The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-20 00:00:00

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did not wish Mr. Ferriere a more lucrative post thi
I has held here for the last 14 years, they would all
claim him to be " the right man in the right place,'
I rejoice in his continuing here.
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TEE CZAR AT ODESSA.

The following are the remarks addressed to the
Czar by the Archbishop in the cathedral, referred
to in the above :

Pious Sovereign! Thou had scarcely put on the crown
of thy ancestors when it pleased Providence to surround
it with thorns. Our bodily eyes are not accustomed to
see such an ornament sparkle on the head of kings, but
the eyes of faith see in it, with piety and respect, a son.
venir of the erown of Christ. Have not indeed such
crowns been worn by the moat pious kings and princes
from David, Jehosophat, Constantine, Vladimir the
Great, to Dimitrii, our hero of the Don, and.finally thy
patron, Alexander Newsky
"Have courage, and let not thy soul become weak at
the sight of these smoking brands," said the prophet to
the warrior king, Ahaz, when the two kingdoms of
Israel and Assyria united against him in an unjust
war. How closely do these words of the prophet apply
to us and our enemies ! This unhappy France 1 Is
she not in truth the brand which for half a century
has carried fire throughout the entire world ? Aid
the proud, but to-day abased and jeopardised Bri-
tain ! What is she, if not the other brand, which, after
being extinguished for two centuries, recommences
to smoke in the midst of a yawning gulf ? And we also
will say with the Prophet, "Let not thy scinl-grow weak
at the sight of these two smoking brands before us !" At
a sign from the Most High the winds abate, and the rain
falls to fertilise our fields. These brands depart, and
Russia, protected by God, recovers itself for the joy of
her chief and for the well-being even of her own enemies.
"Enter, then, 0 pious Sovereign, the temple where
once thy august father came in the depth of night to
raise towards Heaven his thanks for having escaped the
tempest and shipwreck—enter, and in thy turn raise with
us thy prayers to the King of kings for the cessation of
the tempest which now rages both upon sea and land.
May Heaven grant that this temple may again see thee
kneeling before God, but then only to render acknow-
ledgments and to give thanks. Amen.

A correspondent of Le Nord, writing from
Odessa, complains that the account in the official
journal gives a very imper fect idea of the enthusi-
asm created amongst the inhabitants of the city by
the visit of the Emperor. He adds that a Russian
merchant having observed to his Imperial Majesty
that the restoration of an honourable peace—but
only an " honourable " peace—was all that was de-
sired to complete the prosperity of the city—the
Emperor replied, " Who is there that does not de-
sire such peace ? I more than any one else."

THE LIVERPOOL COMPASS COMMITTEE.

The following letters have been received by the Sec-
retary of the Compass Committee, W. W. Rundell,
Esq., in reference to the recent important communica-
tion regarding the variations in the Channel :
" Trinity House, Nov. 16.
" Sir —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of your letter
of the ,Bth inst., enclosing copy of one which has been
addressed by the direction of the
vin g lCompasslaid
Committee to the Liverpool Underwriters' Association,
respecting the proper correction for variation to be
they request
tobeibn:
allowed in navigating the Irish Channel,
the same before the board am directed by the elder
brethren to return their thanks to the committee for that
communisation.
" I am further directed to observe that the elder bre.
both. in.
ttherreantirneggaarndd til:posyntanbjepc,ianaddvtehretd
request that the
com-
mittee will obligingly inform them in what -Liveroo]
observations were made, both in Dahlia and Liverpool,
the
and whether the result arrived at was
observations.--I have onsequent upon
many o
most obedient servant,, sir your

" Hl I, Office of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade,
Marine Department, Nov. le, 1855.
am directed by the Lords of the Committee
of Privy Council for Trade to acknowledge the reeeipt
of your letter of the Bth inst., enclosing a copy of com-
munication addressed by the Liverpool Compass Com-
mittee, to the -Underwriters' Association of that port, on
the subjeot of the variation of the compass in St. George's
Channel and Irish Sea. lam to request that you will
acquaint the Compass Committee that my lords entirely
concur in the suggestion, and that measures will be
taken to give further publicity to the information so im-
portant to mariners.--1 am, sir, your obedient servale,
" F. H. Limit.

With reference to the shoal on which the Azoff s,_
it may be necessary to add. that there is reason to be-
lieve that it is a continuation of the coral reef near Ga.
lita, where the Avenger was lost, in 1847, when, out of
a crew of 500, only four were saved and only three of
the dead bodies were found, by the Rev. Mr. Davies. A
regular survey ought without loss of time to be made,
and the exact course of the reef ascertained. No doubt
the Azofro safety is entirely to be attributed to her pe-
culiar construction in water-tight and separate comport•
ments—a kind of naval architecture which it may be
hoped will, ere long, be universally adopted.

The journal d'Odessa,Nov. 7, contains the
following ()facial narrative of the late visit of the
Czar to that city :
His Majesty tne Emperor has deigned to visit the city
of Odessa.
His Imperial Majesty, aecompaniedanbdyaitihgehtGetiranadt
Duke George de Mecklenburg-Strelita, arrived from Ni-
colaieff on Saturday the 3d, at 7 p.m.,
the house of Prince Woronzoff, upon the boulevard.
His Majesty was received upon the flight of steps by
Aide-de-Camp General Luders, Commander of the Army
of the South ; Aide-de-Camp General Count Strogonoff,
Governor-General of New Russia and Bessarabia; Lieut..
General Krusenstern, Military Governor of the city of
Odessa ; and by Lieut.-General Grothenhelm, Com.
mander of the Troops stationed at Odessa. In his Ma-
jesty's suite were the following Generals :—Count Orloff,
Count d'Adlorberg, Baron Lieven, and Prince Bariatinsky.
The same evening, thanksgivings for the happy arrival
of his Majesty the Emperor were offered tip in the ca-
thedral by hie Eminence Monsignor Innocent, Arch-
bishop of ICherson, and of Taurida.
At half-past 10 o'clock in the morning of Sunday
(Nov. 4) his Majesty deigned to receive the military and
civil employes, also the body of the merchants of the
city of Odessa, who had the happiness of presenting
bread and salt to his Majesty. His Majesty the Em-
peror condescended to honour with a gracious reception
all the persons who were presented to him, and expressed
to the body of merchants his entire reliance on the Mcst
High that He will grant a happy issue to this war
raised against us by nations whom we have constantly
nourished with our bread, and his conviction that after
the conclusion of an honourable peace the commerce of
Odessa will resume its original importance.
At 11 o'clock his Majesty the Emperor went to the
cathedral. At the threshold of the temple, Monsignor
Innocent, in presenting the cross and the holy water,
addressed some words full of unction to his Majesty.
His Majesty assisted at the divine service celebrated by
the Archbishop.
At one o'clock in the afternoon his Imperial Majesty
went out of the city upon the great plain, which forrnerty
served as a hippodrome, and where the troops stationed
at Odessa are now assembled, under the command of
Aide-de-Camp General Luders. There are now tinder
arms four battalions of infantry, three regiments of ca-
valry, four artillery batteries, and eleven cohorts of
moveable militia of the governments of Mosoow and
Smolensk. His Majesty passed these troops in review,
which defiled first in platoons and then in columns.
The Emperor then visited the military hospital estab-
lished in the former institute of the demoiselles nobles of
Odessa ; also the Hospital of the City ; the Emperor con-
descended to kindly interrogate almost all the officer&
and soldiers upon their wounds ; addressing to each some
words of encouragement and consolation. His Majesty
then visited the coast batteries front Perepice to the
mole of the Quarantine. His Majesty was desirous also
of visiting the hospice of the Sisters of Charity, where,
amongst others, the military dangerously wounded are
surrounded by the results of a charity which is truly
Christian ; but time, to the great regret of his Majesty,
would not allow him to fulfil this wish.
At 5 o'clock in the afternoon the principal authorities
were invited to his Imperial Majesty's table.
In the evening two military bands assembled before
the house occupied by his Majesty, and performed some
beautiful mo.-ceal,x, while the crowd thronged the walks
of the boulevards. At nightfall the city was illuminated.
At 8 o'clock in the morning of Monday, the sth, his
Majesty, accompanied by his Grand Ducal Highness
the Duke de Mecklenburg-Strelitz, quitted Odessa, for
Nicolaieff, in perfect health, Prayers for his Majesty's
safe journey were offered by his Eminence the Arch-
bishop Innocent, in the cathedral.
His Majesty the Emperor has expressed his gratifies,
tion to A.D.C. Lieut.-General Strongonoff, Governor-
General of New Russia and Bessarabia, at the wise mea-
sures taken during the presence of the enemy's fleets in
the road of Odessa ; also his imperial satisfaction to
Lieut.-General Krusenstern 11., Military Governor of
Odessa ; Major-General Shocstac 1., Commander of the
city of Odessa ; to Von-Tchudy, formerly Inspector of
the Quarantine of Odessa, and now Colonel of the Kam-
schatka regiment of Chasseurs ; also to Arcoudinsky,
Master of the police of Odessa.

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