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THURSDAY., JANUARY .8, 1867.

WE have this day made, some further Extracts
from the Foreign Journals which arrived on Tuesday
night. The accounts from almostall,quarters con-
cur in representing the French Army as being in a
most deplorable condition : according to the most,
favourable statements, it has been reduced ,one-
fourth by an epidemic disorder, which continued to
rage with giieat violence. It is true, ',the Fiench
Army was continually receiving reinforcements, but

the accession of raw Conscripts would, under the pre_.

sent circumstances, acid but Hulett) their real strength.
The fatigue of so long a march, and the severity of
a northern winter, would: undoubtedly disable them
- •
from service for some time. If the Russians' Should
persevere in their determination of avoiding-a gene-
ral aCtion for a feW weeks longer, • the situatiOn of
BONAPARTE will become perilous in the extreme
his army will be diminished daily, and, wliat is of
• equal importance, it
,rust become dis Contented.
The French soldiers have 'hitherto been accustomed
. to rapid marches, to decisive victories, and to gun
, der; they are now in a dreary country, experiencing
all the rigours.of a severe winter, opposed in frdtit
by,a numerous and :warlike Enemy—an Eneeny,.
that (notwithstanding IScirearath'E's boasts) • the.
Fiench TroopS have a peculiar aversion to fighting-*„.
1 and With a formidable Army on their*, flank; ready
to take the firskfavourable opportunity of attacking
them. Everything;therefore, is to.-be hoped for if
the Russians persist fer sortie' dine longer in their
present mode
-of .warfare. There can. be no doubt-
that BONAPARTE will endeavenr to force. the- Al-
lies to a general Aaiun as soon as possible; the
has advanced. with 'that view from Pesento I,7Var-
saw : but his eagerness to bring on a decisive
battle will, We trust; convince hiss adversaries of 'the
expediency of avoiding one: The reports which'
have been for some time so confidently- circulated; of'
battles having been fought in which both parties are
-alternately repro.ented as being viCtorious,evidently:,
had no other foundation than the skirmishes wh'..ch.
frequently occur between the 'advanced Posts of the
two'Armies, in which-the Cossacs generally prove
more than•an_equalmatch for ihe French-Cavalry.*
It is stated in a private Letter, that two Regitnents
of French Cavalry were cut.to pieces by two Prus
,•
sian Regiments, the former having been drawn into.
an ambuscade near Dantzig. -
We are happy to find that the report of a War
having commenced between RusSia, and _Turkey is
unfounded. The Russians have 'entered Moldavia'
and Wallachia, but it appears" to be entirely with
the consent of the. Porte.

THE following notification was , yesterday sent
from the Admiralty- to 'LLOYD'S : • •
"Admiralty-Office, Jan....; 7 , .

" By an examination of the Prisoners taken in the
Spanish Packet, it appears that she sailed \from
Monte Video upwards of _three months. sake, at.;
which period that place was in, the pbssession'"Of the.
Spaniards, aild Buenos Ayres of t4e.Eng-lish." •

In addition to the observations which We have ttl-
. ready made upon this interesting subject; we aro
happy, to state, that it is probable that.very,Consi-
derable reinforcements reached Buenos Ayres in Sep-
tember, from the Cape. The Cape Town- Gazettes,
which have been received to the 24th of September,
state,, that on the .29th of August His Majesty's
Ship Lancaster, Capt. FoniziwiLL; sailed froth Si-
mon's,Bay for Rio I,a Plata, with the following trans-
ports with troops under convoy,, viz. Alexander;
HOWARD; Polly, CHAPMAN ; Hero, CAREY ; Ca-
ledonia. J. NI‘IvER ; Pretty Lass, C. CUMMING.;
Royal:charlotte, PORTGATE ; and Funiiy, S. JOB.=
SON.
.On the 16th previous, Hi; Majesty's Ship
Medusa, the Hon. Capt. BOUVERIE, sailed fot the
River Plate, with His Majesty's Store-Ship.Hothe,
Capt. KELWICK ; Diadem Transport, R. HOME;'
Adamant Transport, STERLING and Columbine
Transport, lIINLAyx, under Convoy. The whole
of the troops on board the two Squadrons amounted
to about 2500: ,

TIIE good faith, manirested towards all the Allies:
of this Country in the late Negotiation, and the
scrupulous adherence of Ministers to the connexion
subsisting with 13. nssia, have desei7ved and obtained,

general approLation and praise. Great surprise mu- t
therefore be vxcited by a Pa ,:age in the. Report of a
Speech, attributed Jo a Mernher of OppO'sition in the
Debate of I\loncl,:y. After a statement of the prelimin-
ary points which underwent some discussion at the
commencement of the Negotiation, it w .s a ked on
wkat round we rejused to ireatfirther without Rilssiu

rr-e 'lad 725 Treaty with Russia except the Treaty of
_cower t. . That was a -Dreaty of Subsidy and Mili-
tary. Operation, and could not be in force after the
'Battle of Austerlitz. A brief extra& from Lord
OItENirILLE'S Speech on Friday last atfordS'‘ a deci-
sive ;The present Ministers, on -their en-
trance into office, found
_this Country bound Gy a
formal Treaty not to make Peace without the con,
sent and concurrence of Russia." His Lordship
•expressed his perfea assent to the propriety and
.poliCy of that connexion, and added, • that even if
the Treaty had been unfit and_unwise,
,still Ministers
would have adhered to it, as it stood on the sacred
authority of His Majesty's name, and the plighted
sanctity. of the public faith. The 'ground, there-
fore, of refusing to treat ,farther without Itusl.
sia is unequivocal ; the necessity of ading on •
that ground is equally manifest ; and the expe-
diency, of such conduEt can scarcely be questioned by
an avowed admirer of the politics of the last Admi-
nistration.

In the great diversity and peculiarity of opinions
which were started on Monday; Ministers were
,ac-
.citsed of inconsistency for the rigid adherence whiCh.,
they required from France to the Basis of Aft.nal!
Popession, and the laxity , which they iee* tritd to in
-dulg in demanding Cessions from the. Enemy..
This charge arises out. of, the claims advanced by
sia. The basis on Which:this COuntry tonne fed
treat with reference to its own interests, cou,ld rite
•
involve all the relations of Russia with France, or be
-, • •
understood
.to preclude • that C,ourt. from insisting'
on points which might
..be dee:nod essential to
the honour,- or necessary to the safety, ..of the.,
• • ,
RuSsian .Empire:• Great Britain and Russialdiere
engaged in a FOrninon cause, 'and a joint 'Peace
would-have been calculated to'arrange;,,to their
tual,satisfaEtioh, the objeai'of.common • -concern.-
-The peculiar. stipulations which: the EriaPeror'A.txx7
A- . -
N.DER might be disposed to require, migot be u'ised
either by his own Minister, or through the 'British
Negotiator,' without any violation- of that basis, on
[he faith of which, in reference to :its own interests
and its own relations with the Enemy; this Country
had alone consented tatreat with the French 'Govern-
ment. The claims prefeyed by Russia were, in the
highestdeg_ree, obje.As of 'British policy,. inasmuch
as they comprehended the interests-of a, faithful, but
Unfortunate Ally, and were dirctbd to the establish,.
ment of a barrier, which sh9uld diminish the'evitS to
which Austria was exposed, and avert the dangers,
with Which the Turisish Empire •wiU. be threatened
.while Dalmatia continued in the possession of France.
In. the proposed evacuation of Dalmatia, France was
only required to withdraw from a tel with which
she had no Conne6tion, but which was •held by her
for the purpose of
,future annoyance, attack, a 0
,a;graudisern4it, and the Obstinate retention of which
indicated a *spirit. wholly incompatible_ with Peace.
Aniong the extraordinary charges with which Mi.,
nisters have beep assailed, they 'mire been arraigned
.for the failure of the Negotiation, which has been at-
tributed to the Want ofa sufficient bias towards pacifi-
, cation. 'The hiStory and duration of the discussions
Will satisfy every impartial mind that in seeking the
Restor.afidri of Peace,
.Govern mcn t omitted no means
"consistent with the honour of the SOvereign, and.
it
the safety of the Empire.. But is .said, that
there are persons 'distinguished by • their. worth,
talents and integrity,' who maintain the extrava-

gant' dodrine that the. compias .between NatiOns
-
are-- under every eircurnstaned of,aggression still
sacred and inviolate, that no• hostile acts; though
they authorise measures of defence, can work the
dissolution or justify, the breach of a former Treaty,
and that therefore the renewal 'of Peace should be
,merely the cessation of warfare. Against those, in
whose minds such prejudices are. rooted, arguments
in support of justice or expediency must prove in 7
reffeaual, and all contention' must be useless ; but
the exemption of the Ceuncils of the State from the
influence of such opinions must be a subjed.of pre=
sent consolation and of future. hope.

His MAJESTY arrived at the Queen's Palace yes-
terday from Windsor'. At two o'clock His MA-
JESTY held a private Levee, which was attended by

The Archbishop' of Canterbury; the Lord Chancellor ;
the Lord President of toe Council ; the Lord Privy Seal ;
the First Lord of the TreasUry ; 'The Secretaries of State ;
the Master-General of the .0
rdnance ; the. Bishop or Bimgor ;
Earl. FitzwillOons; ViscoUnt Ossulston.; Lords Boston and
ileathtielci ; the Dean of Windsor ; Captain Sir E. Hama-
' ton ; Sir H. 13. Neale ; and Mr. Fawkener.• •

the following had the honour of being. presented
to HIS MAJESTY :

Captain Sir Edw. Hamilton by Earl Spencer, upon his being
appo►nted to the ,ornmand of the Royal Mary Nacht.
The Rev. Dr. Randolph, by Earl Spencer, upon his being
transated from the Bishupriek of, Oxford to Bangor, when Ole
Reverenti Prelate did homage before H►s Majesty'upon the
oceaSion: •

' Lord OSSULSTON deliVered to Firs MAJESTY the
Address of the'House of Commons upon the Papers
relative to the Nei;otiation.

Afteethe•Levee His MAJESTY held a Privy Coun-
cil. His MA4E§TY:gave auditjices to the Lola)
CHANCELLOR, Lords Garf.svlLLE and HowicK, and
Mr...WlNourAm-. • A.C:tive o'clock HIS MAJESTY set
otf, OH his return to Windsor, eseotted 'by a party of
the Light Horse.
Married, on;Thnrsday the Ist inst: JOHN COLO--
GAN, LSq. to Miss ISABELLA, daughter of tLo late
B. CO6TELLO, Esq. •