that henceforth all dramatic pieces submitted to the
Commission of Censorship should be examined in the
absence of the writers, the Committee of Dramatic
Authors presented a memorial to the minister on the
subject. The minister has, however, resolved that his
first decision shall stand good, but that a new functionary
shall be appointed, whose special duty will be to receive
the observations of the authors, and who will have the
power of reversing the decision of the commission, if the
observations of the authors appear to be well-founded.

The Emperor of Russia left Moscow on the 20th of
September for Nicolaieff, having previously issued a
rescript to the governor, intended to console the public
for the fall of Sebastopol. "It is already known," said
the czar, "by my order of the day addressed to the
Russian armies, that the garrison of Sebastopol, after
an unexampled siege of eleven months, after deeds of
prowess previously unheard of, after a self-denial, and
the repulse of six obstinate attacks, has passed over to
the north side of the town, leaving to the enemy only
bloody ruins. Sebastopol's heroic defenders have
achieved all that human strength could perform. Past
and present events I accept as the inscrutable will of
Providence, who chastens Russia with heavy hours of
trial. But Russia's trials were once far heavier, and
God the Lord sent down to her His all-bountiful and
invisible aid. Wherefore let us now put our trust in
Him: he will defend Russia the orthodox, who has
drawn the sword for the just cause, the cause of
Christianity. The incessant proofs of all and every one's
readiness to sacrifice property, family, and the last drop
of their blood for maintaining the integrity of the
empire and the national honour, delight me. It is
precisely in these national feelings and efforts that I
find consolation and strength: and from my whole
heart, indissolubly blended with my loyal and gallant
people, I, with trust in God's help and grace, repeat the
words of Alexander the First, 'Where truth is, there
also is God!' I remain unalterably well inclined
towards you.—ALEXANDER." He was to have
proceeded to the Crimea, to animate the troops by his
presence; but a letter from St. Petersburg, in the
Hamburg News, announces that he will remain at
Nicolaieff till the movements and ultimate objects of the
allied fleets in the Black Sea are positively known. An
imperial ukase orders the embodiment of the militia in
the provinces of Orenburg and Samare. The organisation
is to commence on the 15th of next month, and
terminate on the 15th of December. The proportion is
to be 23 men in every 1000 souls.

The emperor has adopted measures of great severity
against those who continue to reside abroad. In
Livonia, the estates of several noblemen who reside
abroad have been placed under guardianship, although
their term of permission has not expired. According
to a communication lately made to the authorities, the
emperor is determined to put an end to the mania of
absenteeism on the part of the Russian nobles. In case
of any landowner remaining abroad without leave, the
tribunals will manage the estates, and render an account
of the revenues to the owners for one year, at the
expiration of which term the estates, if the owners still
remain abroad, will be confiscated, unless particular
circumstances can be brought forward to justify a longer
delay being granted.

The King of Sardinia has temporarily transferred his
authority to his cousin, Prince Eugene of Savoy Carignan.
In a decree published on the 29th September in
the Piedmontese Gazette, empowering Prince Eugene
to transact all current and urgent business and sign all
royal decrees which require the counter-signature of the
ministers, the king states, as a reason for this arrangement,
that he shall require a few days of repose to
recover his health. This is considered as the preliminary
step to the tour which it is known the king contemplates.

Accounts from Tuscany represent a fearful state of
increasing distress, caused partly by bad harvests, partly
by cholera, and partly by misgovernment. Already the
people in Florence and its neighbourhood were seeking
refuge in crime from impending starvation; and the
other day a Mr. Corrie, an Englishman, was found
murdered in his bed, in Florence, by persons who had
evidently done so for the sake of plunder. It would be
utterly unjust to impute the aggravated misfortunes the
people of Tuscany now suffer to one alone of the causes
mentioned. A succession of bad harvests has done
severe injury to the agriculturists; the cholera has
deprived many families of their main support, for it has
been peculiarly destructive to men in Florence this year;
the government has destroyed confidence, and
consequently crippled trade during the last seven years; and
all these causes combined are likely to produce a winter
of unparalleled suffering in Tuscany.

The most authentic intelligence from Naples represents
that the British grievances with Naples are not
settled, as was erroneously supposed; that the government
is engaged in preparations for defence both by
land and sea, and is filling Gaeta and the forts of Naples
with shot and shell. The ships of war have been placed
in the military harbour, and a chain-boom thrown across
the entrance. Mazza, the late police director, although
dismissed, is more powerful than ever.

There were great rejoicings at Berlin on the 15th
instant. That day was at once the anniversary of the
king's birthday, and of his entrance into the army at
the age of ten, and the commencement of the winter
term at the University and the first day of the academical
year. Courtiers, generals, officers, diplomatists, went
to Potsdam in state, to pay their devoirs to the king:
the military men presenting him with a sword. At
Berlin, the; Rector of the "University and another
professor made orations to the students, dealing but slightly
with the birthday, and launching into limitless dissertations
on philosophy. In the evening there were illuminations,
except in those districts where the price of the
oil was devoted to the poor.

The correspondent of the Daily News at Copenhagen
says, on the 18th instant: " Although it was no secret
that the king had contracted a morganatic marriage
with a former milliner of the name of Lolla Rasmussen,
whom he has elevated to the rank of Countess Danner,
yet that step had never been publicly or officially made
known. It therefore caused great sensation when the
king, at the court and levee he held on his birthday at
the palace of Christiansborg in this city, caused her to
be present, and presented to her the foreign ambassadors,
requesting the latter to notify his marriage to their
respective courts. On new year's day she is to be
elevated to the rank of duchess.

In Sweden, the news of the fall of Sebastopol has been
joyfully received. The students of the University of
Upsala assembled in the evening of the day on which
the news arrived, on the great square of that city, with
flags and banners, and accompanied by masses of the
people, proceeded in solemn procession, singing at the
same time patriotic songs, to the monument of Gustavus
the Great in the Wood of Odin. On their arrival at the
obelisk, the patriotic song composed by Bottiger on the
occasion of the great festival in honour of Gustavus
Adolphus, celebrated here in the year 1832, was sung in
chorus with uncovered heads; after which, the Curator
of the University mounted the pedestal of the monument,
and made a speech expressing the sympathy, the
joy, and the hopes for the future, entertained by the
students. This address was scarcely finished when the
most deafening shouts broke out from the assembled
multitude. After nine additional cheers had been given
for the allies, and as many groans for Russia,
Runeberg's beautiful Finnish popular song, "Our land, our
land, our fatherland," was sung in chorus by the
inspirited populace; and the singing of the Swedish
National Hymn concluded the ceremony.