The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-28 00:00:00

T HE A. TIIE-ROY AL, DRITRY-LANE, M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. LAST WEEK BUT ONE. THE BEETHOVEN FESTIVAL, THIS EVENING. TlllB EVENING, Tuesday. Nov. 28, the Beethoven Festival will take place. The First Part of the Programme will include the fol lowing selection from the works of the immortal composer:—Over ture to Leonora —Allegretto from the Symphony in F—Larghetto from the Symphony in D —Grand Concerto in D, for violin, per- formed by Mr. Blagrove—and the Grand Symphony in C minor (the complete work). The Second Part will be Miscellaneous, and will Include the new DESCRIPTIVE QUADRILLE, THE ALLIED ARMIES, Jollies, assisted by the Banis of her Majesty's Grenadier Guards, 2d Life Guards, and Coldstream Guards —new Song, " Minnie," sting by Madame Anna Thillon—the American Quadrille—Solo. cor net-a-pistons, by Herr I{o3nig ; oboe, M. LaTiglle ; and the Charge Galop. 1 - Pawls or Arnassiox.—Promenade, boxes, and galleries, Is., dress circle, 2s. 6d.; private boxes 1/. ls. and 11. lls. Gd. M. JULLIEN'S QRAND BAL MASQUE will take place en MONDAY. Dec. 11, and terminate the season. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. gnekstone. THIS EVENING, Nov. 28, WU/ be performed the Comedy of PRESENTED AT COURT. Pencipal characters by Messrs. Buckstone, W. Farrell, and Howe; DI Imes Reynolds, E. Chaplin. Grantham, and Lavine. To which will be added THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. To be followed-by THE 1111311 AMBASS ers, ADOR. Cullen Chara tord ;cters by Me.srs. Ilad:on, Chippendale, Howe, Rog and bias Ell .n Chaplin and M iss Martindale. To C mclude with POPPING THE QUESTION. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Clunks Kw. Tiil3 EVENING. Nov. 28, Will be presented FAUST AND MARGUERITE. (Principal characters by Messrs. C. Kean, David Fisher, Raymond, Cathcart, and Saker ; Mrs. Winstanley , Misses C. Leclercq, Daly. and K. Terry. Atte acts will be presented a mew Melo-dramatic Spectacle, in three , entitled SCHAMYL, the Warrior Prophet. LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Nov. 2s, Wilt be performed THE GAME OF SPECULATION. Charac ters by Messrs. C. Mathews, R. Roxby, F. Matthews, and Baker ; Mrs. Hughes, Misses Oliver and Wadham, and Mrs. Foote. To be fsUowed by a new Conic Drama, entitled A COMICAL COUNTESS. To conclude with the Farce entitled MY FELLOW CLERK. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, No*. 23, -- - Wlll be performed THE SERIOUS FAMILY. ,arseCharacter by Messrs. C. Selby, Leigh Murray, and Keeley ; Miss Woolg nd Mrs. Keeley. After which, a new Fares called THE SLOW MAN. Followed by BONA FIDE TRATELLERS. To which will be added a new Farce, entitled THE RAILWAY BELLE. ROYAL OLYMPIC) THEt TR& Leases and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Nov. 28, Will be presented TAE BEULAH SPA. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, and H. Cooper ; Miss Marston, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Fitzallaa, and Miss Julia St. George. To be followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Messrs. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and Gladstone; Miss Julia 8t George, and Miss Emily Ormonde. To conclude with the Farce, called A BLIGHTED BEING, in which Mr. Robson will appear. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Miraculous attraction, and success without parallel! THIS EVENING, The Magnificent and heart -stirring MILITARY SPECTACLE, in 2 acts, byJ. H. SvocquELLas, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA 1 graphically realising that terrible conflict, and occupying both the Stage and the Ring, with 400 Armiliaries ; After which. the Celebrated SCENES in the ARENA, invented and conducted by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with a Grand Entrée called VIE WILD INDIANS ON THEIR FLEET HORSES ! N.B.—An early attendance is respectfully suggested, in consequeace of the numbers who nightly throng the doors of the Theatre. _ Box-oonce open Kona Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manage:. Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, yr. Wm. Cooke, jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tam DAT —Morning 11 min.after 8 Evening 52 min.sft. 8 o I oanow - Morning 28 min.after 9 Evening 4 tain.aft. 10 THE WEATHER.--Sux 0111031, Nov. 28. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 42—highest since noon yesterday. 35-4owest this morning and during the night. 46—this day, at noon. BARONNTNII, 29.75—falling. WIND, W.N.W. to W.—Light, with dull hazy weather. - VA N . . 7, 0 11 11 1:4 n 4 LONDON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1854. The doom of Austria is sealed. Whatever be the issue of the present war, she is ruined. The triumph of Russia would be to her, slavery ; the triumph of the Allies, disruption. She has brought on herself the double danger. She would deserve to be the galley-slave of triumphant Russia ; her glaringly selfish mode of entering the Principalities evacuated by her old saviour, her truckling when there, to the Allies or to Russia, according as success inclined to either, and her congratulations at the battle of Alma, all have merited that she should be chained to the oar of Russian convict-service, could the CZAR be come Lord Paramount of Middle Europe. She has had a slight taste of the thing, indeed, ever since the Hungarian wickedness, and if she but help NICHOLAS enough by reinforcements from the Danube—if she enable him to smother the Allied Armies in the Crimea by mere numerical superio rity, she will find in every sense of the word that she has caught a Tartar. She might Boon begin to w ish herself within her little hereditary territory, to live in quiet as the heir of the HAPSBURGS in the snug little dukedom. If, on the contrary, we conquer, as we mean to do, and we can do what we mean, and Austria knows it, she will fall to pieces, or be blown to pieces. She is a fit subject for utter disruption. Not one of her deceived, betrayed, and oppressed peoples loves either her or each other. Enjoying a splendid cpportunity to become the common centre of attachment to all, she has become the object of common and deep-seated hatred. Hun garians, Italians, and Poles are ready to burst her yoke, and, if they could, to gore her to death ; 'and her Scla.vonian population almost equally hate, her rule. The whole empire, as it is called, or more properly the whole collection of States forcibly clamped together under the name of Austria, needs but some adequate stroke from without to tumble the whole mass to pieces. Its coherence is entirely artificial, entirely at variance with all the laws of political gravitation ; it could endure no shock. Now, the very principle o f the Al li e d war is one of disintegration for Austria. It is a war for the autocracy of the nations, just as the last long contest was a war for the autocracy of the Princes. Some 800,000,0001. of debt did Eng land incur to keep the perfidious wretches on their thrones who have burdened all Europe since 1815, to saddle the French with a dynasty which they have ejected for over, and to strengthen the ' enemy, who now repays our folly by wanton war. But we have changed all that. We have paid a Ileavi penalty, indeed, for attempting to settle,. ell Europ e at Vienna, not on the basis of its natural nationalities, and of national indepen dence, but of accommodation amongst the despots who wished to p arce l it out among themselves. Now two mightya the rulers each independent, each governed by each having rulers of its choice, cordially shaken hands over. old quarrels, and convinced that national inde pendence is the one _condition of permanent European peace, these two nations have deter mined that at an y cost this greatp r inciple must be so f irm ly asserted as never again t o b e called in question. We know, indeed, t hat Lord ABBa. DEEN and his , cliq ue, and it ma y be some .an amen_ higher than they, descried the dan g er of Enr op cipation afar off, and were most anxio us to avert it. They foresaw that Russia, °nee committed to the war, would not soon draw back ---that she would be prodigal of the lives of her serfs to km ,_ taro her ambition—and they knew that if the war lasted Europe would e ventually be in a state of revolution, and that all might end in the downfall of tyrants and the resurrection of peoples. Still, they were obliged to fight, and, once engaged in the contest, they cannot prevent THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 28, 1854. its assuming a nobler character than they would ' have impressed upon it. Quite against their will, the struggle has now materially changed its object. It is no longer whether Russia shall occupy Moldavia and Wal lachia, but whether she shall be permitted to make her entire frontier, from Sweaborg to War saw, and thence to Sebastopol, one bristling fort ress against all the rest of Europe. To this contest we are now committed, and fought out it must be. Appalling, indeed, is the general position of Europe. Along one side stretches her great enemy, greater already by a series of free European States which he has absorbed and en slaved ; on the other side, the two mightiest of civilised States consecrated to her defence ; but midway between the aggressor and the vindica tors is a vast ignoble population of hated monarchs and their oppressed subjects—the monarchs lean ing to their brother despot, the subjects praying for the success of the Allies. What a mingling of elements whose co-working and collision defies calculation! HEAVEN alone can foresee the issue. Barbarian serfs on the one side willingly dying by thousands for their deified CZAR, j intelligent freemen on the other, as willingly bleeding for the liberty they adore. While hover ing around and between both, are the vast armies of Prussia and Austria, armies enfeebled by their consciously guilty office of being tyrant's tools at home; the armies perhaps not unwilling to aid the great despot, but the peoples ready, if they do, to hurl their own despots from their thrones. One short rule, that honesty is the best policy, has received already abundant illustration. Had Austria and Prussiaacted on it the war and blood shed mighthavebeen spared. The CZAR could with decency have yielded to all Europe. He would have been glad to do it. Had Austria been honest in the Principalities, Sebastopol would have fallen ere now, and the contest been much nearer its conclusion. Had the Allies, too, nob tampered with that coward, yet despotic, Court, especially had they proclaimed a welcome to every Polish officer and soldier who would join to form a regi ment against Russia, instead of shunning offence to Austria, this alone would have paralysed half the battalions of Russia. It is not too late now. Let it be known, from the Baltic to the Black Sea, that every Pole who can mike his way to the Allied Army shall form part of a sacred band in this war for liberty. This will be an honesty which will soon verify its worth. Let our own Govern ment also go honestly into the war. Let it spare no expense requisite to send every spare soldier, every spare war steamer, the best winter equip ments, and the best military implements, forthwith to the East. It is not merely formal matters which are to be brought under the consideration of Parliament at its winter session. Something more must be done than taking power to send militia men, with their own consent, to garrison certain ports in the Mediterranean, from which the usual defenders have been withdrawn to take part in the sangui nary game under the walls of Sebastopol. There is a matter of great moment to be brought for ward, a subject of deep and vital importance to the welfare and prosperity of the country. The entire financial policy of the Joint-Stock Adminis tration must be revised and materially modified. We must adopt a bolder course than the peddling system adopted by Mr. GLADSTONE, and so pro fusely bespattered with praise by the ABERDEEN organs. It now appears that the Right Hon. Gentleman has failed—disgracefully failed. in all his financial predictions, and. that his later blun ders have been even more glaring and less ex cuseable than the earlier ones which attracted greater attention, and which produced fixed and certain losses, the amount whereof could be readily ascertained. We are, however, required to consider these failures almost as virtues, because they were occasioned "by the best mo tives." This, however, appears by no means a suitable excuse for a person who persever ingly thrusts himself forward into a position for which he is by no means qualified. We all have heard of the place, not to be mentioned to ears polite, which is said to be "paved with good intentions." "He meant no harm," is not con sidered an adequate excuse for a drivelling school boy, and it cannot be accepted as a suitable vin dication of the character of a minister of finance in this great country. But it now seems to be argued that Lord ABERDEEN'S insane twaddle, re specting the blessings of Peace, is to be regarded as a fit substitute for the vigour and energy that ' ought to have been displayed by the head of her MAJESTY'S Government, or Mr. GLADSTONE'S humiliating failures are to be excused, because " he has done his utmost to confine the expense to the income," or that his plans have had imperfect success because of his sanguine hopes of peace. It would not be considered very flattering to a general to say that he suffered his army to bo sacrificed because he did not think the enemy would take advantage of his weak point, or strike the blot he had left open. The strongest censure that could be inflicted on a general or minister, would be that tone of contemptuous pity which declared that the poor fellow had certainly com mitted a great mistake, but that he did it with the best intentions. Nor did Mr. GLADSTONE fall into this grievous error without full and' ample warning. He re ceived, from divers quarters, earnest exhortations to follow a more vigorous and decided course, and to make the preparations which would certainly be required, while he could do so on easy and beneficial terms. But the Right Honourable Gentleman seemed to think that the national credit was to be maintained only by over-loading the present tax-payers, and casting everything on the existing generation. He commenced by denuding the Exchequer of its balances, by ap plying eight millions sterling in payment of an old debt, with which he was not at all required to intermeddle. There, too, he had " the best in tentions." He wished to convert a portion of the public debt into a stook bearing a lower rate of interest. The object was unquestionably laud able, and, if successful, would have reflected the highest credit on the Financial Minister. But, unfortunately, with headlong impetuosity, h e rushed on, disregarding ominous signs that could not have been neglected by an experienced or prudent financier. The result was a loss of some 8 or 10 per cent.—stock being redeemed at par which would scarcely bring 91 in the market. But, in place of submitting to the first loss with a good grace, the Right Hon. Gentleman plunged deeper into the mire. Ile suddenly discovered the inutility of large balances in the Exchequer, and conceived the bright notion that the pecuni ary affairs of the nation could be carried on by means of large cash advances on deficiency bills by the Bank of England, thus jeopardising the Payment of the dividends, and with it the national credit, while he at the same time greatly impaired thiaetraadcceom andm commerceatior and of the the p ower of the Bank to render the usual pecu nry od mon c e o t u a n ry try f . aci T li h t i i s es wa t s o a more serious error than to far more untoward results. It was leas excusable too, for the former had a great public object ; the latter merely the private ono of • saving Mr. CLAD. STONE'S vanity from the acknowledgment of his mistake. The former could have been got rid of by writing off 800,0001. or 1,000,0001. as the liquidated damage sustained by the failure of the costly experiment ; the latter by leading to the application of the monetary screw, and through the undue restrictions imposed by the iniquitous Act of 1844, led to losses amounting to many millions sterling, and the general depreciation of every description of property, real and personal. Nor was the Right Hon. Gentleman more feli citous in other portions of his financial policy. When he brought forward his budget on the 6th of March, he endeavoured to show that all the extra expenditure which would be required would be covered by the sums then demanded ; that, in fact, three millions sterling would meet everything. It is now said that " the Chan cellor of the Exchequer did not profess to provide for the expenses of the War till next February ;" and it was previously asserted that in the March Budget he had only made " a temporary provision for the expenses incurred by the Government in meeting the expenses of the Expedition then under orders for the East." But, unfortunately, his own words remain on record to convict the parties putting forward these plausible excuses of, to say the least of it, gross inaccuracy. He asked the Representatives of the British People to consent to the doubling of the Income Tax for six months, by which he anticipated ob taining no less than three millions sterling, and which he boasted of as exhibiting, or to use his own words, " looking like an intention to carry on the War with vigour ;" adding—" I wish the committee to understand it is our belief that the funds for which we now ask will not auftide to carry on the active operations of war beyond twelve months !" There was "no mistake" in this. There " could be no mistake," and Mr. DISRAELI was resolved that there " should be no mistake." The Ex- Chancellor of the Exchequer poured forth a withering denunciation of "the vast and deceptive machinery" brought into operation to obtain such a sum as 3, 000,000/. Within eight weeks, however, the House was required to pass a supplementary budget, asking for six millions extra, rendering the duplica. tient of the Income Tax permanent, and putting in creased duties on Malt, Spirits, and Sugar ! But this was not all : just before the prorogation, the House was required to pass a supplementary vote of 3,000,0001., as a credit to Ministers, to ren , der them independent of Parliament until its ordinary time of assembling. And now behold the result. It is to consider the shattered finances of the country that the Representatives of the People are mainly required to assemble I We are rejoiced at anything that must re move the " CZAR'S friend of forty years' standing" from his dictatorship. We believe that the Bri tish Parliament will display a spirit worthy of the British people ; that it will make ample provision, not merely for the necessary expenses of the War, but for carrying it on with such vigour and energy, such as will teach the AUTOCRAT the danger he is incurring, and induce him to become an humble suitor for the peace which he despised while he believed that England was striving to carry on a " little war " entirely at the expense of the present generation. ASSEMBLING. OF PARLIAMENT. [FROM A SUPPLEMENT TO FRIDAY'S GAZETTE.] BY THE QUEEN.—A PROCLAMATION. VICTORIA., R.—Whereas our Parliament stands prorogued to Thursday, the fourteenth day of December next ; and whereas, for divers w e i g hty mid urgent reasons, it seems to Us expedient that Our said Parliament shall assemble and be holden sooner than the said day, We do, by and with the advice of Our Privy Council, hereby proclaim and give notice of Our Royal intention and pleasure that Our said Parliament, notwithstanding the same now stands prorogued, as hereinbefore mentioned to the said fourteenth of December next, shall assemble and be holden for the despatch of divers urgent and important affairs, on Tuesday, the twelfth day of December next ; and the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and the Knights, Citizens, and Burgesses, and the Commissioners for Shires and Burghs of the House of Commons, are hereby required and commanded to give their attendance accordingly, at Westminster, on the said twelfth day of December, one thousand eight hundred and fifty-four. Given at our Court at Windsor, this twenty-seventh day of November, in the year ene thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, and in the eighteenth year of our reign, GOD SAVE THE QUEEN. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 27. Her Majesty held a Privy Council at three o'clock this afternoon. Present—Prince Albert, Lord Cran worth, the Lord Chancellor ; the Duke of Argyll, Lord Privy Seal ; the Earl of Aberdeen, First Lord of the Treasury ; Sir George Grey, Secretary of State for the Colonies ; Sir James Graham, First Lord of the Ad miralty ; Earl Granville, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster ; the Duke of Wellington, Master of the Horse ; and Lord Ernest Bruce, Vice-Chamberlain (officiating for the Lord Chamberlain). At tha Council, a proclamation was ordered to be issued summoning Parliament to meet on the 12th of December for the despatch of business. Mr. C. Greville was the Clerk of the Council in waiting. The Queen gave audience to the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, and Sir George Grey. Her Majesty was attended by the Earl of Listowel and Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Stovin, the Lord and Groom in Waiting. The Duke of Argyll and Sir George Grey remained at the Castle, haying been invited. The Queen, with the Prince of Wales, walked in the Home Park this morning. Prince Albert went out shooting. The Earl of Aberdeen, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Si r J ames Graham, Sir George Grey, Earl Granville, Lord Ernest Bruce, and Mr. C. Greville travelled from London to attend the Privy Council by special train on the Great Western Railway. After the Council the Earl of Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, Lord E. Bruce, and Mr. C. Greville left the Castle at half-past four o'clock and returned to town by a special train. The Marquis of Lansdowne has left town for the Grange, on a visit to Lord Ashburton. Despatches from the Governor of Canada were re ceived yesterday at the Colonial-office. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday in the Council Chamber Present the Lord Justices Knight Bruce and Turner, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, the Judge of the Admiralty Court, and Sir J. Patteson. An appeal from the Isle of Man, " Birnie v. Caystile," was commenced. Lord and Lady Palmerston, accompanied by their Excellencies Lord and Lady Cowley, dined en Friday with M. de Morny. The Duke of Buccleuch'e second son, Lord Walter Montagu Scott, is on the eve of returning from India to England, having exchanged into the 15th Hussars, now on home service. Frances Marchioness of Londonderry has left Holder nesse House for Wynyard Park. Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, M.P., arrived at Constantinople, on the 16th instant, with his detachment of the Scots Fusilier Guards, in the Queen of the South, en route for the seat of war. The Earl and Countess Vane are new staying at their seat. Machynlleth, Wales. The Marchioness of Hastings and family have returned from visiting the Earl of Enniskillen and the Marquis of Ely, to Carton, the seat of the Duke if Leinster. The Earl of Powis arrived in town, on Saturday', from Powis Castle, near Welshpool. The Countess and the Ladies Herbert are staying at Powis Castle. Lord and Lady Foley have arrived in Grosvenor square, from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Norfolk, at Arundel Castle. LIEUT.-GENERAL BROWN. —A letter received from that gallant officer states that he is gradually improving —that he feels his wound to be but slight, and that he believed he should be able to resume duty immediately. BERLIN, Nov. 15.—Lord Dunkellin, having been li berated by the Emperor of Russia, is expected to arrive here this evening, on his way to England. The departures from the port of London for the Aus tralian colonies during the past week have comprised eight vessels— two to Sydney, with an aggregate bur den of 1,721 tons ; two to Adelaide, w ith an aggregate burden of 1,085 tons ; two to Pert -Philip, with an ag gregate burden of 618 tons ; one to Hobart Town, of 735 tons ; and one to Launceston, of 445 tons. Their total capacity was consequently 4 , 604 tons, The rat of freight exhibit no recovery, LATtST NEWS• THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. PARIS, TUESDAY MORNING. The Moniteur says that on the 13th, the date of the latest adrices from the Crimea, the siege operations were still advancing. The weather had become bad, but the health of the troops was good, and their spirit admirable. Reinforcements continued to arrive, and the vanguard of General Mayran's division, 1,800 strong, had disembarked on the 13th. The Russian losses on the sth aro confirmed at 15,000. The Allies buried 5,000 of the enemy (?; on the field of battle. Nothing of great importance beyond these facts 7rom Sebastopol. We have received the following from our co* respondent at Berlin :-- " BERLIN, MONDAY. C Advices from Warsaw of the 26th announce that Prince Menschikoff, writing on the 19th, re ports that there had been constant storms since the 14th, and that the Allied fleets had suffered more than was at first supposed. " The total number of vessels of war and trans ports wrecked amounted to about 25, besides which some vessels of war were observed to have suffered severe damage. " The siege works were suspended, and the bombardment, which had been gradually slacken ing, had almost entirely ceased on the 18th." CONSTA.NTINOPLE, Nov. 18. Several vessels have been lost, and others severely damaged, in the storm of the 14th. The Prince, transport, was lost. The Duke of Cambridge was daily expected at Constantinople. KISCHENEFF, Nov. 25. The Russians are strongly fortifyingthe Dniester ine near Mohileff. JASSY, Nov. 26. Forty thousand Turks are concentrating near Romani THE PRINCIPALITIES. _ The Wanderer of Vienna of the 23d says :—" A letter from Bucharest, 15th, states that the troops which were in that town marched towards • the Pruth on the 12th, under the command of Ismail Pacha. The Turks iu all the garrisons have had rejoicings for the victory of the sth." " Letters from Jassy, 17th, states that Omer Pacha centines his movement towards the Pruth and his troops will have taken up their positions in about a fortnight. A.chmet Pacha has his head quarters in the village of Prevain, on the Sereth ; his advanced posts were on the Pruth in sight of Rein. The Russian flotilla of the Danube is at Is mail. The Turkish flotilla has concentrated itself at Ibrail and will probably support the movement of Omer Pasha. Contradictory accounts have been received from the Russian Camp. According to some, great preparations are being made to prevent the passage of the Danube and the Pruth, while others on the contrary state that there is no idea of a concentration of Russian troops on the Pruth. Travellers say that Bessarabia, is almost clear of troops, the majority of them having proceeded into the Crimea. It is confirmed that an engagement took place between the Turks and Russians on the 28th ult., near Matschin. THE TURKISH ARMY IN THE PRINCIPALITIES. BUCHARINT, Nov. 9.—The greater portion of the Turkish troops hitherto stationed here are now under orders for the banks of the Pruth. The ca valry have already left, the infantry and artillery are on the point of starting, and the head-quarters of the army of the Danube are expected to follow in a few days. Until Sunday, the sth inst., the weather in the Principalities was charming, though the nights had become cold and frosty. On the evening of that day a complete change in the tem perature took place, and rain has, with little cessa tion, since continued to fall. The movements now being carried into effect were urged by Omer Pacha upwards of two months ago, when he had the cer tainty of good weather before him, and when his presence with a large force on the Pruth must have checked the despatch from Bessarabia of Russian reinforcements to the Crimea. The Pacha was then notoriously thwarted in his plans by the in tervention of the Austrians, who obtained the sup port, if not the confidence, of the Ottoman Go vernment. Th er e is, however, one aclVantage which may accrue from the present manoeuvres, and that is the probability of active hostilities on the part of the Austrians Vein precipitated, if they really intend to go to war at all. It is credibly reported that already unpleasant messages have passed be tween the Austrian and Russian Commanders in the neighbourhood of Galatz. A cannon ball is said to have rolled into an Austrian camp, and, on art explanation of its advent being demanded, the Russian officer coolly stated that it was au acci dental shot, but that, since it had reached the camp, the object of its mission might be construed j us t as the Austrian Commander chose. Skir mishes, if not more serious aff a i r s, m ust r esu lt from ie present advance, and the Austrians, being stationed at some of the places which must be oc cupied in force by the Turks, can scarcely avoid being involved in the maie, and the sooner this t a k e s place the better it will be for their reputa tion for good faith. It is also stated, on what ought to be good au thority, that the Russi ans o n the right bank o f th e P ru th, an d have not altogether abandoned Mol davia, and that their patrols openly vicinity of Galatz its e lf. —The Turkish adva nce h as , I b e li eve , b een co untermanded. Snow has been falling for p evenr o N m o e vi n n . a it d h3 e .e the last 12 hours. It is to be hoped that they have not the same inclement weather at Sebastopol. FRANCE. i t ansmitted by PARIS, MON DAY E VENING . the assertion of the Th F e re Ctit m ° tele graph from that ety.yesterday, to th e e ff ect t h at (i n e s mß ut l i a s t n t n o e f i ..v st ie a n te n s a t , h t a r Omer Pacha has received orders from Constanti nople to suspend operations against Beasarat ia, is " completely inexact." A letter from Rochefort states that the Russian officers are about to quit the Isle of Aix for other places of residence. Two aro to be sent to Evreux, and the others are to be placed at Angers or Besan con. Sobrier, so well known for his extreme dema gogical principles, and one of the persons con demned at Bourges for being concerned in the at tack of May 15 on the Constituent Assembly, has just expired in the public lunatic asylum of the department of the Isere. THE GALE IN THE BLACK SEA. The Moniteur gives the following account of an event from which the Russians have been trying to extract comfort : One of those terrible and unforeseen hurricanes, not altogether unusual at the present season, burst over the Black Sea on the 14th inst. The Allied squadrons encountered it with their usual expert ness, intrepidity, and resource. A few vessels re ceived damage, easily repairable on the spot ; but the Henry IV. and the steam despatch boat Pluton were stranded. The crews of both were saved. The great care of the Emperor had provided against eventualities of this description, and in order to fill up any voids that might bomade for the moment in the French squadron two new ships of the line, the Turenne and the Donawerth, had been some time beforehand sent from Touloi. These ships left this. harbour on the Gth inst., reached Constantinople after a quick passage of nine days, laden with troops, provisions, and ammunition of every kind. Several English and French merchant transports were thrown on the coast during the hurricane of the 14th, which fortunately did not extend beyond the Black Sea. Consequently the numerous men of-war and merchantmen, some of them sailing ships, and others steamers, that were at die time in the Mediterranean and the Archipelago on their way to the army of the East with reinforcements and provisions, are making the voyage under very favourable conditions, pamiug ra pidly from (o station to the other. Others are preparing to fol low them, among which there are two fine new steamers, the Prince Jerome and the Fleurus. Each mounts 100 guns, and is of 650-horse powet ; they are to replace two old sailing, slips, and they will leave in a week, New - FRENCH VOLUNTEERS FOR THE CRIMEA. BOULOGNE-SUP-MER, Nov. 26.—Last evening the Generals of Division at the camps of Honvault, Vimereux, Ambleteuse, and Equihen received by telegraph orders from Paris to accept volunteers for the Crimea from every company of every regiment under their command, to the number of ten. The officers were called together at 5, and at 7 the various companies were mustered and addressed by the captains, who told them that the Emperor desired to forward more troops to the East, and that ten volunteers were required from every company. In five minutes the whale num ber stood forward. In some of the companies 30, in some 40, immediately volunteered, to the cries of " Vive l'Empereur !" Where so many pre sented themselves they drew lots as to who should be the fortunate men to fight against the Russians. They leave here by railway on the 30th for Mar seilles. They all seem full of spirits to-day, and there can be no doubt that every man would have volunteered, excepting those whose time of ser vice expires in six or ten mouths, had the request been made. BOURSE, MONDAY.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. ft. c. End of Month. 43 per Cents 95 —91 f. (oc. 3 per Cents 7l 25 71 25 Credit Mobilier 705 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian — Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes Piedmontese B4 50 Home Debt — RAILWAYS—FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c, Orleans] 1,155 Lyons Western... 635 Rouen 950 Cette Mediterranean B4O Havre 520 Northern EGYPT. A letter from Alexandria of the 12th, in the Moniteur, says :—" The Viceroy left this morning for Cairo at the head of two battalions of infantry and some batteries of artillery. His Highness, who continues to turn his attention very much to the reorganisation of the army, wished to take ad vantage of this opportunity to exercise the troops. Looking less to numbers than to efficiency, Said Pacha has considerably reduced the effective strength fixed by the preceding Government. Be fore his departure, the Viceroy sent back to their homes a great number of old soldiers, whom Abbas Pacha had kept on duty beyond the regular period. These are so many hands restored to agriculture, and that certainly is the most desirable economy that the new Government could effect. A second detachment of troops has left for Constantinople on board a Turkish steam-frigate. The steamers, which are to convey the remainder of the division of Menekli Pacha to the theatre of war, are daily expected." TURKEY. CONSTANTIXOPLE, Nov. 13.—T0-day it is fine overhead, the wind has abated, and the wounded are being conveyed to hospital from the transports which arrived the day before yesterday. Nearly 13,000 men have been added to the allied army within 10 days. The French receive 400 or 500 men by every mail-steamer, and their total ad dition to their forces during the present month cannot be short of 10,000 men. The British have received the 46th and 62d regiments, which, with drafts from various depots, make a total of 2,800 men. The Queen of the South is expected daily with 1,200 more, including about 200 of the Guards. But if the campaign is to last through the winter, a supply like this must not be occasional, but con stant. We occupy the post of honour, every attack is directed against us, our line of communications is most extended, and may be every day attacked. It is not too much to say that to keep up the British army to even its present diminished stan dard of 16,000 or 17,000 men, we require constant reinforcements to the extent of two full regiments every week. Miss Nightingale and her nurses are going on wonderfully well, and the benevolent subscription raised by the British public is being applied with the best effect. MALTA. MALTA ' Nov. 22.—Her Majosty's steam gun boat, the Wrangler, which arrived from Plymouth, Lisbon, and Gibraltar on the. 17th, left for the Crimea on the morning of the 18th, when the Ot tawa steam-transport (No. 137) arrived from Ports mouth, bringing Captain Rickman, Ensigns Knight and Long, and 102 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 77th ; Lieutenant Ware and Ensign Goodenough, and 102 non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the 97th ; Lieutenant Drummond and Ensigns Talbot and Free mantle, and 51 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 2d battalion of the Rifle Brigade ; 51 non-commissioned officers and privates of the Ist battalion of the Rifle Brigade, 102 non-com missioned officers and privates of the 23d Fusiliers, 51 non-commissioned officers and privates of the 7th Fusiliers, Surgeon Ewens, Assistant-Surgeon Cay, Acting Assistant-Surgeons Fair, Biles, Ed wards, Stewart, Phillips, and Acton ; Paymaster Shearman, of the Ist Dragoons ; Military Chap lains the Rev. E. G. Parker, R. Freeman, and Eade ; and two horses. This vessel proceeded on her voyage to the Crimea on the 19th. The Emeu, after landing the sick and wounded from the East, left for Marseilles on the eveningof the 17th, to receive French troops, which she will transport to the Crimea. The Titan, French steam corvette, arrived from Algiers on the 19th, and left for the Crimea on the 20th, having on board General (of division) Pate, Staff-Captain Reinier, Captain Marelle, aide-de camp ; and Captain Sant,- of the Zouaves, with 3 non-commissioned officers and 422 privates of the same corps. Her Majesty's screw steam sloop Swallow, after a long voyage from Portsmouth (twenty-four days), laden with ammunition, arrived in the night of the 19th, and is now undergoing some repairs prior to proceeding to the BlacCSea. The Golden Fleece, screw steam-ship, having taken a number of mortars and guns, with a very heavy cargo of all kinds of ammunition, embarked on Sunday, the 19th, at noon, Lieut.-Colonel Bur ton, Major Lister, Captains Bethune, Leslie, Hawes, and Browne ; Lieutenants Dent, Smith, Nugent, Wilkinson, Thursby, Daunt, Bastard, Bloxsome, Harvey, and Douglas ; Ensign Berton, Paymaster Sievwright, Adjutant Burden, Quartermaster Ban bury, and 551 non-commissioned officers and pri vates of the 9th ; Captain Wright, and 65 non commissioned officers and privates of the Royal Artillery. Several thousands of the population of Valetta accompanied the 9th to the Custom-house wharf, and gave them three hearty cheers at part- ing O . n the night of the 20th, the Cleopatra steam transport arrived from Cork, after a fine run of 8 days and a half ; and at 3 a.m. on tho 21st, she steamed off again for the Crimea, having on board the detachments of the 30th, 33d, 42d, 50th, 65th, 68th, 93d, 21st, and 47th. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA. VIENNA, Monday, Nov. 27. Prince Gortschakoff has officially notified the Czar's readiness to negotiate on the four points. An additional article of the treaty of 20th April provides for the adoption of the four points. It is to be a mous belli with Russia if the Aus trian territory or the Austrian troops in the Prin cipalities 'should be attacked. Prussia admits that Austria may eventually have to assume the offensive. Austria reserves her right of independent ac►ion. Austria and Prussia bring forward a resolution on Thursday, at the Federal Diet, for the adoption of the treaty of April entire. A largo and favour able majority is counted upon. STOKES BAY AND ISLII OF WIGtHT RAILWAY AND PIER• It is proposed to construct a railway, one and a half mile in length, from the South-Western Railway at Gos port to Stokes Bay, on the Solent, with a pier there for the convenience of passengers landing from or embark mg to the Isle of Wight. This would obviate the present delay, inconvenience, and expense of taking an omnibus or other conveyance between the Gosport or Portsmouth railway stations and the piers, and consequently would bring Hyde within three hours of London, the sea pas sage being reduced to two and three•quarter miles, or a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes. The numbor of passengers landing and embarking during the last year at Ryde pier to and from Gosport and Portsmouth was 77,000 ; and taking this number, without considering any increase for the greater facilities, at ls. 6d. each for the use of the pier and railway, it would give a return of 5,7751. ; and deducting therefrom 50 per cent. for working expenses, it would leave a net revenue of 2,8871., or more than 14 per cent. upon the proposed capital of 20 , , g ,0001. that bein the estimate of Mr. H. IL Fulton, the engineer for the making of the ra ilway and nea t accom pier. This project could be made to affor d g modation to the Government vessels for the transmis sion of stores to the seat of war. The necessary notices have been given, and plans and sections prepared, so that the standin orders of Parlia ment for the applica tion for an act i n the ensuing session have been complied with. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received the Bombay papers, and our private correspondence from Bombay Oct. 28, and Calcutta Oct. 18. There is nothing to communicate of importance by the present mail, and all the news is contained in the subjoined summary :—The weather, which was just clearing up at the date of last despatch, has since then continued dry and favourable for the harvest, which is now being rapidly cleared off the ground, the rice crops in the neighbourhood being unusually heavy. Strange to toll, for the opening of the cold weather we have Rota single wa r i n prospect—a hostile movement against any quarter to advert to, or a collision, disturbance, or foray to describe. The Governor-General and Governor of Madras are respectively at the bead-quarters of administration, the Governor of Bombay is at Ma hableshwar, having only left us for a few weeks of the season, usually expected to be most oppressive, unhealthy, ad debilitating, though this year it has proved clear and fine. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, the Commander-in-Chief, had been suffering from an attack of illness, but from the latest accounts by electric telegraph we are happy to add that his lordship is now much better. Rumours still con tinue afloat in reference to the movements of the Russians on the Oxus ; they are of the most in definite and vague description possible, and owe their existence to the fact of there being really nothing else to speak about. We have intelli gence from Burmah to the 10th of October. The long-expected embassy from Ava had reached Rangoon at last ; they arrived on the 9th, with a large train of attendants, and a vast display of presents, the gems and treasures of Burmese art, intended for her Majesty. The golden-footed monarch is now anxious to enter into a treaty with the English, but entreats of us that we may restore some portion of the territory we seized during the recent war. The late Governor of Rangoon is in chains, together with the celebrated robber chief Meeatoon, who gave us so much annoyance eighteen months ago. From having committed some breach of official etiquette, addressing the Marquis of Dal housie as " Commissioner of Bengal," in place of Governor-General, the embassy is doing penance for the present, and will not be officially recognised until the Resident be so instructed from Calcutta. The difficulty on the present occasion is that the deputation represents a successful usurper only, the voice of the lawful monarch, who does not happen to enjoy the confidence of his people, being still for war. The disturbances in the Nizam's country have for the present blown over, and even the robbers on the north-west frontier have just now ceased from troubling. Colonel Outram has been transferred from Adon to the residency at Lucknow ; he is succeeded by Colonel Coghlan, of the Artillery, a man of good talents, thorough bu siness habits, great judgment and prudence, and in all respects eminently qualified for the appointment. The establishment of the uniform one aline. (three halfpenny) letter postage, sanctioned by the Court of Directors, and which took effect on the Ist of October, has been followed by the reduction of newspaper postages by one-half, which comes into operation three days hence. COMMERCIAL. REPORT ON THE STATE OF THE BOMBAY MARKETS. The Overland Mail of the 25th September arrived yesterday morning, per Hon. Company's steamer Auck land, having been twelve days in transit from Aden. We regret we cannot report any improvement in our import market, the Dewallee holidays having, as was to be expected, very much 'interfered with business. Holders have been anxious to realise ; and this will ac count for the low prices on the transactions quoted be low. The rains have entirely ceased, but their pro tracted continuance has interfered with the communica tion with up•eountry marts. Little or no alteration has taken place in the money market since the date of our last report. Exchange to wards the close of the mail took an upward tendency, and may be quoted ls. 11.,d. to is. Hid. Four per Cent. Government paper has given way slightly, and may now be quoted 97i to 98. XXPORTS. Cotton Wool.—The increased activity which pre vailed in this staple at the date of our last was but of temporary duration, and the market has since relapsed into its former dull state, the amount of purchases re ported not exceeding 2,000 bales in the fortnight, and prices are consequently lower ; but fresh supplies arriving, coupled with the unfavourable accounts of the home market, brought by the mail which arrived yester day, will doubtless tend to a further reduction in price. Sheep's Wool.—An increased business is doing among native merchants in this article, and we have to raise our quotations, at which the market is very firm. Opium.—The accounts from China by the last steamer were again favourable for Malwa, which has kept our market pretty buoyant, giving prices a further impetus, Indore being at Rs. 930, Mucdleseir Rs. 942 per chest, and of the new drug " passes" have been taken out up to the 25th inst., for about 1,000 chests. Tonnage.—Owing to the few arrivals since last mail freights are gradually assuming an upward tendency. There is little tonnage at present disengaged in the har bour. Present quotations to London and Liverpool are 3/. 17s. 6d. to 41. To China no cargo offering. Exchange within the last two days has slightly ad- vanced, a fair supply of China Bills having been received by last steamer ; is. first-class credits no. to is. ' and documents is. Had. to is.six moans' sight. THE CALCUTTA. MARKET. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 13. The Rentinek, with the mail of the 9th of Septem ber, arrived the 14th hint. Business after the Doorga Poojah holidays recom menced on the 9th instant, but up to the present date many of the principal dealers have not yet returned to Calcutta, and consequently but little activity has as yet been experienced in our markets. In produce but little has yet been done, but engage menta have been made, for loading ships, which will pro• bably lead to a fair amount of business, and which will be helped by the lower freights, and the present favour. able exchange. In Indigo the accounts from the Dooab aid Benarea tend rather to a reduction of the estimate of crop to from 93,000 to 90,000 rads. Sugar is held at fall prices. Saltpetre of fine quality is also firm. Rice, owing, to low freights, is in demand for Great Britain, and good table is slightly dearer; severalships have been taken up for Mauritius. Raw silk and silk-piece goods are un altered. Lac dye and shell lac have both advanced in value. Linseed may be quoted 4 annas below the high est point. Jute is being contracted for of fair quality at Rs. 14.0 per bale ; the crop is likely to be large. Hides are being taken as they arrive at full prices with reference to quality ; in other goods we hear of little doing. The tenth opium sale of the season took place on the 12th inst., and resulted in an average price of Rs. 628.2-10 for Patna, and Rs. 615-4-54 for Benares— a heavy decline from former rates, but which the state of affairs in China led every one to anticipate. The arrivals of shipping during the holidays and since have been tolerably large, and freights have conse quently given way from 10s. to 15s. per ton. Some large engagements have been made at about the follow ing rates for London :—Sug ar, 4/. Sc. to 4/. 10s. ; salt petre, 4/. to 4 /. Sc. ; rice, 41. ss. to 4/. 10s. ; jute, Si. 10s. to Si. 15s. ; seeds, 61. 10s. For Liverpool the rates have been proportionately lower. Charters have been made for London at 51. all round, Hamburg, 61. , Melbourne, Si. 15 5., and for Mauritius at Rs. 2 . 4 to Re. 2-6 per bag. CHINA. HONG KONG, OCT. 11. The 25th August mail has not arrivod. Since our last of the 27th ult. we have no change of moment to note in political matter. - - --- ----- ARRIVAL OF WOUNDED OFFICERS. The following wounded officers have arrived in Liver pool by the screw steamer Baalboc :—Lieut.-Colonel W. Smith, 95th Regiment, wounded severely—Major Lind sey, 63d Regt., ditto—Captain Creagh, 41st Regt., ill — Captain Pakenham, nth Regiment, wounded severely— Captain Fitzgerald, 33d Regt., ditto—Lieut. Philips, Royal Artillery, ill—Lieut. Knight, 17th Lancers, ditto —Lieut. Light, 68th Regt., ditto—Assistant -Surgeon Elkins, 4th Regt., ditto—Lieut. Persse, 7th ReginAmt, wounded severely—Lieut. Braybrooke, 95th Regiment, ditto. Left at Malta—Colonel Laurenson, 17th Lancers, ill —Captain Wethered, 95th Regt. ditto —Captain Fitz gerald, 7th Regt., wounded severely—Lieut. T!ane , 5 0 th Regt., wounded—Lieut. Unett, 19th Regt., ill Lieut. Purcell, 13th Light Dragoons, wounded—Lieut. Philips, 47th Regt., wounded severely. Left at Smyrna Assistant Commander-General Strickland, ill; and five o fficers servants, ill and wounded. Left at Gibraltar—Lieutenant Bazalgette, 95th Regt., wounded severely. Won ow LORD BROUGHAM.—ArnOng reprints of the day, it is stated that have entered into arrange- Messrs. Griffin, of. a complete adition, in a cheap and for publishing arrange ments of l e of the works Lord Brougham, which othee°rLiLriliteeTrEespting Glasgow, present engaged in revising and uniform sty , pre paring T IN THE CHANNEL AND LOSS OF LIFE.— th i e s p a r t ess at Cannes. poor. Saturday.—A. letter from the Isle of Man, ',lvo. ' received here this morning, announces that on the night of the 20th inst., two sloops, the New Hope, Tow, mas his A lordship e c f p ° g r r T mas ter, and the Miss Smith, Hughes, master, both bound from Glasgow to Runcorn, with cargoes of pig iron,while endeavouring to avoid a large vessel off the Calf of Man, came in collision with each other, causing considerable damage to both vessels. The crews got into one boat, abandoning the unfortunate crafts ; and, after being tossed about in the channel, for about 48 hours, were picked up in a gale of wind, about eight miles off Douglas Head, by the brig Grace, of Harrington, and landed in Douglas harbour. One boy belonging to the abandoned sloop died immediately after being taken on board the Grace, from fatigue and over exertion. THE REINFORCEMENTS. It was stated some time since that six additional regi ments of the line were to be sent to the Crimea, to be formed into the fifth infantry division of the army. These, regiments were the 34th and 71st from Corfu, the 68th rom Gallipoli, the 62d from Malta, the 97th from Athens, and the 90th Light Infantry from Dublin. It was also stated that this force was to be increased by the 17th and 89th Regiments from Gibraltar ; and further, that some mere regiments from the Mediterranean would be also despatched to the seat of war. The regiments alluded to are the 9th and 14th at Malta, and the 39th at Gibral tar. To these will be added the 18th (Royal Irish) Regi ment, which returned from Burmah some three months since, and which is now doing duty in London. The 14th Regiment is very strong and in admirable condition ; the 9th has also been lately reinforced, while the 17th, 39th, and 89th will be shortly materially strengthened by drafts ordered to embark from the de pots at Waterford, Kilkenny, and Cork. The.lBth are, like all regiments for some time after their return front long Indian service, somewhat deficient in numbers, but doubtless the provisional battalion and other sources will before long fill up the ranks of the Royal Irish. These six regiments will Le formed into the sixth in fantry division of the army under Lord Raglan. On Saturday orders came down from the Horse Guards to the head-quarters of the 18th Regiment, at Chatham, to prepare for embarkation to the seat of war in the East. The corps is to be made up to 1,400 men. To complete this strength, the regiment will require about 600 men ; consequently, they are open for volunteers. Application has been made to Colonel Milner, 94th, at Brompton Barracks, to allow his corps to volunteer. The regiment was called out yesterday on parade in the Artillery Barracks, when it was announced to the regi ment that the 18th wanted volunteers. About 130 men turned out from the ranks, for that corps ; and 2 sergeants and 8 men from the provi sional battalion have also volunteered. The recruiting parties, to the number of 13, are to be called in imme• diately, and those men, to the number of 60, en furlough are to join head-quarters without delay ; and the detach ment at Hythe, where they are learning the practice of the Minh rifle, are to rejoin at Chatham as soon as pos- sible. The detachment from Windsor and the detachment which left on Friday for Wellington Barracks are to return, and join the head-quarters. It is reported that the regiment will be off in a few days. The hour of em barkation is hourly looked for. The sudden removal of the corps has created some excitement in the barracks. Thirty-seven men of the Royal Sappers and Miners, recruits, arrived on Saturday afternoon at the engineer establishment at Chatham, from Woolwich, to go through a course of engineering and field-work instruction. On Sunday morning the City of Dublin Company's steamer the Albert, Captain Triphook, commander, al.• rived at the North-wall, Dublin, from Liverpool, having on board a detachment of the 56th Regiment, consisting of seven officers and 134 rank and file. Early as the hour was when the troops disembarked and proceeded en their marh to the Itiyat*ra:cks, they were re ceived on landing by a large assemblage of the people, and loudly cheered as they passed along the quays. This detachment is under orders for immediate embarkation for active service in the Crimea. The Sylph, screw-steamer, arrived also on Sunday evening at the North-wall from London, having on board 100 recruits. This corps of fine young men were marched to Beggar's-bush Barracks, whence they will be des• patched to reinforce the different regiments at present on service at the seat of war. The 72d Highlanders, which arrived at Limerick from North America a few days ago, are under orders for foreign service. The Admiralty have issued notice that they will re• ceive tenders to-day for the hire of steamers for the con veyance of stores to the Crimea. The Admiralty have also given notice that they will receive tenders for the conveyance of stores to Gibraltar, Hong Kong, and Barbadoes. TFelve students of medicine have been appointed dressers, at 6s. 6d. a day, with allowances of assistant surgeons. They are—Messrs. Giles, Woodfall, Kingsley, Ewart, Watts, Elliot, Tucker, Pavey, Bellingham, At kinson, Barnes, Bennet. The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com pany's steam-ship Manilla (hired transport No. 142), Captain M'Kenzie, arrived at §pithead yesterday from Deptford, to embark naval surgeons, ttc., for the seat of war in the Crimea. The sailing ship Lady Jane, of 400 tone, has been chartered at Liverpool for the conveyance of a cargo of hay to the Crimea. The Sylph, screw steamer, arrived on Sunday evening at the North-wall from London, having on board one hundred recruits. This corps of fine young men were marched to Beggar's-bush Barracks, from whence they will be despatched to reinforce the different regiments at present on service at the seat of war. THE FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS. " It is not sixty men per regiment, but one hundred and sixty," says the Constitutionnel, " who have been called on to reinforce the army before Sebastopol." At Nantes the order to receive the names of 'mina- teas arrived on Friday and it gave rise to a striking demonstration :—" The first two battalions of the 9th Light Infantry caused themselves to be inscribed en masse," says the Union Bretonne, " and the choice will be difficult amongst so many brave soldiers, animated with the same sen timent and the same ardour. The mdn who have served more than six months, and those who have at least a year more to serve, are alone to be taken," At Rouen the enthusiasm was equally great :—" The communication that men were required," says the Jour nal of that city, " was received with enthusiasm by the garrison. In a few minutes the war battalions of the 48th and 51st supplied their contingent of 240 men• Unanimous regret was felt at the number of volunteers called on to share the success of our arms in the East net being greater, and it was with sorrow that a number of brave soldiers learned that they must resign them selves to waiting for their turn of marching against the enemy." The volunteering from the regiments of the garrison of Paris took place on Saturday. The number of volun teers was so great that the selection had to take place by lot. The soldiers on whom the lot fell were delighted and cried " Vive l'Empereir." Those who were not se lucky were greatly disappointed. The soldiers selected are to leave Paris in three days. General Larohey, commander of the artillery of the 4th Military Division, has been appointed to the fano tiens ef military commandant at Constantinople. REINFORCEMENTS FROM INDIA. It having become a topic at the " Clubs" at the W est• end that the withdrawal of Queen's troops from India, supposed to be decided upon by the Government, will prove an eligible means of reinforcing the array i n the Crimea, we beg to lay before cur readers the following brief resume of information regarding the Indian army. The Queen's troops in India consist of four regi' manta of cavalry and fourteen regiments if infantry. The total number of troops under British control in India amounts to 320,000 men, while in some of the few remaining native states there is a military force of not less than 400,000 men ; the latter, of course, being ell' thing but the disciplined troops of the Presidencie s known by the name of the Sepoys. It is by the resti9 6 of our arms alone that we govern India, and to practi• cally support it the whole native army is officered by A body of about seven thousand British officers from gene' rals down to ensigns, the last being the most numerous class of officers. To the Bengal Presidency are attached 74 regiments of native infantry ; Madras, 54 regiment s native infantry ; and Bombay, 29 regiments native in' f4ntry. Recently a third European regiment has been raised for each Presidency. These new regiments ar° included in the above estimate. It is evident, from the exact statements we hav e been able to advance, that, although it is indisp en sable that we should keep up the prestige of our ar ms Is India by the presence of a large European for ce, y et : whilst the Indian Empire is in perfect peace , a pe ace no° very likely to be disturbed or interrupted, it is p erfectly feasible that 5, 000 men, highly disciplined , exp erienced, and first-rate soldiers, might at least be spare d frora t h e eighteen regiments of Queen's troops nowserving in India by sending them as reinforcements to the Crimea. We understand that in consequence of the late fat a l ity amongst the army in the East, a new plan of surgicel arrangement has been suggested by Mr. Rogers, Majesty's army contractor. It is that each officer an soldier shall have attached, in a pouch of small dim e n. sions, to his shoulder , a pouch of flattened sha p e, to be co ncealed by cloth, containing lint and bandag e, and tae. be pulled out at a moment's notice. Suck plan, aceor ing to Mr. Rogers, will diminish the duties of the Or mental or staff surgeon.