The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-24

The Consfitl zionale, of Florence, states that
correspondence between Lord Palmerston and the
Tuscan ministry, the claims made by British
subjects TO be indemnied for losses suffered during
the revolutionary proceedings at Leghorn, has
been brought 10 an amicable Issue.
The Tuscan minister .'proposed 70 submit the
difference to the arbitration or mediation OF any
power Lord Pamerston might be pleased 70 select,
and he left blank for his lordship to fill up Lord
Palmerson accepted the offer, and agreed to leave
the solution of the controverted question TO the Sar
dinian government The matter thus rests"
Germany.
The Erfurt Parliament proceeds in lis self organ
| izaton. Auerswald has been elected President of
| the Staatenhaus, and Simson President OF the
| Volkshaus. The former chamber has resolved
unanimously TO vote for adopting the constitution
the goth May as it stands Tor the present reserv
| ing its revision for future day IL ADJOURNED on
| the 23d, until after Easter.
| A communication from the verwaltungsrath
| administrative Council) was expected by the
| Volkshaus the Goth inst.
| The King of Wurtemberg's speech from the
throne, on the 18th instant, has produced an angry
| rupture with Prussia Baron Hugei, the Wurtem-
| berg Ambassador at Berlin, received Prussian
| note on the ED, expressing "astonishlnent and
the "profoundest indignation" at the King OF Wur-
temburg's language to his States; declaring that
Prussia "does not think it compatible with its Dig
| nifty to continue its diplomatic relations with
government which has not scrupled to place itself
| in such POSITION and informing Baron Hugel
| that the Prussian Ambassador at the Wurtemburg
court "has consequently, by the express order OF
| his majesty the king, been instructed 10 leave
Stuttgart, with all the members OF his embassy"
Baron Hugel Immediately asked Tor his own pass
| ports.
| commercial letter from Copenhagen of the 26th
ultmo states, that notice had been placarded in
| the commercial hall, stating that dispatches had
arrived from Berlin to the effect that the negotia
| tons for peace proceeding satisfactorily Ac-
| cording 10 official document published by the
uOv
caused loss of 30 900 900 thaers to Prussian
commerce.
GRYAr NAVAL WoRK--In the month of Febru-
ary last the great naval basin at Sebastopol was
completed and the largest ships ofwar in the Rus
sian navy can be locked with the greatest ease
at that port. Some idea may be formed OF the mag
ntude of the works when ii is stated that the basin
covers an extent of ten acres of ground, and has
dry docks, three on one side and TOUR on the
other The water in the basin is thirty feet above
the level of the Black sea, and the vessels are taken
into it by means of three locks the iron gates OF
which were made by Messrs. George and Sir John
Rennie and are sixty four feet broad the breadth
of the locks, being twenty eight feet deep large
| reservoir has been constructed at some distance
from the basin, and the former is constantly sup
| piled with water, by allowing river to enter 1t;
while the quantity OF water in the basin Is regulated
by sluices from the reservoir. Each of the dry
| docks has a sluice, which can be opened and the
water emptied out in very limited period, without
| the trouble of pumping, the plan adopted at the
| docks adjoining basins in this country when il is
| found requisite to empty them at high water The
Emperor of Russia is reported TO have about fifty
ships war at present at Sebasopo, and has re-
Gently received the best description of machinery
for making blocks and other purposes.
| Greece.
| We have advices from Athens to the Goth ultimo.
The manner in which the car has taken up the
Greek question has it is said, surrounded the mis-
sion of Baron Gros with fresh difficulties. The
liquidation Of the pecuniary claims of England is
considered impossibty, for Greece is described
as unable to pay farthing in the pound; and MIR.
| Wyse, acting upon instructions from home, has
refused to look upon the affair of debtor and
/ creditor, and has demanded satisfaction for the
outraged honor of England The Greek govern
| ment are represented as willing to concede much,
| but as determined to object to the principle on
which the claim is founded. Their view is, that the
| demands of M. Pacifco and Mr.. Finley should
/ have been decided in the Greek courts. In what
way this unfortunate question may be settled,
il certain that Greece will suffer terribly; Tor
her commerce is at standsiill, her revenue has
declined, and most severe winter has visited her.
| The English government has apparently formed
determination to make its debtors, in all parts of
the world, promptlyliquidate it's claims upon them.
| In addition to the demands upon Greece and Tus-
cany, we learn, by the last advices from Lisbon,
dated the 29h ul, that the greatest CONSERVATION
had prevailed in that city on account OF some OF
| the English ships having taken up most suspicious
positions of the town, the general belief being that
\ some demand was going TO be made. Again, we
| are told in the latest news from the West Indies
| that the British admiral al La Guayra had given
notice that, If certain claims Of English merchants
were not complied with, he would lombard the
\ port.
| The overland mail, bringing dates from Bombay
10 the ID of March, and from Calcutta 10 the Doth
of February, arrived in the beginning of the week.
An uneasy feeling continues to prevail in the Pun
jaub, owing TO impression that the Sikhs, dis
comfted in the field, are resorting 10 system OF
private assassination On the ID Of February about
900 men, of the Areede tribes, attacked the camp
Of party Of sappcrs employed in making road
through the hills between Pcshawur and Kohat,
killed twelve men, wounded six, and plundered
the camp. To "avenge this massacre" strong
force marched out from Pcshawur on the 9Th, hav-
| ing with them Sir G. Napier; they burned six Of
the villages Of the offenders, and destroyed num-
| Der of men. The Rajah Of Sikhim has been pun.
ished by the withdrawal Of his pension Of Coco, and
the annexation Of his possessions this side Of the
Great Runjeet river, yielding El sos year.
The supreme government OF India has at length
resolved to aid in removing the deplorablc state Of
ignorance in which the people under its immediate
they will do by assisting in the formation aud sup
port of a school in each village. The master Of
each village school is to receive from ten TO twenty
rupees (Ei TO E2l per month, besides such fees
as he may collect from the scholars; native visi
ter with salary Of from twenty 20 forty rupees
month, Is to visit periodically the village schools in
each pergunnahi in each collectorate, vsiter, on
a salary OF 100 TO 900 rupees per month. is TO take
charge of the schools In all the pcrgunnshs Of such
coectorate, and he Is 10 be allowed 10 dispose Of
500 rupees annually in prizes. visitor general
superintend the whole system, and TO furnish an
annual report to the government on the state Of
education in the districts under his charge. AT
present. the court has only sanctioned the ntroduc
ton Of this system into eight districts but, II IL
succeeds IL IL 10 be extended 10 the other provinces
We rejoice TO learn that the government Is at last
disposed TO do something for extending its domin-
ion, In legitimate manner, the minds Of the
people Of India instead Of expanding its treasure IN
the extension Of lis territory