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      succession to the title of Lord Bernard , the sitting member . Lord Bandon ' s death was the result of an attack of apoplexy , with which he was struck on Friday week , and under which he sank a few hours later in the . day . The Harvest of 1856 . — " The harvest , " says the Belfast Mercury , " has at length been closed , and it will be admitted on all hands that the turn-out of the fields has proved most abundant . There have been seasons of no less ample returns in particular departments of Ireland ' s agriculture , but certainly the yield of this season in every variety of cereal has never been equalled . The

      Irish wheat crop of 1806 occupied an area of 529 , 363 icres , showing a pretty large increase in the breadth so accupied last year . This season ' s yield of oats , at a very moderate estimation , cannot be under 1 , 550 , 000 tons . tncluding the value of the straw—the growth of 1856 having been perhaps the finest raised for several years past—the actual marketable worth of Ireland ' s oatfields will be found rather above 15 , 000 , 000 ? . sterling . Seizures for non-payment of rent are all but unknown ; and , what is no less astonishing , landlords and tenants live in tie greatest state 6 f harmony with each other . ' '

      The Defences . —Lord Seaton , accompanied by a numerous staff , has again left Dublin , with , a view of following up a close inspection of all the military and naval positions in the kingdom . The first -posts to be visited on the tour are Limerick and all the forts on the river Shannon . Faction Murders . —A farmer , named Keriha , Has been killed on the borders of Tipperary by some political opponent . He was waylaid , and knocked on the head . Two other men belonging to an opposite faction have been murdered in the course of disturbances provoked by the same kind of animosity .

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      CONTINENTAL NOTES . . ' . ¦ .. •¦ ¦¦ " . "¦" . . ¦ .. : ' " . "¦ ¦¦ FRANCE . . .. ' . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦ . ¦¦ The Emperor ( says the Times Paris correspondent ) has just given his approval to a proposition made by Marshal Yaillant , Minister of War , for removing some unpleasant difficulties which have arisen in Algeria between the officers in command and the functionaries of the military intendance relative to the exercise of the right of punishment . The proposition of the minister is to the effect that the Governor-General of Algeria , the commanderin-chief of an army in the field , and any general officer provided with special letters of service to command a division or a brigade employed separately abroad , shall have the direct right of punishing the functionaries of the intendance serving under his orders .

      earnest of the future , their subscription for the can ™ of Alessandria . Yes , as an earnest ; for , united a . » * are to Italy by the bonds of love and hatred ^* Roumans of the Danube , shall never forget thatl *' have the same > enemy to beat down and the Lm ! S « *^ ^ l * T ' Piedmon t "as defended us 1 the field of victory . —Your devoted servant C A Rosetti , ex-Member of- the Provisional Government Wallachiain 1848—Paris , November 1 . " '

      SPAIN . " Orficial complaints against the pres 3 of forebn countries , " observes the Times , " appear to be oiiS common just now . -This time it is . the French journal that have given offence : and , if what one of the Spanish papers says be correct , the fact of the press of a countrv being under the absolute control of a Government has its troublesome side as well as its advantages Thp Epoca remarks : — ' We have already drawn attention to the views of the Ministerial press respecting certain articles -which the JPresse , the Gazette de France , the Es tafette , the Siecle , and other Parisian papers have pub " lished on the affairs of Spain . As the French press is under the censorship and direct inspection of the authorities , it seems our Ambassador at Paris has received orders to complain of the language used iu noticins Spanish affairs . '" b

      General Enrique O'Donnell has resigned the command of the province of Cadiz . On the 27 th and 28 th ult ., the Iberia , Clamor Publko Cortes , and Association , Madrid journals , were seized by the police- v The Civic Guard is to be raised to 12 , 000 men . Sixteen Government bakeries are to be opened at Madrid to supply cheap bread to the poor . This measure , taken together with the sale of 200 , 000 bushels of wheat , the produce of the national property , and with the number of hands which will be required for the public works it Is intended to carry on , will , it is hoped , meet the difficulties of the food crisis . The Gazette publishes a decree , re-establishing the laws of 1844 and 1845 on the subject of the Press . Seiior Luiz Estrada is appointed Director of the National Property . '¦ '¦" , ' . ' . ¦¦ "¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ PORTUGAL . ' . ' -.. ¦ ' ¦'¦' .: ¦ ¦¦ The first section of the Santarcm Railway , which is completed for about seven leagues from Lisbon to Caixegado , was opened on the 2 8 th ult ., in the presence of the . . King .

      ;• ¦ •"¦ ¦ ; • ¦;¦ ¦ RUSSIA . . . •¦ : ¦ ' In reply to a demand made by M . de BoutehielT , Admiral Lyons has declared that the English fleet will remain in the Black Sea until the treaty of Paris shall be fulfilled . Count Grprts ' chakoff , the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs , has just transmitted to all the Russian agents abroad a circular from General Prince Gortschakoff , Governor of Poland , stating that all Poles who have taken refuge abroad in order to avoid military service are admitted to enjoy the benefit of the amnesty , and may return home without fear , of being molested .

      It is stated in St . Petersburg that , ' . "to ' oblige France , " the Emperor of Russia has not prohibited Ihe export of corn from the Sea of Azof . The export of corn is prohibited from all the ports of the kingdom of Greece . According to the Swiss Eidyendssische Zeitung , the Dowager Empress of Russia nearly met with a fatal accident as she was passing the ' Via Mala' in . -Graubilnden . One of the leaders of the team of six horses was restlfif , and the carriage in which her Majesty sat was drawn so close to the precipice that two of the " posts on the side of the road were broken down . " wheels , " says tho correspondent , " touched the very edge of the precipice , and , if there had been any oscillation , the carriage must have gone over . "

      " On the 14 th or 15 th ult ., " says the Times Vienna correspondent , *• ' the Allied Powers forwarded to St . Petersburg a note , or notes , in which it was said that they must still insist on the cession to Moldavia ofthe new town of Bolgrad , which lies at the north-ensiern extremity of the Lake of Yalpuck . There cannot bo ft doubt that Russia has attempted to take undue advantage of the incorrectness of the map which was used at the Paris Conference ; but the Allies , and more yarticularly France , are so very desirous to get the frontier question settled , that they are willing to cede to Russia a rich valley wliich lies between the rivers Yal puck and Yalpouick if she will make no further difficulties aLout

      the cession of New Bolgrad . It scema that France proposed to cede tlio territory in question as an ' indemnification , ' but England , Austria , and Turkey objected to the use of the word , as it would have been nn indirect confession that Russia had somo claim to Now Bolgnul . A recent collision between a vessel and the Iinncriiu steamer during the late review of the troops nt Cronstndt lias been more serious than was nt first mado known . The force of the collision was so great that an ofllcor bolonging to tlie corps of pilots -was carried overboard and drowned , vhilo the Minister of Wur , Siieliosnnet , and tho aide-de-camp of the Grand Duke Constantino . Greig , were seriously wounded , tlio former in tho lioiu ' i and tho latter in tho log , TiritKKY . Tho Ottoman ministry , whose resignation tho Sultan recently refused to accept , haa ut length definitively rc "

      The Gazette de France attributes the present unsettled state of Europe , the financial difficulties of Trance , and , in fact , all existing evils , to the pernicious influence of England . M . Goujon , a young astronomer of great eminence , who was chosen by the late M . Arago for bis assistant , has just died of apoplexy , at the age of thirty-three .- — Paul Delaroche , the artist , expired on Tuesday . The Daily News and Ea ^ press were both seized on Friday week . Punch was seized the day before . M . Brenier , the French Minister at Naples , has arrived in . France , together with Mr . Petre , the English representative .

      agree in thinking that the recent article of the Moniteur against the British press was a great political blunder . The JPresse compares the ' note' in question to those effusions , which appeared in the Moniteur during the reign of Napoleon I ., and reminds his successor of the probable consequence of a rupture with England . —Times Vienna Correspondent . Some interesting particulars with respect to the currency reforms of Austria , are given by the Times Vienna correspondent , who says : —" Great secrecy was observed as long as the currency conferences were going on , but the results of the prolonged deliberations of the representatives of the leading German States are now generally known . The basis of the silver currency will

      be the Customs-Union pound . One pound of fine silver will be coined into forty-five florins in Austria , iuto thirty dollars in Prussia , and into fifty-two and a half florins in the Federal States in Southern Germany . A silver coin which will be a legal tender in all the German States is also to be minted , and fifteen of them will contain one pound of fine silver . The coin in question Tv-ill therefore be worth two dollars in Prussia , three florins in Austria , and three and a half florins in Southern Germany . A gold Customs-Union coin will also be minted of the value of fourteen or fifteen Austrian florins . This gold coin will be called a * crown , ' and fifty crowns will be coined out of one pound of gold . The protocols of the currency conferences have been forwarded to the German States which were not

      represented here , and when they have been taken into proper consideration another and general conference will be held . It must be added that the price at which the gold ' crown * is to be taken in the German States will be fixed every six months . " The Austrians have evacuated Forli , Faenza , and Imola . The Austrian occupation of the Papal States is now confined to tho towns of Bologna and Ancona . In consequence of a violent article against Austria which recently appeared in the Morning Post , and which nearly dissipated the entente coi'diale now springing up between the Cabinets of Vienna and London , information is . said to have been sent to the Austrian Government , to the effect that Lord Palmerston has no connexion with the journal in question . ' ¦ ¦ : [

      ¦¦ .- ' ., ' ' . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦'¦ ¦ italy . ¦ ' ¦ . ¦;¦ . ¦" . ¦ ¦ . . ¦ .. ' ¦ The Austrian authorities in Milan continue , says a letter from that capital , to give themselves " a great deal of trouble in . order to induce the citizens to exhibit a proper degree of the newly-iavented duty of enthusiasm for the present dynasty . " In their desire to shirk contributing funds to the proposed monument to the emperor , some persons have proposed to dedicate a newly-erected slaughter-house to the commemoration of the Imperial visit ! Assuredly nothing could be more appropriate . A piece of financial news , contained in a letter from Parma , says that it has been at length definitively settled that the Custom-house League with Austria shall not be renewed , and that this decision was mainly , if not wholly , to be attributed to the firmness of M . Lornbardini , the Minister of Finance of Parma .

      Some of the Genoese journals ( says the Times Turin correspondent ) are very indignant that at the official reception of the Empress Dowager of Russia by the Prince Carignano and the Count D'Aglie Delegos , the latter should have displayed a blue cockade , w hile tho former and his suite wore the tricolored badge . Explanations are loudly asked for , as also for the further asserted fact that the old azuro flag was hoisted at the Fort of St . Giuliano during the King ' s visit . It is stated that the King of Naples has recently made

      ome ironical remarks at tho expense of tho Western Powers ; and after what has occurred , it appears but natural that he should do so . If the diplomatic world speak truth , King Ferdinand , on the Queen's name-day , ( October 15 ) spoke of his son , the Duke of Calabria , as his successor " by tho grace of England and Franco , " His Majesty , who was in remarkably good spirits , even drank to the prosperity of the two Powers , which ; had so kindly offered to assist him in governing his kingdom . —Timea Vienna Correspondent .

      On the departure of the French and English representatives from Naples , tho utmost precautions were taken by the Government . The streets were lined with soldiers and police , and a determination was exhibited on the part of tho King to use all his power for the suppression of any insurrection . Everything , however , remains quiet as yet . " Several cheats filled with arms , and addressed to Leghorn , " says tbo Risorgimento , " havo been seized at

      Avenza . Tho whole of the officers of the Customs have recently , by order of tho Government , been incorporated with the troops of the line ; great numbers complain of this arrangement , and demand their discharge . On the 6 th of October , several young men who had belonged to tho British-Italian Legion were arrested at Frizzano , to which place they had had the imprudoncc to return . What will Lord Normanby , who appears to bo on such excellent terms with the Duke of Modcna , say to this ?" Tho following lottor , with a subscription of 500 f ., haa been addressed to M . Manin : — " Master and Brother , — Until sucli time ns , ungaggod and unimpeded , tlio Roumans apeak and act , their children , students in Paria , have charged mo to deposit in your hands , as an

      A new maine for the 4 th arrondissement 5 s to be built on the Place du Louvre , as also a residence for the cure of * St . Germain l'Auxerrois , and a maison de secours . The houses which are to form the new place are progressing rapidly towards completion . Those opposite the colonnade of the Palace have arcades in front similar to those in the rue de Rivoli . A treaty of commerce has been signed between Franco and the republic of Liberia .-The Paris papers have received orders not to allude to the Imperial festivities at Compi&gne , it being by this time understood that they only excite the ridicule and anger of the people in their present state of pecuniary embarrassment and gloomy depression . It is said that five . persons have been arrested in Paris , La consequence of disclosures made by Charpentier , the man concerned in the railroad robberies .

      The Parisian courts of law opened on Tuesday , and on Wednesday the Moniteur contained a report of a very long address delivered in the Imperial Court by M . Vaisse , the Procureur-GeneYal , on the subject of the Empire , which the speaker thought was the truest exponent possible of the national will and the national tendencies : —" To say of a dynasty that it is now , " observed M . Vaisse , "is only to say that it is , and should be / so much the more dear to the nation , as it is nearer to tho time in which public gratitude consecrates it . Its title is not in its antiquity , but in its work accomplished . " Further on the orator said , that the Emperor had " only

      Binned against humanity by tho excess of his genius !" The country had become tired of tho hollowness of an bristocratical government , and , therefore , struggled feveriuhly " until she acquired the right of suffrage to " siii her wU 1 Inown , and a single chief to carry that will into execution . A People and an Emperor , that is what tho nation wanted ; that is , in two worda , the political coneUtution of France . " Elsewhere , M . Vaisao ' 2 ^" fi ' \ « on » of tho Parliamentary system . " But the Empwe has dangers ; and among these , M . Vaisae reckons want of facile mechanism , elastic movement , and easy solf-adaptation . AUSTRIA . It ia worthy of remark that all tho Vienna papers

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 8, 1856, page 1060, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2166/page/4/