, 1857-03-13


been selected. Mr.. Chas. Yilliers ha.
been offered the post and has declined it
; The question Of who is to be the new min
lstcr is at present under consideration ah
nothing has bcen determined on. 1t i!
? therefore merely as matter of probability
that i mention the names Of Lord Napier
and Mr.. II, u Howard, now Secretary o.
Embassy at Paris, as not unlikely to be
heard in connection with the vacancy.
see that some Of the foreign correspondent,
Of the London journals say that Mr.. H. +
Howard, now winister at Lisbou,. is to &C
to Frankfort, TO be replaced by Mr.. Cramp
ton. II this respect, believe the CORES
lpondents are Incorrect II is likely tlrat
MI, Howard may become. minister at Han
over, which appointment has now, become
vacant by Mr. Blight's retirement. There
arelfour American consulships now vacant,
which will probably be filed up at the
time of the appointment Of the Minister to
the United States!i They are New York,
philadelphia, Charleston and, Baltimore"
THE TRoUgLEs BETWEEN PRrsHA AND
SwlTzGRLAND,-According TO the following,
from the Paris correspondent of the Lon,
/ don Post, the. american Consul Of Btrnc
has in vain endeavored to bring about a
good understanding between Prussia and
SYitzerlapd ;ab7qos,5 q. D4sl-.ip e.. -NN
" The latest news from Switzerland says
the Consuis Of America and England at
Bernie had endeavored to bring about a
good understanding between Switzerland
nnG Prussia, but, not being supported 10y
representations, OF, other powers, they had
failed. No change had jaken place in the
war preparations Of the Prusssian Govern,
ment of the Federal Council Swiss, from
all parts OF Europe. were arriving daily /;
IN addition, q ,npmber Of foreigners; had
written to the Federal Government, offer
ing their Services" '' - '' N
A New scIENrIFI5 ExpEDnIoN - The
Austrian government IS about dispatching
vessel for "a scientific expedition around
the glObey au undertaking which causes
much remark in Austria, Great attention
His to be paid to scientific research in the
| rich fields offered by the islands Of the East
Indian 0cean-the Nicobar Islands, Bor.
ueoy Celebes, the Molluccas, &c.
| l-. Sandwich Islands.
By the arrival Of the Fanny Major we
have dates from Honolulu to the 22d Janu
larry. The files contain no news of the
slightest Importance. From table publish
ed in the AdteytiScr, we learn that the to-
tai number of barrels of sperm shipped
from the Sandwich Islands during the fall
season of 1856 to the United States was
l50l4; barrels Of whale oil, l27, $40; and
pounds Of bone, 1,223, 800; Of which H.
600 gallons of sperm OIL 1907, ,595 gal
Ions whale oil, and 9O7,4l2 pounds Of
bone, were taken in freight. The table
from which the above is condensed, says
the Advertiser, ''is not perfectly correct,
but as near so as we can make it from the
Custom House records. The actual am
cunt is at least ten per cent more than
the above table shows. The number. ol
whale-ships, bound home according to the
tables is IL. Besides the above there may
be some fifteen others, which will make a
ten months cruise homewards, and not re.
turn 10 the North Pacific"
The shipping season, says the POtynesian
at Honolulu is about in "the sere and yel
low leaf" But few ships remain in port
and their expenditures are limited to nee
essary repairs They will soon be gone
and our hatbor will again assume fiat
stale, and Improbable" appearance, oul
every day quiet and phelgm will opiy be
disturbed by the. advent Of mail from
California,-or our quarterly bills. p
L VARIABLE CARGo-The Russian shiE
Nicholas I, says the AdrGtisc, which
sailed last week for Cronstadt, had cargo
of furs valued at 100000, belonging tc
the Russian American Fur Company
From Mexico.
During the recent severe gale which oc
,urred off Vera Cruz, two servants ant
the butler of the steamer Calhoun were
swept overheard by the sea, and Spanish
passenger, believing that the steame
would go to the bottom, shot himself, pre-
ferring to loss his life that way to being
drowned. I
Inc city OF Mexico was visited by
snow storm, great wonder there Til,
papers there say it excited high degre,
Of curiosity and excitement among the in
habitants, most Of whom had never seel
snow before, in this city of eternal spring
The capitulation of Puebla to the Gov
ernment forces is noted. The chief Of al
the pronunciados, Orihuela, together will
his followers, had been taken, and immedi
ately shot, and the insnrrectionary band
Of Osollo, Gutierrez aud Coboz had beer
so completely defeated near the small tow
of San Juan Coscomatepec, that no smal
number of notable individuals were takei
prisoners, and part of them conducted t,
Vera Cruz.
Santa AnnR's IHtrIgues. n
According to one of the ministerial pa
pers of Madrid, Of the oath of December
General Santa Auna of Mexico has sen
agents to Madrid to propose to re-estab
lish monarchy in Mexico, with Spanisl