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THE TURKS IN THE CRIMEA.

The correspondent of the Daily News gives the
following account of the state and spirit of the Turkish
army serving in the Crimea. His letter is dated on
the 3rd instant :

As far as the English, French, and Sardinians are con-
cerned, however they may grumble, they will fight against
all odds, fight to the last drop of their blood, if not for love
of the'common cause, if not for the four points, the prin-
ciple of limitation, or the principle of counterpoise, at least
for their own honour. Unfortunately—and here in my
opinion lies the important difference between the Turkish
troops and those of all other nations, and which people
generally overlook in talking about them—honour, which
in the mind of an European soldier overrules and over-
leaps all other considerations, is utterly unknown in the
Ottoman army. There is no word in Turkish which ex-
presses the idea, and if there was it would need the educa-
tion of a whole life, such an education as no Turk gets, to
enable him to understand it. Turkish armies in old times were
kept up partly by fear and partly by fanaticism. Fanati-
cism has died out, and heads are no longer struck oft for
the smallest peccadilloes ; nothing remains to substitute,
and consequently when a Turkish officer begins to grumble,
you have just reason for fearing that in the hour of your
need he will play you a dirty trick. The Sardinians have
not much more than half the force of the Turks, and at
the same time the position they have to defend is not
above half as extensive, but it is more open—it admits of
their being attacked by large masses. The Turks have
certainly a long line, but in reality it is only pregnable on
two points, each of which could be defended by a handful
of men, and which I believe the soldiers would defend if
the officers would only stay in bed, or run away before the
action began. But the latter, however, begun to puke and
London, England, 1855-09-22

A letter from Naples in the Paris Prase says :

I give you the following from a certain source. Every-
body now knows of the death of the unfortunate Lorenzo,
who was bastinadoed for having replied with dignity to
the insults of the abirro Campagna. It should be known
that the executioners were ordered to pause four minutes
between every blow of the stick, and the number of blows
awarded was one hundred I The surgeon in attendance
remonstrated after the fiftieth stroke, and declared that it
the punishment was carried further death must inevitably
ensue. But neither the generous intervention of the
surgeon nor the piercing shrieks of the victim could stay
the executioners. The hundred blows were scrupulously
administered (the four minutes' interval being observed
throughout), and after a torture which lasted seven hours
the unfortunate man was transported to the prison hospi-
tal, where he very speedily expired.
London, England, 1855-09-22

SPAIN.

The intelligence of the of the allies was
received in Madrid with enthusiasm. The French
Ambassador, M. de Turgot, gave orders for a" Te
Deum" to be performed on the 16th, at the French
church, in honour of the fall of Sebastopol.

RUSSIA.
Telegraphic accounts from St. Petersburg an-
nounce that the Emperor of Russia, accompanied by
the three Grand Dukes, tins left for Moscow,
Nicolaieff, and the Crimea. The journey to Warsaw
is given up.
The following is the text of the order of the day
addressed by the Emperor Alexander to the Russian
army on the taking of Sebastopol. It is dated " St.
Petersburg, September 11":

The defence of Sebastopol, which has been so pro•
longed, and which is perhaps unexampled in military
annals, has attracted the attention not only of Russia, but
of all Europe. From its very outset, it placed its de-
fenders on the same rank as the most illustrious heroes of
our country. For a space of eleven months the garrison
of Sebastopol has disputed with a powerful enemy each
foot of ground, and each of its enterprises has been distin-
guished by acts of the most brilliant bravery. The cNiti-
nate bombardment renewed four times, and which has
been justly called infernal, shook the walls of our fortifica-
tions, but could not shake or diminish the zeal and perse-
verance of their defenders. They fought the enemy or
died with indomitable courage, and, with an abnegation
worthy of the soldiers of Christ, without once thinking of
yielding. In regretting with all my heart the loss of so
many generous warriors, who have offered their lives as a
sacrifice to the country, and in submitting myself with
veneration to the judgment of the Almighty, who has not
been pleased to crown their acts with complete success, I
believe it my sacred duty to express on this occasion, in
my own name and in that of all Russia, to the brave
garrison of Sebastopol, the most profound gratitude for
their indefatigable labours, for the blood which they have
(410 isthe defence fot nearly a year of the fortifloatiotal

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Poet fivo., cloth, price Bs.,
THE WAR IN THE EAST.
From the Year 1853 till July, 1885.
An Historico-Critical Sketch of the Campaigns on the Danube,
in Asia, and in the Crimea. With a Glance at the probable
Contingencies of the next Campaign.
By General GEORGE KLAPKA,
Author of " Memoirs of the War of Independence in Hungary,"
&c. &c. Translated from the Original Manuscript by Lieut.-
Colonel MIEDNTANSZKY.
London: CHAPMAN and HALL, 193, Piccadilly.
London, England, 1855-08-04

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LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 4, 1855

POSTSCRIPT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—Fnmsr.
In reply to questions,
Lord PANMURE contradicted the report of the
assassination of General Beatson, and stated that
the recruiting for the Foreign Legion was progress-
ing with success at Heligoland, and now numbered
10,000 infantry, and 2,000 cavalry.
On the motion for the second reading of the
Turkish Loan Bill,
The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH objected to the
principle of the guarantee, preferring a direct
subsidy. He took the opportunity of criticising the
conduct of the war, and the change that had been
introduced into the administration of the War-office.
Lord PANMURE replied to these last strictures, and
Earl GiAtivit.LE to those on the Turkish guarantee,
after which the bill was read a second time.
Adjourned at a quarter to eight o'clock.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—FRIDAY.
The business of the morning sitting was confined
to passing several bills through their respective
stages.
London, England, 1855-08-04

CARLISLE CANONRIES.

The committal of the Carlisle Canonries Bill,
which suppresses one of the canonries in that cathe-
dral, and applies its revenue to the parishes of the
city, was moved on Wednesday by Mr. FERGUSON and
supported by Mr. T. CHAMBERS, on the ground of the
poverty of the parish endowments of Carlisle. Its
further progress was opposed by several members on
account of the lateness of the session, and the im-
portance of the principle it involved.
The motion for going into committee was carried
by 36 to :21, but no progress was made with the
clauses.
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Auo. 4, 1855.

rote6ings arlianunt.

COMMISSARIAT.
The supplementary estimates for this branch of the
public service, amounting to 2,500,0001., caused
some discussion on Tuesday. Many complaints
were made that this large expenditure was not under
proper control, and that the definite plans for the
final arrangement of the Commissariat Department
had not been explained. The CHANCELLOR of the
EXCHEQUER said the house had shown great jealous)
that the wants of the army should be supplied, even
at a great pecuniary sacrifice. The transition of the
business of the Commissariat from one department
to another might for the moment have occasioned
some relaxation of control, which proper measures
were taken to re-establish, though that control must
always be less perfect in time of war. On this sub•
ject Sir F. BAtusG thought that a commission
should be appointed to devise a proper system of
accounts, under which a due control would be
perfectly easy, in which he was supported by Mr.
HENLEY.
The supplementary estimate was moved on Thurs-
day by Mr. PEEL, after some explanation of the
reasons why the expected sums had been exceeded.
The vote passed, after a brief discussion.
London, England, 1855-08-04

BANQUET TO LORD CANNING.

THE new Governor• General of India, Viscount Can-
ning, was duly sworn into office at a Court of
East India Directors held on Wednesday last. In
the evening, according to custom, the Directors gave
a banquet to the noble viscount, at which they were
honoured also with the company of most of the
Ministers and a number of other distinguished pet-
sonages. The entertainment was of course of a most
sumptuous character, its splendour and costliness
being depicted to the imagination of the public by
the significant information that all the resources of
the London Tavern were called into action on the
occasion.

After dinner the health of the new Governor-
General was duly drunk. After a complimentary
speech from the chairman, Mr. Elliot Macnaghter,
Lord Canning rose to reply. His opening sentences
conveyed the customary thanks for the honour con-
ferred upon him, followed by a modest disclaimer of
special merit on his own part. He then touched
upon the general question of Indian administration,
and proceeded:—
It would be ungrateful in me did I fail to admit that
there were some considerations that tended to reassure me,
and to encourage me in the hope that I may be the instru-
ment of some usefulness in the sphere to which my des-
tinies are about to be transferred. You have already
assured me this day of the generous confidence and co-
operation of the Court of Directors. I thank you for that
assurance, and I rely on it implicitly, for I know that the
body of which you are the head, are, whenever they bestow
their confidence, no niggards in supporting those who serve
them honestly and faithfully. I feel that I can also rely on
the cordial support and sympathy of my noble friend at the
head of the Government, and of all those colleagues with
whom I have had the proud satisfaction of serving as a
Minister of the Crown, but above all I delight in the co-
operation—for on that 1 must daily and hourly rely—of
those two admirable bodies, the civil service and the army
of India. (Loud cheers.) I hardly know whether there
is any feature of our Government, any portions of our in•
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honest exultation than those two noble branches of our
Indian service. The men of those branches have done
much for the advancement of India, and have sent forth
from their ranks men who were efficient in war and peace, in
numbers of which any monarchy in Europe might be proud,
and who have rescued their countrymen from charges for-
merly, and not unjustly, levelled against them of dealing
sometimes too harshly with those whom they were bound to
succour and protect. It is the possession of such men that
•sables you to exhibit a spectacle unequalled in the world's
history—that of 100,000,000 of people submitting in peace
and contentment in a country teaming with wealth to
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THE PRESS.

Satr an Volta.

IN a recent case before the Chancery Court of
York, in which the point at issue was the sobriety of
a clergyman, Mr. Harcourt Granville Vernon, the
Chancellor said, in delivering judgment :—" It is
a fact in physiology which is familiar with the expe-
rience even of those who are not professionally aware
of it, that it will occasionally happen, in the condition
of an empty stomach, or still more fully so in the
condition of a vertiginous subject, that a single glass
of ardent spirits will produce an effect of depriving
an individual, not at all of the use of his senses, but
of the steady use of his legs. My own experience is
consistent with this, in one or two extraordinary
cases. Probably I am capable of taking as large a
quantity of wine as almost anybody, but, under pecu-
liar circumstances, long exposure to fatigue or exer-
cise, shooting, hunting, a single glass of cherry
brandy has made me scarcely able to sit on horse-
back for a quarter of an hour. Nobody but myself
was probable aware of this circumstance. I think
something of the kind reconciles the testimony so
largely favorable to Mr. —, and his habits and
character, with the observations of some individuals
very little, if at all, acquainted with him, but who
may have observed gestures, at all times it appears
somewhat peculiar, but very possibly and naturally
exaggerated under such circumstances as to those to
which I have referred."

ANOTHER examination of Messrs. Strahan, Paul,
and Bates took place at Bow-street on Wednesday,
but, owing to the absence of a material witness on
the Continent, a further remand became necessary.
As a final commitment is nut likely to take place till
September, the magistrate agreed to accept hail for
the prisoners if it should be tendered. Two securities
for an aggregate of 6,0001. were required for each of
them. In the course of Thursday and yesterday,
the proper bail having been tendered and accepted,
all three of the defendants were liberated from
custody until the day of trial.
ON Monday Mr. Wooler was brought up in custody
before the Darlington magistrates, on a charge of
poisoning his wife at Burdon. Dim:Jackson, liazle.
wood, and Henzell, the three medical gentlemen who
attended the deceased during her illness, were
examined. An application to exhume the body was
afterwards granted by the magistrates, and an
analysis of the viscera was ordered to be made by
Professor Taylor. The prisoner was then remanded.
ISAAC PINNOCK, sentenced to death at Northampton
Assizes for the murder of a farmer near Kettering,
has been reprieved. It is said that circumstances
have transpired to shake the belief in his sanity en-
tertained at the trial, and his life will consequently
be spared.
London, England, 1855-08-04

THE ARCTIC EXPEDITION.

The votes of Tuesday included a sum of 10,0001.
to the discoverers of the north-west passage, and
8001. for the erection of a monument to Sir J. Frank-
lin and his unfortunate associates. One half of the
first sum was given to Captain M'Clure, and the
other to the officers and men of the ship under his
command. High compliments were paid by several
members to the skill and courage of Captain M'Clure.
London, England, 1855-08-04

DIPLOMATIC APPOINTMENTS.

Ws hear it remarked as singular, that Lord
CLARENDON has gazetted no appointment in
the diplomatic service for the last five months.
It is probable that when Parliament is pro-
rogued, and no opportunity exists of ques-
tioning the propriety of particular appoint-
ments, a whole batch of Russells, Fanes,
and Greys, may be pitchforked into vacant
attacheships over the heads of our ablest
men. Let Lord CLARENDON look to it, for he
may rely upon our assurance that every one of
his appointments will have to undergo a
searching scrutiny. What has Mr. ODO
RUSSELL, a flimsy diplomate of twenty-two,
ever done, to entitle him to be sent from Con-
stantinople to Vienna, as is intended ! The
appointment of Mr. SKENE to be Consul at
Aleppo was probably designed as a sort of
sop to the Cerberus of Opposition ; but his
was less an appointment than a necessary
step and who else has been gazetted ?
We hear that several appointments have
been decided on, and cannot understand why
they should not be gazetted at once, if they
are of a character to stand Parliamentary
scrutiny. Let us drop two hints in the ear of
Lord CLARENDON. First, that his want of can-
dour is the surest method in the present
incensed and irritable state of the public
mind of exciting a prejudice against the
appointments he has decided on ; and next,
that he should recognise but one ground for
promotion—not length of service, but the un-
doubted fitness !of the person ho selects for
the duties he is called on to fulfil.
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SATURDAY,

MAUNBELL—On the 11th ult., by the bursting of a shell before
Sebastopol, Edward Beauchamp Maunsell, Capt. 89th Regt.
OGILVY—On the 12th ult., suddenly, of cholera, before Sebas-
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THE ORDNANCE ESTABLISHMENT.

Mr. MoraEtr., on Thursday, in moving for 70,7061.
for the expenses of this office, explained in some
detail its new arrangements. The first object re-
quired, he said, was centralisation, and the next
responsibility. For these objects the first step was
to place the management of the artillery and engi-
neers under the Horse Guards. All plans for ford••
fications, and othet things of the same kind, were
now submitted to the commander-in-chief, the
inspector of fortifications, and the director-general of
the artillery. The civil departments of the Ordnance
and the subordinate officers were subject to the
direct control of the Secretary of State for War, care
being taken that civil offices should be intrusted to
civilians, and military ones to military men. He
then proceeded to detail the minor arrangements for
the immediate control of the several subordinate
officers, and the duties of the scientific commission
appointed to overlook the efficiency of the service.
The head of each department was strictly responsible
for its working, and had, in consequence, the right of
recommending persons to all the clerkships in his
office. He detailed the arrangements for keeping
proper notes of all transactions, and explained the
changes, which were very few, introduced at Wool-
wich. The principle, he repeated, of all these
changes was the establishment of a central control,
from which he anticipated important benefits.
Mr. A. STAFFORD regretted that these plans were
submitted at so late a period that it would be impos-
sible for the Government to avail itself of the
suggestions of Parliament, and urged s further
discussion of the important plans just propounded.
Mr. EWART trusted that more attention would
be paid to mechanical inventions applied to war,
which were, he said, peculiarly in accordance with
the genius of the country.
Sir ti. TYLER made some remarks on the naval
department of the Ordnance, the head of which
ought, he contended, to be placed on a par with the
director general of artillery.
Capta►n J. V. VERNON criticised in detail the
regulations under this head of the orders in council,
and on a multitude of official removals and appoint-
ments.
Colonel DuNNE approved of the separation of the
civil and military command of the department, but
had his doubts as to the other changes, which were
not approved by the highest authorities, and especi-
ally blamed the introduction of civilians to military
departments.
After a few words from Admiral WALCOTT and Mr.
Wu.uAis,
Mr. MONSELL replied to some of the objections to
matters of detail which had been brought forward, and
explained that in future all the war estimates would
be consolidated and moved by the clerk of the
Ordnance. A committee appointed by Lord Pan-
mure would inquire during the recess on the best
mode of carrying out the plan. He bore testimony
to the success of the new arrangements during the
short time in which they had been in operation.
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THE PRESS.

On both counts, proceeding from opposite and
extreme sources, the censures of King Leopold have
failed in proving their case, and have left him un-
scathed and scathless in his wonted honour as a
gentleman, a politician, and a king.

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3ortign anb Colonial Snitlligtnte.

FRANCE.
The simultaneous presence in Paris of three
German diplomatists—M. de Beust, M. von der
Pftorden, and Count Colloredo—has excited a great
deal of remark. According to the Austrian Gazette,
Count Colloredo was about to sound the delicate
point how far Prussian negotiation between the
Western powers and Russia would be recognised.
The fact that M. de Bourqueney had passed through
Berlin en route to Vienna lends colour to the rumour.
According to the Pays and Constitutionnel, the in-
ference to be derived from the presence of the three
German diplomatists is, that it signified the disposi-
tion of the secondary German powers to be no longer

in favour of Russia.
A powerful article in the Constitutionnel of the
7th elaborately examines into the question of the
war, and of the disposition of Russia to make peace.
The ability of the Western powers to wage war with
vigour is discussed and decided in the affirmative ;
their difficulties, as far as a scarcity of corn and
want of money, are asserted to have been fully
calculated and prepared for, and moreover that fresh
alliances may be naturally expected ; while Russia,
with the German powers falling from her, can have
no hope to sustain herself, except by her own unaided
efforts. Her disposition to make peace under such
circumstances is then clearly inferred. In conjunction
with the presence of the German diplomatists in
Paris the tone of the article is remarkable.
A commission has been instituted at the Depart-
ment of Finance charged with examining the posi-
tion of the Credit Foncier of France, and concerting
measures to enable that establishment to carry on its
functions in the interest of the agriculturist. The
commission is said to be appointed in consequence of
the dissatisfaction of the Emperor at the weakness
of that financial establishment, especially at a moment
when it should more than ever be able to aid the
agricultural interest.
Rumours are again current that M. d'Argout is
likely to be superseded in the government of the Bank
of France.
In the Paris corn-market during the past week
prices ranged somewhat higher.
London, England, 1855-11-10

VOOD FOR MY FLOCK:
being Sermons delivered in the Parish Church of Havant,
Ilants. By T. GOODWIN HATCHAHD, M.A., Rector of
Havant, and Domestic Chaplain to the Marquis Conyugham.
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NEW VOLUME OF SERMONS.
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POSTHUMOUS SERMONS.
By the Rev. JOHN NATT. 8.D., formerly Fellow and
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Oxford; and, subsequently, Vicar of St. Sepulchre, London.
With a brief Prefatory Memoir.
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London, England, 1855-11-10

AUSTRIA.

The Emperor has ratified the concession of the
Commercial and Industrial Bank granted to M.
Rothschild, to the Princes Furtenberg, Schwarzen-
berg, and Anesperg, and Count Ottocbotek, and Louis
de Haber ; also to M. Rothschild, of Vienna, to all the
banking-houses of Messrs. Rothschild, and to M.
von Lamel, of Prague. The capital of the bank is
100,000,000 of florins.
The monthly statement of the Austrian National
Bank had appeared on the sth. The bullion in
hand had slightly increased over the amount of the
preceding month.
Baron Bourqueney, the French Ambassador at
the Austrian Court, has returned to his important
post. Sir Hamilton Seymour was expected to arrive
in the course of the present month. Baron Bourque-
ney's stay at Berlin was limited to a few hours.
What views his Excellency has brought with him
from thence remains to be seen.
The Archduke Maximilian, brother to the Em-
peror, met with a severe accident on Wednesday last,
at Trieste, by which his life was endangered. The
carriage horses of the Archduke are stated to have
ran away, and the Archduke, jumping out of the
carriage, fell upon his head and injured the brain.
The Emperor left Vienna for Trieste immediately
on receipt of the intelligence.
The Journal de Francfort states it is considered
at Vienna that military events have taken a turn
which must soon place in a stronger light than
ever the necessity for the Germanic Confederation to
act with energy as a collective power in the Eastern
question.
The Russian Ambassador, Prince Gortachakoff,
according to the Oest. Deutche Post of the 2nd, has
had several interviews with Count Buol during the
last few days.
His Excellency the Internuncio, Baron Prokesch,
is not expected to arrive at Constantinople before
the beginning of December. The baron is stated to
have received definite opinions from the French
Emperor regarding the Austrian occupation of the
principalities.
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NOVEMBER 10, 1855.

landed in the first fortnight of October, and the
advanced guard had already started on the road to
Kutais. The question of the alliance of the Cir-
cassians seems to have been satisfactorily settled,
as far as Omer Pacha was concerned, but the
point was evidently surrounded by difficulties.
A commission had been appointed by the Porte to
take into consideration the offers of the Circas-
sians :

Omer Pachs (writes on the 19th the correspondent of the
Times) will want to promise everything, so as not to com•
promise the safety of his army The civil commissioners
will promise nothing, so as not to compromise their Go-
vernments. They will both be perfectly justified in their
separate lines of conduct.

On the 13th ult. the news of the battle of Kars
arrived at Soukham Kaleh. Omer Pacha harangued
the advanced guard just as they were setting out,
and roused their enthusiasm to the highest pitch :
It was an inspiriting sight, after having exhorted his
soldiers to march to the entire annihilation of the army
which their comrades have almost destroyed, to see his
Highness. upon a prancing charger, lead his battalions to
the war: 5,000 men, with two batteries of artillery, fol-
lowed him elong the Kutais road. The moment was well
chosen, and the music of their bands harmonised well with
the booming of the heavy guns, which were still cele-
brating the victory. The troops were in good heart, and
have perfect confidence in their general and in the suc-
cessful issue of the campaign in which they are engaged.—
Times cur., Oct. 13.
London, England, 1855-11-10

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London, England, 1855-11-10

RUSSIA.

The Emperor of Russia was expected at St. Peters-
burg direct from Nicolaieff on Friday.
The Emperor has issued special instructions rela-
tive to the new conscription. The commissioners
are directed to take recruits between the ages of
twenty and thirty six, and are to swell the numbers
as much as possible. The Russian populace, ac-
cording to Berlin letters, were furious for the con-
tinuance of the war.
A new and special levy was about to be issued
throughout Poland.
The Emperor while at Nicolaieff had lately
reviewed the remaining sailors of the Black Sea
fleet. The Emperor made them an address in per-
son, which concluded with the words—" Through
your agency Sebastopol was made to be what it was,
the graveyard of the blood of Europe's mightiest
armies, and the terror of all our enemies ! Exhibit
to the world that your presence alone is sufficient to
convert a little fishing village into a second Sebas-
topol !" "Thine, we are thine till death !" was the
reply of the Russian seamen, who accompanied
their monarch with repeated hurrahs up to the gate
of his imperial residence.
At St. Petersburg discoveries had lately been
made of extensive peculations in several depart.
ments, and many perscns occupying high positions
were in disgrace. The dismissal of the Governor of
Nicolaieff, which is said to have taken place, may
possibly have had connection with these circum-
stances.
The Frankfort Journal of the 3rd publishes a
letter from Berlin denying the reports of offers
having been made by Russia, through Prussia, for
the resumption of negotiations. "We can positively
affirm," adds the writer, " that, far from making
offers of peace, Russia is decided on continuing the
war with all possible energy."
London, England, 1855-11-10

Normamt 10, 1855.

THE How. H. ELLIOT, Charge d'Affaires at Venice,
it is asserted in that city, delivered last week a note
from the English Government, relative to the refu-
gees, in which the Government states that it will not
suffer on its territory any agitation against the rights
of other States, or which would affect the interests of
*Wally Governments. It is said that a similiar note
has been despatched to Paris.
PRINCE GORTSCHAKOFF the younger, son of the
Russian Commander-in. Chief in the Crimea, for
some time past attache to the Russian Legation at
Vienna, will shortly be appointed as an attache to
the Russian Legation at Berlin.
THE KING OF THE BELGIANS will, on the 13th, open
in person the legislative session of the two Chambers.
COUNT TOLSTOY, aide-de-camp to the Emperor of
Russia, has arrived at Berlin from St. Petersburg.
THE CZAR and the Grand Duke Constantine wit-
nessed the bombardment of Kinburn, from an em-
inence of Cape Otchakoff. This fact has been con-
firmed by most of the Russian officers who were made
prisoners.
THE AUSTRIAN GOVERNMENT has sent a circular to
the German Governments, declaring that it never had
any intention of calling for a revision of the Federal
Constitution.

BARON DE HUGEL, Ambassador of Wurtemburg at
Vienna, has been named Minister of Foreign Affairs
in the Wurtemburg Cabinet. Other Minist.rial mo-
difications are said to be expected.
London, England, 1855-11-10

PRUSSIA.

By letters from Berlin, of the sth, we learn that
the Prussian Government continued exceedingly
anxious to discredit the rumour of its being em-
ployed to offer propositions of peace from Russia.

SATURDAY,

A high personage is reported to have said of the
Emperor of Russia—" He might as well sign his
abdication as talk of peace."
The Royal Bank of Prussia has raised the rate of
discount on commercial paper froin four to four and
a half per cent., and the interest on loans upon
public funds and other securities from five to five
and a half per cent.
The difficulties connected with the transfer of the
Rhenish provinces to Prussia do not appear to be
Set surmounted; the Supreme Tribunal of Berlin
having lately rendered an important decision con-
cerning the contracts concluded by the old French
administration of the domains on the left bank of
the Rhine. The Supreme Tribunal has decided that
debts arising from contracts concluded in the ceded
provinces must be regulated by diplomatic means
only, according to the terms of Art. 19 of the treaty
of May 30, 1814, and of Art. 1 of the private conven.
tion with France.
London, England, 1855-11-10

THE WAR IN ASIA.

" - - -
THE following despatches have arrived from Trebi•
zond, dated Oct. 20 :
The Russians have marched 12,000 men from Kars on
Ardelman.
Selim I'acha is appointed Commandant of Kars.
Omer Pacha, who loft Batoum with 22 battalions, may
penetrate as far as Tiflis before winter.
Georgia is now only occupied by 10,000 Russians.
By letters of the 12th and 13th Oct.., from Souk-
ham Kaleh, we learn that, although Kars was still
closely invested, Omer Pacha was hurrying forward
with the utmost energy every preparation for its relief
by a diversion against Kutais ; 20,000 men had been
London, England, 1855-11-10

• " Ready! aye, Ready!" is the proud motto of the House of Napier, and nobly have all the
111LITARY members of the family acted up to IL

CANDIDATES FOR " THE COLONIES."

LORD PALMERSTON continues to be overwhelmed with applications for
the vacant Colonial Secretaryship, and his Lordship has been com-
pelled to have a form of refusal lithographed, in order to save the time
of his secretary. Some persons claim the situation on the ground that
they have visited the Colonies and understand their wants, others on
the strength of the opposite allegation that they know nothing about
the Colonies, and therefore will not be biassed by local prejudices.
The Duke of Newcastle, hearing by telegraph that there was an inten-
tion of offering the place to him, immediately started for Circassia,
with the idea that this was one of our Colonies, but finding himself
undeceived, and still desirous of acquitting himself like a Statesman,
he set about trying to negotiate a treaty for the free export, from that
country, of the Cream for which it is celebrated. His Grace is also
exerting himself to put down the traffic in Fair Circassians, but has
been much discouraged by an onslaught made upon him by some of
those ladies themselves, who hold very unenlightened views on the
subject. But Mr. Vernon Smith was not idle, for he hastened to
London, England, 1855-11-10

SATURDAY,

The quantity of cattle, of poultry, and of corn and hay in
stack, is prodigious, but the farmhouses are whle apart.
At intervals of four miles or so there is a village to be seen
of whitewashed houses, each with a church so like the
other that it is hard to believe they are not built of paste.
board by some ingenious Nuremburger. Times cor.,
Oct. 20.
- - -

In the immediate neighbourhood of Kinburn, the
Cossacks were busily employed along the Spit in
burning and destroying all the forage they could not
carry off. Immense tires were seen burning over
the south-east part of the country, and Sir Houston.
Stewart went off with two gun boats to try and die-
cover the position of the enemy employed upon this.
service :

Just after church service, Sir Houston Stewart went et
in the Cracker, attended by the Grinder, to examine the
coast to the S S.E., aad ascertain the cause of the nume-
rous fires indicated by pillars of smoke in that direction.
They were speedily invisible in the haze to the southward,
and they in vain endeavoured to find out the position of the
troops who were supposed to be advancing along tke Spit
to destroy all the forage and provision in their way for forty
miles, so as to make the country a barren waste, arid pre-
vent the enemy marching towards the fort without taking
with them supplies. However harsh this measure may
appear, it is a necessary operation of war.—lb., Oat. 21.
While the admiral was away, a Russian officer of
high rank, probably the Grand Duke Constantine,
came down on the east bank of the Bug, and minutely
inspected the allied squadron :
Meantime we had seen a sight which led us to believe
that his Majesty the Czar, or some of his Imperial family,
was actually honouring our little squadron by a minute in.
spection. Perhaps he was thinking how they would run
for a marine Cesarewitch. It might, indeed, have been
only a governor of Kherson we saw, but after midday there
certainly did appear on the east bank of the Bug some
great man on a big dark horse, followed by ten or twelve.
officers mounted, and some few orderlies, and he rode over
to the Cossack post, dismounted, and honoured us by a.
minute inspection, which he interrupted from time to time.
by a few words to those around him. Presently a Cossack:
came galloping across the steppe at full speed, right to the
group of cavaliers. When he approached he dismounted,.
and, walking to the great surveyor of our navy, knelt down:
and appeared to kiss his feet, as he banded him a despatch_
The great man read the missive, mounted his horse, and:
rode off to the next post, followed by his suite, and the
next we saw of him was that he was visiting the Cossack.
post higher up the river, after which he proceeded along the
road towards N:colaieff.—lb.