January 7.] 
THE FIELD. 
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remarkable in the naval annals of France. The break- 
water at Cherbourg is at present entirely terminated, and 
from the 1st of January, 1854, it must rank amongst the 
constructions which require only to be kept in perfect 
repair. This gigantic work, commenced in 1783, suspended 
during the revolutionary tempest, resumed under the 
empire, suspended once more during the whole period ot 
the restoration (1814), is at length terminated after seventy 
years’ expectation, and forty-one of constant efforts. 
Advices from Rome announce that on the 21st ult. the 
somewhat novel ceremony of consecrating an English abbot 
was performed by Cardinal Wiseman, at the church ot bt. 
Gregory. Ur. Burder, the abbot elect, abandoned the 
church of England about eight years ago, and entered the 
new Trappist monastery of St. Bernard, in Leicestershire, 
where lie rendered himself so acceptable to his bretlnen, 
that at the end of three years they elected lnm th eir supe- 
rior. The provincial-general ot the order, however, wo d 
not ratify the election, on account of the short time the 
doctor had served in the monkish ranks, and he was theie- 
fore obliged to content himself for four years more with the 
secondary dignity of prior. On Wednesday, Cardinal Wise- 
man installed him in his full rank, and Dr. Binder, as abbot 
of St. Bernard’s, with shaven crown and Carmelite gown 
paraded up and down the church between two Italian 
bishops, all with their croziers before them, whdst a full 
choir thundered out an impressive Tc Deuni. Another 
English Trappist monk took part in the ceremony, acting 
as the cardinal’s deacon, his powerful frame and thoroughly 
Anglo-Saxon features, in combination with the monkish 
garb, reminding one irresistibly of the Friar fuck class of 
anchorites who figure in our early ballads and traditions. 
Dr. Manning preached upon the occasion. 
Despatches from Mexico, announce that Santa Anna 
has been declared Dictator for ten years. The general im- 
pression had been that he would have declared himself 
Emperor ; but this is looked upon ns only the intermediate 
From Portugal we are informed that the most bare- 
faced act regarding the slave trade is being carried on at 
Oporto. Two brigs, the Guerra and the Trajano, are fit- 
ting out for that traffic in the light of day, without reserve : 
“ they refuse cargo and passengers; they take with them 
lar^e water casks, numerous trays, water for ballast, stores 
for° 1 20 persons, strong crews, and give the seamens 
families an advance of 30 to 40 milreis each (-/. to J/.). 
“The agents are friends of the government, sectarians ot 
regeneration, the vilest creatures, ennobled and nggrau- 
dised by the government.” So says the Portuguez, No. 
214 of ’Dec. 26; and from the information the press gave 
on a former occasion, which lias been since proved to have 
been true, there is no reason to doubt this present notice. 
On the contrary, we have the strongest reason to say the 
slave trade is being carried on, authorisedly, upon a scale 
that beggars description. 
-♦ 
THE TURKS AND RUSSIANS. 
( Continued from Vol. II. page 639.) 
p EBA (Constantinople), Dec. 22.— “The General 
Assembly having authorised the Minister to negotiate, the 
students of the mosques, excited by some Ulemas, met 
yesterday to petition against that resolution. Distur- 
bances were atone moment feared, but the measures taken 
by the Cabinet assembled in the Palace prevented any dis- 
order. From three to four hundred students have been 
arrested. Everything is tranquil. A proclamation just 
issued makes known the true object of the deliberation of 
the General Assembly, and announces that measures will 
be taken against the perturbators, if necessary.” 
It is stated positively in some political circles that the 
most flattering offers have been again urged by Russia on 
France, or rather the Emperor of the 1* rencli, to induce 
him to break oil’ the alliance with England. 
THE WAR IN EUROPE. 
Nothing whatever of importance has recently occurred 
along the whole line of the Danube, but, now that the 
river is completely frozen over, it is to be expected that 
we shall not be long without news of importance. Lieu- 
tenant-General Liiders, who is continually on the move 
between Galatz and Reni, is at the head ot about 32,000 
men. The available strength of the Russians in the two 
Principalities, and in that part of Bessarabia lying between 
Reni and the island of Tschatal, is estimated at about 
105,000 men. _ 
THE WAR IN ASIA. 
The Emperor of Russia has addressed the following 
letter to Prince Woronzoft’, dnted the 16th of Dec. 1853 
“ Prince Michael Semcnowitsch,— Tho hostile intentions of the 
Ottoman Porto agninst the district placed under your administra- 
tion wore manifested in tho course of lost summer by the assem- 
blage of numerous troops on the Trans-Caucasian frontier, and 
by measures for tho propagation of revolt among the moun- 
taineers. Under these circumstances, you had to toko simultaneous 
measures for tho expulsion of the foreign enemy and for tho 
repression of domestic foes. This undertaking has been accom- 
plished by you with full success. According to your measures, 
not only ha'vo tho bravo troops of tho Caucasus annihilated the 
presumptuous attempts of Sclmmyl on the Lesghinehne, but pene- 
trating to tho hcortof tho Trans-Koubanian triboB, have prevented 
them from co-operating with the Turks. Your able measures on 
tho frontier of Asia liavo been crowned with a series of Imllinnt 
victories. The glorious combat of the 14th of November, nonr 
Rayaudourg, was the prolude of tho defeat of the furks. on tl c 
18th of the same month, at Atskhour, the -Gth beforo Akhnl- 
Tsiche, and tho 1st on tho right bank of tho Arpatohni. The 37 
piccos of artillery, the tings, the arms, the two camps, thelftrgo 
quantities of stoics and ammunition tnken from tho enemy, 
testify to tho bravery of the troops placed under your command 
namely, tho Caucasian corps, tho 15th division of infantry, tho 
Cossacks, and the militia. It is specially to your experience, and 
to tho great firmness with which you animated tho troops placed 
under your orders, that I owe such a favourable commencement 
of the campaign. I beg of you on this occasion to express to them 
my sincere gratitude, nnd my conviction that, in their interim 
operations they will, with tho aid of God, oovor themsolves wit i 
now "lory, which will shod lustre on you nnd on the ltusBian 
arms? I remoin for over nnd invariably your nffecUonato^ ^ 
Tho number of men whom the Russians profess to lmvo 
lost at the battle of Alexamlropol (Guinn) is 40, but a 
very different story is told in official and military circles at 
Ilermannstadt. The Russians left 25 officers and 400 
privates on the field of battle, and had above 1,200 men 
wounded. We have no nearer details of tho battle ; but 
it is known that the powerful cavalry of tho Russians 
decided it in their favour. A Russian staft-olheer asserts, 
that the greater part of the artillerymen in Abdi Pasha s 
army are foreigners, “ and, consequently, no quarter is 
given by our soldiers to either officers or men belonging to 
that army who may fall into their hands.” 
A private letter from St. Pctcrsburgh gives the follow- 
ing reasons for the choice made by the Emperor of General 
Yermoloff for tho command of the Persian army. The 
writer says that the General, who has been on the unem- 
ployed list since the year 1834, is the best officer in the 
entire Russian army. He is the chief and idol of the old 
Muscovite party, and the most determined enemy of the 
German party.’ The Czar, in choosing General Yermoloff, 
wished to impress a character radically Muscovite on 
Russian influence in Persia, and to render the war more 
national. He was moreover preferred to Prince Woron- 
zoft' on accouut of the English sympathies of the hitter, 
and for that reason a mission against British India could 
not be confided to him. It is reported that Prince Woron- 
zoff will shortly be replaced by General Yermoloff. 
♦ 
NAVAL OPERATIONS IN THE DLACK SEA. 
The Czar possessing full liberty of action in the Black 
Sea has been reinforcing the army of the Caucasus. 
Letters from Georgia state that this force is to be raised to 
190,000 men with 216 guns. Meanwhile, as we learn from 
Constantinople, the Sultan is compelled by recent naval 
losses to forward both reinforcements and munitions to 
Kars and Erzeroum by land. The Black Sea is now, to all 
intents, a Russian lake. It appears that this state of things 
is approved of by our ambassador at Constantinople as the 
presence of the French and English fleets in the Black 
Sea was not only refused after the massacre of Sinope, but 
several days before that event Lord Stratford de Redcliffe 
advised the Porte not to attempt to open a communication 
with its Asiatic possessions by sea. 
A private letter from Constantinople of the 16th of 
December, says that the Divan, in honour of the memory 
of the Turkish captains whose vessels were blown up at 
Sinope, has ordered that each of three corvettes now build- 
ing in the arsenal, sliull be named after one of those brave 
sailors. 
Letters from Malta of the 27th of December, state that 
a Sardinian steamer coming from the Bosphorus had 
anchored in the port to take in coal, and had brought the 
following news: — Admiral Hassam Pacha, at present com- 
mander of the Egyptian squadron, is about to be ap- 
pointed to the command of the entire Turco-Egyptian 
fleet. Hassam Pacha, who enjoys a well-merited reputa- 
tion, was, it is said, opposed from the first to the expedition 
of the convoy destroyed at Sinope, and had offered to 
escort them to Trebisond with six Egyptian sail of the line. 
Had this advice been taken the Russians would have been 
defeated. 
AUSTRALIANA. 
AUSTRALIAN EMIGRATION. 
The following is a list of ships which sailed from South- 
ampton during the year 1853 for the various ports in Aus- 
tralia, with Government emigrants embarked at the depot 
in Southampton docks, under the auspices of Her Majesty s 
The following thips have been chartoied by the Com- 
missioners : — The Royal Charlie, 480 tons, to sail for 
Adelaide about the 9tll of January ; the American, 690 
tons, to sail about the 16th of January for Melbourne; 
the Parsee, 1,170 tons, to sail February 9th for Melbourne; 
and the Taymouth Castle, 682 tons, to sail Janunry 13th 
for Melbourne. The Royal Charlie and the America will 
depart from Southampton, but the port of embarkation for 
the Parsee and Taymouth Castle is not yet decided upon. 
Tenders. — The Emigration Commissioners have adver- 
tised for two vessels to carry emigrants to New South 
Wales and South Australia. One, for Sydney, is to be 
ready on the 14th; the other, for Adelaide, on the 17th 
of February. 
OtmvAitD Bound.— The departures from the port of 
London for the Australian colonics during the past week 
have been very few'. They have comprised altogether four 
Vessels, two to Port Philip, with an aggregate burden of 
789 tons, and two to Hobart Town, with an aggregate 
burden of 973 tons. Their totnl capacity was consequently 
1,762 tons. The rates of freight continue to be main- 
tained with firmness. 
Politics. — (From the Adelaide Observer, Oct. 1.) — 
The Bill for establishing a Parliament in South Australia 
passed its third reading on Thursday in the Legislative 
Council. On the question for the third reading being put, 
Mr. Dutton moved that the Bill be rend that day two 
months. A long discussion ensued, which ended in a 
division, when the third reading was carried by a majority 
of four. 
Monster Lump of Copper. — A nugget of copper ore 
from the Summcrhill mine, weighing, it is supposed, about 
a ton, and measuring four feet six inches long, two feet 
broad, aud two feet six inches deep, pussed through 
Bathurst a few days ago, on its way to Sydney, where it 
will, no doubt, be exhibited ns a specimen of the kind ot 
material wealth which lies hidden thereabouts under the 
ground. Although, judging by appearances, not particu- 
larly rich, it affords a pretty good criterion of the abundance 
in which copper exists in Summcrhill, particularly when it 
is stated that the length of the lump is considerably less 
than the width of the lode. This fact also receives con- 
firmation from the circumstance that the men who arc paid 
at the rate of 30s. per ton lor procuring, breaking, and 
picking the ore ready for smelting, earn as much as 5/. per 
week . — Bathurst Free Press. 
The New Governor of Victoria. — Sir Charles 
Hotham, the recently appointed Governor ot VicturL, 
purposes leaving England for Australia by the Genet I 
Screw Steam Company's steamer Croesus which will >uil 
from Southampton on the 10th inst. The Cries us is a new 
vessel, 2,500 tons, and this w ill be her first voyage. 
New Charters— Notice is given that application has 
been made for a charter for the “ Atlantic, Pacific, and 
Indian Steam Navigation Company," to work between 
Australia, Van Diemen’s Land, New Zealand, and Great 
Britain, and between the Mauritius and the chief ports ot 
India and China ; also for a charter for the Melbourne 
Dock and Railway Company. 
Outward Mails.— Much disappointment is telt at the. 
accident that occurred to the Matilda Wattcnbuch, which 
Name. 
Caucasian 
Calliope 
Harriet 
Ramifies 
Meteor 
Mary Greene .. 
Coromandel 
Harplcy 
Elizabeth 
William Stewart 
Mooltnn 
Calabar 
Lady Kennaway 
Magdalena 
Tnlavera 
Clara 
Oithona ... 
Statesman 
Ellenborou 
Athenian 
Credendn 
Pekin 
Poictiers... 
Lady Peel 
Win. Hamm 
Wanuta ... 
Tudor ... 
Aglncovut 
Truro ... 
Medway ... 
Hyderabad 
llooghly... 
Persian ... 
Date 
of 
Sailing. 
Ton- 
nage. 
No. of 
Statute 
Adults. 
Destination. 
Date of t( 
arrival 
out. s 
22 
663 
2214 
Adelaide ...April 25 H 
Feb. 
3 
769 
308 
Sydney ... May 18 
16 
925 
306 
Sydney ... May 30 
20 
710 
278 
Adelaide 
May 19 
17 
709 
274 
Sydney .. July 3 b 
17 
589 
243 
Adelaide 
June 19 o 
2 
639 
267 A 
‘lobart Town . 
July 18 s 
647 
236$ 
Melbourne 
July 17 
18 
670 
2221 
Melbourne ... 
July 18 t 
16 
576 
232 J 
Adelaide 
July 14 
23 
611 
237 
Geelong 
Aug. 4 a 
754 
2594 
Adelaide 
( 
9 
584 
2454 
Melbourne 
Aug 15 
” 
2l| 
869 
288| 
Adelaide 
Aug. 25 0 
31 
916 
324 
Sydney 
Aug. 25 | 
7 
708 
271 
Swan River ... 
unknown 
30! 
852 
2924 
Portland Bay 
” 
. July 
874 
276 
Melbourne 
9 
1,031 
363 
Sydney 
n 
27 
673 
231 
Sydney 
<> 
. Aug. 
6; 
901 
335 
Geelong 
” i 
17 
562 
2164 
Melbourne 
23 
1 ,60C 
370 
Sydney 
28' 
1,171 
385 
Adelaide 
„ 
2 
2 
75h 
228 
| Melbourne 
14 
592 
2064 
| Geelong 
18 
68. 
2194 
Adelaide 
23 
1,44 
3134 
Melbourne 
28 
1,06 
340 
Melbourne 
25 
66 
227 
Geelong 
» 
5 
69 
258 
Melbourne 
,, 
26 
65 
1 207 
Melbourne 
•i 
6! 
81 
2641 
Adelaide 
1 ” 
15 
46 
5 203 
Portland Bay 
it 
.. V, 
31 1 
1,13 
100 
Melbourne 
■ " 
lnKe a goou passage. 
The Passengers’ Act —Thirty Years Imfrison- 
police- 
default of payment, Captain Howes has been sentenced o 
a series of imprisonments amounting altogether to neatly 
thirty years-a period longer than the whole past lives of 
the majority of the colonists. This tremendous sentence 
as begun to take effect. - 
Latest.— Australian advices were received on lliursuny 
This list snows a loiui ui umw-im. “■■•i- — i 
with a tonnage of 27,702, conveying 9,551 statute adult 
emigrants, the aggregate number of souls being ascertained 
to amount to 11,191- Besides the above, the following 
private ships have departed from the port conveying 
emigrants paying their own passage-money 
emigrants paying 
Ship. | Tons. 
Emigrant 
John Barrow 
Gipsy ... 
Royal Stewart 
Leonidas 
Tubal Cain 
363 
322 
426 
837 
697 
787 
ouls. 
Port. 
Sailed. 
05 
Melbourne 
Jan. 27 
1C3 
Melbourne and Sydney 
May 4 
193 
Adelaide 
May 14 
168 
Slelbourue and Sydney 
July 18 
153 
Adelaide nnd Sydney 
Aug. 10 
60 
Melbourne 
Oct. 8 
The total number of vessels cleared from Southampton 
for the Australian ports, and carrying emigrants, both 
Government and private, during the year has been, there- 
fore 41 with a tonnage of 31,096 tons, nnd freighted w ith 
12 164 souls. It should be mentioned that the year just 
expired was the first of the establishment of a depot for 
Australian emigration from the port ot Southampton. 
Unless the difficulty of getting ships, owing to the high 
freights now current, should interfere with the stream ot 
emigration, a considerable increase of departures is 
expected to take place in 1854. The other departures for 
Australia have consisted of the vessels tho names of which 
„ 10 subjoined:- SMim,. 
Tho Ann (screw-steamer), for Sydney . . Jnu . 29 . 
The Harbinger (screw steamer), for 
Melbourne ami Sydney 
The Francesca, for Sydney 
abolishes all extra charges in tne case o. _ r? 
price of gold was 77s. 6 d. to 78s., and the Helen Band 
which sailed for London on the 30th of September, . hhd 
tnken 13,879 ounces, while the clipper ship, W altei Hood, 
also had a considerable sum. Among the 
discussion, consequent upon the warlike appearances 
?n England, the necessity for fortifying Sydney occupied 
attention. 
snow what 
Tho Corsair (yacht), for Sydney 
Tho Argo (screw-steamer), for Mel- 
bourne and Sydney . . 
The Harbinger (screw-steamer), for 
Melbourne and Sydney 
. July It 
. Feb. IS 
. Feb. 11 
. MayS 
. Oct. 7 
Arrived out, 
June 1 
April 21 
foundered ut 
sea. May 8 
Juno 4 
July U 
not known 
THE METROPOLIS. 
Accidents through the Frost.— -The 
descended on Saturday and Sunday ho* tho C,1< J 
rendering the streets extremely slippery, lhc a ; *- 
which occurred by persons falling are almost incalculable, 
EXKostt the hospitals the — a = , 
of the medical officers in the accident wards An g 
those injured, a young lady named V^^'^ H . ^T and 
Fhnrv-street. Pimlico, fell on Westimn«tei-bi«JH., ana 
fractured her right thigh ; Mr. Thomas ''V 1 ^ oc a t e< l U h U 
common, fell near .lm Dorset Arms and l <> “ 
right shoulder, and similar accidents were susinineu i>y 
0t On ^Tuesday morning, shortly before eleven o’clock, a 
frightful ” c ®idept oc^nrr^^^OT^^Motton, ji ^ 
"r^fbSrippTd on^r Sf fell through a 
Westminster Hospital, where lie now lies m a most p»ci a 
SET to "he Governor of Whitccross-street prison that the 
postbox would be discontinued after the oth inst. () 
day). A similar communication, as already sta '* 
Times, has been made to tho keeper ot the C v uce > 
