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      portant commodity has lessened so as to be really proportionate to the present supply . If Russia no longer furnishes us with enough flax and hemp , Ireland has a ; risin * tta ^ ar ^ M' is caki&ted that the East Indies wifc ^ sc ^ Trendei ? w pofeh pendent of Russia ; while i «?^ is uhquestionap % r with a feeling of satisfaction tin * we must see . oar money sent to the ^ elli genypfl improvin « fe « pttniunity of Bindddfc rathea ^ than to the < 5 zar ,

      whose business it is to make as . many slaves out of mankind as he can . Individual difficulties have occurred , from those of Mr ; Oliver—broken down under the-reaction of American speculation in shipping—to those of the humbler beer selleiy who feels that his customers are contracting their " transactions . " But the gigantic mass of British trade preserves ita proportions , scarcely varying from those of the unprecedented year of 1853 .

      Two other 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 round rohidhmayturn ikesteps to be taicen towards pence . Now centripetal , now eentrifugal , 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 arqp prepared to continue their sacrifices . Da capo . ¦ - ¦ '' . / ... ¦ / ¦'¦ , ' ., : ' ¦•• . ¦ ¦ ' ¦¦ : "¦ , '' ?\ : ' . At the last report from the Crimea , the

      situation of affairs wasmore promising . General Canrobfrt is ffce reporter , writing on Christmas-day : he says that the Allies are making their preparations more-promptly and solidly than the _ eneniy , Jthat they arc- fult ~ of confidence , and { hat they hope soon to resume the offensive . Meanwhile , the Turks are landing at Eupatpria ; and the Rtfssians have retreatedfrom the Tchernaya .

      The reporter of the civil and criminal courts turns novelist this week , and tells iis many a story to sadden , satirise , and amuse . Barthelemy , the [ French refugee , who repaid the hospitality of his asylum by murdering two Englishmen , is conj ^ SiSf ^ L . *? -j ^ Si ^ i 7 ^ js *! L ~ * s _ ^ 5 ? ML- ^ - 5 . _ jni ? l ™ § led . Ebenezer Davies shows ^ in a suit for libel , 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 0 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 pibture of British organisation . It bangs Baloklava !

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      . MILITlA . Orbat activity is displayed in the movements of the militia . t £ et > eu «>^ that up to the present timejpixty itegnnentfl ' aro embodied . "Volunteering is still a prominent feature . TnVJDuke of Devonshire has been agitating for the orgaols ^ ion of a second regiment for Derbyshire .

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      TfiE jjwifciings of the siage of , Sebastojgikjnay fee brie ** ir « ummed up in * Urn toro ^ ordjfe-i ^ Plsipa rationsfjand "forties . " - Ifihelatest authentic iidbrmatiorui * from , a letter off . General- Canroberfc & tfie Freidfc Chaaqf ^ d'Affaanes at Gonstantinopla ^ aated December S 3 & . " TT 1 iiTiiirr nun 1 m riffl" to . 'tnke the iffTPttmre ; we make good our losses more promptly and mth-e solidly 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 : — .

      " The had wsather has contihuedj with rare and 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 . ¦ V There scarcely passes & * night without some points of our lines being attacked by sorties , whichgenerally cost dear to the assailants . ?' Yesterday , at 2 a . m ., 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 arid left of our works . Received by a very brisk and well-directed fire , they withdrew before bur soldiers , who pursued them at the point of the bayonet . The enemy left a great number of dead upon the ground .

      "As I have already informed you , ourworks extend actually to the bottom of the Quarantine Bay . The enemy ' s attention is drawn to the efforts we are making on that side , and his artillery sharply disputes the ground 1 with us , where , as nearly everywhere , we are obliged to hollow out the rock ; but otir 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 ojjr-4 ) ositions from a distance : -r = A : movement has evidently taken place in ; the Russian army , caused probably by the landing of the Turkish troops , which-coiFtinues at Eupatoria . I shall seen know the real state of the case . - - ' -= • . ¦" ' : '¦ . "¦ ' ¦ -. ¦ ¦ ' ., • ' ¦ . '¦'¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ of has

      ~* ' ^ AIthough the number somewhat increased , in consequence of the perpetual wet in which we live , the sanitary condi ^ on ^ oi ^ the ' army is satisfactory , and its moral condition perfect . " " J The Journal des Debate says : —MM . de Dampierre and de Lagondie , the two French aides-de-camp who were taken prisoners in executing a reconnoissance of Sebastopol , bavebeen 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-seyere struggle . " The Rifles 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 Mcchli Pacha had taken the command of the Turks in Asia . Private letters from Balttklavn , 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 . All the posts

      immediately took arms , and the bands played " God save tlie 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 thorn the petit verre of brandy and a pipe , and the men of both corps fraternised . The Royal 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 oannon balls , which was repulsed by the franca tireurs and the guards of the trenches , and the other against the English lines , with no bettor success .

      All this must bo 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 date of St . Petersburg , January 2 , wo learn that a despatch had been received there from Prince Ttfenschikoff , announcing that nothing roraattyjablo had taken place at Sebastopol betweon the 120 th and 26 th of December , with the oxooption of two sorties on the ' 21 st .

      " In one of these sorties eleven officers and thirty three soldiers were , made prisoners , and a oonsiderablo number killed .

      " Til nil ifii'iWn of the bad weather , the siege opera-UomBfirea ^ fKSffataiag slowly . " A dtafp « fcH . fromVienna , Jan . 4 , says : — " PmnWf Ofbrttthakoff has had an audience of the Emperor ; ir fhlMk-lasted an hour and three quarteri ^ but this Majesto ia AptT likely to make any concession to ttussiot . ¦' ¦ % ' ; '* ¦ ¦ "' ¦ ' ' ¦ ' r ¦ ¦ " ¦ ' ¦ .. . > - < " General Oste »^ S « cken is to act against Eupatoria witfa' -JB ^ ygO—> n and 80 > guns . ^ Acccwdmp ¦ ' * » : ¦ telegtijfthic despatches from French Bead-quarters , * both armies »* re prtparing to attack the southern p , art of . Sebastopol . "

      THE PJilNCIPALITIES . There are movements of Russian troops on the frontiers of the Principalities . Letters from Galatz state that on the L 8 lh ult . GreneralPawlofF IL 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 Preese states , on the authority of its Jassy correspondent who , however , could have only a hearsay acquaintance with . the fact , that 100 , 000 Russia n * were marching in powerful columns against . Moldavia ; Letters also have been received from Jassy to the effect that the Moldavian Government has received

      official information from the authorities of the district -. that the Hussions have advanced in very considerable force on Leova and Skuleny ; the very points at which they made their entrance on their last occupation of the Principality . It is not yet exactly known whether Omar 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 ma 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 Cahrobert . If this delicate question cannot be settled in a manner satisfactory to all parties , the supreme command will be offered to Ismail Pacha .

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      TDKKISH SUCCESS I 3 ST CIRCA SSIAv The Russians have 6 rgaBised-a native militia ih various parts of Circassia , pfflcered by Muscovites . Columns of this militia made . ' ¦ -their appearance-: at several points , and strong detachments attacked Redout-JKale ; < m the 3 rd December . The ^ Turkfth garrison v stimulated by the presence of _ a _ -fewJLriglish ofBcers , 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 . nUSSIAK NOTES . A letter from St . Petersburg of the 20 th ult ., in the GonsJtiMiqnnel fjiayB ' . —z ^ . ' . . __ ,... _

      " The health of the Empress 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 tho 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 ore now already learning to make a distinction between the interests of

      the country and those of Czarism . 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 tho exportation of hemp , flax , pitch , and timber , as it has prohibited the export of the raw material of the south of Russia . The Government appears decided to defend Sebastopol with all its disposable forces . The Ministers Nessolrodo , Dolgorouki , and Panin have a great deal to do . Tho 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 Panin to present a new register of voluntary donations . Unfortunately , most of these augmentations only figure 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 officers of the army . The one looked upon ns the most serious . is the nomination of General de Berg , who distinguished himself at Revel by tho measures he adopted for the defence of the place gainst tho allied flebta . He has been appointed Commandant-in-Chief of Finland , in the place of General Rokossoweki , who commanded there whea Bomarsnnd was attacked by the Allies . This nomination is considered all the more significant that Finland is fully expected to become tbe theatre , or rather 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/vm2-ncseproduct2072/page/2/