The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-21 00:00:00

TIIESTRE ROYAL DRURY-LANE Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. the Attractions of this great National Establishment, for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS will be on a most extensive scale, tin precr:dented in the annals of Theatricals for Novelty, splendour, and mechanical wonders, embodied by the first Artistes in the world. •Magnifictnnt Scene. y, Dresses, and Decorations: gorgeous excite inent, and Ballet unrivalled, forming an ensemble of talent and en chanting attraction never equalled. Mr. SAtiru, the Le*see, begs to remind tits jtivenile patrons that this great CHRISTMAS PANTO MIME will be produced on MONDAY NEXT, Mc. 26, with a DRAMA and FARCE. Reduced Prices as usual. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management at Mr. Itnakitone, THIS EVENING, DEC. 21, Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. characters by Messrs. Compton, Rogers, and Buckstone; Mies E. Grey, and Mrs. FitTilllllllM. To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Cha racters by Messrs. Howe and Buckstone; Miss Reynolds and Mrs. _ To conclude with ANY PORT IN A STORM. Characters by Misses E. Ormoude and Featherstone. ROY AL FRI N ES 3'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Manage nent of Mr. enAaLts KEAN THE LAST NIGHT OF PERFORMING BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS HOLID THIS EVENING, Qtc. 21, Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr C. Keen. To be followed by MARCO SPADA. Supported by Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Chester, Graham, Ryder, and Everett; Misses Heath and C. Leclercq. THEATRE ROYA-l. ADELPHI. Froprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Dlreetreas. Madame Celeste TIIIS EVENING, Dm 21, Will be perfOrmed THE THIRST OF GOLDS or, The Lost ghip. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, P. Bedterd, and Keeley ; and Madame Celeste. To be •011 owed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. To eonel'ade with " HOTEL c FIA.RGES I" or, How to Cook A " ROYAL OLYAIPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. • THIS EVENING, Dm. 21, Will be performed PLOT AND PASSION. Principal chara cters by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, P. Robson, Cooper, and Galli ; Mesdames A. Wigan, Stirling, P. Horton, Chatterley, E. Turner, and Wyndham. To conclude with THE WANDERING MINSTREL. ASTLEY'S EUROPE'S NATIONAL AMPHITHEATRE , Lessee and Manager, Mr. W. Cooke. Last Week of Performing before the Holidays. A New Grand Equestrian CHRISTMAS COMIC PANTOMIME, written ex pressly for this The atre, b y Mr. linsox LEE, entitled BILLY BUTTON'S' JOURNEY TO BRENTFORD ; or, The Ladies' Favourite—will be produced on MONDAY, DEc. 26. Mr. W. Cooke's Elephants, pronounced by the Press and all who have witnessed their Performances the most extraordinary Trained animals in the World, will appear every Evening. THIS EVENING, Dac. 21, (And during the week), The New Grand Equestrian Chinese Spectacle, entitled " THE WISE ELEPHANTS OF THE EAST ; o r , THE MAGIC GONG." Followed by a series of Mr. Win. Cooke's matchless scenes of Equestrianism in THE CIRCLE, by the talented artistes of this establishment. Concluding with a favourite AFTERPIECE. Box-office open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr, W West. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. This 'DAT —Morning 14 min.after 5 Evening 35 min.aft. 5 to-Moaaow—Morning 56 min.after 5, Evening 21 min.aft. 6 THE WEATHER.-3tm OFFICE, DEC. 21. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE• 41—highest since noon yesterday. 35—lowest this morning and during the night. 39—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'02—risen considerably since yesterday. WIND, N.E.—Light breeze, and dull, hazy weather. The thaw continues. _ 444; * Oig, LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1853 Negotiations, and negotiations, and negotia tions. We are sick of them. HEAVEN knows, too, that we have had quite enough and to spare of the miserable twaddlings of diplomacy about a Pacific settlement. We have had the Vienna Note, and the Vienna Conference, and the Vienna Acceptance of the modifications. And, after all this, moreover, we have had the massacre at Sinop° and the resignation of Lord PA.LMERSTON. Nevertheless, such is the pertinacious fatuity of our Rulers that scarcely have the multitude been enabled to appreciate the importance of the last mentioned occurrences—scarcely have the people of England awakened to a sense of the ignominy accruing to us from the unavenged butchery of our allies by the Russian squadron from Sebasto pol, and of the supplementary weakness in fused into the Coalition by the withdrawal of the Home Secretary from the Administration — when we are complacently informed—What ? That the combined fleets have at length passed through the Bosphorus ? That Admiral HAMELIN and Admiral DuNDAs have united their formidable maritime armaments with the Turkish naval force under . Admiral SLADE, and have proceeded to gether in a direct line across the Euxine to the seizure of the Crimea and the bombardment of Sebastopol ? That Turkey, and France, and Eng sand are at last wreaking a tardy vengeance upon RusSia for the whole catalogue of her criminal acts towards the Sublime Porte, from the lawless passage of the boundary of Bessarabia to the 'brutal slaughter at Sinope ? Nothing of the kind. No !--simply this—that the revival of the Conference is most satisfactory ; that the union of the Four Powers is complete ; that they pro pose the same media ; that they pursue the same object ; that their perfect accord is sufficient of itself to tranquillise the public mind ; that confidence is reviving ; that a disposition favourable to negotiation is being mani fristed at Constantinople. This, remember, immediately after intelligence of the battle of Sinope, and of Lord PALMERSTON'S resignation ! Not a word about wiping out this new and infa mous stain about the honour of England. Not a syllable about the necessity of retaliating upon the Czap, for the duplicity of his councils, and the ferocity of his armaments. Not a whisper about retribution. It matters nothing that two of our merchantmen (the property of a Maltese firm) sailing with coals to the Black Sea, are said to have been " roughly dealt with" in the midst of this infamous carnage at Sinope. It matters no thing about th4t other British merchantman, reported to have been fired into and boarded by the Russians off the coast of Trebizond. It mat ters nothing that all these outrages are taking place while our fleet is lying quietly at anchor in the Bosphorus. Lord PaLmER STON has retired in dudgeun from the Cabinet, and Ministers at ones) return to their old - worn-out, threadbare ruse of diplomatic negotia tions. Negotiations, upon what understanding ? Why, Wefi_nd. • ,it stated thaethe Four Powers have actually a g r °e(l cioec - th ,, a . t n the Olmutz Concessions and the new negotiations. Note, are to be the bases of these ta.. o ons. The Olmutz Concessions 1 The c o , vouchsafed by the Emperor Nicnouts and followed liv e plenitude of his benevol ence , Turks i consistently by the mas sacre. of the u the Black S ea , an d by their butchery simuitatie u , s ly on the Asiatic and European Continents The modified Vienna 17ote ! The Note to which th e A.uTocRAT peremp torily denied the accompanitnent of modifica tions, no matter how requisite oranryea reasonable Such are the bases of these propitious and mira- culous nesJ,otiatiotis. Then, as we have remarked, it is intimated by advices from Vienna, dated the 19th o f this present December, a disposition favour able to negotiation is said to be manifested at Constantinople. It is probable !—Wonderfully probable, as any one may conjecture, after the slaughter at Sinope and the 'reverses experienced by the Turks both in Asia and along the Danube, both from Prince BEBOUTOFF and from Prince 'OORTZOHAKOFF. Upon these premises the people of England are to rest contented with the shadowy promise of a pacific settlement, held out to them by the •foreign polity` of the ABERDEEN Govern' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECR-MBER 21, ,1853. ment. Never mind the battle of Sinope, the seizure of the Principalities, the insults to the English flag, the injury done to British merchant men—never mind all these , outrages, all this fcrocity, all this lawless and shameless audacity on the part of the AUTOORAT—everything is going to be happily settled by the Aberdeenites: for the chivalrous and sagacious Coalition is again prepared to—negotiate. Parliament being still closed, there is necessa rily a continued silence, very irksome, if not also very calamitous, under existing circumstances. Yet, may we inquire—What at this juncture are the thoughts and feelings of the masses of our fellow -countrymen ? Are they in heart and spirit still Englishmen —or are they irredeemably Ger manised Never was our National Church in a more effi cient state than at the present time. We are assured of it from every quarter. The charges of the Right Reverend and the sermons of the Reverend Clergy proclaim it, both ad clerum and ad populum. Archdeacon DENrsoN and Arch deacon HARE, Mr. MACNEILE at Liverpool, and Mr. BANNET at Frome, tell the comforting truth to their equally zealous, though antagonistically disciplined, flocks. The Record assures us that never were there more godly clergymen in the Church since SIM:EON arose to purify it by the godly purchase of livings ; and the Morning Post has equal faith with the Morning Chronicle in the aroused energy of eccleSiastical zeal. What, too, means this lowing of Convocation in our ears, and this bleating of Exeter Synods—what the de parture of Anglican bishops to our colonies— what these prosperous Pastoral Aid and _Church Building Societies, unless they mean that the Church is awake and doing ? That WHITFIELD and WESLEY awoke Dissenters, and that Dissenters have awaked their common mother, and that she bids fair soon to outvie her most blooming daugh ters, and to add the charms of renewed youth to the more valuable qualities of matronly dignity and experience. Thus we were musing, when our eye turned accidentally upon one of our National Church ad vertisements. It was not of a sermon, or of a confirmation, or of a public meeting, but of an "advowson," and another of "next presentation," and so forth, for there were several of them together. Howappropriate I Here, we thought, we shall cer tainly meet with matter-of-fact confirmation of our thinkings ; for Englishmen as we are, we me must be forgiven what Germans would deem an excessive tendency to check fancy by sober fact. Where, it occurred to us, should We find the spiritual improvement of our clergy tested if not in the inducements held forth to the pur chase of a living. No persons know better than sellers what will take with the buyers. Mr. RosiNs et hoc genus omne—well do they know what raises the bidding's most rapidly; 'cute gen tlemen in that line, as JONATHAN would say, are they. The Bishops' examinations of the presen tees to livings we only come at now then in a GORHAM case or so ; else, doubtless, we should be delighted with the increasing and holy fervour of the about-to-be rectors, vicars, &c. Failing these, however, we turn to the auctioneer and estate agent, and, odd as it may seem at first sight, to consult them on the qualities of the clergy, it is not so out of the way as it seems. Bishops' ex aminations could only tell us the words of the can didates, but the gentlemen at GARRAWAY'S can tell us their deeds; and we have rather high autho rity in regard to our " prophets" for believing " that by their fruits we shall know them." Here, then, in the advertisements, we shall, doubtless, find careful descriptions of the spiritual nvessities of the flocks, of the kind of instruction they will need, of the mental and moral qualities best adapted for usefulness among them, of the extent of spiritual destitution, of the desire for instruction claiming kind consideration, of the heathenish and giddy indifference or vice which need a LUTHER or a Wicrm to compel the atten tion of the most obdurate, or of the liability to seduction, demanding the bland, yet convincing and dignified, reasoner. Here, in fact, we shall have a sample of the sacred baits by which the awakened and ' purified zeal of the clergy of the i .resent half century are allured to t k - e, or to change, the care of souls. Ems having mused again, we examined the advertisements. We were completely puzzled. We thought there must be some misprint, some transposition from adjoining advertisements of estates ; yet it did not appear to be so on closer inspection. Had the great spiritual enemy of the clergy—well known to be so busy at printing offices, as well as other chapels—had he in pure mischief concocted and slipped in such secular advertisements about spiritual men and spiritual things ? We determined to test it ; we got down a whole file of newspapers—we looked over similar advertisements. One and all, can our readers believe it, they spoke of the same things—good incomes, large gardens ; pleasant situations, light duties, old incumbents ! Imagine our surprise ;it was . much like FRANKLIN'S when his servant having left his window shutter open, he found it broad day-. light at six o'clock a.m., and having referred in credulously to the almanack, found it was even so, and that the sun would actually rise earlier and earlier till the middle of June, and give light' as soon as he rose ! Well, like him, we were necessitated to believe our eyes and our news papers. The imps of the printing office might have caught Mr. Editor napping for once, but they could never have repeated their wicked wag gery. The main point being settled, we naturally ex amined a little more deliberately ; still, not one line, no, not one single stray line, could we find appealing to the motives indicated in the solemn service which -converts the layman into a deacon and a priest. Quite sure and clear, negatively, as the old divines in folio say, we looked on the mat ter positively ; and here there was much. The incomes, of course, figured prominently, 2001., 2751., 500/., 5561., 6001., 6501., 8001. Thus they rose one above another, like the biddings at the auction,- from the bare competency for a respectable person, to hard upon the incomes of the humbler squires. Population was mostly carefully noted. The last Census sometimes quoted ; sometimes it was "moderate," sometimes " not exceeeding" a specified amount. This, of course, we should have regarded as indicating a general wish amongst the rectorial and vicarial class not to have more work than they could do well. We were struck, how ever, with probabilities o f a nother kind, by the description given of the "d ut y." It was 4, light , iu out; case, "extremely light" ; but then th e l atter was for the 275/. income. In mother, " after deducting a liberal sum for duty," i.e., for putting it on other shoulders, "a clear income of 6001. was left." We suppose because the Incumbent of a living of 6001. a year and upwards is not ex pected to do duty except by proxy. "Good houses" appear to ,be liked, and " good gardens" to be graatly in demand--of course they are favourable to devout meditation. One was 18 acres in ex tent, rather large even for the annexed " clear in come of 6001. per annum, after paying , liberally for duty." Situation was naturally adverted to. Here the advertisements boxed the compass—the Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern Counties, and South Western, were d istinctly specified. It was " excellent," "pleasant," " charming," "healthy" —all very reasonable for those who must keep to one place, as MEnEA says a poor wife having but one face to look at, need to have that place one pleasant to the sight : only though woman may do without a husband, we suppose the most un attractive parish must have a parson. Locality is plainly a consideration. One who "wants" an. advowson, requires not only " a most excellent house and grounds, dry soil, neighbourhood good, and population not exceeding 600," but that it be as " • a . sine qua non, not more than three miles from a ma r k et town ;", suggesting, of course, that fish daily, and a h o t joint, game, &c., are " sine qua nons" also. It may be, however, that the lady has influence here, and being a good house wife does not like to dispense with the economical advantages i of " unrestricted competition." The age of the incumbent appears as a melancholy it e m--the attraction obviously being his proximity to the grave. Sometimes euphemistically " pro spect "of early possession" indicates the near pro spects of the actual possessor. More frequently the age is recorded as precisely as on the grave stones in'the incumbent's churchyard. One is but 40 yet. Another 46.:--he, too, of the 6001. a-year, after " a liberal deduction" for having his duty done for him. With such an easy life, .the cc 18 acre garden" too, and " a charming zesi-. dente,"--alas ! he may live to 80 or 90 ; gout is not a mortal disease. Another is 55, others 66, 70, and so forth. One, the rev. gentleman of 66, must be of great value to his living, since he " resides abroad," but this suggests to the intend ing buyer, " that an arrangement could probably be made for the appointment of the purchaser's nominee as resident curate." Half possession during the life of the trans-marine shepherd of the flock ! We have said that the spiritual state of the congregations is quite unnoticed. That of the Bishop is, however, most delicately adverted to in one instance ; "a small agricultural parish in one of the western counties in the diocese of EXETER," i.e.—No Evangelical need apply. It occurred to us whether population was estimated " with a liberal deduction" for Dissenters, as there are hundreds of them in many parishes who, in their own opinion at least, need no clerical duty. As they are never mentioned, neither their absence nor their presence held forth as an allurement, we suppose the Church of England repays herself on Dissenters for Papal aggressions. Rome " ignores" the Church of England, and she, in turn, "ignores" her rebel offspring. LATEST FOR NEWS RUSSIA AND TURKEY A despatch from Vienna has been received stating, appa'rently in a positive manner; that the combined fleets have entered the Black Sea. A Paris correspondent states that it is expected that in the course of this day accounts from Vienna will be received as to the reception given by the Turkish Government to the Vienna note. Our information from Vienna, by electric tele graph, brings advices from Bucharest up the 17th. It appears that an action had taken place at Mate. chin (opposite Ibraila). The Russians made - a re.. connoisance with two steamers, five gun-boats, and four battalions of riflemen. They destroyed the Turkish batteries below Matschin. The island be. tween Ibraila and Matschin was occupied by the Russians. The firing was sharp. The Russians ost ten killed and several cart-loads of wounded. The cannonade lasted twenty hours. Twelve hun dred riflemen were landed, and were opposed by the Dobrudscha cavalry. Anuthes account states that the Russian attack on the fortress of Matschin was a complete failure. The Oest Correspoadenz states, under date Bu charest, Dec. 17 :—" The Persian Government has offered Prince Woronzoff 30,000 auxiliaries, and demanded a Russian commander for them." From Berlin, we learn that on the 2d of Decem ber Prince Beboutoff, in Asia, gained a victory over the Turks ; 24 guns were taken at the point of the bayonet, and the Turks lost 1,500 men. From Malta, we have advices up to the 14th inst. The Agamemnon has entered the port. Two British merchantmen, the property of a Maltese house, which sailed with cargoes of coals to the Black Sea, were very roughly dealt with in the battle of Sinope. Under date, Jassy, •Dec. 9, 4,000 men of Osten- Sa" cken's corps passed through the town that day. Therefore, it is stated that General Osten-Sacken lies still at Kishaneff. The garrisons of Galatz and Brailow are being reinforced. Mr. Gardner, the British Consul at Jassy, has received Lord - Redcliffe's instructions to leave the Principality. Letters from Constantinople, of the Bth inst. state that the Porte has refused to accede to a armistice, but was willing to join the conference. The following are the points agreed upon between the four Powers :-Ist. Maintenance of the terri torial integrity and independence of Turkey. 2d. The Olmutz concessions and the modified Vienna Note to be the basis of the negotiations for a new treaty of peace. 3d. All former treaties between the belligerent powers to be re-established. 4th. Evacuation of the Danubian Principalities after the conclusion of peace. The declaration of war by Persia against Turkey is still doubted. There is no later 'intelligence of importance from Kalafat. From Semlin, under date of the 10th, we learn that at present there prevails a political calm in Servia. Prince Alexander left on the sth of December, for Kragujevatz. This journey into the interior is supposed to have connection with the present ener getical armaments, as from thence measures can be taken without exciting attention, which it would be impossible to conduct secretly at Belgrade. The Woiwode, the Servian General Knicsanin, and all the officers of high rank, are to be found there. Steps to be taken under all possible emergencies are there arranged, and necessary orders despatched in all directions. Guns are being cast and proved. The Swiss Major Orelli, at present commandant of the Servian artillery, displays unusual activity ; he has laid before the prince a plan for the defence of the country, which is universally well spoken of. The artillery are constant at their exercises. Omer Pacha has sent 300 well practised artillery men into the fortress at Belgrade. They arrived on the 4th of December. They were sent at the express wish of Izzet Pacha, who puts no great confidence in the Turkish inhabitants of Belgrade, who till now have done duty in the fortress as artillerymen, they having common interests with th 4 Servians, with whom they share the town. The arrival of these artillerymen was viewed with general distrust. Commerce is completely paralysed, and the Go vernment seem to have come to the determination to centralise upon Kragujevatz. The Russian Consul-General de Muchin still lives at Semlin, often, however, travelling incognito to Belgrade, where he holds conferences with Prince Alexander's representative. At the orders of Kurschid Pacha, the Vizier of Bosnia, 12,000 men have concentrated upon the Bosnian-Servian • frontier, where they have en trenched themselves : this demonstration is chiefly at Visigrad and Mokrogora. Corps of observation are also forming upon the Montenegro frontier, at Onagaschte, Kalasehin, and Gatzko. From this we may conclude that the Turks wish to prevent a junction of the Servians and Montenegrins, the Servian quarantine being only about 30 miles from the Montenegro frontier. An aggressive movement of the Turks into Ser via is not to be thought of at present, as such an act would be the signal for a war between Christian and Turk, the detrimental effects of which upon Turkey would be incalculable. Doubtless thegood sense of the Turkish Minister will induce him to avoid such a conflict. Servia, Bulgaria, Montene gro, Bosnia, Albania, Macedonia, and Greece, wait but for the opportunity to shake off the yoke borne for four centuries, and to pay their debt of venge anoe so long accumulating. Notwithstanding that the Porte views with displeasure the armed neu trality of Servia, she will still endeavour to respect I it, and assurances to that effect are said to have ar rived in Belgrade. The future will show whether the Servian Government, in the course of warlike events, can, through a moderation and a prudence which they have hitherto exhibited, prevent a rup ture with the Porte. The Turks have , thrown up immense fortifications at Kalafat, and courageously await the attack of the Russians. Selim Pacha and six other pachas command the troops there, which number from 20,000 to 25,000. Above 100 pieces of artillery are said to have been placed upon the walls. The discipline among the Turks is excellent. SEMLIN, DEC. I.l.—Well-authenticated news has just been received from Constantinople, at all the consulates in Belgrade, that the united Turkish: Egyptian fleet in the Black Sea has been totally destroyed by the Russians; upwards of 7,000 men, it is said, have thereby found a grave beneath the waves. Great excitement prevails in Constantinople. The Servians in Belgrade this day celebrate, with salvos of artillery, the holiday of St. Andreas, as the day on which, in 1806, Belgrade was stormed. by Kara-Giorgewitch, and in 1851 the glorious hattischerif, which guarantees the present political existence of Servia, was publicly read in Belgrade. News has also been received in Belgrade from the Wallachian frontier, that the Turkish en trenchments at Kalafat have been attacked by the Russians, and from whence, for three days, a con tinuous cannonade was heard. The result has not transpired. In any case a determined resistance may be expected from the Turks in this, to them, so advantageous a position. The communications on the Danube are totally suspended. A correspondent well remarks upon the contest now going on between Turkey and Russia, that either England cannot fight Russia, even on a question of life and death, as being far inferior already to her grasping rival, or she dare not, as being held back by invisible but well-known influ ences. In either case, the prestige of England is gone. In either case, Russia is de facto the stronger power, and will every day enlarge her physical and diplomatical resources. In either case, the minor States, even those whom she has cruelly plundered ' and is daily threatening to swallow up, are cowed and fascinated, and will continue to cling to her for a flagitious support. lip to this moment, the influence of Russia has by no means decreased in the north of Europe. She still holds her own. If the peace juggle is to be carried out, with or without the compulsion of Turkey, it must be based on— 1. The instant evacuation of the principalities. 2. The abrogation of all treaties between Russia and Turkey. 3. The fullest compensation by Russia to Turkey for all the expenses of the war incurred by the latter, and for the occupation of the principalitieS. If any one of these stipulations is omitted, Rus sia will have gained what she fought for, and may ruin Turkey by the exhaustion of an armed peace at any moment, as she will England when her time comes. Among the vessels which assisted in the work of destruction at Sinope was the Ordinazez, which on the 23d of October was under the fire of the guns of the fort of Isaktschi. It is calculated that the Turco 7 Egyptian fleet is one-fourth weaker than it was on the 29th of last month. The fortifications of Vyrna are still being strengthened and improved, as it is considered highly probable that the Rus sians may make an attack from the sea side. Prawadz, a town lying between Varna and Shumla, which is considered the key to the road to Ad rianople' is also being fortified. Ismail Pasha has received orders to act strictly on the defensive. Sophia, which formerly had only a wall flanked by towers, and a tumble-down kind of citadel, is now being strengthened by means of trenches, 12 in trenced batteries, and block-houses. 28,000 posts have also been brought for palisades, and even the tradesmen assist in digging the trenches. It is calculated that the messenger, who left Vienna on the 7th for Constantinople, must have reached that city. According to the latest advices from Tiflis, Prince Woronzoff is in perfect health. About one-third of the third army corps, under General Osten Sacken, which is said not to be more 'than 20,000 or 25,000 strong, has already entered Moldavia. The troops crossed the Pruth in three ; places : from Kilia to Hirlau, and thence to Jassy ; from Lenscheni to Husch, and thence to Fok schani. It is supposed that the head-quarters of Osten-Sacken will be at Tirgowischt, which is just in the centre 'of Wallachia. General Budberg's the new Commissioner) speech to the Moldavian notabl , _!s at Jassy met with au exceedingly frosty reception. The Lloyd legns from the Turkish frontiers that a heavy storm is brewing in the Principalities. Various symptoms announce the approach of impor tant events, but the most striking of them is the conduct of the Russian officers, who have suddenly ceased to visit in the houses where they had before been constant guests. It appears that y they are afraid of being accused , of betraying the in tended operations. The soldiers imitate their superiors, and the consequence is that a great cool ness has arisen between the protectors and the protected. The unusual interruption in the' com munications is another proof that considerable military operations are going , on. For some days all communication has been cut off between the Capital and the places in the south and west of the country, and the peasants in Lesser Wallachia are prohibited to quit their villages under pain of death. Sudden landings and surprises ou the part of the Turs are still the order of the day along the whole line of the Danube. " The Turks fight with such fanatical enthusiasm that hardly any pri soners are ' made ; in Bucharest none have !been seen." On the anniversary of the accession of the Emperor Nicholas, " the Protector of the Danu bian--Principalities," there was a solemn service in the principal church of Bucharest, at which Wallachians as well as Russians were present. A correspondent from Berlin, under date of the 17th, says, relative to the disaster at Sinope. : The news of the successful engagement by the Russians at Sinope reached Warsaw by telegraph, and was published in the public journals there pre vious to the 15th inst. Now that hostilities have of themselves come to a temporary close in the Principalities, there is less chance than before that Prinoe Paskiewitsch will leave his seat of Govern ment to take the military command in the south. The second armee corps is quietly stationed in can tonments there (Warsaw), and the Guards have as yet received no marching orders. The division of the fleet under the command of Naohimoff at Sinope consisted of four ships of the line, 120 guns each, Tri Swiatitela, Grossfurst Con stantin (admiral's ship), Paris, and Zwolf Apostel ; two ships of 84 guns, Rostislaw and Swiatoslaw, and the two steamers tiVladimir and Odessa. Ad miral Kornileff arrived in another steamer just after the close of the engagement. The Russian squadron was bound on a cruise, and had already, as far back as the middle of November, been in chase of these Turkish vessels, and had hoped to come up with them in either Sinape, Varna, or Baltschik. Three Turkish ships were sunk, the rest burnt ; 400 guns were on this occasion lost to the Turkish fleet. The troops and small arms, mo ney, ammunition, &c., seem to have been landed in safety. The news of Naghimoff's naval success reached St. Petersburg by the 9th inst„ and pro duced a tone of feeling there describedto be little fa vourable to any projects of arrangement which in any wayshould reckon on concession on the part of Russia. If this is a correct description of the state of feeling there, what must it be after the receipt of the news of General Andronikoff's victory over the Turks at Akhalzik (Akizka) ? According to the Russian despatch, dated St. Petersburg, the 10th instant, but which does not give the date of the action, the Turks lost 5,000 killed ; twelve cannon at the point of the bayonet, seven stand of colours, the whole baggage of the besieging force, and large stores of ammunition. The despatch from Vienna, bringing the same news, stated the Turkish loss at 4,000, and also left the date of the action unmen tioned. The Turks appear to have had possession of the town of Akhalzik, but to have been driven out of it subsequently by a sortie of the garrison from the citadel or fortress, which the Turks had not been able to take. The victory at Azur, or Atzkur, seems to be the same as the affair at Akhal zik, as the two places are not far apart. The want of dates prevents identktication. The confusion arising out of the double names, Russian and Turkish, for these places in Asia, ,and the use of tile old and new styles of reckoning, is rendered still greater by the high colouring of the Russian reports, which makes the identity of two accounts of the same event very difficult. The Post Ampt Gazette of Frankfort, under date of 16th, says :—" According to the last accounts from Buchareit, General Aurep is appointed Cotu mander-in-Chief in Lesser Wallachia. He has brought considerble reinforcements from Krajowa, but it does not appear that he has received any orders to attack the Turks near Kalafat, as had been stated, although it is true that the Russians have latterly made considerable preparations for offensive operations. It is even possible that the position of Kalafat may be turned, and that Gene ral Aurep may pass the Danube near Radujevatz, and occupy Nissa and Sophia. The corps of General Osten Sackeu is concentrated at Frigourit. The Rus sian garrisons of Galatz and Ibrail have been con siderably increased. 2,000 men and 12 pieces of artillery belonging to the above corps remain at Jassy. The main body of the army of Gen. Luders is, it is said, at Hirsova." The Dresden Journal contains a letter from Vienna of the 14th, which says :—" The Turks have made from Kalafat an excursion within three leagues of Krajowa, and took away the forage which the Russians had in store there. They re turned home with the Russians in their custody, who had been placed as guards over the forage. It was only two days after that General Fischback heard of the matter." The Journal de Francfort, in a letter from Con stantinople, says :—" M. Baltazzi, who some time since made an advance to the Porte of 35 millions of piastres on the tributo to be received from Egypt, has also furnished 10,000 pieces of cloth, and all the wires of the employes in the war department have been set to work to convert it into cloaks for the troops. A large building has been converted into a workshop for the purpose. The females of the Harems are similarly occupied, although they are not very expert at needlework." The following is from the Austrian correspondent of the Times, dated Vienna, Dec. 17 : " The subjoined telegraphic despatch from Her manstadt was communicated to we last night, but there was more than one reason for not forwarding it by electric telegraph. It was known at Berlin, and besides it bears the stamp of having been composed for the express behoof of the Russian army iu the principalities. The statement that the Turks, who were in an intrenched position, lost 1,000 men, and their assailants but 40, is so absurd, that even the staunchest believers in the superiority of the Russians are inclined to fancy that Prince Woronzoff's original report must have been garbled at Bucharest or St. Petersburg. It is not to be expected that newspaper readers should follow up the course of events so exactly as professional writers, and therefore it may be well to remark that it is probable a different version of the two affairs mentioned in the dispatch has already been given to the public. " Victory of the Russian troops near Achalzich and at Alexandropel (Gumri). On the 26th November, Lieutenant-General Prince Andronikoff, with 9,000 men, attacked from 10,000 to 15,000 Turks who had advanced against Achalzich, in their entrenched position near Suplis, and stormed it after a very fierce battle, which lasted 11 hours. The Turks had above 1,000 killed, 200 prisoners, and 13 guns, two artillery parks, (this is literally rendered,) material of war, and the whole camp fell into the hands of the Russians, who only lost 40 men of their regular troops, nine officers, one of whom was General Freitag ; 80 men were wounded. The Muschir Ali Pasha, (Abdi Pasha, more probably), who had advanced with the main army against Alexan dropel, was repulsed by a few battalions and guns brought against him by Lieutenant-General Prince Bebutoff." _ "If the date of the Russian bulletin is correct, it is possible that the Russians have really obtained some advantage der the Turks, as the Journol de Constantinople, which is of the 4th December, has no news of a later date from Asia than the . l4th, 16th, and 19th November." Letters from St. Petersburg state that the pre parations making by the Emperor of Russia for the prosecution of the war in spring, are on an unpre cedented scale of magnitude. In Poland the levy is no less than 1 in 30 of the male population—and that not (as is ordinarily the case) of the grown-up population, but of all males, whatever their age. In Russia, where the levies were hitherto never more than 12 per 1,000 of the male population, the levy for the present year has been doubled. On a recent occasion, the Czar, havingremarked that the number of men raised among the serfs in the neighbourhood of St. Petersburg was smaller than in any part of his dominions, asked the reason. Ile was informed that the landowners round St. Petersburg were in the habit of permitting their serfs to take service in the capital, on paying a portion of their wages to their masters ; so that in point of fact, the Majority of those rc the neighbourhood were actually in tin capital Two days after, the gates of the city were closed, and a regular razzia was made on all the coachmen, footmen, sic., of St. Petersburg, a large proportion of whom were forthwith removed from their good places, and sent off to the army to . fight the Turks. It is said that the Emperor Louis Napoleon feels deeply the sad catastrope of Sinope, and, though generally reserved in his manner and guarded in his language, that words have occasionally escaped him in conversation expressive of what it is said he feels. Notwithstading the assurance received from Lord Stratford de Redcliffe of the favour , able disposition of the Turkish Government to ne gotiate, much doubt exists on the point unless, as has been so often stated, the Principalities are previously evacuated, and the pretensions of Rus sia withdrawn. If this be the condition that will be required by Turkey, previous to treaty, there are but small hopes of an arrangement. Private letter* from Constantinople speak of the great excitement existing in that city, and go so far as to assert that the intention to attack Sinope had been previously known, and was allowed to be executed for the sole purpose of intimidating the Turks' and forcing them to submit to any conditions, however degrading, imposed by Russia. It is believed that if the combined fleets really hate entered the Black Sea, it is not for the purpose of fighting the Russians, but simply to prevent them from attack ing the Turks ; and even this will irritate the Empe ror Nicholas quite as much as if they actually fired into his ships. Lord Stratford has no doubt good reasons for the belief he is said to have expressed, but people are rather incredulous ; they say that the conduct of the Czar has been consistent throughout. He declared through Prince Gortzchakoff that he should ,hold the Danubian Principalities "as "mate rial pledges" till his demands were complied with. He has done so, he still holds them, and in propor tion as he makes protestations of his desire for peace he sends his armies and his naval squadrons to prove their insincerity. A private letter of the 15th from Vienna says—" The Sultan can not treat before the evacuation of the Principa lities ; it is impossible for the Czar to submit now without falling under the very feet of his people. The Emperor of Russia cannot, without destroying the very principle of his Government, separate from Russia in this decisive conjuncture." A few days will decide who are in the right—the sanguine or the desponding. ;gistered in SERIOUS RUMOURS. TO THE EDITOR Or THE DAILT NEWS. Sir,—An impression that Prince Albert is departing from the wise course of non-interference in political matters, which has procured him such general popu larity, is rapidly gaining ground, and I think it is most important that the English public should not be misled upon so important a question—a question involving more serious consequences than short-sighted people may choose to believe. The argument that there must exist some extraneous influence to account for the eeichete of our Government is so e plausible, that one cannot be surprised that people wfio are accustomed to put this and that together should arrive at the conclusion that the Cobourg Austro- Russian intimacy which has lately been in such full flourish, has not been without its effect. You are so well informed, that I trust, either directly, or through your numerous correspondents, you will be able to set this question fairly before the public. It would be, in deed, a poor return for all the honour which has been so cheerfully accorded to him, if his Royal Highness were so unwise as to attempt in any way derogatory to the honour of the kingdom to sway the councils of those to whose keeping the • country is constitutionally en trusted.—l am, &c. CATO. Dec. 20, 1853. THE HORSE-aUARDS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY NEWS. Sir,—As a very old soldier, I am sure I may thank you, not only in my own name, but in that of the army, to which I am deeply attached, in being the first public journalist who has espoused their cause in an endeavour to expose the disgraceful jobbery now going on in cer tain high quarters. Why should not the facts, so well known to the army (whose mouths, poor devils, are tied) be concealed from the public any longer ? The public, no doubt, know that attempts have been made to place a certain high personage at the head of the army. Both ministers of the day decided it to be unconstitu tional, but there are other means by which the patron age of the army may be secured without constitutional responsibility. If, on the death of the late duke, the recommendation of the minister of the day and the unanimous opinion of the army as to fitness had been permitted to have any weight, the Ordnance would not rejoice as they now do in the possession of their present chief, or the army have to lament the state of humiliation to which they are reduced by having a chief only in name.— I am, &c., December 20. MILES. OOURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, Dso. 20. The Queen and Prince walked in the grounds yes terday. Sir James Graham arrived in the evening from London, and remains on a visit. The Duchess of Kent, attended by Lady Fanny Howard and Colonel Sir George Couper, arrived in town yesterday morning from her residence, Frogmore, nuar Windsor. Her 'Royal Highaess.vi - ,ited the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester Hou:se, Piccadilly, and after wards left London on her return to Frogmore. The Duchess travelled by the Great Western Railway. The Turkish Minister had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exchequer yesterday, at his official residence in Downing•street. _ _ The commissioners for inquiring into the state of the corporation of the city of London held a meeting yes terday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury. in Downing-street. The commissioners pre sent were the Right lion. H. Labouchere, the Right Hon. Sir J. Patteson, and.G. Cornewall Lewis, Esq. The Chancellor of the Exchequer had a select party at dinner yesterday, at his residence in Downing-street. A deputation from Hanley and Shelton, in the Staf fordshire Potteries, consisting of Mr. Dimmock, chief bailiff, Mr. Ralph Stephenson, Mr. Ridgway, Mr. E. Ridgway, and Mr. Brownfield, had an interview with Sir William Molesworth yesterday, at the Office of Works and Public Buildings in Whitehall-place. The deputation was introduced by the Hon. F. Leveson Gower, M.P., and Mr. Ricardo, M.P. RETURN OF THE COURT TO WINDSOR. Her Majesty the Queen, the Prince Albert, and Royal family, will leave Osborne for Windsor to-morrow, via Ports mouth. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester continues slowly to improve in health, but by the advice of her physicians, will not leave Gloucester House during the present winter. The Duchess of Cambridge, the Prin cess Mary, and the Duchess of Inverness pay almost daily visits to their Royal relative. The Duke of Beaufort has arrived at Badminton Park, where the duchess and family are still staying. The Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster and the:Ladies Grovesnor, arrived at Grovesnor House yes terday, from Eaton Hall, near Cheater, en route to Mot combe House, Dorsetshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry and suite left Belfast on Saturday, at half-past one o'clock, by the Ardrossau steamer, en route to his lordship's resi - dence at Wynward Park.—Belfast Sews Letter. Baron Stockmar, we are glad to say, enjoys excellent health, and continues his assiduous attendance on the Prince Consort. Lord and Lady Willoughby d'Eresby arrived on the Terrace, Piccadilly, from Dover. Lord and Lady Claud. Hamilton have arrived in town from the Marquis of Abercorn's seat, Baron's Court, county Tyrone, which the noble lord and lady have occu pied during the absence of the marquis in England. Lord and Lady Lennox Fitzroy and their youth fal family arrived at the Duke of Grafton's, in Clarges street, yesterday, en route to his grace's seat, Wakefield Lodge, Northamptonshire, where the family circle are about to assemble for the holidays. Lord Robertson is now, we are glad to say, en tirely recovered. His lordship may be expected to take his seat in court immediately.—Caledonian. Mercury. Mr. Robert Macfarlane has been appointed Sheriff of Renfrewshire, in the room of Mr. Hercules R.4hertson, recently promoted to a seat in the Scottish Bench. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MIISIC.-KING'S SCHOLAR SIIIPS.—The examination for these scholarships which become annually vacant, one for young ladies, and one for young gentlemen, took place on Monday, the 19th inst. The bo-rd of examiners consisted of Mr. Potter (principal), Mr. Goff, Mr. Lucas, Mr. Sterndale Bennett, Mr. Howell, Mr. G. Macfarren, and Mr. Domett. Thenumber of candi dates were 18-7 ladies and 11 gentlemen. The scholars elected were-- Miss Rosa P. Lyne, and Mr. John Barnett (re-elected). Miss Rosetta Vining was re-elected a scholar for one year. The following were specially commended— Mr. John Cheshire. The following were commended — Miss Cazaly and Miss Southgate ; and Messrs. Watson, Wheeldon, Schroeder, and Mason. ODESSA.—Advices from Odessa received to-day state that the wheat-market was less firm, and that freights were rather lower. Meanwhile shipments were actively going on. SHANGHAI.--The annexed extract of a letter from Shanghai is of eight days' later date than the advices published on the arrival of the overland mail : " Shanghai, Oct. 13, 1853. "There is very great difficulty in getting the silkmen to make contracts at all, while there is not, and has not been, a bale of silk on the market since we last addressed you (September 27), only a few bales having come down, and these in completion of old contracts. "Political matters remain in much the same state as when we last addressed you. A large body of Imperialists aro encamped just outside the walls, and a little skirmish. ing occasionally takes place, but the operations have more the appearance of playing at soldiers than anything else. " Exchange.—Russell and Co.'s bills on Baring Brothers and Co. are selling at 7s. ; Oriental Bank bills, 6s. 104 d. to Gs. 11d. ; Company's Bills; 318 r. per $100; sycee, $122 ; gold, $195." - • • CANADA.—The accounts from Canada give further confirmation of the remarkable progress of that province. A return of the revenue receipts from the Ist of Feb. to the commencement of the present month, shows a total derived from Customs, public works, &c., of 1,009,179/, against 742,9331. in the corresponding period of last year, which was in itself one of great prosperity. FRANCE. It is . said that the close of the year will be cele brated by a considerable number of promotions. M. Troplong, it is believed, will be promoted to the post so long held by Cambaceres under the first Empire—that of Archchancellor, with the title of Duke. In that case M. de a.ngle will become First President of the Court of Cassation. The Prince de Canino, it is reported, is endea vouring to induce Louis Napoleon to interfere, in order to get him a divorce from his wife. If the Prince were in the succession to the French throne, the Emperor for the time being could pronounce the divorce by decree ; but as the Prince is merely a prince of the family, and not an Imperial Prince, the divorce falls within the prerogative of the Pope. The Prince de Canino employs M. Dupin as his counsel. Tfie Emperor has intimated that Prince Napo leon is to be President of the Committee that is to decide on the admission of articles presented to the Great Exhibition of the year 1855. The com mission is not yet definitively selected, and the demands are numerous for places. The commission appointed to examine the books exposed for sale in the departments by hawkers has forbidden the circulation of a History of the Last Roman Republic, by Marshal of Calvi, who is detained in prison for political offences. The work is insulting to the Prince of Canino. It is said that the Pontifical Government has requested his pardon, but Louis Napoleon,. on the observa tions of his family, had refused. The opening of the great Bonaparte Club (the Globe) for the season has taken place with a grand dinner, at which General de Bar presided. Toasts were proposed to the health of the Emperor and Empress. M. Belmontel, whose devotedness to the Napoleon dynasty is so remarkable, in speaking to the toast, remarked that the Imperial dynasty is "a shield for the present and a lever for the future." M. Dupin is very indignant that his nomination as a senator has not yet appeared in the Mouiteur. On Monday he said to a friend, "They have ap pointed me as a senator, and they have not the courage to publish my nomination iu the Monitear. It is a loss to me of 2,500 f. every month the pub lication is delayed." The Chevalier de Paiva on Monday had an au dience of the Emperor at the Tuileries, at which he delivered to his Majesty a letter from the King- Regent of Portugal, in the name of King Pedro the Fifth, notifying the death of her Majesty Donna Maria IL, and colifirming the Chevalier de Paiva as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary of the King of Portugal at the Court of the Tuileries. Prince Gaston de Montmorency died in Paris on Monday. The Moniteur publishes the instructions given by the Four Powers to their Ambassadors at Con stantinople, and which appeared iu the Debats, but the reproduction in the Moniteur is preceded by the following remarks :—" We reproduce the instructions published by the Journal des Debats, and which, according to that journal, have been addressed to the Representatives of the Four Powers at Constantinople. We have not to ex plain ourselves as to the correctness of diplomatic documents thus given up to publicity. If they are false, it is a culpable manoeuvre, and if they are true, it is an unpardonable indiscretion. The Go vernment has taken measures to prevent the re currence of such facts." The other Paris journals, with two exceptions, copy the instructions without comment. • On this subject the Pays has a long article; froni which we extract the following im portant observations : "Tho object of the European Cabinets is set forth in these instructions with more precision than in the proto col and note signed on Dec. 5, at Vienna. It is there sta,ted,in fact, that the Ottoman Government willnot have to accede to. any of the demands which it has already re fused ; that an arrangement will be concluded for the eva cuation of the principalities ; and, finally, that it would be proper to have an armistice consented to in order to leave to the negotiations more liberty and independence. However, it will d pe remarked that the proposition of this suspension of hostilities, is, subordinate in some measure to the assurance given to the Porte by the me. Powers, that Russia would accept the terms on which the Divan might be disposed to treat. In this grave question of the East, in which the unforeseen has constantly played so great a part, it is difficult to predict a solution ; but it must be declared that up to the pre sent tithe, no effort has been made of a more serious character than this now before us or more, calculated to succeed. It is not, we hope, au illusion to believe that Turkey may without fear adhere to the propositions which are made to her, and that Russia, unless she admits secret motives which she has always denied, cannot resist this last effort of conciliation. The union of the European States in one policy, and above all the adhesion of Prussia and Austria to the views of France ard England, are a proof to the Czar that Europe is determined to main tain her internal peace and her sovereign. right. It re minds him of his own principles, of that policy of order, conservatism, and respect of treaties of which he was so long the representative and defender, and before the inviolability of which every exclusive policy ought to give way, even at the price of its interests and ambition. For Turkey, this union is the pledge' of 'her integrity and the guarantee of her future position. Henceforward the Ottoman empire has its place marked in the family of European sovereignties ' • and the necessity of her territorial existence and of her independence is for the first time admitted in a great diplomatic act. That is for Turkey a moral conquest infinitely 'preferable to the greatest material conquests." The Assemble - e Nationale says that these instruc tions are a proof of the wisdom and good intentions of the four powers. By a decree of the Emperor, the Abbe Gerbet, honorary Vicar-general of Paris and Amiens, is named Bishop of Perpignan, in place of Mgr. de Saunhaz-Belcastel, deceased. An election for the Corps Legislatif is to take place shortly in the department of the Lot, in con sequence of the death of M. Lafon de Caix. Count Joachim Murat will, it is said, be the candidate of Government. Captain Bonnard has been appointed governor of the French penitentiary colony of Cayenne, in the room of M. Fourrichon. The Bourse was remarkably firm yesterday, although it was currently reported that the English and French fleets had entered the Black Sea. The Three per Cents. opened at 75f., and fell to 74f. 90c. ; but on the announcement that Consols lad risen one-half per cent. in London, they rose to 75f. 15c. They closed at 75f. 10c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents. closed at 102 f.; Orleans Railway shares, 1,192 f. ' 50c. ; Rouen, 1,061 f. 25 c . • Havre, 505. ; Groat Norther., 885 f. ; P ar i s and Strasburg, 833 f. 75c.; Patis and Lyons, 922 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the 14Iedi- terranean, 780 f. ; Western of France, 7001. ; Bor deaux and C e tt e , 633. 75 c. ; Great C en tral, 525 f.; Lyons and Geneva, 520 f.; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobili er , 767 f. 50 c . 1 SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 15th inst. The Opposition continued to report that a Minis terial crisis was impending, and that the Queen in . - tended to• confide- the reconstruction qf ,the_Ca"tkio- to the I\ larquis de Viluma. Those "rnmours, /141! ever, were considered totally unfounded. The English Ambassador gave, on the 1:10, grand banquet, at which assisted the members et the corps diplomatique, some officers of the ra lac° ' amongst whom was Count de Sevilla Nueva, M . Martinez de la Vosa, the Marquis of Vilma, Gee! hl° ml Lersundi, and the Ministers of Fin ance, Pa Works, and Marine. All the Ministers had been invited, but those of the Interior and War, were unable to attend, on account of public business, and the an President of the Council an d the of Justice were confined to theirartentsMster hi indisposition. The Government had concluded a contract with the Bank of San Fernando for the payment of both th h e dividend due on the 7th of January next, Spain and abroad. The Bank is, to advance the, funds necessary at an interest of 6 p er cent., OA! a commission of per cent. abroad and per pen' in Spain. The Three per Cents. were done at 43i tllO New Three per Cents, at 22i1 ; the Debt of the first class, at al ; and that of the second, at 41. GERMANY. It has been stated that M. Maurice de Hab e ! had solicited the intervention of the Germ' Diet in a, claim for 93,000 florins, which he 11 made on the Portuguese Govermpent , and tba the Diet had declined to interfere, referring ht back. to his own Government. Since then l e doubt has arisen as to the nationality of Al. d Haber, and the Government of Baden has refuse to interfere on his behalf. The Prussian CerL es ; pondence of the 17th states that he is 11 0 ". 0 position to establish his nationality, and th at it 1.0 probable the Baden Govepainent will euPlvr t 111 claim. 'SMYRNA, We learn from Smyrna that Mr. Charlton WhT, tall, with other British and several foreign A b e chants of that city, having country villas In ir village of Bournabat, have, in order to show the e sympathy for the cause of Turkey, and at the 0131 0 / time their opinion of the peaceable behaviour at the redifs, or recruits, who have lately left t est village to form the army, come forward, in *ln e ' oousiderate and charitable manner, to eigliteil during the absence of these in the defence o f country, the sole maintenance and support oft', Lugo families residing at Bournabat. SARDINIA. taob The opening of the Legislative Session , place on Monday last. The King deliver e y,l l speech, which was warmly applauded, and in fot i his Majesty congratulated the Piedmontese on its intelligence, and recommended the Pa r 3 i3 ment to encourage that spirit of union, by t e . en t of which the Government might find force suffice ,a to maintain intact the dignity of the count* A. preserve the noble principle of national incl i e e P d e a s dente from any insult. His Ma i jesty'conollt follows :—" Have confidence in me, Wd 4 ,l ° bf union we will crown the grand edifice rait - d e the hands of my father, and which mine wi". fend and preserve." The Royal speech was rece i v s o with enthusiasm, and the King on his passag e t he hailed with the warmest acclamations IT o f people. M. Brennier, director at the Minis try o f Foreign Affairs in France, and having the rall re Minister Plenipotentiary, and who is now be t i'e was present at the Royal sitting in the dip tribune. ST. THOMAS'S DAY.-ELECTION Or C93f MON COUNCILMEN. 48. This being St. Thomas' Day, wardmotes were held o i : the several wards, for the purpose of, electing °° 51113 0 , councilmen and other ward officers for the ensuing Y e d , , The several aldermen presided in their respective O f 00 Subjoined are the changes that have taken place i n representation : Aldgate Ward—Messrs. Freeman and Fisher reoltr ' Messrs. Hudson and Stephenson elected. Bassishaw Ward—Mr. Lock returned in room o f l ‘ ft ' WiNon, retired. t he Bread-street Ward—Mr. Greenwald elected i° I vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. D e P' t Bridge. Ward of Crippiegate Within—Mr. Spilsbury d, elected in the room of Mr. Deputy Bennoeh, resig ne Ward of Cripplegate Without—Mr. Robert Stepbeh was returned in the vacancy occasioned by the in ' e bility of Mr. Chas. Watson, who has removed out ward. Ward of Farringdon Within—Mr. Bates resigil ea: Mr. Ross elected in his room. • Walbrook Ward - Mr. S. Fry was elected in the r °°° of Mr. Deputy Watkins, retired. In the remaining war d s th e o ld members we re re' elected. BANKRUPTCY COURT-(THIS DAY.) The causes before the Court to-day were audit dividend meetings, generally of no interest. BANKRUPTCY EXTRAORDINARY.-IN RE soAB90 1 ; 00 1 This bankrupt was described as of B ren tfordfd and shoemaker, and to-d a y was a pp o i n t e d f or a divide meeting. I• th ° The case was of a very e x t raor di nary na ture, %IP creditors only claimed about 671., a n d th e assets e s — do , mated, would leave a surplus of upwards of 60• puted, and there was a furth er sum o f 2001. i n it S 3Tin a lt Bank. An inquiry had b een i nst it u t e d, an d the r e ' f confirmed the statement o n th e b a l ance - s h ee t. 5° ,1 bankruptcy could have t a k en pl ace i s no t t o be e°'-11 accounted for. It is understood that an application will be Tr ade annul the proceedings. MARLBOROUGH-STREET-(THIS PA1): of AN ARTFUL TRlCK.—George Robinson, a lad 1, 11 :01 16 years of age, was brou g ht b e f ore M r . Bi ll ° charged with uttering a counterfeit sovereign. d oi Conrad Wiss, who gave hi s ev id ence i n Get t he which was interpreted to th e C oun t b y M r . Albet t ' c; r interpreter, stated that he wa s a woo d- carve r, an d 0 ried on business at 213, R egen t- s t ree t , an d that 14 „ -° r, eight o'clock last night the prisoner came to lus and producing a piece of paper o n w hi c h was /i ': of the following—" Please to se n d by b earer one of :t 3s. boxes." (Signed) W. W., sa id, i n F re nch, , gentleman had sent him with the order, and,:e ol rested him to pay for it up and t a k e it t o him. "; - , 13 09 who had been " done" by a si m il ar t r i c k 00 141. 0 1ce night, told the prisoner he would go w ith him an fri" an assortment of boxes to show the gentlernaa• fo l soner said, " Oh no, I don't w an t th a t, b e cause ' l ;, o ' a hurry." Prisoner then tend ere d th e co unterfe it- ges reign produced in payme n t, an d d eman d e d the ci rd Prosecutor at onc e d e t ec t e d th e t r i c k, an d fet ch constable, and gave him in charge. The prisoner, wh o offered no defence, was r e i l l till tomorrow , for the att en d ance o f th e Mint 0'4." FUNERAL OF THE L A TE PRINCIPAL 1t OP B°g°l°744 [ . : octtiaßtc — hef fiihhntelieeyildr ' sc f at; ye) Vice-Principalphdott‘ hve i eafoi a lsi ectiot. i h:px:tPro-Vice-Chancellor, lrhi mournful il2oraecdw.-nToovaa. lictielsii hlectelodglebeoefe-eo e ukrcf(t e rount nho r itielit e faceeror i ; nltla-bi academical del oßlyeepanwel authorities,eyotlyau, avohidris. erstt: position s o iTsToovianfexhh k ntpro: odsiari Fe p ifintrvi l :aae a eta,uls, hr e ltswov e efeteces vihe:rae i lvsea t i e,,sa :0. frnoe:f,wee t e, 035 1 : trpyi:bs e yths:, 00 :. 01 . rrivf : ::i orcai : ei, flijoi 14ttsei eb o,i ,i , i b ierg i ) ers E t: diate friends of the deceased, among vrhn in r o l cli nephew, Sir John Edw ar d H ar i ng t on , Bart., oi fel l ton, in the county o f Rutl an d, th e representative ° ~. ancient family. d /(19 ' THE ENGLISH FUNDS.—Yesterday amain openges ope firmness, and before the termination of bo i " e coas °l ,l rienced a further advance of a quarter per cent- 1.44 00 v which left off iu the evening at 94g to 1, were fi; o til t oo in the morning at 94f to f, and steadily retnaine"hich pri o afternoon,. when they improved to 941,..a tw , tat i° „:e there were at one time buyers. The laiiM `17 ° 1 , 3 CP ~ however, was 941 to I. There was 110 ostensi ) _, 5 0; for the upward movement, but, in the absence:l;l,o.lv fresh intelligence of a disturbing character freLn:speceito b Lord l st r r : r ; r s 1::: the knowledge of the great extent to which tu sn d of t t if tion for a fall has again lately been' carried, , _ 0 ,0 4 quantities of stock that sooner or later will cow to 0 4 have to be bought back, gives constant firineil7cheqe;; market. The fact of the Chancellor of th r f " or 09 1 0 having finally completed all his arrangemen,/.. due°,l, off the various stocks, amounting to 6,042,7r°,'__ Y o bvis , n the 6th January,/ in a manner that has ent n i ep' e 00 1... e:; the necessity of throwing any securities 0 1 ,.n . 't the likewise increases the prevailing c onfiden n ' oss is ot s 'd same time the impression that the last Pr°P othwk dap Vienna Conference are destined to end in 1 1, ev ery' that Russia will succumb only to coercion, 10 f t be becoming stronger.— Times. Ine eting .° ti °ll ROYAL ORTHOFzEDIO HOSFITAL.---A iil i nB"t° i f ' friends and committee of the above valun _ d . ro oni. er o was held yesterday afternoon at the Bloomsbury-square. It was stated that eto p re no w to Grosvenor, M.P., had signified his willinfenns; over the ensuing anniversary festival, 'iv into ... de d e o/P 4 ,.. effort , would be made to expedite the" nn of ',, PF de• meat of the hospital. The increasing cations for admission rendered thisstep f ilding i s " ar dsolv e sirable. as the space of the present hu e ~ A han .1,0 % the p r im' amountad equat e h a t s o a l the rea dy wants been of collectedt h d fund, including donations from her -ref' . Albert. f ge d o ; habitants ° 1 far "-- A LIBERAL GIFT.- —ThirteeD .11 _ ,ons of 00 have subscribed the donation of 72 0 ' poor of that city. eaflitimotievsltsy ariu