The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-25 00:00:00

HOLLAND.

THE HAISUE, OCT. 22.—80th on Saturday night
and on Sunday morning the KING had long con,
ferences with the Councillor of State and Director o
the Royal Cabinet, M. VON RAPPARD.
It is asserted that M. TRORBECKE has presented to
the KING the programme of those gentlemen whom
lie recommended to his MAJESTY as Ministers. There
is to be a Cabinet Council this afternoon at three
o'clock. Prince FREDERICK came to town early this
morning for the purpose of attending the Council.
Many circumstances lead to the inference that the
Ministerial crisis is near its termination, and indeed
it is high time that the legal advisers of the Crown
should be nominated.
In regard to the prolonged Ministerial crisis the
Handelsblad says—
" It is now about a month since the Ministers ten-
dered their resignations, and all the steps which have
hitherto been taken to form a new Cabinet have proved
ineffectual. To whom must we attribute this fact,
hitherto unparalleled in the constitutional history of
kin{.,fdemtl?
"Is Holland destitute of able and devoted men? We
attribute this delay to other causes. The choice of his
Ministers is one of the noblest prerogatives of kings,
but the King, instead of himself naming the persons
whom ho c,,ttsiders worthy of being taken into his
councils, deputes a third person to make thia selection,
sad hence all the steps hitherto taken have been useless.
"In our cpinion M. Thorbocke is the man for this
critical moment, and he alone is capable of forming an
energetic Cabinet. If he does not succeed in this ho
will proceed to other measures; for instance, the disso-
lution of the Chambers, but we can expect no good
result from either a compromised Cabinet or a coalition."
The Stoats Courant publishes the supplementary
nrticles of the Convention of I\layence for the navi-
gation of the Rhine. The document is dated August
30, and is countersigned by the Minister for Foreign
Affairs, Von LIGHTENVELT, in lieu of the Minister of
Justice.

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURGII, OCT. B.—The Prussian Invatia„ e
publishes the order of the day addressed by his Tin-
perial Highness the GRAND DUKE, heir apparent, in
his newly- appointed office of Commander in-Chief of
the Military School. After adverting to his prede-
cessor in that office, the Grand Duke MictiAEL, who
is justly eulogised for his fidelity and zeal in the dis-
charge of his dut3 , the GRAND DUKE goes on to say
that his present appointment is the more agreeable to
him, since he commenced his military career from
those schools. His chief aim in his new office will be
to maintain all those regulations which were made by
the late GRAND DUKE for the benefit of the schools,
and which have placed them on their present high
footing Lastly, he calls upon the military them-
selves to testify by their daily walk in life, as well as
by their military conduct, their gratitude for what
was done for them by their departed paternal friend.
All reports of these institutions are in future to be
sent to the Grand Duke ALEXANDER.—Wiener
Zeitung.
A Russian corps of 60;000 men is to be cantoned
during the winter along the Warsaw- Cracow line. A
similar body is to he quartered in Warsaw and its en-
virons, and a corps of 40,000 men is to occupy the for-
tress of Zamosk.—Cologne Gazette.
The Paris Presse, in a letter from Constantinople,
6th inst., gives the following details of the strength
of the Russian and Turkish navy :
"The present strength of the Russian navy in the
Baltic is 1 ship of the line of 120 guns; 3 of 110; 15 of
84 ; 12 of 74; 30 of from 60 to 74; some corvettes and
brigs, and about 20 steam-boats. In the Black Sea
there are 3 ships of the line of 120 guns; 3 of 110; 7 of
74; 8 frigates of 60; and 10 of 44; some corvettes and
brigs, and 25 steamboats. Tho latter of these
two forces would be the only one with
which Turkey would at present have to contend, for the
Baltic fleet will very shortly be blocked up by the ice.
The personnel of the Russian navy consists of 63
admirals, 72 captains first rank, 80 of the second rank,
and 211 lieutenants ; the number of seamen is about
50,000. The officers are wanting in instructions and
theory, and the men in practice. A proof of their
want of skill was clearly shown at the battle of Navarino.
The Turkish squadron under the orders of Mohouk
Pacha consists of two vessels of 120 ; two of 100; three
of 90; one of 84; one of SO; one of 56; and one of 44.