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NEW EDITION OF MR. 11. ROGERS'S ElS,Vys. On:Friday neat will be published, in 3 vols. fcp. Bvo., price 21s. M-ISSA.YS, Selected from Contributions to the ju dinburgh Review. Py HENRY ROGERS. Second Edition, with Additions ; un form with the Editions in Pocket Volumes of dr . Macaulay's Essays, and Mackintosh's and gydney Smith's Works'. Just" ready, in octavo, uniform with the First Edition, the addi tional Essays, comprised in the above Edition. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. THE ABBE RUC'S NEW wogx. On Fr day next will be published , in 2 v o ls. Bvo , p rice 213 , THE CHINESE EMPIRE : A Continuation of flue and Gabet's Travels in Tartary and Thibet. By the Abbe Hun. Copyright Editi.n, translated from the French with the Author's sanction. London ; Longman, Brown, Green, and Longrnans. On Fr:d ty nest will be putlished, post Svo., price 10s. 641., THE WA.RDEN : A. Novel. By ANTHONY TROLLOPE. London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans. This day, Sixth and Cheaper Edition, 6s. TUDEN T' S MANUAL OF ANCIENT HISTORY. By W. COOKE TAYLOR, LL.D. London: John W. Parker and. Son, West Strand. IRURY-LAN E.—Le3see, 111 r. E. T. Smith. lieduc ml Prices as US A Moriling PerformanCe every Wednesday, at Two o'clock. THIS EVENING. Im sc 3°, LyON S. Principal chant.- Will presente THE T. ',II - ters P)' Mr. T. Meal ant MI s iarriott. To be folliwed by the entirely original, extraordinary, lite rary, traditionary, comical. ga stronoin , 9 l , and peculiarly culinary and fan . „tie domestic grand comic Christmas Panicrnime, entitled JACK AND JILL; o r . IDriequin Kin; Mustard and the Four and-Twenty Blackbirds Baked in a Pte. The extensive scenery, en tirely new, by Messr-• Nicholls, Cuthbert, Cooper, Gordon, Wilson, and Moore. The machinery by Messrs. Tucker. The extraordinat y properties, decorations, tri Its, changes, and transfcemations by Mr. Needham. The etoregraphic art' 'ngements by Madame Louise. The overture and music composed and selected by J. H. Tully. L ea der, Mr. Hayward. The who of the designs, models and sketches f u rnished from the stuiio of Dikwynkyn, who for many weeks past has been personally supervising their execution. The novel grotesque burlesque opening invented and written by E. L. Blanchard; and the vroole arranged and pro laced under the immediate superin tendence of Mr. Edward Stirling. Principal Ingredients in the Christmas BEI of Fare : —The Hall of Hypochondria in the Domains of Ddlnese.-‘lllsanthropy (Genius of Gloom), Mrs. Halford. Fog, Drizzle, Taxes, Spleen, Indigestion, Quarter -day (his Ministers of Melancholy), Messrs. E. Y, Dent, E. V. Wet, E. V. Load, E. Y. Day s E. V. Weight, and E. V. Bills. Azure Diabolicals in attend ance, Messrs. Croak, Quake, Fret, Fidget, Worry, Flurry, Fume, Yes ; Groan, Growl, Grumble, and Grizzle. Apparition of Misan thropy on her favourite Nightmare, and Magical Appearance of Good Humour in her Christmas Car. Good Humour, Miss Alder Lightheart and Sunshine (her Attendants), Misses Honey and Brown ; Mrs. Glasse (the original " Cook's Oracle," ant the well known adviser of the " First catch your hare," &c.), Miss Rosina Collins. The receipt given to make a good pantomime, and its con coction accordingly. Cottage of Jill on the borders of Fairyland (by, Sunrise), with Enchanted Kitchen, Garden, and Region of Preserved. "Sing a song of Sixnenco, " Pocket tull of rye, " Four-and -twenty blackbirds, " Baked in a pie."—Ancient Nursery Legend. Jack (the interesting hero.ot the olden story - , who went up the hill to fetch, Sr. 4 ), a terwards Harlequin, Jf. Milano ; Jill (the heroine of the adventure, in love with Jack), afterwards Columbine. Mdlle. Bolen ; Marmalade (the Fairy Queen of the Preserves), Miss K. Warrington ; Pineapple, Raspberry, Lemon, Cherry, Apple, and Greengage (her Assistants), Missez Cliflord, Gower, Johnson, Love, Lunis, and Richardson ; Strawberry, Cranberry, G.)ose`)erry, Cur rant, Apricot, Damson, Quince, &,c. (Fancy Preserves), Misses Grace Honey, Ellen Honey, Laurance, Louise, Therese, Charlea, Kinr, SUiney, Gordon, Barnes, Emily Banes, Richardson, Eliza Richard son, Rose, Sidney, Emily Moore. Elizabeth Smith, Lilla Ellis, Rosa Harrison, E. Box, Tayler, Matilda Chenley, Martiney, St. Clare, Ev ms, John Levines, S. Johnson, and Roberts ; Preserved Ginger their warm tIlly), Master Pungent ; Fruit Blossoms by a Blooming Selection of Coryphees. The Will and the Way—the Talismanic Sixpence —1 he Change. Grand Ballet. Principal Dancers, Mdlle. Therese and Annie Cushnie, Therese, Smith, &c. The Four-and- Twenty Blackbirds, Masters Tweet Tweet, Toot Too, Loodle Loodle, &c.. The Reading of the Will " Jill must not a husband take, Till she a pie can make and bake." Interior of Jill's Cottage (by Moonlight).-Coal, Mr. Hobbs ; Zundle of Wood, Mr. Halfpenny ; Congreve Box, Mr. Fizzer ; Bellows, Mr. Leafhertongue ; Dutch Oven, Mynheer Von Tan ; Rolling Pin , Mr. SmOothpaste ; Gridiron, Mr. De Bar; Frying Pan, Mr. Broadrim ; Soyer's Three-legged Iron Pot, Herr Potluck. Cruet Castle in the Table Cloth Territory (by Moonlight), and Golden Palace of King Mustard.-King Mustard (afterwards Clown), Harry Boleno ; the Empress Vinegar (afterwa - ds Pantaloon), Herr Kohl ; Black Pepper and White Pepper (sentinels on duty at Cruet Castle), Mr. Ilueky and Mr. Sneezums ; Sweet 011, Miss Florence , Cayenne, Mr. Capsi cum ; Harvey's Sauce (attendant in waiting), Mr. Savoury ; the Army of Zests, Messrs. Indian Soy, Curry, Capers, Ketchup, Mushrooms, Garlic, Shalot, Sweet Herbs, Potted Tongue ; Potted Beef, Potted Mleaters, Potted Anchovies, Potted Shrimps, &c.; Horse Radish (from the King's statee), by a Racing Ea r. Strand Review-Ter rine Attack upon the Appetite, and Rally of the Relishes-Great Progress of Jill in her Culinary Career. The Abode of Chutnee in the province of Pickles (by Sunset).-Chnteee (Chief of the Pickles), r."Flery Facies ; the Pickle Army, Messrs. °Mown, Walnut, Gher kins, Cauliflower, Red Cabbage, Sze.; Small Jar, Master Piocalilli. Great demand for Pickles and determination of the Door to Stand a Jar. Interior of the Stupendous Salt Mine (by Moonlight).-Salt Reck (a bright White Sprite), Herr Willikind Moleno. Imminent danger of Jill in splitting upon a Rock nf Salt - Treachery of Vinegar -Upsetting the Pail above, and Evaporation of the Saline Stalactite Columns, disclosing The Emerald Temple of Salad.-Magical Union of the Sweets and Sours, and " a Ple " termination of the Loves of Jack and Jill. The Transformation. -Harlequin, M. ; Columbines, Mdlle. Boleno and Miss Ellen Honey ; Pantaloon, Mr. Cole; Sprite, Herr Willikind Moleno; Clown, the celebrated Harry Boleno (his first appsarance in Lenden for many years); Aerial Evolutionists, by the inimitable Italian Brothers. The Turk's Head Public-house and Hairdresser's Sh - rp.-Ilairdresser, Mons. Pomade ; Publican, Mr. Billy Williams; Customers, Messrs. Rednoh, Smockface, Owen Swift, Beardless, Whisker Want, Baron Nicholson, and Steed; the British Pub lic hy themselves; Policeman Al, Mr. Vigilant. Approach of tho Groat Rugged Resaianßear-How he Whines after the Porte, which, being rause, old, turns out somewhat crusty-A Dose of Turkey Rhubarb-A Don-e Cossack-Pure Circassian Cream-How one Sham m makes all well-The Great Bear turns out a Great Boar -Russian Attachment to Grease-Clown Cuts Ist- Customer's Hare and afterwards Dresses it a la Soyer -The Great Moustache Move ment-A Close Shave -Clown shows his high attachment to the Pole-Sudden Rise in Porter-An et .T.M.P.-A Patten Lock at 10 o'clock-A Bona Fide Traveller-Ginger Beer and Gin without ger -A Mill, a Bight, a Regular Row, and Station-hoaso for Two. Great American Baby , Ahow.-Arrival of the Infantry-Sudden Squall-Ma's upon the Zee of Battle-General Attack-Awarding the Prizes-Clown and Pantaloon's Offsprings- The Prettlest Baby 1n the World-A Model Baby and a Spirit Child-The Wonderful Effects of Dr. De Jongh's Cod Liver Oil-ClOwn's Great Prize Baby -Fresh Arrival of 300 more Babies-The Judge Confounded-Great Uproar-An Unwelcome Visitor to a Ladies' and Juvenile Party and Extraordinary case of Suspended Animation by the Ita lian Sprites. Scott's Oyster Shop, Newspaper-office, and Pursell's Biscuit Baking and Confectionery Establishment, Cornhill.-" Up rouse ye then, my merry men, it is our opening day"-A Hoister for .ins and a Lobster fur two-A Mussulman and a Man for a Muccle-Duty and Custom -I Bride Cake and a Wedding Cake- First Editi.nn and Second Edition-Left Out for Want of no in- Press ct the Privilege and Privileges of the Press -"Oh, what a row, a rumpus, what a rioting." Baker, Mr. Crusty; Fishrnenser. ISt r. Scales; 31 aster Newsboy, Christmas-box ; Printers, hi essrs Typo ale' Chapel ; Editor, Mr. Cutemdown ; Critic, Cutemup; Pas sengere, Messrs. Trot, Cosec, Strutalong, Lounge, I.oiter, and Walk about; Boardman, Mr. Ilobaday. Hosts r's Shop and New Wing of Bornereet-house.-Here we are-Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year -High Prices and I ow Prices-Menchester Stuff-Eng lish Comforters-Stocks on Han I and Handsome Stocks-Ford's Eureka Shirts-Reform In the Civil List and Unc o vil Treatment of the Clerks-Transfer lay at the Bank, and General Heyday at Somerset-house.--Hosler, Mr Stricken; Shopeeian, Mr. Early bird; Boy, Master Toddles. Soyer's Magic Kitchen.-Chef de Cuisine, Mons. Soyer; Kitchenmaids, Misses Basteaway and Drippingsell; Guardsman, Cor oral Longshanks ; Policeman, Sergeant Podger. Cupboa-ni Lovers-Soser's Last Soup - Where's the Knives anti Forks ?- Ballot and Unboiled Lob sters-headless Swains-Lobster Patty and Gillet Soup-Clown Gone all to Pot-Harlequin Gets well Towelled and afterwards Mangled--Clown and Pan ale As in a stew-A Regular Broil- Thou comest in such an unqnsestionable shape, that I will speak to thee (Soyer, or rather Shakapeare)-Teo Many Cooks Spoil the (Clown's) Broth-The scene finishes in a very spirited manner. An Illuminated Page of the history of England.-Grand Allerorical Tableau with Panoramic Effects, illustrative of the Triumphs of the Allie 1 Forces. Young Jullien's " Allied Army Quadrille," by the donele ban 'a of the e iv.ehh arse French. "God save the Queen," " Variant pour la Syrie," and " Pule Britannia." Daughter of the Regt Pent, Hiss Rebeeca Collins, in which character she will sins the spirited patriotic efts:oil, published in " Blackwood's Hag zinc" for December, and written by Corporal John Brown, of the Grena dier Guar Is, whrn the m.n g t seine drink for the first time at BaTaklava, Sept. th "Come all you eallant British hearts that love the red and blue, And ad ak the health ot those brave lade who made the Rwslaus rue. Then fill line glass, and let it pass, three times three, end one more, For the twentieth of September, eighteen hundred and fifty-friar Vestibule of the Temple of Viet , ry. Thu Tribute of England to the Itrave Patriots. Distributlon of Laurel Wreaths, Gorgeous and Electric Scenic t limax, with Revolving Columns and Varieg.ted Illuminations. Tort Me Flight of the Italian Brothers. The whole scene presenting a coup tree I never before witnessed on the English !Luc. Adnsission 51. ; dress circle, 4i. ; second price, 25.; upper,cirele, 3.5: ; second cries, Is. 6d.; pit, 2s. ; second price, Is ; lower gadere, Is.; second price, d.; upper gallery, fit.; private b6SP4, 10s. 64 , 15a., 215., awl upwards. Dears open at hall-past 6, percormanes at 7 o'clock. Hall-pri aae 9 o'clock. The box office open de:ly, from I I till 5 o'clock, under the direct; on of Mr. Edward Chitterten. Notice.-The following pi CCS are approved and in preparation, and wilt shortly be pr eluce.l : -The Grand Christmas Panto urns, by E. L. Blanc -lard, Earl. ; a Dra:na, by Dion liourci eault, Fag ; Two Drain ns, by A. Harris, Esq. ; an Adaptation from Meyerh er's Opera, LlEtotl du Sorel, with new scenery, properties, and effects; to be succeeded by an English versi , n (by Mr. Reynold gnn) of Gluck's lohigeni tin Tauride. The Grand Historical Egyp tian Drama. many months ins preparations, will also shortly appear. To conclude with the Farce of PERFECTION. VitcATH.E ROYAL lIAYHARKET. Under the trizaagerrient of Mr. lAnckstone. lllti EVENING, Dtc. 30, Will to per2ormed the Drama of T KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Howe, W. Farren, Compton, and Buckstone ; Misses Reynolds and E. Chaplin. Followed by a new grand Chr:stmas Pantomime. entitled LITTLE RO•PEEP: Cr, tarleluin and the Girl win Lost her Sheep. Little 80-Peep, Miss L. hompsm ; harlequin, Sir. t2hapino ; Pantaloon, Iltr. W. B trues; Clown, M.r. ApWeby ; Columbine, atise M. Brown. ROY .+. PRINCES ,'3 THEATRE Under the Nlanagenient of gr. CHARLES KEAN• THIS EVENING, DEc. 30, - - • Will be per - ormed THE IRON CHEST. Principal character by Mr C Itcan. After which will be produced a New Grand Christmai Pantomime. entitled, HARLEQUIN BLUE-BEAM); or, The Great liashaw, , Ha:lequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Mies Desborough. THEATEE /MAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. WeOster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. IHI3 EVENING, DEC. 30. WUI be performed an entire new Rustic Drama called PIERRE THE FOUNDLING. Supporte Iby Messrs. B. Wwbster and Kee ley, and Mrs. Keeley and Miss Woolgar. after which, a new grand Eccentric Extravaganza, called ZIG ZAG : Travels at Messrs. Danube and I'uth. To which will be added a new Farce, ent,tled THE RAILWAY BELLE. • ROYAL. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING. PEe. 30 Wffibe Presented an ew edietta, c tiled A WIFE'S JOURNAL. Characters by Messrs brown, Emery, ilarcourt, and Leslie; and grs. Brown. and Miss Masked.Aterwhich, a new Fairy F.xtritvaganza. entitled TIIV. YELLOW DWARF ANI) Tu t . KING OF TILE O;)LI) MINE. Charac ters by Mr. F. u.n.on. min Julia rt. George, Miss E. Omen:ie, XI S? Marston, Miss Bromley, and Mrs. Fitzallan., T Conchae with the trArce. called A BLIGPITED BEING, in Alr. I:obson will appear. ROYAL Llcnum TnEATRE. Under that man agemout of M a d ame V,rtrls. Sole Lessee Mr. .Mathews. TUB EVENING. DE,. 30. Will be pert- nrined AGGRAVA:IING skm Prilclpal c hara c t e r Fairy Extravaganza, en titled f11 , E ... .•_l'''!. ZTFAtFI.Y. ' by Mr. C. Mathews. a nd original , F Will be produced a 110 W titled PIIDICE PRETTY I'ET To be followed by rwo LI El if.i - A. 1,. BETTXR. 11L.1..N Or E. Doi-office open from 10 until 11. S o le agent for Private BOICS Mr. A:lcroft, 15, N ew Load -street. _-- • iiATLEY'S ROYAL AIIPMTIII-lATttr• Lesser) and Manager, 74r. Will:am Cooke. •• - Tremendous success of the Comic Pantomime ! MORNING PERFORMANCES will take place on the Monday Mornings of January Ist, Bth, and Ifitli. 11113 F:VENING, THE BATTLE of THE ALMA! ~ After which, the SCENES in the ARENA! To conclude with an entirely new Harlequinade Ly NCISOII Lee, • with new inusic, scenery, dresses, tricks, transformations, &c., &c., called, GULLI iNLS TEI HOUGH THE HORSE ISLANDS ; or, Harlequin and B E ritannia! Boa-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. ..Welt, Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Eq u estrian D irector, i a z• W. Cooke, tan. THE SUN, LON DON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 30, 1854. PATENT GRATES, FURNACES, &c. —In the matter of Letters Paten' grante to JOIIN LEE STEVE:ZS', I, Fish-street hill, City, London, Notice Is hereby given, that the novelty of Invention and the Patentee's rights ere been established at Itw in the Court of Exchequer in an Action for Infrin CHERLETgements; , wherein a verdict was obtained against DENBY AT test the Statutory Certifl ates as to the validity of the pat that proceed ,' Il sin t have been given by the LORD CHIEF BARON' ; and g Chancery, or otherwise, wil l be taken agaimat any person who violates the rights the Patentee. REED, LANGFORD, AND MARSDEN, Solicitors to the Proprietors of said Letters Potent. 53, Friday-street, Cheapside, Loudon. 4 moon TSB AT LONDON BRIDGE. raig DAT —Morning 55 cnin.after 10 I Evening 29 min.aft. 11 To-llowtow --Morning 0 min.after 0 1 Evening 53 roin.aft. 11 THE WEATHER.—Suit Oiriei, Dee. 30. THERMOMETER, IS THE SHADS. 45—highest since noon yesterday. 45 —:owest this morning and during the night. 52—this day, at coon. BAROURTER, 30'45. WIND, S.—Light breeze, and fine weather. , .-...... r §llll, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1854. It is of vital importance that a vigilant super• vision should be exercised over Prussian proceed ings at the present moment. The vacillating and equivocal conduct of that Power since the commencement of the War has gone far to alienate the kindly feeling with which it had previously been regarded by the English nation. We were accustomed to consider it entitled to our confi donee, respect, and friendship ; unfortunately, these impressions are altogether removed, and grave suspicions, humiliating estimates, and con temptuous indifference substituted therefor. This is not the fault of the people. We believe that they are still sound at heart, faithful, brave, and con sistent, and that, were they allowed to do so, they would gladly cast in their let with the Western Powers, and brave every danger in the cause of truth, justice, and progress. Unfortunately, how- ever, their rulers are very differently disposed. Their weak-minded Sovereign looks only to the creature comforts in which he so liberally indulges, awl to the gratification of personal feelings, amiable in a private individual, but highly derogatory to the interests of the great people whose destinies are committed to his charge. He forgets the great principle that nations have no brothers-in-lax, and that the steps which he may be induced to tako or to neglect—his acts of omission or commission, for the purpose of sparing the personal pride of his friend and brother—may prove very detrimental to the welfare and happi ness of millions of his subjects, who really possess the earliest claims upon his sympathies, and whose piety, honour, and prosperity should be exclu sively thought of in any matter where they could by any possibility be effected. The KING might make an excellent country gentleman of the good old times of unlimited and unreasoning convi viality. Devoted to post-prandial enjoymentna man with whom, as poor MAXWELL was accus tomed to remark, " you might drink in the dark," without any danger of his sconcing the bottle, he would at any time postpone business, however ur gent, for the discussion of " a modest quencher," or possibly so many " modest quenchers"that his facul ties would be altogether obscured. It is at such moments that insidious counsels are breathed into his ear, that his maudlin feelings are worked on in favour of his friend and brother or by those who have sold their venal services to Russia, and are desirous of earning the degrading wages of their infamy. It has been justly remarked t:tat a weak sovereign is more injurious to the nation than a wicked. one. The change, from 'Kin g Lo a to Eing Stork might have been beneficial to the frogs who escaped the Royal bill, and who were not destined to form the materials of "a dainty dish to set before the King." So it is with FREDERICK WILLIAM. The very points that might make him a respectable, aye, an estimable, friend in private life, have been destructive to his character as a Monarch, and very prejudicial to the cause of Prussia. Now, knowing the feelings by which lie has hitherto been influenced ; seeing, also, that all his efforts have been directed towards extricating the AUTOCRAT from the scrape in which his pride and cupidity had involved him, we must regard any Prussian interference in the quarrel with doubt and suspicion. Time° Danaos, et done ferentes, should be the motto of every English Diplomatist and Minister ; and the more plausible the profes sions, the more specious the protestations, of the Prussian representatives, the more cautious should be the conduct of those acting on behalf of the United Kingdom, or rather of the Western Powers, for in this case the interests of France and England are one and indissoluble. We are now told that a Prussian despatch, addressed to the Cabinets of London and Paris, announces "an agreement with the views of the Western Powers, and offers, in the terms of a special arrange ment, conformably tvith the particular position of Prussia, to unite with them. in urging a settlement of existing difficulties .'" This is indeed ominous! This is something to be carefully watched !—sulß cient to induce every Englishman to shake off his apathy, and to be on the alert against the " dodges" of those whose interference is not for our good, and who, considering the peace-at-any price predilections of the English Premier, may produce most serious mischief before the re-assem bling of Parliament will enable us to obtain full information of what is going forward. The selec tion of such an envoy as M. VON USEDOM—one who, as a pupil in the school of the Chevalier BUNSEN, is popular in England—only enhances the danger. FREDERICK WILLIAM and his ad visers well know that an ambassador of a different character would have no chance of success, and they strive to shelter themselves behind his deservedly high reputation. He is cordially re ceived at the English Court, in a very different manner from that which would be accorded to a Russian partisan. He has the opportunity of offering suggestions and throwing out hints which might not be granted to one of a different calibre. But this is not all. It is not merely the pre sence of M. VON USEDOM in. London that must be provided against: There are collateral matters going on at Vienna, that proves that there is some thing threatening in the wind. On the 28th lust, at Vienna ! nay, more, at the residence of the Earl of WESTMORELAND ! ! a conference was held, at which were present not merely the representatives of England, France, and Austria, but also of Russia. Yes, Prince GORTSCIIAK•FF assisted in the deliberations of Count BuoL, Baron DE BOURQUENEY, and the Earl Of WESTMORELAND. We only wonder that Colonel VON MANTEUFFEL was absent ! While such matters are going on— while we see the war " starved" by Ministers determined to obtain peace at any price, or on any conditions, it is time that the people should be true to themselves, and should impress on their representatives, the necessity of being fully alive to the schemes and intrigues that are in operation for the purpose of securing an early armistice. We cannot call it a peace, one that would not be in accordance with the honour or the interests of England, but would, in ex , change for a temporary time, more than quad ruple our future sacrifices. No ; we have Russia in a fix, and it cannot be permitted to escape in deference to Austria, unless its fangs are ex tracted, its claws pared, and. its powers of future mischief materially reduced, if not altogether re duced. One word for emigrant soldiers. They are among the very best we can have ; only let them be emigrants from oppression, and not from star vation merely. The life-blood of America is in herited from its Puritan forefathers—from the men who had conscience enough to seek religious liberty, and manhood enough to seek civil liberty, at any cost. The men who groaned or died under the tyranny of our TUDORS and STUARTS, or who preferred the forest and the Indian to it, these arc the men who have made America what she is —the men who had souls as well as muscles, and who therefore preferred voluntary banishment to political slavery. Even all our present colo nies which manifest any British vigour, Canada for instance, are composed of the class of emigrants who have found the means to wrest Colonial liberty from the reluctant Lords of Downing-street. Yet it has been the miserable course with certain journals of this country to have the sneer editorial ever ready for the noble-hearted but unfortunate political emigrant. Now and then, perhaps, affecting tenderly and condescendingly to speak of them as refugees, their very pity being contrived to brand them with imbecility, rather than to exhibit the wrongs of magnanimous, though un successful, patriotism. As honest Englishmen we have long marked the language of certain writers respecting these noble people, with regret for their own sake, and with indignation •for the misrepresentation of our country in the eyes of all the better spirits of Europe. The real senti ments of Englishmen are but little known abroad, and it is to be feared that we are suspected of loving Russian and Austrian " order" better than the freedom for which the subjugated and oppressed territories cannot cease to pant. It has, indeed, been roundly said on the Continent that the English love freedom for themselves, but slavery for other nations. Let the despised exiles of despotism, and the suf ferers beneath it, too, fully understand that Lord DUDLEY STUART'S sentiments, as Mr. COBDEN tes tified in the House of Commons, are the senti ments of the great mass of Englishmen. The difference between the English people and certain journals which affect to speak their opinions can not be more accurately described than in the well-known line Victrix causa deis placuit ; sed vista Catoni. In other words, the order estab lished by bloody, relentless tyrants—being con querors, pleases the Jupiters of the press, but the noble minds who vainly have struggled to burst the tyrant's yoke are the hearty favourites of sturdy JOHN Bum Give us, then, a legion of emigrants, but not of emigrants wandering from home merely for the reasons which induce the very animals themselves to migrate. What have such men to do with fighting against oppression ? They would enlist, if, indeed, they can be got, not from courage—a not even from the love of adventure—but merely to be clothed and fed. What could be expected of troops so minded amid the discomforts of Balaklava and Sebastopol ? No, let us send the enlisting sergeant to every land where there are haters of Russia and Russian antagonism to Euro. pean liberty. Let us begin with the Polish prisoners and emigrants in our own country, in France, and in every place where they can 1,3 e found. Let us publish to every Pole, Hungarian, and Italian, that whoever is the friend of liberty and the enemy of its arch-enemy, lie is the man for us. That we want his services ; that they will aid in the final emancipation of Europe ; that he will be welcomed not as a mercenary, but as an honourable and hearty coadjutor. Let every actual exile, and every one whose heart is in the cause which has banished his countrymen, be boldly invited to join the Allied standards. The conflict now waging is not one for the mercenary. Soldiers of that stamp are very well for the ser vice of ambition and the rewards of conquest, but their hireling presence is a profanation of the battle for liberty. We know the technicalities which some, and even Mr. MILNER GrssoN, allege against enlistment in other countries ; but if ever a war was mismanaged by deference to antiquated technicalities, it is the present one. From the commander to the drummer boy privation, disease, and death have been the sacrifices offered to technicality. We must be cursed with it no longer. We aro faco to face with stern realities ; and the punctilios of feather-bed times cannot be thought of in the tempest. When CROMWELL de termined that the Parliamentary side should con quer, his first step was to get rid of all the worth less mercenaries by which it was encumbered, and to organise his immortal regiment of Ironsides ; a regiment of men whose souls were in the cause. Naseby was the result. Give us a legion of men eager to fight the first great battle of Euro pean liberty, where it must now he fought—in the Crimea—and the result is certain. Sebas topol will be to NIOHOLA.S another Naseby. Wo repeat that this is no time for military or diplomatic pedantry. The Ministry which wants tae Moral courage to use freedom's friends to fight freedom's battles, is not the Ministry to retrieve the disasters which routinism has indicted on our troops. Some mercy may be shown to their ap prentice mistakes and timidity, but it cannot be extended further. As they are bound to rise to the mechanical and engineering standard of the present time, so they are bound to rise to the moral principles of free Europe, to rsnounoe the hireling, and to fight her battle with men whose hearts are loyal to her cause. If this can be done with the good-will of Austria and Prussia, well ; if not, do it in spite of them. As to the former, Spielberg, "damned to eternal infamy," can furnish, we suppose, at once half a regiment of patriots in fetters there for their love of liberty. Venice, where arrests have been numbered by the hun dred, could furnish another. They could do Austria no harm in the Crimea, and admirably would they match with our troops, since their only crime has been that of aspiring to those institutions under which every Englishman was born. Why not propose to our new and noble Ally to open her infernal prisons and spare us her political prisoners for a regiment We do not knew whether they would not make two. English beef and fresh air would soon restore their ema ciated limbs and pallid faces ; and most willing would our recruiting serjeant find them to ex change the patriot's dungeon of Austria for Eng , lish service against the man who enabled Austria to throw them into a felon's prison. SOMETHING OMINOUS. (Prom the Press of this day. ) It would be premature to more than allude to an Event now in progress, which, when ripe for an nouncement, will excite the greatest interest in Europe, and open a new phase in the complications of the Eastern question. In the present state of the great European 'monarchies, it is not to be expected that dynastic considerations can be wholly separated from the policy of Courts, and such considerations will soon, we have reason to believe, assume a shapesto demand the gravest de liberation. OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROM FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. (From a Supplement to the London Gazette of Last Night.) WAR DEPARTMENT. Dec. 30, 10-i o'clock a.m. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle has this day received a Despatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed to his Grace by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. Before Sebastopol, Dec. 12. My Lord Duke,—Your Grace will be happy to hear that the weather has continued fine, since I had the honour to address your Grace on the Bth instant. The enemyhas made no movement of importance, and nothing of any material consequence has taken place before Sebastopol. The Russians moved upon our advanced pickets, in front of our left attack, the night before last, in some force ; but they were instantly driven back by a detachment of the Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade, on the right, and by one of the 46th on the left. The firing, however, was kept up for some time, I and the 3d and 4th Divisions were held in readiness to support, in case their assistance should have been required. I inclose the return of casualties to the 10th instant.---I have, &c., RAGLAN. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c. &c. WAR OFFICE, Dm. 30. The Right Honourable the Secretary-at-War has received from his Grace the Duke of Newcastle the following list of casualties amongst the non-com missioned officers and privates in the Forces under the command of Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., from the Gal to the lOth December, 1854, both days inclusive. RETURN OF CASUALTIES. PROM 6TH TO 10TH DECEMBER INCLUSIVE. Royal Sappers and Miners—l rank and file, killed. 4th Regiment of Foot-1 rank and file, killed ; 2 rank and file, wounded. Ist Regiment- 1 rank and file, wounded. 38th Regiment-2 rank and file, killed ; 1 rank and file, wounded. 41st Regiment-1 rank and file, killed. 47th Regiment-1 rank and file, killed. 49th Regiment-1 rank and file, killed. • 50th Regiment- 2 rank and file, wounded. 55th Regiment- 6 rank and file, missing. ' 57th Regiment- 2 serjeants, 3 rank and file, wounded. Ist Battalion Rifle Brigade-1 rank and file, wounded. t Total-7 rank and file, killed ; 2 serjeants ; 10 rank and file, wounded ; 6 rank and file, missing. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT. Adjutant-General. RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN KILLED FROM 6TH TO THE 10Ta DECEMBER, ,BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE. KILLED. DEC. 6. 38th Regiment of Foot. Private Duncan Kerr Private Patrick Donnelly. Dso. T. 4th Regiment of Foot. Privata John Jones 41st Regiment of Foot. Private George Phelps 47th Regiment of root. Private Michael Brennan. 43t1i Regiment of Foot. Private Henry Guest. Diet 9. Sappers and Miners. Private Samuel Coles. J. B. BUCKNALL ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN WOUNDED. FROM 6TH to 10TH DECEMBER, 1854, BOTH DAYS INCLUSIVE. DEC. 7. 4th Regiment of Foot. Private William Gowan, slightly Private Robert Hewit, slightly • Dxi, 8. 57th Regiment of Foot. Serjeant Alexander 4l•Dougall, slightly. Serjeaat William Griffiths, slightly. Pnvat• Thomas Kelly, slightly. Private John Murphy, slightly. Private Michael Murphy, slightly. Disc. 10. Ist Regiment of Foot. Private Jol,n Morgan, severely. asth - Regiment of Foot. Private William Crozier, slightly. Ist Battalion Rile Brigade. Private Charles Barron, severely. J. B. BUCKNALL, ESTCOURT, Adjutant-General. RETURN OF NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN MISSING, FROAI DEC. 6Ta TO DEC. 10Ta. MISSING. DEC. 7. 55th Regiment of Foot. Lane e Corporal Michael Mahoney Private Martin Greahan Private William O'Sullivan Private James Preston Private Jeremiah Rendy Private Thomas o:shorn J. B. BUCKNALL WSTCOURT, Adjutant• General. ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA. Last night M. Jullien commenced another " month " at this theatre. The great success that attended the efforts of the ?maestro at Drury-Lane bids fair to be out rivalled here, judging from the crowded state of the theatre last evening. The arrangements which have been made by M. Jullien betoken considerable activity in preparing for the new campaign. The "Pantomime liithiadrille," especially contrived for the holiday boys end girls, was the novelty of the evening. It was more ludicrous than important, as may be imagined. It consisted of "hot Codlings," and other tunes of the same comic family, served up in various odd and whimsical ways, the great feat being a reading of " Pop goes the weasel," by Herr Koenig, on the penny trumpet, the tiny sounds of which produced peals of laughter. The other matters may be dismissed with a general compliment to the delicacy and finish with which they are rendered. 031EN-SACKEN IN COMHAND.—A well-informed writer, in a letter dated from Berlin, Dec. 27, says :—" We shall see whether General Osten-Sacken will make a better hand of the command than his predecessor. Certainly Gen person. The D el official p r ort di a d aya no tb tp at s , a b r h he bad ba i d s o two wn horses killed under him, and all those around him were either killed or wounded.' General Osten-Sacken's arrival must, however, be looked upon as an advantage to the Allied Army in case of another battle. His humane conduct to the captives of the Tiger shows that he is not a man to oountenaace the brutal outrages palliated, if not encouraged, by Prince Menschikoff." THE PARIS EXHIBITIOL—The epoch of the exposition not being far distant, we are authorised to inform the exhibitors that their Majesties wish to reserve to them selves a free choice, and that they will riot accept of any articles that may be offered to them.—lfoniteur. SHIPWRECK AND Loss OP LIFE AT SELBT.— A very melancholy catastrophe happened at Selby on Christmas day. A keel, coal laden, belonging to Mr. William Broadhead, of York, and who was on board with his wife (near her accoucheirient) and three children, was sunk owing to the strong wind blowing. The vessel was running before the wind, up what is called the Long Reach, when she became unmanageable and in a very short time she went down. Captain Broadhead and his men tried all they could to rescue the family, but with out avail ; Mrs. Broadhead and her three children being at the time in the cabin, and were drowned. When our correspondent wrote the bodies had not been recovered, although every exertion was used to do so. A few years ago Mr. Broadhead's brother lost his wife and some children within a mile of the same place by a similar misfortune.--Emtera Counties Herald. BRAIIIOPETUNXiC.—The tunnel on the Leeds nor thern portion of the North Eastern Railway, which it will be recollected fell in on a passenger train in Septem ber last, and has since been under repair, is announced to be re -opened on Monday next. For nearly three months the traffic between Leeds and the north has hall to be carried on via York, at great inconvenience to tra vellers. The loss to the company from the accident and consequent repairs must have been enormous. The tun nel, which is 21 miles long, has been tested inch by inch, and rendered thoroughly safe. SUPPOSED MURDER AND SUICIDE.—PRESTCN, Friday. —An inquest was held yesterday in this town on the body of Phoebe Rose, a single woman, 18 years old, who had been missing since the 13th inst., and who was found in the canal on Thursday. Deceased was a rover in a factory, and sometime ago formed an acquaint ance witk Edward Wilkinson, a married man with five children. The result of their intercourse was the birth of a child, toward the support of which Wilkinson con tributed. Latterly the deceased evinced despondency, whether arising. from the consciousness of her impru dence, from the loss of employment, or from some other cause, does not clearly appear. On the evening of the 13th inst. she left home with her infant in her arms, and neither of them was afterwards seen alive. Last Mon day the body of the child was discovered in the same canal. The mother had lost her employment about four days before her disappearance, through the closing of the factory, and had then no moans of support. She left home with the child at seven o'clock, and did not mention to her sister where she was going, or whether she should return. The jury returned a verdict of "Found dead." A similar verdict had been previously returned in the case of the child. LATEST NEWS. THE CRIMEA. were re- The following telegraphic despatches ceived in Paris last night : MARSEILLES, DEC. 28. The packet from Trebisond has arrived at Con- stantinople bringing news of the 18th. At that date the Russian army was marching on Erzeroum and Redoubt-Kale; an attack against the Circassians had been vigorously repulsed with the assistance of a body of Turks, commanded by English officers. The army of Asia, notwithstanding this suc cess, is insufficient in strength, and has demanded reinforcements. The Sultan is about to send commissioners to re organise the army, and they will be accompanied by English and French officers. The Egyptian troops at Constantinople are about to leave for the Crimea. During the last month 14,000 men have left to reinforce the Allies in the Crimea. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 18. It is in contemplation to form a body of French and English police to prevent any distur bance during the continual movement of troops in this capital. The reinforcements of the Allies are concen- xating near Eupatoria, - where a camp of operations is being formed. The troops of Omer Pacha will be directed to- wards Perekop. CONSTANTINOPLE, DEC. 20. It is confidently asserted that the resolution has been adopted to storm Sebastopol as soon as the Turkish reinforcements come up. The French, it is said, are to storm, whilst the British and Turks attack Menschikoff, There is a report that Omer Pacha has written to the Sultan, making it a condition of his ac cepting the command, that he shall have two votes in the Council of War, in order to prevent his being outvoted by Lord Raglan , and General Canrober t. VIENNA, DEC. 28. A despatch from Warsaw announces that the Russian naval artillerymen taken out of the Baltic fleet had arrived at Sebastopol, and that to tlseir presence is due the recant precision of the fire from Sebastopol, as well as the new-found bold ness of the fleet. It is stated that the Russians are advancing in force to the Pruth. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. RECEPTION OF THE CORPS LEGISLATIF AT THE TUILERIES. Yesterday evening, at nine o'clock, Count de Morny, the President of the Legislative Corps, and the members of the bureau of that body, pro ceeded to the Tuileries with the bill relative to the loan of 500 millions, which had been voted in the course of tke day's sitting. The whole of the deputies accompanied these gentlemen, and all were assembled in the gallery of Diana, when the Emperor, followed by the great officers of his kousehold, and by his Ministers, entered. Count de Morny thee presented the bill to his Majesty, and spoke as follows : t‘ Sire,—l have the honour of presenting to your Majesty the bill concerning the loan, which the Legis lative Corps has this day voted unanimously. The whole of the deputies have accompanied the members of the bureau, in order to give, in the eyes of France and of Europe, a striking testimony of their devotedness to your person, and of the unlimited co-operation which Obey are decided to afford you. They have also desired that their President should place in your hands the ex pression of their sentiments for the English army and fleet, and their illustrious commanders, as well as the expression of their solicitude' and admiration for our own valiant land and sea forces.", _ The Emperor replied as follows : " The Legislative Corps has already given me so many proofs of its patriotism, that I cannot feel astonishment at the readiness with which it has voted fibs bill which is to insure to me the means of prose cuting the war with vigour. I thank you for the senti ments which you have just expressed to me through your President ; and I will direct my Minister of Foreign Affairs to transmit to the Government of the Queen of England the testimony of sympathy and grati tude of the Legislative Corps towards the English army and fleet, and their noble commanders. France, with the loyal and energetic co-operation of her allies, can await without disquietude the issue of the war in which she is engaged ; and relying on her valiant forces by sea and by land will know how to uphold the rank which is due to her in Europe." These words were received with the liveliest enthu siasm, and were followed by cries of " Vive l'Em pereur !" The deputies afterwards proceeded to the drawing-room of the Empress, and were per mitted to present their respects to her Majesty. The following is the report drawn up by Count de Morny, in the name of the committee charged to examine the bill on the loan : " Gentlemen, your committee, in accordance with the sentiments which you had manifested, assembled imme diately. It charges me unanimously to propose to you the adoption of the bill which accords to the Govern ment the authorisation to contract a loan of 500 mil lions, whilst leaving an entire liberty as to the manner of effecting the loan. Your committee is anxious that the enemies of France shall be well aware that the Emperor will find every heart determined to support him, and that the representatives of the country, the faithful interpreters of its sentiments, are ready to vote all the men and all the money that may be de manded from them, and will not recoil from any sacri fice. This war has been undertaken without any desire of conquest., or any feeling, of personal ambition on the part of the Head of the State ; the permanent in terests, of France, and all the traditions of her policy impose on her the duty of protecting a weak state against an unjust aggression. Tho Emperor has made the most sincere efforts to reconcile that duty with the maintenance 'of peace. Russia only responded to him by a blind obstinacy ; but thanks to the wisdom of our Sovereign and to his loyal, disinterested, and generous policy, France, who a short time back was alarming Europe by revolutions, has beheld the holy alliance of former times succeeded by another alliance, infinitely more holy because more just, against Russia. The loan which is proposed to you has appeared to your committee the most legitimate mode of meeting the expenses of the war. It will turn to useful account the savings and capital that can be disposed of ; and the funds, em ployed by the State, will soon again return to general circulation and reconstitute the capital of the country. If the amount of this loan is higher than that of last year, the circumstances in which it is to be contracted appear to us more favourable. Men's minds were then less familiarised with the idea of war. At present, according to the just expression of the Em peror, if it causes each heart to throb, it does not alarm men's interests. At that period, the adhesion of. Germany to the policy of the Western Powers was doubtful; at present it is a certainty. We are con vince d that this loan will be subscribed to with even mo re The eagerness and just confidence than the first one. Th destination of this loan will be besides the most power ful inducement to the subscription, for thelmPortant all the point at issue is to urge on this great war with Llliktehwei vigour ig° th u e r vigour of which France is capable—with a which is required for eventualsuccess. sufferings of our valiant army in the East must be re s e v edi; and the Emperor be p e rmitted to solicitudecontinue has the careful attentions with whichhiegli h Parliame n t, p rovident which enveloped our soldiers. The English assembled before us, has had the itsthe advantage o f antici pating us in the expression sympathie s f or our land and sea force. Your committee h as perceived with great satisfaction the unanimous desire of your bureaux to respond to that friendly demonstration, and to address to t h e E n glish army and fl eet and their illus trious commanders the warm thanks of the Legislative Corps, and its assurance of the most lively admiration • for the invincible courage of which they have given so many proofs. As to our own valiant soldiers, who share their dangers and their glory, they have merited well of their country. France is proud of them, and happy to behold thus cementing an alliance which is becoming the most precious guarantee of civilisation, and the most certain pledge of a lasting peace." The Moniteur announces that on account of the death of H.R.H. the Princess Caroline-Fredericka Willielmina of Hesse, sister of the Elector of Hesse, the Court has gone into mourning for three days— , namely the 29th, 30th, and 31st. The Minister of Marine has addressed a circular to the Maritime Prefects and other eminent lune- - tionarieSc of his department, stating that he has THE BALTIC FLEET, It will be interesting and useful to the friends of officers and men in the Baltic Fleet at this juncture to know where the several ships are sta tioned. The following are the Admiralty's ar rangements respecting them up to this day:— At Portsmouth—The Duke of Wellington, the James Watt, the Hogue, the Blenheim, the Impdrieuse, the Arrogant, the Penelope, the Locust (not arrived yes terday). At Devonport—The St. Jean D'Acre, the Princess Royal, the Nile, the CEesar, the Euryalus. At Leith—The Edinburgh, the Oruizer, the Archer, the Magicienne. At Woolwich—The Odin. At Sheerness—The Cressy, the Majestic, the Royal George, and the Amphion. At Hull—The Conflict, the Desperate. At North Shields—The Bulldog. At Cromarty—The Dragon, the Rosamond, the Basi , lick, the Vulture. At Harwich—The Driver. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEO. 29. The Marquis of Breadalbane, Lady Caroline Barring ton, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps, had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday. The Queen's Private Band attended after dinner. The Duke and Duchess of Nernours visited her Majesty to-day. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert and Sir William Moles worth. The council sat three hours and a half. The Marquis of Westminster had az interview with Viscount Palmerston yesterday, at the Horne•ofhce. The Freneh Ambassador had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the Foreign•ofhce. Mr. William Strachey had an interview on Thursday with Viscount Palmerston. MR. PETO'S NAVVIES FOR THE CRIMEA, TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN. Sir,—Will you permit me, through your columns, to inform your correspondent, " Who knows the Mersey well," that the Wildfire, with the navvies, left the Mer sey on the 23d instant, and on the 25th was off the Saltees (coast of Ireland), proceeding favourably. From this position, with the wind at W.N.W., she had a favourable start, and, as the wind has been northerly ever since, there is no doubt by this time she is well on her way to Gibraltar. With reference to the steamers employed in this service, they are not small steamers, but large carrying vessels, between 500 and 800 tons, nearly all new and of good power ; and there is no doubt of their making a good passage. As to their not being able to " sheer" in bad weather, they are not intended to sheer, but to proceed straight on their course, as no doubt they will do. With reference to sending the men and material by railway via Marseilles, a moment's reflection will con vince any one of the impracticability of such a scheme ; for without taking into account the length of time and enormous expense that would be incurred in conveying six thousand tons of material from various parts of England to Calais, thence sending them by rail to Mar seilles, they would there have to await the arrival of the steamers from England to convey the same to Balaklava; for it is well known there are no available ships at Marseilles for such a purpose—this alone would lengthen the voyage by several hundred miles, besides a great waste of time, labour, and expense.—Yours, &c., ONE WHO KNOWS THE WAY TO BALAKLAVA• December 29, 1854. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are enter. taming a select circle at his grace'•s splendid baronial seat Alnwick Castle. We understand that Messrs. Jones Loyd and Co., with their usual liberality, have made their clerks a Christmas present of I,oooi. THE MONEY MAEKET.—The demand for money, which has rapidly increased during the present week, was yesterday particularly active, large amounts con tinuing to be discounted at the Bank •f England. There is nevertheless, every appearance that all the engage ments consequent upon the close of the year will be well THE NEW FRENCH LOAN.—It is stated that English applications are to be entertained for the new French loan, and tha` endeavours will be made by several houses to form lists on this side to the amount altogether of about 3,000,0001. THE PIONEER.—This new steamer •f 800 tons register and 120-horse power, which was to leave on Monday with a mail for the Cape of Good Hope, has been taken up by the Government for the Black :Sea. The steam-packet of the Messageries Imperiales Louqsor, which arrived at Marseilles on the 28th inst., last from Constantinople, contributed on the 24th to as sist the English transport Arabia, which had left Mar seilles with troops, and went ashore during the night at the Faro (at the entrance of Messina). The Arabia, not having suffered any injury, was able to continue her voyage to the Crimea. CAPTAIN COLLINSON'S EXPEDITION.—We hear that Captain Collinson, in the Enterprise, has arrived at Hong Kong from the Arctic Regions. The celebrated Swedish sculptor Fogelberg, died on the 11th inht. at Trieste. The French ship Fleurus arrived at Toulon on the 28th December, bringing 410 military passengers from Al giers.— Pi eneh. Paper. On Christmas-day the musicians of the chapel of the AlMpelPse executed at the Tuileries an unpublished mass of M. Auber, which produced a great effect. Their Majesties complimented M. Auber on the success of his work. FUNERAL OF TILE LATE PRESIDENT OF MAGDALEN COLLEGE.—OXFORD, Dec. 29.—The funeral of the late lamented President took place this day in Magdalen College Chapel, and was on a grand and extensive scale, the number of followers amounting to upwards of 300. Monday next, the Ist of January, the new act, with respect to dogs drawing vehicles comes into operation. The provision extends to the whole of the United Kingdom. For the first offence, the penalty is not to exceed 40s. A Mr. Jackson has invented a method if expanding gas by the introduction of a platinum wire into the burners, which effects a saving of 17 to 25 per cent., while an equal amount of light is afforded. Italy has lost two of its most distinguished artists— the historical painter, Michael Ridolfi, of Lucca, and the director of the ducal manufactory of mosaics at Florence, Carle Sicies. BAGNALSTOWN AND WEXFORD RAILWAY.—The cere mony of turning the first sod of this intended line was performed on the 28th inst., by Lady Harriet Kava ❑agh, in the presence of a large assemblage of the neigh bouring gentry and peasantry at Borris, in the county of Carlow. NOTTINGHAM ALE FOR THE CRIMEA.—It is, we be lieve, anticipated that the Committee of Licensed Vic tuallers, which has been formed in Nottingham for the purpose of providing a present of Nottingham ale for ear gallant troops in the East, will succeed in getting together at least fifty tuns of " stunning stingo." It is intended that the whole quantity shall be sent off by rail on New Year's Day.—Nottingharn Review. RELEASED RUSSIAN PRISONERS.—The crew of the Atlantic (lately condemned as a legal prize, and still in Leith Docks) were released from the receiving ship for Russian prisoners on Thursday, having volunteered to serve on board ships chartered from London for Australia and China. The Crew of the Atlantic, 13 in number, have left with an excellent character.—Edin burgh Courant. NORTH BRITISH AUSTRALASIAN COMPANY.—A meet ing of shareholders in the North British Australasian Company was held yesterday, but in consequence of the non-arrival of the accounts the proceedings were of a formal nature. A general statement of the directors was read, and they were re-elected until the adjourned meeting appointed for April next. It was stated that according to the deed of settlement it is compulsory to hold the meetings in December, which has been attended with considerable inconvenience, and to obviate which certain alterations in the deed will be proposed at the next meeting. MARIQUITA AND NEW GRANADA MINING COMPANY. A. meeting of proprietors in the Mariquita and New Granada Mining Company was held yesterday for the puf pose of considering and adopting the report of Mr. Gower, and to devise the best means of raising capital to purchase the Purima Mines. A very stormy discus sion ensued, which ended in taking a ballot whether the report should be received. The shareholders present having voted, Monday and Tuesday next were named as the days to complete the balloting, immediately after which the result will be announced. Sir J. Maxwell, Bart., of Pollock, has generously offered to the Government a contribution of 500 tons of coal for the use of our brave fellow-countrymen in the Crimea ; and, pending the decision of the Government in the matter, he has ordered 50 tens to be shipped by the Cicero, about to sail for Balaklava, to be placed at the disposal of Sir Colin Campbell for the special behoof of the Highland Brigade: MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA AND THE CAPE.—The mercan tile community and the public generally may be ser viceably reminded that the next mail for Australia will be despatched from Liverpool by the Lightning, on the sth January ; letters must be posted in London on the 4th proximo. The steamer Pioneers, which was ap pointed to take a mail on Monday next for the Cape of Good Hope, has been taken up by Government, and will be despatched to the Black Sea. She will, conse quently, not proceed with the Cape mails. It is, how ever, intended that they shall be taken out by the Lightning above referred to. ACCIDENT TO THE BISHOP OF PETERBOROUGH. — The Bishop of Peterborough met with a severe accident, which broke a small bone in one of his arms, while performing divine service in the cathedral on the morn ing of Christmas-day. His lordship was proceeding_ to the altar to assist in the communion service, and in v_wawlaks ing up the steps he caught his foot against a ba ss an was leis precipitated to the floor. The acute pain caused se rvlordshipservice, was to sswoon.soon at his Dr. side Paley,to render w how in his power. The bishop, however, h as not received any very serious injury, and he is favou rabl y progressin g towards recovery, ss.le s t„ l a a l s t the attendinga decided that donations destined for the fleet in Black Sea, which may be made in the 5 military ports and at Nantes, Bordeaux, Havre, and Mar seilles, shall be deposited with the Commissaire des Approvisionments, and that those from the interior of the country may be sent free of expense to the Ministry of the Marine at Paris. All the donations made will, he adds, be classified and forwarded to their destination. Letters from Toulon state that the 7th and Bth divisions are, with the exception of one brigade of the latter, now embarked and at sea for the Crimea. It is positively affirmed that this Government will have 100,000 men there. It is also certain that Omar Pasha has received the order to proceed to the Crimea, probably Eupatotia, and that he will have 30,000 men under his command. The order has been positively transmitted to him. - A review of the whole of the army of Paris, by the Emperor, will take place to-morrow, at one o'clock, in the Place du Carrousel. BOURSE, DEC. 29.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. tr. c. End of Month. 41 per Cents 92 90 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 67 67 5 Credit Mobilier 730 Roman Credit Foncier 545 Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese B6 Homo Debt RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. - tr. c. fr. c. Orloans ... 1,155 Lyons Western 620 50 Rouen 982 50 Cette Mediterranean B5O Havre 5249 Northern AUSTRIA. Despatches from Vienna state that at the 410n ference held in that capital on the 28th notes were exchanged between the representatives of the three Allied Powers, defining the sense in which their Cabinets understood the four points proposed as conditions of peace. Prince Gortschakoff, it is understood, demands time to obtain the instructions of his Government. Another despatch, of the same date, says :--"At this moment, two p.m., a conference is being held at the hotel of the English Embassy, between Prince Gortschakoff, Count Buol, Baron de Bour quency, and Lord Westmoreland." PRUSSIA. THE LATEST DIPLOMATIC DELUSION.' BERLIN, Friday.—The Prussian despatch of the 19th, addressed to the Cabinets of London and Paris, announces an agreement with the views of the Western Powers (1) ; and offers, in the terms of a special arrangement, conformably with the parti cular position of Prussia, to unite with them in urging a settlement of existent difficulties. RUSSIA. A letter from Odessa, of the 19th, states from the Crimea, 17th, that General Osten Sacken had already assumed the command at Sebastopol. A correspondent at St. Petersburg, wirtes to the Constitutionnei, 19th : "Nothing can be more strange in the midst of the gravity of the present state of things than the recital of balls, receptions, and ceremonies of all kinds which take place in our provincial towns during the passage of troops through them. In the government of Sa•nara, for in• stance, the passage through the capital of that province of a regiment of Baskirs, under the command of Colonel Bileffzeff, was signalised by a most ridiculous fete. The Miissulmans, who are animated by the hope of murder and pillage, were invited to a municipal banquet, where, not knowing hew to use the knives and forks, they put them in their pockets, in order, AS they said, to study the use of them. The entertain ment terminated by a ball, at which the rations o brandy which had been distributed to them by the town, in which the governor made them drink toasts in honour of the Czar, while the band played the Boechekrans Crary (God protect the Czar). The most incredible scenes took place. Let it not be supposed that Europe is in possession only of the terrible Minid carbines. The Abeille du Nord has just discovered that the Taoutes, in Kamschatka, fire as well and at as long a range as the Chasseurs de Vincennes. Fresh corps of Baskirs will be brought forward, and soon, perhaps, the regiment of francs-tireurs of the Imperial family will find themselves in company with a band of Yaoutes, Tungauses, and other Zibeline hunters, before whom the inhabitants of the Western pro►inces of the Empire will do well to hide their cats, their horses, and other domestic animals, even to the rats themselves, because to these men they are so many delicacies." TURKEY. It is known that the construction of a church all Scutari, in Albania, has been authorised by a re cent resolution of the Ottoman Porte. The follow ing are the principal passages of the finnan addressed on this occasion to the Mussulman functionaries, of the Pachalic • "The Catholic population of the town of Scutari haviog implored my Imperial permission to build a church in the interior of the city in which they might perform Divine service, I have issued in writing this sacred order granting that permission. It is useless to call to mind that the tranquillity and welfare of the sub jects of my Sublime Porte are one of the dearest objects of my Imperial solicitude. I have, therefore, issued an order emanating from my Imperial Divan, relative to the permission for building the said church. As soon as all of you, Governor Naib and Mufti, shall be ac quainted with this Imperial order, take care that no one opposes the construction of this church in a convenient spot, and also take care that not a farthing be taken from the Catholics for that purpose. Know this and obey this Imperial sign. Done in the middle of the sacred month of Zelhedj6, in the year 1270 (September, 1354). " ABD-lIL-MEDJID." "At Vienna on the 2d," says the Constitutionnel, "accounts had been received of the arrival at Con stantinople of Omer Pacha, accompanied by Co lonel Men. IC was generally thought that he had not accepted the command in chief of the Turkish army in the Crimea, except on the express condition that his troops should assume the offensive against the Russians, and that they should not remain in a state of inaction incompatible with the conditioa of the Turkish army, and that the Turkish soldiers should not be employed like day labourers in the service of the English, which is incompatible with the dignity of the brave defenders of Silistria." GREECE. The Moniteur gives the following extract of the speech of the King of Greece on opening the session of the Greek Chambers : " Well-knoWn circumstances, accompanied by de plorable acts, have for some time past led to the interruption of friendly relations with a neighbour ing State, and thus occasioned sensible losses to the commercial interests of the two Governments. My Government has never ceased to apply itself ac tively to the re-establishment of these relations, and we hope that, with the sincere and kind cu•opera tion of tha great powers the allies of the neighbouring State, whose noble and generous sentiments in favour of Greece have so strongly manifested themselves, our desires will be happily fulfilled. In presence of the for midable struggle which has broken out in the East, considerations of a superior order, founded on the manifest interests of the nations, as well as on the sentiments of gratitude which are due to friendly powers, have dictated to us a declaration of the strictest neutrality. In firmly adopting this system, we will neither permit nor tolerate any act contrary to the honour and true interests of the country. We keep up friendly relations with all the powers, without forgetting that the great interest of rising Greece is to draw from the very sources of European civilisation all the benefits that result from it for society." SPAIN. The Madrid journals of the 24th have arrived. The Espana complains of the long time occupied in transmitting by telegraph the quotations of the Paris Bourse, but says that the fault lies with the French and not the Spanish lines. The same journal says :—" At Cadiz on the Bth, the solemn inaugu ration of the Church of San Francisco took place. The edifice was saved from certain ruin and has been restored to public worship by the efforts of the English Ambassador, Lord Howden, whose enthusiasm for the arts, and whose noble protection o f them, are well known in Spain." The 24th being Sunday, the Stock Exchange was not open. We learn from Jassy that on the 10th the Rus sian General, Prince Gortschakoff, notified to the Government of Moldavia that the frontier of Bess arabia was closed, and that the quarantine esta blishments would be replaced by a military cordon. A Berlin letter of the 26th, says :—" It is posi tively stated that all the efforts made by Prussia to induce the small German States tip allow them selves to be represented at the Great Exhibition of Paris by the Prussian Commissioner have com pletely'failed. Each has resolved to have a com missioner of its own." By decision of the Government of Electoral Hesse the export of horses from that country is prohibited until further orders. CRIMEAN ARMY FUND.—In consequence of a commu nication received a few days since from the Earl of El lesmere, the chairman of this fund, addressed to the Mayor of Maidstone, his worship convened a public meeting, which was held in the town-hall on Thursday. It was attended by several of the clergy of the town, the members of the corporation, and many ladies. Th e Mayor, 11. Simmonds, Esq., stated the object of the meeting, and read the letters he had re cei ved, when Sir W. B. Riddell, the recorder of the borough, and others warmly espoused the objects in view, and resolutions were passed, in which the ladies of the town and neigh bourhood were requested to co-operate in providing the articles so much needed by our troops. J. M onc kt on , Esq., town clerk, was a ppointed hon. secre t ary . S evera l gums of money were pubscribed izz the- room. w i -. I, ( ' 4: • .f. '.., $ . , i y, . .. .q. - . 3 • , _ i.. , = . ..„=.... r --: , . 0 .... , i . . , 0 t . , 1 If i l i i i 4,' ~. ..' l l '.. . . 1 . ~.;• t. ,. : d. ; P - : ' A i 1 , • i 14 ' I • l • .;, A ' 1 ' .. 1 : 4 • , t ).% ( i '• 1, ii 1= 1 1 , ' ; . o t, I t 1 . , ; ' !. , 1.., i r ~ , *. .` Y r , , ~., i, i .t. s,; t ' _., t i.. , r. , ;t ~+', J ;-.