Iforeign ant; (Colonial.

FRANCE.—The Dec D' Aumale left Paris, with the Prince De Join- ville, on Tuesday, for Naples ; where he is expected to arrive on the 20th or 21st. On the 25th, he is to be married to the Princess Caroline Augusta, daughter of the Prince of Salerno, and cousin of the King of the Two Sicilies.

The reorganization of the Polytechnic School is in progress. On the 7th instant, General Boileau left the school ; and the new commander, General Rostolan, was installed in his place.

SParee—At Madrid, down to the 7th instant, the Deputies were still engaged in discussing the address in reply to the Queen's speech. The Court-martial on General Prim assembled on the 4th, under the presidency of General Mazzaredo, Captain-General of Madrid and a friend of Narvaez. The proceedings were abruptly stopped by the dis- covery of some technical defects ; and on the 6th, the Procurator-fiscal began to prepare a new trial. The charge now is understood to be only conspiracy for an insurrection ; the punishment sought, transportation to the Philippine Islands. Malaga and Valencia are said to be agitated An absurd rumour has been raised in Madrid, that Espartero had suddenly left London.

ITALY.—Letters in the Augsburg Gazette report that a shot has been fired into the Grand Duke of Tuscany's palace. The Grand Duke was not hurt, but an attendant was wounded. A rigid inquiry has failed to detect the assassin.

Italy has been visited by destructive inundations. The Adige has risen nine feet ; the water on the Campo Trientino was seven-and-a. half feet deep, and the streets of Trent were overflowed. The Arno rose so high in the last fortnight of October, that the whole of the lower parts of Florence were flooded : in many places the water was eight feet deep ; and the poorer inhabitants, confined to their houses, were threatened with famine. A suspension-bridge above the gate of St. Nicholas, and without the city, was carried away on the 3d instant ; and the venerable old bridge of the Goldsmiths was threatened with ruin. The plains on the banks of the river formed immense lakes ; and the road between Leghorn and Pisa was stopped. Agricultural implements, 'cattle, and furniture strewed on the waters, attested the ruin inflicted in the country districts. On the 4th, the sky cleared, and the flood seemed beginning to subside.

The Times relates a romance of real life which has just happened in Piedmont. We considerably abridge it ; omitting, however, none of the facts, but only the obvious commentary-

" The post of Dutch Minister at the Court of Turin had been reputably filled for some years by a Protestant gentleman of the name of Heldivier ; who resided with his family in that city, until, in consequence of some new diplo- matic arrangements on the part of the Dutch Government, he received in the month of May last his letters of recall. Some domestic anxiety had been oc- casioned to his family by one of the daughters; a young lady of ardent and in- dependent temperament, who was supposed to have formed an attachment for a young lawyer of the town, whose character and position did not make him a suitable match for her. Their departure was therefore hastened : but after M. Heldivier had presented his letters of recall to the King of Sardinia, he was accidentally detained, by the illness of another of his children, for a few days in an hotel at Turin. On the 8th of June a display of fireworks took place in honour of the birth of an heir to the Duke of Savoy. The ex-Minister and his wife were induced to attend this fête, and, very reluctantly, to leave their daughter, who excused herself on some slight pretext, at home." On their return she had disappeared ; and the advocate, who was at first suspected, proved to be quite ignorant of the elopement. Not a trace of her could be found. It was then suspected that she must be hidden in some convent. 4‘ Application was made to the Archbishop of Turin, as the supreme ecclesi- astical power of the kingdom, for leave to pursue these inquiries, or fur in- formation, if he possessed it. The Archbishop thought fit to reply, that he had reason to believe that Mademoiselle Heldivier had indeed sought refuge in , a convent, but that he was unable to state where she was at present. A few days more, however, brought the whole transaction to light." It turned out that this very Archbishop had "for two years been carrying on a system of secret communication with Mademoiselle Heldivier. Thwarted by her parents in her attachment for the young advocate, she had sought to avenge herself on them by transferring her confidence from her father to this priest. The Arch- bishop, unwilling to commit himself by a written order, had furnished his con- vert with one half of a sheet of paper cut in a particular manner; the other half was given to the Abbess of the Convent of Santa Croce in Turin, with orders to receive the bearer of the corresponding fragment at any hour of day or night. Provided with these credentials, the fugitive found shelter in the convent-walls; but by the advice of the Archbishop, her flight was deferred until her father, by the delivery of his letters of recall, had, as these clerical conspirators contend, surrendered those diplomatic rights and privileges which would have been fatal to their scheme." A strong effort was made to regain possession of the young lady. "The Bing was personally appealed to by the distracted father. His Majesty granted him an audience; but, in answer to the prayer and the demands of M. Heidi- vier that his daughter might be restored to him, the only reply which that ab- solute Monarch dared to make was, that whatever might be his own opinion on the subject, if he presumed to interfere with the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the convents, he should be excommunicated!" "The principle contended for on behalf of the Church of Rome is, that any child having completed the age of twelve years may, for any cause, motive, or pretext, throw off the parental authority, and fling itself wider the protection of the Church. If the child be a Protestant, so much the better, since, while it abjures its filial duties, it abandons its religious faith : but whether Catholic or Protestant, the protection of the Church, thus sought and thus given, is absolute and inviolable." Mr. Abercromby and Baron Mortier, the British and French Ministers, interposed ; hat in vain. "Mademoiselle Reldisiee rennin& is the Colleen& of Banta Croce ; where she has formally abjured the Protestant heresies, and will pee- bably take the veil on the completion of her noviciate."

CHINA.—We have received copies of the Friend of China to the 30th July. It mentions the issue of a third translation of the supplementary treaty between China and Great Britain,purporting to have been made

far Mr. Cushing, the United States Minister to China. This transla- tion appears to confirm the report that Sir Henry Pottinger had been

deceived by some garbling in the original or some imperfect transla- tion, and that he was not originally cognizant of provisions which oppress the coasting-trade with burdensome restrictions. The Friend of China observes-

" We have reason to believe that Sir Henry Pottinger was much disconcerted when the discovery was made that the official translation was incorrect and

mutilated, this very serious restriction being entirely omitted. Whether the cause of his remaining so long in the colony, after the arrival of his successor, was purposely to see Keying, the High Commissioner, and endeavour to obtain a mitigation of the hard terms contained in the 13th clause, we know not ; but it is very probable."

We make a couple of extracts from the papers-

" A treaty of amity has been concluded between the American Minister, Mr. Cushing, and Keying, the Imperial Commissioner. The treaty was signed at Macao, on the 4th July, the anniversary of the independence of the United States. It is understood that some concessions have been made as regards the tariff, which is already more moderate than any tariff with which we are ac- quainted."

" The affairs of the colony are decidedly satisfactory ; the result of the last land. sale has given stability to property and much-increased its value. It ie fully anticipated that many Chinese merchants will establish themselves here—

men of substance, who will add greatly to the respectability and prosperity of Hong-kong. The climate may be a drawback ; but it will unquestionably improve after a little money has been laid out in draining, and other sanitory measures, which have been too long neglected. At present, we do not look upon it as more unhealthy than the generality of tropical climates, where new settlements are formed ; and we have little doubt that in a few years it will be better in this respect than the average of our Eastern possessions."

NORTH AMERICA.—The mail-steamer Acadia, which left Boston on the 1st instant and Halifax on the 3d, arrived at Liverpool on Thursday

morning. The political news from the United States is devoid of inte- rest: the result of the Presidential election, which would be determined in another week, seemed as uncertain as ever.

Lake Erie had been swept by a terrible gale ; and its coasts were strewed with wrecks, often fatal to life. The town of Buffalo had suf- fered severely : in every part of it valuable buildings had been destroyed. More than forty bodies had been dug out of the ruins, and it was sup- posed that as many more had been killed. Much damage had been done to the vessels in port; and many of the docks were " almost to- tally destroyed."

A horrible explosion had occurred on board the Lucy Walker steamer, plying between Louisville and New Orleal.F, on the Mississippi. The three boilers of the steamer burst at once ; blowing the decks in a thou- sand pieces, and casting up human bodies in fragments into the air. Fifteen dead bodies had been found ; and the killed and wounded are roughly estimated at sixty or eighty in number. By some accident, the Halifax mails were left behind ; but we have intelligence from Montreal, through the United States, to the 28th Oc- tober. The Canadian elections are reported to run strongly in favour of the Governor-General and his new Ministers ; but as yet the general result is uncertain. Many leaders on both sides had secured their seats.