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      FRANCE . On Saturday last the motions of M . Moulin and Morin , relative to the peocedureto be adopted with respec t to the revision of tbe constitution , was taken into consideration by the Assembly . The project recommended by the committee to whom the laatterbad been referred , provides in Art . 1 , that all motions for revision shall be submitted to a committee , which shall prepare its report within a month , was then adopted . The clause fixing the appointment of tbe committee in tbe bureaux at ei g ht days after the presentation of the first motion was withdrawn . MBantayra proposed two days . This , and other amendments of tbe same class , having been rejected , tbe article was adopted without indication of tbe delav .

      Art . 2 , provides that the reje cted proposition cannot be renewed un til the expiration of three months from the rejection . M . Jules Favre moved tn amendment declaring that , after rejection motions for the revision cannot be brought forward a gain . In developing this amendment , which be considered in conformity with the spirit of the 111 th article of the constitution , be entered into a abort discourse upon the general question , and represented the majority as being really as divided as possible for all practical constructive purposes , and

      nailed only to raise agitation with a view of extinguishing the republic . M . Moulin answered Jules Fane , and showed that his amendment was contrary to the constitution . The amendment was put to the vote ; rejected by a large majority . M . Dufauretoted with the majority ; General Cavaignae on the opposite side . It was insinuated by tbe majority that the Left did not venture to demand a ballot , lest the number of the minority should be fonnd below tbe number of 188 , necessary to prevent the revision .

      After the rejection of amendments moved by Sontayra and Bonnier De l'Ecluse , M . Yesin moved an amendment in favour of leaking a speedy report on the petitions in favour of revision . He reminded the house of the frauds which had been detected on tbe occasion of the petitions against electoral reform ,, and wished that tbe bouse should be enlightened as-to the nature of the present pelitiens . His amendment having been rejected , the ensemble of the project was put to the vote , and carried bv a large majority .

      M . Leon Faucher is actively employed in stimulating the municipal councils to supply as much as possible the failure of work in consequence of the suspension of private enterprise incidental to a political crisis . In order to this end be exhorts them to promote improvements of all kinds , with a view to the occupation of workmen thrown out of employ . M . Faucher has applied to tbe municipa council of the Seine to push tbe construction of the

      balles , which will involve an outlay of sixty millions , and to carry out the prolongation of the Rue de Rivoli . It is true the city is forty-two millions in debt , bat notwithstanding this , owing to tbe re productive nature of these works , the municipality may on easy terms procure a loan from tbe Bank of France . The minister will propose a bill for tbe exemption of the newly-constructed bouses iu the continuation of the Bue de Rivoli from taxation for twenty years .

      Among the petitions for the revision of tbe Constitution already presented to tbe Assembly , one of tbe most remarkable is that addressed by the Chamber of Commerce of Amiens . It calls on tbe Assembly to adopt prompt and efficacious measures to put an end to the present disastrous position of affairs . Tbe manufacturing establishments in Amiens , formerly so active , are now working short time only . The value of their produce is declining , and there is no demand for it , although the stock on hand is superabundant . Nevertheless the operatives

      are animated by tbe best spirit , and the moat perfect tranquillity prevails in consequence of tbe laudable efforts of the manufacturers to prevent the closing of their establishments , and tbe consequent loss of employment to their workmen . The present crisis is caused by tbe apprehension which prevails among mercantile men that they may meet tbe same losses in 1652 which they did in 1848 , and they abstain from engaging in any mercantile speculation . Such astateof disquietude is incompatible with the prosperity of Trance .

      Tbe President of the Republic went to Somerre on Sunday to open the new railway , and was received by the , viMe oi tbe antbotiries and the clergy , and was saluted with the most lively acclamations of ' "Vive Napoleon ' by the populace , who bad assembled in a radius of twenty leagues . The President was accompanied by MM . Dupin , Boulby de la Meurthe , the Ministers of tbe Interior , of Public Works , and of War . He received at the railway all tbe deputies and the authorities , and afterwards reviewed the National Guard , amidst enthusiastic cries of * Vive Napoleon , ' Vive le President . ' After tbe review be assisted at a splendid collation .

      Tbe President was well received at Dijon . At the conclusion of his speech , at the mayor ' s dinner , he said : — ' I seize upon the present occasion to open to my fellow-citizens the inmost feelings of my heart . We are entering on a new phase of our political life , and all France is petitioning for the revision of the constitution . I wait with full confidence this manifestation of the national will , and the decision of the Assembly , which will be in spired by tbe sole desire of conferring happines and order upon the people . Since succeeding to the Presidency , I have ever disregarded mere personal interests in presence of the wants of trance , but tbe mast unjust and violent attacks have been made to drive me from my peaceful intentions . Whatever duties the nation may impose it will find me ready to accept , and , believe me , France shall not perish io my bands . '

      This speech has occasioned a perfect tempest in the conservative press , or rather by the two speeches , the speech pronounced and tbe speech expurgated . The difference between the real and the official speech consists mainly in one sentence , of which M . Leon Faucher procured the suppression . The President said that he had never lacked the concurrence of tbe Assembly as often as repressive laws were to be passed , bat the instant that bis government came forward with bills for popular ameliorations , the support of the legislative power completely failed him . It is to be . regretted that this paragraph was not maintained ; it would not have been tbe least true .

      The most important feature in tbe criticisms of the press is the decided disapprobation expressed by the 'Debate , ' tbe organ of the most powerful supporters of Louis Napoleon in the parliament . As for the stones thrown by tbe legitimists , these have so long rung all the changes of a rancorous virulent opposition , that their censure is at present comparatively ; blunt . The « Constitutional' alone is satisfied , and expresses its contentment through the vigorous organ of M . Granier de Cassaignac . The Assembly was In a great state of excitement , on Monday last , about this speech ; and interpellations will doubtless be put to the governm ent on tbe subject .

      Several merchants , manufacturers , and proprietors of Paris , to the number of 200 , have signed a p tition for the abolition of the law of May , which was presented on Monday by M . Carnot . The report of the committee on the oroposition of M . Emile de Glrardin for the abrogation of the decree of August II , 1848 , relative to offences of the press , was distributed to tbe National Assembl y on Saturday . Tbe committee recommends the rejection of the proposition . The close of the sitting of the Assembly on Tuesday was marked by a serious incident relative to the President ' s speech at Dijon . M . Desmous . seaux de Givre had presented a motion to interpellate the ministry regarding the paragraphs of the uttered speech , which bad been omitted in the * MonitenrV version .

      • After s-nn unimportant votes , the Chamber proceeded "O dscoss the bills for granting tbe salary "" H ^ Stoi of Honour to the republican guards ™* wr their conduct in June , 1848 ; alinongh , not being nnder colours at the moment ZtTJT ^ ' were not entitled to the pro-5 H ; ? «* Gourgaud moved that the same ¦ —^ iS *^* - * uo was

      toe ministry aWAt ^ l * member of oUbe #£ ^ * H « *«• soldiers . •* «* reveldtf or F ^^ t ^ f mtde a confused ren l * n y ; J ? r Baroehe who e ascent of theS ; . " ^ Cha ° K « nier , « " % in reply to an 2 rnl ° / , gene al a , ten * bo had fought at the 5 S £ 111 « " ^ corrollary ofV * owndisSS ' * £ * , ?} con-rary , « recommended the Veasut ( Applawe . ) Thegeneral ^ returMgto lSS

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      shook hands with two of the ministers , MM . Leon Faucher and Buffet . After Larochejaquelin had proposed to extend the same benefit to the soldiers who had been wounded in combating the revolution of 1830 , and Colonel Charras had made a speech which excited frequent murmurs , General Changarnier , making evidently a covert allusion to the President ' s manifestation at Dijon , said that the ' country . had nothing to fear from Usurpations ; that the spirit of the army was to be trusted ; and , in' order to feel reassured , it was sufficient to demand where was tbe pretext tor

      enthusiasm . ( This blow at . the Elysee , after the general bad shaken hands with the tw & ministers , produced much sensation . ) There was no fear of France being subjected to the misery and shame of the Csesars , successivel y imposed by debauched Pretorian soldiers . ( Immense sensation . ) Its discipline was founded on such solid basis that nobody could prevail on the soldiers to attack the laws or march against the Assembly . No man could find a battalion , a company , or a chief to obey him . ' Representatives of the nation , ' added tbe General , ' you may deliberate in peace . ' ( Bravo and applause . )

      M . Leon Faucher , Minister of the Interior , could not help deploring that the army should be made a ground for political discussions . He accepted for no portion of the government the lesson the General had intended to give it . There was but one conspiracy in which the government gloried , that of devoiedness to the country . The General had spoken of Pretorian soldiers . M . Faucher would tell him that the army was national , and would

      never serve as a stepping-stone to ambition . The minister , in conclusion , declared that without military discipline all government was impracticable . After a few words of General Lebreton in favour of General Gourgaud ' s amendment , the discussion was closed , and a division having been called for , there appeared , for the amendment 295 ; against it , 306 . The amendment was accordingly rejected , and the Assembly afterwards decided that the bill should go to a third meeting .

      The President subsequentl y announced that M . Desmousseaus de Givre had applied for leave to address interpellations to the cabinet relative to the speech delivered by the President of the Republic at Dijon , on the 1 st inst ., and asked on what day the ministry wished to fix the interpellations . 'Immediately , ' replied M . Leon Faucher . M . de Givre said that he had applied for leave to put questions to the ministry , relative to an insulting and calumnious speech for the Assembly , said to

      have been pronounced at Dijon , where he heard M . Faucher disclaim , on the part of the government , all participation in plots and conspiracies . After hearing that declaration , and that made by General Changarnier , which was so well understood by the Assembly , he withdrew . his demand , at the same time that he requested the Assembly to consider a proposition he bad deposited long ago , to the effect of interdicting the presence of officers of the National Assembly at public festivities .

      M . Dupin replied , that the Assembly . was only represented at such solemnities when it appointed deputations for the purpose . M . Piscatory then asked if a sentence insulting for tbe Assembly bad been pronounced . He was aware of the difficulty of arriving at a proof ; but he thought that any colleague , or even a minister who heard it , being questioned as to its authenticity , was bound to tell the truth . M . Dupin observed , that he bad no right to interpellate other ministers . M . Leon Fancber here said : 'The speech had been published in the ' Moniteur . ' It is tbe only official version . The cabinet recognises no other . '

      M . de Givre subsequently asked the ministers if tbe following sentence was in the speech : 'The Assembiy lent me its co-operation for all measures of repression , but it denied it to me for the measures of benevolence I bad proposed in the interest of the people . ' ... -..-M . Piscatory here interfered , and declared that the existence of the sentence having been denied by the cabinet , the latter was entitled to -credit , and the Assembly should proceed no further . He accordingly moved the simple order of the day , which was adopted by a considerable majority , and amidst great agitation the sitting broke up ; The Mountain abstained from voting . GERMANY .

      By a circular of M . ' Manteuffel , the old provincial Diets which existed before 1848 are revived provisionally . This has caused great sensation . Tbe step is considered as a virtual abrogation of tbe constitution . It is supposed that conflicts will arise between the provincial states and the chambers , and it is even stated that most restive conduct may be expected from the provincial states of the Rhine and of East Prussia . News from Berlin of the 31 st of May states that inauguration festival of the statute of Frederick the Great took place quietly on that day . M . Manteuffel made one of his usual old style speeches , talked of the fidelity of the army and ancient institutions , and was followed by the King , who also delivered an address .

      A telegraphic despatch from Vienna announces the arrival at Olmutz , on the evening of the 28 th nit ., of the Czar . The questions to be treated at Olmutz seem likely to be that of tbe incorporation of Sehleswig-Hohtein into the confederation , and that of the absorption also of all the Austrian non-German provinces . A letter from Frankiort-on-ihe-Main dated May 30 th says— ' Formally opened on the 15 th of the mouth , the German Diet holds to-day its first sitting for business ; and with this act closes the circle in which tbe affairs of Germany have been moving since the days of March 1848 . The old Diet exists again , in the same shape , and in several

      instances in the persons of the same worn-out , toothless , pigtail-wearing diplomatists of the old school . The figures of several are in truth so ridiculous and uncouth , their garments smack so completely of a bjpgone age , that the spectator is compelled to laugh at tbe idea of their being capable of founding , still less of maintaining , a vigorous rule in Germany . Such as tbeyare , the thirty-four representatives of the governments of Germany are at this instant sitting in solemn conclave for the first time since tbey committed suicide in 1848 . . The commencement of ( heir second career is an ' apt illustration of their nature . They will to-day receive the Dresden resolutions , which are a perfect nullity 5 and the

      plenipoientianes to the Diet will , without hesitation or consideration , plunge boldly into the discussion of t he papers which accompany the following resolution , the last of the Dresden conferences . ' Here follows a long-winded resolution , the substance of which is , that the Diet is to continue the deliberations which ceased at Dresden and of the necessity existing for the establishment of a federal military fore ? . ' Gen . Rqcbow brings from Warsaw the assurance that the utmost cordiality has characterised the meeting and conferences of the Emperor of Russia and the King of Prussia . The latter has been pardoned for bis erratic movements of 1848 and 1849 , and in the joyful prospect of thVpardon he appears to have rushed to Warsaw , forgetting altogether the indignant refusal of the Czar to meet

      him in the course of the past year . Very little attentton is understood to have been paid to the internal affairs of Germany at Warsaw . The Emperor of Russia knows ' well the apathy of the German people and the enormoas military force which the governments possess . He fears France and the consequences . of . a revolutionary movement in that country upon Germany . To prevent any evil consequences , the monarchs have discussed what mea .. ' sures they ought to take . Of this there can be no ' doubt ; but I am informed that they have determined ( very wisely so ) not to assume the aggressivel Tbe Diet here must decide ' everything , and from the proposals of the Austrian and Prussian plenipotentiaries enough must transpire to give a c ' . ue to their aim . '

      The sitting of the Diet on tbe 30 th utt . was very short .. Of the proceedings which took place nothing more hag as yet reached the public than the appoint , ment of a select committee of seven members for the purpose of ' examining and reporting upon the resolution and materials which have been transmitted from the Dresden Conferences . . Until their , report be ready the sittings will be without importance . The President of the Diet is Count Twin , who represents Austria , The other representatives amount to twenty . . The Emperor of Russia arrived at Olmutz on the 28 th « It .

      ; BAVARIA . .. . . ¦ ¦' . Under the guise of a loan for railway purposes to theamountof 41 , 500 , 000 florins ( about £ 3 , 600 , 000 ) , the Bavarian government is seeking to obtain foods for extricatingitself from the financial difficulties in'o which its struggles to obtain a first-class postman in Europe have p lunged ' the ' national exchequer . Three millions and a half of pounds sterling is a * * y large : sum indeed for such a state as Bavaria to ask from the provinces of Germany ia the shape of a loan ,, spread though it may be over a period of roar yean . Nevertheleu , there is every WMibilitj

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      that Von der Pforthen and bis colleagues will obtain the sum tbey seek .

      BELGIUM . In tbe Belg ian Senate on Thursday , the 29 th ult ., Baron de Royer asked for explanations from the Minister ontha : Ministerial .. Crisis .. M . Rogierrep lied thatheha ' d nothing to add to the explanations already given in the Chamber of Representatives , but that the gentlemen called on b y his Majesty to form a cabinet could give information . M . Dumon-Dumortier , the president , having quitted the chair , said that he bad had the honour to be called on by the King to form a cabinet , but had declined ! to undertake the task , because he did not think a new one was necessary , inasmuch as the hostile vote against tbe ministry was a mistake . The majority ; he said , had not changed its policy or principles , and if the ministry were to consult it on any other

      subject than that on which the hostile vote had been given , it would obtain all its support . He concluded by calling on the ministers to put an end to the state of uncertainty by again taking possession of their portfolios . M . Rogier thanked M . Dumon-Dumortier for his observations , but said tbe cabinet considered itself bound to persist in its resolution . The position in which it had been placed was no changed , and consequently it could not hope to realise its programme , as it could not obtain the resources necessary for re-establishing the financial equilibrium and undertaking public works . The Minister concluded by expressing regret that M . Dumon-Dumbrtier had not accepted the mission conferred on him by tbe King , and said that the exministers would have been happy to have seconded him by all their efforts . The matter then dropped .

      PORTUGAL . The Queen has dissolved ihe Chamber of Deputies , and convoked the Cortes for the 15 th of September , for the purpose of the revision of the Constitution . The Montrose has arrived with dates from Lisbon to the 29 th of May , and Oporto the 30 th of May . She brings fifty passengers . The news from Lisbon announces that anumber . of obnoxious individuals , heretofore in personal attendance on the Queen , had been removed by -the new administration , and more popular persons bad been , appointed in their stead . Obnoxious civil governors and administrators of districts and subordinate officers had also been dismissed . The conduct •¦ of all persons heretofore in authority is to be investigated ,

      and any person proved to have been guilty of corruption or improper conduct ia to be dismissed . Cabralist military officers have also been dismissed . The militia battalion , called the volunteers of the charter , is to be re-orgahised or disbanded . The law against the press , passed last August , has been abrogated . The previous law is now in force , but this is considered to be too stringent , and the press is dissatisfied . Saldauha is still very popular , and is zealous in carrying out the principles he proclaimed . The Cabral Cortes has been dissolved , and an extraordinary general Cortes will meet on tbe 15 th inst . This has given great satisfaction to the people . The' conduct of Costa Cabral in pleading poverty on board the English packet is much canvassed . It is declared that be is

      enormously rich , and that he had above one thousand pounds in his pocket when he escaped from Portugal . All the peers proscribed by Don Pedro , because they were considered Migoelites , have been restored to their prerogative and privileges , provided they will swear to maintain the ' present dynasty . All persons who assisted Saldanha in the revolution have been rewarded and promoted . At Oporto a regiment of CaQadores , at tbe instigation of the Cabralists , attempted to get up a reactionary movement , on the - 28 th ult ., but the troops and populace rose and threatened to fire on them , and the regiment returned to their duty .

      The government ] . have formed a commission , composed of the most enli g htened and influential men of all parties , to frame a law to regulate the approaching elections ; this has given much satisfaction , as a diversity of opinions . exists upon the subject of direct and indirect election . . The princi-, pie of tbe law , it is generally-conceived , will / be in favour of indirect election' ) for' this alleged . Teasonthat as education is very backward in this country , a body of electors might fix upon amah for a deputy who might be , like ' themselves , totally ignorant , and perfectly-unfitto take part in any legislative measure ; therefore , by forming ail electoral college ,

      the electors returned to that college could with more propriety chose a man qualified in every respect for the important end in view ; but as on all former occasions great corruption was' manifest by the electors being-obliged to come to Lisbon , and here elect their deputy , the colleges are to be formed in the respective localities , and the' deputies to the Cortes chosen simultaneously on the same day , so as to avoid even the appearance , of tampering . The qualification , it is also understood , will be the bare fact of being a householder , or in other words , as being more applicable to this country , having a separate fireplace or chimney . ... "" . - ' ' ¦

      Three regiments of iiitaritry , ' three squadrons of cavalry ,. and a battalion of infantry , pronounced against Saldanha at Elvas and Montemar on the 31 st ult . The 7 th military division in Eattainadura basrefnsedto obey St . Antas , declaring itself for the Quen and against the revolutionists . ¦

      SPAIN . -. A decree in the ' Gazette' unites the general di « rection of the state domains-with ; that of direct taxes ; this will enable a considerable saving to be effected . The representatives of different parties were about to hold meetings previous to the assembling of the Cortex . The appointment of the Marquis de Yiluhia , chief of the absolutist and protectionist party , aa president of the Senate , has tended to-weaken public confidence in the ministry . The party of Narvaez conspire with unflagging activity against " the cabinet . Sartorius has been received at a private interview by Queen Christina ; and Ventura-de la Vega has started upon a secret mission to Paris , with

      despatches from Count St . Louis to Narvaez . Hence rumours are rife of a ministerial crisis . The 'Heraldo * has been acquitted on its second trial , as well as on the first , while the * Clamor ' has been condemned . Our renders will recollect that this paper was seized for pul > Iishing ; the infamous articles contained in the Concordat recently settled between Spain and the Pope . Tbe students are not yet pacified , and will neither return to lectures nor pay . the newly imposed fees . There have been disturbances also in-Granada , and the discontent of many provinces at their increased expenditure tends to augment the feeling of insecurity . On the whole , the situation is full of anomalies and difficulties , which will present a still more formidable array on the opening of tbe Cortes . " ' ¦ - '"' ¦ ;

      . The . Cortes were opened on tho 1 st in the usual form , and with perfect order . M . Mayans , the ministerial candidate , was elected President of the Deputies .

      TURKEY . Advices from Constantinople state that Mehemet Ah * Pacha was on the 17 th uhV suddenly deprived of his post of seraskier , or commander-in-chief ; and Mehemet Pacha , who has studied in ; the military schools of England and France ,. lias been named in his place . The disgrace of Mehemet Alt Pacha is attributed to the intrigues of Feihij Ahmet Pacha . Mehemet All Pacha , being the . Sultan ' s , brother-inlaw , will riot remain long without office , v . The Ministers of police and finance are spoken ; of as likely to lose their places also . - : -

      . Algeria . ;; ' ;" ,.. ' According to the'MoniteurVseveral sharp engagements have taken place with the Kabyles . On the 11 th ult . General St . Arnaud , at the head ' of nine battalions , forced some heights ; which' 4 , 000 Kabyles defended so obstinatel y as to have Cost ' Kim eleven killed and eighty-one wounded . " Th ' e " l ' 2 tl » was passed in ' . fighting ; On . the ISCduring ' a difficult march , the 10 th Regiment . " werei attacked in a wood and , suffered severe , loss . On the - 14 th , ' an attack of the Kabyles was . repelled ; Col . Maralat ; on the 15 tb , penetrated to the dwellings of the les in the

      Kaby mountains ; ' whom'he chastised severely , and on the 16 th the ' Freiicb were enabled to bivouac at Djigelly . Quitting this place oh the 19 th General St . Arnaud' attacked and ' cleared the overlooking hei g hts , with the loss of two killed and thirty-one wounded . The . next : day the Kabyles were driven from a strong position , leaving 380 dead . This victory was followed by the submission of three great fractions of the B . Amra ^ 'th ' eAcbaib , the O . Boucra , and the O . Bou'AchaiK ; : The ; B . Ahmed has asked peace . In fact . - the ' hiaitf ' objec ' ts of the expedition were looked oh as achieved . "' ' " ' - The 'Debits' sets down the French losses in these engagements at 1 $ Q killed and 3 (^ 1 ) founded .

      ¦; INDlA . -. ; ' - ; -: V ' Another , case of military / . banking delinquency has been brought to . light ^ jfjolonel , Ponsonby ,. while chairman of the North / Western Bank , bad taken sixty-six shares without giving an actual value in return ; but , instead : of leaving the scrip for these shares with the North Western Bank til ) they were bomfide paid for , he pledgetf ' them to ' the Delhi Bank for i loan of 33 , 000 rupees to Major Angelo ; not as secretary , but in his ^ private capa . ' city , having ; obtained tbe ,, p > r yalue oihia ' stock

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      from the Delhi Bank . Colonel Ponsomby cancelled these shares in tbe books of his own bank , of course , without informing the mortgagees of the fact , who did not discover it till lately , as the dividends on the shares continued to be paid to the Delhi Bank , although the shares themselves had actually disappeared from the register of the North Western Bank . The Nizam ' s dominions are in a worse state than e er eVen in the " capital no law prevails but that of the sword . The Nizam ' s palace is besieged by a

      large body of starving soldiery clamouring for their arrears ,, and throughout the districts the unpaid and disbanded troops are paying themselves by plundering the temples and inhabitants , seizing ( in one instance ) the women and children of a whole village till their demands are paid . It is generally asked whether the paramount power of India is not morally responsible for the continuance ot outrages which it has the power to put an immediate end to , by the adoption of measures which , according to Indian ideas and precedent , it is no more than its duty to adopt in such an extreme

      case . CHINA . Accounts from China up to the 30 th of March have reached Bombay . The rebels to the Imperial authority in the provinces next to Canton were making head successfully against the Emperor ' s troops . Tbe 'Friend of China' of the 30 th of March says— 'We have heard that Kwei-lin-fu , the capital of the province of Kwangsi , has been taken possession of by the rebels . This town is but a short distance from the province of Hunan ( bounding Kwangtung on the north . ) The whole tract of country reported to be in possession of the Insur gents is about the size of England and Wales united . '

      BUENOS AIRES . In the Brazilian province of Rio Grande , on the eastern frontier , 12 , 000 troops of the line are collected , and 8 , 000 national guards are . under arras . Paraguay is also arming , and 18 , 000 men are ready to march against Buenos Ay res . The hatred of Rosas which existed in all these countries has no doubt exaggerated the character of the preparations . Brazil ; Paraguay , Entre-Rios , and the Oriental States are all combined against him , and it is with a view of extricating himself from the difficulty that he has offered his resignation to tbe legislature , of Buenos Ayres . The yellow fever was very prevalent among the shipping at Rio Janeiro , at our last dates from that port , reaching to March 31 .

      NOVA SCOTIA . The legislature of Nova Scotia is still in Session . An ineffectual attempt has been made in the house to repeal the tax on salt , hooks , nets , and seines . The seal fisheries have not met with their usual success . The influenza is prevailing with great severity at St . John's . A great railroad , meeting has been held at ; Halifax , and Earl Grey ' s ' proposition in regard to the Halifax and Quebec Railway was unanimously accepted . The old pledge of 35 , 000 sterling in aid of the enterprise was renewed .

      CANADA . The Canadian parliament met at Toronto on May 20 th . The governor , in his speech , stated that the revenue from customs and canals is increasing ; that the change in the imperial navigation laws has increased foreign shipping in the Canadian ports , and that the Emigration Act has been complained of as being unfavourable to bur import trade . The new postage law has considerably increased correspondence . Tbe arbitrators appointed to settle the boundary dispute with New Brunswick have reported ; a measure will be introduced for reducing the civil list , and an increase in parliamentary representation as recommended ; also amendments in the school and municipal laws of Lower Canada . Notice was given of bills for fixing tbe time for meeting of parliament and for establishing courts of conciliation .

      The government are in favour of proposing that Canada : shall extend her aid to the railway . The announcement of the intended withdrawal of the troops has been received with few expressions of regret , except by the Montreal guards . Since the Fugitive Slave Law went into operation , the number of annexationists has materially decreased . The idea of an independent northern empire , consisting of the British provinces , and the territory now held by the Hudspn ' s . Bay Company , in a federal union , is floating in many minds , and , according to the New York papers , it would not be surprising if it should prevail to a considerable exient . The episcopal church is making great efforts to prevent the secularisation of the clergy reserves . A convention of delegates , lay and clerical , from all parts of Upper Canada has been held at Toronto in opposition to the measure .

      At Toronto , on the 23 rd ult ., the government suffered a defeat in the Legislative Assembly , in resisting a motion to introduce a bill for preventing the expenditure of public money not previously authorised by the Parliament , and for restraining the granting of pensions . ; It was the first division of the session , and the votes stood 26 to 25 .

      ¦ UNITED STATES . The City of Glasgow steam-ship arrived at Liverpool on Saturday morning , about eleven o ' cloc , after a run of fifteen and a half days . She left the Delaware on the 15 th ult ., with above 130 passengers , and 140 , 000 dols . on freight . Oh Sunday last the British and North American Royal Mail steam-ship Europea , arrived in tbe river from New York direct , with dates from theUnitfd States to the 21 st ult ., 118 passengers and £ 116 , 000 in specie .

      It would appear from the advices now received that the expedition to Cuba has not been abandoned , one of the United States revenue cutters having lately captured thirty of the desperadoes off the coast of Georgia ; Florida , however , seems to be the locality , where tbe invaders have tbeir rendezvous . And above 6 , 000 of them are said to bs enlisted . The proclamation , or manifesto , of tbe American President bad contributed greatly to lesseu the apprehension of a descent at Havanna , And the chief ports and cities of the island bad

      forwarded to the Governor-General addresses of loyalty and confidence . His excellancy , was , however , continuing his measures of precaution , and had issued a proclamation to tbe army , instructing them to show , no mercy to tbe ' pirates , ' who were led on by a ' traitor to his own country , ' and one without a flag' to support him . An English warsteamer , the Inflexible , has arrived at Havanna , and was to remain there for jome time . The Spanish war-steamer ,, Bazan , had also arrived with additional troops . / ' .

      The President ' s tour to the Erie Railroad and the opening of that line of traffic form prominent features in the week ' s advices . The President , who » as accompanied by the Hon . D . Webster and many of the leading men of the United States , bad been received everywhere , with demonstrations of enthusiasm and regard . , ,. The English ambassador , Sir Henry Bulwer , delivered an animated address at a recent meeting of the Maryland Historical Association in Baltimore , in which he lauded , the ' Baltimore clippers' and the ''Baltimore beauties , ' ivho now were ' three , of the proudest coronets in the British peerage . ' , Sir Henry is becoming a great favourite , with the , American citizens , some of the Irish excepted . ; .

      The intelligence from San Francisco is continued down to the 15 th of April . During the past week additional arrivals of gold dust had been reported , and fully two ' and : a half " million ' s of dols . bad either arrived at , or were on their ' way to North American ports . , ' •• ¦ . '" ' . . - ' ; The Maryland Reform Convention had . ad journed after pronouncing in favour of the abolition of state lotteries , abolition of imprisonment for debt , and also for a-more uniform -state- repr ' ef mentation .: ' ¦¦¦¦' ¦ > - - - - ;'¦ ' : ¦ The state of business throughout Texas is spoken of favourably . The ' census' returns shbwapbpu ; lation / qf 62 , 000 slaves as against ' 158 j 000 vyhite population . ; ' -. '' \ "'"' •' . ' . " : " ¦' . - .. ' !

      The steam propeller Franklin , trading between Newfoundland , and Halifax , has been . lost , the crew ^ passengers , and mails , only , being saved . Two boiler explosions had occurred at' New York and Brooklyn ; , occasioning the death of three persons . ;¦; . / ,, "' ; ' ; ' . ; . ' ,. '' ;'" . '¦" . ' . ' ' ''¦ ' . ' ' . ' ' /¦ The accounts from ; theSabdwich ; Islands' report aggressions ou the part of the ; . Frencb ; to repel

      which' the / King ( Kansahamaba ) and .. government ' were about to appgal to the American Cabinet . The French authorities , ' , at the period when the / latest ; advices , were ^ sent off , had . threatened to'destroy the fortress ^ and ^ _ blo ckad ' rtne pert ) \ a case " 1 the wiife and Jirandy'duiies were ; not repealed , ^'/ . * hey ' aUti demanded " a' seat " in " ihe cabinet , , and ^ that in future ,, all / the ' ; official ' cprrespbndence of tbe ' island should be carried ^ on in the Frenph language ' The cabinet ' wilt not consent toany one of the ' demands ... ' " ¦ <

      . - The North American mail ' steam packet , Arctic , has arrived with later intelligence frem the United StStei . ¦ ' ' ' , ' - ' ; ' . 'i ' .- ; --i t ; .. - \ , v :-

      France. On Saturday Last The Motions Of ...

      The Arctic sailed from New Tork direct on the 24 th ult . ( three days after the departure of the Europa ) , and has 160 passengers , and 425 , 000 dollars in specie on freight . Tw enty . five men arrested in Florida as Cuba conspirators bad arrived at Baltimore , and during the previous month 1 , 500 suspicious men had been on the coast , but had dispersed . Letters Urom Ohio ( three days later ) of the 18 th of April , state that Brazil had declared tbe slave trade piracy , but give no details . The accounts received by this arrival prove the growing popularity of _ the Hon . D . Webster , as a candidate for the Presidency . He bad delivered at Buffalo several splendid orations , advocating the cause of union .

      The United States Cabinet had published the new apportionment table of representatives , under the new census ; it gives New York thirty-two members . A clipper ship of large tonnage was about to be built in New York , for British capitalists , in order to meet the competition in the China trade . Mr . Martin F . Tupper , and M . Cabet , the Icarian philosopher , are passengers to Liverpool in tbe Arctic . Letters from Tehuantepec , Mexico , received at New Orleans , state that the . Mexicans had refused to allow the landing of cargo of tbe United States . Other accounts state that great excitement prevailed , and that the passengers by an American steamer had been "detained .

      Dbfalcatioks In Tub Income Tax And Asses...

      Dbfalcatioks in tub Income Tax and Assessed Taxes . —On Monday , a return to the House of Commons , obtained by Mr . Alderman Copeland , was printed , from which it appears that forty-three collectors of Income Tax have been defaulters to a largo amount , and thirty-four collectors of Assessed taxes . In the majority of cases no security was given ; in others , proceedings have been adopted against the sureties . "As thb Old Cock Crows the Young One Lbabns . "—Not always . One of the sons of Mr . Malthas has a wife and fourteen children 1

      Cubes For The Ukculted! Ttolloway's Ointment

      CUBES FOR THE UKCUltED ! TTOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT

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      IN SIX LANGUAGES .-FORTIETH EDIT 10 . V , Containing the ltemcdy for the Prevention of Disi-as ) .. Illustrated by One Hundred Anatomical ami Exjte tory Coloured Engravings on Steel . On Physical Disqualifications , Generative kcajass and Impediments to Marriage , A New and improved Edition , enlarged to 136 page ' , [ tin 2 s . 6 d ; by post , direct from the Establishment , ft , fiti in postage stamps . * , * All communications being strictly confidential , ee Authors have discontinued the publishing of Case ; .. rTHE SILENT FRIEND ; a Practt JL Work on the Exhaustion and Physical Decay tfii Fystem , produced byexcessiveindulgence , theconseiiwui

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 7, 1851, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_07061851/page/2/