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ITEMS OF FOREIGN NEWS.

| GuS ~ EOASGION IN WE.
The Grenadier Guards were to EN-.
bark Oh the 10th April for Canada.-
When the complement is complete there
will be 10000 British troops in Canada.
The army in England is being increased.
Lord Dalhousie, late Governor Gen.
eral of the Canaaas, is dead
The Queen has conferred the e.1.-
of Knightho upon Colonel McNabb.
Professor Wilson. the Christopher
North Of Blackwood's Magazine, is said
to be on the point Of visiting this coun,
try. He is an able writer, and will
meet cordial reception among the litera.
ii Of the New World.
NoRTHEAsTERN BoUNpARy,-An Off
cial despatch from count Palmerston 10
the British Minister at Washington,
dated the 10Th November last, on the
subject OF the Northern Boundary, has
been printed for the use Of Parliament.
and it is now published. II is as con-
ciliatory in its tone as can be desired,
and probably led to the late PROPOSE
ton of the President to the State of
Maine, that conventional line of divi.
sion should be adopted.
Steam to the East Indies.-The Semi.
ramis steam ship now on the voyage to
Bombay, arrived at st. Helena on the
9th of January. She arrived at Ten
eriffe, the first hating place, in nine DAYS
and nine hours. from the Lands end; vas
fourteen days and eleven hours from
thence to st. Vincent's and thirteen DAYS
fourteen hours from st. Vircent's to St.
Helena.
sPA1N.-The civil war still RACES in
Spain, and almost every Province is
suffering from its raveges.
The latest advices from San Sebastian
are Of the 9th uit. The remaining
remnant Of the British Auxiliary Legion
have been incorporated in a Brigade
and muster about 400 strong, including
officers.
A letter from Saragossa, of the 57th
March, says-"The letters from Acla-
nez and Calanda by to days mail am
neunce that Cabrera's faction was beaten
on the 2lst by the column of Borso and
Amor. and that its loss in killed, ,woun.
ded, end prisoners. was nearly 1000
1nShS "ho 'hoI the CBsSi L OICaueu was
among the latter. The prisoners of the
insurgents. captured on the 9th, go to-
morrow to Belchiie, where they will be
exchanged.
The Phare de BGyonne, in its corress
pondeRce from Navarro, mentions that
in order to raise the spirits of the peo-
pie Of the Basque provinces, the Carlists
have spraea the report that the 'miracu-
lous bird, is on its way, and has reached
Puen:e la Reyne. This bird, accor-
ding to ancient tradition, comes at long
intervals and rests on hermitage near
Estella, being always sent by God as
the herald Of some fortunate event for
the country. It is hence inferred that
the war will be brought to an end this
spring. The strstagem has, it is said,
had lis fullest effect, and the people
have become more enthusiastic than ev-
er In the Cariist cause.
RussIA.-The preparations for the ap-
preaching campaign against the Circassians
are becoming more and more important
Admiral Hrouchof, considered as enc oil the
mos. able officers CT the Russian Navy, has
lately been appointed 10 the command of ihs
deet in the Black Sea, with orders 10 main
tain The block AIDE Of The coasts Of Absscia-
| Upwards OF 10000 men are assembled at
Sebaslopol 10 be embarked for Anapia. lt
is asserted that in case Marshal Paskew itch
refuses 10 take command of the army of the
Caucasus, j, will be offered 10 General Rott,
an AIsacian by birth, who entered the Russ
sian service on The emigration oil The French
royalists.