,Foreign an Colonial.

Srarx.—The Duc de Montpensier, accompanied by the Duo d'Aamalis and suite, arrived at Bayonne on the morning of the 1st instant. On the 2d, the Royal cortege entered Spain; on the evening of the 3d, reached Vit- toria; passed through Miranda del Ebro on the afternoon of the 4th; and so on towards Burgos, where they would arrive the same evening. On the 5th, they were to proceed to Juanilla, in Castile; and on the 6th, they were to make their entry into Madrid. Throughout their journey, the Royal brothers are said to have been greeted with acclamations. Everywhere they received the honours paid to Infants of Spain.

The 10th is the day named for the celebration of the marriages. The Royal Family will then set out for Aranjuez, and after passing a few days there, return to the capital, where the fetes will commence; at the condo= sion of which the Duc de Montpensier sets out for France, with his bride. According to the Madrid journals, of the 30th September, the Senate had all but unanimously passed the bill for authorizing the Government to collect the taxes until the end of the present year. General Serrano was the sole dissentient.

All the officers of the Madrid garrison waited on the Queen and Infanta, and congratulated them on their impending matrimonial alliances. The Queen replied in a few words, and permitted the Generals to kiss her hand.

It was also the intention of the same body to have waited on jhe Infante Don Francisco for a similar purpose; but the Prince anntrossCed to theist, through his secretary, that they need not give tl....ctiVes the trouble of waiting on him. He ,knew mom., they meant to say, and he appretiated it all the same. He alleged the wetness of the day as the reason why he did not trouble them to wait on him; but did not name another day.

The Count de Montemolin has issued another proclamation. This time, however, he appeals specially to the " Basques and Navarrese." The docu- ment is dated the 14th September, and purports to be issued from "the Camp of Honour and True Liberty at the foot of the Pyrenees." The proclamation is very vague, and somewhat inflated. The Count's object seems to be to rouse the people by exciting their local prejudices. " The tributary system," he says, " the offspring of error and misconduct, is about to plunge you into the most abject poverty "— " The extraction of salt, the culture and preparation of tobacco, the free exercise of your industry and commerce, are about to be abolished by a stroke of the pen. Your forests, which have hitherto given you such rich profits, are quickly destined to pass into the power of your rapacious governors, not to be applied for the benefit of the country; in short, you will see yourselves deprived of your deputations, which constitute your power and the wisdom of your legislation. " Basques and Navarrese ! at the words Laarac bat' let the four provinces rise like a single man ! Come, fly to enlist under the banner of your lawful Prince, whose sovereignty is the representation of your liberties, your wealth, and pro sperity; of the august young Prince, the prisoner of Bourges, whose paternal and beneficent sentiments you know. He has sent the olive branch to his enemies: nobly and generously offering himself as the holocaust, as the exriatory victim.

"Charles VI. is the envoy of Providence to restore to you prosperity and happi- ness, of which you have been so many years deprived. It is he who can make you happy, who has promised you a noble, benig.nant, and protecting government

worthy of your sentiments. •

" Long live the King ! True liberty for ever ! Long live our ancient constitu- tions! Long live our Fuerosf

is reported that the Carlist Colonel Garcia has been arrested at Ainhoa, having in his possession numbers of the proclamation printed. He was conducted to Bayonne. Several other Carlist officers of note have also been arrested on both sides of the frontier.

F1LANCE.—On the evening of the 1st instant, the rioting in the Fau- bourg St. Antoine was renewed. But troops of Infantry and Cavalry, which had been assembled at an early hour on the Place de la Bastile, advanced into the Faubourg, and in is moment the streets were cleared; no resistance having been opposed to the troops. The Cavalry did not even draw their Swords. The multitude again assembled in the Rue de Charenton, where they cut the ropes by which the lamps which light the streets are sus- pended, and next proceeded to break the windows of the bakers' shops. They tried to stop some carriages and to form barricades; but the troops arrived in time to prevent them, and dispersed the crowd without much trouble. At ten o'clock, everything was quiet. The disturbances recommenced on the Friday; but the Municipal Guard drove away the rioters, after capturing several of them. On Saturday evening, another effort was made to barricade some of the streets by upsetting omnibuses and carts; but the gendarmes succeeded in preventing it. No further dis- turbances took place on Sunday evening.

Symptoms of distress multiply in the French provinces.

" As if the sterility of the soil did not produce sufficient distress," says the Breton, ajournal published at Nantes, "the fishery on our coast has been com- pletely null this year; and our fishermen want bread at a season when they are generally making their provision for the winter. At Etel, at Croix, at Belle-Isle' at Port Louis, and at Conquet, the entire population of fishermen must perish unless the Government provide them with employment."

There have been some attempts at riot at St. Omer, in consequence of the injunction against the National Guard's carrying arms at the inaugu- ration of the statue of the Duke of Orleans. The authorities have been assailed with hootings, hisses, and outcries, among which were "Death to tyrants!" "Bread at five sous!" The " Marseillaise" was sung, and several windows were broken; but the troops were called out, and the rioters were dispersed: and as it was made public that the Dutchess of Orleans had sent 6,000 francs on the occasion of the inauguration, the populace calmed down, and the disturbances were not renewed.

A Paris journal, L'Esprit Public, announced some days ago that down to the 27th August last, the Cabinet of the Tuileries was negotiating with Count de Montemolin; to whom it offered assistance to place him on the throne of Spain, as the husband of Queen Isabella, provided he recognized her rights, and consented to the marriage of the Infanta, her sister, with the Duo do Montpensier. The Count de Montemolin re- jected those propositions. The Esprit Public is said to have been well in- formed; and it is asserted that Lord PalmerstOn is at present in possession 'of documents establishing the truth of the faot stated by the Paris journal.

ITALY.—At the sitting of the Agricultural Section of the Scientific Congress, in Genoa, a note was read by Count Fieschi relative to a scheme which he has proposed for founding in Italy a society to advocate tbe principles of commercial freedom, similar to those already existing in England and France. Several members took part in the ensuing discus- sion, and warmly supported the views of Count Fieschi. The Cavaliere Mancini energetically enforced the necessity of rousing throughout Italy the common forces of all enlightened men to accelerate the triumph of the principle of industrial and commercial liberty. He remarked that in Tus- cany itself this principle was, though not a realized fact, yet a general tra- dition and belief; but that in every other Italian state the Governments were in advance of the popular mind; by which, in consequence, they were checked and restrained, being supported only from the cultivators of science. He then adverted to the manner in which the question was too often disguised, by being considered solely in regard to the interests of the producers, leav- ing aside the national and universal interests of the consumers. It was a just view of the question which had been taken by a writer who had put it in this simple form—" Is the nation most benefited by abundance or scar- city?" He believed that it was the duty of meetings like the present to support and accredit this truth by their formal approbation; and he warmly entreated as many of its members as had applied themselves to the study of economical science to labour in disseminating among the mass of the people just views upon this subject, both by their own writings and those of the journals which they directed. For a beginning, lie placed at the dispo- sal of so noble a cause the columns of a journal which had for many years been published in Naples, the Biblioteca di Science Morali, Legislative, ed Economiche. In summing up the discussion, the President observed that if the plan of the Count Fieschi referred to the establishment of a regular so- ciety, the matter was beyond the competence of a scientific congress: but if, on the other hand, be desired only the spontaneous cooperation of the learn- ed and the powerful !n support of a maxim altogether incontrovertible, al- though in many places not yet eufficiently popular, he considered it would suffice to excite their energies by a general vote in its favour. Indeed, 'no- thing could contribute more to this end than the wise and prudent discour- ses to which the meeting had just listened. It is stated in the Morning Chronicle, on the authority of a letter from Leghorn, that a new constitution is to be granted by the Pope at the be- ginning of November. It is to comprise provincial councils, with the princi- ple of election, and a consultative Senate, to be assembled at Rome every two years. The secularization of the higher offices is said to be deferred, on account of the opposition to it. A National Guard is to be organized both in Rome and in the provinces.

Glum/ails—We mentioned last week that Prussia has proposed a con- siderable increase in the duties on yarns, as a compromise to the members of' the Zollverein who are clamorous for protecting duties—Bavaria, Wirtemberg, and Baden. A feeling is gradually gaining ground in Ger- many that these Protectionist clamours are absurd; and it may be presumed the states in question will be glad to pin Prussia even to this (certainly not slight) increase.

that The amusing side of the matter, if it has one," writes a correspondent, "is, t the South German States have but two factories that can expect advantage from any such step; whiles whole population at Nuremberg and in the Black Forest are gainers to an immense extent by the reduction of our import-duties to 20 per cent for toys, watches, wooden and bone carvings, and other things that are largely produced in those parts. Bavaria and Wirtemberg have, indeed, for some years rejoiced in the possession of Dr. List; who, however, is in little want of protection, as there is at present small chance of his meeting competitors for fame on his own ground. We have been at some pains to obtain exact informa- tion as to the operation of the present duties on English manufactured goods in the Zollverein, and believe we can vouch for the accuracy of the following figures as being taken from actual packages and invoices within the present year.

A e. d.

Cotton Velvet, 15 pieces, containing 4824 yards at 9d. cost

Charges 18 1 2 5 1 5

Doll. gr.

£19 7 6

or 134 10 0 Doty paid, 50 dollars per 112 pounds

56 0 0

Equal to 42 per cent.

Cotton Velvet, 15 pieces, containing 4911 yards at 101d. ..

20 14 6

Charges 1 9 1

£22 3 7

or

153

23 6

Duty 50 dollars per 112 pounds

60 15 0

Equal to 40 per cent.

White Shirtings, 10 pieces, at 9s. Sd

4

16 8

Charges 0 4 10

5 I 6 or 35 5 6 Duty on 69 4.8 pounds al 50 dollars

34 21 0

Equal to 100 per cent.

White Shillings, 10 pitces, at I Is. 9d. 5 17 6 Charges 0 5 11

6 3 5 or 42 23 6 Duty on 64 pounds at 50 dollars

32 0 0:

Equal to 76 per cent. "It is evident that the fixed duties of the Zollverein press heaviest upon low- priced goods, and so become most distressing to the poor consumer in Germany, Thus a most useful article of clothing, fustian, that costs about Is. per yard, pays, a duty of 7id.; beaverteen, a cheaper article of cotton stuff, of which a yard costs MA, pays a duty equal to 6d. per yard. In this manner, the Germans have certainly contrived to annihilate whole branches of trade; as can be proved best by the books of their own importing merchants. As no reduction of price has accompanied this change, it is clear that the profit insured by the duty is shared neither by the people nor the Crown; but that it goes undiminished into the pockets of a few manufacturers, wbo have thus good reason to be clamorous for protection. The merchants have' however, now their cue, and are likely to bestir themselves more than they have hitherto done; with what success remains to be seen."

UNITED STATEs.—By the Packet Marmion advices have been received from New York to the 19th September. There are some points of interest. The Whigs boast success in the elections of Maine. The Mormon troubles in Illinois had reassumed a most threatening as- pect. The anti-Mormons had assembled to the number of 1,200 men, armed with several field-pieces; and were on the point of marching against Nauvoo, bent upon throwing red-hot _balls into the city, and determined to ‘drive the sect from the spot. The Mormons, on the other band, had for- tified their celebrated " Temple"; and, also- armed, with a few pieces 4 artillery, were resolutely determined to repel the attack. A battle was fully anticipated by the citizens of St. Louis.

The Southern coast of the United States had been visited by terrific gales, with great loss of life and property at sea.

In the commercial world, stocks and cotton continued to advance in price. The American papers copy a long proclamation addressed by Santa

Anna to the Republic of Mexico. It was published in a Spanish paper of Vera Cruz, on the 16th August, the day on which Santa Anna arrived off the port. It is measured in language, diffuse, cautious, and cunning. It reviews the history of Mexico since the writer's expulsion. It charges Paredes with incapacity, with perversity, and with intending to convert the republic into a monarchy under a foreign prince. The defeats on the Rio Grande are ascribed to deliberate treachery on the part of Paredes, who is accused of sending insufficient and ill-supplied armies there, in order, by their defeat, to compel the Mexican people to take refuge in the protection of a monarch furnished from Europe against invasion from the United States. There is nothing about peace with the United States, or any uti- derstanding with the Government, nor any allusion from which a reliable inference can be drawn of Santa Anna's future purpose as to that country. Ho professes himself to be " the slave of public opinion," and what that may require of him he will endeavour to fulfil.

Rio DE LA PLATA.—The first fruits of Mr. Hood's pacific mission have been a cessation of hostilities. A despatch from Seiior Arena to General Manilla, commanding the batteries at San Lorenzo on the Paranh, has been received at Liverpool. It is dated the 15th of July, and contains the following instructions. " You will not take any hostile step against the merchant-vessels which remain at Corrientes and may be returning; nor against the Anglo-French vessels of war which may go up or down the river Parana, but permit them to pass without molestation until otherwise ordered; and, only in the case of their attacking your battery, will defend yourself with the same spirit as hitherto."

CAPE OF GOOD Hoe-E.—Intelligence has been received from Cape Town to the 2d August, furnishing numerous details of general interest. The divisions under Sir Peregrine Maitland, Colonel Hare, and Sir Andries Stockenstrom had accomplished nothing decisive, but were moving with' an aggregate force of nine or ten thousand men on the Kafir fastnesses in the Amatola hills; where the enemy were supposed to have concentrated their strength and fortified the different passes leading to their retreats. Here they had collected their plunder, and the flocks and herds of cattle driven from the colony. The Commander-in-chief had reached the mouth of the Buffalo, and was about fifty miles East of the Fish River-' where stores had been landed without any difficulty. In consequence of the unwillingness of the Burgher Guard to remain idle, Sir Andries Stockenstrom was ob- liged to take the field upon the Kat River sooner than was intended, where his forces were concentrated. He was to commence his attack on the Amatola. A letter from Tyumie, of the 23d July, says that Sir Andries's division was to march the next day, and that some sharp work was expect- ed. Mr. Read, with the Bushmen and Fingo subsidies under his command, had been twice engaged with the Tambookies. While these operations are in progress, marauding parties of the Kafirs continue to slip into the colony, and exercise their predatory occupation, not always unsuccessfully. Great excitement is reported to exist in _the ,colony, arising out of the flogging of some civilians. We extract the two cases given by the -PaPers-- " A few days pre.ceding the attack on Fort .Peddle, as we are informed, whilst the neighbourhood was infested by Kafirs, a young man named John Crawford Smith, a respectable inhabitant of Graham's Town, and the proprietor of a waggon then in the employ of Government, was asked by Mr. Cumming, the Commissariat officer, if he had an axe, as he would be required to proceed to cut wood for the supply of the troops. The spot where the wood is cut is in the Fish River Bush, about five miles from the post, close to deep wooded kloofs, and a very dangerous place. It appeared that Mr. Smith, at the commencement of the war, hired his waggon and oxen to Government at 10s. 6d per diem, for which he was bound to supply a leader and driver; but not being able to obtain a driver, he was under the necessity of driving his own waggon; wood-cutting, therefore, was no part of his compact with Government, nor had Government any claim whatever to his services, except as a waggon-driver. On a former occasion (May 7) he with others, was ordered out with his waggon to fetch wood for the post, and an escort of thirty men accompanied them; the ICafig attacked them, drove back the escort, and burnt one of the waggons. On the present occasion, Mr. Smith very properly remonstrated against this arbitrary order of Lieutenant-Colonel Lindsay, and declined to expose his life on such duty unless protected. Mr. Smith's waggon happened to be nearest to the entrance of the enclosure, and on that account Mr. Cumming went to him, and did not speak to any of the other waggon-drivers at the time, but went straight to Colonel Lindsay to report what he had said; upon which Colonel Lindsay immediately ordered the soldiers to get under arms, the cats to be brought oat, and all the persons in charge of the waggons to be summoned before him. The following scene then took plaee. The waggon-drivers being assembled, Idr. Smith was directed to stand out, and Colonel Lindsay inquired if there were any others who objected to go; upon which Messrs. Webb and Norton and one Coloured person also stepped font, and declined going unless all the waggon-drivers went, and an escort was given. Colonel Lindsay then threatened to flog them all; and, without any court-martial or inquiry, ordered Smith to receive twenty-five lashes. After the punishment of Smith, the waggon-drivers all went out without their waggons to cat wood, with an escort of about forty or fifty men, Dragoons and Infantry; and the following day were sent with their waggons to fetch the wood they had cut the day previous. None of the soldiers cut any wood on that occa- sion. The contractor had previously always got the Fingoes to cut all the wood 'required for the post; but the Fingoes at this time refused to go, on account of the danger. The spot where they cut wood is a very dangerous place—deep ldoofs, thickly wooded. The contractor then offered Is. 6d. a day to the waggon- drivers to go and cut wood for his contract; which they refused, the risk of life being too great. Our informant never heard of any soldiers being employed to cut wood at any time for their own use. There were three or four hundred men -on the post at the time. On the evening of the day when Smith was flogged, Colonel Lindsay ordered up all the waggon-drivers on parade, and told them that he had heard a rumour that they intended to leave the post: he said, that if any there dared to leave, he would send an express to Graham's Town, have them ap- prehended, and all shot on the public market-place."

The mother of Smith addressed a memorial to the Governor, praying for i i -an inquiry into the cause of her son's punishment; and the concise answer .

of Colonel Cloete seems to have awakened scarcely less indignation than the act itsel£ " REPLY TO MEMORIAL OF WIDOW MARY SMITIL " Graham's Town, 12th June 1846.

" It appears, on reference to Lieutenant-Colonel Lindsay, Ninety-first Regiment, -the officer in command, that the punishment of twenty-five lashes was inflicted on .John Crawford Smith for direct and positive disobedience of orders.

A. J. CLorerz, Lieutenant-Colonel, Deputy-Quartermaster-General." Another case, narrated in the following account, occurred at Fort Brown. " I have recently seen published the accounts of two civilians having been

flogged without any form of trial; and I now call your attention to a third case, which I think is equal in atrocity and importance to either of the former; I refer to a good but poor old Hottentot man named Cresar, (or Coster,) and who was -lately discharged from the Cape Mounted Rifles, with as good a character as ever man bore; not having a black line against his name in the books during twenty- eight years' service, half of which period he was a noncommissioned officer. He was ultimately discharged as a Sergeant, with a pension of, 71d. per diem; and is now in the employ of the contractors agent, baking and butchering the whole day -for the supply of the troops, and which is very hard work. Some days ago, this man was ordered by the Provisional Field-Cornet Delport to stand sentry over the Dutchman's cattle, and whose leger' is close under the walls of the fort. -To this request, the old man urged as an objection his daily employment, and that lie had two sons and three horses doing duty; he also stated that he had no great- coat to protect him in the night against the weather; adding, that as a soldier he would not object to do military duty, but that he conceived he had no right to be forced to stand guard over private property: on this, the Provisional Field-Cornet, with the sanction of Lieutenant Bouchier, whom you extolled lately for his kind- ness, ordered the poor old man to be tied to a waggon, and inflicted twenty-five lashes on him."

NEW ZEALAND.—The Times gives an extract from a letter dated at Wellington on the 20th May.. Governor Grey had left that place for Auckland without settling the land-claims. During the previous week, Rangihaeata and his tribe had made an attack upon a body of soldiers stationed on the Hutt; of whom they killed ten, besides one settler.' Great alarm and excitement were the result. Despatches had been sent to Auck- land for a large military force. The Militia and Volunteers were enrolled; and kept constant guard day and night.