SPAIN.—In Spain disturbances have taken place not only in Malaga, where the Republican party is very strong, but even in Logrono, where Espartero resided for many years; and in Jaen, the telegraph adds, that a Republican conspiracy has been discovered, and that the Infanta Don Enrique, the brother of the idiotic husband of the Queen, has been exiled to the Balearic Islands. Still the excitement about Sevastopol is so great that nobody pays attention to Spain.
AUSTRIA.—Austria is reported to have sent a note to St. Petersburg, offering once more the four conditions as the basis of peace, and declaring that the refusal of the Czar to accept them will be taken for a casus belli by Francis Joseph. This is one of the results of the victories in the Crimea.
LATER.—The Niagara arrived at Halifax on Wednesday morning. The dispatches by the inform us of no additional fighting in the Crimea. Sevastopol is besieged by the allies on the south and east sides only, leaving the north and west open to the approach of a relieving army. The most powerful fortifications are, however, on the besieged sides of the harbor, though, as they are intended for sea defenses, they must prove comparatively useless against a land attack. The Russians have blocked the entrance of the harbor by sinking several large ships, with all their guns and rigging, but it is proposed by the allies to employ the Simoon, a powerful iron steamer, to act as a battering-ram, and force a passage through this sunken barrier. The remainder of the Russian fleet are also ready to be sunk in the inner harbor if there is danger of their being taken by the allies. Ten thousand men have been landed from these ships to assist in the defense of the place. Admiral Dundas has sent a similar re-inforcement to the allies from the British ships which have no longer anything to do. Menchikoff is expecting re-inforcements from Anapa, Perekop and Odessa; the force from the latter place under Osten Sacken, it was thought, would reach him before the 15th; from Anapa also 15,000 men were on the march to join him, having destroyed that fortress. On the other hand allied reserve had sailed from Varna must have reached the camp before Sevastopol before the 10th, giving the allies at least five days to assail the place before the Russians could make any great movement against them. In those five days there must have been a great deal of tremendous fighting. In Asia Shamyl has been defeated by Prince Andronikoff, who is again crowding the Turks and threatening Kars. Of Omer Pasha's movements against Bessarabia we have no news. The allied fleet in the Baltic is off Revel, but will probably do nothing this fall. The Austrian Government is supposed to be acting with the allies, and all of them together are trying to force Prussia into a more decided position, either for or against the Czar. In consequence of this the Prussian Prime Minister, Manteuffel, has resigned, but was persuaded to remain in office; it is expected in England that Prussia will give in and join the alliance. The remains of Marshal St. Arnaud have arrived in France and are to be interred in the Invalides. The great hoax of the fall of Sevastopol appears to have been a French invention, having originated at the Paris Bourse. From China we hear that Canton is still besieged, but that the rebels are advancing elsewhere. The cotton market has declined at Liverpool; wheat and flour have slightly improved.
Appointments.
PROVIDENCE permitting I will meet with the Brethren in Olcott, Sabbath, Nov. 4th, Barre the 11th, and at Barre Center the 12th, at 10 o'clock, A. M.; Clarkson the 18th, and hold meetings where the Brethren may appoint, commencing the evening following the Sabbath. J. N. LOUGHBOROUGH.
BRO. LOUGHBOROUGH designs visiting the churches in this State. After filling the above appointments he intends to take a tour in central N. Y. Those wishing his labors should address him at Rochester. ED.
PROVIDENCE permitting, we will hold meetings as follows:—
Reading, Vt., Nov. 6th—evening,
Royalton, " " 7th— "
District of Niel Russ, Vt., Nov 8th—"
Braintree, " " 9th—"