Calm-Panm."i‘hsrshg.

X it fires. 'istsd l

s ht.ths National Council has ado

N3 of fie Federal Government. wi

:0? Ce Oommimicn. by 01 votes mint 4. Ibstalasdflom voting. The Coll of the

I been imned reminding the tlf that February it is the 0

secs . miral who is to commend the s the Chinese seas received utmost to be ready to embark at Brest on The ecnsul-general. whojis on leave in

to prepare to return to his

journals of St. Petersburg state nder has definitively approved of tal.w ic waspre-

nee. works are to be a manner tbatths city will be protected and land sides. preparatory works

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8oani.—General Blaser. the only ex-minister of 1854 who had remained in exile. was about to return to Died- ln addition to Valencia. a state of siege exists in ransde. (htalouia. and part of A .

Toansr —A letter from Belgrade, in the Lloyd of Pesth, shtes that th Turkish Government has just sent ther}

as

t on -lbur I. 30. and 48-pnunders. formin part c e 1 siege Jleees bought of lngland. and w ich were deposited at arna Bil atria has received "0 of them.

including eight Pexihans. and as many Innmster guns. The fortress of Belgrade has been completely armed. and is about to undergo a siege. Pnossia.—ln the Prussian Chamber of Deputies, on Monday lapt. the Minister of Finance proposed certain measures to augment the revenues of the state. One of \ general honee tax. which in towns will be at the rate of per cant. open the rent in the case of dwell- ing houses. and 2; per cent. in the case of shops, work- . shops. and factories. in the rural districts the tax will _ ccordin to a scale of twenty difierent degrees, in the least of which it is fixed at 10 silver roschen. and in the highest at 25 tbalers for the house. he government also proposes to augment the land tax ' eel

in certain cases. to increase the t tax. and to subject all

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joint-stock companies and partnerships en cornrnondite to a tax of 2 r cent. upon t e fits or dividends. A tax on patsotsli: likewise pro .

Cnuii.-—The China mail of Bong Ken . of Nov. 20. which contains intelligence from Canton our days later than that brought by the last mail. says :-e-“ The rinci- ple incident during the week has been the proceed rigs of the n uadron. consequent upon the unjusti- khle n of naval oficsrs civilians. b the bravos occupying the barrier forts. and which is li ely to involve the Americans, much against their will, in a quarrel with the Chinese.

Ausrnaua. —-The overland mail brings intelli nee from Melbourne to the Nth of October. Contin w..t weather had interfe with business. but improved ml. and lowered prices of such neceamry articles of

as fiuur and pomtoss. were leadin to increased con- sQ£t.ien. and the tendency was to h’ r rates than for t two months. Ballarat gold is quoted 77s 3d.

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D H 9:

THE BOHBABDIBNT 0!’ CANTON.

The first reprisal of the British Admiral took lace on the'llth1_i.i£:)ctober.<;nh;hilch day he seised ep ‘naperiag e . est act ti ‘t’ I ti

the 9th of Novemb:r. when! fl: '“ E: l?r.t.spw.ere ‘dial [ g tused. Thus for a full month the British authorities were ’ < e the endeavors to brin the Governor to reason,

I successive attack was i'tfil0'Od b a fresh warn-

ing. and trash time for consideration. t is pretty evi-

nt fiat fie insolpnehe of the Cuptilin Vh0.l;IBiOlIb ml its on o t a treaty o . on n of lobriety. By treat} the English mi a right

.b is authorities at vs Chinese ports; at four » - n. . . no net e " ~-. bntat‘1"ntcnm:tha:'bYeep is sgily pet of la system aggagnist which t(l)ie tavss ave osg tea nvai. n °.:.-.v-.-.'.'.*:.:.~.:'r.:~.':‘;".::' *-~~*» '"= . a g l own. ittsd the outrage was rssicnstrated with. but to _“.Tbe hfihmen were ‘an h ugntilly Izlazbbledgk. but

- manner in w ic t e -

’ N .an'dna.ll appearance of an a Iggy was n ibi- V ." Sir John Bowring thought that the _ of a junk would lead to reparation. A junk was

. t the act was followed b no apol-

tho Chinese. Then the Admiral. Sir J. Bow-

- Air. Parkes take counsel. and agree that their rss is to seine the defences of the city of Canton, would he a display of power. and determination. '°........' ""°":,":r .':‘.::'.:::..:'.'.".°..-. 3~'.:'.'.:.:.°':::..‘.".°: roved tiiar moderation is considered by the only as an evdence of their weakness." How- . t was resolved to act in no hasty manner Not till of October did the admiral having moved up the

‘. - . placed his frigetes and sieaniers to the best ad- . send cl’ boats’ crews and take possession of the

Fort and the Four Barnes Fort. in these ‘_ about I60 guns we_re_ taken—a roof that the Chi- _ vfi not neglect warlike parations. but at know _ bow to use them when ey are-made. e Macco lathe middle of the river. was then taken. with its £:e.end has been rrisoned and retained b the

.- On the 24th t e_Birdseye and Che-min orts gs gptnred. the guns spiked. and the ammunition de- . . The factory was then fortified by barricades to I’ inst the attack from the town. and boats placed ‘ the appoach of fire-rafts or yunks by water. On Uh e Iirt called the Dutch Folly was mbse.aad all ' ’ of the ty were in our hands. ere again made for an ac-

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' country. The Konganies sought the interposition

"' mansgers.electcd by the gencrul body of the people of

and hold him up; his face is den ly pnle. some deep

judicial proceedings. in the course of which the priest in

In lail the Ilonganiss resolved to return to Cochin with A the idol, under the favourable auspices of a new sdminia- . view on Tuesday. Althcu the streets were exce in

sly tratiou. but the vancore State. finding that the idol . dirt . a ionaidcrabie nuns

of persons assembled early

:.s.uperatiticus feeling, and the valuable elcrings which nelle, and the crowd increased greatly as the day wore it gm-“red from its numerous votariss. strenuously rc- ‘ on. The visitors were for the most

part of the humbler sistsd the right of the Konganiee to remove it to tbeiricleesenbut very few ple cenie in carriages. Be ore

of the reaching the Chapelle rdente. the nblic traversed sove- llritbh Government, and numerous were the e

pxeals 1 ral rooms bun with black and dim y lighted. The body. ..ad.,tlirough a long series of years, to the Residents the '

‘clothed in ful ntifioial robes. with a white mitre on day, endto the M res Government. but without success. mod

the head, was in a satin bed resting on an inclined Those authorties preemptorily declined all interference plane. so that he fees was as leinly seen as if the figure The Travanoore State. encouraged by snccess. carried out were in an is right posifion. countenance scsuied but a a tem of dual encroachment upon the liberties and little changed by death. The two hands were crossed on privileges o the lion ny community of Cochin in the

the breast. and so laced as to touch a cross sus nded management of the a in of the idol The performance from the neck. On one of the fingers of the right hand the of the usual rites and ceremonies and the administration '

storal ring might be observed. The severe decorations of the funds had been previously vested in the hands of: of the dasis. the dim low of the wax tapers. the chant- ' ing of the riests. andgthe low mutttering prayers of the Cochin; but the Travanoore Government attem in Sisters of harity produced a great efiect upon the spec- 1853 to appoint managers on its own behalf. T _e idol tutors of the pom us deatli chamber. Orie women wont was at the same time removed from the spot where it had into hysterics an _ was carried out screuining. The lying been placed by its owners, and removed to a in state will continue for some days. Ion ing to the Truvancore State; the colors were forced emf their contents taken possession of by the Travancore authorities; and the visits of the oommunit of Cochin to the shrine at Allepe were interdioted. T es_e illi-gal and arbitrary proceedings alarmed the Konguiiies. and

RussIa.—l"rom St. Petcrsburg we learn up to the 2nd instant that .the Grand Duke Constantine intendod_t0 leave very speedily for Nice. by way of Wiirsitw. Berlin. and iianover. The Government had sent three oliicerl to induced them to brin back the idol to Cochin without I various countries to obtain information relative to rail- the knowledge of the Travnncore Government. This act l we lens. materials. and fares charged. &0. on their rt was characterised by the Travnncorc Stutel ri letter. dated St. Petcrshurg. the 2nd instant. and as a theft‘; and an appeal was made to the Madras go- ‘ published in the Pays. states that tho ggeatest possible vernment.zind linull to the Court of Directors. for il’l0‘IOIIVlIy prevails in the dockyiirds ut i._ronst.udt. restoration of thei ol to Traviinoore. A dosputch wus;workshcps.for the manufecture of muchinery are busy recently sent out to the Madras government b the hon. |duy and night. All possible resources are employed to court in support of the pretensions of the fravancorelconvert the sailing ships into screw steamers. Schools Rajah and the .\iadrss vernment have directed the im: are established for the education of young men to act as inediiiie restitution of t e idol to the said state. under it | en ineers and stokers on board the steam fleet. _ proviso that the rival claims of the Trovuncore Rujah and l tau ment of ship carpenters has been sent to N icolalofsk. the community of Cochin will receive consideration after 1 in Siberia. The corps of engineers in Siberia have been such restitution shall have been made. The onganylreinforced. The_ ussiari government is constructing community of Cochin immediately memorialised tholforll 0!! “I6 frontier! Of 3|09|'|0-- ”'°_"§" “"9" ,“'°'” Madras government, raying for ii ull inquiry into theiirkutsk state that the Ru_ssian authorities maintain a case, and intiinutingt eir willingness to abide by on de- - fricndl correspondence with the Chinese. _ . cision which the government may arrive at after we in The iennn correspondent of the T-mu. writing on the vesti tion. When the image was illegally detained by 1 10th instant. as u:--'‘ A deaputch from C90-mm-noplo the lriivencore Stute the British Government peremptori. states that the us_sian fieet had anchored in ths.Bay of I refused any protection to the Kongonies in ilie recovery : Balkan. 1" "'9 CNPWD. Ind 0°00P|°d '0'“ 07 "19 """d‘- of their idol but the some Government now most incon- I In order that the importance of the foregoing intelligence ' xhslmoy be pro rly understood. a few words must be said fullirespecting t c isliinds of which mention is minds. - ' ' ' ' ' i hav 3 .§inhabited islands in the Gulf of Balkan are tires. he .iliT3(iIni‘t‘),i'"i2llIlii i.'lll¥8e‘l?f|g:i)lt?Bnlll:8.i'illl::etlle(iillFun‘E: origingl I largest bears the mime of Niiphte or Tclicleken ; the next E;-der had been upheld by the Mad;-as Government, and . in size is the Aidiik, or Cucumber; and the smallest is upon the ureugrh of 1; gm, Cochin sun. ‘the Dervisc Island. The three islands, which are close

sistentl step in to compel the Konganies to give u idol to frnvuncore without any inquir whatever.

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nAszAnn's GAZETTE. .F13!!8UARY._, 11.

"1 important acquisition, both on the ground of in t e morning at the door of the palace in the line Gre-,

The L°d

I The body of the late Archbishop was exposed to uhlie I ,,g_ hm qnitted Teheran, it was said really charged‘ with 8°" "

in mission to demand assistance for Persia at St. Peters- iburgh. . A Bniar Hisrcsr or Ciiiita.—C_hlnaislhe most populous ‘and ancient em in in the wnrldé ll‘ " "”o m' ' |""ll 'l.o30 wide. opulslion from 3°0._°0°.°_°9 *0 33°-00¢ , ."l‘he f-apilal il Peliin. with i.oo0.000 _-nha-bu-nu: -on N-nlun. : |_ooo,ooo and Canton i.ooo.ooo Clllnl produces Ion. 50.000.- loco lbs of which are snsunll exported from Clnloll. Ill! only ‘place which foreigners are slowed to visit. Bil , collon. rice. } gold.silver. and all the necessities of life. are found in China. The ‘arts and manufactures in many branches are in high perfection. but stationary. ple improvement: nre“now prc:i;i.i:)ed. :00

o vnmsnt is s so tic inousrc . IVCIIIO. l s 3 ?ruiy.. 800.000 menP°’l‘be religioii is siw-lilar tohBhudisrln. ther ‘chief cd bein I-‘ob. The Chinese inco cats I s more it ii lConfn'¢iug‘|Ia.||' great philosopher, who was 550 ‘C. The lgrest wall and canal of China are among the mightiest works lever achieved by insn. The foreign commerce of China ismounts to $85,000,000 or 840,000,000 annually, the whole of ' which is transacted with a pointed agents. called " Hung mer- ‘clinnls " Foreigners are ii lowed to live at certain stations. or ;" factories" below Canton. The first American ship reached 1 China in l184;_nnw the llllIllIl‘l|VefI‘O of United States‘ ships i visiiing Canton Is thirty-two. he revenue derived from foreign . cornaierce by the Emperor varies from 8-1.000.000 to 80.000.- lluo. According to Mr. Dunn,Ihe opium sinugsled into China, In the injury of the people. amounted to 320 000.000 annually for several veers past. mac n which was pa" in specie. w i found its way to London.-The Chinese language has nearly 40,000 characters or letters.

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Loan Pisirvsn ox -rss RITIANSLATION or -run Bini.s.— , r Panmure, in presiding at the annual meeting of the iEdinburgh Bible Society, on the 9th instant, made the i following remarks on the subject of a new version of the English Biblc:—" We have the Church of Rome attack- ing Protestantism fairly and openly in front; but i am sorry to say that we have in the ranks of Protestantism itself many whose hearts are Popish. but who cover those heiirta with a mantle of spurious rotestautism. Ami

all these dangers and all these attacks. I know of nothing so likely to be successful in resisting them as the dissemi- nation of the Word of God in our good old Saxon tongue. as we have had it for the last 300 years ; and this brings me to make an observation which perhaps is not out of place on the present occasion. u have heard is talk in the country. and we have seen absolutely put into practice in the United States of America. a scheme for what is called a new version of the Bible. Now, feeling very strongly on that subject. I take this opportunity of publicly stu- ting my opinion that any such scheme is fraught with utmost den er to the Protestant liberties of this country a .it is raugbt with danger to the Protestant religion itsel . If i look to America Iain happy to find that the scheme there has been, l.yp' ht almost re utterl abor-

arined Police force to break into the Pt odlt «if il°l°eni{0al: 3 to the coast of Turcomnnin. will form In 0169118!" Ita-

nies at Cochin and to give up the ido to Travuncore. lion fol’ "'00 3 “FM "0 W b0 590‘ '0 Khl'“- 0“ °"‘“‘i'3' furious riot idok place a few days ago fortunate] ling an goo map it will be seen that the distance from without loss of life The Kongunies have sc'nt an appen , i the Go fof Bulknn to Khiva is about two-thirds less than as a last resource . to the Hon. the Court of D.rectors, it is from Orcnbur to the lust-mentioned place. and that praying for on inqi)il'y.—Tfm¢! Correspondent. u there is no desert tween the coast of the Cusp_ian_and

Dnsrsucnvs Trrnoov N -rnr Cuuvsss Ascnirri.ico.—A Khi"' Th° 5”" ‘l°'°" °f Kh‘"'m 1' commembly

f M in“ 6‘. gym 4 in tho pub Mm‘-mu, ;soutb of the road which would be taken by troops march- lsftfyliflthlswimon Iilie 2'7th 3r October one of those violoniii"3 r'°“‘ ll“ G“"°f lmh" "" Khi""'" . h d hurricanes which are known by ‘the _name oftyphoon. ‘3Ia'n°;“:,'f gins‘: Ear’???h:2;::lg;d3E'kg'°1:c: miide almost ii complete devastation in the Ph|llippine,P‘" . ’ K ‘ . . . islands All the suburbs of \Iiinilla and neigbbourinu"'“5"l' th° mplml °f‘ ° l"“"°" p°"°"'°n' m N°'C"h villages were reduced to heaps of ruins The number ofl, A“‘.°"°"‘ 3"]-luu b°°°b’°"t't€°'°l"(dl°" ::.°°°“.'£.:'i‘:f ‘“ "" houses destro'cd in that place alone was above 3 500. ' "'."°“ mi ° 3"‘ 9'' .° “ °'° "‘ . '"“5°

d E - I -lmm “how that more ‘Mn 10000 héuug tribe. which inha it the neighbourhood. surprised the "' °d°'' "d .'h. - -‘ f ho t -‘m] u .garrison,scaled the ram rts.und could not be expelled .'.‘:.'..°...°::'.v7..“'a».::i.:;:::;.:..:..3. 3:: ...°.*::.::* rm my "g" rm ,3: i~»~,n;=,,-- :22: mi ::.:e=.‘;‘°.:':.:::“:::~...§;:::,":?. ‘.'::°.::.t ' e" an .°'°.p' '-m t 9 °rc- " ' '9" m 0"} 0 e co with California has much increased.” :::IunIdlil0l§dxB(:;mglI1ali'es::ll:l'ln ii'(’)I:i.:°:i0.l’:fBi::nlil(i:tw°lf°g meflve Patric announces. on the authority of a letter from -- we-,-~-«wt , c;«-.-- :.‘:.‘;'*:..:';::.‘::.:::°*:; ‘:.£.:';°.:.:::..:’.:'::." '.:.'.’..'::‘.::'::: mencing about noon, it continue unti seven o'c oc in I . b 1.0 d "In the an to rein owe the cor . the evening . the ople remained all that time in mo- °?‘“;' ‘:9 ° ‘rm, 7 h.ch in “land in 3 mentary fear of their death; they cowered in whatever ° ° "ml '°" ° ' m°.“' ' ' . ' _ .'. shelter they could obtain. for n8 one epui_d giant: ugrigbt :E'.'j'£"‘:g°°';,::;'°_..:‘Ef°$:tr';’;_'i::'°:’:::::;)n; nI‘_i°"g§eP:;:;d

fore the wind. 'l'he Captain- ‘mere 0 t sis an s as . h be . . ' uh . w _ l b“ th _ °P°"°d * '“'*'°"P"°" ‘°' "*° '°"°‘ °‘“*° """°"- l.'.'ni..° ...".il‘.'i".'. °n. i:.3§n'.'.§':i"....?.§‘.'.'i.‘.’.' ..."I'iI‘..° p.°.l’.'.f’. Gulf."

Pnsu —Accounts from Teheran of the 27th of Novem- ber. ublished in the Monileur ole 1' Armee. announce that the lgersian troops dos tclied into the rovince of Fur- rah. of which the bee -quarters are at urpuh and Sab- sawor. had since occupied the fortresses of Guhorixin. Luch. and Jiswain. situate in Seistun and in the district ofFurruh. The Shiib‘s army had established themselves .without diliiculty on all these points. There bud only :been a slight skirmish between the cuvnlry of Dost ‘ '|‘lic hitter remained mas-

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MURDER OF THE ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS.

The best and most connected account of the frightful murder of the Archbishop of Paris, is the following from the Droit. ofsxturduy. the 3d inst. :

H -mse gneur Sibuur. the Archbishop of Paris. was murdered to-day ifl the Church of St. Etienne-du-Mont. The archbishop went to the church to inaugurate the rc- l Iigious ceremonies which are celebrated there durin the Neucane of St. Genevieve. At half-past four be leg the choir and‘ vans procleedling tovvdnrds Kn: sac:-iisty,_w’iien a ’ Mghommed and ‘he pemgnh :i.e:d rap. 8“rci.'tl)ll’fli:;o8" lcl‘I‘1l.)°3nandP“l:i“°I thIt°s:“p|,eyv;’t'“n;:3 i terds of the iisld.b Tll8rAfl banal appeared diaspouii-,.ige_d ; a large Catalan knile into his breast. crying out, at the I ?:;r°'e§;:“dEyu:ufin; ‘mi, :,b?Ir;E‘:’o':.p_°M;_)o.;) M::;::: “n” mm‘ ‘A b'” I” d?"’“‘" (D‘""'. "uh 3°dd°''°.' ) I med had lost much of his reputation because he had re The prelate staggers; his attendant ricsts surround lIlln1po"'ed “mt Her“ ahoum be nuke“ in . few dug by troops from India, which had not been done.

At the above date the court of Persia had received no oficiul declaration of war from the English government. and a peared to reckon very much upon the presence of

groans escape him, he is taken into the sncristy. medical ;. assistance is at once procured. but all aid is in ruin. the archbishop is dead. The murderer was a priest, who

stood unmoved. his bloody knife in band, by the side of “mg. Km“ in Euro 3'

his victim. whom be glued upon as be succumbed. wit ‘_ Lou." {mm S.” pe.e”bm.g pnblighed in the pug. an expression of fiendish joy. This priest was formerly ‘ Conm-mu-Mm, speak of m injrigue in -pehemn to d,_ ‘inched ‘° “ p'""" i“ P‘"'"' ‘hem’ i" °°“'°q“°“°° "fl e the presdnt Shah and to put Moorud Mcersa in his his conduct. he had been several times interdicted. lnil:l°:c° The Run.“ (mop. have occupied many island. the month of November last he was at Melun. The nssise ‘, ‘I’! mg - - C°'"' M "1"" ‘°"“ ""i"l3 ‘° "7 3 ""“'"' °h‘“3°d ‘uh ' and have established their head-quarters on Ilie island h"i"3 p°is"°°d "" l'“’b‘"‘d' mi‘ i“'i°'t '"'°h°d "h°l‘Keftcnoi Other letters from St. Peteraburg. puhlislic case with the utmost interest. The woman was foun ‘ '

. . . . .h h. I. . guilty. and sentenced to hard labor for life. This result ‘I ‘.3 commmml Jmuml" ' ‘R of me 5 3 ' “pp mum”

. the Us r f r aid. and 0 his intention to code to Russia '1"°“b'"° um "Tl °f h" p'°'°°“i" 0 "° °P°"‘ 51.1" i in exohaiige for assistance “ all the territory comprised l:;Igdh::|I;':i;gI\:l;8g:l::::€$‘fi£ lugtridli-4:“3I'y: p‘IlPl":‘n" , between the town ofhliayusid, chief town of ii piilichglic, . . ' . ‘land Nakhitchevan. w ich separates in Armenia t e us- flliiifi".l'F.7..?'1i1’.§°§.:.$ll7"(S3i.iiL"..‘i'.§.3!.'i..§’§5L".§£§.§‘l.'iI = ""' P°"°“‘°"' "°“‘ "‘°'° °‘ """"°’ terfered.and ordered the pamphlet to be seized. Thel n""'-wn” ‘*1’ .W““ '.“"'i.-"°"'t ‘""' r°"“°"'! measure was called for by the protest itself and by the ll” "PH" °f Kh°"“'“" ii " " °" °f "° 8"" "ch" terms in which it was worded for it contained most seri- l ‘°°""“' P'°‘°“'i°"" "h“°'°' “"7 e i" i'”P°'“"°° °f ous accusations against the iionornble 'udges who pro- ' ‘i‘““i°"' Pl"°°d “P°“ ‘f‘P"°i°“' ‘"'d hilK"'.Y cg"-iV‘“°d - - - lain, it covers an area 0 four square mi us, an is sur- munced me Demcnca’ Tm. mm ‘mi M an sue H” to iiounded b a lofty wall and ditch. On the western face of the wal there stands upon the mound a small square castl , fianked with lowers at the nngles Nature has added a wall of mountains. which encircle the plain ; the