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,f raurf.—The Emperor and Empress have gone to Compiegne, there to hunt and recreate themselves and their guests. Before he started from Paris, on Sunday, the Emperor received the Burmese Envoys. France is unquiet in some parts. At Paris the food and rent crisis has given rise to strikes and the arrest of workmen. In the department of the Deux -Sevres, the country has been troubled for nearly a month : a secret society has been discovered, and some sixty persons have been arrested.

The Moniteur of Monday contained what is described as " the long- expected article on Naples." It does not relate to Naples alone, but touches on the other questions of quasi-intervention mooted at the Paris Conference.

" As soon as peace was concluded, the first care of the Paris Congress was to insure its duration. With that object in view, the Plenipotentiaries exa- mined into the elements of discord which still existed in Europe, and espe- cially turned their attention to the condition of Italy, of Greece, and of Bel- gium. The observations exchanged on that occasion were everywhere re- ceived in a spirit of cordial understanding, because they were inspired by a sincere solicitude for the quiet of Europe, and at the same time evinced the respect which was due to the independence of all sovereign states. "Thus, in Belgium the Government, agreeing with the opinion upon the excesses of certain organs of the press, showed itself disposed to put a stop to them by every means in its power. "In Greece, the plan of financial organization submitted to the apprecia- tion of the protecting Courts proves the readiness of the Greek Government to hearken to the counsels of the Congress. "In Italy, the Holy See and the other states admit the expediency of clemency and of internal reforms. " The Court of Naples alone haughtily rejected the counsels of France and of England, although given under the most amicable form.

"The rigorous and compressive measures which for a long time have been turned into means of administration by the Government of the Two Sicilies, keep Italy in a state of agitation, and compromise the peace of Europe. Con- vinced of the dangers arising from such a state of things, France and Eng- land had hoped to avert them by wise counsels given at an opportune moment : those counsels have been discarded ; the Government of the Two Sicilies, closing its eyes to evidence, has thought fit to persevere in a fatal course. "The ungracious reception given to legitimate observations, an unjust suspicion cast upon the purity of intentions, an insulting language in reply to wholesome advice, and finally an obstinate refusal, no longer permitted the continuation of friendly relations.

n Complying with the suggestions of a great Power, the Cabinet of Na-

ples endeavoured to extenuate the effect produced by its first reply ; but this semblance of condescension was only an additional proof of its resolution to take no heed of the solicitude of France and of England for the general interests of Europe. Hesitation was no longer warranted ; it became ne- cessary to break off diplomatic intercourse with a Court which had itself so deeply altered the character of that intercourse.

"This suspension of official relations by no means constitutes an inter-

vention in the internal affairs of Naples, still less an act of hostility. As, however, the safety of the subjects of the two Governments might be en- dangered, to provide for such a contingency they have assembled a combined squadron; but they have refrained from sending their ships to the waters of Naples, to avoid giving rise to erroneous interpretations. This simple mea- sure of eventual protection, which in no manner partakes of a menace, can- not either be considered as a support or encouragement offered to those who endeavour to upset the throne of the King of the Two Sicilies.

"If, moreover, the Neapolitan Government, returning to ajust apprecia- tion of the sentiments which actuate the Governments of France and of England, should filially understand its real interests, the two Powers would hasten to renew with it the relations which previously existed, and will be happy by this reconciliation to give a new guarantee for the peace of Eu- rope."

The Mbniteur of Thursday published an elaborate report, filling eight pages of that journal, from Marshal Valliant, Minister of War, on the numbers, victualling, reinforcement, and losses of the French army in the East.

The report shows that France sent to the East 309,268 men, and received back 227,135. The losses of the army were 69,229. The difference— namely, 12,904—is accounted for in a technical manner. The number of horses sent out was 41,974; about 9000 were brought back. The losses are not returned, but it is said that most of the animals remaining at the peace were made over to the Turks. The effective strength of the French Army of the East on the day when the peace was signed is stated to have been 146,240. The report is preceded by the following letter from the Emperor.

" To H. B. Marshal Valiant, Minister of War. "Compiegne, Oct. 22.

"My dear Marshal—The most useful services are not always the most striking. The skilful and indefatigable Minister who day and night is oc- cupied in his Cabinet with the organization of 600,000 men, and with pro- viding an army of 200,000 with all that is necessary for its existence, to en- able it to fight and eonquer in a country without resources at 800 leagues from France—the merit of that Minister, I say, is at least equal to that of the general who triumphs on the field of battle : and the country must therefore share its gratitude with him who prepares the path to victory by uniting elements in time, and with him who gains it by well-taken mea- sures in the field.

"This is why, my dear Marshal, in ordering the insertion in the Moni- teur of the remarkable report you have addressed to me, I have wished to make the public judge of the services the full value of which I alone have hitherto appreciated.

"Accept, my dear Marshal, the assurance of my sincere friendship.

"NAPOLEON."

Z2Iglitlit.—The French Emperor has concluded a new convention with King Leopold, limiting still farther the right of asylum in Belgium to persons charged with political offences. By the new instrument the following additional article is incorporated with previously existing ex- tradition treaties between the two states—

"No criminal attempt against the person of a foreign sovereign, or against the members of his family, shall be held to be a political offence, nor an incident of a political offence, when that attempt shall constitute an act of murder, assassination, or poisoning." The convention will have the same duration as that of November 1834 ; it will be in full force ten days after its publication and the two con- ventions will be considered as simultaneously published by the publica- tion of one of them.

Stall(.—Although the English squadron has sailed from Ajaceio East- wards, the French squadron, up to the 21st, was still at anchor in the Toulon roads, " all ready." At Naples matters remain in the same state of expectation on one side and a show of resistance on the other. The Emperor of Russia and the King of Sardinia have revived by an exchange of declarations the treaties and conventions which existed be- tween their states before the war.

It is stated that the convocation of the Provincial Congregations in Venice and Lombardy will speedily take place, as the statute relative to the political representation of those two provinces has received the sanc- tion of the Emperor.

The Municipality of Brescia having been called on, like other munici- palities, to subscribe a fund for public rejoicings on the auspicious occa- sion of? the Emperor's visit, has returned for answer, that after the address presented by the Council of that province to the Lieutenant of the Municipality, showing that the taxes in their province exceeded the estimated rental by upwards of 1,000,000 francs, it was not to be ex- pected that they could find money for illuminations and fireworks, and therefore they declined rejoicing altogether. funtattg.—The Times correspondent at Vienna is now constantly repeating a statement that a coolness has arisen between France and Austria. For some time he believl that Austria " feigned " distrust of France, in order to excite suspicions in England ; but he has now got positive information that Austria is greatly annoyed at the conduct of France, and at the want of firmness towards Russia that is shown by Count Walewski. Thus he writes, on the 18th instant- " Certain remarks which have reached my ears during the last few days induce me to fancy that the foundation for a future alliance between Russia and France has already been laid; but it is possible that the atmosphere of Vienna makes me over-suspicious. Austria is for the moment almost isolated ; .and it is not .clear to me where she is to find allies, unless indeed she can manage to effect a complete reconoiliation with England and Prus- sian. It is silMpositively affirmed here that the Emperor of Russia never expressed. his disapprobation of the policy of Austria; to Prince Esterhazy but you may be assured that he did so. I repeat, that the Czar, at the con- gratulation levee, told the Austrian Ambassador Extraordinary that he re- ceived his personal 'congratulations with pleasure ; but added, You may Write to your Court that I prefer actions to words.' The sentence quoted was repeated more than once, and was heard by two or three persons who were standing by. Prince Eaterhazy was deafer than usual, and did not choose

to hear what was said by the Czar ; but he called on Prince Gortschakoff on the day after the levee, and related what had passed . made no reply to his Majesty,' said the Austrian Ambassador, 'because I did not con- sider either the place or the occasion fitting for such a description of con- versation.'" Count Hatzfeld, the Prussian Ambassador at Paris, has this week paid a visit to Berlin. It is assumed that he has gone there to take the in- struction of the King with regard to his bearing in the approaching Paris Conferences. A Frankfort paper says that the Conferences will be opened before the 15th November ; but the Dresden Journal doubts whether they will take place at all.

lassia.—The Russian squadron, so often mentioned as the escort of the Dowager Empress, arrived at kiel on Wednesday. It consists of one line-of-battle ship, two frigates, and one corvette. One explanation of its destination is, that the vessels will be scattered—one at Athens, one in the Bosphorus, and so on.

Smitltrlau t.—A telegraphic despatch from Berne, October 22, states that, " as the result of diplomatic efforts, the prisoners have been set at liberty. The Federal Council declares itself ready to propose to the Federal Assembly a full amnesty, on condition that Prussia shall recognize the independence of the Canton. The Federal Council is using its exertions to be represented at the Conferences of Paris. Warlike preparations are being made."

$11Ai it.—The establishment of the Narvaez Ministry has been rapidly followed by the adoption of the Court policy. Royal decrees have re- voked the additional act of the Constitution of 1845 ; removed the se- questration laid on the property of the Queen-Mother ; restored the Con- cordat in its integrity ; granted an amnesty to all those condemned for taking part in the revolution of July; and reestablished the Queen's household upon its former footing. It is, however, professed, that " Mar- shal Narvaez intends to govern constitutionally ; it is therefore his inten- tion to convoke the Cortes ; he will insist upon the election being conducted with the most scrupulous regard to legality, so that all political opinions may be freely represented ; with a view to conciliation, he proposes to unite all the fractions of the Conservative party, admitting likewise such con- scientious Progressists as are willing to recognize the present state of things."

Queen Isabella has exchanged compliments and confidences with the Czar. Count Benkendorff, the Russian Minister, was received at Court on the 17th, to announce the accession of his master. The Emperor, he said, cherishes warm wishes for the prosperity of Spain. The Queen accepted the compliments of the Czar as a "flattering proof that in the heart of the Emperor are still deeply rooted those sentiments of friend- ship which at a former period so closely united the Courts of Russia and Spain."

tturktg.—The journal of Constantinople gives a curious account of the reported victory of the Circassians over the Russians on the Labe. " Soudjak-Irale, Sept. 24.—The Russians having passed the Laba for the purpose of constructing fortifications in Abzech, Safer Pasha immediately despatched an interpreter to the RIWAintl commander, in order to know the object of the expedition. The Russian commander replied, By the treaty of Paris, Circassia is conceded to Russia, and I have come to take possession of it.' Sefer Pasha sent a second messenger to the Russian commander' to inform him that Circassia was an independent country; that no one could dispose of it without the consent of its inhabitants ; and that if the Rus- sians did not retire forthwith the Circassian would take prompt measures to compel them. The next day, Sefer Pasha advanced with 30,000 men against the Russians, who had taken up a position on the slopes of a ravine with sixteen cannon. The combat lasted three hours and a half; the Cir- citelans remained masters of the field, made 800 prisoners, and took all the guns. Another affair took place twenty days ago in the Tchap-Sou, after the passage of the Kouban by the Russians ; who were obliged to retire with a considerable loss of men, leaving five guns behind."

It is added that the Russian troops were chiefly composed of recruits who did not behave well.

The Prussian Correspondence announces that the Commission appointed to establish the new line of frontier common to Russia and Moldavia has dissolved itself, without having accomplished that task.

flt tfth5.—The Baltic arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday, with advices from New York to the 11th.

The municipal elections had taken place in some States. The Repub- licans carried twenty-three and the Democrats fourteen towns in Connec- ticut. The Republicans had also carried some elections in Florida. At Baltimore in Maryland, the Municipal election was attended by bloody tumults; in one fray four persons were killed and upwards of fifty wounded by a recourse to fire-arms on both sides.

The Tribune and the Times of New York state that the friends of Mr. Buchanan in Pennsylvania, feeling that they could not legally carry the State vote in the contest for State officers, had caused some 14,000 or 15,000 names to be added to the lists of voters. " The colonization pro- cess has been managed principally by recruits from New Jersey." The Commissioners had determined not to publish the lists as usual ; alleging that no appropriation has been made for that purpose. Another elec- tioneering trick attributed to the friends of Mr. Buchanan is the my of " Buchanan, Breckenridge, and Free Kansas." Hecker, the notorious German leader of 1848, had been brought from Illinois to " take the stump " for Fremont among the Germans in Pennsylvania. Mr. Botts had made a daring speech at Richmond in Virginia.. He is a slave-holder, but he spoke very decidedly against the disturbance of the compromise of 1820, and declared that he would never support any one who took part in it. He made bold to declare that he was not a slavery progagandist—he would not force slavery on a reluctant people, still less justify the use of arms in forcing it on the Territories. He had the boldness to tell them that Slavery was in no danger ; that the men of the North would resist the extension of Slave territory, but they would not disturb it where it exists.

"Why do you want an increase of Slave territory ? Why do you want eighteen, nineteen, or twenty Slave States, instead of fifteen ? Why, it is not because you have not got land enough to occupy all the slave labour at your command. It is not that. It it not because your limits are circum- scribed it is because you want to increase the political power of the South, to give her additional power in the Senate of the United States. For the same reason that you want it, the North does not want you to extend it. It does not increase the number of slaves, but increases the political power; and for that reason the North is opposed to it."

Ex-Governor Floyd of Virginia, speaking at New York, against the

Republicans, uttered different sentiments--; ` To show how determined this sectional party were to carry out princi, plea which would confiscate our property and disturb our domestic peace and tranquillity, they had nominated a candidate on the sectional platform. Could the South consent to remain in the Union in which the constitution was to be treated as null and void, so far as they were concerned ? It is utterly impossible that the Government should be administered upon such principles without leading to the destruction of this Union. I want to ask , you Northern men, whethcr there can be any consideration in the election of a sectional President, such as Fremont, to justify the North in imperilling such institutions as materially, politically, and socially affect the preserva- tion of the Union ? "

Mr. Peabody, the American banker, tolerably well known in London, but at present on a visit to the United States, was entertained on the 9th instant at Danvers, his native place, which he has not visited for twenty years, but where in his absence he has endowed schools and founded a public library. He was received by a guard of honour, and was the hero of a fantastic procession "three miles long." The flags of England and the United States " waved together everywhere," and the Queen's health was drunk with "warm demonstrations of respect and regard." "Mr. Edward Everett made the speech of the day."

ustrali R.—Some intelligence of the progress of Mr. Gregory, the, head of the exploring expedition in North Australia, organized by the Royal Geographical Society, and undertaken by the Colonial Office, has reached the public this week. "The expedition started from Sydney for Moreton Bay, and thence to the mouth of Stokes's Victoria River. On landing, the party were so unfortunate as to lose fourteen horses and a hundred and fifty sheep. Nothing daunted, however, a camp was established on the Victoria River ; and in the begin- ning of January Mr. Gregory left with a party of nine officers and men to ascend the river ; and ultimately arrived at its sources, on sandstone ranges, 1400 feet above the level of the sea. These ranges run East and West, so that the opposite fall of water is consequently to the South. Crossing this water-iparting, Mr. Gregory struck on a creek that led him 300 miles fur- ther, West of South, to latitude 20' 15' South and longitude 127' 45'; where he discovered a salt lake in a sandy desert, so correctly prognosticated by our great Australian explorer Captain Sturt. From this point the party re- traced their steps in safety ; and Mr. Gregory was preparing for a second start from his depot across the country to the East, as far as the Albert river, where he expects to find more fertile land. Mr. Gregory had, during the time of the expedition_ gained the full confidence of those employed under him, and the party had throughout been on the best terms with the natives they had met with. The details of the expedition, and the nume- rous observations made by the scientific gentlemen attached to it, may be shortly expected."