The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-01 00:00:00

THE ATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. LAST NIGHT BUT SEVEN. THE NEW DESCRIPTIVAERMIE QUADRILLE, THE ALLIED S. The PROGRAMME for THIS EVENING, Friday, Dec: 1, will include the Bong from L'Rtolle du Nord, and "Minnie," snug by Madame Anna Thllkm ; Grand Operatic Selection from I Puritan; the First Movement from Spohr's Symphony, the Power of Sound ; Idendelssohn's Overture to Midsummer Night's Dream ; L'Etoile du Nord Quadrille ; Valse from Lucia di Lammermoor ; the American Quadrille ; Solos, cornet, Herr Kcenig ; trombone, Mr. Winterbottom violoncello, Mr. G. Collins ; Solo raise, with obligato. by MM. Kconts and Arbon; the Atlantic Galop. and the new DESCRIPTIVE QUADRILLE, THE ALLIED ARMIES, assisted by the Bands of her Majesty's Grenadier Guards, 24 Life Guards, and Coldstream Guards. The Beethoven Night will be repeated To-morrow (Saturday). On Thursday next, Dec. 7, the siendelssohn Festival will take place, oa which occasion the whole of the First Part of the Concert will be selected from the works of Mendelssohn; the Second Part being Miscellaneous, including the Allied Armies Quadrille. Paces or ADNl33loL—Promenade, boxes, and galleries, Is.; dress circle, 2s. Gd. ; private boxes 1/. is. and 11. 11s. Gd. M. JULLIEN'S GRAND BAL MASQUE will take place on MONDAY, Dec. 11, and terminate the season. THE MORNING ADVBRTISER.- At the Meeting of the Proprietors of tfth llonsrio AovER- Tista, at the L ndon Tavern. on the I;th instant the largest of their body ever held during the sixty years of their Journal's exi-t -ehoe--th-y formally pledged themselves to the Public that the shall continue to be conducted on those popu'ar and thoroughly c te h d (in dependent principles wolch have daring the last four years, nader its present Editorial auspices, raised it to the 1117 f h he p y os a it l izn a a d - o h i it oecuples as the second Journal 1 the lihnpire. resolution empowering Mr of the Editor, to incur any amount of expenditure which may he deemed necessary in securing the very highest order of LUerary Talent and procui:ny the earliest and Commercial Intel igence. The MoaNtso ADVERTISER, there fore. with the vast resources now placed at the Editor's disposal, has before it the prospect of even a more bri'llant career than has cha racterised it during the last tour years of its existence, in which period it has risen in circulation with a rapidity which has no parallel in the history of the Daily Press. Its preent relative position to that of the other Morn'ng Papers, orn'tting the Times, will be seen from the Official Stamp Returns for the year 1853. Mott:SING ADVERTIsEB. • Morning Herald Daily ff I,2ews.• Morning Post ............. ......... Morning Chronicle •• 624,500 Ti order further that no effort shall be spared by the Committee of Management to make the MORNING ADVERTISER one of the Fist journals in the Empire, a series of ' Supplements will be published as often as the presso^e of Intelligence or Advertisements may render such publication necessary. Published at 127, Fleet-street, Loudon. THICATRE ROYAL HAYMARICBT. tinder the management of Yr. linekstone. TILTS EVENING, Die. 1, Wig be performed ST. PATRICK'S EVII. Principal characters by Mears. Hudson, Chippendale, and W. Farren ; Miso Martindale, and Mrs. Poynter. To which AIR be added VIE BALANCE OF COMFORT. To be followed by BOX AND COX. T• conclude with the Farce of FAMILY JARS. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREM tinder the Management of Mr. OWUM lICIAtt. THIS EVENING. Dm. 1, Will be presented FAUST AND MARGUERITE. 'Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean , David Fisher, Raymond, Cathcart, and *akar ; Mrs. Winstanl e y , Misses C. Leclerc% Daly, and K. Terry. Followed by CHARLES THE SECOND. Principal chlEnteters by Messrs W. Lacy, Vining., Addi,bn, afld Cathcart ; Sitatita Murray and Heath. Te conclude with DEAF AS A POST. LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, DEC. 1, Will be performed THE GAME OF SPECITLA.TIO2.7. Charac ters by Messrs. C. Mathews, R. Roaby, F. Matthews, and Baker ; Mrs. Haghes, Misses Oliver and Wadham, and Mn.s Foote. To be followed by a new Comic Drama, entitled A COMICAL COITSTESS. to Mende frith the Farce entitled MY FELLOW CLERK. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directross, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, Dm 1, Will b performed IRE GREEN BUSHES. Characters by Messrs Parialle, s m ith, Garden, Ro,geri, and Bedford; MLis Wool gar, Mrs Murray, and Xladame Celeste. Followed by RONA FIDE TRAVELLERA. To which will be aidel a new Farce, ent tied THE RAILWAY BELLE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEk TRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS ETENING, DEC. 1, Will be presented THE BEULAH SPA. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, and H. Cooper: Miss Marston, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Fitz.%Rau, and Miss Julia St. George. To he followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Altted Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and Gladstone ; Miss Julia Et. George, and Miss Emily Orrnonde. To conclude with the Farce. called A BLIGHTED BEING, in which Mr. Robson will appear. ASTLF:rB ROYAL AMFEETIIEATKW.. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Miraculous attraction, and success without parallel THIS EVENING, The Magnificent and heart-stirring MILITARY SPECTACLE, in 2 acts, by J. 11. ATocacrEttma, Esq., called THE BATTLE Or THE ALMA! graphically realising that terrible conflict, and occupying both the Stage and the Ring, with 400 Auxiliaries ; After which. the Celebrated SCENES in the ARENA, invented and conducted by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with a Grand Entrée calla TGIF. WILT) INDIANS ON THEIR FLEET HORSES! N.B.—An early attendance lA respectfully suggested, In consequence Or the numbers who nl , ,;htly throng the doors of the Theatre. Box-ofllce open front Eleven till Four, Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manage:, Mr. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director, 4 Mr. Wm. Cooke, iuu. HEIR WATER AT LONDON BRIDOK.• TIIIR DAY —Worninz mln.after 11 1 Kvening 0 alin.Aft. 0 To .dole ow Morning 4 ruin.after 12 1 Evening 26 min.aft. 12 THE WEATHER.—Stne Orvicre, Dee. 1. TWITEMOMITTER. m 11111 SRADI. 52—highest since noon yesterday. 4g—lowest this morning and daring the night. 43 —this day, at noon. BAnowrrint, 29.68—rising again. WIND, W.N.W.—Light, with fine weather. %. • 47.4*". • ( Q 1 riot g ~ LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER I, 1854. MINISTERS-THE PAR. LI AMENT. Significant hints have already been given of the intention of Lord ABERDEEN to turn the repre sentatives of the British people into puppets, whose sole business will be to register and approv e his ukases (the word is appropriate, being bor rowed from his "friend of forty years' standing"), but who are not to venture on any discussion re specting the past, or demand the slightest infor mation as to the future. A painful necessity re quires the Legislative sanction to sundry matters which the would-be Dictator would gladly dispense with if practicable. That, however, is clearly impossible. The Militia cannot be sent out of the country without the authority of Pailiament ; nor can even the Joint-Stock Administration get on without a further vote of credit. But these matters are, if possible, to be dealt with as mere formalities, which can be arranged within a few days. Any attempt to put forward impertinent inquiries, at the risk of protracting the winter sess i on, i s to be treated as leze majeste of the - worst description. Woe betide the unfortunate member who with reckless hardihood ventures on the forbidden track. Hs must make up his mind to endure unmitigated snubbing, and to have the folly and audacity of his request exposed in the most unsparing manner. We are DQW told by one of the ablest advocates of "Aberdeenism" in the fourth estate, that " it is possible that some hasty or inexperienced mem ber may demand from Ministers an account of the military position, and of the past and future °Perations, of the Allied Armies !" The demand of Oliver T w i s t "f or more " cou ld no t e xcite more indignant asbnishment among the Poor-law Guardians than does even the possibility of such an atro c it y in that th We are told. ABERDEEN" Champion. " e lf discussions on such topics should be ra i se d in . , Parliament, the duty of Mi nisters will be obvious. Reserve with respect to the past, and silence with p res ec t to futur e inten tions, will be generally understoo d and respected !,, As the above may be regarded as semi-official, clearly intimating the course contemplated by th e G overn ment, if the House should exhibit similar subserviency to that displayed on former occasions, it is manifest that we are a,gaie t o have the changes rung upon the principle already repeated, usque ad nauseam, that bec ause we are at war we are bound to submit to all the ridiculous twaddling, and, what is still worse, the unwise and impolitic schemes o f a Prime Minister determined on "peace at any price, or on any terms," or to the fiscal and flint): %al crotchets of a Chancellor of the Exchequer who cannot cone , sive the possibility of rendering i the apportionrae nt of the Income Tax in any de gree more equi'Lable than at present ; and who, after exhausting: the national purse for the pur pose of paying off an old demand, or rather of concealing the serious losses occasioned by his own humiliating failure, desires that the whole ex penses of the War may be defrayed from the cur rent revenue of the country. If the country had un limited confidence in the efficiency and deternaina tien of Lord ABKRDEEN, if -the People were satis fied blindly to trust all matters to his control and management, certain that the War would at length be carried on with vigour and energy, then there would be some show of reason, some plausibility in the demand. But, as we believe that not one man in ten, or possibly in one hundred, entertains such reliance, we must still hope that the British Parliament will vindicate its independence, and insist on taking a fitting part in the government of the nation, and more especially in all matters affecting its relations with Foreign Powers. Although we do not agree in all things with Mr. GLADSTONE, we cannot refrain from quoting his manly and spirited denunciation of such a course. The Right Honourable Gentleman dis dained to avail himself of such a paltry pretext for evading legitimate discussions. In his Financial Statement of the Bth of May he said " There are, indeed, those who say that the period of war is not a time when a question of confidence should be entertained. Sir, to that I reply, even as regards an Administra tion, still more as regards a Minister, and most of all a Minister of Finance, that a period of war is the very last when that important trust should be committed to hands that have been discredited in the view of the House and the country ;" boldly adding—" Now, don't let it be said that this is a time of war, and that, therefore, the question of confidence should not be raised. It being a time of war is the ♦ery reason why you should make up your minds whether financial matters have been mismanaged or not !'' These views are so sound in themselves, and so appropriate to the present occasion, that we make no apolsgy for here repeating the very words of the Right Honourable Gentleman, which constitute a decisive and convincing answer to the argument from whatever quarter it may be pre ferred. It cannot be relied on as a defence by any supporter of Mr. GLADSTONE, or as an excuse for apathy and indifference by any independent member. The main questions at this moment are—Has Lord ABERDEEN the unalloyed confidence of the country? Can the safety of the Army of the Crimea, the honour of the British nation, and the hope of a permanent and satisfactory peace, with ample guarantees against its future violation, be left in his hands without check or interference ? We are told that the Ministry have "gained valu able experience, and have warmed to their work." This is all that one of their ablest and most thorough-going advocates is able to put forward in their favour ! Why what a confession of early incapacity and indifference is this—they have "warmed to their won: !" It might be said of a spavined hack, scarcely able to crawl forth from its stable, but surely it ex hibits in the most pitiable light a Ministry to whom we are gravely asked to confide matters of such immeasurable interest and paramount im portance to every true-hearted Englishman. The independence of Parliament must be boldly asserted, and amply vindicated. Ministers reckon without their host, if they imagine for a moment that they will escape so easily, or that there will only be a few matters of form gone through. They may be well assured that they will be called to an ample account, although perhaps, not by " a hasty or inexperienced member." The country requires satisfactory explanations, both as to the past and the future, and an unequivocal declara tion that the War will be carried on " in earnest," until the pride of the CZAR has been humiliated, and his power for mischief been materially re duced, if not absolutely broken. POLAND. AND OUR PEOPLE. Poland is to become the test of English states manship—the test both of its hear, and of its capacity. The annual meeting of the Poles, con signed by Cabinets sneeringly" to the benevolence of the lamented Lord DUDLEY STUART, is elevated this year by events to the highest significance. It seems to have survived for a time like this— survived to rebuke the cold-heartedness of our politicians, yet to offer them an invaluable light to their path. This year, also, the meeting itself was marked by two striking facts. It had to commemorate the death of a truly noble martyr to the Polish cause, and to listen to the eloquence of a new but mighty champion, in the person of the great Hungarian exile. And while the evi dence was being furnished to every hearer that KOSSUTH has not been studying military science altogether in vain, it must have glanced across the thoughts of many that PROVIDENCE may have been raising up the man as necessary to the pre sent crisis as was Lord DUDnIY STUART to the long four-and-twenty years of Polish exile and distress. Of course, the merits of his strategical propositions are open to the fullest discussion. The noble Hungarian himself would, above all, wish them to be honestly canvassed. But, as to his two main points, we do not think honest men—by which we• mean men who guide their policy by the rights and interests of nations, and not by the interests of dynasties and court fac tions—we do not think such men can hesitate about them for a moment. The war has been aimlessly and unskilfully conducted, though waged with unparalleled bravery by our soldiers —that is one point ; and who can deny it ? And that " The twenty-fourth anniversary of the Polish Revolution is a query by which the genius of the future is about to test the vitality of the British Empire," that is the other point. And we think it equally needs no demonstration ; every genuine British heart has already adopted it. Poland has been long a burden to the conscience of England (and of France too), whether England's rulers know it or not. Our people have always in heart groaned over the Russian and Austrian policy of her Cabinets. They have never borne without sadness the memory of the first sad par titions, and the sight in later days of Russian and Austrian devilry, in Poland in 1830, and i n Hungary in 1849. The perfectly Satanic provo cations and barbarities of NICHOLAS in Poland in 1830 would have made a war against the perpe trator of such unheard-of atrocities as popular as the Turkish one is now ; and possibly all the wiliness of our Ministers would have scarcely saved Austria and Russia from feeling the effects of British bayonets and broadsides when Hungary was crushed but for the fatal predominance in our councils at that time of the Manchester school. We then said, and all will see it now, that firm words and deeds for Hungary in 1848 would have saved millions of money, perhaps hundreds of millions, and thousands of lives more precious still. Even Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who sneered at the Hungarian "reb e llio n,,' and virtually embol- dened Russia to the attack, cannot now deny that the impunity willingly allowed in Hungary was the real source of the outrages on Turkey. If a RUSSELL let NICHOLAS tear Hungary to pieces for Austria, how could he expect that an ABERDEEN would keep him out of Turkey? And a quiet time he might have had of it in this case, but that the people of England could endure it no longer. The heart of the country, wiser than the heads of its rulers, felt that the time was come ; that savage despots had been trifled with too long ; that the only free nation in Europe had stood by expressing, through its Government, nothing but goodwill to the tottering despots in 1848—had never offered the slightest aid to Sicily, Naples, Lombardy, Hungary, or Germany, but had on the whole rather abetted than otherwise the cause of the despots against the nations. England would brook this no longer, and ABERDEEN, like the soldiers of NICHOLAS, was driven into the battle. Let our Legislators know that all this is now in the thoughts and the heart of the people. Poland, even now, is the key to the whole question, as Hungary was in 1848. Right one of these C3llll - and the other will right itself; and Turkey, and all, will be righted with them. It has proved a cruelly fatal error to have been huckstering for worthless Austrian aid when the infinitely more valuable help of Poland was freely proffered. But now the necessity of raising the Polish banner forces itself on all Anti-Russian Europe. It 10 1 1 force itself on this Parliament. Austria will be repudiated by every independent Peer and Com moner ; Ministers will scarcely, or but feebly, venture to defend the odious traitor they admitted into the provinces ; and the House of Commons, if they do, will pass, we trust, an almost unani mous vote condemnatory of the Austrian occupation, and demanding that Polish aid and Polish nationality become essential conditions of the war. Nothing will more imperatively de mand the first attention of the Houses of Parlia ment than the Allies with wlpm we are to carry on the War, and the general objects to which it shall be directed. The men who shall be honest enough to place Poland in the forefront, both of means and ends, will have the hearty support both of Sir JOHN TROLLOPE'S farmers, and KOS SUTH'S town audiences. Austria will be hissed, hooted, and scouted, and her advocates deemed traitors to the cause of the people. No SEYMOUR correspondence is needed in the case of Austria ; she has openly befooled our Government, cheated the Turks, helped Russia instead of the Allies, and more than indirectly filled our land with widows and orphans. Let no English Ministry imperil their character and their existence by de fending her, and ignoring Poland. The country will be snubbed no longer, not even by " All the Talents." There is but one alternative—to be honest or to be ousted. Let Lord ABERDEEN and Mr. GLADSTONE make up their minds in time. MR. HEWITT, OF BEAGLE. We have been ftvoured by the Admiralty with the following extract of a letter from Vice• Admiral Dundas, Nov. 8 : " Captain Lushington speaks ♦ery highly of tike officers and men under his command, and I enclose an extract of a letter addressed by him to me, ix which he again praises the conduct of Mr. Hewitt, mate of the Beagle, in charge of an advanced battery.—l have, &c., (Signed) " J. W. D. DUNDAS, " Vice-Admiral." Extract of a letter from Captain Lushington, com manding the Naval Brigade, to Vice-Admiral J. W. D. Dundas, dated Nov. 6, 1854 : "I have much pleasure in againbriaging Mr. Hewitt's gallant conduct to your notice, as well as that of Com mander Borlase and Mr. Muir, nor can Y refrain from noticing the gallant conduct of Major Sir Thomas Treu bridge, of the 7th Fusiliers, to whose cool courage and advice I was mainly iudebted for saving the gun, and who afterwards, when dangerously wounded, set a noble example by reusing to leave his post until relieved by another field officer." THE SUREIV STEAMER PRINCE. The screw steamer Prince, which is reported to have been lost in the gale of the 14th ult., took out 1,500 troops and a large quantity of ammunition. These she landed safely on the 7th ult., a week befure the disas trous gale. The commander of the Prince was Captain Goodall, who formerly commanded the Calcutta. Most of the crew went from Southampton to join her in London, from which port she sailed. The folio eying Southampton steamers engaged as war transports are known not to have been in the Black Sea on the 14th ult., when the storm happened there, viz. : Thames, Tamar, Candia, Nubia, Ripon, Manilla, Rajah, Indiana, Orinoco, and Golden Fleece. The following is a list of passengers who were on board the Prince, screw steamer, which foundered on the 14th ult.:—Captain John Goodall, Chief Officer J. Richardson, Second Officer William Whiteway, Third Officer Francis Wilkinson, Fourth Officer W. P. Stewart; Fifth Officer G. J. Inglis, Sixth Officer F. Ainslie, Surgeon J. M. Salter, M.D., First Engineer Williams Anderson, Purser. F. J. Maughan, Principal Storekeeper F. J. Dickinson. We are given to understand that Government have received a despatch from Lord Raglan of a more recent date by several days than the great storm in the Euxine. We are glad to see that M'Dougall, of the well-known Tartan Warehouse, Inverness, has had large orders for the army in the Criraea. It is considered likely that Yarmouth roadsted wil be made a winter station for a portion of the fleet under Sir Charles Napier, on their return from the Baltic. The will of the Earl of Eldon has been sworn to under 189,000/. personalty. Thirty skins of parchment will be employed in the document. A Constantinople letter of Nov. 16th, in the Presse of Vienna, accuses the Russians of having crucified an English wounded officer. THE WESTMINSTER PLATS.—The first plays selected for the performances of the season by the Queen's scho lars of Westminster, is the Eunuchus of Terence. The three play nights are the 14th, 18th, and 21st of De cember. TAE MAIL TO BRAZIL.—A notice was yesterday exhi bited on the Manchester Exchange, by Mr. Fleming, of the Commercial Association, to the effect that the de parture of the packet-ship Pampero, to Brazil and the River Plate, had been postponed, at the request of the Postmaster-General, till the 6th December. MR. WILLIAMS, M.P. FOR LAMBETH.—Mr. W. Wil liams, one of the members for Lambeth, in accordance with his usual custom of meeting his constituents at the close of each session, has invited the attendance of the electors, at the Horns Tavern, Kennington, on Monday evening next, at half-past seven o'clock. The Lord Chancellor has bestowed the vacant stall in Bristol Cathedral on the Rev. Edward Girdlestone, the Vicar of Deane, in the county of Lancaster, a parish which includes the, great and populous town of Bolton le-Moore. Mr. Girdlestone, after unsuccessfully-oppo sing the semi-Popish spirit in the National Society, became one of the founders of the Church of England Education Association. The Clyde-built screw steamer Barwon, lying in the East India Docks, has had her name changed to that of the Alma. She has also been taken up by Govern ment, and will be placed at the disposal of the War Office for the conveyance of the whole of the staff officers ordered for the Black Sea. FALL lii THE Palau OF BREAD.—Yesterday, the bakers generally throughout the metropolis reduced the price of bread a hilfpeany the 41b. loaf ; the price now is Bid. and 9d. for seconds, and from 9d. to 11d. for best bread. THE SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW. —Yesterday was the last day fer the reception of the agricultural im• plements to be exhibited, at the ensuing show of the Smithfield Club, appointed to take place on the sth, 6 th, 7th, and Bth inst. It is understood that Prince Albert wiil be a competitor in the pig and cattle classes, and also in the classes of short wooled sheep, of which eAteenaed class the entries greatly exceed those of any former year. Amongst the other contributors are his Grace the Duke of Richmond, tho Duke of Rutland, the Earl of Hardwicke, Earl Spencer, the Earl of Leicester, Earl Radnor, Earl Fitzwilliam, and Sir J. V. Shelley, M.P. The actual amount of prizes to be awarded by the club, exclusive of the gold and silver medals, di.tributed for those animals which exhibit more than ordinary mer it, i s 6801. The judges are enjoined, in making their awards, to keep strictly in view the ob j,,ct for which the Smithfield Club was originally insti tuted, viz., ." The supply of the cattle markets of Smith field and other places, with the cheapest and best meat." The show of implements will be twice as large as that of last year, whilst the entri e s of live stock amount to nearly one-third more. The whole of the latter speci mens must be in the show yard before 10 o'clock on Saturday night. The judges will make their awards on Monday night, and the private view will take place on Monday evening. There are vast improvements in every part of the capacious building, and especially as regards its ventilation. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 30. There was no addition to the Royal dinner party yes terday. The Queen and Prince walked in the Home-park thief morning. The Lord Chancellor and Lady Cranworth, and the Right Hon. W. E. and Mrs. Gladstone, hare been in vited. They are expected this afternoon. On Monday next her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert will leave Windsor Castle for Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty and the Prince Consort will remain in town until Wednesday, the Gth, when the Court will return to Windsor. On the Monday or Tuesday following the Court will again proceed to Buckingham Palace, it being the Queen's intention to open the Parliament House, on the 12th, in person. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone left town yesterday afternoon, on a visit to her Majesty at Windsor Castle. The judicial committee of the Privy Council at yes terday. The Lords present were—the Lords Justices Knight Bruce and Turner, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the judgo of the Admiralty Court, Sir J. Patteson, and Sir E. Ryan. Several motions were dis posed of, and an , appeal from the Prerogative Court, " AnderAm v. Laneuville" (part heard), was concluded. A Cabi net Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were—The Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chan cellor, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl Clarendon, 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 three hours. Viscount Palmerston ar r i ve d in town yesterday after noon from Paris. Lord and Lady Palmerston left Paris on Wednesday morning by the 10 o'clock train for London. They dined on Tuesday with Prince Jerome at the Palais Royal. The Earl and Countess of Winchelsea have arrived at the Clarendon, from Eastwell-park, near Ashford, Kent. Sir W. Dick Canyngham, Bart., Mr. R. D. Cunyng ham, Lieutenant.Colonei Hawkes, and Major Hecker, 15th Hussars, have been among the recent arrivals at Cheltenham. LORD PALMERSTON AS PREMIER.—We speak ad visedly when we say that there is an influential party 'among the Liberals in the House of Commons, and a very large party out of doors, who are resolved to do everything in their power, not only to get the present Premier set aside, but to have Lord Palmerston ap pointed in his place, immediately after the meeting of the Legislature. There cannot be a doubt that the feel ing throughout the country is in favour of a Palmer stonian Cabinet, because it is everywhere believed that the present Home Secretary is the man who, of all others, would carry on the war with Russia with the greatest vigour, and brim -, Austria most promptly and unceremoniously to book.—Morning Advertiser. The Clipper ship Lightning will convey the Austra lian mail of the sth of January, instead of the Overland mail. SC THE CITY •F MINCEESTER. We understand that the Government are in treaty for the charter of this fine iron screw steamer, for the transport of troops to the Crimea. Being fitted up and engaged in the Phila delphia and Liverpool passenger trade she is admirably suited for the purpose. SCOTTISH HOSPITAL.—The 189th anniversary festival of this noble institution was held last night, at the Lon don Tavern ; Sir R. M. Shaw Stewart, Bart., in the chair. About 150 gentlemen sat down to the dinner, which was characterised by a plentiful supply of all the delicacies/of the season, to which were added many Scottish dishes. ANTI-SLAVERY CONFERENCE.—The conference met again yesterday morning at ten o'clock, at the London Tavern, Mr. John Crawford presiding at the early, and Mr. M`Laren during the latter, part of the morn ing. The resolutions postponed from the previous day for amendment were brought up, and after some con versation passed in their amended state. GOOLE.—PATEIOTIC FUND.—The largest room in Goole was filled on Wednesday evening uy an enthusi astic audience, drawn together to hear what had been already collected for the Patriotic Fund, end to decide upon what should yet be done. After "Rule Britannia" had been effectively sung by a number of vocalists, con ducted by Mr. Blake, the chairman announced that Goole had, by the private committee previously formed, been divided into nine districts, and the result of the canvass was a total of 115/. 15s. 101 d., which total he trusted would, before the end of the week, be further augmented. LISBON MAILS.—A telegraphic notice was received yesterday that the Pampefo, belonging to the Liverpool Brazilian Steam Company, which was to have sailed to day with the mails for Lisbon, Madeira, Brazil, and the River Plate, will be detained till the 10th of December, as a more convenient period, in the present curtailed state of the mail service, for answering correspondence. NEW SOUTH WALES COAL AND INTERCOLONIAL STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—At a meeting yesterday after noon of this company the report of the committee of investigation was unanimously adopted, and a resolution passed authorising proceedings against the directors for the recovery of the deposits. NAPOLEON M. As AN Aunion.—(Extract of a letter from Paris.)—Antong other distinctions to which the French Emperor aspires is that of authorship. His name must recorded in the annals of literature. The " Works of Napoleon the Third" are now in course of publication by an eminent PArisian bibliople, under his Niajesty's immediate superviion. When collected they will form four handsome octavo volumes, and consist chiefly of essays and disquisitions on political, social, and military topics. PARIS, Nov. 29.—We exceedingly regret to learn that Baron Nathaniel Rothschild, brother of Baron Lionel, and son of Baron James de Rothschild, is in a state of health which causes great uneasiness to his family and friends.—Jewish Chronicle. " The French Government," says the Independent of " has just decided that a rail w a y s h a ll b e between Calais and Bonlogm•iur-Mer, add ear f S n t r . nind Omer, veys for it are immediately to be commenced." THE PRINCE STEAMER.—A report prevailed in the Stock Exchange yesterday that the loss of the Prince steamer would fall on the General Screw Company, owing to the sale to the Government not having been fully completed ; but it, was entirely without foundation, and bad its origin probably in the fact that the company continued to manage her. The purchase for 105,0001. took place last summer before she was quite finished, and the transaction was concluded and the money paid as soon as the necessary forms could be effected. The Government, however, made a request, which was com plied with, that the company, owing to their experience in the management of screw steam-ships, should continue to victual and sail her, man her, pay her crew, and work & 0 ., for the Black Sea, w ith out t h e company h her generally. In that way she was sent to the Baltic, and en her return fr om Bamarsund she was refitted, risk in her whatever. Th e tota l num b er of officers and crew on board the vessel when she foundered stored, aving any is believed to have been between 130 and 140. THE STORII IN THE CHANNEL—SHEERNESS, Thursday. —This morning at nine a.rn., the Norwegian brig Con stantia, Skjelsig, master, from Sundswall, laden with timber, was brought into this harbour by four Essex smacks. It appears she was bound to London with a cargo of timber, and last night, through the bois terous state of the weather, she lost both her anchors in the Swin-piddle. She hoisted her colours, union down, and made signals of distress, which were seen by the smacks, who bore down to her assistance and brought her safely into this harbour. Consi dering the dangerous part she was knocking about in, there is no doubt, had it not been for these men, she would have got on shore, sad perhaps been entirely wrecked ; as it is, however, she never, we hear, touched the bottom, and all the damage she has sustained is los ing two anchors and about 160 fathoms of chain. The captain bas this d a y p roceed ed to London to get new ac., after which she will pro cee d t h ere an d dis she is consigned to the fi rm o f M essrs. Good nharge. anchors, liffe and Smart, London. DEFENCE OF MILFORD HAVEN.—GRRII having arrived at Pembroke Royal Dockyard, from Woolwich, the Prospero, steam-tender, has this week been engaged in conveying them to the new fortification just about being completed on Thorn Island, at the entrance of the harbour, for the protection of the port. The armament consists of nine 8-inch long 68-pounders, each weighing 95 cwt. This fortification is immediately to be garrisoned by two officers and a detachment of Royal Artillery. On the opposite side of the mouth of the Haven there is a still larger fortress in the course of erection. From the cross fire of these, and the direct of another recently built on the Stack Rock, it is expected that all hostile approach will be effectually prevented. The Mentor steamer, belonging to the Messageries Imperiales, which has just arrived at Marseilles from Alexandria, had on board four magnificent Arab horses, ' intended for the King of Sardinia. They below g t o some of the finest breeds in the East, and come from Bombay by Suez and Alexandria. They are all stallions, and are intended to improve the breed of horses in Piedmont. " For some days past commercial travellers have been calling on all the butchers of this place," says the Salut Public of Lyons, " buying up at any price all the sheep skins that can be disposed of. The object of this pro ceeding is to enable a large firm to furnish within a short space of time 80,000 dressed skins, intended to protect the French soldiers in the Crimea against the cold." A letter from Constantinople, in the Impartial, of Smyrna, says :—"A quantity of articles, taken from the Russians, have been brought here by persons from the Allied armies. I have seen six large carts filled with Russian muskets, mostly broken, and shakos in great number. Upwards of 15,000 Russian muskets were found on the field after the battle. The English and French soldiers sold them for five piastres (about four francs and a half) a piece." SALFORD MUSEUM AND LIBRARY.—The annual re port of the Salford Museum and Free Library, just issued, states that the issues during the past year from the Reference Library have been 49,468 ; since the in stitution was opened in January, 1850, the total issues from this department have been 160,218 volumes, which, compared with the number of volumes in the library, givss an average circulation of sixteen times to each volume. The total issue of books from the Lending Library, during the six months that it has been opened, have been 13,815 volumes. During the past year 1,137,139 persons have visited the Museum, notwith standing which no wilful damage or injury has been done to the specimens, objects of natural history, or any of the works. LATEST NEWS. THE KING OF PRUSSIA'S SPEECH. We have received a despatch from Berlin dated yesterday, which states that the fresh additional article agreed upon by Austria and Prussia on the 26th contains the adoption of the four points, and undertakes to procure their acceptance. Prussia also promises her assistance to Austria if attacked in the Principalities. The King's Speech upon the opening of the Prussian Chambers yesterday contains the follow- ing passages : "A bloody conflict has broken out between three powerful members of the family of European States. " Our fatherland is not yet affected ; I hays fresh occasion to hope that the basis of a further understanding will .soon perhaps be obtained. " Closely united with Austria and the rest of Germany, I shall continue to look upon it as my task to plead for peace, the recognition of the in dependence of foreign States, and moderation. Should I subsequently be compelled to add force to this attitude, Prussia's and my faithful people will bear their inevitable burdens with resignation, and know how to meet such even tualities. " The army shall he made ready for war." The following has been received from Mar seilles : " MARSEILLES, TIIURSDAY AFTERNOON. " The Nil, steamer, which has been due for three days, with the mail from Constantinople of the 20th; was forced to put into Antibes. " A Queen's messenger, bearing despatches, who came by her, has left by the 1 p.m. train." THE PRINCIPALITIES. JASSY, Nov. 15.—A Paris correspondent of the Independance Beige speaks of large quantities of powder and other war material having been lately drawn by the Russians from the Principalities. The writer affects to wonder that any political im portance should have been attributed to the fact, and dismisses it as a mere affair of smugglers. The works of the electric telegraph, intended to connect Jassy with Czernovitz, were commenced yesterday. It is hoped they will be finished in a month. Prince Ghika has resumed the direction of the Government. His first act has been, as was ex pected, to change his ministers, and the new names that figure in the council have been favourably received in general. They belong to that class of boyards who profess to repudiate those venal habits with which a certain party has been only too often reproached. The following are the names : Minister of the Interior—M. Stephen Catargi, member of the preceding administration, when he had the portfolio of Justice. Minister of Finance—M. P. Mavrojeni, formerly Minister of Public Works. Minister of Foreign Affairs—Prince Constantine Ghika, eldest son of the Prince Regent. Minister of Justice—M. Radoucan, the Prince's son-in-law. Minister of Public Instruction and Worship— M. Ralletti, previously Director or Under Secre tary of State to the Minister of Justice. Minister of Public Works—M. Rolla. Prince Nicholas Soutzo has a seat in the council without a portfolio, on account of his Hellenic de scent, and ho remains, what lie was before the Russian occupation, the privy councillor of the Prince. RUSSIA. The Soldier's Friend of Vienna says :—" Winter has set in with considerable severity in Southern Russia, and the troops are marching to their places of destination in the midst of ice. The couriers, who only took five days to go from Sebastopol to Moscow, are now so much delayed that it is pro bable that intelligence will arrive more rapidly by the Levant than by St. Petersburg." A letter front Odessa, of the 15th, states that the weather has become very boisterous, high wind, rain, and snow prevailing. There was no vessel of the enemy in sight. General Osten-Sacken is to replace General Dannenberg, in the Crimea, with the most extensive powers. The reason assigned for this change is that General Dannenberg, in the affair 3f the sth, did not completely execu t e t h e orders which he had received. ' If reports of merchants and comm erc i a l t rave ll ers coming from Russia can be relied on, a general belief, or rather terror, exists among all classes in the interior that the Emperor has dceided that the next levy of recruits shall not be limited to the ex traordinary number of 10, but raised to the exorbi tant amount of 2a, per 1,000 souls, th roug h out both grand circumscriptions of the empire. GERMANY. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort has the fol lowing from Vienna, 25th :—" On the occasion of Prince de Metternich's fete-day a numerous com pany dined with him at his villa. An Austrian statesman who was present made the remark that the political principles of the prince had just ob tained a marked success, since two days before it was known that the Cabinet of Berlin had acceded completely to the wishes of the Austrian Govern ment, and that this latter was in a position to give an assurance that the intention of the Emperor was to cling more closely than ever to the Western Powers, and to act in concert with them, paying as mach attention as possible to their views, but at the same time reserving the free action of Austria as a great power." The Prince of Prussia had a long interview with the British Ambassador at Berlin on the 24th. On the same day, Lord Bloomfield paid a visit to Count Esterhazy, the Austrian Ambassador, _to the Marquis do Moustier, the Ambassador of France, and to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 28.--A Vienna correspondent writes to the Triest. Zeitung that the British Em bassy in this city has received intelligence of the favourable progress of the negotiations bet ween the ' Western Powers and Sardinia for an offensive alli ance against Russia. There is probably little or no truth in this news, but.you may be assured that nothing would be more disagreeable to this Go vernment than to hear that an offensive and de fensive treaty had been concluded between England and France on the one side and Sardinia on the other. The following telegraphic despatches have been received here :-- liISCHINEET, Nov. 25.—Near Mohileff, south of Kamenice, e ntrenchments on a large scale are being constructed, and every preparation is being made for the obstinate defence of the line of the Dniester. It appears, however, most probable that the posi tion at Kagul would be abandoned in case the Turks should advance. JASSY, Nov. 26.—The Extraordinary Civil Commissioner, Baron von Bach, arrived here yes terday. The Turkish army corps, which is being concentrated at Romani, in order to effect the pas sage of the Pruth, is estimated at about 40,000 strong. TRIESTE, Nov. 27.—1 t is hoped that not only will the hull of the steamer Wien be saved, but also the whole of her machinery and furniture, &c. The loss will not be great. A postal communication has been opened between Austria and Wallachia, and the Bucharest letters will arrive here four times a - w eek by way of Old Orsova and Temesvar. MONTENEGRO. The Agram, Gazette quotes advices from Monte nogfo of the 15th, stating that Prince Danilo has suddenly left Cetringra, and entrusted the govern ment to his brothe;Merko. It was said the prince had been suddenly called to Vienna by his aide-de camp Baladonevic, who had been very coldly . re ceived by the Russian ambassador, who did not ap pear satisfied with the prince's conduct. o re m e r some time, past an expedition had been preparing to de prive the Turks of the two islands of Branjina and Lassando, situated in the neighbourhood of Scutari. 3,000 men were to be landed at night, and effect a surprise. But the plan having been betrayed, the Turks took their measures in consequence, and the idea has had to be abandoned. It was to be effected (luring the absence of the prince, that he might dedline the responsibility of it. THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL, HOLSTEIN, Nov. 27.—The withdrawal of the line-of-battle ships from their present anchorage will be gradual. At intervals of two or three days a few will leave for England. The James Watt, 91, Captain G. Elliott, and Cesar, 91, Captain John Robb, sail on the 28th, on their homeward voyage, when the squadron at this port will be re duced to eight sail of the line and a few paddle steamers, retained for the purpose chiefly of pro ceedino. to Elsinore, for the necessary supplies in the shape of live bullocks and vegetables for the various ships , and to keep up a regu l ar communi cation with the squadron cruising off the Gulf of Finland. The strictest secresy with regard to the precise period at which the entire fleet will leave the enemy's territories is preserved. To any of the ships about to depart for England no intimation is afforded beyond the necessary and unavoidable signal, " prepare for sea, and transfer your surplus provisions" to such ships are indicated. The policy of this is obvious, and originates from prudential motives of a twofold character ; the one to satisfy the public opinion at home, which was so unequivocally expressed, at the previously in tended early return of the fleet to their native seas ; the other to induce the Russian authorities to imagine that a sufficient force would remain to operate against them until a very advanced period of the season. It is stated upon good authority that the Com mander-in-Chief will remain hero with a couple of line-of-battle ships until the latest period that the formation of the ice will permit, unless orders should arrive within the present week for his earlier departure. Sir C. Napier, in all probability, will not be in command of the Baltic fleet during the campaign of 1855. He was the officer appointed to that impor tant position in obedience, to the wishes of his countrymen, who justly entertained a proper esti mation of his qualifications for the post. His bravery and abilities as an officer are well known, and, although there are others in the service his equal in every respect, there are few who are as competent to take a fleet into action and to lead it to victory. But with that prudence which he was not supposed to possess, and which he has exercised with the concurrence of the Admirals and officers under his command, he has wisely abstained from pitting his ships against the granite batteries of SweaborgandCronstadt without the co-operation of a large body of troops, which, during the pt esent cam paign, could not be furnished. Under the peculiar cir cumitances in which, as Commander-in-Chief of the most efficient fleet which has ever existed in the annals of the naval history of England, he has been placed, all praise is due to him for the discrimina tion he has exercised in not incurring the risk of the crippling, if not destruction, of any portion of the fleet under his orders, and which would have infallibly occurred had he confronted the enemy with no other means of attack than the guns which the ships afforded. The - Vulture, Captain F. H. Glasse, sailed to day for Dago Ort, to communicate with the block ading squadron under the orders of C a pt a i n R . Watson, in the Imperieuse. The Rosamond re turned to port at 8 a.m., with the pilots for the James Watt and Caesar, which ships leave for Eng land to morrow morning at daylight. Fine frosty weather has again set in. Wind W. by N. Thermometer to-day at 6 a.m. 27 deg. ; at noon, 31 deg. ; barometer, 29.778.—Times. .I\l YBORG, Nov. 29.—The James Watt and' Caesar passed the Belt to-day, returning to England, hav ing ]eft Kid yesterday morning. The remainder of the fleet is in Kiel roads. DENMARK. Letters from Copenhagen state that the degree of power to be attributed, in the new constitution, to the Grand Council of the kingdom, was the giound of difference between the King and MM. Reventlow, Moltke, and Hansen, the ministers who have just resigned. The King, it is said, gave the Ministry to understand that he intended to grant the prayer of the many petitions which he had received on his journey, and to give the Grand Council the right to refuse as well as to vote taxes. SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 29.—The bureau of the Assembly is thus constituted : President.--The Duke of Victoria (Espartero). Vice-Presidents.—Marshal O'Donnell, Lieut.- General Dulce, M. Madoz, and the Marquis of Perales. Secretaries.—Messrs. Fuentes, Calvo, the Mar quis de la Vega, and Gonzales de la Vega. FRAN CE. Military and naval preparations aro going on ac tively in various parts of France. We learn from Cherbourg that on the 26th inst. the Duperre ship of the line had her lower guns removed, and was to sail with troops and stores for the East. The Jemmapes and Inflexible were under orders for the same destination. It is said that the Tage, Breslau, and Duguesclin, all new ships, are to be converted into screw -steamers. Also, it would seem that the number of officers and crews are to be augmented, if the Phare de la Loire is to be credited. It contains the following notice :—" Such captains of deep-sea tradin g ves sels as desire to ent er th e I mper i a l serv i ce as officers are invited to present themselves at the office of the maritime inscription at Nantes." The Baltic squadron being no longer in existence, Vice-Admiral Parseval-Deschenes and Rear-Ad miral Petiaud will not resume their command until the commencement of hostilities in the spring. A telegraphic despatch from Madrid of the 28th announces that Marshal Espartero has been named President of the Cortes, and General O'Donnell First Vice-President. It is said in Paris that a well-laid scheme has been formed to employ all means, good and bad, to overthrow Espartero in favour of O'Donnell, and then O'Donnell. Should the plot succeed, Narvaez would be proclaimed Dictator, under the nominal government of the Queen. The Sane, steam frigate, which had gone to the Crimea to carry out 1,200 soldiers accustomed to service in Algeria, has performed her mission promptly, and has returned to France for other troops. This frigate, which is now at Toulon, left Sebastopol on the 15th. Up to that time no import ant fact beyond those already known had taken place either before that place or in the neighbourhood. Consequently, the news of an engagement on the 13th is devoid of foundation. On her way back to France, the Sane met in the Dardanelles several vessels laden with troops proceeding to the Crimea. The reinforcements of every kind on board these vessels must have arrived by the present time, and others will follow without interruption. PARIS. Thursday.—Closing Prices : Four-and-a- Half per Cent. Rentes, 94f. 45e. ; Three per Cent. ditto, 70f. 69c. for the end of the month. [Our French correspondent's letter of yesterday had not arrived when we went to press.] TURIN, Nov. 26.—Mazzini has circulated an other revolutionary manifesto, in which ho declares the time to be a favourable one for revolt. At Charnbery the military do watch-duty instead of the National Guard. Accounts from Constantinople of the 20th repre sent the movement of Turkish troops as being di rected to ports of embarkation for the Crimea, and not towards the Danube. A corps of 100,000 Ottomans was to be sent to Balaklava from the Bosphorus, and two regiments were also to em bark at Varna with the same destination. It is again also reported that the entire Turkish corps at Tschuruk-Su was to be withdrawn from employ ment in the Crimea. "According to information that has reached us," says the Patric, " relative to the wreck of the Henri IV. and the Pluton corvette, it appears that these vessels were at anchor in the roadstead of Eupatoria, and were driven on shore by a heavy squall against which nothing could contend." A letter from Constantinople, in the Impartial, of Smyrn a , says :—" A quantity of articles, taken from the Russians, have been brought here by per sons from the Alli e d army. I have seen six large carts filled with Russian muskets, mostly broken, and shakos in great number. Upwards of 15,000 Russian muskets were found in the field after the battle. The English and French soldiers sold them for five piastres (about four francs and a-half,) ng a piece." The Princess Maria Anna of Dessau, the y bride of Prince Frederick Charles, reached Char lottonburg early on Tuesday afternoon, where she was received by the whole of the Prussian royal family and grand officers of the household and State. She made her public entry into Berlin at midday on Wednesday with all the pomp and splendour possible. The nuptials took place in the evening, and the festivities will continue until Saturday, when they will terminate with a gala ball. The King of Hanover arrived on Tuesday even ing at the palace on a visit to their Majesties, and to attend the nuptial ceremonies and festivities. The Queen of Hanover did not accompany her royal consort. The Mar qu i s d e M oustier, French envoy, had the honour of being received in private audience on Tuesday, by the Prince of Prussia. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY MORNING. The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Magda lena has arrived. Her dates are—Vera Cruz, Nov. , Havana 9, Jamaica 10, Barbadoes 11, and St. Thomas's 15. The Magdalena has on board seventy-five pas' sengers ; specie amounting to $2,412,600 in value) of which $36,000 are on account of the Mexican dividends ; a cargo of sarsaparilla, cochineal, &C. At Jamaica little progress had been made in the organisation of the new form of Government. Cholera still prevailed in a mitigated form in some parishes. The markets retained a steady aspect, with rather an upward tendency of prices. El change at last quotations. At Grenada the weather was dry and hot, and the plantations were considered as looking well. The island was quite free from epidemic of every description. There is no particular news of importance from the other West India islands. The cholera Wag disappearing from Trinidad, but a few cases existed at St. Kitt's. Vessels were obtaining clean bills of health from Barbadoes. The weather had been generally favourable for the crops, but the very heavy rains experienced in some of the islands had in many instances destroyed the roads for a time. Heavy weather had been experienced to the northward, and several disraasted vessels had arrived at St. Thomas's. THE CZAR AND THE ACTOR. An action brought by the Emperor of Russia mad General do Gudd6off, manager of the St. Petersburg Theatre, against M. Berton, the actor of the Grime, for breach of an engagement, was tried on Tuesday is the Imperial Court, Paris. M. Berton, after having passed eleven years in Russia, and being under ass en' gagement for a further period at the Imperial Thea tre there, obtained last year a month's leave from the Emperor Nicholas, to come to Paris to see his we" ther, who was seriously ill. His leave expired en July 11th, 1853, and at the end of that time be re' fused to return to St. Petersburg, and wrote to the Czar, personally begging to be released from his gagement. The answer to this letter was an%action claiming 100,000 f. damages. The Tribunal of. Cent merce, in February last, gave a verdict for the plaintiff, in default of appearance on the part of M. Berton, and fixed the damages at 50,000 f. The present proceeding was an appeal from that judgment. M. Pailet, for the defendant, took the technical objection that the action had been wrongly brought before the Tribunal of Commerce, the Imperial Theatre of St. Petersburg not being a commercial enterprise, but a school of polite manners, patronised by the Czar. The court overruled this line of argument, and confirmed the judgment, re ducing the damages, however, to 5,000 f. AUSTRIA'S SATISFACTION AT THE CZAR'S PROPOSALS. " That Austria is prepared to declare herself satisfied with the propositions of Russia," says the writer of a • letter from Berlin of the 28th, " I feel justified in affirm ing from positive information that has reached rue; and this statement is confirmed by an article in the Preusis' sisc he Correspondenz, which goes out of its way to reprint an officieux Austrian communication in the Journal de Francfort, and stamps it with the seal of authenticity. It contains the following " 'lt is clear that from the moment that Russia given heed to Prussia's remonstrances, aid seriously accepts the four points as the basis of negotiations for peace, Austria is net in a position to put forward farther demands, and consequently would res i gn ever y id ea o f a war w i t h Res' sin and use her bons o ffi ces w ith th e grea t es t zea l to pre' vail upon England and France to enter upon negotiations and suspend hostilities. In conformity with the Notes ez' changed on August Bth, and since Russia by her mite' gorical rejection of the four points has occasioned hostili• ties to be continued, Austria cannot prevent the Westera Powers from pushing forward fresh demands ; but she will exert herself to restrain them within the bounds of moderation. If the two Western Powers should prefer the prolongation of the war to the commence, ment of negotiations for peace, they would, as soon as Russia firmly and seriously, i.e., for ever, accept the four points, in no case be able to reckon on the assistance of Austria either by arms, or at future negotia tions for peace (which at any rate must some day or other be carried on), if they then desired to exceed the font points. Should Russia, on the other hand, not thoroughlf accede to the remonstrances of Prussia, it would be quite necessary for Austria, Prussia, and the German Bund (supposing the latter in the meantime to have adopted the four points) jointly to summon Russia to accept these pre liminaries of peace.'" " Whether the declaration of Austria's and Prussia'. satisfaction at the Czar's proposals be declared at the Bund, in Frankfort, next Thursday, or not, it is n ot so certain that it will figure in the King's speech at the opening of the Chambers here on that day, and it will make a fine coup de theatre to tell the newly created 111 1 ' per Chamber of Prussia and the assembled represents , ' tives of Germany, at the same time, what great influence the King of Prussia has with the Emperors of Austria and Russia, and how very peaceable, moderate, and Chris' tian•spirited the latter is. Tow which self-complacent gratulation Europe will make the indignant comment The advantages you derive from the Czar's concee' sions were wrung from him by the blood and toil of the English and French at Sebastopol, while you German/ shrank from drawing a sword or firing a shot in a cause that concerned you most.'" TIIE WISH OF RUSSIA TO NEGOTIAT.• (From the Constitutionnel.) "Several foreign journals have spoken of the wish of Russia to enter into negiations with the Western Power!. The cabinet of St. Petersburg has informed Prussia, it 1g said, that it is ready, in order to spare Germany the horrors of war, to treat on the basis of the four guarantees, stipw lated in the notes of August 8. The journals in question express themselves too vaguely relative to that proceeding to allow us to appreciate with exactitude its bearing. it does not seem to us, however, to admit of any doubt that the inclination attributed to Russia is a last effort made by that power to throw a new cause of discord into the midst of the Confederation. Besides, we are sure beforehand that Russia will have known how, in making this overture to Prussia, to aeserve to herself some mode of backing out. It nay be remembered that last year the Cabinet of St. Petersburgh had likewise accept the celebrated note of 'Vienna, but scarcely had ltd acceptance been notified when it assigned to that it s meaning, a si gn ifi ca ti on w hi c h com pl e t e l y c h ange d t° meaning, and reduced it simply to the propositions made by Prince ilenschikoff at Constantinople. We should not be surprised to learn that the Russian Government has consented to admit the four guarantees , on condition of being able to interpret them in the sawn manner. But the lessons of the past must have profited European diplomacy, and nothing will modify the formal resolution of the great powers, German and Western , to treat only on precise bases, and to obtain a peace: clearly enough defined by itself to exclude every-kind of doubt." NEW ORGAN OF ST. MARTIN'S-IN -THE-FIE LD S. -' Yesterday morning a grand sew organ, which h a s re. cently been erected by voluntary subscription in the parish church of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, was publicly inaugurated. It has been constructed by Messrs. Bevington, Greek-street, Soho. MR. F. LUCAS, M.P.—Yesterday afternoon a meet lug of the Roman Catholics of London took place at ' the Sabloniere Hotel, Leicester-square, is pres ent s testimonial to the h on . member for Meath. The chair was taken by the Very Rev. Dr. Whitty, sup ported by F. Lucas, Esq., M.P., the Hon. T. F. Arun' dell, and the Very Rev. F. Oakeley, hon. secretaries to the testimonial fund ; Dr. Chisholm, Royal Artil lery ; Messrs. R. Doyle, J. Doyle, Lescher Pagliano Lynch, and the Rev. Messrs. Kelly, Macmullen, Dols!), and other subscribers to the testimonial. The Rof• F. Oakeley opened the proceedings by stating that the subscriptions had amounted to upwards of 4501., and that they still continued to flow in, it being much e asier to start a subscription of the kind than to stop it. The Very Rev. Dr. Whitty then read an eulogistic address expressive of the subscribers' admiration of Mr. Lucas's conduct in Parliament as the tried and able champion of the Roman Catholic Church. The address was signed by one archbishop, six bishops, 37 prelates and heads of colleges, 110 clergymen, and about 150 laymen. The testimonial was then presented : it consisted of a large silver inkstand and a purse of 400 guineas. Mr. Lucas expressed his thanks, and pledged himself to untiring exertion in the common cause. 'TIE HAGUE, Nov. 28.—The Second Chamber object to the Budget. Under th e h ea d of Foreign Affairs, * ddeiim)loamndacwyaosfmtandeeefoourntaryre, dbuucttitohneinmothtieon wasexpen esresi The question r e l a ti ng to the debt of the former King dom of the N e th er l ands is likely to be settled. A letter fr om C zernowitz, in the Press of Vienna , says :—" A n i nterdiction to export all kinds of corn W 5 just bee n pu bli shed in all the frontier towns and village of Ru ss i a. L arge quantities of corn were collected here , but the o wners now do not sell any. " A SINGULAR W HIM .—A gen tl eman o f l ow s t a ture and, jud g i ng f rom hi s di alect, ev i dently a countryma n has be en o b serve d to trave l b etween London and M a w e e e f te tbz chester by nearly every available train during the last fortnight, as, for instance, the moment he has arrived at one terminus he has frequently, after partaking of refreshments, paced the platform until the next train departed for London or Manchester, whichever the case might be. In one instance he was observed to leave Euston-square by the train that departs at 8 55 p. 1 0.1 and is due at Manchester at 3 45 a.m., he immediatelY leaving by the train that departs at 4 24 a.m., the trail , being due in London at 11 a.m., and returning by the next train, at 12 o'clock. Different conjectures ar e made as to the cause of his eccentricity, and the ge neral opinion is that he has suddenly become possessed 0 f a large fortune, and his brain has become affected. 11° had three gold chains to his watch.—Manchester Courier. SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST A MILLER.—At the Stock port Borough Police-court, on Saturday, before the Mayor and other magistrates, Mr. Thomas Wilson ! ,,* miller, carrying on an extensive business at the Old Ali n Lancashire-hill, Heaton Norris, was charged under th i ° 6th and 7th William IV., chap. 37, and sections 11 50 ",. 12, with having in his possession a, large quantity 01 mineral white or sulphate of lime, and other ingredients for the adulteration of flour, whereby he had re ndered himself liable to a penalty not exceeding 101. Ile Was fined 51, and costs. SU N, G, CEMBER 1, 1854.