4 JULY 1863, Page 2

A telegram from Alexandria announces that a revolution occurred in

Madagascar on 12th May. Radama II. has been assassinated, his Ministers hanged, mourning prohibited, the European treaties suspended, and Radama's widow pro- claimed Sovereign, with a "constitution according to the view of the old Hove party." Decisive people these Malagache, and not quite so constitutional as bulletin-writers - fancy, but we suppose the meaning of it all is that the old dominant tribe, the Heves, offended with the equality secured by European influence, have re-asserted their sway. It is un- fortunate for them that Reunion is full of troops very hungry indeed for something to interrupt the monotony of their lives. Madagascar would give the French a broad possession, and the undisputed command of the Cape route to India.