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themselves to waiting for their turn of march-

nst the enemy. The volunteerir
regiments belonging to the garrison of Paris took place
on Saturday. The number of volunteers far exceeded that
which was called for by the Government, and the men had
to draw lots. The soldiers on whom the lot fell were de-
lighted, and cried, " Vice l'Enzvereur !" They have

SPAIN.—A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, of the
30th ult., announces that the new Spanish Ministry is
composed as follows :—E.spartero, President of the Coun-
cil ; O'Donnell, Minister of War ; Luzuriaga, Foreign

Affairs ; Aguirre, Justice ; Collado,
Marine; Salazar, Interior; Santa Cruz,,
A telegraphic despatch from Madrid, of th
announces that the Cortes had declared '
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ult., says

At nine o'clock, the day before yesterday, took
one of the halls of the Vatican, and under the presidenc;
of Cardinals Brunelli, Catermi, and Santucci, the firs
meeting of the bishops on the important question which
has just assembled at Rome so many of the lights of the
Church. Nothing is allowed to transpire, either of the
subjects to be discussed, or of the mode adopted for the
discussion. All those who are engaged in the question
are bound to secrecy. An official list has just been pub-
lished, which declares the number of prelates present 'at
Rome. on the 18th instant to be 51 cardinals, 37 arch-
bishops, and 57 bishops. More have arrived since, and
others are coming every day."
AUsTRTA.—It is said that Lord Westmorland announced

on Friday, by electric telegraph, to Lord Clarendon, the
signature of the treaty of alliance between Austria and
the Western Powers.

RUSSIA.—From the Baltic we are informed that Russ
has commenced new fortifications at Sweaborg an

Helsingfors. Berlin correspondence states :—" The Rus-
sian answer to the Prussian note expresses a willingness
of the Emperor io treat on the following terms :—` First,
a common guarantee by the Five Powers of the rights of
the Christian subjects of the Porte, without distinction as
to confession. Second, a common protectorate of the
Principalities to be exercised y the Five Powers on the
terms of the treaties now einting between Russia and
the Porte. Third, a revision of the treaty of 1811. Fourth,
the free navigation of the Danube.'"

GREECE.—The Independance Beige publishes the fol-
lowing letter ; --" Athens, November have but oue
piece of intelligence to communicate to you by this mail,
but it is of a serious nature, and in the high political
regions it has excited real uneasiness. England, it is
said, is still animated with a feeling of resentment against
our government, on account of the lamentable facts which
took place at the period of the insurrection of the Greco-
Turkish provinces, at the beginning of the war in the East.
The Cabinet of St. James, it appears, holds the Sovereign
himself responsible for the faults committed at the time
by the Cabinet; and we have been assured that in a recent
interview in London between Lord Clarendon and M.
Triconpi, the Minister of Greece in England, the words
' moral forfeiture' were pronounced. M. Tricoupi has for-
warded to his Government, in a confidential letter, the ac-
count of that interview, and the conversation that passed
between him and the English. Minister. The French Go-
vernment, it is added, does not feel the same irritation as
the English Government, and endeavours to soothe the
latter by expressing a hope that the Greek Cabinet would
perceive the necessity of adopting a policy more conform-
able to the exigencies of the moment. * * The English
Cabinet had repeatedly demanded the dismissal of all that
Camarillo; but the French Government, with a view to
conciliate, did not deem it expedient for the present to in-

sist on the execution of the measure, which, however,
would be most desirable. You are no doubt aware that
diplomatic and commercial relations are about to be re-
sumed between the Porte and Greece, and that a treaty of
commerce will be concluded between the two nations. *
* * Six Greek soldiers of the waggon train, who, being in
a complete state of intoxication, attacked at night a carriage
in which were several French officers, for the sake of hav-
ing themselves conveyed to the Piraeus, were lately tried
by court-martial. Three were sentenced to ten years'
hard labour, and the others acquitted. M. Touret, a
French phil-Hellene, has been appointed Military Com-
mander of Athens." The greatest terror has been caused

at Athens, (says the Constilutionne4) by the chole
Not only has a considerable part of the populati,
to flight, but the Minister of War has been obliged
Place on the retired list a number of officers, who, on the
first appearance of the malady, quitted their posts ; the
Minister of Public Instruction, M. Psyllas, locked himself
up in his cabinet, and refused to see any one even on the
business of his department ; and a number of physicians
pretended that they were too ill to attend to the sick.
Amongst the medical men who thus neglected their duty
was M. Rezer, principal physician to the King ; he closed
his door against everybody as long as the malady was at
its height. A steamer, with 700 fugitives from the epi-
demic, foundered with all on board.
INDIA AND ClllNA.—According to the last news, t'
Embassy from Ava had reached Rangoon. The Gold
footed Monarch is now anxious to enter into

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the English, but 'entreats us to restore some portion of
his territory seized during . the recent war. The dis-
turbance in the Nizam's country has ceased. The Delhi
Gazette prints letters from its special correspondent on
the Oxus, which gives reports of Russian successes in the
Kokan, ithe Badshah of that place having been defeated
with 50,000 men, .Whom he opposed to the enemy. The
King of. Bokhara is . said to lean to the Russians. The
Bokhara merchants have written to their agents at Cabul
to stop their investments. A slight shock of an earth-
quake was felt at Canton on the 29th Sep., and was followed,
by a hurricane, which did considerable damage to the ship-
ping. At Canton matters remain much the same as previously
reported. The Mandarin forces still hold the city, but act
only on the defensive. The rebels are apparently getting
tired of starving the city into a capitulation, or there is
disorganisation amongst their bands. Trade is beginning

to be re-established. The rebels still hold on Shinghae-,
but their energy is failing, and they receive no reinforce-
ments. From Singapore we learn that there is considerable
local agitation on the subject of the currency, in con-
sequence of the Government of India persisting in making
the rupee and the copper coinage of India current in the
Straits, and thereby excluding the dollar and *copper cents
at present in use. The Singapore public have agreed to
petition both Houses of Parliament against the rupee
currency.

AIISTRALIA.—Dates from Sydney to Sept. 20th, Mel-
bourne 25th, and Adelaide Sept. 28th, have been received
by the overland mail. Employment was rather scarce in
Melbourne. This want of employment the Argus ac-
counts for by the difficulties of acquiring land, over-
exportation to the colony from the United Kingdom, and,
to some extent, to the conduct of " the working men
themselves, who, attracted by the high rate of wages, have
lingered in the town, and refused to diffuse themselves
over the country ; and, now that the scale of wages is de-
clining, refuse to work for lower rates. They prefer to
remain idle, to expend the produce of previous industry,
and to defer still further the commencement of those
public and private works which only the high price of
labour, in addition to the diminution of available capital,
has delayed." The most noticeable feature in connexion
with gold, at present, is the increased attention recently
given to quartz crushing. According to the Melbourne
Gold Circular, a very general feeling exists at the diggings
that mechanical agency must be introduced for the profit-
able working of the goldfields of Victoria. It is well
known that a considerable quantity of gold is to be got by
going over those fields long since deserted by the d
provided sufficient machinery be employed. S

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large nuggets have recently been discovered
found at Maryborough, weighing 500 ounces, and a quartz
specimen found at Ballarat, containing a large proportion
of gold, weighed 98 pounds. The Maryborough goldfield
is considered extremely rich, but there is a great scarcity

of water. The Melbourne and Hobson Bay-Railway, the
first in Australia, was opened by Charles Hotham, the
governor, on the 12th of. September. The Sydney journals
are mostly taken up with the proceedings in the legislature.
One of the most prominent topics of discussion was the
new constitution bill, and the establishment of a mint.
The revenue of the year was computed at £26,000, and the
expenditure £34,000. The colonists were contributing
liberally to the war defence fund. For the week ending
the 2nd of September, the quantity of gold received at
Melbourne was 28,941 ounces ; for the week ending on the
9th, it was 31,728 ounces. The whole quantity of gold
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snipped from the colony during the present year i
1,480,800 ounces, valued at £5,923,200 sterling.
WEST INDIES.—The steam-ship Magdalena arrived a
Southampton, on Friday, with dates—Vera Cruz, Nov. 4
Tampico, 2nd ; Havana, 9th ; Jamaica, 10th ; Barbadoe.
11th ; St. Thomas, 15th. She brought $2,250,000 i
specie. At Jamaica little progress had been made in tb
organisation of the new form of government. Choler
still prevailed in a mitigated form in some of the parishes
The markets retained a steady
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upward tendency of prices. Exchange at last quotations
In Demerara the .drought still continued, and the crops
sugar excepted, were suffering severely. St. Lucia is fro
of cholera, but the weather was rainy and unsettled. A
Grenada the weather was dry and hot, and the plantation.

were considered as looking well. The cholera was als-
appeming from Trinidad, but a few cases existed at St.
Kit*,l, The weather :had been generally favourable for