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"raiur.—Very little intelligence has arrived from Paris this week. Weducaday, the 5th, the anniversary of the death of Napoleon the Great, was solemnly observed by the official world. Funeral crowns were placed at the foot of the column in the Place Vendome, by deputa- tions "from the remains of the Old Array " ; and there was divine sex- vice at the Invalides and at the Tuileries.

General Espinasse has made considerable alterations in his wide de- partment. His new appointments include seven secretaries-general of prefecture, nineteen vice-prefects, and thirty-two members of the Coun- cil of Prefecture.

The projects of the Court for the summer months are already spoken of. The Emperor goes to Fontainebleau on the 22d May, with the Queen of Holland. On the 22d of June he goes to St. Cloud. Between the 10th and 15th of July the trip to Brittany will take place. The Em- press and the Empress Mother (Madame Montijo) proceed to Biarritz soon after the 15th of August, and the Emperor will pass a few weeks at Plombieres before joining the Empress in the Pyrenees.

Stalii.—Advices from Naples to the 27th April state that Mr. Lyons has remitted to the Neapolitan Government a note in which the English Ministry demand an indemnity for Watt and Park, the engineers of the Cagliari, who were so long kept in prison. It is stated, but with less certainty, that the sum demanded is 40001. [Another report says 400,000 francs.] The King appears inclined to treat. The Neapolitan Court of Appeal will this week deliver judgment on the question whether the Cagliari is a good prize.

The Paris correspondent of the Morning Post says that "the Nea- politan Government has changed its original intention of sending a posi- tive refusal to compensate Park and Watt for injuries received. By the close of the week an answer will be sent direct from Naples to London on this subject. It is probable that the King will order the tribunals to release the Sardinian steamer; at least this is the opinion of a foreign diplomatist at Naples."

The Conspiracy Bill has passed the Turin Chamber of Deputies by the large majority of 100 to 42.

/11155i 11.—A telegraphic despatch from St. Petersburg, dated May 3, says that "a detailed programme has just been issued regulating the la- bours of the committees of the nobility concerning the emancipation of the serfs. Three successive periods are indicated for the completion of the measure. In the first, the principles are to be established ; in the second, they are to be applied to each property; in the third, a common code of laws is to be drawn up for the rural population. Six months are allowed for the preparation of the labours of the first period in a sta- tistical point of view. After that delay the peasants arc to obtain all the rights of other taxpaying classes. But they will remain attached to the property until they have purchased their freedom!' Some disturbances have arisen near Tauroggen. The peasants were told by strangers that the landlords demanded twice the amount of labour permitted by the Emperor. They rode to the castle of their landlord, Prince Ttrasilehitkoff, and demanded compensation. He naturally re- fused, and they struck work. The Governor-General of Kowno appeared on the scene with some cavalry. He listened to the complaints of the peasants, and assured them of his protection, but he could not induce them to resume their labour. He then had recourse to force, and some of the leaders were flogged with rods, others were imprisoned, and order was finally established.

8.:—The Bombay mail, which arrived on Tuesday, brought some

• . inteleSting-summaries confirming in part the brief announcements of the

" "The latest date from Lucknow by telegraph was April 8. At that . time fieolumn intended to act against the rebels in Rohileund had been fornied,;.bat had not marched. It was to be commanded by Sir Cohn Campbell in person, with Brigadier Walpole as his second.' A division had been organized to remain in garrison at Lucknow, under Sir Hope Grant...The Naval Brigade had gone to Allahabad. Four British regi- • _ments, with artillery and cavalry, had marched on the 25th for Azim-

ghur. The reason for this movement was that the hordes of rebels, scattered for a moment by General Franks and Colonel Rowcroft, had reunited, crossed the Gogra, and threatened Azimghur. Instead of await- ing them in position at Azimghur, Colonel Milman, commanding a part of the 37th Regiment, sallied forth to meet them. He defeated one por- tion, but was himself compelled to retire with the loss of tents and bag- gage, before a more powerful body. He retreated into Aziinghur, and sent expresses to Benares, notifying that he was besieged there. The ill news flew to Allahabad and Lucknow. A few troops were sent from the two former places,Thut Sir Colin Campbell immediately organized a

strong division under Sir Edward Lugard and sent it at once against the enemy. The mishap to the 37th was not our only reverse. A force sent ' from Allahabad to scatter some rebels fell into a kind of ambuscade, suf- fered smartly, and retired. The majority of the landholders in Oude still kept aloof, and no am- nesty had been issued. Barracks and magazines were in course of forma- tion in Lucknow. The troops seem to have been greatly excited against the Natives, and their violence kept the people out of the city. Sir James Outram had left Lucknow for Calcutta. His successor was to be Mr. Montgomery from the Punjaub. Mr. DorM was to leave Calcutta for England; Mr. J. P. Grant was to succeed him ; Mr. Ricketts suc- ceed Mr. Grant, and Sir James Outram take the place of Mr. Ricketts.

The operations in Bundelcund had been successful. Sir Hugh Rose united his force before Jhansi on the 23d March, and at once opened a heavy fire upon the place. Shansi is a walled town ; above it is a fortress palace belonging to the Rajahs. The town was defended by some 10,000 men, of whom 1500 were Sepoys. They replied to our batteries by a vigorous fire. The rebel force at Calpee, hoping to raise the siege, marched upon Jhansi under Santee Soopay, a relative of Nana - Sahib. Sir Hugh Rose resolved to fight the relieving force and main- thin the siege. The rebels mustered some 20,000 men, including two regiments of the Gwalior Contingent. Sir Hugh turned their flanks with cavalry and artillery, and routed them after a stout resistance from

• the Gwalior men. Next he stormed and took Jhansi, the garrison . making a " desperate " defence ; and then the Ranee and garrison fled

from the fort to Jrdoum and Calpce. The enemy's loss in these actions

is fixed at 3000 killed. We lost " several gallant officers and men."

In Rajpootana, General Roberts had marched to relieve the Rajah of Kotah besieged in his palace by his subjects. Here the rebels had made formidable preparations for defence, but as at Lucknow they were turned . and rendered useless. The Rajah sallied out and joined the British. A force was thrown into his palace by General Roberts ; a simultaneous at- tack was made upon the rebels, and they were routed. The cavalry were sent in pursuit. The details of these operations are meagre. -• There had been a little fight in the Run of Cutch. Some Coolies

seized the island of Bate. A transport with troops, but without guns, - was sent to drive them out. The troops were compelled to attack in boats, and they were driven back with loss. The next day the Coolies - tied.

Soon after the Kaiserbagh of Lucknow was captured, the following 1 proclamation, prepared and dated several days before, was issued by the Governor-General.

" PROCLAMATION.

"The army of his Excellency the Commander-in-chief is in possession of Lucknow, and the city lies at the mercy of the British Government, whose authority it has for nine months rebelliously defied and resisted. This re- sistance, begun by a mutinous soldiery, has found support from the inha- bitants of the city and of the province of Oude at large. Many who owed their prosperity to the British Government, as well as those who believed themselves aggrieved by it, have joined in this bad cause, and have ranged themselves with the enemies of the State. They have been guilty of a great crime, and have subjected themselves to a just retribution. The capi- tal of their country is now once more in the hands of the British troops. From this day it will be held by a force which nothing can withstand, and the authority of the Government will be carried into every corner of the province.- The time, then, has corne' at which the right honourable the Governor-General of India deems it right to make known the mode in which • the British Government will deal with the talookdars, chiefs, and land- holders of Oude and their followeis. The first care of the Governor-Gene- ral will be to reward those who have been steadfast in their allegiance at a time when the authority of the Government was partially overborne, and who have proved this by the support and assistance which they have given to British officers.

"Therefore the Right Honourable the Governor-General hereby declares that Drigliejjie Singh, Rajah of Bulrampore ; Koolwunt Singh, Rajah of rudnalia ; Rao Ilurdeo Buksh Singh, of Kutiaree ; Kasheepershaud, Ta- lookdar of Sissaindee ; Zuhr Singh, Zentindar of Gopaul Kheir ; and Chun- deeloll, Zemindar of Maroon (Baiswarah) are henceforward the sole heredi- tary proprietors of the lands which they held when Oude came under British rule, subjeet only to such moderate assessreent as may be imposed upon • them, and .that those loyal men will be further rewarded in such manner , and to such extent as, upon consideration of their merits and their position, , the Governor-General shall determine. A proportionate measure of reward , and honour according to their deserts will be conferred upon others in

whose favour like claims may be established to the satisfaction of the Government.

". The Governor-General further proclaims to the people of Oude that with the above-mentioned exceptions, the proprietary right in the soil of the province is confiscated to the British Government, which will dispose e of that right in such manner as it may seem fitting. To those talookdars, • chiefs; and landholders, with their followers, who shall make immediate , submission to the Chief Commissioner of Oude, surrendering their arms and obeying his orders, the right honourable the Governor-General promises that their lives and honour shall be safe, provided that their hands are unstained with English blood murderously shed. But, as regards any further indulgence which may be extended to them, and the condition in which they may hereafter be placed, they must throw themselves upon the justice and mercy of the British Government. To those among them who shall promptly come forward and give to the Chief Commissioner their support in the restoration of peace and order this indulgence will be large, and the Governor-General will be ready to view liberally the claims _which they may thus acquire to a restitution of their former rights. - As participation in the murder of Englishmen and Englishwomen will exclude those who are guilty of it from all mercy, so will those who have protected English lives be specially entitled to consideration and

leniency. • . "By order of the right honourable the Governor-General of India. G. F. Emelt/slums, • "Allahabad, March 14. Secretary to the Government of India."

fLuitth Otatrs.—The City of Washington arrived at Liverpool yesterday, with advices from New York to the 24th April. The papers and correspondence between Lord Napier and the Secre- tary of State, called for by the Senate, relating to the Slave-trade, are now before the Senate, and were waiting to be printed. The whole matter is voluminous. General Cass concurs in the opinion of Lord Napier that the efforts of the British Government for the extinction of this traffic have increased. The United States have not been less anxious than Great Britain for the extermination of this commerce ; but the system of joint blockade which has been pursued for some years, has pro- duced no benefit in reasonable proportion to the expenditure of life and treasure it has cost. There is, however, another method of proceeding, without the dangers and difficulties and inefficiency which beset a blockade, and which is sure to succeed if adopted and persevered in—and that is, to close the slave marts of the world, or rather of the island of Cuba, which is now almost the only region where the slave-dealer can find a market. Speaking of the United States, he says the introduction of a slave into the country is a fact which he believes the present generation has not witnessed, and attributes it to a sound state of public opinion. He argues that the Convention arrangements which exist between Great Britain and France and Spain, for their mutual cooperation in the sup. pression of the Slave-trade, do not seem to have produced the desired result, and that upon the course of the Spanish Government far more depends than upon the most rigorous blockade of the African coast. He recommends .the extension of free coloured establishments along the coast of Africa as efficient in suppressing the Slave-trade. He touches with much force, and with the slightest spice of ridicule, on the new French scheme of forced labour called "apprenticeship," recognized by the British.- In conclusion, he then says, " I am instructed by the Pre- sident to inform your Lordship that while he is determined to execute the treaty of 1842 with fidelity and efficiency, ho is not prepared under existing circumstances to entertain any new stipulations on the subject of the African Slave-trade."