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the Servians and Turks. Servia maintains a neutral Position. Russia is indignant at the expulsion of M. de Mughim, the Russian Consul General, from Bel- grade. Placed between Russia, Austria and Turkey, the position of Servia is anything but a pleasant one. It is sincerely to be hoped that Vienna will not be selected for the meeting of the proposed Congress, should it eventually be hela. Austria wears a mask, and is, at best, a lukewarm ally; she owes an enor- mous debt of gratitade to Russia for helping her to puta foot npon the neck of Hungary. Austria will endeavor to play into the Lands of Russia; and, dur- ing negotiations, that Power will have time to con- eentrate troops and make arrangements for the cam paign im the Spring. Is is also to be hoped that the Sultan will continue hostilities until Russia gives signs of retraction. The last accounts from Asia state that the Russians had been defeated in three sanguinary engagements, and the Turks, order Selim Pacha, had taken two Russian forts by assault. What Turkey wants is money. Namik Pacha has met with the greatest difficulties in negotiating a loan, whieh has not yet been concluded. He is still at Paris. This Eastera question absorbs all other political intelligence Our Paris Correspondence. Pants, Dec. 8, 1853. The New Ewropean Protocol— The Position of Rus- sia—Interesting Fashionable Intelligence. The all-absorbing topic of interest, go where you will, is, it is perhaps needless to say, the solemn agreement which has been made by France, Eng land, Austria, and Prussia, to support each other, cote gu: coute, in the maintenance of the existing territorial distribution of Europe. The mere an- nouncement of the fact is supposed to have produced she present rise ip the funds, both in France and Sugiaud, and there are many who, amid the dark ess which now for so many mouths has see ned to ve lowering over the Continent, fancy that at leagth ihey see light—that Russia, startled by the symp- sows of disaffe>tion which on all sides are manifested —in Poland, in the Caucasus, on the Crimea, ia Fin- land, no less than by the unexpected front displayed by Turkey, not to mention the unmistakeable atti- tude of England and France—will at last lay aside the mad rile she has lately played, and become a reasonable being. There are others, however—and they are a very large portion of the best informed society--who have no such fault, who see in this adhesion of the Ger- man with the Western Powers more than meets the eye, who believe the wily diplomacy of the autocrat | to be at the bottom of it, and regard the whole as being the impress of the old Russian craft. These parties call to mind that on the occasion of his last memorable war with his present, and at that time eertainly feeble adversary, | his threat of moying from Adrianople on to Con- Stantinople was found—although it effectually an- | swered his purpose—to be a pretext to cover his own | weakness, and they look with mistrusting eyes on this apparently ready, though late, acquiescence of Austria acd Pru:sia—his brothers in the spoils of Poland—in the proporals of France and England. | tion—the Archbishop of Paris, Turkey, it seems, is to be called upon to state the | terms on which she will lay down her arms. Is it, | then, supposed that the simple evacuation cf the | provinoes will sa‘isfy her? Will she not demand in- | demnity for the ruinous outlay she has incurred, and the abolition of the treaty of Kanaidji—of every | vestige, in fact, of that protectorate by which, as by | the embrace of a giant, she has been well nigh crashed? And is it probable, it is asked, that Russia would or could consent to such humiliation? Then, again, will Turkey be prepared to expose herself to the refusal of the demands she is now desired to | make? and are hostilities in the meanwhile to be prosecuted? To consent to an armistice would be simply to accede to Russia that which the rains, the roads, aud continued disease among her troops, nuke of the last importance to her ; and if it is said | | there is not to be @ suspension of avstilities, the | ¢ basis of negotiation must be perpetually shifcting. Por these and other numerous re 8, comparatively few are disposed to ree 10 the preseut confereace of the four Powers anythi:g but an episode in th strange medley of events which from the Black Sea and the Dauube, to Lombardy and the Rhine, | threaten the pesce of Europe. | Then, al-o, with regard to the French Emperor. Has not nia ambassador, it is asked, sagges' to the Sultan of indepesdence, whi sh may soon siderably affect the tone of that potentate’s di mands, and thus augment the difficulties lying ia the way of peace? And is it sv sure that Louis Napo- | leon himseif would wieh these difficulties removed ? | The policy which seems to have governed him ever | since hia elevation to power from the Presidency to | the Empire, is that of tollowing, rather than origina- | ting, events. As matters over which be had no con- trol first brought him to France, and opened a path | to bim, so it may be asserted the conduct of the | National Assembly rendered his famous coup d'état Jess an outrage on the constitution, apparently, than | a just condemnation. The penalty incurred by ita | gross misdemeanors, and when the brie! dictatorship | gave way to the empire, he yielded, so it seemed, | more to the will of the French people than to his own ambition. In the political vortex wiich followed the year 1848, the phantom of this empire momen- tarily gleamed before the public eye; but it was as | quickly oapisved, and even scouted as totally iacom- | patiblé with such narrow limits aa then pertained to France. — But the Empire is now a great fact, and it is argued | that he who wrote in exile that the sword of Bren- | nas must cut asunder the treaties of Vienna, aud who, as President, designed for the peovle some | grand and dazzling expedition, cannot but be ambi- | tious of removing the chief reproach to the digaity which be has stiained. He may conceal it, but he conceals everything; and to have sought the accom- plisbment of bis object by openly throwing dowa the glove to all Europs—by attempting, for iastance, | a descent, as was suoposed, upon England—would have been to place himself in @ state of isolation | utterly fatal to the permanence of his power; and thus it waa that a proclamation went forth that the empire was peace. True, it is urged, to the policy by which he haa 80 largely benefitted, be waits for events; and it must be confessed that latterly these have been of such cheracter that the possible acquisition of Belgium has ceased to be considered altugether either an im- politic or improbable contin zenc There exists, then, among Frencbmen an jon to perceive in the present aspect of Europe, combined with the enormous concentrated power of France, another opening, perhaps, for the flight of the imperial | eagle; and it is no uncommon or unusual thing in | society to encounter remiviscences and aspirations | i ve long been supposed to be entombed | © Capulets”—aud se the present quarrel pretty” to he | lightly arranged. | Mesawhile the Suitan’s reply to General Baraguay re al| d matter of a is pu ave the comple es and th Danubi evacuation of the acknowledged independen will mak peace desirable as it m: ype generally acceptable to him. 7 ais continue to marshal their fore . Nicholas, a name of ominons import, is taken and hel pite five assaults to recapture it. The Russian war steamer Fondroyante, which formerly brought Prince Menschikoff on his haughty errand, issonk. Kalefat is, by the care of Omer Pacha and a hundred cannon on its ramparts, rendered impreg- nable. An obstinate struggle continues at Ratachuk and Giurgevo for the possession of the island called Mokanon. Three hondred Wallachian gendarmes desert with their horses, arms, aad accoutrenents, to fly to the service of the Sultan, their lawful zaze- rain; and Russian prisoners often entreat to be en- rolled among the rauks of the enemy, rather than be returne In the meantime the Czar is recruiting in every direction, and the poor Pol e driven to madness by the severity with which this is prosecute tria, too, is suspected to be secretly sup aly the Ser- vians with arms, to enable them to resist the zuzerain to whom they are tributaries. Austria maintains her neutrality; but, it is slyly asked, would she be equally zealous for it had the zuzerainty pertained to Rouasia instead of Turkey’ As it is, this last Power Offers, it said, to respect the neutrality of Servia, provided it is bona fide; and that she will resist the e of any other Power desiring to put foot on er territory. The auswer of Servia is said to be of an evasive character. My last communication drew your attention to the arrest of an Ajbanian, a courier in the service of the lish goverument, by a Russian general, and the » sgeravation of the public mind in conse- ihe result has shown [ was not mistaken, s in Paris than appears to have been in consequence, a feeting been excited niiation against the Czar. Te rtant jon,” also, has produced undis- giveed visterbanee at the Court the Tuileries, fe king of the Belgians is suspected of having com- If in the affa'r, and more than once ium are named that fall on our ¢ not | London, baa, ta of the con | in bis countenance not usual to him. Gallant and | chivalrous as he is in confronting danger wherever | and the Duchess of Baden were ridiug in a chariot, | joyous campaign in this city of charms. Warehouses | reved, sin, has since been declared by authority in a | | that no silianee has heen Goltctaded between | the fonr Courts; but we were not aware ears ag constituting the natural boun ct land ! ‘The statue of Marshal may wae Setar eer inauga- rated with great pomp, M. Dupin, the advocate ef the deceased hero on his of France; occur in the East, and it is impossible to convey , Side by in stronger terms the contrast between trial before the Peers of | France, attending and pronouncing an eloquent ora- | , Marshals Vaillant, St. Armand, Magnan, and Castellane, and many State functiovaries, being present and participating in the ceremony. There was cnly one drawback, namely, the fog, which ha: been so prevalent for many days past, that lights are obliged to be burned in public offices as early as ten o'clock A. M. The noti-e contained in the Monv/eur, that all ladies presenting themselves at the Imperial Court must a) pear in the manteau de cowr,has caused considerable | movement among the magazins de nouveautes and couturiers, and we might, perhaps, add also, among another class even more elevated than these. The Emperor, it is evident, desires two things: Ist, that his court should, by degrees, be weeded of many in- dividuals who, neither by their station, their wealth, or their morality, have probably a footing in it, but who, in the ‘troubles of the political ita tion of late years, have been, like lees, thrown tothe surface; 2d, that commerce ,should reap its full advantage from such august ceremonies. It has always been the reproach of his dynasty that with much of the stateliness and splendor of the a&cien régime it did not revive the habits, man- ners,and grace, which alone can give dignity to assemblages of such a nature. This is a ¢a-he which Louis Napoleon is desirous of wiping away. The question ia whether the system he bas adopted is the best for his object. In his own conduct, cold and reserved thongh he be, he is a model ot propriety, and it is impossible te deny that on all occasions his deportment is that of a ‘fey and @ gentieman. Nor can any language extol too highly the Empress Eugenia, whose kindness of heart and geatleness of disposition are already winning for her golden opinions throughout France. But whether such | rigid exactitude about laced coats, long silk stock- ings, and manteauz de cour, is the best mode of in- | troducing a purer element than since the head of one of its former tenants fell under the guillotine, the Tuileries has possessed, is perhaps queationable. | It is certain that such sumptaary laws prevent the | att-ndance of many; but it does not follow that all | those who comply with them are the more qualified; | | | and if, inthe present instance, the usual number should be too largely curta‘led, what the mercers and milliners gaia by manteaux they may lose in irobes—many who would not have scrupled to order the last, demurring to the first. Mats nous verrons. Another object, however, is said’ to be to prevent what most aesuredly may be considered a very undignified practice, namely, that of the sale of tickets, Parties only who pre- sent themselves at Court on the jour de l'an—and then only those who have been previously honored by @ personal introduction, will be permitted to do | so—attired according to Imperial decree, are, we understand, to be received on fature oecasions. | Their signatures will be given at the Tuileries, and | again required on the receipt of imperial b-/ets ot invi- | tation. It has happened before that these have been re- | mitted to persons supposed to be still residing at their hotel, which, notwithstanding their departure, the hotel keepers have received in their name, and some- times sold at very considerable prices. It is also | eaid that some officers more conspicuous for their domestic virtues than for the richness of their wardrobe, have preferred the solid coin which bears the superscription of Napoleon, to sunning them- selves for an hour in his liviag presence. The new dramatic piece by M. Dumas, entitled La jeunesse de Lous XV, which was to be speedily performed at the Theatre Francais, has been interdicted by the Censorship, as was the case, it will be remembered with the drama by the same author, Li Jeunesse de Louis XIVth. The Emperor, you are aware, warned by the cold which has latterly shown the thermometer at 25 deg. Fah., or some more politic motive, gave up his iutend- | ed sojourn at St. Cloud,and has cenin eyed earnest to the Tuileries for the season. He le his entry on the Ist, escorted by a company of guides, and the | same evening, with the Empress, went to the Opera, remaining till the fall of the curtain. Though he now and then applauded, and seemed to give some attention to the sweet sounds which filled the scene, there was on the whole an abstraction and anxiety it may lurk, it is not in human nature to be insensi- ble to such cold blooded assaults. But the next day he was seen walking, as might any other private gen- tleman, in the Rue Revoli, with only Colonel Fleury for his attendant; and on Sunday, while the Eoapress folowed in the usual manner by another carriage | containing part of the household, the Emperor rode | quietly by the side, an easy mark for any villain-hand | that would astail hin. ; Tre opera at which he asssisted was “I Pari- ,? the wltrma morientis doris carmeria of Bel- The prima demna was Madame Forzzoliai, is decidedly 4 person of very attractive appear ance. Slight, graceful, aud facile in her movements, i pleasing expres-ion of countenauce, her on to tke audience was most favorable. king every allowance for her difficult posi- tion while toliowing in the steps of Grisi, it is impoa- ite, considering her great expectations, to pro- nounce her début anything bat a failure. Sbe dis plays nigh srt aud culture of the most scientitic na- ure, and in ber upper notes uttains great sweetaess aud ce ut the chest tones, or what artists 1m (he medium and Jower registers, are poor, mes- vie,and defective. This was very observanle 10 the well known polacca, ‘ Son verg'si vezzosa,” but was painfully so in the scena of the second act; aad though there was great feeling in the andante, “ Quit lu voce,” it was evident that toe power was wantiug, and the exertion to evoke it was distressing to wit- ness. The arturo of Mario was one of the most de- lightful displays ever exhibited before an sudieace- His romanza, * L’Esiltato atlorche maore,”’ kept the house as under a spell, so breathless was the silence | with which it was listened to, broken at the close by | tumultuous applause, bravos, and cries of bis. On its being repeated a regular ovation awaited him. Tamburini is, unquestionably, not what he was, though still Tamburini; but the part of Giorgio is so associated with the giant Lablache, that he appeared to a disadvantage. The house was superbly filled. A rustling, as of a dove cote disturbed, was the sole indication of their majestyies’ entrance, aud if legiti- mists and Orleaniats did not vouchsafe ther atten dance, it cannot be said that there was any deticienc; of beauty, rife in all the wondrous mysteries of Pari- sian adcrument. In this respect the opera was surely | never more effectively supported. There are sounds of a gathering of forces for the | avd magazives, full of their specialities, are already beginning to develope attractions of a nature very | dangerous to attenuated coffers. Apartments com- | mavd with ease, 800 to 1,500 francs per month, and ladies have due notice that into the Tuileries they must not enter, save under cover of court mantles. such & government as that of France, which agrees to adhere to existing territorial arrangements in Belgium, on the Rhine, and in Italy, and such o government as that of Russia, which has pro- sumed, under false pretences, and at a moment of general peace, to grasp the provinces of Moldavia and Wallachia for annexatiom to its empire. /Wiat- ever be the fate of ‘the East or the result | fie ' pol cy of Russia, it is of infinite advantage to Low's | Question a8 ended. | The real danger of the situation consisted in the | collective guarantee, THE DANGERS OF RUSSIA—THE SIBERIA | re THE TURCO-RUSSIAN WAR. THE PROTOCOL OF From tne Lond The flect. produced in Europe by the annour ment that the four mediating Powers had resumed their ucited labors for the restoration of peace, and that they have recognized by a formal protocol the importance of maictaining the terntorial arrange- ments of Evrope unimpaired, hag been fully equal to our anticipations. THE FOUR POWERS. om Times, Lec, ¢ It seems, indeed, that the | lea¢ing jourvais of the Coutinent were stil’ very im- | perfectly inf portayt rego ijation, and the reached (hem as to what was pas ! intell gence which ny at Vierna ar- nough, from Loodon. Thus the sugsbarg Gozetie published es early asthe 3d of Dezember, in its English correspondetce, a tatement of what was taking place, e been the first intimation of t established between the fo 7 Powers. It that any such alliance8had ever been stated to exist, in the proper sense of thet term. A protocol has | been signed whish records and establishes the concurrence of the four Powers on the findamen- tal principle which must govern this transaction, and the measures thus far taken to give effect to this arrangement by a conference have been taken in | common. The result is, that for the first time since he ascended the throne—twenty-seven years ago—the Emperor Nicholas has coatrived to place Limself in the same isolated position in which he placed the Frensh governmen: in 1340, and in which we hope to see every power placed | which violates the laws of justice and public order. For the first time since the conclusion of the great Northern alliance, which dates from 1813, the German governnents have subscribed a declaration ef great moment to the affairs of ity of not only without the concarrence of | Roesia, but against her designs. For the first time it has been clearly intimated, in conjunction with France, that the United Powers are equally averse to any territerial changes, from whatever quarter they may proceed, seeing that, wherever such changes begin, they will end by distarbances fatal to the general weltare and security. It is no doubt a matter of great significance to the German powers, that this declaration and engage nent should, | in the very first instance, have received the cordial assent of France. Louis Napoleon, upon assuming Sbsolute power, and ascending the Imperial throne, did not address to Karope any explicit declara- tion on the existing territorial arrangements of the conti » a8 other governments, and even that of M. De Lamartine, had done befure him. But it has not passed unuoticed that the declaration proposed by France herself, on tiia qnestion of the East, is an implicit engagement to respect on her side those territorial arranges ments whieh she might have some claim to complain of or to regret. So that, in reality, the Gorman governments ohtain from France ab assurance of far greater moment to them thau anythiog that can med of the progress made in tais im- | | suring from the Ural river to the southern cape of | straggling nomade tribes, who decline rapidly in , intelligen “Ottoman empire, the independent existence of Napoleon to take his place formally with Great Briain, Austria and Prussia, as one of the sove- reigns resolvedjto uphold existing treaties and rights; and it is no less advantageous to the German powers to obtain from France the avowal of such a principle of order and of e. If the British government has contributed by its patient peragverance ina long, and sometimes unpromising negotiation, to bring about this result, it will find its reward in the re- newed recognition and establishment of conditions eminently favorable to the union of the cther Powers aud to the maintenance of peace. Such terms may be unpalatable to those who have been hooting for war, as if war were in itself a bleasing and a glory, or who are bent as eagerly as the Emperor Nicholas himself on the prospective advantages of havoc and confusion. But the objects really worthy of this country, and of the moderating influence it may sometimes exercise abroad, are to ushold just rights and sound principles without permitting its forces to be rashly used so ai to provoke the hostilities which it is endeavoring to compose. Such appears to be the spirit in which these propositions have been adopted by the Four Powers. But the most arduous part of the task of mediatio still remains to be accomplished, and, though the course which the four Powers may be prepared to pursue is settled or understood, we are still wholly uninformed of its probable effect on the beligerents. We are told, indeed, by a telegraphic message from Constantinople, through Vienna, that the Porte had rejeeted the demand of an armistice made by England on the 24th of November, and that an extraordinary Divan was summoned to meet. It istrue, we believe, that Lord Stratford de Redcliffe had found it nesessary to exert all his influence to endeavor to counteract the extreme and over-confident excitement produced among the Turks by their late successes; but we doubt whether any demand of an armistice was made at that time, and, at any rate, the convocation of a fall Council denotes beforenand the uadiminished ascendancy of the war party. Possibly an armis- tice re-ommended by the four Powers may fare bet- ter, bat we doubt it; and, im the present state of feel- ing at Constant’nople, rt will wot be easy to bring the pretensions of the Porte within the bouxds of mo deration. The evacuation of the Principalities,; upon which the Sultan insisted in his answer to the French Ambassador, and a revision of the abrogated treaties with Russia under the sanction of the other Powers, are the least that can be demanded. But will that much be obtained? We are thus brought back to the root of this mischief in the arro- gent pretensions of the Emperor Nicholas; and | the {question really is, whether, in the face of the | united remonstrances and demonstrations of Europe, he will or will not renounce them. For it is evident from the very terms on which this contest now stands, that ¢his 1s the last expedient between Russia and the armed resistance of Ewrope. On this point we can at _prezent venture to express no decided | opinion. Every coxsideration of policy, of duty, and | penance, is strongly in favor of a pacificsettlement; | ut, om the other hand, we have the pride of an au- tocrat who has grown old in immoderate confidence in his power, the zeal of a fanatic who has enlisted | in bis favor the passions of the church, and the re- gentment or a military power which has already de- feats to avenge. The balance is equally poised. If wisdom and interest prevail, the Emperor will yield; | if passion and pride, he will persevere ; but on that | alternative still rests the peace cf the world. é Alte the Paris Moniteur (official) Dec. 9.) On the 17th of May last we said that if the cuee, | tion raised at Constantinople by M.le Prince Men- | chikoff should lead to complications, these would be- | come a question of general politics, in which the other Powers which signed the treaty of July 13, 1841, together with France, would find themselves | engeaed, and by the same right. Events have justi- | fied our anticipations; that recognition of mutual obligations between the great cabinets, which, in our view, must result from common interests aud respect for the same principles in the case supposed, has now | become a fact. The intimate union of the government of the Em. | peror with the government ot her Britannic Majesty had already given assurance to all minds; still there remained doubts as to the attitude which the other Powers would take up at the commencement of a war which they had sincerely endeavored to prevent, but the theatre of which, from the very natare of things, might extend itself. ‘o avert this peril, to concert a common action, ; and to bind up che interests of Europe more com- pactly, the Emperor has employed his most perse- | vering efforts. This loyal policy bas gained its | ont. B it would be precumptacus to regard the Eastern We may siill expect to see it oss through different phases, bat the agreement songly professed (hautement avoue) by Austria and Prussia with the cabinets of Paris and Loudon ‘ flices henceforth to calm the inquietades which for ibe last six months has kept Europe in su:pense. p seibility that the Powers might be divided into two coms: this danger has vanished. ‘Tbe same views—the same wishes—animate France, England, Austria, and Prussia, and a pro- recol, sigved at Vienna on the 5th ef this month, in & conference at which the representatives of the | four Powers as:isted, bears witness to their mutual | resolutions. | To re-establish peace between Russia and the Su- blime Porte upon conditions honorable for both par- ties, and to maintain the territorial integrity of the which within the limits laid down by treaties, hi become one of the conditions of European brium—such is the twofold end which the four Powers (ipsitier to pursue together. To lay down as @ primal fact that in no case can the present war bring about modifications in the state of possession whieh time has consecrated in the East, is to restrict the field, and to bring ba:k (it is to be hoped) the difference which has arisen between the cabinet of St. Petersburg and the Sublime Porte to a point which will permit European diplomacy to exercise an efficacious action, and to re-establish a solid peace between Russia and the Ottoman empire under a EGION. [From tke L’ ndow Ne Jean Paul Richter has the that the French were masters of the lan.i, the Eug- lish of se sea, and his own countrymen, the Ger- Tans, of the air, Whstever changes may have taken place sivce the daze cf Jeau Pau! in the distribution of the other two realms, the Germaus still continue dispu’able mast-rs in the serial or sindy re of groundless speculation, A sublime {isir thi bas just been supplied by the Insnbrations of the Nat onale Zeitung, (Berlin,) on the relative goai- 0 an? prespects of Russiaand Turkey. Tho writer 1's from a posi il scareely be demed, the future of Ruseis at pressnt a rither dark powers g aspect, Ord:mary mortals —| inglish—- would have attributed this to the inn vices in the civil and social org+nization o? Russia, | to the reviving enersics of Turkey, to the deter- | wircd opposition of France and England to the farious aims of the Czar, acd to the smothered cisco.tent which pervades Poland, Finland, snd ven te country of the Don Cossacks, and sme other provine:s. Bat such eo amonplace | uses for Russian decline are beneath thegnotice of German transcendentalism. The wrier in the Nationale Zeitung sneers at the idea that the rever- fes experienced by the Russisns in Wallachia and on the frovtiers of Turkish Armenia can be either causes or symptoms of the causes of Rassian weakness, He secks for these in the remote, visionary, and indis- Tinct; not in the nichstband, the actual and tangi- ble. The dangers that threaten Russia, according to him, arise out of the Chinese revolution, the demon- strations of reviving Islamitic zeal in Afghanistan, and the late movements at Bokhara. Yhis writer is evidently one of the class who hold everything ignctum pro magnifico; and how utterly unkoown to him the regions and populations he prates about so familiarly are, may be gathered from the fact of his speaking of Bokhara and the Affyhans as the immediate neighbors of Russia; of the ,politics of these countries and China being susceptible of being combined into by Ape aggressive movement against Rossia: and of Mantchooria as extending along the whole line of the boundary which divides the Russian from the Coinese dominions. The writer in the Nationale Zeitung has, how- ever, although in ignorance, broached a aubject which cannot be left out of account in any attempt to conjecture the future of Russia. Siberia, mea- 20. 9] tof having said Kamschatka, bas a length of nearly 4,000 miles, and an average breadth little short of 2,000, The extent of dry land in this region is variously estimated at from 3,600,000 to 5,400,000 miles. It is only a com- paratively narrow strip of the southern part of Si- beria that is available for the purposes of civilized life. The northern regions are resigned to a few ce and physical power as they approach the Arctic ocean. Even throughout the southern strip of territory where settlement has to some extent taken place, and where one or two great high roads (or tracks,) are traversed by traders, the greater part is etill in the undisputed possession of nomade t-ibes. Around Orenburg, at the south- ern extremity of the Ural chain of monstains, and near the great bend of the Ural river, there isa conatderaits settled population, mostly of a military character; its chief i pee being to watch over and control the nomade populations be- tween the Volga and the western termination of the Altai mountains on both sides of the frontier. On the esstero declivity of the Ural chain, at least towards its southern terminos, there are numerous atrageling cet\lements of miners, some of them re- | sian government coul , Remonst ances «ere addres ed to the Russian gov- | kind upen the ri | ships wishing to ascend the Danube, they shall meet markable for intelligence, industry, and le Around Tobolsk is = poe Fen settled Botieaes of exiles and the descendants of permanent denizens of the country. From the Upper Intisch to the Sea of Okhotzk there are at intervals military posts, the soldiers gonereliz bearing, at least, the name of Coa- sacks. advance of these, along the slopes of the Altai, are a number of mining establishments, in which not a few of the most adventurous and thriving speculators are Cossack deserters or exiles escaped from the penal settlements, From Tobclsk to Ki xa, along the line of military posts, is the great highway of the Chinsee commeree, and trading set- tlements are here and there to he met with upon it, to which the nomades bring their peltries, and the Altai miners their gold and other metals, to exchange for the commodities of Europe or China. From Kiachta to Okhotzk, and the peninsula of Kam- schatka, there are two highways, upon which the military are less frequent, while there are not above a dozen trading stations. The traffic along this line is kept up by the exchange of a few Chinese and European goods for the peltries of the surround- ing regions and Russian America, and the produce ot the fisheries of Okhotzk, Kamschatka, the islands, and Russian America. The products of the Ural and Altai mines are valuable, though their value bas been grossly exaggerated ; the trade with China is re- spectable, though not greater in amount than that of one of our third or fourth rate trading towns; the trade of the Ss ae to the east of Kiachta is utterly insignificant. The population of the four Siberian governments ot Tobolsk, Tomsk, Jeniseisk, and Irk- utch, is estimated at about three millions, which, bear- isg in mind that the immense majority STO TARS nomades, is probably not far from the truth. The population of the government of Ore: is estimated at rather more than a million—probably an exaggeration. Taking the lowest estimate of the superficial extent (uncovered by water) of Siberia, we have 3,600,000 square miles occupied by four mil- lions of inbabitants, only a very small proportion of whom are civilized settlers. The military and civil establishments of Siberia cost the Russian govern- ment annuslly more than the revenue of the country. The inbabitants, remote from the seat of government, too much scattered to be easily or cheaply coerced, enjoy a kind of rude competence, bordering in some cares on affluence; but except as swelling the acre- age over which it isthe boast of the Czar to rule, Siberia is of no real value to Russia —does not add to its strength. It can, however, be scarcely considered as an incumbrance, for it is in no danger of attacks from without. The scanty nomade population which scours the broad Mongolian waste’between China and Siberia has no temptation to cross the Altai moun- tains in search of a less genial climate; Mantchooria bas been depopulated ever since its population fol- lowed their dynasty en masse to the south of the Great Wall; and the robber hordes who swarm along the frontier towards Orenburg, may beens pre- datory forays, but have neither the nor the power to attempt inrvads for conquest and nent occupation. If Russia will leave its neighbors alone, Russia may be at ease for many years for any dangers that threaten it from the Siberian side. But will Russia be wise enough to leave these enstern regions in repose? If oon to retire from Turkey, Russia will seek to indemnify itself by ushing forward its frontier to the Amur, which it has repeatedly attempted without success when China was tranquil. Indeed, the despatch of the ship of war which ocsasioned the late excitement at Ports- mouth, for the Pacifie, looks as if the idea of aggression in that quarter were already entertained. In the resent state of Chinese politics little opposition can fe expected from China; but the extension of the Russian exclusive and vexatious system to the Amur nee bring on a collision with the United States. it is also not improbable that attempts may be made to recruit the Russian exchequer by additional im- posts on the Siberians among others. Now, it is true the progress of Siberia, compared with that of the United States, suggests a low estimate of Siberian enterprise and intelligence. Russian settlement had extended to Kamschatka before the American war of independence; since that time the population of the United States has increased from two to twenty-four williops; their wealth in a still larger ratio. The population and trade of Siberia have poarcely in- creased at all in the interval. Yet among the traders, hunters, fishers, and miners of Siberia, is to be found a epirit akin to that of the Yankee than in any other part of: the Russian dominions They are hardy pioneers of civilization; they are contented, for they have ample means of subsistence, and are little troub!ed by government; but, composed in a great measure of exiles or their deseendants, they ba@we little love for the Czar's oremamens: Any measure tending to irritate the Siberians and em- broil Russia with the United States, would infa libly lead to insurrectionary movements which the Ruy not suppress, except at an expense of men and money far exceeding the value ot the territory. It need surprise no one should Si- beria prove the first of the overgrown territories of Russia to shake off the domination of St. Petersbarg. STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE DANUBIAN PROVINCES. The Pari: correspondent of the Locdon Times, writing on the 6th of December, says:—I have this day received the following lette: from Bucharest, dated the 26th ult:— You will remember that some time since the Rus- siap authorities in Moldo-Wallachia forbade the ex- portation of corn from Galatz azd Brailow. The evils resulting from that measure were vé great, and numbers of people were threatened with run. erpment by some of the other Powers upon the in- justice of such a proceeding, in consequence of which the Emperor has been pleased to cause the following declarationt ojbe issued: — 1p compliance with the order of Hix Mejesty the Em- peror, the Commander in Chief of the Imperial troops ia- Cicates the porta of Brailow avdGala's as thore which sre to eerva for the commerce of the subjects cf neutral Powert from the Black Sea, who may return freely to that cea, afler having received their cargoes inthe above- mentioned ports, on condition that they shall abstain, before entering the Back Sea, from touching at any of the ports on the [anube. Im consequence of which those thips, before leaving the ports of Brailow and Ga- latz, are bound to present their papers to the Russian copsular agen s, who wili furaish them (gratis) with » certificate indiratirg the destinarion of the ship, snd bearing the solemn declaration that if, before | getting out to sea, they leave corn or pravisions at aay point whe tever of the right bank of the Dauube, they will incur by that act the penalty of sequestration. Nevtral ships wi- hing to aesend the Danube, and to en- ter directly into the Austrian dominions. and which have cargoer dertined either for Brailow or Glatz or for ex- o.tatien to the Black Sea must also confor te the same sud be furnivhed with the Russian certificate indi- caiing their destination, and bearing under pain of s0- questration, the prohibi jen to epgage in traffic of any t bank of the Vanubs, As to neutral with no impediment, provided thst at their passage by Or ove they obtaim a certiicate from the Russian consu- late, +tating that ‘hey 1g to neutral Powers, aod that their cargo ie not Cestined for one of the Turkish | ports of the Denube. : The Turks baye now retired from the entire line of the left bank of the Danube, with the exception of Kalefat, in which town and the immediate neighbor- hood they still remain unmolested. They also occupy the little island of Mokan, opposite Giurgevo, where they pass their time in firing, under cover of the trees, at any of the Russian soldiers that may come within their reach. At Kalefat the Turks are push- ing on their advanced post to Krajova. In all they now muster at this point about 20,000 men. The great- est mystery envelopes the movements of the Russian army, but J have reason to believe that Prince Gortscha- koff is silently meditating movement in the neigh- borhood of Kalefat. It is evident that the Prince’s tactics are to induce the Turks to assemble in force on some oue point, and then to fall upon them suddenly. =! is plan at Oltenitza; but the great slaughter in thRussian ranks must have shown him that he had underrated his adversary. The Russians have not been able to hold the quarantine point at Oltenitza, for the place Cau at any moment be swept by the guns of Tortukai. But why the Turks should atandon a place mhich is so well protected I cannot conceive; else, why did they cross the Danube at all? The slexd of Mckan, opposite Giorgevo, is under the Russian guns. The island might be shelled at any time, and the Turks driven off. The Russians, how- ever, are determined to act pen the defensive, and trey seem to invite the Turks to come over to th: eft bavk. That part of General Luders’ corps y hich ceeupied Galaiz and Brailow bad marched for Bessarabia. What the object of this strange movemeny {8:1 have not been able to learn, Sao | suppose that the Soldiers are simply going into win- ter quarters; otherd say the whole of Luders’ corps is to embark at Reni for thé niack Sea, The following is a statement of the Russian forces that entered the Principalities in July last. Since then they have received reinforcements amounting to about 10,000 men. But, deducting the deaths from sickness and wounds, you will find the follow- ing tolerably accurate with regard to the present state of the Russian army:— NUMBERS OF THR RUSSIAN TROOPS THAT HAVE EN- THNED THR PRINCIPALITIES SINCE THB 2D JULY, 1£53, BY SKULBNI AND LEOVA .— DRLONGING TO THR FIFTH CORPS D'ARMER. 15th Division of Infantry — General Fogel hurdt, four regin ents of 3,270 men each.,.. 880 16th Brigade, Heavy Artillery—16 gurs, 20 ened 320 Bd Brigada, Light guna, 16 men each, 288 6th Divicion, Li rt . co mpored ef a Brigade of Hnssmra under General «ky, end a Brigade of Hulans, Gen, Komar, feur Kegimente, 960 men exeh.... ‘ 840 2 Regiments of Cossscks, 800 men each 1,600 Total, forming the avant garde, under Gon, Anrep+ 20,928 VELONGING TO TUE FOURTH OORPS, UNDER GEN, DANNANIERG, 10th Division of Infaxtry, General Semenofl, four regiment of 0,720 mene re Lith Divisien of Infantry G ments ef 8,720 men each 12th Diviefoa of Infantry, reginents of 8,720 men 4th Division Light Cavalry, pored of @ brigade of Hur je of Hulana, fou 10th, 11tb, and 12th Brizades Heavy Artillery, Siga- ah Bagete Light Meaney: is pans, i ws P ie na, 18 men. 5 4b Brigade Heavy do. 16 pl gory men.... * 1 Battery Artillery, Cossacks of Don, 8 gues, 18 men 6 Regiments of Cossacks, 840 men each 4 Ae 1 Battalion of Chasseurs. SSSEEEs Total ot 4th Corp: 56,982 Do, bth Corps, Advanced ( 20,928 Grand total effective ......... 77,010 Each regiment of infantry has 50° baggag: each wagon 3 horses, mak ing 16% regiments, each horres 8: 166 horses and 60 men. 2,471 sereessneess 8Ob Fach regimeut of Csvalry and Artillery has 26 ba and 3 hortes, gen, 8 regimenta 15 battalions of Artillery, with 70 horses and 25 men, amounting to 1,725 horses, 1,200 officers’ horses and baggage, employing, 575 500 Formirg total of men. We have had a hard frost here for last four days, with violent storms of wind. The fall of snow as at has been very trifling, but we begin already to feel a little the rigors of a Wallachian winter. ENGLISH OFFICERS IN THE TURKISH CAMP. The English United Service Gazette of the 19th inst. says:—The following officers have quitted Eng- land for Constantinople, intending to proce:d thence to the Dagube, to be spectators, at least, of the ope- rations ‘ing on ley rival armies of Russia and Turkey:—Colonel Robert Cannon, K. C., of Charles TIL, and of the 1st and 2d classes of St. Ferdinand; Major Forbes, 4th Regiment of Madras Light Caval- ry; Captain Lake, Madras Engineers; Captain Rig- by, Bombay Infantry; Captain Balfour Oglivie, haltpay Madras army; Lieutenant Green, of the Bombay army, late commanding Scinde peeealee Horse; Lieutenant ~Anderson, Bombay Artillery; Captain Twopenny, of her Majesty’s service; an Lieutenant Eriam, late of the Austrian Cavalry. These afficers will be followed by Lieutenant Colonel Kent Murray. Lieutenant Colonel Beatson, of the Bengal army, has already joined Omer Pacha’s army. These gsntlemen proceed to Turkey with in- trcductious from Lord Clarendon and the Turkish Embassy,but with no decided expectations ofemploy- uept. Bhouldthe course of events, however, com- el England to take an active part in the contest, they will, we dare say, gladly render service to the Sultan. Meanwhile, they are merely to be regarded as visit- ers to the camp. ° The Bourbon Fusio! [From the London Standard, Dee. 5.) A mornin ot An) @ rumor that Louis Napoleon has sig: his displeasure with the King of the Belgians on the sropnd that King Leopold has been indiscreet enough to take part in the negotiations between the two branches of the House of Bourbon which ended in the reconciliation at Frohedorf. The French Emperor is said to have gone 80 far as to menace an invasion of Belgium, as e penalty of any attempt on the part of the Bour- bon princes to disturb his ion of the throne of France. We disbelieve this story from ra eae poe end. We have too high an opinion of Kin, ld’ eens to suspect that he could implicate imself in any French intrigue, when he knows that by such folly he would place himself and his king- dom abeolutely at the auenoy oe the offended Em- peror. The possession of Belgium by France for twenty years of war is clear proof that such pos- session would add ncthing to the power ot the greater country to annoy Exgland; and, therefore, upon merely political grounds, England wou'd not inter- fere to protect the territories of King Leopold; and there would be no moral ground tostand upon, if his Belgian Majesty had provoked the French Emperor by conspiring against his throne. As for the rest- ‘nations bave no cousins.” King Leopold must have heard this memorable distum, and attached to it its due weight. The Paris correspondent of the London] Times, un- der date of December the 6th, says:—It appears that some of the leading ropull cone met yesterday, in order to decide on the line of conduct they should adopt with reference to the fusion and the fusioniats. After some discussion it was resolved that the fusion- ista should have their protection, countenance, and mrpee To this resolution four only refused to sub- scribe. The reason alleged for that decision was, that with a Bourbon royalty there were far more chances of re-establishing a republic than under the precent régime. The sort of democratic origin of the present system presented far greater difficulties in the attainment of this object than the exclusiveness of Bourbonism. They calculate also on the jeal- ousies and hatreds of the retired statesmen of the two branches, a cordial understanding between whom they believe to be impossible. Inauguration of the Statue of Marshal Ney. {From Galignaui’s Messenger. Deo. 7.] This ceremony took pee yesterday in the avenue of the Observatory, in the presence of the relations ot the deceased and a vast number of military offi- cers, high civil functionaries, and other persons spe- ja.ly invited. Among the pares present were Marshals de Saint Arnaud, Vaillant, Magnan, de Castellane, Harispe, and Reille; several admirals; the Ministers of State, of Public Instruction, and of Justice, the President and Vice-President of the Council of State, and a considerable number of Senators, deputies, and high functionaries, all in grand uniform. One o'clock was appointed for the commencement of the ceremvny, but as early as halt-past eleven all the approaches to the Observa- tory were thronged with yer-ous anxious to witness the proceedings. A large body of sroops took up tLeir positions at some distance round the monu- ment at even an earlier honr. The statue, which is of brenze and of colossal size, is erected oa a mar- ble pedestal close to the spot where Marsbal Ney bad been shot in 1815, and looks towards the west, as the deceased marshal had cone when he met his death. Round the monument a large space was ap- propriated to officers of every arm, and three tri- bunes, handsomely hung with crimson velvet, were set apart for the dignitaries of State, the members of the Senate and legislative body, and a considera- ble number of ladies dressed in mourning. A little before one o’clock the Prince te Ja Musko- wa, general cf brigade and member of the Sepate; the Duke d’Elchingen, in the uniform of a non-commis- sioned officer of dragoons; Co). Edward Ney, an aide- de camp to the Emperor; and Countde Persigny, Min- ister of the Interior, married to the grand-daughter of the deceased marshal, arrived, and took the places specially assigned to them in one of the tribunes, ag wembers of the family of the deceased. Prince Na- poleon arrived shortly after, and almost at the same moment the Arcbbisbop of Paris was seen to advance at the head of the metropolitan clergy. The prelate. with his mitre on, and preceded by the crozier an other emblems of religion, came forward to the foot of the statue, the clergy chanting the “De Profun- dis,” and ail the perien present remaining unco- vered. After a short religious service the clergy took their places, and a flourish of military music gave notice that the ceremony, properly so called, was about to commence, The canvas covering which veiled the statue then slowly fell, and the fig- ure of Marshal Ney appeared as the sculptor has repreeented bim, with the right arm stretched out in an attitude of command, familiar to the deceased. An immense cry of ‘ Vive l’Empereur!’ then arosé from every stde, the officers flourishing their helmets and shakos, and the ladies agitating their handker- chiefs. When tranquility had been restored, Marshal de St. Arnaud, Minister of War, advanced, aud de- livered the following address:— G-nulemen—We are to day assembled to perform s— great act of pational reparation; we are come vo inauge- rate a s’atue to Marshal Ney, on the same spot where, tuirty-eight years ago, the hero fell, a victim to ctvil dia- cords and ‘o the misfortunes of the country, This ¢olemn reparstion was due to the wemory of tie Prince de la Moskowa, to his services, and to his companions in arms. if there ios privilege which belongs to great mea united to the destinies of empires, it is to be judged by their services, #nd not by their errors. His legal reuabilitation m+y o¢ s¢9m im the act whith we now sssemols to wit: nesd, B)anee will bail it with respect, mingled with gra- tituce. Soldier: it is to you more particolarly that I now eidrese myself. The glory of Marshal Ney balongs to France; bue it is, im the first place, the patrimony of the army. His life was connected with the finest souye- nirs of Cur military his‘ory. Germany, Itely, Spain and Rustin Lave contemplated on their most famous fiels of battle that noble form, a8 impassable in danyer as the bronze which now represents bim. To follow Marshal Ney in the details of his military career would be to write » history of our wort glorious teiomphs; I shall there- fore, now conGne myself to a rapid sketeh of the princi. pal events of bis life, ” The minister then Fave a bio, fe _ 3 graphical sketch of the services of Marshal Ney, from is frst entrano into the army in 1788, a3 ‘a private in the hussars, up to the end of his military carcer, specifying in de- fail the various battles and campaigns in which he had taken part, and concluded:— Tt bas coubtess, gentlomen, entered into the designs of Frovicexce that eatisfaction should be given to the mates of Marshal Ney by toe heir of the Emperor, Ac: compli: hed uuder ths xeign of Napoleon IIL, this national reparation provents something more afecting for the family and more striking for posterity. Let as, there fore, ‘fer cur thanks to him whove noble iad hes ac- quitted this cebt of France, snd hes permitced the army to come and seok military inspirations at the foot of the siatuo of a great cs ptain, _M. Dupin next addressed the meeting, and on ri- sing was hailed by loud acclamations by the assem- bled multitude, who called to mind that he was be- fore the conrt martial and the Chamber of Peers the defender of Marshal Ney, and had all his life advo- cated his rehabilitation. M. Dupin said:— Gen tiemen—In 1515, when Faris was occupied by the foreign armie hem their bivouacs still smoking, eul- Ked the Tuileries and the Luxembon’g--M. Berryer, Sen., and mvrelf were entrusted with the defenoe of Marshal Ney. We then were accompliehing agreatduty, the duty the most sacred of the profession of an advocate. Our efforts were fruities, as the iliu:trious accused succussb. ec. Thiwery, afier a long interval, furrowed by reveral revclutions, I come, with the aorg of the marshal, to be prt fent at « grextaet of reparation accorded to the memo- ry of their father, It is an honor in whioh I thank them (or having agroo'ated me, Kight and thirty years have elapred since the fatal date of which this is the anniverss- ty; and I esteem myself bappy to find myself at th's mo- nent without any other title than that which I then pos. reared, in order to be able to etill say, with tho freedom, the heort, and the accent of the advooate:—No, that con: Cemnation was nota jart one, for it harried oa in presence and under the pressure of the foreigner, “it it in the name of Europe,” gaid the Prime Minister of uire Ro, it tion war not nounced in contempt and violation of a the convention signed, arms One of the plenipotent tion, General Guilleminot, when called as witnen before the a re- plied the staff of the army, to stipulate for an amuesty for all per- sona, whatever might have been thelr opinions functions, and conduct. That point was secord+é without any dim- culty. I bad erders to break off every conference if a re- fusal was given. The army was ready to attack, and it wag that article which cave] it to lay down its armws.’? In fine, that condemnation was not jar, for the de- fence of the accused, vithout which there cannot be & true verdict, was not free: and acocrdingly, at the moment when bie defencers were interrup' in consequence o! & resolution premeditated in the council chamber, and where the votes were takem, but were not counted, the marshal, fully alive to this interruption, protested ener- getically against the iniquity of such m proceeding, Hitherto,’ said he, ‘‘my defence has appeared free, but I perceive that it is now interfered with. I thankmy Cefenders for what they bave done, and ‘or what they still ready todo for me, but! prefer not being de- fonded at all, to having only the appearance of » defence. What! Iam accused contrary to the faith of treaties, and it is endeavored to prevent my invoking them! I appeal to Europe and to posterity!” ‘This protest, which the Marshal handed to me on the instant. was warmly re- ceived by public opimon. It was afterwards taken and adopted by bis family in « solemn procedure, and it was brougbt forward by me in the national tribane,whem & petition of the inhabitants of the Moselle, praying that ® public monumest should be raised to Marshal Ney at the expense ef the State, was reported on in the Cuamber of Deputies. That protest the sons of the Marshal renew in the face ot heaven! an¢ now cepose it at the foot of thestatue. You have heard, gentlemen, the Minis er of War when speaking in the name of the govern- ment, snd in presence of the representatives of the whole military profession of France, depict in eloquent Invguage the great feats of arms of ‘him wLom Napoleon had Ga grag: (without injustice te any one) “The bravest of the brave,” and each of you, in listening to him, bas mournfu'ly exclaimed from the bottem of his heart, ‘Such, however, was the warrior whom the reao- tion sacrificed! Suc! powerful arm of which it de-~ to those quoted by “The whole is surmounted by the glory of bis great name and of bis immortal actions!” Sorrew of the country, family regret, affliction so Jong without effost, you were waiting for a reparation! Alres ty, however, r 1880, the grand 6gureof the marshal had beon placed in the museum of Versailles, amongst the represontatives of all our national glories; but so immense an immolation called for a more marked aud morv 6 mmplete repsration. Let us forget persons, gentlemen! let us look only to facts. The matter here does not relate to thos indi. vic ual recriminations which are often odious and almost always useless, but to the truth of facts, and that truth owght to be told, in order to preserve to his- torical events their unchangeable character, and if only te teach our rospebtat cotemporarie: to detest the fatal results of civil rds at every period and under every regime, ‘The marshal fell the victim of a political reaction, the victim of the implacable hatred which an anti national faction bore to the filustrious heads of that ind army of which the glorious remnant bad jast be- fore been dismissed, in presen cof the enemy, on the banks of the Icire. larshal Ney, Duke d’Elchingen, Prince de la Moskowa, #0 often victorious on our battle fields, was the holocaust offered up in expiation of the military glories of the Empire—it was the tricolored flag immolated to the white fisg. It was reserved to the nephew of the Emperor to repair that outrage by ereetii a monument of bouor in the place of # funeral monument and by raising the statue of a hero on the very apot which had beheld-tne victim fall. Honor to the men who are thus called from the tomb, and who again rise up before posterity, in the mitst of the consolatory ceremonies of religion, and of the acclamations of their fellow-citi- ven‘, aud, like Marshal Ney, in the attitude of command! Renewed cries of ‘‘Vive l’Empereur’” followed, and the troops and deputations having filed off be- fore the statue, the ceremony terminated. St Opera Case in Paris, (#rom Galigouni’s Messenger. | Considerable sensation kad been caused in musical cireles by Count Thadeus de Tyszkiewicz,a German, one of the editors of a musical journal of Leipsic, having brought an action against M. Roqueplan, di- rector of the Grand Opera, to recover damages for having, on the 7th October last, caused the Freys- chutz of Weber to be performed, with mutilations, and in a very imperfect manner, To this action M. Roqueplan responded, by a demand that M. Tyszkie- wicz, as a foreigner, should be apupee to Topoatt 1,000f. as security for the cost, and b: action against him for damages for what he called his libel- lous complaint. M. Tyszkiewicz having duly deposit- ed the 1,000f., the two cazes came on yesterday be- fore the civil tribunal. M.Lachaud appeared tor M. Tyszkiewicz. He stated that his client belonged te a family connected with the princely one of the Dukes of Lithuania, that his aunt was the sister of Poniatow- ski, and that one ot his ancestors was the last Polish ambassador sent to the Court of France—also that as editor of the journal at Leipsic, he wos a great mu- sical authority. He then went on to say that seeing the Freyschutz—en opera of which he wa3 a passionate admirer—announced for the 7th of Ocwber, he went to the theatre expecting to find the performance woithy in every respect of the Grand Opera of Paris, But that, instead of that, the instrumentat"part of the performauce was most scaudalously exesated, the chorases did not know their parts, the tenor introduced whet he considered ornaments which were not “ set down for him;” the priacipal f:male pait was filled by a third rate cantatrics; and sap- pressions of the best portions of the third act were made, whereby the act was rendered ridiculous and incomprehensible. In addition to all this, the opera was made the /ever de rideau or introduction to a dal- let. On the whole, M. Tyszkiewicz declared that he had never seen the noble chef d’ cuvre of Weber treated with such profanation in the mos’ wretched theatre of Germany. In support of this opinion of his client, the advocate quoted extracts from Sfewl- letons of M. Berliez aud other eminent critics; and he then went on to contend that damages were due, be- cause the de’endant had aunounced Freyschutz but had only given a part of it, and secause it wasright and proper to defend the works of mex of genius from mutilation. Ad as damages were due to his client, he Contended that the counter action of M. Roque- lan must be dismissed. M. Celliez, advocate of M. qveplan, said that the action was a most ridicd- lous one, and had excited loud Jaughter amongst the public; ard he intimated thet the general opinion was that M. Tyszkiewicz was a very original charac- ter, or insane. He afterwards alleged toat the opera was performed on the evening in question as itwrag arranged in 1860 by M. Pacini aud M. Berlioz, as it had always been performed, and as it had been sanctioned by the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of State; and that M. Roqueplan, being the director of a subventioned theatre, was obliged to perform, without any alteratian or addition what- soever, the pieces so sanctioned. As to the plain- tif’s assertions of the badness of the performance, vocal end instrunentai, the advocate declared that they were calumpious, and that whem they were made with respect to such @ theatre as the Opera, did not deserve a reply. He contended that M. Tyszkiewion had only br ught his action from the hope of gaining notoriety, and he maintained that, as that action waa a calumpy on M. Roqueplan’s system of management, he ought to be made to pay dameges, if only to teach him that he could not be allowed to employ such means to bring his name before the public, Tha public prosecutor said that, in his opinioa, no dama+ oe were due to M Tyszkiewiez,as the opera had ‘en performed as the public were accustomed ta seé it; and he left it to the tribunal to say what reparation was due to the director of the Opera for the attack made onit. The tribunal gave a judge ment which declared that, if it were trne that ime portant passages were omitted from the Fyeyschulz « in the performance of the 7h October, those pas- sages bad been constantly omitted siuce 1350; that it resulted from this fact, which in principle was to ba regretted, that works cut down were announced ta the public as intact; but that the plaintiff? having had ely to submit to the omissions which had beea imposed on the public from the beginning, could noé establish that he bad suffered any damage for which reparation was due; that as to the counter demand of M. Roqneplan, he had not proved that he bad sastained any damage which could be estimated; and that consequently poth actions should be dis- missed. The tribunal, however, vondemued M. de ‘Tyszkiewicz to the costs. The Disaster to the E, Z. NAMES OF THE PASRENGERS D2OWNED. [From the Liverp ol Meremry, Deo, 10, On Tuesday last the New York packet ship B. Z, Caevtain Hartshorne, of 1,500 tons burden, which sailen hence for New York on the 13th ult, returaed to this port, having been struck by sea, which for a time placed the vessel in a mozt perilous position and jeopardized the lives of nearly all on board. Un- fortunately, the disaster hav resulted in tle loss of nineteen lives—thirteen ponatsl Sea and six of the seamen— and of personal injury to four other mem- bers of the crew. The vessel, as we hare stated, sailed from this port for New York on the 13th of November, having a general cargo and fourteen deck passengers. She La a a very light weather until the 18th, when the wind began to blow violent- ly from the S. W. and continued until the 30th. At about 10.30 A. M., on the 20th ult, while lying to, ua- der close reefed maintosail, in lon. 24W., the ship was struck on the larboard side, from the cathead to the main rigging, by a tremendoussea, which carried awey the maindeck house, main hatch house, caboose, breaking her stancheons, and washing away all the monk¢yrails from both sides of the vessel, one boat, binnacle, forecastle, compass, and everything con- bected with it. I broke the wheel lifted the cabia hts, forecastle, bulkhead, water closets, and dore main hatch off, split tae covering board, one and a half inch thick, to the extent or fifteen feet, and carried everything overboard, breaking the pump, stancheons, and spears; thirteen of the four teen passengers were swept overheard, ay were also ten of the crew, inciuding seven of the watch, and the carpenter and cook. Five others of the crew, who composed anot! er watcx—Edward Andetson, the second mate, William Stapler, James Royce, and John Morris—were also severely injured, Royce hay- ing his arm fractared, the second mate receiving a nerioua coatusion of the ankle, and Staplor having