forrigu aii Culnutal.

liffilIff:—The Emperor and Empress returned to Paris (rein Com- piegne on Sunday. They-Were received at the railway terminus and es- corted home by a strong military guard. As regards the Moatalembert affair, it is said that the Cabinet Council have resolved that the apPdal Aould be allowed to come before the Court and be argued, but that the answer to if will simply be the Emper- or's pardon, which, it will be pleaded, covers everything—the penalty imposedby the' Police .Court; Os also the possible effects of the new Penal Law, popularly known as the La des Suspects. It is a -question, how- ever, whether the plea if allowed-by the Court does relieve M. Monte- lembert from the penalties of the Loi des Suspect.

The discussion on Italy, France, and Austria drew the following para- graph from the .1.1-on ((tot on Sat-May-

" A discussion, kept up by different journals of Paris with a persistency much to be regretted, appears to have caused an uneasy feeling, which our relations with foreign Powers do not in any degree justify. The Govern- ment of the Emperor thinks it is its daty to fortify public opinion against the effects of a discussion which would be of a nature to alter our relations with a Power in alliance with France."

The Prase announces that the Corps Legislatif will be opened on the 4th or 5th of February in the new gallery of the Louvre.

The Iltoniteur publishes a report from Marshal Valliant, approved by the Emperor, appointing a committee to examine into the best means for improving the manufacture of fire-arms in France.

The French Admiral in Cochin China has declared the bay and river of Tourane and the port of Cham-Callao in strict blockade. All vessels attempting to force the blockade will be treated according to the usages of international law. The blockade commenced from the 1st September.

.1115 tri ft.—The Austrian journals still continue to reply to the attacks of the French. The Trude Zeitung makes this onslaught— "Although the unpleasant impression produced by the abuse of power in the affair of the Charles-et-Georges has not been removed, and although a Damocles's sword is now hanging over the head of one of the most celebrated men in France' the sycophants of a Cabinet whose policy is the right of the stronger' (dosllecht des Stiirkeren) dare to heap abuse on another Govern- ment. Dispassionate persona will not accuse Austria of coveting the pro- perty of her neighbours, and they will hardly blame her for displaying a disin- clination to permit her rightful possessions to be taken from her. The ruler over Austria has magnanimously opened the prison doors of all those politi- cal offenders who have sued for mercy ; he has permitted hundreds of exiles to return to their fireside; and he has removed those impediments to free communication which had been raised up by distrust and suspicion. In Aus- tria no one vanishes suddenly from the family circle and no one is cast with- out trial into 'oubliettes' (dungeons, in which people, being entirely cut off from communication with the outer world, are speedily forgotten) beyond the frontiers. But who can say how many persons have perished under the scorching sun of Guiana or in the deserts of Africa ? The French pub- licists were wrong when they spoke so loudly of humanity and civilization, and provoked a comparison between the French and Austrian systems. Notwithstanding the rhodomontades of the 'journalist demi-monde' on the banks of the Seine, it is not to be feared that the French will carry all be- fore them (doss die Baume in den Himmel ter:clam werden.) Only a des- perate player stakes his all on a single card, and an Imperial crown is too valuable a treasure to be lightly risked. The fortune of war has alreadx shattered more brilliant and more proudly-worn diadems."

The German Diet has been officially informed that the British Govern- ment does not share the opinions of Sir John Young on the Ionian ques- tion, and feels bound to maintain the stipulations of treaties.

Sill tr.—The following telegraph from Marseilles has been published in the journals- " Marseilles, Tuesday.

"_Letters received from Naples assert that the King has offered to the Western Powers to reiistablish diplomatic relations by sending Ambassadors mutually. "The English Government has replied that everything would be subor- dinate to a satisfactory regulation of amnesty. "Lord Stratford de &della has remained at Naples," Another telegraphic deepateh, dated Naples, December 3, gives this version of the report- " The King of Naples has, it is stated, some time ago asked the Cabinda of London and Paris to allow his ambassadors to be sent to those places in hopes that their visit to Queen Victoria and the Emperor Napoleon would tend to reestablish diplomatic relations, which would facilitate the sending of ambassadors to Naples by the Courts of St. James and the Tuileries. The English and French Governments not having sent any reply, it was feared that things would remain in slain quo. But the English Cabinet has now, quite unexpectedly, sent an answer. I have been told that Lord Idalmes- bury's despatch is to the following effect—' The sovernment of her Majesty has seen with satisfaction that his Majesty the king of Naples is anxious to renew diplomatic relations which had been broken off. The English Govern- ment hopes that the King might facilitate the means of doing so by no more filhetprebmatIGAliittetti metaareettaImpous to that7Whilihaveart4eln

cr41411`3LIVRIF94 411111e4r of-4W Ministry. The treaty with "HP /*Cletin Pelltrifleek3g19Stvied•out. Could not the per, ifjal le lineups, of clemency wt,dch ,he )ch -.id. tj,;.!, f'•‘1.• ' -

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)rg iftp ill* yfeg Ainco'h,Tputtcr9,1ciPo of sAvgoavoco , ,c- , - ti 0 0eged warttleec of Xing ictof remannelto his treops mu ita . 413„: I!. ;v:46; • lion; or af Paris jourpalisit, writing to a Be .. , • a the 'werchs;attribute4 'te- him was ever :'..ti 'eit gnidinia'.' he hits -Made no addre*Cto any-body of s,-tiii- ff 4. • nelsreetipprotichte'ttie Sai& warlike harangue is to be found in a matter-o -4letatu* to•thtoeelonetot is regiment just inspected To- 4989,141g 41te, beeeillity ok keeping additta in. pod.strill.and discipline ifithey were to be found efficient when their services were required. I norguige t!ltal4. XaTioztitgili ApAbeloPbal: 'r.ed, herA494414 declarcs aket 'rase 4ta APADaAY fkPF4P4 PC:A ies Ovhaye been first coniumni-

cafecktis is,peigian Joni-oat, hy al tat- oldinta official position here. itBA O. SitaPty>tng At .first ' 1 the shell. iii the Whey

This•fp tekg, tiiiry-4to j, gulag , Was hatched m Paris, anfl tql of-tlak,, pie 0.0.,, ptgino itself. From Parisit was, transmitted toN Btas!

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041,9 43 l• Nutt to Turin, wheat 'itwas promjitly exposed as es6cei. - a /41155j11.-7-At the meetinss of the Council eif the new Prussian Mist !stele, Winch are frequentlY; hold the Piince Frederick William is now,

kilmost• cpgiaLantly present, and the knowled0 of the wants of the coun- try j ,- the udgment and the aptitude for business ' which he displays. are sPckelk041,1141a.term4. . . .

.• A comparative analysis of the present and the last Chamber 'gives the

following results. Of the 231 members who composed the Bight in- the; last- House only 43 have been . rffelected into the pre- sent; of these several only secured their eleetioe by announcing their willingness to support the new Ministry. Fresh recruits, to compensate its losses, the Conservative party has obtained none. Of the ex-Minis- t17 seven liad..seats. in the Chamber, and two only have been rffelectcd, Manteuffel, seig, and Von der Hoyt. Tire Von Gerlach fraction of the itightg,theimeleus of the Zreoz Farts); which eounted 39 members, is now cut down to nine. Further,—

Chamber of 1855. Chamber of 1858.

Employe's of a superior order 39 .. 29 Landrffthe 77 .. 27 Judges of all degrees • 40 68 Advocates, &c. 17 21

Military.. officers 15 4

Large landed proprietors 91 99 Merchants, manufacturers, and ca- pitalists 19 - .. 22

Clergy 16 .. 19 IIiiU.—Tlao Queen of Spain opened the Cortes on the 1st December

in a long speech. It is not very interesting. Tho most important pas- sages are those which shadow forth a war with Mexico in case satisfac- tionis-not given-to Spanish demands ; which promise municipal govern- ment, no fresh taxes, and now enterprises to improve internal communi- cation.

S101iff.—Mr. Gladstone landed at Corfu, from the Terrible,. on the 30th October, under a salute of seventeen guns. He was received by Sir John Young, Major-General Sir George Buller, the principal author- ities of Corfu, and a crowd of natives. The day was bright and sunny, the sky clear blue, and all looked gay and promising. The day after his arrival, Mr. Gladstone called on the Bishop and had "a lengthy confer- ence with him." Ile also saw all the Greek authorities, and visited the churches and the lions of the place. Losing no time in coming to for- mal business, on the 2d December the warrant appointing him Lord High Commissioner Extraordinary was read before a full meeting of the Senate. Mr. Gladstone then delivered the following speech, using Italian as the medium of communication.— " Your Highness and most Illustrious Sirs—You have heard the words of the Sovereign Protectress of the United States of the Ionian Islands. "From the commission which has been read to you is derived whatever title I possess to your regard and assistance, and to that of other Ionians in the execution of my duties. It avoids, as you will observe, all interference with constituted authority, whether in your hands, in those of the Lord High Commissioner, or in any others; and while binding me, as the subject and servant of her Majesty, to a given purpose, it does not bind any Ionian, but simply empowers me to appeal to a free and voluntary aid in further ance of my endeavours. "Nor is it only the title; but the matter and scope of my charge, which is to be gathered from this commission.

"Her Majesty, ever solicitous of the wellbeino* of the people whom she

either governs or protects, is earnestly desirousthat the inhabitants and subjects of the Ionian State should enjoy, in the fullest sense, according to the spirit and opportunities of the tame, every advantage which was con- templated on their behalf by the treaty of Paris in November 1815." "Aware that embarrassments have heretofore from time to time beset the action of the institutions established under the treaty, she deigns to seek information through an organ independent of past Ionian politics as to the causes of those embarrassments and the best means of removing them. "On the one side the British protectorate over these Islands, on the other the substanti-e existence of the Ionian State and its title to Constitutional Government, having their respective roots in the Treaty of Perils, are derived from a source higher than the will of any-single State, whether Sovereign or subordinate. They form a portion of the public law of Europe. They cannot be infringed or altered by any authority inferior to that from which they flow. It is, therefore, readily to be understood, alike from the terms of the commission and from the reason of the case, that my mission avoids every ulterior question that could-derogate from the relations in which, by the concert of so many great States, England and the islands have been reeiprocallv placed. The liberties• guaranteed by the Treaty of Paris and by-Ionian law are, in the eyes of her Majesty, sacred. On the other hand, the purpose for which she has sent me is not to inquire into the British pro- tectorate, but to examine in what way Great Britain may most honourably and amply discharge the obligations which, for purposes European and Ionian, rather than British, she has contracted_ "For this object, then, I earnestly invite you, the chief executive au- thority of the State, and all other persons representing or having an inte- rest in the Government, the institutions, or the people of the country, to Ha- slet me freely with all such informstion and counsel on the state of the is- lands and of their laws as ought to influence the conduct of the protecting Power.; for it is only by this efficacious aid that I can hope to give effect to

those afferdonate wishes for the welfare of ja olIbtiebe-Putve been permitted• to temcetteitedieetaonelireyieit M*174.111P,III,f3 "it haa pleased Ahisighty God1triOndel#41hiejluffrg.fetOfflyith. remark- able gifts, *Ad, a1o;t40)441. tbeas in 3f21'"!ii41* ImkThYtioNtzre, May it lease Rijn now, man oge.otilogo; and.efls them more Jisif. tamaitrItioYoultrons,w7fthanunyd- r• F,or , ••

The- Senate, tbrointhwitaltredderii4 Wade tisteibbsosing answer to Mr.

Gladstone .1a9imil9vog bon I)--. • • ,

" Egeellenollitrof kit katisilibiffylsi °through me. the thanks

of the Senate_Ifori - tressatoty#41111.4 pleased O.:4;601er by the addresif*Ideli Yet treholiteittm3lim•A .0 3111aE01,- •.,f1 Y.,C • 'If the subject of onr Exeellenoy's4sion had not alrbili# engaged the Wendt*. WE Rblifidlitel Akatolloito4ourIElidelteney

to ap. %

iitfiniO4 •dtt ` Pelfeir reilly.thigli ltdirdhltlitta' but',,hs-the Subject beeti-pri • nicafel LW the &WOO: tbroughlhe special mu- ffin* of-Ms' .• Co Lord, Iligh:C6thnibielonee, Sir Ishii Young, / feel mytilfantlibrIff Ift1 tihat,thStllenittsi regard it in the obvious and dItniffd-stvikkeliegitiolgyo RettolienSy hairtern'oleased to explain it, and that ttiby ThirtildetelsPfisti6af cgitti-1641441 1o0fordeheribiajesty the most gra- tiletie•SoiterstittropeASSeees4 tliiikt-StnittitINsitheEnew proof now afforded of her constant solitsRlideffeti,thelbetipittest, attp the wtifare of the people nutter her-prouremobie ,td VIM it. 154 sie ti5d1 55551 1J11,13.21 1;

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'•" Certain' ce the litiontiihttltiiithe *Add% VOA eour Excellency t every information—every document and eidalassidatance—that may bo- oms neeess' ary% t4tigtedeatilidt-14bid■ftutotidnii;ld tinier that you may attain your litgo, purpbed,.6.Q 1i Ai allull 11191n sVi .0511191fai ,', • • - -"I thank' your lExcelietforid thignatneetddifirate, for the kind wishes expressed- in. ofirribiloW161,thener &id I.sentare to manifest a hope that the-exprois leentained: id yitur liaitiodAddress willt tend to infuse tranquillity into the minds of the Ionians, as a condition necessary to insure their toregrestige -Welimt,!ftintler theaufploeues of the- high 'protection that shotteruttounIttlyr-, iinf-f4 t,,,-. i:-...5 .,-..L.d. 0 , ,,,,,st E,.,. - • .• ' Mr: GladatUritisltdliottMi(to .04441Wadeli14' fdost favourable" impres- sioneht 011ittiseii"Ifeliad'hild'il?lthr6e, thichneeifed all the Corflotes Of ariii Mite.' ''Plie litihalitiolOdf Sif John Ir&Mitil-deafattteh has pro- duced feelings of irritatir and distrust which it whI%eilifficult to. dispel

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The-protest of the.Nlenutieo 4,0orfu against tho project of Sir John Young has been pub1iabed4::. Ahoy speak of the 'feeling at deep affliction and irritation ' - onuseclin4itheieountiy. by the " abominable assertion" that Corfu

5 nt lg.—The fuller despatches of the Bombay mail contain yards of writing descriptive of the reading of the Queen's proclamation, and the rejoicings consequent thereon. Lord Elphinstonereoeive& the document from .AlTahabad in October, fma on-the .1st November he called upon the Bombay folks, European - and native, to Meet bins-on the Green in front of the Town-hall to hear it read.

"At five o'clock in the afternoon the. Governor and public functionaries assembled in the Durbar Room. By the side of the brilliant uniforms of the Staff mingled the snow-white dresses of the Tersees and the Mussulmen, the gay turbans and scarves of the Bindoos, and the dark habiliments of the clergy, among whom appeared not only the. European ministers of the Pro- testant and Roman, Catholic faiths, but the dusky forms of patio converts, with shaven heads and black scalp locks. A procession having been formed, with less attention to the etiquette of each one's rank than would have been possible in the days ef Ossory and Charles II., Lord Elphinstone and the Secretaries of, Government advaneed to a platform erected on the steps of the Town-hall, and proceeded to the business of the occasion. The scene presented from the spot where Mr. Young the Chief Secretary to Govern- ment, stood, holding in his hand the Royal'Proclamation, was not without ite peculiar characteristics. To the right and left' of the principal actors in the scene stood the 'beauty and fashion' of Boiling. On the steps be- . low the platform was a choice assemblage of native gentlemen, and on the Green, or crowding mixer& from the side streets abutting upon it, waved to and fro a turbaned crowd, the variegated hues of whose dresses, full of that harmony peculiar to 'the Rust 'gave a marked character to the scene. The houses, in themselves sufficiently mean, were decoratedwith flags and preparations for the coming illumination. The roofs were filled with spec- tators i whose scanty clothing allowed their long thin limbs to be seen in re- lief upon the deep evening sky. The circular road round the Green was kept by the regiments of the garrison. A flag-staff stood at the foot of the Town-hall steps, another erect on the point of the cathedral, awaiting the unfolding of the standard of England, which was to wave for the first time over the city of Bombay. In the midst of the deepest silence Mr. Toting

i read the Proclamation n English, which was afterwards delivered in Malt- ratti lay the chief interpreter, Mr. Wassewdeo." It was as follows-

" PROCLAMATION

"B:, Me Queen in Connell to the Princes, Chiefs, and People of India.

"Victoria, by the grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and of the colonies and dependencies thereof in Europe, Asia, Afric..a, America, and Australasia Queen, Defender of the Faith.

"whereas, for divers weighty reasons, we have resolved, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in Parliament assembled, to take open ourselves the government of the terri- tories in India heretofore administered in trust for us by the Honourable East India Company : "Now, therefore, _we do by these presents notify and declare that, by the advice and consent aforesaid, we have taken upon ourselves the said governs menyand we hereby call upon all our subjects within the said territories to be faithful and to bear true allegiance to us, our heirs and sucessors, and tio sulamit.themselves to the authority of-those whom we may hereafter from time to time see fit to appoint to administer the government of our said ter- ritories, in our name and on our behalf. "Mid we, reposing especial trust and confidence in the loyalty, ability, and judgment of our right trusty and well-beloved cousin and Councillor, %arks John. Viscount Canning, do hereby constitute and appoint him, the said Viscount Canning, to be our first Viceroy and Governor-Gene- ral in and over our said territories, and to administer the government there- of in our name' and generally to act in our name and on our behalf, subject to such orders and regulations as he shall, from time to time, receive from

us through one of our Principal Secretaries of State. - "And we do hereby confirm in their several offices, civil and military; all persons now employed in the service of the Honourable East India Cons.-

tryanen findittkheeuhidetinffifiektienlk IfOef ta441684:

a more all tilteAtleesnlePlefi peedoJM1 of their beet energitta,aud-ef tit* violent,

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may thoiehoplaillefe Aweehe sgMffe_41.by- publie onder and of kiertiesifill 3‘ritai thP)

toy, subject/Cr ottrnitimermareratnitti 'Stich laws and regulatims-as ma hereafter?* enained. 1.1 • ay We hereby announce to the kaki&loos °audit that all treaties :and Mins made with them byaiiiin dr the authority of the Han:nimble ját mint Company tire/ 15y mniepted,' and wilf be stripulonaly maintain- ed and we look for the Rke Observance on their-part. ' We desire.no extension of oar present territorial possessions; and while jtj permit no egression upon our dominions- or our rights to be at- tempted with *impunity, -we WWI 'sanction no 'encroachment on those. of ethene Vealiall.respeet the rights, dignity,- mad honour otnative princes as our own ; and we-desire that they, as werfaits our oven subjects, should eel(iTthatimosperityalist that social advancement which can cooly be secured by internal peace and good government.

eArn hold ouraelve.' hound to themves o eur Wien territerfee by the

setnitalsligations of -chit( orlugh hied* to all onrother subjectsL. and thoseoblightions, by the blessing of Almighty God, WO . 0141 faltliful4 and nfik

seaeatmusly e _

FulnlY.relaing Ourseiven on thwtrath of Christianitat and aeknowledg- ingewitli.gratitucle the tail/tee of religion, we diecjaiM alike, the right mil thenleaire to impose, our ocavictiens on any of enr ,subjectre We declare it to latour Regal will and .pketeare that none be in anywise avowed, none Wielded or dieqineiect by oft hair religious faith or olmervanoes, bMt that elkehalL alike enjoy, tho,emmi an4 impartial protection of the law; and we aloatsiotly ehargiand enjoin-ell them who may. be in authority under us thitthey abstain from all interference with the religious belief or worship °tow Omar subject% nw pain dour highest. displeasure. And it is our further will that, so far as may be, mg .aubjeefe, of wbate ever ince Mr.oreede, -be freely andimpartially admitted to offices iu mre ser- eitatheclutienief:Mbhali they reaylaemlisii/h4. .14.thnir education, ahaitY,

and integrardidytwdiseharge. •,-, . .

..."Ne.know andireepeot tine-feelings:of attachment which the natives of India regard the lands inherited by themirom their anoesters, and we de7 shots protect ,therainallcrights connected therewith, subject to the equit- able demands of the State ; and we will that generally, in framing and ad- ministering the law duaregani be paid to the, ancient rights, usages, and

customs. of :India. . •

"We deeply lament the evils and misery whiohhave been brought upon In- dia by the acts of ambitious men who have deceived their countrymen by false reports and led _them into open: 4'04404. Our power has been shown by the sumpremien cif that.rebellion, intim , ficld, we desire to show our mercy by pardoning the offences of those who have been thus misled but who &-

awe to return to the Oath of duty. ,

"Already in one province, with a vie* to step the further effusion of blood and to hasten the pacification of our Indian dominions, our Viceroy and 'devernor-General has held out the expectation Of pardon on certain terms, to the great majority of those who in the late unhappy disturbances have been guilty of offences against our Government, and has declared the punishment which will be inflicted en these whose crimes place them be- yond the reach of forgiveness. 'We approve and confirm the said act of our Viceroy and Governor-General, and do further announce and proclaim as follows-

" Our clemency will be extended to all offenders save and except those who have been or shall be convicted of having _directly taken part in the murder of British subjects. With regard to such the demands of justice forbid the exercise of mercy.

"To those who have willinely given asylum to murderers knowing them tolie such, or who may have acted as leaders or instigators in revolt, their lives alone can be guaranteed; but, in apportioning the penalty due to such persons full consideration will be given to the circumstances under which they lase been induced to throw off their allegiance, and large indulgence will. be shown to those whose crimes may appear to have originated in a too credulous acceptance of the false reports circulated by designing MAIL " To all others in arms against the Government, we hereby promise un- conditional pardon, amnesty, and oblivion of all offences against our- iielves, our crown and dignity, on their return to their homes and peaceful pumas.

grit is our Royal pleasiure that these terms of grace and amnesty should be extended to all those who comply with their conditions before the 1st day of January next. "When., by the blessing of Providence, internal tranquillity shall be re- stored, it 1E4 our earnest desire to stimulate the peaceful industry of India, to promote works of public unity and improvement, and to administer its government for the benefit of all our subjects resident therein. In their prosperity will be onr strength, in their contentment our security, and in their gratitude our best reward. And may the God of all power grant to % and to those in authority under us, strength to carry out these our wishes for the good of our people."

Than came a proclamation from Lord Canning-

" Foreign Department, Allababad, Nov. I.

"Her Majesty the Queen having declared that it is her gracious pleasure to take upon herself the government of the British territories in Intik, the Viceroy and Governor-General hereby notifies that from this day all sots of the Government of India will be done in the name of the Queen alone.

From this day all men of every race and class who, under the adminis- tration of the Honourable East India Company, have joined to uphold the honour and power of England, will be the servants of the Queen alone. "The Governor-General summons them, one and all, each in his degree, and according to his opportunity, and with his whole heart and strength to aid in. fulfilling the gracious will and pleasure of the Queen, as set fort]; in her Royal Proclamation. "From the many millions of her Majesty's native subjects in India, the Governor-General will now, and at all times, exact a loyal obedience to the call which, in words full 'of benevolence and mercy, their Sovereign has made upon their allegiance and faithfulness. "By order of the Right Honourable the Governor-General of India, 'G. F. EDXONSTONE,

44 Secretary to the Government of India, with the Governor-General."

The bands played "God save the Queen!" and the Royal standard of England was, for the first time hoisted in Bombay ; one waved from the cathedral, and one should have waved but did not from a lower flag-staff —it had been hoisted upside down! In the evening Bombay was splen- didly illuminated—the natives, especially the Parsees, vying with the Europeans. The fort, the ships, the private and public dwellings were blazing with lights, blue fire, transparencies. Queen Victoria's name was everywhere— Queen of England and Empress of Hindostan." There were also fireworks, "as good as it was possible to produce with the means at our command." The natives enjoyed the spectacle greatly.

The military news is more satisfactorily reported than it was in the telegraphic despatch. It appears that Lord Clyde is himself afoot with the division operating from Allahabad against Beni Madho ; that the Sultanpore, Futteyghur, Sundeelet, and Shahjehampore columns are in

motion, and had hitherto received no cheek- -fir-the- rapture of the-fort of Rijn!, tin Wipes from Stwdoebi we lost ilnikilleiDand wounded. ' Titmice Topie mppears Inve lieen`fahly heeded in every d and Nnxted across the NinbhMa. The ,stateipent that he had pr. to surrender tO 'Lieutenant 'Kerr is repeated. ;The couotry people turned against him, n sure sign that his day was over. were worsted, T.,7mmer Singh had Ieen driven for refuge into the tas Behar there.have been snieral small combats in Aid). thei;tieln

• • mountains.

The arsenal at Kurrachee had been blown up. While making Ire: works an accident occurred, and before the sparks could be extinguished

the Are reached the powder, ena explosion. Several livee were lost, -and a Yast quantity of.ammunition was destroyed.

The Bose Goffer, a native journalathus-expresses the native view of

". The royal proclamation, rintionneing the easiimption, bythe Queen of England, of the government of-India, read to the ',public on Monday last, has been pronenneed a thaeter of the:1-411g arid religions tightstand li..tattes of the people .o1' India ; and such a charter it would preeminently be, if carried out with that earnestueseand that sincerity in, which it appears to havo'been framed. Amongst' pronitsee of good govemment, and a faitbfa/ discharge -Of the obligations of' duty' ineembent on the state-, it mum. tees five specific things to the princes and people of India ; whiehin plain litnpua nOta,l)e nninnerftted, an fellew-,-

The taiesj‘eanod engagements w.hict were binding on the East Win

Company cille rigidly end scrupulously observed by the Queen. , 1" 2. The aqinfui. tiOn of native ehieei and princes will no longer be per.

• - " 3. The religious beliefs of the people will not be .interfered with. "4. The natives will he admitted to offices of trust and emoluments equally witlethe Europeansavithoutdistinition. of caste or colour. .5. The odiousprocessef tberesumption of..the alienations of the pub- lic revenue willbe put a stop to. .

"New, it will be perceived that those are no new.coneessions ; and,if_we hail the royal manifesto as the harbinger of good for the people of India, it is not for its making these announcements., but for the expectation we have been led to form of their being earnestly ad sincerely carried out under i'fresh and vigerous t.0i-ine. The . importance of the 'reclamation lies net in the pnifeasione it makes, but in the hope that the tune has owns when they may be realized. Similar_protbuions, in some shape or other, were from timeao time made by. the . East India Company and its officers, but in most instances they remained on ,paper, and some where positively set aside. Even for unjust ac, good and weighty reasons were made out and recorded. Dalhousie made no spoliation for which a moral obligation, a political necessity, a philanthropic desire for bettering the condition of the people were not pointed out.. We hope such a policy has passed away, and that the new i.erg isle has brought along with it earnestness of action, sincerity of purpose, and political honesty. And it is with this hope and in this sense that we attach importance to the Queen's proclamation."

The name of Tantia Tepee has become familiar in our newspapers. We do not remember to have met with any description of his appearance until this week in a paragraph "going the round" of the journals. "A correspondent who had occasion to seek an interview with this ha- portent personage, thus describes him in a Bombay paper. Tantia was sealed on a eharpoy in the open air, surrounded by about twenty-five or thirty immediate followers, seated on his right and left on the ground at a slight distance from his Highness. His dress was plain—of white material, in the manner of 'Undoes, with a rod Cashmere shawl thrown loosely over the shoulders. Some of his followeni, six or seven in number, appeared in the uniform of Britiah Sepoys of no high rank. A guard was in attendance near this council, as it appeared to be. His eyes are large, bold, fiery, piercing ; brows black, ovally shaped ; forehead high and expansive, nose Roman, mouth middle-sized and well-shaped ; lips compressed, not allowing the teeth to be perceptible, large black whiskers tied up with a cloth round his head ; complexion rather lighter than usual—the colour of wheat. Having been ushered into the high and mighty presence of Tantia, the poor man made his salaams and then entreated h Highness might be pleased to order the return of i the camels and stores which had been seized as they did not belong to Feringhees, but to a Idahomedan, and the articles were of no use to Hindoos. His Highness declined to make any order in the matter, saying that anything plundered was the property of the plunderer." Interest will attach to the massacre of Cawnpore as long as our Ian- go remains ; and any new light upon it will be welcomed. Mr. wadi, the Titnes correspondent, writing front Cawnpore, reports the evidence of another eye-witness, whose dory he thus tells.

,‘ Some time ago, a half-caste Christian named Fitchett presented himself for admission into the police levy before the local authorities at Meerut. The usual inquiries into his character led to the development of his tale which is as follows. When the mutiny broke out he was a musician in the band of one of the native infantry regiments at Cawnpore, and in the gene- ral massacre he saved his life by proclaiming that he would become a Ma- hometan, which he did by an easy poems almost on the spot. He re- mained in Cawnpore, and was enrolled in the Nana's force, with which he did duty. On the afternoon of the 16th June, when it became known that the British were advancing, a council of war, or of deliberation was held by the Nana, at which it was resolved that the women and children at the Beebeeghur, numbering about 206, were to be murdered. The news went rapidly through the town, and the men of the mutinous 6th Native Infantry entering the enclosure proceeded to take from our unfortunate country- women any articles of value or trinkets which they retained on their per- sons. When the Nana heard of this, he was very much displeased, and he sent down a body of Sowers, with strict orders to surround the house and permit no one to enter but the executioners. It so happened that by some means not clearly ascertained four English gentlemen were at this time living with the women and children in the melosure. Three have been identified beyond doubt,—namely, Mr. Thomhill, magistrate and collector of Futteh- ghur, Colonel Smith, 10th Native Infantry, and Brigadier Goldie of the clothing department. The identity of the fourth has not been established, but it is probable that he emu one of the Greenways. Shortly before half-past Ann o'clock a message was brought to these gentlemen that Brigadier .100- kin, a native officer of the mutineers, desired to see them, and they left the house to repair to his quarters. They walked quietly along the road, BIN - peoting nothing, in the direction indicated to them, and when they had got as far as the Assembly Rooms they were suddenly attacked from behind, cut down, and murdered on the spot. Meantime preparations were being made for the execution of the orders of the Nana and his Council. There was some difficulty about getting instruments for this horrible butchery. The Sowers wished to save themselves from the defilement of blood—the infantry were equally averse to the task—but at last some soldiers of the 6th Native Infantry were compelled to go inside with orders to fire on the poor helpless crowd. They fired in the air, or did so little harm that it was evident the views of the assassins could not be accomplished in that man-

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China—they took great interest. She had st horse with English aide /middle whIchthe.SOwar Icuipmeared for her, and she rode.elose beside him, with her face veiled, along the line of =arch. When the British approached Futtehghur orders were sent to the Sower to give IiiSS:Wheeler up, but he mewed with her at night; and', it is supposed he went with her to Calpee. In that case it is not at all improbable that the unfortunate young lady may be:atill alive, moving about with Tantia Tepee, and that we may rescue her from her unhappy fate. There is another Christian half-carte Ball' alive, Who became a Mahometan at the same time and under the sonic eireum- stances. as Fitchett, in pursuit of whom the 'authorities are now most busily engaged."

Cap of uair Clai.—We have received files of cape papers to the 224 October. Sir George Grey had arrived at Cape Town from the frontier. Mutual concessions have been made between Moehesh and the Free State. The boundary now established is nearly identical with that formely laid down by Major Harden. The Cape Monitor is not sanguine of permanent peace. Affairs are rather unsettled on the colonial frontier. Thefts are considerably increased, especially' of cattle. The caffr-6 chief U.mhala, and two of his councillors, have been found Guilty, by a special criminal court, of attempting to levy war in South Africa against her Majesty. Sentence deferred.

" We are glad to see," says the Cape Town Mail of October 9, "that the scheme for uniting the Cape with Mauritius, and by Mauritius and Ceylon with India and Europe, by the submarine electric telegraph, is also entertained by our friends at Mauritius. In a very short time Mauritius will be an connected with Ceylon. Their European commerce fully justifies it. The distance from Mauritius to the Cape is 2360 miles, but there are many points of Africa much nearer, where the end of the first cable might be established, and from thence, by land or under wa- ter, extended to the Cape."

litziru.—Accounts from Mexico, via the United States, present a deplorable picture of that unhappy country. General Blanco with 3000 Liberals, had assaulted the city of Mexico, and had been driven off by Zuloaga, who had a garrison of not more than 1000. The so-called Go- vernment had banished Mr. Thomas Worral, an English resident, and Mr. Perry an American. Seven Americans had been seized and shot. Merchants in Mexico were prohibited from corresponding with those in Vera Cruz. The English mail was seized. The country was in the hands of a dozen generals at the head of as many "armies "—of bri- gsnds.