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      T He New Year Opens With Another Move In...

      pbrtant commodity has lessened so as to . really proportionate to the present supply . If Russia no longer furnishes us with enough flax and hemp , Ireland has a rising trad ^ aijAfit is c aWal ^ d that the East Indies w *» sb « B » refnder i * in # jpendent of Russia '; wliile i | ' ns unquestiona ^ jr ¦ with a feeling of satisfaction that we must see oar money sent to the j ^ eUi gent , ^ improvjn &«^ - niunity of Hindoo ^ * rathev than to the Czar ,

      • whose business it is to make as many slaves out of mankind as he can . Individual difficulties have occurred , from those of Mi-. Oliver — broken down under the reaction of American ; speculation in shipping—to those of the humbler bees seller , who feels that his customers are contracting their " taansactibiis . " But ^ the gigantic mass of British traSe preserves its proportions , scarcely varying fromthose of the unprecedented year of 1853 .

      Twa otiber public acts demand a word . Prussia declines to subscribe the treaty of December ; but offers to enter into an " analogous arrangement , " like that which " already exists , " and asks for the new interpretation of the Four Points , as a point roitnd which may \ turn the steps to be taken towards peace . Now centripetal , now centrifugal , but always analogous—that is Prussia ' s position painted by herself .

      And Russia , too , has a manifesto—announcing that the . Czar will not repulse conditions compatible with his dignity ^ but that sword , in hand ,, the cross in their hearts , his loved and loving serfs are prepared to continue their sacrifices .. JDacapo . . ¦ ¦ ¦' . ; :. . - - . . ' ¦' : ¦ . ¦ .-. . ¦ . ' . ¦ '¦ At the last report from the Crimea , the

      situation of affairs was more promising ; General Canrqbert is the reporter , writing off Christmas-day :: he says that the Allies are making their prepara tionsmore promptly and solidly thanthe enemy , _ that they are full of confidence , " and that they hope soon to resume the offensive . jMeanwhile , the Turks are landing at Eupatoria ; and the Russians have retreated from the Tchernaya . The reporter of the civil and criminal courts turns novelist this week , and tells us many a story to sadden , satirise , and amuse . Barthe'lemy , the French refugee , who repaid the hospitality of his asylum by murdering two Englishmen , is condemned to . death ; and to death he will be led . E ^ ne ^ r _^ aviej _ sliows , inja _ suit . for ;_ JiJbel ,, that the worst acts alleged against him are * possibly a fiction ; but a missionary professing perfect propriety and dangling after young ladies , his accuser confessedly picking up , reading , and copying a private letter - addressed to a woman , present a conflict of natural but ungraceful passion , cant , meanness , and hypocrisy , fit only , for the moral dissecting-room . Mrs . Morris playing diamond cut diamond upon her money-lending admirer- —that is , lodging paste diamonds in pledge for his loan , and " cutting " to Paris , almost redeems common roguery by a certain poetical justice in the acted satire . And Charles King , the detective , who executes justice ' in the C division as a director of pickpockets and a man of money , reduces the boasted perfection of civilised * security , the Peeler ' s Corps , to a solemn burlesque . C 39 , walking in the park , touching his hat to Sir Richard Mayne , while one of his boy pickpockets is levying revenue , and another is enjoying himself in Rotten-row on his own money , is a sublime picture of British organisation . It bangs Balaklava I

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      MILITIA . JjWWt ' activity is displayed in tlio movements of the militia . "VvVbeHeyathat up to the present time sixty regiments wre © mkodied . Volunteering is atill a prominent feature ! ';}^ ho Duke of Devonshire has Tbeen agitating forttie prgMrisation of a second regiment for Derbyshire .

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      " The bad weather has continued , with rare arid short intervals of improvement . We nevertheless continue , as much as possible , to encircle the place with our trenches * , and all . the siege operations become perfect and solid , notwithstanding' the rainy season , which renders the transport very difficult . ¦ .. _ " There scarcely passes a night without some points of our lines being attacked by sorties , which , generally cost dear to the assailants . " Yesterday , at 2 A . > r ., the Russians , after having made a sortie on the third parallel of the English , who vigorously repulsed them , made also a demonstration upon the centre and left of our works . Received by a very brisk and well-directed fire , they withdrew before our soldiers , who pursued them at the point of the bayonet . The enemy left a great number of dead upon the ground . .

      The t »« eedings of the siflge of Sebastoj * may Be brieflisunaaed up kttfe 1 avo- wordS 6- ^ tt «> arationtf an . d' * iSortJes . " . ^ e latest authentic >*¦»• " ?» tiorafe froub * letter d £ General Canroberfc *> the Freadi Chaise' d'AffaMBes at Constantinople * flated December 25 w \ " Weritaff soon fear sBfe tavtake the affiustfve ; we make gootf our losses more promptly and moresolidly than the enemy can . We are full of confidence . The last despatch of General Canrobert to the French - Minister of War , dated December 22 , furnishes us with much information . The General says : —

      "As I haVe already informed you , our works extend actually to the bottom of tiie Quarantine Bay . The enemy ' s attention is drawn to the efforts we are making on that side , and his artillery sharply disputes the ground with us , w here , as nearly everywhere , we are obliged to hollow out the rock ; but our progress is not the less real , and we remain in . possession . "To resume ^ I am of opinion that on the left bank of the Tchernaya there are only pickets of the enemy observing our positions from " a distance . A movement has evidently taken place in the Russian army , caused probably by the landing of the Turkish troops , which continues at Eupatoria . I shall soon know the real state of the case . - - : ¦ ~

      " Although the number of the sick has somewhat inrcreased , in . consequence of the perpetual wet in which we live ; the sanitary condition of the army is satisfactory , and its moral condition perfect . " The Journal des D 6 bats says :- —MM . de Dampierre and de Lagondie , the two French aides-de-camp who were taken prisoners in executing a reconnoissance of Sebastopdl , have been authorised by the Russian Government to return to France . Byway of Vienna the following despatch was received from Constantinople , dated December 21 : — " On the 16 th the Russians made a sortie by night , but were repulsed by the French ) after a severe struggle . —1 ' The Riflea also repulsed a-Russian sortie . " Our mortars and batteries are ready to open , but the heavy rains impede the progress of the siege , and cause great sickness .

      " Since the 16 th of November 24 , 000 English , French , and Turks had arrived in the Crimea in British vessels . " The Turks at Eupatoria have been much strengthened from Varna . " Later accounts say that 1500 Turks had landed in the Crimea , and that Mechli Pacha had taken the command of tho Turks in Asia . Private letters from Balaklavn , of the 21 st ult ., state that reinforcements continue to arrive . The day before 800 men of the 17 th English Regiment , coming from Gibraltar , marched through the cantonments of tho first French division . AH the posts immediatel y took arms , and the bands played " God save the Queen" and " Rule Britannia , " and the band of the 17 th Regiment struck up the air of Queen

      Hortense . The Zouaves would not allow their new comrades to pass without offering them the petit verre of brandy and a pipe , and the men of both corps fraternised . Tho ltoyal Albert had arrived with 1 , 500 Guards , The Russians made two sorties during the night of the 20 th , one opposite the batteries , near the ravine of the cannon balls-, which was repulsed by the Jrcmcs tireurs and the guards . of the trenches , and the other against the English lines , with no better success . All this must be considered as most encouraging —nor do the statements lose much value by not being exactly reiterated in the Russian accounts . A telegraphic despatch from a correspondent at Berlin , says : —

      " Under data of St . Petersburg , January 2 , we learn that a despatch had been received there from Prince Menachikoff , announcing that nothing remarkable had token place at Sebostopol between ' tho 20 th and 26 th of December , with the exception of two sorties on the 21 st .

      " In ono of these sorties eleven officers and thirtythree soldiers were made prisoners , and a considerable number killed .

      " Tu n'ft ifii iflr of the bad weather , the siege operaiiiu—w ergprojgEflflsing slowly . " ¦ ' i iihiptfii finm Vienna , Jan . 4 , says : — " Fnitm Gbrfs « hakdff has had an audience of the Emperor ^ , # hfi »* . listed an hour and three quarters , but his MajeaJjp is not likely to make any . concession to "Russian '¦ . - ¦ , ¦ ¦ ¦ r " General ! Ostea-Sacken is to act against Eupatoria wJMb ^ MO'Men and 80 ^ juns . W ! According , t » telegMphic despatches from French Bead-quarters , both" anniesWe preparing to attack the southern part ofJSebastopol . " > -J

      THE PRINCIPALITIES . There are movements of Russian troops on the frontiers of the Principalities . letters from Galatz state that on the ISth uit . GeneralFawloff II . occupied Reni , on the Pruth , with two battalions of Chasseurs' and three pulks of Cossacks . As a consequence of this" movement , considerable Turkish reinforcements advaneed from Galatz to the right bank of the Pruth . The Vienna * Press * states , on the authority of its Jassy correspondent , who , however , could have only a . hearsay acquaintance with the fact * that 100 , 000 Russians were marching in powerful columns against Moldavia . also have been received from Ja to the

      ^ Letters ssy effect that the Moldavian Government has received official information from the authorities of the district that the Russians have advanced in very considerable force onXeova and ' Skuleny , the very points at which they made their entrance on their last occupation of the Principality . It is not yet exactly known vrhetherOmar Pacha will accept the command of the Turkish expedition to the Crimea . The Sirdar entertains great fears of losing his independence by doing so , and in a despatch to the Sultan has stipulated" his being invested with two votes in all councils of war , so as not to be outvoted by Lord Raglan and General Canrobert . If this delicate question cannot be settled in a manner satisfactory to all parties , the supreme command will be offered to Ismail Pacha .

      TCRKISH SUCCESS IN CIKCASBIA ' . The Russians have organised a native militia in various parts of Circassia n Officered by Muscovites . Columns of this militia made their appearance at several" points , and strong detachments- attacked Redout-Kale ' on the 3 rd December . The Turkish garrison , stimulated by the presence of a few English-offlcers , repulsed the enemy with complete success ; and the artillery of the fortress , particularly under the direction of these officers ; caused the assailants very considerable loss . Notwithstanding the failure of this attack , the situation of Redout-Kale'is held to be precarious , should the Russians return in sufficient strength , obstinately bent on carrying the place .

      RUSSIAN NOTES . A letter from St . Petersburg of the 20 th ult , in the Constitutionnel , says : — —^ The ~ healthof-the-Empre ss of Russia is-very ~ bad ; Her sons , Nicholas and Michael , have , on her pressing solicitations , been recalled from the Crimea by a special order from the Emperor . They went direct , to Gatschina , where the Court is residing , and are only to leave in a few days . The aide-de-camp of the Grand Duke Michael , who was wounded at Inkerman , has received leave of absence for eight months to recover his health . He protected the Prince against the , enemy ' s balls , and was at last seriously wounded . During the last few days the Emperor has not come to St . Petersburg . The fanaticism of the people is excited by different means ; but a great many people are now already

      learning to make a distinction between the interests of the country and those of Gzarism . It is only when the Government fears to cause misery and famine that it lessens somewhat the rigour of its fiscal ' measures . Thus , in Finland , it has not dared yet to prohibit the exportation of hemp , flax , pitch , and timber , as it has prohibited tho export of the raw material . of the south of Russia . The Government appears decided to defend Sebastopol with all its disposable forces . The Ministers Nesselrodc , Dolgorouki , and Panin have a great deal to do . The former has had to abandon his favourite pleasure of playing at whist and ombre ; Dolgorouki is required to present every day an increase of the army ; and Ponin to present a new register of voluntary donations . Unfortunately , moat of these augmentations only ffguro on paper . "

      A private letter from St . Petersburg , dated the 26 th , mentions that some important changes have taken place , and more were expected , among the higher offlcers of the army . The one looked upon hb tho moat serious is the nomination of General de Berg , who distinguished himself at Revol by tho measures he adopted for the defence of the place against , the- allied fleets . He has been appointed Commandnnt-in-Chief of Finland ,, in tho place of General Rokossowski , who commanded there when Bomarsund was attacked by the Allies . This nomination is considered all the more significant that Finland is fully expected to become tho theatre , or rattier one of the theatres of war next spring .

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Jan. 6, 1855, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_06011855/page/2/