Glasgow Courier. — 1863-05-07 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.  Southampton, May 2.—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamer Ripon has arrived here egith the above mails, 144 passengers, £640 in specie, and a general cargo, including raw silk to the value of £120,000. The Ripon left Gibraltar on the 26th ult. She experienced strong north-west winds and heavy head seas across the Bay of Biscay and in the Channel. The steamer Poonah left Gibraltar on the 25th ult. for the East. Accounts from Dar-el-Baida report the cessation of hostilities amongst the tribes. After some negotiations an arrangement was come to, and it was expected that the Medivona tribe would decamp from the neighbourhood of Dar-el-Baida. The reconciliation of the belligerents caused great rejoicings amongst the inhabitants of the town, and corn and water, of which there had been great scarcity, was again brought in in abundance.  Notices are published respecting the abolition of passports for Portugal and Lubeck. A Pesth journal announces that a young Hungarian lady has been appointed gouvernante to the Prince Impenal of Austria. _  A letter from Frankfort states that the Sing of Hanover has subscribed 1000 fimins towards the fund for purchasing Goethe's house. An Irishman, named Lane, recently a clerk in the Custom House at Halifax, has been elected chief of the Micmac tribe of Indims.  The Hungarians have collected a considerable sum of money for the Poles, a portion of which has been spent on linen, lint, and arms. . -  Severel French provincial journals say that a deputation of English artisans is about to make a tour in France to study French manufactures. The ladies of Hamm, in Westphalia, have just held a meeting, in which they voted the abolition of crinoline. The majority of the ladies who attended wore exceedingly ample dresses. The_Echo do Nord of Lille has received a warning for writing about the coming elections, and exciting to hatred and contempt of the Government by "attacking the authority and sincerity of universal suffrage." The population of Canada, according to the last census, was 2,506,755. The aggregate population of the following seven cities—viz., Quebec, Montreal, Kingston, Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, and London—was 245,316. The stars and bars have gone out of use by general consent as the Confederate flag, because of its too great resemblance to the Yankee concern. The crimson battle flag, with a St Andrew's cross of blue, is in general use in the Confederate armies.  The announcement we made last week of the morganatic marriage of King Victor Emmanuel with a lady whom he has raised to the dignity of Countess de Mire. fibres is confirmed by all the accounts received from Italy. —Court Journal. The Progres of Lyons says that spiritualism is becoming very prevalent in that town, and that many persons have been deprived of any little sense they possessed by giving themselves up to its hallucinations. One case of suicide has occurred.  -....--. . The Echo lionfieurms states that anew line of steamers is expected to be established to run between Honfleur and London. One of the motives for the new line is the extensive Wade carried on between that port and England, and partiadarly in eggs,