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fortigu tier tnInuint. p.m.—The Emperor's Court was rather remarkably attended

on Sunday. Tkere were successively presented to him—Baron You der Pfordten, the Bavarian Prime Minister ; Baron von Beust, the Saxon Prime Minister ; General Willisen, a Prussian officer studying gunnery in Paris ; and Count d'Appon , son of the late Austrian Minister at Paris. Baron De Weadland presented a private letter to the Emperor from the King of Bavaria. Cardinal Wiseman also had the honour of an audience.

The disagreement between France and Naples seems to have been ami- cably arranged.

JERSEY.—The refugees in Jersey published a protest against the banish- ment of the directors of L' Somme, not couched in moderate terms, but filled with denunciation of the Emperor Napoleon and bitter contempt for England. It concluded with the words—" Now expel us if you choose." Accordingly, the British Government, taking them at their word, ordered the whole of the thirty-four, of course including Victor Hugo and his son, to quit the island within this week.

Tin thinces..—The intelligence from the seat of war consists of despatches from General Simpson, Sir Edmund Lyons, Captain Osborn, General Spencer, the ordinary letters, and telegraphic messages from Prince Gortachakoff and the Russian authorities at Nicolaieff. But it is taken up chiefly with the amplified reports of matters like the capture of Kinburn, and adds little to the substantial information already in our possession. That operation, so skilfully planned and so completely exe- cuted, was at the same time so simple that it is told as well by the tele- graph as it is by the longer despatches. The novelty lies in the commu- nication of the fact that the fleet assembled purposely off Odessa to attract the enemy thither, and deceive him as to the real point of attack. This, as we have seen, was effected. After capturing Kinburn, the Admirals seem to have directed their attention to the Bong ; for on the lath a gun- boat took soundings at the month of that river. On the 20th, thirteen 'gun-boats and five mortar-boats entered the Boug, while another force steamed towards the Dnieper. The flotilla that entered the Boug as- cended that river as far as the Volosch Kaia point, where a field-battery had been posted by the enemy. After exchanging cannon-shots for an hour, the flotilla retired. Subsequently they again steamed np the river, but not so far. The land forces remained intrenched on the East side of the fortress, which seems to have been literally crumbled to pieces under the terrible fire of the fleet. It is thought probable that a portion of the troops will return to Sebastopol, and that the remainder will garri- son Kinburn during the winter.

From General Simpson's despatch, dated October 20, we learn that Sir Colin Campbell did not go to Eupatoria at alL

" In consequence of the continued fineness of the weather, great progress has been made in the construction of the road and railway. The divisions have all got some weeks' supply of rations in their camp, and I entertain no anxiety of there being a scarcity of anything during the approach of winter. I informed your Lordship, in my despatch of the 13th instant, that the High- land Division, under Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell, were to pro- ceed to Eupatoria and ccOperate with the French ; but upon the receipt of your telegraphic despatch of the 13th instant, apprizing me that the Rus- sians had resolved to hazard a battle and attack the Allies, I did not consi- der myself justified in weakening the force under my command by so many men, and I therefore countermanded the movement."

The correspondents in the camp tell us that it was expected the enemy would attack the Inkerman heights ; but that, in order to be prepared at all points, not only were the redoubts an that old battle-ground fully manned, but the troops on the line of the Tchernaya were reinforced, and the French on the extreme right were withdrawn to the crest of the bill above the Baidar valley. Prince Gortschakoff, however, reports on the 19th, that the Allies continued to land troops at Eupatoria, and that their camp there had been greatly extended. He also notices the strong recon- noissance made towards Simpheropol last week ; and adds, that the Allies, harassed and threatened on their left flank, had returned to Eupatoria on the 24th. With regard to the movements on his left flank, he reports, that on the 20th October, "the enemy had again come down from the mountains that separate the valley of Balder from that of the Belbek, and that he had halted."

It has been rumoured all the week that Prince Gortschakoff had re- ceived carte blanche with respect to his conduct in the Crimea. A letter from St. Petersburg, dated Oct. 21, and published in the National Gazette of Berlin, gives some authentic colour to this rumour.

"By a resolution, dated from Nicolaieff, the Emperor, after perusing a very voluminous and circumstantial report, addressed to him by Prince Gortschakoff in obedience to the orders of his Imperial Majesty, and on which the Emperor's journey into the Crimea was to depend, has decided, that, without imposing on him any responsibility. in the matter, Prince Gortschakoff would have to examine, according to circumstances, whether it should be expedient to evacuate the Crimea, or whether it would be possible or proper to defend it. Nevertheless, the army will have to be spared in the circumstances foreseen in the report. The Emperor has charged two of his aides-de-camp to take these special powers to Prince Gortschakoff, to trans- mit his definite resolution to his Majesty, and to remain at his head-quarters, as the Emperor approves beforehand of his resolution, and announces his intention of supporting his operations by the army of the South, under General Luders, which will remain for this purpose at Nicolaieff. A copy of this resolution has, it is said, been communicated to the Minister of War, Count Dolgorouki, and to the members of the Imperial Family at St. Peters- burg." Dr. Hall furnishes a pretty satisfactory account of the health of the army for the week ending October 16, although sickness had slightly in- creased. The number admitted into the hospitals for the week ending 9th October was 1550, of whom 51 died; in the following week, the number was 1626, of whom 66 died. The men were well clothed and fed. Colonel M'Murdo, in his weekly report on the state of the Land Trans- port Corps, gives a favourable opinion on the progress of its organization. The corps had 14,737 animals on the ,16th October. Young English drivers had arrived, "a timely resource," for "the natives had begun to desert in great numbers." He mentions that a "floating factory" had arrived, which "brought Woolwich" to the British army in the Crimea. He reports well of the state of the roads.

Captain Osborn, in a despatch dated September 26, describes how, by operating against Temrouk with a gun-boat flotilla, he prevented a heavy column of the enemy, 2000 strong with twelve guns, from marching from Temrouk to the assistance of Taman, when it was seized by the Allies, as previously narrated. He could not reach the town in conse- quence of the shallowness of the water—too shallow even for boats ; but he shelled the troops in march, and Lieutenant Campion destroyed a bridge, 180 feet long and 30 feet wide, crossing an inlet of the Sea of Azofc and forming the direct line of communication with Taman. He also mentions a darixr, act performed by Lieutenant Day, commanding the Recruit, off Genitchi. This officer, alone, on the nights of the 18th and 21st September, passed the enemy's picquets there, and waded up to their gun-vessels and guards in the channeL His reconnaissance proved that the enemy were fully prepared to resist any attack. Lieutenant Day's exploit had cost him a severe attack of illness.

Russia.—Two noticeable facts reach us from St. Petersburg. The first is an ukase, dated October 15, and commencing thus—" We Alexander II, finding it indispensable, in consequence of the losses which our troops have sustained during the campaign of the present year, to render our army complete, so as to enable it to repel the future attacks of the enemy, do ordain" . . . . that a levy of ten men for every thousand souls shall take place over the whole empire, except in the governments of Pekow, Pultova, Tcheringov, Kharkow, Ekarthdrinoslaw, Kherson, and Tauris.

The second fact, also very remarkable, would suggest that the war is not extremely popular with the nobles. In announcing that he has been ap- pointed Minister of the Interinr, Count Lanakoi cannot refrain from feel- ing proud that to his office is joined that of being "the representative of the valiant Russian nobility near the Throne." He states that the Em- peror has pledged himself "to protect inviolably the rights freely be- stowed on the nobility by his august predecessors." He trusts, therefore, that they "will zealously execute all the plans of the Government, and cordially cooperate in the arrangements made by the superior authorities in their provinces" ; and that between those authorities and the nobles there will be no rivalry save that which tends to the public utility. He hopes that " the selections for public employment may fall, not upon in- dividuals who have nothing but the title of noblemen, but upon those who by their intellectual capacity and moral qualities really deserve their high rank as nobles."

The Emperor, it is now stated, did not leave Nioolaieff. He was there on the 26th October.

General Luders has issued an order of the day announcing the arrival of militia battalions from Smolensk° and Moscow at Odessa ; and as they are inferior in military acquirements to the old regiments whom they will recruit, he directs the old soldiers to teach and not laugh at their young brethren in arms.

• SWEDEN.—The people of Sweden are occupied in discussing the ques- tion of an alliance with the Western Powers. The lengths to which speculation is carried has recently been shown by the publication of a pamphlet, at Stockholm, entitled ' The Policy of Sweden in the War of the Western Powers with Russia, and the Question of the Constitution of Finland in a Distinct State." The conclusions come to in this pam- phlet are, that "the policy of Sweden cannot differ from that of Europe ; that is a say, it must tend to form a counterpoise to Russia. This can- not take place unless the three Scandinavian states—Sweden, Norway, and Denmark—are united together under the same Government and form one single state, preserving their distinct constitutions. Sweden cannot take part against Russia unless she can look forward to the formation of a union of the North, guaranteed by the Western Powers." At this juncture General Canrobert has been sent on a mission to the Court of Sweden by the Emperor Napoleon. Ostensibly, the General goes to present the grand cross of the Legion of Honour to King Oscar, in return for the order of the Seraphim.

GERHANV.—The King of Prussia and the King of Saxony have been hunting together at Letzlingen, with a great company of high military and civil functionaries. It is remarkable that the Prussian Ministers ac- credited to Paris, London, and Brussels, were all together at Berlin last week, dining at Sans-Souci.

Rumours of negotiations for peace, to be set on foot through the medium of Prussia, and having their original source in the Empress of Russia, have not failed to spring up in consequence of the gathering of these gen- tlemen in Prussia.

- The German Diet opened its session on Thursday sennight. Baron Von Prokesch- Osten took leave of the assembly, and announced that Count Rechberg would succeed him as President of the Diet. Among the business brought forward were several papers connected with the question of the Hanoverian constitution.

trarrrian STATES.—The Pacific arrived at Liverpool on Sunday with advices from New York to the 17th October.

A New York journal, the Courier and Inquirer, has publisligd the fol- lowing letters addressed by Mr. Attorney-General Cushing to the District Attorney of Philadelphia, on the British enlistment question. " Attorney-General's Office, Sept. 12. • "Sir—In reply to your letter of the 10th instant, on the subject of the in- dictments pending against persons charged with recruiting for the militia service of Great Britain, I have the honour to make the following observa- tions.

" Mr. M'Keon has been advised of the desirableness of conferring with you personally, either by himself or his assistant, in regard to new evidence to which he may have access, and which may be useful to you.

" I suggest the expediency of trying only a part of the cases now, espe- cially if you fail to convict in some leading case. " But the most important consideration is this-

' " This Government has, of course, addressed to that of Great Britain such demands of public redress and satisfaction in the premises as the national honour requires. But the Government of Great Britain, with extraordinary inattention to the grave aspect of its acts—namely, the 'flagrant violation of our sovereign rights involved in them—has supposed it a sufficient justification of what it has done to reply that it gave instructions to its agents so to pro- ceed as not to infringe our municipal laws ; and it quotes the remarks of Judge Kane in support of the idea that it has succeeded in this purpose. It may be so. Judge Kane is an upright and intelligent judge, and will pro- nounce the law as it is, without fear or favour. But if the British Govern- ment has, by ingenious contrivances, succeeded in sheltering its agents from conviction as malefactors, it has, in so doing, doubled the magnitude of the national wrong inflicted on the United States. " This Government has done its duty of internal administration in prose- cuting the individuals engaged in these acts. If they are acquitted, by a de- liberate undertaking of the British Government, not only, as a nation% to violate our sovereign rights as a nation, but also to evade our municipal hiws—and that undertaking shall be consummated by its agents in the United States—when all this shall have been judicially ascertained, the Presi- dent will then have before him the elements of decision as to what inter- national action it becomes the United States to adopt in so grave a matter. " I am, very respectfully, C. CUSHING. " J. C. Van Dyke, Esq., United States' Attorney, Philadelphia."

" Attorney-General's Office, Sept. 17.

" Sir—I desire to make a further suggestion in regard to the trial of par-

ties charged with recruiting soldiers in the United States for the service of the British Government "It is known that instructions on this subject were given by that Govern- ment to its officers in the United States. We are told by Lord Clarendon that those officers had stringent instructions' so to proceed as not to violate the municipal law—that is, to violate its spirit, but not its letter. If ao, the instructions themselves violate the sovereign rights of the United States.

" But, in the mean time, every Consul of Great Britain in the United States is, by the avowal of his Government, subject to the just suspicion of breach of law, while apparently he must have disobeyed his own Govern- ment, or in obeying it have abused his consular functions by the violation of his international duty to the United States.

" In these circumstances, it is deemed highly necessary that the British Consul at Philadelphia, or any other officer of the British Government, shall not be suffered to interfere in the trials, as he attempted to do on a previous occasion ; that no letter of his be read except in the due form of evidence ; and that if he have anything to say he shall be put on the stand by the de- fence, in order that he may be fully cross-examined by the prosecution. " It is clear that he has no right, by any rule of public law, or of inter- national comity, to be heard in the case by the Court otherwise than as a witness, whether enforced or volunteer.

" I have the honour to be, very respectfully, C. CUSHING. " J. C. Van Dyke, Esq., United States' Attorney, Philadelphia."

The American journalist remarks that "Caleb Cushing is nobody, but the Attorney-General is the United States " ; and takes him severely to task for the tone and substance of his communications.

A Philadelphia paper publishes the alleged confession of Henry Hertz, recently convicted on a charge of enlisting recruits for the British ser- vice. Hertz alleges that he was induced to visit Mr. Crampton at Wash- ington in January 1855 ; and that Mr. Crampton told him that Lord Clarendon had inquired how many men might be enlisted in the United States, urged him to undertake the business, and promised hint instruc- tions in a few days. Hertz says he returned to Philadelphia, and early in February again visited Mr. Crampton, by invitation. Mr. Crampton he says, told him that depdts would be established in the British North Amerioan provinces, whither recruits might be sent ; but declined to pay Hertz any money for expenses, while telling him that those expenses should be repaid. "How," asked Hertz, "is the matter to be conducted ? He said, 'As far as I know, there is a law in the United States forbidding the enlisting of soldiers within the territory of the United States : it is, however, not diffi- cult to evade this law, because who can prevent you from sending labourers to Canada? But we must take care to do this in such a way that it shall not appear to be in defiance of the Government. My idea is, further, that if you have twenty-five or thirty men together, either yourself or some other confidential person should take them direct by railway to Montreal ; where, I think, a dep6t may be erected.'" Would he be backed in case of a charge ? "Mr. Crampton replied, first, that the law was exceedingly lax; and se- condly, thatif anything should happen, the British Government would not allow any one to Buffer who had been engaged in assisting them in furnish- ing the men.' I replied, 'The popular voice is against this matter' ; but Mr. Crampton said, 'Never mind about this popular voice : if a house in Liver- pool fails the whole United States tremble.' After Mr. Crampton had given me such assurances, he used the expression, give you my word as a gentle- man that nothing unpleasant shall happen to you.'

Hertz states that he then determined to act for the British Government. At a subsequent interview, he says, "Mr. Crampton also stated to me, that if I should get into any difficulty I should employ eminent counsel. He also said that, so far as he could ascertain, the Government of the United States would not interfere in the matter."

ST. DOMING0.—An item of intelligence from the Black Empire has a bearing upon the existing relations between England and the United States.

" Port an Prince, Oct. 10.—The American bark Amelia, which had been lying in the outer roads for some time past under suspicious circumstances, it being rumoured that she was intended for Cuba, was seized by the Haytian Government, by order of the American Consul, Mr. Lewis. She is loaded with guns, arms, ammunition, and accoutrements. The American Consul is waiting the arrival of an American man-of-war, to deliver up the ship to her. Mr. Lewis's spirited conduct has given great satisfaction here, and will no doubt meet the approbation of right-thinking men in the United States."

INDIA AND CHI/Lt.—The following summary of the contents of the overland mail arrived in London yesterday. The latest dates are—Bom- bay, October 3 ; Hongkong, September 15. " The Sontal insurrection is dying out. Mr. A. V. Conolly, Collector in Malabar, has been murdered by the Moplahs. The monsoon is at an end at Bombay ; the fall of rain having been only forty-eight inches, or twenty-five inches short. The crops will be one-fourth less than the average yield.

" Large quantities of grain and tea have arrived at Canton. The ship St. Abbe has been lost on a reef near Madagascar, with seventeen of the crew and five passengers drowned,"