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rsseeeee---- THE CRIMEA. COLNAGH/'S AUTHENTIC SERIES. sitETCHES at the SEAT of WAR by OFFICERS engaged in her Majesty's Service. CONTENTS PUBLISHED UP TO THIS DATE. Sevastopol, by Lieut. M. O'Reilly. R.N., sells 7s. (A.—Bombard ment of Sevastopol, by Lieut. M. O'Reilly, R.N. (just ready), sells 128.—Bombardment of Odessa, by Lieut. M. O'Reilly, R.N., sells 55. —Balaklava, by Lieut. M. O'Reilly, R.N.. sells ss.—The Loss of the Tiger, by Lieut. Dunne, R.N., sel's 3s.—Varna, by Lieut. Mansell, R N., sells 55.—The Battle of the Alma, from the Sea, by Capt. Gorden, R.E., sells U.—The Battle of the Alma, from the Land, Lieut. Bre din, R.A., sells Bs.—fleights and Bay of Alma, by Mr. Brooker. 2d Master H.M.S. Spitfire, sells 35. —Siege of Sevastopol, C a ptain Bid- Master ILA., sells 3.5. —Siege of Sevastopol, Lieut. Thereld, 33d Regt., sells 3s. PAUL and DOMINIC COLNAGHI and CO., 13 and 14, Pall-Mall East. publishers to her Majesty, beg to state that they are anxious to add to the above series, and towards that purpose they will be happy to treat with all parties who possess authentic Sketches relat ing to the War. C ou ntry Agents for the sale of the above wanted. References required. THE ATRE-ROYAL, DRURY-LANE, JULLIEN'S CON CERTS. LAST NIGE.T BUT FOUR.Tuesday, Dec. 5 ) , wil The FEDORAIIAM f o r THIS EVENING, ( Include the new Song and Serenade, "Say yes." and "Sweet Lore arise," sting by Madame Anna Thillon ; Overture, Der Freischutz ; Grand Operatic Selection from I Puiltant ; Masanie:lo Quadrille; the Andante Item Mendelssohn's •Aymphony in A ; Solos, Violin, Si;. Monasterio ; Clarionet, Jt. Waffle ; and. Violoncello, Mr. 1.. Collins ; the Valse d'Adieu ; the Alle.r,retto frcm Beethoven's Symphony in ; the Moldavian Schottische ; the Cliarze (=atop ; and the new DESCRIPTIVE QUADRILLE, TILE ALLIED ARMIES, assisted by the Bands of her Majesty's Grenadier Guards, 21 Life Guards, and Coldstream Guards. Panics or ADMISSION.—romena U. d ls. bud s, and galleries, I s.; dress circle. 2s. 6d. ; private boxesupw. Tlse afesclelssohn Festival will take place on Thursday next, Dec. 7, on which occasion the whole of the First Part of the Concert will be selected from the works of that great composer ; the Second Part b e ing Miscellaneous, Including the Allied Armies Quadrille. Di. JULLIEN'S GRAND BAL MASQUE will take place en MONDAY, Dec. 11, and terminate the season. THEATRE ROYAL HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Backstone. THIS EVENING, Dsc. 5, Will be performed, THE NERVOUS MAN AND THE MAN OF NERVE. Airghtuto (the Man of Nerve), Mr. Hudson. To be followed by the Farce. of MARE YOUR WILLS. After which, the Ballet of THE STAR OF ANDALUSIA, In Which Senora Perea Nena will appear. To which will be added THE BALANCE OF COMFORT. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Me.nagemant of Mr. CHALLEB Xxeis. THIS EVENDIG, DSO. 0, Will be presented FAUST AND MARGUERITE. !Principal characters by Niagara. C. Kaan, David Figker, Raymond, Cathcart K. , And i4eker; Mrs. Winstanley, Mbsicai C. Leclercq, Daly, and Terry. After which will be presented a sew Melo-dramatic Spectacle, in three acts, entitled SCEIANITL, the Warrior Prophet. LYCEIJ3I THEATRE. THIS EVENING, Dm. 5, Wilt be performed THE GA.SiE OF %PHCCIATION. Ckarac tern by Messrs. C. Mathew% R. Roxby, F. Matthews, and Baker ; Lieghes, ',Moles Oliver and Wadhan% and Sirs. Foote. To be followed. by a new Comic Drama, entitled A COMICAL COUNTESS. .._ _ To conclude with the Farce entitled MY FELLOW CLERK. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPIII. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. THIS EVENING, Dec. 5, Will be perfbriked THE GREEN BUSHES. Characters by Messrs Panelle, Smith, Ga-den. Rdjell, and Bedford ; Mimi Wool gar, Mm Murray, end Madame Celeste. Followed by RONA FIDE TRAVELLERS. To which will be added a new Farce, entitled THE RAILWAY BELLE. ROYAL OLYMPIC TUE I.TRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Dac. 5, Will be presented THE BEULAH SPA. Principal characters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. Robson, and 11. Cooper; Miss Marston, Mrs. A. Wigan, Mrs. Fitzallan, and Miss Julia St. George. To be , followed by THE FIRST NIGHT. Character% by Messrs. 141,'e I Wigan, Leslie. Harwood Cooper, and Gladstone ; Miss Julia P.K George, and Miss Emily Ormonde. To conclude with the Farce, called A BLIGHTED BEING, in which Mr. Robson will appear. ABTLEY'S ROYAL AMPHITIIEATHE. Leases and Manager, Mr. William Cooke. Never did the pears of Dramatic History record such an effect as that prodn 'ed by the Spectacle now acting here—the BATTLE of THE ALMA Crowds nightly testify their surprise and admire. lion by the most tuinultuoits applause. TIII.i ETENING, THE BATTLE of Tff ALMA, by J. H. Siocquatt,na, Esq. The Stage and the mar in ene ♦uat Arena, with Four Handred ♦iter which, the CIRCLE will display the perfc:tion of Equita• The SCENE% invented and the norms trained by Ur. W. Cooke The whole to eonelade with a FARCE. Tlox-onice open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W. West. Acting Manager. Mr. W. U. Cooke. Equestrian Director, Air. Wm. Cooke, jun. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Taia DAT —Morning 9 rnin.after 2 I Evening 29 alin.sft. 2 To AioEsoir Morning 43 min.after 2 1 Evening 4 min.et. rTTE WEATHER.—Strx OFFICE, Dee. 3. THERMONZTEB, IN THE SHADE. 51—highest since noon yesterday. 49 °welt this morning and during the night. 52—this day, at noon. AROSUSTICR, 29.53—a sudden fall of more than half an inch since last night. Wain, S.W.—Fresh, with dull hazy weather. After noon—rain. tzio, LONDON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1854. The CZAR, doubtless, reads the " Morning Papers," and the " Evening Papers," too, as tegularly as any of the denizens of this country. We know not whether others have noticed one probable result of this, but to us it seems not un likely that the diminished magnitude of MRNSCRI icon. lies may be in part due to it. No doubt many of the original bulletins were accompanied by something more truthful for the secret study of the CZAR ; probably, however, both Russia and its master had more to learn from the English press and its own correspondents than was wel come or convenient at St. Petersburg. MEIT SCHIKOFF, therefore, seems to have received a hint to keep a little nearer the truth both in secret and official despatches. He was warned that lies, like murder, will out ; and that a free press in the hated " Isle of the Free" made it necessary that a Petersburg press, worked by the hand of the CZAR himself, should not make the Imperial printer look quite a fool amongst his brethren in the same line. How delightful could he but wield the knout and the scizzars amongst the successors of Gixrozr here, as he can amongst the writers and printers of his mandates on the Neva ! One satisfaction only is left ; ho has made his nation a nation of liars ; from his Chancellor to his beadle, from his generals to his private soldiers, ho has not one *hose word he can take if unchecked by another. They may tell him the truth, but he suspects it the more. An English free press therefore comes in to help him here. We can fancy him reading the veracious despatches of our commanders, and the truthful letters of even our private soldiers, letters such as his barbarians could not write, and ex claiming amidst his rage—" Well, thanks to that hellish monstrosity the freedom of the press, X know what my slaves high aid low are doing 821d by my Czarh - ood, I'll make them tell me the Utah, whatever lies they may telegraph to Vienna or Berlin," But there is another fact which he may learn from our newspapers, and he of Prussia, and he of Austria, an d he who presides in our Govern ment, too, m ay also learn it from them—a fact which if they have andyepedropthe handwriti ng on th e prophet to read t o th em th e interpretation, is in wall for all the profaarneense despots ots ;—and th a t i s , the enthusiasm by difficulties and in vir our people delays. all hoped our Government knew what it was about, and that Sebast o p ol was to LLD. before w winter. We are now told otherwise. What foll ow blame the head managers of the war, of 3We course, but with a marvellous readiness to forgive them if they do but manage bet ter and hit his ez SHIP harder. Net a hint o f withdrawin g . Nol thing will do but spending any necessary amount make three times as many soldiers as comfort- Ls) att'all our manufactories can make them till the spring. No doubt some hope mingled with it that in frosty weather artillery practice against redoubts, and redans, and batteries will be an ad- » mirabay ' healthy auxiliary to stoves and clothing. He may le4 rn that it is settledhe shall lose the Crimea, cost Ni hat it may ; and that we will hearken to not or Le word of his lying diplomacy till we have taken security for his veracity in Cronstadt, War saw, and Ismail. He will perceive, that in pro porti:. on as we begin to see the necessary cost of reducing him to a CZAR of Moscow, we are deter mineic Ito admit no other settlement. He may ma k ( ) the Kremlin as strong as he likes, but he is no lc Inger to plant his artillery from North to South, in fortresses built not for defence, but for intin Lidation and conquest. That busiiv , s, Eng ' land, and her brave Ally, are determined to settle ' for ewer. Alld what a lesson for the whole horde of people crushe rs to see the spontaneous and universal libe rality oaf all classes in a free nation! Taxation is heavier, the price of provisions higher, yet every man seems to think only of what his trade or pro fession. will enable him to do. We might say every woman., too ; for, foremost amongst the patriotic, we all must rank Miss NIGHTINGALE and her corps of nurses. Next, all who have hundreds or but shillings to spare pour them into the Patriotic Fund, and with a zeal which soon brings a Major POWYS and his 14th regulation to book. Each bethinks himself of what he can do in his own special line. First and foremost the most eminent of our railway contractors offers, without personal reward, his whole navvy and engineering florin to bring the camp and Balaklava close together, and to save the weary toil of conveying ammunition and supplies over the heavy ground. And how easily and quickly as it strikes us non military scribes Gould these tunnel-makers of Eng land, when there, tunnel half-a-dozen mines from the nearest siege batteries under the ♦ery out-works and walls of the city itself. Next come free-will offerings of lint for wounds, if preserved meats and soups for the hospitals, of booles to amuse the convalescent, of cigars to cheer the lovers of the soothing weed. Nobles convert their yachts into ships of burden, and Royalty contributes seal-skin coats for its " own" regi ment. The same spirit pervades our merchant service. Three shipmasters offer a thousand first rate seamen to man a ship of war, provided she may take a name from their native land—" The South Welshman." In the Crimea itself Captaiii LANE, of the Jason, receives the thanks of Sir EL LYONS for the offer of his officers and thirty men, and of landing anywhere two guns of 13 cwt. each ; and Captain METHITEN also offered to tow any of the ships into action on the 17th. Let, then, all at Berlin, Vienna, and St. .mes's, as well as at St. Petersburg, understand what this growing spirit means. It means neither more nor less than this, that as our soldiers at the Alma and Inkerman would not be beaten on the field, neither will we at home be beaten by any demands their comfort and safety make on our purses. If they will do the fighting, at the 'laniard of their lives, we will do the pay ing, at the risk of a little sacrifice, or of a great one either. We have not, as a na tion, studied in the Manchester school, till we think cotton and calicoes the only thing worth producing. England still thinks that to humble a despot, and the very despot of despots, would be an ample return for a large investment. The people who willingly gave 20,000,0001. to eman cipate their negro slaves, will never grudge a much t*rger sum to drive the great slave-master of Europe to " his own place," and to restore self government to the nations. The Treaty with Austria has been concluded, and on a day celebrated in the annals of at least ono of the high contracting parties. It was, as we have been reminded by a contemporary, on the anniversary of Austerlitz that a firm alliance itas been entered into between England, France, and Austria, three of the most powerful nations of the earth, for the purpose of checking the un conscientious aggressions of Russia. We are therefore told to rejoice on this auspicious occa sion, and that " the 2d of December has another claim to be ranked amongst the fortunate days of the era of 11.troLEoN." It may be so ; but we confess that we cannot feel that boundless eaultwe.- tion in whieli our contemporary indulges, nor ca* we put implicit faith in the advantages that must follow the arrangement, until completely informed of all the terms and conditions assented to by the Western Powers. gut, although we are still ignorant of the de tails, we cannot help noticing the significant feelers that have been put forward, manifestly to prepare the public mind for renewed negotiations and further delays. It is more than hinted that Austria is again to interfere, and "to make, at this the eleventh hour, another appeal to the Em peror of RUSSIA, and to proffer, for the last time, a chance of peace ou the terms of a full and un conditional acceptance of all that is required of him t" It is likewise added that " the period is almost exhausted, even in the eyes of the German Courts." Yes—. , " nearly, but not quite." Even YINCBNT CRUMILE3 himself was not more inge nious in devising expedients for more last appear ances than these " German Courts" so feelingly alluded to. The distrust with which we have regarded Austria ab initio has been materially enhanced by the matter thus cautiously throws out, and we cannot help suspecting that even. the " day of Austerlitz" has been marred by a serious mistake, and that Austria has, by a diplomatic victory, made up for the decisive military defeat which she had formerly received. Why, we ask, if her intentions wore bona, fide, and that she was determined to cast in her lot for good or evil with the Western Powers, did she stipulate for further delay ? Why was she not prepared for immediate action —to endeavour, 1 so far as in her lay, to repair the serious injuries she had already occasioned by enabling the army of Moldavia to attack the Anglo-French Expedi tion before Sebastopol ? To her deceitful and treacherous conduct we owe the bloodshed at Balaklava and Inkerman. That fearful charge of i the Light Dragoon division, that left so many saddles vacant, was owing to her interference with a really honest ally, and to her pre ven ti ng OMER Pieria from affording occupation,in averydifferent district, for LIPRANDI'S corps. To her vexatious delays we owe the deaths of the gallant CATIICAR*, and GOLDIE, and STRANOWAYS, and innumerable officers of less exalted rank, but of invincible courage and distinguished merit. With such de plorable results our diplomatists ought to have regarded even a suggestion for further procras 4 tination as a mockery and an insult, and not have fallen into the trap so palpably set to snare them. The Ministerial organ expresses its persuasion that " neither France nor England will be any party to the repetition of an offer previously re jected, and which can only be accepted for purposes of delay and deceit." Why, then, should the re presentatives of th ese P owers consen t to a third party han g i ng back until such an offer is made. If it is to be refused, it can be of no practical utility ; if accepted, it can only be " for purposes of delay or deceit !" Cei Bono, then, in suffering it to be put for ward It certainly looks as if w© Were to have Auntria following in the wake of Prussia., and insisting on THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1854. the acceptance of the " Four Points" without guarantee or security of any kind for their obser vance, as if it were an ABERDEEN trick lo cobble up peace on any terms, however disreputable. The Prime Minister of England has not concealed his bias. We are indebted for what has been done not to his determination to vindicate the character of England or to defend her Ally, but because the voice of public opinion made itself heard within the inmost recesses of Downing-street, and it was impossible for him to retain office if he altogether ignored it. The pressure from without was too powerful to be disregarded. Now, how ever, in conjunction with Austria, he may do something more to help his " friend of forty years' standing," and the further delay looks as if some project of the kind were on the tapis. it is, however, for the representatives of the British People, who will so speedily be assembled together, to insist on knowing the details of the new Treaty, and to take care that the Austrian jugglers shall not be allowed to fling dust in the eyes of France and England. If Ministers really intend to carry on the " War in earnest"—if they have even at the eleventh hour determined to act with energy and determination—there must be a decided change in the financial policy of the country. We can not consent to see interests of vital importance seriously prejudiced to gratify the crotchets of Mr. GLADSTONE, or of any other man or set of men. If the contest is to be waged vigorously— if England is to put forth the whole of her mighty power to obtain what she requires —the expenses of the War cannot be provided out of the accruing income of the country. If the attempt be seri ously made two results must follow : the indus try of the nation will be paralysed, and our gal lant defenders now in the Crimea be sacrificed. There will bea financial crisis exceeding in intensity that of the disastrous year 184'r, and those of whom their country may well be proud will be come the victims of false economy and erroneous principles. There is reason to fear that, if suffered to do so, Mr. GLADSTONE will still adhere to the course on which he entered— that he will pertinaciously resist all the suggestions for providing at least a portion of the extraordinary expenditure by means of a War Loan, or relaxing the restrictions on a free circulation of money. There is but one de scription of logic that can carry conviction to his mind. No impression will be made save by decided majorities. He will attend to a vote of the House of Commons, but all other arguments are completely thrown away. We are told on good authority that the Mi nisters will, in all probability, reserve the decision on the question of a loan until it can no longer be postponed. We have no doubt 'that they will do so, unless sufficient rea r sons be shown for a, contrary course ; and, as we have already stated, it is for the chosen representatives of the people to adduce these reasons. They must insist on a clear and definite statement as to the exact financial con dition of the country before they pass a single -rote of credit, or do anything which may enable Ministers to dispense with their presence. They can obtain ample information if determined to exact it, and they should not allow themselves t• be hoodwinked or bamboozled. We aro told that the Treasury is fully able to meet all demands ; so much the better, if it be so. But we aro entitled to ask for ample proofs on the point before any further credits be voted, or outlay sanctioned, except with the distinct and positive understanding that no fur ther taxes are to be imposed to meet the credits thus granted. But that if they cannot be provided for from the existing resources, a loan must be obtained of not less than eight millions, sufficient to recoup the money abstracted from the Treasury to satisfy the dissentients under the abortive conversion scheme. The fact of that enormous payment seems to b• completely lost sight of by all persons arguing on the propriety or expediency of a loan. If the principle, that every generation should pay its own expenses be admitted, and that no portion of an enormous outlay encountered mainly, if not altogether, for the protection and security of pos terity is to be charged against it, there is at least no reason why the existing generation should pay off and liquidate from its already over-taxed resources the charges created by their forefathers. Even the most prudent proprietor would scarcely be expected at the same time to pay off encum brances for which he was not personally respon sible—effect permanent and lasting improvements for the benefit of his successors, and, in addition, construct at an enormous cost extensive works to keep out the ocean, or some other destructive agent that was sapping the foundation of his estate, and threatened to leave it barren and unproducti►e for his children. If ho attempted to do too much he would altogether fail in the effort. He should not work hard, on scanty means, to make his children much better off than himself. Let him make every fair exertion, but let it not be sup posed that he is to reduce himself to the condition of a mere alave. " All work and no play" may be very well for Mr. GLADSTONE, but we do not think that he will find the British tax-payers such very " dull boys" as to assent to his views. SPEECH OF ESPARTERO. General Espartero on taking possession of the chair, as president, deliyered the following speech :—» " Gentlemen and Deputies—l atu grateful with all my heart for the unexampled honour which the Cortes have conferred on me by nominating me their president. I regret not to have the talent necessary to fulfil such im portant functions, but I count on the kindness and indul gence of the deputies, and on the standing orders to which I will be always faithful. Gentlemen, the country counts on your efforts, on your virtue, and on your wis dom to draw up laws which shall consolidate its rights, by destroying the abuses, which had been introduced into the government of the State. Adopt such laws— the Queen will have great pleasure in accepting, and the nation in executing them. As for myself, gentlemen, I will always obey them, because I have constantly desired that the national will should be executed, and because I am confident that, without obedience to the laws, liberty is impossible. I propose to the Constituent Cortes a vote of thanks to my friend and comrade General Evaristo San Miguel, and to the other members of the ad interim bureau for the manner in which they have fulfilled their functions." ADVANTAGES OF THE SMOKE ACT.—It is stated by Mr. Wright, C.E., Government inspector for the smoke nuisance, that there are upwards of three millions of tons of coals annually imported into London by sea and by railway, and further, that at least one million of this quantity is annually consumed for manufacturing and furnace purposes, and it is a well-known fact, established by practice, that by the better consumption of smoke, and obtaining more perfect combustion, 20 per cent, of fuel is saved ; hence 20 per cent. of one million tons amounts to two hundred thousand tons of coal saved an nually to the nation, and that, at an average cost of 1/. per ton, is 200,0001. saved to the metropolitan proprie tors of furnaces and manufactories, which would other- NN 43 pass off in smoke, contaminating the atmosphere ; but by this calculation, he asserts, becomes a twofold and total saving to the nation of 400,0001. per annum, and that without regarding it in a sanitary point of view, for as already the improved appearance of the London atmosphere is distinctly observable, as it is un necessary to point out the injury inflicted upon the pub lic health, or the pecuniary loss we sustain in the appa rently trivial matters of soap, and wear and tear of linen, &c., by the deposit of the large amount of carbo naceous matter always present in the atmosphere, inas much as smoke cooled is soot, but when heated to COO deg. Fahrenheit becomes highly inflammable gas, and is _consumed ; therefore, every wreath of smoke that curls , up a chimney is fuel wasted. LATEST NEWS. THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. We have received from Vienna intelligence from the Crimea to the 21st ult. "On the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th, the fire of the singe was slack. " Flags of truce had passed between the Gene rals, and it was agreed to exchange Lord Dunkel lin, by desire of the Czar, for a Russian Captain. " The French had repelled several sorties. " There was very little heavy firing, but con stant affairs between the pickets. " French reinforcements were arriving daily. "On the 20th the Orinoco landed the 97th Regiment, all well. " On the 21st the Queen of the South landed strong drafts of the Guards and other regiments. " The position of the Allies was much strength ened, particularly towards the right and flank." " The men were busy hutting themselves. " Wood was scarce." MARSEILLES, MONDAY. The Cairo, from Constantinople, with news to the 25th, which was expected this morning, has not arriyed. There is a heavy sea and a north-east wind. CONSTANTINOPLE. CHANGE OF MINISTRY. VIENNA, SUNDAY EVENING, DEC. 3. Advices from Constantinople of the 23d Nov. announce the following Ministerial changes in Turkey : Reschid Pacha is made Grand Vizir ; Ali Pacha is made Minister of Foreign Affairs. [A telegraplic despatch from Paris confirms the above intelligeace.] DENMARK. COPENHAGEN, DEC. 4. The result of the elections, as known at pre sent, is 84 Anti-Ministerialists out of 100 mem bers. The Ministry has resigned in a body. No new Cabinet has been formed. impression of that terrible day. It appearri, moreover, that the besieged entertain no il!tils!,on as to the issue of the siege, and that Ell their efforts are employed, and all their hope is to make the longest defence possible. However, it is asserted that they have not adopted any defensive measures in the interior of the town. "Nov. 9. —lt is really amusing to read in the news papers that we have 400 guns ready to fire on the Rus sians ; if that were so, we should long since have silenced the fire •f the place. Do you want to knew how the Russians fire l In one minute I have just counted forty-two cannon shot from the place. Forty-two balls in sixty seconds ! That appears fabulous, but the fact is, that from time to time the Russians are seized with an attack of rage, and then they fire away with fury. It is generally in the evening, or in the morning before day break, that they have these attacks, and then give us what the soldiers call volleys of musketry with cannon balls.' I imagine that they are in honour of the desert or the rising of the Grand Dukes. Yesterday, at the same time, we heard from the town music, religious chants, and immense hurrahs. In truth, strange things take place in Sebastopol. The means of excitation and in timidation employed by the Russians exceed all belief, and it is, it appears, with a species of savages that we have to deal. T!ius we are assured that a prisoner or deserter from the Foreign Legion, a native of Wurtem burg, was forced to declare to a Polish battalion that the French cut off an ear from deserters of their nation ; and that the least that happens to all true Russians falling into their hands is to be shot. " Nov. I.l.—After violent rain, a hurricane similar to those in the *West Irdies came on at about eight in the morning. All operations were suspended, and it was with difficulty that we could keep our feet. The tents have been blown down or torn, and melted snow and hail cover the earth. The hideous winter of Russia has made its appearance. The fire from the place and that of the besiegers is suspended. Every ens is gathering up all his courage to struggle against the violence of the elements. The hurricane blows from the south-west, and the guard in the trenches, which relieved that on duty during the night, was, so to speak, driven towards Sebastopol. The hurricane continued up to five o'clock, and did not cease until night. " Nov. 15. —We breathe again like men who have escaped from a disaster. The tents are being set up again, and the sun reappears. If we had had two days like yesterday, what, it is asked, would have become of us l What would have become of the fleet ? The vessels of war, it appears, have not much suffered, but those of the merchant service have done so a great deal. The Eng lish have nine ♦essels cast ashore, and we have four. Amongst the latter was one containing a cargo of oxen, twenty-one horses, and six hussars— and all perished. Within the memory of man no such hurricane has been known in the Crimea; and what proves this is, that the buildings of the old monastery on the coast be tween Balaklava and Cape Chersonese have been blown down. Several horses have died from cold in the bivouac, and about 30 broke loose, and ran in the direc tion of the Quarantine. The advanced posts of the Rus sians and the French chased them, and more than once a Chasseur de Vincennes and a Cossack were seen pur suing the same horse. The works have been resumed in all points. A strong wind which still prevails has, with some precautions from us, assisted in drying the trenches. " Nov. IG.—The works of the siege are extended, but not carried forward. " Nov. 17.—The losses of the Enzlish in the hurri cane of the 14th are estimated at 20,000,000 f." A letter dated from the bivouac before Sebas topol, 12th ult., in the Moniteitr, says : "Sebastopol is not, as has been generally supposed, a regularly-fortified town, in the manner of those in Eu rope. It is provided on the side towards the sea, and on some points inside, with fourteen regular important works, having together 900 pieces of cannon, and on the land side an enclosura in masonry occupying the half of the south side, and another enclosure of earthworks the other half. Sebastopol is for Russia a formidable arsenal of artillery ; the number of guns is estimated at about 3,000, almost all of large calibre, including those fur nished by the ships. It is calculated that up to this time the Russians have expended more than 600,000 shot, and more than 1,500,000 kilogrammes of pow der. The besieged have been constantly able to repair their earthworks, and to replace any damaged guns by fresh ones. The total number of troops composin g the garrison of the place may be estimated at 20,000; the number of inhabitants is from 20,000 to 25,000. The population is principally composed of the families of the workmen employed in the port and arsenal. The town, which stands on the side of a hill, is generally well-built ; almost all the houses are isolated one from the other, in order to prevent the spread of a fire in case it should break out. The extent of Sebastopol, from Fort St. Nicholas to the bottom of the port, is on the south side about 5,000 metres, and on the north side about 3,600." THE WAR ON THE DANUBE. The Monitcur publishes the following letter :LT " Ibraila, Nov. 15. "The enemy has been driven out of the Dobrutscha. The 3d Regiment of the Imperial Guard of the Bashi ba.zooks, under the command of his Excellency Hadji-Ali-Pacha. and Colonel Ahmed-Bey, in the brilliant combats on the heights of the Chernaya, have beaten the Cossacks of the Don and the Greek volunteers. They have driven them back on Isatchka. The Russians have repassed the bridge, and de stroyed it ; but the troops of the Sultan pursue the fugitives in the mountains and forests. Baha.dagh, Tult scha, and Matschin are in the power of the Ottoman troops. The Marshal Achmed Pacha, commandant-in chief of the troops of the Sultan, who occupies the two banks of the Danube and those of the Sereth, has esta blished his heal-quarters at Ibraila. The theatre of hostilities is now carried into Bessa rabia, where the Russians are preparing to.resist, but they will have to guard a line of at least fifty leagues, and they cannot do it but by scattering their forces." The following from the Wiener Zeitung, though of a late date, looking like truth, is therefore given : —On the 10thl ult. Sadik Pacha crossed the Sereth at Badeni with two squadrons of hussars. 1,400 Turkish Cossacks followed on the next day, 800 cros sing the river at Badeni, and 600 at Maximeni. These 1,800 horse established themselves in the places lying centrally between Maximeni and Leova. On the 10th, Achmet Pacha, the commander of the vanguard, sent a request to the authorities of Galatz to supply Sadik Pacha with all the neces saries he might require. Meanwhile Ibraila was beiag fortified. It is reported that the Turkish Danubian flotilla now consists of only two steamers and 10 gunboats, indifferently armed : while the Russian flotilla consists of four steamers and 36 gunboats, with 270 guns in all. A Bucharest correspondent of the Lloyd says that the force of the Russians in Bessarabia is not by far so great as is generally supposed. It does not exceed more than 40,000 men. The following estimate is said to be reliable :—ln Kilia, Ismail, and Reni, there are 15,000 men ; in Leova, Kischeneff, Kagul, and Beltsch, 20,000 men •, and there are about 6,000 in other etations. Troops are being sent from Yolhynia and Podolia to the Danube, but the pre sence of an Austrian army on the Gallician frontier is a sufficient assurance that no great number of the Russian troops will for the present be sent from the North. THE BALTIC FLEET. KIEL, Nov. 29. On the 27th the Vulture took despatches to the squadron cruising off Dago, supposed to be recall ing them. On the -28th the Euryalus made her appearance in the offing, but was unable to enter the harbour, in consequence of the thickness of the weather. She, however, came in this morning, with a most dilapidated ook about her bows. Her head, figure-head, and cutwater have been com pletely knocked away by collision with the Itn perieuse ; the copper bolts are sticking out in all directions, and the stump of her bowsprit is just seen where it was broken off. She left the rest of the cruisers all safe on the 18th ; the weather has been so bad they have not ventured up to Helsing fors. Large quantities of ice float about the en trance to the Gulf of Finland, and it is deemed ad visable that all ships should leave that part of the Baltic, and come to Kiel immediately. They will be here in two or three days. The Basilisk was cruising off Bornholm. The weather here is very severe ; snow, sleet, and rain, with S.W. winds. The Turks are fortifying Marschineni. Omer Pacha is about to leave Bucharest." Marschineni is a small town in Wallachia, to the north of Bucha rest, and half way to Fokchany, on the great road to Moldavia. The Semaphore of Marseilles says :—" By the Nil we learn that the Byzantin and Tharsis have arrived safe at Ranaiesch. We have received satis factory news of all the steamers belonging to the port of Marseilles ; one only has been cast ashore, and has had to be abandoned, the 'Ville de Perpie nan. At the time this vessel was wrecked, on the 16th, the Russians were attacking Eupatoria ; they were 4,000 strong, and had 14 guns. Fortunately, the garrison of Eupatoria was able to force the Russians to retire, just as the passengers and crew of the - Ville de Perpignan landed. Had this not been the case, the latter would have run the risk of being massacred or made prisoners by the Russians." Wo believe that the French and English Govern ments are greatly pleased with the treaty, which they consider perfectly satisfactory. The exchange of the ratifications will take place on or about the 15th of the present month. Germany, with Austria, is to make a last attempt to induce Russia loyally to accept the four guaran tees. In the event of her not doing so, Austria will no longer content herself with giving the Wes tern Powers moral support—she will give them active aid. M. de Lartic, aide-de-camp to the Minister of the Marine, has been selected to carry to the Crimea the baton of marshal which has been con ferred on Admiral Hamelin. He leaves Paris in a few days. The Patric says—" We are happy to announce that there is every reason to hope that the Henry IV., which was driven ashore by the tempest of the 14, will be floated off again. The crew of the ship, which have not left her, fired on the Cos sacks, who endeavoured to make prisoners of them, and dispersed them." BOURSE, YESTERDAY.—CLOSING PRICES. Cash. fr. C. End of Month. 44 : per Cents 96 —f. —c. 3 per Cents 72 70 72 75 Credit Mobilier 740 Roman Credit Foncier — Austrian Belgian Fives — Spanish Threes Piedmontese B5 Homo Debt 35 SPAIN . A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, dated Dec. 2, announces that the Cortes had decided to adjourn the municipal elections, in virtue of the law on the subject. r d. 4 1 i. THE CRIMEA. The following report has been sent to the Em peror by the Minister of Marine : " Sire,—The memorable events which are taking place during your reign have again thrown into strong relief the bravery, skill, and patriotism of the Imperial navy. In every sea, and every part of the world it is seen, intrepid and devoted, seconding the designs of your Majesty. It transports your armies ; it rivals in zeal and daring with your bravest soldiers ; it joins in every peril ; and has its part in every success. Your Majesty has decided that great recompences shall be ac corded to the great services of the navy. The country, Sire, will applaud the decrees which your Majesty has ordered me to prepare, for the promotions or decora tions which your baud dispenses have been dearly earned, find brayoly gained.—l am with the most profound re spect, your Majesty's most humble and obedient ser. rant, "THEODORE DUCOS." A decree follows, promoting Vice-Admirals Per seval-DeschZlnes and Hamelin to the rank of Ad miral, for their eminent services in the Baltic and the Black Sea. A decree raises to the rank of rear admiral the following capitaines de vaisseau : Clavaud ; Comte de Gueydon (Governor of Marti nique) ; Rigault do Genouilly ; and de Chabannes- Curton. By other decrees, 7 capitaines de fregate are raised to the rank of capitaines de vaisseau ; 27 lieutenants de vaisseau to the rank of capitaines de frogate ; 44 enseignes de vaisseau to be lieute nants de vaisseau, and about the same number of aspirants to be enseignes do vaisseau. There are also several promotions in the different classes of aspirants. Another decree nominates a very considerable number of officers to the Legion of Honour, and promotes others in that institution. In addition to these promotions there is a very long list of persons on whom the military medal has been conferred for the affairs before Sebastopol and that of Petropawloski. The Minister of War has addressed the following letter to the Minister of Marine : "Paris, Nov. 27. "Monsieur le Ministre and dear Colleague—l hasten to send you a copy of a despatch addressed to me, under date of the 9th, by General Canrobert, commander-in chief of the French army in the Crimea. To this de spatch, which has this moment arrived, are added lists of proiotions and decorations proposed for officers and sailors landed in the Crimea, and employed in the ser vice of the siege batteries established against Sebastopol. I am happy to have to thank you once more for the zealous cooperation and fraternal devotedness of which the navy has daily given us so many' proofs. It is im possible that such a complete unanimity of efforts, and such a perfect understanding between the two forces should not bring about the result which we wish for, and which is due to the bravery of the army and navy. The pressing terms in which the general•in•chief insists on obtaining recornpences proves all the value he attaches to the services which the fleet has so liberally rendered to us.—Receive, &c., _ _ " MARSHAL VAILLANT." The General-in -Chief of the Army of the East to the Minister of War. " Before Sebastopol, Nov. 9. "Monsieur le 32ar6ohal—I have the honour to ad dress to you in the form more or less regular which circumstances:permit me to employ, a list of recompences applicable to the corps of sailors who were disembarked from the fleet to co-operate in the siege works. I beg of you to be kind enough to transmit it to his Excellency the Minister of Marine. These brave men, who have struggled since the commencement of our operations with unexampled energy against the greatest difficulties which perhaps have ever presented themselves in a siege, have obtained the admiration of all the army. Their losses have been enormous in proportion to their effective, and there are certain of our naval batteries, as that of the Genoese fort, Captain Penhout, and the battery No. 2, commanded by Captain Mequet, which were ten times destroyed by a superior fire, but which alWays recom menced the conflict with incredible bravery. Captains Rigault de Genouilly, Penhoat, M6quet, and Lescure, Lieutenant Tricault, Enseigne de vaisseau Lebreton de Rauzegat, the aspirant Hamelin, and the ♦olunteer as pirant de Leusze, who are proposed for promotion ; Lieutenants Bianchi and de Sourer; and aspirants Mi chel, Caveleir de Cuverville, and Abel de Libran, proposed for promotion or admission to the Legion of Honour, played in this great combat of artillery a perfectly unexampled part. Many of them were wounded. The aspirant of the second class, Michel, who had a leg shot off, cried ' Yive l'Empereur !' as he fell, and exhorted his comrades to continue the combat. I could wish, Monsieur le Mar6chal, that all the demands made in the accompanying lists should be granted. Several of the officers and sailors named in them will probably have succumbed in the combat which is being obstinately continued before they will receive the recom pence their good conduct has merited. Everybody will applaud both in the army and navy the special decrees which will confer promotions or recompences so bravely gained.—Accept, " GENERAL CANROBERT, " The General-in-Chief of the Army of the East.' THE SIEGE OF SEBASTOPOL. The following exracts are from a journal of the siege of Sebastopol, published by the Constitu tionnel :-- " Nov. B.—A Russian officer declared in dying that we were b e t raye d b ya d eserter from the Foreign Lgion. This man, it is •said, informed the Russians that our batteries on the left were guarded with a certain degree of negligence ; and it was in consequence of this that an attack on that point was decided on. It is known that the Foreign Legion, which is so remarkable for its bravery, count s a great many deserters in its ranks. The man to whorn I refer is said to be a German, and persons ask if it would not have been prudent to have left in. Africa all those who had deserted, especi ally those who have a certain affinity of race with the Russians. The prisoners and wounded of the .sth have, it appears, given a great deal of information respecting the besieged. The regiments who served in the Alma were not employed, because they were still under the AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Dec. I.—The negotiations between the Austrian Government and the society of French capitalists, respecting the ratification of the con tract for the purchase and sale of the South- Western Railway, are still going on. It was re ported, but incorrectly, that they had been broken off. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. The Moniteur has the following " The Minister of France at Vienna to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. "Vienna, 2d Dec., 1 o'clock i n the Morning. "I have received from Bucharest, under date of the 29th ult., the following despatch : " The General-in-Chief to the Minister of War in Paris. " Heid-quarters before Sebastopol, 22d Nov. "'Since my despatch of tho 17th no striking event has occurred. Our batteries have not discontinued their fire. The enemy remains inactive in his positions where he has entrenched himself.' " BOURQUENEY.'" The Emperor yesterday received, in private au dience, Baron de Dernberg, Resident Minister of Electoral Hesse, who had the honour to present a letter by which H.R.H. the Elector of Hesse noti fies to his Imperial Majesty the birth of a prince, son of his cousin, H.R.H. Prince Frederick Wm. George Adolphus of Hesse, and of H.R.H. the Princess Mary Ann Frederica, a princess of Prussia. The Constitutionnel has the following private tele graphic despatch, dated Bucharest, the 3d :—" The telegraph has been in operation since yesterday. RAILWAYS-FOR CASH. fr. c. fr. c. Orleans . . 1,182 50 Lyons 996 25 Western... 640 -- Rouen 955 -- Cette - Strasburg 'Mediterranean: 865 -- Havre 530 Northern - Cherburg - WOLVERHAMPTON RACES. (THIS DAY.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SHORT'S HANDICAP. Kennyside Hero Kiteflyer Blossom Eleven ran. CABINET COUNCIL. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. It was attended by the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, Sir George Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancel lor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir William Molesworth. The Micisters met at three, and sat until a quarter paa five o'clock. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 4. Tile Queen and Prince, with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfr6d, accompanied by Prince Ernest of Leinin gen, walked in the Home Park this morning. His Royal Highness Prince Albert, with the Prince ~f Wales and Prince Alfred, accompanied by Prince Ernest of Leiningen, went to London by a special train of the Great Western Railway, and visited the exhibi tion of prize cattle and implements of the Smithfield Club, at the Bazaar, King-street, Portman-square. The royal party returned to the Castle in the evening. Her Majesty, with Prince Arthur and the Princess Helena, attended by Lady Churchhill, drove out in an open carriage this afternoon. Major-General Bouverie was in attendance on horseback. The following have been invited, and are expected this afternoon :—The Earl of Aberdeen, Viscount and Viscountess Hardinge, Lady Raglan and tho Hon. Miss Somerset, and Lord George Paget. Count Walewaki, the French Ambassador, had an in terview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday, at the Foreign-office. The Duke of Newcastle, her Majesty's Secretary of State for War, the Under Secretaries of State, and the gentlemen of the official staff of the War Department, removed yesterday to their temporary offices, 10 Down ing.street, to 7, 'Whitehall-gardens, where the transac tion of public business connected with the department of war will henceforth be conducted. The Earl of Aberdeen left town, after the Cabinet Council yesterday afternoon, for Windsor Castle, on a visit to her Majesty. The Turkish Minister transacted business yesterday at the Foreign-office. The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone arrived in town yesterday, from Windsor. Despatches were received yesterday afternoon at the Colonial•office, from the Governors of Canada and the other North American provinces. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes terday, and heard an appeal from the Admiralty Court, " Mackay v. Roberts" (the Fortune). The Lords pre• sent were the Dean of the Arches, the Chancellor of the Duchy of Cornwall, Sir J. Patteson, and Sir E. Ryan. MARKET NEWS-(THIS .DAY.) HAY AIa..EtKETS. SMITHFIELD.—Meadow hay, 2/ 12s to 4/ 15s ; clover iitto, 3/ Os to 610 s ; and straw, 11 6s to 1/ 12s per load. A fair average supply and a moderate demand. CIIMBERLAND.—Meadow hay, 2/ 15s to 5/ Os ; clover litto, 3/ Os to 5/ 15s; and straw, 1/ 6s to 1/ 12s per load. Both hay and straw moved off steadily, at full prices. WHITECHAPEL.—Meadow hay, 21 13s to 41 16s; clover ditto, 3/ Os to 6/ Os ; and straw, 11 Os to 1/ 12s per load Trade rather dull. THE MEDITERRANEAN. MARSEILLES, Dec. 2.—Thanks to the powerful aid afforded by the splendid steam ships Ripon, Candia, Thames, arrived from England, and the steam transport Emeu, from Constantinople, a re inforcement of nearly 4,000 infantry has been des patched to the army in the Crimea, under the com mand of General Bison, with every prospect of arriving within a reasonable time, notwithstanding the heavy gales from the north-west, which have latterly prevailed. The wind was so high on Tuesday night last, that a British and a Sardinian seaman were swept into the dock of the Joliette and drowned. The steamer Alps, of Glasgow, is still here, waitinc , to embark troops, and the Indiana, which ° has arrived at Toulon, is expected here to-morow. The French war cor vette Meteore arrived this afternoon from Port Vendres, and will take troops to the Crimea. General Restolan reviewed, on Sunday last, seven batteries of artillery, previous to their embarka tion for the East. Their embarkation in sailing transports has been progressing all the week, and continues to-day. I regret to state that the Lon don steamer Emeu, which arrived here from Con stantinople with wounded officers, and to embark troops on her return, was detained here for 10 days (as her officers say) by impediments raised by subordinate officials to their receiving the necessary supplies for their voyage. The purser complained that the Custom-house officers refused to suffer his oil cans to be embarked which he sent into town to be filled with oil for the machinery of the ship, and at the eleveith hour a merchant from whom he purchased preserved meats for the Crimea, told him that it was impossible to procure a permission for their embarkation. The consequence was that when a portion of the 10th Regiment of Infantry marched down to embark, with their band playing before them, the Captain was not ready to receive them, and the men fatigued with a long march, were forced to return into town, and to remain standing in the streets until billets on the inhabitants were provided for them, the barracks being all full. The men were embarked and the Emeu sailed next morning. While the French Government is steadily sending reinforcements to the army in the Crimea, it is notinattentive to the wants of the sick and wounded. The powerful British-built mail steam packet Indus sailed on Sunday last with a full cargo of medical stores for the French hospital at Constantinople. I remarked a vast number of iron bedsteads and se veral bales of old linen. The Telemaque sailed to day with the mails for Constatinople and a detach ment of the 11th regiment of artillery. The letters for London were not despatched from this until 1 p.m. on Friday, and as there is no mail boat from Calais to Dover on Sunday morning those letters cannot arrive in London until Monday. The Imperial courier, who was waiting here several days for the arrival of the Eniperor's despatches, was greatly humiliated to see Mr. Capel, the Queen's messenger, start 12 hours before himself. The Army of Kars, consisting of 8,000 men, is in a wretched state. Colonel Williams, on inspecting it, discovered that, of 2,500 cavalry, there are not 500 fit for active service. The artillery horses are somewhat better, but their harness is completely worn out. The sanitary condition of the army at Tchuruk-su is greatly improved, but it is com pletely destitute of cavalry. Zurif Mustapha Pasha, Commander-in-Chief of the army of Kars, and Kurschid Pasha, his chief of the staff, were daily expected at Erzeroum. The Russians still occupied the Pachalik of Bajazid with a corps of 8,000 nien, composed of infantry, cavalry, and artillery. Captain A. A. Cartwright, of the Rifle Brigade, who was killed at Inkerman, was a son of Col. Cartwright, of Northampton, and served with distinction at Boem Plaats on the 29th of August, 1843. Yesterday advices were received at the A:dmiralty from the fleet at Kiel, under date November 29. The Basilisk was cruising off Bornholm. Immense masses of floating ice were in the Baltic. On the 24th of No vember the thermometer at St. Petersburg was 20 deg. Fahrenheit, 10 degs. below freezing point. The Neva was closed, and the ice firm, as far as the iron bridge. The Solicitor-General again applied to the Lord Chancellor this morning, with the amended peti tion of Mr. George Augustus Hamilton Chichester. After some discussion, an arrangement was come to that certain letters should be submitted to the Lord Chan cellor for his private perusal. The matter was ordered to stand over sine die. BERLIN, Dec. 2.—Lord Clanricarde's son, Lord Dun kellin, who was taken prisoner before Sebastopol, arrived here last night from St. Petersburg, via' Warsaw, and will proceed home to-morrow morning. THE CHAPLAIN OF THE NORWICH GAOL. —lt is ru moured that the Rev. Mr: Cobb, the chaplain to the Norwich gaol, has resigned his office. Differences had arisen between him and the visiting jnstices, which have, we presume, rendered his continuance in it impossible. The justices, it seems, charged him with neglect of duty; and to that charge his reply was, that he had made the following entry, in explanation of the cause of the alleged neglect, in the chanlain's minute-book- —" No surplice fit to wear, and no service during the week whilst it is washed and repaired." A very unsatisfactory explana tion, we think. "No surplice fit to wear, and no ser vice during the week !" Can anything be more ridicu lous t No surplice, no sermon.—Norfolk News. P THE THETIS FOR RUSSIA. —Captain Sundwall, Prus sion Royal navy, arrived in Plymouth on Saturday, to take charge of Her Majesty's frigate Thetis, given in exchange for two Prussian gunboats. He was received by Port Admiral Sir William Parker, v and by C ap t a i n Super i ntendent Ed en . o f the Don port docky ar d, to w h om h e expresse d his entire satisfac tion at the cre dit a bl e con diti on i n which the frigate had been placed by the British Government. p a nTthede a g t unp l o y a ni ts nu N th i , x a a n n Sal dd on n amander a arrival the ri r e h nr o e u w rl s y , ex l7 - 0 men each, will be transferred to the Thetis. Captain Sundwall is by birth a Swede, and formerly served in the English navy. The Right Rev. Dr. Burgess, one of the Roman Catholic prelates in thiszountry, died somewhat suddenly on Friday evening last, from an affection of the heart, at the convent of St. Frances de Sales, at Westbury -on- Trim, whither he had arrived in the afternoon of the same day on some ecclesiastical business. Dr. Burgess' was in the 64th year of his age, having been born in the year 1791. He was formerly President of Prior Park College, near Bath, and is reported to have been a pre late of amiable character and moderate opinions. He was appointed Bishop of Clifton in 1851, succeeding Dr. Hendren, whose name was brought before the world in connection with the case of Miss Ta!bot in that year, and who has retired to a monastery at Nottingham. DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.—Died at Nairn, on May last, the 27th inst., Donald Ross, at the patriarchal age of 108 years. This is the age which his friends directed to be inscribed on his coffin, but we believe he was several years older. It is said he was employed, when about 16 years of age, as one of the boat's crew in carrying stones from the opposite side of Moray Firth to Fort George, when that fortress was in course of erec tion. He was a native of the parish of Nigg, Ross shire, and came to reside on the small farm of " King's Steps" about 25 years ago. He occupied it for some time, but was subsequantly a carter in Nairn. Ross was on foot till within a month of his death, and re tained all his mental facultiets to latest hour of his life,—lnverness Courier. COLONIAL. SUGAR.—The market is rather pressed upon by supplies, and buyers are cautious. Bahia—about 500 cases sold at 29s 6d to 30s, and a part at 20s to 21s in bond ; also 200 boxes fine yellowHayannah at 39s per cwt. _ _ COFFEE.—Nativo Ceylons are dull, only 200 bags good ore. of old import sold for cash at 44s 6d. Rum.—Another contract for 15,000 gallons for export is announced. RICE.—The market is dull. At auction 3,000 bags Ar• racan sold at 13s to 14s for good. .ALTPETRE.—The market is quiet. At auction 2,275 bags Bengal were all takea in at 26s to 31s for ord to fine, 14 to 2f per cent refraction. Srlcig.—Pimento-300 bags sold publicly at 54d ,for mid. TEA.—There are public sales now in progress. market has been dull. The TALLow.—P.Y.C. is dull. New 65s 3d, old 64s 9d to 655. LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(THIS DI Y.) LONDON, Dec. s.—Wind this day at Noon, S.W. ; strong breeze, with hazy weather. PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 4.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—Sa lamanca, from London, and sailed for Bombay; Liverpool, from London, and sailed for New York; Emma, Cork; John, do. Sailed—Ed w i n F ox (N o. 109 t ransport), for the Crimea ; Marcella, Bilboa ; Jamestown, Cardiff. PLYMOUTH, Dec. 4.—Wind, W. Arrived—Mary, from Tarragona ; Eliza Fox, Corunna ; Lady Mansell, do. ; Thomas Mansell, do. ; Duke of. Cornwall (s), Dublin. nailed—H.M.S. Brisk, for the Pacific. FALMOUTH, Dec. 4.—Wind, N.W. Arrived—Devon shire (s), from London, and left for Dublin ; Fortuna, Constantinople ; Ddke of Cornwall (s), Dublin, and left for London. Sailed—Westmoreland, for Antwerp; Gala tea, Ghent ; Amanda, Hamburgh ; Thorwald, Copen hagen. Off Port—Newbottle, from Manzanillo ; Alessan dro Kertch, and sailed for Hull. SOUTHAMPTON, Dec. 4.—Arrived—Argyle (s), from Ca rentan ; Washington (s), Bremen. Sailed—Parana (s), West Indies; Euxine (s), Alexandria; Norman (s),. Con stantinople._ FowEi, Dec. 3.—Wind, W. Arrived—Ceres, from Honduras. BRISTOL, Dec. 4.—Wind, W. A rr i ve d—L a dy Peel, Princess Royal, Louisa, and Albert, all from Quebec. SWANSEA, Dec. 4.--Wind, N.N.W. Arrived—Sun beam, from Cuba. BEAUMARIS, Dec. 4. —Arrived—Royal William. from Dalhousie ; Lalla Richardson, Liverpool, for Santa Martha, with loss of water casks. SHIELDS, Dec. 4.—Wind, W. Arrived—Chanticleer (s s), from Hamburg. Sailed—Equator, Meanwoll, and Win. Wallace, all three for Constantinople ; Minden, Car thagena ; Pacific, do. ; Alvarado, Gibraltar. HULL, Dec. 4.—Wind, W.N.W. Arrived—William Richardson, from Quebec; Damietta, Alexandria ; Sep► Gull (s), Rotterdam; Ocean Queen (s), do. Sailed—Car mels, for Bahia. QUEENSTOWN, Dec. 3.—Wind, W.S.W. Arrived- - Mary Bannatyne, from Callao; Peter Rolt, New York. Sailed—Kohinoor, for London; Hinda, do. CALLAO, Oct. 2G.—The Mexican barque Francisco y Carlota, from Chincha Islands, for this port, took fire on the 2d of October, and was destroyed ; the crew saved in the boats. ASCENT OF MONT BLANC, EGYPTIAN-HALL, PICCA. DILLY.—Mr. Albert Smith's re-appearance took place last evening. The interior of the room has been re decorated, and some changes made, but it still retains its former characteristics. The lecturer was most warmly received—he laughed in his old good-humoured wa y, the audience laughed in their turn, which ended in their both laughing together most cordially, it would seem, at the recollection of former fun and merriment. The journey now conducts the visitor from London to Rotterdam, by Brussels, through Holland, and up the Rhine. Mr- Albert Smith sings very cleverly a descriptive song of all the ruins and localities of the Rhine, with the ' e mends attached to them, as the panorama passes before the 0 -' 1 " (Hence, which is so timed that each view comes exactly with the words of the song. This was much applauded, and terminated the first part. Part the second com mences with a view of the Alps. Most of the new scenes are painted by Mr; W. Beverley, and are executed with his well-known delicacy and effect. The room was corn• pletely filled in every part. TIIE CREW OF THE BRIG THOMAS RELEASED.—MEMEIO Nov. 28.—At length I am enabled to inform you that the captain and crew of the British brig Thomas, wrecked on the Russian coast some time ago, and about whose safety considerable fears were entertained, have been set at liberty, and arrived here yesterday on their way to England. Captain Brown relates that soon after the shipwreck they were saved by the Russians and carried to Liebau, where they were strictly confined as prisoners for some days, but as there were British cruisers hovering off the coast, and it was feared they might effect a landing and insist on the crew being given up, they were conducted to the little town of Groben, about ten miles up the country, where they were kept till ultimately set at liberty. Instead of being supplied with provisions, they were offered the miserable pittance of nine kopeks a head daily (about lid.), which they re fused to accept, Captain Brown having fortunately suf ficient money about hint to find himself and his ma is food. The quarters given them at Grobin were uncom fortable enough, being in the common gaol, and insuffer ably dirty, being also occupied by Russian prisoners. However, at a later period they gave them a separate room, for which, however, they had to pay out of their own pockbts. Captain Brown says that the inhabitants sympathised with their shipwrecked condition, and m ade a subscription for them, amounting to 30 silver roubles , which was handed over to them. The captain is unable to state any particulars about the state of his late ship, not having seen it since the unfortunate accident, but is inclined to believe it must be a complete wreck. SHIPPING PROSPECTS AT HAMBURG.—Hamburg, Dc c 1. —The underwriters and shipowners of this city are ia great alarm, and look with fear and trembling to the consequences of the war and the probable effect it will have on the commerce of Hamburg. None of the insa• ranee companies here can be induced to insure Hamburg ships for transatlantic voyages against the risk of wa r, and some of our principal shipowners are even seriously thinking of sailing tkeir vessels under the Belgian flag+ which they consider more safe from molestation than the Hamburg " white castle." The alleged reason for this panic is the real or pretended unity between Prussia and Austria, which it is anticipated, will draw the Ger' man Bund into the war, and not on the side of the Western Powers, whatever may be the sympathies and feelings of the German people individually. Her Ma jesty's steamer Euryalus, Captain Ramsay, arrived at Kiel yesterday from cruising off the Russian coasts. -A good many of her officers have come over here on leave of absence. The subscriptions of the English residents in this city for the Patriotic Fund, including the collec tion made at the British Church, amounting to 5001* 4