... | The Emperor Alexander has addressed the following I letter to Prince Gortschakoff. It is dated November the 12th:- 'i During my sojourn with the army of the Crimea I observed with great satisfaction that the soldiers main- tained their vigorous and contented appearanco despite the unheard of bardships they had to suffer during the siege of Sebastopol, and that in every department that order ...

... 1ro?n 1r14?7U !? GsZ?G. WAR-o)'r1CB, NoT 30. 2nd Regiment of Dragoon Guards-BteYet-.lajor 11. .Briseae, to be Major, by purchas~e, *ice Brevet Lieut.- Col. P. Las Poer Treuch, who retires ; Lieut. C. 8. .Hutchineofl to be C~ptain, by purchase, rice Brieco. Royal Artill ry-'lhe appointmen~t of Lieultenant A. Donall, dated 24th September, 1855,xhabeen cancelled; .Lientenrat Gi.K. Taylor, onatbe ...

... SUSSEX, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1865. OnSudy last, the 23rd inst., the Lord Bishop o ~ - - C Cn heter hld an Ordination in the Cathedral. wben | ?? uem an vruination in the Cathedral. when the following gentlemen were admitted to Holy Orders: Deaconrr-John Henry Holford, 3.A., Wadham College, Oxford; Francis John Mount, s.A., Oriel College, OX-- ford; WilliamHenry Davies, Nic., JesusCollege, ...

... us of__ _ _ _ ore on By the arrivall of thle Atlantic, Ste;em mail ship, we Il are ?? of advices from New York tol the ,o re- 12thi inst. ten on A despatch from Washington, dated Dec. 6, says : It has just beess asc-itained, beyond thle possibility I adeed of cavil, that a-despatchs has 'teen received from Mr.~ y and Buchanan relative to thc Cranmptons dificulty, the tenor. none -of which io ...

... I ,. That a new work of fictiont by one of ourmuost Popular I V. uhoirsi is begun, pleases'- almost everybody. That this ti ~I~ ne; 1.w work of fiction promises very much interest, Star. ci ?? prises nobody. We give a few samples of its contents tI suits, without damaging the value of the teld,, or fore.stalling a, If St. thle smooth run of all its characters. Take, thou, sthe these, ...

... DESPATCH FROOM GENERAL CODRINGTON. (From tbe Ga-itle of Tuesday night.) WAR DEPARTMENT, DEaC. 18. L~ord Panmiure has this day received a destatch and 3s enriosuree, of which the following are copies, 3ddressed to his lordship by Genaral Sir William Zodr;ngtona X.C.B. S-bastopol, Dec. 4. ,v Lord.-The enemy continuo t0 fire occasionally, sd sinnctim- s heavily, on parts of the town. They must ...

... f ha= Iw^^n -- st- - . It has been seen that a --miscarriage took place in the Ws ceremony of presenting the Corporation Address to the i48, King of Sardinia on his late visit. It was certainly a A', great disappointment to the members of the Corpora.. tion to have been kept for four hours in waiting on the King. and then to find that they had nothing to do but depart. They ware thus as Mr. ...

... The Pacific (s) Las arrived with adviee5 from New M York to the 27th November. M r The Washington correspondent of the Journal of of ICommerce soya it is understood CC that the repreenta- RI r tions of our government regarding the alleged violation D Iof the neutrality laws by Mr. Crampton have not been thi met in that straightforward manner our government had di .a right to expect. b3 Mr. ...

... PORTSXOVUTH, I I SATURDAY, DECEMEBER 29, 1855. ...

... O.- ' Mr. John Parsons Cook, a sporting gentleman, age 4 28 years, residing at Lutterworth, Leicesterehire, was ;I the owner of a horse named Polestar, which won two of i the stakes at the Shrewsbury races, on the 1Ith and 14th '5 ult. Whilst at Shrew-bury, after the race, Mr. Cook 6 was taken suddenly ill. He was tubeequeutly r-moved I to Rugeloy, whre he had been Staying before the races 8 ...

... WILLNGEIOOD SPICED WITH COO5PULsiOY.-The ti .3forziag Herald announces a new Church building l effort, originated by Lord Robert Grosvenor, for the erection of a hundred additional churches in London, at a cost of 500,0001. The subscription towards th e undertaking opens as follows Pi The Crown ?? 10,0001l fr The Duke of Bedford 10,0001. ?? . bt The Marquis of Westminster ?? T0,000i. We ...

... Whenever this wair may terminate, it will not leave ii us herer it found us. The new power introduced in a naval warfare lins, for the first time, been tested on the I grand sc~le. This has been due, in large proportion, to our own magnificent means of Astam-transport. Our rapid and ready display of power in this arm might well 0 have been regarded as some set-off against our deficien- 0 a ...