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London, England, 1855-12-26 00:00:00

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MADAME JENNY GOLDSCHMIDT-LIND.
EXETER-HALL. On THURSDAY EVENING next,
December 27, 1855, Haydn's Oratorio of THE CREATION will be
repeated. Principal Singers—Madame Goldschmidt, Mr. Lock ey,
and Mr. Lawler.
Hlnders Oratorio of THE MESSIAH will be produced on MON-
Ar Evening, Dec. 31, in which Madame Goldschmidt will sing the
principal oprano part.
Th. Chorus and Orchestra will consist of more than 600 performers,
Conductor, M. Benedict.
Prices of admission. Stalls (Numbered and Reserved), One
Guinea; Unareserved Seats
(Body of the Hall), 103. 6d.; West Gal-
lery, 10s. 6d.; Area (under West Gallery), 7s.
Doors open at Seven, to commence at Eight o'clock precisely.
Correct Books of the Oratorios are given with the Tickets.
Application for Tickets to be made at Mr. Mitchell's Royal Library,
33, Old Bond-street.
Due notice wilt he given of the Asst Miscellaneous Concert.

THEATRZ ROYAL, HAYMARKET.

Under the Management of Mr. Buckstone.
_
THE LADY OF LYONS.

Claude Melnotte, Mr. Howe ; Colonel Dams!, Mr. Chippendale ;
Beansant, Mr. W. Farm;; Pauline Desehappelles, Miss Reynolds.
After which a New Comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE BUTTERFLY'S BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S
FEAST ; or, Harlequin and the Genius of the Spring.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
Under the Management of Mr. CHAIM= SEAM.
THIS EVENING,
THE HEIR-AT-LAW.
After which will be produced a New Grant Christmas Panto-
mime, entitled.
HARLEQUIN AND THE MAID AND THE MAGPIE ; or, the
Fairy ParadLsa and Hanky ranky, the Enchanter.
Harlequin, Mr. Cormack ; Clown, Mr. Huline ; Pantaloon, Mr
Paulo ; and Columhine, Miss Phoebe Beale.

R3YAL OLYMPIC THEATRE.

Lessee and Manaaer, Mr. Alfred Wigan.
THIS EVENING.
THE JEALOUS WIFE.

Characters by Messrs. A. Wig us, G. Vining, Emery, Leslie, Dan-
vers, Mrs. Stirling, and Miss Marston-
Aner which will be produced a Now and doubly-moral, though
excessively old, Melodramatic Fairy Extravaganza, entitled
Tar. DISCREET PRINCESS; or, the Three Glass Distaft4.
In which Messrs. Emery, F. Robson, H. Cooper, Miss Marston,
and Miss Haskell will appe tr.

TEIZATRE ROYAL ADELPHT.

Proprietor, Sir. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.

THIS EVENING. ,
MOTHER AND CHILD ARE DOING WELL.
After which HOW'S YOUR UNCLE?
To conclude with a Gravid Coalition of Burlesque and Pantomime,
to be called
JACK AND THE BEAN STALK; or, Harlequin and Mother
Goose at Home Again.

In which Me,srs. J. Bland, P. Bedford, Madame Celeste, Miss
Wyndham, and Miss B. Arden will ap,ear.

ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswiek.

THIS EVENING
THE FLOWER GIRL.
To conclude with
A PRINCE OF PEARLS; or, Harlequin and lane Shore.

LOYAL STRAND THEATRE.

Under the direction of Mr: Payne.
THIS EVKNING,

NOESHE; or, 'The Foster Sister.
After which,

IT RUNS Ii TIIE FAMILY.

To conclude with
HARLEQUIN BLACK-EYED SUE; or, All in the Downs and

Davy Jones's Locker.

ASTLEYS ROYAL AMPIIITHELTRIL
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke.

Emiestrian Comic Pantomime, the only one in the world !
THIS (WEDNESDAY) EVENING (Boxing Night),
The successful Equid.rame called ROOKWOOD; or, TURPIN'S
RIDE-to TORR.
After which the SCEN'ES In the CIRCLE.
To conclude with Om time), a Grand Equestrian Comic Panto-
mime from the pen of Mr. Nelsoa Lee, called HARLEQUIN AND
ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON,.or the Seven Champions o
Christendom. One hundrel horses, ponie., and other gladrupeds,
trained by Mr. William Cooke, who has invented and arranged all
the equestrian effects. This astonishing production may be desig-
nated the " Eighth Wonder of the World." It Is as exhibition un-
precedented and unparalleled

„itloa-orrice open frcin Eleven till Four. Stage Manager, Mr. IC
West. Eguestrlan Director, Mr. W. Cooke, jun.

I WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.

MN DAY—Morn. 33 min. aft. 3- Evening 57 min. aft.
To-fl olutow—Morn.l7 min. aft. 4—Evening 34 min. aft.

THE TVEXTHER—SuN OFFICE, Dec. 26.
THERMOMETER, IY TEM SHAME.
50 highest since noon yesteras.y.
4 —owc+st this morning and during the night.
JI -this day ,t noon.
BAROMETER, 99.19—a fall of nearly half an inch since
yesterday.

WIND.—S.W., fresh, blowing nearly a gale, with
ago:illy rainy weather.

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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 1855.

We are now approaching the third year of the
The inclemency of the season has for the
present suspended active operations, and com-
pelled a temporary armistice. The Allied
Armies, while vigilantly watching the foe, so as to
prevent the possibility of any surprise, are alsl
engaged in the more pleasing duty of making
themselves as comfortable as circumstances will
permit, so that they may be enabled to take the
field in the spring with renovated strength and
vigour. The condition of the Allies is indeed
very different from that which excited so many
justly indignant complaints twelve months since.
Having accomplished the arduous task on which
they had entered they are no longer worn out
with excessive toil, nor are they tantalised by the
prospect of abundance whilst enduring the most
serious privations. They have no longer to en-
counter most fatiguing and dangerous daily work
in the trenches, or to expend their time and
labour in bringing up guns and ammunition, in
place of the provisions and shelter so urgently re-
quired. They are also suitably clothed, and have
not to await the advent of spring for the distri-
bution of their winter garments.
So far, then, the condition of our army is as
good as could reasonably be expected. If they
have not all the comforts of home, they have as
many as could be hoped for under existing cir-
cumstances. But what preparations are making
in France and England for the energetic and nu-
flinching prosecution of the War, in such a
manner as will thoroughly humiliate the pride
and crush the power of Our Gigantic Adversary ?
We have too long endeavoured to bring Russia to
a true sense of her situation by comparatively
gentle means. But honeyed words in the shape
of diplomatic conferences, and even the flinging
of clods and less dangerous missiles, having totally
failed to subdue her overweening arrogance, we
must now follow the example of the old man in
the fable, and really try " what virtue there may
be in stones !" It is generally supposed that the
recent propositions forwarded through Count
VALENTIN ESTERHAZY, or on which he is instructed
to obtain the views of the Cabinet of St. Peters-
burg,rejected ; that the CZAR will be decidedly
dares not accept terms which would involve the
complete and unequivocal abandonment of the
traditional policy of. Russia inaugurated by Plrrna,
and steadily followed up by his predecessors
with greater or less activity. The old Mus-
covite party are still formidable. The truth
has not as yet penetrated into the inmost
recesses of the nation sufficiently to induce
the fanatic' population to abandon their long-
cherished views of universal domination —when
the AUTOCRAT, in possession of the Bosphorus
and the Scandinavian kingdoms, with ports on
Mediterranean, and the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, etl antic, and the
might dictate to
North Sea, Europe, perhaps to
the world. There is, therefore, no use in persist-
ing in a penny-wise-and-pound foolish policy, in
waging a little war, or allowing the sacrifices we have
already submitted to to be productive of inade-

War.

quate results. The true friends of peace—those
who are desirous of obtaining permanent tran-
puillity for Europe, and banishing " grim-visaged
;war" from the face of the earth on the cheapest
and most eligible terms, are those wholCall on the
Western Powers to put forth all their mighty
strength, to tax their gigantic resources to the
uttermost, so that by attacking the enemy in every
vulnerable point there can no longer be either
doubt or difficulty as to the result.
In order to accomplish that great desideratum
every plan for the ensuing campaign must be care-
fully maturel and decided on by France and
England. There are many points to which at-
tention must be directed, so that we may follow
up to their legitimate consequences the successes
we have already achieved. In the South East
we occupy four important stations or bases of ope-
rations—at Sebastopol and Balaklava, at Eupa-
toria, at Yenikale and the Kertch Peninsula, and
at Kinbourn. From the former we threaten
the whole of the Crimea. We may, by simulta-
neous movements, completely surround the Rus-
sian army, and insure its capitulation or destruc-
tion. From the last we command the portals
leading to Nicolaieff and Kherson, the arsenal and
granary of Southern Russia, and totally prevent
the maritime trade through the Boug and the
Dnieper. All these positions must be ren-
dered as available as practicable to ac-
complish the great end and object of
the War, and to save our children and
children's children from the. severe trials and sac-
rifices which we have been compelled to submit
to for their: sake.

Nor can Asia be forgotten. The fall of Kars
has given a heavy blow and great discouragement
to the Ottoman Power in a very important point.
It is unnecessary now to consider the means by
which that serious calamity might have been
averted. It will unquestionably cost much to
regain what might have been saved at a compara-
tively trivial expense. But our present object is
not to criminate any parties, or to search out
those responsible for the past, provided the wisest
and most judicious means be adopted to retrieve
the mischief. These will require mature
and attentive consideration to devise future
measures, worthy of the great champions
of justice and civilisation, the guardians of liberty
in every land and clime where it is imperilled.
The proceedings in the Baltic and on, other
points, where very important steps may be taken,
also require careful forethought, and not an hour
should be lost in deciding on every matter tha t
o
may arise during the rapidly approaching season
for active operations. It is said, and with much
apparent truth, that a Council of War is to be
almost immediately held in Paris, for the purpose
of discussing and deciding on these all-important
matters, at which the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, Sir R.
AIREY, Sir E. LYONS, and probably other distin-
guished persons, may attend on the part of Eng-
land. This is as it should be, and, we have no
doubt that the results will be in the highest de-
gree beneficial to the glorious cause which the
inhabitants of both countries, the peoples of
France and England, have so deeply at heart.
Nothing must be allowed for the forbearance of
the enemy, but every nerve strained to render
Russia harmless for many years to come.

News direct from Russia, via New York, is
pretty sure to be news indeed. However much
" domestic" considerations may predispose a cer-
tain class of American citizens to espouse the part
of Russia, nothing would seem to stimulate their
good-will to partisanship so much as flattery by
the great in that country. The trio of good-
naturod Frionds who paid the late CZAR a pop
visit on an embassy of peace had, it must be con-
fessed, a narrow escape ; but a conceited Ameri-
can exposed to Russian wile has no chance at all,
and whatever he was before is sure to roach home
half Greek and half Cossack. To be hospitably
received, courted, feted, and deferred to by a
European despot and his myrmidons, noble and
ignoble, is quite enough, and more than enough,
to turn his head. It is such a glorious recogni-
tion of the claims of Nature's (American) Nobles
to be considered not merely equal in every re-
spect to Fortune's, but superior, that the recipient
feels bound in honour to give his imagination wing,
and do his utmost to demonstrate that in the
discharge of the officea of friendship, as in every-
thing else, America can " whip the world." In-
dividuals of other countries, not excluding our
own, do not stick at a trifle in the beaten way of
friendship, but JONATHAN sticks at nothing. The
former, when 'practising the easy art of lying, feel
restrained a little by European conventionalities,
not so JONATHAN. Born to rove, if ho likes, un-
molested through pathless wilds, and able to whip
his weight in wild cats, no such trammels can
stay him. If he is to do Russia a good turn it
must be in his own way—so as the truth won't
at all serve her turn, he must lie for her with
as much licence as the " buffaler " browses
on the wide-spread prairies in the far west. Thus
it comes to pass, that with all the will and some
talent, he falls short of being a great artist. He
don't reflect that before a man can be a magnificent
story teller he must learn to tame kis fancy, and
to respect the prejudices of those on whom he is
desirous to practise.

Government are making preparations fora ten
years' war. The means of the imperial family
alone are sufficient to carry it on at its present
rate for many years without calling upon the
nobles ! The mines never yielded so much, and the
principal' manufactures were never so prosperous ! !
Nicolaieff is impregnable, Cronstadt an impossibi-
lity, and the Imperial family as well welded to-
gether as the fortifications!!! Everything is pa-
triotism, prosperity, piety, and brotherly love,
and presages well for a prosperous issue. The
Allies, in a word, have caught a Tartar, and are
in an everlasting fix. But enough ! A liar
without genius may suit some palates, but cer-
tainly not ours—and one with less genius and
more impudence than Col. SHAFFNEI we fancy
does not exist. We are heartily sick of a fellow
who can lie neither with decency nor humour, but
only " slick ahead."

The worse than absurd, the mischievously
foolish spirit of economy which we awhile back
showed had taken possession of the Burnley Com-
missioners still troubles them. Not content with
having resolved not to entertain any application
from their servants for an increase of salary, they
have proceeded to withhold what most people will
be of opinion they actually owed. According to
the Preston Chronicle, the Registrar of the Ceme-
tery has sent in his resignation, because, instead
of dating the commencement of his salary from
the period of his appointment, they had
arbitrarily resolved it should be dated from the
period of his entering on the duties of the office,
and that notwithstanding he had been out of
employment during the interval. Is there
no one in their respective circles to inform them
that spoliation is not economy, and that a tyrant
on a small scale cannot but be contemptible as
well as noxious ? Really the Commissioners stand
in much need of a friendly turn, and the sooner
they have it the better, if their acquaintance
would have them remain in office.

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, DZOEMBER 25.

The dinner party yesterday included her Royal High-
ness the Princess Royal, his Serene Highness Prince
Ernest of Leiningen, Colonel the lion. James Lindsay,
commanding officer Ist Battalion Grenadier Guards,
and the Hon. Mary Seymour.

The band of the Grenadier Guards played during
dinner, and her Majesty's private band afterwards per-
formed in the Castle.

Divine service was performed this morning in the
private chapel of the Castle. The Queen and Prince,
the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal,
Princess Alice, Princess Helena, the Duchess of Kent,
and Prince Ernest of Leiningen attended.
The ladies and gentlemen of the Court and the do-
mestic household were also at the service.
The Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor offi-
ciated, and administered the Holy Sacrament.

Despatches from the Governor of the Cape of Good
Hope were received yesterday at the Colonial•office.

CIIRISTMAS FESTIVITIES.

The Duke and Duchess of Richmond are surrounded
by a family circle at Goodwood, Sussex. Their Serene
Highnesses Prince and Princess of Saxe Weimar and
the E4rl and Countess of March are of the circle.

The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland have -a
large
family party at Trentham, Staffordshire. The Duke
and Duchess of Argyll, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Stafford, the Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor, be-
sides other members of the ducal house, are staying
there.

The Duke and Duchess of Bedford are receiving a
select circle at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire.
The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland are dispensing
the hospitalities of the festive season at Raby Castle,
Durham.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland are at
Alnwick Castle, Northumberland, with a select party.
The Duke and Duchess have caused liberal benefactions
to be distributed to the poor on the family estates in
Northumberland and Yorkshire.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury have a
select party assembled et Hatfield-house, Herts.
The Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter are seeing
company at Burghley house, near Stamford.

The Marquis of Lansdowne is entertaining a distin-
guished party at Bowood, Wilts. The noble marquis
will reoeive company until the middle of next month.
The Marchioness (Dowager) of Londonderry is sur-
rounded by a numerous family circle at Wynyard-park,
near Stockton-ca-Tees.

The Earl and Countess of Clarendon have a select
party at the Grove, near Watford, Herts. The Right
Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer and Lady Theresa
Lewis and Miss Lewis' and the Hon. Mrs. Villiers are
staying with the noble Earl and Countess.
The Earl and Countess Howe have a family party con-
gregated at Gopsall-hall, Leicestershire. As customary
the noble Earl and Countess have caused the indigent
poor on their estates to be relieved at this inclement
season of the year.
The Earl of Cardigan is surrounded by a large and
distinguished party at Deene-park, near Kettering.
The Earl Fitzwilliam has a large party, chiefly mem-
bers of his family, staying with his Lordship. On St.
Thomas's-clay the iabourers on the Yorkshire estates,
and also the poorer persons were bountifully relieved by
the command of the noble Earl.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston have a nume-
rous and distinguished circle at Broadlands, near Rom-
Bey, Hants.

Lord and Lady Ashburton are entertaining a select
cirole during the Christmas holydays at the Grange,

Lord and La'ly Stanley of Alderley are seeing com-
pany at Alderley•park, Cheshire.

The Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, M.P., and Mrs.
Herbert are receiving company at Wilton-house, near
Salisbury. _ _

A fine specimen of his country, i.e., in the
opinion of those who have done their best to de-
;.;rade it, and certainly of the class we have been
noticing, is Col. TAL P. SRA.FFNRR, who, it will
be seen, has, just now on his return from Russia,
favoured the Eiitor of a New York paper with
the results of his observation and experience.
Everywhere welcomed and hospitably entertained
during an extended tour through Russia, he re-
turns home more Russian a great deal than the Russ.
The Allies don't know what a tough customer they
have to deal with. They are labouring, as they
will ind to their cost, under the wildest delnsions.
Instead of the War being unpopular in Russia, it
is popular to fanaticism. Instead of forced levies
being dragged in gangs to the recruiting depot,
the conscripts 'rush there with ardour and devo-
tion. Instead of the nobles being dissatisfied
with the loss of their bondsmen, they are only
too happy to hand them over to the CZAR, t 3
whom, " if he required it," they are prepared to
give up cheerfully all their property in money and
estates likewise. Instead of the merchants being
in a tottering condition, they are prosperoos to a
miracle. Instead of a feeling of apprehension as
to the results of the War being general, every-
body is satisfied that Russia must triumph. In-
stead of Russia' having suffered losses of conse-
quence during the last campaign, what she has
suffered have been of quite an - unimportant na-
ture. Instead of her finances being embarrassed,
" with the exception of a small loan, the whole
expenses have 'been defrayed from the revenues
of the country. There is no lack of
means (he tells us),
andto state
e- a
that ptrhooefpubof.
this it is only necessary
lic works (fortifications 7) which were commenced
last year are carried on with-unabated vigour, and
on the same extensive scale on which they were
begun." Instead of the Church being impo-
verished by the War it is being enriched. The
effects, of the War are scarcely- perdeptible. The

Sir Stephen Glynne has a large family party assembled
at Hawarden Castle, Flintshire. The Right Hon. W.
E. and Mrs. Gladstone are staying there.

THE BOAR'S HEAD, AT QUEEN'S

COLLEGE, OXFORD.

The ancient custom of serving up a boar's head,
" bedeck'd with bays and rosemary," and a large orange
in its mouth, at this college, on Christmas day, was duly
observed yester.day, and the spacious College Hall was
crowded withl Oxonians and their town and county
friends. The boar's head, which, borne on the shoulders
of two servants, weighed upwards of seventy pounds,
was announced by the sound of the trumpets, when the
following song was chaunted :
THE BOAR'S HEAD SONG.
The boar's head in hand bear I,
Bedeck'd with bays and rosemary,
And I pray you, my masters, be merry,
Quot estis in convivio.
Chorus—Caput Apri defers,
Reddens laudes Domino.
The boar's head, as I understand,
Is the bravest dish in all the land,
When thus bedeck'd with a gay garland,
fet us servire cantico.
° Chorus—Caput, &c.
Oar steward hath ordained this,
In honor of the King of Bliss,
Which on this day to be served is,
In Reginensi Atrio.
Chorus—Caput, &c.
The Rev. T. Rennison taking the solo part, and cho-
risters from Magdalen College singing the chorus, from
the entrance of the hall to the high table, where a sump-
tuous dinner awaited the invited guests.
This, we believe, is the only place whore the ancient
custom of serving up a boar's head every Christmas day,
with the original chaunt, is still observed.

RAILWAY THROUGH EASTER Roes.--Adtive measures
are now being taken, with a view to the formation of a
lineof railway through the rich and fertile district of
Easter Ross, from the port of Invergordon to Tain and
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THE NEW BELLS OF CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL.—After
a elleneo of 25 years, these bells rang a merry peal on
Monday (Christmas-eve) evening, and the life and joy
which they imparted were universal. The third and
sixth bells, upon which the old clock struck the quar-
ters, were broken by the continued blows upon two sides
(on one side by the clapper, and the other by the ham-
mers), and these have been recast. The hanging of the
peal of bells has been rearranged and the framework
strengthened, as the walls of the tower were much re-
duced in olden times to admit the bells—this has now
a 3 ofu yore, now consists of
only for the clock
lhoeehneclleer,rtehcetelda.rgeTstheonpeael,
being used
and funerals. Many of the old ringers, whose names
are immortalized in the tower with reference to sundry
bob-majors and other surprising performances, have
long since passed away ; but a new team has been or-
ganized-under the able direction of two of the survivors,
Henry Ovenden, of St. Dunstan's ; and Mr. Austen, of
St. Stephen's. The bells were rung again yesterday
(Christmas-day) before and after each service, and hence-
forward they will be rung upon the same occasions as in
olden times.—lfentia4 azzate.

C ,a 4;

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the 11th inst.

Crimea.

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDA. EvENING, DECEMBER 26, 185 b.

LATEST NEWS.

MARSEILLES, DEC. 25.

The Cairo has arrived with advices from Con-
stantinople of tho 14th, and from the Crimea of

Despatches left at 1 p.m.
The Russians attacked the French positions at
Baga on the 9th of December, but were repulsed
with the loss of 70 killed and 20 made prisoners.
The weather has been frightful in the Black
Sea.

Twelve merchantmen, of various nations, had
been wrecked at the Sulina mouth of the Danube.

From Asia we learn that the garrison of Kutais
had quitted that place, and retired to Gori—a
defile leading into Georgia.

TURIN, DEC. 25.

General La Marmora is expected here from the

MADRID, DEC. 24.

ALManc.csa three Carlist chiefs have been
slot.

RUSSIA.
The Journal de St. Petersbourg, of the 18th
Decemberpublishes the official account of the sur-
rendei Of Kars.

certain that Austria has promised efficacious assistance
to the allies, in the event of the Cz;ir rejecting the
overtures of Count Esterhazy. Public opinion hourly
increases against Russia, and this reaction is all the
more painful to her as her influence over the German
press is a mystery to no one. The papers that enjoy her
patronage have for some months past felt its inconveni-
ence. The middle class shows a decided preference for
the independent press. Although peace be ardently
desired yet few believe in it, alid many conjectures are
formed as to the next campaign. We can foresee an
invasion by the allies of the Russian territory of the Bal-
tic, and which will bo combined with a diversion of the
Danube. The troops of the Crimea will be conducted
to tho mouths of that river, and combine their opera-
tions with the 150,000 men that Austria can put in line.
The probable results of that double attack, which, they
say will be executed in the month of May, are discussed
with much interest. The general opinion is, that it will
be decisive, and that the issue will be as fatal to Russia
as it will be favourable to the plans respecting the resto-
ration of Poland. I cannot, of course, say how far
these conjectures are well founded ; perhaps the public
guesses beforehand, as it usually does, the acts and even
the thoughts of the Government, but I only repeat the
rumours that circulate, and which are not mere gossip,
as they obtain credit in certain well-informed saloons.
Be this as it may, they serve, at all events, to show how
public opinion points, and for this reason I think it
worth while to mention them."

It precedes it with the following letter of Vassif
POha, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of
A4iatolia, dated the 14th (26th) November, giving
fuill powers to General Williams to negotiate
Most eminent, most worthy, sagacious, and most
noble General Mouravieff 1.,
" His Excellency the Ferik Williams Pasha, a digni-
tary of the great English Power, being in this country,
is appointed by us and provided with full powers to ne-
gliate the evacuation of Kars ; this letter is written by
m to inform your Excellency of the circumstance.
I" The 15th of Raby-el-Aouel, 1272.
Sealed with the seal of
MEHMED VAMP PASHA."

ct of the Surrender of the Town and Fortress of
ars on the Stipulations agreed upon between the
ommandenin-Chief of the Army of the Caucasus,
ide-de-Camp General Mouravieff, and General Wil-
jams, Commissary of her Majesty the Queen of Eng-
and ; the 13th (25th) of November, Head-Quarters of
cbiftli-Kaya.
k` Art. 1. Surrender of the fortress with all its materiel
lad. The guns surrendered are not to be spiked; the
fires and arms are to bo given up in the same state as
br are actually in ; the ammunition, powder, arsenals,
posits of military clothes and stores are to be given up
;they stand in the official returns up to the day of
render. Nothing is to be detracted or taken from
arthiveo.
'On evacuating Kars, the troops are to leave posts,
h of three men and a corporal, at the following
nts :—At each fort, redoubt, or battery armed with
iltery ; at each powder magazine, arsenal, or military
pot, hospital, archives, treasury, and mosque. Corn-
ssaries shall be appointed by the Turkish authorities
each part of the materiel, as the treasury, arsenals,
tillery, hospitals, provision stores, and archives, charged
i 1 hand over the same to commissaries appointed for
.t purpose by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian
PY•

'lmmediately the troops have left the place the above-
ntioned posts are to be relieved by Russian posts in
presence of the above-named Turkish Commander
of the newly-appointed Russian Commandant. The
rkish soldiers are to give up their arms and accoutre-
nts to the Russian posts, and under the orders of their
nmander are to march towards the Mainly Redoubt
await instructions for their further movements. The
nittal of the above-mentioned articles by the Commia-
les is to take place the day after the evacuation of the
lee.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING.
A camp of 40,000 men will be formed this win-
ter at Cherbourg.
The Patric says nothing is definitely settled with
regard to a proposed visit of the Sultan to Paris.
His Highness has accepted the Cordon of the Legion
d'Honneur, which is a great innovation on Oriental
customs.

At the present moment the Prussian Govern-
ment is trying hard to be admitted into the peace
propositions. _ _

'Art. 2. The garrison of Kars surrendering prisoners
war, with the Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish
y and all the military authorities, will leave the
ce with the honours of war, and deposit their arms,
s, &c , in a spot agreed upon previously, whence
iy will proceed to the destination indicated to them
the Russian Commander-in-Chief. As a testimonial
lhe valorous resistance made by the garrison of Kars
officers of all ranks are to keep their swords.
' All the troops forming the garrison of Kars, except
ite actually in hospital from illness, are to leave the
ress in lull uniform, with drums beating and colours
'big, having first discharged their muskets, and are to
r?emble at 10 a.m. near the ruins of the village of
onrnbet. They are to deploy in a single line, in
lumns, by battalions. The artillerymen are to form
oarate columns by regiment% The Redifs, Lazes, and
islii-Bazouks are to form separately at half a verst
lance from the other troops. The garrison are to
their arms, flags, and accoutrements, and to form

in the preceding order in front of the line of muskets.
‘,` The Mushir Commander-in-Chief of the army of
Anatolia is then to wait upon the Russian Commander-
in.Chief and hand him the muster-roll of his troops and
a report of all the materiel stipulated in the act of sur-
render. Delegates of the Russian army will then call
over the muster-roll and enregister the officers and men
of the Turkish array, for which object the Turki,h au-
thorities are called upon to present the registers of their
respective commands. The enregistration finished, all
the prisoners of war, headed by their officers, will pro-
ceed in columns to the bridge of Tchiftli-Kaya, where
they will be met by the Russian Mops appointed to
serve as their escort.

1! The Turkish troops mentioned in the subjoined
articles as having permission to return to their homes
will take the Tamra-road, under an especial escort, and
will halt for the night near the village of Kotanly ; they
bind themselves to respect the inhabitants of that vil-
lage, and not to commit any excess. The column will
continue its march the following day in the same order,
and halt for the night at the village of Tosanly. On
the third day, when they will have reached the foot
of the Saganlong, the Russian troops will stop and the
Turks continue their march across the chain of moun-
tain. In the direction of Erzeroum the Turks engage
themselves not to enter the village of Bardours, occu-
pied by militiamen of the Russian camp. The Turkish
stragglers who, within 21 hours of the last day's march,
should not have crossed the Saganloug will be considered
as prisoners of war.

The Cabinets of England and France are just
now addressing more than one foreign State with a
view of forming a defensive alliance.

A holiday at the Bourse of Paris. No quota-
tions.

''‘lts evacuating the town and fortress of Kars the
military authorities of the Turki•th army engage themselves
to leave there a sufficient number of medical men and
nurses to take care of the sick left in the hopitals until
their recovery.
" Art 3. The private property of members of the army
of every rank is respected.
" Each individual belonging to the personnel of the
army is authorised to sell his property or take it away
at his own cost of carriage.

DENMARK.

We road in the Independance Belge, under date
Hamburg, Dec. 21 :

" Art. 4. The militia (Redifs, Bashi-Bazouks, and
Lazes), their number having first been accurately ascer-
tained, will be allowed to return to their homes.

" The Redifs, Bashi-Bazouks, and Lazes in hospital
will have the same right under the same conditions,
as soon as well enough to leave. ,
" Art. 5. The non-combatants of the army, as scri-
veners, interpreters, nurses, are allowed to return to
their homes as soon as their number has been accurately
ascertained.

"Art. 6. To General Williams is reserved the right
of designating at his choke in a list, which must be pre.
viously submitted to the approval of General Monravieff,
of a certain number of persons to whom permission will
be given to return to their homes.

`7 Military men, subjects of one of the belligerent
Powers, are excluded from this list.
"Art. 7. All persons indicated in Articles 4,5, and
6, engage themselves by their word of honour not to
bear arms against his Majesty the Emperor of all the
Russ:as during the whole duration of the present war.
" Art. 8. The inhabitants of the town throw them-
selves upon the generosity of the Russian Government,
which takes them under its protection.
"Immediately the troops have given up their arms the
inhabitants of the town are to Bead a deputation, consist-
ing of the principal inhabitants of the place, to give the
keys to the Russian Commander-in-Chief, and to trust
themselves unreservedly to the generosity of the august
Sovereign of Russia.
" Art. 9. The public monuments and buildings of the
town belonging to the Government are to be respected
and left intact.

" It being the principle of the Russian Government to
respect the customs and traditions of the people sub-
jected to its government, and especially the buildings
devoted to worship, it will not allow a,nv damage to bo
done to the religious monuments or historical souve-
nirs of Kars.

"Letters of the 19th received to-day from Copenhagen
mention the probability of the conclusion between Den-
mark and the two Western Powers of a treaty based in
a great measure on the principles of territorial guarantee,
and containing the same reciprocal obligations stipulated
in the treaty signed with Sweden. It is impossible to
deny that the policy of the Scandinavian Governments,
which had maintained during those two years of mari-
time war a system of strict neutrality, has been
deeply modified, as respects Russia, by the sig-
nature of a treaty of this description, in which
it is generally believed at Stockholm that some
secret clauses are inserted with regard to certain con-
tingencies likely to arise out of the war. For the pre-
sent it app?ars positive that Sweden--and Denmark
will necessarily follow the same line of conduct—has not
bound herself to participate actively in hostile operations
against Russia; but, should the war recommence in
1356, circumstances may occur which will render all
further hesitation impossible on the part of Sweden.
There is one fact, however, very clear—namely, that
this:last Power has;evinced, by signing that act, a marked
preference for the Western policy, and that the old al-
liance between the three northern Powers, Russia,
Sweden, and Denmark, is virtually at an end. The
French corvette D'Assas, which returned with the Eng-
lish squadron to Elsinore, where she underwent some
repairs, has sailed for France. During the last fort-
night agents of the Swedish Government purehmed
here a large quantity of dry tanned leather, which is
said to be destined for her military armaments."

"Signed and approved by
" W. S. WILLrAms, Major General.
" Colonel de KAUFMANN, Chief of the
Military Chancery of the Commander-
in•Chief of the army of the Caucasus."

PRUSSIA.

The following extract from a letter dated Berlin,
Dec. 210th, published in the Emancipation Beige :
" I can, moreover, inform you that the Mini-
sters of the King, as well as his Majesty himself,
have just renewed their efforts at the Court of Rus-
sia, and their language is this time characterised
by much firmness, and I have every reason to be-
lieve that the Czar will bo touched by it. Our
statesmen declare loudly that the war has been
provoked by Russia without legitimate motives,
and, the chances of war having been against him,
there is a double reason for him to withdraw from
it honourably. They add that Prussia will not
abandon the system of neutrality she has adopted
irrevocably, even though she saw the number of
the enemies of Russia increase.
"No one here now doubts that Sweden will enter ao•
tively into the Western alliance. It is even admitted as

that were engaged for the Havannah Timtre. Seven-
teen a the dead bodies have been picked up and buried,
five are still missing.

We likewise learn that five individuals were drowned
who belonged to a French barque, which during the
bad weather sunk deep in the sand at the mouth of the
Guadiaro.

The Bahiana,, which passed the garrison to the east-
ward on the morning of the 13th, was from London,
with military stores and horses for the Crimea.
The Northumberland (steam transport), having taken
in at the New Mole 105 tons of coals, started at nino
o'clock this morniog for Spithead.