been vitiated or impaired iu any degree. But, further, Austria recognises " the right of Turkey and her Allies of making all the move ments which may suit them, for the purpose of attacking either the Russian troops or the Russian territory." " Thank you for nothing," said the gallipot. Why, that right was inherent in the lawful owner. The troops of the SULTAN could not be excluded on any plausible pretext from their master's territories. Austria entered nomi nally as a friend. She could not, under any plausible pretext, claim to be the proprietor. That some difficulties have arisen is indisputable. We have felt them in the presence of thousands of Russians at Balaklava and Inkerman, and the blood of our. gallant soldiers who perished on the 25th October, or sth November, bear fearfu testimony to the injury occasioned even by thel hesitation or procrastination of the faithless or lukewarm friend. And this, according to the Berlin intelligence, is all we have obtained from Austria ! If so, it is indeed " much cry and little wool,"--the most striking illustration of the diminutive progeny ever produced by "parturient mountains," to which even the " ridiculous mouse" was a pro mising offspring. But although she gives so little she takes a great deal in return. " If, in conse sequence of her attitude in the Principalities, or from any other cause, Austria should find herself at war with Russia, the Alliance, offensive and defensive between her, France, and England shall be established by the fact of the War." Here we are bound to assist her in any difficulty, no matter how it may arise, while she may leave us in the lurch to fight our own battles. Everything is for the protection of the slow coach--nothing for those who are bearing the brunt of the encounter. But say they, " if Russia shall not, before the end of the current year, 1855, have made proposi tions which are considered acceptable, and which insure good and durable peace, the . Three Powers will advise as to the means of obtaining that peace." What ! " Advise on the means !" More negotiation, more special pleading, quibbling, and equivocation. We have had too much of these already, and want no more of such matter. The only additional point is that, " the parties bind themselves not to accept any propositions for th© re-establishment of peace which are not de liberated on in common." This, however, only applies to the Western Powers, for Austria has not been, and is not, at war. We have not had a very high opinion of Eng diplomacy, more especially of those who made such a terrible " mull" of the former Treaty of Vienna. But if the Berlin intelligence be accu rate, they have afforded evidence of their incapa city more durable than auy existing on record against former bunglers. We never fancied the Austrian Alliance ; but it is really absurd to bons of it on such terms as the foregoing. • 'Crushing preparations and no mercy !--these are+ the only conditions of success Whether Russia still show fight or whisper negotiations through Prussia, we must neither relax nor relent. We have tried both ; and, on the one ha - nd, three bloody slaughters of Russian and Allied troops, and on the other, an obstructive Austrian policy, have been the results. We re laxed our exertions while beguiled by Vienna diplomacy, therefore Russia crossed the Pruth and, not long after, the Danube ; we relented when Odessa lay at our mercy, therefore we have a hundred thousand Russian soldiers in the Crimea, and Sebastopol is yet a maiden fortress. The last advices speak distinctly of Odessa as the source of overland supplies for the Cri mea. The tempest which destroyed many of our ships destroyed also a whole train of waggons wending their way across the steppes from Odessa Perekop. But for that base of operations it is questionable whether Russia could have brought an army into 'the field in the Crimea at all ; and it seems certain she would not have been able to usaintain it there. Granaries of corn are the first essential of the munitions of war. All the pride of the best military equipment ever seen must be upheld by the same every-day means v hich sustain a union workhouse or even a prison. From the time of XENOPHON and CLEsan to this ty the res frumentaria has been the first c;,re of a great general ; and to deprive his enemy of it, the second. We did not eglect the first, but in overlooking the second -re committed a fatal, and, now to a great extent, :In irretrievable error. The dead of Balaklava and Inkerman can rise no more ; and their death warrant was sealed when Odessa survived the 2lst f April. The men who planned the attack on k;ebastopol ought to have first laid Odessa iu :ashes. If, as some conceive, Perakop could not have been easily maintained by the troops we c:onld spare, then we ought to have taken thorough 1:ood care that we left to Russia nothing to send through the Isthmus. It would have been no great effort for our ships to have destroyed Odessa,, Nicolaieff, and Kherson ; and, to nay nothing of the bewildering effect of this course on the enemy, it would have so 'completely isolated the Crimea, in a military point 'of view, from the rest of Russia, that we cannot believe Sebastopol would not have fallen a com paratively easy prey. With all the refinements -of the age we cannot afford to reverse the war maxims of antiquity. War must spare nothing which can feed, shelter, and equip, or facilitate the movements of the enemy. Russia, who leaves her wounded to perish on the battle-field, who pours rounds of grape on her own cavalry to get a chance shot at ours, and who bayonets a wounded enemy—Russia will not spare the property •f her own peaceful subjects if we do. We drop these remarks because we are satisfied that the only determination of Englishmen should ba to " fight it out ;" indeed the worth of the Aus trian alliance will depend entirely on the energy shown by France and England. Most appear to think that the CZAR will save us the trouble of sustaining any such determination. Well, we hope he will. We are confident that it is best to settle n9w the grand question whether civilisation is s.tronger than barbarism ; and decidedly best that the settlement of the present quarrel should not take place till the haughty Mongol is fairly on his knees. If we had little faith in an ABERDEEN Cabinet to begin-and carry on a war with Russia, and if our distrust has been s uperabundantly con firmed by the events of the spring and summer,' we can still less trust the same Premier to exact the requisite guarantees for the future. We have him during the Russian war, like a Pole in a Russian battery, where fight he must ; but get him at peace-making, and he would, we fear, let Russia fawn or bully him out of almost anything. No ; our good cannon, rifles, and sabres are the only safe peace-makers now. Not till we have tried these powers of negotiation a little more shall we see Russian batteries and fortresses on the Black Sea destroyed for ever, Turkey really free, the Crimea put into safe hands, the Euxine reduced to a purely commercial lake, and the SULTAN safe in the metropolis of the East. We do not wish to conceal our opinion that the Austrian Alliance, even in its best form, is a very equivocal good. It is a grand hindrance to that great essential of a stable peace, the recon stitution of Poland, and will enable the too will ing Aberdeenites to blink that question altogether. Should it terrify the CZAR into proposing terms of peace at which our Premier and his colleagues could clutch, while the Baltic provinces remain intact, Sweden and Denmark in fear, Poland still on the rack, and Germany subservient, what would be the gain commensurate with the cost in life and blood? We deem it certain that, if the War be not hushed up, our engineers will settle it the right way. They will put such weapons and means into the hands of our brave soldiers as will teach the CZAR the tremendous odds at which he fights nations as distinguished by inventive genius as by valour. Passion and sentiment are, indeed, parents of invention equally almost with necessity ; and it is most inspiring to see how the men of our workshops, of the forge and the rail way, our PETOS and our NASALYTHS, all breathe the same patriotic feeling ; all are soldiers for the time, and all bring their valuable powers to bear on the great purpose of their country. Ten thousand pities were it if the mighty devices of righteous enthusiasm were all thrown upon our hands before they had done their work—if by the ill-working of this alliance Austria should gain a few more years' furlough for her hateful oppressions, at the price to Europe of prolonging those of Russia also. Give Russia ten years more in the Baltic and in Poland, and her agents will have placed in her fortresses there those very imple ments of English invention, whose superiority would, next summer, suffice to make them fac similes of Bomarsund. The time would, then, soon come, when the contest must be renewed, and our own soldiers would be the first to feel the results of a hagty and imprudent peace. Like WaLms's and BYRON'S eagle, we should have winged the weapon which destroyed us. With these views, we can hope little from negotiations. • But even if we could, it would be equally im perative on us to trust to nothing but unrelenting war till Russia had accepted our terms. No terms worth having will she consent to but at the cannon's mouth. The 18th Royal Irish have embarked on board the Magdalena, hired steam-transport, at Spit head, en route for the Crimea. Eleven hundred disciplined and well-trained soldiers are thus ven tured on board a single ship for conveyance to the spot where their services are so urgently re quired, and where their absence would be severely felt. It would be exceedingly difficult, if not impossible, to replace them. No mere assur ance could cover such 'a risk ; there could be no adequate pecuniary compensation for the destruc tion of so much " bone and sinew," so much effec tive power, in a department where " skilled labour" is in such immense demand. This may appear rather a heartless mode of considering the question. But even those who are influenced by few, if any, feelings of humanity, who are not actuated by what they are accustomed to denOminate " sentimental impulses," may yet dread a calamity in which, in common with the entire nation, they must themselves participate. Why, then, should the voyage be rendered doubly or trebly hazardous ? Why should we endanger so valuable a commodity—look ing on the lives of these gallant men in no higher point of view—by placing them in daegerous proximity to a highly destructive agent 7 The Magdalena did not come into har bour because she had a large quantity of powder —upwards of 50 tons—on board, besides some 200 tons of shot. And this powder is to be carried in the same bottom with eleven hundred soldiers ! The fact speaks for itself—it requires no comment. It will excite a feeling of profound indignation throughout the length and breadth of the land, and add another item to the long list of blunders for which the ABERDEEN Ministry will have to answer before Parliament and the nation I THE -SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1854, GENERAL SIB DE LACY EVANS. Our readers, who must all hays admired the surpas sing gallantry of this distinguished General at the battle of Inkerman, will regret to learn that he returns to England in a very unsatisfactory state of health. Under any circumstances the gallant cfficer will ■ever dream of again engaging in active service. It is, however, hoped by his friends that, with care and repose, he may 37,-t for some time serve his country in Parliament.— Morning A dvertiser. LORD DUNKELLIN. The following is a translation •f the letter sent by the Russian Minister of War to the Marquis of Olanricarde, with reference to the setting at liberty of his lordship's son, Lord Dunkellin : " My Lord,—The Emperor, my august master, recalling ' to mind, with pleasure, the time in which your excellency occupied at St. Petersburg the post of ambassador of her Majesty the Queen of Great Britain, experiences a real satisfaction in restoring to you your son whom the chances of war have delivered into our bands. His Majesty is gratified at being thereby enabled to anticipate th• propo sition just made by Lord Raglan to Prince Menschikoff to exchange Lord Dunkellin fora Russian artillery officer, who was tak'm prisoner by the English troops near Sebastopol. Conformably to his Majesty's will, I now give the order to send your son from Kalouga, where he is at present; to London, by way of Warsaw. "As for the Russian officer, above referred to, who, I suppose, is Captain KousowlelL I invite Prince Menschikoff to request Lord Raglan to deliver him to us in exchange for Lord Dunkellin, who will very soon be at liberty. "If Captain Kausowleff happens to be already in Eng land, he -will, we have every ground for hoping, be sent back to Russia, just as your son has been authorised to return to England.—Accept, &c., (Signed) "PRINCE BASILE DOLGOROWKY, Minister of War. " Oct. 24 (Nov. 5), 1854." HER MAJESTY'S NEW STEAM-YACHT, THE WINDSOR CASTLE'. - _ In consequence of the tido not being suitable for the launch of her Majesty's magnificent new steam-yacht on the 13th January, at Pembroke dockyard, that exciting ceremony has been postponed until the 16th of the same month. In order to insure her completion by that date all the shipwrights of the establishment that can possi bly be employed upon her are so occupied, and on Wed nesday they commenced working extended hours for a similar purpose —that is, the shipwrights work their dinner hours and the blacksmiths until nine o'clock at Light. ifer Majesty will in person perform the ceremony of naming this beautiful specimen of the perfection of naval architecture. In that case of course the Earl of Cawdor will have the hon o u r o f en t er t a i n i n g the Royal suite during their temporary and fleeting visit. THE SEA NYMPH SAFE.— This vessel, stated to have gone down with all on board, we are happy to say, is safe. By what means we know not, but under the ter rible gale of the night of the 14th she made her way to Balaklava. We have the more pleasure in making this announcement as fears were entertained for the safety of a gentleman belonging to this city, who was believed to have been on his vtay home by her.—Cork Constitu• tion. DISPENSERS OP MEDICINE TO THE ARMY IN THE EAST.—A correspondent, correcting a misstatement which has gained currency, says :—" The pay . of i a dis penser of medicines to the army in the East is s. 6d. per diem, with the allowances of an assistant -surgeon, which I am credibly informed amounts to 135." The effort made in Stamford to collect linen and calico for the use of the sick and wounded at Scutari has been most liberally responded to by the inhabitants of Stamford and its vici n ity, a b ou t a quar t er o f a t on weight having been received within the week.—Stant ford Mercgry. THE NEW MORTAR GUN. We yesterday announced that some experiments had been made with a new mortar gun. The following are a few additional particulars The mortar weighs 5 tons, is of 13 inches calibre, carrying a shell weighing 2001 b., with a charge of '2olb. of powder. The advantages of the design of Captain Roberts are that the mortar can be fired even when the vessel is rolling or pitching in a heavy sea, with every degree of certainty. The effect of recoil after firing is entirely obviated by the construction of the slings, and without the slightest action upon the framing of the hatchway or deck of the vessel from which it is fired. The mortar can be elevated to any given angle. It also gives the advantage of superior capacity of stow ing a larger quantity •f powder and sh e ll f or use . At an angle of 45 degrees, with a 201 b. charge of powder, a 2001 b. shell is carried 4,200 yards. In consequence of a defect in the iron-work of which the slings were com posed, they could proceed no further with the experiments, awl the lighter has been sent to Woolwich to make good the said defect. Another mortar of similar weight and power was tried in the other lighter, with galvanised iudiarubber cushions, placed on the pivot pin between Vl° platforms. The result of that trial was that the deck of the lighter was blown up by the concussion of air in the hold. The experiments will be renewed again on Wednesday next. Captain Otter, who returned yesterday to Woolwich from examining the buoys along the coast part of End= land, has made some experiments near Harwich for an inventor, previous to his return, with a 6.pounder iron gun of 9 cwt., and a charge of lilb, of powder. The shot is different in construction from the common sphe rical, and it was found to attain a range of 1,100 yard' with an elevation of eight-tenths, or less than one degree of elevation. The firing took place at a target 750 yards distant. The elevation required by the 6-pounder guns of 16cwt. is 2i degrees, with a charge of 241 b. of powder, to give a range of 1,100 yards. COALS FOR THE BLACK SEA FLEET. NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, Dec. 7.—We have been very brisk on the Tyne for some tine past iP sending out large stocks of the best coal for the use of our army in the Crimea and the supply of the fleet. Every available vessel has been engaged on account of the govern. ment, and above 501. a keel has been paid for freight to Constantinople. It seems that the quantity that is now on its passage out is considered sufficient, as the government agent has been advised to charter no more vessels at present. The Admiralty is engaging all the available screw colliers to take out stores to the Crimea. They are stout bold vessels, made to encounter rough weather, and are well suited to the purpose. The Baron Von Humboldt, the Earl of Durham, and the Hesperus, three powerful new iron screw vessels, just finished by Mr. T. D. Mar shall, a large builder on this river, have just been secured by the government to take out the plant belonging to Messrs. Peto and Brassey for making the railway from Balaklava to the English lines. These vessels are also fitting out to embark 120 navvies for the sante employ meet. COURT CIRCITLAB. WINDSOR, DEC. 8. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Lady Anna Maria Daw son, Baroness de Speth, and Colonel the Hen. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps. Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner in the Castle. The Queen, with the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, rode in the Riding-house this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, wont out hunting, attended by Lieutenant• Colonel the Hon. N. Hood and Captain toe Hon. D. de Ros. His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Leiningen left Windsor this forenoon for Germany. The Earl and Countess of Clarendon have been invited, and are expected this afternoon. The Earl of Aberdeen is also expected. TRH COURT.—Her Majesty and the Prince Consort and Royal suite are expected to arrive at Buckingham Palace on Monday next from Windsor Castle. On Tuesday the Queen, itt the usual hour, will proceed in state from Buckingham Palace to the House of Lords, to open the session of Parliament. The sojourn of her Majesty in London is not expected to exceed 24 hours, returning to the Castle until the first week in February, when the court will arrive in London for the season. CABINRT Courtcm.—A. Cabinet Council was held yes terday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Cla rendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Council sat two hours. The Earl of Aberdeen left town after the Cabinet Council yesterday afternoon for Windsor Castle. Prince Erneat of Leiningen passed through London yesterday by e the South-Easternnrouteto Railway. Germany. Hisberene Highness left His Royal Highness the Count de Chambord has for warded to the Soci6tsi Francaise de Bienfaisance a gene rolls contribution in aid of this excellent old-established institution. The Duke of Leeds has arrived at the Clarendon from Hornby Castle, Catterick, Yorkshire. The Duke of Beaufort comes to town on Monday next from Badminton Park, Gloucestershire. The mansion in Grosvenor-square , lately taken by his grace, the late seat of the French previous o u c ti c d u p e ragnociyn gbyret-heemirbgerllaiceshs nan.Tdn h tf eaamnEidlayrepair Hard wicke has arrived in town from Wimpole Hall, near Cambridge. The Earl and Countess of Winchelsea are detained at the Clarendon Ho Blanche n. B :.o o h n uet d ep - s t t uo r p e yp e : t si , ni t through atrhrei vEeda ral t t h a e Hn d i a n mc d p i o s du p en o n- - sition of the countess. Ho L u o s r e d , Green-street, r P ig a h rk to -l n a , n w e, h y e e re st t e h rd ey ay, ar f e ro p m as D s iungpptlhinCastle, e tess of wThe inter . i s en h rnt o h i sull O i f ragt' Bath Lady A uc kl a nd sah a i n ad d irpe t a h vr e eir: H l on. Miss Eden, have left town for Lansdowne-crescent, Bath, for the winter season. Sir Wm. Hartopp has left the Clarendon for Four Oaks Hall, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yester day morning from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. surveyor The ua,di ltdi:/- etHalton, yesterday and bnd w o taß i o t r with bb) board). therite believe, President Furness se e(oc (clerk seconded ek f d a t bn h yd e Despatches were sent off yesterday evening to Australia. r v li d i a e m w of Health, at his office, Whitehall. The A deputation from the Kentish Town Paving Board consisted of Messrs. James Clarke, Samuel General e a tr n atl i i o n ßlvn t o e ia r i t.epu.a Sandys, address in the Commons which, as we stated some 'l)f by Mr. b i:m b b e e e r n fo fo r r St s o o k m e e . l a i t en n r r y ig A ht r o th n u . Arthur Hlteirs bert, days since, is to be moved feared the hon. gentleman will be unable to attend to ttihmeeiiinena.pFrerederick Leveson of the ensuing session. e TURIN, DEC. 3. — The C.ampanca gives the assurance his 3fr. The.. Parliamentaryh os. : oDu duties u n st c ti o ae n ts b ao e t the opening that the bases of an offensive and defensive alliance be. twean Piedmont, France, and England are agreed upon. ABINGDON ELECTION.—The nomination for this bo rough is fixed for Monday next. The candidates, Major J. Ilaythorne Reed (Liberal) and Mr. J. T. Norris (Liberal), are both confident of success. THR TAM:NG of SEBASTOPOL.—A fortnight ago, at Tatttersall's ' a gallant general offe re d to bet 1,000/. even that the Allies are in possession of Sebastopol on or before Christmas Day, but nobody seemed inclined to accept the offer. The odds since then have changed considerably, and on Monday last 1,000 to 100 was betted that it will not be taken this year ! Tan YOLUNTEER AT AIX A.—The gallant young volun teer of the Alma, Mr. C. P. Lane Fox, arrived at Bram ham on Monday night, on a visit to his cousin, Mr. George Lane Fox, and was most joyfully received by the inhabitant s , The churc h b e ll s were rung on the occasion. It will b e rec ollected that th e ga ll ant young ccmn ' volunteer io went on the field of Alma in a shooting -jacket, and used every exeition in getting up ammunition for the troops, when lie received a bullet wound in the ancle, and in that state bore Capt. Biring, of the Coldstream Guards, who had lost an arm, off the field. Mr. Fox was highly complimented for his bravery by his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, and has been pre sented with a lieutenancy in the Coldstream Guards. He is still suffering from the effects of the bullet, and is unable to walk without the assistance of crutches, butwe are happy to say he is progressing favourably. MRS. L. S. BUCKINGHAM, OP THE THEATRE ROYAL, HATMARKET.—We are requested by the legal adviser of this estimable lady and meritorious actress to announce that, in the action of divorce a vinculo matrimonii, at her instance, against Mr. Leicester Stanhope Buckingham, the Supreme Court of Ses sions in Scotland, on the 28th ult., pronounced the following decree in her favour :—" That the said plain tiff is entitled to live single, or marry any man, as if she had never been married to the said Leicester Stanhope Forbes Young Buckiegham, otherwise Leicester Stan hope Forbes Young Ambrose Buckingham, or as if lie were naturally dead. And decerns finds the plaintiff entitled to expenses." The plaintiff, as we believe is the invariable custom in similar circumstances, will resume her family name, and in future appear as Miss Caroline White in all theatrical announcements. METROPOLITAN IMPROVEMENTS. -- Amongst other works now in progress for improving the sanitary con dition of the [metropolis and its s thoroughfares may be mentioned the closing of six streets in Westminster for the purpose of effecting an efficient drainage, viz., De lahay•street and mews, Charles-street, Duke-street, and Gardner s-lana. The narrowness of these streets, and the fear of disturbing the foundations of the houses, have caused the principal sewerag e works to be carried out by tunneling —a rather difficulttask in the streets of London, the many pipes intersecting prove most formidable and annoying obstructions to the sewer moles. The great line of communication with the East ern Counties, Long-lane, !las been again closed after the formation of the monster sewer from Finsbury to the Fleet, in Farringdon street. The earth having subsided under the temporary roadway, Long-lane is now under going a substantial rapavement.—The Builder. LATEST NEWS. THE AUSTRIAN ULTIMATUM TO RUSSIA. VIENNA, DEC. 8. The Ost Deutsche Post publishes the following as the ultimatum, addressed by Austria to Russia : Austria has sent her final summons to Russia. No modification of her territorial possessions is demanded. Besides the four points, an indemnification for the war expenses is to be a basis for peace pro- positions. A future Russian protectorate over the Greco- Catholic subjects of the Porte is declared inad missible, as interfering with the Sultan's sovereign rights. The five Powers guarantee the privileges and equal rights of the Christians. The Russian protectorate in the Danubian Prin. cipalities and in Servia is declared extinct. The navigation of the Black Sea is to be gua ranteed by the razing of Sebastopol, and by con- verting the other arsenals on its coast into com. mon harbours. The Russian fleet to be reduced to four frigates and two line-of-battle ships. The remainder of the Black Sea fleet to be allowed to withdraw to the Baltic. The free navigation to be insured by a forma declaration. The Sulina mouths, with the environs, to be declared neutral territory. Advices from Sebastopol, of the 27th Novem ber, have been received here. The siege was zealously continued. The Russians had sunk another liner near the mouth of the harbour. Reinforcements to the number of 9,000 men had reached the Allies in the Crimea. The Duke of Cambridge was expected at Con• stantinople. We have received the following from our cor respondent at Marseilles : " MARSEILLES, FRIDAY EVENING. " The Caire, which has been overdue some days, arrived to-day with despatches. " There is no news from the Crimea. "The Thabor, due this morning, has not ar rived. "From Malta we learn that the Himalaya had arrived there, with Sir De Lacy Evans on board. " The Brandon, Europa, Hannibal, and Cara coa, taking 1,767 men, 14 transports with am munition, bc., have left." We have received the following telegraphic despatches from our correspondent in Paris, re ceived there yesterday evening : " CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 27. The Persian Ambassador has arrived from Teheran. His Imperial Highness Prince Napoleon visited the Sultan yesterday. A steamer has arrived at Constantinople with Russian prisoners. Osman Pacha has been named General of Divi sion in the Ottoman army. It is said that Fuad Effendi has been appointed President of the Council of the Tanzimat. The Allies have stationed a small corps of troops at Katcha. The Russians have sunk more of their vessels at Sebastopol. A division of Omer Pasha's army was quite ready to sail for the Crimea. Government agents are purchasing planks to build huts for the army. The Russians are blockading Eupatoria by land. TREBISONDE, Nov. 18. A truce between the two armies of Asia is pro bable during the winter. The cholera had ceased among the troops at Batoum. Communications with Persia have been re established ; but corps of Russian cavalry prevent ,he passage of caravans. CORFU, Nov. 27. GOO men of the regiment in garrison here have left for the Crimea, and the rest will soon follow. ATHENS, GTE. The cholera continues to rage in this capital, aad a considerable number of the inhabitants axe .eaving. THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL, DEC. 7. H.M.S. Duke of Wellington, Royal George, Nile, Hogue, and Blenheim are now (at noon) getting under weigh for England. The Edinburgh and Euryalus remain here. NYBORG, FRIDAY EVENING, Admiral Napier's flag-ship, the Duke of Wel- lington, with British steam line-of-battle ships and the steamers Driver, Rosamond, and Bull dog, have been compelled by the stormy weather to anohor off Knuds Head. DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, DEO. ir. Fiyveposten states officially that the King has dismissed his Ministers, for reasons connected with the recent address of the Diet. MM. Half and Andrea are expected to enter the new Cabinet. THE PRINCIPALITIES. 500 French have gone to Bucharest and Ibraila. Colonels Duo and Mirecourt have gone to in spect Isaktcha and Toultscha. THE CRIMEA. THE STATE OF THE RUSSIANS lI\T SEBASTOPOL. The Augsburg Gazette says :—" There is not in the Russian camp in the Crimea any correspondont for a journal to give an exact and faithful pictu.r o of the defence of Sebastopol and of the situation o f the besie ge d. Whil s t reports aro published em masse on the position of the Allies, reports amd versions which produce the greatest impression in Europe, all the accounts which reach us from the Russian camp come exclusively from the en of Prince Menschikoff. It is true that the cepor is of the prince have not been drawn up with a complete disregard to truth, but they give no i n formation as to the state of Sebastopol or the can ap of Bakshi-Serai. Some occasional, letters from the .Crimea, however, make known to us fhof the condifi'm :.he town is far from being enviable. One faA is beyond doubt, and that is that the 40,000 Russian soldiers and the 10,000 inhabitants of Sebastopol have only provisions for three months. The 56,000 men of the 4th and 6th corps have hitherto subsisted from day to day on what they have received from Perekop. If the steppes of the Taurida which separate those troops from Perekop should be no longer practicable for six or eight weeks, the existence of the Russian army will be seriously endangered. According to letters from. Odessa, a convoy of 1,400 waggons laden with provisions, is said to have been com pletely destroyed by the tempest which did so much mischief to the Allies." THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN OF OMER PACHA. A letter from Vienna, of the 4th, in the Cologne Gazette, says :—" The Turkish ambassador, Arif Effendi, had a long conference yesterday with the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and took occasion to communicate some details relative to the plan of campaign of Omer Pacha, which plan appears to have of late undergone some important modifica tions. In particular, it is said that Odessa is to be first attacked and taken possession of, as being of great importance for the ulterior operations of the Allies. In diplomatic circles no great hopes of peace are entertained from the resumption of flu, conferences at Vienna, because; on the one hand, Russia has only declared herself ready to accept the four points under reserve, and because, on the other, the military operations are not to be interrupted. There was again yesterday a council of war held at the palace." FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EN/ENING. Admiral Hamelin has returned to France, and has relinquished the command in chief of the French fleet in the Black Sea. We read in the Moniteur de la Flotte : "Admiral Hamelin, having been elevated to the highest dignity, in the Imperial navy, returns to France, with his staff, and resigns the command of the French naval forces in the Black Sea to Vice-Admiral Bruat. The squadrons of the ocean and the Mediterranean are now united under the name of Mediteranean Squadron.' Rear-Admiral Charner is second in command. Rear-Admiral Bonet Willaumez, Chief of the Staff of Admiral Hamelin, returns with him to France. Rear-Admiral Rigault de Genouilly remains, until further orders, detached on shore, in coin• mand of the seamen landed before Sebastopol, and at the disposal of the General•in•Chief of the Army of the East. Rear-Admiral Lugeol continues under the orders of Vice- Admiral Brunt, and is charged with the administration of the fleet at Constantinople." The Salut Public contains the following from Marseilles of the 4th December : "The losses sustained by the Allies, in consequence of the hurricanes of the 14th and 19th November, are esti• mated at 45,000,000 f. Fortunately the greater part of the vessels were insured at Marseilles, London, Liver pool, and Southampton." A rumour was circulating in Paris to-day to the effect that the Prussian Court had agreed to accede to the alliance of Austria, England, and France. The news is probably premature, although it is known that for the last week the new treaty has occupied the anxious attention of the Prussian King and his advisers. • By recent decrees, M. - Forth Rouen, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Greece, has been nominated Minister to the Court of Saxony, and M. Mercier, at present Minister at Dresden, has been appointed to Athens ; the Mar quis do Ferriere la Vayer, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Duke of Saxe Weimar, has been nominated Minister in Wurtem berg, in the room of Count de Beam, named a senator; the Prince de la Tour d'Auvergne, first secretary of the embassy at Rome, has been nomi nated Minister Plenipotentiary in Saxe Weimar ; and M. de Montherot, first secretary at Madrid, has been nominated Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of Hesse, in the room of Viscomte do Seru rier, allowed to retire. Other decrees order several changes in the post of first secretaries of legation. M. Poujade, political agent and consul-general at Bucharest, has been nominated Consul-General and Charge de Affaires at Tunis, in the room of M. Be clard, consul-general at Tunis, who succeeds him at Bucharest. A winter division is being formed in Algeria, un der the orders of General Brunet. BOURSE, YESTERDAT.—CLOSING PRICES. Cast'. fr. e. End of Month. 4} per Cents 96 50 96f. 25c. 3 per Cents 7l 90 72 15 Credit Mobilier 756 Roman Credit Foncier 550 Austrian Belgian Fives II— Spanish Threes Piedmontese — Home Debt 341 RAILWATS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c, Orleans l,lBO Lyons Western..... 635 Rouen — Cette — Strasburg Mediterranean 862 50 Havre 530 Northern SPAIN . Intelligence from Madrid of the 2d inst. states that the Ministerial crisis was complete. The Duke of Victoria (Espartero) had advised the Queen to send for MM. San Miguel, Madoz, and Olozaga, who had voted with the majority, and to intrust to them the task of forming a Cabinet. All the Parliamentary chiefs and the ambassadors of England and France had repaired to Espartero to beg him to withdraw his resignation, but he re fused. The deputies had assembled, and had named a deputation of seven members, who were to make a new attempt to shake his resolution. The Assembly had determined that there should be presented to the Cortes on the 3d a resolution declaring that it had not beon the intention of the Cortes to pass a vote of censure upon the Govern ment, or to prejudge is any respect the question upon 'which the question turned. The Three per Cents. had fallen on the evening of the 2d to 34 25. TURkEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 23.—Intelligence comes so slowly and so inaccurately to this capital, even from spots so near as the shores of the Crimea, that it is as yet impossible to furnish an accurate account of the events of the 14th, now nine days ago. Up to this moment no news has reached the Admiral's office of the losses at Eupatoria ; we only know with something like certainty that eight English transports have been wrecked there, and the French loss has also been considerable. The first intelligence, received on Sunday last, proves to have been inaccurate, and, I am happy to say, somewhat exaggerated. However, as nearly as can be learned, 21 English transports are total wrecks, and about 15 were so much injured as to be temporarily unfit for sea. The latest news from Sebastopol, received at Constantinople, comes down to the 19th. The siege was making no progress, the batteries on either side firing leisurely. The army is, in fact, now busy in preparing for winter. The sailing fleet is to go to Sinope, and more of the men, and a number of the guns, are to be taken on shore, probably for the defence of ou r p os iti on. There is , a renewed rumour of the arrival of a General Luders, with 15,000 men. *This may not it the Luders who was on the Danube.,The name is com mon in the Russian service, and possibly several may hold the rank of General. The weather now is very unfavourable for the movement of Russian troops, and we need not fear any very large rein forcements for another month ; but when the steppes are covered with snow, they present an easy road for the transport of armies and munitions of war. But our position will, no doubt, be so strongly fortified by that time as to bid defiance to any armies which can be brought against us. ITALY. A letter from Naples of the 28th tilt:, in the Moniteur, says :—" The portfolio of Justice is definitively given to M. Luigi Pionati, President of the Civil Courts of Naples. M. Murena, who had been provisionally charged with the portfolio of the Interior wi th the title of di rec t or, is re placed by M. Bi a nchini, and becomes head of the department of Public Works, in place of M. Caras cosa, who enters the Council of State." On the 30th ult. the Pope held a consistory, in which he conferred the Cardinal's hat upon Mon signor de Carvalho, patriarch of Lisbon, and upon 3lonsignor Bonnel y Orbe, Archbishop of Toledo. PRUSSIA. BERLIN", DEC. 6.—lt is currently rumoured that the leaders of the dominant party, irritated to the quick against Austria and the Western Powers, endeavoured yesterday, and are still endeavouring, to induce the King not only to abstain from adher ing to the treaty of the 2d, when formally laid be fore his Majesty for such adhesion, but to proceed at once to enter into a treaty of alliance with Russia. If this same rumour be true, the efforts of these dangerous advisers have hitherto failed to produce any effect. It appears that the project of an address, in reply to the speech —one of the objects of which would be to express regrets at the conduct and policy of the Government—is likely to meet with strong opposi tion in the committee, and will not probably come on for debate. The majority of the Opposition deem it becoming at this moment not to acid to the perplexities of the Cabinet, however much they itt.:y eoirlealu Mai I:‘,zpproYe its - 0 - Lica , ,:diugir. Unfortunately too much is known already they say ; but we, at least, ought not to contribute to the extension of this unwholesome knowledge by a public debate and hostile address. The project will therefore most probably not be supported by more than thirty of the extreme Left. The Prussian Moniteui• announces the taking possession by Prussia of the territory of Jade, which she has acquired by treaties entered into on the 20th July and Ist December, 1853, and also publishes the ordinance regulating the provisional inana;;;enlent of that territory-. AUSTRIA. Before the Triple Alliance was signed, Count Arnim was duly informed of what was about to take place. Austria was resolved to have two strings to her bow. Shs has Germany and Prussia for her defensive, and England and France for her offensive allies. On Sunday there was a great rout at'Count Buol's at which all the beau monde of Vienna was assembled with the exception of the members of the Russian Embassy. It is related that Prince Gortschakoff, who is now hero, is to be the successor, or the Adlatus, of Count Nessel rode. THE REINFORCEMENTS. Yesterday the detachment of the First Royals now on duty in the Tower received orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark for the Crimea. The depot of the let battalion Rifle Brigade is now 890 strong. It is expected that they will within a short time em bark for the Crimea. They were only 100 strong when the head-quarters and subsequent draught em barked for the seat of war. The 72d proceed by rail from Limerick to Cork, to embark in the Neptune for Malta. The 72d depot moves to Kilkenny. The 9th, 17th, 39th, and 89th depots are ordered to Limerick to form a provisional battalion, on the depar ture of the 72d Regiment. The 62d depot has been held in readiness to move from Belfast to Mellinger, where it is t o b e conso lid ate d with the 14th and 90th depots. This move is in conse sequence of the service companies having been ordered from Malta to the Crimea. The 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment embarked in the Manilla steam-transport at Spithead last night, for con veyance to the Crimea. They go out 1,100 strong, the number having been made up on very short notice by drafts from various regiments, including the 36th, 58th, 51st, 91st, sth, and 65th. The 18th arrived from the South Coast Railway in two trains, the first reaching Portsmouth about three o'clock, and the second a little more than an hour afterwards. The band of the Royal Wiltshire Militia awaited their arrival, and headed them, by way of Lion-gate and Queen-street to Ports mouth docky: r.l. All along the route there were crowds of the inhabitants, who gave the troops a very cordial reception. On arriving at the dockyard the first party, which numbered about 500 men, at once embarked in the Sprightly, Master-Commander Allen, and within the space of 15 or 20 minutes they were on their way to Spithead. They received on leaving the dockyard jetty three hearty cheers from the spectators, which they returned in good earnest. The remaining companies embarked on their arrival in the Echo, Comet, and Pigmy steam ' tugs. The embarkation, which was not completed before dark, was conducted with good order and regularity, The 18th is under the command of Colonel Reignolds. The whole of the officers came with the regiment, and go ot4 to the seat of war. On inquiry, we found that not a single man in the regiment has yet been furnished with a Minie rifle. We are told that they expect to get theta on their arrival in the Crimea. The Firefly steamer was so heavily laden with stores that she could not take any troops, and she left the Royal Arsenal yesterday, at 1 o'clock, a.m., direct for Balaklava. TILE WINTER CLOTHING FOR THE TROOPS. It has already been stated that the Government had entered into a contract for the supply of 44,000 suits of warm clothing for the army i■ the East. The head-dress or cap is of a shape similar to that worn by the Arctic region adventurers, and is compesed of seal skin lined with silk. The officers are to wear a dark military cloak lined with thick fur. The ordinary trousers will be used—to be covered, however, as as far as the knee by thick leather overalls. The hands will be covered by gloves, gauntlet shape. The non-commissioned officers and privates will be similarly attired, save as regards the cloak, which will be lined with rabbit skin, and covered with a waterproof cape. A small detachment- of French Sappers and Miners (seven men and one serjeant, under charge of Lieute- nant Latrielle, officer of the Legion of Honour) tak. versed the streets of London yesterday in heavy march ing order. They landed at London-wharf at half-past 12 from Calais, and marched through Cheapside, Hol• born, 0-xford-street, Edgware-road, to the Great Western Railway terminus, en route for Gloucester, to take charge if a number of wooden huts constructed there for the French army in the Crimea. The Lieutenant and his men were sumptuously entertained in the Great Western Hotel, free of charge, and, by the kindness of Captain Buckley, were forwarded to their destination by the express train at ordinary fares. THE FRENCH REINFORCIMINTS. A. despatch from Marseilles of yesterday states that the packets of the 24th and 30th November, from Con stantinople, are over due. The Alps, Indiana, Nubia, and several English steamers, had left with troops tor the Crimea. The frigate Constitution, and other transports, are embarking the division of General des Sallee. The Laplace, Aigle, and Fonnerre, left for the East yesterday ; and the St. Louis, and several steam frigates, are about to leave. The steamer New York left Havre yesterday for Con stantinople ; she carries out a full cargo of provisions and stores for the army, 75 carriages for the ambulance, large stores for the hospitals, and also several portable forges for the use of the camp. The 4th Light Infantry in garrison at Marseilles, which belongs to the Ist Brigade of the Bth Divison, under orders for the Crimea, had claimed as a favour to be led against the enemy, even before there was any in tention of sending out reinforcements. This demand was addressed to General de Salles, who happened to be then on a tour of inspection, and who, being shortly afterwards appointed to the command of this Division, published the following order of the day : " Soldiers,—Your wishes are granted. The Emperor has consented that you should share in the noble exploits of the glorious Army of th e. East. Like your heroic com panions iii‘arms you will gyre proofs of valour in presence of the enemy, and of patience and perseverance in sup porting the fatigues and privations of w ar . M arch forward with confidence, under the immortal French eagles, and so o a ors France, the make the Russians t rem bl e t o your rallying cry of Vine on na m y e o s u Sour f return, n e w nd mayh heroin l wrep er n e d u e r onl thrt col n your battles, united with those of Austerlitz, Elau Moscow, Alma, and Inke rman. " y , The two war battalions of the 49th Regiment, forming part of the 9th Division of the Army of the East, which have jut left Toulouse, will arrive at Nimes on the 17th and 18th of this month, and wait there for further orders. The 10th battalion of Foot Chassears has ar rived from the Camp of the South at Marseilles to em bark for the Crimea. An immense quantity of munitions of war reaches Marseilles, daily. The ships of the line Duperrd, Breslau, and Inflexi ble left Cherbourg on the 4th inst. for Brest. On the 6th the new screw-liner Prince Jerome, sailed from Lorient fur Toulon. On the 7th the steam-corvettes Darien and Eldorado, and the transport Pintade, detained by con trary winds in the roads of Brest, put to sea, the two first proceeding to Toulon and the other to Rochefort. The English transport Nubia, coming from London, and the American corvette St. Louis, from Spain, arrived at Marseilles on the sth. On the 6th the steam-corvette Caineleon arrived at Toulon from Brest, having parted on the 2d with the ship of the line Louis X.V., twenty miles N.E. of Cape Palos. Th e s t eam -corvette Laplace sailed from Toulon en the 6th, and the steam-aviso Ton nerre on the 7th, both with troops for the Crimea. PORT NATAL, —The Customs Establishment at Port Natal has been finally transferred to the management 0 that colony, and after the sth January next none of the officers in the colonies will be under the control of or be appointed by the Home Government.— Civil Service Gazette. The thermometer at St. Petersburg fell as low as 15 below 0 Reaumur (that is, 34 below freezing-point Fah renheit) early last week. It is therefore more than pro bable that the whole Finland Gulf coast is ice-locked, notwithstanding the half-thaw'which took place at the end of the week, and, consequently, that the Imporieuse and her consorts will soon join the admiral at Kiel. The IVorcestershire Chronicle says that Henry John Wentworth Hodgetts Foley, Esq., only son of the esteemed member of Parliament for the eastern division of this county, is to be married next Tuesday to the floe. Jane Frances Anne Vivian, daughter of the late Lord Vivian, Master-General of the Ordnance, and a most distinguished soldier. . VESSELS LOADING TOR AllSTRALlA.—Considerable in terest has been excited by tite early departure of several of the fastest clippers in this trade, quite a fleet being advertised to sail before Christmas. The greatest specu lation, however, has centred in the probable passages of the James Baines and Red Jacket, which are to depart from this port within a day or two of each other ; and, as the former carries the mail under penalty to deliver it out in 65 days, the Red Jacket will have a formidable competitor. The ships are equally matched, go out in ballast, are well manned and found in stores, and possess skilful commanders. Subjoined is a list of all the vesse ls on the berth, which, by the way, are unusually small in number : ....... Destination. No of Vessels. Tonnage. Hobart Town 1 Geelong Sydney Adelaide Melbourne Totls , The sailings during the month of November nurabared 14, with a n aggregate reg i s t er o f 14,147 tonse—Liverptyl Times.