fortign ant Culoulul.

FRANCE. —The sum of twelve million of francs (about 480,0001. ster- ling) per annum was not the full extent of the " dotation" benefits thrown at the feet of Louis Napoleon by the vote of his Senate on the 1st of April; in addition, it was voted that the should have the enjoyment of seven of the national palaces, which shoultrbe maintained at the national expense and that the privilege of shooting and hunting in the woods of Versailles, and the forests of Fontainebleau, Compiegne, Many, and St. Germain, should be enjoyed by him exclusively. The -cost of maintain- ing the palaces is about 4,500,000 francs per annum. On the whole, the net income placed at the disposal of the Usurper is greater than that al- lowed to King Louis Philippe. The Times remarks on the contrast- " Louis Philippe was, when he ascended the throne' one of the richest persons in Europe ; a large portion of his patrimonial property reverted at once to the Crown, and it is contended by the present Government that all the property of the House of Orleans did so revert. Louis Napoleon, on the contrary, arrives in France in the position of a needy adventurer, surrounded by men as needy as himself. He restores nothing to the Crown ; he brings with him neither fortune nor inheritance. Yet this ruler, having none of the domestic obligations for which his predecessor had to provide is at once to receive a larger civil list than that of the Monarchy itself. In fact, it was computed that Louis Philippe spent throe millions a year on keeping up the palaces, and three more in providing for his children and their families : SO that for the personal use of the head of the state, Louis Napoleon enjoys double the amount that his predecessor could dispose of."

The chief Judges took the oaths "to the Constitution and to the Presi- dent," on Sunday. M. Abbatucci made a speech of adulation ; which the Usurper answered with a direct avowal of Imperial pretensions. "Messieurs lea Magistrats—Although I receive your oath with pleasure, the obligation imposed on all the constituted bodies to take it appears to me less necessary on the part of those of whom the noble mission is to make the right dominant and respected. The more authority reposes on an incon- testable base, the more it ought naturally to be defended by you. Since the day on which the doctrine of the Sovereignty of the People replaced that of Divine Right, it may be affirmed with truth that no Government has been as legitimate as mine. In 1804, 4,000,000 of votes, inproclaiming the power to be hereditary in my family, designated me as heir to the Empire. In 1848, nearly 6,000,000 called me to the head of the Republic. In 1851, nearly 8,000,000 maintained me there. Consequently, in taking the oath to me, it is not merely to a man that you swear to be faithful, but to a princi- ple, to a cause, to the national will itself." The Illoniteur has published a deere for egulating the copper coinage. All the existing coin is to be withdrawn, and a new coinage issued com- posed of 95 per cent of copper, 4 per cent of tin, and 1 per cent of zinc. An elaborate report justifies the depreciation of the coin below its no- minal value.

The French Goveniment has granted 50,000 francs for a monument to Marshal Ney.

Iretv.—A great stir at Rome has been made by the appearance of Prima Canino on the shores of the Papal States. The Prince told his relative President Bonaparte that the Roman Government was about to ruin him by confiscation, and asked authority to go and avert the ruin. It will be recollected that Prince Canino took a prominent part in the Republican movement in Rome which resulted after the Pope flight to Gaeta ; and that he withdrew only on the fall of the city to the French arms. President Bonaparte at last gave Prince Canino authority to go and represent his menaced interests. But the authorities of the Papal Government stopped him at Civita Vecchia, and would have ar- rested him if the French Commandant had not protected him. He pro- duced his cousin's " permission " to go to Rome and insisted on going on : the commander of the French troops was prepared to protect him thither; but the Pope protested that if Mime Canino came to Rome be would retire over the Austrian frontier. The Prince still persisted in his right, and the matter threatened to be a serious one.

Swrrzintwiren.—A Berne paper has published a letter from the King of Prussia to M. de Chambier, one of his partisans in Neufchatel, re- asserting his royal rights over Neufchatel, but stating that he does not deem it for the interest of Europe that he back his claims by force at this moment. The treaties under which the King claims gave him a "pro- tectorate" over Neufchatel.

SPAM —A telegraphic message received through Paris states that "a decree was published on the 5th instant, at Madrid, annihilating the liberty of the press, establishing a censorship, the Government to suspend and suppress journals at pleasure."

Cars OF GOOD Horz.—The General Screw Steam Shipping Com- pany's ship Propontis arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday, having left Cape Town on the 3d of Much.

No intelligence of any military operations of consequence had tran- spired during the last month. General Somerset's and Culonel Eyre's patrols were yet in Caffreland, destroying the enemy's crops and devas- tating their country. No submissions had been made by Kreili, Sandilli, MS001110 or the other great chiefs ; but there were renewed attempts to treat, and to obtain peace on tunas short of such absolute submission. These advances ware all sternly rejected, and the patrolling expeditions were to be kept up with relentless vigour fill the cattle of the enemy should be all taken, their crops destroyed, and their ammunition gone. These events, or the unconditional surrender of the chiefs, were thought to be now somewhat nearer realization than before.

The Legislative Council had given cause for fresh disgust. At the meeting of the 11th February, yet one more attempt was made to put off proceeding with the debate on the Constitution Ordinances. There was one more adjournment, on pretence that Mr. Secretary Montague might consult the Governor-General whether there should be any further delay. The Governor-General answered him with a short message to "go on immediately." So the colonists now rather hoped for real progress.

THE AUSTRALIAN Germ REGION.—Accounts are brought from the Gold Region of Australia down to the end of December. The discoveries near Melbourne are outstripping those made in the Bathurst district ; and the distance of the lie* happy land from Melbourne being but two days' walk, an enormous population had gone out from that city. The diggers were said to be twenty thousand, and their gains had been enormous. State,. ments, apparently prepared with care' show that the average profit was five dollars a day. The Government escort had brought down more than a ton of gold in one week.

The same arrivals bring letters which clear up the mystery about the sad fate of Mr. Benjamin Boyd. The ttory of the crew proves true. Mr. Boyd was murdered by the savages of tie Solomon Islands, on the 15th of .October last. He had gone on shore with his fowling-piece ; two shots were heard—fired, it is supposed, by Mr. Boyd in self-defence ; and he was never seen again. The small crew had great difficulty in defending themselves from a similar fate at the hands of two hundred warriors who attacked them.

GANADA.—Letters by the United States ;nail report that the Govern- ment of Canada had decided to throw open the navigation of the St. Law- rence to the United States vessels.

They also bring news of the death of Sir John Harvey, Lieutenant- Governor of Nova Scotia since 1848. He died on the 22d of March.

WEST INDIES. —Advices from Jamaica to the 2e1 of March state that the island Legislature was prorogued by Governor Grey on the 26th of February. The Governor had disallowed the loan bills passed by the two Chambers,- and he stated that he had received from the Colonial Office a ddimatch approving of his intention to withhold his consent. In. his speech on proroguing the Chambers, he said, "The drooping and decay- ing position of the planting interest is still the most prominent object in the affairs of Jamaica." Maintaining the principle, that the compensa- tion given by the Mother-country from the resources of her whole com- munity to relieve any portion of it which may suffer by the introduction. of improved institutions, should be adequate but stating that "it is no- torious and certain that the relief of the planting interest has neither been complete nor even proportionate to the effort and sacrifice which were made for the purpose of affording it," he darkly hinted his own notion that relief might still be rendered in a manner that should be advantageous both to England and Jamaica. "It would be a source of great and lasting joy to me if I could in any degree be instrumental in advancing this fine Wand and its inhabitants to the state of prosperity of which I think they are capable, and still mom if this were to be effected by measures which might serve as a basis for that union of England with her Colonies which is all that is wanting to make the British empire an example to be followed by the whole world.'

• question of sending delegates to England to represent the state of the colony was agitated : subscriptions had been raised, and three persons had been chosen for the mission. These persons were Messrs. Thompson, Girod, and W. Smith; but after they were chosen, three other gentlemen were added to them, Messrs. Jackson, Franklin, and Vickers. The last was a man.of colour, and the three delegates first chosen declined to ac- cept him as a colleague, on the ground that he was not sufficiently ac- quainted with the history of the colony to enable him to act : they said they would act with any man of colour properly qualified by education and knowledge.

The journals from British Guiana extend to the 27th of February. Governor Darkly had stated, in a financial address to the Combined Court, that the ordinary revenue for the last year considerably exceeded the ex- penditure of the colony, notwithstanding the extensive reductions in the tariff sanctioned last year. The ship Soubah,dar had arrived from Calcutta with 600 Coolies, and it was understood that eleven ships had been en- gaged to continue the supply ; so that some 3000 were expected during the season.