The Sun. — London, England, 1856-10-18 00:00:00

TaXA.TBE ROYAL. DitußY-Lt..Nr. Lessee, g.r.F.. T. Smith. THIS EVENING THE A.DVEN MEER. Followed by Bmi.;squa of PIZARRO To conch:Ll,' with BALLET DIVEXCLiiELMNT. ROYAL PRINCI: .9, FI 8 THEATRE. trader the Management of Mr. CuaaLzs Klan TUN EVENISO, A 31IDSUMNER NIGEIT'S DREIN. To conclude with PIZARRO. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. tinder the Management of Mr. Backatons. TILLS EVENING, THE INCOSSTANT. Followed by The Spanish Dancers. After which, PRESENTED AT COURT. To conclude with THE GALICIAN FETE. LYCEUM' THEATRE UIYAL, Lessee, Mr. Charles Dillon. THIS I.:VP:NI:C(1, BE UPTIEGOR, Belphegor, Mr. Chas. Dillon; Madeline, Mrs. Chas. Dillon. Followed by (for the thir•i time) THE RING'S MUSKETEERS, D'Artegnon, Mr. Chas. Dillon ; Const :nce, Miss Woolgar. To conclude with The 11 ILLET from the Burlesque of the "Winter's Tale." Upper goxes, ; Pit 25.; Gallery. Mans, 513.; Dress Circle. 4s. ; Is. Commence at 7. Half.price to all parts at 9. Box Office open ily from 11 till 4. ROYAL THEATRE ADELPHI Proprietor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Directress, Madame Celesta. THIS EVENING, IRELAND AS IT 13. Followed by DOMESTIC ECONOMY. After whicn. OUR GAL. To conclude with THE IRISH TUTOR. STRAND THEATRE. Manager, Mr. T. Payne. THIS EVENING, THE MILLER OF DERWENT WATER. After which, A Ballet Divertissement. Followed by an original Yurlesque, entitled BELPHEGOR. Mesdames Thirlwall, Woollidge, and Cuthbert; 'Messrs. H. J. Turner, Herbert, Clarke, &c. To condole with THE MARRIED BACHELOR. Commence at 7. Stall% 3s.—Boxes, 23.—Pit, Is.—Gallery, 6d. ROYAL OLYMPIC THEATRE. Lessee and Manner, Mr. Alfred MM. THIS EVE)TII Gl, STILL WATERS RUN DEEP. To conclude with THE FIRST NIGHT. AsTLErs ROYAL AMPHITHEATRE. Lessee and Manager, Mr. Wm. Cooke. THIS EVENING, (66th Night!) Shakspere's Tragedy of RICHARD THE THIRD. Richard, Mr. J. Holloway. Mr. W. Cooke's Equestrian Illustrations. A success unprecedented. Atter which, The attractive SCENES in the CIRCLE, combining, skill, daring and elegance. To conclude with a Melange of Amusements. Commence at Seven. Box-office open from Eleven till Your. stage M9nager. 2f.r, W . weot. Equestrian Director. Mr. W. Cooke. inn. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. THIS DAY—Morn. 27 min. aft. 4—Evening 47 min. aft. 4 Ta-NOEROw—Morn. 10 min. aft. s—Evening 33 min. aft. 5 THE WEATHER—SUN OFFICE, OCTOBER 18. THERMOMETER, /Ik/ THE SHADE. 0 —highest sines noon yesterday. 54 —lowest this morning and during the night. 58 —this day at noon. BAROMITYR, 30 39. Wnro, SW.—Light, with fine, sunshiny weather. STAMPED EDITION OF " THE SUN." The Latest Edition cf The San, Stamped, in time for Post, may always be had from half- past 5 till 7 o'clock every evening. Subscribers in the Country will please to observe that the heading " THIRD EDITION" is always to be seen on the papers containing the latest n ews. If any difficulty be experienced in obtaining that Edition, a communication to The Sun Office will remedy it. Sun Office, 112, Strand. rc.: x ~~~ ~=~-~ ~~`~~~ 4 LONDON, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1858. The position of Russia since the termination of the late war, and the course of policy adopted by her Government, are worthy of attentive consi deration. Many questions of paramount im portance must receive complete answers before we can decide on the future prospects of peace and tranquillity in Europe. One point is already, unfortunately, but too perceptible. It is plain that the Muscovite snake has been merely " scotched, not killed," that the execrable policy inaugurated by the First PETER is still steadfastly pursued, and that the attempt to " Cossackiso Europe has been only postponed, not abandoned. The fatuity that looked to sparing the honour of Russia, rather than obtaining security for Europe, has thus been clearly illustrated. In March we had the game in our own hands. We could have dictated our own terms, and the exigencies of Russia were such that the CZAR must have submitted to any conditions, however onerous. But in Imperialism and CAnrgism she has had two most effective auxiliaries. Louis NA POLEON could not press too hardly on a member o f the Imperial Triumvirate. Like a parvenu, seeking admission to society, he would submit to anything to obtain a mere temporary recognition. His influence was thrown into the scale to obtain impunity for the most imporlant member of the confraternity into which he had so recently been admitted. Austria, too, was to be conciliated, and there (as well as with Russia) he had the full co-operation of the Coburg influence. And thu s it occurred that Russia was permitted to escape sca.thless, without giving indemnity for the past or security for the future, and all the sacrifices to which England and France so cheerfully submitted were rendered utterly fruitless and unavailing. Had it not been for these baleful influences Russi a would have been compelled to pay the wh o l e expens es of the war which she had 8 ° wantonly and deliberately occasioned. She should h ave sa tisfied the just demands of England, France, and Turkey, and we are speaking within bounds in declaring that two hundred millions of pounds sterling would not have been an extravagant c laim. Time would, of course, be given for the gradual liquidation, and if the instalments had been spread over 20 or even 40 years, the payments would have operated as a salutary preventive of further aggressive move ments on the part of the g rea t N orthern P ower . But it was only with a power like China that we could insist; on the satisfactory settlement of damages and costs. The Celestial EMPEROR, had no German cousins to plead in his favour. The brother to the Sun and Moon could not exc i te any back-stairs' influence. There was no Thuringian diadem which he could assist in fixing on a Co. burg head. Consequently, he had to suffer f or his " Imperial" acts, and had to hand over the 8 3vee silver which for so many years constituted r - fiE SUN , LONDON, SATURDAY EV'tk.',N 4"' N - G OCrOBER 18, iBsg. ! an important item in the revenue returns of each suoceeding quarter. Share the ratification of the Precious Treaty, we have had many striking illustrations of Russian faith. At Serpents Island, at Kars, at Reni, and Ismail—and, above all, on the recti fication of the Bessarabian frontier, tle Russian Government clearly showed a deliberate intention to wriggle out of the most express and • positive stipulations of the Treaty, while Austria main tains with tenacious grasp her hold on the Prin cipalities, rendering the condition of the unfor tunate inhabitants even more deplorable than dur ing theßussian occupation. The Note, or rather the Circular, respecting Naples also proved that the CZAR was still resolved on maintaining the interests of despotism in any shape, however re volting to humanity, or, as our facetious contem porary, Punch, explained, that BomsA should not be deprived of his playthings so long as his big brother could protect him. But these overt acts were scarcely as significant as the attempt to procure, by extravagant subsidies, twenty steam-ships, all constructed for war purposes, although without the armaments to do the work which three might easily perform, and also the project for attracting tens of millions of British and French capital into Russia for the formation of a line of railways cal culated to consolidate and strengthen the military power of Russia ! We have already pointed out that these lines could not possibly prove remunera tive without the Government guarantee —that they are, in fact, neither more nor less than ingenious devices for attracting bullion to Russia, which would be safely locked up until a suitable oppor tunity occurred for a new aggressive movement, while any expenditure was paid in inconvertible rouble notes—in other words, a loan to Russia on cheaper terms than she could otherwise ob tain Her Ministers are wise in their generation. They are thoroughly acquainted with the opera tion of our unwise and inequitable monetary code, and, having discovered the means of in flicting the most serious damage on England, are sparing no pretexts to render the blow as effica cious as possible, so as to humble the once formidable Power, which, on many former occa sions, compelled a moderation very distasteful to the AUTOCRAT and his brother despots. Although the regular mail-service between Eng land and Australia cannot be in actual operation— to and fro—before February, it may be regarded as already in some sort virtually inaugurated. The newly-organised Company—that of the Euro pean and Australian Steam Navigation—having in a great measure by this time completed their preliminary arrangements. Insomuch that to-mor row (Sunday), the 19th of this present October, the first of their great steam-ships, the Oneida, is to take her departure for Melbourne and Sydney, from the Docks in which she is at this moment lying at Southampton. Another magnificent vessel, the Simla—one of the glories of the Pe ninsular and Oriental Company, magnanimously placed by the managers of that company at the disposal of their successful competitors for the Australian contract with her MAJESTY'S Govern ment— will follow, according to the arrangements already announced, upon the 12th of the ensuing month cf November. The European taking its departure in due course along the same route upon the 12th of December, and being followed in turn, upon the 12th of January, 1857, by the Columbian. The two last mentioned steam ships now fitting out in the Clyde —while other vessels of corresponding magnitude are at this moment being built at Glasgow ; although it is hardly expected any one of them can he completed much before the early autumn of next year, either August or September. Splendid steam-ships each of them—one of 1,000 tons and 300-horse power, the African, one of 2,300 tons and 500-horse power, the Asian, another of the same tonnage and the same horse power, the Tasmanian, and a fourth, the largest of all, namely of 2,800 tons and 700-horse power, the Australian ! Such are the eight superb vessels intended to be chartered upon the oceanic route between England and . her antipodes when once the mail service shall be fairly begun in earnest, to and fro, between Sydney and Southampton via Suez and Alexandria ! The steam-ships of the new Company running in regular correspondence, that is to say, on either side of the Asiatic isthmus —thitherwards between Suez and Melbourne— hitherwards between Southampton and Alexandria. A communication this, to which we have long been looking forward with an anxiety scarcely admitting of exaggeration. A regular, direct, speedy, reliable line of communication between the centre of the British Empire and the most splendid of all its many possessions, that of its great Antarctic Continent —having now during several years been recognised as what, in the classic slang of your every-day puff-prospectus, is pithily termed a desideratum. At length—here is actually what we have all this while been yearning to accomplish. Here, at last, it is lite rally and substantially secured to us—in its entirety at a data no further removed from the present moment than the beginning of next February—partially even, no further off than the forenoon of to-morrow. There is reason in all this, we cannot but think, for a cer tain degree ofsober and rational exultation. Better things are, of course, in store in the hereafter. But already in the mail service between England and Australia, as at this very period c:ialked out, via Suez and Alexandria, there is an appreciable foretastA of yet speedier intercourse between ourselves and our colonial antipodes, a tort of recognisable anticipatory .relish (as we may call it) of the ultimate intimate union of the two, by the instantaneous reciprocation of thought, rendered possible by the magic wires of the submarine electric telegraph. Preliminary to all which coming wonders we have guaranteed to us the solid boons accruing from the contract entered into by the European and Australian Steam Navigation Company, securing the advan tages of a regular, direct, speedy, reliable mail service between Sydney and Southampton, par tially from Sunday next, entirely from the ensu ing month of February. In appropriate celebra tion of which same great postal enterprise, the Directors of the European and Australian Steam Navigation Company, gave on board the Oneida on Tuesday last (as a report of the proceedings pub lished in our impression of the ensuing evening duly intimated), a kind of inaugurative entertain ment. Conspicuous among the facts mentioned at which entertainment were two. One inci dentally mentioned by a gentleman of autho rity in Tasmania (the Secretary, in Let, of the General Postal Association of the Australian Colonies) illustrating, in a remarkable manner, the necessity for some more rapid interchange of communication between Great Britain and her Antarctic p o ssessions —namely, the si g n ificant and notable circumstance c ircumstance that there are being educated in Europe, upon a moderate calculation, frcrn 1,500 to 2, 000 c hildren of Australians. The other fact coming from the lips of one no less eminent as a great p ublic benefactor than IIIowLAND HILL, the Author of the Penny Postage system—namely, the encouraging fact, that after all we are nearer even than the United. States to the realisation of ELIHU BUIIRITT'S day-dream of an uniform ocean penny postage ! For, as ROWLAND HILL explained clearly enough, although merely a penny is charged for the transmission of a letter from the United States to Australia, it is, nevertheless, at the same time subjected to an inland rate of 11-d. in America and to another of 4d. in the colonies, making just 6d. for the entire trans mission. A single sixpenny postage stamp mean while conveying any letter (free of all further charge) from England to her Austi alian possessions. Encouraging considerations all these as to the past, but, at the same time, incentives to still larger, more ambitious, and more comprehensive improvements. The decision of the Horse Guards in the case o, Cornets Lord VANE TEMPEST and BIRT can excite but little surprise and no regret, save what may reasonably be felt for the pain it must occasion their friends and relatives. The ex-parte account of the fracas given to the public was, probably, as Lord ERNEST VANE asserts, exaggerated, but there can be no doubt the unbiassed report of the Court of Inquiry was of a nature which left his Royal Highness Commanding-in-Chief no alter native. So far the justice of the case has been met, and. the young scapegraces have themselves to thank for their dismissal. Conduct like theirs it was impossible to tolerate, or not visit with condign punishment. This much, however, may be said in extenuation of their offence, and it does not go far ; by all accounts it was not only coun tenanced, but shared, by an older and superior officer, Lieut. WINSTANLEY. Had his countenance and example been wanting the deplorable out break might not have taken place—at all events could not have been carried to such an extent. In justice the Horse Guards must go further, and give this officer an opportunity to qualify or dis prove the allegation , against him ; and if unable to do so satisfactorily, we can not see how he should escape being cashiered. The sooner this is . done the better for the army, for all parties indeed the lieute nant perhaps excepted. imperfect justice always leaves a rankling sting behind it, and redounds neither to the honour nor credit of its dispensers. Let us hope the affair will soon be numbered with things that are past, save in the army itself, where the fate of the offenders, it is greatly to be desired, may operate as a useful example. Both the offenders are young men, and with their advantages will have abundant opportunity to redeem the past, and become as much a credit to their country and friends as they are now a source of discredit and unmerited pain. The brave old Marquis of LONDONDERRY, fortunately, cannot feel the disgrace brought on his honoured name—may it be the lot of the benevolent and enterprising Marchioness to find hereafter in her now untoward son a recompence for the grief he must have occasioned her, not only as a mother, but also as the lineal descendant of the distin guished TEMPEST family. COURT CIRCULAR. WINDSOR, OCT. 17 The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Princess Royal and Princess Alice, walked and drove in the Home Park this morning. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Majesty to-day. S:r H. Barkly had an interview with lir. Secretary Labouchere yesterday. The Bishop of Gibraltar, Mr. Bowen, of Trinidad, and IVlaj)r Grant had also interviews with the Right Hon. Secretary at the Colonial•ofgce. Sir George Grey arrived in London on Thursday evening from Edinburgh. His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the Countess Bernstorff are expected to arrive at the resi dence of the Prussian Legation, to-Jay, from the Con tinent. His Excellency the Marquis d'Aziglio returned to the residence of the Sardinian Legation, a few days ago, from Turin, and has since been on a visit to Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, at Broadlands, Hants, and to the Earl and Countess of Shaftesbury, at St. Giles's, Dorset. The Marquis and Marchioness of Stafford, who, after the coronaticn festivities at Moscow, proceeded to St Petersburg to embark at Cronstadt on board the noble marquis's splendid screw steam-yacht, arrived off the Sutherland coast, on Friday last, and shortly afterwards disembarked, and proceeded to join the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland at Dunrobin Castle. L The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury arrived at their mansion, in Pall Mall, on Thursday night, from Moscow. The Marquis of Granby has joined the family circle, staying with the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir Castle. Leicestershire. There is no truth in the report of Lord John Manners' impaired health. The statement wa' originated by some provincial newspapers, probably with a political object. The Earl and Countess Granville arrived at Carlsbad on Tuesday from Barlin, in which capital they bad math a brief sojourn on their way from Moscow and St. Petersburg. The noble lord contemplates a residence of about a month at Carlsbad. The Board of Inland Revenue now consists of six members. The salary of the chairman will in future I)( 2,000/. Mr. Pressly, the deputy-chairman, it is expected, will succeed the late Mr. Wood. Toe North London goods railway was, on the occa sion of her Majesty's return from Scotland, first used a:. a passenger line. Should the directors follow the example set by the Queen, and open the line fur passen ger traffic, passengers will be enabled to proceed from the Great Northern Terminus at King's-cross to the B:ackwall Railway Station in Fenchurch-street. A declaration has been signed between Russia and Sardinia, by whioh all treaties in existence before tie war again coma into force. The Belgian Moniteur contains a convention con cluded with France, by which all persons attackint Vie life of a foreign sovereign shall be liable to extra dition. At the meeting of the guardians of the poor at Marylebone, last night, the Master of the workhouse complied with the order of the Poor-law Board by ten dering his resignation. George Blake, a notorious thief, who was only two days ago acquitted at the Middlesex sessions, was yes terday again fully committed fur trial from Lambeth Police-court, for a burglary. No gold was taken from the Bank oZ Eug'and yester day for exportation. The letters from Paris yesterday are less discouraging. The half-monthly settlements had paised off well, and money was more easily obtainable both on the Bourse and in the discount market. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK.—The solicitor of the late Mr. Gwynne, in a letter to the Time, this morning, sap Mr. Gwynne was a director till January, 1852, and that the securities for the advances made to him in 1351 were placed before the board in the same manner as those coming from other customers. Mr. Gwynne urgently opposed the advance on the Welsh ironworks, but way outvoted. In conclusion, he says Mr Gwynne died of a broken heart within three days after the publication of the leading article in the Times on the causes of the dis astrous failure. THE TREES AT THE BRITISH MUSEMNI.—A correspon dent of the Times this morning complains of the destruc tion of the trees in the garden of the British Museum. " If one thing more than another," he says, "tends to break the dull monotony of the streets of London and to furm a p'easing object to the eye, it is the existence of the few trees we have planted in the squares, and occa sionally in some of the open spaces at the corner or the side of the street. This being the case, they should not be cut down and lopped at the c tprice and whim of any individual, more particularly when such trees are public property, and have, from sixty years' growth, become an ornament to the neighbourhood." CRYSTAL PALACE.—One Shilling Day, Oct. 17.—Ad• missions on payment, 1,655; do. by season tickets, 401; total visitors, 2,050. LATEST NEtivS. TIAMBIT'RG, SATITY tpAy. The Ministerial crisis in DE ~;mark is :at length at an end. All remain es:c apt M. Ba , ng . M. Andrae is appointed Pr. 3133 ier ; M. 1 6 - nsgaarcl, Minister of the Interior of the whole 19.Ionareby ; M. Krieger, hitherto in the Ministry of Schles wig, is now Minister of the Interior to Denmark Proper. viESXA, OoT. Baron Hubner has left for Naples. The Austrian Gazette and the OsB Deutsche Post clnfirm the fact of a pressing note of the French Government having arrived. The evacuation of the Principalities by the Austrian troops has commenced. MADRID, 16m. The Gazette publishes a number of decrees dis missing old governors of provinces and appointing new ones. The old mode of government of the household of the Queen has been re-established. A. Royal decree restores to the bishops the power of conferring Holy Orders, conformably to the Concordat, and authorises novices to profess in convents. M. Manresa is appointed director of the Post-office, and M. Fernando Alvarete Under- Secretary of State for Grace and Justice. Intelligence from Constantinople of the 10th states that negotiations, opened for the nomina tion of Reschid Pacha to the place of Grand Vizir, had failed. The Journal de Constantinople of the above date pubsishes a despatch similar to that which appeared in The Sun of yesterday, respecting the defeat of the Russians by the Circassians. The battle took place on the river Seba. It also says that the Russians have been driven back from the river Kuban, with the loss of many men and guns. A letter from Vienna of the 11th, in the Con aitutionnel, says :—" A report was current to-day that a second despatch from Naples of General de Martini, our plenipotentiary, had arrived, and offered but slight hopes of a pacific solution. The King and his courtiers believe that in case of an extremity they can reckon on the fidelity of the army and on the assistance of the population. Will events justify that confidence ? M. de Buillac, of the French Foreign-office, has arrived here with important despatches for Baron de Thurqueney, who had an immediate conference with Count Buol." Another letter from Vienna states that Baron de Mamula, Governor of Dalmatia, has left for fschl, in order to communicate with the Emperor relative to the affairs of Montenegro. The Paris correspondent of the Times (second edition) says : " Lord Howden, her Majesty's Minister at Madrid, had an audience with the Emperor yes terday at St. Cloud. M. Turgot, the French Minister at the same Court, was present, but I believe no one else. The Emperor was most gra cious in his reception of Lord Howden, and warmly shook hands with him on entering and on leaving. The conversation, I understand, turned principally on Spanish affairs in general, and particularly on the recent, and for any other country extraordinary, changes which have taken place there. On a former occasion I alluded to the same subject, which is so far important, as it relates to the Emperor's views on the Anglo- French alliance, and I now willingly revert to it. I am unable to affirm whether the Emperor is dis satisfied with the manoeuvre which overthrew the O'Donnell Cabinet, and which he and his Govern ment so little expected ; or whether he had any decided leaning towards the late Prime Minister of Queen Isabella more than to any other whom he thought competent to save monarchy in Spain from the errors of one party or the excesses of the other ; but I have some reason to believe that his Majesty is contented to accept the change as an accomplished fact, and watch over the future. But what the Emperor appears to have most at heart, and what, if I am rightly informed, he distinctly expressed yesterday, is that England and France shall act cordially and thoroughly in this as in other great questions of European in terest. He expressed his earnest desire that the French and English Ambassadors at Madrid should act so as to carry out the judicious policy of the two Governments, and that they should heartily co-operate with, each other. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Pose (second edition), in his letter of yesterday, says : If I am correctly informed a telegraphic message has reached Paris which declares that the representatives of England and Franc© had notified to the Neapolitan Government their re call. As no notice whatever had been taken of this notification by M. Carafa, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, M. Brenier, the French Minister, and Mr. Petre, her Britannic Ma jesty's representative, were about to withdraw. I must, however, inform you that a considerable amount of intrigue is going on in Paris in certain quarters to influence the action of France. The King of Naples, I hear, has had an Tent in Paris for some days ; and if that agent is the person named he has been employ©d by his Majesty on more than One occasion when the )ffices confided to him could not be performed by ). respectable diplomatic servant of the Crown. I believe this person's mission will fail, although some delay may b e c aused, as on former occa sions, when trick er y has been resorted to. The French and Eaglish G‘)verntnents, I hear, have agreed not to allow Austrian intervention in the affairs of Naples." In a letter from Naples, dated Oot. 13, the writer says : "The Neapolitans are tired of waiting for the fleets. They think grave political events are to take place with the facility of changes at a theatre. So some say there is no hope for them now that France and England have thrown them over. We hope and know better things, and aro not disheartened nor frightened by Russian swagger as reproduced by the Court party there. The King will hold out to the last moment ; he thinks he loses nothing by waiting, and he knows there is no internal danger to be dreaded. The people, you are aware, have no arms, no leaders, and little confidence or reliance in one another, so comple `,ely has Government demoralised them. The strong point is, that the very means tl:e King uses to hold his throne are the infringements of international law and a direct violation of the Federal laws of Switzerland—viz., importing the Swiss i Without these Swiss troops King Ferdi nand would not remain many hours in Naples. As it is they give him confidencel and confirm his obstinacy. We are expecting a British steamer every hour with imponant despatches, breaking off diplomatic relations, The town is perfectly , tranquil, and there will be no demonstration unless it is got up by the Neapolitan Govern ment. But the defensive preparations continue, and cannon are carried about, and ships are manned, and there is plenty of playing at sol diers, in which the King delights. Some Neapo- litan families have left town, and the city is unusually gloomy. The King's head quarters aro at Gaeta, which he considers as his Sebastopol." On the fete day of the Hereditary Prince the English and French Embassies illuminated ; not so the Sardinian. Tho relations between this last Power and cur Government continue hostile. The works for the defence of the Kingdom are continued with the greatest activity. No modifications have as yet been made in the Ministry. Stock has been heavy at 10',%% A letter from 133rlin of the 16th, in the Ger man, Journal of Frankfort, says :—" Count de Hatzfeld, Prussian ambassador in Paris, who has recently arrived here, had a long interview this morning with M. de Manteuffel, after which he proceeded to Potsdam, where he had an audience with the King. Count de Hatzfeld will repre sent Prussia in the new conferences at Paris. The date for the opening of these conferences has not been fixed, but it will take place before the 15th November. The Count returns to Paris before the end of October. Several journals have been wronly informed in stating that the King had received a deputation from Neufchatel, at Hohen zollern." O'Donnell received a message from the Queen, begging him to be at the palace at half-past one in the afternoon and to convoke the whole of the council there for two o'clock. After having exe cuted the orders of her Majesty, Marshal O'Donnell received from the mouth,of the Queen the assur ance that she should never forget the services which he had rendered to the throne and to the cause of order, but that she thought it proper to confide the dir,:,•etiau of affairs to other Lands. Marshal O'Donnell and the whole of his colleagues respect fully tendered their resignations, at which her Majesty appeared much affected, but accepted them. Marshal NUrvaez was then charged to form a Ministry, and has, we understand, already suc ceeded in the mission confided to him, the follow ing being the persons who have taken office." The list given is nearly the same as that already made known by telegraph. FRANCE. PARIS, FRIDAY EVENING. The Emporor yesterday received Mehemed Ali Pacha, member of the Grand Council of Justice at Constantinople, and brother of the Viceroy of Egypt, who was present e d t o h is Majssty by Me hemmed Djemil Bey, the T ur ki sh Ambassador. Lieut.-General Sir H. Bentinck was also presented to the Emperor by Lord Cowley. A Paris correspondent of the Independance of Brussels says :—" In addition to th e list of guests I have already given, the following have received invitations to Compeigne : Marshals Pelissier, Bosquet, and Canrobert, M. and Male. de Labe doyere, M. and Mme. do Chaumont, M. and Mme. de Gouy, M. and Mme. de Wendel, the Marquise de Coutades, M. and Mme. de Bernis, Count Fre deric de Lagrange, Marshal Magnan, Mme. and Mile. Magnan, M. Ingres, M. Auber, Count Alfred de Vigny, &c." BOURSE, Oct. 17.—The following were the last quotations : Cash. fr. a. End of Month. 4A per Cents 9l --f. —e. 3 per Cents 66 75 67 80 New Loan 66 70 Bank Shares 3,900 Roman Credit Mobilier 1,472 50 Austrian Belgian Fives. ..... .. 99 i Spanish Threes 4l Piedmontese(s) __ b 9 50 Home Debt ItAILWA Y S -PCB CASE. fr. e. - fr. , Orleans ..,.,.........,1,265 Western BB2 N Northern Lyons ... 1,272 50 Now Ditto ... ...... 780 Mediterranean 1,680 Grand Central Lyons Geneva 725 Tests Cette 687 50 Austrian Ccin. ..... . 785 S AUSTRIA. A letter from Vienna of the 11th, in the Debats, says : " Reports have been in circulation on the subject of a disagreement between M. de Bruck, the Minister of Finance, and the heads of the War and Naval depart. ments, and the difference is explained in this way :—On the conclusion of peace, the Emperor at the recommen dation of the Finance Minister, ordered considerable re ductions to be male in the army, by which the expenses of the State were so diminished that it was hoped that the expenditure, 'Tor the first time since 1848, might be brought t o a level with the receipts. This result has again been prevented by the large sums demanded by the War Department for the comple• tion of new fortifications on the Polish frontiers of Austria, which the Emperor has decided shall be com pleted by the end of 1857. Olnautz will still retain its rank of first central fortress of the empire ; Cracow for the North; Comorn for Hungary; and Verona for Italy. General Baron de Hess during the late war pointed out the danger to which the province 3 of Gallicia and Mo ravia were exposed on the part of the Russian army of Poland ; and, according to his orders, 30,000 men were for more than six mouths constantly employed in con structing fortifications round Cracow and Lemberg, in order to guard against any attack from the Russians. It has now been decided to prolong the line of fortified positions from Tchernovitz along the frontiers of Mol davia and Wallachia, and as far as Russian Volhynia. The outlay which will be caused by these works is said to have led to the discontent shown by the Finance Minister." THE MEDITERRANEAN. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY NIGHT. By the Peninsular and Oriental C ompan y' s steamer Colombo, Captain Cooper, with the India and Mediterranean mails, we have dates from Alexandria, Oct. 5 ; Malta, 9; Gibraltar, 13. She brings 19,0001. in specie, about 50 passengers, and a full cargo. The Pera, with the outward India, China, and M diterranean mails, arrived at Gibraltar on the 9th inst Oa the 12th inst. there arrived at Gibraltar the British ship Golconda, from Constantinople and Malta, with troops and stores for England ; the British Commissariat Transport bark Olinda, Cap tain Robson, from Constantinople, with Govern ment stores for Gibraltar and Spithead. Her Majesty's steamer Coquette, Lieutenant Glynn, seven days from Portsmouth ; her Majesty's steamer Malacca, Captain Farquharson, from Ply mouth. Her Majesty's steam gunboat Vigilant started on the 12th for the Mediterranean, and the Coquette and the Malacca were both coaling pre paratory to proceeding in the same direction. THE WEST INDIA MAIL. SOUTHAMPTON, FRIDAY NIGHT. By the Royal Mail steamer Orinoco, with the mails from the West Indies and Pacific, we have dates from Jamaica, Sept. 27th ; Demerara and Trinidad, 25th; Barbadoes, 27th; and St. Thomas's, Oct. Ist. The Orinoco brings 43 passengers, 10 naval in valids, and two distressed British subjects, 1 ,060,353/. in specie, and a cargo of cochineal, tobacco, and sundries. During the voyage the Orinoco experienced strong -gales from the N.N.W., with intervals of moderate weather. On the 11th inst., in lat. 42.26 N., long. 38.0 W., spoke the English barque Pre mier, of Bristol, from Demerara, bound for Lon don, having carried away some of her yarn's. Offers of assistance were made by the Orinoco, but they were declined. On the 14th inst., in lat. 46.29 N., long. 22.5 W., she passed the Bremen barque Augusta Melanie, from Quebec for London, the Barossa, homeward bound, and on the 16th spoke the Lady Shelburne and the American ship Mary Ogden. On the outward voyage the Orinoco encountered a severe gale. In consequence of the absence of another ship, this mail packet conveyed her mails, passengers, and cargo to Jamaica, at which port she arrived on the 29th ult. There is little news from Jamaica. It was not known who was to be the successor of Sir Henry Barkly in the government of that colony, although it was confidently stated that Captain Darling would succeed to the appointment. Mer cantile matters were in a more prosperous condi tion than they had been for some time past ; the mines ware every day presenting favourable aspects, and gave good hopes for the future. The island was generally healthy and in a state of universal tranquillity. Itains had been abun dant, and the ensuing crops were expected to be large. Exchange was quoted for bills at 60 days at 2 per cent. prem.; merchants' bills, at 12 per cent. pre M. The barque Cambrian, which left Kingston on the Ist of August for Liverpool, had been corn polled to put into Bermuda in consequence of severe fever oa board, which had disabled the greater portion of the crew. At Barbadces the weather continued showery, but the appearance of vegetation was cheering. The young cane crop had considerably improved, and potaioes and Indian corn continued abundant. The price of flour, in consequence of the non-arrival of American vessels, was high. A slight sickness prevailed ; but a supply of wholesome wat( r had been intr,duced, clic!), would prove beneficial to the interests of the island. At Grenada the weather was favourable to the planter, hut thi Legislature being in recess there is no political news. Commerce was dull, and pro , visions scarce and dear. At Demerara an opposition had been made by three members of the Court of Policy to the pass ing of the Immigration Bill, but it was expected that it would have no weight with her Majesty's Government. The weather was warm and favour able for the crops. Most of the estates were busily occupied in cuttinc , an d grinding operations. There was a large number of vessels waiting for cargo, fiwih dates f rom and freights were very low. Business had b een fortnight. c, un o u u su r al n ly eNs d v ull fr d o i m irin t g hepa the Valparaiso to the 31st of August, and Callao to the 11th of September, contain nothing of spe cial interest. The Chilian Congress had been pro longed five days beyond the usua l time. The treaty between Chili and S ar di n i a was approved, together with the budget for 1857, which amounts to 6,336,069 dollars. The expenditure of the Government had rapidly increased during the last five years, arising from large grants made by the Home Department for Liteaniship and railroad licolonisation, and p u bli c works. Large sums handescolonisation,so been expended i n public education. A subscription for the relief of the sufferers by the late inundations in France bad boon started at i Santiago. _ _ A project had boon presented to the Chamber of Deputies asking the intervention of Government i n the Central Americ an a ff a i rs, accompanying which is an energetic protest azaiost the recogni tion of the Rivas-Walker Government by the United States. In Peru there was every expectation of another revolution. The mining town of Hualgalloc, containing 6,000 inhabitants, had been burnt. At Bolivia peace had been established and main tained by General Cordova, who during nine months had succeeded in quelling four revolutions. SPAIN. The Madrid journals ,T& 13th have arrived. The Gazette contains a long string of royal de crees accepting the resignation of the O'Donnell cabinet, and nominating Narvaez and his col leagues. The decree respecting Marshal O'Donnell is thus conceived :—" I accept the resignation of the functions of Minister of War and President of the Council of Ministers which has been presented to mo by Marshal Leopold O'Donnell, Count de Lucena, and I remain highly satisfied with his dis tinguished and extraordinary services, and with the zeal, intelligence, and devotedness with which he has fulfilled the said functions. Given," etc. The decree appointing Marshal Narvaez is thus worded :—" Taking into consideration the merits and qualities of Marshal Don Ramon Maria Nar vaez Duke de Valencia, I nominate him President of my Council of Ministers. Given," etc. These two decrees are countersigned by M. Collado, the retiring Minister of Public Works ; all the others are countersigned by Narvaez. The Gazette also announces the resignation (already mentioned in telegraphic despatches) of General Ros de Olano, Echague, Dulce, and other functionaries, and appoints their successors, as already given. General Monsa de Z (mega. had been appointed Under-Secretary of the War Department. The Madrid journals contain a good deal of the change of ministry, but nothing of interest beyond what was stated in the letters on the subject we have already published. The Epoca says :—" We have heard it said that Marshal O'Donnell, after devot ing a few days to the regulation of his private affairs, which he has lately neglected, will leave Madrid to make a short excursion in a foreign country. General Dulce has received permission to go to the province of Santander for the benefit of his health." The same journal mentions a report that the state of siege was about to be raised. Ac cording to the Rojas Autografas, the new govern• ment has already deliberated whether the town dues and other indirect taxes shall be re-established ; the Hojas says that the question will probably be de cided in the affirmative, as the state of the treasury requires the re-establishment. The creation of a spe cial ministry of commerce and the colonies was spo ken of, and it was considered likely that M. Gonzalez Bravo would be nominated to it. A despatch in the Gazette from the Captain-General of Seville announces that the Duchess of Montpensier, at 10 minutes past 9 on the evening of the Bth, happily gave birth to a robust prince. A letter from a semi-official source says : " Marshal Narvaez intends to govern constitu tionally ; it is therefore his intention to convoke the Cortes ; he will insist upon the elections being conducted with the most scrupulous regard to legality, so that all political opinions may be freely represented ; with a view to conciliation he proposes to unite all the fractions of the Conserva . tive party, admitting likewise such conscientious progressists as are willing to recognise the present state of things. He will unhesitatingly solve all the pending questions so as to restore regularity to the administration of public affairs in a highly conservative sense. He will endeavour to make the taste for material interests predominate over that for politics, by favouring the develop ment of those interests, and of the sources of prosperity which Spain possesses. He will especially turn his attention to our colonies. It is said that the Government purposes to utilise the services of Generals Ros do Olano and Messina, two of O'Donnell'a associates in the Vicalvarist in surrection. It has been reported that Marshal Narvaez has had grave dissensions with General Armero, and that in consequence the latter refused to form part of the new Cabinet ; but it was ob sersed at the palace ball that the two Generals conversed for a long time in the most amicable manner. Perfect tranquillity prevails at Madrid ; the Government has not even adopted the measures of precaution which are usually taken on similar occasions to the present." A letter from Madrid of the 12th, published in the Debate, gives some additional particulars con nected with the late change of Ministry in Spain. After some preliminary remarks, it says " The ex-Ministers have been much reproached with having placed a false construction on the letter written by the Emperor Napoleon to the Queen. Her Majesty was grea tl y di sp l eased at their doing so, and expressed himself in very strong terms on the subject. She sa id th a t h er Ministers had no right to communicate to their friends a letter which was a private one, but which her Majesty thought proper to show to her council. Marshal Narvaez, arriving at Madrid at that time, was spoken to by the Queen on the subject, but with what result is not known. The projected duel between Marshal Narvaez and Don Jose Guel y Rente, husband of the sister of the King, was stopped by the Queen her self, who wrote a letter with her own hand to the marshal, forbidding him peremptorily to expose a life so useful to the monarchy, and so necessary to herself. Marshal O'Donnell, on seeing the marked attention shown to Marshal Narvaez at the ball, complained of it to the Queen, and is said to have asked her whether it was he or Marshal Narvaez who was to preside at the council about to be held, adding that he noticed a great change in the feel ings of her Majesty towards him, and that be should talk with his colleagues on the subject, and let her Majesty know the result. The decision come to by the ministers was that they would give in their resignations en masse, unless her Majesty would consent to definitively renounce her project of suspending the execution of the law for selling the property of the church, state, and com munes. Tao Queen ultimately accepted a com promise, proposed by the Ministers, to the effect that the sale of the church property should be alone suspended. In acting thus, her Majesty made a concession to her Ministers of her personal feelings, for she was in favour of the entire suspension of the law. The question thus remained open, and the result was that a degree of uncertainty w as added to the other embarrassments oftle Aa Treasury. lrshal It was this state of uncertainty which O'Donnell and his colleagues hoped to put an end to, hoping to thus show to the public their in fluence with the Queen, and the confidence she placed in them. This proceeding of the Ministers did not succeed ; the Queen would not promise 1 that the law should be allowed to take • t s course, and their resignations were in consequence ten dered and accepted." The General Correspondence, in an extraordi nary supplement, says : Marshal O'Donnell's Mi n i s - try has resigned this day (12th) at two o'clock ! Why ? We cannot answer the question to its fullest extent, but we are acquainted with some of the circumstances connected with that act. We can affirm that up to yesterday no differences had ever taken place between the C rown and the Ministry. Marshal O'Donnell was yesterday twice at the palace, and on the first occasion the Queen testified her desire to see the law for selling the church property completely put an end to. Ti . e Marshal, in consequence, assembled the Council of Ministers and informed them of the wishes of her Majesty, without concealing from them that perhaps they no longer enjoyed, as they had done some hours before, the confidence of the Queen. The Council deliberated for seine time, and Marshal O'Donnell returned to the palace to inform the Queen of tle resolution of the Council not entirely to refuse yielding to ha. wishes ; but that they the ught it indispensable to take time to exam)ae the questi; and see whether it were possible to solve it. agreeab!y to her Majesty's wishes. Marshal O'Donnell 'then left the palace, and imme diately a f ter M arshal Narvaez, the Duke do Rivas, and MM. Nocedal and Moyano , arrived there and were long in consultation with the Queen. This morning, at an early hour, MArshal NEW ZEALAND. PLYMOUTH, 0( T. 17. The [argue Prince of Wales, Captain M. Nolan, from New Zealand, arri ve d i n th e S oun d this morning. She left Auckland on the 14th of July, and is bound with Admiralty spars for Portsmouth for orders. The disturbance between the two native tribes in Taranaki, New Plymouth, had subsided, and the colonists were under no personal apprehension but for fear that the weaker tribe might be driven into New Plymouth and a conflict ensue there. The Government had sent 250 men belonging to the 58th and 65th Regiments to the district, where permanent barracks are to be erected. New Zealand appears to be in a flourishing con dition. The grain crops are plentiful ; flour, 181. to 251. per ton ; fresh beef, 6d. per lb. • salt beef, Si. per tierce ; flax, 301. per ton, not much in the market ; gum, 121. per ton, average ; spars, ave rage 41. 10s. per load on board ; wool, 9d. to ls. 2d. per lb. at Canterbury; average ls. Freight 11d. per lb. The great deficiency is the want of the poorer class of labourers, to whom Bs. per day is paid by Government. Ordinary wages, 10s. to 12s. ; carpenters, 12s. to 14s. ; artisans generally, 12s. to 14s. Those only who can labour are re quired. Large quantities of Peruvian guano are now im ported into New Zealand. The Prince of Wales left the Chatham and Ga latear loading spa rs a t A uc kl an d f or G rea t B r it a in. The Sandford, with passengers from London, had just arrived, all well. Spoke, off the Falkland Islands, tho Edwin Herbert, out 63 days, from Liverpool for Coquimbo. Among the passengers are Dr. Sinclair, R.N., who has retired from the office of Colonial Seere• rotary, which he held for 14 years ; Dr. D. A. Brittau, Dr. Mahon, R.N., Captain Cooper, 58th, and Messrs. F. C. A. Boyds, F. B. Paul, and F. Whittaker, who have presented Captain Nolan with a letter expressive of their approbation of his conduct on the passage home. AUSTRALIA. By the arrival of the Formosa we have received files of papers from Melbourne to the 28th of July, with news from Sydney to the 24th of July. (Prone the Melbourne Herald of 28th, July.) "The Melbourne Chamber of Commerce is still occu• pied with the subject of promoting immigration and in ternal communication. They have offered a prize of 50 guineas for the best essay on the latter subject; and have suggested plans for promoting the former, one of which has been partially adopted by the Executive, and is described below. The Melbourne Royal Exchange is rapidly approaching to completion, and although not so largo as the edifice originally proposed, will be an ornament to the city, and a credit to the mercantile body here. " The subject of steam postal communication remaing in state quo; our leading merchants and others interested appearing to rely on the efforts making by Mr. Went worth and others at home, to push forward the subject. Indeed, letters have reached here, stating positively that Post-office steam-packets were to be immediately planed on the line for Australia. "Notwithstanding a winter of most unusual severity, in which the lowlands have been absolutely deluged with water, and the uplands visited with frost, snow, and hail, the plough is steadily advancing, and agricul tural shows and societi es are supporte d w i th great s pirit. The result of three days' sale of Government lands at Melbourne last week shows a decided upward tendency in the value of land. "The increase of our population by arrivals from the neighbouring colonies is Still going on. The arrivals from Europe have been also much larger this month than of late. "The struggle for Legislative honours has cotu• menced; but as no indi ca ti on h as yet b een made p u blic, as to the time when the General Eleztion will take place, the field is only partially occupied with candidates." THE GOLD PRODUCE. " The heavy rains and storms have materially affected the diggers' operations this month ; but the rapid exten sion of quartz crushing maintains a fair average supply. Several valuable nuggets of solid gold are also met with in the (alluvial diggings to the value of 1,0001. each and upwards. A nefarious trick of mixing gold with inferior metals has been detected, but not until some purchasers had suffered considerable loss thereby. The extent of the adulteration was to the amount of 255. per ounce. The receipts per escort for the past three weeks have bleu as under : For Oz. week ended July 12 ~ July 19 f i mportant July 26 " Another mineral discovery has been made at Taradaie, near Castlemaine. The following letter to Messrs. Clarke gold brokers, of Melbourne, con tains some particulars : MELBOURNE, July 23. " ' Gentlemen, —The mineral associated with the Tara cilewaterwornin aspect from r that g oofld-hdeus o is stream in deed, in many of the pieces, the crystalline f orm is t t vense districtea m tio. in - being o differsg less dis tinct, and some of the facets retain a hi g h reflective a brilliancy. g" It may be observed that the site of this deposit is in proximity to the granite. Should further inquiry show that our granites are mostly tin bearing, and that such deposits are prevalent throughout the country, such to the a.di colon scovery would pro ve o f t h e greatest importance y. I am, Gentlemen, yours truly, " To Messrs. W G EORGE FOORD. "Intelligencem. Clarke and on Sons.' reached town Friday (25th Jul y) that a coal field h a d b een discovered on the shores of the bay, a few miles from Melbourne, on a spot exhi' hithla „ the usual accompaniments of an extensive coal tistriet. Measures have been taken to set at rest this important matter, which if substantiated will supply many an urgent want of the colony. "Of the gold exports since our last the Chinese have shipped largely, over 6,000 oz. having gone to Hong' kong on their account. These people continue to arrive over:and in great numbers, both from South Australia and new South Wales. "The report of rich diggings at the Rocky River, in New South Wales, has been drawing away some hundreds of our diggers within the past fortnight, all of whom who are able to do so will assuredly return with bitter disappointment and loss. " The price of gold has remained steady at 31. 161. to sellers, or 31. 13s. 9d. per ounce standard for amalga mated gold froln the quartz reefs." SHIPPING. --(This Day.) LONDON, O.lB.—Wind this day at noon, S.W. ; light breeze and fine. PORTSMOUTH, Oct. N.W. to W.—Arrived —Vorwarts, from Rangoon ; Sir George F. Seymour, Ber muda; H.M.Str. St. Jean d'Arc, Cronstadt. Sailed.— lI.ALS. Gorgon, for the westward. The Roderick Dhu, from Santa Cruz, for Copenhagen, which struck on Selsey Bell on the 15th inst., has been towed in. SOUTHAMPTON, Oct. 17.—Arrived—Orinoco (s.), from St. Thomas ; Cunning, from London, for Calcutta, leaky. Sailed—Atrato, for St. Thomas. , --- FALMOUTH, Oct. 17.—Wind W.N.W.—Arrived—only Son, from Rio Janeiro; Theresa, Liverpool, for Havana; President, Havana ; Adeliza, Cardiff for Barcelona, with decks swept and part of cargo thrown overboard. Ba.DGEwATER, Oct. 17.—Wind W.S.W.—Arrived.— Jenny Lind, from Quebec. GLOUCESTER, Oct: 17.—Arrivocl— John Winthorp, from Richibucto. Sailed—Kelvin, for New Orleans. WATERFORD, Oct. M.—Arrived—Lawrence Forestal, from Quebec. JERSEY, Oct. 14.—The Being, from Waterford, is stranded on the slip of Albert Pier, and has received much damage. RAMSGATE, Oct. 17.—Wind W.—Arrived —Elf, from Hartlepool, for Havre, with loss of bowsprit, bows da miged, stem split, &c., from collision with a steamer off the South Foreland. DOUGLAS, LM., Oct. 16. —The Guili, from Gothenb ur n, grounded in th e h arbour yesterday and received consider able damage. (PER ELEOTuio TELEGRAPH.) Wind S. W . LIVERPOOL, Saturday M orn i ng. Arrived—George W a shington, from St. J o h n ' s , N .B. ; Alice, Oporto ; Emilie, Christiania ; Endymion, Caldera; Emily, Para; Allies, Demerara. Sailed—fiord, for Calcutta ; Floating Cloud, Pernam buco; Ophir, Cronstadt ; Mentor, Maracaibo; Dorothy, Africa ' • Isabella Scott, Para ; Elinor Ch a p man, Valpa• raiso ; Pactolus, (mi.), Santander. QUEENSTOWN, Oct. 18. Wind W. N. W. _ _ Arrived—Jane Cockerill, from Calcutta ; John, Scutari ; Harriet Humble, Noel, L a br a dor; Rowena, Algo a Bay; (BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.) GRAVESEND, Saturday, 10.5 a.m. Wind W., tide low water; weather light and fine. Arrived, Oct. 17.—Candaher, from Calcutta; Gleaner, Norkioping ; Mescelle, Nicaragua ; Margaret St. Peters. burg; Annectrina, St. Petersburg. Secret, Patras; Four Brothers, St. Petersburg ; s outhes i , Arrived, 18th.—Henry Bell, ff.= St. Petersburg ; Mr. Thomas, Dautsic ; Brothers, Mooncercottah. Sailed.—Lutcken, (s.), f or H ar b urg ; C omet, Madeira; Amity, (s.), Cronstadt. Wind W.N.W. DEAL, Saturday, 9.45 a.m. ; light and fine: Passod.—Ontie Bonze, from Taganrog, for London ; Peninsular, screw steam er from Cadiz, for London; Sin o p e , f rom Q u eb ec , f or Hull ; Prince Orange, from Malta, for Woolwich ; Thompson Hankey, from London, for Mauri tius ; Bacchante, screw steamer, from London, for Oporto ; Admiral vas Keusber.,,,, , en, from Rotterdam, for Batavia H.M.S. Industry, from Portsmouth, for the River; Loro rento, from Getgenti, for Newcastle ; Tombola, from Lon don, for La Guayra. Sailed—Princess, for Port Philip.