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the ervrtn. WO CORRISPON I) KNTS. • swag smog of *The liseress.* insular' be Now maim'. " CassrUe.*ls *Med every Teseday sad rriday oleo. I. Us* Ise put. afhwitaelmielaiedei kr *The Rapreek*Loodon pap" nue Ime Moe, IS, IlesierWirest. /I Two o'clock es Ow bet pabilleilka. MOH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tim th,,--xenuag. SS. Twaressow—llembe, Ok. AUL. --Altarama, 16i. Da. LONDON, THCIBISDAY.I.4NUARY I. TO-DAT we enter upon a New Year, which — judging by the present aspect of the political horizon —promises to be as fruitful in interesting events as any one that has of late gone before it. “ No one," says CHARLES L "ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It 'is the nativity of our common Adam.' I never hear the peal which rings out the old year without a gathering up of my mind to a concentra tion of all the images that have been diffused over the past twelvemonth ; all 1 have done or suffered, reformed or neglected, in that regretted time. begin to know its worth as when a per son dies." Every one must acknowledge the profound truth and beauty of these words. For the journalist, however,—who, in additiou to the con sciousness derived from his distinctive personality, is the depositary and exponent of the corporate con sciousness of large masses,—they have an extended meaning. We who have felt vividly the pulsations of the heart of great movements,—and have worked with various degrees of ability and success to carry out their objects,—look back upon the register of the public doings of the past year with something of a personal interest in the retrospect. We feel a kind of responsibility as to this corporate consciousnese, and are depressed or elated just as the successive images in the phantasmagoria of lust year's eventsaresubjects of sorrow or of joy. We are anxious to strike a favourable balance of those transactions of the year in orkieh we have sympathised or participated just as the merchant is when he posts his ledger to aacertain his losses and his gains. Seen in this light, the events of 1531, although not sufficiently satisfactory to warrant indulgence in extravagant anticipations of a milk nium, are still of a kind that enables us to entertain hops that the cause of progress will not only maintain its ground bat make advances in the New Year on which we this day enter. Although it was not very pleasant at the com mencement of the year 1531 to learn that no party would take the trouble of governing us,—and that from sheer inability to find ally one else who would under take the task, we were obliged to place the power thus left, in the hands of those who had thrown it up,—still there is great consolation in the fact that the functions of the body politic, went on as well without a government ss with it. This recollection is abundantly refreshing at a time when a change of ministry in any other r country in Europe is either produced by, or productive of, a new 'fetal, which paralyses all the national move ments, puts the towns in a state of siege, and converts peaceable citizens into targets for the musketry of a brutal soldiery. Very consolatory also is this fact, as showing that the oscillations of the political pendulum between whig and tory are so small, that the public begin to pay comparatively little attention to them, and are expecting, and will find, deliverance from some other guar ter. Again, although the proceedings of the Pore, in anathematising education in Ireland, in sowing the seeds of religious discord in England, in turning his back against liberal prin ciples all over Europe, and in patronising the hatchery in the streets of Paris, are melancholy mutters enough,—there is comfort in the thought that the very extravagance of this conduct is serving to , envies, even catholiseof the fact—which protestants fait me of long age—that the pretensions of the Porgy are utterly umempatible with the preserve des of free governmeat. Bo also, although we might regret that the universal public , do set declare that the toleration of the opium* hiesureby in its penent ammehne dab is • ele,—we have roam% on the ether hetail, hi thank we stare that the Dielhope, by the whiten heeed disne them about the essintioe of this revessoe. and the emhimitiag impudence of their dim. ban tine mush am town& enabling us to refaces the abases they Mud by, than could have been ley say ether than themselves. It is .4 — Jr ed rith eat doubt to reflect that the Bishop of Eerie' tried • pt a number of his clay together to break the but it is essig to know that the haewledge of what the synod did is WI Pensively in the brains of certain awl* old Wit* who prattle about it hi a mom similar is that ia whisk their prototype =ben spaidng of Meg Queues visit to Mho • wail almost as loudly as ever, it to rein het the My snoy sihis in rhaell‘ll-1111K0 men- IM ▪ they lS bee Mini their mite. If the e every dneetion = er sest meth& he the whole kingtions,--mill ism the point et settling it he herself. Allas*XL4trana is still in prison, in spite efLord Los montmer'sepiatelary and Lord Muneronts_partical tshata--bat thin Leasers in free. end is landlinir a the whisk duped= will fled it a Mil matter to Wag Destaa's prodemation are vile woad I modenee,—bat then an they not so waste paper wdgiced against Mr. OLanur gh os pamphlets ? - this way we might pp throu_ihe 'ests it the wham year 'est gone hem es. dnding emponsedes—mi smemtk l eg one--/or all the evil that we shoal ban hi iment, and then—leaving this evil ent at the gneetion—put down as clear gain a let of lewdest home tbst maid include, increase el the nem% dimildied Motion, the Greet Ex hibition, inemilleael hospitality, submarine tele gritran!! pew _imbue's. thonlindene warrant us in Waging is hope he the him► although there is no haying that a her dark dude keg over the pant The diet difficulty of omen diem iMdf es the Otedir asst. The preparations for piping the red gem between - fres betitutins - and - deopellma aw peeseeding more weft they ever. TM the sans et hoodoos is moseng with remiss is tree : thee it will embody tai me it WIND a sin to doubt. The greet groand for Inge link the fast that the bas sew thrown or the' mash . seat is me sit noise false colours. After eageedieg tee six awl years between liberalism and absolutism. the governments of the eselbest have now decided for the latter, and the Roman catholic climb is solemnizing, the union with all opindeer. The world is waiting with breathless 1 fir the result of the roateli. In the msaataatr let us be grateful that pesos is with as undistuthod. Diplomatists still smile out wardly upon each other an every court in Europe. Every thing is am yet cooleur do roe/ on this New year's wag. Ambassadors are preparing to andmage esortnies with the governments of the _states in Minh they are !midget. Formerly it was the mien hi seeks costly sweats to monarchs is We day, and smoke we set estrequeatly taken to Aeon such le as maid men advice in a' manner more or evident. Thus LATIMER, we know, on New-Yeses-Dar rented Hausa PILL with a New Testament. an a leaf doubled down at Hebrews int., 4, nanying a very significant hint of the bell bishop', reel eindaseste about Hittite posmodingt mairimeniaL A Mlle fancy might in She own fed Ititeg ss zle= is deviate apingelele gills to he p to the mime nueselps d lhrepu. This the Wag I Of NAPI:III . 4Ir be plemeini nin a mil and ems the &th and is of the imprisoned Potter o, nihilist of the . emeatiooorle tools and,. Donut- THE 'RES& THIJW3DAT TIIIS DAY'S NEWS FROM PARIS. THE FINAL RESULT OP TER PRESIDENTS ELECTION. (BY SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH.) FROM OI.•i OWN COMIUMONDINT. PARTS, TxruD►T MoININO. The Eagle is re-established on the banner of the army, and on the Cross of the Legion of Honour. The Consultative Commission presented last night the result of votes favourable to the President. Voters, 8,118,773. Yes, 7,439,218. No, 640,737. The Archbishop of Paris and the clergy have pre sented their felicitations and good wishes to the President. PARIS, WIDNIIIDAT MOILYING. The differences between the new constitution and that of the First Consul, which serves as bsais of the former, are hinted in a remarkable article of the Petrie. The main distinction is the suppression of the Tribunat, whose functions are deferred to the Corps Legislatif. The latter body will thus be per mitted a certain amount of discussion. The Paine says This assembly . (the legislative) will discuss, before adopting or rejecting them, in their entire form, without being able to modify their spe cial provisions, the bills which will be pre sented to it by the government, which the Council of State will have prepared, and which will be defended in the Assembly by members of the former body." After dwelling upon the necessity of establishing a stable government in France, the Petrie quotes the organic Senates Consultum of 1804, which settle. the imperial dignity upon the descend ants of the Emperor and his brothers Joseph and Louis ; and remarks that in no case was this settle ment to bo turned to the advantage of the other brothers and their descendants; but a new illl perial election wu provided for in cue of the extinction of the issue of the two brothers mentioned. The article proceeds to pourtray the em pire as " one of those wholes full of harmony and grandeur, of force, and vitality, which seize the imagination at the same time that they satisfy the reason. The Emperor was the principle of autho ritv made man. The idea of stability was in the hereditary transmission of the imperial dignity." I have quoted the preceding passages that you may see clearly the direction and the pace of the fortunes of the Elysee. It is clear that the empire is already. looming large upon us. The President has addressed the following letter to the bishops of France: Monseigneur l'Evique,—ln order to call down the bless• legs of Heaven upon France and upon the great mission wog& d to me by the French people, I beg you to cause to be sung in your cathedral church, on Thursday the lit of January, • solemn Ti Demo of thanksEiving. Accept, fie., ocis-Naroteori. M. de Montalembert has addressed to the Univers a letter, giving his adhesion to the catholic and con ' servative press of Germany. Ho says that the evils inseparable from the liberty of the press can only be attenuated by the energetic and disciplined efforts of religious newspapers. The prefect of the Seine has delivered to the mayors of Paris 80,000 fr. to be distributed to the poor on the occasion of the ceremony to-morrow. The committee charged to examine the lists of sub scription deposited by each of the five compa nies competing for the Railway from Lyons to Avignon, has held a meeting, and after having dis cussed the worth of these lists, proposed to exclude from the adjudication the company of the Menagerie, Generale'', the company represented by General Daulle, and the company of Jules Seguin and Co. If this proposition is admitted, the competition will lie between the company of MM. Seguin, Brothers, and Co., and the company of the iron-masters. Mention is made of an ingenious contrivance, by which, during the lasting of the Bourse, the quota tions of the Rennie, instead of being notified by a crier, are to be marked aloft in a transparent dial, distinctly visible from all corners of the hall. General Gerandon, in command of the state of siege in the Gen, has addressed to the Minister of War a report, giving an account of the late insurrec tionary proceedings in that department. It narrates in particular the invasion of Auch on the 4th inst., by the insurrectionary bands, when three squadrons (90 men) of the 6th hoses's, under Colonel de Cognard, beat back *early 6,000 insurgents, whom they charged without hesitation, and eventually dis ipersed, though not without considerable loss to them selves. A quarter-master and one huger were killed, three officers and eighteen privates wounded, and two horses killed and ten wounded. This con duct of the military, the report says, saved the town from certain devastation, and the department from a general conflagration. Onr Perin despatches of last evening's date had not arrived at the time of going to prem. 01011 AN OCCASIONAL COIIiSPONDINTI PARIS, Dic. 30. Although the chef de retat has made his ap pearance in one instance on the Champa-Rlynes, and, in another, at the opera, and although he was re ceived in the last instance with a degree or two less of coldness than in the first, he has by no means be come unterrified. On the contrary, as you have been informed by the Moeiteur, he was afraid to have his regular reception last evening, and, in fact, has banished Monday evenings from his official calendar. As another precaution he has had all the chimneys of the Pasha de l'Elyne covered with a framework which, without preventing the escape of smoke or vs, will effectually prevent the descent of bomb shells or demagogues. Whether similar precautions have been adopted at the Tuileries we are not in formed. Nothing is more evident, however, than that the President stands in bodily fear. The terror with which the atmosphere is charged has insinuated itself, hi e a moral plague, into the imperial presence I itself. Tranquillity, meanwhile, is confined to the * fis. " As for the Parisians they are re ilnd vivacity, and the whole min ium a crystal. In a few days the coup rill will have been forgotten, and Ladino° Napoleon (as the church calls the President), will have become a consecrated and common-place tyrant. As I look from my window this moment I see thousands on thousands of people swarming along the whole line of the Boulevards, from the Made leine to the Place de la Bastille. They fill every be of ground, and seem to be crawling over each ease like ants. And for what P To pan in review some thousands of wooden shanties, just erected for the sale of dolls and bon-bons. Never were a people so " pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw. same shanties will serve to amuse and distract them for • week ; and after that the people will be ready for another coup cretat, and more coupe de canon. The other night I was at several of the theatres ; they were all crowded to excess. In a play at the °don a slight alludes was made to the Revolution - • of by having reversed the fortune one of the &e -recters, and transformed him from a gentleman into • concierge ; but it was received with decided disap probation. Numerous hits, however, were made at socialism, and they were all well received. Indeed, Or socialist of the stage is always a safe character le attack, if for no other reason, because ho is never hes* maywhere else. ham what I can nee, all places of public amuse- Ind ese as much frequented as ever. But it should ha bons in mind that a Frenchman thinks much asre of his play than of his dinner. The latter is a lairary, the former a necessary ; so if one must be dispensed with it will be the dinner. The currier contrives out of his franc or two a day to Nave enough for at least one evening a week at the theatre, not only for himself, but for his " cousine," while she, too, Naves something to pay for gloves and palette. It is important that the Parisian should be fed, but it is of equal importance that he be entertained. Quand it a des thiotres i s'amuse : et guand it s'onsuse, tout to bier. JANUARY 1, 1852. . rest of Belgium alone, but of European peace in general. At Munich the Minister of War has declare that the increasing applications of military officers for their discharge, in order to take situations as rail way guards, cannot be attended to, such trander being derogatory to the service. It is announced that M. Persigny,, accompanied by the secretary of tho French Foreign office, will shortly arrive at Frankfurt, as bearer of a special mission from Louis Napoleon to the Diet. The deficiency of corn in Hungary is so alarming, that an Austrian commissioner has been sent with a view to establishing magazines at the government expense. The dearth has not arisen so much from bad harvest as from the devastated condition of the country, and the peasant's inability to cultivate it. VIENNA, Dec. 25. ' The great struggle at present going on in Ger many may be said to be a sort of diplomatic war between Austria and Prussia. They are both too heartily frightened just now to enter upon open hostilities, but like the Diable bullets: and his rival imp, they have shaken hands, and hate each other now worse than ever. There was a time when the supremacy of Germany for which they are strug gling was, as wo all know, offered to Prussia, but it was clogged with certain conditions, and the King had neither wit nor courage enough to accept it. Since then he has, however, been constantly struggling for the prize that slipped through his fingers. At present the influence of Prussia is at the lowest possible ebb, and the King, humiliated and out of temper with himself, would - do anything to recover his lost ground. Ile is making every possible effort, both by diplomatic exertions and a bought press, to counteract the present commercial policy of Austria, but the task is not so easy. Austria has also a venal and slavish press, and she has been of late remarkably well served by her representatives in foreign countries. The strife has waxed warm, and is likely to wax warmer, for both parties are conscious of the immense advantage of being the head of a general German Customs' Union as a starting . point for future operations. Indeed, which ever gains the prize will find her object half accom plished. Meantime, when thieves quarrel, honest men come by their own, and the minor states of Germany arc reaping the greatest advantage from the differences and dissensions of the great rowers. Prussia, having offended the members of the Zollverein by the recent treaty with Hanover, is making the most energetic efforts to conciliate them, and her arguments are not without sonic show of reason. _ Hanover has, it appears, no less than 75 per cent. more than her share, according to her population, in the receipts of the Zollverein, but it cannot be denied that she has made many sacrifices, and the price of many of the necessaries of life will be considerably increased by her union with Prussia. It is obvious, therefore, that she is entitled to some compensation which may enable government to diminish the taxes in other respects. A committee has been appointed to ;inquire into the pay and allowance of the Austrian army, with& view to increasing them. No stone is left unturned to secure the personal popularity of the Emperor with the troops. Ho seems indeed to devote his whole time and attention to this object. No eye has ever seen him since his accession to the throne out of uniform, and woe betide the officer who should meet his eyes in plain clothes. Ile once put six generals under arrest on the same day for being out of uni form. Now we hear of his getting up before day break and visiting the barracks on the outskirts of the town, to show the soldiers that his eye is upon them; and a few days ago, at a review of the garrison, both the Emperor and his adjutant, Field Marshal Grilnne, appeared in the dress of private soldiers, and the newspapers were instructed on the following day to comment upon the fact with admi ration. " Only think," they cried in chorus, " that the all highest himself our of-all-love-worthiest -21-year-old-high-spirittd-Ciesar not having disdained to wear the same dress as a poor and miserable private soldier." History, said the writers, with the sword of censorship suspended by a split-hair over their heads, could show no example equal to this. If Turkey had wished to offer Austria a plausible excuse to avenge herself for the liberation of Kos suth, events could scarcely have turned out more un luckily, some crazy old Mohammedan pacha at the Dardanelles, intoxicated with religious pride and kif (a sort of opium) together, having just allowed an Austrian vice-consul to be beaten by his attendants, because that functionary had neglected to obey a very proper order to keep the street clean belere his house. Our private opinion may be that the Aus trian vice-consul very richly merited what he got, and much more, for having by his filthiness invited fevers, &c., in a warm climate, but there can be no doubt that having him thus officially belaboured was a violation of the rights of legation. But the Turk did not stop here. The Austrian vice-consul, sore with his bruises, immediately struck his flag, and with the Swedish vice-consul, also a leafferer, put himself under protection of the Basilian representative. The Pacha, therefore, the next day, sent for all the vice-consuls, and assuring them they were a pestilent race, utterly unfit to live, warned them emphatically against incurring his displeasure for the future, and instead of offering any apology to the Austrian, threatened to repeat the indignity. What will be the result of this it is hard to say. Russia will have also a right to require indemnity, and it is likely to be exacted to the last farthing ; while Turkey may thank her stars that the present state of affairs in Europe is likely to prevent more serious reprisals. Consuls generally have been rather unlucky lately. Our own at Belgrade, Mr. Fonblanque, having been recently struck and insulted, but for this offence pro per reparation is believed to have been already made by the Prince of Servia. the contradiction of the report of the death of M. Kossuth'. mother contained in a Vienna paper of the 24th, is not corroborated by any other, and may likely enough be a ruse of the government to quiet general indignation. Of Hungary, about as little is known in Vienna as of Timbuctoo or the interior of China; but good authority states that Kossuth's sisters are still in prison, and harshly treated ; that many important political arrests have been recently made; and some sportsmen, having determined on a Intim in the neighbourhood of Smolnok, were all arrested without parley and marched off to prison under the accusation of having assembled for the purpose of political agitation. Tho flogging and hanging, and shooting and imprisoning, and the military tribunals and government prosecutions, all go on as briskly as ever; and as we know this, it is perhaps fortunate for us that we are not distressed by news of the other miseries that reign in Ilungary. Huth from hunger is said to be as common there u in Ireland. Violations, armed robberies, incendiaries, and such things commoner. A writer in the Edinburgh Review, and in a very able article, in other respects, tells us that he should like to see the general public express their real opinion about " one united Germany," the favourite theory of Gagern ; and he adds, that u the press is free, and there is no impediment in the way of public meetings, he is surprised some one anxious for poli tical distinction does not take the sense of the country o4. on a point so important. All this is a very specimen of what is known in England, and the data on which tho opinions of people are formed se to Austro-German affairs. And neither the writer, nor one person in 10,000 besides had any idea that no man in Germany dares say his soul is his own ; that the opposition press is mute, and that half a dozen gentlemen cannot meet to go hare-shooting in safety ! A man has just been arrested for carrying on a strange sort of commerce. He bought children at about 10.. (9 florins) a piece, to take to London as street musicians, and was embarking with about 20 of them, when the police laid hands on him. His name is Humpf. When the order for disarming the National Guard appeared, government promised to allow about 14s. for a good musket, but they are now actually paying only 20 km., about Rd., and well intentioned people are expected to give them up for nothing. Five per Cents., Metalliques, 944, 94; London, 11.59. GREECE. A Munich letter states that the Queen of Greece will be prevented from making her projected visit to Germany in consequence of the illness of the King. i l. , t o I /. arWoa•ff, 1 3 5 11 v. Thii is sl ii . i. from this !apoleonocrscy. , now the fen the bishops us that ,k tat one name known ender Hea ves whireby France can Int saved, and that ta Lea Napoleon. The people have now said the UM eilt n i:d. if we may believe what is told us a hawked a day, France is now " saved." Sand from miler Oa ler as we know, at present-1. NOM Wire of speech, liberty of the press, liberty of asemilonag, and liberty of thought. 2. From all reepeet he law sad all reverence for oaths. 3. From all religion but jesuitry, and all polities but chicanery. 4. Fres all basset/ of election, or fairness of returns. 6. Pros all onplicity, economy, or straightforward ness in the masiegement of public affairs. 6. From everything bearing the name or semblance of justice. 7. From all honest literature. And France, being saved from all this, is to be re compensed by the rule of a man who, from his youth up, has never exhibited a single virtue, and whose first bid for power was an act of deliberate perjury. Verily a people who will accept such a ruler, even with his bayonets at their breast, can hope for little sympathy in their decline, or solace in their fall. SPAIN. sites. To the Sing of Paussis a polite might be made to re-bind the old copy of his MAIENTVE New Testament on which Is has taken so many constitutional oaths. The Queen of SPAIN might be presented with leading-strings, and a strong soldier to keep her MAJEATT from WNW out of them. LOUIS NAPOLEON would be with the story of " HOBSON'S • a irja mature of his offer of a govern ment to the nation. The Emperor of At: 8- 'OW w poistad with a tight-rope, u a hint it ibe ~No be will Sod in balancing himself in tbo prolot mojouitaro; and a diploma might be Rode or /Abe Itspenr of RusstA, investing him with the We potoilefo of picking up his unfortunate bistimer if ANIMA is din am he may fall. Soma *ir nowsio. To return to ourselves and MADRID, Dec. 2.5. The bulletins of the health of the Queen and the royal princess, her infant daughter, are highly satis- ITALY. PIEDMONT. The Piedmonfeak Gaze!le of the 27th inst. pub lishes the followinedecree, issued by the Intendant of the province of Turin : - - Art. 1. During the Carnival no person shall appear masked at the theatre, at balls, or in any public place what ever. Art. 2. The cotree-housee and other licensed . . es ta- blialunente may remain open until midnight during the Carnival." GERMANY. The resignation of M. de Wintzingerode, minister of Nassau, marks the triumph of Austrian diplomacy in another German state. M. do Wintzingerode suc ceeded M. Hergenhahn, the minister of March, 1848, when the latter was compelled to retire before the necessity of abandoning the constitution of 1848, and accepting that of the three kings' league of May, 1849. From that time Nassau his been faithful to the Prussian system, and only acknowledged the au thority of the restored diet when the Manteutfel cabinet consented to de so. Since that period M. IWintzingerode his followed the course of events, and lately countersigned the ordinance by which the duke abolished the constitution. It is stated that his re signation was immediately caused by his refusal to sanction a measure by which the domains of the state were to be declared the private property of the prince. The government of Nassau, which his for some time voted in the Diet against Prussia, will now abandon itself all the more readily to its new policy. The municipal council of Vienna resigned in a body on the 27th ult. A letter from Radstadt of the 24th, in the Augs burg Gazette, says:—" Notwithstanding the tran quillising news which have been received from France, the measures adopted relative to the fortress have been maintained. Before the Carlsruhe post another gate, defended by pallisades, has been sits blished. However, the Baden fortress of the gar rison has only been slightly increased, and it is not true that any army of the Upper Rhine exists." BERLIN, Dec. 28. The dialculty of bringing the question about the German fleet to a conclusion, arises from the circum stance that Hanover ardently desires its preservation and development, because it would naturally, from its geographical position, gain the largest slue of Maumee and patronage in a federal navy. Prussia and Austria* would, if consulting their own wishes alone, soon break up the embryo flotilla ; but they desist so long as they both pay court to Hanover, as an important element in the pending contest for the direction of German commercial policy. Baron von Koller, hitherto Austrian ambassador at London, has bees adored to Hanover, in order to back the influ ence of his court with his well-known energy. Prussia, it is now reported, will send to the Vienna conference, not a delegate, but a reporter, for whose admission negotiations have been commenced. The Berlin conference of the Zollverein delegates is an nounced for the 27th January, somewhat earlier than was formerly intended. On the 20th inst. the members of the Frankfort Diet made their definite embrations relating to the draft of a coin- Munial convention, drawn up in Dresden and indeed with the help of special delegates at Frank art. Prussia, Mecklenburg, and llolstein refused their assent. M. von Manteuffel has from the out set inflexibly refused to be accessory to any inter ference of the Diet in commercial arrangements, well knowing that the Diet would become a mere vehicle for establishing Austrian authority over them. The Diet has, indeed, no right of deciding on tariff ques tions it can only offer its mediation, with a view to dheling unanimous agreements; but even this dß dames@ Prussia resists, lest it may be made a we eniest for usurping further authority. Besides this IC:of principle, however, Prussia takes care, at Ve l Let critical moment, not to bind itself in any Mr whatever towards parties, against whom it may Nee be driven to defend itself by all allowed means of repulse and retaliation; it therefore declines sign in a which would deprive it of the of imposing differential duties, transit duties, tolls, and the like, on the commerce of German states, many of whom may, perhaps, exclude Prus sian products by high protective duties. Dec. n. The resignation of the Austrian Minister of Finance, M. Von Krauss, took the people of Vienna wholly by surprise, no circumstance indicative of seek change having previously transpired ; nor is relative to the cause yet known. M. Von having been nominated u his sac emir, time is a vacancy in the Ministry of Trade. Tim ,Auntrian Minister for the Home Department, De. Doi, has again been made to feel the irrecon- Muth disfavour with which the Russian court re issuing his former liberalism. It will be remem bered list the Emperor of Austria was obliged to exclude him from the visit to Olmilts, the Cur having expressed his disinclination to receive hi s which was the more awkward, because Dr. Back, V the full expectation of being presented, had shaved off a very line beard, Russian etiquette not tolerating such excrements in civilian visages. H. hes new been pointedly excluded from the grand &pins* dinners given at Vienna by the Russian ambassador, Baron Von Meyondorff. The renewed commercial treaty between the Zol verein and Belgium reserves for Prussia the right of with three months' - the let of cancelling it, notice, on January, 1853. The most important alteration made is, that Belgian pig iron, hitherto admitted at • duty of 10s. per ton, while pig iron from other ports pays 20a., will in future have to pay 15s. A claim made by Belgium, for securing the admission of piratic editions of books, has been rejected, on the ground that a treaty with France, for the mutual protection of copyright, is proposed. =The Hanoverian plenipotentiary at Frankfort has declared his government's assent to the convention for mutual facilitation of commerce, on condition that Austria continue in its relinquishment of the prohi bitive system; and that the convention be a general federal measure, having force only when it shall have received the adhesion of all German states. If, therefore, Prussia persist in standing aloof, Hanover is not bound by its present assent. The Knits*: &Rung pretends to have heard that Bavaria has distinctly declared its intention of ad hering to the Zollverein, with full confidence in Prussia. Letters from Nassau state that the mercan We are presently to have a Te Daum at the lithe- tile public there is at a loss to conceive how the dral, a reception at the Tuileries, and a fete at the idea of separating their duchy from the customs' Hotel de Ville. People are anticipating great union with Prussia could enter the head of any sane things. No doubt every thing will be /rap- person. Other parts of the south will come to the pang, if not brillent. Over Ave thousand same view, when really threatened with being cut people are invited to the fete, but the coin- off from free communication with the northern nvers parry, though numerous, will be select. The and sea-ports. same precautions have been taken to keep all " im- The Belgian government, it is said, has prepared proper persons" from the cathedral. The Te-Deum- a memorial for communication to the Europeon ca lets must all be Napoleonists, else the =kens, or binds, repudiating the French claim for repayment what not, might fail to be accepted. In fact, we are of the costs of the siege of Antwerp, on the grounds entering upon a new era. No more democracy, no that the expedition was undertaken not in the inte- It The expedition from Calcutta, to enforce apology and reparation (rum the Burmese, left on the 19th ult., a n d con sisted of her Majesty's ship Fox, 42, her Majesty's ship Serpent, 12, with the lion. Company's war steamers Tenasserirc and l'roserpine, the whole under the command of Commodore Lambert, R.N. The first effort to obtain the reparation sought for will probably he made at Ran goon, and should our demands not he instantly complied with, the place will be held in pledge until they are satisfied. Captain Lewis, the master of the merchant ship Champion, the latest British victim of Burmese inso lence and extortion, accompanies the expedition as a witness, it is presumed, to prove the validity of the claims to be presented and enforced. Lieut. Latter, of the 67th regiment Bengal Native Infantry an accomplished Burmese scholar, and Mr. Edwardes, of the Civil Service, formerly attuned to the Embassy at Ava, go as interpreters. The mili tary expedition, which lett l'eshawur under the com mand of Sir Colin Campbell, on the 26th of October last, to take the field against the Affreedis and the Momund tribes beyond the north-west frontier, has had very little to do in the way of fighting. After taking possession of Mitchnee, with little or no resistance from tho people, and burning the stores of grain, destroying the surrounding villages, and throwing everything they could lay their hands on into the river, the !Mee encamped at a place called Bubb, awaiting the constrrction of a fort now in progress, intended to receive a body of troops, ,nd to form a link in the line of poetscom mantling important points on the frontier. A detachment of the force is stationed at a place called Muthee, to keep the hill men of that neighbourhood in cheek. tip to the date of the latest accounts received from Sir Colin's camp, not a single casualty had occurred on our side from the fire of the enemy, and they had latterly been rendered more chary than ever of approaching our camp, by falling into an am buscade, which severely punished their temerity. The latest tidings received are to the 14th ult., and it is stated that the fort is progressing very slowly, the sandy nature of the soil being much against the building. The ?demands had assembled under the chief of Lallpoora to consult as to ulterior measures, and seem to have been greatly perplexed PARIS, DEC. 31.—Five per Cents., 101 f. 70e.; Three per Cents., 07f. Bank Shares, 2,303 f. . t 1_ I - _ _ - Way thing es r * ...../. 4 rose on this New- we he rellielm4 that the "am have bee. WWI" at they were all crowded to excess. In a play at the The renewed commercial treaty between the Zol- Lite expedition f rom Calcutta, to enforce apology and on — Tin; about one - u - n 7- ti Germany ," ecr ----- t - he - iiiv - ou - n : te - TI T?' ' .. . , ' Town Asbeesieirs era preparing to " bid i7 l * **l 1 1:7 11 W th.. ..... /fin bi te lf im* ' F t: Odkon a slight allusion was made to the Revolution verein and Bel g ium reserves forPrumia the right of tficory of Gagern • ; and he adds, that u the press 6 reparation from the Burmese, left on the 19th ult., and con. with the of the k ept M a aaaa b e d ft, t eQ7 mi T o .by having reversed the fortune of one of the chi- cancelling it, with three months ' notice, on the let of free, and there is no impediment in the way of public e j ete d o f her Majesty's ship Fox, 42, her Majesty's ship I . :=lii whirl they are rsiiNt. reemmly it dela .swearer labeseeses seals se nuele, vas tam racier., and transformed him from a gentleman into January, 1853. The most important alteration meek , meetin-- ge he is surprised some ono anxious for poll- serpent, 12, with the Ron. Company's war steamer% VW the fasten to mike costly womb to isoaarchs livid be the Wein whet of mem. be the wen eitustioo. a concierge ; but it was received with decided disap- is, that Belgian pig iron, hitherto admitted at a duty tical distinction does not take the sense of the cou; x l Tenasserim and Proserpine, the whole under the command , i...: IS this ley. end eseesion WOO not nikeiresetly taken To peen e feteene. aisle or temais. who bare kept their probation. Numerous hits, however, were made at of 10s. per ton, while pig iron from other ports pays on a point so important. All this is a very of Commodore Lambert, R.N. The first effort to obtain 1111 &MOD 11111& lets as would elermy ohne in a tint plea m a k s ji i t t e res tr i r. Z: 4l n ( ,, n .L less ... th w a ii n t socialism, and they were all well received. Indeed, 20m, will in future have to pay 16s. A claim made specimen of what is known in England, and the data th o e . re reparation i t; u: u h r t for will ds p n ro:a l l::y ini lse t ztil e ot l- MISIBOOIe SOSO Of PM evident. Tim ' , ATM'. we • .--- * as k &a '-; - -7 the socialist of the stage is always a safe character by Belgium, for mecuring the admission of piratic be given to a persons as • 1 have lead by in the on which tho opinions of people are formed as to trith, the lace p will be held in pledge un -r they complied tt are kW/. on New - Terre-Da g Hearn VIII. savings bank, or for a deferred annuity, or in any benefit to attack, if for no other reason, because ho is never editions of books, has been rejected, on the ground A ~ustro-German a ff airs. And neither the writer, nor satisfied. Captain Lewis, the master of the merchant illidli a New Testemeent, with a bet &did dews at or provident institution, or who have been in Me habit found anywhere else. that a treaty with France, for the mutual protection one person in 10,000 besides had any idea that no ship Champion, the latest British victim of Burmese Mao- ' iiikiews EIIL, 4, ma= a y am sairaima of giving regular usistance to their friends. To the From what I can me, all places of public amuse- of copyright, is proposed . man in Germany dares say his soul is his own ; that lance and extortion, aseompanies the expedition as a witness, Yet of the bell I n ir azti mmt , beet cultivators of gardens or allotments, being also ~...., meat are as much frequented as ever. But it should "'The Hanoverian plenipotentiary at Frankfort has the opposition press is mute, and that half a dozen it is presumed, to prove the validity of the claims to be abed Hermes metrimeieL A fertile f;rs°o° of hews , sober, t and good i 1.-v moral f*- -...... -r. be borne in mind that a Frenchman thinks much declared his government's assen t to the convention 0 person who works an a.= W OO or awn,to nted and enforced. Lieut Latter, of the 67th regiment gentlemen cannot meet to go hare-shooting in b r : at - rural N at i ve Infantry, an accomplished Burmese scholar, hew might be C i wt% Sea *an emleaymeat meat on say part of Sunday, or w sues is suss more of his play than of his dinner. The latter is a for mutual facilitation of commerce, on condition that safety and Mr. Edwardes, of the Civil Service, formerly etteetee i s sippepleee glib le be presented to-day allowed by the committee, hires assistance 'to cultivate, will luxury, the former a necessary ;so if one must be Austria continue in its relinquishment of the prohi- A man has just been arrested for carrying on ato the Embassy at . Ava, go as interpreters. The mill. lii the SlOnlOgigus d limteps. Thus the King be received as a candidate for the prise. Tbe garden or dispensed with it will be the dinner. The carrier Wive system; and that the convention be a general strange sort of commerce. Ho bought children at tart' expedition , which lett l'eshawur under the emu- a N might be piessaled With a cord and axe allotment not I. exceed • 'P ane r of an 'le except * contrives out of his franc or two a day to save enough federal measure, having force only when it shall Sir Cohn Campbell, on the 2fith . of October e ,,„ ~,_. special cues allowed by the committee. To the labourer, about 10s. (9 florins) a piece, to take to London as mind of older east-eff &dm sr la• ba P rim°d P°z--, - o - or the wife or widow of • labourer, or other person, being for at least one evening a week at the theatre, have received the adhesion of all German states. If, street musicians, and was embarking with about 20 last, to take the field against the Atireedis and the Menet et the , ezemilimer's tools and pervi- aloe • person of honest, sober, and good moral character, not only for himself, but for his " cousine," while she, therefore, Prussia persist in standing aloof, Hanover .... Momund tribes beyond the north-west frontier, has of them, when the police laid hands on him. um had very little to do in the way of fighting. alto. To the Ling et PRUSSIA •• polite offer who shall eahibit at the next anneal exhibition the best too, saves something to pay . for gloves and e talette. It is not bound by its present &went. name is Humpf. After taking palmation of Mitchnee, with little or might he made to re•biad the old copy of collection of vegetables and perdue. of his or her garden, is important that the Parisian should be f but it is The 'Craw*: &along pretends to have heard that When the order for disarming the National Guard no resistance from the people, and burning the bis MAJIIRTT'S New Testament on which he or , the best specimen of cottage . Itandicraft and economy. of equal importance that he bo entertained. Quand Bavaria has distinctly declared its intention of ad- stores of grain, destroyiog the surrounding villages, and -.. N person who has been apprenticed to any art can be re- - • . r s .. B , n , n . , appeared, government promimd to allow about 14s. dun . a land iii amuse loud lierin to the Zollecrein with full confidence in hen taken so many constitationsl oaths. The Queen aired as a candidate for n Prue in that pacttcada , employ. if a cies Meat e u Uie • g,g , wing everything they could lay for a good musket, but they are now actually paying river, the fa r , eatampa a at a their hands on into the place called Bubb awaiting of Bruit night be presented with leading-strings, meat. The collection of vegetables ezhibited for a prute ye ken- Prussia. Letters from Nassau state that the mercan- only 20 krs., about dwell in tent ioned 1 • ' intended .. Sd., an pcop e the constrretion of a fort now in progress, to receive and a strew soldier to keep her Mannar from mast consist of at least three different sores, being raised We are presently to have aTe Daum at the Cathe- tile public there is at a loss to conceive how the • are expected to give them up for nothing. a body of troops, aid to form a link in t h e line of poetscom- slipping Old Of theta. Lows NAPOLEON would be in gardens or allotments, subject to the of orees hada- dral, a reception at the Tuileries, and a tete at the idea of separating their duchy from tho customs' Five per Cents., Metalliques, 941, 94 ; London, mantling important points on the frontier. A detachment = 10 6. 10 7 the worn , of his - offer of a govern _ give notice of such Intention to the assistant B = 7 : : r things. No doubt every thing will be /kap- person.. Other parts of the south will come to the hill men of that neighbourhood in check. tip to the date with the story of " HOBSON'S owe go th e nation. The Emperor of Aye- tr E ti as to sise. Any pereon intending to exhib least a fortnight before the meetiag it mast e Hotel de Ville. People are anticipating great union with Prussia could enter the head of any sane 11.59. have been, employed in gardens will compete separately.- pant, if not briliont. Over five thousand same view , when really threatened with being cut GREECE. of the force is stationed at a place called Muthee, to keep the of the latest accounts received from Sir Colin's camp, not a single casualty had occurred on our side from the fi re of fns be pessikd with a tight-rope, as a hint I Signed, by order of the committee, Ysascis IL flsrmouz, people are invited to the lets, but the coin- off from free communication with the northern nvers A Munich letter la that the Queen stat e s riffle be will lied in balancing himself in Chairman. pany, though numerous, will be select. The and sea-ports. SCHOOL ASSOCIATION abs present emitmsture I sad • diploma might be THE NATIONAL PUBLIC . , . . . same precautions have been taken to keep all " im- The Belgian government, it is said, has prepared will be prevented from making her projected visit to than ever of approaching our camp, b y falling into an ern- e, which severely punished their temerity. The made eel twille R epent at RussiA, investing him 'n that the I rennet will receive have received a letter, stati g _ . . . hd f the proper persons" from the cathedral. The Te- Daum - a memorial for communication to the Europeon ea- Germany in consequence of the illness of the King. buftad latest tidings received arc to the 14th ult., and it is stated • deputation on Tuesday, the bth instant, taste oon with the ate peteilese et picking up his unfortunate 31st. The deputation named includes Mr. Henry, M.P.; hits must all be Napoleonists, else the saleunt , or binds, repudiating the French claim for repayment that the fort is progressing very slowly, the sandy nature of the soil being much against the building. The Momunds brfighli iii Antenna as sass am he may fall. . Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P.; and mart of the leading th em- what not, might fail to be accepted. In fact, we are of the costs of the siege of Antwerp, on the grounds PARIS, DEC. 31.—Five per Conte., 101 f. 70c.; Three had assembled under the chief of Lallpoora to consult as to Sem& iv immmehe. To return to ourselves ca d , ben of the Asusciatiou. entering upon a new era. NO more democracy, no that the expedition was undertaken not in the into- per Cents., 07f. Bank Shares, 2,3036 ulterior measures, and sewn to have been greatly perplexed 4 ' • % 1 1 , • we tioa ma She tad td 10641 int , been the object ll accomplish this, our readers. To the latter we can wish no greater public bensit than 'guidon of those measure, pi poikisal and spa k penance which it has, for years past, been the 06. of the .Erpressa to advocate. To accomplish thi., boweir. they must work with ns and with each elbiromi with such co-operation there is no °tar trate*, mialidence in the anticipation that a good result must flow from our hearty wish to them of a " Happy New Year." IT ii • wise saying—don't bo ashamed of taking • hint from an enemy. When any peculiarity of a person or party is pertinaciously obtruded on public notice by him or its enemies, the object of the attack may rest assured that the said peculiarity is, or is generally believed to be, a fault. If it really is re prehensible, therein consists the power of the assail ants to injure. The surest way to defeat them is to amend. 'Men gain little by denying charges that can be clearly established; nothing by ostentatiously doing penance in a white sheet; but when they depart from the error of their ways, the public is gooduatured, and forgets and forgives. The heaviest battery opened against ministers, by the frosileurs who are resolving to take advantage of any dissensions that have, or may have, been occasioned by the retirement of Lord PALMERXTON, is the allegation that the Cabinet is a mere family com pact. It is the obvious truth of the assertion that makes it hurtful. Of fifteen cabinet ministers, nine are related by blood or by affinity; eight are members of the House of Lords; three are sons or brothers of members of the House of Lords, and' the remaining four are allied by blood or marriage to members of the House of Lords. It cannot bo denied that a Cabinet so constituted looks wondrous like a snug family party. And the names of the heads of departments may suggest, but cannot convey, an adequate idea of the extent to which their clans men swarm in the subordinate offices. The objections to each an arrangement are many and obvious. A cabinet recruited from so narrow a field of selection cannot possibly embrace an ade quate portion of the available political talent of the day. It cannot by its connexions have a strong hold on general society. It must of necessity be weak, both internally and externally; weak as respects inherent talent and energy; weak through its isolation from public sympathy. . Nepotism in political alliances and promotions is analogous to what in the langua ge of agriculturists is called " breeding in and in. " " Breeding in and in," it is well known, causes races of horses, cattle and kings to degenerate,—and nepotism has the same effect upon ministries. There an rnasoun abroad that the PREMIER has at last awakened to a sense of the danger to which the nepotism et himself and his colleagues has exposed him. This is not improbable : the wonder is that ho has not unit long ago. Lord Jous, in common with all the political school to which he belongs, attaches great importance to trececlents and party traditions. If he has read arig ht the history of his country for the last hundred years, he must be aware of the main cause that enabled GEORGE 111. to crush the influence of the great revolutionary families, sad establish on its ruins the court party, or modern tosies. The monopoly of power exercised by the NEWCASTLE., BED/OROS, and CAVENDISIIES, had made them ujustly odious to the people—whom they excluded from all participation in public affairs --as to the King, over whom they domineered. It was the people quite as much as the court that scat tered" Fox's Martyrs" to the fair winds of heaven ; installed the second Prrr in office, and relegated the whip to the " cold shade of opposition " till 1830;—though the court contrived to pocket all the gains of that insurrection against the Whig family compact. To the reports that Lord bolls RUSSELL has seen the error of his ways, and contemplates an extension of the basis on which his ministry rests—the con struction of a bogus fide " broad-based administra tion"—we attribute as much importance as such re ports generally deserve. The gossip of clubs and coteries is a very insecure foundation to build upon. But the belief that he would find no difficulty in making room for new colleagues does not rest upon such rumours. As we said yesterday, Sir GEORGE Oar v's state of health makes him willing to resign ; it is notations that the Marquis of LANsnowita (we had his word for it during the ministerial crisis last session has long been anxious to rerga on account of his advanced years; and as for Lord BROVOIITON he has never been considered, even by himself, as anything more than a stop-gap, till an eligible, efficient Indian minister could be found. Two detri mental' and an honoured veteran yearning for repose, willing to make way for others, and two offices already vacant, afford an opportunity, not perhaps to make the cabinet all that could be wished, but to improve materially both its character and posi tion. Fors est et ab hosts doceri. Lord ionit's iuwailants know, and he himself feels, that his assailants who dwell so pertinaciously on the exclusively aristo cratical composition of his cabinet, and the affinity and blood relationship, which connect so many of its members, are what stage coachmen seed to call " flogging a raw." Their dispositions towards him are net ei a satin to entitle him to expect that they will digit tram • g; it would be prudent on his part to set shot the " raw." no passil or hymns§ to serve, we l do ast tabs apes as to direst or him Lord ions in his amiss • I aro aseociatio HoEhowever, talus a limes hem the past. The of family and issi•--which led the whip el days to bap eves a Bum iu a subordinate position, and which induced a CANNING to coalmines his political career in connexion with a party for widen be had so =total sympathies. in pridirones M ass with whisk be had both sympathies and somodut he. boyhood—was their ruin. The resellosos of the terns to inomporate rising talents into Is woks--the L000111110101:101M CANNING% Boom mad PALM/I wross—eseured them a long lime of power, in deft. ease if papaw amid= on the see hand and court Mealier is the ether. mMtle is s; Lord Jon% M Iwo A moo than that der il do thee _pod _whoa the oars sito kr geoid sa ssenstissol party for any sosailloallis length of time. Tns ROYAL A? WDIDIDOIL As nasty of the .e mil gently me hashes he noble =ihi l iar bibril Illi arbt . OliedlitbreLlllNSfr sealeas east labrane ohe l ei = g uad MAIM habits t 2k. of the nennittes st Ilia similes, et which le praidest, will be nand with Went at diem enanitm hay that prim wil be awarded at haft =Win to the Mews or artisan who heup his family in beeret, sober, sad indite- MIND and without pod& milef except he eases sf linen To the widow Si a imbru m e, or artl ess who las Ease the ems Mk se Mien in relief. To Yolks ditiselind he Medina es& Mien in him sot peens. In then tires hem netheates we be sequired that the dillies have bees Twin at sash ; and special advantage Abe gives te these whose elkakes, wend* to their joss& dessainnzrze Inn kept et sash he lha Suet peeled. Ts - amid serws. se blouson. side se Seel, wbs lave lesi he tit MOM soil se ionise Is the sane situation. Ts semi isms. owls se hod,. writ have kept their ist pies et flushes he the kaput period (not less than SW rani). In ell the foregoing classes preference will Zanto seal on as shall have laid by in the best, or fee a deism& annuity, or in any benefit es padist institution, if who have been in the habit r e s tUr vi z n alar melisleass to their friends. To th of garden or allotments, being ale: grosof Moat, Mar, and good moral eharacter. penes who wens in hie garden or allot ment ein asp pan Or Sunday, Of who, except in one allewed by tie susimittire, hires assistance to cultivate, will he reeetwed as • eamilidate for the prise. The garden or alletnest not is emed a quarter of an acre except in spend eases limed by the committee. To the labourer, or the wife ire wide, of a labourer, or other panels, being she a penes of meant, sober, and good moral character, wire shall exhibit at the next anneal exhibition the best eshetion of vegetables and produce of his or her garden, or the beet nem= of cottage handicraft and economy. No piensa wits is been appreatieed to any art can be re- Weed se • iseadidahe for a prise in that particular employ- MAR The collection of Tegetablso exhibited foe a prise Pet consist of at least three different sorts, being rained la gardens or allotments, subject to the aforesaid limita be as to sire. Any person intending to exhibit mast Lnotice of such intention to the asidatant secretary, at .sr , a fortnight before the meeting Persons who are, or have been, employed in gardens will compete separately.— Signed, by order of the committee, Pannell§ H. SITYOUIt, Chairman. Tile NATIONAL PUBLIC SCHOOL ASSOCIATION have received a letter, stating that the Premier will receive a deputation on Tuesday, the 6th instant, instead of on the 31st. The deputation named includes Mr. Henry, M.P.; Mr. Milner Gibson, M.P.; and most of the leading mem bers of the Association. no hostr bigni riNsi wen SWITZERLAND. The Federal Chambers have terminated their labours, after having ordered a new coinage to be mado in silver and copper to the extent of four mil lions, the figure cf Helvetia stretching out her arm in the old coins not appearing very symbolical, and, in fact, having led to a considerable share of ridicule. The sittings arc not to be resumed before July next. The note of the French government has caused sonic excitement, but no doubt exists that a compliant reply will be returned, although the canton of Bale- Campagne has proceeded to complete the la•.v com plained of. Thu constitution of the confederation only secures to Christians the liberty which Louis Napoleon now demands for French Jews, hut the treaty on which he bases his claim is of date ante rior to that settlement. M. Foxy, the Genevese Pre sident, left the Council of the Suites three days before the close; he is preparing a new bill on the itnposts; in order to coin money, he augments by 4 per ceut. the duty on suettes.siuns. The collateral brunch will thus pay 16 per cent., or near one-sixth. TURKEY. Dates to the 13th ultimo, from Constantinople, state that the English serew-steamer Arabia ran aground in the roadstead of Smyrna. but had been towed off by thu Turkish frigate Feisi Barri. A new committee of Uletnalis had been formed to examine into the dispute about the Holy Sepulchre. The (reek clergy found their claims on a grant made them by the Caliph ()mar. The French lid. duce subsequent treaties of 17-10. The Hungarian refugees have reetived permission to leave Turkey. They will go to Alezandrette, and thence, on board an English vessel, to America. AMERICA. (ET ELECTRIC TELEORATIf.) (PROW OUR OWN COILIMPONDENT.) LIVERPOOL, iIIUK•4I/AT,7 . - The United States Mail steam-ship Arctic, Capt. Luce, has just arrived, with 32 pmsem n mrs, 371,45 K) dots. in specie, and dates from New Purl: of the 20th ultimo. ; lhe Kos-uth excitement at New York had not abated. The grand banquet given by the bur wad held on the 19th. On the 22nd Kossuth %tan to leave for Washington. Various reports were rife at New York, relative to the course likely to be taken by the Russian and Austrian Ministers in consequence of the official re ception of Kossuth by Congress. It was stated that their passports were to be dernandul, but nothing positive had transpired. The steam-ship Daniel Webster brought California dates, rio Nicaragua, to the 16th, and 1,090,0 W/ dols. in gold dust; 2,006,000 dols. additional was at Panama. At San Francisco business was good. At Marysville and Sonora many murders had taken place. 'flie Maryarille Ilentlri states that 16 dead bodies had been found in one week. The vigilance committee had made several arrests. Jamaica advices are to the 29th. Cholera was again very bad iii that island. The mercantile reports from the United States speak favourably of business prospects. Trade generally was brisk. The money market was a shade tighter. Government Stocks were in good demand at firm rates. The exportation of specio continued undiminished. The market fur breadstuffs was very quiet, and few transactions are reported, holders waiting fur ther advice. from this country. Western Canal flour, 4 dots. 23c. to 4 debt. 37;c. per brl. Genneisee prime wheat, 1 dol. 2c. to 1 dul..lc. per 601ba. In dian corn, round yellow, 62e. to (34c. per bushel. The Cotton market was inactive, and prices had been feebly maintained. No decline, however, has taken place. New Orleans and Mobile mid. fair to fair, 93c. to 91c. per lb. Uplands and Florida, De. to 4,1 c. per lb. No alteration in either freights or provisions. Exchange on London, 110; too 110; (rather flat). Paris, 3.13. Hamburg, 361 to 361. Bremen, 781 to 78j. NEW ORLEANS, Dec. IS. Sides of cotton 5,000 bales. Good middling is quoted at 7jc. per lb. INDIA. THE OVERLAND MAIL. We have received by express from Trieste our despatches in anticipation of the Overland Mail. The dates are—Bombay, Dec. 3; and Calcutta, Nov. 23. The expedition from Calcutta, to enforce apology and reparation from the Burmese, left on the 19th ult., and consisted of her Majesty's ship Fox, 42, her Majesty's ship Serpent, 12, with the Hon. Company's war-steamers Tenasserim and Preserpine, the whole under the command of Commodore Lambert, lt.N. Sir Cohn Campbell continued in the neighbourhood of Mitchnee, and the inhabit ants had fled to the meningitis on his approach. Cap tain Coke and his force had returned from the Mee ranzaie valley, and recrossed the Kourum: they had only twice been in any way annoyed by an enemy, when two men were killed. The Wuzeerees had at tacked the guard over the Babadur Khcl salt mine; they had been repulsed with a loss of 11 men ; our party had five or six wounded. The entire Mooltan field force had on the 10th or 20th ult. been directed to be prepared for moving at a moment's notice along the line of the frontier. 1)ost Mabomed is still alive. The governor-general was expected at Itoorkee on the 24th ; his lordship would thence proceed to Hurd war. Sir W. Gomm was at Jullundhur. Sir 11. Lawrence had returned to Lahore. The Bombay journals have for the past fortnight been occupied with the discussion of the Mahomedan disturb ances, which commenced on the 17th Oct., and are scarcely yet over. An extensive fire broke out in the store-houses of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company in the dock-yard at Mazagon on the 2nd December, by which stores belonging to the company, to the value of from 13,0001. to 20,0091. were destroyed. The cause of the fire had not been ascertained. The goods consumed by the fire were only partially insured ; the build ings in which they were stored have been com pletely destroyed. These latter are valued at 7,5001. and belonged to Mirr.a Mahomed Ali Khan, the owner of the dockyard, from whom they were rented by the Peninsular and Oriental Company. Trade during the last fortnight had been brisk. The money market was carp. Several failures of native bank ers in the Bazaar, both at Calcutta and in Bombay, were apprehended. The following is the summary of the Bombay Times :