The daily union., 1854-11-17
LETTER FROM LONDON.

"Amercusp the agreeable and wenformed London
correspondent of the Boston Post under date of the 3st
ultimo writes:
1t is settled that the Emperor and Empress the
French to keep Christmas at Windsor How the world
PAGES wha few years ago the Gar the observed
of all observers in this English castle of Windsor
feed dned lionized, accepting nvesnre of the garter
knighthood, and granting an annual cup to the Ascot
giving and recprocating compliments of theunpara
leed season Now the parvenu of European notabltes
the honors the Czar is be publicly degraded from
the garter and in grand chapter Louis Napoleon is
be invested with knghthood by the Queen of England
Mrs. Maaprops dea that there is friendship like that
which begins with little aversion is for fully
zed The hero of the coup df Of December 1851 against
whom no longer ago than eighteen months no scurrty
unreshed by the English public, who suspected
of grudge about Waterloo and of sinister designs in
gard England is the most popular man in the whole
world with this English people Besides this on the
continent he is gaining lauret being averred that
the houses of Coburg Orleans and Bonapata are to be al
lied by the marriage Of Prince Napoleon, the presumpve
heir the French throne and the daughter of King Leo
pod. The dynasty would then be founded, ndeed--a
nephew of Napoleon the Great welded granddaughter
of Louis Philippe 1t is more than matter of doubt
however, whether Louis Napoleon Strengthening his posi-
ton France and he not yet quite the thing 1t
is significant fact that during the present most popular
neither the statesmen soldiers Of the old regime
have ayailed themselves of the opportunity to take service
in State army
The intelligence Of the of active operations
against Sebastopo first received through Russian chan
ne is confirmed The bombardment began both by land
and the 18th inst The ships which the enemy had
guns from reaching Fort Constantine and the telegraph
battery the north and the French appear to have
enoed the quarantine battery the SOUTH and to have
also cannonaded Fort Alexander AS to the land opera
tions of the days succeeding the nth there little more
than very general information and the telegraph reports
that the troops effected breach the 2st 1t appears
probable that the chief efforts being directed to
ducng the forts the land side of Sebasopo with
view of afterwards pushing the batteries further forward
to attack the principal ortfcations shipping, and
barracks. Louis Napoleon, in his letter to Madame ST.
Arnaud speaks of tmid counsels' There is great in
quiry know to what this refers One commander and
another nre pointed out but public sentiment does not
yet know whom to point the finger at.
most improbable report comes from. Vienna that Mems
chkof has abandoned the command of ebasopol to the
hetman Of the Cossacks General ChomotoR and has
moved his headquarters to the Perekop There doubt
that the Gar is dspleased with Menschko for his
OF skill in the conduct OF the campaign and that the neg
gsce he exhibited in allowing the allies execute their
flank movement round Sebastopo without semblance OF
opposition has sunk him in the opinion of all military
in Russia But as recent hkase appoints MIN to the
mand of all troops in the Crmea it is probable he proceeds
to Perekop only inspect the reinforcements It extra
ordinary however that he should ant Sebasopol for
day, at the present moment of crisis.
The reinfOrcemens the in the East this
week. to be completed the week 10 come amount to
1000 These make up for the casualties of the
campaign and calculated to bring the effective contln
gent Of The English army to The original number sent out
namely 10000 infantry Indeed to render the army at
more effective than usual targe additions have been maaa
to the commssarat 1t is impossible to Ignore h, act
that great casualties must have taken place in army of
70 be recruited by 1000 men to fill up the deficiencies
caused in the ranks So tits however About 900 went
out in the Queen Of the South Thursday and similar
number on Friday. No regiments win be sent out
Very large and ample supplies of winter clothing have
been forwarded to the army in the Crmea and library
has been to Scutari The cholera has quite dsap-
peared from the feet
NJ Julien has returned from the United States to give
series of not only native melodies but of many truly
classical works by American composers He trusts that
his antcpatpns of 1852 will be realized and that his
American tour will not only have proved source of
profit and qualification to himself but of providing
houses the American Quadrille" the Sledge Polka
the Kay-Did Polka" the Mississippi Gaopa the "New
York Firemens Quadrilen and others He pays us the
high compliment of saying that not only literature paint
ing and sculpture have been well cared for among us but
that the science of mrsic has been ostered by the s,a
lishmen OF musical institutions which do yield TO
those OF Europe either in TIE excellence Of their arrange
ments or the magnitude OF their operations He thinks
that besides every advantage having been derived from
foreign artists there vast amount of melodies from
sources purely American Last evening the doors of Dr
Lane absolutely besieged by hundreds of people
and when they opened the rush for amttance was
absolutely terrific. Female heard on every
side the house was completely filed in few minutes and
ment rooms behind crowded that locomoon was
impossible. II was probably the greatest multitude ever
seen in theatre in London.
English funds have been advancing the last days.
Foreign stocks meet with business but with little
change in price
We are anxiously awaiting the arrival of the steamer
which should have sailed from New York the 18th in
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