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sound drab- de- tae pe whilst thelr protégé receive ug. Bech conduct on the part of our rulers is as groding to te reoutation as it is detriment.s! joterests of I ; L Abrdeea t Le Noir Fainéant in the snow in provress in the Euat, Ad, torres is Hite ground for hope y bimeelt te avy purcose, even at the last momect. Lord Aberieen—the aneod upen good suthority—is ssid to have that, bav witnessed forty said dead and w on posed ou a by fi he shrinks t ul responsibility ag @ party to any warlike operations. Such a ent is nowlee disereditable to Lord Aber dees's besrt; but if commemorative imagination so unnerve him be ouzht to feet that it is his duty, when warlike operetions become inevitable, to retire from the helm of airs which he hs no longer the self possession to guide, His sentimental decliestion is like that of a surgeon who should say that, Leer | once witnessed the agony of a patiect under a paint operation, be neyer could bring bimseli to perform it. Would this be any apology fer his omitting the ope! when i became tue only means of saving the life of his patieut? The war now raging in the cast has not been begun by the Saltm—has not been incurred by any misconduct on his part. But, being assailed, he can only be relieved by war eucouater- ing war. If Lord Abardeen’s delicate uerves unfit him for this task, let him throw up his office and allow men to undertake it of less susceptible but in reality more humane tewperamente, SINO PE. BHE SCENE OF THB MAVAL CONFLICS. {F.om Ansdol } A stroll on gbere to see the place and sketch it from the circling beech filled up a long lovely evenirg. Whe sun had veiled his bloodshot eyes bebind a cark bank of clouds, leaving lurid tints of purple ard pee to pervade earth, air, and ‘water. Ihe wiud, hushed; the bay, as frozen over; the town, silent as sieep or death, not even one twit- tering bird to break the heavy stillness of our walk; fishermen Grawing their nets lang.idly, pen*e:t satle wooing the breese ia vain, and lazy oars unim- wowed along boats’ cides; all Sinope the embodi- neat of caim repose m its highest ideality. The kmples, palaces, and porticos, erected by a power- ul line of kings, have been levelled with the dust. Noayhtremains of so much magvificence save a dirty Drieptal town of a thousand wretched honses, sur- sounded by crumbling walis and totiering towers of 3yaantice construc ion. Almost equally a wreck is she enormous bul} of an embryo two-de>ker, which stends unjaunched on the stocks; built here where tmber and work are cheap; never finished; allowed to rot Does this tact elucidate the :ubject¢ Alas dor Sinope. . ‘The ancient capital of Pontus, ander that great moan Mithridates Enpator, and Mf birthplace of that | great beast, Diogenes the Cynic, originaliy the colony | of the Milesiacs and deri its name from an am- phibions young lady who was the unnatural off-pring Og ariver aud a towe, the Asepus and Methons, after she eloped 4ither with @ third element, Apoilo gr the | 2 shows indeed hut few traces of such illusfrious | order, and for the welfare of the countries placed 5thof November. The plains in the island of Mity- lene were covered with snow, and @ severe winter is expected. The French frigate Magellan haa been sent to the Dardanelles to tow merchant ves- were more than 1,500 ships between oli and Tenedos, which cou'd mot aseénd the I i had received despatches from the Brt il at Vax nounciug th n t. four English steam frigates to enter a. IMPORT ABDICATION OF THE WOSPODARS OF WALLACAIA 4ND MOLDAVLA—-ACTION OF PRINCE MENSCUIKOPR. Ov the 27th of November the following address to the Administrative Council was pul at Ba- charest:— Lis Majesty the Emperor, my most puissant sove- reign, bas given bis consen’ to the voluntary a@bdi- cation of the Hospedars of Wallasbia aud Moldavia. Their facctions have been entrusted, under my su- perior control, to the Adjutant-General, Lisutenaat- Geveral von Budberg, who has been appointed Com- miscioner Extracrd'nery avd Plenipoteatiary, with the powers and necessary attributes for vniting in his person the supreme admivistration of the two Principalities, and, in common vith the Adminis. trative Council and th Divan, for promotivg the re- guler progress of civil and judicial matters for tha welfare of the people aud for the necessities of the Imperial army. ‘be Counsellor of State, Chaltzinski, has also been sppcioted Vice President of the Administrative ‘ouncil of Wallachia by his Majesty the Emperor. At the seme time that these arrangements of his Majesty the Emperor are made known, I have the honor to commnpicate to the Administrative Coun- cil the translation of the Imperial rescrip’ with which, cn this occasion, his Mejesty has honored me. Tar Paixce Gorrscuakorr. RESCRIPT OF THE CZAR TO THY MOLDO-WALLA- CHIANS, The following is the document referred to in which Nicholas sets forth his anxiety for the welfare of the people of the Principaiities : Most high rescript of his Majesty the Emperor of sli the Russias to his AdjutantGeneral, Priace Gortschakoff, General aes: Sax kosw Zgxo, Oct. 27, (Nov. 8,] 1853. On receipt of your communication that the Hospo- days, Stirbey and Ghika had, after the declaration of war made by the Porte against Russia, and the com: mencament of hostilities on the Danube by the Turks, expressed their wish to withdraw from the government of Moldavia and Wallachia, shich ex- pression of their free will we do not wish to oppose, we, in our espec’al solicitude for the maintenance of the Britist nt ships at the th of the Sull- na bad not received cterruption from the Russians. HL termanded the | NI FROM TPB PRINCIPALITIES. | | bridges over deep ravines. Near Shumla, at Kil- recom per to the n of Taraey sesiast | anupprovoked argresion. It watoles with equal flrn- pets over the pro: perity_and the s'rength taat, your eine over a Maj: ty copnot fail t | ip porting into 7 ay gscval progress tetwecn all classes, aad for the iater ext of your qT reign righis of your Maja | dener ence of your empire To obtain such @ peace ag early ad powsid’e fa I have | aright 10 suyposs, the lively cesire of your Majesty, ax itis the point most arcenily cesir'd by your allivs, acd th Ui be hsppy to learn tbat this odjoct is Culy appracis- ted and warmly enoouraged by your Majevty’s ministers | in & spi it of cotinaed moderation, The Sultan replied in the following terms to Lord | Redehffe:— loemmence by thanking the Ambassador fer having procured me ihe pleasu.e of seeing the Admiral and the Cfficers of hia feet, Under actual cirenmatances, the presence of the Eag- lish fleet hese, under command of ap Adairal a9 distia- guished, b oof of th» flendabfp cf the Queen of Grest Britaio, powerful sliy, I beg the Ambassador to exprete my grateful ack nowle ‘gments. Eng and, urder va iews crcumstances, having given # rong proof cf her goodness towards my empire, ( doudt pot but ebe will, ly every MIs" b9.0) Coe unjust pre tenslons of Ramis, a.taohing my inepenieace and iy sovereign rights, The whole world may see what im- menie advantages msy result from # strong Power anie benevolent ore, a8 in ‘England, and the sympathies of » pene just, enlightened, and generous, as is Ye Koglish Dation, As to peace, other, but only with my sovere: ights. As lo what regaras the amelioration and tho prosperity of my subjee’s, yon noy, better thaa any one else, knows my ieelings in this regard. THE. PASSES OF THE BALKAN,. At the third ordinary meeting of the Royal Geo- panics! Society of London, held upon the 12th of ecember, Sir R. Murchison in the chair, the second portion of # Cer’ by Lieutenant General A. Joch- Ics, wes read, entitled “A Journey into the Balkan, or Movrt Hemus,” with a descripaon of the detiies through this celebrated mountain range, andj a com- parison of the routes pursued by Darius, ee . Alexander the Great, and—Marshal Dieite! he first portion of this paper ended wfth a sketch of the communication between Solimne and Kassau, and the continuation proceeded to describe in mili- tary Getail the pats througn the range from Sa- lymni_ to Starika, thence to Belrova, which was ce-crbed as being in parts very difficult, Capon ly between Salymni avd Starika, At Takowitz the gereral says there isa long defile, an hour long, while in other places the pass is confined to narrow | A 08 86 . r | Power. the tive ty and the in- my government desires it as much as ary ng as it is honorable aud compatibie woua, the difficulties are stated to be less consider: | our protection, have, as has before beea done similar circnmstaaces, appointei a special r, with the title of Commissioner Extraordi- 1 Plenipotentiary, under your supreme di- er tecedents. Many fragmeots of ancient architec- al art. however. su 8 broken columns, mati cornices dinscriptioas on archi- | traves and se i bave been made use of fortifieaiions, and they still at- the quarries above 20 ithe ealcareous beds in the trachytic rock overlaid by a black vulcanic formation secs to have foruished is building materials, tell an eloquent tale of its sudden downfall, for large blocks lie there hewn and ready for removal, soma sculptored and some sectually on their way to the city. We saw also the picturesque rains of an aqne- <duct,designed by Pliny the Younger to supply the Sinopians with good water from a distance of sixteen toiles; and the ancient mole can be distinguished | uncer the sea, enclosing s considerable space along the shore, and leaving only a narrow entrance for raileys; but many of the great square stones com- git have been worn and displaced by the ac- tion of the waves with the aid of that universal de- siroyer, Time. THE VERY LATE3T. Accounts from Vionoa, dated Monday, Dec. 12, state:— ‘The larger Turkish vessels which were des‘royed bad each 800 soldiers, besides artillerymen, on board, and a large sum of money, being bound for | the east coast of the Black Sea. A foorteenth vessel escaped undamaged. The battle began at an hour’s distance from Sinope. On the 2d nothing was knowa of the defeat at Sonstantinople. Advices from Paris state that the news of the isester to the Turkish fleet was received with she profourdest astonishment and grigf, Tbe empe- ror isstated to have Leen overwhelmed by the intel- tizence. Explavation is imperatively demanded why a considerable portion of the Darkish naval force was permitted to be aunihilated within so short a distan e | f£ where the powerful Evglish and French firets | ying in inglorious ease. Also why the Eng- | an Slade reported that four days before this disaster he “ could not find an enemy.” (Fiom the Live: pool Times. Deo. 4-8 A M.} We have received news from Constantinople, by | Vienns, down to the 34 instant. The news of the disaster of Sinope is officially confirmed, and bad | just reached the Porte. Upon the receipt of this information, the British and French ambezsadors had immediately despatzhed | two steam frigates from the combined sqnadrons to Sinope, and two other steam frigates to Varna, for ‘the purpose of procuring precise intelligence. Upon the return of these yess)s, it was thought probable | that the combized fleets would receive orders to ea- ter the Black Sea, to prevent, if possible, any farther collision between the Rarsian ard Turkish aaval forces. It is stated hy the Russian accounts that the squadron subsequently destroyed at Sinope was eu- ceed in conveying forves to attack Soucham Kalsia, and that it was pursued into the port of Sinope by the Rossian fleet. If this account of the circum- stences preceding the engagement be correct, it ‘would give a somewhat different character to the at- tack, as the Ravsian forces might be justified in in- ‘rrupting a convoy destined to invade a portion of their own territory. The destination of the squadron is, however, still nncertain; and it is more probable that the trans- ports were conse) ipg reinforcements aad provisions to Batoum, where the Turkish army stands in need oth. The Post's leading ar’ says that there can havdly exist a doubt that the Admirals bad by this time entered, and are now in fuil command of the | Black Sea. | \ of The War in Europe, Our agent st Liverpool succeesed in obtaining | 1 placiog on board the America, for Halifax, tae ¢ ing deepatch, which we now find in the Lon- con pap:rs by this arrival :— “The latest news from the Dembe states that two | mnaoies of Wailachian militia had sacceded in ‘ing the river during the night and deserting to r Pacha. They ome important informa especting the Rossian movements,aud report Jon army ss being far from 30 effective as jan bulletine deciare.” Ox the line of the Danube we have not much else to re The Rassians are annoanced, November 30,98 pushing their troops forward on the roid to fat. The Torks are still engaged in forlifying that place. They continue to hold the island of Mo- kan. On the 26th a Ras-ian major was killed ina ekirmish near Giargevo. From the city of Constantinople letters are to the | 26th November. At that date detachments of Re- | difs continaed to pour in, and already 30,000 have been forwarded tothe army in Asia, The Russian | prisoners who were at Constantinople have been sent to Kiutaya. The Porte, (as already published) had definitely replied to the English am)haseador+that the draft of the note, before spoken of, could not be taken into consideration under present circum stances, avd that the determination of the Sultan, in accord with his ministers, was that negotiations | could not be resumed so long as the Russians con. tiuued to occupy any portion of the Turkish soil ‘Che Turkish navy had given a brilliaat enterta' ment, which lasted two days, to the admirals of the | French and Koglish sqaadrons,on board the Tark- | ich flagship, the Mahmoudieh. Sir Hdmund Lyons baa taken the command of a division, wader the or ders of Admiral Dundas. Other accounts from Constantino ole state that a je putation trom the Mussulman tribes of Mingretia | bod arrived there. These Asiatic tribes bave deciared | forwsrded to him ore | cided there in 1530—is a plaia near Pristina, about | Montenegro to observe the strictest neutrality. Thay b=} | Vice Admiral Donéas, and the officers commanding a: einst Russia. This deputation had been received | + MogohiaPacha end was to te presented to the nttam. The weatver had been very bad slug tue | easy gud aon ad vegas ty fa) ab Sayraa ou the | osen tor this office our adjatant- | ant Genera! von Budberg, we have rimmediaely to enter on his polities, functions in the Prir In respect to the fulfilment of his duties, the gene- ral objec! of whi i nis the main'enance of peace and the tw» countries, and the pro vision for the ne es of curarmy, General Bud- berg will Lave to act in obedience to instru:tious forwarced to bim, a copy of which will also be sent | to you At the same time that we inform yon of what has occured, we bave to express the wish that the new | order of things, which 13 provisionally introduced into the Privcipalities under ycur supreme direction, may answer our expectations, and that the care for the welfare of our tro9s may accord with the solici- tude we feel for the invabitants of Moldavia and Wallachia, who are under our hig’ protection. (Signed,) Nicuonas. MO’ TENEGRO. _ The Montencerrins are firmly resolved, if the Turk- ich troops.enter Servia, to cross the frontiers ia the sirection of Koasovo, and to take them in the rear. K ~polje (the Field of Biackbiris,) which is femons in Jocal bi-tory—the fate of Servia was de- 20,000 paces long and 5,000 broad. The inhabitants ot the country look on it asa sacred spot, and the Rayah has a strong imoression that Kossovo is the plece where their freedcm is to be fought for aad won bythe Montenegrins. A vast number of na- tion il tell how, on the Field of Black- i the last Czar of Servia, was conducted | v into whe tent of Amurath L, who, him- self at the point of death, ordered him to be imme diately executed. Every weil educated Englishman has révd cf th of Mutius Sesvola bas few bave ever bea patriot Milosch Koibilteh, who delibe to the oppresser of bis | recpondent of the London Times, | It is evidens that if, ia case of ia of Servia persivis in remain- jan party in Servia will make @ | ech. Tbe Austrian govera- is pretensions, thas iu the Oest Corres- rg msn has new given ative to bis cireular to the tana y ecnre iption in the Russlen goveraménts of Wi ¢ is more severe thn has ever been the case before The recruite are otired duriog the nigit, and boys from ten to fourteen. wh> have been efwosted in milita’y esteblishments ara also taken. Atacng the rest aye my routs of the Jawish persuasion, A Vienva despatch of the Sth says that Austria, ard Russia lkewise, instructed the Vaika of Russia has joiped in this request may well be doubled. BOSNIA. The Ost. Deutsche Post bas 2 most interesting let- ter from Travvik,in Bosnia, The Turks ia all parts | of Bosvia and the Herzegovine are arming. The ne- cessary fands for building churcbes and schools are ed to the poorer Christian. communities by the cial government; but the Rayab looks with wistfal eyes towards Sorvia and Montenegro. SERVIA. Arif Effendi bas notified Baron Buol, tbe Anstrian representative, that the Porte consents to the neu- trality of Servia. THE PEACE PROPOSITIONS. In faze of active hostilities we have the usual ve progressing. Under ed that Austria and ined signing the new draft of a note urti France and &pgland promised to insist on the Divon accepting thas note, independently of a col- lective demonstration. Says the despatch: “it is now thought that the Porte will accept the note, and Austria hopes-to obtain for that document the saction of the Czar.” Of date the Sth, it is added: “ (he new plan of mediation corresponds vith Lord | Redeliffe’s note of October, the consideration of whien was sdjourned by the commencement of hos- tilities.”” CFFICIAL EXPLANATION OF AUSTRIA. The following, is the latestopicion of Austria, as expressed by her representative :— eror of Russia demands that the Greck enjoy teir spiritual pri- | ssly understood, under | ares, moreover, that to iufringe on the inde- gts of the Soltan, or to | irs of the Ottoman em: | res is the assurance to | statu quo relative to equity of imeauni Christian comau- nsequeotly, the en- jeyment in favor of the Greek Church of those advan- toves already accor ied to those commun'ties, a3 well asthe participation iu ‘those which the Sultan may horenfter grant, itis on this basis that the Cabinet o . Petersburg is ready to resume the negotiations immediately ard directly with the Ottoman empire— negotvations whereo!, in its opision, the seat may be con ently fixed at Bucharest. Meanwhile, the Emperor of Rues'a, notwithstanding the declaration of war by the Sablime Porte, bas ancounced the in tention of changing nothing in hie prevent attitude, and bas given orders that hia troops remain on the defensive. Fully convinced that his Majesty the Sul- ton, on bisside, hes nothing more at heart than to ut ao end as promptly as possible to the effusion of Toot, which bas nnfortanately commenced,and that ke is consequently determmed to maintain the points conceeded to Russia in former manifestations of the Porte, the Cabinet of Vienna, in confronting these intentions with those of the Emperor of Russia, expressed a hope that negotiations, preceeded by an armistice, will not fail to bring about asincere recon- cilistion. (Signed) Buon ve 8, PRESENTATION OF THE ENGLISH NAVAL OFFICERS TO THK SULTAN. On Toeeday, the 224 of November, Lord Stratford ce Redcliffe, having been admitted to the honor of an andience, to present to his Majesty the Sultan ships, delivered the following address to the le - the Admiral and ting So gues Imperial Majenty toe Amaral ond catains of the feet that my gracious Pr} E demond of your Majesty, and io coseert with the peror of the Bench, ® poweefal aily of her Britanaie at to protest the rights acd independenes of ly empire, Tfol6i # duty as honorable aa it is Batit"actory to nd to myrelt ‘Their prese ¢ under such extracsdinary clroam staroer, shows how far your Majesty aud your govern- ted the feiendshtp and reckoued the British mation. 'o strongly tending to | ciety to General Jochmus for his communication, | hy, and pluugedadagger | g able, avd here it was that the Russians, under Dicbiteh, forced the passage ageisst the Torks in 1829. Passing the ronte of Alexandr, 336 B. ¢., the | payer winntely described the locality on the bauks of the two Jakes of Dewna, the lower and the upper, and the writer hezards the opinion that the isthmus between them was the ground of the battle betweea the Macedonians end the Tribaliians, and that the | Parawaddi River was the Lyginos of Arian. The ad- | vance of the Turks themeelves through these districts, | when they extended their conquests nortuward, was then partially referred to, and some comment was | made upon the tact that the routes of Darins, Alexan | der, avd Diebitch, had proceeded by the same lizes- | The Cuarna an, inexpressing the thanks of the so | stated tbat he had been told by Colonel Chesney | thas it was regarded by military toen as particularly valuable at the present time, aud he (the ebairman had no doubt if it were arranged ard systematised, it would be found so. Perhaps Colonel Everest wonld give bis opinion a3 to how, in ancient times, Jarge armies, like thuse of Darius avd Alexander, could traverse such districis as the Belkan, without thore commiseariats which in modern times were considered indispensable? Col. Everest could only suppoge that the oe | army avai’e itself of the stores of ions hoarde by ty the inbabitants of the villages and towns which were scattered through the mountains, and | that its progress was facilitated by the divisions among i the tribes by which the district was | eopled. | 4 After some conversation as to the geological form- | ation of the Bulkan range, | AGm'ral Lord Ransrock asked for information as | tothe possibility of forming a connexion between the Dannbe (near Silistria) and tbe Black Sea, | where it was understood that the Romaus bad | attempted to cnt a cansl. He was aoxious upon the | subject, becanke such @ communication would ob viate the ix a e of closing the mouths ot the | Dara: | | igh compliment to General soal between the Danube rded asa myth, the high Targ thg land rendering it, as be pelieved, im- corsible to Carry ont such a werk. Among the company present were Admiral Lord Radstock, the Earl of Sheffield, Lord ce Mauley, Sir id Dundas, Sir R. Peel, Captain Fitzroy, Colonel Everes:, and Professor Herman Abich, of St. Pe- ters burg. The War in Asia. The following letter from Erzroum, November 12 gives a summary of recent proceedings :-— Ali Yasioji enters this city to-morrow morning, ard, moreover, the three regiments of cavalry of the Arabian army are hourly expected from Karpout. Their cancons have been left at Orfa, in consequence of the bad state of the roas, but they will find plenty at Kars, without men suffi sient to work them. A Russian divi-ion, consisting of 300 cavalry, from the comp at Voly Chair, surprised on Nov. 5, the villageof Badela. The Tarkish Irregulars repulsed them as far as the stream dividing the frontier; but, when least expecting it, encountered a body cf | 2,000 Russian infantry. The sffray was conducted | with bayonets and “ rams,” and the Russians, com-. pletely routed, fled in the direction of Akiska, the Terks returning to DBadcla Next morn- ing, at break of day, the Torks, from the | veizhboring villages, amounting to 3,000, besiiles | 400 regular cavalry, under the command of the Circassian, Hassan Bey, crossed the trontier, | and established their camp at Voly Chair, on the Kossian territory. Arrived, their numbers tn- | cressed hy a thousand irregulsrs of the Cablian, Russian subjects, and from the villages of Sckalt- pila, tte two Goral, Giasman, Bekasan, and othera at preent in the hands ot the Russians, but belong- ing to Posccff previous to the delineation of the fron- tier. Tbe commander, Liva Mustapha Pachs, with three battalions and one cannon, procceded from Arfahan to Voly Chair, and vus reimfofced by Terik Aly Pacha and Liva Aly Pacha, with four battalions of Nizam, ard 2,200 irregulars, besides thirteen pieces of artil- lery in the same locality. On November 3, 1,500 | Kords, (ivtegniara,) guarding the frontiers of Bay. zard, were attacked by a division of a thousand Rus- siana, who, afiera long struggle, were forced to re- treat, with a loss of eighty prisoners, one a cap‘ain, ard acousiderable number of killed and wounded. Nine beads were sent to Bayzard. On the same day _ Texik Selim Pacha, with tbree battalions, the Valy of Ven, and Etem Pacha, repaired from that town with 8,000 trregulars, to the scene of action. His Hx cellency the Mushur is at Keres, with the principal division of the army; our Valy, also, with the irrogn- lars, the vanguard commanded by Reis Pacha, at Charegel. The dey before yesterday Vierzim Pacha, of the Arabian army, arrived here to take command of twelve battalions from Trebizond, with three regi- ments of cavalry, and one of artillery, expected from Karpout, The heelth of the army is in general ex- cellent. We hear that Selim Pacha, of Basoun, having taken Chefketi!, as you are aware, matched on Uraughet, and, after three fruitless as- saulte om the place, succeeded at length in occupying that pest, ard routed eight thousaod Ras sians defending it. The commander now demands four battalions from Ksrs to leave a suffi sient garri- son in Urzughet, and advance on to Koutars, guard- ed by ten thousand Rossians, whereof the a4 ore Georgians, and promire.to join the Turks. Shoul Selim Pacha encceed in this e1 , and unite his forces with the neighboring Circassians, which, it appesra, is his Soe, it will become a most serious affair for Rursia. In the affray of Badela the Joes of the Turks was two hundred wounded and three hunered killed; that of the Russiaas, though great, is not ecenrately known. The Ruseian su-jects who have remained here under Anstriae protection are well treated by the popolation ond authorities. Provisions of all sorts are in great abundance, “od prices ss beretofore. The Defterdar Bey acts as On'macam till the retura of our Valy Zariff, Mustapha Pacha,” ‘The various letters publishes in the Koglish and continertal Pires are quite interesting, bat do uot ce utain ninch that is not already known. From the London times, Deo, 12 | The military operations which have taken place on the Asiatic frontier of thasRossina aod Turkish empires since the commencement of the present war are still very imperfectly kygwn to us, but they are tatem, acqaire grexter + and olor nightor 4 in the administrative en fer their grow'h in th yeliry of yonr Tmperted Majo ty * Tr ve nee giewe in the surce oi Srcatatenaped af a proat yt'actst by uo means the least inffortant and interesting | pertion of thera hostilities, We shall therefore en- OC RVOr, WItDELe wbveuyeNig by Youle tor bie nide Os cerrencea which have heen reported, ‘ couvey to war, and of the geveral distribution of the respective forces. The great range of the Caucasian Moun- taine, which forms one of the highest and most inac- ceneible regions of the globe, rass in a soutseastern gece across the whole of wat corntry which vides the Euxne and the Caspian Seas. it lie the beundiess stepves Astrachan to the Sea he Turkish Pashalics oum, aud the Rass'an by the Araxes. The rovinee of Georgia, bour intermediate snd jmovnta and Dagbestan een for twenty year the scece of tbe ¢alle trnggie carried ov by Schamy! and the tibea woich follow bis ston jor’ against theRus- sians. ‘Three roads connect the Transcsucasiaa pro- vinecs of Russia with tre rest of the empire; the first winds al ng the coast of the Black Ses by Asa os, Goelen , and Sonchoum Kaleh, till it enters Imeritia and reaches the vaiey of the Kour,in which ‘Teflis lies. The second follows the shors of the Cas- pian to Derbvend, au exiexsive fortified position, which bas in aliaces beea regarded as one of the gates of Asia, and was capturcd by Peter the Great when hs first turned bis arms against Persia. The third road passes from Mosdok to Teflis by the valley of the Terek and the fortress of Duriel, through one of the most terrific passes in the world. The rest of the Caucasian cbaia is supp ised to be wholly impas- sable by am army, thouch fn the course of the Circas- sian war its valleys have beea explored in every direction, and the Russians have constructed numer- ous forts, to keep the country in check. Of these roads, the first is icsecure, if the Russians have not the absolute command of the coast and of the Black Sea. The third is probably impracticable in winter. The cecond is liable to interruption by the Lesghian tribes of Daghestan, who are the mortal enemies of the Russians ; but Derbend, though a bad be reached by the steamers which the possess on the Caspian For several months past the Turkish government has been collecting a considerable army on this frontier. Tae communication between Constantino- ple ad Trebzond by steamers bes been rapid and easy, so that large military stores have been landed at that port. The advauced posts extended to the Phasis, where they had the honor of opening tie campaign by the capture of Fort St. Nisholas, while the left wing of the army occnpies a strong sition in the district of Bajazid,to the south of ount Ararat. From the information we have been able to coliect we should estimate the Turkish army in this country at uot less than 60,000 men, of whom two-thirds are regular troops, and the remaining thid Rediff, not including in the number the irregu- lacs belonging to the tribes of Armenia who may have joiced the Ottomancamp. This army is under the command of Selim Bey, who passes, alter Omar Pasha, for the best general in the Turkish service; and some of the Hunzarian renegades, including Kurschid Bey, (who was better knowa as the Eag- lish soldier of fortune, Guyon, in the Huogerian wer.) bave been allowed to take service there, | a och the Porte declined to employ tuem on the anube. , TH alone perhaps, even more difficult to compute the avoilabie forces éf the Rnssians in this region. In the Caucasus a very large force is continually em- and ithaa been of late augmented by at balf of Ge>. Luder’s division of the army— | eircne stance that may Lave contributed to the re- | duction of she effective furce on the Danabe. In Geor- ‘in. however, Prince Woronzow, does not appear to ave hed under bis orders more than 25,000 men, but | these sre described as picked troops, ia a high state of efficiency. With this corps the Prince proposed, on the ontbresk of hostilities, to cross the Turkish frontier, and march on Erzeroum. This movement would at once take the Tarkish army in flank, and, if the Rarsions made good their march by Goumri aud Kars, they might pursue a formidable line of operations. The fortress of Hassan Kaleh, how- ever, is @ strong position between two of the highest sources of tue Euphrates and the Araxes, and other forts, such as those of Kagzevan, and Bai- ramlow, cover the frontier on the Turkish side. One engagement is stated to have taken J aed near Baja- zid between a Russian regiment and a body of 1,500 | or 1,£00 Turkish irregulsrs, who remained mastersof the field, avd it was stated ut Constantinople that a more important action was to be fought about the | 13th of November, between Kars and Goumri, in which 18,000 rurks would encounter a Russias divi- sion. If these perticulars are in auy way correct, it would seem that the Russisn army in Georgia is ad- yancing in the direction proposed by Prince Woron- zow, alth ugh that officer fell ill at the outset of the campaign, and has not been able to direct its move- ments, ‘The Turks, on the other hand, have continued to operate on the north ard east, aud appear to have been thus far uniformly victorious. The line of the river Kouris defended by the fortress of Akhaltsikh, which wes ceded to the Russiaus at the close of the late war, when the fronticr was drawn at a distance of two hours from this place. It is con-equestly the mest important border fortress of the country, and the place described as Akeska in the telegraphic despatch is supposed to mean this position. Bat Atbaltsikh is a place well fortified by art aud by bilure. It is a town of 20.000 inhab'tants, sur- moufted by a citadel, and surrounded by a doub'e wall. If it bo true that the Turks have taken this pie Ly storm, it is the most coasizernble teat they ave performed. But the stetement is not wholly ineredible, for we know that not long ago the Russian gerrteons in this and the neighboring fort of Akalielaki were reduced to only six compavies of infantry, and it is doubtful whether any rinforce- ments have since arrived. If it,be true that Akhal tsikh hys failen, and if the ‘Turks are able to pass the defile lktween that place ard Souram, the roed to Teflis would then be open to them, as is stated in ore of the telegraphic despatches t) be the case. But all! these assertions must be received with great caution. It does, however, appear certain that in Asis,as well as on the Danube, the Russiens bad neglected to an extraordinary extent to provide against atteck, and that they provoked a war without being ready to protect themselves from defeat. Georgia is 80 eocentric a province of the empire, and the distance from the resources of the army is co great, that it is seriously expcsed to be cutoff bya successful movement of | the Turks, assisted by the chronic insurrection of | the Lesghian mountaineers. Yet Georgia is the key to the Asiatic power of Russia. It enables her to weigh upon Persia, to threaten Asia Minor, and to extend her inflcence yet further to the Hast. Since the abdication and death of Prince Heraclias, in 1798, it bas formed part of the empire, with which it was previously covnected by a protectorate, and, though Russia is nowhere more vulnerable, she will nowrere deferd herself with greater perseverance. Her leng war in the Ceucasus has been chiefly car: ried on for the vurpose of keeping open her commnu- nications to the south of those Alps of Asia, andit is ove of the most curious problems of the present state cf hostilities to ascertain’ whether Russia will extend her ase | over the whole of Armenia, or lore the districts she has already acquired in that portion of the globe. IMPORTANT, THE VERY LATEST. It is reported that the British Charge d’Affaires at Teheran has suspended his diplomatic relations with the Persian government, in consequence of that Pewer having resolved, as it is said, to take part against the Porte avd to march an army to the fronticr. This movemest on the part of the Shah of Persia had for some time been apprehended, a3 his relations with Turkey were such as to induce him to take advantage of the increasing difficulties of the Ottoman empire. The news, however, still requires positive confirmation. The Morning Post states that a Constantinople telegrapbic despatch of the 3d reports the prevaleuce of great alarm and excitement, owing to the news from Sinope. The account given of the action is sub- stantielly the same asthe Russian. The flects were bound to enter the Black Sea. Persia had declared war against Turkey. With respect to the Persian declaration of war egainst Turkey, this is the natural consequence of a treaty cffensive and defensive between Persia and Russia, concluded some months ago. It aids anew comp lication. There is nothing late from the Danube. Telegraphic despatches in the Chronrcle give the detgils of the Turkish success in Asia, Schamyl and Selim Pacha had taken various fore tresses; and it is stated that they evrronnd Prince Woronzoff on all sides, in the vicinity of Teflis, The Turks were repulsed in an attack on Alexan- drianople, in Georgia, but have blockaded the cita- del of Akista. Its fall was daily expected. The Journal de Constantinople mentions a report that Schamyl had defeated 15,000 Russians, and a Vienna paper states that the attempt to land 18,000 Russians near St. Nicholas was repulsed with heavy logs. Advices ‘rom Bucharest of the 5th inst. announce the srrival of Lloyd's steamer, the Ferdinand, at Ga. latz from Constanticopls, after a stormy passage of three weeks The probability of on armistice is confirmed by the degarture of several staff officers from the Turkish quarters for Co:stantivopl». Tnstruc'ions are also said to have reeched Omer Pacha to provide winter quarters for the different divisions of the army. General Budberg, the Russian commissioner extra- ordinary, arrived at Jassy on the 30th Noveraber,and wos receive? with preat pomn. Lettera from Jasry, the capital of Moldavin, of the daily expected there; he will proceed at once to Wal, lachia, where he is expected to srrive between tho 47th end 20th. ‘The Prince of Servia bas left Belgrade for Kra- jogewatz as a precautionary messure. Prince Gortschakoff bas declared (alate and | Tbraila neutr@ ports. Tiots litive taken place at | Gelatz,"betweeu the Wallachian militia and the | obey the orders of a Russian general, The battalion in question and four companies of the Wallacises were consigned to barracks. ‘The Lendon Times’ vity article says :— “Jt is believed that the report of the probable ne- gotiution of a Tyrkish 5 per cent loan in Paris, for four millions steMing, through some of the financial institutions lately organized, is not without founda- lion, The government, it ix suid, are indisposed to promcte it, but in return a condi'ion will be exfcted, that the Sultan ehould bind himself uu. reservedly teconsent to wha'ever terms of sdjust- ment with Rossia the allied Powers may thiak pro- per to propore. Paxis, Monday, (evening) Dec. 12, 1853. At the Bourse, the intelligence was interpreted as likely to faver the known wishes of the government for peace, and an upward movement took place in the funds, Closing prices of the day :—Three per Cent Rentes, 78.90; ditto Four and a-Half per Cents, 102.50; Bank sbare:, 2,950. The Three per Centa show an improvement of 15c., and the Four-and-a Half per Cents of 45c., compared with the reduced closing rates of Saturday. a 18. str The Bourse was dull, threes closed 75.85; four: and halves, 102). The advices from Constantinople are as follows :~- The Turkish passenger steamer Medari Tijjaret, which was captured by Russian cruisers in the Black Sea several days ago, came into the Bosphoras on the 26th, and caused great astonishment. The vessel was taken before the expiration of the delay granted on both s'des for placing merchant ships out of danger. As there were several Russian merchant- men at Constantinople when the Medari fidjaret was captured, the Russians were unusually scrupu lous in dealing with her. The merchants of all nations at Constantin »ple are signing an address to the Sultan, expressing their best wishes for his cause. A column of the new legion of Turkish Cossacks bas arrived st Constantinople, 8,000 volunteer Scodrievs have been organised in Albania, anda | new conf of 10,000 Kurds has been formed by the sheiks of their country. , The European and Turkish artillery officers have just completed the fortifications of the Ottoman coast of the Blick Sea. It is now guarded by two hundred and fifty heavy guns, well placed to com- mand the sea and forbid the apgroach of ships of wer. The Sultan maintsins his resolve not to eater upon the path of negotiation while his territory remains violated. Notwithstanding the war, commerce is active. Three hundred and twenty-two vessels have entered, and five hundred and seventeen left Constantinople, in the conrse of the last week. The Spanish Ambassador, recently arrived, had a lorg conference with Redschid Pasha, and on the following day he was to be received by the Sultan. His presence bad produced a certain effect on the public, as it coincides with the news of the approach- ing arrival of a Spanish squadron of six vesels of war. ALBERMABLE Srreer, PIccaPILLY, Lonpon, Dec. 13, 1853. Piedmont, Austria, and Denmark—Pvo Nofo, and the Priests of Germany—Emigrant Ships and their Abominations--British Mine Dutves— Coal and Smoke im London and Paris—Theatrica's. The character cf the new Obamber of Deputies at Torin is now fixed, the returas from nearly all the constituencies being known. Of 115 elections, §1 ate favorable to the ministry, 23 members belong t» the ultra bere! opposition, end 11 only to the pricetly and cbecurantist party. It is expected that Cavown will reckon two-thirds of the Cham- ber amoug his supporters. A very eevere military inspection has juss been carried cut in Austrian-Italy, not onjy along the line of the Adige, and in the fortresses of Peschiera, Garda, oni Mantua, but in Venice and on the coast. The works in the arserals, ordinarily suspend2d at this reason of the year, are continued, and each day material and munitions of all kinds arrive. The sittings of the Danish Folksthing hav* been violent and personal. The Minister, Oersted, Jeft the Chamber in a great rage, as he considered himself insulted by a deputy, whom the Speaker refused to call to order. The vaulting ambition of Pio Nono, to establish ultra montane doctrines and pontifical domination, which was before shown in bis attempts at establish- ing regular episcopal rule in Ireland, 'rance and Hol- land, has now begun to show itself in a more definite and alarming shape on the banks of the Rhine. The Roman priesthcoa in the Grand Duchy of Baden have revolted in a body from the laws of their coun- try ; and though sbout 200 have been arrested, the Archbitbop bas directed that the priests who refnse to obey his orders shall be suspended, ia conse- quence of which only two or three up to the present have formelly refused. The Duke of Nassau has also cited the Bishop of Liesbarg to appear before the criminal tribunals for having incited the priest- hcod to disobey the laws. In Piedmont, too, avd especially at Turin, the struggle now being waged between Popery and enlightenment is assuming gi- gantic proportions; and itis sad to think that the Jesuits, who are fighting with all the enorgy of dcepair, pro aris et focrs have succeeded in uniting with themecives, in unnatural alliance, the demo- cratic and moderate party. Almost every continen- tal meil," inéeed, furnishes fresh and irrefragable roof; witness for instance, Cardinal Wise nan’s jubilations at Rome, on the progress of Popery, con- cealed or svowed—no r which, in Englsud— that the Pope and Jesuits flope, and dia bu/o furente, | intend, to reduce once more the whole of Europe be- neath the iron sway of priestly despotism. A long ang disgraceful trial, tn which the Australian Mail Company cut uo very enviable figure,a few Gays ago, discleses some curious and revolting par- ticulars with respect to the mercantile proceedings and exemplery morality of some of our leading ship- ing agents. Some two or three years ago, it will ba semembered, the Australian papers teemed with complaints, signed by passengers in emigrant ships, of the wretchedness of their fare and lodyiag, and cts of gross immorality committed by the officers vith the female portion of the ee Stinking provisicns, totelly unfit for bumen food, and lodging acecmmedations scarcely Lud enough for swine, very commonly took the place of the wholesome, pleiteous stores, and excellent cabia accommoda tions, that were pomponsly advertised injthe bills; and not unfrequently were added thereto tte mirery and the hazard of making the yoyege in a crezy, unseaworthy vessel. Thus wero these ynoor emigrants systematically and shamefuily de- randed of their money; and yet, forsooth, the sh'p- owners, brokers, merchants, captains aud agen’s assed in the world as “all—all honorable men.” We thall Jeave it to cur readers to select the real culprits; but be they who ve may, it is evident, from the late trial, that this negligent, nefarions sys- tem is in fall operation at the present day; and, if not for the eake of the emigraats and the ( lic, the defendants ought, for their own sakes, to sift the matter to the bottom. ‘Tae contractors, in this par- ficulsr cate, sent provisions on board to the amount of £2,660; and better articles, they say, could not be had than those they shipped. This, however, we must be allowed to differ from; for, granting that tho animal food might speedily pntrify, good raisins would not, as sworn to by a witness, become mag- goty, or tolerable oatmeal become all alive. No, ‘there fis great neglect somewhere; for most as- suredly, the passengers onght to have been more hanorably treated in return for the unlimited confi- dence reposed by them in advertising agents, with whom, we suspect, the blame principally rests. Such matters imperiously call for the interference of the governner®, aud we sce no obstacle to the appointment of officers to inapect the stores, as well as the bo which convey to distant shores our self- expatriating fellow contrymen. We believe that they manuye these things better on the other side of the Atlantic; and we might do worse than take a leseon from Brother Jonathan, astothe way of vic- tuallin, A oa ge Mr. Obveita, M. P., who doring the last session exerted bimeel! streunously, thoogh in vain, for the redustion of the present biréensome duties on foretzn sinen Tenae in Me eonth of Beance ana tanr af in. epection, fer the purpose of meing wat Trsonress Our London Correspondence | thet dhe Beith 5 crawsus qth mek Gur g | Our ede come dew yf this pact of sue Sheates of , Vd iactaat, tate thas Gouzal Ogton Backen was , (be Dourdepux dietiich gem (Genie los the supply o | cian ty os. A battal: of 00 | ous regions of Oirchasta: | Rossian troops. A battalion of the former refu-ed to the Britith markets, and what reciprocal concessions are likely to be made by France to indace our govera- ment to alleviate the duties on wines, aud thus ind rectly diminish our presen.¢enormous cousu™ otion of ardeot spirita, This iga in the right direction, ard tt is to te hoped that Mr. Oliveira’s efforts will 98 £0 well backed in the ensuing session that the miniaters will be cbhgedto igke the matter into serious coa- sderation; for, indeed, no one who reflects on the coin- tive efects of wine drinking and spirit drinking Cav, for @ Wwonent, retuse to acknowledge she tm: portance of eveouragivg the former, Whatls now the stai* of thy case ¢ The éuty on wine is uviformiy 5s. $0. per gallon; ani the effect has been almost to exclude ‘be use of wine from the working classea, and to cause a decrease in its conesueptimof 52 per cent. during the last fifty years, while that of ardent spirits increased during the same period at 48 per cent--in fait, we bow consume only one- fifth of a gallon of wine per head against half a gui- lon half a century aco. This decrease ef geoeral wine coveumption will be abundantly evideut from the following returns (from the circular of Messrs, wena & Son) of foreign wine, in gallons, that pbid duty in 183: aud 1852 respectivély: i All foreign winer.......4+ seoe ++ 6,065,548 6,327,819 Now, during these beivah'f ‘ears our population ad- vanced at the rate of abou! per cent, while the consumption of wine only increased 34 per cent— thus showing that for the present popula‘ton, we ac- Saas drink 44 per cent lees wine thau we drank in 1s ‘The cities of London and Paris both of them levy a heavy municipal tax on combustibles—-the former on cecal, the latter on wood; bo-h being for the osteusible purpose of ewbel) tab ing and improving the capitals of were great nations. The city com on now bite ting bes already, smope other time-honored abuses, hed brevght before itin a fuller light thao it was ever before exhibited, the hardship inflicted by the cial tax on the large district that surrounds London, within a@ circuit of more than a hundred miles; and we must sey that its evils far more tham countervail the beuefits said to be derived im the eizection of London bridge, the Cval Bx- chonge, New Cannon street, New Oxfor] street, Victoria street, and other improvements which tenefit the wealthier classes far more than the psor- er inhabitants. who still wallow as much as ever in dirtind squallid wretchedness. We trast, therefore, that if the tux be coutinued, rome reform willat any rate be introduced in the expenditure of the enor- mons revenues accruing from this tax. Another re- form, however, is sti!l more urgently needed. Lou- don, whether taxed or not, will and must continue to burn coa!;—but, if it could be induced to barn ite own smc ke as well as its own ccalfan improvement would be introduced vastly greater than ever bas been effected etther by the corporation or all the commissioners of woods and foresta that ever existed. Already has some commeace- ment of improvement taken place in com- peling factories and engine-houres to bura their cwn smoke, aid thus cease to pollute the at- mosphere with daily and nightly clouds. But we re- qnire more than this: we want science to come ta our aid, and point out some method whereby the smoke nuisance may be vbolisbed in private dwell- ing houses a8 well as manufactories; and nowtil then can we have a clean capital, with a clear, bealtbf atmosphere, unattended by thoce dease aie avd clovds of soot which prove so injurious to deli- cate lungs, and in winter act a3 such fatal agents ia increasing disease and mortality. If we tura to Pa- tis, also, we shall find that by megns of an impolitio tox, far more injorious than ours on coal, that capital is gradualiy ap) proashing toa condition of atmosphere that will bo longer allow it to reproach Londom with smoky dingivess. When Paris burnt wood alona it bad a clear brizht sky—an atmosphere which cast no pollutions on its beantiful buildings; but, alas! this is not the case now. And why? In 1799 irewood came into Paris free of octroi; in 1800 a tax of ona franc per s‘ére was impored, which, by different gra- Gations, ,bas been increased to its enormous rate, (3 fr. 18 ¢ ,) while the tax on coal has been reduced. to 36c. (about 34d ) the hecto''tre, thus giving, as it were, @ premium tothe consumers o' coaj. What hag been the result? The consumption of wood has falen froma 1,000,000 stéres in 1817 to 500.000 ic che pres- ent year; bile that of coal bas euormously increased, —from 673 000 bectolitres in 1816 to nearly 5,000,000 in 1852, Let Paris take warning in time, or else it will soon be in the same condition 4s London; aod with a cloud of smoke hanging over it, will cease to Ceserve its appellation of the “Queen of Pleasure” or the repute of being the most beautiful city in Europe. This wister, in particular, the French capital has had more than ore taste of somethiog approaching @ Lenden fea; and a few years more with nutaxed coal tnd no provision for the consumption of its smoke will destroy all the prestige with which Paris waa surround: dé ia her bright and better days. On Monday evening Mr. Backstoue favored his riends at the Haymariet with a brief affsir, yolept ‘Any Port in A Storm,” which, if it had no bigher werit, will at any rate serve to farnish those who see t witha halfhour’s hearty Jangb. The story con erns 2 couple of milliner-girls, (Misses Featherstone 1d Orinonde,) whe propose to tremselves a frolic at a bal masque, which an old uncle toraatens, by meeting thew, to prevent. Anemoty honse serves for their port in the storm they expect from nunky; 1d most agreeably are they surprised ou entering: to find an excellent enpper of oysters ard porter, which they find too tempting to resix y are interrupted in their feast by an ualocky gentleman, (W. Farren,) pursued by a sheriff's officer, and whe turns out to be ersmored with one of the fair débardeurs, by whom, of course, he is invited to take part in their jollities. Auother gentleman, who proves to be the uncle, is brought in by the police- man, and becomes the fair prey of the rqung mask- ers, who now find no difficuity in getting his forgive- ness. <All ends with a general éclaircissment, and down goes the curtain on as great a heap of im- robability as ever was presented to a good hamored, javghter-loving audience. ‘he only other novelty ofthe week is a melodrama: at the Adelphi, imported, as usaal, from the Am- ingu Comrue of Paris, a Bice rejoicing in the eu- honious tit'e of *‘ the Thirst for Gold, or the Lost hip and Wild Flower of Mexico;” and it seema likely to have a'most as much success a3 it met with in Paris. The plot is as follows :—The curtain rises (inthe year 1705) on the lively deck of a French merchant ship, bound from Dunkirk to Mexico, hav- ing for its csptein (C. Selby) an extravagantly Greseed gallaut of that day, and as motly a crew ag ever floated on salt water, including “ Porpus,” & 3 surly, bullying ship's carpenter, of very 7 a] pearance, capitally personated by Mr. P. Bedé and “ Guillaume” §(Mr. Kelley,) « little cockae: waterman, answering to the sonbriquet of “ of Putney,” as loyal, bold, and true to his captain ag the other is discontented, mis chief making snd treacherous. The captain, too, has a wife and child; and thero is also a passenger— one Pedro—(Mr. Webster) who plays a most import- art part,as a daring adventurer in search of gold, which indeed fills his every thought and gives him courage to endure every hardship. He has learnt of the existence of vast treacure in California; end, ag he wishes to visit that country, be endeavors by tempting pletures of profit, to mduce him to steer bis course thither, and aid in brivging away ao wealthy golden cargo, instead of completing the voyy age on which he bad set out. The captain, however, indignantly refures, and orders Pedro to hia cabin; but this is too late, for the fealty of the crew has al- ready been tampered with; all but Putney Bill side with Pedro, who becomes their new commander, and the caftain, wife, child—Bill and all—are set aGrift in an open boat, to seek their fortunes on the wide ocean. Of course they become the victimsof many a buffet, and they sre at length thrown on a groat hummock of ice, ard all apparently drowned, ex: the child Marie, naively perronated by the {ate ng Miss Stoker, So muchfor act one; and act the second is so terribly protracted “nd_uninéelligibla, that although it portraya the woes of the ice-bor cap‘ain, it is not worth description. The third act opt ns after an interval of fifteen years, aud introduces Mexico, Pedro has got rich, and now appears as the Marquis d’Arcy; and we ara introduced also to seve- rs] new charactere—the Comtesse de Brissac, Adile, and Unsrita, the last of whom proves to be identical with litile Marie, the daughter of Blanche de Valois, the ill fated captein’s wife. This girl, ia short, has been spared to avenge her parents’ wrongs; and eventually, through int ation given by her and the resvscita‘ed Putney Bill, the vow rich and influen- tial Marqu’s is arraigned ond capitally punished for his crimes. The acting is first rate. Webster was the reckless adventurer to the very life, and Maf'lle. Celeste, who did double dety, both as Blanche and Unarita ory him excellent support; while P. Bed- ford and ecley were He tat in their parts. The scenery ¥as eplendid, and the drama w as entiel successful. a. Spain. HIGHLY )MPORTANT FROM MADDID—SUSPENSION OP ‘THK CORTES—FINANOES OF TITE COUNTRY. The Liverpool Times, of the Lith, says:—The intelligence from Madrid is of & very serious. kind, and may fe considered as portentous of an approach- ing coup d'état. By a telegraphic despatch of the $ib December, we learn that the Senate had adopted, by 105 votes to 69, the resolutions opposed by the government, and recommended by the majority of the committee. ‘These resolutions, it may be remem- bered, are to effect that the Senate ought to proceed with a bill before it on the railways, instead of, in compliance with the wish, of the cabiact, dropping it, and waiting nvtil anew bill on the pes oe eonted to the Chamber of Depnties by it, shall be gent np to the Renate. Wsaweevia MolEas ws, In omneequence ot thts ano learn, by electro telegraph, 08 the 10h, a royal de _ us toa beautiful scene on the shores of the Bay of |