The Sun. — London, England, 1854-11-20 00:00:00

PROPRIETARY CHAPEL IN NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE. MR. BROUGII will SELL by AUCTION, at the George, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on THURSDAY NEXT, 231 November. at 2, SAINT PACL'S CHAPEL, Westgate-hill, Newcastle, with Beadle's House, and the adjoining Ground lately used as a Cemetery ; the whole containing upwards of an acre. The property is in one of the best situations in Newcastle. The Chapel, which was built in 1841, is of commodious construction, seats about 7CO persons, and is in excellent repair. It is at present used for divine service by the incumbent of the adjoining ecclesiastical dis trict, which is without a church. The Cemetery is ornamentally laid out and enclosed. The interments in it have not been numerous ; and since May last interments in this and other intramural burial places in Newcastle have been discontinued under an Order in Council. The Cemetery is subject to a perpetual trust, precluding its conversion to any other purpose then that of the interment of the dead, according to the rites of the United Church of England and Ireland ; and it will be sold subject to that restriction, and to provi sions for securing from desecration the portions in which interments have taken place. The Chapel will be sold discharged of all trusts whatever. Possession may be had in February next. There is no other proprietary chapel in Newcastle available ton clergyman of the Established Church ; and the unusual advantag presented by the property now offered for absolute sale entitle it to the imme diate attention of persons seeking a profitable investment. Apply to Messrs. Stable and Dees, or Messrs. Adamson, solicitors, New castle-upon-Tyne. T HE AT RE-ROYAL, DRITRY-LANE, M. JULLIEN'd CONCERTS. LAST WEEK BUT TWO. Last Three Nights of the " British Army Quadrille." THIS EVENING (Monday, 20), by gene ral desire, Nov.will be performed the " British Army Quadrille," being positively the last night but one of its performance this season. The Programme will also include the New Song," Minnie," and the Rondo from " L'Eteile du Nord," by Madame Anna Thillon; the Overture to Euryanthe, "The American Quadrille," a grand Operatic fieleetion from " Les Huguenots" (last time), "Le Comte Ory Quadrille," the First Move ment from Spoh e s Symphony, " The Power of Sound," " Th e Lucrezia Borgia Valse," Solo by Herr Kcenig, by Herr Frisch, and by Sig. Robbio ; The Moldavian Schottische," " Th e new Charge Galop," with " God save the Queen" " Partant pour la Syric" Sec. Patens or ADMlSMON.—Promenade, boxes, and galleries, Is.; dress circle, 2s. 6 d. ; private boxes 14 Is. and 14 Ile. 6d. To-morrow (Tuesday), the Beethoven Festival will take place; on w hi c h occasion the whole of the First Part of th e Programme will be selected from the works Of the immortal composer ; tile Second Part being Miscellaneous. On Thursday next, the new " Allied Armies Quadrille" will be produced. M. JULLIEN'S GRAND BAL MASQUE will take place on MONDAY, Dec. 11. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone. THIS EVENING, Nov. 20, Will be performed tke Comedy of SHE STOOP 3 TO CONQUER. Supported by Messrs. Chippendale, Rogers, Howe, and Compton ; Misses Reynolds and Martindale, and Mrs. Poynter. Followed by THE SENTINEL OF THE ALMA. To conclude with THE WHITE HORSE OF THE PEPPERS. Gerald Pepper, Mr. Hudson. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. Csaanza Kzas. TILTS EVENING, Nov. 20, After which, THE COURIER OF LYONS. Principal characters by Mr. C. Kean, Messrs. J. Vining, Addison , Graham , D. Fisher , Cathcart, and Slker ; Misses C. Leclercq, Heath, Ternan, and K. Terry. After which will be presented a uew Melo-dramatic Spectacle, in three acts, entitled SCLIAMYL, the Warrior Prophet. THEATER ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celesta. TELLS EVENING, Nov. 20, Will be performed THE SERIOUS FAMILY. Characters by Messrs. C. Selby, Leigh Murray, and Keeley; Mlss Woolgar, and Mrs. Keeley. After which, a new Farce called THE SLOW MIN. To which will be added a new Farce, entitled THE RAILWAY BELLE. Followed by BONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. To conclude with THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER. ROYAL OLYMPIC TUE \ TEE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Nov. 20, will be presented THE BEULAII SPA. Principal characters ,ssra. A. Wigan, Emery , F. Robson, and H. Coo p er; Miss 7 -sg rsto n, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Fitzallan, and Miss Julia St. George. To be followed by THE TRITiTE E. Charactors by Messrs. A. F. Vining, Emery, and Leslie; Miss Maskel', and Miss e ll( n B. conclude with the Farce, called A BLIGIITED BEING, in ch Mr. Robson will appear. AiTLE'f'S ROYAL AMrIIITUEATP.w. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. No diminution whatever in the prodigious attraction and excite ment created by the new Military Spectacle ! THIS EYENING, The GRAND and wonderfully successful SPECTACLE, in 2 acts, from the pen of J. 11. STOCUELLER, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF THE ALMA ! After which, a novel series of SCENES in the CIRCLE, invented and conducted by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with the ENCOUN TER and CAROUSAL of the WILD INDIAN ! N.B.—An early attendance Is respectfully suggested, in consequence of the numbers who nightly throng the doors of the Theatre. - _ Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. H. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. Wm. Cooke, jun. 111413 WATER AT LONDON' BRIDGE. Tam Dir —Morning 25 min.after 1 i Evening 45 min.aft. 1 To Louow - . Morning 4 min.atter 2 1 Itvenino23 ntin.s.ft. 2 THE WEATHER.—Sus Orme, Nov. 19. THIBNONSTZB, IN THE SHADE. sG—highest since noon yesterday. 42—lowest this morning and during the night. 45—this day, at noon. BAROMETER, 30.13—rising. WIND—N.N.E. to N.E.—Fresh, with dull, cold, dry weather. NOVE3IBRE 20. 46 —highest since noon yesterday. 40 —lowest this morning and during the night. 44 —this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'21. Warn, N. to N.N.E.—Rather fresh and cold, with dull weather. THE "COMING" CAPTURE SEBASTOPOL WILL BE PUBLISHED IN AN EXTRAORDINARY EDITION "THE SUN" THE MOMENT THE EXTRAORDINARY GAZETTE IS ISSUED, TOGETHER WITH A LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED. Orders received &y all News Agents, and at " THE SUN" OFFICE, 112, Strand, London. ~~r '~.~r ~^ 3411. Thz LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1854. Never was the British nation more thoroughly excited than at the present moment. Never was it more firmly determined to succeed in the under taking in which it was for the time being engaged. A fierce and unbending resolution to carry out the laudable objects for which we reluctantly entered into the war animates every British heart. We use the word in its broadest sense, as expressing the whole United Kingdom ; and we believe that few could be found with sufficient hardihood to suggest to a meeting of Englishmen the policy of raising the siege of Sebastopol, or patching up a dishonourable and temporary " armistice" with the Northern Despot—we shall not desecrate the t erm "peace" by applying it to that which could not be regarded as permanent or lasting. It is felt that not merely the policy of the Western Powers, depend s ou the but the security of our hom es result of the fierce struggle — that it is not merely French and British honour, but the sacred ca use of Freedom all over the old world that is at issue. Muscovite morality is now duly appreciated. The CZAR openly adopts " The good rule—the old simple plan, That he should take who has the power, And he should keep wh o can? , His professions of moderation can no longer de ceive any save the wilfully blind. We can n o longer find a Minister—nay, more, the Mi n i s t er par excellence —the head of her MAJE STY ' S Go vernment —rising in his place in Parliament to proclaim that he thought the ATJTOCRAT'S ap prehensions justifiable and his demands reason able ! !" NICHOLIS has flung aside all disguise. He h as determined to BEAT England and France con jointly—to compel the Western warriors to suc cumb before his semi-barbarian hordes. And he has made efforts worthy of a nobler cause. For the gratification of his arrogance and cupidity, he has displayed an amount of energy and activity which brings to shame our comparatively puny e xertions. Without regard to expense, At any cost of men or money, he has resolved that Sebastopol must be saved--that the besieging armies shall be driven to seek refuge in their ships, become prisoners of war, or perish to the last man in the discharge of their too arduous duties. With that view he has forwarded every available man to the Crimea, and has even sent his two younger sons to participate in these efforts ; w hil e we—it is with shame we record it—are only beginning to shake off the apathy by which we have so long been oppressed, or to make any exertions worthy of the glorious cause in which we are engaged. Now we are inquiring for transports, while so many have been lying idle at Balaklava. It is now we are talking of raising sufficient men to sustain the army which we have so long left to fight a contest that would be unequal but for the superhuman powers they have displayed, the dar ing gallantry that carries them triumphantly through every ordeal. " Triumphantly," we said, but with what fearful sacrifices of life —what toil and suffering to the survivors ! We hear of nearly 20 per cent. of their numbers cut off in a single day !—of one fifth of our avail able force being killed or wounded on the sth of November ! But even that, fearful as it is to contemplate, is scarcely so bad as the incessant wear and tear from over-fatigue, exposure, and privations of the most deplorable character. Pesti lence and famine are doing their deadly work as surely as the Cossack lances, or the Muscovite cannon or rifles. We do not provide fitting shelter or food for our brave fellows. While the French and Turkish Auxiliaries had at least their tents, our men were stretched on the bare earth without any protection from the inclemency of the weather. While the French had not only an adequate supply of wholesome and palatable bread for their own wants, but were enabled to bestow some on their English brethren in arms, our victims of a defec tive and badly-organised commissariat were starv ing in the midst, or at least within sight, of plenty. It was little satisfaction to think that there were capital tents, battened up under hatches in the various ships, floating proudly within sight, or that While going to bed supperless for the fourth or fifth time in the week, to know that there was abundance of every kind of provision in the vicinity, which might be available, if better regulations were established. Under such circum stances our men—sturdy to the last—withered away to less than half of their original numbers, while although some reinforcements have arrived, they are inadequate to supply the daily loss— much less to bring additional forces into the field, against the Muscovite increase. It is true that some had landed on the 6th, 7th, and Bth, at the rate, we are told, of 1,000 per diem ; but that was scarcely sufficient to replace the loss of the sth inst., without making any provision for the daily expenditure from sickness, over exertion, or casualties from the siege operations. Yet with even that slender addition, our men had been en abled to make offensive demonstrations against the left flank of the Russians—demonstrations which had caused them to retire from the position which they had won through the mis conduct of a party who did not worthily sustain the Ottoman reputation. This is much to have accomplished with little more than 50,000 French and English against such numerical supe riority. Let, then, the fitting exertions be made at home and in matters merely dependent on L. S. D. profusion in all necessary matters will be found true economy in the long run. The CZAR, has determined to save Sebastopol at any cost. We must resolve to take it at any expense. He is not chary of the lives of his miserable serfs. We must not clutch our money-bags too tightly, or refuse to draw our purse-strings freely in such a cause. We still can conquer—if we only persevere. With all the efforts of NICHOLAS, he has not succeeded in weakening our position which still menaces Sebastopol, and from which we hope, ere long, to see the destruction of that quasi impregnable fortification. Our loss of general officers has been as formi dable in proportion as of the men. We have lost the gallant CATHCART, the worthy son of a dis tinguished sire. GOLDIE and STRANGWAYS have accomplished their glorious destiny, and died in the face of the foe on the field of battle. DE LACEY EVANS has been driven by sickness from the field ; BROWN, second to none in" the British army, a model soldier, has lost an arm, and the Gallant Light Division must fol low another—they can never find a more distin guished—leader. Besides these, ADAM s and BENTINCK, and BULLER and TonnEsss—illustrious names—have bled on the field, although happily we may hope that they will speedily be restored to health and strength, and their inestimable ser vices still be available to their country. But we do not on that account require additional generals from their country. We have good men and true _ still left to commmand our troops. With RAGLAN, and BURGOYNE, and CAMP BELL, and PENNEFATHER, aye, and many other experienced leaders, we have nothing to fear. Besides it is only fair that those who have borne the brunt of the encounter should also reap the rewards of victory—that promotion, even to the highest rank should be accorded to those who have so nobly exerted themselves on the field and in the Council, and who have successfully resisted all the efforts of the Russian troops. Many persons are already beginning to croak on the subject of the inexhaustible (!) re sources of Russia, and to assert the decided in feriority of the Western Powers in these important particulars. A little calm re flection may, however, lenallle all who have no sinister motives for desponding, or rather for exciting despondency in others, to shake off their unreasonable apprehensions, and to arrive at sounder conclusions in these matters. Great as the resources of the Czin unquestion ably are we shall be enabled to show that in every essential point they are far beneath those of the nations that have tardily and reluctantly, but still resolutely buckled on the armour to meet his unjust aggressions, and to cause justice and in tegrity to be respected throughout the entire world. Men and money ! " The sinews of war, "in the broadest sense of the phrase, are the matters in which comparisons have been male by no means favourable to England. It is said that Russia has no less than sixty-six millions of sub jects, while England has scarcely twenty-nine millions ! and thus that considerably more ,than two to one could be produced in any continued contest. France, our faithful and efficient ally, would, however, with her thirty - six mi llions, nearly bring about a counterpoise in point of mere numbers, as there would thus be on the one side sixty-five millions of French and English against sixty-si x millions of Muscovites—a diffe rence not sufficient to excite a fear in any heart, particularly w h en physical we consider the difference of power as well as of intelligence, and of 'the various qualifications necessary to constitute an efficient and useful soldier. We shall not, however, for the time being allude further to France, although certain. that we may, in any emergency, implicitly rely on her friendly 1 and cordial co-operation. We shall be contented to prove that, as far as England alone is con cerned, she would have nothing to dread against Russia single-handed, and without the confidence in the justice of our cause with which we are " trebly armed." In the first place, then, it must be remembered that the twenty-nine millions thus referred to are not merely British subjects, but inhabitants of the British Isles concentrated within a com paratively limited space, and readily brought into contemporaneous action, while the hordes of the CZAR, occupy his wide-spread territories, in dis tricts wherever they could not easily be collected together to any given spot. As well might we glaim the one hundred and fifty millions of British subjects spread all over the face of the earth, in lands where the sun never sets, as Nicholas boast of his sixty-six millions, some of whom are not merely unavailable for warlike purposes, as the wandering Esquimaux, or Samoiedes, or those who inhabiting the dreary regions of perpetual ice, have too much to contend with in the severity of the elements, to do much against an armed enemy. But it is not merely toeless multitudes that he reigns over, but there are many, too many, who enly await the signal for rising with any reasonable prospect of success, the opportunity so long and anxiously looked for to avenge their outraged nationalities, and to become sources of weakness and not of strength—the sharpest thorns in the Russian side. How long could the noble minded but oppressed Poles be relied on by NICHOLAS ? In place of having men prepared to struggle to the last in defence of their homes, there would be patriots ready to shake off the yoke by which they had so long been oppressed, and to take advantage of any chance, justly feeling that the hour of Rus sia's difficulty would be Poland's opportunity. We have seen from our own prisoners of war that Fins will not associate with Russians—that they are, in fact, strongly opposed to each other in every particular. The same .may be said of those who have from time to time been swallowed by the insatiable maw of Russia—who have been first taken under its protection (.9 and then amal gamated. They differ, indeed, widely from the English, Scotch, and Irish, always overflowing with devoted and affectionate loyalty to their Sovereign, and ready at any moment to unite against the common foe. Speaking nothing of the difference of quality— and wheie is the soldier or sailor that would dread two Russians?—we fancy that the numerical difference would not, on close investigation, be found so very formidable as it has been made out. We must also recollect that in having the un questionable sovereignty of the seas wo can guard our own shores against Russian aggression, and at the same time direct our blows against any portion of the vast and unwieldy monster against whom we are opposed. It scarcely requires any argument to prove our superiority on the pecuniary part of the question. We may, however, take some future opportunity of placing it in a broad light, and showing that of the sinews of war—money, with all its bound less power, is unquestionably in favour of the " little Island in the West"—when compared with its Leviathan opponent. THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 26, 1854. FIRE IN RED LION-STREET. ANOTHER ACCOUNT. Sun-office, half-past Two. Last evening, at seven o'clock, a fire took place in Red Lion-street, Holborn, at the house of Mr. Arnold, and the one adjoining, in which Mr. St. Clair Jones and family resided. The engines were on the spot shortly after, but no fire escape. On searching for Mr. Jones' family it was found that his wife and child, Alfred Jones, were burnt in the room, the latter to a cinder. Mr. ones is well known at Covent Garden and Drury Lane as a bass singer in opera, pantomimes, &c., and is engaged at Mr. Moreton's, Canterbury-hall, West minster-road. Poor Jones bas lost music, plays, books, cloaks, and everything in the world. A subscription is on foot for the sufferers, for the funeral, &c., and, ever so trifling, will be thankfully received lsy Mr. Smith, st age door, Drury Lane Theatre. THE HEAVY GALES AND THE MAILS. The heavy gales last week to some extent impeded th e regularity of the mail service between Dover and Calais, as we fear they have been tke cause of much loss of life and property on the south coast. It has blown terrifi oally from ESE to ENE, but the difficulties with respect to the mai service have been greater on the French than on the English side. On Thursday night the English mail packet made her passage, and the return mails to Dover were brought across by the English steamers with their accustomed regularity up to Saturday, when it was impossible to leave Calais until eight o'clock in the morning, consequently the mail was late in reaching London. On Friday morning the English mail steamer reached off Calais ; but the sea was running as high as the cliffs, and she dared not attempt to go in for five hours. On Saturday the French packet did not leave Dover at her usual time, two p.m. The English mail steamer had everything ready to start on Saturday night on the arrival of the mail train at Dover, but a submarine telegraph was sent over from Calais to say it was useless to attempt the passage, for nothing could land through the heavy sea at that port. She remained, therefore, until yesterday morning as did also the French and Ostend mail steamers. In the course of the night the swell was very great in Dover harbour ; and yesterday morning, as the Onyx was about to get away, the violent raging of the sea snapped her hawsers as if they were twigs, and drove her so violently against the quay that she sustained some slight damage to her paddle-box spring beam. It was deemed advisable not to run any risk in sending her, and accord inglr another of the squadron got up her steam, and in the course of an hour the heavy mad, and 70 pas sengers, were en route to Calais. The French mail steamer came over yesterday, but did not return. The sea at Dover made clean breaches over the quays, across the parade and the road, and on to the Pent, but no damage has been sustained. It is much to be re• gretted that whilst it is in contemplation to carry out the Admiralty pier at Dover some 1000 yards farther into the sea at a vast expense, the harbour itself should be so ne glected, and should continue so inconvenient and unsafe. Had there been ingress for the steam-packets to the inner harbour by a good carriage swing-bridge, like the bridge way on the entrance to the Pent, the mails and pas sengers could have been embarked with comfort, conve nience, and perfect safety. As it is, there is only a rude, shaky wcoden-bridge, with an almost tumbling down narrow gateway, too narrow even to admit steamers so small as the mail vessels—leading from the outer to the inner harbour. The South-Eastern Railway Cltaspany's steamers did not attempt to run to and front Calais and Dover OA Saturday or yesterday. PATRIOTIC FUND.—BURY, LANCASHIRE.—A. meeting in aid of this fund was held in the Lecture Hall, Bury Athena:inn, on Saturday evening last, Nov. 18th, 1854 ; the Rev. E. J. Hornby, Rector, in the chair ; when a committee was appointed to solicit donations in the town and neighbourhood. The sum of 652/. 4s. 6d. was sub scribed at the meeting. Further subscriptions will be received by the Bury Banking Company, and at the branch bank of the Liverpool and Manchester District Company. EXCHEQUER BONDS.—It was mentioned on Saturday last that the Chancellor of the Exchequer had made an arrangement with the Commissioners for the reduction of the National Debt, under which they would take the last 2,000,00001. of Exchequer bonds remaining to be issued, and that, in order to carry out this transaction, they had effected some sales of stock, but not for any important amount. An impression which has had an adverse in fluence on the market seems subsequently to have be- Fame prevalent that these sales are being continued and 11:icrea , ed. Such, however, is not the case. It is be lieved that no sales of stock by the commissioners are at present going forward, and, as it is also understood that 1,600,0001. of the bonds in question have already bees taken up, the utmost amou n t, apparently, for which the commissioners could under any circumstances have to provide, supposing their ordinary accumulations to prove insufficient, would be 400,0001. LORD GEORGE PAGET ON THE FIELD OF BATTLE. — A Staffordshire man, in a letter dated Oct. 30, referring to the disastrous charge of the light cavalry on the 25th says : " There was Lord George's regiment (Lord George Paget), the 11th Hussars, 13th, 17th, and Bth Hussars, all cut to pieces. Lord George's regiment is cut up ter ribly ; but he has escaped a s y e t. He has proved him self worthy of being called the Marquis of Anglesey's son. He fought at the head of his regiment. I was told by an old soldier that got wo unded b y his side, that Lord George waved his sword, saying, ` Now, my lads, for old England ! Fight—conquer or die ! ' and led his e in e n oon k i g l l a e l d l a. n t ;y. Mr. j T o h i e li ff n s e a i j s o s r u p is p o k s i e l d l e t d o ; b a e n o d li t o ) t n ; lie tenanten can't find him,"—Stafordsliiro Advertiser. COUBT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, Nov. 19. The following had the honour of dining with her Ma jesty yesterday :—The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, the Rev. Lord and Lady Wriothesley }tassel!, Viscount and Viscountess Canning, and Lord Bloomfield. The band of the Royal Horse Guards played during dinner, and the private band afterwards. The Queen and Prince walked in the Home Park this morning. The Duke and Duchess of Bedford, Viscount and Vis countess Canning, and Lord Blomfield left the Castle to-day. Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince inspected yes terday the light portable tent invented by Messrs. May nard and Harris. Nov. 19. The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High ness the Duchess of Kent, Lady Augusta Bruce, Lady Frances Bruce, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. The private band attended after dinner. The Queen and Prince, the four elder Royal children, and the Duchess of Kent, the ladies and gentlemen of the Court, and the domestic household attended Divine service this morning in the private chapel of the Castle. The Rev. Lord Wriothesley Russell officiated. Viscount Canning, Postmaster-Gefteral, arrived in town on Saturday from Windsor Castle. His lordship had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, at his official residence in Downing -street. CABINET COUNCIL.—A Cabinet Ceurcil was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office. The Ministers present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of New castle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Gra ham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sydney Her bert, Sir William Molesworth, and Earl Granville. The Council sat two hours and a half. The Countess Dowager and Lady Georgiaaa Grey have left Eaton-square for Brighton, for the winter. DEATH OF LADY EMILY PUSEY.—Her ladyship died at Pussy House, perks, on Thursday last. The Right Hon. Henry and Lady Mary Labouchere have left Belgrave-square, for Brighton. - The Duke and Duchess of Bedford arrived in Belgrave square on Saturday, from a visit to the Queen at Wind sor Castle, en route to Woburn Abbey, where Lord and Lady John Russell and a numerous family circle will assemble en a visit to their graces during the approach ing recess. The Marquis and Marchioness of Nermanby, who are staying at Florence, are expected to pass the winter in the Tuscan capital. His lordship continues in rather indifferent health. The Earl and Countess of Wilton and the Lady Ka therine Egerton arrived in Grosvenor-square, on Satur day, from Heaton Park, Manchester. His lordship and family are expected to leave town to-morrow, for,Egerton Lodge, Melton Mowbray, for the season. The Earl of Sefton's youthful heir apparent, Viscount Molyneux, has just entered the Grenadier Guards, as ensign and lieutenant. His lordship and Viscount Hood, owing to the casualties in the regiment, in the Crimea, get their commissions without purchase. irThe Hon. and Rev. Montagu Villiers has recently be come one of the vice-presidents of the Weekly Tract Society. The marriage of Mr. G. E. H. Vernon, M.P. for Newark, with the Lady Selina Meade, only daughter of the Earl of Clauwilliam, will take place on Thursday next. Mdlle. Cruvelli has not yet appeared at the Opera, Paris ; people are asking what it all means, and Mdlle. Cruvelli threatens to make a clean breast of it. Viscount Canning, Postmaster-General, arrived in town on Saturday, from Windsor Castle. His lord ship had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche quer, at his official residenee in Downing-street. The Duchess of Sutherland (says the Staffordshire Ad vertiser), who has long been honoured with the personal friendship of the sovereign, has, we understand, received an autograph letter of condolence from the Queen, on the - melancholy and premature death of her grace's second son, Lord Frederick Leveson Gower. Mr. Lewis Cass, the U. S. Charge d'Affaires, to the Court of Rome, had an audience of the Pope on the 10th, in which he delivered new letters of credence rais ing him to the rank of Minister at Rome. PIEDMONT.—On the 14th the Bank of Turin raised its discount from 5 to 6 per cent. THE DUTY ON PAYEE.—The paper duty, as appears by a Parliamentary paper just published, in the year ending the sth of January last, was 1,057,637/. against 947,905/. of the preceding year, which was an increase on 1852. TRH OFFICE o ADJUTANT-GENERAL.--It is under stood that Major-General Wetherall has been appointed adjutant-general, in the room of General Cathcart, de ceased.—Sunday Times. RUSSIAN Wm!. PRISON.—From the representations of Lieutenant Mann, the Government have sent down orders that pork and peas are to be supplied twice a week to the prisoners, and that each man is to have an additional quarter of a pound of bread per diem.—Lewes Express. ARRIVALS o SPECIE.—The arrivals of specie last week, including the sums by the Mermaid and Ballarat, which are not yet delivered, have amounted to nearly 650,0001., and the exports to Paris, Alexandria, and Portugal are believed to have been 400,0001. or 500,0001. ULSTER RAILWAV COMPANY.—A majority of the shareholders of the Ulster Company have agreed to con struct an extension line from the present station at Armagh to Monaghan, in connexion with a line to be made by the Dundalk and Enniskillen Company, so as to complete a communication between Armagh and Cavan. AUSTRIA AND PRUSSIA..—TIIO Frankfort Post Gazette states that Austria and Prussia have so far agreed that in future neither will make any communication to the Frankfort Diet without having previously imparted it to the other. DIM ON TOBACCO AND SNUFF.—On Friday a report showed the increase of duty on tobacco and snuff in the last three years, ending the sth January. In 1852, it was 4 , 466,469/. ; in 1853, 4,542,572/. ; and this year as much as 4,728,6421. The Town Council of Falmouth have memorialised Sir James Graham for a division of the fleet to be placed in winter quarters at that port; a leading plea being that Falmouth contributes a comparatively larger supply of seamen to the British navy than any other port in the kingdom.—Plymouth , THE FRIEND OF THE CLERG Y. — Yesterday two ser mons in aid of the Friend of the Clergy were preached in the parish church of St. Giles's-in-the Fields—that in the morning was delivered by the Rev. William Cadman, Rector of St. George's, South war k . Th e sermon in the evening, by the Rev. Canon Bickersteth, M.A., Rector of St. Giles s. DEPARTIME OF THE AMERICAN MAILS.— On Saturday forenoon, the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Africa, Capt. W. Harrison, sailed from the Mersey, for New York, with the usual mails for the United States and British North American Provinces, 67 passengers, a full carg• of merchalidise on freight. THE MAIL STEAMERS AND THE ARMY.—The Nubia is expected to-day at Southampton with the Indian mail, and she will be immediately turned back to Toulon to carry troops to the Black Sea. The royal mail steamer w has taken up at South -1 proceed to Toulon A.m Tamarntphirniosptchteeoevan thisdet h net a aio s nmaTe oorbeenurti week.ht ootena morrow to e oT n r. mrhoueowprlrnbo Governmentd y wi a thelf possible. This is the Indiana w il l Government and will morning. Captain Enctledue, of the Oriental Co m p al y , lof t Southampton on - Friday for Toulon to superintend the embarkation of the troops there. MAILS FOR AUSTRALIA._Live rpooI, Saturday.—ln consequence of the Government requiring for the trans port service the General Screw Steam N av i ga ti on Com pany's vessel which w as a ppointed to leave Southampton the passage to Melbourne un d er a penalty, in 65 days. on the 4th proximo , the mails for A us t ra li a w i ll h e con veyed by the. Black Ball clipper ship J ames B a i nes , f which will be despatc hed from Liverp oo l on t h e 9 t h o f } D i L e i : December, contractedtheowners to perform )nu the b ship, AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS OF THE W EST -RIDINCI. Ne better proof could be afforded that the farmers' mind's are becoming awake to the value of correct agri cultural statistics, than the fact that no refusals of occu piers of Ind in the West Riding to fill up the schedules forwarded to them have been reported to the Poor-law Inspector. There is, we bear,. every reason to believe that the,xhole of the returns will be made up and p' ace d in Mr. Farnall's h an ds by the 80th inst. This will b e a very gratifyi ng resu lt o f the first experiment of this kind in the West Riding, and will encourage Governm en t t o undertake th e wor k o f o btaining similar information to that given in the schedules from every other county in England.—Leeds Mercury. THE SOUTH-EASTERLY GALES.— SHIELDS, Saturday Night.—The Tyne, Wear, Hartlepool, and other north ern coal ports are now crowded with shipping, a great number of laden vessels being detained by the bad wea ther, and the heavy sea that is breaking on the bars. These is at present the extraordinary number of above 1,000 vessels in the Tyne alone ; about 750 sail is lying in Shields harbour, about 100 of which are first-class vessels. Th e th ree stran d e d s c hooners at th e h ar b our mouth have b een b ro k en up , and the shore-sid e popula tion —mostly Irish—have pillaged whenever they have had an opportunity. A schooner, the Victory, of Har wich, has gone to pieces at Sunderland, and ono or two of the vessels stranded on Whitburn Sands are in a bad condition. The damage at Sunderland by the gale on Wednesday is considerable, as several of the vessels that took that harbour came to the ground. The bark Bullfinch has arrived in this port with injuries, hiving been in contact with, and there is every reason to be lieve, sunk, the Rapid, of Malmo, Olaf Larson, mas ter, and drowned the master and five of the hands. Thursday light was wet and dark at sea, with the wind blowing half a gale at S.S.E. Theßullfinch, a stout heavy vessel, was on her passage from Hamburg to the Tyne light, and about half-past seven was running free before the wind, about 112 miles fi Tynernouth Lights, N. W. W., when the men on the look-out observed the schooner, which was on her passage to the Mediterranean from the Tyne, coal laden. The steersman aboard the bark made an effort to clear her, but the bark did not appear to base answered her helm soon enough, raa into the schooner with fearful violence, and there is reason to think sunk her at the bows ; for immediately after the cohision the bark's sails were pu t back, and she kept near the scene of accident for two hours, but nothing was seen of the unfortunate schooner after. At the moment of the collision, however, Peter Magnus Henrick Lenstraum and Johan Jansen, two of schooner s crew, leaped aboard the barque, and were saved. They will he sent home by the Swedish Vice- Consul at this place. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. VIENNA, Saturday, Half-past 9 Mornin,g. Intelligence from Balaklava to the 7th is as follows : '• Reinforcements arrive at the rate of 1,000 men daily. " The Allies are overjoyed at the arrival of th• so anxiously expected reinforcements. " Both nations have completed their third parallels, which are connected by means of a trench. " The Allies are obliged to form countermines. "The inner town is strongly barricaded." Russian news is to the effect that the Allies, having received considerable reinforcements on the 6th, 7th, and Bth, made a demonstration against the left flank of the Russians. The latter retired from the plateau to the right bank of the Tcheruaya. Fifteen thousand men have been sent from Kischeneff to Odessa. 10,000 men have arrived at Kischeneff from Volhyuia. It is confirmed that Liprandi was wounded on the sth. A subsequent despatch states that, according to Varna advises of the 10th, considerable reinforce ments had left there for the Crimea. Up to the 10th there was nothing new at Sebastopol. Our correspondent at Marseilles announces that yesterday (Sunday) evening the Telemaque, with the mail from Constantinople of the 10th, which had been expected since the previous day, had not yet arrived. PARIS, MONDAY, Nov. 20. Tho MoniZeur has tho following " Evil-intEnationed persons have spread the report that the Government had the intention of making a levy of 500,000. When the Legisla tive Corps shall have met, it will demand at the utmost a levy equal to that of last year." THE PRINCIPALITIES. A letter from Bucharest of the Gth in the Lloyd of Vienna, says :—" At the pressing request of the Allied Gen.erals, and particularly of France, Omer Paella is a bout to reassume the offensive, and to proceed to the Pruth. The Turkish troops have received orders to hold themselves in readiness to march at a moment's notice. The Turkish army, though animated by the best possible spirit, is in want of warm clothing for the winter." The Ost _Deutsche Postiof Vienna has the fol lowing from Ja:ssy, dated the 10th :—" Prince Ghika arrived hero yesterday. Count Coronini received him at the head of a body of Austrian troops. The bishop, clergy, and Ministers were in waiting for him at the foot of the grand staircase of the palace. In the State apartments were Der visch Pacha, Baron de Bach, Baron Testa, Con sul- General, and a great number of functionariez and boyards. Count Corouini presented to hi ni his suite. The Prince was received with cordial ac clamations by the people." RUSSIA. In the Journal de St. Petersburg of the' 9th inst. is published an elaborate enumeration o f the misdeeds of the Allied fleets in the White. Sea during the simmer. Some of the allegations .are too palpably- exaggerated to require contradiction ; others too trivial to deserve it. One thing in I.he report is worthy of notice. A Norwegian w; ir schooner crosr3ed the bar below Archangel on. the 23rd of August, having on board the Norweg. ian consul for that city. It is stated that both - the officer in command of the schooner and the consul have served in the Russian service, and have had Russian orders conferred upon them. In the number of the same journal published on the Bth inst. is a report of the state in which the fortifications of Bomarsund, were left by the Allies. The only passages of interest in this documen t are as follows : The clearing away of the ruins of the fortress INfould be a work of very great labour, but would enable u a to preserve a large quantity of building materials sti iii' in good condition, such as the iron-roof plates, the bl o cks of granite and freestone, still for the most part tin in jured. The heavy losses of the enemy, either laid low by our fire or struck down by the epidemic, are evi dent from the quantity of graves scattered over the w hole surface of Aland. We remark, moreover, in the ans. sian cemetery on the Island of Presto,more than 150 tombs, every one of which, it is asserted, contains s ,eve ral dead bodies. On some of the crosses placed on t hese tombs we read this inscription—victim of the pest. In order to judge of the system and means empl Dyed by the Allied troops for attaining their object, it is suffi cient to cite a fact attested by a great number of pei s ons who live at Aland. Before the troops intended for landing were disembarked the inhabitants of this isl and were excited by emissaries, who endeavoured to sor ead the rumour that among the intercepted letters one was found to contain the order for burning down all th e vil lages of Aland, and that the Russians had comm, !raced putting it into execution by setting fire to the al iburb and to Skarp:als. The pillage, to which the F rench soldiers gave themselves up from the first, was s ui quently stopped by their commanding officers, but. the more or less violent proceedings on the part of ' the enemy's troops towards the peaceable inhabitants d, a but indifferently prove the severity of the measures ado p ted for the suppression of the disorders. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Nov. 17.—1 n consequence of the ntvy fall of snow in Bohemia and Silesia, her Maje.s 4 , - ,y's messenger, with the Vienna despatches for Lo w lon did not arrive this morning. All mails from !that part of the world have been retarded. A Berlin letter of the 15th, in the Col signs Gazette, says :—" It is positively affirmed this day in well-informed circles that Prince ( X-ort scbakoff had declared at Vienna that the Czar would reply to au attack of the Turks on .Bes sarabia, under the protection of the Austrian army, by a declaration of war in Austria. Were this the case, it would be easy to comprehend th at Austria should be anxious to oppose Omer Pa cha's assuming the offensive. It is said that C 'ount Alvenslebeu will be charged with a second mi. 3sion to Vienna. Our Cabinet attaches great impoe ;a,:tice to declaring to Russia, in recointnesding the four points, that the German powers would not gc I -be yond those demands. The Cabinet of Vienna - has not as vet entered into any engagement on the subject." AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 16.—The ()Teat railroad affe ris not progressing so favourably as people here were inclined to believe would be the case. The sp es3u• lators seem inclined to hold back until they see what the policy of this Government is likely ta be in the Eastern question. The last official Russian news from the Cri area is, that from the sth to the 9th nothing of imp ort ance had occurred at Sebastopol. The Allies .are fortifying their position on the left bank of the Tchernaya as strongly as possible. The bomt rd ment continues, but the breaches are always . re paired during the night. FRANCE. • PARIS, SUNDA. Ic' s . The following private telegraphic despat;ales were received in Paris on Saturday HAMBURG, 18th.—A Russian fleet compos ied of 14 steamers has come as far as Dagoe, wit hc , ut having fallen in with any of the ships of war ol! - I he Allies." " TRIESTE, 18th —A letter from Latachia, or ithe 2d, states that an insurrection had broken out in that neighbourhood, and that the instigators, w ho had been arrested, had been forcibly rescued. 'lt7he Triester Zeitung of the 10th announces tha4 'Ge neral Kalergi had threatened the Russian Ai &has sa,dor in Greece with expulsion.l The F: cemell troops have left Athens." Lord and Lady Palmerston arrived in Pario s last evening and alighted at the British Embassy. The Itioniteur remarks that the public ough t to appreciate the prudential motives which ind.ucc: - the Government to abstain from making known - the number of troops dispatched to the East. To esti mate the effective force of the army it is sufficieikt to bear in mind that the . troops at the battle of . 'the Mina consisted of four divisions, which have IA en successively increased ; and that two others aro on their way, without reckoning the reinforcements sent out to fill up vacancies. The Frenoh arms in a short time be doubled. The Moniteur contains a decree promulgating , the treaty of extradition recently concluded be tween France and Portugal. The decree contains the usual recapitulation of the offences and crimes which fall under the operation of the treaty, and from which, as is the custom, political offences are excluded. The Moniteur also has the following : " VIENNA, 16.—1 t is not only on the line from Vienna to Cronstadt that the telegraphic communications have been suspended ; posts were thrown down by the late hur ricane on the lines from Vienna to Berlin, and from Vienna to Warsaw. These two lines are no longer at work." The Legislative Corps will probably meet on the 10th or 15th of December. The ballot for the new French levy is said to be fixed for the 18th of January. The following order of the day was read on Sun day last, after the mass, to the troops of the Camp of the South : " Soldiers !—I hasten to inform you that it is no longer to the army of Lyons that we are to belong. The Emperor has decided that we are to form the 7th Division of the army of the East. The various staffs and the troops which are not at the camp of the South are to be seat rapidly to Marseilles, where vessels are being prepared for taking our division to Constantinople. There we shall receive orders from the Commander-in Chief of the army of the East. The division must hold itself in readi ness to leave at the first notice, and I am about to make arrangements to that effect with the General in command of the 9th territorial Division. Soldiers !we have only at present to follow the example of our brothers in arms in the East ; to observe, like them, a severe discipline in a foreign censtry ; to live in good intelligence with our Allies ; to know how to support with resignation fatigues and privations of all kinds ; and, in fine, at the moment of action, to display all the energy of which you are capable, and to be ready to die, if necessary, for France, to the• cry of Vive l'Empereur I' " Camp of the South, Nov. 12." !, DuLec. Workmen are busily employed in the first ope rations for establishing the camp of Sathonay. Large wooden buildings are about to be con structed, and 800 windows have been already got ready to supply them with light. The Gazette de Lyon states that the camp is to be established in such proportions as former camps can give no idea of. The Memorial des Pyrenees publishes au order of the clay of Prince Napoleon, in which he men tions an act of courage of Corporals Tourne and. Pech, of the 20th light infantry ; Tourne is a na tive of Pau : " Army of the East, 3d Division. " Corporals Tourne and Pech, of the 29th light infantry, being at work in the trenches, one at eight o'clock in the morning of the 23d, and the other at four o'clock in the evening of the 24th, each caught up a shell, which had fallen among their comrades, and threw it out of the trenches. This was an act of courage and devotedness which does honour to these two soldiers, and which the general commanding the division hastens to make known to the troops under his orders. " Before Sebastopol, 25th October. " NAPOLEON BONAPARTE." The above order of the day was transmitted at the same time to the Prefects of Basses-Pyrenees and the Aude, to the latter of whom the colonel of the regiment has also addressed a letter mention ing the fact, and begging that the heroic conduct of Pech, who is a native of Songrame, in that de partment, may be made known to his friends, add ing that the Prince was so pleased with his conduct that he invited him to dine at his table. A letter from Port Louis, 16th August, in the M oniteur, states that the fete of the sovereign of France, which for the last 50 years had ceased to be publicly celebrated there, was observed on 15th August with great pomp. A solemn mass was performed on board the Bordeaux, a fine vessel, lying in the harbour, at which the consular agent of France and all the French residents were present. All the vessels in the roadstead and the colonial Government steamers hoisted their flags, and the English authorities took a part in all the demon strations made by the French in honour of their Emperor. The following letter from General Canrobert to Admiral Hamelin, written the day after the fleets opened their fire against Sebastopol, has not hi therto been published : "Before Sebastopol, Oct. 18. "My dear Admiral,—On returning to my bivouac I hasten to address you the thanks of the army and my own thanks most especially for the vigorous assistance your ships gave us yesterday. It adds to the long standing debt we have contracted with the fleet, and be assured that when opportunity offers we will not be slow to pay it. I have learnt with deep regret that you hav3 lost two officers of youi staff, and that of all the vessels that sustained losses the Ville de Paris suffered the most. That is an honour which belonged to the admiral's ship, and I do not hesitate to congratulate your officers and crow. I will not conclude this letter without saying how entirely satisfied I am with the energetic conduct of your sailers ashore and the excellent spirit with which they are ani mated.—Receive, &c. _ _ " CANROI3ERT.'' BOURSE, YXSTERDAY.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. c. End cf Month. 4 per Cents 94 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 7O 70 70 60 Credit Mobilier 692 50 Roman Credit Foncior i:-_,: Austrian Belgian Fives t'l Spanikh Threes Piedruontese FL:f Home Debt RAILWAYS—FOR CASIL fr. c. fr. c. Orleans . ... . 1,137 50 Lyons Western 615 Rouen 930 Cette Mediterranean B3O Havro 520 Northern THE LANCASTER GUNS. POST-OFFICE LONDON DIRECTORY FOR 1855. Kelly and Co., Old Boswell-court. If the value of a book were to be estimated by its size alone, the Post-Office Directory would carry off the prize from all competitors. Often as we have had the pleasure of recording our good opinion of this wonderful work the present pub lication fairly outstrips all its ponderous prede cessors. It is positively a labour to look at it, much less to turn over its ever-teeming pages. Poor ' Job, with all his troubles, had no idea of the addi tional misery he was invoking when he exclaimed, " Oh, that mine enemy had written a book ;" for, had Mr. Kelly been his foe, and have hurled his mountain publication at Job's head, there would be an end of all his troubles, unless, indeed, it up set poor Mrs.!Job in its descent I Really, it appears almost useless to criticise a work of this dimension, for its internal merits very far surpass its blushing proportions, arrayed in all its armorial embellish ments and rainbow-tinted pages. It is, indeed, a prodigy of labour, care, and arduous circumspec tion of the huge metropolis of the world. If we descend to particulars, we might say that the present volume is considerably increased, owing as well to the constant increase of tho population in the area previously comprised as to the fact that, as the suburbs are gradually becoming more and more the places of residence of those engaged in the business of the metropolis, it is found neces sary to continually enlarge the area chronicled in the Directory. An improvement will be noticed in the adoption of Messrs. Schlesinger's Index to the Map. They also continue the use of the coloured edges, with the names of the different divisions printed, which enable every one to see not only the beginning but also the termination of each division of the work, and has, therefore, great advantages over various other plans for which patents have been taken out, which merely determine the commencement of each part, and some of which require notches to be cut, rendering the leaves liable to be torn when turned over rapidly. _ _ The Official index, pp. 3 to 33, has been much enlarged by adding to each not only the office but also the department; thus, to Bokenham will be found appended the description General Post-office, Circulation Department (formerly In land Office). All the information has been cor rected to the latest moment. We would instance the Royal Commission to the Patriotic Fund, which was first gazetted Oct. 13th, and will be found at p. 66 (corrected by the omission of the name of Sir Byam Martin, whose death was announced in The Sun of the 23d), and with the addition of all the officers. The alterations caused by. the death of Lord Dunalley, an Irish representative peer, will be found in pp. 2267, 2232, 2258, and 2260. Lord Dungarvan appears in his proper place in the Par liamentary Directory, as M.P. for Frome, pp. 12242 and 2252, although only elected on the 23d, and the death of Mr. Henry Stuart, the late M.P. for Bedford (Sun, 28th Oct.) will be found in the names too late for insertion, p. 11. We mention these as being names of note, but equal care has been taken with the entire work, as may be verified by referring to the name of any person who has removed or commenced business within the last three months. But this is not all; the publishers' may lay claim to merit on the score of punctuality as well as accuracy. Their arrangements contemplate that the printing shall always be completed, so that the early bound copies of the work may be delivered to the press on the let of November, and that the many thousands required by the mercantile com munity may be furnished in the succeeding week, and for several years they have not varied twenty four hours in the completion of their task. In addition to all this a new map has been pre pared, on a principle entirely novel, with an index numbered all round, and a corresponding illustration or guide, by means of a tape, numbered also, so that by drawing the tape over the map any place may be found at once, thus saving the bewilder ment experienced in hunting out a streal, square, or any particular locality, which has been often given up in despair. If London goes on enlarging, and the Directory keep pace with it, there will be no living in the one nor bearing with the other. Would that the nation were prospering in an equal degree, and Messrs. Kelly all the richer for their praiseworthy labours. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Sir,—We have had practical service from the Lancas ter guns at Sebastopol, though not perhaps to the extent we could have hoped, possibly because the supply of them there was comparatively but few ; but we have at the same time abundant evidence of their signal advan tage over every other character of ordnance hitherto in use. Is there not, however, from more causes than one a greater liability in them to burst than the common gun ? Theory would say so, and practical use seems to corro. borate it. Why, then, have they not been tried in forged or fag goted wrought iron. Fifty years ago it would have been absurd to have suggested such, as it could hardly have been done. Now it is quite simple, being a ques tion of expense only. Expense in these matters is quite secondary at this moment, provided they wo , lld be more effective in service, and safer to our brave fellows who are working them Assuredly, their aim will not be wider of the mark when they feel the confidence of perfect safety, no matter under whatever weight of charge it might in extreme distances be needful to put them to. by my card, which I enclose (not for publication but as you ray to show my communication is in good faith), you perceive I am neither gunner nor engineer ; but, as I have been practically concerned in the working of iron for well-nigh 50 years in every variety of complex form Dither for effect or for strength, I see not one iota of difficulty in this ; and further, as a suggestion for the thoughts of better heads and practical men in engineer ing, 1 would beg to suggest the policy of faggoting those guns without any trunnions forged upon them—not be cause it would be more easy and simple, although it would be both, but because the work would be more uniform and sound in quality. How these trunnions are afterwards to be applied, or other appliances to act as such, are simple enough in the hands of practical men, and need not be entered upon here.—l am, air, yours, &0., Long Acre, Nov. 18. WROUGHT IRON, LIPRANDI'S ATTACK. Sir Colin Campbell and his Highlanders who with stood the brunt of Liprandi's attack on the 25th, esti mated Liprandi's force at 19 battalions, 30 to 40 guns, and a numerous cavalry. The following detail of Rus sian troops which took part in the attack, carefully ex tracted from Liprandi's own report, will show whether the bravo Highlander over or under rated the enemy's force : FOURTH CORPS. INFANTRY. 12th Division. Brigades. Regiments Battalions. Bayonets. Ist Ist 2d 2d 4th Rifles 1 SIXTH CORPS. 16th Division. Wladimir ' 31st line Sudalski, 32d line 6th Rifles Tehernamora Rifles 1 ..... 600 27 18,800 CAVALRY. 6th Light Division. Squadrons, Sabres Bug, 11th ......... ............................ 8 ...... 900 Ingermannland, 12th Combined Reserve Lancers, Ist.. ........ 8 Don Cossacks, 53u ...... ............ 6 Don Cossacks, Gth 6OO Ural ditto it 6 ...... GOO - 6 42 4,500 ARTILLERY. 4th heavy battery Gth light ditto 7th light ditt 0. ........."""""' 12th light ditto Ist heavy ditto 2d light ditto 3d heavy Cossack Guns. 12 12 10 10 Total 76 Thus giving, accor di ng to General Liprandi's explicit details, a force of 18,800 bayonets, 4,500 sabres and lances, and 1 ) 4 Q0 artillery, pr a total of 20,000 com batants. LETTS'S DIARY FOR 1855. With the return of cold weather Letts's Diary is sure to make its regular appearance, but with a correctness and regularity to which the season lays no claim. We have examined the present diary minutely, and find many improvements, with ab stracts of Parliamentary acts relating to trade, commerce, and other useful matters. LA TV INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.) QUEEN'S BENCH. THE CASE OF ARCHDEACON DENISON. Sir F. Thesiger applied to the court for a rule to show cause why a prohibition should not issue to his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, prohibiting him from proceed ing under the 3 and 4 Victoria, commonly galled the Church Discipline Act, in a case of erroneous doctrine against the Venerable George Anthony Denison, Archdeacon of Taunton and Vicar of East Brent, in the diocese of Bath. This proceeding arose out of two sermons preached by the Archdeacon in the Cathedral Church of Bath and Wells, on the 7th August and 16th November, 1853, in which it was alleged the Archdeacon advocated the doctrine of the real presence in the Holy Eucharist, which was repugnant to the 39 Articles of the Church of England. In conse quence of those sermons, the Rev. Joseph Ditcher, th vicar of a parish in the same diocese, made a formal com plaint to the Archbishop of Canterbury, but the Arch bishop seemed to have thought that the proper course for the reverend gentleman to pursue was to cite the Arch deacon before his diocesan, with the view of being prose cuted in the Court of Arches, and he wrote a letter to Os , then Bishop of Bath and Wells calling his attention to the case, and giving that opinion upon it. In consequenee of this correspondence the Rev. Mr. Ditcher was induced to proseut to the Bishop a series of formal charges against the Archdeacon in the shape of articles to be filed in the Court of Arches, and those arti cles were founded upon sermons preached by the Arch deacon, which were directly repugnant to the Articles of religion as by law established, and against the provisions of the 13th of Elizabeth, chap. 12, sec. 2, which gives the Bishop the power of deprivation. Instead, however, of causing these Articles to be exhibited in the Arches Court the Bishop called upon the Archdeacon to give some ex planation of his conduct, and after receiving his explana tion the Bishop admonished him for the error he had com mitted, but declined to issue letters of request to the Dean of the Arches for proceeding further in the matter, because he did not think it would be for the interest of the Church that the case should be kept alive. Soon after wards the Bishop died, and upon the appointment of his successor, Lord Auckland, the Rev. Mr. Ditcher made another attempt to have the matter carried into the Arches Court, but Lord Auckland refused to interfere, declaring that, as tho case had been disposed of by his predeces sor, he had no right to do so. Thereupon the Arch bishop of Canterbury gave the Archdeacon notice of his intention to issue a commission under the 3d and 4th Vic., for the purpose of ascertaining what were thoroal opinions of the Archdeacon, and it was with the - view of prohibiting the issue of that commission that the present motion was made. It was contended that the Rev. Mr. Ditcher haying chosen in the first instance to proceed under the old statute of Elizabeth, the Bishop had the power of either sending the case to the Court of Arches or dealing with it personally, and having elected to take the latter course it must be taken that his decision was finals If the Bishop had no right to exercise such a discretion under the statute, but was bound to issue letters of request as a ministerial act, then the parties should have come to this Court for a mandamus to compel htra to perform that act; but the Bishop had the power to adopt either of the alternatives, and his decision being therefore final, the matter could not again be re-opened by an inferior tri bunal like a commission under the Church Discipline Act- Lord Campbell said the Court would take time to look into the acts, and if there was no doubt about the matter a rule would bo granted ; but it was to be lamented that questions of religious doctrine like that involved in this case should have to be discussed in a lay court, and if there should be any doubt in the matter the Court would not hesitate to refuse the rule. LORD DUDLEY STUART, M.P.—During the last two or three days an extensively circulated rumour has Pr' vailed throughout the metropolitan borough of 14Iaryle" bone that a vacancy had occurred, or was likely to occur, in its representation, by the demise of Lord Dudley Coutts Stuart, M.P. The following circumstances have given rise to this rumour, which, unhappily, we regret to say, has too good a foundation in fact :—lt appears that, on Thursday last, a telegraphic message was re' ceived at his lordship's residence, in Stratford-place, and the English embassy at Stockholm, in which capital the noble lord has been staying for some weeks past an nouncing that his lordship, who has undergone a serious attack of small-pox and typhus fever, was then lying in a dangerous state, arising from inflammation of the lungs, Mich had supervened, and without the slightest hope Of recovery. Great alarm prevailed on Friday amongst the relatives and friends of the noble lord, arising from the circumstance that, although a telegraphic message viad sent from England, inquiring as to the state of Lord Dudley Stuart, no reply whatever was received. O 3 inquiry being made yesterday in Stratford-place, the statement was that a telegraphic message had been re ceived that morning from Stockholm, announcing tha t the noble lord was better, but by no means out oi. danger.—QMlTCl'.