The Sun.
London, England, 1855-12-05 00:00:00

SHIPPING RETURNS

which will bring the
The shipping returns of the Board of Trade rsa.de foo3erc3ntoet.hr:3aell,
month. ending the 31st of October present no variation
of importance as compared with the corresponding period
of the two preceding years.
totals of entries and clearances ; but as the columns for
the month endin the 31st of October, 1855, comprise
31 days, and those for the months ending. the sth of No.
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British vessels 377,289 380 itin 1855.
United States' vessels 62,053 65' 9Q-i 387,877
Other countries 237,277 ,--- 106,146
144,324 167,326

676,619 590,063 661,349
The clearances outward were :

1853. 1854. 1855.
British vessels 329,766 326,943 470,582
United States vessels
Other countries 181,485 157,774 190,628

581,290 552,983 782,547
With regard to the coasting trade, the returns show
that the tonnage entered inward was 865,865 in the
month ending November, 1853 ; 852,270 in 1854 ; and
in the present return it is 1,161,377, including 38 foreign
vessels, of an aggregate burden of 6,643 tens. 2,12 a
clearances outward were 1,032,719 tons in Nov., 116" .
1,036,255 in 3854 ; and 1, ,622906 (including 4,236 tone
of foreign) in 18g.

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In war moral influences are even more impote%"4 .4. taut than than material. A beaten army, though its
numbers may only have been diminished by a
fifteenth or twentieth part, cannot properly be re-
presented as the army before the defeat minus those
who have perished in action. It is another and a
different army ; it has lost its identity, it is terri-
fied at dangers which it would have despised, and
cowed out of the confidence which it once felt iu its
own bravery and discipline. On the other hand,
a victorious army is twice itself ; its difficulties, its
dangers, its despondencies are forgotten, and it
goes forward in the confidence that its past suc-
cesses are only the preludes to future triumphs.
These are not merely abstract truths, but are the
principles on which every great General in ancient
or modern times has avowedly acted, It was not
Ciesar alone who delighted to urge on his success
and press upon the favour of Fortune • the
same was the maxim of Hannibal and Napo-
pol eon, of Marlborough and of Wel:ngton.
When the allies threw themselves on the shores
of the Crimea they undertook a difficult and
dangerous enterprise, but ono which, if success-
ful, must have the greatest material and moral
efft ots. They attacked a fortress which they &Arid
not invest, and by so doing challenged the whole
force of the empire of Russia to meet them in nar-
row lists behind enormous fortifications, and to
avert, if they could, the destruction of the strong-
hold Russia had built for the subjugation of the
East. But in proportion to the magnitude of the
enterprise was sure to be the moral effect of its suc-
cessful termination. The success of the Bth of Sep-
tember was something better than a surprise ; it
was a victory gained in despite of all the power
that an empire boasting a million of men under
arms could put forth to prevent it. It was a clear
proof of superior strength—it was an undeniable
demonstration of the ascendancy of the allies.
Let even the least imaginative of our readers
compare the feelings of th Russian troops as, by
the light of their blazing town and to the sound of
their exploding forts and magazines, they crossed
over a precarious bridge which a single chance
shell might at any moment have cleft asunder,
leaving behind them their wounded, six thousand
cannon, enormous stores of ammunition and provi-
sions, their splendid arsenal, their beautiful dock',
the city which so many of the best and bravest of
their comrades had died to defend, and, above all,
the great name and world-wide reputation of Rus-
sia ;—let any one, we say, compare the feelings of
these men with those of the allies, placed, by a
success at the rapidity and decisiveness of which
they themselves were astounded, in possession of:a
prize so long sought and so dearly earned ; and
let him then judge whether the relative force of
he two armies could fairly be computed by their
respective numbers, or whether the victorious had
not gained a moral superiority over the van-
quished which no arithmetical statement could
adequately represent. Who was there who did
not expect, as soon as the news of that mighty
overthrow reached him, that the glorious
opportunity would be seized to follow up this
blow by another, and efface present success in the
brightness of future exploits ? . Never was there
a more commanding situation. The allied armies
were flushed with victory, in high health, and pos•
sessed, in their enormous fleet now set at liberty,
the means of moving with speed and secrecy to any
part of the coast which they might think proper to
occupy. Kaffa and Arabat seemed only to await
the advent of the conqueror, and the communica-
tion from Simpheropol to Perekop seemed open to
their attack in its whole extent. Opp Alunity
called them trumpet-tongued to action. The very
seasons fought for them, and two months and a
half of the calmest and most beautiful weather that
can be imagined invited them to commence and
complete a new and glorious campaign before the
'coming of winter.
They had just achieved a victory at which the
world stood amazed, and in comparison with
which everything else seemed easy of accomplish-
ment. What has been done with this splendid
army and this glorious situation—these elements of
triumph, these materials of almost certain success ?
Let us see. Omer Pasha has been sent to Asia
to rouse Christian populations against Christian
Russia, without a single brigade of the allied
troops to bear him company, and counteract the
prejudice of the inhabitants against the Turks.
Yet, even so, his sdccess has been far greater than
anything achieved by the allies. Kinbourn has
been taken, but no attempt has been made to ad-
vance from the basis of operations thus obtained
upon Cherson or Nicolaieff. From Eupatoria, a
place fortified with so much care and cost as if for
the express purpose of throwing ourselves upon the
communications of the Russian army, the opera-
tions of the allies have been ludicrously ineffective
and inadequate. After one sharp cavalry action,
in which just enough was done to show how much
more was possible, the allies have contented them-
selves with advancing towards the Russian posi-
tion three or four times, and then returning by the
way they came without honour and without loss.
Equally energetic has been the conduct of
the main army. It has walked into defiles and
fastnesses only to walk out of them again, and
after a series of objectless manoeuvres finds itself,
after a wilful waste of ten invaluable weeks, just
where it was when the Malakhoff fell into its
power. The Russian communications are not
interrupted, and they are left, by a force of
200,000 men and a fleet of unexampled strength,
to make their preparations as best they may against
the coming of the winter—the only enemy they
have to dread, and the rigours of which are happily
net under our control. Meanwhile our fleet is
coming home; our marines—a force fully equal to
any we possess—are being landed in England ; the
Imperial Guard has returned to France , Malta,
Scutari, and Pera are looking forward to a winter
enlivened by the presence of many a Crimean
hero ; and our cavalry, having done nothing at the
camp, are about to repeat the same process in the
suburbs of Constantinople. Road-making and
hut-building have been the occupation of the vic-
tors during the best season of the year, and the
sterner pursuits of war are agreeably relieved by
theatricals and steeplechases. Except for the
enormous cost—except for the great anxiety,
for the risk of disease, and the possibility
of calamities like the great explosion of the
15th of November, this mighty land and
naval armament, adequate in competent
hands for the conquest of the world might
as well have been anywhere since the Bth of
September as in the dominions of our obstinate and
vigilant adversary. We talk at home of " the
vigorous prosecution of the war," and here every-
body is in earnest, but since the Bth of September
that great business seems to have stood entirely
still.

Who is to blame for this miserable and ludicrous
and
fifth act to the greatglorious tragely, the first
act of which was til
the third the repulse omfa,tht
ehe
IseBctohndf Ijil ke r m
tahne,
fourth the battle of the Tchernaya, and thuense(orm-
ing of the Malakhoff ? There is no difficulty in
answering the question. We have never been
slow to censure the English commanders ; but
with the English commanders, in this instance,
the blame does not rest. The recall of General
Simpson followed so immediately after the Bth
of September that it necessarily paralysed all
exertion on his part, and General Codringtou has
been so short a time in command that it were
utterly unreasonable to censure his inactionno.
such
Marshal Polissier was encumbered by
hindrances. The telegraphic wire that brought to
Paris the news of the fall of Sebastopol
to him for answer the baton of a 1, bore back
larshallle
possessed the confidence of his Government a. nd of
his army, men, materiel, boundless resources and
opportunities, and from the Bth
to the present day he has done of September
nothing.
Was the
season too nothing_absolutely
the 2d of December, exactly
yfar fifty years ago,
advanced ? On
Napoleon, with an army
, which he had marched
from Boulogne to Australitz, fought and won a
great battle,
a portion of the conflict actually tak-
ing place on the •
In how many of Were his forces inadequate ?
y of the groat battles of the world
has one-half the force at the disposal of the
Allies
in the Crimea ever been brought into
action ? Did he dread an
Russiansfrom the
? On the lfith of attack
August a few
thousand men defeated on the Tchernaya with ease
the attempt of five times their number to force his
lines. Then they had Sebastopol to fight for ;
now they could hope nothing beyond a barren and
most improbable victory. We have waited till the
last moment in hopes that something would be
done. There is hardly any enterprise in which the
French General had not a fair chance of success,
or in which, had he failed, we should have ven-
tured to blame him ; but to attempt nothing at
all—to waste two months and a-half of valuable
time in utter inaction—to give the enemy time to
recover and the enthusiasm of his own troops to
evaporate—to stand on the defensive when a thou-
sand means of offensive warfare were open to him
—to play a losing game when a winning One was in
his hands, are faults so grave that we ean
n o longer
n g e
keep silence, or pretend to acquiesce in the
pro-
priety of a lino of conduct Bo fatal
to our troops
and so inglorious to our arms.

DISCOVERY OF THE BODY OF A CHILD.--Yesterday
morning considerable sensation was created at No. SO,
Dudley-street, St. Giles's, in consequence of the dis-
covery of the dead body of a child in a deal box on the
landing. The legs and jaws were tied tightly up, and
little doubt is entertained but that the poor infant tuft
with an untimely end.

fectly free, so that the personnel and materiel
of War could be introduced without let or hind-
rance, and all the resources of the AUTOCRAT
rendered available for its defence. But
what have we since achieved ? Nothing—
literally nothing. The Northern Forts, that
might ere this have been starved out, still
remain in the possession of the adversary, thus
.affording a specious pretext for the subjects and
friends of Russia to assert that our triumph has
been of a very partial character. Nothing has
been done to dislodge the army stationed between
Sebastopol and Simpheropol, and the obvious re-
sults arising from a movement on Kaffa and Ara-
bat have been disregarded. Through this culpable
apathy and negligence the road by the Spit of
Arabat will be opened during the winter, and
supplies, without which they could not exist, for-
warded to the Russian army !
Again, at Kinbourn wo have merely taken pains
to point out a blot, showing how completelyKherson
And Nieolaieff lay at our mercy. The foe will take
the significant hint, and the difficulties and ob-
stacles to any future expedition will be more than
quadrupled. Nothing could have been more
judicious than an attack similar to that which has
been made, if properly followed up. Nothing
more ill-advised if we are to rest on our oars for
the winter season, and give full time for affording
a very warm reception, when it will become ne-
cessary to undertake these operations in earnest.

In the Baltic our naval forces have been made
a jest of. Even the Hango massacre has been un-
avenged, and our magnificent and very costly fleet
returns without any action worth notice save the
destruction of some Government stores at Ssvea-
borg and the sparing of Helsingfors.
It is these matters that give vitality and
significance to the rumours of Peace at any
price or on any conditions, for nothing but
an almost irresistible influence " drifting" tc-
wards peace, could have led to the grievous neglect
of the many opportunities that have been so pal-
pably wasted and misapplied since the commence-
ment of hostilities.

By this time her most gracious Majesty the '
QUEEN will have conferred on her Royal Guest
the most signal mark of respect and favour in
her power to bestow, and the name of VICTOR
EMMANUEL, King of Sardinia, will have been
added to the emblazoned muster roll of the
proudest order of chivalry in the world. Marks
of distinction, however high and conspicuous, are
not, to be sure, necessarily honourable, either to
the donor or the recipient, but in this instance
no one will be found disposed to deny that, in
the person of the Sardinian KING, the Order of
the Garter has received into its ranks as noble and
chivalrous a paladin as ever illustrated its genius
tnd spirit, and that her MAJESTY and her Royal
Guest were alike honoured in the imposing cere-
mony of ini:iation—a ceremony appropriately
enough selected as the crowning feature of the
programme in connection with the Royal Visit.
A journey by rail from Dover to Windsor, a
visit to Woolwich, another to Portsmouth, and a
third to the citizens of London, and a final re-
turn to Windsor, involve no groat complexity of
movement, and could by no means have
taxed the ingenuity of the Court newsman
to report. But what a host of reflections and
what a crowd of anticipations the record suggests !
While sped as with the speed of lightning, and
with perfect ease and safety, along the line of
rail, how the young KING must have been struck
with so magnificent a proof of the genius and en-
terprise of freemen relying solely on themselves I
How profound must have been the impression as to
our mechanical and warlike resources produced by
an inspection of the works and the Arsenal at
Woolwich ! How much that impression must
have been deepened by the inspection of the fleet
lying off Portsmouth—those stately sea lions
that, clothed with thunder, blast the foe with
their hot breath, like the volleying bolts of
heaven—awe-inspiring ministers of destruction,
never let loose but against tyranny and wrong,
and that, unless evaded, must themselves be de-
stroyed ere their mission be suffered to go unac-
complished ! But profoundest of all must the
impression have been produced by his visit of yes-
terday. The citizens of the metropolis of a king-
dom armed with such surpassing might and pos-
sessed' of appliances which could almost inspire a
soul into the dust of ARCHIMEDES, far from betray-
ing aspirations for universal dominion, or, in the
vulgar arrogance of power, despising the weak
—were found sternly indignant at oppression,
and ardent in praise of liberty ; and, while proud
to honour an ally, however feeble, in her glorious
cause, reluctant to merge the enlightened cham-
pion in the impulsive crusader. Nor must Wind-
sor be forgotten. In those august halls, far away
from the busy hum of industry and the haunts of
enterprise, his heart must have beat with satis-
faction at the thought that the constitutional
monarch of the most powerful and advanced nation
of the world counts as her chief residence the
time-honoured abode of a long and illustrious line
of regal ancestors. Nor could an Italian mind
fail to be struck with the numerous addresses
presented to him by our municipal and religious
bodies, in token of sympathy with the cause of
civil and religious liberty which he has so nobly
embraced and hitherto done his best to further.
That his MAJESTY is susceptible of all the im-
pressions we have roughly indicated will not ad-
mit of doubt. Re is no mere romantic lad, led
away as easily for evil as for good. If we and
others are not egregiousiy deceived, beneath that
fair exterior dwells an intellect as keen and mas-
culine as a heart generous, loyal, and unflinching.
We do not credit him, however, with this suscep tibi-
lity on mere supposition. His career tells its own
tale, and his reply to yesterday's address was in ac-
cordance with it—modest, manly, and enlightened.
It furnished proof that the good seed hasbeen sown
fruit in anything but barren ground, and that what he
has witnessed of the working and the odfn our
ee
free institutions, far from decreasing his confidence
in his people, and in the triumph of the cause of
liberty, has fixed it more firmly than ever on the
most enduring foundations. Words like those
uttered yesterday by one so loyal—one who has
so signally set his foot on the Machiavellian policy
of Italian rulers, must not be limited in their sig-
nificance. They imply a great and prosperous
future for at least one of the States of Italy
(and given one, how many more must be added ?)
civil and religious liberty enthroned where mil-
lions will worship her ; and commerce, under her
auspices, and aided by the sail, the rail, and the
telegraph, laying with busy hand and workman-
like skill the foundations of a prouder dominion
than was ever erected by Genoan merchant, or
swayed by a Duke of the noble house of Savoy.

received benefit since the last meeting being 291.
An institution of this sort, we should fancy, has
but to have its claims fairly represented to meet
with support, and we sincerely trust that the
efforts of the supporters of this institution will
not only meet with success in an equal ratio
during the ensuing year, but, through the gene-
rosity of our readers, will be extended over a
wider area.

Deafness is one of those afflictions the great-
ness of which can be appreciated at the domestic
hearth, as well as by men of science ; and we
doubt not many will be delighted to aid in the
restoration of the sweet sounds of affection, and
the means of social communication to worthy
members of society who have unfortunately been
deprived of them. A cheque directed to the
active secretary, Mr. DUFTON, would, we are quite
sure, be thankfully acknowledged.

A Meeting will be held this evening at the
London Tavern—Mr. BENNOCH in the chair—to
consider the State of our Monetary System, and
the influenoe of the Bank Charter of 1844 on
Domestic Industry and Foreign Commerce. No
topics of greater public importance can be brought
under discussion in the present position of affairs,
and we trust that a large attendance of those in-
terested in questions of such magnitude will in-
dicate the feeling of the community on this occa-
sion. The chair will be taken at seven o'clock.
Other Meetings on the same subject are to be held
throughout the country.

DBUBY LANE THEATRE.

31:1/. E. T. SMITH'S BENEFIT.

To-morrow (Thursday) evening is fixed for the benefit
of the indefatigable lessee Mr. Smith, on which occasion
a most attractive entertainment is put forth. The per-
formances will commence with Shakspere's Katherine
and Pctrucl&io, in which Miss Glyn and Mr. Barry Sul-
livan will appear. After which, the comic drama called
Take That Gad Away, in which Messrs. Charles
Mathews, A. Younge, Tilbury, Miss M. Oliver, Miss
Wadham, and Miss Mason will perform. To be followed
by the popular drama of Patter versus Clatter, is which
Mr. C. Mathews will sustain his original character of
Captain Patter ; added to which, the extraordinary per-
formance of the Lady of the Lions, Madame Labs:ere,
with her wonderful trempe of lions, lionesses, bears,
dogs, Ziec. ; and the whole to conclude with a grand Ballet
Divertissement, in which Miss Rosina Wright will appear.
Setting aside this excellent bill of fare, we think Mr.
Smith is eminently entitled to pul)lic reward, for no
man has laboured more assiduously to please the tastes
of all parties than has that gentleman. When we
consider the great exertions and expense which Mr.
Smith has undertaken in order to gratify the most in-
ordinate desk° for talent, novelty, and attraction, we
feel certain a, deserving public will express its gratitude;
and support.- Idm on the occasion in such a manner as
he is fully and fairly entitled to.

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1855.

It would almost seem that the ABERDEEN policy
which (together with the peace tirades of Messrs.
COBDEN and Co.) had involved the country in
War was still to be continued to the last mo-
ment. The Allies appear to be satisfied with
mere demonstrations, to abstain from following
up the golden opportunities afforded to their legi •
timate results, just as if they were afraid of exas-
perating Russia, and still looked forward to a
favourable arrangement from her moderation and
sense of justice, or anything, save an intolerable
pressure on her resources. From the very com-
mencement we have earnestly protested against
waging " a rose-water War," or postponing the
operations which could alone bring the AUTOCRAT
to a real sense of his situation.
The spirit which spared Odessa, which induced
the then Admiral u! the Black Sea Fleet to apolo-
gi.4o for the partial chastisement which he in-
flicted on tile emporium of the trade of Southern
Russia, as occasioned by the wanton
and atrociom;
violation of the law of nations,
in firing on a flag
of truce, still exists. We have almost tin aceoun
injuring the enemy. in many
ably abstained from
vulnerable points, where she could have received
the heaviest blows, the greatest possible discou-
ragement. We have permitted its trade to be
carried on under cover of the Prussian flag, and
ePaied its commercial towns, which lay wholly at
enrmercy. Wehave been contented with singlesuc-
"Bes, where we might have pushed our advantages
to a really
Wilily point. Oar errors are of
" ornissioa" rather than of " commission." What-
ever has been attempted has been accomplished.
We overcame the impediments offered to our ad-
vance against Sebastopol on the heights of the
Alma, and hurled backed
the MuscOvite. torrent,
jet loose through the connivance of Austria, on the
oa,lnguined field of Inkerman.
We captured
the enemy's stronghold under unparalleled cir-
being left
ownstancei—the communications
per-

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We commend to the notice of the philanthropic
land humane the
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the fu u
annualn found in
another column of
meeting of the subscribers and friends of the
Birmingham Institution for the Relief of Deaf-
nes No fewer than 2,869 cases, itwill be seen,
have been treated by the institution since its
ccuomremd,e:aincedn2leinot,
L'llsidi abeerlsl4 persons Lave been
y relieved during the
present year, the number of time who hags

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVANING, DECEMBER 5, 1855.

days of the adored Sovereign and of his illustrious house,
his Majesty proceeded on foot to the residence of the
Commander-in-Chief, whom he deigned to honour with
his visit, and thence went to the house which had been
prepared for his reception, the Palace of BAshi,aerai
having been turned into a temporary military hospital.
" At the doorway a deputation of the citizens had the
honour of presenting bread and salt to his Majesty ; at
the same time the Mayor of the Tartars of Bakshiserai
and the Rabbi cf the Carainies were presented to his
Majesty._

_
" Having entered his apartments, his Majesty deigned
to receive all the members of the staff of the Crimean
army, and expressed to them his gratitude for their
faithful services.

"During the journey from Simpheropol to Bakshi-
serai, his Majesty had already inspected, at the Alma
station, a portion of the troops of the 2d Infantry Corps
stationed there, and, on his arrival at Bakshiserai, his
Majesty proceeded to the Kate:la, where, in front of the
camp, he reviewed a portion of the troops of the 4th in-
fantry corps, the artillery, and the militia. His Majesty
returned to town to dinner.

"At.table the Emperor, who had invited the Aides-
de-Camp-General, the Imperial Aides de-Camp, and the
Generals of the Head-quarters, proposed a toast in
honour of the army of the Crimea.
" In the evening the tortuous streets of EakEhiserai
and its elegant minarets were illuminated with coloured
lamps, and on the heights of the rocks which overhang
the narrow valley of Dakshiserai tar-barrels were lit.
The mixed population of the town thronged the streets
till night, admiring this unusual and picturesque scene.
A similar illumination took place ou the subsequent
evenings.

" Tlie next day, 29th of October (10th of November),
the Emperor, accompanied by their Imperial Highnesses
the Grand Dukes Nicholas and Michael, and by his
Highness Duke George of Mecklenbargh-Strelitz, and his
suite, proceeded in an open carriage at 8 a.m., with
the Commander•in-Chief, to the Douvankioi station, and
thence, after changing horses, to the trocp3 of the sth
Infantry Corps posted near the fortifications of the north
side of Sebastopol, to inspect, in front of their camp,
those troops that were not actually on duty. Thence
his Majesty proceeded on horseback to the Volokhoff
Tower, from a hich he took a survey of the neighbour-
hood, the sea, and the city which had fallen after a glo-
rious struggle. His Majesty then visited the fortifica-
tions of the north side.

"His Alrjesty then reviewed the troops of the 4th
infantry corps, posted between Inkerwan and the Mac-
kenzie heights.

" In this excursion his Majesty accepted an invitation
to a breakfast prepared for him by Lieutenant-General
Pauloff, during which his Majesty again thanked every
oue and proposed a toast in honour of the 11th Infantry
Division ; thence his Majesty returned to Balishiserai.
" On Sunday the 30th of October (11th of November),
after hearing mass, his Majesty proceeded to the troops
of the 31 and sth infantry corps stationad on the Belbek,
and reviewed them ; his Majesty then inspected the po-
sitions at Youkary Karaleze and reviewed the troops of
the 3d corps of Infantry, which occupied them. After
visiting on horseoack our most advanced Cossack posts
near the defile leading into the Balder valley, his Ma-
jesty returned to Bakshi.Serai,

"On the 31st of October (12th of November) his Ma-
jesty the Emperor inspected the troops of the 31 and 4th
' infantry corps stationed on the Katcha and in the defile
of TaPch-13astine.

" On his return to town his Majesty visited the palace
of Baksh-Serai, conversed with the wounded and sick
officers and men, asked them respecting their services,
and expressed his gratitude. At 3 p.m. his Majesty,
accompaniel by his Imperial Highness the Grand Duke
Michael, left for Simpheropol.
"At all these reviews his Majesty the Emperor
thanked the troops in the most gracious terms for their
faithful services and their courage, for the constancy
with ‘vhich they supported so many hardships, and for
the self-denial they displayed in the heroic defence of
Sebastopol and in other encounters with the enemy.
On this occasion, his Majesty-, assembling around Lim
the Generals, superior and subaltern officers,- in-
quired, with paternal solicitude, respecting their
wounds, and thanked them, all and each individu-
ally. Entering the ranks the Emperor conversed most
graciously with the soldiers decorated with the military
medal, questioned theta respecting the battles or sorties
where they had earned that distinction, and listened to
their replies with the kindest interest.
"The troops, penetrated with sentiments of fidelity,
love, and most profound devotion for our august Sove-
reign, received the Emperor with enthusiastic cheers.
The officers, by impulse, formed in groups round the
Monarch to express their unbounded love and their
readiness to die for him.

" We will do all that is in our power, Sire ! We
will not spare ourselves,' was the general exclamation
of the officers to the gracious and flattering expressions of
confidence of the Sovereign in the indomitable warlike
virtues of his soldiers.

On the Ist (13th) of November, the Commander-in-
Chief received from Simpheropol an order of the day
from his Majesty the Emperor addressed to the army of
the Crimea, conferring upon the heroic defenders of
Sebastopol a silver medal instituted in commemoration
of the nearly one year's siege of that town, to be worn at
the button-hole with the riband of the order of Bt.
George. His Majesty deigned to renew to the Crimean
army the expression of his gratitude and Imperial

"!On the same day his Majesty deigned to honour
the Commander-in-Chief with an Imperial rescript
couched in the west gracicus and flattering terms."

A supplement to the Invalide Russe publishes
the following :
"Aide-de-Camp General Prince Gortscbakoff an-
nounces, under date of the 11th (233) of November, at
3.30 p.m., that up to that moment nothing particular
had occurred in the Crimea.

"Some days previously a French Colonel and a French
Captain, who had made a reconnoissance on horseback,
were captured at our advanced posts."
All correspondence from Russia that is spoken of
in Berlin, as coming from well-informed sources,
expresses astonishment at the rumours of pacific
overtures, &c., current in the press ; the only
facts the letters contain point to energetic pre-
parations for a renewal of the war in the spring.
They talk of the Crimea being supplied by that
time with a force of 300,000 men, and of the posi-
tion at Kertch being wrested from the Allies as
soon as the Sea of Azoff is' frozen over sufficiently
strong for the passage of troops ; this latter posi-
tion is looked upon as nearly as valuable as that
of the north side of Sebastopol.
Great efforts are being made to increase the
flotillas of row-boats at Cronstadt, Sweaborg, and
on Lake Ladoga ; a portion of the crews of the
Black Sea fleet is being draughted to the north for
the purpose of helping to this end, and it is ex-
pected that there will shortly be a second levy of
seafaring men with the same object in view.

Nicolaieff is described as having been put into a
state of defence very satisfactory to those interested
in its not being taken, and it is intended that the
winter shall be turned to good account in further
strengthening it as well as Cronstadt. It is to the
nobility of the Government of Cherson, as it ap-
pears, that the army in the Crimea owes the possi-
bility of maintaining itself in full force in the Tau-
rian peninsula since the destruction of the Russian
communications by way of the Sea of Azoff.

order to proceed to the southward to join the ad-
miral. The Tartar took a brigantine (Lubeck co-
lours), having on board a general cargo, manned
her, and has sent her to England. Splendid weather.
" Nov. 16.—The Dragon and Tartar anchored
in Ilernosand (Sweden), and took in each 30 toes
of coals.

" Nov. 18.—The Dragon and Tartar sailed from
Hernosand. Ice making rapidly in the harbour.
Weather fine. Thermometer 28 deg.
" Nov. 20.—Both ships anchored in Ledsund.
No vessels of war there. The Tartar landed some
Russian prisoners. Sailed next morning for Nar-
gen. Beautiful weather ; thermometer standing
at 38 deg.
"Nov. 22.—Steamed through between Revel
and the Isle of Nargen. Finding no ships to an
anchor there, shaped our course for Faro.
"Nov. .23.—Fe1l in with the Esk, who informed
us that the flying squadron was cruising off 'Tango."

H. M. S. —, Faro, Nov. 24.
"Arrived here to-day, and found at anchor the
Retribution, Dragon, Harrier, D'Assas (French
frigate), and
a Swedish corvette. We are all com-
pleting with coals and provisions preparatory to
sailing on our last cruise for the season. The
weather still remains fine and mild ; no signs Of ice
in this harbour.

"Signal made, opportunity for letthrs for Eng-
land, via Kiel, by the Dragon. Yesterday blow-
ing a gale of wind, with sleet. Report says we
sail to-morrow or next day on a cruise.