The Express. — London, England, 1853-10-03 00:00:00

v;lik TO CORUESTONORNTS. A vows! E ..t. •st •I r c•Astaintne Its+ tome egnseine• t: :Iv," is sr:S.olrd every Lumley and Vr.cloy tsS ter puet. . _ Ad ...I U.. la' ru .01 "16e Eames, * Lowe...a alai paw. mm 4 br it LA' Odl.c. la. Douvotto , trod, by Two o'clock ea UN day at pubtuslioa. 111011 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TNH IMT-11..roltog. It I. Aftersona, 311:S. Tor.mor —Kamm IL .. Attains" 41 LONDON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 3. run military theatricals at Olmutz are over. The Emperor NICBULAi, who enacted in them the part of an Austrian Colonel with great applause, has re sumed his ordinary character, and is travelling poet to Warsew. Lord WLSTIIORELAND has peeked up his splendid red uniform and the state liveries of his domestics against the next great occasion, and is re turning to resume his musical studies at Vienna. Pro fessors Tilit.itscit and Visuran have made arrange ments f r u private congress of their own, to decide bethi r a Bavarian or a Prussian Prince ought to preside over the resuscitated Byzantine em pire, his Czarish MAJESTY having gravely told these learned pundits that until they are agreed on this knotty point he cannot entertain their project, of which his nntural disin terestedness would otherwise lead him to approve so highly. In short, each and all of the Olmutz dra matis perome are winging their ways homewards, perfectly satisfied with the success of the representa tion, whicli was so true to reality that soldiers were killed at the springing of a mine in the sham siege. The powder smoke that brooded over the fields of Olmutz has been dispersed, but the jugglers it shrouded have not remained to brave inspection in the open eye of day. The ostensible cause of . meeting was a military review, but if no diplomatic business has been trans acted, it was not for want of the attendance of gen tlemen of the diplomatic profession. Tho Emperors of ItesslA and AVSTRIA devoted, it is said, a whole evening to • solemn fete-a-lets. Lord WESTMORE LAND is reported to have been honoured with a long, confidential, and (to them) every way satisfac tory interview with the Emperor of RUSSIA. Ntruut.is was met at Olmutz by his Grand Chan ceilor, Cuunt NESSELRLIDE, and his Minister at Vienna, Baron MY.TY.ICDORFP. FILANCIS had also his Ministers of State in attendance; and there were present the Ambassadors of England, Prussia, Ba varia, and so forth. If no mischief comes from such a gathering, it is more t han could be reasonably expected. The Imperial fraternisation at Olmiitz irresistibly carries back the memory to the congresses held successively by adjournment at Laybach, Vienna, and Verona, where the designs of the Holy Alliance became so glaringly apparent, that the English Minister was compelled to declare his country could no longer participate in such councils—a declaration whichparnlyeedthe schemes of the Alliance at the moment, and effectually prevented any further public demonstrations on the part of its members. The events of that congress arc full of instruction for the present moment. It was an epoch of revolutions. In the brief space of twelve months revolutions had broken out, and the popular cause had triumphed in Spain, the Tno Sicilies. Portugal, and Piedmont. The object of the Holy Allies was to crush all of them, and adopt measures for preventing the recurrence of such dis agreeable events in any part of Europe. The main interest of the discussions, however, came to centre upon the Sp►nish Revolution. The Ring of FRANCE, who reigned in virtue of his acceptance of the Charter, and his Ministers, had resolved to crash Parlia mentary Government in Spain by an armed invasion. Accordingly the representative of France at the COD rem submitted a series of questions to the assembled powers for the purpose of ascertaining what support France might expect if her King took arms to re store absolute monarchy in Spain. Russia spoke out frankly and promptly : the Emperor ALEXANDER offered to aid his royal brother of France, if nted were, by marching an army of 150,000 men through Germany, Northern Italy, and France, into Spain. With the exception of England the allies of the CZAR stood aghast. They were like men who had incautiously uttered a spell, and shrink when the fiend who obeyed the summons stood suddenly in his might before them. Austria and France recoiled from the proffered visit of 150,000 Russians,Cossacks, mucks, and Bashkir,. Austria,France,andPrussia saw the danger of inviting the Russians to approach a woad time so near to Paris. They instantly set their wits to work to prepare Battering expressions of thanks for the chivalrous readiness of Russia to draw the sword in behalf of Legitimacy, combined with civil declinations of its offer. The task might have puzzled wiser and honester men, but England helped them out of the scrape. The representative of England was instructed to declare that it was in consistent with the constitution of his Government to recognise any right of interference by foreign arms in the domestic disputes of any state ; that England could not participate in any councils which had in view the realisation of each an interference; and that England reserved itself to be guided by circumstances in any events that might arise out of the attempt. France, Austria, and Russia forth with discovered that as one member of the quintuple alliance was resolute to stand aloof, combined action of the powers composing it was out of the question, and each most act for itself. The Russian offer to march 150,000 men at a moment's warning to put down Parliamentary Government in Europe was no longer talked of. Russia's ambition to become the armed dictator of western Europe was baffled for the time. The European question now at lame is closely con. ' nected with that by which Russia threw the councils of Laybach and Verona into confusion. If the other European powers give way to the encvachments of Russia upon the Porte, they augment the means and they strengthen the position of Russia for marching an army at acy time to dictate what form of govern. I ment shall prevail throughout Europe. Now, as in the days of Laybach and Verona, Austria is too poor to have a conscience, morally and mentally too obtuse to conceive an honourable and energetic course of action : Prussia, by the want of de cided character in the reigning monarch, seems ready to take its cue from Russia and Austria. Both Austria and Prussia see the danger that threatens them from Russia; but, unmanned by their fear of popular principles on the one side and Russian arms on the other, they have not the courage to utter a blunt unequivocal No to the CZ %R's insidious proposals. England professes to be now, as for merly, fully sensible of the injustice of Russia, and determined to resist it. And as England, if there be truth in the words of princes, may now count upon France as an ally, instead of an op ponent, when championing the rights of in dependent states, if the simple declaration of England at Vienna and Laybach, that it would not participate in the nefarious schemes of the four powers, and would act with reference to them as events might show just and expedient, surely a similar declaration from England and France united must he equally efficacious now, see ing (lint Austria and Prussia are as desirous as ever to obtain a fair excuse for covertly counteract ing ,1 the designs of their beloved Russian ally. LATEST FROM THE CONTINENT. JASSY, SEPT. 19. Prince Gortschakoff has jest communicated to the 1 commanding officer of the different corps of the invading force the instructions sent fro!n St Peters burg by the Minister of War, for taking the steps necessary to establish the winter quarters of the Russian army in Wallachia and Moldavia. The cholera has broken out at Jamy. RUSSIA. WAUSAW, SnT. 24. The grand msncenvres in the presence of the Emperor of Russia are to commence here on Oct. 2, and finish on Oct. G. ST. PETERSBURG, SM. 22. General Prince Golizin, the quartermaster-general of the Wnotrennoj Straschy (by which is understood the army which has to do home duty when the Czar is at war), has been placed under the orders of the quarter-muter-general of the Emperor's staff, an arrangement which is interpreted in a warlike sense. AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Ocr. 1. Letters from Constantinople of the 22nd have been received. They make no mention of the entry of the fleets into the Dardanelles. The Czar left Olmutz yesterday for Warsaw, via Myslowitz. On the morning of the 27th orders were sent from Olmutz to clear the railway immediately. When this had been done a Russian courier with despatches left by special train, on his way to St. Petersburg. ITALY. NAPLES, Sire. 24. A royal decree has appeared which says :—" The traffic of ships coming from Newcastle to the ports of the Two Sicilies will be provisionally suspended." lit is generally expected that this decree will be fol lowed by a general quarantine impost on all vessels coming from England. A steamer from Liverpool came in yesterday with the yellow flag, and was put into a five days' quarantine. The Neapolitan Board of Health is only waiting official returns of Cholera from England to put the long quarantine laws into practice. Trade is unusually dull. The exportation of Spanish dollars continues, and large orders to buy silver are still arriving. Another decree extends the permission to import all sorts of grain into the Two Sicilies, duty free, up to the end of May, 1854. Neapolitan Fives, 1091. Exchange on Londe', 555. PIEDMONT. TURIN, SIFT. 30. Count d'Appony, Austrian minister at the court of Turin, left yesterday on unlimited leave. The Austrian Legation will be managed by Count Paar, charge d'Affaires. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE STEAM-SHIP ASIA. (FROM OUR OWN CORRISPONDINT.) LIVERPOOL, SUNDAY. At ten o'clock this forenoon the royal mail steam ship Asia, Capt. Lott, arrived in the Mersey, with the usual mails from the United States and British North America, in charge of Lieutenant Oaks, RN., Admiralty ageot. The Asia sailed from New York on the 21st alt., and has brought, besides the mails, about .13 passengers, and 233,000 dole. in specie on freight. The United States mail steam-ship Arctic, from hence, on the 7th, arrived at New York on the 18th ult. The royal mail steam-ship Arabia, from hence, for New York, on the 24th, was passed by the Asia on the 28th ult. Early this morning the Asia also passed the royal mail steamer Canada, which sailed from this port for Halifax and Boston yesterday. From Washington we learn that a protest had been presented there from Russia, Austria, and Prussia against the course pursued by Capt. Ingra ham in the Costa affair at Smyrna. The gallant captain's conduct in the circumstances complained of has, however, been sustained by the government of the United States. A very prevalent rumour existed at New York prior to the sailing of the steamer that Governor Mason had been appointed Minister to France. At the steamer's departure the general business of New York was very active, and money was more plentiful. In the money market a marked improvement had taken place, and transactions were more freely en tered into. Stocks were firmer. In cotton at New York there was but little doing. Holders, however, did not press sales. The business concluded was at the following quotations: New Orleans and Mobile, mid. fair to fair, 12,1 e. to 121 a per lb.; Uplands, mid. fair to fair, Mc. 121 c. The effects of the English &deices on this market were counteracted by bad accounts from the cotton grow ing districts as to the state of the crop. In the market for breadstuff' the news from Eng land was regarded as unfavourable to holders. Prices aestained a decline, and a general anxiety to sell was apparent. The following are the last quo tations: Western Canal flour, 6 dole. to 6 dole. 1210. per barrel, barely supported; Gennessee prime wheat 1 dol. 48c. to 1 dol. 500. per 601 be.; Indian corn, round yellow, 80c. to 82c. per bushel, steady; Indian corn, southern white, 82c. to 84c. per bushel; Indian meal, 3 dols. 750. to 3 dole. 871 e. per barrel. The amount of business transacted in the provision market was only to a moderate extent. The sales made "sere at the following price. :—Mess pork firm at 151 dols. to 16 dole.; prime from 121 dole. to 13 dole ; prime mess, 141 dole to 15 dole.; hams, pickled, 81 dole. to 91 dole.; shoulders ditto, 6; dole. to 7 dole.; sides in bulk, 7 doss. to 71 dole.; smoked hams scarce, at lie, to 121 c.; lard, 11c. to Mc.; in barrels and kegs, 12c. to I2lc. Mess beef, 8 dole. to 9 dols.; prime, 41 dole. to 5 dols.; city mess, 11 dole. to 121 dols. ; prime mess firm, at 17 dole. to 20 dole.; beef hams, 11c. to 14c.; smoked beef, 9c. to 10c.; cheese, 81e. to 91c. At the steamer's departure the asking rates for freight were:—Flour to Liverpool, 2.. 9d. to 3s. per barrel; grain, 9d. to 91d. per bushel; cotton, Id. to 5-16 d. per lb. Exchange on London was very steady st 1091 to 1091; Paris, 5.16 to 3.16 i; Hamburg, 361 to 361 ; Bremen, 791 to 79i. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. When it became known in London and Paris that English and French ships had passed the Darda nelles—an event u hich is either a token of existing war or a violation of the last European treaty re spectiug Turkey—it was the obvious course of, the Russian and Austrian ambassadors to demand explanations of the French and English cabinets. Letters from Paris state that these explanations have been given. It is affirmed that MM. de Lis seleff and Hubner have been given to understand that the British and French governments conceive the lately expressed sentiments of the Czar upon the , significance of the Vienna note, and the claims he still asserts on Turkey, viewed in connexion with his continued unwarranted occupation of the principali ties, to call for a more decided measure on the part of the Sultan's allies than they have hitherto been willing to take. Such is the tenor of advice. from Paris. In the Debate, M. John Lemoinne endeavours to define the new situation created by the passage of the Dardanelles by foreign ships of war. This writer does not believe that the presence of the fleets before Constantinople can materially change the pre sent situation of affairs, nor ought to lead to the mad den depreciation of public credit witnessed for some days back. At the same time, he finds it impossible to reduce it to the extreme degree of insignificance which certain circles seem disposed to attribute to it. We announced a few days ago that the cholera had broken out at Odessa, where it was rapidly car rying off victims. Private letters reach us simulta , neonsly from Jassy and Warsaw, stating that cho lera has now broken out there also, and is especially destructive to the Russian soldiery. The writers of the letters from Jassy unanimously refer the latter fact to the low physical condition of the soldier as its predisposing cats°. The commiasatiat is described as contemptible in administration. The Journal de Framfort, which passes for being an organ of the Russian government, says it knows that so long as a British or French ship of war remains is the Bosphorus the Emperor of Russia will not evacuate the Principalities, but that the moment the note of the conference shall have been accepted, and the foreign ships of war withdrawn, orders will; be given to the Russian troops to reams the Pruth. I 'the Postmaster-General of Primal' has issued a notification, that the stormy weather in the Baltic frequently impedes the mail packet service between St. Petersburg and Stettin. The Cologne Gazette publishes the following letter from Berlin, 26th ult. : We learn from a good source that the Russians are sending troops in great haste from Sebastopol to reinforce the garrisons of the ports of Anaklia, Poti, and Nicolaief. It is known that the Turks have caused troops to advance from Trebisond and Erzeroum towards the Turco Russian frontier. This is why the Russians have thought it necessary to adopt measures in order that, in the event of war, the plan of operations of Prince Paskiewiteh in 1829 might be followed up. Eneroum Is as important on the Turkish territory as Tiflis is on the Runlets. Thew two towns form the bases of all military operations in then countries, as they open the only three practicable roads. The northern line of operations crosses the valley of the Kur. It is defended by the fortresses of Achar, Ardagham and Acbaljik , which have only been in the hands of leussi s since the peace of Adrianople. The second leads by the frontier Russian village of Quinn, or by Tschalka and Achatkalaki, to the Turkish fortress of Kan. The third line starts from /Irina, and passes by the Turkish castle of Toprak Kale. The Vienna Presse has the following, dated Jassy, Sept. 16 : Yesterday or the day before positive orders reached here from Petersburg to accelerate the preparations for the pas. sage of the Danube, and to quadruple the stores of pro visions in the magazines. The commander of the battalion in garrison here has also received orders to hold his troops in readiness, and as soon as the battalion appointed to this garrison arrives here from Uneatable, to commence his march to the Danube. Lines of electric telegraph are now being esta blished between St. Petersburg and Warsaw, and from St. Petersburg to Cronstadt. St. Petersburg will be made the central point of all the telegraphic lines of Russia. AU the quarters of the capital are also to be united by Simi of wire in the same manner as has been done at Berlin. The Wanderer of Vienna states, on the authority of a letter from St. Petersburg, that the Czar, before his departure from the capital, ordered that the levy of sailors should, for the future, be made on a lar3er scale. A new corps of reserve is, it is said, to be formed at Odessa. A Berlin journal states that the Russian fleet in the Baltic consists of nineteen ships of the line, fourteen frigates (eight of which are steamers), and thirteen smaller vessels. The Cologne Gazette relates that previous to the Emperor of Russia's leaving Petersburg for Moscow and Warsaw his eldest son, the Czaro witch, visited Moscow, and went thence to Tula. The heir of the throne, Czarowitch Alexander Nico lajewitsch, had proceeded to the Uspenski Sober, or Cathedral at Moscow, while the bells were ham mered (not rung in the Greek church), and the shouts of the populace that filled the Kremlin rent the air ; then he kissed the holy pictures and the holy cross, and sprinkled them with holy water; then entered into the temple to put up a prayer for a long life for the monarch and his family, and at the con clusion of his prayer again kissed the holy pictures. Finally the metropolitan, on the Czarowitch leaving the Sobor, offered thanksgiving for the happy arrival of the Grand Duke, with the assembled clergy meekly kneeling on their knees. On the 14th ult., at ten o'clock in the morning, his Imperial Majesty the Right Pious Lord and Em peror Nicholas Paulouwitsch, with his son, theOrtho lox Lord Grand Duke Nicholas Nicolaj ewitech, under peals of bell-hammering, performed his pilgrimage over the Kremlin to the Uspenski Sobor, t hr ough the midst of dense masses of people. The Emperor was received by the Metropolitan of Moscow, Fi4ret, and welcomed in the following words :—" Right Pious Emperor,—Everything under Heaven has its time, says the wise man. Tile Orthodox Church has ever recognised in thee its defender; but most especially does the present time look on thee as such. For her sanctuary in the east, for the safety and peace of our brethren in religion, hat thou risen up with the sword that is mighty by means of the imperial word. The timid fears that hereupon spread through the states inhabited by other peoples, reveal to us that thy word will carry off the victory over the opposing power as thy weapon does. Oar souls, penetrated with sympathies for thy thoughts, pray for thee to the Saviour, 'Lord, by thy power, give the Emperor joy.'. This was followed by the kissing of the cross, the sprinkling it with holy water, and private prayer, after which the holy pictures and relics were kissed again. The Emperor and his mi . , then left the Sobor, with the cross carried before him, Sub..- quently he reviewed the 6th corps d'armes, com manded by Gene al Tcheodaelf, as well as the reserve of the 4th corps. At Toula a triumphal arch was raised by the Greek clergy, on which was the fol lowing inscription : "'l'o the venerated chief of the orthodox religion ! To the supporter of the faith ! He will triumph over all his enemies." The troops were placed cn echelon all along the road, The German Journal of Frankfort, under date of Berlin, 27th, says:—" Certain indications lead to the belief that our government, in the delibera tions of the conference of Vienna, will share in the views of the Cabinet of St. James's, as fares regards the modifications of the Ottoman Porte, and will not adhere in an absolute manner to the views of the Cabinet of St. Petersburg." Miss CUNNINGHAM. —We (Galignani) have re ceived two letters from Genoa, complaining of the misre presentations of the conduct of Kim Margaret Cunningham, erntained in the letter of " An Englishman," copied into this journal from the Post, which is calculated to create au unjust prejudice against that unfortunate young lady. The Englishman states that she distributed the prohibited tracts et Lugliano, the day previous to her doing so at Banabbio, and that she was assaulted by the enraged peasantry with stones in consequence This, our Genoa correspondents assure us, is unmitigated falsehood. Miss Cunningham did nothing of the kind, nor would she have distributed any tracts at all, but that she was in entire ignorance that her so doing was an offence against the law. Under such circumstances, every generous mind must extend its sym pathy to the un!ortunate captive, and join in the hope almost universally expressed in; speedy deliverance from the consequences. I PARIS AND STRASBOURG RADmAT.—At a general meoting of the Oar... Weirs of t. t. St. D:siir to Gray Rail way Company just held, the annexation of that lino to the Strasbourg Railway ass voted unanimously, in:uus one voice. A similar &tiska was come to at a general riveting of the share:olden of the Moutereau to Troyes Company. VACANCY ON THE SCOTCH BENCH.—The North Bretith Marla Friday says:—" We regret to learn that Lnd Anderson died of fever its London on Monday. This melancholy event creates a vacancy on the bush." FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDA'S MOZNINO. The Moniteur does not publish the usual half monthly table of the price of flour, by which, in or dinary times, the tariff of bread is regulated. The prefect of police has, however, issued his decree, maintaining the price of the best bread at 40c. The municipality has appointed a committee chosen from the tux collectors, to apportion the compentation to be paid to the bakers. It is found practically that the intention announced at first of confining the interference of authority in keeping the price of bread below the natural level, to Paris, cannot be adhered to. The municipal coun cil of Lille, at an extraordinary sitting on the 27th ult., issued an order for the delivery on the follow ing day of bread tickets to the poor, which would enable them to receive their bread from the bakers o centimes below the fixed price, until that price becomes reduced below 35e. the kilogramme. The council afterwards voted a sum of 35,000 f. to indem nify the bakers for the loss they have had to support for three weeks in the price of bread. At the same THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1853. sitting the Lille council voted a sum of 20,000 f. as I a complement to the sum before voted fur the ex peaces of the visit of their Majesties, which has amounted io all to 170,000 f. Prince Napoleon paid a visit to the Emperor to day at St. Cloud. lie has completely recovered from his illness. M. Victor Hugo has recently written a preface, which will shortly be published, to a new edition of his " Odes and Ballads." The Siecle has re ceived a proof copy, but doubts whether it would be safe to quote a few lines, and being in doubt abstains. It, however, in an article no ticing some remarkable circumstances in M. Victor If ugo's career, gives the following extract from a letter received from him by the editor:—" I am con- I laced that the expansion of intelligence will suffice to ripen ideas. I write, I speak, Ido my duty, and I peaceably contemplate the whitening of my hairs in exile." Sume arrests lately took place at Lille, and were supposed to be of a political character. The Libertel of that town, however, says:—"The five Italian hawkers, whose arrest we have mentioned, have been set at liberty, after fire da3s' confinement. It seems that these men were arrested by an error of the police of Amiens. Some Italians of that place having been guilty of tivvindling, took to flight. An inaccurate description of the runaways misled the police of Lille, and caused them to take up the five men now liberated." When the Emperor was leaving Calais some infan try soldiers were employed to fire borne of the guns for the salute, there not being enough artillerymen. These men, imperfectly acquainted with the cannon, committed the imprudence of putting a charge into • heated gun. The consequence was that as explo sion took place, and two of the men were a good deal injured. One of them would, it is said, have to undergo the amputation of an arm. A Paris letter in a Brussels journal states that the cause of the late railroad accident near Poitiers is now known. The telegraphic despatch announcing the coming of another train was not received, and consequently the necessary precautions were not taken. The responsibility lies between two clerks who are in custody. It has been already stated that the Minister of Marine, notwithstanding the very boisterous state of the weather, went off from Boulogne to the French Channel fleet. It appears that the minister did this at great personal risk. The admiral com manding the fleet had made every effort to remain in sight, contending constantly against the violence of the storm, and the Emperor having expressed his satisfaction at the efforts made by the fleet, the Minister of Marine requested he might be allowed to go off, and communicate the satisfaction felt by his Majesty. Permission having been granted, the Minister embarked in a small boat, and with great difficulty reached the roadstead, where the Heine Hortense was lying. He proceeded in this steamer to the fleet, and reaching the admiral's ship stated the motive of his visit. The Heine Hortense then proceeded to Calais, which she reached at seven in the evening, after buffeting about in a furious sale. A decree, dated yesterday, enacts that, from this day up to the 31st July next, the duty on wheat flour imported into Martinique, Guadaloupe, the Ile de la Reunion, and Senegal, shall be 2f. the 100 kilo grammes; on dried vegetables, 25c. the hectoli re; ou maize in grain 5c., and on maize in flour 10c. the hectolitre. Queen Christina, the Duke de Rianzares, and her t‘%o children, yesterday visited the Hotel des Java lidos. Her Majesty was received by the governor of the hotel, Decimal Count d'Ornano, and by all the staff. She visited and minutely examined the tomb of the Emperor, and the chapel in which his remains are deposited. Her Majesty appeared much moved in contemplating the latter. The Queen also visited the infirmary, the library, and other parts of the es tablishment. In the course of the visit the famous Madame Brulon, who holds the rank of sub-lieute tenant, and is a member of the Legion of Honour, was presented to the Queen. Her husband was killed in battle, and she served seven years in his stead; she was severely wounded, and was admitted to the In valides. This was fifty-three years ago, and she is now aged 82. . _ _ PARIS, SUNDAY EVZNIXO. The Moniteur contains two decrees on the great and pressing subject of subsistence. By the first the suppression of the surcharge upon corn and flour imported in foreign bottoms, and the reductions in the import duties on corn, flour, and divers other alimentary substances, which, by the decrees of August '3 and August 18, were enacted until the 31st of December next only, are prolonged to July 31, 1854. This measure, which was expected, is wisely taken in good time, and is another severe blow at the sliding scale, from which there is small ground to think it will ever recover. The next decree, however, is one contrary to the true principles of commerce, and one which I am surprised to see issued by the present go vernment. It prohibits until July 31, 1854, the exportation of potatoes and dry vegetables from France. The decree is immediately to bo posted in the frontier departments, and to have effect from the time of its being posted. This measure will have a direct bearing upon England, for it appears that within the last month potatoes have been exported to Great Britain on a large scale from all the princi pal ports of the Channel. The official returns of the price of wheat for the last week in August and the first fortnight in Sep tember, are published in the Moniteur to-day. The rise has been general throughout France. In the Loire Inferieure, La Vendee, and Charente Inferieure the rise is Mr. 60c. This is the highest average. In the Pyrenees-Orientales, Aude, Herault, Gard, Roaches du Rhone, Var, Corsica, and Algeria, where prices have been lowest, the rise is lfr. 63c. In the other sections the average augmentation is 3fr. 25c. We read in the Arnwrican of Brest : We are assured that several of our shipowners have already taken steps for turning to account the decree faci litating the introduction of forcien cattle and meat into France. Considerable orders have been given fur the pur chase of entire cargoes in Central America, where salt and cured meats are commoaly two sous the kilogramme. In thone countries, the abundance is such, that it would be possible to slaughter myriads of animals annually without injuring the »productiveness of this living capital. The high tariff alone has hitherto prevented our commerce from working this branch, which promises to be as profitable to trade as useful to the poor. _ The indigenous sugar-growers in the north expect a very good crap this year. The changeable wea ther, which did so much harm to the corn during the summer months, has not damaged the beetroot plants. The roots are said to be unusually fine, and the yield is satisfactory. The Totelonnais of the 27th ult. says :—" By a telegraph despatch received yesterday, orders were given for all officers and soldiers on furlough to be immediately recalled to their cape and all further leave of absence to be suspended. Ve do not know whether this measure applies to the navy." The Reim de name states that a similar despatch has been received at Perigueux. At the Bourse y esterday the settlement proved in favour of the sellers. At first the numerous opera tions for the fall entered into for the next account depressed the rente, which went down to 74.90 and 74.85. Afterwards there was a reaction for some minutes, during which the Threes rose 75.15. Sellers then came forward rapidly, and quotations soon fell to 74.80. Later in the day they dropped to 74.60, which was the closing price, being a fall of 50e. from yesterday. The price of Consols of the day was not posted at the Bourse. The railways were almost all lower, but Gray rose 15f. Havre, though it fell 2.50, was compara tively well supported. The three delegates tient by the canton of Ticino to confer with the federal authorities on the subject of the differences with Austria, arrived in Berne on the 27th ult. The remaining subject of contest between the confederation and, the empire is the satisfaction to be given by Switzerland for the expul sion of the Austrian monks. There seems little doubt that some pacific settlement will soon be made, as Ticino has abandoned the principle of its own act by 1 offering a compromise, the terms of N% hich Austria considers insufficient. The Piedmonteae Oa:Me, of the 28th ult., states, from Switzerland, that the Federal Council having applied to the French government in order to have the prohibition of the exportation of firewood from French frontier forests taken off, the Swiss charge d'affaires at Paris has succeeded in obtaining the removal of the obnoxious measure. BELGIUM. A further augmentation in the price of coal at the pits is announced fur the 20th of October. At no fornwr period was there so much demand for coal of all dearri..tions. The ex-Queen Amelie, the Prince and Princess de Joinville and their children, arrived at Ostend on Thursday last. On the following day they dined at the palace of Lacken with the King and the Duke and Duchess of Brabant. SPAIN. The Madrid Gazette of the 25th contains a royal decree, enacting that, in addition to the articles already exempted, tools, machines, carriages, and matertal of all kinds, which may be destined exclu sively to the making and working of railways, shall be imported free of duty. Some of the journals say that some of the generals nominated to different posts by the new ministry will not accept them. I The Espana mentions General Lersundi as one of these, and the Clamor Puldico says that General Jost de la Concha has already resigned the post of director of cavalry, hut the resignation is not yet official. The Herohlo states that Queen Christina and her family are to return to Madrid at the begin-' wing of October. Several arrests had been made in ' connexion with the recent clandestine publication of, seditious pamphlets. The Minister of the Interior had stopped a prosecution against the Diario pond, for publications connected with the coal affair' of the ex-Minister of Marine. The works of the different railways are being pushed on vigorously. Those of the Northern line, in the province of Bar celona, are far advanced, and the section to Moncuda will, it is said, he soon opened for traffic. A Madrid letter of the 26th ult. says: "The Cortes will very probably be convoked for the 15th November. There is nothing positive with respect to the alleged resignation by certain generals of the posts conferred on them by the new cabinet ; and it is said that the cabinet will not accept the resigna tions if offered. The provinces generally have re ceived with satisfaction the nomination of the new Gener..l Narvaez is expected here at the beginning of October. After a short stay he will go to Arunjuez to await the opening of the Cortes. The Marquis de Moline, the new Minister of Marine, intends to visit the dockyard of Ferrol before coming to Madrid." A letter from Ferrol (Galicia), of Sept. 28th, says : —" The day before yesterday the 78 gun ship, Rey Don Francisco de Assis, was launched from the stocks of the royal arsenaL This is the first vessel of war since 1798 that has been launched frum the royal arsenal." ITALY. The Parma Gazette announces in its official part that Baron Ward, the English gentleman who ma nages that duchy, has been decorated with the Impe rial Constantiman Order of St. George. ROME, SEPT. 24. A gloom has been thrown over the middle classes of Rome by two deaths, resulting from the recent political arrests, which have been already commented upon so fully. The first of these victims was a young, accomplished, and beautiful lady, the wife of Signor Casciani, who, upon her husband's arrest, was so horror struck, and made such exertions subsequently in his behalf, in the season when the air of Rome is most unwholesome, that she brought on a violent fever, under which she sunk on the evening of the 19th, at the age of 24. Being universally beloved l and admired her death has produced a great setaia tiou. The next case is that of the daughter of Dr. Aurelj, who was so alarmed at seeing her father torn from his family and carried off to gaol at midnight by a band of sbirri, that she only survived the shock a few hours. This catastrophe is the more deplorable, as the offence of Dr. Aurelj was of the moat trifling kind. He was one of the precettati, or persons under police surveil lance, who are not allowed to change their residence without riving due notice to the authorities. He had changed his house, and left a w ritten notice of it to the porter of the President's office, the office being shut. The paper was mislaid, the doctor ac cused of having transgressed the regulations, and dragged off to prison. In consequence of the misfor tune resulting from this harsh treatment the doctor has been pardoned the year's imprisonment to which he would otherwise have been condemned for his offence. The gradual revelations springing out of the con spiracy examinations lead to the almost daily arrest of newly inculpated individuals. Several soldiers of the second regiment of Roman infantry, quartered at the Cimarra barracks, were arrested on the 19th and 20th, accused of participation in the plot. It is a curious coincidence that, immediately after the dis covery of the conspiracy, two Roman soldiers made inquiries at the British Consulate as to the possibility of their obtaining British passports to enable them to leave the country, alleging that their time of ser vice had expired, and seemed much disappointed on kerning the irregularity of such a request. The same official paper of the 23rd instant men tions, amongst the recent palace promotions made by his Holiness, that of "Signor John Selby, of the dis tinguished catholic family of Niddleston, in the county of Northumberland," to the dignity of " honorary chamberlain wearing sword and cape." The corn question still continues to embarrass the government, and to agitate the capital and provinces. At Ancona the Gonfaloniere and four of the muni cipal councillors have resigned is consequence of the difficulties of their position. Here in Rome the price of hard wheat, such as is generally used for the ma nufacture of maccaroni paste, has fallen from 15 dole. to 121 the rubbio—a measure differing little from our quarter—in consequence of the government hav ing imported 20,000 rubbi of Russian wheat of that description, but good Roman and other soft wheat for bread maintains its price at 14 to 141 dollars. Exchange on London, 471. Roman Consols, 961. Bank Shares, 253. GERMANY. BERLIN, SIIPT. 22. The police have again interfered with the fre quenters of the Corn Exchange. Tho syndics, or chiefs of the Exchange, having protested in vain against the intrusion, have withdrawn in a body to another locale. To-day not one person attended the old hall. Our telegraphic epitome of American intelligence contains the fact that Russia, Austria, and Prussia have presented at Washington a protest against the course punted by Captain Ingraham, of the St. Louis, in the Koesta affair at Smyrna. The gallant captain's conduct in the circumstances complained of has, however, been sanctioned by the government of the United States, and we may probably have to communicate some lively diplomatic correspondence on the subject in a few days. The Pru.sian journals publish a note jointly trans mitted by Austria and Prussia to the governing senate of Hamburg in disapproval of the draft of the ne w con stitution proposed for that " free state." The note recals the condemnation of the constitution of 1830 by the Germanic Diet, and, under the form of a hope, sug gests a command to lay aside the modified draft now under the consideration of the citizens. M. Brentano, Austrian ministeral councilor at tached to the department of finance, has returned to Vienna from a fruitless journey to London, Amster dam, and Frankfort, where he has had the boldness to propose a new loan to the capitalists of those cities. It is understood that the project is reluctantly postponed until a more auspicious moment. POLAND. The Police Gazelle of Warsaw, of the 26th an nounces that a plot had been discovered there, and the object of which was to burn down and pillage the post office of that city. At the head of the plot was a former rsip:oy.l in the post office, named Chencen ski. A locksmith, who was one of the persons engaged in the affair, discovered everything to the pollee. All the accomplices have been arrested. The widow of 1 7 , lix Mendelsohn Bartholdy was I interred at th^ Friedhnf, Frankfort on-the-Maine, on Wed nesday last. Frau Meurlelrsohn was only 3.5 years of age, and leaves four orphans. The orchestra under Capellmeister Schmidt executed Mendelssohn's noble piece, " Es ist bestimnit in Qottes Rath. WEST INDIA, PACIFIC, D CENTRAL AMERICAN MAILS. - -• ta• - The Royal West India NI dl packet Thames, ('apt. Powell, from the West Indite, &c., arrived at tirrith. ampton yesttrday, and lauded her mails under the charge of Lieut. Aahley La Touche, ILN., Admiralty agent. Her dates of sailing are : Vera Cruz, Sept. 4; Tam. Pico, 1 ; Havannah, 9; Colon, 8; Grey Town, 3 ; Carthagena, 10 ; Jamaica, 10; Jacrnel, 1_; lteme• rare, 9; Trinidad, 10; Ilathadoes, 12; Antigua, 10 ; Martinique, 12 ; Grenada, 10; I'ort o Rico, 13 ; s - t . Thomas, 15; La Guayra, 9; Tortola, 14. The Thames brings 86 passengers, among whoa are Venerable Archdtneon Panton, lady, and sun; Major and Mrs. Murray (3rd West India Regiment), and two Miss &alpine and two Master Hurrays ; Mrs. Turner and three children, Mrs. Ferguson aad child, Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge and tw o c hild ren, Mr. and Mrs. Be!infante and child, Dr. Hearn (stuff sur geon), Dr. Brown, 1)r. Evans, Comm an d er W ood. R.N., and Lieut. Bagel, Danish army. The freight on board includes 2,323,539 d ollars from Mexico and Punaina, on account of merc h ants; also 8 1,1100 three packages‘ o f tm iean i of ! marls, s s; 103 ounces of go l d duet;, value 2,1201. ; 42 packages oi specie. value not known. MOVEUENTS OF ItElt MAJRATY'i Sturs.—Th e 'mum and Buzzard were at Port Royal; Mega steam troop-ship was in English Ilarbour, Antigua, on the 13th September. On the 22d Septembt r, at dusk, the Thames fell in with a wreck, masts, upper deck and steiu gone, tloatiug well out of watur, but no living creature in her—apparently the hull of a schooner of about 150 tons—painted with a narrow white streak with false port therein. This was in lat. 31 23 N., long. 48 28 N. October 31, 50 miles S.W. of Lizard, two steam. vessels (three•masted), the larger one towing the smaller rigs of two topsail schooners with tonal. taut yards across, standing to the westward. Dr. Nicholson, who has come home a plunger ria Panama from Australia, has " girdled the earth" in a space of time that would have astonished some of the early circumnavigators, he having been just six months and a half absent from England. He left England in an emigrant vessel (hound to Morton Bay) in the middle of March last, and crowd by an early vessel to Valparaiso ; thence proceeding to Panama by the Pacitio Mail Company's steamer, via Navy Bay. The night before the Thames left St. Thomas's, it was discovered that the " bulli o n room " had lien broken into on hoard the Avon, and doubloons to the value of nearly 3001. been carried off. She bad brought upwards of 100,000 dollars from Clagres, arriving that s'ime morning. Jamaica seemed absorbed in anticipations of the new governor's advent. Ills heavy baggage had arrived. A disgraceful scene came off in St. James's Church, Montego Bay, a Mr. Breaksptar, a churchwarden, distinguishing himself by "running a tilt" against a lady and gentleman for sitting in a wrong pew. The fracas caused great sensation throughout the island. Several of the islands were still suffering much from yellow fever. At Ilarbadoes on the 31st, a thunder storm passed over part of the island, the lightning killing a la. hourer as well as several head of cattle. In the Wands generally, a fully average crop was expected. Xt Antigua and St. Thomas the yellow few had nearly died out. At - Jamaica, a valedictory address from the bishop land clergy, as well as one trout some compassionate laymen, was presented to Sir C. Grey, on his re tiring from the governorship. The Governor of Puebla, Don Rafael Yusunga, bud been immured in the castle of San Juan d'ULlos at Vera Cruz, by order of General Santa Anna. Some sixty robbers had been condemned to death for various offences committed in the neighbourhood of the city of Mexico. Several of the late ministry of General Arista had been banished or dismissed. Santa Anna was still increasing his army. It was rumoured that Vera Cruz was to be fortified more strongly. The railway (Panama) was progressing successfully. New York packet, the Philadelphia, was lying with a broken shaft in Navy Bay on the Bth ult.,but having repaired the same partially was about to sail for New York. Columbia, 50, U. S. frigate, was four days at Grey Town : she lost in that time (in two nights only) 26 seamen by desertion, 17 of them going away at ten o'clock on the night of the 28th in the " best boat" the ship possessed. She sailed for Peusicola on the 31st of August. The new constitution of Nueva Granada was pro mulgated at Colon (Navy Bay) with considerable pomp, &c., on the Ist September. The financial affairs of Venezuela were in a most critical state. But it was believed that the insurrec tion was at an end, General Barcas alone, with a few hundred followers, remaining in hostility to the government. In Chili a great deal of rain had fallen. In the northern part of the country none had fallen for fifteen months, so the circumstance created great re joicing. In Pern there was the same attitude of hostility towards Bolivia, each mustering still their forces on the frontiers. At Callao I)on Domingo Elias was imprisoned by the government for differing in opinion on the sub ject of the probable time the guano of the Chimhos Islands would last, he affirming it to be only some eight years, the government wishing the general belief to be eighteen. At the Chinches the master of an American guano vessel was taken on board the Peruvian guardship to be fined for having killed a penguin. The hue wu offered by him, but refused by the Peruvian captain, who,—seeing a number of other American =stets on board, with their boats assembled, as they raid, to see their countryman have fair play and then be released, —being alarmed at this display of Americans ordered his marines up and drove them all into their boats, some of the seamen being wounded in the struggle. The American minister at Lima, Mr. Clay, had sent home a special messenger with details of the outrage, the Peruvian gov e rnment having (it is said) refused any explanation. KINOSTOIi, JAMAICA, Seer. 10. We have no material change to note in the state either of the import er produce market. The non-arrival of Sir Henry Barkly and the consequently increased delay Isb'cil must occur in the settlement of our fiscal and financial affairs have bad the effect of confining business transactions within the narrowest limits possible, as no one knows whe ther it would be wise or safe to sell or to buy at this jam. tun,. At the same time dealers generally are well suppled wish flour and nisei, and evince no desire is increase their stocks ; the last prices have, therefore, been barely sur tained. Rain has fallen plenteously throughout the i•lind Pimento.—There is very Hula at market as yet. Nr , quote good samples at 4d. per lb. Rice.-450 bags Bengal (some months here, and dusty) changed hands at the commencement of the we,k at 15s. 71d. per 1001bs.; a parcel of 60 bags, aeo duty Aid inferior, was moved at 1.55.; but the article is now bee.to• ing scarce, and holders are firm at 161. 6d. "Salmon—There is not any at market. Hum.—Sales for consumption have been ma.le at 3.. 62. for 18 proof; and for export, at 2e. 4ict. to 2s. 9d. pa gallon. Soup —We report sales of 200 boxes Casey's 60:b.2 0 bare, at 15s. Gd., and 100 boxes sfilbs. 20 and 25 bars. at 141 W. Steele's is very quiet. Sugar—Has rather declined in price. We quote dark to fair at 171. to 20e. per 1001 be. Salt.—lloth fine eau coarse are gettiog scarce. l'olricen —No sales are reported. Exchanges on London. Colonial and Jamaica Bankr.- 90 days, 1 per cent. prem.; 00 days, per cent. prim 30 days, 2 per cent. prem. AUSTRALIA. The Thames brings news from Morton Bar. ria Valparaiso, to the middle of June. There was a great demand for labour, especially for marrie d couples ; some emigrant spinsters hiving been sent on to Sydney, there being no demand for them. Some enterprising Yankees—gold-seekers from Can fornia—had been in quest of the precious metal in that neighbourhood, but had returned temporanly unsuccessful. The cotton-growing experiment tbery had proved to be very successful—the produce bring pronounced in every way perfect. Wages for single people, with rations, from 331. to 401. ; married couples, ditto, from 431. to ow. I I