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The impression these despatches
that, although as long as Lord

xi in office, the French Government ab-
direct pursuit of an object incompatible
`tending of the two countries, yet, on

Liau eutulge ()I government in the beginning of last July,
M. Guizot was ready, if not eager, to convert the vaguest
suspicion of a tendency in Lord Palmerston to favour the
Coburg prince into a pretext for the direct demand of the
hand of the Infanta or even the Queen for the Duke of
Lord Palmerston. on the MI.,

pears to have been equally unprepared either to promotE
the cause of that prince.

to whom France was most
or to resist the pretensions of France iu
a of +i... He., . ..

The Austrian Government has just decided on esta-
blishing a line of telegraphs from Vienna to Trieste, a dis-
tance of rather more than 120 English miles.

THE CHOLERA

News has been received from Persia

Luau tine cnolera was still raging and sweeping on
sands. The deaths had greatly exceeded the worst year
of the plague. More than 100,000 have been destroyed.

by the roads which the caravans travel.
The coloured citizens of Cincinnatti held a public meet-
ing on the 2nd ultimo, and passed resolutions eulogistic
of the late Thomas Clarkson, and regretting his death.
They also resolved to wear mourning for thirty days, and
recommended pastors of their churches to deliver dis-
courses appropriate to the occasion.

OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE JEWS AT
JERUSALEM.—In the correspondence of the current num-
ber of the Jewish Intelligeneer, we find the following
' The Jews at Jerusalem are greatly alarmed
s of Christianity, which is secretly spread-
ing amongst them, almost from house to house ; they
therefore use all the means in their power to stop it. Se-
cret tribunals are formed, whose business it is to search
after those who read Christian books, or who visit our
houses. Not satisfied with that, they have recently issued
two excommunications against the missionaries, against
the hospital, and against all who are in connection
with us."

PROGRE

statement :-
at the progr

The feature of the colonial news is a military move in
the south of New Zealand. The scene of action was the
bush in the neighbourhood of the Hutt River, and its ob-
ject the capture of the rebel chief Rangiheata. The expe •
dition deserves to be called a successful one, the chief hav-
ing dodged his pursuers from one log-fort to another, till
his knot of followers was dispersed, and himself driven
• •

the scent, and the troop; ret
Cape of Good Hope pal

s announce the opening of a

vein of copper at the Orange Ri
THE CROPS IN CANADA.—
Toronto, December 12. 1846 :

r dated

has been very

dull this fall, partly owing to the very great quantity of
rain, which has rendered the hack roads almost impassable,
and partly owing to the low prices the merchants and
millers have been giving for produce, which has made all
who could hold, in hopes of better prices in the spring.
The finest wheat is only from 2s. 9d. to 3s. a bushel of
601 b. weight, and good spring wheat is selling in London
for 2s. 2d. ; IndiMi corn I saw offered for ls. 6d. per 601 b. •
pork is selling at from 10s. to 12s. per 1001 b. ; and I a'
told very good beef was offered for 4s. per 100 lb. t"
other day in Hamilton Market ; fine turke-

,f 1 to Montreal

all ; but much of it v

Ts are fr

, and I suppose shipped th
stock held over from la

Ipring, when the prices were so low that no one wont
;ell who could by any means hold."

I R E

L A ND.

The Cork Examiner mentions the total

V 20,000 for the spiritual e

!st number which it has contained for man

)ek company is about to come before ti

i promotion of the fisheries of Ireland
00,000, in £lO shares ; deposit, ls. per

£ll9 9s

me trom the island of Arran, where

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f Ulster is p,

been lost during the last
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