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ber, and Marmion, Captain Edwards (late of the

which left tF
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city on the 4th and sth respectively.
tips, the latter of which has thus suc-
cessfully completed her first trip across the Atlantic, sailed
in company during the last five days, and entered the Mer
sev within

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'Mention to accompany the British army to Lahore!
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The celebrated navigator, Otto de Kotzebue, son of the
dramatic writer, died at Revel, on the 15th ult., aged
fifty-eight. lie had been three times round the world,
making several important discoveries; but iii 1839 retired
from service, and died in his family circle at Kan, i❑
Est honia.

RELIGIOUS TOLERATION IN CHlNA.—Keying, the
imperial commissioner, has just issued an order, by com-
mand of the Emperor, which decrees toleration to all
Christian sects, in China, not merely as regards foreigners,
but regaining native Chinese also. The latter may now

attend the Protestant or Popish chapels, without let or
hindrance upon the part of the government.
The government steamer Virago, on board of which the
Indian mail had been placed in consequence of the non-
arrival of the Oriental at Alexandria when the mail came
to hand, and for the safety of which considerable appre-
hensions bad been entertained, owing to the delay in the
arrival at Malta, has at length reached that island ; and it
appears that she had been impeded by some accident to
her machinery.
THE FAMINE IN ANATOLIA. Extract Of a letter
dated " Smyrna. March 7, 1846.—An extraordinary
thing has happened here—manna, or a glutinous sub-
stance of which they make bread, has fallen in immense
quantities in a large district of Anatolia, where the peo-
ple were starving previously. 1 will endeavour to send
you a sample ; it is selling publicly in this !district at
about 17s. per quarter.
SPAIN.—The Mirallores ministry resigned on the 16th,
after the meeting of the Cortes. The Queen sent for
them to dissolve the Cortes immediately. This 'they de-
clined to do, but tendered their resigna•ions, which were
accepted. In the new Administration Narvaez is Presi-
dent of the Council and Minister at War ' • M. d'Egana,
Minister of Justice ; Burgas, Minister of the Interior ;
Orlando, Minister of Finance; and Pezuela, brother-in-
law of the Marquis of Viluma, and an ultra-monarchist,
Minister of Marine. The first acts of the new cabinet are
ominous. By the unanimous advice of its members (an
address has been published to which their names are at-
tached) two royal decrees have been issued, the one sus-
pending the Cortes, and the other the liberty of the press.