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frourr.—The correspondence from Paris in the daily journals is full of reports of warlike-looking preparation. The French government has adopted a new rifled cannon of small calibre but enormous power. The siege guns are 12-pounders the field artillery 4-pounders. Their range is great and the penetrating power of the ball astonishing. The Minis- ter of Marine has decided that the landing companies on board ships of war shall be armed with rifles of the same pattern as those approved by

the Minister of War. The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post says that he has received letters from a military man in Algiers who affirms that there are in that dependency 24,000 troops ready to embark at any moment. The transport vessels of the French navy at Toulon are pro- vided with one month's food for as many men as each can carry. There are at Ciotat, near Marseilles eleven steam gun-boats, fiat and of small size, carrying one gun each on a swivel; and both gunners and gun are protected by an iron shed so fashioned that the enemy's balls will glide off on either side without doing harm. They are said to be for use in SenegaL Two rumours attract attention. One is that King Victor Emmanuel has written to the French Emperor stating that if France abandons Sar- dinia, he will abdicate : not very likely. The second report is that the Minister of the Interior, much against his will, however, has addressed another circular to the Prefects of Departments, to be communicated, if necessary, to the Mayors of Communes as well as the Councils-General. It is said to express the confident hope that if, notwithstanding the Em- peror's desire to maintain peace he should be forced to make war, he may count on the patriotism and devotion of the French people. M. Emile Pereire has had a long audience of the Emperor. The Paris cor- respondent of the Times says that "not a day passes without letters from the departments full of complaint and despondency ; speaking of mer- chants menaced with ruin, of manufacturers, on whom thousands upon thousands depend for their daily bread, now looking forward to the mo- ment when their establishments must be closed and their inmates flung upon the streets, and who absolutely refuse to engage in any new enter- prise in circumstances so disheartening."

A smart discussion has taken place in the Chamber of Deputies on an election petition. M. Lancosme-Brives petitioned against the return of M. Charlemagne for the Indre. Of course the Chamber sustained the election of the Government candidate ; but 31. Picard and M. Emile 011ivier, Members for Paris, gallantly supported the allegations of the petition, and showed up the imperial " intimidation " which gave M. Charlemagne his majority. M. Granier de Cassagnac, in defending the report, laid down the broad proposition that it was not safe to leave electors to themselves. He described the Government intervention, which he extolled as "the education of universal suffrage by a reasonable direction."

A large military forage magazine has been burnt at Vincennes. Two- thirds of the stock of hay and straw were consumed. The loss is esti- mated at 200,000 francs.

A deputation of Italian refugees residing in Paris were received on Sunday at the Palais Royal for the purpose of presenting their hommages and a magnificent bouquet to the Princess Clotiltle. Among them were a general in the service of the Venetian government in 1848, a minister under the Roman republic, and another refugee, an ardent republican and a friend of Mazzini. The prince thanked them in the name of the princess, and said words to this effect—" Gentlemen, you cannot doubt of the Emperor's sympathy and my own for Italy."

The American residents in Paris gave a ball on Tuesday night to honour the anniversary of the birth of General Washington. It took place in the magnificent dining-room of the Hotel du Louvre ; the honours were done by the United States Minister and the Consul, assisted by a committee of American gentlemen. A reception at the Tui- leriea on the same night prevented persons from coming early ; but still the attendance, though not so crowded as on the last occasion, was very fair. The façade of the hotel on the Rue de Rivoli side was lighted up with gas, and the steps leading to the hall were adorned with flowers. At the upper end of the ball room was the estrade for the orchestra, with the portraits of Washington and Lafayette, and the American flag encir- cling them overhead. At the opposite or entrance end was a marble bust of the champion of American independence, with an appropriate inscrip- tion above, and on each side were the full-length portraits of the Emperor and Empress. The hall was brilliantly lighted up. Of the invitations sent to persons not citizens of the United States twenty-one were for the family of General Lafayette. Dancing began at eleven o'clock, and was kept up to a late hour. The new boundaries of Paris are now the fortifications. This raises the population of the metropolis to 1,525,505. Paris was before the most populous town on the continent ; it now approaches more nearly to the population of London which is upwards of 2,500,000.

S /Milt —The Austrian Government issued an order on Wednesday prohibiting the "export of mules and the transit of horses." Count Buol is reported to have taken an extraordinary step as early as the 5th February that of issuing the following circular-

" The Government of his Imperial and Royal Majesty has always had for the constant aim of its efforts the maintenance of peace, the respect of treaties, and their full execution. "The complications which have recently arisen and the dangers which threaten Europe are byno means to be attributed to any act of Austria. "Without entering into a deep examination of the causes which have induced certain Powers to make the state of Italy a question of peace or war, Count Buol points out the fact of the serious symptons caused by the difference of views taken of the condition of Italy by France and by Austria. "The Cabinet of Vienna in forcible language enumerate the treaties and titles in virtue of which Austria holds her possessions in the Italian peninsula, and takes advantage of the opportunity not only to point out the circumstances which have occurred to make certain Powers lose sight of the rights of Austria, but also the secret and underhand work of revolu- tionary societies which are preparing convulsions for Europe, the fatal consequences of which she has already felt before. "Count Buol expresses the satisfaction of the Emperor, his master, at the demonstrations made throughout Germany against foreign aggression.: "Austria, however, is desirous, in the general interest of ascertaining, in a more precise and official manner, the line of conduct the States of the German Confederation would adopt in case a war should ensue between Austria on the one hand, and Franco and Piedmont on the other. Until such categorical explanations are given it would be useless to bring this serious matter before the Frankfort Diet.

"Austria places full confidence in Germany, in its patriotism, its energy, its prudence, its foresight; it makes an appeal to all tease high qualities of the common German land, and confidently awaits the answer of its high and august confederates." This document was only sent to the minor states ; no copy was for- warded to Prussia ; but it is said that the Prussian Government was cognizant of the course taken and that its advice was requested on the form of the communication. The Prussian Government has also issued a circular despatch. It is dated the 12th of February. This circular dwells upon the hope that peace will not be interrupted. It alludes to the joint efforts of Prussia and England to maintain it. It expresses its conviction that Austria will lend a willing hand to a diplomatic solution of the difficulties result- ing from the state affairs in Central Italy. Prussia, while reserving her action as a European Power, will nevertheless fulfil her duties as a mem- ber of the German Confederation.

In the sitting of the Hanoverian Upper Chamber on Thursday last, the 17th instant, M. de Kielmansegge moved that the Government should take energetic measures to defend the national rights of Germany against the stranger. The motion was unanimously adopted amid loud cheers.

It is stated that the Duke of Saxe-Coburg, who is passing between Vienna and Berlin, has devised an arrangement for the Pontifical States. This plan is said to be approved by the Courts of London, Berlin, Paris, and St. Petersburg.

Stalq.—The Piedmontese Senate has adopted the Loan Bill by a ma- jority of 59 to 7. The chief opposition came from the Marquis Brignole- Sala ; who arraigned the Piedmontese Government for pursuing an irritating and exasperating policy. Count Cavour. in reply, showed that Austria had repeatedly broken treaties by sending her troops into neigh- bouring states, and that she is breaking them now. The true provocation given by Piedmont is that she is a liberal constitutional government. That is the difficulty for Austria.

A number of rumours are reported in the Italian and English journals.

Four Austrian cavalrymen, says the Avvisatore of Alexandria, have deserted with horses and baggage. The Corriere Mercantile states that the Duke of Modena has been flogging young men of good family. One was flogged and imprisoned for saying that he would not exchange Victor Emmanuers moustachios against the Duke's brains. Colonel Casoni, a renegade patriot, is frightening young men by saying that Piedmont gives up deserters. He despatched soldiers to the confines, and stated that they were sent thither to bring back those who had absconded. But this obtains no credence. Carrara is nearly deserted, and there are but very few marble cutters left. Many fine-art students, and other young men of good condition, have left and gone to Piedmont. The Duchess of Parma, says the Corriere Mercantile, notwithstanding her reputation to the contrary, is altogether Austrian. The anxiety felt is intense, and the hope equally great. According to the Opinions), the Duchess has just signed a treaty With Austria, authorizing this latter Power to occupy all the forts of the State with her troops in ease of war. Austrian gun-boats have been placed at the mouth of the Po, and the garrison of Terrara has been reinforced. At Piacenza the Austrians are absolute masters, notwithstanding the treaties. The Oficial Gazelle of Vienna states that it was intimated at Paris last year that a league between Austria and the Italian States, which was then in contemplation, would be considered as casus belli. From Naples, the Passe writes that serious agitations are disturbing Sicily, and that another '48 may occur at any moment in the island. The Government has despatched some Swiss troops to the spot, and the English are kept under the eye of the police. The Indpendance Belga says that France is preparing a memorandum to the Powers with regard to Austria, and that in it Louis Napoleon clearly declares his intentions. The Official Gazelle of Milan, of the 17th, says that, "in execution of an order of the Minister of the Interior, notice is given to the public that the prohibition to export horses by the frontiers of the Lombardo-Vene- tian kingdom, the Tyrol, and the Vorarlberg, is extended to mules."

At Venice' contracts have been entered into for the construction of three new forts, which are to be completed in six weeks. According to the Opinione, 5000 workmen, collected from all parts of the Venetian territory, are already occupied on these works.

A. project of law has been presented to the Chamber forbidding the export of oats and forage into Lombardy. This is an answer to the Austrian prohibition of the export of horses into Piedmont.

The Marquis Massimo d'Azeglio left Turin on the 22d for Rome, charged with a mission to -the Prince of Wales, upon whom the King • has conferred the order dell' Annunciate.

The enrolment of volunteers in Piedmont assumes serious proportions. From eighty to a hundred arrive every day. They belong to all classes, including priests, but very few peasants, who want money for the journey. On the 8th, 157 volunteers arrived from Parma and Modena alone. The troops of Parma and Modena would pass the frontier in a body if measures of facilitation for the passage were taken by the Pied- montese Government; and even those of Tuscany and Roman State. But the greatest difficulty for Piedmont is the want of money. In France the loan meets with a cool reception. But the money, at the worst, will be raised in Piedmont itself. Genoa, it is said, has already bid for twenty-five millions and the Government would raise funds by selling the remainder of the State railways. The students of the University of Sierna have sent an address to the students of Turin, containing a bold declaration that they will all appear armed and ready to fight as soon as the hour of the war for Italian Inde- pendence has struck. Almost all the numerous Italian Universities manifest the same spirit.

The King of Naples is at Bari, ill, but improving in health.

SIIIIiii.—The telegraph informs us that the newly-appointed Lord High Commissioner of the Ionian Islands, Sir Henry Storks, issued a proclamation on the 17th February, announcing his assumption of office. Later intelligence from Corfu states that "the Ionian Parliament has rejected the projects of reform proposed by Mr. Gladstone."

11155ift.—A telegraphic despatch from St. Petersburg states that the Ambassador from the Khan of Bokhara arrived there on the 18th. The Ambassador has since been received by the Emperor, the Empress, and the Crown Prince. The object of the embassay is the removal of ob- stacles which hinder the development of commercial relations between Russia and Bokhara.

Turkey advices had been received from Constantinople to the 19th. Ismail Haki has been appointed Commander of the corps d' armee, which is to be reunited at Widdfir and Nissa. Troops will be despatched to Bilis- tria. A concentration of troops will also take place on the Greek fron- tiers. Numerous arrests of Christians have taken place in Thessaly.

it AM( tliff.—The Arabia arrived at Liverpool on Sunday with dates from New York to the 8th.

She brings no news of importance. Congress had done nothing either in regard to the Cuba Loan bill or the taniffi On the latter subject the Democrats were mach divided.

Mr. Forsyth had formally tendered his resignation as Minister to Mexi- co. Mr. Cass assured him that his course had met with the approba- tion of his Government, which as yet had come to no determination re- lative to Mexican affairs.

The 42d Highlanders, destined for British Columbia had arrived at New York, The Town Council had voted an address in their honour, and had expressed a desire to entertain them ashore.

lila I.—Advices from Port-au-Prince to the lath of January report that the revolution had extended to nearly all parts of the empire. At St. Marc some severe fighting had taken place, both on land and at sea, with considerable loss of life. A naval engagement had taken place off St. Marc, six vessels taking part. The Admiral's vessel was badly damaged, and the whole fleet bore off' for Port-au-Prince. Reinforce- ments were joining Geffrard from all points.

el 11.—Intelligence has been received from Bombay to the 25th January. Further particulars from the head quarters of Lord Clyde at Bankee have arrived to the 4th January. They contain details of a remark. able night march and surprise of a party of rebels on the left bank of the Raptee. After taking. Mejidiah, Lord Clyde fell back to Nariparah as our readers are aware. He encamped there on the 29th of December. That same afternoon he received information that the enemy was in force at Bankee, on the right bank of the Raptee. He resolved to make a march upon them that very night, and to surprise them if possible. Great pre- cautions were taken to keep the intention secret, and false information was assiduously circulated. Night marches are always difficult, and sometimes perilous, but beyond the delay of getting into order of march, and the leaving of one regiment of Native cavalry behind, there was no peril in this case. Half of the force was mounted on elephants for the first part of the journey, and the other half for the next. They made such progress that they were compelled to halt so as to timo their arrival by sunrise. Lord Clyde proved to be correct. The enemy were fairly sur- prised, but so strongly posted and in such difficult ground that nearly the whole were able to get away before our troops could reach them. A part of the cavalry, however, succeeded in catching a body of sowers. The latter dashed into the Raptee-

" In a cascade of white the sowers precipitate themselves into the waters of the Raptee. At the sight our Hussars gave one more wild cry and in an instant they are engaged with them in the river. Not a man could be held, each went straight at an enemy. Their horses flounder amid the rocks, but the Hussars hold their own. They cut down the sowans as they are struggling in the whirling stream, and charge them in the ford. It was one of those wonderful spectacles only to be seen in actual war, and of which peace has no counterpart,—here men and horses swimming for their lives, there fierce hand-to -hand conflicts between sowers and hussars in the foam- ing water ; but the river was our most formidable foe. Poor Major Horne, a most kind hearted, excellent old soldier, overturned with his home in the river, was rolled over, swept away, and drowned. Captain Stinted, carried away by the stream, was only saved by the activity and presence of mind of Major Fraser, his comrade, who pulled off his coat and plunged into the river just in time to carry his Mend, with a spark of life unextinguished, to the bank. The river was full of struggling men and horses, and some forty or fifty of the enemy were swimming for their lives, but the rest were beneath the waters, or were riding across the other bank. Our men had ridden thirty miles. They were exhausted, and so were the horses, and so at one o'clock the cavalry fell back, marched through the jungle, and joining the rest of the expedition, found their tents pitched and baggage up at Ban- kee in their rear."

The bodies of two hussars, each griping a dead sower, and the body of Major Horne, holding a dead sower in each hand, were found in the cold waters of the Raptee. The body of Major Home was buried with all due honours, under a lone tree, whereon a plate was affixed, describing the date and manner of his death.

For some time the rebels held together on the north bank of the Raptee ; but the successes of Sir Hope Grant and Colonel Rowcroft to the eastward effected their dispersion. Thereupon Lord Clyde, Sir Hope Grant, and Colonel Christie, drew together at Behraytoh, far in the rear, leaving corps of observation an the frontiers, to guard against the return of rebel bodies from Nepaul. In the action with Nirput Singh, it ap- pears, General Walpole, his old antagonist at Rohea, commanded. Of the officers, Kemp was killed, Lawson, Lance, and Dentor wounded. Lord Canning arrived at Calcutta on the 22d January.