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dued many districts, of which the principal are Berda,
Moratshka, Kutshi, Bielopavlovitz, ate., has so far ad-
vanced that at present he is encamped a distance of
four hours from Cettinge, the capital of Montenegro. In
order to avoid as much as possible the spilling of blood,
Omer Paella has summoned the rebels to surrender, and
granted them eight days. We have as yet no intelligence
as to the result of General Leiningen's mission."

PRUSSIA.—The commercial negotiations with the
cabinet of Vienna are at length terminated. The Austrian
ambassador only awaits the authorization of his govern-
ment to sign the treaty which is concluded, for twelve
years, with dispositions very favourable to freedom of

commerce.
SPAlN.—Accounts from Madrid, of the 6th instant,
state that the elections were proceeding favourably for the
government, and that the government candidates had
gained a very great majority in all the electoral districts
of Madrid.
INDIA.—By the Overland Mail, via Marseilles, we
have advices from Bombay to the 13th, Madras to the
10th, and Calcutta to the sth ult.
The principal intelligence is the formal annexation of
Pegu, which is announced in a proclamation.
The Bombay Times says " the proclamation itself is
curt, clear, and judicious ; it abstains from all details, and
concludes with an intimation that if the King of Ava
shall fail to renew his former relation of friendship with
the British Government, and if he shall recklessly seek to
dispui,e its quiet possession of the province it has now
declared to be its own, the Governor-General in Council
will again put forth the power he holds, and will visit with
full retribution aggressions which, if they be persisted in,
must of necessity lead to the total subversion of the Bur-
man State, and to the ruin and exile of the King and his
race."

The Burmese, however, make no sign of acceding to
this proposition, and an advance on Ave was considered
inevitable.
The advance will probably take place as soon as the ne-
cessary means of transport have been collected.
There is no other news of importance.
The money-market was easy.
Exchange—Calcutta, 2s. ld., and tending to a rise.
From Canton we learn that 120 rebels were hanged
during the month of November.

AUSTRALIA.—It is stated that the Bishop of Mel-
bourne has applied for a loan of £5,000 or £6,000 to pur-
chase and import into his diocese a number of iron
churches, to be set up at the diggings and elsewhere. His
lordship is spoken of as going about preaching to the dig-
gers, using the stump of a tree for his pulpit ; but with-
out any distinguishing mark of his office, or, as one writer
says, to distinguish him from a Ranter preacher.
The following pleasing trait is related in the Melbourne
Church of England Messenger, for October :—" A few
weeks since a gentleman called upon the bishop, and
stated that he had just sold some land, which, in conse-
quence of the change in the circumstances of the colony,
had realised a very much larger sum than he expected to
obtain for it. He wished, therefore, to appropriate a
tenth part of the proceeds, amounting to £5OO, as an
offering to the Lord for the benefit of the Church."