goreign anti erolonial.

Fnerrem.—The Monitetn- of Monday published a Royal ordinance appointing Count Duchatel (Minister of the Interior) to act as Foreign Secretary for Guizot; to whom leave of absence had been granted, in order to repose necessary, for his health. It is understood that M. Ginza would repair to Beausejour, villa in the neighbourhood of Pussy, and only half a league from Paris; where he will remain for a month. He is considerably shaken by his late illness, and is ate commended by his physicians to avoid business and all mental fatigue as much u possible. He has chosen his residence so near Paris, however, to enable tyi colleagues to consult with him in case of need.

On Saturday, M. Allan! presented to the Chamber of Deputies the report oft the Committee on the bill for arming the fortilirations. From this it would, appear that the Committee have reduced the expenditure from 18,000,000 franca to 13,000,000 francs. The chief object of the report, however, appears to be to quiet the apprehensions of the good people of Paris in regard to the detached forts, by showing that they could not, under any circumstances, command the walls of Paris, which is out of the range of their guns, and which they do not even overlook. The Journal des Debate publishes the following list of the ray, tide! required for the fortifications- " 2,208 mortars, cannon, or howitzers, of iron or brass, of which 50 arc to be PAis.. hails guns ; 5,750 muskets for the ramparts ; 200,000 Infantry muskets ; 1,500 fusee.; 2,760 gun-carriages; 1,000,000 projectiles, such as bullets, bomb-shells, hand-grenade; requiring 9,129,000 kilograms of cast metal ; 46,350 chests of balls, and 800,000 kilo.- grams of pig-lead ; 2,000,000 kilograms of gunpowder ; 10,300,000 cartouches„ and la bridge of 30 boats ; besides an immense assortment of minor articles."

Swrirzmnduno.—The Extraordinary Diet was prorogued indefinitely, by its President, on the 22d April, leaving the settlement of the several questions to the Ordinary Diet, which is to assemble in July; the Directory in the mean while to act at its own discretion. In his closing speech, the President apologized for the little that had been done by the Diet, on account of its limited powers and strict. responsibility. He added—" I can venture to. hope that the most dangerous crisis is .past, and that at the opening of the Ordinary Diet we shall be able to

the future with greater security."

The New Zurich Gazette announces that a treaty was concluded at Lucerne on the 23d instant, between the Commissioners of the Government of Lucerne. and those of the Cantons of Berne, Soleure, Basle Campagne, and Argau, relative. to the release of the prisoners. The indemnity to be paid for this indulgence iii fixed at 350,000 francs; of which Berne is to pay 70,000, Soleure 20,000, Basle: Campagne 35,000, Argau 200,000, and other Cantons 25,000. The Diet will' pay 130,000. Lucerne, in return, promises a complete amnesty.

Foram/tr.—The Queen dissolved the Cortes in person on Sunday the 20th, April. Senhor Costa Cabral took part in the ceremony, which was unusaallY- splendid; but he had risen from a bed of sickness to do so, and it was reuses that he looked quite broken down by sickness.

GREECE.—Accounts have been received from Athena to the 9th of April. The country was in a very uneasy state. The Augsburg Gazette publishes a

letter from Ancona, which says—" Some details have arrived here respecting a. conspiracy which the Government at Athens has lately discovered, and of which Londos and Kalergis were the heads. This consperacy did not aim at the

aggrandizement of Greece, but merely the overthrow of the Ministry. The con- spirators had gained over the troops at Athena, aid wanted to get rid of the heads of the dominant party. On the list of victims were Coletti, Greziotis Isavellea, Riga, and Palamedes. Metexas was not down among them."

UNITED STATES.—The packet-ship Waterloo conveys intelligence from New% York to the llth April. General Almonte, the Mexican Minister, had sailed; for Vera Cruz on the 4th. The Washington correspondent of the New York Courier and Envirer, writing on the 4th,. gives some darkly-put hints about the state of the Annexation affair. " There is mischief going on with respect to. Annexation, of which the country. is kept in ignorance, and, if the Administration

can have its way, will be kept in ignorance until it is too late to interpose ally' remedy. First, a sort of agent has been sent to Mexico to feel about as to

whether there be any chance or any mode of resuming diplomatic intercourse' with that country. This person, whose position more resembles that of a spy than of an authorized Commissioner, is of a character to be avowed or disavow-ed;

at pleasure, and according to circumstances. His name is Parrott, a Virginian,

by birth, and once a dentist." This person has been a farmer, bankrupt, and Consul at Mexico, which he left with little credit; and he has some wild claim' on Mexico for indemnity. "Secondly, Mr. C. A. Wickliffe, late Postmaster- General, whom the papers chronicle as on his way, with his family, to Kentucky, is in fact on his way to Texas as confidential agent of the Administration, to' aid the Charge d'Affaires, Mr. Donaldson, in persuading the authorities and people of Texas to accept the terms of annexation offered by the joint resolution." The Washington Constitution repeats, as current in that capital, the rumour that the British Minister, Mr. Pakenham, is charged with the negotiation of a treaty with the United States " based upon reciprocal advantages to the product* of each country in their respective markets."

TExAs.—According to accounts received at New Orleans, from Galveston, to the 29th March, Annexation was advancing. " Just before the New York let Galveston, a British sloop-of-war, the Electric, entered that port, bearing de-, vetches to Captain Elliott, British Envoy, from his Government. It was said that this vessel had a vast amount of money on board, and that the despatches

contained instructions to Captain Elliott to offer to guarantee the national mde- pendence of Texas, provided the Annexation-resolutions are rejected. It was further reported, that the French Government had also offered the same guaran-

tee on the same conditions. Private advises assure us, that when these proposi- tions were made known in Galveston, the people snapped their fingers, saying, The foreigners were too late.'" "Immediately on the receipt of the passage of the Annexation Bill by Congress, a meeting of the citizens of Galveston was held, General Memuan Hunt presiding, at which the most enthusiastic resolutions in favour of the measure were lump .t.W• One form of "repudiation" has made its appearance in Texas: a portion of the citizens of Montgomery and Milan counties have given notice to the Sheriffs that they shall resist forcibly all attempts to collect the taxes from them.

Ceirane.—From Montreal the latest date is the 2d April. The Governor- General had .prorogued the Provincial Parliament on the 29th March. On that day he gave the Royal assent to 70 bills; previously 37 had received assent; in all, 114: seven had been reserved for the consideration of the Home Government. Lord Metcalfe especially congratulated the Parliament on those bills " fur im- proving the administration of justice in Upper Canada, and those relating to education and municipal institutions in Lower Canada, all of which are of the highest value, and promise to render essential service to the community." To the gentlemen of the Legislative Assembly he says—" It is satisfactory to ob- serve, that the prosperous condition of our revenue enables us, after providing for a reduction of the public debt by commencing the establishment of a sinking fund for the redemption of the Guaranteed Loan, to apply a considerable sum to addi- tional public works calculated to produce great advantage." He gives ,the as- surance that her Majesty's Government are ardently desirous of the prosperity and brotherly love of the province, without distinction and with perfect equality;

and he concludes by expressing his warmest thanks " for the aid and support which you have offered to her Majesty's Government by your loyal, zealous, and patriotic labours."

/ism ZnaLann.—Intelligence from Wellington has been received to the 7th December. " From these," says the Morning Chronicle, "we are happy to learn, that except at Auckland, the settlers were struggling manfully and successfully against their difficulties. But enough had occurred to show that not only has the event justified our anticipations of the failure of Captain Fitzroy's schemes, but that by fresh vagaries he has contrived to diminish the estimated sources of n ewly. He had calculated his income-tax at 8,0001. a year; for which he had &sufficed a clear customs revenue of probably 10,0001. At Wellington, the clear revenue from customs had been at least 1,5001. a quarter. The income-tax, by which Captain Fitzroy professed to replace the customs-duties, had produced in its first quarter less than 2001. It was calculated, that in the whole colony the quarter's produce would be less than 1,0001.; so that on the year the income-tax would produce, at the outside, 4,0001., instead of the estimated 8,0001. In addi- tion to this, Captain Fitzroy had with a stroke of his pen swept away another article of revenue. Half the fund derived from the sale of Crown-lands bad been pledged to pay for the introduction of emigrants; but the pledge had never been regarded; and the whole amount accruing from this source had been applied to the extravagance of the Government. In 1842, by dint of Government land- jobbing at Auckland, the actual proceeds of land-sales had been swelled as high as 35,0001. The next year they were estimated by the Governor at 20)0001.; but the more moderate and probably more correct estimate of their amount was no more than 10,0001. On the 26th September 1844, Captain Fitzroy, having previously issued a proclamation allowing any one to purchase land from the Natives, on payment of a fee of 10s. per acre to the Government, calculated the produce of these fees, which would thence- forth be the sole revenue derivable from land, at 2,000E; and with the aid of this item and that of 8,0001. for income-tax, he hoped to get a total revenue of 14,000E On the 10th October, exactly a fortnight after, he issued a proclama- tion reducing this fee of 10s. an acre to ld; which is tantamount to sweeping away this whole item of 2,0001. Deducting this, therefore, and taking the in- eorne-tax at its actual produce of 4,0001. per annum, the revenue of New Zealand for the next year would be just 8,0001. if so much. Captain Fitzroy tells us that the estimated expenditure for the same year is 86,0001. or 40,000E, and he hopes to reduce it another year to 26,0001. or 30,0001. He therefore means the Impe- rial Treasury to pay from 28,0001. to 32,0001. for New Zealand this year and from 18,0001. to 220001. hereafter. And all this liability he imposes on us without authority, in defiance of instructions, by actually setting aside an act of Parlia- ment, and with his predecessor's dishonoured bins flung in his face ! We should say, indeed, from the whole tenour of Captain Fitzroy's acts, if we knew nothing of the man's intellect, that he is preparing to throw off his allegiance, and practi- airily renouncing obedience until he is ready to proclaim independence." • * *

Wellington, the bank refused to take the debentures, except when compelled, as legal tender; and they were there at 5 per cent discount, with a probability of farther depreciation. At New Plymouth, the higher securities for 501. were de- preciated to 301." It may seem superfluous to add, that after a year's residence in the colony, Captain Fitzroy had done nothing to fulfil Lord Stanley's engagements with the blew Zealand Company, to which he became a party himself m June 1843. To ifistionary land,sharks and others, with whom the Crown had no contract, many thousand acres have been granted; to the Company, the Crown's creditor for a Liege public expenditure, regularly audited, certified, and admitted, not an acre.