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FBANCE.—Tho comparative dulness of Parisian news has this week: been somewhat enlivened by a fresh attack on the press. For some time the Emperor has seemed to permit to the journals a slight latitude of dis- cussion; and under the pretext of treating of one subject the ingenuity of French journalists has enabled them to say many things which apply to another. For instance, M. Emile de Girardin has published articles en- titled "Why the Republic did not last," and the arguments would equally suit an article in which the word " Empire " was substituted for "Republic,?' The argument of M. de Girardin is, that universal suffrage cannot by a single act delegate its authority, which must remain with, the people for permanent use ; and the obvious inference is insinuated that the Emperor has usurped the functions properly belonging to the country. Consequently the Presse has received a 'first warning." The Assemblee Nationale and the Mode have also been "warned," for defend- ing the Bourbons against the attacks of Gmnier de Caasagnac. After de- scribing the insecure character of the Empire under Napoleon I, the writ- er, said to be M. Guizot, implies that the same insecurity attends the. usurpation of Louis Napoleon. The Patric has been warned for simply announcing that the other journals had been warned! Another stretch of authority is the expulsion of Father Laeordaire fromt Paris. A few days since, addressing a crowded congregation at th& church of St. Roque and enlarging upon the nobleness of a simple truth- ful character which disdained to purchase a temporary success by crooked means, he exclaimed—" However magnificent the design, however grand the execution, even if the object be to effect what is called the saving of a nation, he who to effect this object makes use of villanous means is himself nothing but a villain." The sermon contained other political al- lusions no less obvious and severe.

The discussion of the budget continues" to occupy the Emperor and the Council of State ; and the greatest efforts are made to force an apparent balance of expenditure and income.

GERMANY.—The health of the Emperor of Austria seems to be still fr, matter of speculation. While the telegraph has constantly informed us

that all was satisfactory, private letters and the usual correspondence of the journals tell another story. They mention alarming symptoms, such as intermittent fever, heat in the fore part of the head, and derangement of the vision, showing itself sometimes in partial blindness, at others in a double representation of objects. This is now 'somewhat accounted for by later accounts of the injury inflicted by the knife of Liberty. It appears that the blow was struck with great force on the oc,ciput; that the edge of the weapon was turned; and that some doubts are entertained as to whether the spinal marrow has escaped injury. It would seem that the concussion of the brain produced by the blow was very great. Fears are not expressed for the life of the Emperor, but his mental sanity is thought to be in danger. The Archduke William has been appointed to act as the Emperor's deputy until his recovery. Libeny was executed, by hanging, on Saturday last. He is described as haggard in appearance; and it is stated that his hair, which was nick before, had grown quite white. He met death, some accounts say reck- lessly, others with contrition. He persisted in asserting that he had no confederates. Nevertheless, it is openly asserted that the attempt had its origin in the meetings of secret societies of workmen, "dissatisfied with the present state of things." Royal letters of sympathy with the Emperor are said to have been in- stantly forwarded to Vienna, by Queen Victoria, through Lord John Rus- sell, by the Emperor of Russia, the King of Prussia, and, it is supposed, by Louis Napoleon.

Ifintoany.—The insurrection at Milan has been followed by increased severity against Hungary on the part of Austria ; and, if accounts be true, not without reason. It is said that a conspiracy was recently dis- covered in Comorn, in which the Provost of the place was implicated ; and that he was instantly hanged. At Pestb, Austria has made great pre- parations, as the conspiracy extended to that capital. Numerous arrests have been made; the streets patrolled by troops with their muskets loaded and cocked, and the artillerymen stationed at their pieces with lighted matches. Kossuth's proclamations, printed on handkerchiefs, are said to have been posted.

Moternimano.—It is reported that Austria has obtained, through Count Leiningen, a full- concession of all her demands. What those demands ultimately were, is not known. It is also said that orders have been Issued to the Turkish troops to cease hostilities, and that the march of Austrian forces for the frontiers of Croatia has been countermanded. Bat accounts from the seat of war, to the middle of last month, state that the war was vigorously prosecuted by Omer and Osman Pasha and that the 'Turks had been driven back with loss when they attempted to penetrate The mountain region. But this is not inconsistent with the news from -Constantinople and Vienna, a we hear earlier of events in those cities ehan in Montenegro.

ITALY.—Marshal Radetzky has issued another proclamation announ- cing that the property of all the Lombardo-Venetian refugees will be se- luestered until they can prove that they were not implicated in the last insurrection. This, of course, applies to all the Lombard nobles who re- side out of Lombardy. It has caused great indignation in Piedmont. The latest accounts mention that the Swiss blockade had been slightly relaxed; and that some of the gates of Milan have been opened. The pro- clamation expelling the Ticinese from Lombardy has been rigorously car- ried out; and some 8000 or 10,006, it is said, have been forced across the frontier. What measures Austria will ultimately adopt to effect the en- tire expulsion of refugees from Switzerland, remains a secret. The Archbishop of Milan had directed that the host should be exposed Sur three days throughout Lombardy, in order to promote the recovery of The Emperor.

- UNITED STATES.—By the Atlantic, which reached Liverpool on Wed- nesday, we have advices from New York to the 19th February.

There is no news, properly speaking, which would interest our readers in the New York journals. All were looking forward to the inaugura- tion of President Pierce, which was to take place on Friday. The new President has kept his own counsel ; and although some of the jour- nals publish lists of his Cabinet, we are warned on good authority not to put the least trust in them. General Pierce was at New York, on his way to Washington, when the Atlantic sailed. As the Fillmore Administration was rapidly drawing to its close, not much importance is attached to its state documents no one expecting that action would be taken on them. The President had forwarded to Uongreas a paper addressed to him by Mr. Secretary Everett, embodying the recent communications which have passed between England and the -United States on the subject of the Nicaragua Canal and the relations of Great Britain with Mosquitia. From this document we learn that the British Government is disposed to relieve itself of the protectorate of the Mosquito Indians, provided that security can be obtained for them against "hostile incursions from the neighbouring states" ; that it regards the erection of Greytown, or San Juan del Norte, into a free and independent city, similar to the free towns of Germany, as the best way of settling the sovereignty of that place and securing protection to the Mosquito In- dians; and that though it is not proposed to give a formal guarantee of the free city by the two powers, yet Great Britain desires the concurrence of the United States in effecting these objects. The views of the Ame- rican Cabinet are not stated ; though satisfaction is expressed at the de- sire to abandon the protection of the Mosquitia; and the Secretary sug- gests the appointment of a "Minister to Central America" empowered to treat with all the states, and settle if possible the vexed question of the Nicaragua route. With regard to the interoceanie canal, Great Britain is said to be de- sirous of transferring its protection from the original company which con- tracted to build the canal across the Isthmus, because that company found it impossible to carry out the contract and make the canal capable of ac- commodating the vessels of the whole civilized world.

CAPE or GOOD HOPE.—The Indiana, which arrived at Plymouth on Saturday evening, brings intelligence from the Cape to the 24th January.

The last mail contained the proclamation of General Cathcart on enter- ing the Orange Sovereignty, and the latest accounts described him as en- camped on the Caledon river. Thence, early in December, he issued a summons to the chiefs of the %autos to meet him at Platberg on the 13th of the same month; and on the 8th, the camp set out from Committee Drift, and reached Platberg on the 13th. Here two young chiefs, sons of Moshesb, came in ; but General Cathcart refused to see them. He, however, sent by them a letter to Moshesh, reproaching him with not having paid the fine adjudged by the Commissioners ; and finally threat- enine, that if, within three days from that time ten thousand cattle and one thousand horses were not sent in, the General would go and take the cattle at any cost. Alarmed at this menace, Moshesh came to the camp next evening, and had a " talk " with the Governor. The interview was characteristic on both sides. The General declined to talk at much length, but went straight to the point : would Moshesh send in the cattle and horses ? Moshesh asked for time—might he have six days ? No— three days. Then Moshesh said he did not wish for war; he would send in the cattle ; he could not control his people. " Your prisons," said he, " are never empty, and I have thieves among my people." Governor—" I would then recommend you to catch the thieves and bring them to me, and I will hang them." Moshesh—"I do not wish you to hang them but to talk to them, and give them advice : if you hang them they cannot them, Governor—" If I hang them they cannot steal, and I am not going to talk any more. I have said that if you do not give up the cattle in three days I must come and take them."

Moshesh—" I beg of you not to talk of war."

Governor—" I have no more to say : I must either leave this in peace in three days, or go to Thaba Bossigo."

Moshesh departed ; but he quickly sent a message begging that the day of the interview might not count as one of the three days of grace : which was allowed.

On the third day, the 18th, in came Nehemiah, a son of Moshesh, with 3500 head of rattle; but on the next day came none ; and the troops ad- vanced. A battle took place on the 20th, on the Berea Mountain. The Basutos, mounted, in good order, with great spirit and some six thousand in number, defended the mountain and their herds of cattle. General Cathcart led the first division into the fire. Colonel Eyre swept over the mountain, at one time surrounded by large bodies of horsemen. Lieutenant- Colonel Napier, with the main of the cavalry, went round the base of the mountain' and met with great resistance ; but in the end the enemy fled, and 4500 head of cattle were captured. At one time the troops were in possession of 30,000 head, but they had not horsemen sufficient to drive them away. The battle lasted from eight o'clock in the morning until sunset. On the side of the British were 38 killed, including one officer, Captain Faunce • and 15 wounded, including two officers.

Writing at midnight on the 20th from Thaba Bossigo, Moahesh sued for peace, begged not to be considered any longer an enemy of the Queen, and promised to do all he could to keep his people in order. General Cathcart granted his request, and peace was proclaimed. The Governor then issued a proclamation empowering the Burghers of the Orange Sovereignty to arm themselves for their own protection ; the camp was broken up, and the troops returned to their former positions in Caffreland. The papers contain several stories of murders and outrages committed in the absence of the troops. In an attack on a party of forty Caffres at the Konap, Lieutenant Wright had been severely wounded. Only two of the enemy were killed. Two brothers had been shot between Port Elizabeth and Somerset by rebel Hottentots ; and in pursuing the ma- rauders Lieutenant Currie was severely wounded, and Mr. Jan Bower killed. In a conflict with Brander, in the Fish River Bush, an old field cornet, three of the Mounted Police, and a soldier of the Twelfth Regi- ment, were killed. The gang of Hottentots were dispersed, eleven being killed.

Several spirited resolutions were passed by the Municipality of Cape Town on the 19th January, condemning the delay in granting the consti- tution; repudiating any distinction, for political purposes between British, Dutch, and Coloured persons ; emphatically denying the numerical pro- portion alleged by Sir John Pakington to exist between them ; and gene- rally vindicating the Coloured inhabitants from the charge of rebellion.

INDIA.—the despatches forwarded by the overland mail, which arrived early in the week, show that the telegraphic despatch from Trieste was without foundation. The news, as given by the journals, is brief, but important. Pegu has not been occupied by the Burmese although

on the departure of General Godwin they again came up against town, —this time contenting themselves with a station on the opposite side of the river ; but on the arrival of General Steel's column at Martaban they departed. General Steel was to advance on Sheogyn about the 14th of January. He was greatly embarrassed by want of carriage and com- missariat.

The most important news is that a revolution had taken place in Ava, in favour of the heir-apparent, the brother of the late King ; who had ordered hostilities to cease. The King of Ave had fled. Such is the gist of the latest report at Calcutta and Bombay. There had been a great deal of sickness at Pegu and Prome. Many officers were absent on sick leave ; the hospitals were crowded ; and the deaths were two or three daily. This was in the early days of January, and it was expected that the sickness would last till the end of the month. The first number of a new journal, the Rangoon Chronicle, published at Rangoon, was issued on the 5th of January.

AVSTRALIA.—Journals received by the overland-mail furnish intelli- gence from Melbourne to the 6th December.

The Legislature of Victoria had sot aside the question of an export- duty on gold. A motion of want of confidence in the Government of Mr. Latrobe had been rejected by the bare majority of 15 to 13. But the most significant measure of the Legislature is a bill, subjecting sus- picious characters to strict examination, and called the Convict-Pre- vention Bill. The convict interest in Van Diemen's Land are described as baying held a great meeting, and fiercely denounced the bill as an unwarrantable interference with her Majesty's prerogative. Governor Latrobe had received the deputation from the great meeting held at Mount Alexander, had acknowledged the substantial justice of their com- plaints, and had promised a remedy.

As to the gold-fields, it is reported that some have been exhausted, while new fields have been discovered ; especially one at the Pyrenees, not far from Daisy Hill. Mr. Hargreaves had been entertained at a pub- lic dinner given at Melbourne. He expressed an opinion that "the Australian gold-fields will last long after the present generation." Go- vernor Latrobe had started to the mines on a tour of inspection. It is said that many sailors had grown tired of gold-digging, and that there was more facility in getting crews.