arrigu net Arnlautal.

f Tftfirf.—The Court is still at Compiegne' and will remain there until the first week in December. Count Pourtides, the Prussian Minis- ter, has been there on ,a visit, instructed, it is said, " to give to the French Government authentic explanations of the late interview between the Prince Regent of Prussia and the Emperor of Russia."

All the week •we have been told that the invitations to the great Powers to meet in Congress at Paris -would be despatched " tomorrow, ' a date proverbially distant. Yet the 15th of December is named for the opening of the Congress, and it is affirmed that Count Persigny has been instructed to arrange the preliminary conditions with Lord John Russell.

"The formal and official invitation will be sent to London from the Cabinets of Vienna and Paris simultaneously. The notes containing the in- vitation will not be identical, as it has been stated ; -Austria will propose that the Congress shall assemble in Paris, while .France will abstain from indicating any place."

It is also reported that Prince Metternich has remitted to Count Walewski the letters issued by Austria ; but that statement looks in- accurate, and clashes with other news.

It is to be remarked, in connexion with this topic, -that Lord Cowley has paid a visit to London.

The ratifications of the Zurich treaties were exchanged on the 21st IR November.

The Trench Government has made a move which has -attracted great attention. The violent language of a portion of the French press pro- duced-a • similar tone in England. This has led the Government of France to determine that M. Billault, the new Minister of the Interior, should read the press a lesson. The Paris correspondent of the Times gives a summary of the confidential circular in which the Minister ex- presses his views. " If I am-correctly informed—aa I have reason to believe that I am— the Minister expresses his regret that such exaggerated language should be used when speaking of the English people, as well by reason of the disquietude which it must excite among them, as that it tends to destroy the confidence and embitter the feelings of those of whose, opinions the English press is the channel. The Prefects are reminded how much greater that unpleasant effect must be when this violent language is employed by journals usually supporting the policy of the Imperial Government, and which is made responsible abroad for these excesses. The Prefects are therefore instructed to request the jourhals in question to be more circums !poet; and, while they are at liberty to refute error!, protest against in- justice and calumny, and defend energetically the nghts of the country, they might easily avid offending the susceptibilities of a great people, and rather promote friendly relations between the two countries. By pursuing this line of conduct the Minister is of opinion that the dignity of the Im- perial policy may be reconciled with.the interests of the alliances of France and the maintenance of peace, and with this view the Prefects are requested to use their influence with the press, and with public opinion. The Pre- fects are-requested to communicate their 'views on this subjeet, in a confi- dential manner, to those journals which usually support the Government, and not to interfere with the others unless in cases where their exaggera- tion tends too manifestly to counteract the wishes of the Government on this point." So far as we can gather the fact from the letter of -the correspondent, M. Billault's.missive must have been'forwarded about the 13th or 14th, or just before the limes published its famous article on the feeling exist- ing in France.

The _Mare de la Manche states that the dockyard authorities at Cher- bourg have received orders to lay down the _keels of two large transports for the conveyance of horses. They-will-have screw propellers, and are to be large enough to- accommodate.300-horses and as many men.

The iron-plated steam frigate N-ormandie is progressing rapidly at Cherbourg, and is expected to be launched next March.

The Nouvelliste of Rouen announces that Fecamp, near Havre, isle be transformed into a port of war. The Courier du:Dimanche has been warned for publishing an article on political liberty in which present arrangements are not admitted to be final. It is by M. d'HaussonviLle, President of the Order of Banisters. The Anti de la .Religion is to be prosecuted for publishing a letter alleged to be from the King of Sardinia to the Emperor of the French, relative to the Regency of the Prince de Carignan. The Correspandant is to be prosecuted for the sins of M. de 'Montalembert. The French campaign in Morocco is at an and. In twenty days General de Martimprey has chastised the tribes, 'taken booty, exacted a ransom from the people of Ouchda, and lost one-fifth of his effective force by sickness and disease. This is a pleasant prospect for the Spaniards.

to .—The first division of -the. Spanish army -crossed the straits to

Ceuta on the 18th of November, under General Echague, and at once threw up entrenchments. The second division had begun to embark.

The people are.still hot .for 'the warsand the Basque provinces are es- pecially animated. The opposition journals of Madrid of the 18th make new and somewhat violent attacks on the Government for the con- cessions accorded to -England in the Morocco affair. The Queen had caused solemn prayers to be offered up in her private chapel on three consecutive days for the success of the Spanish arms in Morocco, and had attended them. Some of the journals having spread reports that .after all a peace was likely .to.be concluded with that Power, the semi- official Correspondencia asserts that they are unfounded, and that "no

one now believes.ia:Ate,poesibility of a pacific arrangement." The Moors were keeping up an active surveillance by day and night on their coasts. Mr. Drummond Hay, the English Consul-General, was at Tan- gier, and was having frequent conferences with Katib, the Moorish Minister of Foreign Affairs.

Itatg.—The resignation of Garibaldi and the solution of the Regency question occupy attention. It is stated by the Turin correspondent of the Morning Post that Garibaldi was induced to resign lest he should be appointed dictator. Others say that differences with Fanti alone brought about his retire- ment. Be that as it may, there is ground for believing that the act is a decidedly political step. It was officially reported to the French Go- vernment. Garibaldi himself has explained his position in an address " to the Italians." It is a remarkable document.

" Finding that by cunning devices and vain pretexts the freedom of ac- tion inherent in my rank in the army of Central Italy is continually ham- pered—a freedom which I have ever used for the object which every good Italian must wish to attain—I leave the military service.

"On the day when Victor Emmanuel shall again call upon his soldiers to fight for the deliverance of our country, I shall find an arm of some kind or another, and a post by the side of my brave companions in arms.

"The miserable and tortuous policy which for the moment troubles the majestic march of our affairs should engage us more than ever to rally round the brave and loyal soldier of our independence, who is incapable of re- pudiating the sublime and generous design which he conceived. More than ever we must lay up stores of gold and steel to prepare a good reception for .whoever may attempt to throw us back into our former miserable state.

"G. Genre/am." The same correspondent of the Post gives a curious account, endorsed by the editor of that paper, of the Regency question. The Government, says the writer, was urged to permit the Prince de Carignan to be Regent. It had encouraged the idea of the Regency : it had wished to appoint Prince di Carignano to the Regency, when the strong, unmistakeable, un- equivocal veto of Napoleon the Third knocked this whole plan on the head. No Regency, therefore,—the Prince di Carignano has not accepted the Regency ; but he has designated (by what Fight, it may well be asked, unless as Regent ?) the Chevalier Buoncompagui to act in his place. This second nomination has been effected in the greatest haste, before information could be conveyed to Paris and a second veto arrive from the Emperor. And it bas been done, in consequence of the strong pressure put by the envoy from the Romagna on his colleagues, before the arrival of the Tuscan deputation, who, on their arrival, found an act performed in their name to which they were no parties whatever. The whole affair, I repeat, is a pretty mess. And, strange to say, the person who suggested this mezzo-termine, which has excited the amazement and raised the wrath of all parties in succession, is Count Cavour. What the ultimate consequences may be I do not pretend to say, but the immediate results.are the following : the English Minister, Sir James Hudson, is indignant because Sardinia has compromised its in- dependence, by making the policy of its Government directly dependent on the approval or disapproval of the Emperor, and because the chances of an- nexation appear thus to have become lessened. The French Minister, Prince Latour d'Auvergne, is perfectly furious because Sardinia has so far preserved its independence as to transfer the Regency to Buoncompagni without asking the Emperor's permission. Baron Ricasoli, in the name of the Tuscan Government, has protested against the whole affair." The course taken by France was remarkable ; at first, resistance, then concession. The Constitutionnel had said that the appointment. of Buoncompagni presented serious inconveniences, and the next day the writer found that he had gone on the wrong tack and the inconveniences vanished. The Government protested and then withdrew the protest ; and the Moniteur of Wednesday, declaring itself to be " the sole organ of. the Government," described the reasons for this change.

"The French Government, believing that the delegation of the Regency of Central Italy to M. Buoncompagni would prejudice the questions which will be submitted to the approaching Congress, had looked upon the adop- tion of the above measure with regret. This impression is now modified by the explanations given by the Government of Sardinia, which declares that the maintenance of public order was the sole object and only aim of the above delegation to M. Buoncompagni, and that the concentration in his bands of the Governments of Central Italy had in no manner the character of a virtual Regency."

Buoncompagni left Turin on the 20th to assume his new functions, the protest of the Tuscan deputation to Turin, notwithstanding. Not only does Buoncompagni bear the title of Regent, but every act of Central Italy continues, and will continue, to be issued and sanctioned in the name of their King elect, Victor Emmanuel. New regiments have just taken the oath of allegiance in that form at Bologna, and the troops at .Florence are reviewed by Ricasoli, amid cries of " Viva il Re aPItalia I" At the suggestion of Frain'' Bologna is to be fortified. The Monitore Toseano publishes a note addressed to the European Govern- ments, and signed by all the Ministers, which contains this passage-

" We have said already that we declined all threatening intention ; we are bound to repeat it now. Should the decisions of the Congress receive favourably and, as we hope, sanction our votes, we shall be delighted, as by a great act of justice, and we shall be grateful for it to Europe. Should the sentence be against us, we shall be under the lamentable necessity of not accepting it, and, if attacked, we shall endeavour to repel, however cer- • tain to succumb, force by force." General Fanti has addressed a spirited order of the day to his army. When Garibaldi left, it consisted of not less than 46,000 men; of these, 22,000 are from Tuscany, 12,090 from the Romagna, and 12,000 from Parma and Modena. They consist of the flower of the youth of Italy.

The Pope's General, Kalbermatten, has issued a ferocious address to his soldiers from. Pesaro, in which he describes the patriot army as " felons " and " sacrilegious aggressors ; " and urges his own immacu- late lambs to resist the " infernal seductions " to which they are ex- posed.

The Sardinian Government has addressed the following despatch, on the subject.of the Regency of Central Italy, to its diplomatic representa- tives at the various Courts :— " Turin, November 13.

" M. le Ministre—The Assemblies of Central Italy, as you are aware, have offered the Regency to his Royal Highness the Prince de Savoie- Carignan. Marked by the calmness and order which characterized the vote of annexation, their deliberations were as spontaneous as they were unani- mous.

"The King's Government were completely strangers to the resolution. It is solely and simply the result of national tendencies, which the fear of a restoration has but made stronger and more vigorous ; it is a new homage rendered to the.monarchical principle ; a new proof of the firm determine-

tion of those countries to maintain order and authority, to augment and shelter from all attack the prestige of the supreme power. This resolution attests, in fine, the ardent desire of the populations of Central Italy to see their union with the monarchy of Sardinia consummated—a settlement which can alone, in their opinion, give solid guarantees of national liberty and independence.

"In the presence of ovate so imposing, and motives so powerful, the King our august Sovereign thought that his first duty was to obviate the perils of disorder and anarchy, reasonably to be apprehended if the offer of the As- semblies was not received. But, assured of the early meeting of a Congress called to solve the questions raised by the situation of Italy, his Majesty hastened to make an act of deference to the councils of Europe lq abstaming from any decision which might be regarded as of a nature to interfere with their entire liberty of examination and deliberation. Agreeably to his Majesty's intentions, Monsigneur the Prince of Carignan, despite his sincere sympathies for the deputations who came to him to intrust him with the care of governing them, did not judge it his duty to accept the Regency which they offered. At the same time, it was impossible for his Majesty, as well as the Prince, not to consider seriously the motives which had dic- tated the offers of the Assemblies of Central Italy, and not to concur in the measures suggested to them by high motives of expediency to guarantee from all agitation those countries who have placed their confidence in the House of Savoy. His Royal Highness has accordingly believed himself able to appoint the Chevalier Buoncompagui to take the Regency of those provinces isntil assembled Europe has regularized their position. This proof of friendly solicitude will, the King's Government believes, tran- quillize the public mind. Centred in one hand, authority will be more vigorous and powerful. It will keep in a respectful attitude the factions which, profiting by the public impatience, might attempt to incite the po- pulations and the army to inconsiderate and dangerous acts. In a word, it is a pledge to the security of Italy, to the tranquillity of Europe, while the Congress are deliberating upon the questions unfolded before it.

" But—we cannot hide it—this measure, by its provisional character, will not completely reassure us, if it should be much prolonged. It is ur- gent that the Congress should meet as soon as possible, just as it is of vital necessity that the solution it deems fit to adopt shall be such as, by satis- fying the needs and wishes of the Italian populations, shall put an end for ever to internal revolutions or foreign interventions. Long delays will be fatal. A solution which did not guarantee the national independence of Italy would be but a source of new evils for the Italians—of agitation and of conflicts for Europe. " I invite you, M. le Ministre, to bring the contents of this despatch to the knowledge of the Government of —, while urging the speedy meet- ing of the Congress. "Receive, &c., DABOILMIDA."

The Union publishes a letter from Rome, which, if it correctly describe what has occurred, shows that no love is lost between Piedmont and Naples, and that the latter is not indisposed to champion the Pope.

" The Piedmontese Minister of Foreign Affairs requested explanations from the Neapolitan Ambassador on the subject of the presence, in the Ab- ruzza, of an army of 25,000 men. The Ambassador is said to have replied that before giving an answer he would consult his Government. The answer made by the Cabinet of Naples is said to have been in substance, That the Neapolitan Governmentcould not admit the right of Piedmont to demand explanations relative to a concentration of troops on any point of the terri- tory of Naples, because that concentration could not in any way menace either Piedmont or any of her possessions, and that the Roman Court, on the confines of which the assemblage of troops had taken place, was the power which had the right to complain and ask for explanations. As to the question whether it was the intention of the Neapolitan Government to interfere in the Legations, and to support the Pontifical army, it should decline any answer, reserving to itself to act according to circumstances. That if the King of Piedmont thought himself authorized to take up the defence of populations against their legitimate sovereigns, and to interfere, in case of need, in their favour, the Cabinet of Turin could not refuse to the King of Naples the right of interfering in favour of a Sovereign de- fending himself against his revolted subjects, and particularly when the chief of those rebels publicly announced that when once the friendly and allied Sovereign was overthrown, all his efforts will be turned against that ruler, and the safety of his States.' This, be it understood, is only the sense of the note transmitted."

The Gazette of Savoy states that two recent condemnations had caused much excitement in Venetia ; that of an engineer, named Franceschini, to fifteen years' imprisonment with hard labour, and that of a workman, Angelo Bottari, to sixteen years' hard labour. The former was found guilty of having wished to serve in the Italian army ; the latter of having committed acts of insurrectionary enthusiasm, in consequence of a ru- mour which prevailed after the battle of Magenta of an arrangement which would liberate Venetia.

Much sensation has been produced at Rome by the arrest of Signor Santangelo, a leading member of the young liberal party, and a personal friend of the ex-Piedmontese Minister, Count della Minerva. He was captured by the &Aryl on Tuesday evening, whilst leaving the Opera, and carried off to the prison of Monte Citario, where ho is supposed to be still, there being no habeas corpus whereby his friends may verify his whereabouts.

A telegram from Vienna, dated Thursday, states that " an Imperial autograph letter orders the Ministers to grant a full amnesty to all persons compromised by the part they have taken in Italian affairs. This amnesty will apply to civil as well as to military persons. Criminal offences of no political character are to be excepted."

Mangar4.—The Hungarians are carrying out their policy of passive resistance with commendable vigour. A remarkable demonstration was made on the 15th of November at Miskolcz. We quote an account of the affair from the letter of the Vienna correspondent of the Times.

"Notwithstanding the Ministerial prohibition of the 8th instant, the representatives of the Calvinists beyond the Theiss met at Miskolcz, and invited several Roman Catholics—as well priests as laymen—to be present at a sitting which they proposed to hold. The invitation was readily ac- cepted, and at the appointed hour the sitting began. The deliberations of the Protestants were, however, interrupted by the arrival of a commissary, who summoned the persons present to disperse without delay. As the representative of Government was not in uniform the Assembly declined to recognize his authority, but did not object to his remaining in the room. He, however, being greatly incensed at this passive resistance,' went away, declaring, as he did so, that the armed force would speedily break up the conventicle. Notwithstanding this threat the Assembly deliberately discussed the Imperial Patent of September the 1st, and finished by peti- tioning his Majesty to suspend it, and to place the Protestant Church in Hungary in the same position as it was in before the year 1848. A vest crowd assembled round the house in which the Convent' was held, but the public peace was not disturbed, as no troops made their appearance. In order that Government should clearly understand that the Roman Catho- lics in Hungary make common cause with the Protestants, several influen- tial members of the two confessions dined together at Miskolcz. During the repast the Catholic priests drank to the Protestant clergy, and the latter did not fail to return the compliment. Among the toasts given were, The Primate of Hungary ' and The Archbishop of Erlau' (M. von Barakovics); and the health of the latter—who spoke with extreme candour to the Arch- duke Albrecht during the great banquet at Gran—was drunk with enthu- siastic applause."

The Daily News correspondent, after narrating the story, says that "the opening of the museum at Klausenberg, in Transylvania, will now be the next great opportunity for an anti-Austrian demonstration."

frman4.—The minor German States have resolved to send repre- sentatives to a conference which was to be held at Wurzburg on Wed- nesday. Bavaria, it is said, initiated the movement, and the object is to come to some agreement respecting questions of German policy.

"The principal questions to be considered are the settlement of the right of domicile, the establishment of federal courts of justice, the national de- monstration in favour of unity, reform of the federal laws relating to the army, the Hesse and Holstein questions, and regulations for an uniform system of weights and measures for all Germany."

Ent Mark.—The Dagbladet announces that a Council of Ministers was held on Monday, at which it was resolved that the President of the Cabinet should tender to the King the resignation of the whole Ministry. M. Cottwitt has been summoned by his Majesty the King.

IMPIL—The sixth Legislative session of the Greek Chambers was opened on the 10th of November, by King Otho. After stating that Greece was at peace with all foreign Powers, his Majesty said :— " Gentlemen, Deputies, and Senators,—You are aware that my Govern- ment, always anxious to fulfil its engagements towards the Powers who guaranteed the loan, has proposed to them to make a final settlement of the affair according to the resources of the State. They have claimed, for the present, an annual payment of 900,000 francs, convinced that thepayment of that sum will not create any embarrassment to the public service. My Government will ask from you the grants necessary to cover this sum, and will follow up the negotiationa relative to the final settlement of this ques- tion—a settlement which is indispensable to the consolidation of public credit and a healthy system of our finances. I entertain the hope that the kindness always shown to Greece by the protecting Powers will facilitate the result of this negotiation." The Euryalus, with Prince Alfred on board, arrived at the Piraeus on the 10th.

• ilf $latri.—Advices from New York tell us that Cook and others, accomplices of Brown in the Harper's Ferry insurrection, have been caught and sentenced to death.

11.—The Bombay mail of the 26th of October arrived on Monday. It contains not much news of an interesting character ; the expedition to Beyt and the anti-license-tax agitation having been reported by the pre- ceding mail. Lord Canning had reached Cawnpore on the 14th of Oc- tober in his north-western progress.

"The object of the journey is said to be the recognition of many of the new tenures in Oude, the reception of native Princes of the Punjab and others, his direct intercourse with those who loyally lent their aid to uphold the British power, and the personal acknowledgment of these services, and for inspecting Deli and Oude. Every chief of note is commanded to appear before the two representatives of England's power—the Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief."

" Seyd Abdoolah " communicates to the Times the following slip of news, just received from India, and cut from the postscript of the Lahore CAronicle of Thursday, October 13 :—

" We have just received the following intelligence of the death of Nana Sahib from our Oude correspondent. The letter is dated the 7th of October, 1859 :— " ' Important news has just come in that the Nana died in the Dhang valley [within the Nepaul frontier] on the 2d current. His followers have all dispersed in several gangs. Banee Madho of Byswarrah is very unwell, i and it is apprehended he will not survive long."' [The news, however, is probably inaccurate. It was not believed in Oude on the 1 lth, the date of the latest advice from Lueknow ; and is supposed to have been invented for political purposes.]

The Government at Calcutta had broken through precedent, and had published a financial statement. " An estimated improvement ' in our finances has appeared to the extent of 77i lacs (775,0001.), reducing the deficit to 650 lace (6,500,000/.). The improvement is owing to reductions in military and public works expendi- ture, increased receipts from the new tariff, and the stamp, salt, and licence taxes (the latter is therefore expected to come into operation). The revenue for 1860-61 is estimated at 3890 lace (38,900,0001.), the charges at 4225 lams (42,250,0001.), the estimated deficit thus being 335 lacs (3,350,0001.). The question has been asked, has this statement been put forth to show that we can do without Mr. Wilson ? "

It had been reported at Bombay that orders had arrived in India to begin to absorb the local troops in the Queen's Army, and to hand over the Native troops to the Horse Guards. We trust the report is not true, and that no such fatal steps have been taken.