The Sun. — London, England, 1853-12-24 00:00:00

THEATRE ROYAL DRIIRY-LAITE. Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. The Attractions of this great National Establishment for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS will be on a most extensive scale, un precedented in the annals of Theatricals for Novelty, splendour, and mechanical wonders, embodied by the first Artistes in the world. Magnificent Scenery, ' Dresses, and Decorations ; gorgeous excite ment, and Ballet unrivalled, forming an ensemble of talent and en chanting attraction never equalled. Mr. SMITH, the Lessee, begs to remind his Juvenile patrons that this great CHRISTMAS PANTO MIME will be produced on MONDAY NEXT, DEC. 26, with a DRAMA and FARCE. Reduced Prices as usual. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Under the management of Mr. Bnekstone. On MONDAY NEXT, Dac. 26, Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY. Characters by Messrs. Chippendale, Compton, Buckstone, and W. Farren ; Mrs. Buckingham, Mrs. Poynter, Mrs. FitzwWiam, and Miss E. Grey. ♦fter which, a Grand CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME, called HARLEQUIN AND THE THREE BEARS ; or, Little Silverhair and the Fairies. Columbine, Miss M. Brown ; Harlequin, Mr. J. Marshall : Pantaloon, Mr. W. A. Barnes; Clown, Mr. H. Marshall. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET. Under the Management of Mr. CmiaLas KEAN. On MONDAY NEXT, Dac. 26, Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Principal character by Mr. C. Kean. After which will be produced a new Grand CHRISTMAS PAN VOMIME, entitled HARLEQUIN AND THE MILLER AND HIS MEN; or, King Salamandar and the Fairy of the Azure Lake. Harlequin, Mr: Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo; and Columbine, Miss Desborough. THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste. Rare Christmas Amusements—The Great Attraction of London— " One of the Sights of London"—The Sea of Ice and Marvellous Aelelphi Effects in the exciting new Nautical Drama of " THE THIRST OF GOLD," every Evening—A new Grand Fairy Spec de, NUMBER NIP. MONDAY, and during the week, the popular new nautical melo drama, in Ave tableaux, with new scenery, the Sea of Ice, &c., new dresses and appointments, called THE THIRST OF GOLD, or THE LOST SHIP AND THE WILD FLOWER OF MEXICO. Principal characters by Messrs. B. Webster, Keeley, Paul Bedford, 0. Selby, Parselle, Marsden, &c. ; Madame Celeste, Mrs. Leigh Murray, Miss F. Alaska, &c. ; with an entirely new grand specta cular legendary Christmas piece, in two acts, with new scenery, dresses, machinery, and appointments, called NUMBER NIP, or THE SPIRIT BRIDE. Principal characters by Madame Celeste, Sirs. Keeley, Miss Woolgar, Miss M. Keeley, Miss Cuthbert, Miss C. Harding; Messrs. Paul Bedford, J. Rogers, Romer, G. Lee, Ikc ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. On MONDAY NEXT, DEC. 2% and during the Week, Will be performed PLOT AND PASSION. Principal Characters by Mr F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. After which, a new historico-geographical CHRISTMAS PAN TOM [ME, 'called HARLEQUIN COLUMBUS; or, The Old World and the New. Harlequin, Mr. F. Moreland; Pantaloon, Mr. W, Rochez; and Columbine, Miss Wyndham:. 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 Theatre, by Mr. NELSON LEE, entitled BILLY BUTTON'S JOURNEY TO BRENTFORD ; or, The Ladles' Favonrite—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, DEC. 24, The New Grand Equestrian Chinese Spectacle, entitled " THE WISE ELEPHANTS OF THE EAST; or, THE MAGIC GONG. Followed by a series of, Mr. Was. Cooke'a matchless scenes o Equestrianism in THE CIRCLE, by the talented artistes of this establishment. Concluding with a favourite AFTERPIECE. Box-oMee open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. W' West. HIGH . WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tins DAY —Morning 40 min.after 7' Evening 11 min.aft. 8 To-Moanow—Morning 46 min.after 8 I Evening 20 rnin.aft. 9 THE WEATHER.—SIN OFFICE, DEC. 24. THERMOMETER, IN THE SHADE. 62 —highest since noon yesterday. 37—lowest this morning and during the night. 41—this day at noon. BAROMETER, 30'15. WIND, N.E.—Dull weather. •,,,,' 4 -..- ,•,) i 1 ,,, , li i ne, 0 - ;- • '''' ,A--,V;i4°llk. 'VP:Cat' ilpisfrilt 4, 77 ,._,.:,:_,,.,„.. _,...., LONDON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1853. Overtures, it will be perceived, have been made to Lord PALmEasroN—overtures on the part of his recent colleagues, inviting him earnestly to return to the bosom of the Coalition Government. Whether successful or not,, these overtures consti tute a direct acknowledgment by Ministers them selves of the weakness of the ABERDEEN Adminis tration. The vacated office having been rejected by Lord Joint ramssr.r, and declined by Sir GEORGE GREY —Was ints44. l in the. of thp clubs, with a supplementary probability of change at the Admiralty, in connection with which change the names of Lord PANMIIRE and Sir JAMES GRA HAM were shuttle-cocked to and fro between the political battledores of the Reform and the Conserva tives. Yet suddenly out of the thick of these breathless rumours, starts forth the announce ment that the Coalition is, figuratively speaking, on its knees to Lord PALmEnsTorr—that Ministers are haslening, one after another, to the unofficial quietide of Carlton-gardens --that offers are being mad' and listened to which, if adequate for the en-urgency, may end in the return of the Noble 7iscount to his former position in the Cabinet, though in that case, of course, with more than his former authority over the Councils of her MA JESTY'S Government. Such are the rumours audibly whispered about from St. James's .6 Mayfair, from Pall-mall to Piccadilly. If otherwise worthless, they are at least 'valuable 2s indicating the conscious impotence of the Ad ministration. That Lord PALMERSTON would dream for a single instant of returning to Down ing-street unless his way back were smoothed by really enormous concessions, it were frivolous to anticipate. Nothing but concession s so enormous can possibly lead back the ex-Ministe r to his post at the head of the Home Department. To sup pose for a moment that anything else could, would be to imagine that one of the most sagacious and experienced statesmen of the age would be prepared to dice away his popularity by (what can we possibly call it but ?) —literal tomfoolery. It is quite impossible that Lord PALMERSTON could have been induced to withdraw' from the Ministry so suddenly and at so very critical a juncture in the affairs of Europe but after the most weighty and mature de liberation. Whatever, so to speak, the colour of the cause •of that withdrawal, it must, at any rate, have been one of consider able magnitude. Therefore it follows that Lord PALMERSTON could not lightly return to the ranks of the Coalition Government. He could only return after large concessions to him from the other advisers of his SOVEREIGN. Conces sions having reference of course to the origin of his resignation. Everybody knows perfectly well that that resignation was attributable either to the New Reform Bill, or the Foreign Policy of the Administration. The official organ said— the New Reform Bill. We, on the contrary, sai d - --the Foreign Policy. And our opi nion ill this particular, at once com manded the coincidence of the vast majority of our ?onte m poraries. It is manifest, con sequently, t hat the withdrawal of Lord PAL MERSTON had reference 'either to the one of these things or to the other, either to the New Reform Bill, or to the old Foreign. Policy. For the comparatively nothing which moment, it matters so far at least as concerns u o r present argu ment. Supposing it to have been the lie, Reform Bill that brought about Lord PALMERSTON'S resigns. tion. Well—his return could only be purchas e d by his late colleagues on the condition o f their yielding largely to his scruples. In that ease what would the country think, or say, or feel, about their consistency ? How would the character of the Coalition stand then in the estimate of the general population ? Supposing, on the other hand, that the Foreign Policy, or in other words, the Russo-Turkish ques tion originated Lord PALMERSTON'S abrupt seces sion from the Ministry. Well--even then his return to the Ministry, could only be brought about by a reversal of that policy, by a total change in the ministerial tactics, by an abandonment of the views of the Coalition, and a wholesale adoption of those of the ex-Home Secretary. What would become, then, of Lord PALMERSTON'S name for sagacity, of his acknowledged popularity, of his world-wide reputation? How would these things be affected by his consenting to unite once more with a body of Ministers who were only chivalrous and energetic on compulsion ? We leave these thoughts to be ruminated over by the more reflective and intelligent. We throw out these queries to the observant for their calm and conscientious consideration. • President PIERCE has spoken• again, and, it must be confessed, spoken with ability. Very different, indeed, is a President's Message from a QUEE N ' S s p eec h ; b u t as no C OBBETT exists to criticise the grammar of the latter, we may well let alone the rhetoric of the former. Indeed, there is less of th a t ar ti c le than usual in Ameri can documents. Probably the majority of our readers have chiefly complained of its length, especially since, like our Royal speeches, it t e ll s all Americans, and most Englishmen, little which they did not know before. We do not mind five or six sentences with such a result, but five or six columns is a rather serious tax upon our time. In brief, then, the " fellow-citizens of the Senate and of the House of Representatives," are in formed that, notwithstanding the ravages of disease, they still have abundant cause for thankfulness for an accumulation of signal mercies ; and that while toleration is universal and perfect, they are not Atheists, disbelievers, or Mormonites, but " place no secure reliance upon any apparent pro gress, if it be not sustained by national integrity, resting upon the great truths affirmed and illus trated by Divine Revelation." With foreign Powers all is as it was last year. Some disturb ing questions are in a fair way of settlement, after a fashion nearly to the heart's content of Mr. COBDEN, by negotiation or commissions. Ques tions regarding the fisheries, the Central Govern ment of America, and the claims of British and American citizens, are all to be disposed of in this sway. As a set off, however, to this Manches ter strain, he recommends an increase of the Army and Navy. With France, America appears to have no " questions" to settle; "the relations between the two countries are on the most friendly footing." Spain is assured that all the President's powers will be used to repress " unauthorised expedi tions" against Cuba ; but a consul resident on the island is to be again demanded, as Cuba "lies in the track of trade between some of our principal cities." Hitherto Spain has refused to allow of an "authorised" American agent in Cuba. She had better take care ; the track of American trade is a very suggestive hint. MARTIN KOSSTA iS safe in the States, the demands of Austria are en tirely declined, and " our officers fully justified." We hope King BOMBA will soon have a visit from Captain INGRAHAM, and truly glad should we be could our naval officers in the Bosphorus feel sure of a like justification for obeying the promptings of a sailor's heart at the present time. With China and Japan extended commercial relations are being vigorously pressed, and on the southern portion of their own continent strenuous efforts I are making to secure for commerce the free navi gation of the immense length of the Amazon. Turning again to home, the President re joices in the almost entire extinction of agitating controversies, in the general satisfaction with the justice of the territorial acquisitions which was once questioned (including we suppose even Texas and Mexico), and impressed with the responsi bility of governing the now 31 States of the Union, he is consoled by remembering the present wisdom of Congress, the inherited wisdom of their forefathers, and the vast majority which placed him in the Presidential chair. His first solicitude as a federal governor, is his enormous income ; an income unfelt by the people who pay it, drawn almost exclusively from imports, of course—accord ing to Mr. NEWDEGATE, no tax on his own people at all. Happy land ! its revenue from foreigners' commodities, a revenue equally protective and fiscal, embarrassing the Exchequer with its abund ance ! His total surplus last year was more than half his annual income, and his last year's surplus $17,783,312, considerably more than one-fourth of the year's revenue ! This huge surplus he pro poses to reduce by paying off the national debt, which is now less than one year's revenue, by re ducing the duty on several articles, and by adding to the free list such articles especially as enter into domestic manufactures, but are not produced in the States. In this way assuredly Protection in America will die of Free Trade. We know by experience that he will not succeed in emptying his treasury by reductions in his tariff. Fresh re ductions must therefore follow, till few and light indeed will be the duties levied on foreign manu factures. Land is being disposed of by sale or warrant at the rate of 25, 346, 992 acres per annum, and is to be granted to railways (to the Pacific Railway, for which authorised explorations are now making, among the rest), on the same terms as a proprietor makes roads for the benefit of land he wishes to sell. A long digcussion on the relations of the States to the Federal Government, and inter se, hardly claims our notice ; but it is impossible to over look the peroration of this written speech. It ap pears from the decennial returns of the last fifty years that the population of the States doubles itself every quarter of a century; that it is, there fore, to amount to 50,000,000 in five-and-twenty years hence, and 100, 000,000 in double that time. Emigration may somewhat diminish, but the length of life increases, and Chinamen bid fair to supply any lack from Europe, and in tens of thousands to become " clothed—like KOSSTA— with the nationality of the United States." Well may the President become philosophic and poetic, and speak to his fellow-citizens of the present as a point from which they are bound to expand their gaze over the vast perspective, and descant on the 1 ` vast, powerful, and prosperous confede ration of self-governing Republics," and foresee the populations of other countries flocking to it, as to a Nifw JERATSA.LEM, and " seeking the privi lege of being ad m itt ed within its safe and happy bosom." One other topic, however, the President could not forget. Notwithstandi ng the "hushi ng o f controversies" before adverted to, the bosom of the United States is not quite h appy. It cherishes a great national wrong, while it canno t expe l a national conscience ; and not th e smoothest ex pressions about "involuntary servitude" on the one hand, or the " acquiescence of distinguished and devoted citizens" to a Fugitive Slave La w on the other, can appease the strife. P res i dent PIERCE glories with the coolness of a NICHOLAS in promising that during his short reign " the Union" shall triumph over right. He has got the very , "material" guarantee of a law , and he will enforce it. The black man guilty of loving freeedom shall find an unrelenting persecutor in FRANKLIN PIERCE. In his view, "national in tegrity resting upon the great truths of Divine Revelation," is compatible with buying and sell ing the bodies and souls of Christian men and women ! The truth is, disguise it as he may, that the American Union, as a Union, is a fellowship of the grossest and self-convicted =righteousness. A combination of incompatibles, of liberty and slavery ; of Christianity and the cruellest oppres sion. Their own Declaration of Independenoe con fronts with its "self-evident truth, that all men are born free and equal," the provision of their constitution that some men shall be " held bound to service" by the circumstance of their birth. President PIERCE, in eulogising the beau ties of the Fugitive Slave Law, actually is corn- Relied to invoke the " voice and the arm of Free d•orn," in it s b e h a l f ! " There i s no condemnation which th e voice of freedom (sic) will not pronounce on us, sh ou ld we prove faithless t o thi s grea t trust"---the trust , • e ., of the Nor Fugitive w i Slave I , a , v a e l i e Law na as the pr eserver of the Union.- tion of feeling," &c., i .e., Free Soil and Aboli tionist Doctrines, be permitted to paralyse the g reat arm of freedo m (sic), uplifted for the vindica tion Why, really , we should of SELF - government !" think he ought not to fetter afresh the black arm endeavouring to achieve for itself Freedom and self-government after this. No Chri s ti an Repub. -~- ~~~:~:. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 24, 185 3. lican, however, can talk on liberty for five minutes and avoid the clearest self-condemnation. Mr. PIERCE may rest assured that unless; he can blot out Christianity from the Union, it will either sever itself some day from slavery, or annihilate it. Congress Law will be vanquished by Divine Law, written both in the Word of GOD and in the heart of man. The worst of the President, and of Congress, and of America, too, is, that no effort is made to rectify the wrong. We wonder whether it ever occurred to them that the surplus dollars might be used as our 20,000,0001. were in the West Indies, to pay off their worst National Debt. THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS. (From the Press of this day.) - - At the time of going to press no intimation had reached us that Lord Palmerston had acceded to the entreaties of Lord Aberdeen, and consented to resume the seals of Secretary of State. That office has been vacant for more than ten days. It has been refused by Lord John Russell ; declined by Sir George Grey ; and cannot be re sumed by Lord Palmerston except upon conditions which every true Englishman would approve ; but which, it is said, are, unfortunately, not consistent with the honour and convictions of her Majesty's remaining Ministers. _ _ _ Let us hope for the sake of her Majesty, and con sidering the season of the year, that they may yet accept them. _ _ Several of Lord Palmerston's late colleagues have paid him visits during the week. Mr. Gladstone was the last. We understand the Right Hon. Gentleman abounded in reasons why Lord Palmer ston should return to Downing-street. He distin guished between the opinion of the " Triumvirate" (Lord Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, and Sir James Graham) and the remainder of his colleagues whom nobody ever consulted, but who were pre pared to assert their independence. We hear the Right Hon. Gentleman was extremely ingenious, and would probably have been successful had he not addressed an individual who was in the habit of thinking before he acted. The Cabinet is divided into two parties, the ma- R)rity having pronounced against the tyranny of the Triumvirate." Lord Granville, being too late by the train, waki not present at the Council on Thursday, which delay, considering that the Ministers were five hours and a half in deliberation, was an adroitly managed accident. Lord Lansdowne, though lie holds no office and does not attend the Cabinet Councils, remains, we. are assured, one of her Majesty's Ministers, which is considered not the least remarkable feature of our matchless Constitution. We understand that another Cabinet will be held. on Tuesday next. The country - still continues to enjoy the blessing& of a strong Government. ( Prom the Morning Herald.) We have nothing to add to the statement com municated to our readers yesterday as to the pro bable return of Lord Palmerston to the Coalition Ministry. The intelligence then published will, we believe, turn out to be correct. Mr. Gladstone had a long interview with the noble viscount yes terday. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, DEC. 23. The Royal dinner party yesterday included her Royal. Highness the Duchess of Kent, the lady in waiting to. her Royal Highness, the Baroness de Speth, and Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps. Her Majesty's private band was in attendance in the evening, and performed the following selection : Overture, " Le Domino Noir" Auber. Larghetto, Scherzo, Trio, and Finale, Sin fonia in D . Selection, "Lestocq" Auber. March, " Coriolanus" Cooke. The Earl of Clarendon is expected this afternoon on a visit to her Majesty. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited the Queen to-day. Count Walewski, the French Ambassador, visited the Earl of Clarendon yesterday. His Excellency trans acted business on Thursday at the Foreign-office, Down ing-street. Dispatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial office to the Governors of the North American Pro vinces and to the Governors of the West Coast of Africa. The Princess Gaiitzen is among the recent arri vals at Torquay, which fashionable watering place is at present full of visitors. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have a family party assembled at Trentham for the Christmas holidays. The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and the Mar quis and Marchioness of Stafford are with their graces. The Duke of Newcastle left town on Thursday for Clumber, for the Christmas holidays. The Marquis of Lansdowne has a select circle assembled at Bowood for the festive season. The noble Marquis, it is said, does not purpose coming to town until the latter end of January. Lord and Lady Faversham and family have arrived at Brighton, where they will pass the Christmas recess. The Countess Walewski received a select circle of the aristocracy and corps diplomatique, on Thursday evening, at the residence of the French Embassy in Grosve- nor-square. Sir William Molesworth does not accompany Lady Molesworth into Yorkshire this week, being detained in town by his ministerial duties. Miss Burdett Coutts has arrived at Brighton, from Paris. Mr., Mrs., and Miss Lee Warner have left Elmore Court, near Gloucester, for Tiberton Court, near Hereford. INSTALLATION OF THE LORD BISHOP OF DERRY AND RAPHOE.—On Monday evening the Lord Bishop of Derry and Raphoe arrived at the deanery, Londonderry, attended by his chaplain, the Rev. William Edwards, and was installed in the episcopal throne of th e cathedral by the dean and chapter. DEATH OF A PATRON OF LITERATURE.—There Petro, the well known ironfounder of Sweden, has just died. He was, as a private gentleman, a merchant, and a member of Parliament, always the friend of freedom, toleration, and advancement. His wealth was unsparingly devoted to the support of literature. HER MAJESTY'S VISITS TO PARLIAMENT.—FIRING THE ROYAL SALUTE---It having been determined that in future, on those occasions when her Most Gracious Majesty shall visit the Houses of Parliament for the purpose of in augurating the session, or for the prorogation of the sittings, that the Royal salute ,shall be fired in St. James's-park, the necessary arrangements were yesterday completed for conveying the signal from the lobby of the Victoria Tower to the lodge facing the Horse Guards by electricity. The Submarine Telegraph Company having been applied to, they have carried out the necessary operations for connect ing the two points. The wires run from the Park to the foot of the staircase leading up to the Royal gallery in the House of Lords. The instrument by which the telegraph is worked is here placed in a niche, while in a chamber below are deposited the batteries necessary for producing the current of electricity. There will be two signals given —one to make ready as her Majesty approaches the house, and the other to fire as she enters. The Royal salute is - clonally fired immediately on the Queen setting foot in the house, and hitherto it has been discharged from the yard of Mr. Serle, the boat-builder, on the opposite side of the river. The system of signaling was then found to be very unsatisfactory—one party having to be stationed in the lobby, who communicated with a.second at the foot of the victoria Tower, who in turn signalled a third person placed on the summit of the k,wer, by whom a flqsz was waved, and thus an intimation was conveyed to the gunners in the boat yard. To obviate this unnecessary delay, and occu pation of so many persons, the agency of the electric tele graph has been called into operation. THE KING OF PRUSSIA AND THE ROYAL BUTCHER. —Last year, Mr. Minton, of Peascod-street, Windsor, pur veyor to her Majesty, forwarded portions of the prize ox, fed by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, at Flemish Farm, to the Emperor of the French, the King of the Belgians, and the King of Prussia, in order that each of these continental Sovereigns might have a specimen of Prime English roast beef for the New Year's banquet. The present was acknowledged in condescending terms at the time, and yesterday Mr. Minton received the following gratifying communication :—" Prussian Legation, London, Dec. 22,1853. Chevalier Bunsen presents his compliments to Mr. Samuel Minton, and has great pleasure in inform. ing him that his Majesty the King of Prussia has been very much pleased with the Christmas beef sent last year by Mr. Minton. Chevalier Bunsen has received the com mands of his Majesty to express the best thanks of his royal master, and, as a token of acknowledgment, has to transmit to Mr. Minton a punch bowl and cups, of Berlin manufacture, which will be delivered to him as soon as they arrive from Berlin. —To Mr. Samuel Minton, butcher to her Majesty the Queen, at Windsor." CAB FARES. —Yesterday books were issued to the p o lic e constables of the City and Metropolitan Police, containing the Act of Parliament for the Regulation of Hackney Cabs, a table of distances with the four mile radius, and tables of the authorised fares, both by time and distance ; and this multunt in parvo likewise con tains a map of the metropolis and suburbs on an ex tended scale, and as a book of reference in cases of dis pute is invaluable. NORTH METROPOLITAN RAILWAY.—CIaUSES to pro tect the interests of the ratepayers of St. Pancras are to be inserted in the bill to be submitted to Parliament in the ensuing session by the above company. These clauses define the mode in which the works are to be conducted under the New-road, limiting the space to be taken up at any one time, and specifying the places where stations may be erected. They also empower the vestry and other local boards to pave and restore the roads at the expense of the company ; and also to keep the same in repair for four years; should the company fail to do the work effectually themselves, a per tentage on the outlay within the parish has been fixed, for the purposes of rating. INDIA AND CHINA. (BY SUBifARINE & EUROPEAN TELEGRAPH.) TRIESTE, DEC. 23. The steamer Bombay arrived at a quarter to 10 o'clod: a.m., in 112 hours from Alexandria. The India mail proceeds this day from Alexandria to England, with dates from Calcutta of the 20th, Mathes 24th, Shanghai 2d, Amoy sth, Hong Kong 11th, Singapore 18th, Penang 20th, Galle 27th, Bombay 28th of November, and Burmah 22d cf October. Th3acconnts from Burmah are more satisfactory. In Pegue tranquillity prevails, and the dacoits are disappearing. Famne no longer prevails. Viscount Melville is appointed to command the Sirhind division, in the room of the late General God The l'eshawur force has been strengthened. Trade in indigo is flat. Exchange at Calcutta, 2s. Id. Fron China we learn that the insurgents keep firm pcssession of Shanghai, but that they have been (Ideated by the Imperialists at Amoy. The Canton market has improved. Exchange at Canton ; ss. 2d: ; Shanghai, 6s. 6d. cessal. LATEST FOREIGN NEWS, RUSSIA AND TURKEY. The following telegraphic despatch has been re ceived, dated Vienna, Friday : " It was rumoured last night after the close of business that something unfavourable to the Rus sians had taken place in the Crimea. At first it was said that an attack had been made on Sebasto pol by the fleets, and afterwards a rising in the Crimea was spoken of. Positive information is wanting." General Prim and some British officers have arrived at Constantinople from Omer Pasha's head quarters. The Furious and the Heron have come back from Varna. An Austrian war steamer left for the Black Sea. It is said that she is bound for Sinope. From Bucharest, we learn that Baron Budberg, the new Russian Commissioner, is disliked by the inhabitants of the Principality. From St. Petersburg, up to the 13th, we have advices which state that such was the satisfaction of the Emperor at the receipt of the accounts of the success of the Russian arms that he wrote the following autograph letter to Prince Menschikoff:— " St. Petersburg, Nov. 29 (Dec. 11). " Prince Alexander Sergejewitsch,—Tbe victory of Sinope proves evidently that our Black Sea fleet has shown itself worthy of its destination. With hearty joy I request you to commuicate to my brave seamen that I thank them for the success of the Russian flag, on behalf of the glory and honour of Russia. I perceive with satisfaction that Tschesme has not been forgotten in the Russian navy, and that the grandsons have proved themselves worthy of their grandsires. • " I remain always and unalterably " Your well-inclined and grateful " NICHOLAS." The Czar has granted a pension of 1,000 ducats per month to the Princes Ghika and Stirbey. Prince Ghika's debts, to the amount of 50,000 ducats, have been paid by the Czar. The French Government received on Thursday night the official intelligence of the entry of the combined fleets into the Black Sea. The same despatch which announces that fact mentions also that a great deal of excitement prevails at Constan tinople, particularly among the fanatical party. The discontent and irritation prevailing among the general population is traced to the catastrophe of Sinopo ; but the feeling of resentment that animates the people, is the rumour circulated of the design of the Divan to agree to. terms of peace which would dishonour the Ottoman name. So far as can be as yet known about the effect of the propositions lately made by the Allied. Powers, it is stated that the Porte has neither ac cepted nor rejected them. It may not refuse to send a Plenipotentiary to the Conference, but it is certain that it will demand as an indispensable con dition the previous evacuation of the Danubian Principalities. The Turkish Government as well as the people were disconcerted at the result of the Conference of the representatives at Constantinople. It was looked upon as so certain that the fleets would enter the Black Sea, that the Sultan himself pro ceeded to a spot as close as possible to where the fleets were anchored in order to be one of the first to witness their departure. When no movement took place, in consequence, as is again asserted, of the opposition of General Baraguay d'Hilliers, his Highness returned overwhelmed with sorrow and indignation ; sorrow for the terrible disaster of Sinope, and indignation at the conduct of the Ambassador. Letters from Odessa, of the Bth inst., state posi tively that the Russians lost the Jagondib, of 90 guns, at the battle of Sinope, and of which no mention is made in their official reports. It ap pears that this vessel was bravely attacked by a Turkish frigate,l and that both ships blew up after a sanguinary engagement. It is added, that the Russians likewise lost three vessels of inferior force. Those letters announce the death of one of the Turkish Admiral aides-de-camp, of his wounds, at Sebastopol. The Admiral (Osman) himself had suffered amputation of his leg, and remained in a dangerous state. Letters received at Constantinople from Teheran state that the Russian party was never so triumph ant as at present at that court. All the advice offered to the Shah by the British Minister had been rejected through Russian influence, and he had consequently been compelled to suspend officially his relations with the Persian Government. The recent address of the Greek patriarch Anthi mos to the Sultan has given rise to much indigna tion in the clerical circles of Vienna. His Majesty the Emperor has left Vienna for Munich, where on the 24th of the present month, the birthday of his bethrothed will be celebrated. The Count de Chambord has deferred his intended journey to Venice, for the reason that he is expecting many vists from his French adherents at Frohsdorff. From St. Petersburgh we hear that by a ukase of the Emperor the district of Bessarabia and the Governments of Cherson and Taurus have been declared to be in a state of siege. Taurus and a part of Cherson are placed under the command of Prince Menschikoff, and Bassarabia under General Osten-Sacken. The Lloyd of Vienna of the 19th says:—" There is no truth in the rumours of a sanguinary battle near Kalafat and of the advance of the Turks, al though it is probable that there may have been some affairs of outposts to which an exaggerated importance has been given. According to accounts from Orsova of the 14th the Turks, on voluntarily returning to Widdi n , l e ft only 00 men near Kalafat. The Transylvanian Messenger reports as follows what has taken place near Kalafat, and some coups de main executed by the Cossacks on the Lower Danube :—‘ On the 30th Nov., two squa drons and a half of the Cossacks of the Don ad vanced towards the village of Negoi, where the Turks had made a demand for a supply of flour and barley. This detachment of Cossacks was attacked by 500 Turks, regular cavalry, but they were driven back and pursued as far as the village of Pogana. The Turks had 20 men killed and several wounded, the Russians 2 killed and 5 wounded. In the night of the 30th, 48 Cossacks crossed the Danube, and surprised two Turkish posts of about an equal number. Some men were killed and wounded on both sides, and two Turks were taken prisoners.' Since the 9th December nothing important has taken place in the two can2pu. The Cologne Gazette quotes a letter from Berlin of the 18th, in which it is stated that the Caucasus had risen in arms, and that the Abchases are be sieging Sokoum Kale. The district of Nachivin, belonging to the Russian province of Eriwan, in habited by Turkomans and Armenians, had at tempted to raise recruits there, and lay contributions upon the country. "Russian Bulletins from Asia," says the lettter, " must be received with great caution ; for while one bulletin announced 4,000 killed on the Turkish side, another on the following day raised the number to 5,000, while the Russians were represented as having lost but 3 officers and six men, with 30 men wounded. As to the town of Aradjik, mentioned in the bul letin, there is no such place at all. The papers have substituted Achabzik for it, but even the Russian bulletin does not say that that town has been delivered from the blockade. The Russian bulletin also states that the Turks took to flight ; how comes it then that the Russians concentrated themselves at a distance of ten miles from the fron tier? for that would show that the Turks maintained themselves in their position." From Belgrade we learn, under date of the 13th inst., that on the previous day the anniversary of the independence of the principality had been cele brated with considerable eclat; but that, for the first time in its history, the usual prayer for their protector, the Emperor of Russia, had been omitted. The Russian consul was not present at the festivi ties. On the 12th, the Servians first heard of the Russian victory at Sinope. Izzet Paella, the commander of the Turkish fortress at Belgrade, died on the evening of the same day. On the 12th of this month two Russian steamers of 10 guns each, five gunboats, and four Walla chian gunboats of two guns each, small calibre, with 1,20 G men (land troops) on board of two large barges, attacked Matschin, near Isatchka. They were supported by a battery, which was placed so as to command the islands. The cannonade lasted from four p.m. to the following day at noon. Riflemen were landed at Matschin, and they have had a tirailleur engagement with horsemen from the Dobrudseha. The Russians are said to have lost 11 dead and wounded. The attack was unsuc- By a rescript of the Emperor the order of St. Stanislas of the lst'class is conferred upon General PrinceOrbeliani for his bravery in the combat of Bayandoury on the 14th ult. Thore is also an order of the Emperor that immediately after each engagement, either by land or sea, the names of the officers killed or dangerously wounded shall be communicated to him, with full details as to the position of their families. An Imperial ukase, dated the Ist inst., places the government of Tau rida, and that portion of the government of Kher son situated on the left bank of the Bug, under Prince Menschikoff, and the province of Bessarabia MCI the portion of the government of /hereon on the right bank of the Bug under General Baron d'Osten-Sacken. TIN have received the following interesting letter of a Spanish officer of superior rank and merit, and who accompanied Omar Pasha throughout the last campaign. The letter, which has been written in haste, is not of very recent date, but it is, never theless, not without interest. After a few remarks relating to merely personal matters, he continues— " Soon after the battle of the Lazaretto of Oltenitza, of which you have heard the particulars, though perhaps with some inaccuracy, the entrenchments of the Lazaretto remained garrisoned by eight battalions and 20 pieces of artillery, and the external de fences so increased and strengthened as to have converted it into a regular citadel, directed by su perior intelligence, and executed with indescribable activity and zeal by the whole of the Turkish army. The 11th Russian division, which was the one that had been beaten on the field of battle, remained encamped behind Oltenitza, supported by that town and others in the immediate neighbourhood. Every day cannonading took place, and lines of skirmishers were thrown out by both armies ; the Russians to reconnoitre the en trenchments, and the Turks to prevent their approach. On the 7th, a bridge of boats was established 650 paces up the stream from the point of the occupied island, which was covered on the left of the Danube by an irregularly constructed but most commodious work, and additionally protected by a battery of six guns on the right bank of the stream. • In that situation, and menaced incessantly by the enemy who remained in Sight, but redoubling their vigilance, which was never for an instant at fault, the Turks passed six days strug gling with the fogs, the rains, and the frost. We all were under such shelter as our tents could afford us, and all alike—officers and soldiers ; and in this we did no more than follow the example of the inde fatigable and most intelligent General-in-Chief Omar Pasha. On the 12th, the extreme rigour of the wea ther proved, beyond a doubt, that it was not of a passing kind, but that winter in all its severity had set in. Orders were accordingly given for the troops that occupied the Lazaretto and the island to fall back and to remove the bridge. Those critical operations, in the sight of a watchful . enemy and with the weather against us, were conducted with the judgment re quired in such cases, and, though some cannon shots were exchanged, the Turks beat back a squadron of Russian cavalry and two pieces of artillery that were advancing on the Me du pont ; all was completed with admirable skill and energy. On the 15th the encampment of Turtukai began to break up, the whole of the troops moving en echelon proceeded to take up their winter quar ters, but without abandoning the line of the Danub e. n the 17th the General in Chief left for this place (Shumla) to take up his residence, and I, as I have hither. to done, followed with my officers to his head-quarters. Thus, I have had the good fortune to be prese n t a t th e first military mov emen t o f t h e Turks, and I did not quit their ranks for a single moment until the campaign of the present year was officially over. That campaign has been brief, but the results of it most advantageous for the army of the Sultan, who has shown that they can beat their presumptuous enemy in Asia and on the Danube. The operation at Turtukai had for object to prevent the Russian army from concentrating and cross ing the river in one point,- and, at the same time, to divert their attention, in order to secure the passage of Widdin and to fortify Kalafat, a point which will be maintained by the Turks as extremely important, and as the common basis of operations. This they have succeeded in. To describe to you the fatigues of the Turkish soldiers and their noble patience and cheerfulness in enduring them, or to enter into details respecting other military matters, would require far more space and time than for a simple letter. But this army, deprived of the advantages of European armies, is enti tled to the greatest praise, owing its existence,. as it does, to a brief but most interesting military rising, whose spirit, imbued with a sentiment of noble patriotism, has spread like an electric current through the whole of the subjects of the Sultan. Turkey is at this day as grim as she was 400 years ago." THE WAR ON THE DANUBE. WIDDIN, DEC. 2 The special correspondent of the Times says : - . " Yesterday saw one of those grand bursts of military enthusiasm which the present crisis has engendered, and which has 'recalled to the population here those heroic times when the Crescent culminated to the terror of Eu rope. The names Wida and Sofia are now all that re main of the sister Queens and capitals of the long defunct Bulgaria, but the Moslem Widdin is pregnant with memo rials of the long struggle which so oft hava reddened the Danube with the blood of the brave. The arsenal of the citadel, from which I write, still shows the drums of Canso el Ghoury, the last of the Mwelnke Sultans, which the great Selim sent across the Balkan to tell that the Soldans that began *ith Saladin had ceased to exist. Here, too, are those huge unwieldy halberts of the German Lanzk nechts of those old and bye-gone days when the ancestors of the present Magyar nobles sued for vassalage at the then truly Sublime Porte, and the horse-tails stood erect from the hills of Styria to the shores of Yemen. Even the scene of the solemnity I am about to describe is the record of a fall on evil tongues and evil days, the se rag li o w h ere Pas van Oglou, that stiff-necked rebel, so long defied his sove reign, and which later, lodged in hoary audacity, Hussein, the once truculent destroyer of the Jannisaries. " The army now assembled here is in numbers not a long way short of that which I two months ago saw at Olmutz. In science, drill, discipline, dress, and equip ment it would be useless to institute a comparison, but as a moral spectacle the army at Widdin must strike the coldest and most unimpassioned spectator. The impulse from within is stronger than the command from without ; everywhere is visible a deep flowing enthusiasm, which, directed by science, may work prodigies ; left to itself, fruitless devastation and ruin. " Before we proceed further let me give the list, of the commanders and a statement of the troops sent solely from official duty "Ahmed Paella, Commander-in-Chief, General of Divi sion, attached to the corps of General Staff. " Lieutenant-General Ismail Pasha, President of the Council of the Army of Roumelia. - " Lieutenant-General Dlustapha Pasha,*of the Army o: Roumelia. " Lieutenant-General Saalim Pasha, Commandant of the Fortress of Widdin. " Mehmed Pasha, Brigadier of Infantry, Army of Con stantinople. " Suleyman Pasha, Brigadier of Infantry, Imperial Guard. " Osman Pasha, Brigadier of Infantry, Army of Rom melia. " Osman Pasha, Brigadier of Artillery, Imperial Guard "Ismail Pasha, Brigadier of Cavalry, Army of Constan- tinople. " Mazhar Pasha, Brigadier of Cavalry, Army of Ron. melia. Nizam Infantry, eight regiments at 3;600 23,800 Regular Cavalr - y - ,_tif_re9 .. regi . meuts at - 900 -','700 Artillery, one Lind ahalfreiiment at 1,500 2,250 Carabineers, two battalions at Bashi Bayo n k s (lik e Cossack s ) 9OO Arnaout Rifles BOO Local Artillery (Militia) 38,520 MDNEY MARIE T AND COVME.RCIAL INTELLIGENCE. CITY, TWO O'CLOCK. The sabs of cotton at Liverpool yesterday were estimated at 7,000 bales, of which 2,000 were taken for 3xport and on speculation. The market closed stealily, without animation. Railway shares were dull, a rather lower prices. In reviewing the condition of the London mar kets, Messrs. H. W. Jewesbury and Co. states "The markets for Foreign and Colonial produce dur ing the past month have been well supplied. Several of the leading articles have advanced in price, which have induced importers to offer goods freely, but as they have mostly required higher rates than buyers felt disposed to pay, the chief part was bought in. The present aspect of the markets is quiet, but several articles are in a favourable position, and have an upward tendency. The importations have been large, but as the deliveries continue satisfactory there is no material alteration to notice in the stocks, which for some articles continue to show a gradual decrease, amongst which may be men tioned Indigo, Cochineal, Saltpetre, and Jute. The stock of sugar is also considerably below previous years, but the increased importations this year have much re duced the deficiency as compared with last year. Dyes and dyeing materials have been only in moderate de mand, except for Cochineal, which is again attracting attention. Indig) remains firm. In other articles there is no alteration tc notice." The weekly statement of the Bank of England, to the 17th irst., is again satisfactory in all its leading items. The amount of the discounts ap pears to have been diminished; and although there was a reductior in the sum of the private balances, this is not to aly large extent. The Government account is the best that has been presented for a long time past ; and the bullion is being steadily augmented, as well as the reserve of notes. The amount of active circulation is circumscribed by the large sum paid in as public deposits. Com pared with th 3 previous return, the changes are as follows : Active circulttion.. Decree Bullion Increase Rest <C20,605,625 439,835 15,443,256 101,962 3,189,090 Increoe 7,273 Public Deposits 10,492,686 Increase Other Deposits Decrease 210,393 Seven-Day and other Bills Decrease 8,825 Government Securiaes Other Securities '1 No alteration. '16,237,105 288,132 Notes unemployed 8,124,105 Increase The Banking Almanack and Directory for the year 1854, is one of those publications which seems indispensable to the particular class which it ad dresses. It may be doubted, however, looking at the contents, whether the mercantile community in general are not equally interested therein, as there are matters treated of which must constantly be referred to, and could only otherwise be found scat tered in different books and papers. There were not quite such high rates obtained yesterday afternoon for bills of exchange upon the principal Continental cities. Paris, 90 days, was taken at 25 274 to 30, Amsterdam at 11 16 to 16k, Hamburgli at 13 41 to 5, Frankfort 118.- to and Trieste 11 34 to 39. The Honourable East India Company drew bills during the fortnight ending yesterday, to the amount of 56,2821. These was a demand again yesterday for bar gold to be exported to the Continent, and large purchwes were made. On the other hand, the arrival of the Chowringee from Australia with 69,000 ounces was announced. Uaited States Gold Coin is quoted by Messrs. Haggard and Pixley it76s. 34d. per ounce, bar silver at ss. Igd., and Spaiish Pillar dollars at ss. 6d. per ounce. The seamier from Southampton with the Over land Mil has not yet been heard of, but by tele graph w) hear of the arrival at Trieste of the next mail. From New York the accounts state that the Stock narket was rather firmer. The exports of merchaviise, including specie, during the week ending Mc. 3, were valued at 3,336,587 dollars, being lager than for some time past, owing to the extensiveshipments of breadstuffs. In dry goods there wakvery little doing, and foreign goods were dull. Tie cotton market was firm. Leather was in active 3equest at advanced prices. The arount of silver exported from London during tie week to Thursday last was 69,500 ounces, aid of gold 1,650 ounces. Other sums went fromthe outports. In the hock market there is a better feeling, and Conso)s have not been lower than 93a to 941. The New per Cents. have realised 951 to 95, and the 3 ier Cents. 93i to 94i. Bank Stock for account ha: been at 219. Exchequer Bills con tinue at 3s.to 6s. premium. The favourable bank returns giv, support to the market. The Stocc Exchange Committee have just de• cided that tie " house " shall be closed on Monday, and thus buiness in the City will be very generally suspended. There is rot much doing in the Foreign mar ket, and prices are mostly a shade lower. Equa dor are at 5, and Grenada Deferred at 8. Mexi can Bonds ale flatter, being :24 or per cent. under yesterday's' rates. Russian 5 per Cents. are de pressed, at 112. Danish Bonds are marked 104. Spanish Bonds are less firm, the New Deferred be. ing 22, and the Passive 4g. Dutch 4 per Cents. are quoted .96. The Share Market presents a heavy appearance for the English lines, and there is a general decline, with limited advances. Great Northern have receded about 10s. ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, ss. ; Midland, 10s. ; North British, 1/. ; and most others are slightly lower. French lines are gene rally at reduced values. Northern of France and the Paris and Strasburg are each ss. cheaper. Gold Mine Shares are firm, but without much doing. Joint Stock Banks are exceedingly dull, and consequently there is very little change i n quo tations. The Australian Agricultural and the South Australian Land Shares are 10s. lower in both cases. BRITISH FUNDS THIS DAY. (From the Official List.) Business done. 3 per Cent. Reduced Annuities 94 3' New 34 per Cent. Annuities • Bank Stock for Account 219 Consols for Opening 18th Jan. 9I,E 3i 4 Exchequer Bills, Icl. £lOOO £5OO 3 6 p Small 3 6 p PRICE OF FOREIGN FUNDS THIS DAY. Brazilian Bonds, 5 per Cent. Ditto New, 1852, 4A per Cent 93 Danish Bonds, 1825, 3 per C ent x Ditto 5 per Coat Equador Bonds 5 Grenada Bonds, Deferred Greek Bonds, Red Ditto, Blue Mexican 3 per Cent. Russian Bonds, 1822, 5 per Cent. £St ll2 Spanish New Deferred, 3 per Cent. 22 Ditto Passive (Converted) 43 Dividends on the above payable, in London. Dutch 4 per Cent. Certificates TWO O'CLOCK. Consols for Opening letik January,,,,,,, 84 x cl Turkish deduction for absentees, sick, and non-effective, 15 per cent.—my de duction 25 per cent.. 9,662 Total ......... Park of Artillery, 66 pieces. " For some days back the provincial authorities, and dyar or notables, had been pouring into Widdin, and yes terday morning all the town was astir as for a holiday. At midday the Pasha gave an entertainment. The vari ous corps were also liberally regaled, and in the course of the afternoon the dignitaries assembled in the grand divan ; Sami Pasha, in the right-hand corner, wearing a sable pelisse of that gorgeous old oriental amplitude which, in the eyes of the Ulema, is so much more pleasing than the starved scanty Frank cut introduced by Sultan Mahmoud, and so much more suitable to the environs of the Danube and the Balkan. Of the 11 Pashas, whom the warlike crisis has assembled here, several were absent, keep ng watch and ward in Kalafat ; but Ismael Pasha was present, a Turk of the old school, but looking what he is every inch of him, a fearless captain. He has no mathe matics, but is singularly shrewd as a practical soldier, and indefatigable in his duties. Ahmed Pasha also was pre sent; he speaks German fluently, having been seven years at Vienna, and gone through the European school of the more abstract studies of his profession. Count Jlinsky, the Polish engineer in chief, was also present. It was his presence that gave rise to the false report through Hun gary that General Dembinski was at Widdin. " On the left of the Pasha sat the Cadi and Mufti, the former of whom asked who I was, on which Sami Pasha gave the Ulema, in the choicest high Turkish, several de tails of the journal in which this appears, which produced more than one Mashallah ! He also added that the paper was not favourable to Turkey. On which, notwithstanding the crowd of Pashas, Beys, and Ulema (and as the actual business of the day was not as yet begun), I took courage to remark with the greatest respect, that the pia desicleriet of the journal in favour of a solution of this great crisis without the horrors of a general war, were in no way to be interpreted as hostile to Turkey or palliative of the Rus sian occupation of the Principalities. This introduced a short political discussion, at the conclusion of which Sami Pashi declared himself satisfied. Sami Pasha is not with out a sly touch of irony, and on good authority I give you one of his recent sayings. When Count Nesselrode's cir cular was read to him, in which stress is laid on the defen sive attitude of Russia, he stroked his beard and said, Very defensive, very defensive. I quite agree with Count Nesselrode, if I could only forget that Wallachia is not on the Russian side of the Pruth." ~ 28,588 " Edhem Bey, the Divan Effendi entered, and on his knees presented to Sami Pasha the Finnan el Ghuzz,land, all rising with respect, the cavasses withdrew the bolts of a door opening out on a csardak, or open corner of the Palace, overlooking the court yard, where th,, troops stood drawn up in order, the crimson banners with the crescents fluttering in the keen uncongenial blast of December. Down the long gallery stood in array the officers and notables of town and country, according to precedence, while behind the troops stood a thick serried mass of Bul garians in their sheep -wool bonnets. The spiritual head, the Archbishop of Widdin, was in the csardak in the environs of the Pashas and Ulema. " The Divan Effendi then unrolled the circular firman which had for superscription the Sultan's cypher in all the intricate volutes of Constantinople penmanship, an I then read in a clear loud voice the firman which announced to tho troops and the lieges that the Sultan in the present question stood on the ground of indisputable legitimate right, that he in consequence of the results of the recent action had taken the title of Ghuzi, or the Victorious (originally over infidels, hence the first newspaper, the Venetian record of those wars, was called Gazeitea, hence Gazette), that he would proceed to Adrianople, to put him self at the head of his armies, and thanking his soldiers and subjects for the past, encouraged them to renewed exer tions. " This document being repeated, and explained to the troops, it is imposssble to describe the frenzied enthusiasm with which it was received. Jaska Sultan !' the Otto man vivat, reverberated through the old seraglio of Pasvan Oghlou. The drums rolled at intervals, but in an instant all was hushed, and the Moslems, with palms extended, repeated with deep unction the sublime opening prayer of . the Koran. That over the vivats recommenced as if they would never end. " The Divan then re-assembled inside, and Sami Pasha made a speech, which ehowedlconsiderable tact 0 4 main frem the governor of a province where there is a decided numerical preponderance of Christian population, being Used not exclusively on the tenets of the Koran, but on the universal moral law. "Re first recalled the fact that-- "The Sultan, since his accession, had constantly striven to protect each in his civil and religious privileges th e Moslem, the Christian, and the Jew, and that he Nvat happy to say the subjects had shown themselves sen sible of hid justice. Ev en th e D ruses an d Maronites, although not Mdslems, were contrib u ting a quota of 6,000 men. Eng land and France, the two powerful nations of the West, are siniporting the Sultan against the indescribable pretensions of Russia. The Koran gives the theory of justice —the merchant who gives full weight, the master who treats his• servants with mildness, practises justice. The Prin . ' ciple on which the Sultan proceeds in this war is justice) that great moral principle of Divine origin. On this terns. let !me quote the word s o f A r istotle, the preceptor oi Alexander—' The world,' says he, 'is a garden ; the Go' vernments are its walls, which cannot stand if they are not, straight; the force of the Sovereign, protector of the laws, is in the army ; the sustenance of the army is money given by the subjects; and the beat hold on the subjects is justice. Remark (added Sami Pasha), in these pv°Pr sitiOns a rale for our joint action. Let us walk then in this circle in which our gracious Sovereign leads the way- To act otherwise would be to betray the State, and thereby to betray ourselves. Let us, therefore, all, whether Moslems, Christians, or Jews ' from one compact in dis ; sohiable c or p s , an d sus t a i n o ur honour before all nations. ". This speech has been much applauded, and the Arch bishop . of Widdin has given renewed assurances of the obedient submission of the Bulgarians, who are compiledat present to ma k e considerable sacrifices. Widdin is choke-full of troops, for since the termination of tin bridge Widdin and Kalafat now form one strong place. There is, therefore, a great tightness of accommodation in this unpleasant weather. Sami Pasha, in allusion to this diffi culty, made use of a droll Turkish phrase, something lik e , the Scotch one, between the Deil and the deep sea ' To satisfy the troops without oppressing the inhabitants, makes me like the man who had to pray to God and ple ase the Devil.' The Bulgarians h ave besides many carvers, but the answer of the Turks is not without reason. They say thati the taxes are light in peace, that the Bulgarians are liable to no military conscription, and that if the Osmanlis give their blood the Bulgarians may well give their horses and their cattle." FRANCE. The Moniteur contradicts the rumour of disturb ances at Lyons. The Vauban steam-frigate, now at Toulon,' has been ordered to join the French squadron at Con stantinople. A telegraphic despatch received in Paris, en" nounces that the proposition for the suppression of certain excise and tonnage duties, which occu pied the Chamber of the Dutch States General, rejected on Wednesday last by 44 to 24 votes. It was reportei in Paris yesterday that an in surrection had taken place at Leghorn, in the in terest of Murat, but that it was soon put down• A great number of persons have been arrested. At Naples, also, the partisans have been attempting a movement ; but, the police having got wind of the affair, the leaders were seized. Among them we Neapolitan general, who shot himself immediately after his arrest. The Moniteur publishes the receipts of the CO" toms down to the Ist of December, 1853. TheY amounted to 128,555, 300 f. , exceeding by 2,201,023 f. those of the corresponding period of 1852, and bY 21,125,841 f. those of 1851. The Customs receipts in November last were 12,133,931 f, or 1,189,4641. more than in November, 1852. The salt tax pro duced during the 11 months of 1853 29,854,748 f., being a difference in favour of that year compared with 1852 of 2,433,000 f. The effects of the Imperial decree reducing the duties on iron began to be felt in November, the quantity of cast iron imported, which was only 16,540 metri cal quintals in November 1852, having increased to 79,886. Of thes e Endand supplied 17,595 ma' trical quintals ; Belgium, 56,246, &c. The corn question continues to be a source of great uneasiness to the French Government. The Department of Agriculture and Commerce calculates the deficit of the harvest of 1853 at between 15 and 16 millions of hectolitres. The reserve of the year 1852 diminished the deficit by about four millions of hectolitres. For the remaining 12 millions France has to depend on its imports from other countries. The quantities hitherto imported bY way of Marseilles and Havre amount to nearly four millions and a half of hectolitres. From this it is evident that there is still a larger deficit which has to be supplied, and in the present aspect of affairs it is probable that there must be still a rise in prices. Great apprehensions are entertained that the sup plies expected from the Black Sea will fall short, not only in consequence of the military operations going. on, but also on account of the nature of the Enxine which almost prevents m e r c h an t men from navigating it during the winter. During that season the'grain is carried almost entirely by the small coasters of the country, which never lose sight of the European coast, and take refuge in port the moment the weather threatens. These means of transport are, however, not only slow, but insufficient in quan tit y . Y es t er d ay t h e accounts from ail the markets of the interior of France show a rise in the price of grain of all sorts. The Bourse was much depressed at the close of business yesterday by the confirmation of the an nouncement that the English and French fleets had entered the Black Sea , although it was added that the Emperor of the rench in giving the order for that movement declared that he is still determined to 'use his best exertions to put an end to hostili ties. The Three per Cents. opened at 74f. 30c., rose to 74f. 60c., fell subsequently to 74f. 200., and closed at 74f. 25c. for the end of the month. The Four-and-a-Half per Cents.. closed at 101 f. 25c. ; Orleans Railway shares, I,lBof. ; Rouen, 1,0601. ; Havre, 500 f. ; Great No r th ern , 875 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 8201. ; Paris and Lyons, 915 f. ; Lyons to the Mediterranean, 765 f. ; Western of France, 687 f. 50c. ; Bordeaux and Cette, 622 f. 50c. Greet Central, 520 f. ; Shares of the Bank Credit Mobi- Her, 762 f. 500. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid are of the 18th inst. The Gazette contains the following Royal de cree "On the proposition of the Minister of Finance, and at the recomm en d a ti on o f my C ounc il o f Ministers, I hereby decree that the general budget of the State, for the year'lBs4, submitted by my Government to the de liberation of the Cortes, shall be published and circu lated, and become a law after the let January next, without prejudice to the changes which, in examining and discussing it, the Cort .a may think proper to intro duce therei n . The Government will render an account of the present decree to the Legislature, at a seasonable moment." The Floating Debt amounted, on the Ist Decem ber last, to 394,764,466 reals. 'Treasury bonds were negotiated at the rate of 8 per cent. per annum in the month of November. The Spanish flotilla reached Carthagena on the 13th, aid was to sail for Mahon on the 20th. It being Sunday the Bourse was closed. PRUSSIA. From Berlin we learn that the Second Chamber had accepted the proposition of the Government concerning the railway which is to unite Posen and Breslau. The railway is to be constructed by the Upper Silesian Railway Company, and the Government gives a guarantee of 3 per ee l2 ,l* interest upon the capit a l emp l oye d , wh i ch will ve seven to eight million thalers. The fete, of the Emperor of Russia was celebrated at Berlin by a grand banquet. The King and the royal princes wore Russian uniforms and the de corations of the order of St. Andrew. During the dinner, at which . the members of the Russian Embassy, with their ladies, were present, the King proposed a toast to the health of the Du' peror. M. de Budberg, the Russian Minister, has given a grand ball, a t w hi c h th e Mi n i sters, a great number of officers, and the corps diplomcctiqll4 were present. BADEN. From the Grand Duchy of Baden we have ad . advices up to the 18th. The Government had de creed the expulsion of the Jesuits from Frieburg• FLIGHT OF A CHRISTMAS LOTTERY KEEPER.—YeS ter' day considerable consternation prevailed among a large number of contributors to a Christmas lottery fund for the distribution of turkeys, geese, beef, plums, brand)" , &c., which was announced by a man of the name of Button, a fried fish salesman, in business in the neigh' bourhood of Rosornau-street Clerkenwell, to take plan e yesterday and th e following day (Saturday). The lot tery consisted of 10,003 tickets at sixpence each, an d • there were to be 691 prizes. The draw for the prizes was proceeded with at the John of Jerusalem, the land' lord of which had no further to do with it than allowing his room for that purpose. Throughout yesterday th e house was besieged by the subscribers, who were in " formed that M r . Button was not at home. The crowd increased to such an extent, that it was necessary to sen d for two police men to protect the premises. Up to a late hour last night persons were arriving from all parts o, the metropolis, who loudly expressed their feeling® °I anger. SOUTH-WESTERN RAILWAY—PROPOSED NEW Di rti° TORS.—The South-Western conservative committee have proposed several gentleman to supply the places retiring directors, and of those to go out by rotation next February. So far as we can learn, they are honourable men, anal worthy of the support of those Yi , .° are anxious for a str ,, m4 and united board. It would De . wrong in us to say that we know all the gentlemen Pr° posed. One or two of them we do know, and if tIIFY . undertake the duties, we have no doubt they will t a l i charge them honourably and satisfactorily. We ther e s endeavour to learn more of them at our leisure, rai being ample time for it between this and the ge ne '=, meeting in FebruaTy. We are sorry to see thate be of the Ali , x tn , tor Kay'. name iq not in the list. w e here, a thoroughly honourable man, representing_ae interest, and well qualified, both by his knowledg.,,nl leisure, to become a South• Western. director,-007 patlCa Journal. Sr of 1 , Bible, vi 4 911 r § 7 1 , 1 -..g , 'all 0 of D a ve h 431. ii dish, shot,