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to address a collective note to the King of Prussia ; and the conference of their Ministers , who are further to consider the Austrian plan , will not bo held before a reply to this note shall have been returned . It is said that the Emperor Francis Joseph , who probably hopes that he has now given sufficient proofs of the sincerity of his desire to reign as a constitutional Sovereign , is about to convoke an assembly of Hungarian

" notables" at Pesth for the purpose of discussing with them measures for a " solution of the Hungarian question . " In a note presented to the German Diet , the Danish Cabinet has declared its willingness to consider the proposals of Germany respecting Holstein and Lauenberg , and its determination to regard a federal execution as falling under the provisions of

international law ; or , in other words , to offer armed resistance to it . At the same time , we learn that the Swedish Minister for Foreign Affairs has visited Copenhagen for the purpose of conferring with the Danish Ministers . —— -A dispatch from

Copenhagen states that England has protested against the blockade of the Hanse Towns in the event of the Germanic Diet proceeding to Federal execution iu Holstein . A dreadful conflagration has taken place at Monastir , in Turkey , which destroyed the Bazaar and 3000 houses . A treaty of amity , commerce , and navigation has been concluded between Sweden

and Norway and Liberia .- ——From Mexico we learn that a French corps d ' armee is marching on San Luis Potosi , which is held by Juarez , with 15 , 000 men ; that Miramon has re-entered Mexican territory with a few thousand adventurers ; that an expedition will soon set out for Tampico ; and that " the adhesions to the Empire are numerous , but the population would

prefer the throne to be occupied by a French prince . " We have news by the Oneida , to the 30 th of July from Monte Wdeo and to the 27 th from Buenos Ayres , according to which the insurrection in the interior of the latter republic had been suppressed , whilst the Government troops in the former had been defeated .

CHINA AND JAPAN . —By the arrival of the overland mail we have received some interesting intelligence from China and Japan . It appears that the indemnity for the outrage inflicted on British subjects was not handed over to our charge d'affaires at Yokhania until , with characteristic craft , the Japanese envoys had interposed every possible obstacle and excuse . In the end

Colonel Neale , regarding their proceedings as a breach of faith , transferred the business to Admiral Kuper , who thereupon gave public notification of the fact , that at the expiration of eight elays he should commence hostilities . The threat was not meant to be an idle one ; for active preparations were at once made by the fleet to enforce compliance with our demands . This

brought the Japanese to their senses . They sought the good offices of the French Minister to convey to Colonel Neale the information of their readiness to pay the money on the terms originally agreed upon . Admiral Jaurez acceded to the request , ¦ when Colonel Neale intimated that as the matter had been suffered to go so far the whole sum of 110 , 000 dollars must be paid

at once , instead of by instalments , and that before seven o'clock next morning . The money , as our readers are aware , was paid accordingly . The murder of Mr . Richardson still remains unavenged , tlie Prince of Satsuma refusing to deliver up for trial and punishment the guilty parties , who rank amojigsfc his followers . His Highness , will , however , have to render an account

to the British Minister , who , in consequence of the inability pleaded by the Tycoon ' s Government to coerce Satsuma , will adopt the necessary measures with that object in view . One of Mr . Renter ' s telegrams from Suez , since receiveci , asserts that there is a growing affinity between the Tycoon ' s government

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and Europeans , and that the Tycoon has even chartered British steamers for the conveyance of his troops . Possibly the Tycoon ' s ministers may have finally deemed it safer to court European support against the Mikado and the refractory princes than to engage in hostilities with foreigners . There is no news of a political kind from Pekin and the northern ports of China . Profound tranquillity reigned at Hankow .

Kiukiang , too , was quiet , but the Taepings were reported in the neighbourhood . During the late attack by the Imperialist troops upon Nankin , some Englishmen who were engaged in an illicit traffic in the creeks were killed or wounded , and others were obliged to fly to Chinkiang , 50 miles to the eastward . Shanghae is not free from rowdyism , and the death of

two men who were stabbed at nigh t in the bazaar is reported . The naval and military preparations made by the Imperial Government , with the aid of their European allies , are expected to be most effectual for the reduction of Nankin and the suppression of the Taeping rebellion . An unpleasant affair has taken place at Ningpo . An Englishman , charged with selling

arms to the rebels , was tried by court-martial , consisting of four British officers , presided over by a French colonel . The four officers , it is said , were in favour of his acquittal ; but the French colonel held a different opinion , and having ordered the man to be sent to the head-quarters of the Franco-Chinese contingent , he was there taken out at night and shot .

AMERICA AND CANADA . —We have some later items from America and Canada . By the City of Manctiester we learn that the Canadian parliament was opened on the 15 th inst . The

Arabia brings American news up to the 20 th inst . It is asserted that General Lee ' s army now numbers 150 , 000 men , he having been heavily reinforced . The draft was proceeding in New York without any disturbance , but the Mayor had refused to sign the municipal appropriation for drafted men . The Federal force at Charleston is considered insufficient , and the Confederates are erecting batteries along the route . The Confederate

Generals Bragg and Johnstone have each armies of 25 , 000 men , and are prepared ( as is also General Lee ) for offensive operations . An interchange of friendly messages between the Emperor Napoleon and the Confederates is reported . The owners of tlie Nord , a ship destroyed by the Alabama . have filed a bill of costs against the British Government .

Retaliation is still threatened by the Federal authorities . The American advices brought us by the Bohemian are not very important . No considerable movement had apparently been made by either of the hostile armies in Virginia ; but it was thought that General Lee contemplated offensive operations . The Federal batteries on Morris Island had opened fire on Fort

Sumter , and Confederate accounts admitted that the 200-pound shot produced much effect on the walls . All non-combatants had been urged to leave Charleston , and the Confederates expressed a resolute determination to hold the city to the last extremity . The Federal administration did not expect a speedy success , as the evacuation of Fort Sumter would not necessitate

the abandonment of any other Confederate works . Drafting was quietly progressing in New York ; but a strong body of Federal troops had been assembled to quell any disturbance .

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TO CORRESPONDENTS .

BETA . —We hold that in the absence of the W . M ., or a P . M . under the English Constitution , a Warden , not being an installed Master , can perforin the ceremonies . Under the Irish he cannot . Ihe Scotch do not recognise P . M's ., but have a Depute and a Substitute Master .