The Sun.
London, England, 1855-01-06 00:00:00

FRENCH REINFORCEMENTS.

Advice's frora Toulon, of the 11 inst., announce the
departure, with troops for the East, of the steam avisos
Salamandre and Fulton. The steam corvette Lavoisier,
the steam avisos Tenare and Eclaireur, and the steam
frigates Albatross and Magellan, had arrived at Toulon.
There were then in port a sufficient number of steamers
to convey to the Orimea the remainder of the different
carps belonging to the 7th and Bth divisions of the
army of the East. Several English superior officers
arrived at Toulon on the Ist instant, in the steam-
packet Ganges, coming from the Orimea.
The reinforcements embarked at Marseilles for the
East, from the 12th November to the 31st December,
were 11,290 men of infantry, and 1,966 of cavalry, with
963 horses or mules.

REJECTION OF THE FOUR GUARANTEES
BY THE EMPEROR OF RUSSIA.

The following is from a Paris letter, dated yesterday,
6 p.m.:—

" It is stated, on the authority of a person in a position
to be very well informed, that Prince Gortschak off has
communicated the decided refusal of the Emperor of
Russia to accept the interpretation of the Four Guaran•
tees as agreed on by the Allied Powers. I have reason to
believe that the intelligence was received yesterday by the
French Government. The Emperor has not then awaited
the term allowed for his decision, and the refusal has no
doubt been communicated by tele,raph. Indeed the
manifesto of the Czar, which you have very probably
received by this, would show a predetermination to
reject the conditions proposed to him, and may be con-
sidered as the justification of his motives for such
rejection.

" I have seen a private latter from St.Petorsbnrg, dated
the 28th, which,like those that I have on previous occasions
noticed, breathes nothing but war. It states that Prince
Paskiewitsch, who has been summoned by the Emperor,
Was expected in the capital on the 3d inst. It was
known that his principal business was to give a detailed
account of the measures that have been taken for the
defence of the western and south-western frontier of the
empire. As General-in-Chief of the active army he was
also to be consulted with reference to the condition of
the whole of the army, and the general distribution of
the forces of the empire for its protection. The letter
adds that the army forms an immense so 7TIOII from the
Baltic to Odessa, while a second line, as an army of
reserve, and whose centre is at Moscow, is placed
under the orders of General Tcheodaieff.
:I cannot emit sayicg that I have seen another letter
fro m a person residing in one of the principal cities of
Germany, and who is described as being worthy of
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en' Certain any doubt as to the nature of that decision, or
wt (0 expect any concession from him.
It is certain that Omer Pasha has received orders
toi proceed at once to the Crimea, and that he has
et is Rented to obey. He earnestly desired to pay a visit
to Constantinople, possibly to expose the misconduct
of I tedschid Pasha and of others who so long thwarted
t, but that idea has been abandoned. The arrival of
a 1: urge Turkish force—the flower of the army of the
Da! tube—under a max who has so distinguished himself,
can , 'tardly fail to produce an excellent effect.

PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 5.
Her Majesty, Prince Albert, the Royal Children, and
the Court, arrived at Clarence Yard, by train, at seven
minutes past eleven this morning, en route to Osborne
House. liter Majesty was received by a guard of honour
from the Royal Marines, with the band of the corps, and
by the usual officials, including the Commander-in-Chief,
Vice-Admiral Sir T. J. Cochrane, K.C.8., Major-Gen.
Sir F. Smith, K. H., Acting Lieutenant-Governor ; Ad-
miral fSuperintendent Martin ; Capt. Smith, Superin-
tendent of Clarence Yard ; Captains the Hon. Joseph
Henman and Crispin, of the Victoria and Albert ;
Messrs. Davies and Pinhorn, of Clarence Yard, and the
staff and flag officers of the port and garrison. The cus-
tomary royal salutes were fired by the Victory, St. Vin-
cent, and Illustrious, in harbour ; by the garrison from
the saluting platform, and subsequently by the Duke of
Wellington, 131, lying at Spithead.
Her Majesty immediately embarked on board the
Fairy, tender to the Royal yacht, which was lying
alongside the Clarence-yard Jetty, and went out of har-
bour, passing close to the Duke of Wellington, whose
crew manned yards, and cheered her Majesty most
heartily. The Duke was dressed in colours, whilst the
ships in harbour had mast-head ensigns flying.
After a pleasant run through Spithead, the morning
being beautifully fine, her Majesty arrived at Osborne
House at a quarter to 1 o'clock. The stay of the Court
at Osborne is only expected to be for a few days.
The crew of the royal yacht, Victoria and Albert,
embark on board the Lucifer steamer to-day, and pro-
ceed to-morrow to Pembroke, to bring round the new
royal yacht, Windsor Castle, to this port to have her
machinery, &C., put in.

Count Colloreds, the Austrian Minister, had an in-
terview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday at the
Foreign-office.
The Lord Chancellor will receive the Judges, Queen's
Counsel, &c., on Thursday next, the first day of Hilary
Term, at his lordship's residence in Upper Brook•streeb,
at 12 o'clock.

A deputation from the Manchester Commercial Asso-
ciation had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon
yesterday at the Foreign•ofce on the subject of the
Customs duties at Shanghae. The deputation consisted
of Messrs. Leopold Reiss, Robert Smith, R. J. Far-
bridge, and Hugh Fleming (secretary) ; ani from the
Chamber of Commerce Messrs. Finlay, Worthington,
and Ashton ; and from Shanghae Messrs. Kay and
Grey.

The Duchess of Sutherland, accompanied by the Duke
and Duchess of Argyll, have honoured the Turkish Ex-
hibition with a ♦isit, and seemed much pleased. The
museum has also been visited and approved of by the
Marchioness of Downshire and the Duke of Wellington.
The Princess of Prussia is suffering at Colentz from
a slight attack of erysipelas, but it is hoped that she will
completely recover in a few days.
The Duke and Duchess of Wellington, who have been
receiving a few select friends and relatives at Strathfield-
nye during the past fornight, are expected to return to
town at the close of the ensuing week.

The Earl and Countess of Harewood are entertaining
a numerous family circle at Harewood House, York.
shire, including Lord William Thynne, Lord Lascelles
and youthful family from Goldsborough Hall ; Mr. Chas.
and Lady Louisa Mills, the Hon. Geo. E. and Lady
Louisa Lascelles, &c.
Viscount and Viscountess Newport are entertaining
company at his lordship's hunting-lodge at Melton Mow-
bray. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield and Lady
Evelyn Stanhope have joined the circle.
Lord Montagu Graham, M.P., has gone on visits to
the Earl of Powis, at Powis Castle, and Lady Emily
Foley, at Stoke Edith Park, Herefordshire.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge
and the Princess Mary Adelaide, attended by Lady
Suffield, have returned to their cottage from a visit to
their illustrious relatives at Windsor Castle.
The Earl and Countess Cowper are receiving com-
pany at Panshanger, Herts. The Marquis of Aber-
corn, who tenants Brockett Hall, was among the
visitants early in the week.
Viscount Falkland has left the Clarendon Hotel for
Scutterskelfe, Yarm, Yorkshire.
TIC BELLOT TESTIMONIAL—We are requested to state
that the execution of the tablet to the memory of the
late Lieutenant Bellot has been much retarded by the
illness and death of the person engaged to cast it, hut
that it will now shortly be finished, and placed in the
Naval Museum of the Louvre, and that a suns set apart
for his brother has been placed in the funds by the trea-
surer.—Galignani.
APOTHECARIES' HALL—Names of gonoemen
nnswed thwir ....mt....4i.. In the Science and Practice of
Medicine, and received certificates of practice, on Thurs-
day, Jan. 4, 1885:—John Albert Morris. Caerleon,
Monmouthshire ; Robert George Hardwick, Leeds ; and
Edward Long Jacob.
PROPOSED EXTENSION OF THE TELEGRAPH TO VARNA.
—A letter from Vienna states that the telegraphic com-
munication from the Austrian frontier to Bucharest is
to be extended to Varna, and that the 'works for this
purpose will commence in the spring. When this shall
have been effected, news can be received in London from
the Crimea in 36 hours.
PORTA.BLI4 STEAM-ENGINE FOR AGRICULTURAL PUR-
POSES. —The Mater Courant describes an engine which
has been recently manufactured at the works of Messrs.
Williams and Mole, of that city. It is of eight horse-
power, very neatly constructed, and fitted on a carriage
to be drawn by a horse. It has been made expressly
(says the Courant) for our gallant neighbour, General
Viscount Combermere, who takes a warm interest in the
improvement of agriculture, and who intends it to be
used in the cutting of timber, and other farming pur-
poses.

MEDICAL MEN FOR THE ARMY.—The Royal College
of Surgeons of Edinburgh have issued a notice to mai-
awl students, intimating that those whose course of
study would be completed at the end of the present ses-
sion, and who intend to apply for admission to the
army medical service, may be admitted to examination
for the diploma on or after the 16th January, provided
they produce a certificate.
DEATH UPON THE STAGE.—A circumstance of a mos •
painful nature took place at the Lyceum Theatre, Sun-
derland, on Saturday evening last, during the perform-
ance of a Christmas pantomime called " Paddy Cerny,
and Molshee Bawn." The clown and pantaloon had
been amusing the audience by their antics, and were
playing some strange freaks in the kitchen scene, to the
great amusement of the spectators, when, placing them-
selves back to back, they commenced whirling round
together in that position ; suddenly the clown (Mr. W.
H. Grimani) was seized by an attack of illness and fell ;
he was immediately removed from the stage and con-
veyed to his lodgings, where he shortly afterwards ex-
pired. The deceased, who was 55 years of age, was
much respected by the company.
THa RATE OF EXCHANGE.—The letters from Paris yes-
terday mention no alteration in the rate of exchange,
althorgh the tendency was rather less unfavourable,
owing to the gold arriving and on its way from this
country. At Hamburg there has been an improvement,
and the charge for discount in that city has receded to
21. 'There are no later advices of interest from St.
Petersburg or Odessa, except that from the latter place
it is stated that the roads are wretchedly bad, in conse-
quence of two months' rain.
THr PATRIOTIC FUND.—This week the sum of 400/.
has been paid into the Bank of England, to the accounts
of the Royal Patriotic Fund, being the first-portion of
contributions collected in the parish of St. George-in-
the-East. The Royal Thames Yacht Club have unani-
mously voted 501. to the Patriotic Fund. It is to be hoped
that their excellent example will be followed by the nu-
merous other yacht clubs in the kingdom. The South
Shields shipwrights have contributed 301. ; the Tyno
Steam-boatmen's Society, 251. ; and the North Shields
tailor, 101. 10s. to the Royal Patriotic Fund.
DISAPPEARANCE AND DEFAULT OF MAJOR, KNITCH-
BULL.—The public of Worcester were astonished last
week )3, the arrival at the offices of the county and city
sheriff of an extent from the Crown against the property
and parson of Major Knatchhull, the officer and pay-
master of the pensioners in this district. It soon became
knowr that the major himself was not to be found, he
havinf left his residence on Wednesday week, and not
since )eturned. To what amount his defalcations have
reachel cannot be ascertained at present, but it is alleged
that fir years past he has been receiving the annuities
supposed to be due to several pensioners who have long
been (ead, but whose names are retained on the books.
Sorneof the living pensioners, moreover, it is said, have
not ben paid. The county sheriff issued his summonses
for the jury to inquire into the amount of the major's
propety, and they met at Whitehall on Monday, Mr.
John Tymbs, undersheriff, presiding. There was no
plate ounti upon the premises, and amongst the schedule
of articles we lit upon the following curious items :—.23
canarybirds, 16 ringdoves, 6 pet dogs, and a great num-
ber of Cochin China fowls. There were 24 cats on the
premiss, but they were not considered seizable. The
jury reurned the value of the major's property at 3051.
Os. 6d.— Worcestershire Chronicle.
GER;AN PAPER MONEY.—The following classes and
amount of paper money are immediately affected by the
recent ict for limiting the circulation of paper currency
in Prusia :—Kingdom of Saxony, state paper 5,200,000
rixd.; rotes of the Leipsic-Dresden Railway, 500,000
rixd. ; iotes of the Bauzen Bank, 500,000 rixd. ; notes
of the lheinnitz Bank, 300,000 rixd. ; Kingdom of
Hanove, paper money of the City of Hanover, 200,000
rixd. ; ]lectoral Hesse, State paper money 2 millions of
rixd. ; iates of the Cassel Commercial Bank, 200,000
rixd. ; .s.txe, Weimar, State paper money, 600,000 rixd ;
Brunsw:k notes of the discount bank, 300,000 rixd. ;
Saxe Courg Gotha, State paper, 600,000 rixd. ; Saxe
.Meiningn, State paper, 600,000 rixd, ; Saxe Alten-
burg, (to, 500,000 rixd. ; Anhalt, ditto, 1,800,000
rixd. ; ntes of the Dessau Bank, 1,500,000 rixd ;
notes of the Bernburg Kcethener Railway, 700,000
rixd. ; tiliwarzburgh Rudolstadt, State paper, 200,000
rixd- ; laues ditto, 300,000 rixd. This measure, how-
ever, des not affect the notes of the Leipsic, Bruns-
wick, an Weimar banks, which amount to more than
10 rnillieis of rix dollars.