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'flA&cE.—The Moniteur of Monday published a Royal ordinance relieving Count Duchatel, Minister of the Interior, from the temporary direction of the Foreign Department, which M. Guizot would resume from the 1st instant.

The Constitutionnel states, that the Committee appointed to examine the questions connected with steam-navigation had terminated its labours and was actually dissolved. Most of its sittings were.presided over by the Prince De Joinville, sad every point was maturely and carefully investigated. With one voice it declared the materiel of the whole steam-fleet unfit for service; adopting, in short, the Royal Admiral's pamphlet on the subject. The Constitutionnel consoles itself with the idea that the steam-navy of England is equally inefficient; and trusts that the Government, profiting by experience, and adopting the wise suggestions of the Committee, would lose no time in placing the steam-navy of France ou a proper footing.

The Bulletindes Lois publishes the text of the treaty of delimitation recently entered into between France and Morocco under the auspices of General Delarue. The first six articles of the treaty relate entirely to the question of limits. The seventh stipulates that any refugee from one state to another shall not be mo- lested in his place of refuge, but shall find there protection of person and pro- Eerty: but it is declared that the benefit of this clause shall not extend to Abd-el- '&der and his partisans, as it would be in violation of Article 4 of the treaty of the 10th September last respecting them; which, for the peace and friendly relations of the two states, is to remain in full force. This is a new version of the treaty of delimitation and commerce, concluded at Lalla.Maghrina, which the Emperor refused to ratify; and the French Opposition papers attack the con- duct of their Government with respect to this altered form with great severity. The Constituthnutel remarks, that the treaty now published is dated the 18th March, in order to induce the public to think that it is precisely the same one that sum signed on that day by General Delarne, and ratified three weeks afterwards by Louis Philippe: but it contends that a comparison of the treaty now piub- lished with the accounts published by the Government organs of the former shows that they are not the same, and that in point of fact the terms of the present tseaty are more favourable to the Emperor; so that his Moorish Majesty gained hy refusing his ratification. The Pre-sse also remarks on the date of the 18th March; which, it says, is evidently not the real day of signature, as it is notorious that at that period nothing was settled. By a royal ordinance, dated the 24th Auguet, Captain Layrle, of the Navy, and Governor of French Guiana, is appointed Gavriar of Guadeloupe, in place of Admiral Gourbeyre, deceased.

Tuensv.—Letters from Constantinople, of the 19th August, announce the dismissal of Rine Pacha and the totally new construction of the Cabi net; which now stands as follows—

Grand Vizier, Raouf Pacha; Grand Seraskier, Sulyman Pacha; Capitain Pacha, Mehemet All Pacha; President of the Council, Rifat Pacha; Minister of Finance, Nafez Pacha: Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Effendi; Commandant at Tophany, Achmet Fetti Paella; Of this Cabinet the correspondent of the Morning Chronicle speaks favourably, although it still lacks an efficient head-

" The Ministry thus formed shows no appearance of efficiency; it wants a head; but it has good names in it. Alli Effendi, some years ago Ambassador at London, was for a long time the Secretary of Reschid Pacha, enjoyed the con- fidence of that minister, and is known to be a very competent man. Achmet Felt! Pacha is also a friend of Reschid: lie was formerly President of the Council, but was dismissed in consequence of having opposed a grant of money for the army proposed by Rica Pacha. The President of the Council, Rifat Pacha, has been a member of former administrations, and has much experience in affairs. The Grand Seraskier has only this against him, that he had a seat in the late Cabi- net; in other respects, he is everywhere well-spoken of ; is eloquent, and has manifested a good deal of zeal in promoting the new education-scheme. As for Mehemet Ali, you know his antecedents. He owed his first rise in life, like Rine Pacha, to his infamy, and has since stained his hand with the blood of one of his own slaves who had provoked his jealous passions. But these acts are so differ- ently viewed here and in Europe, that they have not disqualified him from be- coming the brother-in-law of the Sultan; and as he has never been convicted of any corrupt practices, his appointment is not generally looked upon with dissatis- faction. Nafez Pacha is, however, a decided blot among the new appointments. He was degraded from his rank by Reschid Pacha for notorious peculation and restored to it by Riza. In the renegade question he took the most active part on the side of bigotry, and hitherto has shown himself a stanch partisan of the old system of government. Not choice, but necessity, has dictated his nomination as Mallieh. There is no one else here at all conversant in financial matters."

There was some novelty in the manner of Riza Paella's dismissal. Abd- nl-Medjid was personally kind in his manner, which is regarded as a great innovation ; although the dismissed Minister's furniture was duly flung out of window to notify his disgrace to the public. He and his colleagues, however, were pensioned. The Sultan is said to have rebuked the Granit Vizier, a very aged man, for suffering others to use his authority; adding, that in future he was only to be Vizier, the Sultan himself to be master. •

It is said by some that Alli Effendi has only been appointed to perforni the functions of Minister of Foreign Affairs during the absence of Chekile Effendi' who is charged with a mission in Syria: but it is believed that he will be confirmed in his post, and that Cliekib Effendi will be ap- pointed either First Secretary or Chamberlain of the Sultan ; who has abolished the office of Grand Marshal, and decided that the administration. of the interior of the palace shall in future be under the control of a Se- cretary- and Chamberlain.

EGYPT.—Advices have been received from Alexandria to the 19th Au-' gust ; and though they furnish no more than some gossip, they are not without interest.

On the 16th instant, Captain Lyons, Agent for the East India Company, pre-, seated to Mehemet All in form the silver fountain which the Court of Directors.of the East India Company have sent to his Highness. All the British residents of Alexandria were present on the occasion. The Pacha seemed highly gratified with the gift, and acknowledged the reception of it in most gracious terms. Colonel' Barnett, our Consul-General, was not present; and he thought proper the day before to notify to Captain Lyons that he disapproved of the British residents accompany-, ing him from his house to the Paella's palace; nevertheless, hejoined a party at dejeimer given on the same day by Captain Lyons. On the 18th, Mehemet All invited to dinner at his palace at Ras-el-Teen, Captain Lyons, Colonel Barnett,' and the heads of the leading English houses in Alexandria; and this circumstance alone, the first on record of the Paella's having invited the merchants as a body,' is considered to prove the gratification his Highness feels for the present sent_ to him.

Ibrahim Pacha, Mehemet All's eldest son, and commander-in-chief of the army,. sailed for Malta on the 12th, in the Egyptian Government steamer Nile; and, after performing quarantine at that island, proposes to proceed to Tuscany; where az'. eminent French physician is to meet his Highness to perform a delicate operation,' which, it is said, ought not longer to be delayed. Some fears were entertained. with regard to Ibrahim Pacha's return to Egypt, on account of the very delicate' state of his health. In the event of his death, Abbas Pasha, Mehemet Alfa

i grandson, and only son of Tousson Pacha, who died of the plague n 1816, will be the heir-apparent to the Pachalic. On the 5th August, the Duke De lIontpensier returned to Alexandria front Cairo and Upper Egypt; dined for the second time with the Viceroy; and on the 9th took his leave of the Paella, and left the port in the Gomer for Smyrna and Constantinople. The Prince seemed highly pleased with the atrentrona and hospitality shown to him by Mehemet Ali during his stay in Egypt. A correspondent at Alexabdria mentions being present at a ball given to the Duke about a fortnight previously, at which all the Pacha's sons attended, to do honour to the Duke. " It was the first time Ibrahim Pacha saw the Euro- pean dances: he was much pleased. As to little Mohammed Ali, it was ve7 amusing to see him walking about the room with sometimes two ladies on hut arms." Europeanizing gets on in Egypt.

SYRIA.—Letters from Beyrout, of August 110, describe the country as having been for the last month in a comparatively quiet state. There had been no fighting between the rival parties; the mountaineers beginning to return to their habitations and attend to their crops.

INDIA.—The over-land mail brings intelligence from Bombay to the 19th July. We-borrow the details chiefly from the Bombay Times. " The intelligence received from Scinde since our last is recent in date, and lir many respects of very considerable interest. It will be remembered, that a short time since, a tract of country on the Western bank of the Indus was takes. in exchange by the Government of Scinde from our ally Meer Ali Moored. This territory, situated about eighty miles above Sukkur, had no sooner come into our possession than it began to occasion trouble; an 1 about the 25th June informa- tion reached Hyderabad that it was being. plundered by some of the neighbouring tribes; and a wing of the Eighteenth Reguneut of Bombay Native Infantry, under Major Corsellis, was at once ordered up in steamers to a place called Kusmore or Kis' more, for the purpose of affording protection to our new subjects in that quarter. We have heard nothing as yet as to the result of this expedition. We observe, however, from the Bombay Witness, that it was rumoured reinforce meats would be required by Major Corsellis to enable him to accomplish the ob- ject for which he set out. At Shahpore, our furthest advanced post, close to the Murree and Boogtie Hills, our troops also have not been allowed to remain idle. At this place was stationed (by general order of the 18th March last) a force consisting of 100 sabres of the Seventh Light Cavalry, and 200 of the Infantry of the Bundelkund Legion, under Captain R. Master, with a small post-rpm. Early in June, a report prevailed that a further portion of the last-named body was 'wanted' at hpore; but we are not aware whether any additional detachment was really seat up. The cause of this rumour appears to have been a fresh exbi • bition of unconquerable predatory propensities on the part of a band of Boogties, who had made an inroad and captured some three hundred head of cattle. Cap- tain Tabor, who was in command of the Shahpore post, discovered and gave chase to the Belooches; and after killing five horses from over-working during the dour, succeeded in recovering the stolen property. We have not beard of any further foray at the outposts; and to all appearances everything is now quiet in that direction.

" Our news from Lahore [in the Punjaub] extends from the 1st to the 24th June. On the 1st, intelligence arrived that Prince Peshora Singh, whose insur- rectionary movements had already occasioned no little alarm, had surprised With a superior force a party conveying Government treasure to Peshawur; and after a short conflict, succeeded in capturing the prize, which amounted to about six lacs of rupees (60,0001.) On receipt of this information, orders were at once issued for the preparation of a force to proceed to Seealkote against the Prince; and a body of troops, it would seem, soon afterwards marched on this ser- vice. About the oth, a letter appears to have been received from Pe- shora Singh by the Kbalsas, intimating that 'poverty alone had driven him to the course he was now pursuing, and that if a provision suitable to his rank was made he would immediately desist : at any rate, be hoped for the support of the troops.' The Kbalsas, in reply, offered him an asylum in their camp; which, however, he of course had no idea of accepting. He now en- sconced himself in Seealkote, and made preparation for a stout resistance. He seems to have been in possession of a considerable sum of money; which, it was said, hail been sent by the nephew of Rajah Gholab Singh. On the arrival of the troops, a deputation waited on him to recommend that he should restore the money he had plundered, and pay up the arrears due by him.' To this advice a reply was given to the effect that necessity had alone compelled him to do as he had done, and that poverty now compelled him to keep the money.' The negotiation having thus resulted unsuccessfully, it was resolved to attack Seealkote; and the troops accordingly commenced an assault on that place. The Prince, however, sallied out at the head of a strong force, and put them to the rout; losing one hun- dred of his own men, and killing thrice that number of his assailants. After this somewhat startling manifestation of his power, another deputation waited upon him, and on this occasion with greater success. The Prince agreed to surrender the treasure; and Sirdir Jowahir Singh withdrew the troops from Seealkote. It appears that the Prince has been removed from this place to a jagheer of equal value at Munkeera; and the State troops, after making arrangements for the government of the district, returned to Lahore, which city they reached on the 20th June.

"The usual insubordination—elarnourings for extra pay, demands for gratui- ties, arid the like—has been exhibited among the soldiery of the capital. Sirdah Juwahir Singh has continued highly unpopular; and open threats to remove him from his post and nominate a new Minister have apparently become quite common."

An attempt had been made to assassinate Gholab Singh. "On returning late, about nine &clock at night, from the fort, he observed, on approaching the Lo- haree blonde.; about two hundred armed men, with lighted matches in their matchlocks, standing about in small parties. The suspicions of the Rajah were awakened; on which he returned to the fort, and represented the facts to the Wezeer. The latter thereupon ordered out the Sepoys of his body-guard to ac- company the Rajah to his house. On again approaching the Mundee, the men who had been seen previously were ascertained to have dispersed, with the excep- tion of some three or four; who, being dilatory, were seized and brought before the Rajah. On inquiring into the cause of their assembly at that place, the Rajah was told that they had been planted there to assassinate him; but the prisoness refused to say at whose instigation. Rajah Ruheemoolah Khan soon after poisoned himself, and confessed the authorship of the plot; stating, however, that he had acted at the instigation of the Sirdar and Rajah Lall Singh. It is said that it is not believed at Lahore that either the Ranee or the Sirdar had anything to do with the plot: but suspicion points strongly to Lall Singh ; and it has been ob- served that of this chief the Rajah had latterly taken especial care. The Minister has a new favourite in the person of Sirdar Jeevun Singh Majeeteen; who has re- ceived several large jagheers, and is in command of a considerable body of troops."

From Cabal we learn that Mohammed Akhbar Khan was preparing to set out ein a pilgrimage to Mecca. "Cholera had shown itself at Ghuznee and Jellalabad. The troops at Feroze- pore have suffered a good deal from cholera; and this terrible malady has this year afflicted almost the whole continent of India. In the Madras Presidency, and at Bombay, Poona, &c., its ravages have been most extensive: the setting-in of the rainy season, however, will doubtless now relieve us entirely of the calamitous visitation."

In commercial matters there was little change; the season being one of inac- tivity, and the markets being dull. Certain members of the Civil Service of the Bombay Presidency have addressed

a memorial to the Directors of the East India Company, complaining of very cri- minatory reflections thrown out by Major-General W. F. Napier, in his Comsqsieai of Sande, and purporting to be denved I'D= information supplied by Major-General Sir Charles J. Napier. Passages from the book are quoted, which imply sweeping ,aainst the Civil Service, of corruption, cowardice, selfishness, calumny, charge. „ ' concludes thus—" Although these slanders are indisen- Sze. The memona.--.-.-e of India, your memorialists feel them- minately applied to the whole Civil rx.,. - as your memorialists

selves specially called upon to contradict and repel tn.,..,

belong to the Presidency in which alone Sir Charles Napier could na;'e met the e individuals who pillaged the public treasury; exercised a corrupt and venal in- fluence over the public press; calumniated their f',T;Av-servanis in rib:" noble pr.G' Irina, insif.tiig an k:oalineering over them, and depriving them of the soldier's share'; and were guilty of many other abuses, insinuated though not

expressed. Your memorialists therefore humbly pray that your honourable Court will be pleased to require Major-General Sir Charles Napier, who at pre- sent has the honour of serving under you either to produce proofs of the facts on which his statements in disparagement of the Civil Service of India, published in his brother's book-, are founded, or distinctly to disavow them, and acknowledge that they are erroneous, and altogether inapplicable to that branch of the Civil Service to which your memorialists have the honour to belong."

CHrsa.—The Bombay journal has accounts from Hong-kong to the 15th May.

"The discussion relative to the opium-trade had been revived, owing to the

step taken by Mr. M'Gregor, the Consul at Canton; who, on the 21st April, had ordered the parties in charge of the receiving-ships at Whampoa to appear before him with their registers and other ships pipers; a measure which of course had the effect of driving these vessels from the river.

"It was said that the arrangement which prohibits Chinese from trading at Hong-kong without a chop' for the purpose, and which has interfered in no small measure with the commercial prosperity of that settlement, was likely to be abolished by Government.

"Keying, who had been degraded last }rear, had received a seat in the Cabinet, as Assistant-Minister; an honour which his predecessor Keshen held. "An extract from the Pekin Gazette, given by the China Mail, intimates that 'the Emperor Taoukwang, being now in the vale of years, feels the weight of ad- ministration to be too much for his infirmities, and is longing to be heal from the burden. His sickness last summer produced considerable altercation about the succession to the throne. His only son was at first proposed, as the rightful heir to the crown; and Taoukwang agreed that he should wield the sceptre at the commencement of this year: but the design was frustrated by the parties who Contended for the ascendancy. The formation of a Council, to whom all im-

portant matters were intrusted, was the consequence. The personal influence of some of its leading members has been found to be too great. In order to neu- tralize it, Taoukwang has recently added considerably to its number, and thus brought together many powerful and ambitious leaders opposed to each other's views.'

"'The stock of goods on hand,' says the Hong-kong Register, is still large, though a few sales continue to be made. Prices have not declined so much as might have been expected under the circumstances, nor are they expected to km. much lower; but until the arrival of the new crops of silk and tea, no advance is looked for.'"

Por.rsissiA.—Papers have been received from Tahiti, extending from. the 2d March to the 20th April; but they leave a long gap in the file; and in the course of the corresponding time it appears that there was an insur- rection against the French rule. Governor Bruat had issued an address to the Natives, describing the victories of the French in Morocco, and the interchange of visits between King Louis Philippe and Queen Victoria, evidently to daunt the Tahitians and damp their. hopes of aid from England. Markaossess.—The French papers give some account of the expedition against Madagascar, which has had a disastrous termination. " By a vessel which has just arrived at Marseilles, we have received the fol- lowing intelligence from the island of Bourbon. The Queen of Madagascar having for some time past imposed onerous and unjust conditions upon the }tench and English residents at Tamatave by which the trade with Bourbon and the

Mauritius, in a variety of articles of first necessity, was much impeded, three vessels—two French, viz. the Berceau and Zelee, and an English corvette, the name of which is not stated—were sent to receive on board the European resi- dents, who were in great danger from the tyranny of the Queen. A hundred' soldiers of the garrison of Bourbon formed part of the expedition. The three vessels landed at Tamatave three hundred and fifty men, who made a hostile de- monstration ; but they received from a fort, the position of which they were not acquainted with, a shower of balls and grape-shot, which committed great slaugh- ter. The French had fourteen seamen and three officers killed; the English lost three seamen and an officer; and on both sides there were about fifty wounded. The combined force was, under these circumstances, compelled to reembark, taking their wounded with them. The dead were mutilated by the Owes; who stuck their heads upon pikes, on the spot where the French and English had landed. On the following day, however, another landing was effected; and the combined force succeeded in removing some of the European residents, with such property as in the haste could be got together. They then set fire to a part of the country; and having done this, the vessels returned to Bourbon."