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Lyttelton Times, Volume VI, Issue 343, 13 February 1856, Page 5

By the arrivals yesterday we have an English mail to the sth of October brought to Australia by the Schomherg. It was rumoured in England that there was a probability of Lord John Russell succeeding Sir William Molesworth in the Secretaryship of the Colonies. The incompetency of Gen. Simpson was freely -animadverted upon by the English press. We are in the receipt, also of Sydney papers to the 16th ult., Melbourne papers to the Bth ult., and Colonial papers to the 6th inst.

The news from the seat of war will be found in another place. The capture of the southern forts of Sebastopol appears to have alarmed the Russian Emperor. Prince Gortschakoff, who failed to penetrate the line " impassable evon by heroes " was to have been supene led by General Mouiavieff in the command of the troops in the Crimea ; but since the defeat at Kzrs this order has been cancelled. An Imperial Ukase, commanding the formation of additional regiments of militia, amounting in the aggregate to 180,000 men, had been published. The distress prevailing throughout the Russias was increasing. It was reported that symptoms of the hereditary insanity, which has too often preceded the sudden death of the rulers of Russia, have been observed in the present Emperor.

The filibusters of America are seeking a quarrel with England. Ireland is to be severed from the British rule, and Hayti seized upon the easier to secure Cuba.