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FRANCE.—Trophies won in Africa were publicly received in Paris on Sunday, with much ceremony. There was a grand review of the garrison of Paris in the Cour des Tuileries, the cavalry and artillery being stationed in the Place du Carrousel. The King, the Queen, the Duc De Nemours, the Due De Montpensier, Madame Adaleide, and the suite, came in five carriages from St. Cloud ; and his Majesty at once entered the tent of Maley Abd-er-Rahman's son, taken at the battle of 'sly, and now erected over the grand basin in the garden of the Tuileries. About one o'clock, the King came into the court on horseback, with his two sons, Duke Bernard of Saxe Weimar, Marshal Soult, the Minister of Marine, Marshal Gerard, and General Jacqueminot. The Queen, Madame Adelaide, and the Count of Paris, were in the Pavilion de l'Horloge ; and the Palace-windows were filled with ladies. The trophies, including the Moorish Prince's parasol, were presented to the King by twenty- eight non-commissioned officers who had been engaged in the African campaigns. Several officers and non-commissioned officers were de- corated with the order of the Legion of Honour. The colours taken in Morocco, preceded by Marshal Soultand several general officers, were now carried between the ranks of the cavalry and infantry, the drums loudly beating and the trumpets playing. The non-commissioned officers who carried these colours then placed themselves at the right of the King; and Marshal Soult, advancing, said, " Sire, I present to your Majesty the colours taken at the battle of Isly by the French army, and at Mo- gador by the Prince De Joinville. I entreat your Majesty to receive them, and to permit them to be placed in the nave of the Chapel of the Inva- lides." The King replied," I accept these colours in the name of France." The troops defiled before the King; and the colours were borne away in procession to the Hotel des Invalides ; where they were presented by General Sebastiani to General Baron Petit. In receiving them, the Ge- neral said, "Soldiers, these trophies which you bring me shall be placed by the side of those of Austerlitz, of Jena, and of Friedland—that is, by the side of the most glorious trophies of the Empire." Thirty-two invalids received the trophies, and, beaded by General Sebastiaoi and General Petit, conveyed them to the chapel at the entrance of which they were met by the cure and clergy. The religions ceremony of blessing them, which lasted for half an hour, closed the proceedings.

The Opposition papers complain that the whole affair went off flatly. It is remarked that the ceremony was got up as a sort of impromptu, without previous notice ; an arrangement supposed to have been dic- tated by caution, lest a public ceremony known beforehand should have invited some new attempt of assassination.

Much astonishment has been created by the arrival of the Saffron at Toulon, on Friday, without the Prince De Joinville ; who was to travel straight from Cadiz to Eu. The papers say that his Princess was ill, and he himself was unwell, so that he was anxious to get home. Alio.- ther report is, that he wai in high dudgeon at the abrupt close of the war with Morocco, and did not choose to accept the brilliant reception prepared for him by the people of Toulon. The last statement is that he landed at Havre, and has arrived in Paris.

GREECE.—King Otho opened the session of the Chambers, in per- son on the 19th of September. His speech was conciliatory in tope, and promised useful measures. The first anniversary of the revolution of the 15th September was celebrated with all the solentaity of a na- tional fete. The King and Queen attended a solemn thanksgiving in

the principal church ; the whole of the troops were under arms ; and in the evening the city was illuminated. All passed off quietly.

Itenre.—The over-land mail bears intelligence from Bombay to tbe 2/th August ; but no news from China later than that received by the previous mail.

Sir Henry Hardinge arrived at Calcutta on the evening of the 23d July. Lord Ellenborough went down the Hooghly to meet him, and they came up the river together. The new Governor-General was at once sworn into office ; and his first official act was to confirm Mr. Bird in his appointment as Governor of Bengal. Sir Henry Hardinge

held his first official levee on the 29th: it was very largely attended by

persons of all classes ; and it is remarked that "there was no unlucky misunderstanding, as in the case of Lord Ellenborough's first levee." In matters of a more generally public and political nature, Sir Henry took up his position, by addressing circulars to the various British Residents at Native Courts, requesting them to inform the states to which they

are appointed that no change whatever is contemplated in the foreign policy of the late Governor-General, and that they are to understand, in the most explicit terms, that it will be maintained with every requisite 'Vigour— I know not," says the Bombay correspondent of the Times, "whether such st circular was ever issued by Lord Ellenborough, but there is no question of its propriety ; for Native Governments, and Natives in general, are too prone to jump at once to the conclusion, that because an officer is recalled or removed all his acts will be of course rescinded, and others substituted ; and this has often led to the commission of grievous errors."

Lord Ellenborough left Calcutta on the 1st August, in the steamer Te- nasserim, for Suez. The Military Society of Calcutta, Barrackpore, and Dumdum, gave loim a splendid farewell entertainment before his departure. With one exception the speeches do not appear to have been remarkable. That exception was Lord Ellenborough's, in returning thanks when the company drank his health ; which was much cheered at the dinner, and has provoked much comment elsewhere. He said-

+. Gentlemen, I thank you most cordially for this last testimony of your kindness ; which is, I assure you, only the more gratifying to me because offered altogether on grounds personal to myself, and having no reference to any poli-

tical or military measures of my Government. I thank all the officers of the united Army of India, for the uniform cordiality and kindness with which they have at all times everywhere received me. I thank them for the confidence they from the first reposed in me, and which no circumstances have, I believe, ever led them to withdraw. They fairly appreciated the difficulties of my po-

sition, and they gave me credit for having at heart the national honour. I thank you all for the invariable zeal and devotedness with which every instruc- tion I have ever given to a military man has been executed; and, above all, for that spirit of enterprise and that noble ardour in the field which, emulated by the troops of both services, has led in these later times to achievements never surpassed in the most splendid periods of our military history. "Gentlemen, I congratulate you on the high testimony borne to these later achievements by the great man who can best appreciate military services, and who is himself connected with the brightest glories of past times. Let it not

be supposed that the glories so obtained are barren glories, obtained only at a great public cost, and productive of no benefit to the people. In India the continued reputation of our arms is an indispensable condition of our existence; and if at this moment the revenue and the commerce of this country, and the

condition of the people, be, as they are, changed indeed from the state in which I found them to a state of unexampled prosperity, it is to the peace dic-

tated by our arms to China under the walls of Nankin—it is to the general sense of security which has been reestablished by two years of victories with- out a single check—that that unexampled prosperity is to be directly traced.

"Gentlemen, I sincerely congratulate you on the appointment which has been made of Sir Henry Harding,e as my successor. A good soldier himself, he will justly appreciate good soldiers. Confiding in the judgment and having the advice and support of the Duke of Wellington, he cannot fail to take a correct view of the real interests of India. His practical acquaintance with service in the field, and with all the details of military finance and of the in- ternal economy of regiments, must necessarily render him much more compe- tent than I could ever have become, even with the hest intentions and my

utmost industry, to deal with all questions connected with the comfort of the troops and with the efficiency of the Army ; and our past experience of his conduct in office in England affords the most satisfactory assurance that his power will always be exercised in a spirit of liberality as well as of justice, and of kind consideration and favour towards the troops of both services.

"Gentlemen, the only regret I feel in leaving India, is that of being sepa- rated from the Army. The most agreeable, the most interesting period of my

life has been that which I have passed here in cantonments and in camps. I have learned to estimate the high qualities of the officers of the united armies. Among them I now leave the friends I most respect and regard. I have learned to estimate the admirable character of the Native Sepoy, elevated as it is by his confidence in the British officer, and by European example in the field.

Among them are some of the noblest of soldiers, deeply attached to those by whom they are led, and full of enthusiastic devotion to military honour. Cherish that confidence; cherish that attachment and that devotion, by every act of kindness, of consideration, and regard. Be assured that the zealous obedience of a contented Native Army is the magic charm by which in India a few govern millions, by which this empire has been won, and by which alone it can be preserved. "These are the last words of earnest advice I shall address to you in India. I now bid you all most sincerely and cordially farewell. I shall soon be far from you but my heart remains with this Army; and wherever I may be, and as long as I live, I shall be its friend."

Sir Henry Pottinger had been received at Bombay, on his way to England, with great eclat. On the 23d August, he was entertained at a ball and supper by the inhabitants of Bombay. A gentleman whose name indicates one of the intelligent and wealthy class of Par.ees, and who is called, in a manner that looks strangely incongruous, " Dadab- hoy Pestonjee, Esq.," had for the occasion given up his country-house, called " Lall Bhag"; which was beautifully lighted and decorated. The company began to arrive about nine o'clock in the evening ; and Sir Henry was seen to lead off several of the quadrilles. After supper, toasts were given, and drunk with much cheering and applause. The ladies having risen from table, dancing was resumed, and kept up till a law hour.

On Saturday the 24th, an address, congratulating the homeward- bound Plenipotentiary on his successes and honours, was presented by European and Native merchants of Bombay, along with a service of plate valued at one thousand guineas. The address said, inter alia- " Before your arrival in China, every measure of the civil authority was characterised by vacillation suit want of decision ; but from the moment that you entered upon the discharge of the duties of your high appointment, con- fidence became restored, and that line of policy was adopted which first taught the haughty Chinese Government to respect the British flag." Sir Henry acknowledged with great satisfaction the approval of per- sons so well able to judge of his course in China. On the same evening, the Byculla Club gave a sumptuous dinner to the.passing guest. The chair was filled by Dr. Burnes ; who, in pro.. posing the principal toast of the evening, briefly reviewed Sir Henry Pottinger's career, from the time when, still a Lieutenant, he performed his intrepid journey in Beloochistan, disguised as a horse-dealer, to ex- plore the military and commercial geography of barbarous countries almost unknown since the time of Alexander the Great—liable every moment to be detected, detection being instant death ; then alluding to his services in the Deccan, in Catch, in Scinde, and finally in China. In conclusion, Dr. Barnes touched upon more private characteristics cif the hero.

Sir Henry seems to have acknowledged the eloquent eulogium with his customary modest, straightforward heartiness. After the dinner, he and others sang several songs ; he beginning with " The groves of Blarney."

He embarked for England on the 27th.

The news from the North and West is of minor interest ; the rainy season, which had prevented all military movements, having contributed to render it so. The measures to chastise the mutinous Sixty-fourth Regiment of Bengal Infantry had been rigidly followed up : forty Of the ringleaders were undergoing trial, with a view to a formidable ex- ample ; the colours had been publicly taken from the regiment ; and it is said that the vigorous measures of General Hunter, in stopping the mutiny before the soldiers had committed further excesses, had alone prevented the dismissal of the whole body. A small expedition sent to attack a fort called Burshoree, thirty-six miles North-west of Khanghar, had been obliged by the great heat to retreat back to Khanghur. Shere Mohammed was still at large in the mountainous districts ; but he was not able to collect forces sufficient to do injury.

There are the usual rumours of disorders and intrigues in the Punjanb, Cabal, Gwalior, and other places. The report is confirmed that Akhbar Khan, the son of Dust Mohammed, had formed a matrimonial alliance with the daughter of Yar Mohammed, the usurper of Herat. Another report is, that Yar Mohammed had driven away the Persians, who con- templated an attack on his city. It was said also that the Wullee of Ehooloom was preparing, at the head of a considerable force, to invade the dominions of Dost Mohammed. The cause of the dispute is said to be the abduction of a slave-child of great beauty, who belonged to the Wullee, but whom the Dost detained since last year, when he came on tit visit to Cabul. But what most concerns us is the report that the Dost an his son were conspiring with Heera Singh, the de facto ruler of the Punjaub, to collect a large army for the conquest and plunder of British Northern India. In such case, it is assumed that Sir Henry Hardinge would not await the invasion of British territory, but would take the initiative in hostilities ; and it is already understood that he was about to travel to Allahabad, where the Lieutenant-Governor of the North- western Provinces would meet him.

The long vacant throne of Holkar had been filled by placing upon it a son of Bhow Holkar, who had married a daughter of Hurree Rao Holkar. The young Maharajah has assumed the name of Tooksjee Holkar, and promises well. He is described as a manly boy, who had. won the good-will of his people.

It is supposed that Sir Henry Hardinge's popularity will be increased by new measures which he is empowered to adopt with the Army— raising fresh regiments, adding one captain to each of the actual corps, and reintroducing the punishment of flogging into the Native Army. This last measure appears to be a strange step to " popularity " ; but it is considered imperative by the generality of the officers, especially since the occurrence of the several mutinies in the Bengal and Madrait regiments.

TATUTI.—The French papers have alluded to some sanguinary con- flict in Tahiti, but in very vague terms: the Times has letters, dated on the 24th April, giving full particulars. It seems that the Natives, wearied with the profligate oppression of the French soldiery, rose against their conquerors, and mustered a force 1,000 strong, which they rather effectively intreuched at a place called Mahaena. Here they were attacked by a French force of 800, with artillery, guided by one Henry, the sou of a missionary ; led by M. Bruat, the Governor, and backed by the guns of the frigate Uranie. After a savage conflict, the Tahitians were either compelled to retreat, or did so to entice their enemies into a wood: and at that show of victory, the French gladlY drew off the ground. The Natives are said to have lost, in killed and wounded, 80; the French, 120. Queen Pomare remained on board the English ketch Basilisk.

BRAZIL.—The Peterel mail-packet, which left Rio de Janeiro on the 28th July, arrived at Falmouth on Sunday evening; and the intelli+. gence confirms the previous rumours of a new treaty under negotia- tion between England and Brazil. The packet had been detained in the expectation that it might bring the treaty home ; but as it WE* not arranged so soon as the negotiators expected, the vessel had been sent eff without it. The probable stipulations had not transpired. The next accounts of it may be expected by the Penguin packet; which was appointed to sail about the 12th August. Meanwhile, the duties of anchorage on foreign vessels entering Brazilian ports had been con- siderably reduced, by a decree to take place after the 10th November next, on the expiration of the present treaty ; a favourable sign.

UNITED STATES.—The mail-steamer Hibernia, which left Boston on the 16th September and Halifax on the 19th, arrived at Liverpool on Sunday night. Presidential affairs still absorbed public attention; but without any obvious change ; though Mr. Clay is said to have lost ground. For the foreign reader, the most interesting occurrence is another strange movement in the state of Rhode Island ; which. is re- lated by the " Geoevese Traveller" who corresponds with the Tames,- "You are advised that some months since Thomas Dorr, of Rhode Island, was indicted, tried, and convicted of treason against the State ; whereupon he was sentenced for life, to confinement in the Penitentiary. The respectability of his father produced a sympathy for the unworthy son. By the laws of Rhode Island, a pardon in such cases can only be granted by the Legislature. Immediately after the conviction of the would-be Governor Dorr, his father and sundry other citizens petitioned the Legislature for a pardon : but this gentleman notified the Legislature that the petition was presented without his knowledge or approbation. No action was had thereon; but it was clearly ascertained that no pardon would be granted but upon the petition of the pri- soner, and after be had sworn to support the constitution of the State. " In this situation the matter rested until a few weeks ago, when the tenant of the Penitentiary, and his adherents with him, became restive. They determined to make a move in hie behalf; expecting, it is believed, to alarm the constituted authorities of the State. With this view, they invited the citizens of adjacent States to assemble on a specified day, and simultaneously land in the State of Rhode Island. According to the rumours of the day, it was intended, by force and arms,' to release Derr from his confinement. The necessary military arrangements were made, on the part of the State, to punish instantly any breach of the peace. The day for this mighty movement of the Dory warriors at length arrived, and New York furnished her full quota of rowdies ; but, lo and behold these heroes ' marched up the hill, and then marched down again.' They calmly viewed the arrangements that the Rhode Islanders had made for their reception, and then unanimously resolved that discretion was the better part of valour ; after ahich they returned home. " The whole of this bullying display would be as ridiculous as it were harmless if it was not for other circumstances, more grave, connected with it. Among those who were invited to attend, was a number of the leaders of the Locofoco party, such as Ex-President Jackson, Ex-President Van Buren, &c.; not one of whom, so far as has been made public, evinced the slightest disap- probation of the gathering ; and some of them countenanced the measure. I forbear to comment on this extraordinary and unwarrantable proceeding. That such men as General Jackson, Mr. Van Buren, Stc. should in any man- , ner aid or abet a movement having for its object riot and bloodshed, is not to he credited ; and therefore it must be supposed they were imposed upon, and that they really thought it was only iutended as an innocent party of pleasure by the self-styled friends of law and order." Quiet reigned among the Mormons ; whom Governor Ford was con- ciliating, that they might support him at the coming electian ; while they conciliated him with a view to protection against their enemies. He advised them, however, not to arrest the men who shot their pro- phet Joe Smith and his brother ; for, he said, if he were to call out the militia for the purpose, they would very likely, instead of seizing the accused, rush on the Mormon city of Nauvoo ; as the feeling against the sect was strong in the province. Their internal affairs were pros- perous. They had determined to do without a prophet, and had ap- pointed twelve " apostles " as his successors, to preach their doctrines throughout America and Europe. This appointment was announced in an "Epistle of the Twelve."

CANADA.-The intelligence from Montreal comes down to the 13th September. Sir Charles Metcalfe had actually completed his Executive Council or Cabinet. Mr. Viger continued to be President, Mr. Daly Provincial Secretary ; and a Canada Gazette extraordinary made the following official announcement of the new appointments- " Secretary's Office, Montreal, 3c1 Sept.-His Excellency the Governor-Ge- neral has been pleased to make the following appointments, viz. The Honour- able William Henry Draper, to be Attorney-General for that part of the Pro- vince formerly called Upper Canada; the Honourable William Morris, to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Province of Canada, and also Re- ceiver-General ; Denis Benjamin Papineau, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Province of Canada, and also Commissioner of Crown Lands; James Smith, Esq., to be a Member of the Executive Council of the Province of Canada, and also to be Queen's Counsel in and for that part of the Province formerly Lower Canada, and Attorney-General for the same." The following account of the new Ministers is from the Quebec Gazette- " B. B. Viger, native of Lower Canada, advocate, large proprietor at Mon- treal, many years a distinguished Member of the Lower Canada Assembly and Legislative Council ; twice sent to England on public business ; in gaol at Mon- treal eighteen months in 1838-39: Member of Canada Legislative Assembly for the county of Richelieu ; Noted generally with the late Administration ; uncle to L. J. Papineau, late Speaker. "D. Daly, native of North of Ireland, about twenty years in Canada; came out as a private individual ; was acting Secretary and Registrar of Lower Ca- nada for a number of 3cars ; afterwards was promoted to the office. Took little share in politics. Appointed by Lord S3denham one of the Provincial Secre- taries under the Union Act, and elected Member for Megantic. Since Mr. Earrison's resignation be has been sole Provincial Secretary. Has property in Quebec.

" William Henry Draper, a native of North of England; formerly in the Navy ; has been upwards of twenty years in Upper Canada ; studied law at Toronto, we believe, with the present Chief-Justice ; was many years a distin- guished Member of the Upper Canada Assembly, and practitioner at the bar ; was in England on public business some years ago. Appointed Attorney- General and Executive Councillor by Lord S3denham; resigned in September 1842, and since Legislative Councillor and Queen's Counsel. " William Morris, a native of Renfrewshire, Scotland, came to Upper Ca- nada about thirty years ago ; engaged in trade ; was a conspicuous Member of the Upper Canada Assembly, and a Legislative Councillor under the Union Act ; a wealthy proprietor, and of good practical talents. "Denis Benjamin Papineau, native of Lower Canada ; Member for the county of Ottawa ; brother to L. J. Papineau, Speaker of the Lower Canada Assembly ; has bad the management of the Seignory of Petite Nation, on the Ottawa ; well-informed and good abilities, but his hearing imperfect.

"James Smith was formerly in partnership with Mr. Fisher as advocate at Montreal ; in good practice ; supposed to be a native of Montreal.

"None of the new Executive Councillors had any intimate connexion with the Executive Councillors in Upper and Lower Canada before the Union Act, but were rather opposed to them." Some excitement had been revived by Mr. Lafontaine and Mr. Morin, who had resigned their office as Queen's Counsel. The Quebec Mer- cury calls it "an epoch in the history of the career of the late and now Ex-blinistr, which threatens once more to disturb the tranquillity of the province ; a tranquillity which was fast becoming permanent, or at least showed promise of becoming so." The Provincial Parliament had been further prorogued to the 228 of October ; not then to meet for the despatch of business.