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

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 Sinope and the resignation of Lord PALMERSTON. 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 seise 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 com place n tly infortned—What ? T a the combined fleets have at length passed through the Bosphorus ? That Admiral HAMELIN and Admiral DIINDAS 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 land 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 fested 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 CZAR 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 that 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 Besphorus. Lord PA LMER "ON has retired in dudgeon from the Cabinet, and Ministers at once return to their old -011 t, threadbare ruse of diplomatic negotia tions. Ne gotiat* ions, upon what understanding ? Why, wofind it s tated that:the Four Powers have actually agreed that t he Olmubz Concessions and the Modified Vienna, Note, are to be the bases of these ne w negotiations. The Olmutz Concessions ! The Concessions vouchsafed the Emperor NrcHoLAs in the plenitude of his benevolence, wad followed UP so consistently by the mas sacre of the Turks in the Bta. e k Sea, and by their butchery simultaneously on A.siatic,and European Continents ! The modified Vienna Note ! The Note to which the AuTocaa, / , per etnp _ torily denied the accompaniment of any modifica tions, no matter how requisite or reascniable Such are the bases of these propitious and mira culous negotiations. Then, as we have remarked, it is intimated by advicris from Vienna, dated the 19th of this present December, a disposition favour able to negotiation is said to be manifested at Constantinople. It i; probable l---wonderfully probable, as any one may conjecture, after the slaughter at Sinope and the reverses experienced by thei Turks both in Asia and along the Danube, both, from Prince BEBOUTOFF and from Prince GOF4ITCHAKOFF. Upon these premises the people of England are to rest conteutecL with the shadowy promise of a pacific settlement, held out to them bb the foreign policy of the ABERDZEN Govern. 1 THEATRE LOYAL DIZCItY-I NT! Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith. 1' he , Attrutions of this great National Establishment for the CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS Will be on a most extensive scale, un t..e,de•ateti In the annals of Theatricals for Novelty, splendour, and mu:bank:al wonders, embodied by the drat Artistes 'in the world. _Magniticcut Scene , y, Dresses, and Decorations; gorgeous excite aV. Ballet unrivalled, forming an ~ , n semble of talent and en gria-Itit.g attraction never equalled. Mr. 611iTE, the Lessee, bege to rcitinA his irrenilo patrooa that this great CHRISTMAS PANTO -M AE will be produced on MONDAY NEXT, DEC. 26, with DE.4.31A and FARCE. Reduced Prices as usual. THEATnE ROYAL, HAYMARKET . Ilader the management of Mr. Buckstone THIS EVENING, Dac. 21, Will be performed THE HOPE OF THE FAMILY Characters by messrs. Compt ,, n, 'tours and Buckst , ne ; Miss E, Grey, airi Mrs. Fitzwilliam. To be followed by A PRETTY PIECE OF BUSINESS. Mut ra,:ters by Messrs. Howe and Buckstone; Miss Berrields and Mrs. • To con:lade with ANY PORT IN A ,iTORM. Characters by Wages E. Ormonde and Feathersto^e ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET Under the Manaus nent of Mr. Cittax.Es KEAN. THE LAST NIGHT OF PERFORMING BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS HOLID I.Y THIS EVENING, DEC. 21, Will be performed THE CORSICAN BROTHER.; Principal character by Mr C. Kean. To be followed by MARCO SPADA. Supported by Messrs. W. Lacy, J. Chester, Graham, Ryder, and Everett; Misses Heath and C. Leclercq. THEATRE ROYttl. ADELPIIi. Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster —Direetreis, Aldan:to Celeste THIS EVENING, Dec. 21, Will be performed THE THIRST OF GOLD; or, The ' .ost Ship. Characters by Messrs. B. Webster, P. Bedford, and Keeley ; and Madame Celeste. To be followed by WHITEBAIT AT GREENWICH. To conclnde with " HOTEL CHARGES 1" or, How to Cook "A Blftli." ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. A. Wigan. THIS EVENING, Dec. 21, Will be performed PLOT AND PASSION. Principe! characters by Mr. F. Robson and Mrs. Stirling. To be followed by THE CAMP AT THE OLYMPIC. Charac ters by Messrs. A. Wigan, Emery, F. 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 Manaqer, Mr. W. Cooke, Last Week of Performing before the Holidays. A. New Grand Equestrian CHRIST MAS ;OM IC PANTOMIME, written ex pressly for this Theatre, by Mr. NELsoN LEE, entitled BILLY BUTTON'S .GUR NEY TO BRLNTFORD ; or, The Ladles' Favourite—will be produced on MONDAY, DEc. 26. \lr. W. Cooke's Elephants, pronounced by the Press and all who hate witnessed their Performances the most extraordinary Trained animals in the World, will appear every Evening. THIS EVENING, DEC. 21, (And during the week), The New Grand Equestrian Chinese Spectacle, entitled " THE WISE ELEPHANTS OF THE EAST; or, THE MAGIC GONG." Followed by a series of Mr. Wm. Cooke': 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. Tins DAY —Morning 14 min.after 5 Evening 35 min.aft. 5 To-Monaow—Morning 56 min.after 5 Evening 21 min.ar.. 6 THE WEATHER.—Sum OPPICI4, 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. _ e „ - (.1 4 . 41 ' THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER t licut. 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 ferocity, all this lawless and shameles4 audacity on the part of the AUTOCEAT—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 th e Reverend Clergy proclaim it, both ad clerum and ad populum. Archdeacon DENISON and Arch deacon HARE, Mr. MACNEILE, at Liverpool, and Mr. BEE‘NET a 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 SIMEON 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,7' and another of "next presentation," and so forth, for there were several of them together. How appropriate ! 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. ROBINS et hoc genus omne—well do they know what raises the biddings 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, dm 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 " prophet;" for believing " that by their fruits we shall know them." Here, then, in the advertisements, we shall, doubtless, find careful descriptions of the spiritual necessities 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 WICLIF to compel the atten tion of the most obdurate, or of the liability to schismatical seduction, demanding the bland, yet convincing and dignified, reasoner. Here, in fact, we shall have a sample of the sacrel baits by which the awakened and purified zeal of the clergy of the present half century are allured to take, or to change, the cure of souls. Thus having mused again, we examined the advertisements. We were completely puzzled. - We thought there nest be some misprint, some T,ransposition from adjoining advortiseaneuts 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 ad , 7ortisements about spiritual men and spiritual things ? We determined to test it ; we got down a whole file of newspapers—we looked over similar ad ver;isements. One and all, can ourrea,ders believe it, they spoke of the same things—good incomes, large gardens ; pleasant situations, light duties, old incumbents ! Imagine our surprise ;it was mach like FRANKLIN'S when his servant having left ii 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 figured prominently, 2001., incomes, of course, 2751., 5001., 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 la -t 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 of another kind, by the description given of the " duty." It was " light" iu one case, "extremely light" ; but then the latter was for the 275/. income. In another, " after deducting a liberal sum for duty," i.e., for putting it 0 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 greatly iu 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, ,Ind South Western, were distinctly specified. It was " excellent," " pleasant," " c/iariniug,," " healthy" —all very reasonable for those who must keep to one place, as MEDEA says a poor wife having but ime face to look at, need to have that place one Pleasant to the sight : only though woman may d. , 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 market town f' suggesting, of course, that fish daily, and a hot joint, game, &c., are "sine qua a l so . 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 of " unrestricted competition." Th e age of the incumbent appears as a melancholy item—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 incu►ubent'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 " 18 acre garden" too, and " a charming resi dence," —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 ths western counties in the diocese of EKETER," i.e.—No Evangelical need apply. It occurred to us whether population was estimated " with a liberal deduotion" 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. LAY_ EST 1 . 4'0 .11.1'..., I f IN' NE %V ,5 . RUSSIA AND TU R KEY. A despatch from Vienna has been receiv.J,i stating, apparently in a positive nia,nner, that tie 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 IR - 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. Anothes account states that the Russian attack on the fortress of Matschin was a complete failur The Oest Correspondenz 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 Oken- Sacken'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 bein , ,.; 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 skill 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 the Servians, with whom they share the town. The arrival cf these artillerymen was viewed with eneral distrust. Commerce is completely paralysed, and the Go vernment seem to have come to the determination o centralise upon Kragujevatz. The Russian Consul-General de Machin 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 tile Bosnian-Servian frontier, where they have en trenched themselves : this demonstration is chiefly at Visigra: I and Mokrogora. Corps of observation tre also forming upon the Montenegro frontier, at Ona,gaschte, Kalaschin, and Gatzko. From this ore 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. Au 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 +reece, wait but for the opportunity to shake off the yoke borne for four centuries, and to pay their debt of venge ance so long accumulating. Notwithstanding that the Porte views with displeasure the armed neu trality of Servia, she will still endeavour to respect 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. 11.—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, i t 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 Len 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 uow 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 Weil-known influ ences. In either case, the prestige of Engl a nd 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. irp 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 Awl 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-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 Shuuna, which is considered the key to the road to Ad rianople, is also being fortified. Ismail Pasha had received orders to act strictly on the defensive. Sophia, which formerly had only a wall flanked by towers, and a tutable-down kind of citadel, is now being strengthened by means of trenches, 12 in trenched 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 Worouzoff is in perfect health. `About one-third of the third army corps, under L General Osten Sacken, which is said not to be more rthan 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 schaui. It is supposed that the head-quarters of Osten-Sa,cken will be at Tirgowischt, which is just in the centre of Wallachia. General Budberg's F . (the new Commissioner) speech to the Moldavian notables at Jassy met with an exceedingly frosty reception. The Lloyd learns 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 . , ; 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 I 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 I death. Sudden landings and surprises ou the part of the Turks 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 Rus'sians at Sinope reached Warsaw by telegraph, and , was published in the public journals there pre vians 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 Prince Paskiewitsch will leave his seat of Govern ment to take the military command in the south. They 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 Naehimoff at Sinope consisted of four ships of the line, 120 guns each, Tri Swiatitela, Grossfurst Con , stantin (admiral's ship), Paris, and Zwolt Apostel ; two ships of 84 guns, Rostislaw and Swiatoslaw, and: the two steamers Vladimir 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 , ' cone up with them in either Sinope, Varna, or &iltschik. 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 Nachimoff's naval success reached. St. Petersburg by the 9th inst., and pro duced a tone of feeling there described to 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 as the two places are not far apart. The want of dates prevents identification. The confusion arising out of the double names, Russian and Turkish, for these places in Asia, and the use of the 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 Bucharest, General Aurep is appointed Com mander-in-Chief in Lesser Wallachia. He has brought considerable 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 Sacken 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 wives 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 needlev, ork." The following is from the Austrian correspondent of the Times, dated Vienna, Dec. 17 :--- " The subjoined telegraphic despatch from Her maustadt was communicated to me last night, but there was more than one reason for not forwarding it by electrio telegraph. It was known at Berlin, and besides - it bears the stamp of having been composed for the express behoof of the Russian army in 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 Achalzieli 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 over the Turks, as the Journal de Constantinople, which is of the 4th December, has no . news of a later date from Asia than the 14th, 16th, and 19th November." I I 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 dominion -4, asked the reason. He was informed that the landowners round St. Petersburg were in the habit of permitting their SERIOUS RUMOURS. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAILY 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 shorttsighted people may choose to believe. The argument that there must exist some extraneous influence to account for the &lade of our Government is so plausible, that one cannot be surprised that people who 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-GUARDS. 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 wince they are reduced by having a chief only in name.— I am, &c., December 20. MILES. COURT CIRCULAR. OSBORNE, DEC. 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 Ho-.vard and Colonel Sir George Couper, arrived in town yesterday morning from her residence, Froginore, near Windsor. tier Royal Highness visited the Duchess of Gloucester, at Gloucester [louse, Piccadilly, and after wards left London on her return to Frog-more. The Royal 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 Dowfing-street. Tire commissioners pre sent were the Right Ron. 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 Ron. 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 Chester, en route to Mot combo House, Dorsetshire. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry and suite left Belfast on Saturday, at half-past one o'clock, by the Ardrossan steamer, en route to his lordship's resi - dence at Wynward Park.—Belfast News 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 ful 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 th 4 holidays. Lord Robertson is now, we are glad to say, en tirely recovered. His lordship may be exp..cted to take his seat in court immediately.—Caledonian Mercury. Mr. Robert Macfarlane has been appointed Sheriff of Renfrewshire, in the room of Mr. Hercules Robertson, recently promoted to a seat in the Scottish Bench. ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—KING'S SCHOLAR SHIPS.—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 silkinen 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 (Septetuber 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 are encamped just outside the alls, 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. 10d. to 6s. 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 mouth, shows a total derived from Customs, public works, &c., 0f'1,009,179/., against 742,9331. in the corresponding period of last year, which was in itself one of great prosperity. 1853. , serfs to take service in the portion of their wages to their masters ; so that, in point of fact, the majority of those registered the neighbourhood were actually in the capital. Two days after, the gates of the city were closed, Ipital, on paying and a regular razzia was made on ail : the coachmen, footmen,qzc v 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 pre - tensions 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 letters from Constantinaple speak of the great excitement existii:g in that i 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 have 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 irrita-e 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. 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 tangle 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. The 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 Marchal 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 Moniteur. On Monday he said to a friend, "They have ap pointed me as a senator, and they have not the courage to publishmy nomination in the Moniteur. It is a loss to me.of 2,500 f. every mouth the pub lication is delayed." The Chevalier de Paiva on Monday had au 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 Mina 11., and Confirining 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 11l onitieur publishes the instructions given by the Four Powers to their Ambassadors at Con stantinople,. and which appeared in the Dehats, but the reproduction in the Moniteur is precoded by the following remarks :—" We reproduce the instructions published by the Journal- des Debuts, and which, according to that journal, have been addressed to the iepresentatives 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 manoauvre, and if they are true, it is an unpardonable indiscretion. The Go vernment has taken measures to preirent 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, from which we extract the following im portant observations : "Th• 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 stated,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 be remarked that the proposition of this suspension of hostilities, is subordinate in some measure to the assurance given to the Porte by the me diating 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 time, 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 Prtissia and Austria to the views of France Al.d England, are a proof to the Czar that Europe is de, ermined 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 nec ess ity o f h er territorial existence and of her independenct 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 Asseinblee Nationale says that these instruc tions are' a proof of the wisdom and good intentions of the four powers. By a dec'ree 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 had risen one-half per cent. in London, they, rose to 75f. 15c. They closed at 75f. 10c.-f or th e 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. 25c. ; Havre, 505 f.; Great Norther., 885 f. ; Paris and Strasburg, 833 f. 75c : ; Paris and Lyons, 922 f. 50c. ; Lyons to the Medi terranean, 780 f. ; Western of France, 700 f. ; Bor deaux and Cette, 633. 75c. ; Great Central, 525 f.; Lyons and Geneva, 520 f.; Shares of the Bank of Credit Mobilier, 767 f. 50c. SPAIN. Our accounts from Madrid. aka of the 15th inst. The Opposition continued to report that a Minis terial crisis was impending, and that the Queen in tevded to confide the reconstruction of the Cabinet to the Marquis de Viluma. Those rumours, how ever, ),ve,re considered totally. unfounded. The English Ambassador gave, on the 13th, a grand banquet, at which assisted the members of the corps diplomatique, some officers of the Palace, amongst whom was Count de Sevilla Nueva, M. Martinez de la, Rosa, the Marquis of Viluma, Gene ral Lersundi, and the Ministers of Finance, Public Works, and IVlarine. All the Ministers had been invited, but those of the Interior and War were unable to attend, on account of public business ; and the President of the Council and the Minister of. Justice were confined to their apartments by indisposition. • The Government had concluded a contract with the Bank of San Fernando for the payment of the dividend due on the 7th of January next, both in Spain and abroad. The Bank is to advance the funds necessary at an interest of 6 per cent., and a commission of per cent. abroad and per cent. in Spain. • The Three per Cents. were done at 43& ; th e New Three per Cents, at 22a ; the Debt of the first class, at 8 ; and that of the second, at 41. GERMANY. It has been stated that M. Maurice de Haber had solicited the intervention of the Germania Diet ina claim for 93,000 florins, which he has made on the Portuguese Government, and that the Diet had declined to interfere, referring him hack to his own Government. Since then some doubt has arisen as . to the nationality of M. de Haber awl the Government of Baden has refused to interfere on his behalf. , The Prussian Correa" pondence of the .17th states that he is now in a position to establish his nationality, and that it is probable the Baden Government will support his claim. SMYRNA. We learn from Smyrna that Mr. Charlton Whit tall, with other British and several foreign mer chants of that city, having country villas in the village of Bournabat, have, in order to show their sympathy for the cause of Turkey, and at the same time their opinion of the peaceable behaviour of the rgdifs, or recruits, who have lately left that village to form the army, come forward, in a most sousiderate and charitable manner, to assume, during. the absence of these in the defence of their country, the sole maintenance and support of their llrge families residing at Bournabat. SARDINIA. The opening of the Legislative Session took place on Monday last. The King delivered a speech, which was warmly applauded, and in which his Majesty congratulated the Piedmontese nation • on its intelligence, and recommended the Pulite r) ment to encourage that spirit of union, by the aid ) of which the Government might find force sufficient to maintain intact the dignity of the country, and 1, preserve the noble principle of national indepell dente from any insult. His Majesty concluded ag follows :—" Have confidence in me, and by our. ~` union we will crown the grand edifice raised by the hands of my father, and which mine will de fend and preserve." The Royal speech was received ' with enthusiasm, and the King on his passage was hailed with the warmest acclamations by the people. M. Brennier, director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in France, and having the rank of Minister Plenipotentiary, and who is now here, ' was present at the Royal sitting in the diplomatic tribune. ST. THOMAS'S DAY.-ELECTION OF COM MON COUNCILMEN. This being St. Thomas' Day, wardmotes were held in the several wards, for the purpose of electing co mmon councilmen and other ward officers for the ensuing year. The several aldermen presided in their respective wards. Subjoined are the changes that have taken place i n the representation : Aldgate Ward—Messrs. Freeman and Fisher resigned; Messrs. Hudson and Stephenson elected. Bassishaw Ward—Mr. Lock returned in room of Mr. Wilson, retired. Bread-street Ward—Mr. Greenwald elected in the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Deputy Bridge. Ward of Cripplegate Within—Mr. Spilsbnry waa elected in the room of Mr. Deputy Bennoch, resigned. Ward of Cripplegate Without—Mr. Robert Stephens was returned in the vacancy occasioned by the ineligi bility of Mr. Chas. Watson, who has removed out of the ward. Ward of Farringdon Within—Mr. Bates resigned; Mr. Russ elected in his room. Walbrook Ward- -Mr. S.. Fry was elected in the r oan of Mr. Deputy Watkins, retired. In the remaining wards the old members were re- BANKRUPTCY COURT-(T IRS DAY.) The causes before the Court to-day were audit and dividend meetings, generally of no interest. BANICRUPTOY EXTRAORDINARY.-....1N RE SaAIIiKELL. This bankrupt was described as of Brentford, boot and shoemaker, and to-day was appointed for a dividend meeting. The case was of a very extraordinary nature, as the creditors only claimed about 671., and the assets as esti• mated, would leave a surplus of upwards of 6001. midis' puted, and there was a further sum of 2001. in a Savings Bank. An inquiry had been instituted, and the result confirmed the statement on the balance-sheet. How a bankruptcy could have taken place is not to be will accounted for. It is understood that an application will be made to annul the proceedings. MARLBOROUGH-STREET--(THIS DAY.) ' AN ARTFUL TRlOS.—George Robinson, a lad about 16 years of age, was brought before Mr. Bingham' charged with uttering a counterfeit sovereign. Conrad Wiss, who gave his evidence in German, which was interpreted to the Count by Mr. Albert, the interpreter, stated that he was a wood-carver, and or' lied on business at 213, Regent-street, and that a bout eight o'clock last night the prisoner came to his sholit and producing a piece of paper on which was written the following—" Please to send by bearer one of your ls. boxes." (Signed) W. W., said, in French, that 3 gentleman had sent him with the order, and had d i " reeted him to pay for it up and take it to him. Witnee-gf who had been " done" by a similar trick on Mond*l , night, told the prisoner he would go with him and tlik a an assortment of boxes to show the gentleman. Pr'' goner said, " Oh no, I don't want that, because rin a hurry." Prisoner then tendered the counterfeit sag r reign produced in payment, and demanded the chang e ' Prosecutor at once detected the trick, and fetched a constable, and gave him in charge. The prisoner, who offered no d e f ence , was rem an dA ed till to-morrow, for the attendance of the Mint solicitor. is OUP el ead bf ied, v r:rovph u tt t...nn A p 4 u(nw o orrne F aTi hcpsul e T aol b il iefocuk E ( retnnrhet L eeeorm a i T 3dlß( H anweytyavh. s.et PßlNClPAL oaTsTsoihxh kpoeThomas sa seaaret Fellowsvee Chaffers,i O cai e r rsi tw ß i wte ahx a aset e s s rt • .en he p y to him teat with the academical position of the late Principo l t Be=idea the College authorities, there were only press° the Vice-Chancellor of the University, the Mayor of th e city of Oxford, th e f our H ea d s o f Houses who hold the • office of Pro-Vice-Chancellor, and a few of the joas u !' s ' dime friends of the deceased, a mong whom Was " I nephew, Sir John Edward Harington, Bart., of Sid ling' ton, in the county of R u tl an d, th e representative o f 01 0 ancient fam4. THE ENGLISH FUNDS.—Yesterday again opened wit e li , firmness, and before the termination of business ell i „ rienced a further advance of a quarter per cent. Conso''', which left off in the evening at 94g to 4, were first quotfo_ in the morning at 94 3 to 4, and steadily remained until th: afternoon. when they improved to 941, at which r , there were at one time huyers. The final quotatiopse however, was 941 to 1. There was no ostensin le ca for the upward movement, but, in the absence of 11 ..: freSh intelligence o f a di s t ur bi ng c haracter from abrous,:4 the knowledge of th e grea t ex t en t to which the spec la the o tion for a fall has ag a i n l a t e ly been carried, and t etlf quantities of stock that sooner or later will conseclll e the have to be bought back, gives constant firmness to uer market. The fact of the Chancellor of the Exobe c l vo . having finally completed all his arrangements for vall o ; off the various stocks, amounting to 6,042,785/o ,ci r e : . te d the 6th January, in a manner that has entirely v" ° in: ark: ll % the necessity of throwing any securities on the likewise increases the prevailing confidence.,, ~,.1 - bo f the s•une time the impression that the last proPo• an d Vienna Conference are destined to end in nothing, that Russia will succumb only to coercio6, becoming stronger.—Times. . o f the ROYAL ORTHOP.NDIO HOSPITAL.—A ineeti%titution friends and committee of the above valuable in T Robert was held yesterday afternoon at the boa,rd d 0 " Lord 'de Bloomsbury-square. It was stated that Grosvenor, M.P., had signified his willingness 't strenuous over the ensuing anniversary festival, when ,d en iarg" ellort would be made to expedite the intei b i appli inent of the hospital. The increasing num de cations for admission rendered this step exr f , a . f r ont sirable, as the space of the present is every cob; bnildrna han dsor v ; adequate to the wants of the afflicted cls the build",e amount has already been collected tofw%rsty and Fri" fund, including donations from her IN :Li efor d Albert. , 20 tons have subscribed the donati on of 7 Al LIBERAL *GIFT. —Thirteeninhabitan.tosi°,fcllefror the poor of that city.