The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-26 00:00:00

trbtrti ISbittott. SUN OFFICE, Seven o'Clock. THE LONDON GAZETTE. (THIS EVENING.) FORRIGN-OFFICE, Die. 26. The Earl of Clarendon has received from her Majesty's Ambassador at the Court of France a copy of a Nets ad dream& to his Excellency by M. Dronyn de Lhuys, Minis ter for Foreign Affairs, on the 19th instant, of which the following is a translation : M. L'AMBASSADBUB,—I have had the honour to receive the letter by which your Excellency wa s good enough to oemmanicate to me the identic Resolutions adopted by the two chambers of the British Parliament in their session of 19th instant. The thanks voted to our army an d to cur fleet, as well as to their commanders, could not but deeply affect the Government of the Emperor. The thoughts of his Imperial Majesty are directed with unceasing solicitude to the scene of the contest in which the Allied armies are engaged ; it is , there f o re, with the ut mos t satis faction that he observes the esteem which the soldiers of the two countries mutually entertain for each other in creased by the courage and perseverance which they dis play in the service of one and the sa me cause . Th e Go vernment of the Emperor especially congratulates itself at perceiving in the vote of the Parliament, an evidence of the intimate union which, connecting together the policy o f France and England, blends also i n one an d the same expression the encomiums to which glorious efforts and toilsome labours so justly entitle the two armies and the two fleets which the two countries have sent to share the same perils and the same fatigues.—Receive, &c., Paris, Dec ,, 19, 18 (Signed) DBOUYN DB DOTS. 1. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DEC. 23. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Augustus Kaufmann as Consul at Melbourne for the Bing of Hanover. _The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. Edward Frstzscher as Consul at Melbourne for the Grand The Queen has also been pleased to approve of Mr. J. Binns Were as Consul at Melbourne for the Free Hanseatic City of Lubeck. FOREIGN-OFFICE, DE°. 26. The Queen has been pleased to approve of M. Antoine Pyschari as Consul-General in London for the Sublime Ottoman Porte. DOWNING-STREET, DIC. 23. The Queen has been pleased to appoint Nathaniel Jones Pile and Nathaniel Forte, Esqs., to be Members of the Council of the Island of Barbadoes. Her Majesty has also been pleased to appoint Frederick Palgrave Barlee, Esq., to be Colonial Secretary for the colony of Pesters Australia, and John Henry Finaiss, Esq., to be Receiver of Registration Dues and Conservator of Mortgages for the Island of Mauritius. WAR, OFFICE, DEC. 26. Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards.—Lieutenant Wil liam T. Markham, from the Rifle Brigade, to be Lieute nant and Captain, by purchase, vice Wilson, promoted; Ensign and Lieutenant Michael Walker Heneage, to be Lieutenant and Captain, without purchase, vice Eliot, killed in action, Dec. 23 ; Lieutenant Lord Eustace Henry Brownlow Gascoyne Cecil, from the 88th Foot, to be Lieu tenant and Captain, without purchase, Dee. 26. Scots Fusilier Guards—Ensign and Lieutenant Arthur M. H. G. Gregory to be Lieutenant and Captain by pur chase, vice Thislethwayte, whose promotion, by pur chase, on the 15th inst., has been cancelled, Dec. 26. To be Lieutenants and Captains without purchase—Ensign and Lieutenant George Grant Gordon, Ensign and Lieu tenant William, Viscount Enniamere, Ensign and Lieute nant James Rosa Farquharson , D ec. 26. To be Ensi g n and Lieutenant without purchase—John Paynter, Gent., Dec. 26. ADMIRALTY, DEc. 26. Erratum in the Gazette of the 22d Dec.—For Colonel Samuel Robert Wesley to be Deputy-Adjutant of Royal Marines, ic., read, Colonel Samuel Robert Wesley to be Deputy-Adjutant-General of Royal Marines, &a. ADMIRALTY, DEC. 20. Corps of Royal Marines—First Lieutenant John Yate Holland to be Adjutant, vice Cooke, promoted. COMMISSIONS SIGNED BY LORD-LIEUTENANTS. County of Buckingham—Major John Bent to be Deputy Lieutenant. Royal Bucks King's Own Militia—Edward Dew, Esq., Licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians of L ondon, to be Surgeon, vice Dr. Joseph Rose Holt, resigned. Bedfordshire Regiment of Militia—Welbore Ellis, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Sharpe, promoted, Dec. 21. let Regiment of the D uke of Lancaster's Own Militia — Lieutenant Thomas Hinde Thompson, to be Captain, vice Assheton, resigned; Ensign James Ruthven Elphinstone Gouldsbury to be Lieutenant, -vice Herford, promoted, Dec. 21; Myles Sandy!, Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec. 22. 3d Regiment of the Duke of Lancaster's Own Militia — George 'William Reade, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 20 ; Charles Goring Minuitt, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 21. 4th or Duke of Lancaster's Own (Light Infantry) Royal Lancashire Militia—Thomas Byron Whitehead, late Lieu tenant, to 'be Surgeon, Dec. 20. Hertfordshire Militia—Henry Grimstcn Hale, Gent. , to be Captain, Dee. 2:2 Royal Montgomery Ritiee—Samnel Thos. Cowie, Gent., to be Ensign, vice Rainier, appointed to the St. Helena Regiment, Dec. 23. Worcestershire Regiment of Militia—William Ternour Granville (late a Captain in the sth, the King's ' Regiment ' of Foot) to be Captain, vice de Rebeck, resigned ; Ensign George Williams to be Lieutenant, vice Walters, resigned; Roland Davies , Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Maned., resigned; Jonathan Cristian Thomas, Gent., to be En sign; Charles Stevenson, Gent., to be Ensign; Frederick Clifton, Gent., to be Ensign. Argyll and Bute Regiment of Militia—Colonel John Campbell, Unattached, to be Lieutenant-Colonel, Dec. 18. The West Essex Militia—Alexander Daniel Gilson, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 12. Warwickshire Militia—lst Regiment—William George Featherstone, Gent., to be Lieutenant; George Young, Gent., to be Ensign, Dec. 15. Aberdeenshire Regiment of Militia—The Right Honour able Alexander Fraser, Lord Saltonn, to be Lieutenant- Colonel-Commandant, Dec. 4. _ City of Edinburgh Artillery Regiment of Militia— George Roland, jun. Gent., to be Lieutenant, Dec- 7; Thomas Alexander Hill, Gent., Francis Montagne Smith, Gent., and John Macdougall, Gent., to be Ensigns, Dec. 22; homas Richardson Griffiths, Adjutant to said corps, to serve with the rank of Captain, Dec. 23. let Regiment of King's Own Staffordshire Militia— , Colour-Serjeaut Thomas Oswell to be Ensign, Dec. 18. King's Own Rifle Regiment of Staffordshire Militia — John Maurice Foster, Esq. ' to be Captain ; Assistant ' Surgeon Edward Waddington, late Essex Rifles, to be Surgeon, vice Ashwell, resigned, Dec. 18. Queen's Own Royal Regiment of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry—Lieutenant Thomas Chawner to be Captain, vice Scott, resigned ; John Coltman Davenport, jun., Esq., to he Captain, vice Ackers, promoted, Dec. 21. BANKRUPTS. _ si Edward Jenner Stannard, wine merchant, Trinity. square, Tower-hill, to surrender, Jan. 1, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 10, at two, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nicholson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Ashurst, Son, and Morris, Old Jewry. Watson IlLemon, painter, Bridge-honserplace, Newine. ton-causeway, ASurrey, Jan. 1, at half-past eleven, and Feb. 16, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Nichol son, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Rose, Salisbury street, Strand. Edward Wright, draper, Welwick, Holderneas, York, Jan. 10, and Feb. 7, at 12, at the Leeds District Court. Carrick, official assignee ;:Wells and Smith, Hull. Francis George Ekins, watchmaker and j ewe ll er , Green wich, Jan. 4, at two, Feb. 8, at one, at the Court of Bank. ruptcy. Bell, official assignee, Coleman-street-buildings Wealle and Berkeley, Fleet-street. Henry Savill, grocer, Colchester, Jan. 3, at half-past twelve, and Feb. 7, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Stansfeld, official assignee; Abell, Horsferry - road, West minster ; Jones, Colchester. John Evans, bookseller, Exeter, Jan. 4 and Feb. 1, at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzel, official as signee, Exeter ; Terrell, Exeter. Samuel Tyler, innkeeper, Denham, Buckingham, Jan. 5, at eleven, and Feb. 1, at one, at the Court of Bankr u p tc y . Johnson, official assignee, Basiaghall-street ; Spicer, Staple inn. Thomas Standen, general dealer, Goudkurst, Kent, Jan. 4 and Feb. 8, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Johnson, official assignee, Basinghall-street ; Parker, St. Paul's-churchyard ; or Hinds, Goudhurst, Kent. Charles Maidlow, builder and auctioneer, Adelaide terrace, Westbeurne-grove, Jan. 9 and Feb. 2, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Edwards, official assignee, Sambrook-court ; J. and J. H. Linklater, Size-lane. George B. Hussey, innkeeper, Plymouth, Jan. 8, and Feb. 5. at one, at the Exeter District Court. Hirtzell, official assignee, Exeter ; Gibson and M orro , Pl ymou th. Jane W arre n, haberdasher, Bristol, Jan. 10 and Feb. 6, at eleven, at the Bristol District Court. Acraman, official assignee, Bristol ; Bevan and Giffin, Bristol. r. John Hall, wharfinger and carman, Camden Town, Jan. 9, at half-past one, and Feb. 6, at one, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Graham, official assignee ; Smith and Son, Barnard's-inn, Holborn. John Hannell, tobacconist, Manchester, Jan. 6 and Feb. 1, at twelve, at the Manchester District Court, H erna . man, official assignee, Manchester ; Richardson, Bolton ; Cobbett and 'Wheeler, Manchester. Isaao Barton, grocer, Stafford, Jan. 4 and 27, at twelve, at the Birmingham District Court. Bittleston, official assignee, Birmingham; Hand, Stafford'; Motteram and Knight, Birmingham. COURSE OF EXI 'GE.- THIS DAY. Amsterdam 11 15%i Ditto, three months .. 11 17341 Rotterdam ............ 11 1734 , Antwerp 25 36 Brussels .... • ......... 25 30 Burnburgh ** 13 syi Aiwa& t &Tie . •. •. : : : : 25734 1 x tttu tie4 three months 25 321 , 4 B onrcles.ux • . • • • • • • • • • • • • 25 32X, B r elP "° . ; ... litu" n • e • 11714 Vienna Trieste 122 4544 Madrid Fetersburg .•••• So cadlZ ••••• • • • • ' ***** • • :Ott Barcelona Seville.. • • •• •• .• •. Gibraltar...... •• •••• • • Leghorn Genoa ......... ....... 25 524 Milan .. •• • • • • • • • • • • Venice........ • • Naples ••• ...... 43% Palermo ...... •• 1 30 % Messina ......... 130% Lisbon ...... •• 53 Oporto ................ i 3% Rio Janeiro Buenos Ayres.. •• • • •• •• New York, G 0 days' sight Philadelph!a PRICES OF BCLLICX, PER oz. Foreign Gold in Bars £3 17 9 Portugal Gold Coin 0 0 0 Mexican Dollars .... 0 0 0 billy Dollars .... • • 0 0 0 Silver la bars . .... 0 5 1% MARKET INTELLIGENCE, (Prom the London nic Price C urrent of this day.) al iritius have .xe SuG.in.—Since Friday shippers and horn, d eers taken several parcels of E ast India, forei gn and lla by private treaty, whilst th e rates obtained eea of this day week by is per cwt . those REFINED.—Home made goods are wanted ; supply i ,. less plentiful, and rates rule firm ; brown lumps at 42 8 6,:i to 435, and low to fine grocery, 431 to Os 6d. MOLA3SEB are much in request, and still on the advan ce , 5 " T 7 prices for low to fine West India rule from 17s 6,1 to ig; 4 - .. rr,--775,—,....6d, Cuba and Porto Rico ISs to 18s 6d. It'' .. 'i-';;;.• COFFEE.—There is more for +Native Ceylon, and , rood ..,,, ' o . rd cannot be obtained under . 45s 6d per cwt, Plantation° ti.2,...,..,. 4 _,.„ is wanted, and the rates obtained are rather above those ".;::-rsl," of Friday for better sorts. Fine Mocha wanted, und stiffer t , a . .*. prices are obtained. The market fur foreign coffee pre ' 1,..' , ! . 5.,;., seas a firm aspect. : :ZiA j t-, CocoA.—There are several buyers, and rates tend up ..,,,,:i ~, T. „ ., wards for fine sorts of West India. %4.-1. 1 4 till ' TU.—Public sales are declared, and there is a reltlo. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 26, 1854 LETTERS FROM THE CRIMEA. Camp 4th Division, Heights above Sebastopol, November 26. I cannot think that a letter from us in front of Sebas topol, giving an authentic account of the proceedings of the 63d Regiment since leaving England, will be un- welcome. We came out here in the Avon steam-ship, with two companies of the 46th Regiment. We were first landed at Sultan's valley, on the Asiatic side of the Bosphorus, about eight or ten miles from Conatan- tineple, where we were encamped for a week or two, and where we were also attacked by cholera, which carried off eight men in a few days. We re•embarked in the Avon, and had a stormy passage to Varna, where we arrived when the bay was crowded with the fleet ready to proceed on the great expedition. We called in company with it, cholera prevailing most extensively in almost all the ships, and landed in Kalamita Bay towards evening on the 14th, and were immediately bivouacked on the sea•beach. The night, as every one knows, set in wet and stormy, and we were of course exposed, without any shelter. But in some respects we were better off than regiments which had been earlier landed and pushed up the country, as the sand on which we lay was drier than mud or clay, and we had, besides, firewood in the shape of boats which were stranded and broken up amid the surf. We re mained in this bivouac until the evening of the 19th of November, the 63d having been left behind to reship the tents and other stores, which, after being landed, it was found impossible to carry with the army for want of transports—to place the sick in the boats, and to bury the dead—duties of a very fatiguing nature, under a hot sun, with want of water, and with the men's con stitutions impaired by sea voyage in an over-crowded transport. Our own sick accumulated fast, and our march to Alma was a scene of much suffering and dis tress. We were aware of the general action going on early in the morning of the 20th, and Brigadier Torrens, who marched with us, harangued us on the subject ; but though we did our best we did not reach the scone of action till nightfall, when we bivouacked close to Lord Raglan's tent, on the left side of the river. For miles before we reached the Alma we were lighted to our goal by the blaze of burning villages, and for more than half a mile before we got to the bridge evidences of the battle were manifold in numbers of dead horses, dead, dying, and wounded men. The next two days were spent in burying the dead and removing the wounded. I was sufficiently occupied with the sick. The difficulty of getting kansports was not very great, the only avail able kind being the commissariat waggons passing be tween the ships and the army, returning from the latter empty, and bringing up stores for the troops. In our march, which occupied the whole day and night, we were disturbed by alarms from the enemy. Officers generally had nothing more than they could carry on their backs, but we were a little more fortunate, as just before we left the beach a drove of Tartar ponies bees captured by the commissariat, and most of our officers ma naged to possess themselves of one. The commissariat sup plies were also liberal, and we passed through a rich coun try, where we eked out our rations with grapes, apples, potatoes, pumpkins, melons, chilies, onions, and deli cious honey. Since coming before Sebastopol on the 28th of September we have remained stationary, except shift ing our camp to the rear a little, as they were throwi.'ag shot and shell into our camp from the batteries and ship ping. Our duties were very heavy, as besides having to be constantly ready to turn out at a moment's notice by night or by day, the men are kept constantly at work in the trenches. We were engaged in that sanguinary battle of the sth November, when the regiment greatly distinguished itself, and where its loss was severe. Colo nel Swyny fell near the commencement, struck by a piece of shell on the right temple, close to the Russians, one barrel of his revolver being found to have been dis charged. His body was recovered without being robbed as most were, and we buried him near our General, Cathcart, and other officers who fell almost at the same time. He was the only mounted officer of the corps whose horse escaped. Ensign Clutterbuck and Ensign Twysden, carrying the colours, both fell. The former died instantaneously on the field, struck in the head ; the latter received a mortal wound, and lived in his tent most carefully attended by his servant (Kenny), fur some days. He was a gallant young fellow, and need not have been in the field that day, as he was on inlying picket. He carried the Queen's colours, which he uncased and unfurled, which doubtless :nade him a conspicuous mark, though he died from a shell wound. Captain Fairtlough was shot through the thigh, Adjutant Ben net through the leg, his horse shot under him. Lieu tenant Newingham, who left the sick-list that morning to be present, received a ball in his leg, wnich is still lodged ; Captain Harries was wounded in the foot by a splinter from a shell ; Ensign Morgan, very severely by a shell jin the leg ; Captain Harrison and Lieut. Johns, wounds slight. Almost every officer present was grazed, bruised, or had his clothes torn. The regiment was fairly among the Russians, charged like veterans, and when they turned pelted them with large stones. Poor Captain Curtois, towards the close of the action, when lying on the ground, was out nearly in two by a round shot. I spoke to him a few minutes before, and he was smoking as coolly as possible. He lived two hours, and died tuietly in his tent. Major Hon. Dalzell had a horse shot under him. Sergeant Hack proved himself a hero ; he was acting sergeant-major, the other being on the sick-list. Sergeant Brophy was shot through the thigh. Captain Macquarie, Ensign Bea.mish, ana sixty men have arrived ; and the 46th, 62(.1, and 97th Regi ments have also arrived, as well, as drafts from the Guards, 23d, 55th, 57th, and 68 1 1 ; these constitute re inforccments to about 4,000 men, and were wanted, as the army, originally too small, was reduced by at least 8,000 men, by disease and casualties. The winter will be, however, our worst foe. Our position here is so strong that the most overwhelre:ing force of the enemy can hardly dislodge us. had at Balaklava, I believe, but they are very scarce up here. I went for some tincture of opium just now, and they gave me a few drops in a quart bottle, the only one they had, I believe, and without any cork. I wear a flannel belt constantly round my stomach, and it is of the greatest service. I am going to try and get some sago or rice, as the salt meat does not agree with my interior. They say our second battalion is to come here, but it is only a report. Everybody thinks it will be a very long war, in whisk opinion I coincide. lam sure those who come out here fresh from the perusal of the " Romance of War" will find their vision of the delights of campaigning roughly cast to the ground ; for hero we have - a bloody war in its most harassing form of a lengthened siege, without any prospect of relief. As fast as we knock down one work, in the night as if by magic another springs up, and with their superiority of artillery and position at present it seems hopeless. We were relieved this morning in the trenches by the Fourth Division, very fortunately half an hour earlier than usual. I had not marched my company more than half a mile, when we suddenly heard a Russian cheer, followed up by a smart discharge of musketry ; the fight lasted about three-quarters of an hour, and we have not yet heard all the particulars. The Russians had ob served the time the covering parties in the trenches were relieved ; preparatory to which the advanced sen tries posted during the night are withdrawn. Taking advantage of this, and the very dark morning, they cra*led close and jumped suddenly into the trenches with a cheer. While the parties are being relieved there is always some confusion, and if we had changed guard at the usual time they would have done for us. Our men this morning were a little prepared for them, and, I believe, drove them back, for the Russians opened fire on them by guns—a sure sign the place was still ours. They have been bringing up our wounded, but I have not heard what the loss was. You will see more about it in the papers, for without we happen to be on the spot at the moment we never hear anything. We gather all the news from the English papers. The two Grand Dukes are in Sebastopol. Deserters came out two da ys ago ; they sa y th e t own i s we ll su pplied with provisions, water, &c. We can hear the bells ringing quite plainly and the dogs barking. Camp before Sebastopol, Nov. 30. The siege is still dragging its slow length along ; but, as far as I can see, without any prospect of immediate success. The weather has been very bad—nearly con stant rain—and the roads are in such a dreadful state that it is impossible even to bring up provisions from Balaklava, much less guns ; all •ur batteries are dis mounted or burst, and I do not think we have twenty in a serviceable condition. I was in the trenches the day before yesterday for day work. We parade at a quarter is five, and come off at seven; for night work we parade at a quarter to five, and come off at seven in the morn ing. We parade in the camps, and march down a mile and a half through a ravine, tilt we get under cover of the trenches. The road down is above the ankles in mud and wet, and we are always wet in the feet before we get there. The trenches are in very bad condition ; no attempt at draining, and the men haee to sit 12 hours in the wet. It is really shocking work for both men aid officers. They get wet through, have no dry things to put on, the tents leak, and they lie down in mud. The cholera has broken out again very badly ; 33 of our men have died in three days, and they are carrying others to the hospital fast. Most of them, indeed all, are those we brought out withus in the draft. It seems quite like murder sending fresh troops out to this climate at this time of the year. The 46th have lost 90 men the short time they have been out here, and the 62d seventy ; the 9th came from Malta two days ago, and they are knock ed up fearfully. The men are in such a state of despe ration that they say when going to the trenches, " They would rather be shot by the Russians than come back to die by inches." Lord Raglan expected to take the place at once and so, instead of making preparations to hut the men at once while there was wood, allowed it all to be burnt, and now the order is issued we hive no mate terials to work with, and I am afraid no means of trans port to bring up the wood for fuel, which they say is being sent from Sinope and Scutari. am giving you a gloomy picture of affairs out here, but not more than I think is justifiable by a careful consideration of all the pros and cons. As I said before, I was down in the trenches the day before yesterday, and I was watching the Russians for a long time ; their fire is undiminished, and they are working with the utmost spirit upon new batteries both outside the town and in the streets ; from their move ments I do not believe the stories you hear in England of their being in a state of desperation and starvation ; all the rocks and quarries near the town close up to our approaches are filled with their riflemen, who fire very sharp-pointed conical bullets from the Prussian needle gun ; the bullet has no sap, and carries, I think, farther than our own. They keep up a constant firing at any thing they may see, and often at nothing, but just on the chance of biting something, while our men lie coolly down, not trying to keep them under. Colonel Waddy of the 50th was Nearly hit, and he sent me forward with a file of men to try and drive them out of the quarry ; we had a stalking match, but the place was full of them ; every stone holds them ; so we could not do much. They sent a flag of truce to Lord Raglan in the evening, and stopped fir. for half an hour, but they soon went at it again. Every street in the town is trenched and barricaded with cannon behind, loaded with canis ter. The houses are each in the same way a citadel, so that when in the town cur labours will not be over, added to which this side is commanded by Forts Sava rino and Constantine; en the opposite side the shipping gives some annoyance, but till we can get the guns up from Balaklava, to make a battery at the Inkerman Valley, we shall not be able to touch them. We heard a rumour here of some French having landed at Eupatoria. I only hope it may be true, for the Russians draw in what stores and men they please by the northern side. They have an army still in our rear threatening Bala klava, and there was some firing in that direction last night. Thad a small attack of cholera yesterday, brought on I suppose by the change of living. We get nothing but salt meat and siscuit, and not too much of that. What is worse, the rem has been stopped for a day or two ; it is the only thing that keeps the men alive. I hope, after this, I shall become acclimatised. It is not very sold, but the raise is terrible ; nothing in the tents is dry. We awake in tie morning with our hair as wet as if it had been dipped in a bucket ; the top blanket is the same way from the evaporation. My bed has been ng stolen, but I get a stretcher from the hospital yesterday, which will raise me from the ground. This is certainly the dark side of war ; but I can only trust in God that we may all meet again either here or hereafter. It is such hopeless down which t o the neverm trenches co e s. ghlti ei work m an attackmarching gec to keep close, f or th e s h o t comes con tinually t eW i v n ee u r a y areil night about is, and we cannot hit them. The French are, I believe, getting on better, but th e y w ill no t be able to get in guns with the roads in the present state. I can't describe te you how bad theyare—two feet deep in clayey read, through which it would seem impos sible to drag the heavy ara.b . as. The w re t c h e d anim als fall dead in their harness—it is taken off, and they are left to putrify. They ought to set th ese rasca lly T ur k s to mend them, viiich might easily be done, as under the clay there is plery of capital stone. They are, I am sorry to say, broging more of those brutes into the Crimea, which cakes more mouths to feed without being of any use. We have been favoured with the following interesting letter from the seat •of war. The writer, who is assis tant-paymaster of the 2d Battalion Rifle Brigade, is brother of Mr. 'Fr. B. Ablitt, tobacconist, of Colchester : " Still the Heights of Aloack, Nov. 3, 1854. es My dear Mother, —I thought by this time to have addressed my leters from Sebastopol, but the Russians still hold out, and I fancy the Commander of the Forces will not fire upon. the town until he has tried every plan, as the Russian commander refused to send the women and children out, although Lord Raglan offered to send them under escort to the interior of the country. Up to the present time the Allies have confined their fire to the forts, shipping, snd Government buildings, which they have nearly destroyed. The loss on our side has been very little—about 3l killed and 60 wounded. This is the 17th day of the bombardment. Their loss must have been fearful, as we have near 290 guns firing continually, and the noiseis tremendous. Oar armies have had several engagements lately. On the 25th ult. the Russian army attacksd our rear, but were repulsed with loss ; we also suffered severely in cavalry-483 men and horses. Os the 27th an army, estimated at 12,000, tried to leave Sebastopol at night. Our pickets discovered them, but let them goi close under our guns, and then opened fire. It is calculated they lost in thirty minutes killed and wounded, 3,000 men. There were 753 on one little fill, all dead, close to our division. Is it not dreadful bat such scenes should take place through the ambition 9f one man ? But the day of retribution will surely cone to him. His soldiers are slaves, and in many instances chained to the guns to make them fight. A great riany have given themselves up to our men. They jump from the batteries at night, and run into our lines. The nights are getting very cold, but we (the staff) marage to make ourselves comfortable. We have a tent, and have dug a deep trench round, and mach a fire-place with chimney and every thing conplote. I am very successful at candle-making : cut up in old stocking and dip it in the fat from our meat—capital candles, but do not burn very steady, in conseanence of the salt. Our clothing is in rags. I am jut about trying my hand at trousers makin g from an old banket, but I suppose we shall get some clothing soon. Ssme speculatingipeople have arrived with provi sions, bat the prices are or will be to English people fabu lous. Bitter 55., bad cheese 45., and soap 2s. per pound, a flannel shirt 1/. 105. and V., worsted socks Bs. per pair ; boots, et. 4s. ; but there is one thing in our favour—we can wear what we like ; seine make shirts frOm biscuit bags. lam pretty well off for under-clething. I feel certair that the place must soon fall. I believe our regiment is to return to England with the first ; I shall be very glad. Thank God my health continues very good ; we have very little sickness in camp at present — a fess suffering from fever brought on by exposure. Our regiment has suffered fearfully. We came from England 950 rank and file ; we have now only SGO effectise men 1 390 dead or sent away unfit for service, or ill h camp. • • ' • "I am almost ashamed of my letters, but I have such very bad tools. This paper I obtained yesterday from the French camp ; they are much better situated in every respect than ourselves. I was invited to dine with the Chasseurs yesterday, but was unable to leave, as we are not allow,rl away from (mow after dark You would, I thick, cdanre my api.ear.ince when I take a usaik with a large sword by my side arid a brace of horse pistols in my bolt. I have no duty whatever to perform, and scarcely know how to spend my time, as we are not allowed to bring our accounts into the field. " CgstAbitAl ADLITT e '.: . NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE. The Nile, 91, screw, arrived at Portsmouth from the Baltic, and brought up inside the Nab light-vessel. The Princess Royal was taken out of No. 1 dock at Devonport on Saturday morning, and is complete. The St. Jean d'Acre is to be fitted to receive some horses. The Malacca, steam-sloop, Captain Hißyer, which put back on Saturday morning, having her engine disabled, was brought into Plymouth on Sunday morn ing. To facilitate the work, a new eccentric band is required. The time to make good her defects will be about five days. The Firefly, transport, having been lightened, sailed again yesterday, with ordnance stsres, for the Black Sea.. The foremast of the Monarch has been found defec tive, and will be obliged to be taken out for further examination. The Devon, lighter, Rowett, master, with bread, from the Royal William Victualling yard, for Queenstown, put back on Saturday night, having been caught in the gale in the Irish Channel. She was obliged to lay to for many hours, during which time she shipped much water, some of which reached the cargo. . . The Clyde, iron screw chartered steamer, at Ports mouth, is in perfect readiness to receive troops onboard. Yesterday the Oscar transport, laden with ordnance stores, left Deal for the Crimea. DEVONPORT, Sunday.—ln the Sound—The Calcutta, Euryalus, and Libertas, transport. In Harbour—The Impregnable, Royal William, Monarch, St. Jean d'Acre, Princess Royal, Cisar, Exmouth, Porcupine, Malacca, Cossack, Belleisle ; Nix and Salamander, Prussian gun boats ; Sylph, Avon, Nautilus, and Confiance. Ia Ha nioaze—bevon and Rochester, lighters. INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS. At the annual general meeting, the annual report of the retiring council was read, and the meeting proceeded to the election of the president,. Tice-presidents, and other members of the counoil for the ensuing year, after which the medals and premiums that had been awarded were presented. _ _ The leading events of the political world and partial.- larly the occurrence of war, were alluded to, as having tended to arrest the progress of civil engineering works, whilst, OR the ether band, the mechanical engineers had found ample employment in supplying engines, ma chinery, yeeisels, tools, and stores of all kinds for the use of the army, the navy, and the mercantile service. The fact of the aid of civil and mechanical engineers being so ex tensively sought for, in conjunction with the army and navy, was alluded to, and the cases in which their combined eflorts,had conduced so essentially to mutual benefit were shown. Allusion was also made to the novel expedient of sending out a corps of "navvies" and other artisans to lay, as it was expressed, " the first section of the railway, from Sebastopol, to St. Petersburg." The production of the Lancaster rifled cannon, and of the wrought iron ordnance, by engineers, and the investi gation for the Government, by a member of the institu tion, into the manufacture, boring, and firing of rifles, were noticed. The few large works of civil engineering now In pro gress in Great Britain were then mentioned, and the im petuous onslaught of the Home Secretary upon the smoke and other nuisances of the metropolis was noticed, with the view of directing to those points, as also to the general sanitary questions and to the sewerage of the me. tropolis, the attention of civil engineers, whose advice would be found trustworthy, and who would discrimi nate between sound systems and the nostrums and base less schemes which were now igncirantly thrust forward. The extensions of the feeding mains of the principal companies to points high up the river, beyond the influence of the tidal range, and, in two cases, the removal of the entire establishments, in order to afford almost unlimited supplies of the best water for domestic purposes, was noticed ; and it was pointed out, that it was now only necessary to afford such an ample sup ply of water, at a sufficent elevation on the north side of the metropOlis, as would enable the sewers to be constantly flushed, and that their contents should be delivered at positions, so low down the Thames, as to preclude the necessity for the mechanical lifting of the sewage, excepting for a limited area, and for those portions under high water, and thus the noble l i metropolitan river might be rendered as pure as was practicable for a stream flowing amidst habitations, and necessarily subject to some degree of pollution. A. slight sketch was given of the progress of railways on the Continent, in the colonies, in America, and, in feet, throughout the world, and in every quar ter members of• the institution were to be found earnestly pursuing their calling. On the conti _ nest the main lines were being extended, so as to bring the chief capitals of Europe within a few hours' journey of our metropolis, whilst the electric telegraph, acconipanied and frequently preceded the lines, for that more rapid communication which had now become indispensable in mercantile, political, and social relations. In Egypt, and in India, portions of the main lines were in use. In the colonies small local lines were at work and large schemes were projected. In Canada the Grand Trunk Railway was noticed, as being fraught with great commercial and political importance ; the great work on its course—the Victoria bridge—was described as spanning the St. Lawrence, at Montreal, by a wrought-iron tubular structure of, including the abutments and embankments, nearly 9,000 feet in length employing for its manufacture 1Q,400 tons of iron. The Norwegian and Danish railways, recently opened,' were described, as also the preparations made at Lowe stoft for the eficouragement of the trade with those coun tries. The railways in the U.S. of America appeared not• to have taken any great extension during the past • year, although the project of extending a line on towards California had been favourably received. - The successful opening and subsequent progress of the Crystal Palace at Sydenham was noticed ; and it was shown that in the" projection, the prosecution, and the support of this great work, many of the members bad been actively engaged • and the same energetic aid was asked for the approaching " Exposition" at Paris, in 1855 ; the Council had given their best aid to the Go -vernment in the matter, and it was specially impressed on members to send only such models and specimens of work and machinery as should sustain the high charac ter of the British engineers and manufacturers. A sketch of the statistics of railways in Great ,Britain was then given. It was also represented how essentially the civil engineers could contribute to the investigations of antiquaries and arelimologists, by im mediately reporting to the Antiquarian Society the finding of any. objects during the course of excavations, and by transmitting the objects found to that society, for a report, before depositing them in the national col lection of the British Museum. • Sketches were then given of the subjects of the principal papers read during the past session, for part of which Telford medals had been, awarded to Mtssrs Beardmore, Henderson, Smith, Hobbs, and Yates ; and Council premiums 'of books to Messrs. Harrison, Clark, Simpson, jun., Peniston, and Chadwick, which, in the course of the evening, were duly presented ; the President noticing the advantages to be anticipated from the . examination, by Mr. Henderson, of the great steamers and other large vessels of the present day ; alluding, also, to that now building by Mr. Scott Russell, under the direction of Mr. Brunel, T.P. ;—the valuable inquiries opened by Mr. Harrison's view of the state of the drainage of the district south of the Thames ;—Mr. Beardthore's and Mr. Peniston's ac count of the works of improvement on the Lea, and of a tunnel on a railway ;—Mr: Pigott Smith's Paper on Macadamising the streets of towns ;—Mr. Simpson, jun., on the smoke question ; and Mr. Chadwick on water meters; all subjects of importance in a sanitary point of view ;—Mr. Clark's description of the novel mode of propulsion exhibited by the Enterprise, in tended especially for the Deep Sea Fishing Company ; —Mr. Hobbs; on locks, eulogising particularly the honesty of purpose, and the temperate enunciation of startling facts exhibited in the communication ; and Mr. Yates's Paper on the Decimal Coinage, &c., in the investigation of which much industrious research had been shown. Numerous valuable presents of books, maps, charts, &c., were announced, as also the presentation of the por trait of another Past-President, Mr. Joshua Field ; special allusion was made to the bequest of the late Mr. B. L. Vulliamy, Assoc. Inst. C.E., of a large and very valuable collection of works on horology, second only to the collection in the library of the Clockmakers' Company. The thanks of the meeting were unanimously given, with a vote of condolence to the family, on the loss they, in common with all his friends, had sustained, in the decease of Mr. Vulliamy. The past year had witnessed extraordinary mortality among the members ; the decease- of two honorary members, nine members,and nine associates being record ed. Among them were the first honorary secretary of the institution—a distinguished Prussian Minister— some very old and well-known members and associates —as also some younger men who promised to become ornaments to the profession—and an associate member of Council (Mr. C. Geach, M.P.), well-known and es teemed by all the institution, as one of those ener getic, enterprising men, who gave vitality to every spe culation in which they engaged, and who, by the up rightness of their transactions, and the justness of their views, upheld, worthily, the credit of the British capi talist and manufacturer. The great mortality in the Royal and other societies was also noticed, and allusion was made to the intelli gence, brought by Dr. Rae, of the melancholy fate of Sir John Franklin and his devoted companions, martyrs tto the cause of science, and the meeting was called upon to unite with the eouncil in the expression of sorrow for the sad termination of the career of a man who was equally distinguished by his devotion to his duty as an officer, his enthusiasm in the prosecution of scientific research, and his general public and private worth ; and as a parallel case exhibiting the devotion and the noble sense of duty of the officers of the British Army, the case was cited of that "noble old man," the-late Co lonel Moore, who on the event of the burning of the vessel bearing towards the Crimea part of the 6th Dra goon Guards, "with none of the excitement of action, or of the glory and enthusiasm of the battle-field to animate him, faced, in cold blood, the most terrible death that man could meet, and refused to leave the burning ship, while any of his men were alive upon it." The decease announced were Messrs. Aikin (the first Honorary Secretary) and Peter Christopher Wilhelm Beuth, Honorary Members ; Edmund Scott' Barber, George Watson Buck, John Donkin, Alexander Easton, Henry Fowler, Daniel Pinkney Hewett William Rad ford, Willi am St uar t, an d J ames Trabshaw, Members ; John Armstrong, Charles Geach, M.P., Nathan Gough, Benjamin Louis Vulliamy, Alderman William Thomp son, M.P., Colonel John Neave Wells, R.E., Lieut.- Colonel John Augustus Lloyd, Captain Joshua Wm. Cedrington, R.E., and Lieutenant WilliaatTlrepman, R.E., Associates. Memoirs of the deceased members of all classes were ordered to b e p r i n ted as an appendix to the Anuual Repoit. The resignations of fourteen members and associates were announced. The financial statement showed the funds of th e so ciety to be in a very prosperous state, since, by the vo luntary contribution of the members of all classes, the printing debt had been paid, arid, after givi ng th e detail of a special general meeting of .members, convened f or the purpose of introducing some modification s i n t o t h e bye-laws, which had, however, been demonstrated to be unne cessary, and therefore were not made, the report concluded, by ann ouncin g the.t two p ar t s of volumes XI. and XII. (together, upwards of 800 pages) of the minutes of proceedings , had been issued, and the editi ng and printing of all the remainder would proceed with all despatch. The thanks of the inetife t ti on were unanimously voted andto the As s P o r ci els a i t t e l of C t President, c u e n - el:1 ; r e s iads a e n l t s e () to an t d h eAd other Members b a e n l 7l .Scrutineers of the Ballot, and to the Secretar t' • several Tb e services. ful l o ing gentlemen were elected to fill the seve ral offices in the council for the ensuing year :—James Simper ) 'resident ; G. P. Bidder, -I. K. Brunel, J. Locke, M.P., R. Stephen on, M.P., Vice-Presidents ; J. Cubitt, J. E. Errington, J. Fowler, C. H. Gregory, Hawkshaw, T. Hawksley, J. R. McClean, C: May, J. Penn, and J. S. Russell, members ; and H. Hens •'. t •,,. ' i ;}f r !S t; - 7. .T9rl. 9th, 1.655, when it w as aai.taleeti tent to ti ballot for members would take place, and the discussion would be resumed on Mr. P. W. Barlow's paper, "On some Leculiar features of th e Water•bearing Strata of the ondon Basin,", tance to operate, whilst at the terms of last week holders are desirous to realize. Stock keeps getting larger, and at all the ports is 13,000,000 pounds ov so e l r atra th Rica.—Rates rule for low to fine white Bengal at Hs 6d 6ed a fp t o ed eruirce f wr o rtß y e a r.a Black t4SinFlyrnß6Ul7B 9d , Madras s alk is a rs i , da ti e n gmw d an t a lire inckY i o s n a ti n 4nsu a et dvance, 22s to 284 being obtained. In other sorts little is doing and sellers are wil ling to accept SS' to 423 for new, and 30s to 35s for old. Fine currants are held for full terms, supply not exceeding demand ; the market is, however, dull for lower kinds, with sellers at some decline. A short supply of Muscatels, and fine ki n ds are greatly wanted. The demand for Turkey figs keeps active. Almonds are held for an advance. INDIGO.—The bettor sorts of East India are dealt in with are well supported. more freedom, and wan ha t t eZ te a si nd the rates paid are rather above last week. SALTPETRE.-:There is a good demand, low to fine Cal• cutta selling at 24s to 30s, and British Refined 30s to 3Cs 6d per cwt. A free sale exists for Nitrate of Soda at 18s to 18s 6d, and the market presents a firm aspect. SPIRITS.—Rum is wanted, and rates rule firm ; proof Leewards at 3s 4d to 3s 6d, East India 3s 3d, strong De merara 4s lld to 5s 2d, and low to fine Jamaica 5s 3d to 6s sa. In Brandy there are larger sales, and some holders will not accept former prices. WooL.—British is offering rather under former rates, there being a plentiful supply, with few buyers. In colo nial or foreign little is doing, and late prices cannot be ob tained. METALS.—In pig iron there are larger operations, and 65s 6d paid for Scotch mixed numbers. A more active demand for manufactured iron, at last week's rates. HOPS.—There are few buyers, and rather lower rates are accepted for ord sorts, but better qualities are held firmly. TURITICTINE.—There is an increased demand for spirits, and the rates obtained are rather above last Friday. Reuel is wanted, and cannot be obtained at former terms. TALLOW.—There is a firm market, with a good demand, and rates rule for new P.Y.C. at 64s to 64s 6d on the spot and for delivery. OILS.—Au active demand exists for Linseed Oil, and rates tend upwards, ruling at 38s to 385 3d for present de livery. In rape little passing, pale is offered at 545, and brown 525. There is a firm market for fish oils, with many buyers; pale seal realised 471. to 471. 10s; other sorts 431. to 461. ; and Southern 451. to 471. CITY COURT OF LIEUTEN.ANCY-TRE MILITIA FOR FOREIGN SERVICE. A special meeting of the commissioners was held on Friday last, in the Guildhall, for the purpose of receiving Lord Palmerston's answer to the request of the com missioners that her Majesty would be graciously pleased to embody the Royal London Militia, and accept their services wherever she might direct or appoint. The court was crowded, and the Lord Mayor presided, and was supported by the colonel of the regiment, Aldermen Lawrence, Finnis, Wire, and Carter, Colonel Sykes, Sir W. Poland, and Messrs. Dobree, Hankey, Hughes Hughes, Edward Wilson, &c. Lord Palmerston's reply to the application stated that his lordship would he happy to comply with the request, but he thought the officers were too numerous in propor tion to the number of men pre sent at the last training, and he proposed to take one lieutenaat-colonel, one major, four captains, and eight subalterns for her Ma jesty's service. A long discussion ensued upon the question whether the communication of Lord Palmerston referred to foreign or home service, and a motion was made with a view to ascertain the precise meaning of the communi sation. Alderman WIMP contended that. the letter intimated that the corps were to serve wherever her Majesty might think proper to appoint, and was adapted to the com prehensive proposal of the corps. A. COMMISSIONER said that Sir James Dake had ob jected at the last meeting that the offer should have been for foreign service, and that there was a great difference between an offer to go on foreign service and an offer to go on home service, under the peculiar circumstances in which those who were to serve might he placed. Colonel WILSON said no doubt Lord Palmerston con sidered the offer to refer to foreign service, and that was he supposed the reason his lordship had left him out, in accordance with the statement made in the House of Commons that there was no intention to send out of the country any full colonels. The question as to foreign service having been com prehended in the answer of Lord Palmerston being dis posed of, Alderman Wire moved and Mr. Edward Wilson se conded the motion "That this court desires to express its thanks to Lord Palmerston for having so readily as sented to its wishes for the embodiment of the Royal London Militia, and that the force be placed at her Majesty's disposal in any way she might please to appoint?' The motion was carried unanimously, and notice of motion was given for the next Court "to increase the regiment from 600 to 1,000 men." Colonel WILSON said, that, with regard to the omis sion of his name from the list of officers selected for foreign service, he could only say that he had received the communication with much surprise, but while it had disappointed him it had filled his family and friends with sensations of a very different kind. With regard to the youn g officers of his regiment, who were burning with ardent zeal for foreign service, he could only express his regret that of several them, as well as himself, were excluded from the privilege, no fewer than 1.11 officers being doomed to stay at home, but he hoped the aug mentation of the regiment from 600 to 1,000 would soon give permanent duty to all, and he believed ho should be able to employ himself quits as usefully in this country as on foreign service. He had not caused the letter to be written to the officers, or made the offer he had submitted to the commissioners merely to gratify kis own desire for increased military duties, but to do justice to as zealous a body of young officers as any in her Majesty's service. It was only necessary for him to add that when the court did him the honour to ap point him colonel, it was his intention to perform all the duties appertaining to the office. The commissioners were able of their own knowledge to certify how far he had fulfilled his promise. He had not been absent any one day (week days or Sunday) during the three periods the regiment had been under training, and while he continued to be colonel he should continue to per form all the duties to which he referred. A letter was then read from the major of the regi ment, expressing his thanks and the thanks of his brother officers to the commissioners for having so promptly forwarded their wishes for embodiment, and suggesting a moat) for selecting those officers who were to be allowed to go on foreign service. The CoLortEL intimated to the Court that the selec tion would rest with him. The meeting then adjourned. A large body of officers were in attendance, and ex pressed much gratification at hearing of the result. 'RES FOR 1855. Warwick Spring 20 Epsom Spring 22 Northampton 27 Croxton Park 29 AIL. Mahon l9 Newmarket F S 23 Bath l5 Epson 22 *Manchester 30 Stockbridge' ` ) 1 Winchester 22 Newcastle 26 Liverpool ll *Stamford Nottingham 19 Goodwood 31 UST. *Lewes l6 York "2 *Egliatn 28 *Derby 2B MEER. I Newmarket F 0 25 •Nerthallerton 27 IBER. *Warwick Autumn 10 *Richmond l7 Newmarket H 22 * Worcester 3O 413 ER. *ihrewsbury 13 EXT..O3( ANOTHER OFFICER Camp above Sebastopol, Nov. 28. We laneied from the Queen of the South last Tuesday, and were first ordered to encamp near Balaklava, but I had Ro sooner marched up to the ground indicated, abor.t a mile from the bay, and got all ready for the tents, tl-.an an orderly came up with orders that we were to march up t• the front that night. We accordingly got our packs on again, unpiled arms, and marched back to the beach, where I found the rest of the detachments all going up to the ground we had just left, and where they passed the night. We got our ammunition served out ' to us, loaded our pistols, and began our weary march at about twelve o'clock. Balaklays. was, I dare lay, before the demon of war entered it, a pretty little town ; even now its situation is beautiful—the harbour very small, but completely land-locked with high mountains on each side, those on the right looking up the country occupied by the Highlanders and marines facing the Russians ; the outposts are not a mile from each other. We marched up the road through the valley where the cavalry action took place on the 25th ; the road -was most dreadful, up to the knees in mud, aid encum bered with dead bodies of mules, bullocks, and horses. What a sight this place would be for some enthusiastic member of the Humane Society ! French and Turkish troops were marching in every direction, arabas laden with provisions to supply the wants of the immense army surrounding the place. Well, we proceeded on as best we could through the mud till dark, and to every inquiry as to how far the Third Division was, " Five miles," was the invariable answer. As it became per fectly dark we began to suspect that our guide, an or derly of the 13th Dragoons, did not know much about the country. At last we reached a French camp, and asked them where the English were ! They guided us 0 a camp, and, to our great dismay, we found we were 1 among the Light Division, on the extreme right of the whole position, about 4 miles beyond our camp. As it could not be helped, we turned to the rig,htabout, and again went on ; out of 120 men not more than 30 re mained with us, and, if it had not been for shame, I should have laid down too. We left our baggage on the beads in charge of a serjeant ; some men and I carried a pack with a change of things, great-coats, eec , besides canteen, pistols, sword, and spade. We found that a coatee and shako is not the most convenient walking dress, and after more than three weeks on board ship my first walk in the Crimea completely knocked me up. At last we reached our camp, about 8 o'clock, after hav ing by our wanderings converted a march of 6 miles into nearly 20. We got some supper, and I passed my first night under canvas in the tent of a brother officer who was in the trenches. Yesterday we got no rations, and the men are suffer ing very much indeed from the continual exposure to the constant wet and cold that we have had for the last week ; their feet are never dry, some of them have no soles to their shoes and no socks, others no shirts ' • and I would defy any one who saw the regiments leave England to recognise the careworn, half-starved skeletons of which they now consist. We are encamped on a clayey piece of ground, whioh is now mud up to the knees • the tents are as wet within as on .the outside, and there is, what is worse than anything else, a scarcity of wood. We have been told that we may hut our selves, but how to do so without wood I know not. Our engineers and artillery are doing nothing. The French are pushing forward their approaches to within 200 yards of the mad fort ; but the storm of shot and shell is so great that it is a wonder how they exist at all. They are magnificent soldiers. I made my debut in the trenches last night, and marched down in silence in a storm of wind and rain. The trenches are very wet, and no attempt has been made to drain them. The consequence is that we are all standing in wet up to our knees, with no dry places to put our firelocks. If the enemy came out, not one half of the muskets would go off. The sight at night is most grand, especially when you hear the shot and shell coming close over you, not knowing whether the next may be on your own head. We were all relieved in the morning at eight, half dead with cold and Wet. One poor fellow, whom we brought out in the draft, actually did die. Dec. 2.—The mail closes early, so I will just send a few more lines to let you know how lam till the last mo ment. I was in the trenches again last night. With the exception of a heavy cannonade on the French, which lasted about an hour, they were pretty quiet. It did not rain much, but the wind is now blowing north-west, and is very cold ; the trenches and the way to them, as usual, were deep with mud and water, so that it is impossible to keep one's feet dry for a moment. lam better now than I was, but still troubled with diarrhoea. Since writing this, I have buried three unfortunate men who died last night of cholera, and there are two more yet unburied, but I am glad to say the doctors re port it decreasing, though, as long as the men are so often exposed to the rain and cold in the trenches, without a dry place or clothes to get into when they return, it will be impossible to extinguish it. There arc four doctors in the regiment, but the hospital is very badly supplied. The tent is all ragged, and the men are forced to lie on the Geld ground without any bedding. Medicines Are to be RACING Fir MA . Coventry Salisbury Doncaster 13 Thirsk l5 AP Newmarket C 9 Catterick Bridge 11 York Spring 17 Chester Spring 1 Newmarket S S 8 *Shrewsbury 10 Ascot Jti 5 Hampton l3 Bibury 2O JU Newmarket Carlisle Worcester *Lancaster .Cll. AUG North Staffordshire 7 Brighton Brighton Club 10 *Wolverhampton 13 *Reading l4 SRPTE Warwick Doncaster 11 *Leicester l9 OCTC *Ciester 2 *Wrexham 4 Bedford 4 - Newmarket i 0 NOVE' *Liverpool 6 The meetings to which an asterisk is prefixesl are given in aceordance with the periods at which they usually take place, but have not been officially an nounced. HUSH RACING FIXTURES FOR 1855. APRIL. Cirragh April 24 MAY. liewth and Baldoyl• 15 1 C.nfy Castle JULY' Monkstown Bellewstowi 4 Balleigh 23 Carlow STIIILE AT SEATON COLLIERT.—This has now lasted nine weeks, and upwards of 50 men have been turned out of their houses. Several families Lave suffered con siderable privations, but we are glad to hear that both the masters and workmen have agreed to settle the mat ter by arbitration. The owners of the colliery have appointed Mr. Wailes, viewer of Hetton Colliery, as arbiter on their behalf ; and the workmen have appointed Mr. :Hartle Jade as their arbiter. The whole matter in dispute has to be left to the decision of these gentle men, aad it is expected to be amicably settled this week. Dvman3EmENT.l—Holloway's Ointment and Pills wonderfully efficacious in curing bad Legs.—Extract of a letter from Mr. John Perkins, of Long La,wford, near Rugby, dated Feb. 14* 1354, to Professor Holloway. r, --My wife suffered for four years with a fright fly ulcerated l eg , accom p an ied by dropsical swell ings medical without rAen , 'sm3dprofuse watery discharges. She consulted several deriving andhad any re benefi t. recourse to a of remedies, 3 Sl she tried your far and Pills, and after vering w i th e restored to healt3,laled, 3 i r about G weeks, the wounut in her le g entirely . and she was thoroughly her acquainta nce a a blessing quite unexpected to all • Sold by all D • ruggists, and at Professor Holloway's Establish ments, London, and E, Maid 1 244, -Strand, anef Now Yorls, CONTRACTS FOR MINIE RIFLES. The Government has entered into contracts for 50,000 Minie rifles and Rifle carbines ; the contracts have been taken by manufacturers at Liege, Birmingham, and London, The most extensive contracts have been taken by Belgian houses, and it is stated that the supply from all places will extend over 3,000 per week—the Govern ment being extremely urgent, the workmen and women were engaged the whole of yesterday in the several branches of the trade. THE CAVALRY IN IRELAND. The cavalry regiments in Ireland have received orders to raise each 120 men, instead of 60 already authorised, for each of the cavalry corps in the East, and have been directed to use every means in their power to have the raen drilled within the prescribed period allowed for cavalry instruction, viz., four months, in order that strop.' reinforcements of draughts and remnants may be ready for active service in the q3,ring. The commanding officers have been instructed to pay every attention to the riding drill, in order that the men may have a good seat on horseback. POSTAGE STAMPS FOR THE CRIMEA. A copy of the following letter from Mr. W. Needham, enclosing a sheet of postage stamps, has been addressed to the commanding officers of fifty different regiments and divisions of the army in the Crimea :-- " The Grange, Alfrcton, Derbyshire, Dec. 9. " Having read with much interest numerous excellent letters which have been written by privates and non-com missioned officers from the Crimea, and having seen that, in some instances, they complain of a difficulty in obtain ing postage stamps, I have obtained sul. of penny stamps for their use, as a small token of my regard ; and I take the liberty of enclosing one sheet to you, which I hope you will kindly distribute among the men under your command at your discretion. " I trust you will at the same time assure them of the cordial sympathy we feel for their sufferings and privations, and of the high gratification it gives us to see that the improvement in the education of oar soldiers has not tended to impair their discipline in the camp or their courage in the field." THE MILITIA. Notice has been issued for the embodiment of the Cornwall Rangers Militia. The regiment will assemble at Bedmin on Monday, the 16th of January. The endeavours which have been made during the last week to establish evening schools for the men be longing to the Oxfordshire Militia have been successful, and will be in operation this week. The 4th West York Militia (the staff of which regi ment has been for the last 18 months in Leeds, under the command of Captain Pollard, the adjutant, late of the 17th Regiment of Foot), has received orders for permanent service. The staff, all of whom are from some crack regiments of the line, have, by their uni formly good conduct, won for themselves the regard of a numerous circle of friends. Intimation has been received that the Brecon Militia (a rifle regiment) will in all probability, in the course of a couple of wesks, occupy Horfield barracks, near Bristol. The party of artillery who recently went to Horfield are expecting to receive orders to march very soon. The Brecon Rifles are commanded by Colonel Watkins, M.P. The West Kent Light Infantry is ordered to assemble at Maidstone on Wednesday, • the 2d of January, for embodied service. The strength of the regiment at the present time is 750. Since the commencement of the last training 96 men have joined the line, 61 the Kent Artillery, and 12 the East rent ; the latter rdgiment has been embodied since May last. The West Kent was one of the last regiments to be disembodied, after having served during the last war a groat portion of its time in Ireland, and having given 2,040 men to the regi ments in the Peninsula. • The Shropshire Militia is now fully embodied. Seve ral men have volunteered into the " line " since last week. The now barracks which are being erected in the field near St. Domingo-how-e, at Everton, for the 2d Royal Lancashire Militia, are rapidly approaching completion, and will be ready for occupation in a few weeks. The or dinary militiamen will be billeted in the town, or remain at their own houses, if within easy access, as heretofore, the barracks being merely for the purpose-of drill and exercise, and for storing the ammunition and arms. The Fermanagh Regiment hai received orders to be immediately embodied for permanent duty, in addition to the eight Irish militia regiments already called up ; head quarters at Enniskillen, under Colonel W. Earl of En- The head-quarters of the Armagh Militia, at Market hill, under Colonel A. Earl of Gohford, having been called up for permanent duty, are allowed to occupy Ar magh barracks, relieving the detachment of the 21st Royal North British Fusiliers, which will rejoin its head-quarters at the depot battalion, Birr. - The Monaghan Militia, under Colonel Henry Lord Rossmore, have been accommodated in barracks at Monaghan for the purpose of enrolment. Captain Blake Foster, of the Galway Militia, attended on Saturday at the Court House, when persons willing to enter are enrolled. The applications are so many that there can be no doubt but the required number will be soon attested. THE WEATHER AT PORTSMOUTH.—The weather was exceedingly boisterous the whole of yesterday, blowing half a gale from the SW. The ships of war have sent down topgallantreasts. A steam transport has run down to the Motherbanlr, and anchored. A vast num ber of merchant vessels are weather bound at Spithead, St. Helen's, and the Motherbank. RIFLE BRIGADE, SECOND BATTALION, The following is an official list of the men belo'nging to the 2el battalion, Rifle Brigade, who have been re ported as having died or been killed from the Ist of March to the 31st of October, 1854 : Privates William J. Cullen, Thomas Jones, Rickard Beasley, Samuel Clarke, Abraham Wilson, and Richard Brown; Corporal Thomas Singer; Sergeant Robert Taylor; Privates John Ward, William mith, John Tong, Henry Heard, John Mayes, and John M unro ; Acting Sergeant- Major Henry Lugg ; Privates George Miller, Stephen Fry, William Read, William Eglestone, George Boyce, William Lewis, Charles Bollard, Gideon Petilla , Frederick Mercy, Nathaniel Heard, John Simpson, R. Townend, George Smith, William Dray, Charles Perry, George R. Mitchell, William Nicholls; Sergeant William Stapeley ; Privates Henry Mallino, William Johnson, Robert Taylor, John Farnsworth, John M'Leod, Aubrey Shoesmith, R. West, John 11Z'Duff, James Younger, Henry Penny; Sergeant Henry Plumridge; Corporal William Simpson, killed at the Alma; Corporal John Robertson, ditto; Private Wil liam Kennedy, ditto; Sergeant James Swallow, ditto; Privates Thomas Pine, ditto ; Ml. M'Bride, ditto ; Corne lius Finucane, ditto ; George Robinson, ditto ; Charles Resell, ditto ; Henry Colton, died of wounds • Edward H es t e r, ditto ; Castles, William Baulkham ; Corporal Samuel Henning; Privates Peter Keating, Wil liam Pope, John O'Niel, W. Smith, William H. Morgan, George Wakefield, Cornelius Halpin, and J. Dunn • Ser geant Henry Steer; Privates Thomas Chambers, William Dizon, Henry Downer, Charles Marsh, and Frederick Hewlett; Sergeant Alfred Slade; Private Edward Par kinson ; Corporal William Campbell, - killed ; Privates John Bishop, ditto ; John Calow, ditto, and William Harris ; Sergeant Thomas Hale ; Privates John Riggett, died of wounds; William Jackson, ditto; David Graham, ditto ; William Crouch, ditto ; William Hewitt, killed ; Henry Kent, died of wounds ; John Glover, and Alex ander M'Lean ; Corporal Patrick Behean ; Private James Paton ; Corporal Joseph Brown ; Privates Frederick Crutchley, Isaac Russell, and James Lucas. UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE. OXFORD, Dec. 23. The fellows of Magdalen are summoned to attend a meeting, on Friday, the sth of January, for the election of a President, in the room of Dr. Routh. DURHAM. UNIVERSITY. ALTERATION or THE STATUTES.—The following are the amended clauses of the statutes, altered under the powers vested in the bishop and dean and chapter, by an act passed in the 2d and 3d William IV., by which students in law and medicine will henceforth be ad mitted to the University without taking the tests : That the convocation in future shall consist, besides he original members, of such members as shall have been already admitted under and by virtue of the said recited scheme, of all persons regularly admitted to the degrees of doctor of divinity, doctor of civil law, doc tor of medicine, and master of arts, in the University of Durham, who shall have subscribed the three articles in the thirty-sixth canon, and shall conform to the regu lations of the University. That no one shall be admitted to a degree in the said Ci.i versity f Gurir,o itto ut the aSS..'t! ~t and chapter, a,l the nod -h. out residence for the requisite number of terms withi n the University, nor without going through the requisite exercises and examination ; and that no one shall be admitted to any degree in divinity or arts without su b. acribing tho three articles of the thirty-1:241A tenon. MARKET NEWS-(YESTEBDAY). SMITHFIELD. The total imports of foreign stock into London last week amounted to 2,828 head. In the corresponding period in 1853 we received 5,165 ; in 1852, 2,711; in. 1' 4 51, 3,094; in 1850, 1,325 ; in 1849, 781 ; in 181 S, 892"; and in 1847, 2,013 head. MPOSTS INTO LONDON LAST WEBS. From Beasts. Bb cep. Lambs. Calves. PIP- Hamburgh lOO 82 Ctdai s Rotterdam.— 256 ... Kampen Harlingen Nieu Mop 5B ... Coruna Antwerp 4 ... - 418 - 25 ... - 757 ... 303 „. - 116 ... -- 9 - ••• 15 ... •••••• ••• "...". ... "-- . --- ..• 20 ... Total.— 1,376 1,588 ... The yearly comparison of weekly imports is as under : Beasts. Sheep. Lambs. Calves. Pigs. 1853' 876 4,058 ... 226 ... 5 1852 304 2,157 250 ... -- 1851 4Ol 2,343 :332 ... 18 1850 lB4 945 186 ... -- 1849 396 • 224 ... 161 ... ... 155 ... The show of foreign stock to-day was very moderate. With home-fed be -sets we were scantily supplied ; never theless, as the attendance of butchers was limited, the beef trade was in a sluggish state, at about stationary prices. The numbers of sheep were small. On the whole, most breeds were in fair request, and last Monday's currencies were supported. Very few calves were on offer, and they mostly changed hands on former terms. Pigs were very dull in sale, at the late decline.. Per Bibs to sink the offals. s. d. s. d. s. d. s d Inferior Beasts.... 3 6to 3 8 Prime Southdown 5 0 5 9 Second quality.... 3 10 4 6 Large crse. calves 4 2 5 0 Prime largo oxen 4 8 410 Prime small d 0... 5 2 5 8 Prime Scots, &e. 0 5 2 Large hogs 3 2 4 0 Inferior Sheep ...3 8 310 Small porkers 4 2 4 6 Second quality ...4 0 4 4 Sueklingcalves .. 0 0 0 0 Prime crse.-wlled.4 6 410 Quarter old pigs 0 0 0, 0 TOTAL SUPPLT. FOREIGN 41111.PLIN Beasts .. .. .. .. .. .• .• .. .. 1 , 200 , Beasts .. .. .. .. •. -. .. .... • 3 20 Sheep .• •••.• •• .......... 7. 940 Sheep .. • ... •• •• •• ••..•• 540 61 A statement and comparison of the supplies and? prices of fat stock exhibited and sold in Smithfield Cattle Market, oil Monday, Dee. 26, 1853, and this day, Monday, Dec. 25, 1854..` Per 81bs, to sink the offals. Dec. 26, 1853. Dec. 25,1 85 4 ., s. d. s. d js. d. s- -a Coarse and inferioi beasts ......3 2to 3 4 43 6 to 3 8 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 3 6 3 10q3 1 0 4 6 Prime large oxen ... ... ... ... 4 0 4 64 8 410 Prime Scots, tire ... ... ... ... 4 8 4 lop 0 5 2 ,; Coarse and inferior sheep ... ... 3 0 3 4 13 8 31 0 4 4 Second quality ditto ... ... ... 3 6 4 4 ,4 0 Prime coarse woollcd ditto ... ... 4 6 4 104 6 410 Prime Southdown ditto ... .. 5 0 5 2 5 0 5 Lambs ... ... ... ... ... ... 0 0 0 010 0 0 ",, Large coarso calves ... ... ... 3 6 4 44 2 5 '-,' Prime small ditto ... ... ... ... 4 6 5 0l(5 2 5 0 Large hogs ... ... ... ... ... 3 4 4 0I 3 0 4 0 Neat small porkers ... ... ... 4 2 414 4 2 4 Beasts... ... ~. ... ... 1,612 1,20 0 Sheep ... ... ... ... ... 7,600 7,9 1 ° Calves... ... ... ... ... ... 130 94 212 SUPPLIES ON SAAB, Dec. • 27, 1852.—Beasts, 2, 2 7 1 ; s hec ? ; 9,500; calves, 190; pigs, 210. December 29,1851.—Beasts, 2,846; sheep, 14,590; calves, 214; pigs, 210. NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL. The supplies of meat on sale in these mes kets to-cht7. were seasonably good. Generally speaking the deman d ruled very inactive, on the following terms : Per Ms by the carcase. s. d. s. d. a. d. g. cl: Beef, inferior 3 2 3 4 Mutton, Inferior . 3 4 3 G' Do., raidcUing 3 6 3 8 Do., middling._ ...3 10 4 : Do., prime large 3lO 4 2 Do., prime ...4 64 a Do., do. small .„.4 4 4 8 i Veal .3 8 5 13 , t Pork, large 3 0 3 8 Pork, small ...... .....3 10 4 " COUNTRY MARKETS. RD—Diso. 23. today was in very indifferen t barely maintained last week's ted late fates. x.ll else the per qr........ 28 Partridge . 37 White . ..... 39 Boiling ... ...... 45 Dun ... 36 Beane, Tick „ ...... 42 Harrow ticks 47 Mazagan. ...... 40 Ditto, ni• w... 39 Oats, Peas, CHELDISFO: Much of the wheat shown condition. Superfine samples prices. Best barleys suppor turn cheaper, with a dull tral Wheat, white, old, per s. s. _ qr. 62 83 new 63 83 red, old 58 76 new 58 76 Barley . . 2B 35 _ . Chevalier 30 38 Grinding 24 M. Malt 70 74 Chevalier 72 76 COLCHESTER— Dna. 23. A moderate supply of wheat, all good conditioned Rani' pies realised last week's prices, whilst damp par eels were $ slow sale, at is per qr. abatement. Malting bat ley a short supply and is per qr. dearer. In beans or peas no change in value. Prices to-daywere as follow :—Wheat, white, 80s to s6s; red, 72s to 78s ; barley, 34s to 37s ; oats, 28s to. ;34 ; beano Mazagan, 424 to 458 ; middle and small, 443 to -48 s; peas, white, 56s to 60s ; grey, 40s to 445. Official Statement of the Quantities of Corn; Svc, xeeelYt i in the port of London, from the following portl, fro * the 17th to the 23L1 Dec., both inclusive. gfl4 ► c,. , 7. A 4 !- Colchester Harwich —89 21 Leigh Mal don . 1114 - , -I --- - 1 216 - 485, Iso, 13 1 130 • 705 KIRKI To-day a large supply wheat at nearly last da; ALDY—D of all kinds ,Ps rates. IEC. 23 r. Sales slow. Dine _ .. Wheat. Barley. Oats. I Bea' l „ l '' A First Second Third 6ss Od 33s Od 25s Od i Os 41' SEABORNE MAILS, - - - (N eigntnes that the malls are sent from the General Pest .oftl‘e by the night—and M by the morning—despatch.) Day when mate op From wi at Viten COUNTRIES'. in General Post- port due' l! Office, London.. Disp•itche. lino • Anaerica( byllfit.pack)f, Givery Friday Liverpool ... Eack America (by United Sts JAn packet) ..........N America (by U. Stat,f packet) .........N Australia (via South ampton) „Rs lan. 4 ..... ~Outhampi ,c . 7 • Feb. 71 Ditto (via Marseilles) IJan 9 - . Dover .... Ditto (via Cape of R o p e ) 4 - T Calla n &thew(West Coast) , ad of the month .. Plymouth Alexandria ..........N 9. 24, &30 of ni. Dover .... & 20th of mon. scutharept Bahamas ...........A1 17th of the monti ieut plot Belgium ..N Dover pa il Y 6 Brazil 9th of the month.. A- littiamp ~ Dec. Buenos Ayres.. 9th of the month.. S,intt, A Cape of Good Hope .. Varlitis port s Uncertalp: Cape of Good Hope Cape de Verde , 9th of the month Southainpt a Ceylon (ace India) Ceylon ...... Channel Isles Mon ~Wed.,&Frid. Southampt Tu.. • Chili..... Id & 17th of moot Sauthamat , China (see India) Constantinople 8,13,18,23,&28 of u. Dover Constantinople 4th & 20th of m 0,.. Sauthatrip. nt Cont. of Europe M & N Twice daily ...... Dover ....... Tw i c edisiW • Egypt (see India) France .... N Twice daily.-- Dover .... ,-. „,, Gibraltar 4,7, 17, 20, 27 am. Suutlaampt , Dec. Erecce (see India) Greytown 2nd & 17th of mon. South ampt o 1 irriYea Hamburgh Tuesday & Friday London ilavannah NI 2nd of the, montl Southantv . 1 Dec. 16 Holland ............ Al Daily . • ... ... Dover ..... Dail Y Honduras „. Al 17th of the month. Southamptta India (vla3outhampt.)3l 4th & 20th of mon. Plym ,uth ~. Deo. 18 India (via maraeill e a)m 9th&2sth of month Dover ...... lonian Isles (see India) 7, 17, & 27 of mon D0ver...... Ireland ........M & N Twice daily ...... Holyhead .... Twiced2llll Li5b0n.......... „ 7,9, 17, & 27 of m. Southamplat t Dec. Di Madeira 9th of the month Southamp to; a Madeira ...... 235 of month •• .. Liverpool Dec. 16 Malta (see India) Malta ..............N , 18, &28 of mon. Dover ...., Dec. 2 3 Mauritius (see India) ..........1` Nauritins h Mexico ... . . .... Southamptal Dee. 1 6 2 1 t d h o o f f t t h h e e m m o n o n t h u : Naples . . sthlsth2sthofmon. Dover ...... New Granada 25 & 17th of month touthamptot New Zealand By private skip • • • v a—ous pert, Thicert o Papal States "ith 1 Ath2athollnon. Dover ...... Peninsula .... •.....M Ithi7th27thofmon. Southampton Peru . . AI id & 27th of mon. southamptort Port Natal ..........N Ey private ship... Various port,' , (Tricertia Sicily . Venezuela 2d & 17th of month Southampt on Tuscany stlllso2stholinon. Dover ....... Van Diemen's Land ( sei Australia) .. Deli 16 ty.,st Indies Ai 21 9 17th o month i Southamptint I Dee 16 When any of these dates fall on a Sunday, the mall', will be de• spatched on the following day, with the exception of f,be India vii Southampton), and the Malta, both of which will be devatohed We preceding day. lin BIRTES. OF A BON. On the 23d inst., at 3, Tilney-street, Park-lane, Lad,' Scott. OP ..S, DAUGHTER. On tho 23d inst., at 27, Bishopsgate-within, the wife of Mr. John Crossley. MARRIED. On the 211 inst., at St. James's, Piccadilly, Thomee Simmons, of Sevenoaks, Kent, to Amelia Maris, second. daughter of John Dixon, Esq., of London. On the 22 , 1 insc.., at Stone, near Aylesbury, Henry Toyn bee, Esq., F.R. A.S., Commander of the Gloriana, East Intliaman, to E!lcn Philadelphia, daughter of Rear-Admi ral W. H. Smyth, of St. John's-lodge, in the same parish. DIED. On the sth ult., from wounds received at the battlo of s 35th Regiments Inkerman, Ensign Horatio J. Thompson from exposure to the eldest son of J. W. Thompson, Esq., late of Kingston-on' Thames. k al i T n a g' in the trenches, John we iD a n the t i ho nn l ,l 2t s h eve u r l e t. f , a a t t ;u ß o a w la o k T l Anehmut v. 57th Refrt., of the bite John Auchmntls of 1 1 „,,,T bel rice ; aged ;DG. LONDON : Printed and Published by MURDO YOUNG' of No. 112, Strand, Printer, at 27te Sun Office, No. 1 1? ;, Strand, in the Precinct of the Savoy, in thewuntY Q h xicidloox, 26, lea 3,0 P 0 '3,-Vf'4ll I 1 1 60,0 nial able recc Loa CeS9 Ass ANT its 1 fell* ksao _ 1