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XI/intr.—The French Government has, it appears, issued a private in- junction to all the newspapers to abstain from all comments on the pas- toral addresses already published, and to refrain from publishing any more of these documents. The UnirCr8 is especially wroth at the re- striction. It gives a list of seven prelates, headed by the name of Car- dinal Donald, Archbishop of Lyons, who had sent it their charges, and expresses a hope that the injunction is temporary. It oannotbelieve that the Government of Napoleon III., which has always protested its re- spect for the rights of the Church, would deprive the bishops of the pub- licity of the press ; and it concludes with a moan over the future of the Catholic press if such a prohibition were to be maintained.

It is stated from Paris that the China question has been discussed by the Emperor and his Council of Ministers, and that it is proposed to despatch a force of 18,000 men.

taln.—We read in a letter from Parma, October 12 :—" A decree of the Dictator enjoins the whole population to send to the Town-hall

the arms of every description of which they may be in possession. The delivery is to take place within forty-eight hours. It is not likely the worst set of people will comply with this mere request, but I have firm hope that the government will follow up this mild measure by more de- cisive provisions, and that the disarmament of the rabble will be effected by any means, gentle or otherwise. I have ascertained from official sources that not more than ten arrests have been made up to an early hour this morning. There is no doubt, however, that one, at least, of the arrested persons was deeply implicated in the foul deed of Wednesday last, and it is equally certain that one of the worst offenders has es- caped."

Cardinal Antoiaelli, says a letter from Rome, has communicated to the Duke de Gramont the concessions which the Holy Father consented to make at the Emperor's request. " The Ambassador of France has also been informed by the Pope himself that these concessions, connected with municipal liberties, reached the utmost limits of his power, and would not be exceeded. The French Mi- nister must be so much the less satisfied that in a recent interview with the Secretary of State, the latter, after alluding to the rumour of the departure of the garrison for France, requested M. de Gramont to give him three months' notice of that event, because the Holy Father had measures to take for ensuring the tranquillity of Rome. These were, I believe, almost the very words the Cardinal used."

Another letter from Rome of the 11th gives some details of the inci- dents attendant on the departure of the Count Della Minerva, the Sar- dinian Minister, whose arrival at Genoa has been announced by tele- graph :— " In two days the Count received no less than 10.000 visiting cards, and a magnificent-banquet was given him at the Hotel Spillmann. The cards bore the words To the Minister of Sardinia, P.V."f he police, considering these letters to mean pro -veto (for a vote), summoned before them Perrini, who had made and sold them. They also sent some of the cards to the

French embassy, remarking on the gravity of the circumstance, but the ambassador sent them back to the police, observing that the letters P.V. signified per visits (for a visit). At two o'clock on the day of the Count's departure 3000 men were under arms ; two squadrons of cavalry prevented the circulation of carriages in all the streets leading to the Porta del Popolo. The largo café Ruepoli was closed, as well as all the windows on the Corso. In order to avoid anything like disturbance the Count had decided on leaving two hours earlier than the time first fixed on. At the moment when he was about to step into his travelling carriage, he saw four mounted gendarmes 'ready to escort him, and the officer in command mentioned an itinerary which the carriage was to take. The Sardinian Minister protested against having the escort, and declared that he would not leave if it rode by his carriage ; the men were consequently withdrawn, but the route indicated was followed. The crowd in the streets behind the lines of soldiers was exceedingly numerous ; the men all raised their hats as the carriage passed, and the women waved their handkerchiefs, and for several miles out of the city crowds of people lined the way and greeted the ambassador." The Nord appears to have some semi-official information as to what passed between the Italian-deputations and the Emperor at St. Cloud :— 4. On Sunday the Emperor received the deputations from Parma and Tuscany at St. Cloud. The Parmese envoys were the first to be admitted. The audience commenced at ten o'clock, and lasted a quarter of an hour only. But if the interview was short, it was in the highest degree satisfac- tory to the deputies of Parma, whose countenances on leaving the palace showed their contentment. The Tuscans remained in conference for more than an hour and a half. The deputies cannot, of course, report that this interview will remove every difficulty ; but they will at least be able to say that the Emperor remains faithful to himself, and persevering in his rale of protector of the Italian oause ; and they have the assurance that the-.prin- ciple upon which the whole question hangs, namely, that of non-interven- tion by arms, will receive no, injury from any quarter whatsoever. At two o'clock General Dabormida (Sardinian Minister) was received by the Em- peror, and the consultation lasted for a long-time."

The deputation from Bologna, it is stated, has been refused admission to the Emperor.

3111111f S.—A ministeriale from the -Ministry of Police at Naples, in- forms the director of finance that in the French bazaar of Carlo Itossi in the Toledo, buttons for shirts are sold •with the likenesses of Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel ; and the director is begged to be vigilant lest ob- jects with seditious and criminal designs should be introduced into the kingdom. The following extract of a,private letter from Palermo gives the parti- culars of the recent abortive attempt at revolution in the island of Sicily :—•

" Long ere this comes to hand-you will have learned from the Times telegraphic despatches that public orderlies been disturbed. On Sunday last, at daylight, a revolution was to have been commenced. How far pre- parations would have justified the attempt I know not; but as the signal for the outburst was not given it was not general. Still a partial rising was the result, and some few poor fellows, either more courageous.and reckless

than the mass, be

are now being followed by the troops and shirri' and past

affairs lead us

to believe that little mercy will be shown. Thus this imbe- cile Government adds another list of horrors to the many already known by its own want of knowledge and tact. By its inaptness to learn from the events of 1820, 1830, 1848, and those now occurring in Italy, this Govern- ment is continually drawing its subjects into difficulties, whith one day may, and not improbably will, cause its own downfall. 'Now, however, 'I think we may safely consider any danger for the moment is at an end. I have reason to know that the Government got very tardy information of what was going on. At twelve o'clock on Saturday they knew nothing."

Siustris.—It is stated in a despatch from " Neisse (Upper Silesia), October 18," that " the Emperor of Austria will proceed to Myslovitz, on the frontiers of Prussia and Poland, there to meet the Emperor of Russia."

" The subjoined brief, but most important communication, has just been made public by the Finance Department :— The last instalment of the 'Voluntary (National) Loan made in the year 1854 having, with the exception of some few subscriptions, been paid on the 24th August, it appears that the total amount of obligations issued by the State during the last few years on account of the debt in questionis 611,571,300 florins, of which sum 26,492,100 •florins have been paid over to the Sinking:Fund. Thus the sum for which obligations are now in circu- lation is 585,079,200 florins, with which the Voluntary Loan of the year 1854 is definitively closed.'

" As the. Imperial Patent of 1854 only empowered the Finance De- partment to raise 500,000,000fl, by means of a national subscription, the foregoing communication has produced an exceedingly bad im- pression."

The Calvinists belonging to the superintendency on the other side of the Theiss have followed the example recently given by their Lutheran brethren, and requested the Emperor to -suspend his patent of the 1st September. The petitioners say- ' Instead of the patent being based on the historical development and the lawful rights of the two Evangelical confessions—instead of the Pro- testant Church being, by the fiat of your Majesty, placed on the same footing as. it was on before the year 1848—a ready-made church constitu- tion' was promulgated. It deprives the Church of its right to self- government and self-legislation, and places the religious affairs of the Protestants under the self-instituted jurisdiction of the State."

klalii11.—The Morning Herald publishes a correspondence respecting the claims made by a Spanish Roman Catholic priest for the body of a

child of English Protestant parents, in consequence of its having been baptised by the surgeon who assisted at its birth, and who is a Roman Catholic.

" We understand that although the civil authorities have endeavoured to arrange the matter quietly so as to avoid public scandal, the ecclesiastical authorities are determined to prosecute it with the utmost energy, deeming it a matter of overwhelming importance to decide whether a six months' child is Protestant or Roman.Catholic ! Instructions had been received by

the parish priest in Denia from the Archbishop of Valencia, to prosecute the case with great zeal, but with great prudence.' On the other hand, the -parents are determined to resist to the utmost a demand at once so unfeeling and preposterous. The first application of the priest to the mayor (Aloalde) of Denia was for protection in enabling him forcibly to enter the Protestant cemetery, to disinter the body of the child ; but the mayor,' seeing the deli- cacy of the case, and unwilling to incur.the responsibility of such proceed- ing, applied to the civil governor of the province for instruction how to act. Meanwhile the priest made a gentler claim by letter to the father of the child, and hence the correspondence. The ease has already been brought under the notice of our government, and instructions have beenzieen to pro- tect the father of the child from such an intolerable and preposterous an- noyance. The British Consul at Alicante having brought Mr. Graham's complaint before Mr. Buchanan, the British Minister at Madrid has ad- dressed to the Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs a formal remonstrance against the proceedings of the ecclesiastical authorities in this matter. Lord John Russell has approved the steps taken by Mr. Buchanan for the protec- tion of Mr. Graham, and has instrpcted him to use every endeavour to se- cure that gentleman from molestation on the part of the ecclesiastical au- thorities."

A despatch from Madrid, October 17, has the following announce- ment :—

".Government has declared to the Cortex that before the time granted to Morocco to satisfy the demands of Spain had expired., it had received in- formation that Morocco -would give the satisfaction demanded. Spain im- mediately demanded guarantees from Morocco that peace would.not in future again be disturbed. An immediate answer is expected from Morocco."

ffiurktg. representatives of the five great Powers at Constan- tinople have sent into the Sublime Porte a document signed by all of them, requesting the Government to carry out the reforms promised in 1856. The particular reforms are not specified. The document was re- ceived with undisguised ill-humour by -Fuad Pasha, and the only reply made to the six dragomans of the representatives who presented it was- " We acknowledge the receipt of the paper you have brought" It was even thought that the Porte would avoid sending any reply.

gullet ifit¢5.—Writing on the lat instant, they 'say :—" Lord Lyons had a protracted interview with the Secretary of-State today. The English Government has not yet made known its views to our Govern- ment respecting the -San Juan affair. Until that is done, of course the administration will not move in the matter. The next arrival from Europe will, probably bring something from her Majesty's Government in regard to the matter.'

General Walker, the filibuster, accompanied by some 200 or 300 men, had again sailed in the steamer Philadelphia from New Orleans on a fili- bustering expedition against Nicaragua. The vessel was ostensibly bound for the Chiriqui gold diggings, but-there was no doubt as to what her real mission was. A customhouse clearance had been refused to the vessel, and she left Berwieks Bay, below New Orleans, on the morning of the 4th without one.

Ottani Ss illth .—in the Royal Court of Jersey, on Saturday, Mr. Benjamin Colin was brought up from the Police Court on the charge of having returned to the island without permission, after having been expelled in 1866, by _order of his Excellency Major-General Love, then Lieutenant-Governor. The report of Mr. Centenier De La Mare was read, as was also the decision of the Police Court. Mr. Advocate Godfrey appeared for M. Colin' and said :—" M. Colin, after having been ex- -pelled, remained away as long as General Love was here as Lieutenant- Governor. -One of the reasons of the order for the expulsion of M. Colin was that his presence was likely to disturb- the' friendly relations between the two Governments. Now, this reason having been set aside by the -amnesty, M. Colin thought he might safely return to this island. -He will, however, keep to his first plea, which is, that 'his arrest is illegal, ;Centenier De La 'Mare having refused to tell him why and by whose order-he arrested him." After a long discussion, the Court retired. On their return, after about three quarters of an hour, the Greffier read the judgment, which discharged Colin, on the ground that Centenier De La Mare had no order for seizing him from the Lieutenant-Governor.

ands anti tg4ing.—Letters and newspapers from India, dated Cal- cutta, September 9, and Madras, September 16, were distributed in Lon- don on Monday.

The Legislative-Council of India was to be adjourned. The English- man attributes the resolution of the Governor-General to displeasure at the independence the council has displayed, and asserts that its adjourn- ment nominally for two months is really sine die.

The bill-to tax professions and trades in India, after much opposition in the council, had passed its second reading, and been referred to a select committee. Officials axe not to be exempt. The bill will probably come into operation on January 1, 1860. It amounts to an income-tax of sevenpence in the pound. The provision of the Criminal Procedure Bill, which would have ren- dered Europeans liable to undergo a preliminary investigation before native magistrates, had been successfully resisted.

Advises have'been received from Hongkong to August 24, and from Shaughae to.August 16.

The Overland' C7kina Nail says that Mr. Ward, the American Minister, has been courteously received by the Chinese authorities, and has entered Pekin, where he was to exchange the ratified treaties. An officer who accompanied him a portion of the way says that "the Chinese authorities were very polite and condescending," and that they asserted 'their go- vernment was prepared and anxious to receive all the ministers in a peaceful and courteous manner.

It is rumoured, but on no good authority, that the Russians exchanged ratifications with the Chinese more than two months ago. General Mouravief, the Governor-General of Eastern Siberia, has paid a visit to the mouth of the Pei-ho, and was about to be followed there by no less than four Russian gun-heats. It was not known what was the object of assembling so large a force at the mouth of the Pei-ho, as he appeared to be on good terms with the Chinese authorities.

Mr. Prendergast, the Accountant-General of Madras, has been dis- missed in consequence of his dealing in Tanjore Bonds, and Mr. R. P. Harrison, he Accountant-General to 'the Government of Bengal, will succeed him.

The bellowing telegram in anticipation of the Bombay mail of the 27th .has been received :—

"The authorities at Pekin are said to be ready to receive our Minister in a friendly manner. Meanwhile the -Indian Government has been applied to for 15,000 troops. Her Majesty's 67th and 99th are under orders for China.

"The Russian Governor of Eastern Siberia has reached the Pei-ho, and is to be followed by four gunboats. " Central India is still unsettled. The frontier districts of Nepaul are still occupied by the Nana and his followers. "The Waghers are still in insurrection. A force is to be sent against them."