The New York Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1856, Page 2

2 NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1856. ‘Who carries “peace” in his waistcoat pocket, had ar- vived in St. Petersburg; but the electric wires have not yet informed us of how the propositions of which he is ‘fhe pearer have been received by the Emperor. These Propositions are what I tod you : neutralization of the Black Sea, cession of the Russian stations at the Danube mouths; joint protection of the Principalities. Tadd here, to my already expressed opinion, that Rus & will not. make a downright refusal, but will make a eounter proposal. Negotiations will thenjbe re-opened om the basis of the propositions brought to St. Peters- burg by Count Esterhezy. It has been asserted, and also contradicted, that Austria will regard these last proposi- tions as an ultimatum, and this is her very last appear- ance in the character of mediator, If re Jecte?, she will draw the sword and cut the geardian knot she cannot loosen. I give credit to the contradiction, Ido not believe that Austna will go to war on any account. I still think, however, neverthe- Yess, that the desire for peace before the next Baltic cam. paign is strong in Russia, The Russians have felt that France and England are in earnest in this game, and that as much energy will be brought into play against Gronstadt and St, Petersburg as was displayed at Sebas- sopol. The recent treaty with Sweden points to the janding ofan army in Finland to support the naval ope rations. No one doubts the existence of @ seoret article © the treaty, which will change it into an offensive and defensive one as soon aa hostilities recommence, aad the Swedes are anxious tur a brush with their old enemy. Germany is alge anxious for peoce, and the King of Prussia has written an autograph letter to his imperial brother-in-law, urging him to accept the terms offered. The Austrian ¢ ficial Journal shows symptoms of enorzy and throws out bints that Russia must aceept the propo- sitions or bide the result, A few days will throw some more Mght upon the matter. France is also desirous of peace. A pamphlet has jast een published in Paris, signed “Un Homme d’Etat,”” and generally attributed to the Empecor Napoleon IIT tm which @ grent congress of all nations, at Paris, is pro- pored, for ihe settlement of peace and of all other ques tions between nations, cf a nature to lead to dissensions. He is thought the capiculation of Kars will atlow the @zar to grant terms, as he has a victory on his side. 1 terms of the capitulation of that ilfated fortress aro very henorable to both parties. General Mouravie! ted ail the honors of war to ihe capitulating garrison and Genezal Williams stipulated for the ‘ree departure ol the Pohsh and Huogasian olficers, who would otherwise davies have been hanged as deserters by our friend ax ally tue Emyeror of Austma, W» whose tender mer. hey would have be:n made over. fhe want of energy wn by ice English government in the case of Col ‘Ture has created universal astonishment aad indignation, and explanations will be asked when Parliameat meets. Omer fucha bas re-crossed the Ingour, aad has xe Iho head-quarters at Redout-Ka eh. Skirmishes had taken pli ce m ube Coimea + nothing ef importance. A council of war hel Paris, at which Pelissier, the Du ge, De Ia Ma d other generals, » The ‘scene will e Rex: campsign fic The following a wo the Baitie. su thems ot news ‘ Manserurs, Dec. 25, 1855. The Caire has just rived, with dates fcom Constan- timopie to tbe loth, Ari! Yasha has been named Musbir. Halim Pasba has received orders to go to Erzeroum. The acevunts irom the Crimea are w the 9th. Several suspec'ed dealers had been expelied from Balaklava, and had taken refuge at Kamiesch. The weather was very bad ia the Bisck Sea and in the Mediterranean. Twelve merchant vessels, belonging to different vations, had been los: at the Sulina mouth. ‘The garrison of Kutais had evacuated the citadel, ani vetired to oxi, situate at the entrance of the detile of Georzis. Manszutes, Dec, 25, (Evening.) The Presse dl’ Orient swtes that General Willtams, as well as the other ingliab ctlisers who were at Kars, will yemain prisoner of wer, but that one of the conditionsot the capitulation was that the Poles and Hungarians sbould p:eserve their liberty. The latter have arrived at Erzeroum with General Kmety. General Moura cieff has, it ls said, sent a columa on Akbaltak. A pact of the garrison of Kutais has gone to Go! erder to defend the passes which command the ent into Georgia. Selim Pasha, with 12,000 cen, is still at Trebizonde, waiting for the arzival of the Egyp'ian division. Accounts from the Crimea state that the banks of the Techerpsya are stilitiooded. The heights of Mackenzie are suxrounded by strong gabiow: The Pasha of Rhodes has Officer from King Leopold. Trimsre, Dec. 26, 1855. We have news from Constantinople w the 17th instant. The Baron Prokesch-Osten, ine Austrian Internuncis, hhad arrived there. Simty vessels are reported to have been wre Saline mouths of the Danube, with the loss Omer vasha ported to have made a 1 movement to Redout Kile. . Intelligence bas b hazy, the bearer of t ed at St. Petersburg irom Vienna. Br Dec. 27, 1855. The prepsrations making by Russia ivr whe uext cam- not favor hopes of peace. mforeements for im the Crimea neentrating ia the join their regiments a! the tirst notice The effective of the reserves in the amcunts to about 80,000 men. ‘On "he other hand, it is stated here that the corps of 10,000 Sardinians to co-operaie wita the allies in the Baltic '¢ to be newly raised, and n¢ pm the con tipgen: in the Crimea. ig here **4{ the Austrian propositions de- 0? the Russian forwesses on the Biack Sea, but simply that she is to have no ships of war there. thera provinces @ electric cable between Var: to be broken, aud it is de onths must elapse defore it wil m=, Dec. 28, 1855. 4 from Constantino. the 15ch tn) jm operation, Mann The Simois has arrived with advi ple of the 18th, and from the Crimes 1 E heries. The weather bas stopped the further embar’ Genera) Williams and the prisoners of Kars hove been went to Milis. Colonel Sch wvartzenberg has #uccesded im reackicg Erzeroom, tra‘ford proposes t!.e union of Moldavia o be governed by a hereditary nal army. Bispaicler kc ave at SP. M. Loxpow, Dee. 28, 1855. nece Betscen th kami Baglish Governments Subject of War—The Alliance Viriually at an End—Ohject of Count Persigny’s Visit w Paris— by Poison=The Times of the Borgias Re fin R I—Amerivan ebrations in Le ion, de. cecurred. A difference of opinion and Engiand en the #:b- Chrisimas ¢ de. A grand event has has broken out between Fr: ject of the war. The Emperor Napoleon fy willing to b dono with it. He has aequi ¢ military glory to aatisty his ambition, and he is seriously apprehensive of the heavy expendi ite contiouance involve. Whether he fears that a prolongetion of the war wil’ gradually stir up the revolutionary passions of the peo- ple m Furope I will not undertake to say, but this much 1 feel authe that he desires to put an end of Engiand takes an opposite re 1 to deciare me Minister ingly anxious to continue it, for two the feelings and for Lord Palmerston are embarkel im tk If it goes on, he will retain power place, and aebieve a greater name in bi that the sentiments of the n: amly Yecause they think it their interest to weaken Rus- sis, but they are anxious to retrieve some of the reputa- tion that has been lost by the bungling, if not treachery, of their aristocracy. You see the in and England are no longer the samo, aoe nen that at present con seit destioy s the poles The grand alliai of Yrance and England te, & ce, at an endon subject of tho war against I Lord Palmerston i« making desperate effort to 4 he } yor from abandoning the war policy. The Frenc Dassador at London, the Viscount de Persigay, who yorable to the continuance of hostiilifes, has gone ove: Paria thie wetk to try the effect of argument on Napo leon, with whom he has great influence. It was Persig- ny who attempted to reason the Emperor out of marry- ing ® Spanish countess, instead of making « royal alli ance with some Kuropean house. He threw himself on his knees on that occasion, but with little effect, as tho result proved. Lord Palmerston throws away his time when he attempts to argue with Napoleon on this course or thi Of all men that ever lived, he is the leat to be persuaded into or out of anything. Fle sees, mediates, t, he as aware ion are for the war, not esunde each Empe Aw fa resolver, and then acts. That is the end of it. If he has determined to withdraw from the war, all that {9 left for Lord Palmerston is do decide whether he can go on with is or not alone, That ia now the grevt question for Engiand to discuss, As I told you betore, the aristocracy bere are anxious to «top the war, for they fear that sucesss against Rul will only inerease the power of the perple, an@hasten their downfall. The chiefs of the fn Parliament—Aserdeen. Kussell, Derby, Graham, G@ladstone—are rot only ansiour to make peace wisp Bosew from political sympathy. b medly eager to overthrow Falmerston. whe irleb rigger, an 1 style him, but who bas mone, linary ate tumble them cut of powe ir place at thie great © f Kngland’s 3 Regt okgerchy bad bet ton thelr le preservers, fer they | th If they stop the war, aiding to cut the throat of their old friend Ki can Evgland go om with the war if backs out? There’s to be # pamphiet in Parts to-morrow, advocating a Congress of sovereigns to cecide on the Napoleon, or such Tones of this the tion. on’s proposition, rents, and Count Nesselrede, Prime publication could not appear. with ¥ Minis‘er of all now give a horse laugh, for hehas triamph- ‘alliance, and Russia wil! now get cat olthe fearful scrape that she mever dreamed of 5 here has been ‘ta. astasinations by poison at that epoch are revived by what has just The old fushioned English moce ing out of fashion, of “leporous distill ments’? that the French Madame Latirge introduced a years ago seems to be now coming quite into vogue, I reter you to the details of these curious and revolting cares, The Americans here are grently amused at the effect of the news trem Russia lstely pub ished in the New ‘York Hxnarp, om the authority of Col. Tal. P. Shaff- ner. The whole of it has been copied into the various will ed. He hee broken the For want of something «le everybod Gasueing the late murtex by poiece. middle seem returning to this line of business, for the Dolical subtlety and mystery of occurred in England. of knocking a man’s brains out is and the wore scientific method few jee here, and has literally thrown them into fits. 0 American seems to put any faith in the amaalng exaggerations of Tal. P. Shaffoer, put set it down But the English don’t generally as # ‘tall story.” understand this kind of humor, American. They take it for granted that Shaff ner meant every word to believed as gos- pel; and throwing themselves into a violent rage, they set to work and belabor the luckle.# Schaffoer with the cudgels of heavy abuse. It is downright fan to see the “poisoned chalice” come buck to the lips of the Eng- lish press. For long years they bluckguarded and lied about our country, representing us only ag a whr'tling, gonsine. cheating, todacco-equirting race and they won- ered with upturned eyes at our rage thereat, But only Jet one of these ones centemned Yankees praise Russia a say that ai- ter two years hard fighting, little has been done, and the little wa-days, only for the fon of ft, am French have done thas, and the English just nothing at all but make themselves ridiculous, and the consequenc» is that the E press, that once velted us with sush philosophical somposnre, are thrown into convulsions, and froth and seream as though uiter!; demented. Larthe w Yous Seat goon and give us more shaffner stories \d another touch of Dr. De Davega. If they doRussia no gvod they gladcen the sides of a! the Americans here with wholesome laughter. The Hiwatp has got tbe English press ‘‘on the hip,” aod I hope it will not let them off easii Christmas amount of j have done the *t has been celebrated with the usual ast boef aud plum puddia ss nanal service. The shops have nothing to complain of, and the theatres are gorged with the lovers of paptomime. Tue war has no effect, it appears, on business, amusement or appetite. Mr. T. R. Croskey gave a grand banqoet, in honor of the day, to our popular Minister, Mr. Bachanan, who refused ‘the invitations ot mapy noble lords, to dine with his coun- trymen—and more to his credit. Gen. Campbell, our esteemed Consul, also entertained s large rty of his Aonerican friends at dinner, and astoni«hed thew nota little vy treating them tos glorious glass of real Yankee egg-nog. ‘* May his shadow never be les+.”” ‘Where is the Message? What are the Know Nothings about’ Will nobody come, and let Mr. Buchanan recurn home? A NEW YORKER, Our Paris Correspondence. Panis, Des, 27, 1855, Chr as Kee andNew Year's at Purw—-Mlle, Poinsot and we Opera—MUe, Cruvelli and Her Wedding—Carloua Grisi--Midnight Mass at the Madeleine—No Booths on the Boul-vards— Dear th of News—Rumored Treaty ani Negotiations of Russia with the Tnited States. Christmas eve was enlived at Paris by the first repre- sentation of ‘‘Pantagruel”’ (which does not lack a certain Rabelaisian smack) at the Opera. The Emperor was present, and, like most of the other spectators, seemed enough pleased with Mle. Poinsot to forget, for the moment, any regrets which the approaching marriage of Mile. Cruyelli may have oceasioue:! to the frequenters or the Imperial Academy of Music. This time, 1t ap- pears, the intractable Sophie bas wade up her mind to sign the marriage contract, and not tear it up. Bat who knows if she will not chaaze her mind again before the 5th of January, the doy appointed for her wedding? If Mile. Poinsot was applauded in “Pantagruel”’ on Christ- mas eve, so was Carlotta Grisi in the “Diable & Quatre,” and not a few cf the English and Americans who had joined in the applause went stly from the opera house (without much changing their mood for sight seeing) to the midnight mass at the Church of the Mag- ¢alen. One American was seen asleep tuere; ho was dreamiwg, perhaps, of “Pantagrual” or of Mazourka. the pooths which usually mdisate the approach of New Years, ¢ nverting thejaoulevards into a huge Vanity Fair, have not yet been erected, nor will they be until after the arrival of the troops from the Crimea, on ca urday next, ‘As to news, whether of war or of diplomasy, it wus weu summed up last night by the Pres, in the single phrase, beaucoup de bruit et peu de foite—many rumors and sew facts. You can eesily jucve under which head to class the topics alfad@l to in the following extract from the Gazetle Autrichienme:—“*Much is said in military circles, @ recent tecaty concluded betweea tLe Cabinet of St. Petersburg aud that of Washington,gin which the two States bind themselves to lend each other effective aid in a Uni © war shoul break out betwee and the Western Pow ra. that j 4 be wmds for the pur diy Vesels of war.’ Tuese vostels of war ato per- hops to be brovght from New York to Russiy + vor now that the London fines bax withdrawn its d- claration of war against the United States. Among the pecsons presented to the Court of the Tui- 1 Yat Sunday names Mrs. afc Rae, (wile of Consul Mc iiwe,) and Mr. Wise, of Legation at Paris, the Axoraing to mentioned, ne- fovty-tive hayfner's Russian Shetches—Peace Mlusions Varvishing-The Knowing Ones Sensation Caused in Pavis by Colonel Incraiulowi—Thiers Becoming @ Bonapartist—Abl il Medjid about t Visit Puris—Grand Ceremonial in Honor of the Return of the Imperial Guard from Scbas- toyol—Hietorical Souvenir—The Russian Defences at bastopol—Fire in the New Building at the Lowsre—Mi cellancous News, de., de. The interest which Colonel Shaffner’s description of the state of Russia, as given in the Hera», and trans- ferred to the colamne of Galignani’a Mestenger, bas caused in all ci ie perfectly extraordinary, Galigna- ni at first hesitated to publish it, and it was not, in fact, till the London papers had done so, that he took heart of grace. The French journals have not copied the whole, though erough to set half Paris gossiping. I suspect it will be the means of dissipating many of those fond de- Yurions about peace which have lately pervadod the minds of some good nature! persons. The fands are al- ready losing their artificial buoyancy, and every day I observe a conviction, more and more firmly implanted, that the Russian war may yet prove Tarter, that it may for years drag its slow length wlong, and in the end breed such a European revolution as transcends the bounds of all present calculation. Some of the ablest thinkers have been busy lately in expressing their entire disbelief In the chances of peace, M. Guizot, though naturally cautious, has repeatedly let drop sentiments of this character, and the veteran Lord Lyndharst, who for the last six weeks, has been staying in Paris, does not hesitate to say that he looks upon any hope of the kind as perfectly chimerical, Thereis a good deal of gossip prevailing about M. Thiers. This fertile politician and mercurial genins hav- ing now finished his History of France under the Con- sulate and the Empire, finds himself without employment, and fe said to be quite ready to devote himself to the ser- view of the new order of tnings in France, provided the Ki ror has only faith enough to trust him. It hasbeen en, though I do rot vouch for ite trath, that Na- poleon having, during the four years in which all power has Leen concentrated in his hands, obtained 4 saffictent nsight into the complex machinery of government to enable him to preserve the entire control, would not be rorry to find some active and efficient instrament who could relieve him of some part of the intensely laborious duties which have hitherto devolved upon him, and tnat if such am instrument should be forthcoming ia the clever Orleanist leater, be would he p etly willing to mself of it, It is said, in fact, that Napoleon does not so much find the active management too wnuch for his strength, as that, baying thoroughly mastered the details, the rontine becomes irksome to him, and thathe has sufficient confidenee in his own abilities aot to hay: any fears of M. Thiers proving, in vulgar p , “to many for him.’ meral Mouraviell’s order of the day on the capture o Kars has made a great impression. Its tone ig consid ered to be free from exaggeration, and to be portestly justitied by the greatness of the event. It im seems to corroborate much of what the Heracy has published in relation to Colonel Shaffner. © Companions ia arms,” gaya Mouravietf, “T congratn- late you; and os Ueutenaut of our sovereign 1 retorn you thanks. At the priee of your blood and by your , the bulwark of Asia Minor has been is Majesty. The Russian tlag flout strenaons @xertio placed at the feet on the wells ¢f Kars; it proclaims the vietory of the Cross and the Saviour. All the army of Anat 0,000 strong, has divapponred like a shadow. Its Comman ter n- Chief, with ¢ Pachas and officers, and the iinglish Genera? who directed the defeace, with hia #ta‘T, are pri sia our handa Thousands of Tarkish prisoners return to the where they will proclaim your feats of ‘arma. An loventory hae not yet been taken of he cast euppiice of arma and government effects found le of England will ask them “ to st up to the Low pitt japoleom podtiabedl opean terms of peace. Of course, such a movement must Rave the entire comcurrense of The loud yelp against tor reply to le- ‘The late allies are. therefore, belige- sO paseatially in Kars; but, without counting the cannenand the stand- ards taken by us in the course of the campaign, 130 pew guns will eorich our arsena!s. ne in arms, 1 thank you from first to last. We undertake fresh labors with firm reliance on the protection of the Al- mighty.” Fs cornet, bt! whieh! tag? Meperee poosiade) toe continually being held at the Tuileries. Count de P«r- signy, French Ambassador at London, is now in Paris, and @ report prevails that the Sultan, newly decorate! with aha pientasetion ot Go leasamet Geant, Leek povtes we aie to have agrand military solemnity, wo arrive welcome the successors homes. The ceremony has several ts. On the 14th of July, 2000, covered with the glorious marched to the Champ de Mars, and deposited at the valides the same conquered trom the enemy, age the same time, it displayed its own stamaards, grim plack- ered with gunpowder. Some years after, when the bri! Mant victories of Austerlitz, Jera, Freidlani, Fylax, crowned with the Pesce of Tilsit, had been a: ‘com , & most it military display too< poo when the municipal body went out to mest the imperial Guard and harangue it. ‘Your names,” it seid, ‘will be handed down on bronze and marble to the most distant posterity.’’ The Fusikers of the Guard, the foot Caasseurs, the Grenadiers, the it the Mamelukes, the Heavy Dragoons and the Gendarmrie of the State, prece- ded by Generals and con officers, went to the Tuileries by the Place de Carrousel, and proceeding to the Palace, éeposited their eagles. Fetes and banquets suc- ceeded one anotber, and all Paris was well mgh driven mad withexcitement. The last soiemnentry of the im- perial Guard into Paris was in Mareb, 1815, when. on the:r return from Elba the eagle flew from steeple to steeple to the towers of Notre Dame. 1 shall not fail to send you a minute description of what takes place on Saturday. A letter from Sebastopol, dated the 7th instant, states thas the Rusetans are actively rand most, energetically en ip conve every . or any posi- ton into a battery, fort or redoubt. ‘Fort Catharine has been immensely strengthened by two earth-works to the right and lefr, of fiiteen guns each. Series of fortifica- tions are springing up on the most gigantic scale, Whole rows of batteries, then barracks fer troops, then addi- tienal batteries. The breach is defended py a strong battery which extends all round the bay, as far as fort Severna, which is of itself an assemblage of bat- teries placed one over the other, and defended on the land side by » large ‘ditch. To vight of Sevierna are some sunken steamers, aad then another village or collection ef barracks. All these are commanded by the citadel, which bas been so much increased, that ali which formerly existed is now conceal- ed behind the immense works recently created. Every day bodies of 2,000 and 3,000 men ‘eave the citadel and preceed to their work. It is really difficalt, says the wrier, to imagine what can be the object of the Rus- sians in erecting such masses of batteries. Time alone can unravel the mystery. A new market, for the sale of articles of food ata cbeap rate, bearing the title of Dock-Modele de la Vie de Bon Marché, was opened yesterday, in the Rue de Crois- sant. The stalls were well sup with game, poultry, fish, cheese, wine, vegetables, butter, eggs, oranges, &c. fhe whole establishment is not yet complete, but the part opened presented a very animated scene, and both orchasers and sellers appeared to be mutually satisied. e prices were considerably lower than at the ordinary markets. At one part of the day, however, the milk and wer deen hay rea ‘ Kev, Pa ees confisg: ‘e were very near having a re; ra tion of the Manuteniion, The new buildings at the Louvre caught fire ; the scaffolding, not yet removed, was ia s blaze, and but for the most energetic exertions of the [ice Brigade the glery of the revered dynasty of Bonaparte might bave been reduced to a m jeap of cinders, ee the last indentations of the ‘chisel had been made. Happily, their exertions were thoroughly successfal, and the extent of the damage was slight. ‘Ibe Emperor, tho. roughly alarmed , was instantly on the ground, and did not quit the scene til! all chance of danger had entire'y pass- ed away. Since this, all the scaffolaing facing the new works in the Place du Louvre has beam removed, so that pa Re 1856 will see carriages plying across in full affic. The Moniteur of this merning announces that fresh postal regulations bave been signed betwixt Lord Cowley. Ihe British ambassador, and {Count Walewski, by which, among other relaxations, printed matter wilt be circu lated between the two countries at a modified tax ; and jourrals which are now submitted to a ef payment will be aémitted at a trifling cost, with the advant of aniving at their destination prepaid. It is impossible not to help withing that similar advantages between America and France may fodow, for at present all sorts of eiffieulties exist; aud as for journals. it is two months since I have set eyes on a New York Hexarp in Macints beglaniog to be animatat Paris ing ume uted appearance which it usually presents at the approach of the Jour de VAn, The shops are displaying their most attractive wares, and hundreds of wooden sheds ure erecting in most of the great thoroughfares. On the Boulevards they are pesventad for the moment in consequence of the appreaching entry of the Imperial Guard. The sudcen miléness of the temperature which hay succeeded the in- tepse cold and trost, will prove of great advantage to the petty dealers, for severe weather keeps many of the bast purchasers at home. Yesterday the streets were every where crowded. The air was clear and the thermometc: at thie moment is at 45 Faprenheit. The accouchement of the Empress is expected to take place between the loth and 26th of March. Her Majes- ty’s health continues excellent, and her spirits do not fail for an instant. Toe Emperor is daily seen on horse. back riding at a foot pace towards the Bois de Boulogne. BERTIL. Our Berlin Correspondence. Berry, Dec. 24, 1855. the Peace Negotiasions a Firee—Austria Playing Her Old. Game—The Key of the Divjicully with Louis Napo- leoi—Proceedings of the Prussian Chambers—Severit) of the Winter in Germany. ‘The rumors of peace are «till aftoat, and it cannot be denied that they have obtained rather more consistency during the last week or two. ‘There can be no qu-stion but that Austria has made, or is making, some proposals to Russia; but of what nature these proporals are— whether they have been agreed upon beforehand with the Court of St. Petersburg, or concerted with France and England—is still a profound mystery, which is rather deepened than cleared up by the lucubrations of the Morning Post, and other semi-official, and very often vholly mendacious, crgans. It is therefore an idle task to speculate about what reception these proporals will meet with at St, Petersburg, although, to judge from precedents, the very fact of their being submitted by Austria would render it likely that they will be accepted But even if this were the case, the termination of the present eventful struggle would be no nearer thin it was before. Three times during the course of the last two years conditions have been proposed by Austria to the Czar, ostensibly with the sanction of the Westera Pow ers, which were accepted by Russia: but a negotiation being entered into for the purpose of determining the real sense of these conditions, the interpretation given them by the belligerent parties was found to be so con- tradictory that a compromise was out of the question, and the breach was only widened by the vain attempts at conciliaticn, It is stated, indeed, that this time the Aus trian proposals are ceuched in terms so precise as to preclude any chance of their beirg misinterpreted; but such an assertion evinces a degree of credulity which one would hardly expect any one acquainted with the antecedents of the Cabinet of Vienna to be guilty of. We shall probably witness another edition of the Vienna conferences, when, afterga vast quantity of protocolling and verbiage, the views of thefeonflicting parties will be again found to be utterly irreconcileable, the war will begin afresh, with redoubled vigor and tenfold cxaxpe- ration, and Austria will retire from the scene, washing her hands in innocence, an’ loudly regretting the ill euccess of her well meant endeavors, You may be pretty sure that Austris will never show fight until the allies have got 10 cou- pletely the better of the Museovites as to render them ineapable of further resistance, when the chivelrone scion of the House of Hapsbarg may pluck a enongh to give the expiring Hon » kick or two, and then come in for a #hare of the spotl. Austrian statesmen are celebrated for their sharp pra though it » bappens that people ure #0 excessively clever end by outwitcing themselves The name of Prussia is scarcely mentioned in conve tion with the negotiations now on foot, and to all appear- ance she has taken no active part in them. Alter ex. hausting herveif in fruitless attempts at mediation, and experiencing some very disegreeable rebuils, ehe has ro- japeed into an attitude of passive resignation, from which neither threats nor caresses have been able to ron-o her. There can be no doubt that the king has employed, and still employs, all the persoval influence he may postesa over his nephew, to induce him to take some steps towards meeting the demands o the Allies, and in the present state of the Czar's allairs he is not likely to turn a deaf car to such admonitions, but the truth is, the question of peace or war does not depend ttpon him—it hinges entirely upon jonis » leon. If, as it ie whispered in some circles whe: wish is father to tne thought,” the French Om, tired of fighting, or of getting other people to i him, the dMficulty will be vettled with very tron bie, as {tis clearly imposmble for England to condinue iho war by herself; but co one who has studied the eha- racter of that remarkable man, can place faith in the pacific tendeneles ascridei to him. The affected mode- rotion which he is food of ¢ixplaying is but a cloak tor the most anbounded ambition, and with the dictator ship of Fnrope fairly within hisgrasp, he will never halt ueway im acareer which he hina chaiked ont for him if with 90 mueh energy and perveverance. Just now be tony be ready to creat rder to propitiate the bour. geoisie, who are hear ily wick of the war and alarmed at » etave of the money market, while Rusia is anxious t) gain twe, in expectation, like Mr. Micawber, of something ‘ up’’ to improve her position; but with insin: ran bee tee such ees een be nothing but Fine Sper’ — to amuse the quidnuncs and fill up the tedious hours that must elapse mee he season permits the resumption of warlike Fal! 5 Although the Prussian Chambers have been s tting now for upwards of three weeks, my report of their ‘“‘say- ings and doings” may be prised within a» few lines. Tavmitied ¢ is dog thelr oie sul 0, dame, cert pay Fa oe “Chambers”? not considered quite as remind- ing one too much of revolutionary France of the barricades, and not of the @etat—the King has fit to revive the anciest. of Landtay, st, which was current before the events of 1848, and is quite traces on any Jacobin or democratic raminis- ope- if i cences. prem raised to this as nally illegal unnecessary, were ‘over- Came, hanks to the compact majority of the govern- ment party and to the Chambers no longer—and the constitutional devel at of Prussia has made another stride—back - In the House of Deputies, (late & ) the former ( Sevond Chamber, it Schwerin, one of the leaders of the coa- stitutional Po pre hhad to give way to the conserva- tive , Count Eulenburg: and altogether the position is reduced to such a handful of members that {Boyare utterly unable to make heed. against the sesc. tionists, who have all it their own In the ci-devant First Chamber, now House of Lords, (Herrenhaus)—the Prinoe of Pless, one of the most hy magnates of Sileris, and an ultra tory, was elected President; but he having died suddenly a tew days since, a new elec.ion will have to take place. As yet no meathre of apy impor- tance has beeo proposed in either House. It is rumored, indeed, that Ministers are about to demand another grant of thirty millions to meet the expenses of an inteaded “mobilization,”” but as Prussia has decidedly no idea of calling out her army at presons, this must be set down as ‘a weak invention of the enemy.”? You bave probably been informed by telegraph thit part of the new Rue: loan of fit; ms of roubles bas been taken by the house of sha, in this city. Itis steted in the Times that the last attempt of Russia to raise a loan (in 1854) had failed, or only partially suc peeripa iefalana Incillas as the ton! Woot was upin regularly quoted in all the money Barkete of Germany. The strangest thing is that a great part of it was subseribed by British capitalists, whose patriotism was not proof healt the temptation of gettiog near six per cent for their money. ‘Winter bas set in with unusual severity, and very early for this Jatitude, and earlier than it has done for many ears. Generally speaking, January and February are e cordest months here, making out the old proverb that, “As the days begin to lengthen, the cold begins to eu; but this year it’ commenced as early as the middle of November in Livonia, Poland, and the eastern provinces of Prussia; with a continuance of easterly winds the frcst came on in right earnest. All rivera, lakes and canals are frozen up, and the perience entirely stopped. Tne consequence has been that the suppties of provisions and done eager two — Bae of remain oe tie on boar river craft, and altho they it be un- loaded and forwarded by rail, yet it gy easily imagined how this operation must’ inerease the expense of carriage, particularly when the supplies have to be transported a considerable distance before reaching the Dearest terminus. Wheat and other sinds of grain, though already bigher than they are even in Englaad, can this extra expense better than more buiky ar ticles, uch a8 coals, Brewood and building materials, which will be almort unattainable during the winter. ‘Thus carpenters, bricklayers, masons and most other la- borers are thrown ont of employ; and {tis painful to con- template the smount of ‘that will be caused hy this severe winter, coming as it dvcs tmmediatelyjafter season of scarcity. Collections are being made here and in other cities to relieve the poorer classes, and provide them with the necessaries of life. but private charity can do but little towards alleviating the general distress. . A Peace Congress in Burope. SINGULAR PAMPBLET PUBLISHED IN PARIS—LOUIS NAPOLEON'S VIRWS ON THE PACIFICATION OF EUROPE. {From the London Times, Dec, 28.] A pamphlet has just appeared in Paris under the strange title of ‘The Necessity of a Congress to Pacity Europe,” to which the place where it is prioted and tae peculiar circumstances of the time, give an importance that it would not otherwise deserve. We will enter intu no speculations as to the quarter from which thia publi cation emanates, or the authority by which it may have deen put forth, suggested, or approved, but will troat it entirely on its own merits, as it it had issued from the printing press of a couatry where every citwen is free to promulgate his own sontiments without considering to what extent they may meet the views or counteract the policy of the government. ‘The questionis a weighty ene, ard shouid be met with all fr ness and simpiicity by those who assume in times of difticulty and dangcr the havardous task of cirecting and forming the opiaion of their country. ‘The pretace to the pampblet retiects severely on the English press for counteracting the efforts of their gov- ernment in proportion as the probabilities of peace ac- quire more consistence, and points out that, as England lost nothing in dignity ‘by the independence of the Ame- rican colonies, and France nothing in dignity by toe events of 1814 and 1815, so Russia, 0 far from losing, will increase the confidence and esteem of Eurepe by sa eaifeing @ policy incompatible with the peace of the world, If zeace is to be made it must be founded on truth, and in this whole passage we can find no statement which is not inaceurate or exaggerated. The English press, so ferj as we are aware, bas done nothing to prevent Russia accepting the terms tendered to her by the allied Powers; but it certainly has not told her that Kpgland,fivanquished by her own colonies, or France by an Furopesn confederacy, suffered no aidno humihation. Nor will it ever, we trust, main- twin, inorder to coax Russia out of her obstinate plan< of ambition and aggression, that, after the manner in which sbe has provcked, and the il] success with which she bas carried on this war, she can resume her forme: position, or rise in the confidence and estimation of Ku- rope. These are the suggestions of a timid courtier, who seeks to overcome imperial self will by hiding the truth beneath unmeanivg compliments—not the hune<t statements of a man who wishes to place the real posi tion of things before us, and to appeat to the sentiments of reason and of prudence. No, lf Russia is to make peace, it must be not because she will lose nothing hy it, but because she has already lost much by the war, and mvst Joe much more by its continuance. If this con- viction be present with her ehe will make peace now; if rot, we capnot supply its place with courtly phrasesani viel tained compliments. ‘The psmphlet teils us that three of the five great Powers are at war, and that the two others are unable to reconcile them; therefore, it says, there can be po other means of making peace than through the interven- tion of a congres ecisive success has been att» by the fall ct Sebastopol—the necessity of peace re; now the neceesity of war—neutral Powers have be: respectable, instead of being contemptibie—the opini of Europe is m favor of peace—that opinion ought to ox. press itrelf collectively, instead ot individually, and with an authority above all other authorities. If Russis should prop: se a congress, she would give the best provi in her power of ber pacific desires. She has not, in fact, been wrong in her views, but only in not perceiving that the age of crusade in past. If acongress were appointed. every one would be sure of peace, Aostria and Prussia would find again the importance they have lost—Russia a return to industrial development—irance and England 1 salutary check to a ‘war which will test more abrewdly the union of the allies, and the secondary States a gus. rantee and a security in the collective protection of Enrope. We bave stated these arguments fuily, beesuse t' -« is not one cf them from which we do not entirely gree. What is the real obstacle to peace? No th Austria and Prussia are woabie to procure it, for Aus: and Prussia count for nothing—are mere lay fi mere stage properties in the great drama which w: enacting: but because Russia has been hitherto sy tat upon sggrandizement, so wedded to unprincipled birion, that she clings to her es of cor and annexation, even after the fortune of wa: demonstrated them to be impossible. the mediatoral Powers, says the irresolute Austria and timid Prussia their irresolution and timidity the timidity and the venality of all the seconda ates of Europe. Then Fon will nave arbitrators to whose award the belligerent Powers must bow, and whose opinion w:!i ‘be the cause and the sanction of pence, Now, in the tire! place, why do we need any mediators or internuncins »t all? ‘If our demands be reasonable andymodera*e, we ought to adhere to them: if nor, we ought to red joo chem to the point of reason and moderation: but in either ease ought we to submit them to the arbitration of Powers who have gained the proposed position of arbitrators hy shrinkwg irom the duties which their position tmpo««t on them, and by distributing their approbation to a Went and their gocd wishes and good offices to the Kas - The true congress is one mm which the belligerent Pow- ers alone eiczld be remesented, and where 0 cu ny should be secured, not by the power of the mej. rit) < bind the minority, but by mutual agreemout upon such terms as the su wes of one party enable them t> de- mand, and the necessities of the ocher oblige thew to conceae. Bold and bad as Russia is, she is still infinitely more respectable and were worthy of jeration than the eggregate of paltry royalttes of which a Buropoan ¢ ngress would now be composed. Why should we .ub- mitcureare to this asvomblage of soveceigns? Which of them representa the real opinion of hie people / Which of them would not ind himself and his pv repudiated by them, did @ momentary relaxativ repression only allow thom voice and utteran Who aro to be their assessors or representatives ’ Men depated by comarillas bought with Russian gold —men ccvered with Rassian orders, for which they hive rold their personal houcr and the independence of their ecountry—inen imbued with the narrowest prejadices of caste and the wost bitter contewpt for thew unprivi leged countrymer—men who hate England because she is inee, and Jove Russia because ehe is not only weapotic horself, but the champion and bulwark of all other des- potiens. We believe our cause to bo just, and we hope it will vever be submitred to so iviquitous « tribunal. We believe our banca to be strong, and we hope we vhall not be cheated by diplematy cut of terms which we are atle to extort by force. We do not share in the respect which thia_pampbleteer feels for Powers whose sword Is gived to the sheath, but not by considerations of wo. deration and justice, but by the meanest seliish- ness aod the most abject terror, and who are only neutrals today heeaue they ‘have not the eou- rage and honesty to be principals. Rather thon subunit our quarrel to a Congress in which Peussia wonld be om nipotent by the votes of her vassals and her morcenarten, let the sword decide between us; it i4a blind, but it is, ab any rate, an impartial arbiter. “We did not draw it with- out counting the cost, and we ought not to sheath it without some better gnarantes than can be aderded by the wixdom or fairness of a Congrers of European Sove- reigns, TAL PARIS PAMPHLET ATTRIBUTED TO TH; EMPEROR, A pamphlet, consisting of about twelve or fourteen pages, bas apy It advocates the idea of » Genernl Congrees for the pacification of Europe. ‘That was at one time said to be ably viewed by the Emperor of the Freneb, and {i will, xo doubt, suggest to some the avapicion Ubat the present Incubration is not produced without his knowledge—if, indeed lie rumor does not go further, It im entitled “Noes Wun Congris * has Strengthen mphlet, and. a ave sailed, adi to irresolution, ihe Pacifier V Burope.”” The author is anonymous, dut nes to be the composition of un Homme a’Hiat. 1 ve time to give a shortextract from the conclu- sion: r noticing the difficulties mow in the way of peace, the author sayr:— «Those difficulties will be soon removed; for it cannot de supposed that a Congress of , assembled, in the mame of our common safety, for the settlement not merely of the Eastern conflict, but of all the that have arisen since the Co: of ite undertaxing. Is there a inyolved in the immediate pacification of Europe? Are not Prussia and Austria impatient to regain the influen- tial position which the repeated failure of their attempts end: more and more? Does not Russia aspire te re- sume the course of her internal prosperity, and to clone, greatly = honorably, itions of a 1 pendently of her now con- soorer or later, she will have to re- own interest as for that of the jlo-French alliance is established for ever. ‘object through evilas through prosperous days. But would it uot be fortunate for it wo triumoh at the very moment when the war—no longer aiming at the destruction of the Baltic fleet-—was perhaps about to put the differences of interest and of situation of the two nations? Finally, if the secondary Powers contribute directly to re-establish peace—if Europe owes to them in great part the development of the immense works, the reforms, and the general ee which will follow this great event, will not s a service be a better guarentee than sty, brotaetoraiee for the independence of the weak in all eventualities of the future? There must then be an advantage for every one in the immedi- ate meeting of » congress. The necestity for it results from the difficulty of the great Powers agreeing among aypeel ct Napleon Ii. to the general optaion of barope. appeal of Nay y general opinion ot Europe. ‘The wich for it is in every heart, and the offictal proposi- tion that would be made for it weuld meet with no oppo- nent, and find no one ind.fferent the day that the Sovereign Court will bave taken the initiative.” The author seeks to prove that what is called the policy of Peter the Great was, perhaps, a generous one at the epoch it was conceived, but thet the 38 Of Enrope sinee then bas rendered it unnecessary. also thinks that Russia can no more consider herself humili- ated by the acceptance: of propositions of peace than Eng- land is by the recognition of the independence of her American colonies, or than France by the loss of the a Haeay to the tonstehi of Bachan sar io ntehe 'y_ to the separation of jum and ¢ 2 Vines from France, are st tls moment firmly untied, ‘His inference is that, notwithstanding the present state of affairs in Europe, & complete reconciliation may be ob- tained, but that it can only be by means of a congress of sovereigns. so fares I can judge froma very hurried glance at the sheets, seems to be the leading idea of the Homme d’ Etat, Speaking of the change in the state of affairs produced by the capture of Sebastopol, it says — ‘As long #3 a decisive success had not besn obtained, the allies could only think of increasing their forces on the field of battle. Carrying out, at the price of im- mense sacrifices, an enterprise of which the advantages would be shared by all, they could not admi: that nevtrality had any’: in it, But England, France, ‘key and Sardinia having sufficed for the task, and the material object sought having been attained, the ptsition of neutrals could be im a very favorable point of view. It was then that ina solemn appeal to the pressure of opinion to terminate the struggle the Em- peror cf the French announced that if Europe de- cided on declarirg who was right or who was wrong, it would be a considerable step towards the solu- tion. imed, with conviction and with truth, that at the point of civilization at which we now ure the success of armies is transitory, 7 it is, in fact, public opinion which always gains the last Seat Thus in the mind ot the allied governments the last victory will be conclusion of the war. And it is the opinion of Eur: will have the merit and the honer of it, if it intag@@ne on the ground of the negotia- tions, if it assist at the various phases, and ifit pro- nounce officially on all the difficulties ot detail, accord- ingly as they shall be developed by the debates. The meeting of a Congress alone presents such an occasion. Tho rapichy with which the secondary States have res- ponéed to the appeal of the Fmperor of the French proves “hat Europe is prepared for this great spectacle.”” The author is of opinion thas the Vourts acting sepn- rately will have but little effect, 6 5 “Is isolated, non-official, and without effect. They are merely local opinions, ba they cannot be said to be the general opinion of Kurope, In order that this opinion shouid be properly expressed, and should have authority— that I should gain this last victory which will give d nitively peace to the world, inasmuch as it will leave be- hind ueither vanquishers’ nor vanquished, it must be manifested solemnly in an assembly of the representa- tives ofall the States, when the minds of all shail be blended in one commen thought, and when the will of all sball have but one voice. In euch a congress Europe appears; it is persomfied. Ambition is restrained; the mind of all becomes stronger. Far above al! powers is a supreme authority which can enaoble sicritives, impart to moderation the character of magnanimity. impose a salutary restraint on the religious or national exigencies which may be exhibited by the struggle, and renier to each government with regard to its people complete freedom of action. ({t would be still better if the idea of « congress pro- ceeded trom Russia herself, and if, taking into considera- tion as a basis of the preliminaries of peace the prop »si- tions prerented to her in the name of Austcia by Coun’ Esterhazy, she agreed to deliberate on them, not in simp'e conferences. but in an assembly of all the sovereigas and after solemn and loyal declarations on the origin, character and results of the contlict. Such an overtare on her part would be an indication more certain of the pacific disporitions of the Cubinet of St. Petersburg than a pure and simple acceptance of an wtimatum which couli have no other view than to retard the recal of the Avstilan Ambassedor, It may be remembered that qlnilar acceptance preceded the fist conferences of Vienna, snd did not anticipate their failur He maintains that in a congress the language of Russia would be more frank, and would cease to wear the chi- racter of duplicity which has so long attached to it, and denics that Russie woud be huuiliated by xccepting or proposinga congress. He takes it torgruntea that Itus- tia will renounce her ancient policy, apd will be foreed to admit that, however great and glorious the iea of Peter the Great, it is now out of place. “That idea was exclusive, incomplete, inasmuch as it only regarded the freedom of those who belonged to the Greek Communion. It was, moreover, aggces#lve and vading, as that emancipation implied a territorial rodifi- cation of Europe,” ®* * ‘and when, in the midale of the 19th century, Russia rent her armies and her fleets against Constentineple, she committed an error as grievous as if France and England had recommended the Crusades. But let her admit that error, let her renounce her isolited propagandism, let her come to demani! her portion in the collective protectorate which Christian Furcpe has won—will that portion be refased her? Is Kurope ignorant that the people who profess the same religion as the Kussiens constitute three-fourths of the popu- lation of Turkey, that the opposition of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg can ereate them insurmountable aifii- culties, and thatits loyal co-operation would become, on the contrary, the most essential element of the pa- citic regeneration of the Ottoman empice? “uch is the truth on the origin, the character and the resulta of the struggle. If Russia adopted chese views. 1f the negotia- tions of the Cabinets assumed all at once proportions 50 large, and if, in the bosom of a congress, met in that “Their co-operation, ”? spirit of frankness and honor, the conscience of the sovereigns co-operated with the skill of diplomacy in reconstructing lopalty on bases more solid and more Just than the equilibrium’of Furope, who could doubt of suc- cess!” The concluding paragraphs of the pamphlet develope those ideas I gave yesterday. I am assured that M. de Scebach had a long interview with the kmperor pre to is leaving Paris on Wednewlsy: thet. the cengress was started, and that in al! probabi be brought under the notice of M. de Nesselrode, ani evom of the Emperor Alexander, by him. Russian Plan of the Next Campaign Moscow (Dec. 20) Correspondence of London. \ews. {t Was amusing enough for an impartial observe: witness the excitement that prevailed in this ancient capital of Muscovy on the receipt of the /nralive with Gen. Mouravieif’s despatches avout the surcender of Kars, for the inhabi ante of this city, in their ignorance, firmly believe their favorite Mourayicil— rho belongs to the old Murcovite party—to have. achieved a most brilliant victory, and covered higself with glory, and capnot see the difference between taking a foctreas by storm and waiting pastively at a distance till the garci #on ave obliged to surrender for want of foo. The Mus- covite, or war, party are loud {a expressing their en- thusiasm, and extolling the present Lmperur's foresight and tagacity at superseding Count Woronzotl, and giv- ing the supreme command of the army in the Can- casus to General Mouravieff, from whom they expect great things, Thelr great object is now no other than to get bia the command of the army in the Crimma, view Prince (lortschakof, and to effect this virions intrigues are being spun and different important influences catted into play, which have thelr ramificatious at St. Peters- burg amongst the very highest personages in the empire. Jn spite of the flaming lmperial “orders o! the day,” so industriously spread by the Northern fee, aad praising the state of the army in the Crimes, it is no secret here that the Czer was most deeply flected at what he saw with bia own eyes, and on bis return hers expreesed hig astonishment that after the immense losses they had sustained, and the almost ineredible privations t» whieh the survivors were exposed, thece shonid be any army left at all. ‘The grand eounofl of generals lately convoked a! Petersorg, under the personal presidency of the E peror. have settled the prineipies on which the fi ecmitgeampoign shall be carried on. =t, Veteraburg and Mcreow are to be fortified, and, together with Wor saw, will form the three first clase tortreses of the notwithstanding +t having set ot & Russian nied by his stat the extreme rigor of the weather—t iu here with all the proverbial vi winter —n ay Le seen every day, accompa eers, all wrapped up in bear md and fixing the poles to designa cirounrvallation, which will be commenced on the bre: ing vp of the frost. : Reridea this, other fixed principles of strategy have been egreed on for the prosecution of the war, though it wnat be conlessed that as it is so essentially « defensive war on the part of the Russians, all these plans may be ecropletely upset, or at all evenis greatly movlified, hy any change in the rystem of attack on the pirt cf the Western Powers, It is tully expectad fn Russia that next year tae pritcipal seat of the war will be transferced to the north, and the greatest exertions are making for an efficent cefence. Vor the safety of Cronetadt and Helsingfors no fears nce entertained, ax the experience of the last two years has shown that the enewy are not able to fatiics much dam- age; nor is it teared that even if the fleots are facro ied by a couple of hundred steam gunhorte, mld take either of these strongholds h’ the co-operation of & numerous and well appoiated army on ah The aystem of tactics resolved cn by the great coun may be euinmed up a4 follows:—The fortides'ton Fotersburg, Moscow, iow, Warsaw ond Nicholai seconsy, the concentr: and, thivdly, the adandomment of all the so that Liebau, Riga, and even Odessa, wi of fon of few bu! inaposing armios: inor piace of ceapien peeehene, oak oft t> thelr fate and the tender merey of the evemy. ‘The cold is so severe that several sentinels havo been found frozen to death in their sentry boxes, although they are relieved every half hour. Russian Official rt of the Surrender of The Invalide Russe announces the capitulation of Kars in the following terms:— ‘The indomitable courage of the brave troops of the Caucasus have been crowned with complete suecess. On the 16th (28th) of November, the fortress of Kars surrendered to Aide-de-Camp General Mouravielf, Com- mander-in-Chief of the detached corps of the Caucasus. The Mushir Vaseif Pasha and the ike gerzioon are prisoners of war in our hands, with eight Pashas and a t number of superior and subaltern officers, and the lish General Williams, with all his staff, We have 130 cannon ania large stock of arms in the for- tress. The Invalide Russe also publishes the official re of General Mouravieflct the capitulation of Kars, re port is dated, “Quarters of Viadt, Kare, 17th (20th) of jovember??:— After the assault on Kara of the 17th (29th) Septem- ber, the Turks, momentarily encouraged, expected to ree our troops retreat, and were astonished to se¢, on the contrary, that the blockade became stricter than ever, and that our camp was turned into regular organized quarters, regres daily provisions of every description. The bemeged still founded their hopes on the arrival of aid from Erzeroum. In tact, Vely Pacha, cor from Trebizonce, bad attempted to advance on Kars, but at each attemot be was met by General Sousioff’s detach- ment, which threatened his rear. Our patrols «kirmished with these troops, keeping them in a state of alarm, as far as the vicinity of Erzeroum. time the provisions at Kars were ciminishing, the cold weather was coi on, snow bad fallen on the Saghanloug, cases of dea from weakness for want of nourishment occarred in the garrison, desertion increased and despondency became ry seal these circumstances decided General Williams, who directed the defence of Kars, to surrender the fortress. On the 12th (24th) of November, Major Teesdale, Gen, ‘Williams’ ’ aid-de-eamp, waited upon Gen, Mouraviefl and handed to him a letter, in which Gen, Williams asked leave to proceed on tue following day to the camp to en- ter into conference, which Gen. Moursyiell gave a verbsl reply to Mujor Teesdale, telling him that be would be happy to see Gen. Wiliams the following day, the ‘18th (25th) of November, at noon, On the 13th (25th) of November, at the ap s0inted hour, Gen. Williams presented himself to the (ommander in- Chief of the Army cf the Caucosus, as Plen‘potentiary to negotiate in the name of tbe Mushir Vansil Pasha, Com- mander-in-Chi+t of the Army in Anatolia. Havlag settled the ccnoitions for the surrender of the pizce, those con- ditions were signed by General Williaas, and approved by Gen. Mouraviell, General Williaus was to return next morning to our camp to bring the ontinitive reply of the Mushir: the regutation, however, of affairs inside, and the announce- ment to the ganison of the surrender of the fort which the leadeis received with agitation, rendered hia presence necessary in the fortress, He sent his aide-de- camp to explain these circumstances. Un the evening of the same day Major Teesdale brought the full vowers given by the Mushir to General Williams to draw up the final conditions of the capitula- tion cf Kars, with the list of the Pashas of the army of Anatolia shut up in the fortress. On the ldth (27th) of Nevember, in the afternoon, Genera! Williams arrived at our camp with his staff ani three Pashas, and signed the final conditions of the sur- render of Kars. . On the 16th (28th) of November, conformably to the stipulations agreed upon, the remainder of tho army ot Anatolia, which hac formed the garrison of Kars, were to leave the fortrese, carrying their muskets, with flags fying and drums beating ; but, at the request of the lurk commancers themseives, the whole army left their arma piled. and placed ther ammunition in their camps, leav- g only a small Turkirh guard, untilit should be relieved by our men, Although it had been arranged that the Lurks should be assembled at 10 o’clock in the morning near the ruins of the village of Gumbel, it was not till 2 o’clock in the afternoon that the Mushir of the army of Anatolla presented himself to General Mouraviell, accompanied by General Williams and the English officers. Our troopa were drawn up in iine of battle on both banks of Kare-tehaj. The colors ot the Turkish regoments were then brought to the front of our lines by a detachment of Toula Charseurs. and received with the bands playing and repeated cheers from our troops. ‘A portion of the Turkish army, consisting of the older and most feeble of the men, soldiers on unlimited leave (Redifs), and militiamen (Bushi-Bagouks and Tazis), al- together about 6,000 men, were sent back to their homes after the capitulation, with the ebiigation not to take up aims against Lit Imperial Majesty during the waoie course of the present war, and were accompanied the first stage by @ military eveort. After the detile of the Redits the C:mmander-in-Chief received a deputation consisting of the mort notable inhabitants of the town. Having passed slong the front of tho } ish segular. troops who surrendered pris number of ‘rom 7,000 to 8,000 men, Gen. Mouraviell ore he bad pre- hens on the dered the r viously prepared ti left bonk of the Kars-tchsi. On the same day (.8th of November), the occupied by our troops, under the couimand ce Saget, and the Russian standard was hoisted on the citade! Thus, with the surrender of Kars, the list remnant of the army of Apotolis, which in last Joce nimoered 30,000 men, bas vanikbed. The Mushir Va. ui! Pasha, Commander-in-Chief cf that army, is himself a prisonar of war in our hands, without counting eight Vashas and a@great number of superior dl altern officecs, In~ cluding the Englieh Cenersl Williams and hie whole sta, In the fortress we took 130 canron and a great stock of arms. On the 28th of November General Mouravieff isvued the following orcer ofths day to his troops:— ORDER OF THY DAY TO THE DIVISION OF TRE CAVCABES, Camv ov VLAD NARs, Nov, 16 (28), 1855. Compapionsin arms J congratulate you! As licutenaat of our sovereign, I thank you. At the price of your blood and your labor the bulwark of Asia Minor has een placed ut tbe feet of his Majesty the Emperor, The Russian standard floats on the walls of Kars. It proclaims the victory of the C:oss of the Sa- viour. The whole of the army of Anutolia, 30,000 strong, has yapished like a shadow. Its Commander-iv-Chief, wih all bis Vashas and officers, aud the Eagtish Genera! who directed the defence, with his staff, are our prisoners. Thourands of Turkish prisoners, who retura to their homés, will proclaim your deeds of arma. No inventory has, #s yet, been made of the vast stock of armsand government property of Kars; but, without: counting the cavnon aud flags captured by us in the course of the campaign, 130 new cannon will enrich our arsenals, Numerous flags will adorn the holy te:aglo@ of Russia, and recall the memory of your constant ware like virtues. Companions in arms, I thank you again, from the first man to the last. Brave comrades, f also thank you again in my owe name. | owe to you the happiness of procuring a joy ta the heart of our monarch. You have this year achieved what you prepared to accomplish in the course of the two preceding years. Unite your thanksgiving with mine to the God of ormien, who in His impenovrable secrets now aivus us vie~ tory in the very hour of trial to which we have recently been put. May t#ith in Divine Providence maintain the martial spirit witbin you, and double your strengtht We will unzertake new labors with pope in the provec- tion of the Almighty. MOURAVIEEF, Conmander-in Chief, Aide-de-Camp-General. The Russtans on the North Side of Scbas- toy pol. A letter trom before Sebastopol, of the 7th ult, gives some acconnt of the fortifications which tho Rassians are executing on the northern «ide of the harbs I cannot say what acvantage the Russians expect to derive from all the works which they are cvastiucting oa the nouth ride of Sebystopol; but they are certainly most actively engaged ou them, and there is not @ hillock, a creek or apy position, however insignifictnt iv may be, that is not secured vy a batiery, a fort resoubte 1 wilt enceavor tw give you some details of these works, beginning at Fort Copstantise, at the entrance of the port. ‘The summit pt the plateau Constantine is now covered by a fortification to which it wouid be dificult ta give a technical name; it is a pile of batteries and coun- ter batteries, ef cavaliers and redoubts uniled together, to Fort Constantine, hy numerous covered ways, In the rear of Fort Constantine is a small bay, in which there ave several large storehouses. ‘There are two batterioa at the bottom of this bay, and the Russians are now en- geged in constructing a third. After Fort Constantixe comes Fort Catherine, con- structea, like it, of granite, with a double row of sase- rates and embrasures. Ii has been strengthened by fresh earthworks, and the upper part—that is to aay, the terrace—is filled with gans en Laybetle and heavy mor= tars, ‘bis fort isin the torm ot an oblong square, with the corzer opposi'e the port rounded off, while the other ccrver on the eatoe ride is flanked by a large crenelaed tower. The purt towards the land is defeoded ry two strong towers, large ditches and a hornwork, sivuated on » small tongue of Iand which rang out towards the ii port. Two earchyorks, having each 15 guns, thrown up on the right und have beon A little left of the fort. ahove this ‘ort, onan iatermediate plateau, i another i unt: of the p is se Vex ua @ sort of alvaoc d ween this fortification and tho mmencement of my letter thera is a wih gane of very boavy cali re Cacharine there is abother point o« which « bave cot out in the eurth and rock « ner ies @f fortitiqgtions cn & most gigantic scale, the whoie point being, in Pret, metumorp honed into a eit idel.) These oppears tobe here several rows of bat barracks for the troops and them more batterie rear of this point there may be seen some sts} of houses or stores, and some small vessels lying on the shore. The beach is defended by a strong battery whick, extend el! round toe bay. as far as Fort Severnaya, which is of tteelf on assemblage of batte wed ona over wie other, and defend be lan! side by a large ditch, To the right of ernaya ure some sunken steamers, and then snother village or collection of pare racks storehvuses, pr by two hecteries, All there are commanced by the citadel, which has been so much inereasea that all that formerly exictod is no concsled behind the immense work recently execute Ar 1 have already mentioned, the activity of the Rus= sians is most surprising. Every day bodies of from 2.000 00 men leave the citadel. and proceed to theice work. For some days past they have been oscupied im reising some of the sunken vessels; but whether this ia done for the purpose of getting timper, or wth other intentions, i ix impossible to vay. They have «till <ome fishing smock» and smaller boats, and they fee uently make use of the latter im the night to come ap! recon- noitre our works. Last night they availed themselves of the darkness ef the vight and came within bale cable's longt Alexander, rather of our bat~ teries on that side. At tbe ery of Qué rive’? from our sentinel they meved off tu haste, It iv really dif) imagine what con be the object of the inesians in ies wanes of Wy In it to coon soldiers and give the ide or to mash other movement’ ‘Time «une can unravel the m On our side, ae you mas ae we do Bol rem Ou ter,