The Sun. — London, England, 1854-12-11 00:00:00

L.A.I3ENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.— 1 rowing the course of this week will be played by Laurent's Orchestra :—Otrerture Les Diamants de la Couronne, Auher—Waltzes La Jardiniere (first time) Labit.ky : Jubilee, Tinney ; Le Carnaval de Venise (by desire). ii. Laurent, with Variations ior all the prin cipal performers. Quadrilles: Le Palais de PAlcazar, H. Larnotte ; La Guerre (first time), Bos!sto ; Mont Blanc, Blanchetean ; Lam mermoor (first time), Tinuey. Schottische: L'Etelle (first time), Arbau. Polkas : Mnsen, Strss ; Bacchus, Strauss; The Staff, (first time), liamig. Gallops :Royal Artillery, Coote ; s Guides, A. Laurent. Principal Cornet I Piston, M. Ltoulcourt. ors open at Eight ; commence at half-past.—Admission, One Sh a ng• T II E A4l R . E -ItOIC A L, DRIJRY-LA.NE, x. JULLIEN'S GRAND B'AL MASQUE. TIII3 EVENING. M. JULLIEN has the honour to announce that this Dec n . 11.) Grad En tertainment will take place THIS EVENING (Monday, Admission to the Ball .......... • • .. 104. 6d. The audience portion of the Theatre will be set apart for Spects.- 10r9, who, by application at the Box-office, can secure their boxes or places. which will be retained for then the whole evening. Prices of Admission for Spectators : —Dress Circle, 5s ; Bovo• 3, -; Lower Gallery, 2s. • Upper Gallery, le.. Private Boxes, trona 4/. 45. upwards. Ladies e s.: Gentlemen taking private boxes will have the privilege of passing to and from the Salle de Dance without extra charge. Doers open at hall-Past Nine. Dancing wil l co mmence at Ten. No person will be admitted in the Costume of Clown. Harlequin, er Pantaloon. Regulations will gre atl y facilitate the Th e Polce a rrival and de parture of carriages ; and it is hope d that Lad ies and Gentlemen will compliance with them on t h e part or t heir coachmen. *mom comp _________------• REGULATIONS to PII,I3VENT OBSTRUC TIONs; by CARRIAGES at DRURY-LANE THEATRE, THIS EVENING (Monday, Dec. 11, 1854). CARRIAGES WITH VISITORS GOING TO THE DRESS CIRCLE AND BOXES, will arrive through Bow-street, stet down lu Brydges•streat, and drive off through the wit h Carriages vsith Visitors going to the PRIVATE ROTES, will enter trorn Bew-steeet, set down in Rassell-street, and drive off through Drary-lane. carriages with Visitors going TO THE BALL, will arrive through Russell-street, set down at iLe Grand Entrance is Erydges-street, and drive off throagh Cather-street. TAKING UP IN RUSSELL-STREET. Private Carriages waiting to take up at the Private Box lintraacs in Rasseil-street, will form in Three Lines on the .Ikrth Side of treat Rimell-street, between Brydges-street, andmoo"'street, with the Horses' Heads towsrds"Drury-Lans, keeping s clear, and after taklag np, will drive off into Drary-lane. TAXING Wl' AT THE GRAND ET ENTRANCE IN BRIDGES - Private Carriages waiting to take up Company at the Entrances in Erydges-street, are to form along the East gide of Upper Welling ton-street, with the Horses' Heads to 41:sell-street, keeping all Crossings clear, and after taking up, will driVE off into the Strand. RACKNEY CA.RRIAGES, waiting for Fares, are to form in a Single Line from the hen and Strand, along the Centre of C atharine -street and York-street, w called Rom; rk-street, d o wne up at the Entrances in Brydge to s street, they ll draw off Cetherine-street ; but those called take up at the Entrances in Russell-street, will draw off through rnry-lane. RICHARD MAYNE, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis Mee of the Metropo litan Police, December 11, 1864. ___------------ THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. /Smash:me. THIS SVENDIG, Die. 11, /VII be perlb rm od the Comely of PRESENTED AT COURT. Principal characters by Messrs. Buchstone, W. Farlea, and Howe ; Misses Reynold', E. Chaplin, Grantham, and Lavine. Atter which. the Ballet of THE STIR OF ANDALUSIA, in which Senora Peres IN ena appear. To which will be added TEIE BALANCE OF COMFORT. Yellowed by THE IRISH LION. To conclude with THE ST AB OF CURRA, by the Spanish Dancers. LYCEUM THEATRE. THIS EVENING, llss. 11, THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, 3(r. B. Virebethr.—Dtrectress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Dec. 11. STRAND TiIF,ATRE. Sole Lessee Mr. F. W. Allerdt. TIIIS EVENING, Pad. 11, Will be presented THE CHRISTMAS CAROL. To be followed by TIM SPIN181:1 DkNCES. To which 1 , 1111 be added WHEltni CRI3VZLI.I To soncluds with THE NEW WAGS OF WINDSOR, LOYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. trader the Management of 31r. CLIASLIS KBAN. THIS EVENING. Dan. ii, Wlll be performed THE COrRIER OF LYOGrN. Characters h Meath,!ern by Mr. C. Kean , M essrs. J. Vinlng, Addison, aham s.% and K. , her s by and Baker ; Misses Desboroug, Terry. To eonektde with THE HONEYMOON. Principal characters by m o ors W. Lacy, Harley, Meadows, J. Vining, and Everett ; Misses Murray, Desborough, and Heath. Will be performed AGGRXYATING SAM. Principal character Terre by s M O Slrx. C. Mathews, Roshy, Baker, Swan, Williams, and pleton: Mrs. Macnamara, and Misses Oliver and H. Gordon. To he followed by a new Comte Drama, entitled A COMICAL COUNTESS. To conclude with the Farce entitled MY FELLOW CLERK. will be performed an entire new Rustle Drama called PIERRE TAE FOUNDLINiI. Supportel ny ,tessrs. B. Webster aad Kee ley, and Mrs. Keeley and Miss Wwolgar. Foilowed by BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. Atter which, TEE CAMP AT CllOlll-IAM. To whleU will be aided anew Area, entitled THE RAILWAY BELLE. • ROYAL OLYMPIC Tar. I..TRTS. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. TAM EVENING, Deo. U. WIII be presenteil. Tag BFAIL 111 SPA.. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. itobsoq, and IL Cooper Mts.. 34arston, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Fitzallaa, and XL'S Julia St. George . To be followed by TIIE FIRST NIGIIT. Characters by Me.r.. Alfred Wigan, Leslie. liarwood Cooper, and Gladstone ; Miss Julla L. George, an 4 Mlss Emily Ormonde. Ti conalUde with the Farce , called A BLIGKTED BEING, in which Mr. Bobsoa will app. ASTwsrs ROYAL AMPH'ITHEATitr , . Lea.oe and Manager, Mr, William Cooke. SEVENTH WEEK of the RATTLE of THE ALMA which, with a matchless fiintomimc, will also be acted at Christmas. THIS EY F. U LNG, A Grand Military gpectacle, In Two Acts, by J. H. STOCQL7LLER, ]►at , called TEL BATTLK or THY. ALMA, giving a vivid repre eentation of that tremendous conflict, upon a vast epee, combln , ng the stage and the Rln r, and occupied by Four Mandrod In addition to the numerous Company. After whiek, LES ELITES DU CERCLE will appear in the ♦aried SCENES in the CIRCLE of Equestrian Talent. The whole to conelacie with s RISIBLE FARCE. Itmt-eflice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. ?rem. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, )tr.,Wm. Cooke, Jun. HIAH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim DAT —Morning 51 rnin.after 5 I Evening 13 min.eft. T - MIAOW Morning 37 niin.efter Evening 1 inin.art. Tyra WEATHER.—Suw ()incl. Dec. 10 , TaERMOHETER, IN TRE SRAM 45 highest since noon yesterday. 37--lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 29.95. WIND, N.N.W.—Light, with fine frosty weather. DECEMBER 11. 43 —highest since noon yesterday. 31 —lowest this morning and during the night. 40—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'09. WIND, S. to S.S.E.—Light, with sharp, frosty, fine weather. • t 0.4$ 0 AUX , , LONDON, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1854, If Ministers desire to regain the confidence of the eountry, they must eschew all appearance of mystery. It is by candour only—full, explicit, and unalloyed candour —that they can hope to retrieve the position they once occupied, and to be regarded as a Constitttional Government, resting on the substantial basis of popular support. All red-topist reserve—all the petty devices of secret diplomacy—must be forgotten, or at least dis regarded. Th e y mu st acknowledge the authority by which their power is delegated. If we lived under as autocracy,' , or despotism of any cha racter, it might be very plausibly asserted that only the rul er or rulers ac quainted w i th valid . z should be made negotiations, or the com- P iet° detallanoyf demand d ements that had been con cluded. 1:), f or information . from other persons would any , simp l y degr imp ee ertinent curiosity. disapproval influence the result. They could not in Their approval or would be a of the most p erfect indif ference to those matter who be de jure, as well as de f ac to , their m would But in this co untr y it is altog ether en. n differe t p Po - le. All power is supp osed to emanate fro m the p eo ple. The SOVEREIGN r ules not for herself or her family, bat for the community. She is merely the chief magistrate of the nation, and the pure love an d unmitigated loyalty with which she is regarded, is because she has invariably understood her true posi tion and respected the rights and privileges of those 4' over whom sh e reigns. Wh e n ever her advisers for the time being forfeited t he res p ect and confidence of Vt i tthe country—whenever they failed to obtain the '0.7-7-, -support of the PEOPLE, she b owed to the expres -i_. Con of popular opinion, and forthwith removed the obirAious parties from office, replacing them by others who had for the time a better prospect - ri ' 114 -( ~i. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING of obtaining the Parliame ntary majorities so essential to an English Government. This being admitted —and we see not how it can be controverted. —the whole matter liei in a nutshell. If Ministers profess to rule in conse quence of popular support, they must set forth the grounds on which they deserve it. If they ask for " confidence," they must show confidence in return. There would be no reciprocity in ask ing everything and giving nothing in return. Nor have their antecedents been so very brilliant as to allow us to rest tranquilly while they are entering into engagements not only affecting the interests, but the honour and safety of the country, without seeking to know the nature amrcharacter of the stipulations by which we are to be bound. It might have been all very well for " the good old times, when GEORGE the 3d was King," to ignore, or to affect to ignore, the voice of public opinion. The Minister could command a majo rity of those who having purchased, their seats, were quite willing to se/I their votes to the highest bidder, their only object being to make the highest profit in the political commerce. If there are now such men—would that we could say there are not—they must at least respect the decencies of life, and not affect to despise the " swinish multitude." If that multitude, however "swinish," constitute the majority, they are prac tically the rulers, and the highly-polished and fastidious few must yield to the paramount aoutho thority for the time being. Let there be no attempt at concealment or mystification. Whether the question on the Lapis be the Austrian Affiance or the National Finances —the former acts or the future intentions—let there be the most perfect frankness and candour. If there have been faults, let them be honestly acknowledged. The open confession will bring immediate pardon, particularly if any reason able hopes of amendment can be entertained. But if there be any attempt to entrench themselves behind official traditions, to with hold information, and thus to govern not for, but in spite of the people, the long pent-up indignation will boil over, and, despite the conse quences of a change of Ministry at such an emer gency, Lord ABERDEMT and some of his colleagues will be ejected from office. Let them not deceive themselves by the notion that the matter rests with Parliament or with the people. It rests with themselves, and with themselves only ; and if they should be ejected from office it will be owing, not to a factious opposition, but to a con• temptuous and disdainful silence. The national injury will be inflicted, not by their opponents, but by themselves. We must earnestly and emphatically protest against the attacks which have recently been made by a morning contemporary against the character of a gallant and distinguished officer, one who has served his country in almost every clime, and under the most varying circumstances, with ability, fidelity, and zeal, and of whom she may well be proud. What may be the object of these on slaughts we cannot affect to guess. How Sir RICHARD ENGLAND has excited the anger of the " cruel Thunderer" is inTolved in equal obscu- rity. But the fact is too palpable. Not merely the efficiency, but even the courage, of a man be- youd fear and reproach, is assailed with ruthless and virulent pertinacity, in a series of articles. Sir RICHARD ENOL A:4D may, howev er, take comfort. He has not been the only General thus distinguished. Our readers cannot forget the time when we felt it an imperative duty to defend one who had received similar vituperation, and who had nobly vindicated his character even before the un fair and calumnious attacks were printed or cir culated. Sir RICHARD ENGLAND need not com plain of a fate which Lord Govan likewise has endured. Nor could, and, we venture to add, would, Lord Govan complain of having Sir RICHARD ENGLAND assimilated to himself. We respect and esteem the brave Generals who have fought, and many of whom have bled, in the Crimea ; but we feel assured that not a single one of them would accept a compliment to himself if offered at the expense of his gallant comrade. One of those who shod his blood on the field of Inkerman, but whose life has happily been spared to his friends and country, has nobly come forward in defence of the absent soldier. Brigadier General TORRIINS, in a letter that re flects the highest honour on himself (which ap peared in our impression of Friday), proves that it was impossible for Sir RICHARD ENGLAND to act otherwise than he had done, or that he could be considered in any degree responsible for the 3d Division having been less engaged with the enemy than the other portions of the army. He had, in fact, no choice in the matter ; and though as a soldier he might repine at the good fortune that placed another in the post of honour he could only obey the orders of his superior, and hope for a better chance on another occasion. Had there been any act either of omission or commission for which he could justly be held liable there might have been some—we will not call it justification, but extenuation—for the defamatory/ attack. But there was nothing of the kind. On each occasion, when the army was engaged, he obtained the cordial thanks of Lord RAGLAN for his services. Although he had not to sustain the brunt of the encounter, either at Alma or at In kernsan, he fulfilled the duties confided to his charge in the most exemplary manner, so as to justify his selection for the important command to which so many distinguished and experienced Generals aspired. We eannot abstain from publishing in this the most prominent portion of our columns a commu nication from a respected Correspondent on the subject. It iA to the following effect : "That the public may not be misled by an article which appeared in the Times newspaper of the 6th inst. relative to the rank and attainments of the above distin guished officer, I think it right to lay before your readers a statement of his services :—Sir R. England entered the array in 1808; served in 1809 at the Siege of Flush ing, and on the staff in Sicily in 1310 ; in Pritnee in 1815, &c. ; commanded the 75bh Regiment for several years ; was commandant of Caffraria in 1332.3, and was prominently employed in the Kafir war of 1335 ; be came Major-General in 1851, having held that rank (local) in India from 1842 ; was nominated a K.C.B. for his eminent services in the Affghan war of that y ear , where he commanded the Bombay troops ; received the thanks of Parliament for ' intrepidity, skill, and perse verance' displayed by him in that contest. He accom panied the army to Turkey in 1854, as•Lieut.-General, in command of the Third Division, and is thus men tioned by Field-Marshal Lord Raglan, in his dispatch to the Secretary for War, after the Battle of Alma :--‘ My best thanks are due to Lieut.-General Sir R. England, Lient.-General the lion. Sir G. Cathcart, and Lieut.- General the Earl of Lecan, for their cordial assistance wherever it could be afforded.' In the dispatch after the Battle express Easttleofl my Inkerman Lord Raglan writes :--‘ I must u obligations to Lieut.-General Sir R. reliance for the excellent disposition he made of his divisi on , an d the assistance ha rendered to the le f t o f t h e division.' I now,n h ea sir,e p lleaveplaced in the the British leadingarticlespublic to Eli . ig t n(ligigtl thea England what Times relative to our gallant officers who are perilling their lives at this moment in the service of their queen ,liir, Leo a nc n da d oun c , o u opu n e t re r s. y. . ourselves bear witgneNes OLD toi t S s o a L e n c l u E r n a . c y in every particular. It is scarcely probable that, if he bad exhibited the white feather so unmis- takeably as the Times would wish us to believe, he should have received the thanks of Parliament, or been advanced to one of the proudest titles that can be borne by a British subject, that of a K.C.B. ; or that, if he hung wilfully back at Alma, he should, in common with poor CATHCART, whom nobody will accuse of poltroonery, have received the tribute of respect of his experienced leader, nor had special notice been taken of his judi cious arrangements of the reserve at Inkerman. We have no private or personal objects to pie mote either in vindicating or damaging the repu. tation of this gallant soldier. We seek not his promotion, nor have we any special favourite whom we would desire to substitute in his place. What we have said has been wrung from us by a sense of justice, and a tho rough conviction that, whenever the fortune of war may cast the onus on Sir RICHARD ENGLAND, he will show himself inferior to none in all the qualifications of a general, and more particularly in the personal daring and pluck, which is the especial characteristic of the British soldier, and the absence whereof would be, indeed, a matter for astonishment. We are truly rejoiced to be enabled to direct attention to an announcement which we have ex tracted from the Inverness Couritr, to the effect that all differences have been adjusted between the Inverness and Elgin Junction and Great North of Scotland Railway Companies, and that they have, even at the eleventh hour, agreed to an amicable apportionment of the disputed terri tory between Nairn and Huntly. This is as it should be. Nothing is, or can be, more injurious to the interests alike of the companies and the com munity in general than those internecine con iiets. We are aware that it requires a considerable amount of magnanimity to make the concessions that may be required on either side ; and that too frequently the most im portant interests have been sacrificed rather than assent to such moderate views. Tho Direc tors of these Companies have, however, acted differently—and by so doing have entitled themselves to the thanks of the com munity, and, what is at the present mo ment of greater consequence, the consideration of Parliament. Their conduct will, we have no doubt, be duly appreciated, and receive the ample allowances it so eminently merits. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEB.ASTOPOL. We have received the follow ing from our cor- respondent at Marseilles : "MAUSEILLES, SATURDAY EVENING. " The Thabor, with dates from Constantinople of the 30th ult., arrived here at noon to-day. " She brings intelligince from Balaklava down to the 2Gth ult., at which time the weather in the Crimea was wet and stormy. " The Russian fire against tho French position was very violent, but fresh guns were being dis embarked and quantities of ammunition. " The Russians made incessant sorties, but ti]e French repulsed them all, and wero advancing. " The French outposts had been pushed much nearer to Sebastopol. The Russians worn constructing huts for their ,roopa in the valley of the Chernaya." The following telegraphic summary of the news brought by the Thabor has been received in Paris MARSEILLES, SATURDAY EVENING. " It is positively asserted that at a Council of War, held on the 28th ult., Goneral Canrobert had decided that a great battle should be fought on the 2 , 1 of December. The army was full of enthusiasm. " The fire of the batteries against Sebastopol had beei resumed with vigour, the last parallel had been finished, and the works had reached within a hundred metres of the place. "A geleral assault was considered as very near. "On the 23d, after a sudden attack, the English surprised and spiked 16 Russian guns:, The Minister of War has received the following despatch from the General-in-Chief of the army of the East : " BEFORE SEBASTOPOL, Nov. 20. "The weather has decidedly set in for rain, which interferes greatly with every description of convey ance, and with our operations before tho place. Nevertheless, the construction of our new batteries and the modifications which we are making in our old ones proceed rapidly enough. It is not cold, and the Russian army must suffer more than we do from the rain. The bringing up of its supplies by roads which have become very difficult is a work of great labour. We, on the contrary, aro largely provided. The fleet is in safe shelter." In an anticipated sitting the German Diet has to-day acceded unanimously, with the exception •f one voice, which abstained from voting, to the additional article of the Treaty of Berlin of the 20th of April. A correspondent writes from Frankfort, De- cember 7:— " Public opinion takes the liveliest interest in the success of every proceeding which tends to bring Germany and the Western Powers together more completely, and on this account it has warmly applauded the conclusion of the Treaty of the 2d of December. No one doubts but that the Diot will give its assent to the additional article, and to all the measures proposed by Austria. " Prussia has pronounced in this sense, aid she will draw with her all those States whose policy has as yet been hesitating. "It is believed that the decision will be made before the end of the week." bofor• Sebastopol up to that dato. BERLIN, SUNDAY. A telegraphic despatch from St. Petersburg, dated yesterday, announces that Prince Menschi- koff, in a report to the. Emperor dated December 1, states that nothing of importance had occurred THE GERMAN DIET. BERLIN, MONDAY, DEC. 11. The Germanic Diet unanimously adhered on Saturday to the additional article of the treaty of the 20th April. thereby secured on the side of Ger. Austria is COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 9. The Earl of Aberdeen, the E ‘rl of Clarendon, and Mr. Gibbs, had the honour of dining with her Majesty yesterday. Her Majesty's private band attended after dinner. The Queen and Prince walked in the Home Park this morning. The royal children took their accustomed exercise. The Hon. Flora Macdonald and the Hon. Caroline Cavendish have succeeded the Hon. Lucy M. Kerr and the Hon. Mary Bulteel as Maids of Honour in Waiting. The Earls of Aberdeen and Clarendon left Windsor in the forenoon for London. The Rev. Dr. Philpott, of Catherine Hall, Cambridge, arrived to-day. The dinner party this day included the Duchess of Kent, Lady Fanny Howard, Baroness de Spoth, the Rev. Dr. Philpott, and "lir George Coiper. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance after dinner. DEC. 10 The Queen and Prince, the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Alfred, and Princess Alice, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household, attended divine service this reoraing in the Private Chapel of the Castle. The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor read the prayers, aid the Rev. Dr. Philpott preached the sermon. Thu Ducikess of Kent was also at the service. Her Majesty will hold a Privy Council this (Monday; afternoon at Buckingham Palace. CLI3MTIZT COIINCIL.—A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, tke Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke .f Argyll, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Cla rendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. Th. Council sat three hours and a half. The War Department, under the Duke of Newcastle, which during the week has been removed to Pembroke House, 7, Whitehall-gardens, will be constituted after the model of the other Secretaries of State. Col. Mundy and Mr. Henry Roberts will be the Under Secretaries of State. Mr. Roberts will be succeeded, as private secretary to the Duke of Newcastle, by Mr. Herbert Fisher, who will be assisted by Lord Robert Clinton, M.P., who will serve without salary, in consequence of his having a feat in Parliament. The staff of the new department will be made up chiefly front the Colonial- office, and completed by the addition of two clerks from the office of the Secretary at War, and the removal of the whole of the Commissariat staff from the Treasury Chambers. GOVIIRNMENT APPOINTMKNTS.—Captain Joseph Niss, C. 8., is appointed Superintendent of the Royal William Victualling Yard and the Naval Hospital, at Plymouth ; Mr. Joseph Senior is appointed Third Claes Clerk in the Admiralty, Whitehall ; Mr. W. H. Strutt is appointed First Class Clerk ; Mr. Peter Robertson, Second Class Clerk ; Mr. Thomas Pitcairn, Acting Second Class Clerk ; Mr. Rodolph Alexis Arundel', Third Class Clerk in the Accountant• General's Department of the Admiralty, at Somerset House ; Mr. J. S. B. De Courcy and Mr. G. G. Wilson are appointed Acting Second Class Clerks in the Comptroller of Victualling Department, Somerset House. At a late hour last night the Government recei►ed despataiaes from the Crimea via Marseilles. The intel ligence by the Caire is of secondary interest, and has been anticipated in the telegraphic despatches already published. The Duke of Leeds will, we understand, move the address in the House of Lords in reply to her Majesty's speech. The Earl of Aberdeen's full dress banquet at Argyll house this evening is to include the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Leeds, the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Earl of Clarendon, Earl Spencer, the Earl of Bessh•rongh, Earl of Granville, Earl Fitzhar dinge, the Earl of Wicklow, Viscount Canning, Vis count Hardinge, Lord Foley, Lord Stanley of Alderley, Lord Wodehouse, the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Sid ney, &C. The Lord President of the Council has issued the fol- lowing invitations for his lordship's full dress banquet at the Foreign-office this day :—The Right Hon. the Speaker, Viscount Palmerston, the Right Hex. Sir George Grey, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Ex chequer, the Right Hon. Sir William Molesworth, the Right Hon. Sir Jamei Graham, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, the Right lion. M. J. Baines, the Right Hon. Sir Benjamin Hall, the Right Hon. W. E. Cardwell, the Right Hon. the Earl of Mulgrave, the Right Hon. Lord Ernest Bruce, tqe Hon. H. Fitzroy, the Right Hon. G. W. Hayter, Lord Elcho, tha Hen. H. T. Berkeley, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper, Mr. Frederick Peel, the Right Hon. the Lord Advocate, Sir John Young, Mr. Bernal Os borne, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor General, Viscount Drumlanrig, the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, Mr. Herbert, the mover, and the Hon. F. Le vesou Gover, seconder of the iress. The Right Hon. Sir John Young, M.P., Secretary for Ireland, arrived in town on Saturday, accompanied by Lady Young, from Dublin, for the Parliamentary session. The Earl of Ellenborough has arrived in Raton-square front Southam Park, Gloucestershire. Earl Spencer, the Lord Steward, will arrive in town to-day from Brighton, to attend the Privy Council. Captain Charles Graham and Sir Baldwin W.Walker, K.C.8., are appointed paid Ades-de•Camp to the Queen; and Captains Lord Edward Russell and Henry J. Cod rington, C. 8., are appointed zatpaid Aides-de-Carap to the Queen. The Hon. aid R,ev. T. Felham, o f Christchurch, Hampstead, is to succeed the Rev. D r . Spry, as Rector of St. Marylebine. The Right Hon. W. G. Hayter, M.P., has appointed Mr. Charles Wiliam Freemantle, of the Treasury, to be his private secretary. Mr. George Bannerman has been appointed Clerk of the Pelee, and Keeper of the Register of Sasines in the county of Banff. We are glad (says the Bucks Chronicle) to be enab led to state that our representative, Mr. Layard, has re turned to this country. He reached London on Mon day last, and will, of course, be at his post when Parlia went assembles. As Mr. Layard was present at the battle of Inkerman, it may be anticipated that he is per fectly informed as to the deficiencies and requirements of the Alli In a Co ngregation held on the Sth, the Vice-Chan cellor of the University of Oxford, the Senior Proctor, the Junior Proctor, with Dr. Bliss, Mr. Ravrlinson, Cr. a the new c Neate, and Mr. Pattison, were appointed ommittee for the purpose of regulating the proceedings of Congregation appointed under the University Act. The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge has propounded, "The Religious History of the Sikhs , " as the subject of the Essay for Sir Perrigrine Maitland 's prize. many. THE CRIMEA. MALTA, DEC. 3. The Cambria and. Himalaya, which arrived here on the 30th ult., bring us dates from the Crimea to the 22d. There had been several sorties from Sebastopol, which had been successfully repulsed by the Allies, whose fire continued upon this strong hold without any very manifest effect. The Rus sian army ou tside of Sebastopol, althou g h it had not, after the casti g ation received at Inkerman, von a second attack, was, however, accord ingaccounts of some Polish d eser t ers , ma ki ng t u r e to d upon t preparations to do so before the arrival of the ex pected reinforcements bridge he had th rown across th e the accounts of de ser t ers are wor thy o rcements for the Alli es . Th e enem y of credit, the enemy had as man y as 25,000 men of h ere r d n e a s t y r a o . y e d If a ll arms put hors de combat in the battle of Inker man. An assistant -surgeon of the 62d and four teen soldiers , who on lauding had to j oin the Eng lish camp, m i s sed their road, and w ere t a k en pri soners. Between the 15th and 25th November 12,000 French and 2,000 English troops passed Constantinople, on their way to the Crimea, the latter in the J ura an oured th at the l of on the South. It was g-talked-of assault d Queen ge nerally rum would take place immediately on the reinforcements reaching the Crimea. The army of observation outside the walls would be attacked by the Allies at the same time. TURKEY. Letters from Constantinople to the 23d ult. have reached us via Vienna . The Minis terial changes which had been for some time expected took pl ac e on Gr a t n h d a t y i day, zi r an dß A os ch i a d Pacha b e i ng nom i nate d i i Pacha Mini s t er o f F o rei gn Affairs. The ' latter nomination, although seen with general as satisfaction, Aa i ip aeb a, to accept it, had to resign caused a certain degree of sur prise,tke presidency of the Council of tho Tanzimat, a supposed recently created institution , in which his probity and talents w e re certain to be very useful. As to the Grand Vi z ir, who had been dismissed, it was would not remain l ong without a place that . he was believed that other It changes would take place. The Council of the Tanzimat had, it was said, though only a short time ii existence, discovered a great number of abuses, and was t a king energetic measures to put an end to them. H.R.H. the Duke of Cambridge arrived en the 22d at Therapia from the Crimea. He had been sent there by the physicians to re establish his health, which was Greatly injured by the fatigues and privations he had undergone. All that was known up to the 23d from the Crimea was that military operations, with the exception of some siege works, were temporarily suspended. The Allies were watching with incessant vigilance the move ments of the Russians, and the latter, on their part, were occupyin g themselves exclusively in fortifying their positions, where they appeared to fear being at tacked at every moment. The Allied armies were very impatient for the recommencement of hos tilities. The French vessels of war, the Friedland, the Napoleo n , and the Bayard, had arrived at Con stantinople for repairs. The Vile de Paris, the Jupiter, and some other vessels were expected. At Beycos several English vessels had arrived for repairs. Every day there were arriving from France vessels carrying out troops and ammunition for the army in the Crimea. It was calculated that since the commencement of the month nearly 15,000 French troops had passed by Constantinople. The English reinforcements were also beginning to arrive. The steamer Prince did not lose the 24,0001. she carried ; she fortunately deposited that sum at Constantinople. FRAN CE. PARIS, SUNDAY. We have received the following private telegra phic despatches : MARSEILLES 3 Bth, evening.—The steam-packet DECEMBER 11, 1854. rom Constantinople of the 25th, which was forced by stress of weather to put in to Zanntta, has just arrived, being three days beyond its time. It brings the following news :—Dr. Levy has returned to Constantinople to give medical aid to Prince Napo leon, whose state of health had improved. The Russians, after having destroyed their camp at Bala klava, have proceeded to the north of Sebastopol, where they are entrenching themselves. Omer Pacha is advancing on Moldavia, but he will not pass the Pruth until he has received reinforcements and materiel." " BUCHAREST, Bth.—A report is current here that the Turkish army has received orders to re cross the Danube ; 35,000 men are to proceed to the Crimea. Omer Pacha is expected at Varna." A decree in the Moniteur authorises a great number of Frenchmen, both civil and military, to wear foreign orders which have been conferred on them. In the list of names stand those of M. Drouyn de Lhuys, as Grand Cross of the Belgian Order of Leopold ; M. Delacour, ex-ambassador at Constantinople, as Gland Cross of the Austrian Order of Leopold ; Count do Lesseps, Director of the Consulates, as Grand Officer of the Belgian Order of Leopold ; Count de Monttesuy, French Minister in Tuscany, Generals de Fulque ai_d Pon teves, as Grand Crosses of the Papal Order of St. Gregory the Great, and Count de Barral and Gene ral Faucheux, as Commanders of the same order ; and General Count Roguet, first aide-de-camp of the Emperor, as Ist Class Commander of the Order of Ernest of Saxe Coburg and Gotha, &c. The Moniteur contains a decree promulgating the treaty concluded on the 10th July, 1853, be tween France and the Argentine Republic, for the free navigation of the rivers Parana and Uruguay. Accounts to the 22d ult. have been received from the French naval squadron of the Piraeus. The Heron had recently captured and made ex amples of some pirates near the island of Nicaria, which, it was hoped, would acs as a salutary warn ing to the others. The lena put in at the Pir ae us on the 19th,, in consequence of stress of weather, but left again for Toulon after taking board pro . visions and water. The Chaptal and Solon had also arrived there from the Black Sea. They had receives some damage in the gale of the 14th, but nothing but wkat could be readily repaired. The sanitary state of the corps of occupation, now en tirely composed of marines, was very satisfactory. The Henri IV. has been got off ; her guns had been landed, and a part of them conveyed into the siege trenches. Detachments of volunteers are flocking into Mar seilles. BOURSE, SATIIRDAY.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End of Month. 4a per Cents 96 75 96f. —c. 3 per Cents 7l 90 72 30 Credit Mobilier 765 -- Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives ...... .. Spanish Threes — Piedmontese B7 Home Debt 35 RAILWATII—FOE CAME. fr. c. Zr. 0 . Orleans 1,187 50 Lyons . 1005 Western 640 Rouen 1000 Cette Mediterranean B7O Havre 530. Northern THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL, DEC. 9 The screw-frigate Imperieuse, Captain Watson, and the paddle-wheel steamer Dragon, Captain Wilcox, arrived last evening from their cruise on the Russian coasts. THE BALTIC. According to letters from Riga, the barrage of the approaches to the harbour, by sinking masses of stone, has been so effectual that even merchant vessels drawing an ordinary depth of water cannot enter or depart with cargoes, and all such vessels must be loaded and unloaded outside this artificial bar destined to prevent the approach of our cruisers. There being no prospect of attempts being made to remove these impediments until peace is signed, the barrage will 'gain solidity from accumulations of sand and mud, and many months and a large expenditure will be required for its ultimate re moval. improved on receipt of European advices. Iron was very dull. Freights were a shade firmer. THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE. WASHINGTON, Nov. 26.—The New York Herald says the President's Message, which is alreitdy completed, is to be kept back till the last moment, for fear some warlike intelligence should be re ceived before next Monday week which would render it necessary to change its tone in speaking of our foreign relations. The message, as com pleted, it is understood, is rather quiet, suggesting no ulterior steps as regards Spain, but simply stat ing the result of the negotiations up to this point, namely, a total failure in receiving any satisfactory apology or explanations for the Black Warrior and other outrages. The President is determined — that is, as far as it is possible for a person of his peculiar organiiation to have a decided opinion— that Congress must take the responsibility of any proceedings against, Spain : whilst at the same time the Message will be filled with the usual amount of high-sounding nonsense which has cha racterised Mr. Pierce's former messages and his editorials in the Union. The greatest alarm is felt by the Cabinet for fear Soule should manage to kick up a row, and force the President to recommend the adoption of hos tile measures. Even Marcy believes that if Soule is treated with disrespect it must he viewed as "a national insult," whilst the contingency of his de manding his passports and quitting Spain will be tantamount to a declaration of war. Of course the Cabinet are not quite so ignorant as not to under stand that under ordinary circumstances the dismis sal of a Minister would afford no reasonable ground for belligerent proceedings; but they believe that the position which they have taken, that the acquisi tion of Cuba is a cardinal point in their policy, leaves no resource open but to quarrel with Spain upon the slightest pretext. The good sense of Congress is all that the country has to rely upon. The delay in finishing the reports of the different surveys across the continent will afford the Presi dent an opportunity of avoiding committing him• self upon the Pacific Railroad question in the forthcoming message. PRUSSIA. A letter from Berlin, dated Dec. 8, says I have availed myself of the electric telegraph to-day to communicate to you a piece of news which, if it has not already reached you from some other quarter, *ill contribute more than any other to create a powerful sensation in the political world, and will at once account for the readiness of Austria to conclude a treaty of offensive and defensive alliance with the Western Powers last week. On the 28th ult. Prince Gortschakoff in Vienna in formed Graf Buol Schauenstein that he was autho rised and empowered to declare the Emperor of Russia's adoption of the four points as put orward by the Western Powers, and adopted by Austria, unreserved and entirely. The commu nication of this news to the Government here will at once account for why Prussia made no objection to Austria's entering upon a treaty of offensive and defensive alliance with the Western Powers, and she will very probably herself follow the example, for she will naturally say, if Russia has already announced her intention of conceding everything that the Western Powers demand, I don't sse what harm it could do us to be as big and bold as Aus tria, who has waited until the danger is over before she declares her intention to fight. Should Russia conti nue to give way upon every point, and resign all the pretensions that she has fostered with so much fondness for so lengthened a period of consistent policy, and the realisation of which she has more than once solemnly proclaimed to be essential to her development, it will be very difficult for any French or English Minister, with his eyes opened by recent experience, to conclude any such fair-speaking treaty while Sebastopol is still left standing. The very enormous strength of the place and the immensity of the materiel stored up there shows that its object and destination are not merely to form a depot for Russian troops act .ng against the wild tribes of Circassia. SPAIN. The following telegraphic despatch has been re ceived in Paris : " MADRID, 6th.—ln the sitting of yesterday M. Madoz was elected President of the Cortes by 170 ♦otes ; M. Infante was elected First Vice-President by 124 votes." DENMARK. Our accounts from Denmark are of the 4th inel. Many of the electoral districts of the provinces which, since the establishment of the Constitution, have been accustomed to return the same mem bers to the Second Cabinet, have now elected members the most hostile to the Ministry. The feeling against the present Chamber is such that in many districts the newly-elected deputies have been carried in triumph through the streets and public places. M. Tutcin, the deputy who pro posed the impeachment of the Ministry a short time back, has been made the object of a popular and general ovation. All the houses in the vicinity were illuminated in his honour. In presence of thesefacts the Ministers have tendered their resignation, and the King has accepted it. The Opposition, if successful, will not only cause a general change in the internal administration of the country, but, if it comes to power, will probably effect a complete revolution in the external relation of the kingdom ; and the system of armed neutrality which Denmark has adopted and maintained, in common with Nor way and Sweden, since the commencement of the present war, will perhaps be changed for a more active policy. Considered in this light, the events which are now passing in this little kingdom be come of importance, not only for the Scandinavian Powers, but for t 1 whole of Europe. Intelligence of a later date informs us that the King had named General Krogh Minister of War, and had commissioned him t• form a new Cabinet. AMERICA. (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY NIGHT. The Asia has arrived with advices from New York to the 29th and 86,000 dols. According to the _Herald the tone of the Presi dent's message will be rather quiet. The New York Tribune says that a naval demon stration against Dutch India is contemplated. It had been decided in effect that the Newhaven Railroad Company are responsible for the stock over-issued by Schuyler, that the fraudulent stock was just as valuable as the genuine stock. The Governor of South Carolina, in his letter to the Legislature, suggests a modification of the laws relating to free persons of colour arriving at south ern seaports. Great financial distress existed. The Feudal Tenure Abolition Bill had been read a third time in the Canadian Legislature. The Inspector-General's resolutions were adopted with out important change, except as regards sugars' There was no abatement of the pressure in the New York money market, and the business gene rally continued on a limited scale. The difficulty of negotiating l oans was very g reat even at the rate of 11 to 2 per cent. per month for prime signatures. Stocks continued depressed. Exchange on. London, 109 to 1091. A good business had been done in cotton at lower rates. Flour had ..... THE GREAT SCHUYLER FRAUDS. Judge Hoffman has decided that the New Haven Railroad Company are liable for the fraudulent stock issued. MOUNTED RIFLEMEN. It is intended to raise a body of mounted riflemen. Why should they not be armed with light double rifles ' This would render them most effective—mere so, than i every man had a pair of revolvers, as these are only o : use at comparatively close quarters. THE NEW PROJECTILES. Mr. Lancaster, the inventor of the long-range gun, has been in Wolverhampton and the neighbourhood tht past two or three days, representing the Admiralty. Resulting front that gentleman's visit, Messrs. G. B. Thorneycroft and Co. have undertaken to supply the Government, in a short time, with a large quantity of iron plates, peculiarly constructed and difficult of manu facture. Considerable public spirit was manifested by the firm in the readiness with which, we are told, they accepted the offer, as its execution involves extensive alterations of machinery, with only trifling pecuniary advantages. The plates will be used in the construction of projectiles of anovel description. Messrs. Clarke and Loveridge, of Horsely-fields, have been engaged recentl3 , in the manufacture of cannon balls of various sizes. ARRIVAL OF LORD DEINKELLIZT 11V LONDON. Lord Dunkellin, Lieutenant. Colonel in the Guards eldest son of the Earl of Clanricarde, and whe was taken prisoner by the Russians while on outpost duty befort Sebastopol, arrived in town this morning by the 8 o'clock a.m. train South Eastern Railway from Paris. DEATHS AT SCUTARI. The following is the nominal return of the death of officers, non-commissioned officers, and privates at the hospitals since the 19th inst. : OFFICERS. Lieutenant Houghton, 11th Hussars, died Nov. 22. Lieutenant-Colonel Smyth, 68th Regiment, Nov. 23. Captain J. T. Williams, 2d Dragoons, Nov. 23. NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATES. Private George Shepherd, 93d Regt., diarrhoea, Nov. 19. Private William Ellwood, 33d Regt., wounds and diarrhoea, Nov. 19. Private Henry Hitchcock, 49th Regt., diarrhoea, Nov. 19. Private George Raynor, Royal Artillery, apoplexy, Nov. 13. P,ivate Henry Ashworth, 7th Regt., dysentery, Nov. 19. Private Mathew Lewis, 41st Regt., tetanus vulnus, Nov. 20 Private John Regans, 7th Regt., diarrhoe t, Nov. 20. Private George Budd, 95th Regt., diarrhoea, Nov. 20. Private James Skene, 42d Regt., diarrhoea, Nov. 20. Private Christopher James, Grenadier Guards, dysentery, Nov. 20. Sergeant Wm. Mallett, Grenadier Guards, diarrhoea, Nov. 21. Sergeant John Walla, 7th Regt., wounds, Nov. 20. Private Frances Bond, Royal Horse Artillery, lockjaw, Nov. 21. Private John Sharp, Royal Artillery, diarrhoea, Nov. 21. Private John Palmer, Grenadier Guards, vulnus, Nov. 19. Private Samuel Sage, 7th Regiment, amputation of leg, Nov. 20. Private Fred. Clifford, 17th Lancers, wounds, Nov. 20. Private William. Riddle, 77th Regt., wounds, Nov. 21. Private John. Ryder, 41st Regiment; fracture of left arm, Nov. 21. Private Edward Wiseman, 20th Regt., wounds, Nov. 21. Private Thomas Bean, 30th Regt., compound fracture, Nov. 21. Private George Jones, leth Regt., vulnus, Nov. 20. Private Richard Werger, Ambulance Corps, diarho3a, Nov. 20. Private Nicholas Kinealy, 28th Regt., dysentery, Nov. 21 Private Francis Knott, Coldstream Gds., diarrhoea, Nov. 21. Private John Quinlan, 49th Regt., diarrhoea, Nov. 21. Private Joseph Wernors, 4th Regt., diarrhoea, Nov. 21. Private David Elliott, Royal Artillery, diarrhoea, Nov. 21 Private Denis Farrell, 95th Regt., diarrhoea, Nov. 22. Private James Rose, Grenadier Guards, dysentery, Nov. 21 Private James Keegie, 79th Regt., dysentery, Nov. 21'. Private Edward Evans, Scotch Fusilier Guards, diarrhoea, Nov. 22. Private Michael Martin, Ist Foot, diarrhoea, Nov. 22. Private Patrick Wade, 41st Regt., wounds, Nov. 21. Private John Humbles, 77th Regt., typhus fever, Nov. 22. Private Francis Ghunon, 95th Regt., vulnus, Nov. 22. Private William Kierns, 20th Regt., amputation of the right arm, Nov. 22. Private Jas. Newby, 77th Rogt., gun-shot wound, Nov. 22. Sergeant James Pitt, 2d battalion Rifle Brigade, diarrhoea, Nov. 23. Private William Martin, 13th Light Dragoons, diarrhoea, Nov. 22. Private John Stevenson, Grenadier Gds., anasarca, Nov. 22, Private John Hawright, 41st Regt., wounds, Nov. 22. Private Michl. Perry, 41st Regt., wounds, Nov. 22. Private Samuel Stringer, Grenadier Gds., diarrhea Nov. 22. Private Henry Jagger, 33d Regt., wounds, Nov. 22. Private Francis Johnson, 4th Dragoons, diarrhoea, Nov. 22. Private Joseph Heavens, 20th Regt., cholera, Nov. 22. Private Patrick Draik, 21st Regt., diarrhoea, Nov. 22. Private James Alexander, 49th Regt., wounds, Nov. 23. Privr.te John Griffin, 33d Regt., vulnus, Nov. 23. Private Stephen Dollan, 7th Regt., vulnus, Nov. 23. Corporal William Mcßride, 47th Regt., Yulnus, Nov. 23. Private John Bingo, 30th Regt., vulnus, Nov. 24. Private - Bushell, 57th Regt., vulnus, Nov. 24. Private William Trott, Coldstream Guards, dysentery, Nov. 24. Private Thomas Drysdale, 42d Regt., dysentery, Nov. 24. Private Thomas Tracey, Grenadier Guards, dysentery, Nov. 23. The following, officers go home by the Cambria :- Lieut. Boothby, 95th Regt. ; Capt. Wilkinson, 42d Regt.; Capt. Conolly, 49th Regt. ; Cornet Prendergast, 2d Dragoon Guards ; Li eu t. St u d, Grenadier Guards ; Capt. Elmsall, Ist Dragoons ; Major Hume, 95th Regt.: Capt. Tipping, Grenadier Guards ; Major Maxwell, 60th Regt. ; Capt. Boldero, , 21st Regt. ; Lieut. King, 21st Regt. ;Ensign Cahill, 49th R e gt. ; Capt. Martin , 4th 2Regt.;,e Captain t Brown, 44th Regt., Lieut. - Col. Crofton, h Regiment; Lieut. o Lieut. D ow bi ggen , 4th Regim ent ; Lieut.'ot Armstrong, 55th Regt.; D r . D u mbreck, Deputy I ns pecto c r- t y Hos pitals; Assistant -Surg eon Colbourn° ; ap oun f ghns baud, R. A. to Gibraltar. th e Himalaya :- General Sir de Lacy Evans. Major Gore, The following go b y 13t h Light Dragoons ; Major Coates, 55th Regiment ; Major Stanley, 44th Rent. and Civil Service ; Major Berd inore , 20th Regt. ; Captain Cooper, 44th Regt. ; m L i o e s u e t , e y nan , Guards; Co rnet Webb, 4th Dragoon Guards ; Assistant- Surgeo n Bake, Scot s Fus ilier Guards ; Lieutenant Clutter. b u ck, Sth H ussars ; Lieutena nt and Adjutant Bennett, 63 d 4t2d 3111,°'elgat Lieutenant Gunt er , 4th D ragoon 7 ; 4th Dragoon Gu ar d s ; Li eu t enan t Begt. ; Lieutenant Bradford, 44th Rogt. FUNERAL OF LORD DUDLEY STUART.—It is intended that the remains of the above lamented friend of free dom shall be accompanied to the last resting place by a number of his constituents. Lord Harrowby has ex pressed a desire that eight members from each of the parishes forming the borough of Marylebene should attend the burial. It is understood that the remains of the noble lord will be deposited in the family vault at Dr. Birch's Chapel, Hertford. Upon the conclusion of the treaty with Austria the Emperor Napoleon raised M. de Bourqueney to the dig nity of a Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. SPEOIE.—The specie arrivals of the week have amounted to about 50,000/., almost entirely in gold, The ship. wents, although considerable, have been below that sum.: SPORTING NOTES. GAMES ACROSS COUNTRY. The steeplechase " interregnum" will be of short dura tion. Two days' sport h advertised to take place at Waltham on the 20th and 21st inst., and on the very first (lay of the new year the Stretford Gathering of " Man chester Men" will, weather permitting, be holden, accord. ing to annual custom. The doings of the past week were of sufficient importance to claim slight attention. The most important proceedings were relative to the Wolverhamp ton Steeplechase, and the withdrawal of Miss Mowbray and the British Yeoman. The game which was playa with these animals presented, however, no novel feature, but it was nevertheless carried out with surprising coolness and indifference. For many days prior to the meeting lfiss Mowbray and The Yeoman had arrived at Wolver hampton, and were shown on the race course At exercise regUlarly every morning. On Monday, lowever, the day before the race, Miss Mowbray was, it ;aid, lamed in consequence of treading upon a broken bottle. Still the British Yeoman was there safe and soind, and he at least people expected would start for the steeple ,thase, and indeed not a little curiosity was evinced to see him "perform" after his very long season of rest. Expec tation, however, was disappointed, for on the horses mus oring at the starting post " Mason's two." about whom there had been so much talk, avers absent. The race was won by Peter, who for some unexplained cause was regarded with much distrust. Jemmy the Black was the favoulite and was really intended, but he ran like a cur, and proved himself moderate indeed across country. The Hurdle Race was only remarkable for the accident which occurred to three out of the fourteen competitors. Allah , relio, Freedom, and Gaslight fell. Freedom was the favourite, and bat for his mishap I think he would have won. Ho, however, looked somewhat big, and his appearance altogether afforded no favourable indication of the training skill of " young Sir Robert's groom," under whose care the horse has recently been placed. Ben Laud ought really to insure his jockeys' lives. Nearly everybody that rides for him meets with an accident. Poor Green was severely injured at Harrow by Massaroni's falling, and here; at Wolverhampton, Harry Lamplugh has an awkward tumble with Gaslight. The fact is Ben Laud's " rips" are allowed to start for Hurdle Races before they have learned to jump. So far as sporting affairs are concerned the future pre• cents merely a blank. The Derby is speculated upon, it is true, with varying briskness, bat the " movem ents° relative to it appear to be uncertain in their tendency. Notwithstanding the growing dislike which is evinced is well-informed quarters for Grzculus Esuriens, this horse maintains his position of leading favourite. Polydore, the recently-named colt by Cotherstone out of Polydora, is advancing steadily in the betting. Report states that he • has had a " rough spin" with St. Hubert and Oulston. By the way Baron Rothschild's offer for 3,0001. for Wild I • Dayrell, one of the best - looking and most dan g erous oat ' shiers in the Derby, has been refused. I shall take an early opportunity of collecting some notes relative to the principal Derby horses. I Dec. 11. A. FRESH MAN. THE REINFORCEMENTS. It has been decided that the reinforcements for the cavalry in the Crimea will not be sent out until the spring, when the 6th Dragoon Guards (Carbineers) and the 7th Dragoon Guards, with a regiment of light cavalry—it is supposed the 16th Lancers—will embark for the seat of war. Each of these regiments will be augmented during the winter months by volenteers from other cavalry regi ments, the mounted Irish constabulary, and by recruits to dO sabres, exclusive of farriers and. trumpeters. The cavalry regiments at present in the Crimea are to be in creased to a similar number. The height of recruits having been reduced to 5 feet 6i inches for the light eavalry regi• meats, young and active men offer themselves freely, and on Saturday there were no fewer than 60 cavalry recruits, who had been finally approved, billeted in the metropolis. Last week an inspection took place at the Maidstone Cavalry Depot by an order from the Horse Guards, and the number of men fit to servo in the Crimea was ascer• tained. The invalids from India were exempted. Each light cavalry regiment at home will receive horses and men to drill and train, so as to fill up vacancies in the regiments now at the seat of war. 120 horses and 60 men are to be received at the depot for the 13th Light Dragoons. 17pwards of 40 fine young men (recruits) have joined the ;arrison at Woolwich within the last few days, 18 of whom are volunteers from the Lancashire Militia, and. tmong them are two sergeants. On Friday Messrs. Tonge, Curry, and Co., of Liverpool, sold the clipper Wildfire, 400 tons, lately belonging to Mr. Edward Oliver, to Messrs. Peto, Brassey, sad Co., for 4,500/. She will be despatched this week to Balaklava with a complete railway plant and a company of navvies. The Adelaide steam-transport, expected to arrive at the Royal Arsenal on Saturday, to tpke on board stores for conveyance to the Crimea, will, after partially loading at Woolwich, proceed to Portsmouth to embark troops for jon voyan c e to Balaklava. Two powerful steam-tugs, the Express and the Tartar, belonging to the Liverpool Steam-tug Company, have been purchased by Government for service in the Black Sea. rho Express left Liverpool for her destination on Thursday, Put was obliged to put back on Friday, in consequence of ,he heavy weather in the Channel, with her maohinery larnaged. Tho whole of the screw-boats belonging to the South American and General Steam Navigation Company have keen chartered for the transport service. Tho Emperatriz, 1,800 tons, is expected to be at Queenstown in a few days he Bahiana, 1,700 tons, is being rapidly fitted at Liver* pool ; and the Emperador, 1,800, which is expected from the Brazils the latter end of the month, will be converted into a troop-ship immediately on her arrival. The Lady fano will sail from Liverpool for the Crimea in a day or two with 400 tons of hay. The steam-transport Cosmopolitan, No. 157, left Ports mouth on Satarday with a load of the wooden huts for the troops in the Crimea. She took out a large quantity of stores also for the Government depots, and a good con• signment of warm clothing and other necessaries for the comfort of the troops, which have been purchased by * subscription originated in Portsmouth by Colonel E. Na pier, of Merchistoun-hall, who continues to receive sub scriptions in aid of further purches for the same object. A large French ship of 1,000 tons burden is daily expected off Southampton to load with wooden houses for the Crimea. She is to be towed by the French war steamer Vhlegethon. The screw steamer Hetton left Southampton for Balaklava on Thursday last with a further supply of wooden barracks for the British army. The steamers John Bowes and Sir John Easthope are also loading. THE FRENCH REINFORCEJDINTS. Detachments from the 22d, 23d, 29th, and 41st of th lino, from the 11th battalio - i of Foot Chasseurs, and 12th light infantry, arrived in Paris on Friday morning, and left in the evening of Saturday by the Lyons Railway for the South. A letter from Nantes, of the 7th, mentions that the 9th light infantry had received orders to form three war bat• talions, and to join the camp of the South, whence it is to proceed in the spring to the Crimea. We 'read in the Sentinelle Toutonnaise of the sth inst.:-- " The steam frigate Sane sailed yesterday with troops for the Crimea. 1,229 rank and file, 1,000 of whom belonged to the 17th battalion of Chasseurs de Vincennes, embarked the same day for the army of the East. Ammunition waggons are continually arriving at the arsenal with shells, cannon balls, and other projectiles destined for the army. The square opposite the arsenal is literally covered with pieces of artillery, which are conveyed on board the dif• ferent transports with as little delay as possible. The shells and cannon balls are shipped on board the St. Louis. Two detachments from the 17th and 32d of the line arrived this morning at Toulon, where they are waiting for trans" , ports to embark. The steamer Meteor sailed last night fo the Black Sea. 300 men of the 16th infantry packed their arms this morning in the arsenal, previously to em barkation." OFFICIAL APPOINTMENTS.—The Right Hon. W. 0 - Hayter, M.P., has appointed Mr. Charles William Free mantle, of the Treasury, to be his private secretall- Mr. George Bannerman has been appointed clerk of tha peace and keeper of the Register of Sasines in the county' of Banff. Captain Joseph Nias, C. 8., is appointed en' perintendent of the Royal William Victualling yard and the Naval Hospital at Plymouth. Captain Charles Graham and Sir Baldwin W. Walker, K.C.8., are er pointed paid aides-decamp to the Queen ; and Captains Lord Edward Russell and Henry J. Colrington, C.B .s are appointed unpaid aides - de - camp to the Queen, r. Joseph Senior is appointed third class clerk in the Ad' miralty, Whitehall. Mr. W. H. Strutt is appointta° first class clerk ; Mr. Peter Robe rtson, second da clerk ; Mr. Thomas Pitcairn, acting second class clerk ; Mr. Rodolph Alexis Arundel' , third class clerk, in the A ccoun t a nt-General's department of the Admiralty nt Somerset house. Mr. J. S. B. De Courcy and Mr. 0- G. Wilson are appointed acting second class clerks in the Comptroller of Victualling's department, Somerset house. -Observer. THE BALAKLAvA Peto, BrasseYt and Bett=, the eminent contractors, having undertaken to construct a railway for the Government from Ball; klava to the British camp , a lar g e force of navvies so" be despatched immediately t o commence operation!. Mr. Kellock, a gentleman well known on the Hereford, Ross, and Gloucester Railway, will superintend in per son the execution of this ar duous undertaking, and the Rev. George Gyngell, the talented and indefatigable missionary, whose dev oted labours amongst the n. employed on the line near Ross were the theme of a dmi t , ration, will accompany the detachment in the capacity 01 f c u b r a n p i lli e n d , aat ltithweraenttniurernt7esrtofofßMibrle.sPaentdo,Tweshtoatuttasl__O nob only for the use of the men, but of any others wh o . may need them. Mr. Gyngelt also takes out with him a large number of Bibles and Testaments in the Turkishl r a c n o d mf French s u eh languages, as rn and y r eaqquantity 4nnb: I ' t ß' r n i ud b s U oi t at e in d 'e, b y friends who sympathise with his zealous an d I devoted u ndertaking. - -Hereford Timm.