furtign out Colonial. inutri.—The escape of the Emperor and Empress

from the assassins of the Rue Lepelletier has given universal satisfaction. On Saturday last, the Senators, the Deputies, the State Councillors, the Diplomatic Body, waited on the Emperor and Empress to offer addresses of congra- tulation. The President of the Senate, in the course of his address' said— "The revolutionary spirit having been driven from France has settled down abroad, has become cosmopolite. It is from foreign strongholds erected against Europe, situated in the centre of Europe, that fanatical hired assassins are sent with fire and steel against the Prince who bears on his powerful arm the buckler of European order; execrable conspirators, whose policy is assassination, and who even assault gentle women, unaware that some of them have the hearts of heroes ! But how comes it that, as these-Implacable Revolutionists trample all the duties of hospitality under eiedi milt are united in their mad plans of destruction, foreign Governments andinciales do not take measures to give a legitimate support to the cause of oirder P -The Jaw of nations authorizes it ; justice and common interests lingie it a duty. It is especially due to the moderation shown by France, to the wisdom of her Sovereign, and to the invaluable services rendered by her policy. Such, Sire, is the cry now raised by France ; such is the wish of the Senate.

"The days are gone by when nations stood isolated in their egotism. Civilization has so bound them up together that the sufferings of the one are the sufferings of the other. Let them, then, assist each other in carry- ing out the common work—that is to say, the consolidation of peace and the stability of society, so deeply stirred at the close of the last half-cen- tury. It is on this condition that Providence will give them support in their turn in the difficulties from which none of them are exempt. As far as we are concerned, Sire, our most ardent hopes will be realized if God, who leads empires, preserves to us the Prince whom the love of the people sought in a land of exile to intrust its destinies to him, and who haa exceeded all the hopes of the country. Yes. Sire, God, whose Prophet exclaimed, Away from me, ye bloodthirsty men !' will not allow crime to interrupt, before it is completed, the mission of order, restoration, end progress which he has intrusted to you."

The President of the lower Chamber made a similar allusion to Eng- land and Belgium-

" We cannot conceal from you, Sire, that the populations whom we have recently quitted are rendered uneasy by your clemency, which is too apt,to

be measured by the goodness of your heart ; and when they , see such abominable crimes imagined and prepared abroad, they ask how it is pos- sible that neighbouring and friendly governments can be powerless to break up these laboratories of assasathation, and how it can be that the sacred laws of hospitality should be applicable to wild beasts. Sire, your Govern- ment, which is founded on two principles—the principle of authority and the principle of the protection of honest men—ought at any price to put a stop to these periodical convulsions. " Sire, your Government which is founded on two principles, authority and the protection of honest men, must at all cost put a stop to these periodical convulsions. To attain this end, the support of the Legislative Body is at your command. You are only thus attacked because you are the keystone of the arch of public order : we therefore entreat you not to follow only the instinct of your natural courage, and not to forget that when you risk your person you risk also the peace of France." The President of the Council of State said- " France, so often and so painfully moved, feels, however, reassured at beholding at your aide that noble Empress, your consolation in these sad trials, and who unites to all the virtues of a woman and a mother a courage and an energy superior to all danger. She thinks with fond love upon that young child., the precious pledge of the future, already associated with his father in our hopes and affection ; upon those noble Princes always ready to rally round your Majesty, and to defend, if necessary, your crown and that of your son. France, placing her full confidence in God, devoted to the present, relying upon the future, exclaims with joy that the Imperial

dynasty shall not perish !" • The Emperor, in reply to the great bodies of the state, expressed his firm:.'confidence and reliance in their support and devotion. He added,

that at the same time that he was resolved to adopt such measures as might be deemed advisable he should not depart from that path of firm- ness and moderation which he had hitherto followed.

Among the congratulatory addresses sent to the Emperor is one from the Marseilles Chamber of Commerce. It contains the following sentence-

" The Chamber of Commerce of Marseilles asks itself if this new trial of your reign, Sire, is not in the designs of God, to expose the depth of the revolutionary abyss to eyes which might still be under an illusion, and to at length reconcile honest men of all parties on the ground of order and morality. Such is the hope which consoles us in this public mourning." An autograph letter was sent by Queen Victoria to the Emperor, congratulating him on his escape ; and it was duly answered.

The Emperor opened the session of 1858 on Monday. Both the Senate and the Legislative Body assembled hi the Tullefies. There were also

present the Empress and the Imperial family, a host of diplomatists, the great officers of state, end civil and military functionaries. The Em- peror spoke as follows- " Gentlemen, Senators, and Deputies—At the annual meeting of the Chambers I render you an account of what has taken place during your absence, and I ask your support for the measures to be taken.

"Since last year, the Government has followed its regular and progressive march, exempt from all vain ostentation. It has often been pretended that

to govern France it was necessary continually to keep the public mind alive with some great theatrical display. I think, on the contrary, that it suf- fices to endeavour exclusively to 110 good to deserve the confidence of the

country. The action of the Government has consequently been confined to doing.what was most necessary in the different branches of the administra- tion.

"In the interests of agriculture, the exportation of and the distillation from grow' have again been authorized, and the support of the Bank has given support to the landed interest. The cultivation of the landes has coninienced. . In public works, the most important results are 1330 kilometres of railway, thrown open in 1867 to traffic, and 2600 kilometres of new lines granted for construction ; the floating-dock of St Nazaire, and the canal from Caen to the sea thrown open to navigation ; careful surveys made to prevent_the surge of inundations; improvement of our ports, and among

others4 Havre Marseilles, Toulon, and Bayonne; in the North and in the East of France the working of new coal-mmes; at Paris the inaugura- tion of the Louvre and of a wing at Vincennes; finally, in the capital, as

at Lyons, quarters thrown open for the first time since centuries to the light of day, and throughout France religious edifices are being constructed or restored.

"Public instruction, protected by the State, is being developed by the side of free education honourably protected. The number of colleges has been increased by 1500. Education has become more moral and re-

ligious, with a tendency towards sound humanities and useful sciences. The College of France has been reorganized ; elementary. instruction is

spreading far. It is the wish of the Government that the principle of free- dom of worship shall be sincerely admitted, without forgetting that the Roman Catholic religion is that of the great majority of Frenchmen. Therefore, this religion has never been more respected nor more unshackled. "The Municipal Councils meet without hinderance ; and the Bishops en- joy the full plenitude of their sacred office ; the Lutheran, Protestant, and Jewish confessions, pay their just proportion of taxes to the State, and are equally protected.

"The increase in the price of all necessaries has compelled net since last year to augment the salanes of the lesser functionaries ; the rations of the soldiers have been improved and the pay of subalterns increased.

"The budget of 1859 provides for better payment for teachers and profes- sors, and for magistrates. I may point out an increase of charitable societies —in the country those of the medical corporations, and in the towns the establishment of soup-kitchens. One million has been distributed in relief of the populations which have suffered most from want of work The bud- get of 1859 which will be laid before you will show a balance in favour of receipts, and the action of the sinking-fund can be renewed. On the close of accounts a reduction of the floating debt was assured. Commerce recently suffered a check, but the firm position it took up in the midst of what may be termed a universal Crisis is, in the eyes of all, an honour for France, and justifies the economical principles advised by the Government in matters of commerce, finances, and credit. The increase of direct and indirect revenue during the past year was thirty millions of francs.

"Among the various bills which will be submitted to you of general in- terest, I may mention a law an patents, a new military and naval code, a proposal to employ the 20,000,000 francs remaining from the loans on works

so guard the towns against inundations. .

"Algeria, connected with France by the electric wire, has afforded new glory to our troops by the submission of Rabylia. That expedition, skilfully planned and vigorously executed, has completed our domination. The army, which has no more enemies to overcome, will have to struggle against new difficulties in constructing railways, so necessary for the development of the prosperity, of our colony.

"In l rance, the army will find in the camp of Chalons a grand school which will keep up the nnlitary, spirit and standard at the high level it has

attained. The Emperor Napoleon bequeathed to his ancient companions in glory his private end other property. Under the Restoration it was absorbed by the State. It is to carry out in some measure that pious legacy that you, on the one hand, voted an annual awn of 8,000,000 francs for old soldiers, but nevertheless I wished that a medal should remind all who had served in our armies of :their former leaders. More than 200,000 men in France _ and abroad have applied for this medal in remembrance of the Imperial epoch: and on receiving it they might exclaim with pride, 'I also belonged -to the Grand Army,'—Zoords which at /itinerate the Emperor had reason to point out to them as the advent of a title of nobility. Our navy is occupied in its arsenals with those necessary changes which will enable it to maintain the honour of our flag on every sea. In China it is acting in concert with the English fleet to obtain redress for common grievances, and to avenge the Mood of our missionaries who have been cruelly massacred. "The relations of France with Foreign Powers were never on a better footing. Our ancient allies, true to the sentiments which sprung from a common cause glee us the same confidence as usual ; and our new allies, by their straightfOrward and loyal conduct in all great questions, make us al- most regret that we ever were their foes. I was enabled to be convinced at Osborne as well as at Stuttgart, that my desire to keep up the intimacy of old relations, as well as to form new ones, was equally shared by the chiefs of two great empires. If the policy of France is appreciated as it deserves to be in Europe, it is because we have the common sense only to deal with questions which concern ourselves directly, either as a nation or as a great mopean Power. This is why I avoided interfering in the question of the Duchies which now agitates Germany ; for that question, which is exclu- sively a German one, will remain so as long as the integrity of Denmark is not threatened. If, on the other hand, I took up the Neuchatel question it is because the Bing of Prussia asked far m,y bons offices, and I was happy on this occasion to contribute to the final settlement. of a difference which might have become dangerous for the peace of Europe. As regards the Principali- ties, astonishment has been expressed at our disagreement with many of our allies. The fact is, that France, in her disinterested policy, has always ad- vocated, in so much as treatiea allowed her, the wishes of the populations which appealed to her. Nevertheless the conferences which will shortly open at Paris will show in what conciliating spirit we work to attenuate the difficulties which are inseparable from a difference of opinion. "Such, Gentlemen, is the resume of. our position; I might end my ad- arms here, but I think it useful, at the conscaencement of a new Legislature, to examine with you what we are and what we desire. It is only well-de- fined causes distinctly formulated that create profound convictions. It is only standards boldly unfurled which inspire sincere devotion. What is the Empire ? Is it a retrograde government, an enemy of pro- gress, desirous of suppressing generous impulses, and of impeding the pacific extension of the great and civilizing principles of 1789? No; the Empire inscribes these prmemles as the motto of its temstitution. It frankly adopts everything of a nature to ennoble the heart or exalt the mind for what is good ; but it is also the enemy of every abstract-theory. It seeks a strong power, capable of overcoming the obstacles which might stop its advance, for—let us not forget it—the advance of every new power is a long struggle. Moreover, there is a truth inscribed upon. every page of the history of France and of England—namely, that liberty without obstacles is impossible as long as there exists in a country a faction which obstinately disowns the funda- mental bases of the government ; •for then liberty, instead of enlightening, controlling, ameliorating, is nothing .else in the hands of factions but a weapon of deal-ruction. Therefore, as I did not accept the power of the na- tion with a view to acquire that ephemeral popularity, the paltry prize of concessions exacted from weakness, but with a view one day to deserve the approbation of posterity by founding something lasting in France, I do not fear to declare to you today that the danger, no matter what is said to the contrary, does not exist in the excessive prerogatives of power, but rather in the sheens* of repressive laws. Thus, the last elections, despite their antis- factory result, offered in many localities a sad spectacle. Hostile parties took advantage of it to create agitation in the country, and some men had the boldness openly to declare themselves the enemies of the national insti- tutions, deceived the electors by false promises and, having gained their votes, then spurned them with contempt. You Will not allow a renewal of such a scandal, and you will compel every elector to take an oath,to the Constitution Wore presenting himself as a candidate. "As the quiet of the public mind ought to be the constant object of our efforts, you will assist me in finding the means to silence extreme and an- noying oppeeitions. In fact, is it not too sad to behold ma quiet, prosper- ous coimn3-, which is respected in Europe, on the one hand, men crying down a government to which they are indebted for the security which they enjoy, while ethers only take advantage of the free exercise of their political rights to undermine the existing institutions ? J welcome heartily, with- out inquiring into their antecedents, all those who recognize the national will. As regards the originators of disturbances and conspiracies, let them understand that their day is gone by. "I cannot conclude without alluding to the criminal attempt which has just taken place. I thank Heaven for • the visible protection with which it shielded the Empress and myself, and I deplore that so many victims should be made when only one life was aimed at. Yet these plots bring their les- sons with them. Firstly, they prove the weakness and impotence of the parties who have recourse to assassination and such desperate means ; condly, that no =imagination, even if successful, .ever served the cause of those who hired the assassin. Neither those who slew Ciesar nor those who assassinated Henry IV derived any advantage from their crime. God sometimes allows the just to fall, but He never allows the cause of crime to triumph. These attempts, therefore, neither shake my- security in the pre- sent nor may faith in the future. If I live, the Empire will live with me ; and if I should fall, my very death would only tend to strengthen the Em- pire' for the indignation of the people and of the army would be an addi- tional support to the throne of my son. Let us, then, look confidently towards the future ; let us attend calmly to our daily work for the welfare and greatness of our country. God protects France !"

The sympathetic audience loudly cheered the Emperor and Empress ; the cheers given to the latter predominating.

The Paris correspondent of the Globe gives a lively description of a meeting of English residents on Wednesday to congratulate the Emperor-

, I come from a rather stormy meeting of the English residents at Paris, held in the great saloon of Memice, which is nearly as large as Freemasons' Tavern, and was filled to inconvenience by the assembled Britons, anxious to congratulate the Emperor and his Consort on their providential deliver- ance. Lord Gray de Gray, chairman, opened the proceedings in a rather inefficient style, and an address was read of a most humdrum character ; whereupon Sir Robert Dallas, who is known in our foreign diplomacy, rose and proposed a far more dignified as well as better worded document, in which the arrogant and small-minded utterance of Count Morny on behalf of the French Senate, denouncing England for harbouring conspiracies, was properly rebuked. This amended address seemed highly acceptable to the feelings of the crowded assembly, but the nhairman insisted on his own progeny ; and matters were about becoming serous, when some sen-

sible person observed that the Emperor, in his speech, took no such tone, and the contempt which he show for his underling's suggestion was the fitting model for an English address. An episode now arose ; an indignant Soot repudiating the denomination of English and clamorous for the word British, as a more comprehensive and true description of the meeting ; in which Canadians concurred, and the mellifluous brogue of O'Gorman Mahon reechoed the rectification. The grammar of the original address was than scrutinized ; and the scruples of Lindley Murray having been appeased, the gathering dispersed with cheers for Napoleon III." The accounts of the attempt on the Emperor's life published this week repeat in substance those which were received last week, with further details. It is stated that four shells were thrown at the carriage, but that one did not explode. They were most formidable missiles. One account says they ' were bombs made of thick sglass, having se- veral tubes advancing slightly from the outward surface, and provided with detonating cape, so as to explode either in falling, by being tram- pled on by the horses' feet, or by being crushed by the wheels of the car- riage, should the fall not have proved sufficient to ignite the caps. The interior was entirely filled with old nails, pieces of iron, slugs, and bullets, which, when the explosion took place, were scattered with im- mense force in every direction." Another describes them as " bombs of cast-iron, oblong, and in the form of a pear, and in the widest part from four to five inches in diameter. The shock of one of the caps, of which each had several, on a hard substance, necessarily caused an ex- plosion. The bombs were loaded with detonating gunpowder." The " detonating powder " is otherwise called fulminating mercury, a most dangerous substance. " The-first bomb throw,n at the carriage of the Emperor was just after the vehicle entered the Ma Lepelletierit did not touch the Emperor, nor even the vehicle, but it wounded abouetwenty persons. On this the coachman whipped up his horses, „but almost immediately a second bomb burst, and one of the horses being struck by three projectiles fell to the ground. A third bomb, thrown with more precision, fell beneath the carriage itself and burst with tremendous force, smashing part of it in pieces. The splinters of this bomb wounded the second horse, which expired some hours after. The coachman, named Ledoux, was wounded in the head. The only per- son in the carriage with the Emperor and Empress was General Roguet, and he, as already stated, received a alight injury. The escape of their Majesties was quite nuraoulous. The Emperor received a alight cut on the side of the nose by a piece of glass from the carriage-window. Another piece of glass struck the Empress at the corner of the left eye, but left,no trace. Superin- tendent Hebert, of the police,'who opened the door of the Emperor's carriage at the moment of the third explosion was dangerously wounded. The pieces of iron flew on every side to a vast distance, marking. the front of the houses and the pillars of the theatre to a great height, and breaking a considerable number of windows. The stupor at the first moment was indescribable as no one could tell what had really occurred, and the persons who saw their neighbours falling around them did not know but at the next moment it might be their own turn. The carriage itself was taken into the courtyard of the Tuileries, and visited by great numbers of persons. All the under part and front of the carriage had the appearance of being blown to pieces. "At the moment of the explosions, a man was seen to rush to the carriage armed with a dagger and revolver ; he was caught full in front by a sergent de vile ; the murderer made a desperate attempt to escape, and, during the struggle, wounded his captor. He was searched, and another revolver was found on him. Another man was also arrested on the spot, carrying a carpet- bag, in which pistols and daggers were found, and a small box. He had in his pockets 270 francs in gold. A third, a well-dressed man, in white gloves, who was seen to raise his hat, and wave it, perhaps as a signal, was also arrested."

The Empress appeared in her box at the opera, by the aide of her hus- band, "her white robe, and even her face stained with the blood that still flowed from the wound of the attendant who was seated with them in the same carriage."

The " enthusiasm " of the French, both within and without the Operahouse seems to have been spontaneous and genuine. The journals of all shades are unanimous in reprobation of the assassins, and are thankful that the crime was not premeditated or executed by .French- men. The Moniteur says that the crime is the result of a plot concocted in foreign countries- " In fact, the Government received from Jersey, so long ago as June last, the following information—' The plot consists in the manufacture of ful- minating grenades; invented by —. They are of a power hitherto un- known, and are intended to be thrown underneath the carriage, where their striking against the pavement will cause their explosion and the destruction of the carriage.' On the other hand, a fresh manifesto of Maz7ini appeared on the 9th instant, in the Italia del Poole of Genoa. Lastly, the reports recently received from London by the French Government stated as follows A man named Pierri, who is a native of Florence, and formerly an officer in the Italian Legion, has just quitted England for the purpose of carrying into execution a plot concocted against the life of the -Emperor. This Italian is a man of from forty to forty-five years of age, small in sta- ture, thin, dark, and of a sickly hue. He speaks French badly, with a strong Italian accent, but speaks English very well. He is a violent, san- guinary, and very determined man' who was obliged to fly from his own country in consequence of several murders and among others that of a priest. Before leaving England, Pierri had several interviews with the French refugees in London.' A later account says—' Pierri has passed through Brussels, where he saw several refugees. He has proceeded to Paris by way of Lille, accompanied by an elderly man whom he took up at Brussels, and carrying with him a machine of hollow cast-iron made an the jacquin system. It is remarked that this man travels in first-class car- riages, alights at the first hotels, and appears to be well supplied with money.'" The lifoniteur raises the number of wounded to 102,—namely, forty- seven civilians, twelve lancers of the Imperial Guard, eleven of the Municipal Guard of Paris, twenty-eight police agents of different ranks, and four belonging to the household of their Majesties. The Emperor and Empress visited the wounded in the hospitals on the following day. There are now eight Italians in custody. It appears that Pierri had resided at Birmingham for a long time ostensibly as a teacher of lan- guages. Orsini visited Pierri there only a fortnight ago, and shortly afterwards Pierri openly obtained a passport to enable him to pas9 through Belgium into France. It is supposed that the plat was con- cocted in Birmingham.

A French journal thus tells how it was that the police came on the track of Orsini- " It has been ascertained that in the course of the evening of the attempt a wounded man called at the druggist's shop in the Rue Lepelletier, and after having had his wounds dressed left without saying anything of who he wart. A short time after another inan entered the shop in great agitation and asked

the shopmen if they could tell him anything of his master, who had been wounded; and he gave a description of his master's person, which corre- sponded with that of the man who had just left the shop. Re was asked the name of his master, but he then became troubled and refused to tell it. He was threatened with tureen, on which he was attacked with a nervous trem- bling and fainted. On recovering he was pressed to tell the name of his master, and at last declared that it was Count Orsini. At three o'clock in the morning Count Orsini was arrested in his lodging in the Rue Monthabor. He confessed that be threw one of the bombs. Two other Italians, who had false names and passports, were also arrested in the night. On the persons arrested or at their lodgings important sums of money or securities were seized, as were also poniards, revolvers, and a bomb similar to that seized on Pierri. It is believed that the investigation into the affair will be promptly terminated, and that the trial can take place in the session of the Court of Assizes of the first fortnight of February."

On Wednesday the Emperor visited the military hospital where the gendarmes wounded on the 14th were patients. He promoted one of them to the rank of commissioned officer, gave the Legion of Honour to a second, and distributed the military medal to others.

The French Government has suppressed the Speetateur and the Revue de Paris. In his report to the Emperor on their delinquencies, M. Bil- kelt says the attempt on the Emperor's life shows what savage anarchy would impose on the world by assassination.

"The flagrant danger, Sire, lath be found in that sect of assassins who recruit in broad daylight at a few leagues from our frontiers and send in a few hours into the very heart of Paris their hired asseeeius and instruments of destruction.

"Whet encourages them—what especially encourages those who pay them and direct them, is the mad hope which they entertain that the in- surrection which will ensue when they have broken the powerful arm which has already pet it down, will hand over to them Paris, France, and a portion of Europe. This hope, which has no foundation in presence of a resolute Government, of a devoted army, of a satisfied people, is only kept upon one hand by the action of demagogues who never cease to conspire and spread agitation; and, on the other hand, by the imprudent opposition of those fragments of ancient parties who, with equal folly, expect an im- possible resurrection from anarchy. "To meet this emergency, various measures will be submitted to your Majesty. There is one, however, which our existing laws admit at once,— namely, not to tolerate that certain journals in the hands of a few but m- defatigable agitators shall continue to be the daily exponents of the doings of demagogues—almost the official organs of their direct or indirect attempts at disturbance. Nor must, on the other hand, attacks be allowed to be made, however well disguised, incessantly against the new dynasty and the constitution which the country has chosen for itself." He compares the situation of Napoleon to that of our William "exposed to the intrigues of the friends of a pretender," intrigues which only gave way to "most rigorous measures." M. Billault then sets forth the offences of the Speetateur and its Republican contemporary the Revue de Paris, and recommends the suppression of both. The Speetateur had been "warned" five times and suspended twice. A decree of the Emperor approves the recommendation of the report. The conductors of the .Estafette newspaper have also been condemned to two months' im- onment and 500 francs fine for an outrage on public morals and rehglon.

Mtalg.—Explanations were given in the Piedinontese Chamber on the 15th respecting the modification of the Ministry. Count Cavour stated that Signor Ratazzi had resigned, and that he himself should retain permanently the office of Foreign Affairs and hold provisionally the office of Minister of the Interior ; while Signor Lanza would permanently take the Minislay of the Finances, and administer provisionally the de- partment of Public Instruction. Signor Brofferio asked for further in- formation. The Left had supported the Government chiefly because it had confidence in the Minister who had gone out, who represented the popular and Liberal element. He should like to know what were the intentions of the Government? Signor Ratazzi said that there had been no political dissension between himself and the Cabinet. His acts, as Minister of the Interior, had roused a tempest of anger, and called forth censures unjust and too severe. That tempest he could have resisted had he felt that his presence in the Cabinet could have been useful to the country. But it appeared to him and his colleagues that it would be best forhim to retire. He would have thought himself wanting in duty to his King and country had he hesitated to give in his resignation. Count Cavour confirmed this statement, and all parties seemed satisfied. Signor Itatazzi, it is stated, retains the friendship of his King,—who recently presented him with a jewel as his "friend,"—his colleagues, and the left of the Chamber—many of whom now advanced to shake him warmly by the hand.

The Chamber has decided that canons are not eligible for the post of Deputy, and the elections of three have been declared null and void. Cadorna, the Liberal candidate for the chair in the Piedmontese Cham- ber, was elected by 88 votes to 44 given to his opponent, Amalfi, an adherent of the Parti-Pretre.

From the bill of indictment against the prisoners seized at Sapri, it appears that the charge against the English engineers rests solely upon the assumption that they had received a letter from Miss White ap- prizing them of the design of the conspirators and requesting their co- operation. The portions of the act of accusation relating to the English engineers are as follows-

' It is also known that Miss White, on visiting Turin, had provided the conspirators with a note written by herself in English, and directed to the engineer Park. This execrable writing, which was preserved by Park and was surprised upon him, shows that he was no stranger to the criminal con- spiracy, and was not ignorant of the object of it. Note—' We desire to avoid the shedding of blood; our only object is to liberate our brothers from the horrible prisons of Bomba King of Naples, so justly abhorred by the English. By assisting our efforts you will acquire the consciousness of having done a good act, an act which will be approved of by the two nations, Italian and English. You have also the merit of preserving this vessel for your employers. All resistance is useless. We are resolved on accomplish- ing our enterprise or in dying." At page 20 it is said—" Henry Watt and Charles Park did not land, (that is in Ponza,) because as engineers they were compelled to remain on board. The proof of the guilt of both is evi- dent from this, besides the absence of ricapiti papers, and besides other facts alleged against Park. Watt, who was the chief engineer, would have di- rected the steamer towards Tunis and to Ponza had he not been in full accord with Park and the other conspirators ; nor is there any proof of that violence under which they have shielded themselves." Under the head of evidence of Giovanni Nicotera, at page 56, is the following passage—" He

ex.plained that the note in English surprised on Park was written by miss White to inform him of what wasproj ectect, and to obtain. his cooperation." At page 89 is the formal charge ofthe Proeureur-General. He accuses Park and Watt with "complicity in an attempt to destroy and change the government, and with having procured and furnished the means of committing all the facts above stated." Article 74 of Penal Law is cited against them. 'Phis Article defines what is intended by accomplides who are punishable in the eame manner as the principal actors—" Those who have procured arms, instru- ments, or other means which have served for action, mowing for wh4 pur- pose they served; those who knowingly shall have assisted or facilitated the author or authors of the acting in the facts, who shall have prepared, fAcih- tated, or accomplished them, will be punished with one or two degrees of punishment less than the principal authors." To them, by article 123, is as- signed the punishment of death.

lag i ft.—The remains of Marshal Radetzky have been buried at Wetzdorf, where a certain eccentric gentleman has a " Walhalla " in which he had obtained Radetzk-y's consent to bury his body. The funeral service was performed on the 17th, in the cathedral of St. Stephen at Vienna, with more than usual state. The coffin was followed by ninety generals, the number including three Archdukes and Prince Win- dischgratz, 600 officers, and a large force of all arms. The Emperor was present on horseback, and the Empress and the Emperor's mother looked on from a window. After the religious ceremony, the Emperor in person commanded the troops that escorted the hearse to the railway station.

431iti11.—Some curious accounts of the late resignation of the Ar- mere-Mon Cabinet are current. Defeated in the Chamber Armero ten- dered his resignation, on the 11th instant. The Queen ref-Used to accept it. He then caused a decree dissolving the Cortes to be drawn up, and presented it for her Majesty's signature ; but she delayed doing so un- til the next day, and then declined to sign.

"During the previous evening and the following morning, several persons, known for their hostility to the Ministry, urged the Queen not to dissolve Chamber so monarchical as the present, as it would surely be replaced by a revolutionary assembly. Of these extra-constitutional and irresponsible advisers the King was the most earnest and persevering. A joint letter from two well-known persons was forwarded to the Queen during the night, which, if she still wavered, confirmed her in her resolution not to dissolve the Cortes. She handed the letter to the President of the Council ; who saw at work intrigues to restore Montemolin, and, turning to the King, he said, You see before you, Madam, the chief of the intriguers.' An alter- cation ensued between the King and the Prime Minister. At six o'clock the Queen again sent for Armero, and signed the decree of dissolution ; but at nine o'clock she revoked it."

In the same account it is stated, that while "M. Isturitz was taking counsel with Bravo Murillo as to the persons he should ask to join him in the Cabinet, of which he is the President, the Queen received a tele- gram from her mother, Maria Christina, in which she earnestly urged her daughter to maintain the Armero Ministry. It was too late ; the Pre- mier had already taken leave of the queen, declaring that he never would consent to be a Minister of hers."

Dritmark.—The King of Denmark opened the Supreme Council on tha514th, with a brief speech, in which the only paragraph of interest is that relating to the Holstein question-

" We have seen with extreme regret that there exists in the Duchies of Holstein and Lauenburg, as regards our constitutional relations, an appre- ciation which could not fail to cause .anxiety and excitement. The rela- tions of those Duchies with the German Confederation necessarily brought our Government into negotiations with Prussia and Austria, after which the matter was referred to the Frankfort Diet. In these negotiations—all documents relating to which will be laid before the Supreme Council—it will be shown that, to come to all amicable arrangement, we were wain* to make every concession compatible with our solicitude for the welfare of the Monarchy, and especially for the maintenance of its constitutional rela- tions established after great efforts."

Tills paragraph is said to have created a "painful sensation" in Ger- many.

Surkut.—The Constantinople correspondent of the Times draws a vivid picture of the death of Redschid Pasha and the immediate conse- quences. The distinguished statesman suffered from a determination of blood to the head ; but as it had on previous occasions yielded to bleeding, it inspired no apprehension. On the third day of his

the 7th January, his medical attendants were of opinion that he might quit his bed and receive visitors, and crowds assembled to wait on him.

"At noon, just when he rose from his couch to get up, he inclined his head, sank back, and was no more. The anxious visitors were first made aware of something unusual passing by a confused noise and tumult which reached them from the doors of the harem, and a few seconds after, instead of seeing, as they expected to see, his kind face appear, they .saw his old in- tendant, with tzars in his eyes and that violent emotion depicted on his face of which the usually so calm Oriental natures are capable, announcing that the Grand Vizier had just died. If this sudden death of a man like Redschid, in the height of power, just at the moment when every one was

i hopg to see him, was already calculated to 6trike with awe those present, the impression was painfully increased by witnessing the effect produced by the announcement. Only those who know the silence and quiet which reign usually in the house of a Turkish Grand Seignior, with the numerous ser- vants gliding over the soft carpeted rooms, and nobody talking above a whisper,—only those can imagine the effect produced. It was a speaking illustration of the sudden fall of grandeur. The agonizing shrieks of the women, which penetrated, in spite of the well-closed doors of the harem ; the despairing grief of his numerous friends and clients ; the panic with which the numerous visitors hunted from the house of death ; the confu- sion among the hosts of servants hurrying to and fro, and carrying off what- ever fell under their hands, made it a scene not easily to be forgotten. Not a quarter of an hour after the great man's death all those who had come to greet him had disappeared, pursued far by the wailing which resounded from the abode of desolation."

His remains wore buried next day, in the cemetery of Eyul. No public funeral ever takes place in Turkey except for a member of the Imperial family ; and the all-powerful Grand Vizier of the day before, who could not move a step without being greeted by the homage of the crowd on his passage, was carried without pomp or ceremony to his last resting-place."

flhlIL—Thero have been two kinds of arrivals of news from India. Early in the week the fuller despatches of the overland mail came to hand. Yesterday the Times and the Government received fresh tale-

graphic despatches from Malta. The dates of these messages are Calcutta December 25, Madras December 29. They report some minor incidents.

"A small force from Delhi, under Colonel Seaton, encountered a body of rebels at Guingeree on the 15th of December, took the guns, killed 150 men : we lost a few men and three officers. Again, on the 11th of December, the same column attacked a strong force of the enemy intrenched at Putalem, near Futieghur, killed about 600 of them including many chiefs, took eleven guns, with their camp, and parted [Pursued ?] the routed enemy seven miles. Our loss was trifling, and included only one officer killed.

"Communication by post between Bombay and Calcutta had been reesta- blished, letters and papers having been received. "No further intelligence from Oude.

"The 11th Cavalry mutinied on the 1st of December. They were over- taken near Purneah ; eleten were killed, but the remainder escaped. "The 17th Native Infantry are under order for China."

The journals received* the overland mail give little more informa- tion from the Cawnpore region than that previously received. They are filled with brief reports of the defeat of Windham and the success of Campbell and Grant. But one document; a letter written by Seindia's news-writer at Calpee, under date December 8, is interesting. He says- " Three hurkarua came straight from Cawnpore today, and reported that

• the Gwalior Contingent rebels, having collected all their force and stores at Bhoti, advanced thence to a place two coss nearer to Cawnpore, and left there, with fifty or sixty men, their camp and bazaar. The whole force, including Sepoys and chiefs, with their followers of all sorts, amounted to 15,000 men. Their plan was to fight with their guns up to twelve. p.m., and then to assault and carry the intrenchments. At Mogul Semi near Caewnpore, the English had a battery, and there the fight began,, -The re- bels fought very bravely up to twelve p. m., when the English began to re- tire, and the rebels followed them until they were two coss from the rebel camp. Then 5(1) English, with two guns, advancing on the Allahabad road, attacked the rebel camp, and captured it with all that was in it. Leaving a guard there, they then attacked the rear of the rebels, when the retiring English turned and attacked them in front. The rebels could not endure this double attack, and fled and the English chased them to Sacheindee, and took on the road their guns, baggage, magazine—every- thing. Meanwhile, the two great guns which the rebels had sent for with ammunition from Calpee having reached Renniah, the English marched

• thither also, and captured them. The three hurkarus who report this were in the action, and with great difficulty saved their lives, but none of their property. Of the flying &pops no village would admit a man within its walls—not even if it were his own home. The hurkarus put up in the vil- lage of Muttabelpore, and there, at twelve o'clock at night, came Seer

• Dowlut Sing ; but the people would not let him halt there. I cannot tell how many were slain, but shall hear tomorrow. The English fought in this battle as Roostum and Isfendian alone fought before. The Sahibs dis- mounted amid the fire of the guns and slew the gunners with their swords, and, rushing upon the gunners, stopped them Its they applied the match ; while the English so worked their guns that winking is a slow operation compared to the rapidity of their fire. They fired after the fugitives as their noise directed; and if they saw but a head, that head was crushed. The blood of the dead and wounded flowed in streams. Whoever shall hear this news will rejoice ; for these men, who injured and trampled on high and low, have received punishment from God proportioned to their cruelty. And great as was their bravery, as signal have been their flight and destruction. The dead are doomed to dozukh. '

. It is reported on other authority, that the brother of Na e Sahib, who was wounded in the battle of the 7th, had taken refuge at Odpee.

A letter from Delhi states that the actual murderer of Mr. Ftazer, Commissioner at Delhi, had been caught by some villagers, tied to a tree, and cut to pieces.

The Bengal Hurkaru states that two petitions were about ea be pre- sented to the Governor-General by the inhabitants of the town sin.d suburbs of Calcutta. One simply congratulates Lord Canning on his upright public conduct during the crisis, and on his strenuous exertions in bringing the rebellion to a close. The other thanks him for the jus- tiee displayed in passing many acts of the Legislature in winch no distinction has been made between the Black and the White populations.

- A friend of Lieutenant now Major Hodson, the officer who captured the King of Delhi and his sons, has forwarded to the Times a "correct" account of the arrest and death of the- princes, heretofore imperfectly de-- scribed. "It appears," he says, "that Captain Hodson, on corning up with the fugitives in the Emperor's tomb, placed his little band so as to command the entrances; thus effectually masking his force, sind really holding in his power, in a great degree, the multitude in the large en-

closure, however numerous they might be. But his object was not to engage in a murderous conflict, the issue of which was doubtful, and • where success even would probably have frustrated his wish to take the princes in for a solemn trial and execution at Delhi, the scene of their crimes ; so he sent in his emissaries to effect their capture. After more than two hours of anxious negotiation, the rebels, overawed by Captain Hodson having all the approaches in his hands, surrendered their leaders, who were immediately sent off towards Delhi under a small escort ; while Captain Modem; sure of his main object., now regardless of all danger, rode boldly in with not more than seventy-five troopers, none of them Europeans, and required the armed mob who fired on him to lay down their arms. This they did, after much delay, nailer circumstances far more in their favour than when they gave up their leaders. Captain Hodson then galloped after his prisoners, and, after an interval of nearly two hours, on coming up with them found them rescued. He immediately rode into the mutinous throng, addressed them in the nervous words which have won him the admiration of India, received the approval of those around him, had his prisoners on the spot stripped of their robes, put them into the carriage again, and shot them ; the only thing. to be dime, as it was madness to wait for the mob to turn against him again, while, as their death was to be ignominious, their being stripped of their robes and ordered into the carriage appears to have been an absolute necessity, since no man of his corps would have touched their dead bodies ; and had they been left on the ground, their followers, elevating - them into martian, might have made them far more dangerous in death

than in life. It was most fitting, that on the same spot where the bodies of their innocent victims d been exposed their bodies should be exposed—even theirs. As a soilemn retributive act of justice, England would surely have felt their punishment incomplete without this."

Mr. Lewis Pelly, Major of the Scinde Horse Brigade, has given in a letter to the Times a lively ilesmiption of a semi° in Persia apropos of the mutiny in the Bengal Air* and the question of the greased cartridges. Some one had said that Brigadier Jacob knew that if he ordered the Seinde Horse to bite the cartridges they would refuse. 31ajor Pelly thus refutes the assertion-

" During the past summer I was serving in Bushire., as political secre- tary to the Persian Field Force. I shared a tent (partitioned in the middle) with Brevet-Major Henry Green, Assistant-Adjutant-General to the same force. One morning, as I was sitting writing, a Native officer, named Ryder Khan a Brahmin named (I think) Clint Rai, and an orderly

, trooper all belonging to the corps of Scinde Irregular Horse, came to the door of Major Green's side of the tent, when a conversation to the following effect ensued, in the Hindostani language—' Well, Hyder Khan, so that scoundrel who was turned out is come to grief?' —' Yes, sir, he was always a good-for-nothing fellow—that is, he was not bad, but, Sahib, he couldn't stand his liquor • it went to his head. It's no use when a man cannot take his drop quietly he's sure to go to the bad." Well, Mr. Ulfut Rai, and what do you think of the mutiny ?" Bad business that, sir,—thorough scoundrels, and utterly faithless. They have blackened all our faces no one in the world will ever trust the Black people again." Bad enough to kill men,' broke in Hyder ; ' but to kill the madam Sahibs and be ies, what law of God or man ever told them that ? But what is the cause of it all, Sahib ?" Well, these cartridges.' And Major Green then took a packet of them from off his table and gave it to If yder Khan, who picked one out and began in the usual manner to tear it open with his teeth. Upon this Ulfut Rai took the packet, and, while Major Green was ex- plaining the objectionable grease, this Brahmin was pealing off bite of grease with his thumb nail with as much indifference as any European soldier could have evinced. Why,' continued Hyder, this is put on to make the cartridge slip easily down the barrel ; it's what we use with the Sahibs' rifles.' And hereupon the Mahometan stuffed a couple of cart- ridges into his pocket to show his friends, relieving his mind at the same time by a round oath at the mutineers. The Brahmin 'asked if he might have a sample. Take them all, if you like,' replied Major Green. Ac- cordingly the packet went bodily into Ulfut waistband,. and the party took leave and mounted their horses. From where I was sitting I could only catch the back and side views of these men ; but I was much struck with the natural and manly way in which they conducted themselves. Subsequently I mentioned what I had witnessed to General Jacob, who laughed, and said, Bite cartridges ! they'd bite the Devil, those fellows. Lord, man, they have been here lots of them, laughing like fun, and biting no end of cartridges. tidier, God-fearing men, those—got some conscience in what they do.'"

The mission sent to Herat has safely arrived there. The Bombay correspondent of the Times tells the following curious story derived from Herat— "At Metaled, on their march to Herat, the Mission picked up a boy of eighteen, who has since been brought down to Bombay, and who is thought to be a survivor of the Cabal massacre. He has the appearance of a half- caste. When about nine years of age, as he told the officers, he discovered something of his history,—that his father was an Englishman, who, with his mother, had been murdered, and that he himself had been saved mid taken care of by an Afghan chief. Upon making , this discovery he longed to escape to London, which he was informed lay soinewhere on the other side of Mecca. Shortly afterwards, to avoid circumeision, he ran, away from the people with whom he lived, and wandered for some time m Kashgar, and afterwards in Budukshan, in which latter province he served as gun- ner in the force of an independent chief. Dulling his wanderings or setvice, he received, in a skirmish, a severe. sabre-cut across the head, of which he bears the sear. lie knew three words only of English ; one being London,' the object of his hopes; the otherie_' God) and forehead,' He was desirous of proceeding with the Mission to Herat, but an opportunity presenting itself or forwarding him to Teheran, he was equipped, with a horse, -word, and clothing, and sent--to Mi. Murray, by whom he has been transmitted to Bushir' e and Bombay."

CY1111.—The telegraph forwards via India important but imperfect news from Hongkong to the 16th December, as follows. "The French Admiral has proclaimed the blockade of Canton river on the part of Prince. The island of Bonen, opposite Canton, was occupied on the 15th of December by the English and French forces. -

" The Chinese were allowed ten days to accept an ultimatum. Lord Elgin's ultimatum was delivered to Teh, Who shows no-disposition to—"do what is omitted.

'niftOtli8.—The Arago arrived at Southampton on Thursday, with advice& from New York to the 9th Januml. in Congress various proposals had been brought forward. Mr. Pugh had produced a bill for the settlement of the Kansas question. It is de- scribed as a compromise, and proposes that Kansas sho-uld be admitted as a State under the Lecompton Convention, but that the Slavery clause should be submitted again to the people in April next. A bill bad been brought in to punish the practice of polygamy. Senator General (Wit- man moved for a Select Committee on the Neutrality Laws, with a view

to their abolition. •

The President had sent a message and papers to Congress on the dip- tnre of Walker by Commodore Paulding. Mr. Buchanan is of opinien, that Commodore Paulding committed a grave error in exceeding his in- structions, but that he acted from pure and patriotic motives, and a de- sire to promote the interests and-vindicate the honour of his country. Nicaragua, who has been benefited by the act of Paulding, alone has the right to complain' a right she is certain not to exercise; whereas Walker has no ground of complaint whatever. The neutrality-laws must be maintained. "To execute the neutrality-laws is my imperative ditty, and I shall continue to perform it by all the means which the constitu- tion and laws have placed in my power." Walker's expedition violated "the principles of Christianity, morality, and humanity, held sacred by all civilized nations. and by none more than by the United States." "But if motives of duty were not sufficient to restrain us from engaging in such lawless enterprises, our evident interest ought to dictate this policy. These expeditions are the most effectual mode of retarding American pro- gress, although to promote this is the avowed object of the leaders and con- tributors in such undertakings. It is beyond question the destiny of Our race to spread themselves over the continent of North. America, and this at no distant day, should events be permitted to take their own naturol course. The tide of emigration will flow to the South, and nothing can eventaally arrest its progress. If permitted to go there peacefully, Central America will soon contain an American population, which will confer blessing; and benefits as well upon the natives as their respective governments; 52141 liberty under the restraint of law will preserve domestic peace, while tar different transit-routes across the Isthmus, in which we are so deeply l,n- terested, will have assured protection. Nothing has retarded • this liatie1 condition of affairs an much as the unlawful expeditions which have bon fitted out in the United States to make war upon Central American states. Had one-half of the number of American citizens who have iniseratlY perished in the first disastrous expedition of General Walker scttlet;in Nicaragua as peaceful emigrants, the object which we all desire would ere this have been in a great degree accomplished. These expeditions have caused the people of the Central American states to regard us with dread and sitspicion. It is our policy to remove this apprehension, and convince them that we intend to do them good and not evil. We desire, as the leading power on this continent, to open, and, if need be, to protect every transit-route across the Isthmus, not only for our own benefit, but for that of the world, and thus open a free access to Central America, and through it to our Pacific possessions. This policy was commenced under favourable auspices, when the expedition under the command of General Walker escaped from our territories andproceeded to Punta Arenas. Should another expedition of a similar character again evade the vigilance of our officers and proceed to Nicaragua, this would be fatal at least for a season to the peaceful settlement of these countries and to the policy of American progress. The truth is, that no Administration can successfully conduct the foreign affairs of the country, in Central America or elsewhere, if it is to be inter- fered with at every step by lawless military expeditions set on foot in the United States."

• The views of the President have been the subject of severe debates in both Houses of Congress ; Mr. Douglas again appearing in opposition. Walker has written a letter to the President, defying him to arrest his progress, and asserting that he has violated no law of the United States. As a consequence, the President has given more stringent instructions to stop filibustering..

It was reported that the Free State men in Kansas had encountered and defeated the'United States dragoons ; but the report proves to have been incorrect.