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Paussra.—King Frederick William opened the session of the Unita Diet, at Berlin on Sunday the 11th instant.

The proceedings of the day began with religious worship. At nin o'clock in the morning, the King, habited in a military uniform and plain cloak, left the Palace, and walked on foot to the Protestant Cathedral. Ifit was attended by no guard, but was followed by his staff. Snow had fallen heavily, and the weather kept the people within doors' so that the con- course was not great; but the King was received with loud welcomes by those that did assemble. The Protestant members of the Diet also attended divine service in the same edifice; the Roman Catholics performed their devotions in the Church of St. Hedvig. About a quarter before eleven, the service in the Cathedral ended; and the King returned to his palace on foot, but followed by the members of the Diet, the Ministers of State, and officers of the Household. The snow had ceased to fall; the crowd was greater, the cheering louder.

The White Hall of the Palace was fitted up for the occasion. Seats for the Queen and Princesses were placed in one gallery; in another gallery, for the Diplomatic Corps; among whom the Earl of Westmorelaud was Ob.., served. All leaving taken their allotted places, the King entered in state.. Thesceptre was borne before him by General Muffling, who was Governor of Paris during the occupation of that city by the Allied Armies. The King took his seat upon the throne, and delivered an extemporary speech; the translated version of which, without abridgment, fills two or three columns of the Times. This was the opening— "illustrious noble Princes, Counts, and Lords, my dear and trusty orders of Nobles' Burghers' and Commons, I bid you from the depth of my heart welcome on the day of the fulfilment of a great work of mylather, resting in God, neverto be forgotten, King Frederick William the Third of glorious memory.

"The noble edifice of representative freedom, the eight mighty pillars of which the King of blessed memory founded deep and unshakably in the peculiar organ- ization of his provinces, is today perfected in your assembly. It has received its protecting roof. The King wished to have finished his work himself; but his views were shipwrecked in the utter impracticability of the plans laid before him. Therefrom arose evils which his clear eye detected with grief, and, before all, the uncertainty which made many a noble soil susceptible of weeds. Let us bless, however, today, the conscientiousness of the true beloved King, who despised his own earlier triumph in order to guard his folk from later ruin; and let us honour his memory, by not periling the existence of his completed work by the impatient haste of beginners." The King glanced at the gradual fulfilment of his father's edicts; now, by the jurisdiction given to the Diet over the state debt, fully carried out. "As the heir of an unweakened crown, which I must and will hand down unweakened to my descendants, I know I am perfectly free from all and every pledge with respect to what has not been carried out, and, above all, with respect to that from the execu- tion of which his own true paternal conscience preserved my illustrious pre- decessor." But the law of 1820 had now been carried out in all its essential parts. Not to destroy the creation of his father, the Provincial Diets have not been superseded in their functions; but the new Diet has been created by uniting them.

It would be assembled at the stated intervals it in his patent of February the 3d. He had reserved the right of calling It together on extraordinary occa- sions; "and I will do this willingly and at more frequent intervals, if this Diet gives me the proof that I may act thus without prejudice to higher sovereign duties." For twenty-four years' every law relating to person and property has been discussed by the Orders: "but from this time forward, let every one m my kingdom know, that I, with the sole necessary exception of the occurrence of the calamity of war, will contract no state loan, levy no new taxes, nor increase ex- isting ones, without the free consent of all Orders." " Noble Lords and trusty Orders," exclaimed the King, "I know that with these rights I intrust a costly jewel of freedom to your hands, and that you will employ it faithfully ": many, however, will "mistake and despise this jewel—to many it is not enough." "A portion of the press, for instance, demands outright from me and my Government a revolution in church and state, and from you, gentlemen, acts of importunate ingratitude—of illegality—nay, of disobedience. Many also, and among them very worthy men, look for our safety in the conver- sion of the natural relation between prince and people into a conventional exist- ence granted by charters and ratified by oaths. May, however, the example of the one happy country, whose constitution centuries and an hereditary wisdom with- out a parallel, but no sheets of paper, have made, not be lost upon us, but find the respect which it deserves." If other countries find their happiness in another way in the way of "manufactured and granted" constitutions, their happiness would be hailed in a brotherly manner. But Prussia cannot bear such a state of things. Why ? Look at her position on the map of Europe; trace her frontiers; glance at her history. It has pleased Providence to make Prussia strong by the sword of war without and by the sword of intellect within"—" by the spirit of moderation and order." "I speak out boldly, gentlemen. As in the camp, unless in cases of the most urgent danger or grossest folly, the command can only be rested in the will of one so can the destinies of this country, unless it is to fall instantly from its height only be guided by one will; and if the King of Prussia would commit an abomination were he to demand from his subjects the subserviency of a slave, so would he commit a far greater abomination were he not to demand from them the crowning virtue of freemen—I mean obedience for the sake of God' and conscience. Whoever is alarmed at the tenour of these words, him I refer to the development of our laws for a century back4 to the edicts of the Orders, and finally, to this Assembly and its rights: there e may find consolation if he will. "noble Lords and trusty Orders, I am forced to the solemn declaration that DO

power on earth will ever succeed in moving me to change the natural, and in our own case so imperatively necessary relation between prince and people, into some- thing merely conventional or constitutional; and that, once for all, I will never stiffer a written sheet of paper to force itself in, as it were a second providence, between our Lord God in Heaven and this people, in order to rule us with its paragraphs, and to replace by them our ancient and time-hallowed trusty reliance on each other. Between us be truth. From one weakness I feel myself entirely free—I strive not for idle popular favour: who could do so if he has read history aright? I strive alone to fulfil my duty so as to satisfy my understanding and my conscience, and to deserve the thanks of my people, even though it be never my lot to obtain it. "Noble Lords and trusty Orders, it has often caused me care and impatience during the first years of my reign that I could not remove hindrances which op.. posed an earlier convocation of your Assembly. I was wrong. On both sides we should have been poorer by many experiences—poorer by experiences in part of a costly nature, but all of them, if not always good, yet for us of priceless worth."

He glanced at the state of affairs at home. The scarcity has been felt in Prussia, but not so severely as in other countries, and there seem to be the means of resisting its consequences. The extinction of the national debt makes progress, the taxes are diminished, the finances are put in order. Public administration and justice are pure; science and art flourish; trade and industry are in a satis- factory state; roads, canals, and material improvements, are advancing to an ex- tent before unknown. "The press is as free as the laws of the Confederation per- mit; the freedom of confession is associated with animating power to our old liberty of faith and conscience; and our just pride and strong shield, my army of the line and militia, may be called incomparable." With Foreign Powers Prussia 18 on the beat of terms; and the peace of thirty-two years seems firmer than ever. He could have added much more; but for these things he claimed thanks, especi- ally from the press. "Noble Lords and faithful States, I require your German hearts to grant me those thanks. While recognizing the honourable endeavour to elevate the press by a noble and conscientious spirit, it is yet unquestionable, that in a portion of it a dark spirit of destruction prevails, a spirit that entices to revolution, and that deals in the most audacious falsehood, disgraceful to German fidelity and Prussian honour. I know that the genuine sense of the people re- mains firm; but we do not deceive ourselves as to the evil fruits of the evil tree, which meet us in the shape of dissatisfaction and want of confidence, attended by still worse facts, such as open disobedience, secret conspiracy, a declared revolt from all which is sacred to good men, and attempted regicide. Even in our churches are seen those fruits, together with the twofold death indifference and fanaticism. But ecclesiastical matters do not belong to the States. They have their legitimate organs in the two Confessions. One confession of faith I am on this day unable to suppress, bearing in mind the frightful attempt to defraud my people of its holiest jewel—its faith in the Redeemer, Lord and King of itself and of us all. This avowal is as follows--[Here the King rose, and spoke the words standing, with right hand uplifted]—' land my house, we will serve the Lord.'"

"I turn my troubled glance from the aberrations of a few to the whole of my people. Then does it grow bright with tears of joy; there, my Lords, amid all the heavy troubles of government, is my consolation. My people is still the old Christian people—the honest, true, valiant people—which fought the battles of my fathers, and the honourable qualities of which have only grown with the great- ness and fame of their country, which once, like no other, in the days of trouble, bound itself to its paternal King, and bore him, as it were, upon its shoulders from victory to victory—a people, my Lords, often tempted by the arts of seduc- tion, but which always found proof against them. Even out of the strongest of these trials it will come forth pure. Already is the impious sport with Chris- tianity, the abuse of religion as a means of distinction, recognized in its true form as sacrilege, and is dying away." "In this great hour I urgently Call upon you—Be worthy of my people." The King delivered a very long exhortation to the several Orders to perform their duty. "In my kingdom neither of the three Orders ranks above or beneath the other. They stand beside each other on an equality of rights and honour, but each within its limits, each with its own province. This is a practicable and reasonable equality; this is freedom.

"Noble Lords and trusty Orders, a word more on the question—yes, the ques- tion of existence between the Throne and the different Orders. The late King, after mature consideration, called them into existence according to the German and historical idea of them; and in this idea alone have I continued his work. Impress yourselves, I entreat you, with the spirit of this definition. Yon are Ger- man Orders in the anciently received sense of the word; that is, you are truly and before all representatives and defenders of your own rights '—the rights of those Orders whose confidence has sent here the far greater portion of this assem- bly. But after that, you are to exercise those rights which the Crown has recog- 1117A34 as yours; you have farther conscientiously to give the Crown that advice it requires of you. Finally, you are free to bring petitions and complaints, after inature deliberation, to the foot of the Throne. "Those tire tin! !tilt! '1"!:?..!?! Caman Orders; this is your glorious

vocation. But it is not year province to represent opinions,' or bring opinions of the day, or of this or that school, into practical operation. That is wholly tin- -.German; and, besides, completely useless for the good of the community: for it would lead necessarily to inextricable embarrassments with the Crown; which Must govern according to the law of God and the land, and its own free, unbiassed resolution; but which cannot and dares not govern according to the will of the majority, if' Prussia' would not soon become an empty sound in Europe." "1 here give you my royal word, that I should not have called you together had I had the smallest suspicion that you would otherwise understand your duties, or that you had any desire to play the part of what are called representatives of the people.' I should not have called you together for that purpose; because, ac- cording to my deepest and most heartfelt conviction, the Throne and State would be endangered by it, and because I recognize it as my first duty, under all cir- cumstances and events, to preserve the Throne, the State, and my Government, as they at present exist." He called upon the members to remember their echoing vow when he, at his accession, said—" In word and deed, in heart and spirit, in truth and love, help me to preserve Prussia as it is." They would do so by choosing for their Committees "faithful and upright Mends of our throne and of our good purpose." Let them discountenance "many- headed faithlessness," "a misguiding opinion, branding the name of 'freedom of " • • *

then, illustrious Princes, Counts, and Lords, dear and faithful Orders of Nobles, Burghers, and Commons: proceed, with God's help, to your task. You will, I am certain, in this moment, when all Europe is gazing on you, and through all the future labours of the Diet, prove yourselves true Prussians: and that one thing, believe me, will not be absent—namely, God's blessing—on which all things depend. Out of our unanimity it will descend on the present and future generations; and I hope on all our glorious German fatherland, in one broad stream, beside which we may dwell in peace and safety, as by the shores of the blessing-bringing rivers that water the earth. And now once more, and out of the fulness of my heart, welcome!"

The King named the Prince of Solms and Lieutenant Von Rochow, Marshals of the Diet; the Minister of the Interior declared the Diet to be opened; and the Prince of Solms made a speech in reply to the King's gra- cious address.

The Universal Prussian Gazette of the 10th April contains two royal ordinances, declaring the rules under which the public are to be admitted to the proceedings in the civil and criminal courts. Admiadon

is given to all males, excepting those who have lost the right to wear the national cockade or who are not of decent appearance. All persons, how- ever, not interested in the case, are to withdraw when the Court deems it necessary. In civil cases, " the public can only be excluded at the request of one or other of the parties when such reasons for this exclusion are ad- duced as the Court after free consideration deems sufficient." " The ordi- nance does not apply to proceedings in suits of divorce regulated by the law of 28th June 1844."

The Gazette also publishes the royal patent granting toleration to new religious societies. Contrary to expectation, a sentence of one month's imprisonment delivered against Ronge in March 1846, for preaching without leave of the author- ities at Magdeburg, has just been enforced by the police at Breslau; and Ronge went into prison on the 2d instant. Ile was accompanied by a band. of two thousand persons, shouting for Ronge and " religious liberty."

SPAIN.—The accounts from Madrid are full of incident; exhibiting pain- ful evidence as to the anticipated results of the ill-assorted marriage. Isabella and her husband are entirely estranged. The Queen, acting under the advice of her Ministers, has summarily dismissed five of the principal functionaries of her household,—the Marchioness de Santa Cruz, Camarera Mayor; Sefior Pedro Egana, Intendant of the Palace; Seiler Rubianes, Commander of the Halberdiers; Colonel Guises, Lieutenant in the same corps; and Count de Cumbres Altos, a nobleman of the Bedchamber. Unaccustomed to any other than their own way, the Marchioness and her male friends determined on resistance. They took counsel, it is said, of the King-Consort, representing that he ought to have the command of the household; and he advised them to disregard the dismissal. Accordingly, on the following morning, the Queen was surprised, on passing through the anterooms, to see all the discharged functionaries at their posts. On being told by them that they remained by the King's orders, her Majesty sum- moned her Ministers; under whose immediate direction the rebels were ex- pelled from the Palace, and two of them placed under arrest. Other re- movals are to follow.

By this act of decision Queen Isabella has gained immense popularity; and, for the first time since the return of her mother in 1844, she is received by the people with public acclamations.

Oa Sunday last,', says the Times correspondent, writing on the 6th instant, "her Majesty walked on foot for an hour or two in the crowded promenade of Atocha, leaning on the arm of her uncle, Don Francisco, but unaccompanied by the King-Consort. She was hailed with the most enthusiastic vivas. It would be difficult to paint her delight at this demonstration of the public joy. Notwith- standing the rather plain and inexpressive character of her countenance, her face became absolutely agreeable, and her eyes beamed with pleasure. She returned home in an open carriage, with her cousins, the daughters of Don Francisco de Paula, and her uncle, and was hailed in the same enthusiastic manner as she. drove along the Calle Aleala; and the most unbounded joy was given expression to as she reached the Puerta del Sol and swept along the Calle Mayor. She went to the theatre the same night; and as she entered the Royal box the entire audi- ence stood up and saluted her. The clapping of hands, waving of handkerchiefs, and shouts of Viva nuestra joven Reins r Viva nnestm Reina Constitueional were again and again repeated. The tears stood in the Queen's eyes with delight."

On the following day, Queen Isabella was present at the first bull-fight of the season. She refused any military escort, and, accompanied only by her uncle, appeared in her box without a bonnet, and dressed in the popu- lar costume adopted for bull-fights. It consists of "a white blonde man- tilla merely attached to the comb, and falling over her shoulders; and a small red rose in her hair her only ornament. Her features wore an expres- sion of unbounded delight, and she bowed gracefully to the crowds who saluted her on all sides." On seeing her without a bonnet—which is con- sidered a French article of dress—the delight of the people was unbounded and vociferous. Don Francisco looked unhappy; which is imputed to the position of his eldest son, the King-Consort. Meanwhile, the Afrancesado [or French] party are at their wits-end. They have got hold of the King-Consort. A secret meeting was held on the 5th, at the Pardo, by the leaders of the party: the Duke de Glucks- berg was present, as well as the King; and his Majesty was urged to issue a manifesto to the nation.

The Progresista Deputies have also met at the house of Seiler Madoz. It was there decided to support the Cabinet, provided they acted with jus- tice and impartiality. A deputation from this body waited on Seiior Pa- checo to present a petition for a general amnesty. Pacheco pledged himself to support the petition.

Some of the Camarillo appointments had been filled up. Senor Pena. Aguayo was the new Intendant of the Palace, and Seiler de la Vega Private Secretary to the Queen. It was believed that the Duke de Baylen had not accepted the command of the Halberdiers; and that it had been offered to the Duke de Castro Terreno, who had likewise declined. General Narvaez was positively to proceed as Ambassador to Paris. General Shelly had been appointed Captain-General of Grenada, and General Pezuela Captain-General of Andalusia. M. Martinez de la Rosa had refused the post of Ambassador to Rome.

It was considered certain that the new Minister of Finance would order the resumption of the sale of the property of the Church, and apply the, proceeds to the settlement of the debt and the dotation of the clergy.

Bayonne letters of the 9th instant mention that Senor Olozaga had de- parted in the morning for Madrid; and that in the course of the day Coun- tess Bresson and her son, the Duke of Santa Isabel, had passed through, Bayonne on their way to Paris.

The Government having been informed that Queen Christina intended to depart from Paris for Madrid on the 5th of April, decided that she should not be permitted to enter Spain; and despatched to her in all haste General Manuel de la Concha, to dissuade her from undertaking the journey. It was even said that if she persisted in that resolution, General Concha was invested with power to arrest her. Espartero is to receive permission to return to Spain; and is to have all his honours restored to him, and to be named Senator. The Ministers avow that they will favourably receive all applications from emigres. These movements are taken to indicate a decided change in the whole conduct of public affairs.

Besides positive news, there are some curious rumours and gossip. Those. in the interest of Queen Christina give out that the young Queen is mad; and it is even said that an intercepted letter from the Queen-mother to one other confidants mentions her daughter as "that mad creature." We sub- join a few of the current anecdotes.

"' Quo me den por loca,' said the Queen the other day, in mower to an insolent observation of one of the archangels rained'—' Quo use dan per loco, eh !--Ve

remos, veremos quienes son los locos !" They say I'm mad, do they? We shall see who are the mad people.'

" In a private conversation lately with a friend, on political matters, the Queen declared that her eameat desire was to try to imitate the Queen of England; who she said she was told, is a Liberal. According to her, Liberalism is not so bad a thing as her mother and M. Bresson always assured her it was. M. Bresson, she says, always frightened her by saying that they were French Progresistas who cut off the King's head in France at the Revolution, and that the Spaniards of the same party would end by doing the same to herself. AU that must be false; as no Sovereign on earth, she was informed, was so much idolized by her people as Queen Victoria; and it was well known there were no such things in England as Political Chiefs, Captains-General, &c. Her mother had told her that the Duke of Wellington was Captain-General of London: but it was no such thing. If she had had a mother like the Duquesa de Kent (her own words) she should know bow to govern by herself, and make her people happy."

"Some few days before the last Palace row, her Majesty asked the Marchioness of Santa Cruz to procure her a copy of Cortina's great speech in the Cortes, as she had heard a great deal about it. The Marchioness told her it was all nonsense; things about 'liberty,' 'independence,' and stuff of that kind, and so indecent as to be unfit for her Majesty's eye. Well, but I wish to see it, and to read it,' re- plied the Queen, because a certain friend of mine praised it much.' 'Please your Majesty,' said the bewildered Marchioness, it is all on mathematics, men- suration, and such branches of science; so that your Majesty will not be able to understand a word of it.' 'Ah ! confess that you don't wish to give it to me. But, look here,' taking a small neat pamphlet from an ebony box: a friend whom I esteem very much gave it me two days ago. I have read every word of it; and, what is more, I understand it well; and I think Cortina is quite right.' The Marchioness looked aghast. She retired to her room, called a meeting of the Camarilla, and announced the awful fact that the Queen must be mad, as she had taken to read the speeches of the Progresista Deputies." Another anecdote is related of the Queen. Seflor Mon was made a Count on the occasion of the marriage. He has not, however, assumed his title; some say for the following reason. When signing the patent of nobility, her Majesty could not resist the temptation to put an o" at the end of his name, by which change he became " Conde de Mono"—" Count Monkey." "The Queen drove on the Prado in a phaeton on the 7th, with her cousin, the Infanta Josephs Fernanda, by her side. Her uncle, Don Francisco de Paula, ac- companied her on horseback. The young Queen drove very fearlessly; and as she passed down the Calle Alcala, stopped several times to receive petitions from the people."

In the midst of all this turmoil, and the notorious unhappiness of her ma- trimonial lot, it is said that the Queen exhibits unaccustomed health and high spirits. The official persons charged With the prosecution of General Serrano 'had made a report declaring him to be "blameless." On this the Queen, with the advice of her Ministers, issued a decree, arresting the proceedings against the General, and declaring that they had cast no imputation on his good fame.

PORTUGAL.—Accounts have been received from Lisbon to the 6th, and from Oporto to the 8th instant. The war continued most unwarlike. Sa da Bandeira's expedition from Oporto had effected a landing at Lagos, in Algarve. The province is Miguelite, and had long been in a state of re- volt, but without means. The present movement will give life and vigour to it; and so strongly is the Government impressed with the importance of the movement, that measures have actually been taken to send Vinbaes to supersede the aged and inactive Schwalback; reinforcing him with 900 men from Lisbon. Money is still absent from the Government, and with it the means of action. Discount on the Bank of Lisbon notes has reached -40 per cent.

The blockading squadron, consisting of a frigate, a corvette, two brigs, and a steamer, is still off the Douro; but vessels of all kinds slip through daily. Several vessels are loading at Oporto with wine, in full expectation of being able to get out to sea whenever they are ready.

Colonel Buenaga had returned to Saldanha's head-quarters; and ru- mours of a compromise were still rife.

FRANCE.—A project of law has been brought forward by Ministers for effecting a considerable modification of the tariff. The preamble of the bill states, that in authorizing the establishment of different associations, under the titles of Free Trade, Protection of National Industry, &c., the Government wished that those questions should be discussed and made familiar to the public, as was fitting among a free people. Government wishes to pursue a progressive course, while keeping equally clear of either extreme; accomplishing its advance in such prudent ways as to avoid any shock to the interests of the national industry. Consequently, while awaiting the period when every branch of the national industry shall have had time to acquire so great development as to be able to compete on equal terms with its foreign rivals, the Government considers that it ought to restrict it- -self, for the present, to certain modifications of the protective system. The existing prohibition is to be withdrawn from sixteen articles which are to be admitted on payment of duty. One of the articles is nal:kilts, on which the duty is to be 5 francs per kilogramme. One hundred and eighty-five , other articles were also freed from prohibition, but conditionally—some whenever they should arrive in French vessels or by land-carriage, others if imported exclusively under the French flag. A reduction of duty is to be made on a variety of articles, including silk in various stages of manu- facture, wool-thread, and hops. It is also proposed to erase the titles of one hundred and thirteen articles from the tariff; that is to say, to permit their entrance free of duty, whatever be the country or mode of importation. The domestic news from Paris is slight. Despite the fine weather' there was a feeling of gloom arising from rumours of injury done by the frost to the growing crops.

The French Government has raised the rate of interest on Bons Royaux; which is henceforward to range from 4 to 5 per cent, according to time.

SwimzERLAND.—Advices from Berne, dated the 9th instant, mention that the vote on the new constitution of Basle (town) took place on the tth. There were 1,627 members present; and the new constitution was adopted by an immense majority, 1,448 for and 179 against.

GREECE.—Affairs at Athens remain still unsettled. According to the Courrier Francais, the King had sent for Mavrocordato, and asked his ad- vice respecting the diplomatic squabble with the late Turkish Ambassa- dor; and Mavrocordato advised the King to yield: but nothing further had been done.

A Commission appointed by the Chamber to examine into the frauds committed in the corn-averages had decided, by a majority of 9 to 1, that the Finance Minister was guilty of gross fraud in making out the returns, and also of embezzling the public money. The Commission recommended his impeachment before the Senate. The Rodney, Albion, and Vanguard had arrived ,at the Pirates, front Malta.

UNITED STATES AND Mexico.—The mail-steamer Hibernia, which left Boston on the 1st instant, arrived at Liverpool on Thursday morning.

An important battle had occurred at Buena Vista, near Saltillo, on the 22d and 23d of February. Each side claims the advantage, the United States with the greater probability. We first take their version. Santa Anna had a force of 17,000 men; General Taylor of 4,000 or 5,000, mostly volunteers. The Mexicans advanced boldly, charging with the bayonet up to the very muzzles of the guns, and receiving a deadly fire: the fight continued for two whole days; and on the evening of the second, the Mexicans retired to Agua Nueva, twenty miles in their rear; leaving their dead and wounded on the field, and sustaining a loss of 4,000. The United States loss was "at least 2,000," with an immense proportion of officers; every Colonel of Volunteers except one was killed. So says the New Orleans Delta; but the New Orkans Picayune calculates the loss of the United States force at 700 in killed and wounded, including 63 officers. The Mexican account is furnished by Santa Anna himself, in a short letter addressed to the Government at Mexico. He estimates the adverse force at 8,000' or 9,000; boasts that the enemy lost five of his positions, three: pieces of artillery, two flags, and 2,000 men; and appeals to the "trophies of war" to attest on which side victory fell. As to his own re- treat, he only retired to obtain provisions; being without a single biscuit or grain of rice, and having "struggled with hunger and thirst for forty hours." When refreshed, he will attack the enemy again.

There are various rumours as to attacks on San Juan d'Ulloa and Vera Cruz; but they appear to be premature.

Reports had been received from Santa Fe that the New Mexicans had risen and massacred the Americans in the city, together with the Governor, Bent, and his officers.

At Mexico there had been a new revolution. The Clergy and the National Guard had combined; Gomez Ferias had been deposed from the Vice-Presidency; and General Sales, a devoted partisan of Santa Anna, installed in his place. Santa Anna was continued in command of the army.

The domestic intelligence from the United States is unimportant. The most remarkable event was a speech by Mr. Calhoun, at Charleston, in which he declared, that in the next Congress the Non-Slaveholding States would have a decided majority—four in the Senate, and "overwhelming" in the House; the Abolitionists holding the balance of power between Whigs and Democrats. Therefore, he said, the " Slave question" must be made a fundamental question at the next Presidential election; and he urged upon the South the formation of a great party to support its rights.