The Press.
London, England, 1853-10-22 00:00:00

SPAIN.

There seems now some prospect of arranging sa-
tisfactorily the Spanish cenit Wry question. The Paris
con es's indent of the Times says :—" My private letters
from Madrid are of the 19th, and they speak encou-
ragingly of the probability of bringing the burial
ground Ipiestion to a prompt and satisfacuiry
fall
elusion. It is now in the halals of the Ministt rof
Grace and Justice, who, see far as the word of the
Spanish minister is worth anything, has promised to
settle it in the manner mentioned ; nt least, iny let-
ters say that he pledged himself to that ettect on
the 11th to Our Charge d'Afliiires, Mr. Otwny."
The increase in the price of many articles of first
necessity—as bread, olive oil, charcoal, soap, and
ethers of interior importance—ham begun to excite
Rome sensation; and it is Seared they will he still
higher before long. Bread has risen from twenty to
twenty-four cuartos the two-pound loaf, and the rise
in other articles is proportionate.
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It is stated that the materials required for the line
of electric telegraph from Madrid to Iron, by Sara-
gossa, have been already purchased ; and under the
active superintendence of the director, ltrigadier
Motile, it is expected that the line will soon be
1,11)111.11A into operation.
An agricultural association was recently formed
in Madrid for the pnioNe of promoting the cultiva-
tion 14 cochineal within the Peninsula ; and it ap-
pears that the first experiment, which has been made
at Mgoiram, batt turned out very buceetsbful.

RUSSIA AND TURKEY.
MANIFESTO OF THE sUNLINIE I`OIITE.
Coml.:m.oßANrot•st.v with the formal declaration of
war, the Porte has issued the following inanifemto, in
explanation and justification of that prtweetling

" la the reseal state of t.iretinitatenees, it would be su-
perfluous to take up from its %cry comment.ement the ex-
planation of the ilitli.rence• which lime arisen isetwet.it the
Stills' • Porte and lillelsill.WlVlllll' Nlll'll4 11161 the 111'11111 albs,
11h111.54` phases which this difference has gone through, ur to
reproduce the opinions and judintienta of the tioveru-
of his Majesty the Sultan, which have been made
public loy the &dicta! &aliments 'Mt 'gated Rum time to
•
" In spite of the desire lust 1.. reytste the urgent re.gimins
which tit•tt.r 11l i l teal Ihr motlitteatiotts his the sub.
lime Porte into the 'heti of the note prevailed at Vit.ime
(motive.* exposed pre% lowly in NI WOW elulilimmory of the
Moillll6'lll6sllN I, )el new s.ohcitat • s liai nu( lawn made for
the adoption, pure and simple, of the said note, in cons...
littence of the itteinstelhealtan of !tussle :it them- mem, mein,
fictitious, the I Monist% t toit.nittit.iit, Muting itself at win,
seat tsanis•lli•il and forced to undertake war, thinks it a
duty to gne Nu exivosit 1111 l of tbe isuis•rjuuss n,,,,„,„„ tsar that.
imptaiatit th.tenittlitition, as well ms fer which hon.,
obliged it not 111 regulate this t• • its conduct sieesiedisiit in
the 4'l ttttt 144.144 14f the gust isowena its allies, mill gis it has
never 151.11155441 141 11151111•1'illir the 1111111/111'llt 1111tIllC Of their
suggestions.
" The principal points lot whieli the tioveninieht of his
Majesty the Sultan desires t 0 promintaite arc these :
That from the %.,1). Is•g• • g Isis 14511111111 111111 furnished 110
11114 he 11t. tittanal ; and that, animated with the desire of
ton•seri Mg peace, he has styled with remarkable spirit of
moderation awl coneiliation from the iv. .tieetliest sot
the different's.% unto the present lime. It iN easy to rior
these tints to all who 1111 1114 wander than the path terp jus-
tice /11141
1.4% en supposing that 11ussia hoed a subject ufeoulplmint
in 11'11111011 to the Illstly Places, she ought tat Wait 4fig allow
scribed her actions and solit•itatisalas within the limits of
this 11111',1 ilOl 1411 011', anti ought 111.1 to lime laisrd pretens
P 41004 which the Illlieettl 111( 114.1' e4111014116111t14 4.0181.1 Mot Milo
Nil'. She ought not, moreover, to have taken measure*
of ttt )4114.11 NV 151'1111illg 111'1' trO4slls to the hymnists,
11114 making naval preparations et Sebastopol, on the Nllll-
- 14 a lete•st• which :night have Imam Nettled antirsloly
Ilene...tit tin• two powers. Ittit it is 11.% dill. whit luta
taken place is totally contrary to all intention of mmuujoilluls
siltll'llll.lll.
" sat the Holy Places hail been settled to that
saitisfili.ll.so of sill on-ties, Nnd the 1 5151 eminent of his Mio
jesty the Stilton hail testified faitottralolie dispositions on Ilio
subject of the guarantees &Initialed. lit short, ninon* heal
110 111114er any g
" Is it not seeking at pretext for quarrel, IN.'', to insist
as Russia has 4011 e 11114511 1114. 1111.45ti01i sit isrjvilegu•mi of
the I roc 4 'March granted lay the t mouton (how .111
privileges which thi• Bove .sll In lieu's its I , its
aussi its teetiereign power 111115
tut tt i t ig, 141111 OW the subject of which it elm inithoo.r admit
the interferenet, nor the stirivillattee of any bourn sit ?
Is it not Russia which hat; occupied with cionaide.ndele
forces!, the la ineipalities sof 'AI ohlte%iat mill Wallachia, dee
elating nt the sumo 4' • that till 141. asst ille1•11 /51 14 servo
as 1l guarantee until she had obtained a haul Nile desired ? I Ilia
that this set liven eonsisicrivl justly by tin' Sablime Porte/iv a
violation of trent it'll, 111111 Irollsulills•Stly muss cams ben 7 Hsu•
the other lamely thenoteliES lawn aide to issue to any other
&cis' ? Who, then, will thoulot that Russia 111154 111'441
the.. aggresmor ? 'mild the Sublime Porte, which luta al-
ways observed Nil her treaties with V known to All,
by infringing them in any way .141 moone than determine.
Russia to a proreeiling so violent us tlist 41( lii•rs4.ll*
fringing all thalis' treaties! Again, ban dirty arinvii, eon•
trary to thy promise explicitlygii en in the tienty of hails.
tly4lti. such Its. is ill the Ottoman entioin. as the elesinolittion
a 4 111'61600 111111.4'heS, 0105ta4.1414 t 011515141 111 the exercise
of tit.. I •Itristints religion"
" The 111tomen &Nit big to entyr into
11144 Illllg 1111011.4 011 them. iitat 'lonia/4 1155 t that the high
powers, its allies, will judge with 'alkyl U•utli end illeltie4l
011 the /41111.110'11t just 1'%1011111.11.
" Ass tla the 114111114hoptil 01 Or thl. Nllllll4l 111415 in it% 15111 f 1
anal simple florin Ica the Sul& • hone, it is to lee trimarkill
that this project, although not in every point conformed ter
the note of Prince klentschikofr, mid while eisitsining, it
is true, in its esompeosition, 1.1/1111' /if the peragraphs of the
abaft note of the `uhf ' Porte, is not 1111 a whole, whether
in letter or spirit, essentially faint that of Prince
Nientsellikott
" The asstirstitees recently given ley the repreteentatives
of the grout INsWi•IN respecting the apprehended danger
from 11111 trail hotel-10.11'lj11lim of the 411 iart ttisl6.
ire as huu.w pnsof of thie kind int i•lit is ails of Own• liverespel
la•vunitiwillm tl/Wlll4lll the 1411101i1111. P4llll'. They have 1401.
001111.11tly 1010 111.1•41 0 lively plativfactison on the part of tint
I ii•Vi•l' sat his Nlajesty the Suiten. It must Im• re•
matt keel. hem...NIT, that while Wl' 1111%1' still IN•11041. Our e„.,4
It suits' Of Mignon!' priiiirgem raised by Russia, 11 111E11 P1i.1.11
1551/11'0. itsllllllllss 401 n 1111111.21111111 140 ileter awl ••••1011.4.is1• the
ft...My IS Ksiuludji: wlsirh wishes to inns It in n dipintnntis.
sits• lit the parat,arapit concerning the net i%
the Emenor of Holstein hat the maintenance 111 the 4,1014.41
of
tbs. Muhl' • l'strb• sit ieliginas • *ties anal private gem
width were granted I,erlowi.) to the terve k rite by the
Ottoman Einin•turs before Vassis or, 10001 011 1111
1.11115i1V, 141 11.11V1• ill a 'lark 111111 ihoulot fail state. the absence of
all relations 101 l Wl'ell tholo• lot ivilusgeN the treaty sat
Ksatss'huk Kai ttttt 11.0, to estniti4oy in favotir of 11 gnat avant-
llllll tity oI subjects 4.1 the Sublime Plsole pn,flitiaig the
I creek exptessions whirl' might make allusion to
treaties ronelneksal with Ft sure and Austria relative tat the
French owl Latin relit( —litiv would be to incur the
risk of placing in the hand of Russia %ague and °lona*.
paragraphs, *owe of which on: contrary to the reality of

facts, and would offer to Remits a WWI pretext for her pre-
tensions to a religious surveillance and protectorate—pre-
tensions which that power would attempt to produce,
affirming that they are not derogatory to the rovereigiity
and independence of the Sublime Porte.
" The very language of the reseleioyiee awl agents of
Ittisoila, who hare declares! that the intention .61
the
tiovernment mite no other than to fulfil the uttises of to
advocate with the Sublime Porte whe.never sets Cow
Crary
to existing privileges might be thine, is a patent
proof of fill' jutxtice of the opinion of the interment I iovern.
mein.
" If the tioveniment of his Majesty the Sultan has
joHig,,,t it iieeisoutry to require that assurances should by
gneen, even if the Illsbiliticmtiolis which it int asinceil by it
hits' the Victim' note were adopted, how in 'sense-hence
could it he treinspiil if the note were to lee ref
witllllllt 11161.11111'11111111..1 1.110. Sllllllllll. I'oir,
in accepting that wheel' it lout aellar..ll to all OW wort,' it
COMM WA with;slit being esempelleel ilis.ret... ‘5..111.1
I,llllrllllke its Ilagllity in %kw of the other powe.rs. N.n11.1
toientlce its honour in the s• ''a of its own subjects, and
would islll eeee it a mental and moral suiehie.
" Although the refusal of Russia to areorel the mistierra.
lissom required by the Sublime Peale lens been leased on a
ovation of honour, it cannot be 'lolled that the. groom' of
.dolth refusal was simply 111161 soloty its desire 1144 t,, nth .%
explielt terms to replay.• veigne express' . %%hide might at
some (Mitre these (menial' it with 11 pretext for inter
meddling. Such ...00long, therefore•, 1411111,4'k the Sithittlie
I'M'''. hi 114.1140 Ott its Old tll withholding its illtheSil.ll.
" The Willett 1111%4. ils•termingsl the t mown'
i•evernment to make its 111111111111111•11111 11111'111g 641 enin-
%latest ley the representativea of Illy (11111' It is
IsrstVesl 111/1t Soll.lione INole wits right in not purely sm.l
simply adopting the. note. It is not alth %1,1%
e.f eritieising a project wheel' obtained the ass..til
great power% that we enter upon 61 11114e1Pision a the itie,sll.
which viemea note present. Their elb.rts
Lone always 1..1044 to the preswillit
1164.'114111g tits' rights meal inelepeneleins- of the hisin.riat
;over lit. The eneleavemrs meta.. he 10111111 1114444.
ob-
is•i•hr been 101 lall;1111.11. 112; rail b 4. eottleci\ta. the
Sublime Porto cannot stinieiently airkitem %rage then'.
Ihit as evidently eaeli t lover get twist 1.104.41.14,4, in Oillse-
illiteltee or its lowniinr kilo% :ma Its
rnviiitiom than any °flog. 41111 0.1'01.1,1 tier judging of
the 'mints which esencern its own tight a, OW 11l j l Ist j“11
N11011)10 011;4111111 t 111%1' alt ke.sjei prointeteel
,entire, h
by it ,14.•41.r to justify the obligatory sitinit ion 111 a 1116'11, to
its great regret, it ttu,ls itself tilticilt, !wiring. 'is it hit,
dons. to ,',,Mina'' following the bene.voleent eoun,•ils ott•ie,l
to it h, its allies ever sines- the commelies•ment of th,
differences, Seel which until flow' it has folloa
" lilt is allegisl that the haste with which the Vienna
11014' aas,htitwa up results &elm the hack% fullness of the
Sublime• l'orte let ten.pose an arrangement, the inteniniesit
of his Slekirsty the Sultan nest justify itself by stating the
f'ol'lowing
" Itefeers. the entranee of the ltitssilin troops Into the
Iwo some of the represented it es of the
powers, actuated by the sincere intention of preventing
the iseelipatime of those provinveliNNeel upon the Sublime
Porte the necessity of filming a draft note e 'coney ins a
place het %%Veil the anal Wt.' Orthe
e.f Igentes.leakeetf. Al on, lately the re•presentati% es
set' ths. Ismer. 061100111 k I'4lllllllllllkiiilll 611(111'1111 stifling,.
arrani,sgent to the ktilelime r„in. None sit' them• tat,
ter responileel to the %isoe% a of the Imperial Coe% ernmient ;
and the t Montan liovvnititriit ttit on the Voila of entering
into tiegotiatieall, with 1,4 ov..rs on
the bawl. 44 a protvel .health 1111 by 11.cif in conformity
with these suggestions. It ads at tills 111%41141i( that liras
sit* the' 1141nsillte .11'1114' 1.111111 11) 1111' 111114611111% 1111'1V1.11. 11 111e1
11 111141 11111111gt'd the ritee of the a hole question. tintri
note )ivrosell ho tht• Sublime l'oite ads thvii set
AIM the l
Chia violmtiom of tivrit.is's efts the prolvst of the Stiblintc
Porte. 1111 the. 11111. 11/11111 tilt' t)ttomitit elit)fit, t 110,1 is,
%Ail for Mitt, oil the „the-r, it tln a up. at the
suggestion of the representatitl'S of litc p0%ci..,, a project
of airangements, %hull alai !Wilt to V 16.111111.
‘64 the sour tllll.lWl'l' to 1111 1111114. at try.' steps, the anal
of our note temptireel teleifeerei:l at Vienna Hunk its airlii•iir•
*Het'.
11 ON t'% that may be ( Quoigte'd 4.n +WO. the Ottoman
tiovernment, fearing rightly tei titre) everything
alush might iuyly a right of interferenee in fii%lllll. of
111160114 111 104:1%6115 11111111.1"..66 l'illlla 11%1 110 Illtav than give.
11,616111111110 C% ildg'lll/111`11 to 6.1111.11641116' the doubts %11iilt had
164`01111t• ; told it a ill not, after so
maul; vIVI.4IIIt .11111 111141 aetaltt lavito,jl lona
116 11411 t'4lllltl HA reeeivcil at the time of the stay of
Mentselakott at constantinople. sine,. the cida•
net of St. Petersburg has not been content alibi the AS.
‘llllllllO% Mutt 111..4:1.•!; that hall' hl'ett the
benevolent Efforts of Ow high powers have remained Aim.
ICA* --since. 111 tin... the Sublime folic' cannot I,,temie or
sufibr 1411% 1.6111411' tilt' lietitatl stray of thin s, the 0.441
grtiun dos, .4•k„l.tion of the princitsi•
lilies, they being integral portions of its empire the txtto
man Cabling, akb die firm and praiseworthy intention of
defending the miensl rights of sovereignty and the inde-
peinlenee of its Go% eminent will employ just reprisal*
ngainat a iiolation of the tr•aties which it considers as a
,ism I.olli. It notifies then otlit•ially that the 11otkrntutrnt
oh' Luis Nlajosty the Sultan finds himself obliged to &vials,
war, that it has gii most preeiso instruetiolis
•111011014/ Ira 1./NY eit'iti.;ll4/11,'s 1 to his }:seellettey Omer
l'ifelts It* at'lll4llll 1111111 Prittee ;46T1.44111114%ff the evacuation
of the priiieipitlities, mid 111 INllllttit'lles' heestilities it'. after
a delay of fifteen nays firm tilt' All'i\lll of his despatch at
the Russian headspaarters, lilt answer in the negsti‘e
101 l Is. returned.
• it is elistinetly mulct...toes' that should the reply of
1.1 11114. 16,0111,141111ki111. 111-111111 Olt' 11111161411 sgeilla airy
to put the Ottoman :4tate, snit that the conuttsrvial mite

THE PRESS.

firms of tile relptlelive subject') of the two

shall b+ broken ;att.
" At tlia same time, the Sublitne Porte will not consider
it knit to lay au embargo upon Russian merchant vessels,
as has la,e•te the practice. consequently. they will ha
warned to 1.1.41 H 1 either to the Black Sell air to the Meatier-
ranean Sea. as they shall think lit, within a term that
shall hereafter lac fixed. leamover, the Mows!' tiovene
mutant, lacing unwilling to place hindrances ill the way of
commercial intercourse between the subjects of friendly
'sewers, will during tlw war leave the Straits open tea their
mercantile marine."

'lbis manifesto, which had been looked for for solute
days, came Out on October being the first day of the
NlollaillTellt, the new year of the Copies
were handed over to two Chamberlains of the Impe-
rial Palace, one of whom, Ahmed Bey. is the son of
Itedmeltial Paella, and these futietionaries departed
immediately for the camp of I liner Paella. where they
read the docmitent tit the troops assembled. on the
same day the manifesto was cominunicated to the
different foreign legations, and about 24,04 al copies
in various languages were widely distributed.
111 the pritiviptilities, upon receiving the orders of
hix tiovernment, I titteryarlia addressed the following

letter to Princotiortm•hakotr:—
.• M .11,i4'111' Is. 4 io.11o•r;11,—It is by the Oilier of mytiovenl.
meld that I have the honour to auldresit this letter to your
exeelleney.
Whilst the Sublime 1-li:instill all means of con-
ciliation to lifitilltaill at ollee 111411.0. 111551 its ow 11 intife4K.ll-
- the t'ourt of luts trot ceased to raise altheal.
tll'h iu thia way of atq• such settlement. Anil has ended with
the %isalaition of treaties—invading the two prineipalities
of Msalalo is and Wallachia, ilitef;ral parts of the (titanium
empire.
" Tnw to its pacific system. the Porte. Instead of exer•
aiming its right to make reprisals, etlettlited itself even then
1111,4,110 g. slid did not deviate from the way that might
lead to nu arrangement.
•• I:ns•ia. on the contrary. far from evincing corresponding
vent• sits, lass ended 17 rejecting the toroptswitls recom-
mended by august mediating Courts--pratiNsads whirl► were
alike necessary to the honour and to the security of the
l'orte.
"'There only mutant% for the latter the indispensable
neeesit of war. Hut as the invasion of the principalities,
anal the halation of treadles which have attended it. are
the veritable COMICS of war. the Sublime Port... as a last

expression of its patine sentiments, proposes to your ex-
coleney, hy my intertentisan, the t.vactiution of the two
prosinevs. and I.,,rtints fur• your decision at term of fifteen
days, to date from the receipt of this letter. It within this
interval a negative answer shall n•aeh me from your excel.
limey. the ea,nnneucement of hostilities will lie the natural
.119114
While I have the honour to make this intintation to
your excellency. I embrace the 01 poriw►ity to tattier the
assurances of my high esteem.-
The Russian general's answer is thus given in the
lathats :--
Mv master is not at war with Turkey, but I have
orders not to have the principalities until the l'orte shall
have given to the Emperor the tno►nl satisfaction he de-
mands. When this point shall hate been obtained, I will
evacuate the prineipahnis • .diately whatever the
time or the season. If I am attacked by the Tuakish
I will confine myself to the defemotve.
Telegraphic despatches from Constantinople, of
the It►th inst., state that the Sultan has demanded of
I.ord Stratford the entrance of the fleet into the I►ar
slattelles. and is said to have received an affirmative
rept, It is furihrr repotted that the combined
squadrons have been ordemil to the Dardanelles, but
am not to enter the Black Sea except to repel any
aggressive movement on the part of the Russian
!Owes. The Malta Man, of the 7th, states that the
sanitar'l• condition of Admiral Pundits's fleet hunt
greatly improved.
During the last month the Turks have east lee
cannon of various calibre. which, with all their ac-
coutrements complete. have been sent to Adrianople.
All the horses necessary were flu-nista-It by the
Paellas of Constantinople. An army of reserve is in
etturse of formation at Adrianople. This army will
be composed of •!5,0tW1 Waifs from Constantinople;
of B,lloovoluntivrs. who have inscribed their names
at the Serwskeral; and of 15,000 Kurdish horsemen,
all mounted and equipped at the expense of the Heys
of Kurdistan. There are now miler arms about
:tieMeto Mussulmans; vie., 110.1100 between the Da-
nube and the Balkan, 15.000 in Bosnia, 6,0001 men
near Pristine, on the Servian frontier ; tektext turn
who will be mustered at Adrianople: and from
s 0 to 100,(U1 men on the frontier of Asia.
It is said that &command in the Turkish army has
been offered to Abd-el•Kader, but that precious to
accepting it the Emir had wished to obtain lease
from the French Emperor.
A young Polish Jew, named Wolowski, has been
arrested near Shumla. An important correspondence
with Russian officers was found on his person, with
detailed notes concerning the Ottoman annv. It ap-
pear: he was also in t•arnesjsindenee with several
persons of the democretic party in Poland. lie was
taken before Outer Nate, who, it is said, was about
to hang hint forthwith.
M. .‘rgYrollowlo, 111. Pisani, and all other eroaproy:
of the Russian eo►umer•ial chatteeneri.-, were to IV
cviiv their rassperts, with a nuticv to leave the Turk-

f SATURDAY,

ish dominions immediately. Several Greeks, noto-
rious for their efforts in Russian propagandism, have
received a similar order.
The Russian subjects in Turkey were from the Ist
of t October placed under the protection of Austria.
The Porte was about to send a corps of observa-
tion to the Ureek frontier, mid another to the Persian

frontier.
I liner Paella has ►leclared that vessels sailing milt r
a neutral ilag will be allowed to pass on the I)enul
till the 25th inst.
The appointment of Prince I'askiewitsch to the
comma►►d in chief of the army against Turkey is con-
firmed. Thu Prince, it is stated, has obta►ned his
request to have 44),1M won of the troops in Poland
placed under his orders. Those troops are con-
sidered the best in the Russian service.
Accord►ng to the German Journal of Frankfort, the
Russians have on the frontiers of Asiatic Turks y
-limas, regular troops, Ryas, irregular troops, and
:NS si Cossacks.
The Russians are fortifying the bridge which hes
been thrown over the Danube near Braila, by meatus
of a tite-de-pant, and two small forts at the end to-
wards Turkey. The main body of their army has
taken up its winter quarters in the immediate vicinity

Of Ilucliarest.
The Wallachian Militia, who were detached along
the bank of the I ►annbe, have been ordered to march
upon Bucharest, where they will act ea a garrison.
Immense barracks are being constructed on the
banks of the Danube. General (iortsehakoff has
demanded of the Prince a heavy sum of money for
the eonstruction of these barracks, which has been
paid. This expense will be included in the debt
imposed on the country for the occupation a 114414
to The Wallachian Government is obligtd
to contraet a debt of six millions of piastres (about
(N►.tNNtl.) to meet the demands of General ttortseha.
koff.
The Russian fleet arrived at Odessa from Schasto.
poi on the :trd inst., with the view, as it was believed,
of embarking troops for Redoutkale.
In censequence of the impediments to the na-
vigation of the Lower Danube, the mail is for
the present to be sent to Semlin. Orsova, Bucharest,
Rustchuck, Braila, Lealatz, and Constantinople by
land.
It is announced from Trieste that the Sultan has
granted a firman for the construction of a canal from
Rassova, on the Danube, where the river bends to
the north, to Kestendje on the Black Sea. By this
canal the difficult navigation of the mouths of the
Danube will be spared to vessels descending the
river to gain the Black Sea. The concession is to
an English company.
The Porte had till very recently flattered itself
that the Persians would actively support Turkey in
this war. It has, however, become known that the
En- sians have intrigued very successfully to prevent
this result. A Russian agent at the Court of the
Shah has been spending great sums, and numerous
decorations have been given. In consequence of
these steps the dispositions of that Court have be-
come very equivocal; and the Persian camp. num
bering 50.00) men, stationed at Sultanieh, on the
Turkish frontiers, does not inspire the same confi-
dence as before. Unless the Turks gain some signal
victories over the Russians. they must not reckon on
Persian aid. The prestige attached to the Russians
has greatly increased in Persia ever since their ex-
ploits in the Khanat de Khiva.
CAPE OF GOOD Rory..
News from Cape Town to August Rh has been rc-

ceived.
Nothing ba,. occurred to check the activity which
prevailed in all commercial affairs owing to the large
continued shipments to Australia, the amount of
business transactions during the last month or two
being unprecedented. The effect, however, had
been an enormous rise in the price of all articles of
consumption, notwithstanding an unusually large
harvest.
l►n the frontier the peaceable aspect of atraiN con.
tinues uninterrupted.
The list of candidates for the ipper House had
swelled to more than twice the required number.
and the greatest exertions were being made by the
various committees o'er the colony to secure the n -
turn of their particular candidates. Sir A. Stocken-
strom has, on the score of ill health, declined several
requisitions to become one.
The death of Krell's favourite son bad esesed
great consternation amongst the whole tribe, and
indueed that chief to put his principal witeb-doctor
to death.

THE LkTE TREATIES WITH PARAGrAY.

Ftxtut the 3f"rstimy Henibl.l

Ir was the fashion of the Peelite print to abuse anti ttlify
her Majesty's late bineiral Secretarr for }",,rt-i;n Adair%
with renortions iterati.•n. Ilitt Lora Nialniesbtire has hi'
revenge in the publication of three trs ides •igIA at Sitn
.141se tie Flores, and bearing date w late as the Both f
tttly last. By these treaties the Argentine Conft titration,
ill, the exercise of its sovereign rights, remits the to