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DENMARK.

The existence of a Danish circular despatch, repu
dieting Denmark's solidarity with Sweden's treaty,
and promising to maintain strict neutrality in future,
is denied by the official journal at Copenhagen.

SPAIN.

A futile attempt on the 7th inst. to excite an in-
surrection, made by a detachment of the National
Guard on duty at the Palace of the Cortes, was
speedily suppressed by the Due de Victoria in person.
An investigation into the matter is now proceeding.
Marshal O'Donnell is sufficiently recovered to attend
to his duties,
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WHIG " ANA " AND TABLE-TALK.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL, dining yesterday at the Marquis of Lansdowne's,
complained that Macaulay had been too severe on the Russell who
commanded the Channel fleet in the reign of William 111. "So much
the better," said his entertainer, "we have at length a foil for the
Russell who was ready to command it in the reign of William IV.
Sam Rogers has not left any legacy to Lord John. " Palmerston,"
says Johnny, " will be amply avenged if Moxon engages him to edit
the poet's memoirs."
The Duke of Bedford has suggested that a medal be struck to
commemorate the defence of Kars, and that its reverse should bear the
motto, Cupido triumphans.
Sir Benjamin Hall has cast the responsibility of his projected
bridge on the Ranger of St. James's-park. The Ranger replies, " It is
perfectly just ;" and Sir Benjamin has no occasion henceforth to be
solicitous for the c9nstructiou of a single pier
Bernal Osborne says Ben Hall and Ben Lomond are both magni-
fied clods. The one is a mountain in Scotland, and the other a goin'
down in the metropolis.
Some incredulous Whigs have begun to doubt the existence of
a Duke of Bedford, and it is said that he will be taken out of his
shrine, aired, dusted, relacquered, and exhibited to the faithful previous
to the meeting of Parliament. A railing will be erected across the
drawing-room at Brookes's, to keep the worshippers at a respectful
distance.
The waiters at Brookes's have taken measures to protect the
furniture of the Club in case of any outbreak on the part of the non-
official Whigs.
Lord John is prepared to take the responsibility of this or any
other event on the political cards. It is said that he intends to change
his name to " Temple," and to get re-elected fur Loudon, iu disguise,
f Stroud should reject him. X.
London, England, 1856-01-19

NIGHT SURPRISE BY FRENCH TROOPS.

The Invalide Passe of Wednesday publishes a
telegraphic despatch from Prince Gortschakoff. The
Prince states that a patty of French, wearing white
cloaks, had advanced by night and surprised Baidar.
They bayoneted the outposts, but retreated when the
Russian reserves came up. The Russian loss was
three killed and three wounded.
London, England, 1856-01-19

WHAT CAN IT BE ?

Lord Palmerston rose to respond fur the bridesmaids, lie said, "On the part of the brides.
maids, whose champion I am, I beg to return you their thanks ; I am deprived of oue qualification
which I think all ought to possess who are called upon to perform my duty."—Vide Morning Post,
16th," Marriage of Sir Robert Peel."
The " Comic Old Gentleman" 's fain to confess
That one qualification he doesn't possess
Which belongs to the champion of beauty ;
What this sine qud non is he will not avow,
The absence of which, he is forced to allow,
Interferes with his delicate duty.
Is it youth ? Oh ! dear no—our Premier's not old—
For the years in a very short time may be told
Which from childhood—the second—divide him ;
While all that which, by right, should distinguish old age,
As the well-govern'd tongue, the clear brain of the sage,
He has not ; or the world has belied him.
What, then, can this thing be, for whose single lack
Pam would bring the old ages of chivalry back,
Outsoaring the whole knightly tot of 'em?
In our private opinion there's rather a doubt
If it's only one virtue his Lordship's without—
We fancy he wants the whole lot of 'em !
London, England, 1856-01-19

THE NEGOTIATIONS.

THE acceptance by Russia of the Allied
Propositions has greatly simplified the
political situation. It is the strongest
evidence of her sincerity she could give,
and of her desire to bring the negotiation
to a prompt and satisfactory close. Had her
object been merely to engage in a profitless
discussion—to play with ideas of Peace, and
to gain a character for moderation without
committing herself to terms—other ways were
open to her than the frank course she has
chosen. The departure of Count EBTERHAZT
from St. Petersburg would not necessarily
have -,broken off the negotiation, though it
,might have caused dificulty and delay. The
proposals sent by Count STACKELBERO would
most probably still have been taken into con
sideration by the Allied Governments.
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EAST INDIES.

The despatches from Calcutta of the 9th Decem-
ber announce the probable termination of the San-
thal rebellion. Martial law had been proclaimed ;
General Lloyd, commanding the attacking force,
had defeated the rebels in several partial engage-
ments, and was believed to be carrying out such a
plan of operations as must i❑ a short time complete
the suppression of the revolt. The amount of
punishment to be awarded to the rebels was a
question exciting no little discussion in the Council.
The most popular plan was one recommending the
employment of the prisoners upon roads to be cut
through their country.

Several measures of importance had been brought
before the Council; one prohibiting the exportation
of saltpetre except to London or Liverpool had
passed, and a second, under discussion, promised to
ameliorate the condition of Hindoo widows by per-
mitting them to marry.

The fall of Herat was not verified, though gene-
rally credited in Bombay. Dost Mahomed and the
Candahar chiefs were about to coalesce and make a
demonstration in force against Persia.
Matters were quiet in Oude, but the feeling was
prevalent that the period of annexation, or something
less was not far distant.

Lord Dalhousie returned to Calcutta on the 29th
Nov. MRjor Phayre, with the Ava mission, had also
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A convention between Japan and this country,
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'Vienna from Berlin, is said to have drawn up an
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tween Austria and Prussia on the Eastern question,
securing German interests, and widening the basis
for the peaceable treatment of the question. The
memorial has been delivered to Count Buol.

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THE EMPEROR NAPOLEON at the review and distri-
bution of medals by the Duke of Cambridge, on
Tuesday last, yielded the place of honour to the
Duke. His Royal Highness, after a momentary
pause, acknowledged the distinction, and rode
slightly in advance. In passing the intervals of
each regiment, the Duke reined a neck back behind
the EMperor, advancing again as he reached the
head of a fresh line.

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Guard, last week, through the Minister of War,
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bim strongly>. for having attended the re Deum, held
at the hotel of the Russian Legation, at Berlin, in
celebration of the taking of Kars. The act was
declared to be highly "inconvenient," and incompa-
tible with tha general's military position.
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THE PRESS.

THE COUNCIL OF WAR IN PARIS has continued to
assemble daily, but the strictest secrecy is maintained
respecting the deliberations. The Debate says, that
the unity of the command of the allied armies is
under discussion, while the ladependanee Belge
believes that the feeling of the council is against
anything but a naval demonstration in the Baltic
next year. In Paris it is believed that the principal
discussions have turned upon the question of a cam-
paign in the Southern Provinces of Russia. The
ascent of thelrivers is said to have been opposed by
the Admirals.
PRINCE LUCIEN BONAPARTE has been unanimously
elected Member of the Institute of Sweden.
RUSSIAN TRADE THROUGH PRUSSIA is known to be
carried on to a considerable extent, but a compara-
tive statement lately published of the shipping trade
returns, June, 1852, of the single port of Memel, ex-
emplifies the fact very distinctly. In 1852, t` num-
ber of ships arrived at Memel was 740, with 92,083
lasts ; in 1853, 984, with 129,591 lasts ; in 1854,
1,766, with 208,984 lasts ; in 1855, 1691, with 214,180
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would possibly show returns much in the same ratio.
London, England, 1856-01-19

JANUARY 19, 1856•

debating experience. In this state of things
Loyd lWitnv tendered office to Mr. WALPOLE
as a leading member of the English Bar. His
Lordship followed the precedent of Mr. Pm
and the Duke of PORTLAND, when at different
periods
they strengthened Ministries with
lentil pN;nr.iapnients in the persons of Lord-
Advocate Dc a-DAG (Marl lits;Lvrcmv, aid Mr..
Pt-Am:vit.. The wishes of Lord DERBY were
complied with by Mr. WALPOLE. He abandoned
his profession, and no man had more certainty
of reaching the Bench. The Right Hon. Gen-
tleman gave up a lucrative practice for the sake
of his political connection.
We think that fact ought to be remembered
to the advantage of Mr. WALroLn. We know
that in some quarters it is considered a most
conclusive claim to the support of Conservative
electors. But besides, Mr. WALPOLE has many
personal qualifications for the representation
of the University. His mind is peculiarly
English in its tone, and his tastes are acade-
mical. His intellect also is specially suited
for dealing with that important class of ques-
tions which are most thought about in a Uni-
versity. He is pliant, but not at the expense
of principle, and has nought of the weather-
vane in his character; neither, on the other
band, is he crotchetty,perverse, or fantastiCally
disputative. We have seen great parts spoiled
by hair-splitting habits. Mr. WALPOLE would
solve political questions by reference to con-
stitutional principle, and not by cobweb
casuistry. He is a reasoner, not a rhetorician ;
and he has one of those intellects which
strengthen and expand after experience with
great affairs.
On the score of personal character, Mr.
WALPOLE is irreproachable. He is amiable,
courteous, and well-bred—points of consider-
able importance when weighing the claims of
a candidate for a University. His connections
are influential, and it is proper that the
Member for a great University should stand
well with general society. He is also a tried
man, a thing of no small importance in the
present state of public opinion. A thorough
friend to civil and religious liberty, Mr. W AL-
POLE is a steady upholder of Protestant prin-
ciples. His position in reference to the
religious question is clearly marked by his
being intrusted with the case of the Irish
Clergy and the Board of Education—a ques-
tion which is to be brought before the House
of Commons in the ensuing session.
We think, also, that Mr. WALpoLE's union of
moral firmness and personal moderation is ad-
mirably suited at the present time for the
University of Cambridge. He is not the can-
didate of a clique, nor the representative of a
coterie. There is a wide union of interests

in the Right Honourable Gentleman's support,
which we think should secure his election. In
urging these points, we do so with sincere
respect for the sentiments of the University
body at large. Mr. WALPOI.E has risen high, and
must rise still higher. With his experience,
eloquence, personal standing, and political
connection, what more could the University of
Cambridge desire?
London, England, 1856-01-19

COVENT GARDEN.

MR. ANDERSON'S Rob Roy is really a very capital bit
of melodramatic acting. He looks the brawny out-
law to perfection, and swaggers about among the
t‘ lesser " characters of the opera, the champion, in a
muscular sense, of distressed virtue, towering a good
head and shoulders at least above the tallest actor
on the stage. This personal pre eminence satisfies
completely the anticipations of the spectator, and, in
a play where furious combatants have to be separated
by Rob Roy's unaided aim—where he has to bur,t
free from the iron embrace of at least a half dozen
grenadiers, and so forth—it is quite as well that
there should be no very obvious incommensurability
between the tour de force to Le performed, and the
personnel of the actor who performs them. Mr.
Anderson, everybody feels quite assured, conk!
" floor" any number of his puny antagonists at any
moment of his melodramatic career, were he disposed
to be tractions.

The great fault of the performance is the excessive
violence of the actor in the declamatory passages,
which, though it call forth, as a matter of course,
the most gratifying thunders of applause from pit
and gallery, yet cannot fail to "make the judicious
grieve," and mars the good impression lett by the
quieter scenes, where, in spite of an unnecessary
slowness and monotonousness of delivery, Mr. Ande-
son displays a thorough intelligence of the part. In
the scene with Bailie Nicol Jarvie, in the Tolbooth,
he earns especially well•merited approbation. The
"animal emotion" of Rob Roy, when surrounded and
hemmed in, is very well expressed ; and the
"grandiose" way in which Mr. Anderson stalks
round the closely-drawn circle of his enemies in con-
temptuous silence, with " crest erect," heaving chest,
and tightly-folded arms, though really only an ex-
pansion of a very common melodramatic "dodge,"
yet produces an excellent effect, from its pecul►ar
appropriateness to the romantic character and des-
perate situation of the hero.
The mice-en-scene of the opera is very effective.
The crowds—instead of the usual half-dozen indi-
vidual human " nouns of multitude, signifying
many"—are honest mobs, masses which till
the stage from front to back. The concerted
music is well executed under the direction of Mr.
Loder; and the two singing parts of Die Vernon
and Frank Osbaldurton are tolerably filled by Miss
H. Gordon and Mr. Perrin. The plaintive wail for
Rob Boy's capture—a wild " Ohone a rie "--is given
with a really "thrilling" effect. The other per-
sonages of the piece are generally well represented.
A Mr. Gourley making good fun out of the irascible
and humorous Bailie, in spite of some unnecessary
self-tortures undergone iu extra-Scotticising the
language of the part. Mr. Pearson makes a good
shock-headed savage of Dougal; Mr. Sam Cowell
ornaments the part of Major Galbraith with au
amount of buffoonery quite unnecessary to his suc-
cess; and Mrs. J. W. Wallack, as Helen Macgregor,i,
so everybody seems to agree, "dignified and un-
pressive," without being at all " stilted."

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London, England, 1856-01-19

ottign anti (colonial Intelligence.
FRANCE.

The race between the Paris journalists for the
daily dozen of their telegraphic despatches upon the
absorbing question of peace or war has this week
been exciting. Statements, counter-statements, con-
tradictions, affirmations, false reports and fabricated
facts, authenticated rumours, and positive lies have
followed one other with such speed that the public,
bewildered and nauseated, have not known what to
regard as probabilities or truths. One day, Russia
bad refused to give up an inch of territory ; negotia-
tions were "detinitivAy closed ;" Count Esterhazy
was ordered to quit St. Petersburg at once, and
Pnnce Gortschakoff was packing up his diplomatic

portmanteau at Vienna. The next, that Russia,
agreeing to all the other terms proposed, consented,
if not to the actual cession of the territory required,
at least to a new demarcation of her frontiers, to be
fixed by a European congress; then, that she would
cede not only the delta of the Danube, but Ismail
and other fortresses; and finally, that the real reply
of the Russian Government had never even reached
Vienna, that Count Esterhazy yet remained at St.
Petersburg, and Prince Gortschakoff continued to
have daily interviews with Count Buol at Vienna.
The return of Baron Seebach to Paris also offered a
wide field for speculation. The Patrie, on " special
information from Germany," denied that he had ever
undertaken any diplomatic mission at all; while the
*Constitutionnel affirmed that his arrival in St. Peters-
burg created a marked change in the tone of Russia,
and that he was now so far in possession of the sen•
timents of M. de Nesselrode as to be able, on his
return to Paris, to mark the extent of concession
Russia was disposed to make. Of Baron Seebach's
reception at St. Petersburg, the Constitutionuel gave
an elaborate account, declaring that. he was sup-
ported in his moderate and conciliatory policy by M.
de Fenton, late Russian Minister at Hanover, who,
on his side, brought from Warsaw the earnest advice
of Prince Paskiewitch, conjuring the Russian Cabinet
"to accept readily any proposal of peace that might
be made."

In the midst of all these speculations and rumours
the official announcement, that Russia had uncon-
ditionally accepted the Austrian proposals as a basis
for negotiation, has for the moment silenced rumour,
and left Europe in breathless expectation. •
The despatch announcing this fact was received
at Paris on Thursday morning, and immediately
posted up at the Bourse by order of the Minister of
the Interior :

Vienna, Jan. 16, 11.15 p.m.
The Minister of France to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs.

Count Esterhazy writes to-day from St. Petersburg that
M. do Nesselrode has just notified to him the uncoil•
'Jitional acceptance (l'aceepialion pure et simple) of the
propositions contained in the ultimatum, which proposi-
tions are to serve as preliminaries of peace.
A remarkable article in the Moniteur, by M. de 1a
Guerroniere, administering a reprimand to the Legis-
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THE WAR.

Beyond the state of the army and the destruction
of the docks there is little to chronicle in the news.
from the Crimean camps. The health of the army
is very satisfactory, although the Land Transport
Corps still continues sickly. The disparity of health
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port attrtu-40e it to
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of the Crimea, but of Asia Minor and other places,
and to a certain want of organisation (good disci
One') in the corps.
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the basin, were blown up with great effect. Onr
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completely successful. The charges were fired by
voltaic batteries, and it was anticipated that another
fortnight would suffice to complete the entire demo-
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au army employed on foreign service.
The Turkish army in Asia was being strongly re-
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troops were conveyed from that place to Trebizond
in the last week of December. The Mingrelian cam-
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at Redout Kaleh, while General Monravieff was en-
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itu,sian outposts were within sight of Erzerouna is
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THE PRESS.

To render the navy more effective, the President
recommends "a gradual and systematic increase,"
as the force is "still inadequate to the contingent
exigencies of the protection of the extensive seacoast
and commercial interests of the United States."
The Kansas question is curtly disposed of in a brief
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The Pacific, with dates to the sth, arrived on
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severely criticised in the Senate. No Speaker wax
yet elected, Mr. Banks, though at the head of the
poll, still wanting six votes to complete the required
majority.
Advices from Havana to the 28th Dec. state that
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American ship containing Nicaraguan emigrants had
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war, and carried into the Havana.
From Mexico, intelligence of the 18th December
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POSTSCRIPT.

A despatch from Paris, March 20,

The milk fever is on the decline ; the health of her
Majesty is excellent.
The state of his Highness the Prince Imperial is en-
tirely satisfactory.
The progress of Prince Jerome continues to be fa-
vorable.

Intelligence from St. Petersburg announces that
the journey of the Emperor into Poland is postponed
until after his coronation.

There were prominent indications at the Court of
St. Petersburg of a bad feeling arising against
Austria.

Intelligence from Madrid states
A slight disturbance has taken place at Lorca, but the
movement was not of any importance. Differences of
opinion continue to exist among the democratic party.
The statutes of the credit Mobilier Company will soon be
officially approved of.

A despatch from Constantinople of the 18th ac-
knowledges the reception of the intelligence of the
birth of a son to the Emperor of the French. The
guns of the French and allied batteries, military as
well as naval, fired a royal salute it honour of the
event.

A letter from VienLe in the Military Gazette
sacs :

The reduction of the army has commenced, and is to
receive as much extension as circumstances will permit.

The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, of the 17tb,
states that the enlistments for the Anglo Italian
legion have been suspended in consequence of orders
from London. The second regiment stationed at
Suss is shortly to proceed to Genoa, thence to be
shipped to Malta.

The Grand Duke of IVeirnar is seriously ill with
rheumatic fever.

Cabinet Councils were held on Saturday and on
Wednesday last. All the Ministers, with the ex-
ception of Lrird Clarendon, were present. The
Councils sat one hour and a quarter, and two hours
and a quarter, respectively.

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Viscount Palmerston, the Lord President of the
Council, the First Lord of the Admiralty, the Secre-
tary of Suite for the Home Department, Field
Marshal Viscount Hardinge, and Lord Panmure,
held a lengthened sitting on Saturday last at the
War-office.

The New Police Bill gave rise to an animated dis-
cussion at the vestry election of churchwardens for
the parish of St. George's, Hanover-square. Mr.
W.3sterton moved for a deputation to wait upon Sir
George Grey upon the subject of his proposed bill.
Colonel Fitzroy opposed the motion, which, after
considerable discussion, was ultimately rejected.
London, England, 1856-03-22

AUSTRIA.

The thorns of the Concordat are beginning to bud
and flourish, and threaten to produce endless com-
plications between the Austrian Government and the
Pope at Rome. A total reform of the University of
Vienna is talked of, with the view of revising the
statutes of 1849, so as to bring its teaching in
conformity with the instructions of the Roman Ca-
tholic Church. _

The Pope's Nuncio has summoned a Synod, under
his presidency, to meet at Vienna on the 6th of next
month, without referring to the one summoned by
the Austrian Government, and naming the Prince
Archbishop of Vienna as president.
The Lombardo-Venetian and Central Italian rail-
ways have been handed over by the Government to a
company, at the bead of which is an Anglo-French
society, headed by the Rothschilds.
London, England, 1856-03-22

TILE PRES.

timprey and Windham, "Do you wish orders to be
given for the tire to cease at once from our batteries? '
to which question General Martimprey promptly
replied, "Just as you please about that; it does us
very little harm."
In the conclusion of the armistice, the boundary
lines were the most difficult points to be settled, as
it was necessary for the sake of observation, as well
as protection, for the allies to stretch their outposts
far away to the eastward, to the position they had in
November, in order to watch the movements of the
Russians, who might during the armistice collect a
powerful force in that direction, ready to fall at a
moment upon the French flank.

The destruction of the Karabelnaia buildings still
proceeds ; the walls alone remain. The warehouses,
wharfs, and admiralty buildings are next to be de-
stroyed.

THE SEA OF AZOFF.
A letter from Kertch, under the date of the 2nd,
in the Moniteur de la Flotte, states that when the
news of the armistice had been made known along
the shores of the Sea of Azoff, it produced a pro-
found sensation. At7Marioupol, Berdiansk, and
Gheisk, business, for a long time dead, had been
suddenly resuscitated as if by enchantment ; and at
Taganrog the news of the armistice had been hailed
with enthusiasm. The armistice was received there
with shouts of " Long live the Emperor Alexander ! "
and at night the houses were illuminated. The
imperial foundry, established on the left bank of the
Don, has been closed, and this would seem to con
firm the news of the intention manifested by the
Court of Russia to abandon all its maritime estab•
lishments on the Black Sea.