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

TREAT RE -R 0 Y AL, DRURY - L ANE, M. jULLIEN'S CONCERTS. LAST NIGHT OF THE SEASON. The Programme for THIS EVENING (S aturda y , Dec. 9), will include the New Songs, " Say yes," and " Minnie," sung by Madame Anna ThWon ; Overture to " Tannhauser ;" Grand Selection from Les Huguenots; Le Comte Ory Quadrille; the Andante Foca Adagio from Bristow's Symphony in D minor; the American Qua drille; Scherzo in G minor, from Mendelssolm's Midsummer Night's Dream ; Solos—'Trombone, Signor Ciotil ; Violin, Signor Monasterio ; and Clarionet, M. Wuille ; Valse from Luccia di Lammermoor ; the Charge Galop ; and the new DESCRIPTIVE QUADRILLE, THE ALLIED ARMIES, Juthen, assisted by the Bands of her Majesty's Grenadier Guards, 2d Life Guards, and CoELstream Guards. Paicas at Arninamos.—Promenade, boxes, and galleries, IS. ; dress circle, is. 6d. ; private boxes 11. is. and upwards. M. JULLIEN'S GR&ND 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 immediateiy, and to apply on Thursday next, Dec. 14, at two o'clock, for payment. TREATRE ROYAL HAYMARKRT. Hader the management of Mr. linctatone. THIS EVENING, Doc. 9, Will bo performed the Comely of PRESENTED n, AT nd Howe ; COURT. Principal chara.Aers by MeB3l l . BUCketollB, d Lavine. . Fatra a kisses Reynolds, E. Chaplin, Grantham, an After which. the Ballet of THE SfAit OF ANDALUSIA, in Which Senora Perea .ena wi,l appear. To which will be added THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. To be followed by 11.0Rii BLITSDERS THANT ONE. To conclude with the FLOWER OF THE PORT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATBE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CHARLES [CAIN. TIII3 EVENING, Dzo. 9, Will be performed FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principal characters by ?dessrs. Harley, Fisher, and Cathcart ; Misses Mur ray and Heath. After which will be presented a new Melo-dramatic Spectacle, in w ee acts, entitled SCHAMYL, the Warrior Prophet. LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, DEC. 9, Will be performed AGGRAVATING SAM. Principal characters by Mossri. C. Mathews, Roxby, Baker, Swan, Williams, and Tem pleton; Mrs. Macnamara, and Misses Oliver and H. Gordon. To be followed by a new Comic Drama, entitled A COMICAL COUNTESS. To conclude with the Farce entitled MY FELLOW CLETLE. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHL Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.— Directress.Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING. DEC. 9. Will be performed THE GREEN BUSHES. Characters by Messrs Par.ene, Smith, Gafden, !totem and Bedford; Miss Wool ear, Mrs Murray, and .11adame Celegte. F,ilowed by BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. To which will be aided a new Farce, entitled THE RAILWAY BELLE. LOYAL OLYMPIC THE k TRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. DEc. 9. Will be presented THE BEULAH SPA. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, and H. Cooper; Miss Marston, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Fitzallan, and Miss Julia St. George. To be followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and Gladstone; Miss Julia St. George, and Miss Emily Orimm.le. - - • To conclude with the Farce, called I BLIGHTED BEING, In which ALL. Hobson will appear. ASTLErB ROYAL AMPIIITIIKATK r. Lessee sad Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Never did the pages of D7anaatie History record such an effect as that produ'ed by the Speztaelo nos. acting here—the BATTLE of THE ALMA! Crowds nightly testify their surprise and admira tion by the meat tumultuous applause. TUTS EY E , THE BATTLE of MA, J. H. S•rochui, Ea The Stage sad. the Ring THE in AL one vast by Arena, with Fo is ur Mandrel After which, the CIRCLE will display the perfction of Equ!ta Jima. "'lf SCENES lave AO. and the horses trained by Mr. W. Cook:: /h whole to conclude with s FARCE. Box-olce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. ',Vat. Acting Manager. Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. Win. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tnifi DAY —Morning 32 min.after 4 I Evening 5t min.aft. 4 To- :mow - Morning 10 rain.after 5 1 Evening 31 inin.aft. 5 THE WEATHER.--flux Onto, Dec. 9. THIBKOZZTZZ, Ilf TRZ SIAM!. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 46—lowest this ramming and during the night. 45—this day, at noon. Basommus, 29.51.. worn, W.—Fresh, with fine clear weather. it is said that Austria enters into the same engage ment with France 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 in any degree. But, further, Austria recognises " the right of Turkey and her Allies of making all the move- men 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 Balaklavo. 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 flail hesitation or procrastination of the faithless or lukewarm friend. And this, according to the Berlin intelligence, is all we have obtained from Austria t 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 come sequence of her attitude in the Principalities, or from any other cause, Austria ihould 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 1 ' 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 the 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 lish 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 any existing on record against former bunglers. We never fancied the Austrian Alliance ; but it is really absurd to boast of it on such terms as the foregoing. Crushing preparations and no mercy I—these are the only conditions of success. Whether Russia still show fight or whisper negotiations ,hrough Prussia, we must neither relax nor relent. We have tried both ; and, ou the one hand, three bloody slaughters of Russian and Allief/ troops, and on the other, an obstructive Austrian policy, hare been the results. We re- [axed our exertioas 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 o our ships destroyed also a whole train of waggons wending their way across the steppes from Odessa to 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 maintain 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 which sustain a union workhouse or even a prison. From the time of XENOPHON and CJ:SAIt to this day the res frumentaria has been the first care of a great general ; and to deprive his enemy of it, the second. We did not neglect the first, but in overlooking the second we committed a fatal, aid, now to a great extent, an irretrievable error. The dead of Balakla.va and Inkerman can rise no more ; and their death warrant was sealed when Odessa survived the 2 t ist of April. The men who planned the attack on Sebastopol ought to have first laid Odessa in ashes. If, as some conceive, Perakop could not have been easily maintained by the troops we could spare, then we ought to have taken thorough good care that we left to Russia nothing to send through the Isthmus. It would have been no great effort fur our ships to have destroyed Odessa, Nicolaieff, and Kiterson ; and, to say nothing of the bewildering effect of this course on the enemy, it would have so cAnpletely 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 a which can feed, shelter, and equip, o r f ac ilitate 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 of her own peaceful subjects if we do. We drop these remarks because we are satisfied that the only determination of Englishmen should be 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 now the grand question whether civilisation is stronger 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 superabundantly con firmed b y th e events of the spring and summer, still requisiteless t weex eaacttnhoguruarsatnt have him duri ng th e ' tane h e s e fo s r am th e e ussi war, a Russian battery, where fight it, fu r t e u m r Pier e . W to e like a Pole in he must ;but get 4ittAkt .44,444 LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1854, "The Treaty" still forms the subject of genera 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 PHELPS, 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, thruugh 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 strictly private until the " ratifications' have been completely exchanged. All that has been announced is, that a Treaty has been con- eluded 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 those3striving to obtain a correct solution of the political enigma. A new clement has, however, been introduced that ray 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 go strictly concealed by the prin 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 " GRISDERSON," was concerned, but the latter dealt with the information as it thought proper ; 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 ultimatissimum, perhaps we should rather say the ultima-tissis-sis-sis-silnum, that was to be addressed to him by his brother Emperor. It was also given to some favoured journalists — at least, so they assert ; but whether they are more veracious or trustworthy than others nearer I 'm; who strive to invest their guesses in an official garb, is a matter of opinion, on which we shall not venture to decide. Knowing, however, the bias of the Court, or the Pro-Russian party — the terms are , convertible at Berlin—we would carefully, avoid bestowing unlimited credence on such statements, however positively as s erted, although, as ther e i s probably some foundation of facts—as in the /vlsNscu tic 77 1 despatches—we intelligence, canno t altogether reje c t the thus o btained, as uttterly unwarranted b y the facts. If, then, we are to credit these accounts—.the declarations and engagements contained in the Notes exchanged OR the Bth of August last, that is to say, the " Four Points," are to be regarded as the necessary basis of peace, but " each of th e contracting Powers" is to be allowed the 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 transgression may be justified on that rather vague justification—.-the state of the War. In addition, TEL SUN, LONDO,N, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 9 1654. l'IlE .N. R GU.LY. 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 201 b. 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 of powder and shell for use. At an angle of 45 degrees, with a 201 b. charge of powder, a 200113. 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, mai the lighter has been sent to Woclwich to make good the said defect. Another mortar of similar weight and power was tried in the other lighter, with galvanised indiarubber cushions, placed on tie pivot pin between the platforms. The result of that Oat was that the deck of the lighter was blown up by the concussion of air in the hold. The experiments will le renewed again on Wednesday next. Captain Otter, who returned yesterday to Woolwich from examining the buoys along tie coast part of Eng land, has made same experiments near Harwich for an inventor, previous to his return, with a 6-pounder iron gun of 9 cwt., and a charge of lilh. of powder. The shot is different in construction from the common sphe rical, and it was found to attain a range of 1,100 yards with an elevation of eight tenths, cr 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 16ewt. is 21 degrees, with a charge of 211 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 ♦ery brisk on the Tyne for some tine past in sending out large stooks of the best coal for tae use of our army in the Crimea and the supply of the fleet. Every available vessel has been engaged on amount 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 seoured by the government to take out the plant belonging to Messrs. Peto and Brassey for snaking the railway from Balaklava to the English lines. These vessels are also fitting out to embark 120 navvies for the same employ ment. LATEST NEWS. the Crimea, however, make known to us that the condition of the town is far from being enviable. One fact 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 6:11 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 the 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 EVENING. 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 com mand of the seamen landed before Sebastopol, and at the disposal of the General-in-Chief of the Army of the East. Rear-Admiral Lngeol continues under the orders of Vice- Admiral Bruat, 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 h,as 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 de 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- Bearn, 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 de 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, YESTERDAY.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. 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. ..... Piedmontese — Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOIL CASH. fr. c. Orleans l,lBO Lyons '' Western 635 Rouen Cette ' — Strasburg , 759 Mediterranean 862 50 Havre 530 Northern COURT CIRCULAR• WINDSOR, DEC. 8. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, His Serene Highness Prince Ernest of Leiningen, Lady Anna liffa.ria Daw son, Baroaess de Speth, and Colonel the Hen. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps. Her Majesty's private band attended after dinnet 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, weat out hunting, attended by Lieutenant. Colonel the Hon. N. Hood and Captaia the 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. Tif 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, at 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 iu London is not expected to exceed 24 hours, returning to the Castle until the first week in February, when the court will arrive irr London for the season. CABINET COUNCIL—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. Tho Earl of Aberdeen left town after the Cabinet Council yesterday .afternoon for Windsor Castle. Prince Ernest of Leiningen passed through • London yesterday en route to Germany. His Serene Highness left town by the South-Eastern Railway. His Royal Highness the Count de Chambord has for warded to the Soci6te Fra.ncaise de Bienfaisance a gene • rous 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 Gros - venor-square, lately taken by his grace, the late seat of the French Embassy, is undergoing re-embellish ment and repair previous to its occupancy by their graces and family. The Earl of Hardwicke has arrived in town from Wimpole Hall, near Cambridge. The Earl and Countess of Winchelsea are detained at the Clarendon Hotel, Bond-street, through the indispo sition of the countess. Lord and Lady Blanche Dupplin arrived at Hampden House, Green-street, Park-lane, yesterday, from Dupplin Castle, Perthshire, en route to visit the Earl and Coun , tees of Kmnoul, at Brighton, where they are passing the winter. The Bishop of Bath and Wells (Lord Auckland), and Lady Auckland and the Hon. Miss Eden, have left town for Lansdowne-crescent, Bath, for the winter season. Sir Win. Hartopp has left the Clarendon for Four Oaks Hall, Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire. surveyor e p so lches were received at the Colonial-office yester day morning from the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope. Despatches were sent off yesterday evening to Australia. A deputation from the Kentish Town Paving Board had an interview yesterday with the President of the General Board of Health, at his office, Whitehall. The deputation consisted of Messrs. James Clarke, Samuel William Halton, and Robert Furness (clerk and r to the said paving board). address in the Comaions which, as we stated some days since, is to be moved by Mr. Henry Arthur Her bert, will, we have reason to beli eve , b e se conded by sereb ofe M a htl at Brighton. It is the Hon. Frederick Leveson Gower, member for Stoke. Mr,T health has been for some time in a h precarious°B SDun state feared the hon. g entleman will be unable to attend to his Parlia mentar y duties at t he opening of the ensui n g se ssion. T U RIN, DEC. 3 . — The Campana gives the assurance that the bases of an offensive and defensive alliance be tween Piedmont, France, and England are agreed upon. ABINGDON ELECTION.—The nomination for this bo rough is fixed for Monday next. The candidates, Major J. li a ythorne Reed (Liberal) and M r . J. T. Norris (Liberal), are both confid ent of success. THE TAKLNG OF SEBASTOPOL.—A fortnight ago, at Tatttersall's, a gallant general offered to bet 1,0001. even that tho 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 consi lerably, and on Monday last 1,000 to 100 was betted that it will not be taken this year ! Tsi VOLUNTEER AT ALMA..—The gallant young volun - teer of the Alma, Mr. C. P. Lane Fox, arrived at Bram ham on Monday night, en a visit to his cousin, Mr. George Lane Fox, and was most joyfully received by the inhabitants. The church bells were rung on the occasion. It will be recollected that the gallant young volunteer went on the field of Alma in a shooting -jacket, and used every exeition in getting up ammunition for the troops, when he received a bullet wound in the ancle, and in that state tore Capt. B iring, 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 w a lk without the assistance of crutch es , b ut we are happy t o s ay he is progressing favou ra bl y. Mae. L. S. BUCKINGHAM, OF THE TPLEATRE 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 'vincula matrintonii, at her instance, against Mr. Leicester Stanhope Buckingham, the Supreme Court of Ses sions in Scotland, on the 2Sth ult., pronounced the following decree in her favour :—" That the said plaits tiff is entitled to live single, or marry any roan, as if she had never been married to the said Leicester Stanhope Forbes Young Buckingham, otherwise Leicester Stan hope Forbes Young Ambrose Buckingham, or as if he were naturally 'lead. 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 thoroughfares may he mentioned the closing of six streets in Westminster for the purpose of effecting an efficieat drainage, viz., De lallay-street and mews, Charle , -street, Duke-street, and Gardner s-lana. The narrowness of these streets, and the fear of disturbing the founO.ations of the houses, have caused the principa ) , sewerage works to be carried out by tunneling—arathaa-difficulttask in the streets of London, the many pipes ilatersecting prove most formidable and annoying obstruations to the sewer , moles. 'The great line of communication with the East ern Counties, Long-lane, has been again closed after the formation of the monster sewer from Finsbury to the Fleet, in Farriaglon-street. The earth having subsided under the temporary roadway, Long-lane is now under , ' going a substantial repayeinent.—The Builder. .iira 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 Tree, 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 re►nain 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 Parros and our NASMYTHS, 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 wore 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 hasty and imprudent peace. Like WALLIS'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 ,erms worth having will she consent to but at he 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 acoustomed 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 poiht of view—by placing them in dangerous proximity to a highly destructive agent I 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 laud, and add another item to the long list of blunders for which the ABERDEEN' Ministry will have to answer before Parliament and the nation GENERAL SIR DE LACY EVANS. Oar readers, who must all have 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. Tinder any circumstances the gallant cfficer will lever dream of again engaging in active service. It is, however, hoped by his friends that, with care and repose, he may yet for some time serve his country in Parliament. — Morning Advertiser. LORD DUNKELLIN. The following is a translation of the letter sent by the Russian Minister of War to the Marquis of Cla.nricarde, 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 hands. His Majesty is gratified at being thereby enabled to anticipate the propo sition just made by Lord Raglan to Prince Menschikoff to j exchange Lord Dunkellin fur a Russian artillery officer, who was taken prisoner by the English troops near Sobvstopol. Conformably to his Majesty's will, I now give the order to send your son from Kalouga, whore he is at present, to London, by way of Warsaw. " ks for the Russian officer, above referred to, who, I suppose, is Captain Kousowleff. I invite Prince Menschikoff j to request Lord Raglan to deliver him to us in exchange I for Lord Dunkellin, who will very soon be at liberty. " If Captain Kansowleff 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, (Signed) "PRINCE BASILB DOLGOROWKY, Minister of War. " Oct. 24 (Nov. 5), 1854." HER MAJESTY'S NEW STEAM-YACHT, THE WINDSOR CASTLE. In consequence of the tide not being suitable fur 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 purose—that is, the shipwrights work their dinner hours and the blacksmiths until nine o'clock at night. Her 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 honour of entertaining the Royal suite during their temporary and fleeting visit. ----- Tlll SEA NYMPH SAFE.—This ♦essel, stated to have gone down with all on hoard, 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 viay home by her.—Cork, Constitu• tion. DISPENSERS OF MEDICINI TO THP! ARMY IN THE E.—A correspondent, corre cting a misstatement ,T which has gained currency, says :—" The pay of a dis penser of medicines to the army in the East is 7s. 6d. per diem, with the allowances of an assistant -surgeon, which I am credibly informed am ounts 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 ter inhabitants ton of Stamford and its vicinit y , about a quar of a weight having been received within the week.—Stain ford Mercury. THE AUSTRIAN ULTIMATUM TO RUSSIA. VIENNA, DEC. 8. The Ost Deutsche Post publishes the following as he '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 he war expenses is to he a basis for peace pro- positous. A future Russian protectorate over the Greco- Catholic subjects of the Porte is declared 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. Lon 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. Adviees 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 Lad 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 Cura coa, taking 1,767 men, 14 transports with am munition, &c., 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 Paella has been named General of Divi. sion in the Otto Man 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 Katclia. The Russians have sunk more of their vessels at Sebastopol. A division of Omer Pacha's army was quito 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. ,he passage of caravans. CORFU, Nov. 27 ATHENS, 6Ts caving. THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL, DEC. 7 DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, DEO. 't the new Cabinet. Ibraila. Communications with Persia have been re established ; but corps of Russian cavalry prevent 600 men of the regiment in garrison here have [eft for the Crimea, and the rest will soon follow. The cholera continues to rage in this capital, and a considerable number of the inhabitants are 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 EvENINo. 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 anchor, off Knuds Head. 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 expeetbd to enter THE PRINCIPALITIES. 500 French have gone to Bucharest and Colonels Due and Mirecourt have gone to in spect Isaktcha and Toultscha. THE CRIMEA. THE STATE OF THE RUSSIANS IN SEBASTOPOL. The Augsburg Gazette says :—" There is n o t e nt in the Russian camp in the Crimes any cor res p od for a journal to give an exact and faithful picture of the defence of Sebastopol and of the situation of the besieged. Whilst reports aro pu blished. en masse on the position of the A lli ' Is,. report and versions which produce the greatest impresss in ion Europe, all the accounts which reach us from the Russian camp come exclusively from the pen of Prince Menschikoff. It is true that the reports of the prince have not been dravrn up with a complete disregard to truth, but they give no it. formation as to the state of Sebastopol or the camp of Bakslai-Serai. Some o ccasional letters from 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 be g him to withdraw his resignation, but he re fused. The deputies bad 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 been the intention of the Cortes to pass a vote of censure upon the Govern ment, or to prejudge in 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 our position. There is a renewed rumour of the arrival of a General Luders, with 15,000 men. This may not be 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, thy 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 ult., 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, with the title of director, is re placed by M. Bianchini, 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 confe rred the Cardinals hat upon Mon signor de Car va lho, patriarch of Lisbon, and upon Monsignor Bonnel y Orbe, Archbishop of Toledo. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, DEC. 6.—lt is currently rumoured that the leaden 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 add to the - . perplexities of the Cabinet, however much they may condemn and disapprove its proceedings• 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 Moniteur 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 management 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 here, is to be the successor, or the Adlatus, of Count .Nessel rode. THE REINFORCEMENTS. Yesterday the detachment of the First Royals now en duty in the Tower received orders to hold themselves in readiness to embark for the Crimea. The depot of the Ist battalion Rifle Brigade is nog 890 strong. It is expected that they will within a short time embark for the Crimea. They were only 100 strong when the head-quarters and subsequent draught 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 Mullinger, where it is to be consolidated with the 14th and 90th depots. This move is in coyote' 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 bi drafts from various regiments, including the 36th, 58tb, 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 Porte month docky rl. A,l along the route there were crowds of the inhabitants, who gave the troops a very cordial reception. On arriving at the dockyard the first part'' , 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 t° Spithead. They received on leaving the dockyard jetty three hearty cheers from the spectators, which thei returned in good earnest. The remaining corepaniell embarked on their arrival in the Echo, Come t, ana, Pigmy steam tugs. The embarkation, which wa s not completed before dark, was conducted with good order, and regularity, The 18th is under the command 0' Colcnel Reignolds. The whole of the officers came Wit h the regiment, and gn out to the seat of war. On inquiry. we found that not a single man in the regiment has ye been furnished with a Minie rifle. We are told that thei expect to get therm 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 Os Royal Arsenal yesterday, at 1 o'clock, a.m., direct for Balaklava. TIZE WINTER CLOTHING FOR THE TROOPS; It has already been stated that the Governmen t ha', entered into a contract for the supply of 44 , 000 suits of warm clothing for the army is the East. The h e ad-drei. o or cap is of a shape similar to that worn by the A re! : region adventurers, and is composed of seal skin li ne ? with silk. The officers are to wear a dark military cl° a " lined with thick fur. The ordinary trousers will be used—to be covered, however, as as far as the knee hi thick leather overalls. The hands will be covered by gloves, gauntlet shape. The non-commissioned office r. " arid privates will be similarly attired, save as regarl the cloak, which will be lined with rabbit skin, 213 covered with a waterproof cape. • A small detachment of French Sappers and 31i° er (seven men and one serjeant, under charge •f Lieu"' nant Latrielle, officer of the Legion or Honour) tr u. versed the streets of London yesterday in heavy mare t ing order. They landed at London-wharf at h a lf-pss,, 12 from Calais, and marched through Cheapside, 1 401 .. born, Oxford-street, Edgware-road, to the Great Wester'. Railway terminus, en route for Gloucester, to talc' charge ef a number of wooden huts constructed ther e for the French army in the Crimea. The Lieutenao' and his men were sumptuously entertained in the Grea t , Western Hotel, free of charge, and, by the kindness , 13 ,: Captain Buckley, were forwarded to thei r d es ti n ation v. 7 the express train at ordinary fares. THE FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS• A despatch from Marseilles of yesterday states thAi the packets of the 24th and 30th November, from Co stantinople, are over due. The Alps, Indiana, Nubia, and several Vegll.4l steamers, had left with troops for the Crimea. re The frigate Constitution, and other transports , a embarking the division of General des Sallee. v. et The Laplace, Aigle, and Fonnerre, left for the "'II. yesterday ; and the St. Louis, and several steam frig at e s are about to leave. The steamer New York left Havre yesterday' for e °P ; stantinople ; she carries out a full cargo of proviej°l: and stores for the army, 75 carriages for the amb ulae" large stores for the hospitals, and also several portable forges for the use of the camp. The 4th Light Infantry in garrison at Mars eille 5 ' which belongs to the Ist Brigade of the Bth Divie °l : o ' under orders for the Crimea, had claimed as a fa vour : " be led against the enemy, even before there was any ln d tention of sending out reinforcements. This den3oto was addressed to General de Sallee, who happened fit be then on a tour of inspection, and who, being 0110r' afterwards appointed to the command of this Divisiea, published the following order of the day : rof " Soldiers,—Your wishes are granted. The E rne, has consented that you should share in the noble exP" . of the glorious Army of the East. Like your heroic panions in arms you will give proofs of valour in presea„, of the enemy, and of patience and perseveranc e in 81311 porting the fatigues and privations of war. March fora 311 with confidence, under the immortal French eagles, ,tio make the Russians tremble to your rallying cry of l'Empereur 1 so that France, on your return , may r.„io with pride on your colours the names of new and b et "; battles, united with those of Austerlitz, Eylau, Mo ses " Alma, and Inkerman." The two war battalions of the 49th Regiment, forod part of the 9th Division of the Array of the East, st h - 0 have just left Toulouse, will arrive at Nismes en 17th and 18th of this month, and wait there for further orders. The 10th battalion of Foot Chassenrs 1 359 r. rived from the Camp of the South at Marseilles t o • eal; bark for the Crimea. An immense quantity of raunitioe of war reaches Marseilles, daily. Aeli' The ships of the line Duperrd, Breslau, and I n ~he ble left Cherbourg on the 4th inst. for Brest. Oa f , 0 1 6th the new screw-liner Prince Jerome, sai led Lorient for Toulon. On the 7th the steam-corvettes Dl4rl-0. and Eldorado, and the transport Pintade, detained 1;11.0 trury winds in the roads of Brest, put to sea, the twe receeding to Toulon and the other to Rochefort. pa English transport Nubia, coming from London, a i ae f tte the American corvette St. Louis, from Spain, arr at Marseilles on the sth. On the 6th the s t e am.corv e te j Cameleon arrived at Toulon from Brest , ha vin g Par ti on the 2d with the ship of the line Lo uis X.V., o",ee miles N.E. of Cape Palos. The st eam-corvette LaPi,6o. sailed from Toulon on the 6 t h, and the steam • aviso nerre on the 7th, both with troops for the Crimea. Natalta.pffi, aPpetoocicnrnosTitli appointed dnns N ytb A ibel T ycea t ne L odt . fihl — oaennfa T ti r i sy e otwtmh C r iaeel u ln s ssb t Gti o ehe m ortv J:sneeadrdnEneuti Government.— ert a tynh b hte l en. i _s cei h i m natctn e nira n voogi t . O e l ot s : oe i nr :a ce ; l Ga:e h t e te . thermometer at St. Petersburg fell as lOrt 0 1 6 T, below 0 Reaumur (that is, 34 below freezing-poin t r renheit) early l as t wee k. It is therefore more th°l3,d, bable that th e w h o l e Finland Gulf coast is ice-loco-the notwithstanding the half-thaw which took place/40e end of the we e k, and, consequently, that the InsP; and her consorts will soon join the admiral at 1-fe'johis The Worcestershire Chronicle says that Henrik t he Wentworth Hodgetts Foley, Esq., only son esteemed member of Parliament for the eastern o"rion, of this county, is to be married next Tuesday to the Lor d Jane Frances Anne Vivian, daughter of the late 00t Vivian, Master-General of the Ordnanc e, and $l3l distinguished soldier. r hi° V E SSELS LOADING Fort IiErSTRALIA.—OOI3 B .- ;(.1 e 1 terest has been excited by the early departure of , s ' be ivg of the fastest clippers in this trade, quite a fle e " ne c o ', advertised to sail before Christmas. The greatest 9 r o of. la.tion, however, has centred in the probable positoor the James Baines and Red Jacket, which are to i r o c!, from this port within a day or two of each other,iyer It as the former carries the mail under penalty to del l ole out in 65 days, the Red Jacket will have a fornil l _ u ut i 0 competitor. The ships are equally matched, go % sm g ballast, are well manned and found in stores and P e s o skilfel commanders. Subjoined is a list of all the v all ja on the berth, which, by the way, are unusually 1011 number ag Destination. No. of Vessels. T° 11 " 0, Hobart Town 1 ...... 1,6 ...... , 68 Geelong ............ ,u,nl Sydney 2 30# Adelaide 4 ....... g ..... 18, 73 Melbourne l5 ............ Totals 14, with an aggregate register of 14,147 tono. /di Th e sailings during the month 207 f .......................................... Times. fr. c, 995