Glasgow Courier. — 1853-04-05 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL 5.  Parliament re-assembled yesterday after the Easter recess. In the House of Commons the Chancellor of the Exchequer intimated, that on Monday, the 18th inst., he would make his financial statement, and Lord John Russell said he would move for the third reading of the Canada Reserves Bill on Monday next, and the third reading of the Jewish Disabilities Bill on the following Friday. Lord John Russell then submitted to the consideration of the House his measure for the extension and improvement of the education of the people of England. An abstract of the details will be found under the electric telegraph heading.  The royal mail steam-ship Africa arrived at Liverpool on Saturday, with dates from New-York up till the 23d ult. The President was still at Washington, and none of the foreign appointments bad been decided upon. Mr. Buchanan was talked of for England. The news is not of any importance. Such as it is it will be found • under the proper heading.  The Greta Britain steamer arrived in the Morsey on Saturday afternoon. She brings a very large mail, consisting of 19,500 letters, and upwards of 26,000 newspapers. Her news, however, has been anticipated. The Great Britain has brought 260 passengers, and gold dust of the value of £500,000 or £600,000 sterling on freight. A large amount of gold dust is, in addition, in the hands of the passengers, several of whom are in the possession of nuggets of larg6 sine and great value. Particulars will be found elsewhere.  The West Indian steam-packet La Plata arrived at Southampton on the morning of Saturday last. She left Jamaica on the 13th, and St. Thomas on the 20th of March. The House of Assembly of Jamaica had sanctioned the abolition of tonnage dues, with the exception of 3d per ton retained as a lighthouse tax. The island was healthy, but labour scarce. Yellow fever bad disappeared from St. Vincent, and was rapidly declining at Tobago. The Mexican news has been anticipated by previous arrivals at Liverpool, via New-York. On the 17th of last month General Santa Anna arrived at St. Thomas, in the Trent steamer, on his way to Vera Cruz.  The details of the intelligence brought by the overland mail have arrived, and will be found in the first page. They confirm the abstract of news which we formerly received from Burmah and China, and leave no reason to doubt that the Burmese, as a people, are anxious for peace. The king, however, is not dead, as was at one time reported, but only confined to his palace with a handful of troops, while his younger brother and the army are directing the public affairs. The unsuccessful affair at Donabew, in which those gallant officers Captain Loch and Lieut. Kennedy fell, is also noticed at some length, and from what is stated we gather that a former attempt against the robber chief Meer Toon, under Commander Lambert, having failed, Captain Loch determined to proceed to the spot himseß in the boats of the squadron, with a combined naval and military force of 700 men. That gallant and lamented officer was led into an ambuscade so skilfully contrived that his party was exposed to a destructive fire from a concealed enemy. Lieutenant Kennedy was killed On the spot, and his body left behind; but Captain Loch, who was mortally wounded, was removed to the boats, on board of which he died, and was afterwards interred at Rangoon. The casualties were 8 killed and 51 wounded. A very brilliant exploit by Captain Rennie, of the Indian navy, is also mentioned. It consisted in an attack on, and the defeat of, a camp of about 6,000 Burmese, by the crews of the Zenobia and Nemesis steam-ships, with very little loss on our side. Rangoon would appear to be reduced to a heap of ruins; and it is reported that Lord Dalhousie contemplates making Cape Negrais the seaport of the new province, instead of Rangoon. We have no doubt that peace has been concluded by this time, and the Pawn district ceded. The intelligence from the Punjaub is of a peacefal kind, but it would appear that Dhost Mohamed of Cabot has sustained a severe lon in the death of his Mirza Abool Khan, who was reputed to be the most skilful native diplomatist in Western Asia, and who was &devoted adherent of Persia and Russia. It was with that man's intrigues that the Affghan war began. -The accofints loin China are conflicting, but the impression In the East would seem to be that the 'insurgents were making headway against the imperial government. The Royal Commissioner Sett had committed suicide in despair, and Keahing, Sir H. Pottinger's old friend, had been recalled, and entrusted with the direction of military affairs.  The following account of the projected insurrection at Berlin, which was fixed for the 29th of last month, has been published in the Colonge Gazette:— In consequence of information which the police authorities had received,aboat 80 houses were surrounded and searched on Satarday last, and about 40 persons were immediately arrested. On the two following days a great number of arrests took place, and there are now not lees than 86 persona suspected of high treason in the prisons of Berlin. Some of the prisoners hare for a long time been suspected of revolutionary designs; such, for instance, are Dr. Falkenthal, late President of the Democratic Association, who was arrested together with his housekeeper; and Dr. Collmann ; Gehrke, a schoolmaster, who acquired some reputation in 1848; Julius Behrends, late Member of the National Assembly; Streckfass, a tobacconist; Levy, • merchant, late Chairman of the Labourers' Convention; K undo, cutler to the King; and Heisler, overseer in Hauschild's factory. A large quantity of congreve rockets and grenades was discovered under the floors of the working rooms over which Geisler presided. A hundredweight of gunpowder, • great many conical balls, and small rockets fit to be fired from muskets, were found in the house of Dr. Falkenthal. Weapons of all kinds, revolutionary pamphlets. Musi n i an proclamations, and letters disclosing the details of the conspiracy, have been found in the houses of some of the other prisoners. The police are still very active, and fresh discoveries are expected. MODE2ATOI Or NIXT GENERAL ANIEMIrLY.—It is understood that the Rev. Dr. Barr, of St. Enoch's, Glasgow, will be proposed as Moderator of the ensuing General Aseerably of the Church of Scotland.