The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-23 00:00:00

The Australian Mails.

SOUTHAMPTON, OCt. 22.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
ship Poonah, Capt. Field, with the heavy Calcutta,
China, and Australian mails, arrived this morning.
She brings 89 passengers, amongst whom is the Rev.
Mr. Gardner, chaplain to her Majesty's forces, from
Gibraltar. Mr. Quaife, purser of the company's
steamer Behar, died on board the Poonah on the
18th inst.

The Poonah has on freight eight packages specie,
value £165,000 ; also six packages valuables, and
2,022 packages cargo, including 1,755 bales raw
silk, value £150,000.

Along the coast of Portugal the Poonah expe-
rienced strong gales from S.W. to N.W., and thick
hazy weather, across the Bay hard northerly squalls,
and up hlanel fin e weather.
Her Majesty's ships Assurance, Pelican, Cocka-
trice, Hibernia, and Enterprise were at Malta.
GIBRALTAR, Oct. IG.

The pleasant change in the weather appears to
have had a beneficial effect on the public health.
Cholera has now nearly disappeared from amongst
the entire population, civil and military. A great
improvement is also reported in the public health of
San Roque. The atmospheric change appears to
have been equally beneficial to the Rock and its
neighbourhood.

According to private letters. the deaths in Seville
from cholera are estimated at about 50 a day.

The following British vessels have arrived here :
—On the 9th, the steamer Morocco, 6 days from
Liverpool; on the 10th, the steamer Delta, 6 days
from Southampton ; on the 11th, the „steamer
William Corey, 91 days from Cardiff; on the 13th,
steamer lonia, 71 days frcm Liverpool, and steamer
Messina, 8 days from Penzance ; and on the 16th
the brigantine Hawendale, 17 days from Liverpool ;
and barque Enchantress, 20 days from Newcastle.
The British brigantine Research, from Villareal
do Antonio, with sulphur ore for Liverpool, put in
here on the night of the 11th, leaky.
Her Majesty's ship Procris is in the harbour.

Exchanges are quoted on London, 90 days' date,
at 491 to 1 ; Paris, sf. 22c. to 23c. ; Marseilles, sf.
22c. to 23c. ; Madrid, 8 days' sight, a to 1 dis.
Cadiz, 11 dis. ; Seville, par to 4 dis. ; Malaga, 1 dis.
These exchanges are nominal.

The Great German Powers and the
Frankfort Senate•

BERLIN, Oct. 20.

Tho Governments of Prussia and Austria have,
within the last few days, addressed notes to the
Frankfort Senate upon the subject of the recent
Congress of German Deputies in that city. The
despatches were at first reported to be identical, but
this is denied by the semi-official press. The notes
are said to call the attention of the Senate to the
fact that Frankfort is permitted to become a focus
for political agitation, by means of the meetings
of associations and clubs and the attitude of its
press, and to request that a stop may be put to
these proceedings. In case of refusal, a threat is
stated to be held out that the two great German
Powers will take the government of the free city
into their own hands.

FRANKFORT, Oct. 19.
At yesterday's sitting of the Legislative Assembly
the following motion was brought in with reference
to the notes addressed to the Senate by Austria and
Prussia : •
"That the Assembly should requost the Sena'.e for
speedy information whether communication had rewlly
been received from the floverumeuLs of Austria and Prussia
injurious to the independence of the free city oZ Frankfort,
and especially directed against the method in which the
laws as to the press and associations have hitherto beon
administered. Tho Assembly also expresses its coavicaoa
that the Senate will uphold the independence of our
State,"

In the debate which followed, Dr. Reinganum
thought the motion should be postponed for a few
days.
"Dr. Braunre!s advocated the immediate passing o:
the motion. Ile said there could be no doubt, after the
statements of the Prussian press, as to the tenour of the
notes ; and it had also transpired that as similar communi-
cations had been forwarded to other Federal States, F:.-anl -
fort ought to precede those Governments with an energetic
protest.

"Dr. Reinganum thought the most marked feature in
the matter was, that the two great Powers had again taken
up a position outside the Confederation. The notes could
therefore not be regarded simply as harmless objections to
the State and Federal right hitherto observed, but as a
now act of cotnrulsion.

"Dr. Friodleben regretted ;hat no commissioners from
the Senate wore present to give explanations, and expressed
his conviction that the honour or the State and their duty
as citizens demanded rapid action. The Senate should be
reminded of the ancient motto of the free city of Frank-
fort, 'Strong in right !" "