The Sun.
London, England, 1854-12-06 00:00:00

LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 6, 1854.

.nR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC
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TO-NIGIIT at 8 o'clock, and Every Night (but Saturday).
Stalls, 3s, ;
Area, 2s. ; Gallery, Is. The first Montllrc Representa-
tion will take place on Saturday, Dec. 10th, at 3 o'clock.—Egyytian
[tall, Piccadilly.

PRIZE CATTLE SHOW of tho SMITHFIELD
CLUB; for the Exhibition of Prize Cattle, Seeds, Roots,
LuiPlements, &e. Open To-morrow, Thursday, 7th December, and
list day but one, from daylight till 9 in the evening. Admittance,
One Shilling.

LOANS from 501. to 500 E., on the Security of
th 3 borrower and two responsible Iloosekerpers. No Life
kssuriiee. Interest, 6 per Cent—Address (wilt post-head), Messrs.
I,AW RANCE and CO., 110, Fenchurch-street, CIT. Personally
front 11 to 3.

TO LOVERS OF FISH.-
100 real YARMOUTH BLOATERS for es.. package included
rhe above f•rwurdcd to all parts on receipt of penny postage stamps,
:r P. O. O. (preferred) for the amount. Send plain address, county,
and nearest station.—Address, Thomas Lettis, jun., Fish-curer, Great
Yarmouth.

OYSTERS. —J. SWEETING is happy to
inform his Friends and the Public .thq his BURNHAM
RIVER NATIVE OYSTERS are as fine as last season. Ile has
them six years' old, four hours from the beds, at his Fish and Oyster
Establishment, 159, Cheapside. Superior Oyster Rooms ; Steed's
Ale ; Reid's Stout.

00 AL DEPARTMENT, North London. Rail-
way.—liighbury Depot.—IIETTON'S WALL'S-END (the
best house coals in the world) are brought to the docks of this rail-
way at Poplar by New screw steamers, Cochrane, 750 tons, Iletton,
750, and the Northumberland, 650 tons, chartered expressly for this
depot, and delivered thoroughly screened, to any part of London,
north of the Thames, at 275. per ton. Orders to be addressed to
Mr. Thomas Lea, Chief Office, Railway Station, Highbury, Islington.
Terms, cash on or before delivery.

THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.--
The Agents and Friends of Gentlemen In the Army are
respectfully informed that the Subscriber has a large supply of
CLOTHING suitable for Wintering in the Crimea. Large Heavy
PLAIDS, Warm ‘t RAPPERS, the Famous HIGHLAND CLOAK,
Warm Coloured FLANNEL SHIRTS, TOP-COATS, Stout STOCK-
INGS, &c., &c., &c.
Parcels leaving Inverness twice a-week by Rail to London, and
thence carefully forwarded to the Army by Subscriber's Agent.

D. WDOUGALL,

TIIE TARTAN AND TWEED WAREHOUSE, INVERNESS.

LAURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLL ROOMS.-
Now Open for the Season.—During the week the Orchestra
will perform the following music :—Overture Bronze Horse, Auber ;
Waltzes: La Naturelle, 11. Wlenard ; Jubilee, Tinney ; Burger Ball
(first time), Strauss; Le Carnival de Venise (by desire), with Varia-
tions for all the principal performers, by H. Laurent. Quadrilles :.
Le Palais de l'Alcazar. H. LamOtte ; L'Etoile du Nord, Musard ;
Mont Blanc (first time), Biauchetean ; Partant pour la Syrie, 11.
Laurent. Schottische: The Moldavian, by J tillien. Polkas: Musen,
Strauss; Bacchus, Strauss; L'Etelle du Nord, li. Laurent; Elisen,
Strauss. Gallops : Royal Artillery, Coots ; Les Guides, H. Laurent.
Shortly, licenig's Staff Polka. Principal Cornet a Piston, M. Boni-
court.—Al te rat ion of Time —Doors open at Eight ; commence at half-
past.—Admission, One Shilling.

GUARDIAN FIRE ,AND LIFE:
ASSURANCE COMPANY,
No. 11, Lombard-street, London.
DIRECTORS.
Sir WALTER R. FARQUHAR, Bart., Chairman. •
FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
Henry Hulse Berens, Esq. Stewart Marjoribanks, Esq. .
John Dixon, Esq. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. Rowland Mitchell, Esq.
T.Hankey, jun., Esq., M.P. James Morris, Esq.
I John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
John G. Hubbard, Esq. r Henry IL Reynolds, jun., Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq. •
Jahn Labouchere, Esq. James Tullbeh. Esq.
John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq.
AUDITORS.
A. W. Robarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. I John Henry Smith, Esq.
George Keys, Esq., Secretary.
Griffith Davies, Esq., F.R.S., Actuary.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par-
liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of
the Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium
without participation of Profits.
The next division of Profits will be declared in June, 1855, when
all participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year
at Christmas, 1854, will be allowed to share in the Profits.
At the several past divisions of Profits made by this Company, the
Reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies from One-half the
Profits amounted, on an average of the different ages, to about One
per Cent. per Annum on the sums insured, and the total Bonuses
added at the Four Septennial Divisions exceeded 770,000/.
FOREIGN RISKS.—The Extra Premiums required for the East
and West Indies, the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the
United States of America, have been materially reduced.
INVALID LlVES.—Persons who are not in such sound health as
would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums,
may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums. •
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their 'values, pro-
vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each case a value not under 50/.
ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.,—Written Notices of, received
and registered.
Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for
Policy Stamps.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances effected upon every descrip-
tion of property, at the usual rates.

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Between Gravesend and Intermcdiate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd.
FORT KETS.—Twelve Months, 54 0-4.; Six Months, 31. Os. ;
Three Months, 21. Os.; to be had of the Collactors on board the
Packets; or of Mr. Monk, Terrace Pier, Gravesend.
Nov. 13, 1854.

THE PRICE OF AUSTRALIAN NEWSPAPERS.—The pro•
prietors of the Sydney Morning Herald, the Sydney
Empire, the Melbourne Argus, and other Australian
newspapers, have increased the price of their respective
journals from 3d. to 6d. per copy. The grounds put
forth are their enhanced superiority as journals, and the
consequently augmented cost of production. The new
tariff came into operation in September last. The Bal-
larat Times, a very small paper, the Mount Alexander
Mail, and others at the diggings, have for some time
put boon pUbliehed At 4!

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.

The :Marlborough, 120, is rapidly approaching com-
pletion at Portsmouth, and her launch is confidently
spoken of as to take place in February. She will be the
largest ship of war in the world; her measurement ex-
ceeding 4,000 tons.
The Neptune, 120, 'Captain Hutton, will sail to-day,
weather permitting, tor Queenstown, to embark the 72d
Highland Regiment, and detachments of other regiments,
after having shipped about 100 tons of Ordnance stores
for the seat of war. She will only proceed as far 113
Malta, and then return. The troops and stores will be
carried from Malta by steamers.

Rear-Admiral Plumridge struck his flag on Monday
night, and went on extended leave.
The Leopard, 18, Captain George Giffard, will not be
ready to leave to-day with the Neptune, but is ordered
to leave on Saturday for Queenstown, to embark 450
troops for the Crimea.
The Odin, 16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, Captain
Francis Scott, is under orders to proceed to Woolwich
on her return from the Baltic to have new boilers put

on board.
'The steam-corvette Cossack was taken out of dock at
Devonport, and placed at her sailing moorings in Ha-
moaze, on Monday.
Her Majesty's ship Brisk sailed from Plymouth on the
4th inst. for the Pacific. She took out a large mail
for Rio Janeiro.
The Perseverance, iron screw steam transport-ship,
Commander Pullen, has had her masts put in with the
greatest despatch under the sheers at Woolwich Dock-
yard. She was taken out of dock on Monday at high
water for that purpose, and was redocked yesterday at
high water after her masts were put in.
The receiving hulk Endymion was towed into Ply-
mouth Sound early on Sauda,,y iniorning, and the pas-
sengers, ex Whirlwind have be transferred to her. ---
Letters have been received at Devonport frets the
frigate President, dated off Kamtschatka, Sept. 10 ;
officers and crew all well.
Master-Commander John Belana, with the other offi-
cers and crew of the Rhaclamanthus, paddle-wheel steam
store-ship, having new boilers put on board at Wool-
wich, were placed under orders yesterday to proceed by
railway, which they did in the afternoon, to Portsmouth,
to navigate the Diligence round to Woolwich.
Steam transport No. 140 arrived at Spithead yester-
day.

THE PRUSSIAN LEGISLATURE.

The Liberals in the Second Chamber of the Prussian
Legislature have obtained a victory over the Court
party in the Presidential elections. The President,
Count Sschwerin, and one of the Vice-Presidents, M.
von Bethinann-Hollweg, aro Liberals ; the other Vice-
President, M. von Arnim, is a supporter of the Court.
These elections are not altogether conclusive as to the
tone which will predominate in the Second Chamber, in-
asmuch as vacancies have been created in the ranks of
the Court party, by the appointment of several of its
members to seats in the First Chamber which have to
be filled up by partial elections. They warrant however,
a hope that the insane policy of the Prussian Court may
encounter a decided resistance among the representatives
of the people. The First Chamber having been recruited
almost exclusively from the ranks of Conservatives, will
be a mere echo of the speeches from the throne.
The Prussian State is at this moment passing through
a crisis of unprecedented anxiety. There is no nation in
Europe that has more to dread from Russian ascendancy
than Prussia. The representative institutions of Prussia,
still in their infancy, shifting and changing their form
from day to day according to their monarch's whim of
the hour, are a constant eyesore to the government at
St. Petersburg. Eves were the reins of Government in
Prussia held by a King less obsequious to the Czar, the
indefensible eastern frontier of the monarchy, and the
conflict of races in the frontier province, expose Prussia
at all times to intimidation from its Muscovite neigh-
bours. The people of Prussia are probably the most ripe
for a real constitutional government of all the German
states, and the most anxious to enjoy it. Their only
guarantee for obtaining and preserving it—in despite
of the absolutist tendencies of their court, and the
domineering disposition of Russia—is to be sought
in .a cordial and. intimate 'alliance with the two great
Western Powers. If Prussia does not join the Western
Alliance, the liberties of the Prussian people are not
worth a six months' purchase. And almost tie only
chance of Prussia's adhering to the Western Alliance
depends upon the attitude which shall be assumed by
the Second Chamber, in the session that has just opened.
Not a day passes that does not bring us fresh proofs
of the subserviency of the Prussian Court to the Czar,
and the hollowness of its neutrality. Take the most
recent example. On the 2d inst. twenty chests of fire-
arms, weighing four tons, arrived from Liege, at the
railway station is Cologne. When opened, for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the amount of duty, each chest was
found to contain twenty-eight firelocks, making a total
of five hundred and sixty. The Russian eagle was en-
graved on each of these weapons, and the initials of the
Czar in Russian characters. They could not be intended
for the use of the Prussian army, as all its arms are
manufactured in the country. This is the tenth arrival
of the kind .from Liege at the Cologne railway station.
The ostensible destination of these packages is Berlin,
but among the railway and customs officials not a doubt
is entertained that they are transmitted thence to Russia.
It has been remarked, in more than one letter from the
Crimea, that many Russian rifles found on the field of
battle have the Liege mark. Here, then, we have the
Prussian Government, in contempt of its professed neu-
trality, conniving at the transport of arms to Russia
through its territory. Nor is this one isolated act.
More than a month ago we published accounts of the
systematic exportation of lead from the Prussian ports
on the Vistula to St. Petersburg and Warsaw.
The fate of all Germany may be said to be at this
moment in the bands of the Prussian Representative
Chamber. Its members also alone have the power to im-
pose a check upon the Russian predilections of their
Government. Their struggle against the Court will be
an arduous one, for Time has net yet defined and con-
firmed their privileges. But it is net a hopeless struggle,
for even in the Ministry there are men who, though they
have not the courage and self-denial to sacrifice place
and Court favour by asserting their convictions, are
most reluctantly dragged along by the sycophants of
Russia among their colleagues. And the reward of the
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country that has succeeded in obtaining representative
institutions. The members of the Prussian Second
Chamber have immediately under their eyes the progress
of constitutional struggle which ought to shame them
into a resolute assertion of their rights. The Germans
are apt to brag of the influence which German science
and literature have exercised over the Danish mind, and
to flatter themselves that intellectual culture has made
greater progress in Germany' than in Denmark ; will
they allow the Danes to take the lead of them is an as-
sertion of popular rights at once temperate and
triumphant !—Daily News.

AUSTRIA AND THE WESTERN
PO WERS.

Under the head of "European Alliance" nearly the
whole of the front page of the Constitutionnel is filled
with an article on the negotiations in Germany relative
to the Eastern question. The history of these negotia-
tions, from beginning to end, is given ; but our readers
are already too well acquainted with them for it to be
necessary to repeat the account given by the Constitu-
tionnel. We extract, therefore, only the concluding
portion of the article, in which our contemporary shows
that the negotiations have ended satisfactorily for the
cause of the Western Powers :

"It is not in her own name only, but in that of all
Germany, that Austria can now speak to Russia ; it is
the weight of all the Confederation that she may cast
into the balance. Never was a ruder blow given to
Russia ; her influence in Germany is annihilated. There
only remained to Austria one more step to take before
breaking off with Russia, and, to prevent the Emperor
Francis Joseph from taking it, Russia determined to
make a last and tardy concession. She caused it to
be declared at Berlin that she accepted the four gua-
rantees with certain reserves, and at Vienna that she
accepted them as they stood. Tho effort was use-
less ; whea Prince Gortschakoff made the declaration
to Count Buol, the bases of a treaty by which Austria
promises her co-operation to the Western Powers
were already laid down, and three days after the treaty
was signed. The necessity of exchanging the ratifica-
tions only prevents the text from being made known ;
but it may be said that it gives to the powers all the
guarantees they desired, either to obtain peace or to carry
on the war. Thus is crowned by a decisive act tlas long
series of negotiations which have little by little detached
Austria from Russia. Thus is broken the last riffd of
the chain concocted in 1815—thus is inaugurated in
Europe an entirely new state of things. The French
Government, whose sagacity had prepared this great re-
sult, and which rendered it easy by its frankness and
persevering moderation, gathers the fruit of its good
conduct. The young Emperor of Austria and his pru-
dent councillors who surround him will gain in return
foi• their firmness the security of their country, the illus-
tration of their name, and the gratitude of Europe, for
which they prepare a glorious and lastini peace."
On this article, the Pays observes :
" The Miniteur has published a telegraphic despatch
announcing that a treaty of alliance was signed on the
2d at Vienna, between Austria, France, and Great Bri-
tain, The great length of the negotiations had produced
considerable uneasiness in the public mind, as men hesi-
tated to believe that Austria could decide on breaking
the bonds which had so long united her to the Russian
policy. The policy of loyal firmness and of noble inde-
pendence has triumphed over all obstacles, and Europe
will at last learn that the reminiscences of 1815 aro defi-
nitely thrust back into the history of the past. Tke
date of the signature of the treaty is of good augury.
France and Austria will behold with pleasure that it
corresponds with the anniversary of the resurrection of
the French Empire, and of the consecration of the an-
cient empire of the house of Hapsburg. The young
Emperor who represents that glorious dynasty, only
listening to the interests of his states, has joined the
Allied Powers for the purpose of securing the triumph of
right, and we shall soon behold the Austrian eagles
mingled with those of France. The thought expressed
by the Emperor of the French to General Canrobert is
thus realised, ' Europe has beheld without fear our
eagles, so long banished, again gloriously taking their
flight.' Honour to the cabinets which have prepared
such events ! The various nations owe them a debt of
gratitude, and history will accord them a noble page.
M. de Buol, with ability and firmness, has known how
to pay attention, as much as was possible, to the tra-
ditions of Austrian policy. He endeavoured to bring
back peace as long as any hope remained of doing
so. But he did not hesitate at the decisive moment.
Although complete details have not reached us, the
indications precedently received leave no doubt as
to the accord which exists between the contracting
parties. The government of the Emperor, by the eleva-
tion and straightforward character of its policy, has
succeeded in effacing the prejudices which might inter-
fere with that alliance, and in removing all authority
from the party which supported at Vienna the preten-
sions of the Emperor of Russia. It is r. grand step
made towards a definitive and solid peace ; and truly is
it not a subject of admiration to behold all the diplo-
matic traditions of Europe turned upside down under
the successor of the hero against whom all Europe had
united ? Austria, Great Britain, and France joined to-
gether for the same object, are henceforward invincible.
War no longer presents danger for any of them. Lot us
offer up our prayers that Prussia, comprehending her
well-understood interests, will give her adhesion to the
accomplishment of the common work, and so lead the
Emperor Nicholas to perceive that he must not indulge
any hope of obtaining support in the unfortunate course
in which he has engaged."

Tfllll ROYAL KOH-I-NOOR BATTERY.—A writer of a
letter from the seat of war says :—" Our blue jackets'
batteries, particularly that of the Diamond, Captain
Peel, have done great execution. The Diamond's bat-
tery attracts the attention of the Russians by having a
large board IT in front of it, with "The Royal Koh-i-
-noor Battery' painted on it. The Russians, our tars
say, cannot make it out. They have attacked it several
times, and enrich time they have been driven back with
very severe loss. They say they lose.a great many blue-
jackets, as Jack will jump up after he fires, to see
whether or not the shot tells well, at which time he
ought (under orders) to be lying down at on WA ago.

[PRICE SD.

SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SHOW.

Yesterday was the first public day at the show, and
notwithstanding the unfavourable state of the weather
the attendance was - considerably above the average,
The appearance of the stalls afforded a very gratifying
proof of the excellent character of the stock, as the label
" sold " met the eye in every direction. The Devons
have all met purchasers amongst the metropolitan
butehetts, and a great number of the Herefords have
also been sold. Amongst the short-horned the Duke
of Rutland's gold inedallist has become the prize of Mr.
Ford, of Kenton-street, Russell-square, at the large
pica' of 701. The other stock sold realised propor-
tionably good prices, as may be inferred from the ra-
pidity with which they went off. In the sheep and
pig department the market has been equally brisk, so
that it is confidently expected that before the close of
the show the whole of the stock will have been disposed
of. The lovers of gigantic sirloins will be glad to learn
that Mr. Byam's Bridgewater Leviathan is still in the
market, and was during the whole of yesterday the great
attraction of the show. The value of the improved ven-
tilation was very perceptible yesterday in the comfortable
repose of the animals, so different from the distress and
panting exhibited in former years. The visitors also
found the advantage of the alterations, as, although the
attendance was so great, there was no crushing or crowd-
jog, while the entrances and exits were made with per-
fect ease and facility. The galleries were much crowded,
and the various machines attracted a great deal of atten-
tion, especially a formidable array of locomotive threshing
machinss, which occupies one of the apartments.
Amongst .the visitors yesterday were the Duke of
Richmond, the Earl of Leicester, Earl Hardwicke, Sir
James Graham, the Prince of Surat and a numerous
retinue, Sir W. . Booth, and several other persons of
distinction. To-day is fixed for . the club dinner, at
which a numerous attendance is expected.