The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-31 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

The New Prussian Gazette says :—" Wo are in-
formed that the chief object of the interview at
Breslau was to find durable bases for the peace of
Europe, and to restore confidence in people's minds
by the fact of two great Powers cordially agreeing
on the pending questions. it is rumoured that all
of them have been discussed, and a decision come
to. The report circulated at Vienna that the
interview at Breslau was directed against Aus-
tria is unfounded. On the contrary, Prussia has
attempted to conciliate differences." On the
same subject,a Berlin letter in the 'Nure»zberg Cor-
respondence states :—" With respect to the nume-
rous versions afloat as to the object of the interview
between the Emperor of Russia and Prince Regent,
we arc in a position to maintain our statement
that the sole object was tai e signing of a treaty.
The different points of the convention were settled
by the Prussian Ministry in such a manner that it
is believed that the assent of the other great
Powers is certain. The articles agreed to at Bres•
lau will be forwarded to them, wiih a request that
they will accede thereto."

ATTACK ON DOVER CASTLE.—MS rumoured that
ere long a night attack on tho castle will be made, and a
gallant defence mitintaintd. Should our fellow-townsmen
therefore be awakened from their peaceful slumbers by the
roar of artillery, wo assure them they will have no need to
fear either an invasion of Napoleon or Alexander, no, nor a
second edition of Blake, for the affair will form part of a
military exercise to test their vigilance, as neither the be-
siegers nor the besieged will know the day or the hour of
the attack,--Doter Chronicle,

AUSTRALIA.

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THE ROYAL CHARTER'S ADVICES.
LIVERPOOL. SATURDAY NIGHT.

In the confusion attendant upon the melancholy
loss of the Royal Charter the fact of her bringing
dates eight days later than to hand by the overland
mail—viz., to the 26th of August inclusive—was
overlooked. We have, by the courtesy of a person
saved from the wreck, obtained Melbourne papers
to the 21th of August inclusive.
The Royal Charter had on board about 80,000 oz.
of gold, which, with the amount in the hands of
passengers, reached an aggregate of about £500,000,
all of which is for the present lost.
The papers to hand report the arrival at Mel-
bourne of the following vessels :—The Anglesey, in
73 days, and Woodstock, from London; the Morn-
ing Light, in 72 days, and placed in quarantince,
having a case of small pox on board, and Zoboah,
from Liverpool; and the Alice Fulton, from Leith.
The Redgauntlet, from London, had arrived at
Sydney.

Tne Orwell had sailed from Melbourne for Lon-
don with 42,225 ounces of gold of the value of
£168,880, and the Red Jacket was to sail for Liver-
pool on the Ist of September.
The latest dates received at Melbourn3 from Eng-
land were to the 12th of June.

The elections to the local legislature appeared to
be the leading political feature engrossing attention,
and the papers received are almost entirely devoted
to election addresses of the various candidates. The
district of Warnambool had returned Mr. G. S. W.
Horne without opposition.
A deputation from the iron trade at Melbourne
had waited on the legislature, and strongly urged
the desirability of adopting the eight hours' move-
ment amongst those engaged in that trade.
His Excellency Sir Henry Barkly, Governor of
Victoria, had been present at a ball given by the
Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows, on the 24th of
August, at Melbourne.

From South Australia we learn that in the
Legislative Assembly a vote of £3,000 had been
granted to despatch a vessel to the north-west
coast to receive any exploring party who might
arrive there, several gentlemen in South Australia
having organised parties for the exploration of the
interior.

An inquiry had been ordered by the Adelaide
House of Assembly into the loss of the Admella
steamer. The total number lost was 65.
A meeting of the members of the Hobart Town
Chamber of Commerce had been held to consider
the propriety of petitioning the Home Government
to maintain the principles of the existing customs
tariff, and not to sanction the imposition of ad va-
lorem duties. The following resolution was unani-

mously adopted:—"That it is the opinion of this

meeting that the principle of fixed duties be main-
tained, and it entirely disapproves of the principles
of ad valorem rates."
The Launceston Examiner says :—" We are glad
to report that the Quartz Crushing Company have
resumed operations with renewed success, and the
Government geologist had returned to the secretary
of the Assembly a very satisfactory report of the
inspection."