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      the causes of disagreement and comp are aside in a manner to assure the maintenance of the " pacific : relations ; between the two countries . " , f &? ' The Pijissian . Government has suspended all duties on the toportation of grain , on account of the poorness of theharvest , itselfcaused by the immense quantity of rain ttat has fallen . Berlin is becoming , through its ^ ai ^ % aj « t a central di ? p 6 t . for the corn trade , and it is ' jfcerefqre possible . th , at the prohibition . on foreign grain 'Say . not . berehew ^ d , —The King of Prussia is slowly " xeijoyering from his indisposition ; but the country generally is very unhealthy . Cholera has been violent at Berlin , and in many of the other towns .

      r . The Vienna Press states that a waterspout of a destructive character occurred near Massling , in Germany , jpn the ,. $ th instant . Bridges , mills , and houses were / destroyed . There are from seventy to eighty persons missing , and forty persons have already been found drowned . - ' .. Colonel Guinard , a member of the old French Republican party , has been arrested at the funeral of Madame Dbrries , the widow of a representative wlo was killed in 1848 . He was condemned by the Higb Court of Jus-¦ t i . ee of "Versailles for taking part in the e ' meute of June , 184 = 9 , and was afterwards voluntarily pardoned by the Emperor . Rumour attributes his arrest to his not having discharged the costs of the trial , for which he , together with others , was liable ; but that tliis is the only reason seems- doubtful , the more so as it is whispered that several working men who followed the hearse have also been arrested .

      There have been some rather serious disturbances in the departments of the Meuse and Vosges , in consequence of the high price of corn . Two battalions of the 34 th regiment of the line , which was on its march to Marseilles , were detached to pacify those districts . At Bar-le-Duc particularly , there was considerable excitef ent . A traveller who has arrived in Paris reports that ie soldiers of . one of these battalions were observed to have blackened fingers , and from this circumstance , and " $$ B ; disinclination shown by the officers to answer quesj ^ pns , it . was thought they had been firing . At St . Malo , Cpmplaints being made thaj ^ the bakers did not bake j j ) fe { id enough to supply the population , the Mayor sent fop them , and threatened to apply the law in its utmost severity if they did not bake a sufficient quantity to nieet the demand . It is said that this threat had a beneficial effect , and that the shops are now well sup' pii ' etL—Daily News .

      Diplomatic < f difficulties" seem to be on the increase . Prussia and the Hospodar of Wallaclua have been getting up a quarrel ;; " the French agent has managed to , fall into a complication with the Ottoman authorities ; . and a new Eastern disagreement seems to be brewing , ^ aron de Mensbach , the ^ consul-general of Prussia , ob'jtained , with some difficulty , the dismissal from office of / ijro Wallachians who had committed acts of brutality , ithe Hoapodar , who only yielded from fear , revenged . iimself by sending a picket of thirty men -with a lieutejiiant instead of a detachment of the militia , to salute i the Prussian flag on the reopening of negotiations between the Wallachian Government and Prussia , and by ordering his Secretary of State not to pay the visit of ceremony to the minister . M . de Mensbach , offended at

      this , commanded the soldiers to be driven away , and abstained from visiting Prince Stirboy , though the latter waited for him at his palace , surrounded by his ministers . The ,. Prussian consul then quitted Bucharest , and wrote jjtc ^ h'is Government to demand satisfaction . Mr . Col-. qnmmn , the ^ Eng lish agent , approved of his proceedings ; ytutjihe French agent , M . Bulard , said that , had the ; Prussian flag been saluted with twenty-one guns , as , w # e ( expected , it would have been an insult to France , as i the French , flog had not been so saluted—an omission , which is explained by the assertion that M . Bulard had not given notice that ho had hoisted his flag . Ultijmatoly , the Prussian flag was saluted with twonty-ono guns , find the Secretary paid his visit . A good deal of surprise has been felt at the conduct of the French consul . ,

      .. ^ he , birthday of the Emperor of Austria haa been celebrated by the Wallachian Government with great splendour and enthusiasm . " An omoial invitation , " ¦ aya . a lotter from Bucharest , " wns addressed to all the great WaUachUui functionaries to assist & t the Catholic TVs JDeum ; promotions were made in the civil and militery . professions , gratuities given , prisoners pardoned , distributions of meat , drink , and money to the Austrian soldiers , splendid illuminations , & c and all at the oxpenae of tho unfortunate Wallachian Treasury , whicli waa already too heavily burdened . " A correspondent of tho Conetitutionnel writes to say

      that , after the Allied expedition ] to the Sea of Azof , Russia made the greatest endeavours to : obtain the cooperation of Auatria ^ v but ; that XJountBuol replied that , " Austria being , . and intending to remain , the ally of Fiance and England ^ found herself under the impossibility of giving the hand to ' <& rapprochement other than that which should extend equally to all the Powers which signed the treaty of the 2 nd of December . " What clever acting it isj There is a Teport in Spain that the Moderate party is about to be reorganised ; the only difficulty is , how to bring together the Count de San Luis and his partisans

      with the rest of the Moderates . Queen Christina is anxious that they should undertake the responsibility of office . The greatest cordiality continues to exist between Espartero and O'DonneU . The financial situation is improving ; the voluntary loan amounts to 137 , 710 , 620 reals , which is more than half . Tranquillity exists in most of the provinces , and the Carlists are making no progress in the province of Barcelona . The Cabecilla Tuvany nas been killed in a rencontre with the Queen ' s troops , and the band he commanded-has dispersed . M . Zayas was officially received by the Mexican Government on the 6 th of August .

      The insurrection at Tripoli continues . Forty thousand Arabs are said to be under arms , and the Turks , it is thought , will not be able to attack them successfully . The Sultan has resolved to support the Governor against whom the Arabs have risen . The Arabs in the province of Benoli , to the south-east of Tripoli , have revolted ; commercial affairs are suspended , and provisions are getting very dear . Baron Kiibeck , the President of the Council of the Austrian Empire , died on the 10 th ult . at Vienna , of

      cholera . This disease is at present committing great havoc in that city , and in other parts of the Austrian Empire . In Carniola , there have been 12 , 272 cases ; only 3402 , however , have proved fatal , while in Vienna more than half the persons attacked die in the course of a few hours . The Emperor has gone shooting among the Styrian woods and mountains . Baron Prokesch is about to depart on a mission to Constantinople , in order , it has been said , to " cope with Lord Redcliffe , " and , by co-operating with the representative of France , to sow dissension between the Allies .

      Prussia , it is rumoured , is very desirous to get rid of the Sound dues ; and it is added that M . Lembke , on the part of that power , has proposed to the Danish Government to " capitalize " them , and to pay a certain sum once for all . The first Danish Chamber has definitively adopted the changes proposed in the constitution of 1849 , by . a majority of 38 against 10 . The Emperor Alexander ' s visit to Warsaw is abandoned Thessaly and Albania are in a very disorderly state , owing to the influence of Russian agents , who encourage the banditti . A piratical vessel appeared off Khorefto , near Volo ; but a large muster of the inhabitants caused it to withdraw .

      The King of Sardinia will leave for Pans about the 1 st of October . It is reported to be his intention to visit London immediately after . A measure has just been adopted with regard to the Credit Mobilier ( says the Times Paris Correspondent ) which may in some sort be considered as a financial coup d ' etat . The directors of that association had announced in the public papers that they were about to issue 240 , 000 obligations , and also that they were prepared to distribute a dividend of 200 f ., which , though not yet due , would be allowed in the first payments made on account of those obligations . On announcing this emission of paper , the Credit Mobilier counted on the authorisation of the Government , which , as it had not been applied

      for , was very probably considered by the association as only a mere matter of form . But there were a few among the Ministers who thought they could perceive that a danger existed for the public as well as for the character of tho Government ; and they determined on checking it before it was too late . They represented the matter to the Emperor , who at once resolved that the emission of obligations should be reduced to half the number—namely , to 120 , 000 , instead of that originally intended by tho Crddit Mobilier . It is necessary to remark that another motive existed for this determination . It was observed with surprise by the public at largo that the fall of Sebaatopol , unquestionably one of tho most momentous events of the day , and the increased influence necessarily acquired by

      Franco thereby , did not produce tho effect anticipated on tho Government securities , and that tho rente continued languid and heavy on tho market . The reason was to bo found in the superior attractions of the Crddit Mobilier , Tho Government paper was abandoned for that of tho Credit Mobilier , and tho Three and Four-and-a-Half per Cents , wore disdained in tho eager rush after shares in every enterprise which was known to bo under tho protection of that association , or -with which it had any concern . It wn » , in point of fact , considered that tho Credit Mobilior had assumed proportions dangerous to public credit , of which it ought to bo tho auxiliary , and menacing to tho State , which had called it into existence . It is said that a person will bo placed by the Government at the head of the association .

      Cholera , * which' has raged with great intensity at Dantzic , is abating . The quantity of wheat in the granaries is now reduced to 15 , 000 quarters . ' Thereis a great scarcity in the interior . An analysis has been published of a despatch from Count Nesselrode to the various Russian agents in Europe ( written some time before the evacuation of South Sebastopol ) , in which the Count states that Russia will fight ti ll she is completely exhausted ; or till one ^ of the belligerent powers holds forth a hand for negotiation ., The assertion that the Russian internal resources are nearly exhausted is strongly denied ; and a national rising is said to have provided an i mmense

      army as if by enchantment . " The patriotism of the Russian people came to the aid of the Government , as well for the equipment of this new and considerable contingent as for the means of transport of the troops . The loan which Russia contracted last year was completely successful , and is covered . Although the adversaries of Russia prohibited it , not onl y in their own . States , but also on the principal Exchanges of neutral countries , nevertheless the financial credit of Russiathat thermometer of the resources of a country—remained invariabl y at the same point , even on the' Exchanges of those countries who were at war with her . " The blockade of the ports , it is added , has only been a proof of the vastness of Russia ' s internal resources .

      The Ottoman Government is honourably distinguishing itself by several scientific projects which will contribute towards identifying Turkey with the general interests of Europe , and civilising her population . M . Larue , a French engineer , has just completed , with immense difficulty , owing to the nature of the country to be traversed , the telegraphic line from Constantinople to Schumla by Adrianople . Lighthouses and signal-fires are to be established on all the coasts of the Ottoman Empire . A railroad from Constantinople to Belgrade , which would connect the Turkish capitals with all Europe , is talked of ; and the cutting of a canal between Kostendjts and Rassova appears to have been agreed on between the Porte , France , Austria , and England .

      Constantinople lias recently been the scene of verydisorderly proceedings at night , inconsequence of which the police have determined on arresting any one found in the streets after midnight , unless forced by necessity to be out . The Bavarian Chambers were opened on the loth instant . In his speech , the King expressed his satisfaction that Bavaria and the rest of Germany have not been drawn into the war , a reduction of taxation being thereby rendered more easy . For a brief space , there has been a ministerial crisis in Madrid . General O'Donnell went to the Escurial on

      the evening of the 12 th , for the purpose of requesting the Queen ' s signature to the decree regulating the royalhousehold / the object of which is to diminish the " backstair" influences which are found to be too favourable to despotism . The Queen emphatically refused to put her name to the document . Upon this , a Cabinet Council was held , and the ministers resolved to resign in a body . The Queen , however , became frightened , and consented to sign ; and the ministers have accordingly resumed office . But it seems doubtful whether perfect peace hasbeen effected , as the King is known to be at the bottom of the Palace intrigues , and even to have entered into a compact with the Carlists , to secure , if possible , the Spanish crown to Count Montemolin . The victory at Sebastopol was celebrated at the French church in Madrid ; and the Spanish flag appeared sideby side with those of the Allies . At Stockholm , there have been great rejoicings at the event .

      A gentleman , named Coleman , made the ascent of Mont Blanc on tho 29 th ult . The Legislative Session of the Dutch Chambers opened on tho 7 th inst ., with a speech from the King , alluding chiefly to matters of local interest . The neutrality is mentioned as having been religiously observed by Holland , and appreciated by the belligerent Powers . Mr . John Brett has proceeded to Cagliari , to superintend the telegraph which , passing through Sardinia ,, is to connect France and Algeria .

      Two Murders In London. Daniel Lordast, A...

      TWO MURDERS IN LONDON . Daniel Lordast , a Spitalfielda weaver , who has been lately working in tho Docks , murdered his wife on Tuesday morning , through jealousy . Immediately after stabbing her , he gave himself up to a policeman , who took him back to tho scene of the tragedy , Parliamentcourt , Artillery-lano , Biahopsgatc-street , where tho woman was found in a sitting posture on the stairs . Tho constable lifted up her head , which was leaning on her

      hands , and found a deep wound in tho throat and a largequantity of congealed blood in her lap . She was dead , Tho man and tho woman have both been notorious for a long time for their drunken and riotous habits ; and that tho act was deliberate is manifest from tho faofc ofLordan having stated that ho had long had tho knifo " tor her . At tho etation-house , tho murderer wrote tfco following letter to his sister : — " My donrMflry , —MaKo yourself happy as you can . It you and ^^ 1 ' oukJ to spoak to each other , I flUould Do very glad ; I would toll you Homething . ^ DANi . ^ Loubaw . " IJpon tho arrival of lib sister , ho m « do tho onoumff statement , which cxplaina tho motives of tho dood :

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 22, 1855, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_22091855/page/5/