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The Allied expedition against Kinburn has been successful. This after-

noon telegraphic messages were received by Lord Clarendon and Sir Ed- mund Lyons, briefly giving the particulars. The Admiral's despatch is as follows-

" Ofthe Mouth of the Dnieper, 17th October 1855.—The three forts in the Kinburn Spit, mounting upwards of seventy guns, and garrisoned by 1300 men, under General Kokonvitch, have this day capitulated to the Allied forces. The day before yesterday a flotilla of gun-vessels forced the entrance into the Dnieper, and the Allied troops landed on the Spit to the Southward of the forts; thus, by their simultaneous operation, the retreat of the garrisons and the arrival of reinforcements were effectually cut off, so that the forts, being bombarded today by the mortar-vessels, gun-vessels, or French floating-bat- teries, and being closely cannonaded by the steam line-of-battle ships and frigates, having only two feet of water under their keels, were soon obliged to surrender. The casualties in the fleet were very few, but the enemy had 45 killed and 130 wounded. A steam squadron, under the orders of Rear- Admirals Stewart and Pellion, lie at anchor in the Dnieper and command the entrance to Nicolaieff and Kherson. The forts were occupied by the Allied troops. The prisoners will be sent to Constantinople immediately."

In the despatch forwarded to Lord Clarendon from Vienna the Genezal is called Konowitch, and the number of prisoners is stated to be 1500.

Odessa itself has been greatly strengthened. Six howitzers have been placed in position to defend the palace of Prince Woronzoff. " The- thickness of the wall has been doubled, and embrasnres.have been opened in it to enable a battery of field artillery placed in the Palace Court to play on the assailants. Besides the large battery of thirty-six guns erected last April, a second battery of semicircular form, containingtwelve guns, and commanding the roadstead, has been also erected. It is hoped that the latter will be sufficient to prevent any hostile vessel from enter- ing the military port. Since summer the military engineers have con- structed a new battery of twelve pieces of the largest calibre on the ground to the West of the colonnade, which will sweep all the approaches in direction of the Peresip. There are besides, at intervals along the garden-terrace, pieces of heavy calibre, which may at a moment's notice be brought forward and form a second flying battery of sixteen guns."

A letter from Odessa says that reinforcements had recently been de- spatched to Prince Gortschakoff, consisting "of several battalions of mili- tia, and a portion of the cavalry reserves which were nearest the scene

of war The number of wounded and sick Russians has aug- mented in a most terrible manner since the fall of Sebastopol, and the convoys of wounded and mutilated men which leave the North forts are endless. Troops," it is added, "have been despatched by General Gortschakoff via Perekop to Nicolaieff. A field-battery which had fought on the battle of the Tchernaya had arrived at the latter place."

With regard to the recent operations in the island of Taman, the Con- stitutionnel gives some additional particulars. It states that, "in the anti- cipation that there might have been a considerable number of troops con- centrated at Taman, an order had been given to five large English gun- boats to quit the Spit of Arabat on a given day, and effect a diversion in the Gulf of Temruk, situated at the Eastern entrance of the Sea of Azoff. This diversion was effected, and produced the best results. It had the effect of bringing to that point numerous detachments of infantry, who, on hearing the cannon at Taman, hastened to the assistance of that place. Temruk has, however, shared the same fate as Taman, for the English have annihilated it."

The latest reports from the Baltic are dated Dantsic, yesterday morn- ing. Admiral Dundas was at Ledsund, and was to return to Nargen to- morrow. The weather was extremely bad j snow-storms being prevalent.

General O'Donnell, Spanish Minister of War, in replying to a diatribe against "France, England, and everybody," uttered by Orense, the De- mocrat, remarked that - - - - " events are taking place in Europe, which may bring on a general war. More than people think or desire, it is undoubted that a day may come when our own interests may compel us to take part in the struggle. If Orense imagines that a nation can remain isolated when Europe is engaged in a sanguinary contest, he deceives himself ; he thinks like the man who be- lieves he has only to be peacefully disposed to avoid the chance of being in- volved in an affair of honour. It is with nations as with individuals, they often cannot avoid fighting, however pacific they may be. Do you know what would happen if we were to carry out to the ex- treme this system of isolation ? Sooner or later we should be de- spised by all, and other countries would make war upon us. When the Government shall deem it fitting, it will frankly submit this ques- tion to the Cortes ; until then, I shall not say another word upon the subject. France has never, even in the time of Louis Philippe, proved more religiously than she is now doing all her sympathies for Spain ; she

has always maintained—she now maintains—the strictest vigilance at the Pyrenees. England has lately offered us ships for transporting our troops to Africa. Although we do not require them, we ought not the less on that account to express all our gratitude for the offers and services of friendly • nations."

Some particulars respecting the personnel of the new Greek Cabinet and the state of popular feeling at Athens come to hand this morning.

"M. Bulgaria, the President of the Council and Minister of the Interior, was previously Senator of Hydra. Colonel Smolents, the Minister of War, was born in Austria, and brought up at the military school of Vienna. He took part in the first war of Greek independence, and was in consequence presented with the rights of a citizen of the country. He is a man of good scientific attainments, and originally belonged to the Engineers. He has been since 1833 connected with the War department, and was, before his nomination to the Ministry, Secretary-General of that department. M. Bollis, Minister of Justice, was also brought up at Vienna, but is a Greek by birth, and a lawyer by profession. He has been for many years Professor of Roman Law at the University of Athens. M. Silivergos, the Minister of Finance, was, when appointed to the Ministry, President of the Supreme Court of Accounts. M. Miaoulis, Minister of Marine, who has been for a consider- able time Secretary-General in that department, is a son of the well-known Greek Admiral of that name, and was educated at Munich and London. The portfolio of Foreign Affairs has been offered to M. Tricou is, Greek Am- bassador at the Court of London, and brother-in-law to M. svrocordato; but his acceptance is considered doubtful. Meanwhile, the Minister of Fi- nance holds the portfolio of Foreign Affairs ad interim."

Tumultuous manifestations from the Russian party have taken place in Athens. Cries of " The King for ever !" " The Queen for ever!" "Long live the Czar !" were raised by the crowd. Demonstrations hos- tile to General Kalergi were made in front of the hotel of the Russian Embassy. There was no attempt at repression on the part of the author- ities.