The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-02

IsIsgraphed to the Philadelphia North American.l
HALIFAX TELEeR EN- OrYlcs.
Tuesday evening, April 20.
England.

England.
II 10 stated that the Parliamentary committee Of
lean mail steamers call at Holyhead for the pur-
pose OF receiving and landing mails. fs
The schism in the established church 10 widen
ing The Bishop Of Exeter proposes tho converting
the bottom Of the difficulty.
The great exhibition is to be opened by her ma
jcsty in state on the lst of May but the public
70 be excluded until the ceremony is over, when
those holding tickets will be admitted. There will
De 80 ooo troops within five miles of Hyde Park on
Albert for voyage to the Arctic, in search Of the
missing expedition.
Lord Londonderry has made very praiscworthy
efforts to prevail ON tho President Of France to
II is understood that the steamer Great Britain.
when her Gtings completed, will be entered for
the New York trade.
Wheat is still lower in the agricultural districts
Raw silk has receded in price.
The Assembly has granted two hundred thou
sand francs TO celebrate the anniversary Of the
public. The press favorable to the ministry urges
the presentation Of petitions for revision of the
The President bad changed many of the judicial
functionaries in the departments, At the munich
pal elections recently held in ChattA Roux Indre
and the Aubc, the conservatives gained signal tri
umphs. bill il in preparation by the ministry
for general credit Of eighty millions, divided
twenty years, for the repairs Of all religious mon
uments and edifces.
Prussia.
The Berlin MinisteriaI states that, besides Eng.
land and France, Russia too has demonstrated
against the Austrian annexation scheme; Russia
has likewise desired that all tho German States
should acccde to the Frankfort Diet Rumors Of q
ministerial crisis are rife.
Austria.
II lie stated that the Austrian government IL in
clined to accede to the Frankfort Diet, Prince
Srkxt. ,tx,r~
the Dresden Conference. There IL = deficit in tho
finances for the year OF II ,l6l ,625 forms. Tho
Emperor had granted an amnesty 70 seven politi.
cal prisoners. Tho government demands from
Sardinia passage for its troops in case Of rupture
The Austrian ambassador has received the assu-
rance of the Porte that Kossuth, Bathyani, Mes-
tayeh. Tho other fugitives, some sixty, will be
liberated. A4
BosNA.--The latest accounts from Bosnia arc
that the r ret. were retreating towards vehsee.
for renewed efforts 1t is positively stated that the
Russians will evacuato the Danuban principalities
on the 27th
India and China.
India remains Tranquil A skirmish had taken
place at Burrow on the Mountain, near the Kohat,
between some robber hordes and Punjaub regi-
ment, in which the former were defeated and
driven back. A conspiracy had been discovered in
Jaugbahadbor. The conspirators were his own
father and brother. The general il a favorite of
the army, whom the conspirators endeavored to
gain over fs4 YRS
From China the accounts state that the murder
ers of Decasta had been taken. Four piratcsl
junks had been captured.
Exports heavy. The crop Of cotton 10 good and
| clean.
From tho Cape OF Good Hope.
Accounts from the Cape represent matters in q
very unsatisfactory state. The British forces had
obtained some victories the Kafirs, with hard
lighting. Fort Armstrong was reoaptured. "The
Somerset, commander, "was to separate the wo-
men and children, and save them from destruc-
ton before we could storm the place"
The men in the tower would not surrender, but
kept firing upon out of the port holes, and
could not take it. Twas obliged to blow il up with
shells; they fought desperately in the fort after it
was stormed. We killed twenty, seven Kafiirs and
Hottentots in the fort, and nine in the tower. The
Burghers had desperate fight before came up;
three mon killed, fourteen wounded. They had to
contend against thousands. and fought most brave
ly. had four men dangerously wounded and
four horses killed. Sergeant Pitt was badly shot
through tho leg; also Daily and TIVE native soldiers
have upwards of one hundred and sixty prisoners,
seventy 10 eighty stand of arms, four hundred
women and children. ! have destroyed the fort
and all its contents. The missionary settlcmentat
Shelon had been burnt down by tho Insurgents"
Latest Intelligence by Electric Telegraph.
We are indebted to the purser of the steamer for
the following telegraphic despatch:
France.
LONDON, April l5-The Dfonits,~ publishes a
decree convoking the Consul General Of Vau-
cleur for the 9th of May, to deliberate the ex-
pediency ofadmitting matter free of duty for ex-
port.
The same journal publishes the law granting the
sum of five millions nine hundred and ninety nine
thousand francs for the works at Cherbourg Tho
Charavari was seized on Thursday for Carl
cature insulting to the President and Mnst ter
Paris Bourse. April 18th, 5s 90 %, IS, 81 TO- The
Globe correspondent reports fall in the funds, and
a continued depression was expected, for the peo
pie were beginning to feel anxious and alarmed 40
to the future. .
Prussia.
BERLIN, April l6.--The Upper Chamber has re-
jected the Ministerial bill.
FATAL REsBTANCE TO LAw.-John Cousins,
who claimed house and farm in Monroe, near
Belfast, Maine, was shot dead last week while
sisting Deputy Sheriff Cunningham to serve an