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entrusted him at this period with the command of a strong column, with orders to attack and intimidate the moun taineers of the Anres. Thia order was promptly executed. Coljnel Canrobert surprised the enemy at the fort of Djebel-Chelia, defeated him, drove him, sword in hand, es far as Kebech, in the Amerkraddon, and made prisoner of the Bey, Ahmed. On his return to Bathna he went to Aumale, and took the command of the Regiment of Zouaves. In this new ?oat he had again occasion to act vigorously against the kabyles and the tribes of the Jur jura, whom he succeeded iu reducing to submission. But it was particularly in 1819 that Colonal Canrobert displayed au energy above all eulogium. The cholera at tacked the garrison of Aumale, whom the events taking place at Zaatcha had led under the walls of that place. What courage, what presence of wind were requisite in the commander of the Zouaves, who thus conducted his soldiers in the midst of the dangers of a daring march, and compelled unceasingly to be the witness of their pain ! He was everywhere exhorting the sick, attending to their wants, and iu passing he sent a reinforcement to the town of Bou Sada, the garrison of which was blockaded, and deceived the enemy, who blocked the passage, by an nouncing that he brought the plague with him, and that he should infect his assailants. At length he arrived at Zaatcha, on the Bth of November. On the 20th he com manded with most daring courage one of the attacking columns. Out of four officers and sixteen soldiers who fol lowed him to the breach sixteen were killed or wounded by his side. As a reward for his conduct he was appointed commander of the Legion of Honour on the 11th of December, 11 4 40. After having again distinguished himself at the battle of Nandi he was promoted to the rank of general of bri gade on the 13th of January, 1850, came to Paris, com manded a brigade of infantry there, and was attached in the quality of aide-de-camp to the Prince President of the Republic, and appointed general of division on the 14th of January, 1853, at the same time retaining his functions as aide-de-camp of the Emperor. Three months after wards he was appointed to command a division of infantry at the camp of Helfaut, and almost at the same time he was selected as inspector of the sth ar►ondissement of that force. Placed latterly at the head of the Ist division of infantry of the army of the East, he took a most active part after the commencement of that war, by preparing the difficult operation of landing, and by powerfully co-operating in the victory of the Alma, where he received another wound. It is known that Marshal de St. Arnaud, who could duly appreciate him, had the most entire confidence in his talents and bravery. It is true that the young gene ral had neglected nothing in order to merit that confidence. Before his departure he devoted himself to deep study respecting the scene of the present expedition, as if he had had the presentiment of his future destiny. rortign ad dolortial rittiligtitte. FRANCE. The Government having decided on sending 10,000 men as a reinforcement to the army in the Crimea,orders were sent to Marseilles on Monday to demand from the company (Messagerie Imperi ale) three of their largest steamers for immediate service. At the same time a commercial steamer, L'Avenir, was freighted for 3,0001. to convey troops to the East. Two Spanish merchant steamers have also been engaged for the conveyance of stores, ammunition, &c. The 10,000 men will be taken from the camp of Cabries, not far from Marseilles. The Post-otfice administration has directed that the arrivals and departures of the Levant packets should be regulated in a more satisfactory manner, so as in future not simultaneously to reach Mar seilles, and leave an interval of a week or two before the next arrival. The departures for Constantinople are hereafter to take place on the 2nd, 6th, 12th, 113th, 22nd, and 26th of each month, and the returns on the 4th, Bth, 14th, 18th, 24th, and 28th. The Moniteur publishes a return of the receipts of the direct and indirect revenue of France for the first nine months of 1854, with a comparative return of the receipts for the corresponding period of the years 1852 and 1853. From this document it appears that the receipts for the first nine months of 1854 amounted to 618,734,000f. ' while for the same period of 1853 they amounted to 626,025,000 f., and of 1852 to 586,676,000 f. This shows an increase as compared with 1852 of 32,050,000 f., but a decrease as compared with 1853 of 7,291,000 f. Notwithstanding the abundant harvest, the de mand for foreign corn in the Paris market is very considerable, and prices are high. It is said that the Government are large buyers. BELGIUM. If King Leopold will return on the 24th or 26th from his tour in Switzerland and to the Lake of Como. DENMARK. The motion for a committee to draw up articles of impeachment against the Ministry for the Junta Government octroyed in July, and for the many in fractions of the budget, was carried in the Danish House of Commons on the 14th, by a majority of 80 to 6. The Commons on Monday finally approved of the address to the King. They renew the demand for a free constitution in the whole State, as in Denmark. The revolutionary act of July is entirely ignored. The address was adopted by 90 to 1. THE PRESS. The Upper House will adopt the same declaration, and a deputation therefrom will join the deputation of the Lower House. GERMANY. The relations between Austria and Russia are, it is stated, on the eve of an absolute rupture. It is not thought possible that their respective ambas• sadors at Vienna and St. Petersburg can remain much longer at their posts. This state of things has been long foreseen, and duly prepared for by both these Governments. A war between Austria and Russia has become inevitable. For many months past it has only been a question of time and relative convenience. The Emperor Nicholas could never be supposed to forgive the policy of the Emperor Francis Joseph. The letter's active support of the Sublime Porte, in virtue of the Austro-Turkish convention of June 14, was at the time, and has been ever since, regarded at St. Petersburg as a legitimate cases belli, to be availed of sooner or later. An official report gives a return of 1,014 cases of cholera, of which 438 were fatal, from the appearance of the epidemic in Vienna, on the 10th of September to the 12th of October, inclusive. The damage done to property by the inundations in Silesia is estimated, according to official inquiries, at from 8,000,000 to 9,000,000 thalers, exclusive of he injury done to the dykes. The number of fami lies deprived of their means of subsistence is 10,000; the area of land inundated 900,000 morgen (a mor gen is one fifth more than an acre,. The sum hitherto subscribed for the sufferers amounts to 200,000 thalers (about 30,0001.). The damage done by the late fire at Memel is estimated at 6,000,000 thalers, the greater part of which is covered by insurances. Most of the houses of business there have stopped payment for the pre sent, and a number of counting-houses are now to be found on board of vessels in the Dange. About 5,000 persons have been deprived of house and home, of whom 3,000 belong to the middle, well-to-do classes. _ . SPAIN. Lord Howden has addressed a note to the Spanish Government demanding that the slave trade shall be treated as piracy. The foreign refugees were ordered on the 11th to leave Madrid within eight days. Those who can give good reasons for their residence, or can procure security for their good conduct, will be allowed to remain. TURKEY. The Council of Tanzimat has been appointed, in accordance with the decree of the Sultan. The measure is a kind of concession to the Western powers, who, in return for their blood and treasure spent in sustaining the Turkish State, have a right to demand that internal reform which can alone save the empire. The Council consists of Ali Pacha, President., Mehemet Ruchdi, Rifaat and Hifzi Pachas, Ruchti Molla Effendi, and Fuad Effendi. The Preue states, in a despatch of the sth from Constantinople :—" For the first time for 400 years a cross was publicly erected in the Turkish capital. It was while a funeral mass was read for Marshal St. Arnaud." RUSSIA. Under the present threatening aspects the Czar has placed the three provinces nearest Austria in a state of siege. Gortschakoff is declared generalis simo. The ukase appeared on the 14th inst. Whatever the St. Petersburg papers may say, the Emperor Nicholas admits to his confidential friends the total defeat of the Russian army on the Alma. His rage is described as something awful, and the reproaches he has addressed to Prince Menschikoff are most violent. He is said to be determined on persisting to the last. A correspondent of the Cologne Gazette, under date St. Petersburg, Oct. 8, says : The !hereditary Grand Prince has notoriously dis approved of the war, and considered it disastrous from the first. He disapproved the policy and the mission of Menschikoff, which his brother, Constantine, however insisted on. Recent events in the Crimea have made a painful impression on the heir-apparent, but he has not ventured to utter any complaint before the head of his family. Count Nesselrode avoids the presence of the Crown Prince, for he dreads his reproaches. He, at least, might have remonstrated in time with the Czar, had he possessed sufficient moral courage, and might thus have given by his influence a different turn to affairs. There is, of course, no courtier now that would dare to hint even at concessions, since the Czar's declaration that " his dig nity was engaged in the contest." Prince Woronzow has been repeatedly pressed to take the command in the Crimea. The Prince, who has more than once expressed his disapproval of the policy of the Czar, has refused. Being pressed on the point, he made ill health a pretext for retiring, and, it is said, is now in Brussels. Another effort is making to induce him to go to the Crimea, and an agent of the Emperor is now in that city, or is shortly expected there, for that object. The .Russian Medical Gazette of September 23rd (October 6th) states that since the breaking out of the cholera at Ste Petersburg there had been 20,020 MINEMIIIMEMIN SATURDAY, cases down to September Ist (13th), of which 8,652 had proved fatal. At Mita% down to the 14th (26th) of September, there had been 381 case,: of these 188 persons had died. POLAND. Cracow, though not capable of being converted into a regular fortress, will have in all likelih oo d an entrenched camp with detached forts. Travellers lately arrived at Vienna from Russia state that entrenchments on a great scale are being made along the Vistula, and capable of preventing any successful passage of the river from the oppo. site bank. More than ten thousand men are at work on them. WEST INDIES. The news received by the last West India mail is of minor importance. The cholera was fast dis appearing from the various West India Islands, and the corps were looking well. There was existing a great scarcity of labour. At Jamaica the elections were still going on, but they created little interest. An attempt was being made by Sir Henry Barkly to revive Sir Charles Grey's Branch Society of Arts and Sciences in Spanish Town, in the hope, appa rently, of exciting a spirit of enterprise in anticipa tion of the Great Paris Exhibition of 1855. The commencement of a new and profitable trade with the West India colonies, it is to be hoped, has been commenced by the shipment of samples of some of the fibrous productions (banana and pen guin) of Jamaica and Porto Rico, with the view of their qualities being tested in England. Should these fibres be successfully introduced, either as materials for textile fabrics or as a substitute for rags in the manufacture of pap 4 r, there can be no doubt but that any quantity might be obtained from those colonies, as the plants require but little labour to be expended on their cultivation, and are almost totally indifferent to the quality of the soil. The progress of the experiment will be watched with much interest, and with every desire for its success. ful issue. SOUTH AMERICA. The Panama Railroad Company are making great efforts to finish the line across the Isthmus. The mule truck continued not only exposed to delays and inconveniences, but also to robbery and murder. At Grey Town people were busily engaged in rebuilding the razed houses and other premises which had fallen a prey to the late attack of the American frigate Cyane. So great was the progress being made that domiciles are fast reappearing. CAN &DA. A bill has been introduced into the Provincial Legislature to do away with the property qualifica tion of members. The trade returns of Canada for 1853, just sub mitted to the Canadian Parliament, show that the exports for the last year amounted to 23,801,308 dols., and the imports to 31,981,436 dols. The exports to Great Britain were 11,465,408 dols., and the imports therefrom 18,489,121 dols. ; exports to the United States, 10,725,455 dols. ; imports from ditto, 1082,147 dols.; exports to North American colonies, 1,380,465 dols.; imports, 632,660 dols. The increase of the aggregate imports and exports since the pre ceding year was 57 per cent. AUSTRALIA. The ship Red Jacket, Captain Reed, which sailed from Melbourne on the 2nd of August, arrived at Liverpool on Sunday last. She had made the quickest passage on record, having been only 73 days 9 hours. She reports the Australian mining so counts to be favourable, and that gold is increasing very much in private hands; the price is quoted at 41. per ounce, and it does not appear that the European news will in any way affect the gold market. -- The - Legislative Council of Hobart Town reas sembled on the 25th of July, and it is rumoured that the Chief Justice has resigned. EXPEDITION AGAINST THE RUSSIANS AT SITKA. Admiral Sir James Stirling, by last advices,re mained at Shanghai, awaiting the arrival of Admiral de Guerre, in the French frigate Jeanne d'Arc. The united English and French force were to proceed to New Archangel (Sitka) and co-operate with Admiral Price, of the Pacific squadron, in giving an account of the Russian ships.of-war and forts in the north. EXTRAORDINARY COINCIDENCE.—The 21rd September, the day on which the Russians sunk their ships•of•war in the entrance to Sebastopol, is the first day of the Froth year, according to the Republican calendar, the first day of the Jewish year, and also the first day of the Mahomedan year. The commencement of the French year is concur- rent with the autumnal equinox ; the Jewish is a regular lunar year; and the Mahomedan consists of only 3b4 days 9 boars. This strange concurrence of the three new years' days has never happened before, and will, not be witnessed spin for thousands of years. ~~