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since insult had been committed and that II VIII EN-
ergeay reject the insulting proposition relative to Cuba

since no insult had been committed and that II viii EN-
ergecly reject the insulting proposition relative TO Cuba
s ss PORTUGAL,
The accounts from Lisbon are favorable regards the
epidemic The families that hal quitted he
capital returning having longer any lear oil
the disease. There cases OF lever eioi'eu
and all traces of that dreadful maady had entirely as
appeared The capital is therefore, restored to It's former
healthy state business Is resumed usual and clean
bills of health now given.
The Russian war steamers Bounivoi OF eleven guns,
Capt Jane Wink Dobrorolsky, and Vepre, of ten guns
Capt Wink left Cadiz for the Mediterranean the 23d
M NAPLES. lgaE
The city of Naples has been rocked by earthquakes
from the It'll Of December to January I'd the latest date
Two or three times week Theory OF "Ieiremuoto =
the earthquake reused the inhabitants who rushed
into the in frantic terror bvousckg until morn
ing No lives had been lost In the city, but in the PROV
nces there hal been great destruction OF lite and prop
erty Castelsano nearly levelled with the ground
and persons killed. in Poa 800 dead bodies had
been taken from the ruins and II IL estimated that the
total number OF victims will he upwards OF three thou
sand The survivors encamped in the open country
many them dependent the government for means OF
existence.
Reschid Pacha, Grand vizier OF Turkey, de, Of apo
plexy ON the 9Th The London Times says that in his
death Turkey lost able administrator one who was
capable of repreving her finances, extending her com
met deal with the rival pretensions of European
ers, f.
The telegraph has brought important news to London
The dates Cawnpore down to the 7th of Decem
ber and bring information that the gallant Gen. Have
lock died on the 25th OF November from dysentefy,
brought on by exposure.
Information was brought by the preceding mail that the
Gwalior rebels 5000 5000 strong, who had gone to
Cawnpore while the commander n-chie was occupied in
rescuing the Lucknow garrison afterwards turned back
not caring apparently to attack the place and retired
upon Calpee. Gen. Windham, with his division, was
represented having followed them and there the news
by the last mail brokeo The telegram which brings later
gives the following dings Of fearful route and
havoc son the 9th November affair took place
Cawnpore between Gen Windham's division and the
Gwalior mutinees in which the British troops retreaed
with the total loss of the tents of the sixty fourth, the
eighty second and eghtyeghth regiments three thous
and in number which entirely burned by the enc
my The sixty fourth regiment is reported as nearly cut
up
This disaster was avenged by the commandern chief
few DAYS afterwards The exact date is not given, but
Sir Colin Campbell met the Gwalior mutineers near
Cawnpore. time between the 9th November and
It'll December and totally defeated hem taking sixteen
guns twenty carriages OF different Sorts an Immense
quantity Of ammunition stores grain, buocks, and the
whole baggage of their force The British loss was In
significant One officer only killed, viz: Lieut. Sal
mon. aa.a
The London Gazette in reviewing the above news
says The Gwaor contingent is known to have been
the most formidable body of troops in arms against the
British government in India. 1t disciplined, effect
i've force of 900 men, complete in organization and de-
tails The blow which has been struck by Sir Colin
Campbell has probably scattered this formidable force
which the insurgents of Central India chiefly relied The
commander chief will now be enabled operate against
the Dude insurgents, of whom he will doubtless give as
good an account he has of the Gwalior mutineers
Another feature in the Indian is the pleasing
statement that all the and children and sick Of
the Lucknow garrison had arrived safely at Allahabad
Six regiments and artillery had reached Calcutta
since the date of the last mail
The news from China is meagre. The attack on Can
ton had not taken place but it expected soon The
United States gate Minnesota attracted much attention
at Hong Kong.
It is no longer doubtful that instructions have been
sent to Admiral Riganlt at Macao to stop further pro-
cecdngs in China and to direct his forces to the coast Of
Cochin China where he is to take possession OF the port
of Turan For this purpose reinforcement of 500 in
nty troops has been despatched from Tonlon board
the Girondc and second reinforcement is soon to fol-
low The stcam-avso Iaplace and the gunboat Alarm
have left for the same destination.
WEST COAST AFRICA flf0.
Intelligence has been received in England from Liberia
to December 18th Sierra Leone goth Bathurst, Esd;
Gorec Gath Teneriffe, 2sth and Madeira, 30th. The
coast is healthy Governor Iynslager has returned to
Fernando Po where intelligence had arrived of the loss
Rabba of the Dayspng, engaged in exploring the
Niger Trade is very quiet at the Cameroons. The
hbiton of the arts manufactures and products of the
republic at Monrova the l4t, 18th, and 10th of De-
cember passed off most satisfactorily The United States
frigate Powlatan at Madeira on the 3Oth