The New York herald., 1845-04-17

4 intht- Inc Cor es Old nofmeet, anuGne boizh wd
NOT opened on that day owing 10 the religious cere
MONIES OF Holy Week Concha, Captain Genera
| Of TIE Basque Provinces, had just arrived al Ma
| trid, where M. Pascual Madoz and M. Coriiai
were shortly expected. Accornire 10 an omcia
statement IN the Gaceta, l03. .26l 4iS reals werif
| OF three per cent titles have been issued betweeI
the 1T aud l5h OF March, IN virtue OF the CONVEX
| sion I. various claims on The state.
Portugal.
The province Of Mimic has been the scene o
some disturbances, III const quence ot new impos
upon vine, which the tax-galhcrers arbitrarily
levied The people Put the government officials te
flight, who returned with an escort ot thirty in
iantry. The people now assembled in great mum
bers and drove the soldiers to a neighborlne
height. from which they were .dislodged and
obliged to retire; The next military force ap
peared defeated the insurgents and restored order
Some lives were lost. The affair had given con-
siderable uneasiness to the Government.
| I Switzerland.
| The Extraordinary Diet having referred the
Amnesty to the Committees, the Commissioners
| had disagreed respecting the competency OF the
Diet 10 decree the exclusion OF the Jesuits. The
\ majority, consisting ct Mess:s Neohaus, MuLzI.
ger, Kern and Drucy, maintained that competency
aud cited in support OF their opinion the first and
| eighth articles Of the federal compact. Messrs
| Frey and Monson construed those articles In a
different manner; and M. N1ff, who admitted the
right vested in the Dietb the Constitution, thought
that under existing circumstances there appeared
no sufficient grounds TO JUSTIFY the expulsion OF that
religious order from all the cantons in which 1t was
settled; and that as regarded Lucerne, it wEs in
cumbent on the Assembly to endeavor to preven,
| the admission OF the Jesuits by amicable means
The solution OF the two other questions gave rise
to no difference OF opinion. The majority OF the
Committee had submitted number OF propositions
to the Diet, amongst others forbIddng the State o
Lucerne to admit the Jesults, and recommending
thar State TO grant an amnesty Tor all oifences
committed on ihe Hn OF October, Iolt "a I'm, .ne
the adoption Of ulterior measures. L remains to
be seen whether these propositions will receive the
| appreciation Of the Diet.
come to hand.
The Helvetic Diet held its last meeting on the
10th. Several deputies who had not voted on the
preceding day gave in their adhesion to the proPo-
stlons OF the committee respecting the suppression
OF the free corps. which, having been adopted by
Is and two hali-states, became law OF the con.
federation. They were-Lucerne, Urn, Schweitz,
Gall, Grsons, Thurgovia, Ticino, Velais, Geneva,
and Zurich. The deputy of Arsua entered writ
ten protest against the decision Of the assembly
"not wishing" he said, "0 assume any part OF the
responsibility incurred by the vorort, who he re-
gretted, had taken no measure calculated to allay
the irritation that pervaded the country" The
President. M. Mousson. afterwards informed the
Diet that the Charge d'AffaiIes Of Austria P5esen.
Metternich, which he had not had time to lay be-
fore the Deputies, but which he would shortly COM
nunicate to all the Cantonal Governments. He
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Diet in the following terms =.
Sour deliberations areterminated. Some OF you
will retire dissatisfied. similar disposition Will
| manifest itself among portion OF the Swiss
rious for you to exert yourselves to maintain public
order and tranquility and not allow the interests
i OF the commonwealth to be sacrificed to party
spirit. l must remind Lucerne that it depends
| upon its Government not to increase the existing
irritation, and to effect reconciliation by making
a sacrifice TO the country. May Switzerland be
ready to provide against events, and strong enough
to uphold her honor and liberty under every CIR
cumstance. She would repent too late, if her au-
thority and power were abandoned to the mercy
OF party lntereets."
India and China.
half-n onthly Overland Mail, which arrived in
London Friday the 2lst ultimo. brings lntelli-
gence from Calcutta to the 8tn Of February. The
most striking thing in it is kind OF rumor founded
on iacts. The military men of the Bengal Presi-
dency division remark the number OF troops re-
but by order Of the Supreme Government Similar
removals, as may be collected from casual and Oc
casional orders for bullocks and other incidental
to march, have taken place in the other divisions
the destination of all these troops is the Northwest
Provinces I, may be thence Inferred thst the state
of the Punaub gives some disquiet to the govern.
ment. These movements are the more remarkable,
as the usual time for marching large numbers oi
troops is past; and the force cannot be concen-
| trated before the commencement OF the hot sea
l SOD, Wnlcn Is not usually the pcIlOu IOI dCIOu
| vsThere is nothing new from Scinde, the Punjaub
| Kholapore, or Sawunt Waree. Nepaul, 80 lately
the scene OF revolt seems tranquil, for Prince Wal
/ demar was travelling through 1t with an escor
provided by its ruler.
According to reports received via Lahore, AT
| ghanis an, which has recently suffered SO much
from the plague, Is now visited by famine. Dosi
| Mahomed had been set upon, when out r1olng, by
ly but did not succeed in their attempt uron his
lite Akhbar Khan is said 10 be busily occupied
I in repairing the Notifications OF Jelalabad, and
still keeps the Sikhs in fear for Peshawur. Com
mercIal affairs OF Calcutta were duller than ever.
Theatricals, DO.
Miss CUsHMAN lady appears TO grow in
\ pub!lc favor; though her appearance before the
public has been rather more limited than 1t haC
been previous to the sailing of the Cambria. This
was much owing to the production of new pageant
nv pieces at Easter. She Ia announced to play witt
Macready, who is engaged to appear for certail
number Of nights al the Princesss Theatre, at tht
termination Of Mr. Forests performances. After
which it is expected that she will Join Mr.: Mac
ready, if he succeeds in obtaining Covent Garden
on anything like favorable terms.
MR. FoRRRsT.-This gentleman has been some.
what more successful since the sailing Of the pre-.
v.ous packet On the 26h ut. he appeared at the
Princess's Theatre, as "Metamora," of which the
London Times says:-
n BY those who, from their own experience, are
qualified to Judge whether Mr.. Forests Metamo-
rails correct delineation of Indian character, il
Is pronounced most accurate, and, without such
traits which we perceive to be truthful by sort Of
instinct, though we have not seen the original
There is the heavy, slow, monotonous, yet not
| dignified stubborness through which ferocity
! breaks, as fire from smouldering heap of cin-
ders-a state that leaves the beholder uncertain
whether it be torpor or an Intentional compression
of violent passions. There is the awkward blunt
laugh when it defes. And there is the awful
sense of right that rises from behind these peculi-
arites, and makes the Indian respected as one who
is wrenged man. The solemnity with which
was most impressive; there was an irresistible
| force in the authority with which he awed down
the unfortunate red skin who appeared as inforneI
against him before the Puritan CouBci-the
iorcible the prayer in which he suppicated 70,
vengeance on his foes, with all the intensity q
hate. The dull, awkward department which even
petrifes the figurative language that flows lazly
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