fortign tuai Cantata.

num—The Emperor continues in seclusion at Plombieres. The Orleanists and Legitimists have got up a report that he is suffering from a disease "that will lead to his abdication.' A weak invention of the enemy.

The funeral of M. de Fortoul took place on Saturday, at the Mont Parnasse Cemetery. A very great concourse of officials attended; and Marshal Valliant, Senator Dumas, and M. Ravaisson, of the Institute, pronounced long orations over his grave.

41 Hill—Early in the week, intelligence arrived of a change of Mi- nistry in Spain, speedily followed by reports of an insurrection in Ma- drid. Espartero tendered his resignation. In consequence, it is said, of some disagreement with General O'Donnell, he abruptly requeeted the Queen to choose between them. She, acting—so it is reported—on the advice of M. de Turgot, the French Minister, chose O'Donnell, and Es- partero retired. A new Ministry was formed, with O'Donnell at its. head, and including the names of Luzmiaga, Ros de Olano, Rios Rosary and Collado. It is remarked that Luziniaga is an adherent of Espartero. The first step taken by the new Minister was to order the disarmament of the National Guard. Espartero resigned on Monday : on the same evening, the National Guards resisted the order to disarm, and turned into the streets. A conflict of some duration ensued between the Na- tional Guards under General Infante and the troops of the Line under O'Donnell. A truce was agreed on, to terminate at a given hour • after which if the insurgents did not surrender, O'Donnell declared that he would proceed with the greatest vigour. They do not appear to have surrendered. What took place subsequently is uncertain ; but it is stated that up to four o'clock on Wednesday, all the insurgents except a few headed by a famous torrero, Pacheta, had been overcome; that by ten o'clock Pacheta was killed, and his men dispersed after a fierce contest, in which they were supported by twelve guns. It is also said that forty Deputies, who attempted to convene the Cortes, were dispersed by the soldiers ; that a new Municipal Council has been ap- pointed by the Government; and that the whole of Spain has been de- dared in a state of siege. The latest intelligence from Madrid is dated Thursday. "Today, order is completely reestabliehed at Madrid. The Queen, ac- companied by the King and by Marshal O'Donnell, has just reviewed the garrison. The troops and the people received their Majesties and the Mar- shal with enthusiasm. Tomorrow will take place the solemn burial of the soldiers who have died gloriously in defending the throne and order." What part Espartero took in the matter, or whether he took any, or where he was at the time, is uncertain. The telegraph reports that in- sm•rection has broken out in Arragon and Catalonia; and that at Sara- gossa the insurgents are victors.

Sill 14.—There seems to be not the least doubt that the Austrians have materially increased their force in Lombardy. This, together with the fortification of Piacenza, has aroused the Piedmontese. At a Cabinet Council held on the 8th, General La Marmora addressed a report to the King, showing the defenceless state of the Eastern frontier. The dan- ger on that side, says there port, "has particularly increased since Austria, in violation of the treaty of Vienna, is converting Piacenza into an im- mense fortress, from which she menaces our frontier, which consequently requires to be strengthened by new fortifications." In consequence of this representation, the King in Council issued a decree, countersigned by Count Cavour and General La Marmora, authorizing an outlay of .a

million Byres "for works and fortifications to be erected round the city of Alexandria." It is stated that Marshal Radetzky has recalled Count Crenneville from l'arraa, and replaced him by General Szeth, a Hungarian officer, "known for his conciliatory spirit." - A "great sensation" has been excited at Naples : a mutiny took place in the first Grenadier Guards, the third mutiny since January. Two men were unjustifiably ordered to be flogged by the commanding-officer. When the punishment had been inflicted, a general was sent to inquire into the case. While talking with the Colonel, he expressed his surprise at the great stillness ; when suddenly there was a rush of the soldiers into the yard, and cries were uttered of "Enter, General !" "Long live the King ! "Away with the Colonel!" "Iowa with the cauaglia f blackguard] ! " The Colonel, it was said, was in considerable danger: he however, is now under arrest, and the soldiers are confined to their barracks until the decision of the Ring shall be known. The incident luis excited a painful and dangerous sensation throughout the army. The Governor of Narni, who had rendered himself "obnoxious by his "oppressions," has been shot in the streets.

instrig.—Another little Archduchess came into the world in the Im- perial Palace at Vienna on Saturday morning—the second daughter born to the Emperor. On Sunday the infant was baptized.

An extensive amnesty has been granted to persons condemned for po- litical offences. The confiscated property of many of the condemned Hun- garians and Transylvanians is restored.

Austria is increasini; her navy. Her first 90-gun screw line-of-battle ship has just been put on the stocks at Pola. Two other ships of the same rank are to be 'commenced immediately. Two first-rate screw "frigates and a screw corvette are nearly completed ; and a screw de- spatch gun-boat will be ready for sea in August. Maritime arsenals are to be founded at Fiume and Luasin.

USIiii.—Letters from St. Petersburg state that the coronation of the Emperor Alexander is fixed officially to take place on the 31st August. On the 20th of that month the Emperor will arrive at the Chateau of l'etrowski, situated near the gates of Moscow ; and on the 22d will make a solemn entry into the capital. Lord Wodehouse was received by the Emperor at a private audience -on the 4th.

Count Kisselef has been definitively appointed to the post of Russian Ambassador.at the French Court.

(141 erinus.—The last men have left the Crimea. The following telegraphic message from Admiral Grey at Constantinople, dated July 14, has been published. "Banshee has arrived with Admiral Fremantle. Every person belonging to the army had embarked ; and all the ships had sailed from the Crimea on Saturday evening except the Leander and Gladiator. A gale has been blowing strong from the South-west for the last three days." A letter from Odessa in the Austrian gazette states that the Russian commander in the Crimea had issued an, order of the day, commanding his men, and all civilian; to pay the utmost respect to the graves of the Allies which stud so numerously the hills of the -Southern Chersonese—" If they have been our enemies, they have not the less been brave men, who, as well us thousands of our oduntry-men in these late campaigns, have died as heroes on the field of honour. They were men who preferred honour and their country to all the possessions of the earth ; and this is why it is a sacred duty for every one to honour the memory of those brave soldiers as we 'honour that of our own comrades."

turkni.--If is stated that the Hospodars of Moldavia and Wallachia .are definitively removed. Later telegraphic intelligence states that "the. llospodar Ghika has been appointed icaimakim, and will immediately assume the reins of Go- vernment at Jassy. The Boyar& Theodore &loch has been appointed Kaimakan of Moldavia."

The journal de Constantinople announces that the line of frontier for Bessarabia, as adopted by the Congress, is impracticable. Two other lines will be submitted to the Allied Powers.

Ruitrk i1lif5.—The Atlantic arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday, with advices from New York to the 5th instant.

The Kansas dispute had occupied the attention of Congress, and the two Houses had arrived at opposite conclusions as to the proper mode of dealing with that convulsed territory. In the Senate, Mr. Douglas, the originator of the Kansas Nebraska Act, had brought in a bill for pacify- ing the Territory. It declares null and void the laws which have been made by the existing Territorial KfII1RSL9 Legislature; enables the Presi- dent at Washington to appoint a commission of five persons, with abso- lute authority over the Territory, until a State constitution shall have -been organized. These commissioners, or the triumvirate majority of -them are to have entire control over the election of delegates to the Constituent Assembly. It is provided, that under their direction, and regulations to be issued by the "Secretary of the Interior," all the citi- zens of Kansas resident there on the 4th of July shall at once register their names, and that no others shall be allowed to vote at the election in November next. After a debate which lasted from the 2d until eight o'dock in the morning of the 3d instant, the Senate passed the bill, by 33 to 12.

The House of Representatives have passed a bill of a different kind: it is called the Topeka constitution—that is, the constitution made by the Free State men at Topeka. It is remarkable that Mr. Reeder and Mr. Lane are under indictment for accepting office in virtue of this Topeka constitution, and that Mr. Robinson is in prison. The House at first threw out the bill by a majority of one; then they reconsidered that vote, and passed the bill by 100 to 97—a narrow majority of three. A majority of the Kansas Investigating Committee have published a report. It embodies the Free State view of the question and imparts a high tone of colour to the proceedings of the Border Ruffians. They find that the elections both of Reeder and Whitfield are illegal, but that Reeder had more votes than Whitfield ; "that in the present conditions of the Territory a fair election cannot be held, without a new census, a .stringent and well-guarded election-law, the selection of impartial judges, and the presence of United States troops at every place of election."

elilla kli.—The Governor-General prorogued the Canadian Parliament oil the lot instant, until the 9th August. In his closing speech he re- ferred to some of the labours of the session. An act has been passed altering the constitution of the Legislative Council, henceforth to be elective. The change made last session by the abolition of seigniorial tenures has been supplemented by an net for simplifying legal pro- cedure. Normal schools have been established in Lower Canada for im- proving superior education. The Crown has given over to the Province the mass of the Ordnance lands, and has thus, the Governor remarks, "placed their proceeds at our disposal for the purpose of meeting the expenses of the Militia, whose loyalty and zeal have been so graciously acknowledged by the Queen."

It1If Ilf &ICA M1111f.—Advices from Cape Town to the 7th May have come to hand. Very unfavourable rumours from the frontier were in circulation on the 6th, to the effect that Colonel Maclean and several soldiers had been killed "near Faku's Country." Late in the evening, however, the Cape 7bern Mail thus disposed of them in a postscript to its news-

" We are gratified to say, that although the rumours from Kafirland stated

elsewhere were current in just Town on the arrival of the post, the most

unqualified contradiction has been given to them, by the Governor's desire, in the House of Assembly, by the Colonial Secretary ; who read the last despatches from the authorities in Kafirland, up to the 1st May in- clusive, from which it appeared that nothing whatever had happened to cause alarm."

5iiiiis.—The overland mail arrived in London on Wednesday. The dates of the addces are—from Bombay, June 10; from Calcutta, Juno 3. The news speaks of disturbances, actual and anticipated, in Madras and Bengal. An insurrection has broken out in Kimedy, a wild roadless country in the Northern part of Madras. It would seem that the natives feel aggrieved by the smart administration of justice but it does not appear whether they had any just grounds for disaffection. Dauda Swamee, a village chief, charged with a dacoity, is the leader of the in- surgents, said to muster 10,000 men. Seven of the police had been killed. Troops had been ordered to the district. In Bengal, another outbreak from the Santals is looked for, and a still more formidable out- break from the Cole tribes. The last rebellion of the latter cost two years of jungle warfare. The authorities are on the alert to crush the first symptoms of insurrection. It seems likely that there will be work for the sword in Oude after all. The Rajah of Toolseepore, a feudatory of the late King, who never paid his rent, declined to pay it to the Indian authorities ; and preparations were in progress for exacting it by force.

A new scheme of education had been introduced into the North-west- ern Provinces by the Director of Public Instruction. It is thus described by the _Friend of India-

" One per cent is to be levied on the land-revenue for educational purpose!. This rate is to be optional where the settlement has been completed, but in every new settlement it is to be made compulsory. As a rule, it has been cheerfully granted. As a makeweight to this additional cess„ Government will add a large grant from the general treasury. Out of this direct grant will be maintained the general staff of visitors, inspectors, 8.1c., the Central College at Lahore, and certain schools of a higher order at the principal Tehsil stations of districts. The one per cent cess will be spent as it is levied—locally. The ratepayer of Umballa will not be able to complain that he is paying for the education of the children of Kobat. Rich districts will not be rated for poor pergunnahs. All will have a common share in that large supervising machinery which is supplied out of the Consolidated Fund ; but the wealthy parts of the I'uniaub, which are also generally the rpuloua, will not be losers by their the superior wealth. Their superfluities will not go to make up the deficiencies of others. The poorest districts may well be ex- pected to yield the cess, but the richest will not give more than is required for their own educational organization."

The statement is repeated that the Government have stopped the pub- lic works; "it having been discovered, as is supposed, that a financial crisis was hurrying on without our suspecting its approach."

Lord Canning has been unwell. "The climate of Calcutta does not appear to agree with him."