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[SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1855.

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London, England, 1855-01-06

NEW BULLET EXTRACTOR.

The necessities arising from the present war are
suggesting various contrivances for their due supply,
and new instruments of contention or of aid, appli-
cable to the services or useful in the disasters and
sufferings inseparable from a state of hostilities are
being devised in rapid succession by ingenious in-
ventors. Among others, Mr. E. Miles, of Stoke
Hammond, has contrived an instrument for extract.
ing bullets from wounds with comparative ease, ra-
pidity, and safety. The contrivance is very simple,
consisting of a small air-pump and cylinder, to which
a tap is affixed. To this tap is attached a suitable
length of flexible tubing, about a quar►er of an inch
in diameter, lined inside with silver wire to prevent
its collapsing. At the other end of this tube there
is a small globe, from which a tube sufficiently
minute to pass into a bullet-wound is fixed, the end
terminating with an indiarubber collar. On the top
of the globe there is a small top in order to admit a
probe to pass down the tube to sound when on the
bullet. The mode of operation is this :—a vacuum
is created in the cylinder, the tube before alluded to
is passed into the wound, and when it is ascertained
to be cn the ball the tap in the cylinder is opened,
when the bullet becomes fixed to the tube by the
vacuum thus created, and is thus withdrawn. The
great merit of this invention consists in its obviating
the necessity for the painful and dangerous
operation of cutting out bullets, and by its means
a medical man, with the aid of an assistant to work
the air pump, would be able to accomplish the work
which now occupies many surgeons. When the cy-
linder is once exhausted, it would extract several
bullets without the necessity of again working the
air•pump. The Medical Board has given directions
to Mr. Coxeter, instrument maker to the University
College, to fit up several sets of apparatus on this
principle.
London, England, 1855-01-06

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FERMANAGH.—The Hon. Colonel Cole, brother to
Lord Enniskillen, was declared elected yesterday
week for the seat vacant by the death of Sir Arthur
Brooke. The gallant colonel was proposed by the
Rev. J. G. Porter, and seconded by the Hon. Major
Crichton ; and, there being no other candidate, he
was declared the sitting member.
SUNDERLAND.—The election commenced on Mon-
day, when Mr. W. D. Seymour, the late member and
Mew Recorder for Newcastle, comes before the con-
stituency, seeking re-election, with Mr. A Fenwick, a
resident gentlemen, for his competitor. The nomi-
nation took place amidst a good deal of confusion,
which also prevailed next day during the period of
polling. In the end Mr. Seymour was defeated, and
his rival returned by a large majority. The final
numbers were—Fenwick, 930; Seymour, 640—majo•
rity, 31C.
Ax entirely new and very extensive factory is
forthwith to be erected at Enfield for the manufac-
ture in large quantities of the rifle musket ; and the
Board of Ordnance has now entered into the neces-
Mery contracts for the buildings and machinery.
1 'Messrs. Fairbaing of Manchester, have contracted
tolicornplete in six months the whole of the buildings,
otive-power, and mill shafting, &c., and other con-
ctors will within the same period complete and fix
e tools and machines used in the various processes
of rifle making. The engines are to be capable of
exerting a force of upwards of 200 horse power, and
Machines of tip newest and most impioved character
will be employed in every department of the manu-
facture, so as to insure both perfect accuracy in the
weapon. and economy in the cost of its production.
THE MA,. ^ OF HOBART TOWN has just paid into
the Colonial ---v 2,0001., to be remitted to Eng-
kud for "

THE MAYOR OF HOBART To
the Colonial Treasury 2,0001.,
had for the Patriotic Fund,
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La Fleur et la Feldlie. The Floure and the Leafe.
By Geffrey Chaucer. Translated into French by
Le Chevalier de Chatelain. London : Jeffs.
THE Chevalier de Chatolain is well known as an
accomplished translator of English into French, and
at this time his translations of English works will be
welcomed cordially as adding another link to the
chain which binds the two nations together. It is,
no doubt, difficult to convey with spirit and fidelity
the terse, rough thoughts of Garrey Chaucer into a
foreign tongue, but, on the whole, Le Chevalier de
Chatelain's attempt must be pronounced very credit-
able, though here and there he has taken undue
liberty with the text, as, for instance, at page 36,
where, in the French translation, the meaning of
Chaucer is totally eclipsed, and the "pretty tendir
floures" quite neglected by the upstart " Phokus "
of the translator's creation. In spite of such casual
blemishes, it is to be hoped that the Chevalier's attempt
will meet with sufficient encouragement to induce
him to furnish our continental friends with further
London, England, 1855-01-06

E E K.

SATURDAY,

It
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THE W
Rumours of Ministerial division--;
the frequency and lengthened sittings
continued attacks of " the leading jour
ceedings of the Vienna Conference ; tl
dicated by the mission of Baron U
orsintAirli;nn, Mr nifltlV CVVun77R Raenrl
London, England, 1855-01-06

THE PRESS.

Wednesday 901, a ; Thursday 901, 01. To-day the
tone of the market was less firm, and prices have
given way a little. Speculation sales are also pres-
sed. The business done has included Consols 901 to
991 ex. div. for the 10th inst. Re.luced Three per
Cents. 901 to 901, and the New Three per Cents. 91
to 91}. Bank Stock, 210. India Bonds firm, at 9s.
to 13s. Exchequer Bills ss. to 7s. prem. ; ditto
Bonds, 991 to 991.
London, England, 1855-01-06

C. - 10' 2 rog+

LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1855.

POSTSCRIPT.

RUSSIA..

The Russian demonstrations on the Polish fron-
tier continue to maintain a serious character. A
letter from Cracow, of the 27th December, states that
the Russian troops have within the last few days
taken up a position between Opatowitz and Polanitz,
on the left bank of the Vistula. These two villages
are situated at the confluence of the Dunaietz and
the Wisloka with the Vistula. They have planted
cannon on that part of the river.
A new battery has been effected on the north side
of Cronstadt. A merchant there, of the name of
Osterow, whose house was required to be Lulled
down to make room, has presented to the battery
the picture of the "Miracle-working St. Nicholas,"
in a silver frame, in commemoration of the Emperor's
coming thither to trace out the lines of the foun-
dation.

General Osten•Sacken, it is reported, is preparing
to act against Eupatoria with 45,00) men and
eighty guns.

There is a new Enlistment Bill about to be brought
before the French Legislative Chambers, providing
for the re-enlistment of old soldiers in place of raw
conscripts by means of a bounty, so that when a con-
script is drawn he must either serve or pay a sum
of money, by which an old soldier may be obtained
as his substitute, the Government regulating the
whole matter.

The painful ceremony of depriving Suleyman
Paella and Halet 13ey of their ranks and titles, for
having abandoned their posts in the Crimea, took
place at the Seraskierat in Constantinople on
the 23rd ult., in the presence of a very large
concourse of spectators. The former com-
manded the Turkish division, and the latter
the second brigade. They were condemned to be
transported for seven years, with hard labour.
They were addressed by the Minister of War, who,
in a most impressive speech, pointed out their
cowardice and its just retribution. He then ordered
their military emblems to be torn off, which order
was instantly obeyed by a crowd of soldiers, who
mauled the fellows in a very rough manner. They
were subsequently marched between a file of soldiers
to the landing, and embarked on board a steamer
leaving for Cyprus, where they are to undergo the
penalty of their cowardice.

The Emperor Napoleon is somewhat indisposed.
It is reported that he has a slight attack of the gout.
The Empress works daily at the preparation of lint
for the army. Visitors to her apartments receive as
a matter of course a piece of old linen, from which
they are expected to make lint.

A Vienna despatch, of the 4th, states that Prince
Gortschakoff has had an audience of thecimperor,
which lasted an hour and three quarters, but his
Majesty is not likely to make any concession to
Russia.

The Press of Vienna announces, upon what it con-
siders good authority, that Prince Gortschakoff is
making efforts to cause a protocol to be drawn up
and signed by the representatives of all the Powers,
solemnly recognising the integrity of Russia,
London, England, 1855-01-06

which relates to the happiness of the French people, the
success of our alliance, and the glory of our arms.
This speech was hailed with repeated cries of
"Viva I'Empereur!" by all the members of the
Senate.
The marshal's baton was delivered to Admiral
Hamelin on the 20th ult., and on the 23rd Admiral
Bruat was to take upon himself the command of the
French fleet in the Black Sea.
The measures taken by the French War Depart-
ment, from the moment that hostilities began with
Russia, are stated to be of greater magnitude than
has generally been supposed. The number of men
who have sailed from France and Algeria for the
seat of war in the East amounts to 118,000. How
many of these are now actually in the neighbourhood
of the Danube, at Adrianople, at Varna, Constanti-
nople, and before Sebastopol, cannot with precision
be stated ; but the force engaged or at hand must be
very considerable, and troops are still being sent for-
ward in a steady, unceasing stream.
Some sensation has been created in Paris by the
arrival of the Princess Lieven at Tier old residence in
the Hotel Talleyrand. The Princess arrived on the
29th ult. It is said that she is on her way to Nice,
where she has been recommended to proceed for the
benefit of her health; but it is thought not unlikely
that she will remain in Paris during the winter. The
Princess had obtained permission from the Govern-
ment to pass through France.

GERMANY.
The Kolnische Zeitung, under date Vienna, Dec.
26, states :—" The day before yesterday a separate
convention was definitively concluded between Aus-
tria and France, with reference to the maintenance
of peace in Italy. The exchange of the ratifications
will probably not be delayed long ; on the other
hand, it is doubted that this treaty will be made
public."
London, England, 1855-01-06

habitually resorted to in all the Presidencies,
saving in the parts protected by the Queen's
courts—that it has been so far practised with-
out any attempt at concealment—that in some
cases it has met with the European superiors'
direct approval, and in nearly all has had their
tacit connivance.

What the effect of this exposé may be in
India we know not, but in England it must be
fatal to the character of the India house in the
mind of every man, no matter what his party,
who is not utterly devoid of humanity, of
truth, and of honour. That such infamies
should be openly practised under our sway
is bad enough, but it is still worse to see
the men to whose hands the destinies of our
Eastern subjects are committed get up in the
House and solemnly assert what now turns
out to have been, not only utterly, but noto •
riously untrue.
With this specimen before us of India-house
veracity, it will be the fault of Parliament and
the public if they ever again be imposed
on by India-house blue•hooks or India-house
statements in the House of Commons : and
the consideration will further arise that it is
on such India house statements alone that the
evidence of the alleged prosperity of India
rests—all independent travellers and writers
without exception describing it as a model
of extravagance, oppression, and misgovern
ment the like of which is no where else to be
met with under the Crown of England.
London, England, 1855-01-06

Pon !Puke ant( it 3nitiligtat.

FRIDAY EVENING.
THE Consol Market showed much weakness early in
the week, prices drooping until they touched 901 on
Tuesday evening. Subsequently the quotations
rallied, owing principally to the favourable accounts
received from Paris respecting the new loan ; and
have ince improved by fully 1 per cent. The daily
fluctuations Lave been :—Saturday last 91 to 1; Mon-
day heavy at 901, 91 on dis. ; Tuesday 901, 1,1;
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THE NEW FRENCH LOAN.

The new loan now raising in France comprehends
a total of 500,000,000 f., or 20,000,000 sterling, which
is to be subscribed for either in a Four-and-a Half
or a Three per Cent. Stock, at the price of 92f. per
100 f. for the former, and 65}f. for the latter. Sub-
scriptions will be received of from 10f. and upwards.
In the event of more than the sum required being
applied for, a proportionate reduction will be made
only on all subscriptions exceeding 500 f., in order to
encourage the French nation generally, as on a former
occasion, to render assistance to the Government,
and thereby give it the character of a patriotic
loan. Ten per cent. will be required to be paid into
the Treasury on all subscriptions, and the remainder
in eighteen equal monthly instalments, commencing
the 7th of March,lBss, and ending the ith of August,
1850. Instalments paid up in advance will be received
less four per cent. discount for all subscriptions not
exceeding I,ooof. ; the rate of discount on all sums
above that amount will be arranged at alater period.
The dividends on the Four and-a-Half per Cents.
will date from the 22nd of September, 1854; and on
the Three per Cents. from the 22nd of December,
1854, and will be calculated on the entire capital of
the loan instead of that portion only which will be
paid up. The subscription lists were opened on Wed
nesday last, the 3rd, and will close on the afternoon
of the 14th inst. A provisional receipt for the money
paid will in the first instance be issued, and after the
loan is apportioned a loan certificate will then be
granted to self or bearer.
London, England, 1855-01-06

UNITED STATES.

A large meeting has been held at the Tabernacle,
at New York, presided over by Major Westervelt, for
the purpose of adopting an address to Mr. Smith
O'Brien, congratulating him on his return from Van
Diemen's Land to Europe, and endorsing his politi-
cal principles and honesty. The Honourables
Robert Emmet and Judge O'Conor addressed the
meeting, as did also Messrs. Mitchel, Meagher,
O'Gorman, and many of the "felons" of 1848.
Three most enthusiastic cheers were given for the
Emperor of Russia, whilst the Queen of England
and many of her statesmen were treated with little
respect. About four thousand people were present.
SOUTH AMERICA.

The Imperada steamer arrived at Liverpool on
Thursday, with the South American mails.
Buenos Ayres letters of November 12 state that an
invading force, commanded by Generals Lagos and
Costa, bad been totally routed on the 7th by Buenos
Ayrean troops under General Hornos. About twenty
men were killed on each side. The rebels had a
large number wounded, and lost all their baggage,
correspondence, &c.
From the documents taken it appeared that Ur-
quiza was the instigator of the invasion. They also
implicate a large number of the residents in the city,
and several arrests have been made. Government,
it was said, would take possession of Sante Fe.
Troops had been despatched to reinforce General
Hornos and to garrison San Nicolas and Rosario.
Buenos Ayres was under martial law, but everything
wa.s quiet. Another despatch, of a later date, an-
nounces that the rebels had suffered another defeat,
and had been totally disbanded. General Costa was
reported to have taken refuge on board the Brazilian
steamer Thetis.
London, England, 1855-01-06

JANUARY 6,1855._

that the sth and 6th divisions will arrive at Odessa
also for tho 'same destination."
Later despatches from Odessa state that Russian
troops of the line continued to arrive there. The
weather was bad; two companies of Russian troops
and a transport of forty waggons, conveying wounded
men, had perished by the cold.
_ . .

Telegraphic despatches from Warsaw, of the 30th
ult., inform us that immense reinforcements, drawn
from the 2nd infantry corps in Volhynia, are passing
by Odessa to the Crimea. Three divisions, the 7th,
Nth, and 9th, of the 3rd infantry corps, are said to
have passed on to Perekop, whence they would be
conveyed in post-waggons to the scene of action. It
has been computed that the divisions in question
way furnish Prince Menschikoff with a reinforce-
ment of 32,000 bayonets. About 3,500 cavalry, 14
field batteries, and six battalions of field-train, are
attached to these corps.

By an order of the day, of Deo. 18, the Czar, in
gratitude for the exemplary bravery, the zeal, and
the signal services of all the land and sea troops
forming the garrison of Sebastopol, since the 25th
of Sept., has ordered that each month of their service
in the " cadres" of the said garrison shall be counted
as one year of service, with the rights and privi-
leges thereunto belonging. His Majesty has ex-
tended this favour similarly to all the officials in the
civil service that form part of that garrison.
New measures have been taken by the Russian
Government to augment the revenue. The excise
duties on tobacco have been raised-
A letter from Kischeneff, in Bessarabia, says that
the export of corn is exceptionally authorised by
the Russian Government for such corn as had been
purchased before the issue of the decree of prohi-
bition. The Danubian Steam Navigation Company
is employing all the means of transport in its power
to get up to Raab the stores of grain lying in the
fertile districts that border the Lower Danube—
before the ice or other causes may interfere with
their conveyance.
London, England, 1855-01-06

THE DIGBY-SEYMOUR JOB.

Tut last scandalous job of the Coalition, the
appointment of Mr. DIOBY SEYMOUR to the
Recordership of Newcastle (that name again !),
has been decisively condemned by the electors
of Sunderland. Public opinion, in the place
where Mr. SEYMOUR is now most known, was
too potent for the organisers of that clandes-
tine system of politics under which Mr. STONOR
was made a judge, and Mr. O'FWIERTY ga-
zetted a Commissioner of Income-tax. The
Digby.Seymour job has brought matters to a
crisis, and the flagrancy of such systematic
misuse of patronage, under most suspicious

circumstances, will not, wo hope, be suffered
to pass by without parliamentary inquiry.
All that we know personally of the young
Recorder of Newcastle, and ex-member for
Sunderland, is derived from observation of
him in the House of Commons, in which, by
one of fortune's strange caprices, he was for
a brief period allowed to advertise his won-
derful assurance. With a cleverish manner—
fluent, noisy, and inaccurate—he had some
superficial pretensions to play the low part of
a " too smart" Irishman. For the last few
days more than usual attention has been
concentrated on his career, in consequence of
his " last words and dying speech" in Parlia-
ment. He supported the Foreign Enlistment
13111 in a style that arrested the notice of some
members well acquainted with his rather
peculiar antecedents. Swaggering about his
independence, in dictatorial tone he told the
House of Commons that his constituents
approved oT his vote ! A few hours elapsed,
and the loud declaimer was gazetted as
Recorder of Newcastle. His constituency was
appealed to, and Sunderland contradicted his
audacious statements, and by the decisive
majority of 956 to 646 put an extinguisher on
the license of Mr. DIOBY SEYMOUR to deal in
mythical oratory.
On the fall of Mr. SEYMOUR from parlia-
mentary station comment is needless. Of
many an adventurer it has been said, that "he
" rose like a rocket only to fall like its stick ;"
but though Mr. SEYMOUR'S declension from
senatorial dignity might have been anticipated,
yet few could suppose that a youthful barrister
from Ireland, aged thirty•two years, and of
only eight years standing at the bar, would be
suddenly placed over the heads of far more
competent seniors in his profession. But the
Coalition, it seems, has a peculiar tariff in its
efficient imports. It opens all its ports free
of duty to what are known in parliamentary
icthyology as " loose fish." There are dark in-
fluences at work somewhere, which are weaving
London, England, 1855-01-06

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

It is impossible to acknowledge the mace of letters we receive.
Their insertion is often delayed, owing to a press of matter,
and when omitted, it is frequently from reasons quite inde•
pendent of the merits of the communication.
We cannot undertake to return
not avail ourselves.

of which we do

CeMinuniCatiOnTiLinld always be legibly written, and on one
side of the paper only. If long it increases the difficulty of
finding space for them.
Whatever is intended for insertion must be authenticated by the
name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publica-
tion, but as a guarantee of his good faith.
Advertisements sent from the country must be accompanied by a
remittance or a reference fur payment in town.
London, England, 1855-01-06

THE WAR IN ASIA.

Accounts from Trehisond, of the 19th ult., state
that the Russians have rased the forts of Bayazid,
and are closely watching the frontier of Persia. The
heavy falls of snow which have taken place near Kars
render it very improbable that hostilities cannot be re-
si* until the spring. The Russian garrisons of
Shatnkoi and ♦sap will be, it is said, marched to
the Crimea.

RUSSIAN ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.

The Cologne Gazette says :

Hitherto Russia has brought on the theatre of war only
the third of her army. In fact, Russia has placed in line
the 3rd, 4th, 6th, and 6th infantry corps of the active army,
with the corps of Dragoons of the reserve, and the corps of
the Caucasus. The Ist and 2nd corps pf infantry, the
two corps of cavalry of the reserve, the corps of the Guard
and of the Grenadiers have not appeared hitherto on the
theatre of war ; she keeps them to oppose Austria, and
forms besides an army of reserve of 8t)(),000 men, eom•
mended by General Tcheodayeff. In the spring there
will appear on the line of operations an army subdivided
into six principal parts :—the army of the North, in the
Baltic provinces ; the army of the West, in l'oland ; the
army of the Dneister and Danube—that is to say, the army
of the South of Prince Gortschakoff; the army of the
Crimea of Prince Menschikoff ; the army of reserve of
Tchecdayeff; and the army of the Caucasus of General
Momwvieff.
London, England, 1855-01-06

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NICHOLAS.

The admirals of the Russian Baltic fleet and the
generals having command in the large towns on the
shores of the Gulf of Finland have been summoned
to the Ministry of War at St. Petersburg, where a
number of councils have been held. It has been
decided that the fortifications of the coast towns
must be strengthened, and that intrenched camps,
each large enough to receive au infantry division,
must be formed near them. A system of strongly-
intrenched camps, which is forthwith to be carried
into execution, will extend from Cronstadt to most of
the strategetic points in Poland.

The Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael have re-
turned from Sebastopol, and at the pressing solicita-
tion of the Empress of Russia, whose health continues
to be very feeble, were summoned to °stains,
where the Court is now staying. They arrived there
on the 20th ult., but intended, it is stated, to remain
but a few days, and by the 7th instant at latest
would be on their return to the scene of hostilities in
the Crimea.

The first corps of a division of grenadiers are con-
centrated between the Vistula, the Pilicer, and the
IVartha.

Field-Marshal Prince Paskiewitch left Warsaw on
the 30th ult. for St. Petersburg.
The Emperor has conferred the order of St.
Vladimir of the First Class upon General Annenkoff,
Governor of Odessa. A letter from that place, in a
Vienna journal, says :—" The 9th divisions of in-
fantry, under the command of General Popoff, has
this day (Dec. 191 received orders to proceed by
forced marches to the Crimea. The 7th and Bth
divisions left on the 18th. It is considered probable
London, England, 1855-01-06

A PPM NTM P.NTS AND PROMOTIONS.
APPOINTNIVITS.

Captain—John W. Tarleton to the Eurydice.
Commander—Joseph G. Bickford to the Princess Royal.
Lit titenants—J. M. Jackson t) the Blenheim; If. R. Croft*.
to the Horatio; J. W. Newport to the Cesar; John Ward (a) to
the Perseverance.
Chaplain- John B. Hurbard to the Diamond.
Surgeon—Henry Piers to Ply.nouth
Assistant-Surgeons—Chares B. Wright (acting) to the Hogue;
Charles Harper to the Exmouth.
Naval Instructor—J. W. Lawless to the Indefatigable.
Masters—Philip C. I). Bean to the St. Vincent
he ; John J.
Alexßall
to the Princess Royal; to t Blenheim; -
ander Brown to the Basilisk; John Jarvis to the Plartrious;
John W. Mac L. Hall to the Princess Royal; William Jefiery to
the Euryslus ; George Gilpin to the Perseverance James F.
Beckett to the Coast Guard.
Second Master -George J. Whitehouse to the Cesar.
Mate—Richard Adams to the Perseverauce.
Inspector of Machinery Ailoat—John Ward to the St Vincent.
.
Paymasters—E. J. Bennett to the Perseverance ;J.H. W.
Bowman to the Cruiser.
Clerks—Albert T. M. Roberts to the Exmouth; George J. D.
Andrews to the Wellesley.
Clerk's AroMitant —Daniel W. Hamilton to the Monarch.
Naval Cadets—John E. Brine, E. F. B. Smith, F. A. Sergerieh.
R. P. Lloyd Madden, and Hon. H. H. Molyneaux to the Bri-
tannia; E. Purcell to the Hogue ; Daniel Littlejohn to the Me-
ryalus ; Woodehouse to the Arrogant ;H. R. Kelly to the
Hogue; H. M. Doughty to the Calcutta;
W. E. Miller to Be
Cesar.
PROMOTION.
Commander—Thomall A. B. ',prat, of the El pitied, to lb.
ttl
of Captain.

1
London, England, 1855-01-06

FOREIGN.

The foreign securities are tolerably well sup-
ported, the principal transactions however being in
the new French loan, for which English capitalists
are bidding pretty freely. Turkish Stock has been
almost neglected, and its quotations are lower. This
afternoon, Equador Bonds were don 3 at 31 ; Mexican
Three per Cents. at 21; Peruvian Four• and-a-Half
per Cents. 691; Russian Feur-and-a Ralf per Cents.
weaker at 801 ax. div.; Sardinian Five per Cents.
84; Venezuela One per Cant. Deferred, 91.
London, England, 1855-01-06

THE PRESS.

AUTOGRI.PH LETTER FROM THE QUEEN.
(From the Morning Post.)
Perhaps, since the commencement of the cam-
paign, no document has found its way to the public
so gratifying in its nature as that which we here sub-
join. The earnestexpression of her Majesty's anxiety
for the brave men who have been wounded in the
service of the country will have the best effect in the
army ; it will console the unfortunate who have al-
ready suffered, and animate to increased exertion
their comrades who have hitherto escaped the acci-
dents of war.
The letter was addressed by her Most Gracious
Majesty to Mr. Sidney Herbert, and through him to
Mrs. Herbert, by whom it was transmitted to Miss
Nightingale:—
WINDSOR CASTLE, Dec. 6, 1854.

Would you tell Mrs. Herbert that I begged she
would let me see frequently the accounts she receives
from Miss Nightingale or Mrs. Bracebridge, as I
hear no details of the wounded, tho' I see so many
from officers, &c., about the battle-field, and naturally
the former must interest me more than any one.

Let Mrs. Herbert also know that I wish Miss
Nightingale and the ladies would tell these poor
noble wounded and sick men that NO ONE takes a
warmer interest, or feels more for their sufferings,
or admires their courage and heroism MORE, than
their Queen. Day and night she thinks of her be•
loved troops. So does the Prince.
Beg Mrs. Herbert to communicate these my words
to those ladies, as I know that our sympathy is much
valued by these noble fellows.
(Signed) VICTORIA.
London, England, 1855-01-06

THE PRESS.

gaged they are to enjoy the same privileges, rank, and
immunities as Russian surgeons of the same classes,
and are not to be submitted to examination in
Russia.
It is also asserted in Berlin that the Russian
Government has issued orders to its agents to
engage as many rifle guntnakers as possible in
Germany and Belgium, and to forward them to the
Imperial arms•factories at Tula and elsewhere.
The Brunswick Gazette of the 28th ult. announces
that " some great event may be shortly expected in
Prussia; all the chiefs of the Russian party are
hastening to Berlin, evidently obeying some mot
d'ordre."
On the proposition of Prussia, the exportation
of horses has been prohibited in all the German
States.
A storm from the north-west on Tuesday caused
the inundation of one-half of the city of Hamburg.
The dykes were all broken, and the losses very con-
siderable.
London, England, 1855-01-06

SHARES.

The Railway Share Market has been quiet, but
prices are well sustained. The last quotations were,
North Westerns, 1011; Midlands, On; ; South-
Easterns, 59 ; Crystal Palace, 2i.

BRITISH FI
OFFIC

'NDS.— Closing Prices.
AL QUOTATION.
Mond. Tuesd. Wed. Thurs. Fri Asp
I—_
'Ai 1 lotzd
201 t
Mk 1i el
40-161
210 210
4 7 6
,12 0 13

3 per Cent. Consols
Ditto for Account
3 per Cents Reduced
9 per Cents
Long Annuities
Bank Stock, 7 per Ceut
India Stock, 101 per Cut
Exch. Bills, 21d. per diem
India Bonds, (1,0001.)

91 911
911 it

91}
4 5-19

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91 9019
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4 5.1 4
2081 8 910

4 14 6
London, England, 1855-10-27

TO CORRESPONDENTS.

Fox the reasons which we gave last week, we must' beg
our correspondence to excuse us from publishing their
letters on the war. They are so numerous that it would
be impossible to find room for even a selection from them.
We are grateful to the writers for setting their views before
us, and with► an earnest expression of our thanks we beg
them to be content.

We observe that the Morning Herald has published a
letter addressed to this journal, signed, "R. S. S." The
writer, as an " original subscriber," claimed something
like a right to express his opinion through our columns.
Now, independent of the considerations that we could not
have admitted his letter without admitting a hundred
others which had as good claims to our space, and that
there were assertions in it which would have led to
lengthened controversy, that letter contained expressions
which we should be sorry to countenance in any way what-
ever. " Miscreant robber " is not a phrase which,
even by implication, should be applied to a nation
with which we are at war. The policy of Russia has been
aggressive ; but is that a new fact in the history of nations ?
Are not all the rising nations of the modern world aggres-
sive ? How has France won Algiers, and England won
India? In the case of Russia, the aggression has reached
that point when it must be checked, and the limits of her
territory defined ; but , while engaged in this great work,
what need is there to embitter the war by heaping oppro-
brious epithets upon our adversary. It is through such
unreasoning rage that wars have been protracted when
their original causes ceased to exist.
To some other correspondents who incline to the view
that the present is a contest between Western civilisation
and Northern barbarism, we reply that Russia is not a
barbaric power. She has not our civilisation, nor is her
civilisation advanced, but it is, or it was, advancing. Her
trade, the sure precursor of civilisation, was steadily grow-
ing, and the beautiful city of Odessa is sufficient of itself
to show the social progress she has made.
The letter of " R. S. S. " has, we are glad to see, drawn
forth an admirable reply from " H.," published in the
Morning Herald of yesterday. His remarks are perfectly just.
Tax Pitess desires no peace which shall not be honour.
able, solid, and satisfactory. But, unlike its opponents,
who vaguely state that they, too, desire an honourable and
lasting peace, but avoid saying on what terms they would
have it based, Tax Faxes declares the general principles
which it conceives Russia may now be expected to con-
cede, and which would fulfil all
.the conditions the allies
could reasonably require.
London, England, 1855-10-27

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HUMBS.
GODDARD—On the 19th instant, at Swindon, the wife of A. L.
Goddard, Esq., M.P., of a son.
KINNAIRD —On the 20th instant, in Hyde park-gardens, the
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•••••••
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general Atr George Buller, K.C.8., to Henrietta, daughter, el
14e late General Sir John Macdonald, G.C.B.
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near Falmouth, Marshall Valentine Bull, Esq., late of the
loth Foot., to Lucy, daughter of the late Colonel Brombeed,
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Surrey, to lio4aniond, daughter of the late Bear-Admiral John
Hayes, C. 8., of soutbsea, Hants.
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Henryanolland terbury,
Bart., to M the Res.
eg Francis
illa Janie, Holland, sone
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report on the project of a loan for the canalisation of
the Ebro is favorable to this scheme.
The great question of the Western alliance was,
on the 19th, postponed in the Cortes until more
members had arrived in Madrid. M. Olozaga had
reached that city.
A disturbance had broken out in Valencia on the
16th on account of the high prices of food, but was
suppressed by the authorities.
The Carlist bands in Catalonia were committing
such excesses from hunger and pursuit from the
Queen's troops, as exasperated;the peasants, who were
aiding the Government troops on all sides to hunt
down and capture the insurgents.
London, England, 1855-10-27

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and frigates (having only two feet of water under their
keels), were soon obliged to surrender. The casualties in
the fleet were very few, but the enemy had forty-five killed
and 130 wounded. A steam squadron, under the orders of
Rear-Admirals Stewart and Pellion, lie at anchor in the
Dnieper, and command the entrance to Nicolaieff and
Itherson.
The forts are occupied by the allied troops. The pri-
soners will be sent to Constantinople immediately.

On Tuesday a second telegraphic despatch was
received from the gallant admiral, announcing the
blowing up of the fortifications of Otehakov :

October 18.

This morning the enemy blew up his fortifications on
Otchakor Point, mounting twenty-three guns, which were
assailable by our mortar-vessels.

On the same day Lord Panmure received a de-
spatch from General Simpson inclosing a comph•
mentary letter of the Sultan to that general

Sebastopol, Oct. 9, 1&5.
I have the honour to transmit to your lordship the com-
plimentary letters which I have received from his Imperial
Majesty the Sultan, on the occasion of the termination of
the siege of Sebastopol.
JAMES SIMPSON, General Commanding.
(Inclosare.)
General,—A brilliant victory, obtained by an heroic
courage, has crowned the arms of the allies. As I have
congratulated our gallant allies the French and Sardinians,
so do I and my country congratulate you and the brave
army which the Queen, my august and close ally, has
placed under your command.
The capture of a town of which the siege will always be
memorable in military annals, is the most glorious re-
compense of the heroic efforts which the children of these
united countries have achieved since the commencement

of the campaign. The Almighty, in blessing their arms,
has made them the pride and glory of their country.
Monsieur le General, be the interpreter of these my
sentiments to your brave army.
The President of the Council General of War, the
ti:;!neral of Division Rifeat Pacha, whom I charge with
delivering this letter, will express viva voce to you and to
your brave companions in arms my most sincere congra-
tulations.

I pray God to have you always in His holy keeping.
(Sigred) ABDUL MBJIHD.
Done at the Palace of Tcheregan, the Ilth of the moon
of Moharem, 1172 (Sept. 23, MO).
To General Simpson, Commander-in-Chiefof
the British Troops in the Crimea.
An additional congratulatory letter from the Tnrhisil
Minister for Foreign Affairs informed General
Simpson that the Sultan had been pleased to confer
upon him the Imperial Order of the Medjidie of the
First Class.
London, England, 1855-10-27

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