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- IMW POLITICAL WORK THE AUTHOR OF "THE RIGHT 1 HON. BENJAMIN DIR a AE-LI, 31. P., A LITERARY AND POLITICAL BIOGRAF k..Y." O n Tuaday, the I.2tb.inal , will he published, in 1 vol. BvO., VIRTY YEAR 3 of FOREIGN POLICY : A. History of th 'eeretaryships of the Earl of AbtAleen and Tiscount Palm ersto London: Longs -',,,'Brown, Green, and Longmans. THREE AN:', SIXPENCE EACH, fcp. cloth.; POPULAR T4 I ,I_,ES. By MARIA EDGEWORTH. With 3 Engrar' gs from Designs by Harvey. THE PARENT'S SSISTANT. By MARIA EDGEWORTH. New / Edition, in 1 voltin . New Frontispiece and Vignette. EVENINGS A HOME ; or, the Juvenile Budget Opened. BY Dr. Alarm and AL.a. BARBAULD. Engravings from Harvey I and Gilbert. i THE SWIS ,1 FAMILY ROBINSON. in 1 volume, unabridged Notes and En. tavings. (Simpkin and Co.) London: St Apktu. Marshall, and Co.; Whittaker and Co. ; E. Hodgson:, WNhbourne and Co.; H. G. Bohn ; Smith, Elder, and . Cu. ; Orr antrCo.; Houlston and Stoneman; Tegg and Calkrn ; Routledge and Co. ; C. Templeam ; and G. W illis and G. aniikq. Robinson, Liverpool. J. Bain ;H. Ren shaw __---- TTIE ATRE— It OYA L, DRUR Y-LANE, e • M. JULLIEN'S CONCERTS. LAST NIGHT BUT SIN. 'PAIS EVENING, Saturday, Dec. 2, the BEETHOVEN NIGHT Mk'. be repeated; on which occasion the following selection from the wt,rkv of Beethoven will be performed : —Overture, Leonora ; the Atli/retro from the Symphony in F ; the Larghetto from the Synr th,°SllllD ; Concerto in E fla t, for the pianoforte, performed by M. I L' l t ; and the Symphony in C minor (the complete work). The t+ec- tad Part will be Miscellaneous, and include the new Songs, "Say ) 2 4 \ 11K3sy" (third time), and "Minnie," sung by Madame Anna 21 x;laa Solos, cornet, Herr KceniT ; ; the American Quadri lle ; L, 4 '-rsazia Valse ; the Atlantic Galop ; and the new DESCUIPTIVE ADRILLE, THE ALLIED ARMIES, assisted by the Bands of Majesty's Grenadier Guards, 2d Life Guards, and Coldstream .gards. t 'arozs OF ADNLISSION.—Promenade, boxes, and galleries, Is. ; drs 6l circle, 2s. Cycl. ; private boxes 1/. Is. and 11. 11s. Gcl. The atendelssohn Festival will take place on Thursday next, Dec. 7, m w hi c h occasion the whole of the First Part of the Concert w.tt be selected from the works of Mendelssohn ; the Se ad Part b•d ng Miscellaneous, including the d'y'ed Armies Quadill e : K. JULLIEN'S GRAND BAL MASQUE will take place en )ND.A.y, Dec. 11, and terminate the season. THEITRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Rackstone. THIS EVENING, Dic. 2, Will be performed the Comedy of PRESENTED AT COURT Principal characters by Messrs. Buckstone,,W. Farrell, tad Howe ; lasses Reynolds, E. Chaplin, Grantham, and Lavine. To which will be added THE BALANCE OF COMPORT. To be followed by MORE BLUNDERS THAN ONE. To canclude with POPPING THE QUESTION. ROYAL PRINCESS'S TIIEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the ..fa,nagernent of Mr. CULLUM! KZA.N. THIS EVENING, DEC. 2, WM be performed the highly copular comedietta, entitled LIVING no . FAST. • To be followed by FROM VILLAGE TO COURT. Principa characters by Messrs. Harley, Fisher, sad Cathcart; Misses Mur ray and Heath. After which will be presented a new Melo-dramatic Spectacle, in three acts, entitled SCIIAMYL, the Warrior Prophet. LYCEUM THEATRE. TIIIS EVENING, DEC. 2, Will be performed THE GINE OF SPECULA.TION. Charac ters by Messrs. C. Mathews, R. itokby, F. Matthews, and Baker ; Mrs. flaghes, Misses Oliver and Wadham, and Mrs. Foote. To be , ollowed by a new Comic Drama, entitled A COMICAL COUNTESS, To conclude with the Kim entitled MY FELLOW , ' CLERK. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dtrectress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, DEC. 2. Will be performed MASKS AND FACES. Characters by Messrs, B. Webster, L. Murray, P. Bedfor.i, &C.; Mesdames Celeste, Wool gar, Sec. After which, a new Farce called THE SLOW MAN'. Followed by MONA. FIDE TRAVEL,LF.ItS. To which will be aided anew Farce, ent.tied THE RAILWAY 11ELLE. ROYAL OLYMPIC THE \ TRE. Lessee and Manager. Mr. A. Wigan. • THIS EVENING, DEC. 2, Will be presented THE BEULAH SPA. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, and H. Cooper: Miss Marston, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Fitzallaa, and Miss Julia St. George. To be followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Characters by Metier. Alfred Wigan, Leslie, Harwood Cooper, and Gladstone; Miss Jaya St. George, and Miss Emily Ormonde. To conclude with the Farce, called A BLIGHTED BEING, in which Mc. Robson will appear. ASTLEY'S ROYAL AMPIIITHRATItr.. Lessee and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Miraculous attraction, and success without parallel ! THIS EVENING, The Magnificent and heart-stirring MILITARY SPECTACLE, in 2 acts, by-+Tocquzza.sa, Esq., called THE BATTLE OF TIIE ALMA. I graphically realising that terrible conflict, and occupyi n g both the 'Stage and the Ring, with 400 Auxiliaries ; After which. the Celebrated SCENES in the ARENA, invented and conducted by Mr. William Cooke. To conclude with a Brand EntrEe called THE WILD INDIANS ON THEIR FLEET HORSES I N.B.—An early attendance is respectfully suggested, in consequeac o Of the numbers who nightly throng the doors of the Theatre. Box-o , Bce open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. 11. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Mr. Wm. Cooke, Jun. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TIM DAY --Morning 4 rotn.aftei 12 I Evening 26 min.aft. 12 To .4oagow -Moruini. 48 mtn.aftez 12 I Evonlug 11 min.aft. 1 TIPC WEATHER.—Scus OTritlAt, Dee. 2. TIINUMONETZR, IN THE SMADX. 47—highest since noon yesterday. :is owest this morning and during the night. 4d —this day, at noon. 111ROMMTER, 29.97—5ti1l rising. Wrap, W.N.W.—Fresh breeze and fine cold sunshiny weather. ( *I VY I • • t.< ‘llll, LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1854. It is said that a Treaty of Alliance has been signed between Austria and the Western Powers--that FRANCIS JOSEPH has at length made up his mind to abandon the neutrality so humiliating to a nation arrogating to itself the title of a " Great Power," and to act for the future with energy and decision ; not covertly helping the guilty party, to whose unconscientious aggression the entire war may be justly ascribed. If this be so, indeed, we may attribute it to the de termination of the Western Powers to send troops to the line of the Danube, and to assume offensive operations in Bessarabia, and other parts of Southern Russia, as well as in the Crimea. The knowledge that France and England could no longer be trifled with, that they would treat those who were not with them as against them, and that the time had arrived when Austria should choose her side --when she should give an unequivocal auswer to the interrogation, " Under which King I BEZONLUt, speak or die," may have induced the act. But even if it be so, and that the vacillation, procrastination, and, we will add, habitual deception, have, indeed, been brought to a conclusion, and that a treaty has actually been signed, we can express no opinion as to how far it will be acted on, or how Austria clay feel disposed to assist the Allied Powers un til we have it before us verbatim. et literatim, and are enabled to scan every clause, and maturely weigh every sentence, to see whether any and what quibbles can be raised, or point made by any party desirous of evading its just responsibilities— " paltering " with its c.:-contractors, and while "keeping the word of promise to the ear, break ing it to the hope." We have heard of Acts of Parliament being enacted to explain previous statutes of new tre a ti es to interpret former ones, and show in what sense they were to be received. DANIEL 0' Con atzu. was accustomed to declare that he could drive a coach -and-sin through any law, and diplomatic casuist s lities for getting apparently p ossess equa l facili rid of obligations imposed by treaty, at least such of them as it may be in convenient to submit to. The announcement that a treaty has been signed is really nothing ou Which even the advocates for an Austrian. alli ance (mid we were never among the uumbei) could greatly pride Themselves. V/e do not at this morncut even know what part are f thee terms which those acting on the iiirauce and England slypose that Austria has agreed to. They may be very stringent, or they may. be quite the reverse. And as we have al ready witnessed some extraordinary bungling on the part of those concerned in framing a former Treaty of Vienna, which might have led to very calamitous results, but for the acuteness of the Turkish Government in detecting what was alto tether overlooked or disregarded by the French and English diplomatists, we cannot place very great reliance on anything emanating from the same parties. This is—even supposing that any treaty has been signed—a matter as yet by no means certain, and that it even apparently binds Austria to any decided course—a point at present involved in equal obscurity. The wisdom of the Trojan seer, when he uttered the celebrated warning, " Timeo Daneas, et (lama ferentes," has been recognised by all succeeding generations. It has passed into a proverb, trite and hackneyed, it is true, but the very universality of its appli cation, the readiness with which the veriest schoolboy uses it against those whom he is begin ning to detect as treacherous and deceitful friends (. 1 ) proves its sound practical philosophy. We distrust the Austrians, even when making the fairest promises and most specious professions. The recollections of byegone years, the memories of the past, when the Joint-S tock Empire—the nation com posed of shreds and patches, ever proved "fair and false "—when the modern Agamemnon, the grand father, be it remembered, of FRANCIS JosErtr, could sacrifice a daughter on the altar of expediency, all combine to inculcate a wholesome distrust to those whose avowed rules of action are altogether selfish, and whose political morality is by no means of an "uneasy character." We do not say that the destiny to which the daughter of FRANCIS the First was offered was not a glorious one, that the proudest monarch the world ever saw might not have rejoiced in a son-in-law such as NAPOLEON. But the destruction of that son-in-law was decided on at the very time when the daughter was offered to his arms, and a stronger illustration of perfidy and treachery could not be afforded. We must, therefore, watch Austria vigilantly and ceaselessly ; and it is an additional cause for rejoicing at the rapidly approaching meeting of Parliament, which will enable us to obtain explanations on the subject, which we could scarcely hope for from the free will of Lord ABERDILELN. An additional reason for extra precaution is to be found in the fact that Austria and Prussia have also signed a new treaty, or rather an addi tional article to the treaty of the 20th of April last. Now, there can be no doubt as to the nature and character of the good " Clicquot's" wishes. He would—if he dared—assist his brother-in-law with all his resources. That he has not hitherto done so may be ascribed to his apprehensions, rather than his feelings, or his moral sense of right and wrong. And in the Royal Speech just delivered, at the opening of the Prussian Chambers, we find FREDERICK WILLIA3I declaring that, " closely united with Austria, and the rest of Germany, he shall con tinue to look upon it as his task to plead for peace, the recognition of the independence of foreign states, and moderation." He hints as to tke possibility of being compelled to "add force to this attitude;" but against whom or in whose favour it is impos sible to say. The "Angel of Peace" might puzzle CEDIPus if again restored to the world. His de clarations, his attitude, are, however, by no means satisfactory ; and as he is so closely united with Austria there are irresistible reasons for in sisting on full and explicit information so soon as the meeting of Parliament shall subject Ministers to the constitutional examination of independent members. Whoever wishes to understand Russia in the East has but to look at Mr. WYLD'S excellent map of " The Ottoman Empire, with the frontiers of Russia and of Persia." There he will see at a glance what she was, what she is, and what she means to be. By a yellow tint (it should have been a red one) the geographer has indicated her successive acquisitions, with the date of the rob i bery broadly stamped on each. Once she touched neither the Black Sea, the Sea of Azolf, nor jie Caspian. But, within about the last seventy years, she has obtained the almost uncontrolled command of the whole of them. Her barbarian hordes, aided by bribery, by cunning, and by diplomatic perjury, have wrested province after province from Turks, Cossack; Circassians, Geor gians, and Persians, till she domineers without an equal from the Danube round to the borders of Persia. The Crimea itself is hardly a conquest of seventy years' standing, and Bessarabia on the Danube, and Georgia on the side of Persia, are spoliations of the present century, and that within the recollection of many of us. The whole south of Russia, like, indeed, in this respect to nearly all her boundaries, is a territory to which she has no better title than most of those who have expiated their crimes on the scaffold at Newgate had to the fruits of their murders. There are but two differences. The rank of the robber and the scale of the robbery. The grand robber fortress from which Russia holds in awe all these stolen, and therefore uneasy territories, is without doubt Sebastopol. This ancient city of the Tartars, whose native designa tion, Ak-Tiar, she has almost effaced from memory, is now a modern and purely military city. It is the arsenal, depot, and stronghold of Russia in the Black Sea. There is no trade to it whatever, except what is origi nated by its warlike objects. How it is fortified and provided with the munitions of war our readers know but too well. The moral of it all is this, that the object of Russia in the South and East is conquest, not trade. The latter she en courages, indeed, so far as she can force it, by stopping up rivers and by prohibiting tariffs, into Russian hands, and so far as it may prove a source of military funds, but aggression has been her course, and aggression is still her untiring pursuit. Every few years repeats the tale of some province stolen from a neighbour, or some crafty over reaching in diplomacy or treaties. A powerful fleet in the Black Sea, with an impregnable fortress for its harbour, is the natural device to sustain such a course. Sebas topol makes her formidable to Turkey in Europe and in Asia alike, to the States oa the Eastern coast of the sea, and even to Persia itself. In no spot whatever can her endeavours at Eastern domination be so effectually repressed. It chnnot therefore, even in the review, be regretted that wa have determined to finish our work in the East while we are about it. Sebas topol must be annihilated, or it would have been of little avail to get the Russians away from the Danube, and with that city the Crimea must also pass away for ever from the hands which have so abused their conquest. There can be no serious difficulty in accomplishing this, if we attempt it in earnest. Our readers will find in MONTAGUE GonE, Esq.'s, " Description of the Harbours And. Towns of the Crimea," * a clear account of the nature of the work to be done. Mere are but three places by means of which Russia can send reinforcements to her army now there ; and these three places are, or ought to be, it our mercy. Our new gun-boats could abso lutely prevent any succour arriving by way of Kertch or Arabat, along the sea of Azoff ; and if we occupied th ose places ourselves we might even turn the tables on Russia, and draw supplies from the adjoining Tartar tribes, But Perekop, to which from the beginning we directed attention, and on which KOSSUTH properly laid such stress at St. Martin's Hall, is the place through which all the Russian reinforcements have arrived hitherto, and by which the greater and more important part must always arrive. Here, too, gun-boats only can approach very 'near the Isthmus ; but the Isthmus is so narrow that an army of small size could hold it against all the world. This has been, indeed, proved. It would seem, therefore, to be the first duty of the Allies to secure this indispensable post. It would cut com pletely the line of communication between the Russians in the Crimea and the rest of the Em pire, and leave them, shut out as they are from the sea, without a base of operations. MENSCIII KOFF and all his army would be completely caught in their own trap. We contend that such a result is worth all we could expend on it between this and the spring. To overpower the Russian army in the Crimea, now that so many of its best troops are concen trated there, would be to make the Crimea a Moscow for the enemy. The military prestige of Russia would entirely vanish with the evi dence of the vast superiority of our indivi dual soldiers, and the superiority, also, of our means of placing them wherever we wish. Com plete success in the Crimea will be anything but resultless. It will seal the first great effort of the Allies, the liberation of Turkey. It will leave them free to complete the liberation of Europe. There are some other Black-Sea places, indeed, to finish off. They ought to have been dealt with long before now. Nicolaieff, the southern dockyard of Russia, whose river, the Bug, NI CHOLAS has dredged for his 100-gun men-of-war, while he has allowed the mightier Danube to become too shallow for merchantmen ; Odessa, to which he has endeavoured to divert the na tural Danubian trade ; Kherson, and one or two Circassian ports. It is a pity these were left for next spring. For ourselves, we cannot for the life of us comprehend why we ourselves or our enterprising ally France have not dredged the Sulina mouth of the Danube long ago. Not ' withstanding the War, it is understood that the provinces have produced a large supply of corn. Witk present prices we suppose our governors will not deny we want it ; and a f©w steam dredgers would have opened the river quickly and at the same time to our merchantmen and I to our smaller men-of-war. * Published by Ridgway. "Many a true word spoken in jest." Some facetious remarks uttered at a symporiton at the Crystal Palace have led to important results. The post-prandial hiat, that it might be worth Government's while to contract with Messrs. Fox and HENDERSON for the taking of Sebastopol, has produced one of the most important and beneficial steps adopted since the declaration of hostilities ; beneficial in many respects, for it is the sacrifice of one of the most cherished crotchets of "red-tapism , " that nothing could be done except through official sources—a princi ple that, as we have already explained, probably prevented the rescue of Sir JOHN FRANKLIN and his brave companions from the dreadful fate to which they were subjected. It now appears as if Ministers were determined to adopt the best means, although net in accordance with official regulations, and to select the best men, although not holding commissions in any branch of her MAJESTY'S service. This is, indeed, a wise and judicious departure from official trammels—one which we have but little doubt will lead to im portant alterations in every branch of the civil as well as the military service. It appears that Government applied to the Hot. Gentleman, the member for Norwich, to point out a suitable person to undertake the charge of a body of " navvies," and all classes necessary for carrying out engineering operations. Mr. PETo at once recommended a gentleman, who, with his staff, had recently returned from Canada, and whose qualifications were of a very high charac- The result is embodied in the following paragraph : ter. TRE SUN. LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER o, 18841; " CIVIL ENGINEERS AND NAVVIES FOR THE CRIMEA, " Mr. Beattie, the civil engineer, and his staff—who have recently returned to this country in consequence of the termination of the railway upon which they were engaged in Canada—have been employed by Govern ment to proceed to the Crimea. They are to embark at Marseilles, on the 6th, for their • destination. A nume ions corps of miners, quarrymen, plate-layers, smiths, and navvies, are to accompany or follow them." This is as it should be. We thank the Govern ment for this step, which is decidedly in the right direction, and which goes so far to prove that a resolution has been formed, even at the eleventh hour, to early on " the war in earnest." STOPPING THE BRITISH SUPPLIES TO THE ENEMY. Our prominent notice of the exportation of lead seems to have at length brought the Government to a sense of their neglect to take proper precautions against supply ing the enemy with the means of killing our troops. It will be seen by a proclamation in the Gazette of last night that the Lords of the Council have stopped the exporta tion of lead to any place in Europe north of Dunkirk, unless their previous sanction is obtained. No less than 90 tons of pig lead, it is said, were about to be shipped for Prussia, intended, without doubt, for the brother-in law of the King and his most worthy ally the Emperor of Russia. THE WOODEN HUTS _RENDERED FIRE-PROOF. A. proposition was yesterday submitted to the Foreign office to render fire-proof the wooden houses to be sent to the Crimea. The suggestion has been made by an ironfounder of many years' experience. This gentleman having seen that the beams and rafters of his workshops sometimes ignited when large castings were in progress, turned his knowledge in chemistry to account, and made a composition, which he washed over the wood-work that was most exposed to the effects of heat. The re sult was satisfactory. Pieces of wood, when washed over with this composition, may be placed in the fire, and although under great heat they will become black and waste away, yet they will not ignite with a flame. The method and ingredients of the composition are to be kept secret. It is scarcely possible to overrate the importance of this discovery, which, if it stand the test of the experi ments to which it is about to be subjected, will prove an epoch in the art of maritime warfare. COVENTRY ELECTION. Sir Joseph Paxton Was this morning returned member for Coventry, in the place of the late Mr. Geach. No opposition was offered, all shades of Liberals having joined in support of the worthy Knight. SIGNATURE OF THE TREATY BETWEEN AUSTRIA AND THE WESTERN .POWE.RS. We are given to understand that Lord Westmoreland announced yesterday by electric telegraph to Lord Clarendon the signature of the treaty of alliance between Austria and the Western Powers. ROYAL MAIL STEAM-PACKLT COMP ANY. NOTICE. 55, Moorgate-street, London, 2d Dec:, ISSI. Pursuant to instructions issued by the Lords Com missioners of the Admiralty, the Parana, with mails for tie West Indies, Mexico, &c., will not leave Southamp ton until Monday, the 4th inst. TILE MEETING OF PA RLIAMENT. We understand that the following letter has been addressed to those members of the House of Commons who usually support the Government " Council Office, Nov. 28, 1854. " Sir,—The meeting of Parliament having been fixed for Tuesday, the 12th of December, on account of urgent public business, I earnestly request your attend ance on that day. " I have the honour to be your faithful servant, LL." _ , RIME OFFICIAL DESPATCHES FROU FIELD MARSHAL LORD RAGLAN. [FROM A SUPPLEMENT TO LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE.] • War Department, Dec. 2, 1 p.m. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle has this day received a Despatch, of which the following is a copy, addressed to his Grace by Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.B. No. 98. Before Sebastopol, Nov. 11. My Lord Duke,—When, on the Bth inst., I re ported the gallant and successful repulse of the very formidable attack made upon the position occupied by our troops above the ruins of Inkerman, I stated that I would in a subsequent despatch lay before your Grace, the names of the officers whose conduct upon the occasion had been brought to my notice. I now proceed to discharge that duty. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge reports most favourably of the exertions of Colonel the Honourable George Upton, of the Coldstream Guards, Lieutenant-Colonel Reynardson, of the Grenadier Guards, and Colonel Walker, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, as well as of Colonel Cunynghame, Assistant-Quarter-Master- General, and Lieutenant-Colonel Brownrigg, Assistant ' Adjutant-General ; Captain the Honourable Percy Fielding, Acting Deputy-Assistant-Quartermaster- General, who was severely wounded ; and of Cap tain Butler, Deputy-Assistant-Adjutant-General, who was unfortunately killed ; and here I may pause to mention that he was the brother of Cap tain Butler, who so distinguished himself at Silis tria, and fell just before the siege was raised. The Duke of Cambridge likewise recommends Lieutenant-Colonel Dacres, of the Royal Artillery, who commanded the field batteries of the Ist Divi sion, which were admirably served by Captains Paynter and Woodhouse, _Captain Hamley of the Royal Artillery acting as Staff Officer to that branch of the service ; Captain Ellison, the Brigade Major to the Guards, and Major the Hon. James Macdonald (whose conduct particularly attracted my attention), and the other officers of his personal staff. His Royal Highness speaks also, in the highest terms of the spirited exertions of Assistant-Surgeon Wilson, of the 7th Hussars, who at a critical mo ment rallied a few men which enabled them to hold the ground till reinforced. In the 2d Division, which, as I have already informed your Grace, received the first attack, and was engaged throughout the day, the officers whose names I have to bring forward are very numerous. Those who commanded the regiments of which it is composed were, without exception, either killed or wounded ; and, in many instances, those who succeeded were wounded. Major-General Pennefather commends them highly. Colonel Warren, of the 55th, in command of • the Ist Brigade, and Lieutenant-Colonel Daubeney, 55th, who succeeded to it •n the former being wounded, and was himself wounded afterwards ; Lieutenant Colonel Mauleverer, 30th, and Major Patullo, of the same regiment, who took the command of the regiment when the Lieutenant-Colonel was wounded ; Major Champion, 95th Regiment, and Major Hume, of the same corps, who were both wounded, the latter having succeeded the former in the command, and being himself relieved by Captain Davis when he was obliged to leave the field. Lieutenant-Colonel Carpenter, of the 41st, who was mortally wounded, and succeeded in the com mand by Major Eman ; Lieutenant-Colonel Haly, of the 47th, who was obliged, when wounded, to relinquish his command to Major Farren ; Majo r Dalton, of the 49th, who fell at the head of his corps, and was replaced by Major Grant ; Lieu tenant-Colonel Fitzmayer, commanding the bat teries of the 2d Division, under the able direc tion of Captains Pennycuick and Turner ; Lieu tenant-Colonel W ilbraham, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable Percy Herbert, the AAsistant- Adjutant, and Assistant-Quat tern:Laster-General, and Captain Thompson, 10th Hussars, and Cap tain Glazbrook, 49th Regiment, the Deputy- Assistant-Adjutant, and Deputy-Assistant-Quar termaster-General of the Division ; Captains Thackwell and Armstrong, the Brigade-Majors ; Captain Harding, Aide-de-Camp, and the other officers attached to the Major-General's personal Staff, one of whom, Captain Allis, the First Aide de-Camp of Lieutenant-General Sir De Lacy Evans, and a most promising officer, was unfor tunately killed. The 3rd Division was only partially engaged ; but having been actively employed in all the siege operations, Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Eng land avails himself of the opportunity to mention, in terms of high approbation, the Staff Officers and the officers in command of regiments, and has drawn my attention to the services of Major Wood, As sistant-Adjutant-General, the Honourable Major Colborne, , Assist an t- Q uarter-M aster - General, Cap. taro Wortley, Deputy-Assistant- Q uar t er -M as t er - General, and Colonel Bell, of the R o y a l R eg i men t ; Colonel Cobbe, of the 4th R egiment ; Colonel the Honourable A. Spencer, of the 44th ; Lieutenant- Colonel Lowth, of the 38th ; Lieutenant-Colonel Adams, of the 28th ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Waddy, of the 50th Regiments ; Major the Honourable A. Hope, of the 60th Regiment, Cap tain Daniell, of the 38th, Brigade Majors ; and Captain Edward Neville, Scots Fusilier Guards, his Aida-de Camp. The superior officers of the 4th Division, Lieu tenant-General the Honourable Sir George Cath cart, and Brigadier-General Goldie, having fallen, and the survivor, Brigadier-General Torrens, hav ing been severely wounded, I take upon myself to recommend the surviving officers of the Staff, viz. : Col. Wyndham, Assistant - Quartermaster -General, and Capt. Hugh Sm i t h, 3d F oot, Deputy -Assistant th Regiment, and who i s woun d e d ; Quartermaster - Ge neral ; Ma j or Maitland, Deputy- Assistant an d Captain Street, -Adjutant General, 57 Lieu tenant Torrens, 23 d Reg i ment, Brigade Majors ; and I may here exp ress m y dee p regret that Lieu tenant-Colonel Charles S e ymour, Scots Fusilier Guards, should have fall en . H e had served on the Staff with the lamented Sir George Cathcart at the Cape, and had accompanied him to this country in the capacity of Assistant -Adjutant-General ; and he was remarkable for his intelligence, gallantry, and zeal. I would likewise beg to solicit your Grace's attention to the services of Colonel Horn, who commanded the 20th, and came out of action the senior officer of the division ; Captain Inglis, com manding 57th, and Lieutenant-Colonel Smyth, commanding the 68th Regiment, who was severely wounded ; and Captain Dallas, commanding de tachment of the 4Gth ; of Lieutenant-Colonel Ainsle, of the 21st, who was wounded ; of Lieutenant-Colonel Swyny, who unfortunately. fell at the head of the 63d, and was succeeded in the command by Major the Honourable Robert Dalzell ; and Lieutenant-Colonel Horsford, of the Brigade ; of Lieutenant-Colonel D. Wood, the senior officer of the Artillery of the Division ; and Major Townsend, of the Artillery, who was unfortunately killed. He was considered a most valuable officer, and was ably succeeded by Captain Ifoste. Lieutenant-Colonel Powell would have commanded the 57th, but ho was on duty in the trenches. The officers of the Light Division, whose ser vices have been brought to my notice by Lieutenant -General -Sir George Brown, who was obliged by a woundl in his arm to quit the field before the action terminated, and by Major- General Codrington, who succeeded him in the command, are Lieutenant-Colonel Yea, of the Royal Fusiliers ; Major Sir Thomas Troubridge, of the same regiment, who was commanding in a bat tery, and thoueh desperately wounded, behaved with the utmost gallantry and composure ; Major Buubury, of the 23d, who replaced him in com nand ; Brevet-Major Mundy, com manding the 33 ; Lieut enan t-Colonel Shirl e y, o f the 88th, who was empl o y e d in the trench e s ; Lieutenant- Colonel Jeff].les, commanding the pertion of that regiment which was in the field ; Lieutenant- Colonel Egerton, commanding the 77th ; Majors Staton and Dixon, of the same regiment ; Lieu tenant-Colonel Unett, of the 19th, on duty in the trenches ; Lieutenant-Colonel Lawrence and Cap tain Ebrington, of the Rifle Brigade ; and Captain Hopkins, commanding a detachment of Royal Marino, which had been brought up to replace _ _ _ a wing of the • Rifle Brigadethat had been sent down - to Balaklava, and fully maintained the reputation of that distinguished corps ; Lieu- tenant-Colonel Lake, of the Royal Horse Artillery, and Captain Morris, commaiding the battery attached to the division, Colonel Sullivan, Assistant-Adjutant-General ; Lieutenant-Colonel Airey, Assistant-Quartermaster-General ; Captain Hallowell, Deputy Assistant-Quartermaster- General ; Captain Macdonell and the other officers of the Lieutenant-General's personal Staff ; Lieutenant the Hon. H. Campbell, Aide-de-Camp to Major-General Codrington ; and Brigadier-Ge neral Buller's Aide-de-Camp, Lieutenant the Hon. H. Clifford, whose conduct is represented to have been peculiarly conspicuous ; Captains Mackenzie and Glyn, the Brigadier-Majors of the Division. It is due to the principal medical officers of the several divisions, Doctors Alexander, Cruick shank, Forest Linton, and Humfrey, to report that their able exertions have been strongly repre sented to me, and deserve to be most honourably mentioned, and the arrangements of the Inspector- General of Hospitals, Dr. Hall, for the care of the wounded, merit the expression of my entire appro bation. Lieutenant-Colonel Gambier, of the Royal Ar• tillery, who had the command of the Artillery in the trenches during the siege, a duty which he dis charged to my perfect satisfaction, was, I regret to say, unfortunately wounded when moving up with the two 18-pounders, which I had ordered to be brought to the right of the 2d Division ; and I have great pleasure in speaking in terms of high panegyric of Liestenaut-Colonel Dickson, who had charge of those guns, Captain D' Aguilar, and the officers and men who worked them ; they per formed under Lieutenant-Colonel Dicksion's direc tions the most effective service, notwithstanding that-they had a very heavy fire upon them, and that their loss in consequence was very severe, seven teen men having been either killed or wounded, and ono officer wounded. I derived, as upon every other occasion, the most able and effective assistance from the Adjutant and Quartermaster-General, Brigadier-General Escort, and Brigadier-General Airey, and their Assistants, Major the Honourable W. Pakenham, and Lieutenant-Colonel the Honourable A. Gor don, and the officers of their departments ; and from the Military Secretary, Lieutenant-Colonel Steele, Lieutenant-Colonel Poulett Somerset, and the officers of my personal Staff ; and I feel deeply indebted to Lieutenant-General Sir John Bur goyne, for the constancy with which he applies himself to the discharge of his arduous duties, and the benefit I derive from his advice and assistance, as well as to Captain Gordon, Commanding Royal Engineer, Captain Chap man, and the officers of that corps; and to Major Adye, the Honourable Captain Gage, and Cap tain Fortescue, the Staff Officers of the Royal Artillery, to the command of which Li:tutenant- Colonel Dacres has succeeded by the lamented death of Brigadier-General Strangways, whose Aide-de-Camp, Captain Gordon, I would also bring to your Grace's notice. I profit by this opportunity to render justice to two officers whom I omitted to mention in my Despatch of the 28WSeptember. Tho one, Captain Maude, of the Royal Horse Artillery, who has since been badly wounded, dis tinguished himself at the battle of the Alma, as I myself observed ; the other, Captain W. Pitcairn Campbell, became the Senior Officer of the 23d Regiment, when Lieutenant-Colonel Chester was killed, and, though severely wounded, could hardly be persuaded to quit the field.—l have, &c., RAGLAN. His Grace the Duke of Newcastle, &c., &c., &c. \VAR-OFFICE, DEc. 2. The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., the Secretary-at-War, has received no list of casualties amongst the non-commissioned officers and privates in the forces under the command of Field-Marshal the Lord Raglan, G.C.8., at the Battle of Inker man ; and it appears that no such lists can be for warded to England untii after the next or following mail, in consequence of the great difficulty existing in obtaining complete and corrected lists from the several regiments of the army in the Crimea. THE BATTLE OF INKERMAN The following despatch has been received at the Admiralty from Admiral Dundas Britannia, off the Katcha, Nov. 11 Sir, —I beg you will lay before the Lords Com missioner 4, of the Admiralty the accompanying return of casualties in the Royal Marines in the action of the sth November, 1854. The Royal Marines have displayed their accus tomed gallantry, but I regret the losses they sus tained in this battle.—l have, &c., (Signed) ,J.W. D. DUNDAS, Vice-Admiral. To Secretary of the Admiralty. A NOMINAL RETURN OF CASUALTIES IN THE BATTALION OF ROYAL MARINES ENCAMPED BEFORE SEBASTOPOL IN THE ACTION OF NOVEMBER 5. W. H. March, captain, Queen, severely wounded. J. Mills (act. S. M.), serjearit, Algiers, killed. E. Richards, serjeaut, Bellerophon, severely wounded. J. Bunten, lance-corporal, Leander, severely wounded. J. Osborne, lance-corporal, Queen, severely wounded. J. Jones, private, Bellerophon, slightly wounded. A. Warren, - private, Bellerophon, slightly wounded. B. Dean, private, Albion, slightly wounded. J. Kilpatrick, private, Vengeance, severely wounded. J. Whelan, private, Vengeance, slightly wounded. J. Smith, private, Albion, slightly wounded. J. Hansman, private, Vengeance, severely wounded. J. Sanders, private, Leander, slightly wounded. W. Short, private, Albion, severely wounded. W. Adams, private, Bellerophon, severely wounded. R. Quin, private, Bellerophon, slightly wounded. J. France, private, Bellerophon, severely wounded. J. M'Levy, private, Vengeance, dangerously . wounded. Robert Cooper, private, Bellerophon, killed. James Angel, private, :Bellerophon, dangerously wounded. W. Pitchar, private, Albion, severely wounded. J. Whits, private, Vengeance, slightly wounded. C. Robinson, private), Vengeance, severely wounded. E. Snow, private, Albion, killed. S. Toogood, pri vat Vengeance, severely wounded. J. Smyth, private, Albion, slightly wounded. W. H. Adams, private, Leaudcr, dangerously wounded. R. Donnis, private, Vertigeanee, J. Webb (2), private, 'Vengeance, killed. R. Wilson, private, Bellerophon, severely wounded. J. Perkins, private, Bellerophon, severely wounded. J. Jury, private, Albicri, slightly wounded. J. Carroll, private, Yen, g eance, severely wounded. THE STORM IN THE BLACK SEA. LIST OF TRANSPORTS LOST OR DISA BLED. On shore, but crew s axed—Pyrenees, Ganges, Rodwell, Lord Raglan, arLd Tyrone. Burnt —Py ren e es. The Danube is lost near Cape Cberson, but crew AT EUPATORIA, ON SHORE. saved. The following have lost their masts :—No. Her Majesty ; 53, Asia ; 55, Glendalough ; 61, Harbinger ; and 81, Georgiana. The crews ap pear to be still on board. Two other transports are partly dismasted, bow sprits gone. AT BALAKLAYA. The following have gone to pieces on the cliffs : —Prince, Resolute, Kenilworth, Wild Wave, Pro gress, Wanderer, and Malta. The following were riding comparatively easy at their anchors :—Melbourne, Pride of the Ocean, Medora, Lady Valiant, Mercia, Caduceus, and Sir R. Sale. The loss of life is great, 30 to 40 men hauled over the cliffs. -.__ The Victoria is in the harbour of Balaklava, and has lost her rudder. The damage to the other ships in the harbour is confined to their upper works. 111 E REINFORCEMENTS. It is the intention of Government to reinforce the cavalry division in the Crimea by sending out two regi ments, mustering 700 sabres each. It is stated that the 6th Carbineers and the 7th Dragoon Guards are to be augmented to the above number, and immediately proceed on this service. The first named regiment has not been actively employed since the year 1808, when it returned from Monte Video, having been engaged in the unfortunate expedition of General Whitelock. The 7th Dragoon Guards returned from the Cape of Good Hope about four years since. Their present strength is 350 men each, but the required number, it is considered, will sooa be made up from other cavalry regiments on the home service and from the cavalry depot, Maidstone. It is understood that in future all cavalry regiments on active foreign service are to muster, exclusive of trumpeters and farriers, four squadrons, or eight troops of 85 men each, making a total of 680 effective sabres. The whole of the Artillery stationed at Horfield. Bar racks left Bristol on Thursday for Woolwich, en route for the Crimea. More volunteers aro required for the 18th, and an appli cation was made at Chatham on Thursday, by Colonel Reynold•, C. 8., commanding the 18th, to the command ant (Colonel Eden) to allow the 9lth Regiment to be again opened for volunteering, as the 18th want about GO men to make up the strength of the regiment. There can be no doubt of the number being obtained, as the bounty money (11.) is a great inducement. The grant was obtained, and the volunteering took place yesterday. It seems that the whole of the men of the 94th are anxious for active service. Recruiting parties from various regiments are stationed in different parts of the county of Devon, chiefly in the centre of agricultural districts, where they have been working with great zeal. The Plymouth division of Royal Marines at Totnes, in the south of Devon, have enrolled a large number of men lately, and at Exeter and other places a large number of recruits have been enlisted. The Alma (late the Barwon) screw steamer, sailed from Gravesend yesterday, having embarked there officers of the following regiments for the Crimea :—viz., Ist Royals, 7th Fusiliers, 17th Lancers, 18th, 20th, 28th, 49th, 74th, 88th, and 95th Foot. The 16th Regiment furnished 41 volunteers for the 17th Regiment (depot at Kilkenny), which is now serving in the Crimea. The same regiment furnished 10 volunteers for the 71st Highland Light Infantry, also in the Crimea. The Cumberland, chartered iron Screw-steamer, has been loading at Portsmouth with the wooden huts for the Crimea. She will stow about 100, Or accommodation for 2000 men; so that we require 10 such steamers at the least instantly, if we 'are to provide covering for our 20,000 troops around Sebastopol. LONDONDERRY, Nov. 29.—The 15th depot, at Derry, has been called upon to furnish 50 volunteers to the 18th Foot, now at Chatham, under orders for the Crimea. All recent volunteers for the Crimea will be allowed one guinea on joining their new regiments, without deduction for alteration of clothing, which is to be defrayed by the public. CORK, lieV. 30.—Yesterday 200 of the 16th (Bedford shire) Regiment arrived from Athlone, under command of Captain G. Studdert, with two ensigns. The head quarters will arrive on Saturday or Monday, under Major Henry Copinger. Detachments will be sent to Haulbow line, Camden, and Spike Island. In place of 300, which was formerly the number of soldiers doing duty in Spike Island convict depot, there will in future be but 40; the constabulary and turnkeys are to be increased, to assist the military in taking charge of the convicts. A draft of the 89th, numbering 238 men, will arrive to-day from Waterford. The 2d Somerset Militia has furnished 30 volunteers for the 17th Lancers. A draft of the 17th, numbering 236 meu, is to arrive on Saturday from Kil kenny.—Cork Constitution. The Royal mail steam-ship Magdalena, which arrived at Southampton yesterday from the West Indies, is to be immediately prepared for the transport service in the Black Sea, and will, it is expected, relieve the Orinoco which steamer requires to come home for repairs. It i expected she will bo ready for sea about Wednesday next and will make one of the most efficient troop-ships in the world. The private screw steamers Norman, Alster, Cos mopolitan, Hutton, Metropolitan, and Sir John Easthopo, hare been chartered by the Government to convoy from Southampton to the Crimea wooden houses for 4,000 men, which aro being manufactured at the steam sawmills of Messrs Driver and Co. They alio constructed upon the tame principle as those which have been made at Ports mouth. WINTER CLOTHING FOR THE TROOPS .IN THE CRIMEA. Yesterday the Messrs. Almond completed the following contract with the Ordnance - for the army iu the East 44,000 fur cloaks. 44,003 fur caps (helmets). 44,000 fur gauntlets (gloves). 44,000 waterproof capes. 44,000 long, boots (cow hide material). 44,000 suits of inner clothing. 44,000 pairs of leggings. 10,000 suits, of fur clothing for officers. MORE NUN'S FOR THE LAST.—Several more of the Sisters of Mercy, from this country, are about to proceed to Turkey,to give their attendance to the sick and wounded soldiers. Accounts have been received in Dublin that a portion of the hospital at Scutari has been allocated ex clusively to the nuns for their residence. _ _ _ Major-General Henry Bentinck hlts arrived in London from the Crimea, and, considering the severity of the wound, fortunately only a flash one he received at the battle of Inkerman, in better health than might be ex pected. The gallant general had a len g bheneol interview with Viscount Harding() the morning after We arrival, and also waited on her Royal Highness the Dutton of Gloucester, at Gloucester-house, when the Duchene of Cambridge and the Princess Mary came to town from Kew to meet the gal lant general. The Queen sent General Bentinck an invi tation to Windsor Castle, but he was compelled to decline, from his impaired health, her Majesty's gracious invi tation. Lieutenant-Colonel Lord Charles Fitzroy, accompanied by his brother, the Earl of Euston, has been de tained in Paris from illness arising from the effects of the battle of Inkerman. The noble and gallant colonel, by the last letters, was better, and it was hoped would be able to leave for London yesterday. Lady Charles Fitz roy has arrived in town to meet his lordship. THE RUSSIAN AND THE ZOUAVD-a--We gave some time ago an extract from a letter stating that every morning an old: Russian naval officer at Sebastopol had a cannon brought into the street by his servants, and amused himself with firing at the besiegers. From time to time the Francs tireurs picked off the servants, but they were daily renewed by others, and every attempt of the best marksmen to hit the old officer had failed. The Presse now publishes a letter from Sebastopol stating that one of the Zouaves has been more fortunate. The Zouave made a hole in the jsrth to conceal himself, and watched for the appearance of, the officer. The first day he fired in vain, but the next one of his balls struck the Russian, and he fell dead on his gun. WARLIKE NEWS AND WARLIKE ENTHUSIASM. -011 Friday last an itinerant speech-crier and his better half, both more than "half-seas over," perambulated our streets, in the middle of the day, vending what they called " a cor rect account of the storming and cannonade of Sebastopol, which took place for 14 hours ; also the fall of that place into the hands of the allies ; together with accounts of the dreadful slaughter of the Russians ; all published by the British Government, for the low charge of ono penny." It need scarcely be mentioned that the "account" contained merely the telegraphic abridgment of Lord Raglan's de spatch, detailing the battle of Inkerrean. The startling ihtolligence, however, appeared weto meet with large sale among the country p eo p le, and ha ve little doubt th a t the vendors realise d a handsome profit from their docep• Lion. Late in the afternoon two young moo from the country p r obably smitten with enthusiasm from pc ' ~ account" of the great vi c t ory, appeared cooing the. the Cross, in the hi g h-street, ar m e d w i th naked b " roac iswords, which they brandished about their heads, to th e great admiration. of a prett y l argo crowd of boys and girls, at the same time shouting and swearing that " they would do for Old Nicholas.' Not satisfied with this demonstration of their valour, they m arched up and down the street, between the Cross and the corner of St. John-street, for a few minutes, waving their glittering weapons, and reiterating their vows of vengeance upon the tyrant, Neither of them was drunk, Although, like Mr. Peter Paterson, they wore probably "just a leetle eelevated," and they did not appear to be recruits. It was only a miracle that no accident happened to some of the crowd, lk•oni the wild nirenner in which the swords were whirled about. Halting at last at the Cross, the heroes fulminated a final defiance to the Itussiaubear , and then retired into the Skinnergate, swearing all the way that they would "nick him yet."—Perthshire Courier. 7'llE FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS. BOULOGNE•SUR-MER, Dec. I.—ln consequortce of an order which came down frOm the Emperor, 10,400 men • from the camp of the north have been elected to proceed forthwith to the Crimea pour remplacer les t Ite's. The Em peror, in order to pay a compliment to the army encamped around Boulogne, has given the soldiers an opportunity of volunteering for the seat of war, but limited the number of volunteers to ten from each company. Upon this feet being made known the greatest enthusiasm prevailed amongst the men, and the difficulty of limiting the election to ten from each company was very great, in consequence of the almost unanimous desire of the soldiers to be per mitted to join their comrades in the East. The troops, comprising this reinforcement of 10,400, are being marched down to the railway, by which they pro ceed to Paris, en route to the place of embarkation. They are accompanied to the terminus here by their different bands, which are playing a series of lively airs thrdughout their march. The greatest interest is exhibited by the inhabitants generally, who crowd the different thorough fares the soldiers pass, and greet the gallant fellows in tho most rapturous and feeling manner. Ike Emperor has presented each of the soldiers with a copy of the New Testament, which is the diamond edition published in London by the British and Foreign Bible Society. The detachments of 160 men of the Bth, 9th, 17th, and 32d regiments of the line, in garrison at Paris, who have volunteered for the army of the East, left Paris last evening by railway. Similar detachments from the 36th, 63d, 66th, and 67th regiments of the line, and of the Bth and 13th light infantry, also stationed at Paris, are to ,leave to-day. All these detachments are to remain at Aix until they receive orders to proceed to the corps for which they are respectively destined. Gen. Montebello, who is the bearer of the letter of the Emperor to General Canrobert, left Marseilles in the Indus on the 26th. The same vessel carried out a detachment of 475 Chasseurs de Vincennes. Other departures of troop 3 took place on the previous evening, and others again were to take place the next day. In addition to troops all tho vessels that leave take out ammunition and stores The reinforcements which leave Marseilles do not ferns part of the regiments composing the divisions of Generals Salle and Dalac, which are to embark at Toulon. The Atlas steam-packet, belonging to the company Ar• naud and Fouache, arrived at Marseilles on Monday even ing from Constantinople, where she had carried out troops. Sho left the Turkish capital on the 15th. The corvette Caravane, having on board a detachment of the 26th regiment for the army of the East, sailed front Toulon on Monday. She also carried out a large quantity of wine for the Black Sea fleet. The Charlemagne arrived in that port on Monday, and will have to stop several days for repairs. Three English steamers, in addition to those which previously arrived, entered Toulon on Monday, but the next day two of them proceeded to Marseilles to receive troops. The number of vessels of different sizes ready to rail from Toulon on Tuesday, was, without counting the English steamers, 15; and amongst them were the soreW vessels of the lino the Fleurus and the Saint Louis. These vessels were destined to take out the 7th division, and the Bth division is to leave immediately after. At Toulon, the fitting out of the ship of the line Navarin is far advanced, and that of the Souverain is to be carried on with all activity. Upwards of 200 workmen are, besides, employed in the construction of a large steam frigate to be called the Imperatrice Eugenie. The depot of the 19th battalion of Chasseurs de Via. cennos arrived at Marseilles in the evening of the 26th, from Douai. It was four days en route, and passed through Paris without stopping. Detachments of the 9th and 32d regiments of the line took their departure from Paris the day before yesterday by the Lyons Railway for the South, where they are to embark for the Crimea. They passed along the Quays, the Hotel-de-Ville, and the Arsenal, singing patriotic songs. A letter from Toulon of the 28th ult. says :—" The workmen in the dockyard were obliged to work on Sunday last until noon, in consequence of the urgency of the works now in hand. The gun-boats aro well advanced in their construction, and in a few months soils of them can be launched and immediately after armed. The English yes selsjwhich are to carry out the troops to the Crimea are expected here every day. A large quantity of artillery stores is being embarked on board the ships of the line and frigates now in the harbour. The activity displayed here is extraordinary." We read in the Sentine:le Toulonnaise of the 27th inst. " The screw ships Fleurus and St. Louis and several frigates are making preparations to receive on board the first brigade of the seventh division of the army of the East. The 10th and 57th Regiments have already packed their arms in the arsenal ready for embarkation. The second brigade is to embark in the steam-frigate just ar• rived, and the entire division will be on its way to the East in a few days. The eighth division is to follow im mediately, as transports are arriving daily for that pur• pose, so that in less than a fortnight our army in the East will be increased by two new divisions, and will have re ceived a great quantity of war materiel. Numerous detach ments leave daily to fill up the vacancies in the different corps of the army in the Crimea." 1, STEAMERS ENGAGED AS TRANSPORTS is AND ON MAIL SERVICE. The following magnificent steamers are at present em ployed as transports : ROYAL MAIL COMPANY. Tons. Horse• power. Orinoco (p.) Avon (p.) 2,069 450 Thames (p.) Medway (p.) Trent (p.) Tamar (p.) PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY. Himalaya (s.) 3,500 700 Simla (s.) 2,600 GOO Candia (a.) Nubia (s.) Colombo (s.) Indus (p.) .. Ripon (p.) Manilla (a.) 6OO 6O Rajah (e.) GENERAL SCREW COMPANY. - - Prince 2,750 300 Indiana Golden Fleece Jason Hydaspes Harbinger Propontis This list shows that Southampton has contributgd 22 steamers, of 32,2G0 tons, and 8,530-horse power. Liverpool also has borne her fair share in furnishing the Government with steam-ships, screw and paddle, for ser vice as transport or store vessels, as will be seen by the following list of ships, tonnage, and power : CUNARD COMPANY. Arabia (p.) Earopa (p.) 1,850 Niagara (p.) Cambria (p.) Jura (s.) Emew (s.) Alps (s.) Andes (s.) CANADIAN COMPANY Cleopatra (s.) Ottawa (s.) Charity (s.) 1,200 LIVERPOOL AND PHILADELPHIA COMPANY. Kangaroo (s.) 1,900 350 SOUTH AMERICAN COMPANY. _ _ _ _...... ______ ___ Imperatrix (s.) 1,800 CORK AND LIVERPOOL COMPANY. Albatross (s.) Cormorant (s.) making a total of 15 vessels of 22,950 tons and 5,540- horse power. In addition to these there are about twenty Cr thirty sailing transports of the largest class belonging to t pelt. USE OF A PLAID IN BAtTLIC.-A letter was received a few days ago by Mr. Mgt ougail, tartan warehouse, Inverness, in which occurs th. ollowing circumstance : " The big rough plaid whioi, we got some time ago for Captain Campbell, 23d Regiment, saved his life at the Alma, as he found several balls in it after he was carried off the field on the 2Uth September."—lnverness Courier _ MACREADT IN BIRMINGHAM.—On Thursday e km v iin e t z dt i e in eo g o of complian c e Midlanddistinguishedsianoswitli h a n isttiragedian, in courteous and Institute, gave r f o r a o d m ings the in co t us h ; Towndevs-hall,thio t he Birmingh am , f rom Milt on , D r yden, S ak s f p u e ad r e, s ainnd aid Pope, o f thatthe institution.o The attendance of a numerous audience was more than expected, the weather being extremely inclement. The ball was filled, and considering that Mr. Mac ready was merely a dramatic actor, this circumstance was the more remarkable. Mr. Macready, after his in troduction to the audience, proceeded to allude to his early and happy days in Birmingham, the circumstance that he had been invited by the directors of the Midland Institute to appear on that occasion, and to apologise for any deficiencies which might be apparent during the performances which he had undertaken. His readings consisted of Dryden's " Ode to Cecilia," Pope's " Vital Spark," Wordsworth's " Cumber land Beggar," an extract.. from the fifth book of Milton's " Paradise Lost," together with the "Dream of Eve," and an extract from the fourth act of the secind part of Henry IV. An apologue by Leigh Hunt succeeded, but produced little effect. It is almost impossible to conceive the impression which, by his versa tile talent, Mr. Macready produced upon his auditory. The assemblage were enthusiastic in their plaudits. The entertainment did not last more than an hour and 0 , half. The proceeds for the institution will be nearly 2001. THE MUSEUM OF ORNAMENTAL ART AT MARLBOROUG II HOUSE.—The numbers attending, &c., during the month of November were as follows :-3,554 persons on th e public dayss and admitted free ; 357 persons on he students' days,(and admitted as students on the payment of Gd. each, besides the registered students of the classes and schools. The museum is now open free on Satur days for the convenience of schools, &c. ... 4,