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'TR tit f. —The Legislative Body was dissolved on Saturday. The new elections were fixed for the 21st and 225 June. The constituency of nine millions will have to elect 267 members.

Immediately on the dissolution of the Legislative Body, the French Government, through the Minister of the Interior, addressed the following circular, expressing its views, intentions, and wishes with refpord to the forthcoming election, to all the Prefects ; and has given it turther currency by publishing it in the columns of the Moniteur,

" Petrie, May 30, 1857.

"Monsieur lo Prefet—By the terms of the constitution and the decree of May 29, the Legislative Corps nominated in 1859 has finished its mission. The country is now about to elect its deputies anew. The Emperor calls to the ballot-box nine millions of electors, and dennutils from all of them a free and loyal vote. In this ease, for the guidance of yourself and of others, it is necessary you should well know what the attitude of the Government will be, and what principles will direct its conduct. A strong and popular Government says clearly what it thinks and what it wishes. As for the elections what the Emperor desires is the free and sincere practice of univocal sukage. The electoral lists hove been drawn up largely and liberally. Every one having the right has been able to get himself admitted upon them : 9,521,220 citizens have been registered in them. On the day of election, the vote will be secret, and the ballot-boxes will be opened in the sight of all. The truthfulness and independence of the vote are therefore guaranteed.

"in presence of this liberty assured to everybody, and when candidates and electors can all proclaim their preference, the Government cannot alone remain mute and indifferent. It will clearly tell the country what Mimes have its confidence, and what seems to deserve the confidence of the people ; as it proposes the laws to the deputies, it will propose the candidates to the electors, and these will make their choice. "Distinguishing themselves by a devotedness already old and tried, or rallying round a dynasty that constitutes the glory and safety of the country, a great number of men, eminent by their fortunes, their services, or the just consideration that surrounds them, have solicited the official candidateshipa. But France has not forgotten the words of the speech from the throne at the opening of the session of 1857. Since this session is the last of your legislative career,' said the Emperor to the deputies, 'permit mo to thank you for the assistance, so devoted and so active, that you have afforded me since 1852. You have proclaimed the empire ; you have taken a share in all those measures that have reUstablished order and prosperity in the country ; you have energetically sustained me during the war ; you have shared my griefs during the epidemic and the scarcity ; you partook of my joy when Heaven gave me a glorious peace and a well-beloved son; your loyal cooperation has permitted sue to establish in France a form of government based on popular will and interests. It was a difficult task to fulfil, and for which true patriotism was required, to accustom the country to now institutions. To substitute for the licence of the tribune, and the stirring contests that led to the fall or rise of ministers, a free but calm and serious discussion, was a signal service rendered to the country and to freedom itself, for liberty has no. enemies more formidable than the excesses of passion and violence of speech.' This striking testimony summed up six years of devotedness: therefore, saving some exceptions commanded by special necessities, the Government has deemed it just and politic to present for reelection all the members of an assembly which has so ably seconded the Emperor and served the country.

"In the face of these candidateships openly acknowledged and resolutely sustained, the opponent candidatcsihips may freely come forward.

" Our legislation respecting the distribution of the voting-tickets has lately been calumniated ; nevertheless the rules upon that subject are simple and liberal. During the twenty days preceding the election, every candidate that shall have submitted to the formality of legally depositing a copy, signed by himself, of his circulars, profession of faith, or voting-tickets, will be able, without the need of any other authorization, to hove them advertised and distributed in perfect liberty ; every elector, who, not readied with writing his vote, or causing his vote to be written, and thus exercising his individual right, shall be desirous of making a candidateship known, may freely distribute the voting-tickets for it, if upon one of these tickets,, legally deposited, the signature of the candidate records his assent. Assuredly, with these conditions, it may be said that the party proposing to be elected, and the elector, will have complete freedom, the one to come forward, the other to express his choice and propose him to his fellow citizens. If, nevertheless, the enemies of the public peace should think to find in this hafted° an opportunity of making a seditious protest against our institutions —if they should attempt to convert it into an instilment of disorder or scandal—you know your duties, Monsieur la Prefct, and justice would also know how not less severely to perform hers. But these excesses will not take place : should they be attempted, their suppression will inflict no injury on the freedom of universal suffrage ; thrice consecrated by him, the

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Bm eror always invokes it with confidence. When in 1861 and 1852 eight millions of votes delivered to him the crown and the destinies of the country, there was in that remarkable vote the love blended with pride which France experienced at the very bottom of her heart for the dynasty of the Napoleons. Between her and them there was the feeling of an indissoluble union of glory and misfortune ; there was also the fear of anarchy, and the hope of a strong government friendly to the people. At the present day there is the same popular prestige around the Bonapartes ; but for more than six years there has been a fruitful and glorious administration, the palms of war and the fruits of peace, an inunensc material prosperity enhanced by a wonderful sentiment of our national greatness. The reality has surpassed the hopes. Such results,, which ought to convince and unite all elevated minds, are perfectly understood by the loyal labourers of our fields and by the intelligent workmen of our towns. That great mass. of laborious men who form, the wide basis of universal suffrage have sisprofound conviction both of the incessant care of the Emperor for themcam and of the great things which he is doing for the country. Call them, all to the ballot:box," 3foniieur le'Prefet. They made the Empire, and they love it ; they would itaiisiokfeed know how to defend it. Full of-confidence in the man of their choiceTthey rely upon him, and would willingly, abstain from taking part in the voting which in the rec„e•ular working of the constitution is periodically required Of them ; urge them to come and name their deputies ; be Sure and tell them that it is necessary to' prove once more by the mass of their vote's the full strength of that government which they have founded' The inipereeptible minority of the hostile parties, if it dares to ectab fOrward,s drowned in this immense popular manifestation ; ant it will be for the .world a grand and eloquent spectacle to see nine millions of electors in this, country, once so easily disturbed, coming peaceably at the voice of the Emperor, and bestowing upon their deputies for six more years the mission of faithfully seconding him in his constant efforts

for the glory and prosperity of France. .

"These general considerations" *ill guide you, Monsieur le Prefet, in directing the electoral operations.. Detailed instructions will be shortly sent to you and should special circumstances occur you will have to refer to me abonethem.

"Receive, Monsieur le Prefet, the assurance of my most distinguished consideration. _. , . . 1 . • "The Minister of the Interior, Buzsartr."

How the Government intends to work has recently been shown in a remarkable ease. The late member for the arrondissement of Lilmurne in the Gironde, M. David, is one of the few who have incurred the displeasure of the Government. They have set up a M. Armand of Bordeaux, who has asked the electors to vote for him "in the name of the Emperor." As will be seen from the subjoined letters, M. David is by nomeans inclined to acquiesce in the decision of the Government. The Prefect of the Gironde thus communicates his views to M. David.

"Bordeaux, May 24, 1857. r "Monsieur and Honourable Deputy—I have too long neglected, and I beg to apologize for my neglect, to inform you of the decision come to by Government on the subject of the election for the arrondissement of Libourne. You are, however, aware that the Government has thought fit to give its support and adhesion to the candidature of M. Armand, one of the most eminent men of the Gironde; a man who hi the prime of life is in the position to serve the interests of that important arrondissement with devotedness and activity. Allow Inc,. sir, while assuring you that the Administration, equally with your fellow citizens' will ever entertain the most grateful recollection of your long and loyalservices, to request you once more to show your attachment to the Emperor and to the country, by generdoalk abstaining from sowing .division in the great party of the Imperial cause with which you have always been so intimately associated. This dis interested attitUde, so worthy of you, will shed anew lustre upon your long and noble career, and will add to the well-merited consideration with which you are regarded. I do not hesitate to tell you, that by. such conduct you will render to the arrondissement of your birth an eminent service, the memory of which will not be forgotten. Let me add, in conclusion, that the superior Administration and the Prefect who represents in the Gironde will feel sincerely grateful to you.

, "Accept, Monsieur and Honourable Deputy, the assurance of my high

eeneideration. The Prefect, DE MENTQU E."

• M: David's reply is conveyed in a lofty strain of independence, worthy Of a better constitutional regime. " Paris, hay 26, 1857. ' "Monsieur le PrefectSo far from renouncing my candidature, I persist in it in the most decided manner... I owe it to myself, and still more to my arrondissement, which is indignant at your pretensions to force upon the electors a candidate with whom they have no sympathy. This I hope will be proved to you by the result. of the struggle which you have provoked, without any other motive "than that of bringing forward one of your proaged. At all events,' things have gone too far for it to be possible for Inc to -withdraw, even if I would. The Sleek of today, as you must have seen, publishes M. Armand's letter, and accompanies it with comments which I think you must find it very difficult to answer. Tomorrow it will publish my letter to the Gironde. I shall, at a later period, send to the Sleek the letter from the Sub-Prefect of Libourne, telling me that he could let me see the elbctoral lists, but that I must not take a copy of them; and that journal will probably think it right to inquire whether your Administration has ProPerly understood the just and liberal intentions of the Emperor, when it places such impediments in the way of the free exercise of universal suffrage. Your letter, and my answerrsaill also be published; for the battle between you and me must -be fought -in broad daylight, and the public shall know all about it to the minutest particulars.

. "Accept, Monsieur le Prefeot, the assurance of my high consideration.

" DAVID."

The press, to a limited extent, has criticized this circular. On behalf of the Opposition they are said to represent, the Sack and the Pease are -willing to accept the conditions imposed by the Government; avowing at the same time that they would have preferred conditions more liberal. The Gazette de France, speaking for the Legitimists, ventures to think "that the precautions to which candidates and electors are submitted take away all possibility of any manifestation by means of voting." It is understood that the Legitimists will abstain from voting, as well as the Republicans. Neither the candidates that would be proposed by the latter nor by the former would, if elected, take the oath of allegiance ; and it is "the general opinion that the Government would treat as an avowed enemy, and one to be dealt with summarily and extrajudicially in the name of the public safety, any man who should avow himself to be a candidate while it is notorious that he will not take the oath." ' In Algeria, Marshal Randon's army has gained some successes over the 1Cabyles, and his 'pushed into the heart of their mountain fastnesses. In this war the 'oldAfrichn and Crimean names come up once moreBoarbaki, M‘Mahon, Jussouf, and others. Some of the tribes have alread,tsubmitted.

'Illus.—Serious disturbances have taken place in Brussels Ghent, Liege, and Antwerp, in consequence of the attempt on the part of the Government to pass a bill altering the law affecting charitable institutions in a manner calculated to' increase the power of the Roman Catholic clergy. There has alwe-ys.been a smart struggle for power between the Liberals and the Priest part`y. Before 1818, these parties were evenly balanced, but the extension of the suffrage in 1848 'called into exiatence a large number of voters, particularly in the country diatriets, . who are under the control of the priests. The reaction that followed the political fever of 1848, brought the Parti-Pretre, or " Ultrantontanes"

as they are also called, into power with a decided majority, at d .King Leopold accepted a Ministry formed of the leaders of that party. This: seems to have been the signal for new exertions on both sides. Some of the Bishops excommunicated the Liberal press, and placed the State Universities of Ghent and Liege under the ban. The Government pro-. tected its Professors, and some of the Professors, retorted sharply enough_ on the Bishops. About -two months ago, the priest party made a further move, end induced the Ministry to bring in a bill dealing_with charitable institutions in the measure described by a correspondent of the Times.;,

" The administration of charity in. Belgium since. 1830 his been com-, pletely secularized and concentrated.* the bands.of the civil power,. Rai-. Mews congregations :and members of, the clergy of every denomination are legally incapable of receiving or distributing , alms_ and, bequests. destined: for the pos. This distributionis made _by stvio,,,institutions'specially appointed for the purpose—the Administrations Hospifiliares dud the Bineaux.. de Bienfaisance. All bequests to religious congregation) are null and void; and all donations in favour of the poor are remitted to the above-named institutions. It will thus be seen that Belgium enjoys a law more limited in its application than our law of mortmain but still affording a. protection agaiust the priest to the dying citizen and Ills family. The Ministerial bill. proposes that the Government -shall have the power, by a simple decree under the King'. s handrof conferring on religious congregations the rights' of citizens, with all the privileges attaching thereto, -including those of possessing, inheriting; and receivuorall donations"abd. legacies given or bequeathed to them. On the other hand, they who wish to &slim of their'. fortune in favour of the poor, -Midi. ehantabl8 purposes, will have the right to name special administrators of Such property as they shells devote to that end. In fact, the proposed bill practically repeals the' existing laws, and withdraws all protection from the dying man, whom it leaves in the hands and at the mercy of his spiritual attendant." . • - The bill underwent a fierce discussion. The public of Brussels at-' tended the debates in the places set apart for them, and, not content with being spectators, applauded and hissed the speakers, as is the practice of Continental countries. The debates lasted a month, before, on the 19th' May, the principle of the bill was voted by 66 to 44. The Liberals, led by Rogier, Otis, Teach, Frere-Orban, and Professor Verhaegen, fought , the bill inch by inch, but were continuously defeated. Three times the " tribunes" or galleries were cleared of the people by force. On the 27th May, M. Frere-Orban was called to order for accusing.the Government of playing an " indigne comedic" before the country; and he replied bysaying that a deputy who had-applied to him' the word " infime" hadnot been called to order; a sally that brought down tumultuous cheers ' frOni the galleries, and led to the third exfulsion of the` malcontents. Thrust outside, the crowd hooted the Papal Nuncio; hissed the MinisMrS,1 cheered the Oppositioni and paraded the town in considerable force.' On Thursday the people gathered in greater numbers, broke the windows of the offices of the Emancipation and Tour-nal de Bruxelles, two newspapers, devoted to the Priest party.. They also inflicted similar damage on the establishments of the Jesuits, to the cry of " &hail les convents." • But in passing the palace they cheered the King; and at the Opera the audience received the Duke and Duchess of Brabant with especial favour.The Government met these riotous proceedings with an instant display of sufficient force of all arms to compel submission, and retained the cannon and troops in position at different points of the town during the-whole of Friday. The Chamber met on that day, and appointed a commission to address the King. On Saturday all assemblages of more than five persons were forbidden, and the soldiers still occupied the streets. At the

sitting the Chamber, the Minister of the Interior read a mandate from . . the g proroguing the Senate and Chamber sine die. The reading of

this order was redeived with eries'eif " ViVe le ROI!" thiel-The Climber. dispersed. Everything was tranquil on Sunday, but a force remained under arms until Monday.: , -_ At Liege and Antwerp, similar scenes took place. The windows of the palace of the Bishop of Liege and those of the Jesuits' Collegewere broken. At Antwerp the mob could not be controlled, and here again the establishments of the Jesuits Suffered Considerable damage: Demon-1 strations, without violence, took 'place at Ghent,Verviers, Mons, and

other towns. " • .• • •

Sinsfria.—The Emperor and Empress of Austria did not suspend their progress through Hungary although their two children were ill at Buda. They were well received everywhere; but when they reached Debreezin news arrived that the illness of the young Archduchess Sophia was likely to terminate fatally. Hurrying back to Buda, they arrived there just in time to see the little girl die. She was two years old. They at once returned to Vienna, carrying with them the surviving child, the

Archduchess Gisella. .

On the 27th May, the common Diet of the Duchies of . Gotha and Coburg pronounced in favour of the complete union of the-two Duchies... The only modification introduced into the Government bill is the In-, sertion of the two articles of the constitution which lay down that the Duke, or in default the Regent of the Duchy, shall give Written oaths of obedience to the constitution before any other governmental act. After. this vote, the Diet was prorogued for an indefinite period by the Minister of State, M. de Seebach.

Stalrf.—Royal visits are in fashion. Before the Empress-Dowager of Russia quitted Turin, on the 26th May, the King of Saxony arid -hia. daughter the Duchess of Genoa arrived on a visit to the King of gar-dinia. The Empress-Dowager has left many a souvenir behind her in Piedmont in the shape of ribands stars, and presents of various kinds; the usual practice of the Imperial' Family of Russia in the Continental states

Free trade has been introducedinto Piedmont with more rapidity than' it was in England.... In the sitting of the Senate on the 26tlt May Signor Sclopis and Sign& Giatida expressed 'surprise that Count Ciiinur had-not followed the example of. Sir MObeitTFeritid introduced the reform gra dually. ' Count Cavcnir replied, that the statesmen of 'Onglitto study English institutions not only to profit by them but to avoid the errors committed by Englishmen: . • The visit of the Duchess of Genoa to Turin has called forth a curious, letter, which is published in the journals under date Genoa, May 30.•

"It is known that after the marriage of the widow of the Duke of Genoa_.,daughterof the King of Saxony, with Captain-Rapallo, her relations with the Court of Turin ceased.. The Empress of Rimini has employed her efforts to put an end to the painful situation in which the young Princess has placed herself. The King and Queen of Saxony and one of their daughters :being on a visit to the Duchies at Stressa, on the Lago Maggiere;the Czarina; -to 'remove, the first difficulties, persuaded the King and the

. Duchess to visit the King of Sardinia at Thrin ; and they arrived in that

.C...ifi-;tby'sperial train, at half-pasteix in the evening of the 24th' re' /limed du eleven the next morning. To remove other difficulties, and replace the Princess in her former position, her Majesty has offered to pro.: cure her husband a high title in Russia, and has recommended the King' of Saxony to make him a Duke. In spite, however, of the reconciliation between the Duchess of Genoa and Die King of Sardinia, her son;" the Prince Thomas, is to continue to be brought up with the children of his

Majesty.".. .• -.. • .

a• Pall—The difference between Spain and Mexico is now said to be further than ever from a settlement. • The official envoy from Mexico,

M. Lafragua, has not been received by the Spanish Government. They

:decline to negotiate.before_punishment has . been inflicted on those who robbed and eees.minated the Spaniel,: subjects at Vera Cruz. The French -and English Ministers iire saidto be intent on smoothing away asperities. 'Thy Spanith GoVeilinient ii deacribed as pacifically inclined ; but there is a Violent and "uiCoiaproinising feeling of hostility against Mexico ' smong the public, in the press, and in the Congress.

t#f SUE i tt tat I.—The Legislative Assembly of the Ionian Islands was opened on the 20th May, by the Lord High Commissioner in

person. In his speech he stated, that tile public debt had been reduced ; that there is a surplus revenue, due to the abundant harvest, and the large returns of oil and currants ; that several bills would be introduced to aid the progress of -commerce and agriculture, and improve the condition of the ports, and sonic measures of law-reform.

.016t ill—Advices from Mohimmerah to the 22d April do not give s very encouraging view of the prospects of the British forces there.

• The news of peace had suspended all military operations, of course ; but it had thrown serious difficulties in the way of quartering the troops in a healthy country beyond the range of the deadly malaria. Sir James Outram, it is said, at first intended to send a large portion of the troops

'back to India, but on relleetiori.-he did not feel thht he had authority to ,elo so.-Under the circumstances he was doing' his best; at the 'latest date, he had sent hie Secietary-and 'Quartermaster-General to inspect • rePort onS site for a damp 'twelve miles higher up the Karoon. In the camp they seem aggrieved that the negotiations had been taken out .-of the hands of General Outram, who would have obtained better conditions and a healthy site for a camp.

• It appears that the treaty was ratified by the Shah without any delay, and that an officer was instantly sent to Bagdad with a request that Mr.

Murray would return to Teheran. . . • • ; Seas auk t#ifill.—The fate of the Thirty-fourth Native Infantry, 'which in common with theYineteenth showed signs of mutiny, had not

been decided when the mail left Calcutta on the 21st April. But the Jemadar,• who refueed to allow the guard to arreet the drunken assailant

• of Lieutenant Binigh,has been: hanged. To the eleventh hour he entertamed hopes of a reprieve ; but when he found that he was to die, he

• tnlide the following speech to the regiment

-. Sepoys, listen to me. I have been a traitor to a good Government. I '.-em about to be punished for my great sins ; I am about to be hanged, and I .deaerve my punishment. Sepoys, obey your officers, for they are your right

ful and just rulers, or else you will, like me, be brought to the gallows.

Sepoys, obey your officers' listen' to them, and not to evil advisers—I listened to evil advisers, and you see what I am come to. I call upon God to bless the Governor-General, and all the great gentlemen, the General and all the gentlemen here present.—Seeta Ram ! Sects item! Sects Ram !" It is thought that the Thirty-fourth would be cleared of the disaffected, but not broken up. There was,. it seems, a plot to plunder the Mint, and several men engaged' iii 'it have been sentenced to fourteen years' transportation. .Lord,canningis greatly praised for his firmness. Durin'g.the-heightlif the-discontent; while every night produced a new plot; he still intrusted -Government Howie.* the custody of the mutinous regiment. -The 'sentry at his OWIL library-door was one of the party suspected of the most violent designs, and any hint of danger to himself only

'produced a smiloi"'"'"" '

. Oudean deceit who murdered Mr. Boikau, has been pur

sued into Nepaul, where he had taken refuge ; surprised, and killed with all his band, after a desperate encounter. Gholab Simgh, the tyrant of

Cashmere' was dying, and a contest for that country was anticipated between his son and nephew. The people of Cashmere have been, it is

stated, subjected to frightful cruelties by this old man. The British have been petitioned over and over to interfere. . The manufactures have „declined, and but that the passes are closed "the country would be depopulated in a month." • The news from China is unimportant. The British remained in their old positions, and the lighter steamers had come in for their share of ir

regular warfare with hostile junks. Mr. bfarkwich, Government auctioneer at Hongkong, had been strangled by...his servant, for the sake of

pilfering, a few dollars.

• The frigate Raleigh, reported by the telegraph to be lost, is safe. She '-strack on a rocklear Hongkong, -sprang a leak, and was beached near i fit Sittif5.—The Europa arrived at Liverpool on Sunday, with advices from New York to the 19th May.. • . The Stipreine Court ofOhio had decided a glace case in direct opposi* tion te that of-the' `United -States Supreme Court in the fired Scott case. _They have adjudged Henry Poinaexter free,' on the 'ground that neither 'Ohio nor Kentucky can dematid an abrogation Of the constitution and laws'of the other ; and if a 'Kentuily slave Comes' into Ohio by the con ' sent of the Owner,the constitution and laws -Of Ohio operate on the con' diticin of such person,' and bffect his immediate emancipation. The eon'StifatiOn-deoliireis that if ti Person held to service in one State escapes into • another, he shall be given up. -Inthis ease Poindexter did not escape, :but was sent into Ohio by hia master. This case is therefore not covered zlby the constitution; and he became entitled to the full benefit of the express prohibition of slavery in Ohio, and was to all intents and pur poses free.'" " . . . . 7 ...The laid accounts from the Mormon settlement are ominous of coming troubles:—:me'Ne* YaWierreepondent of the Times says— " Governor Diammond'his arrivedin. Warshingtoii from Utah, and with tim have come lettere to the New York journals from, to use an Americanism, reliable sources! They picture a despotism compared with which John a Leyden standing over Niles with a drawn dagger is an amiable 'gentleman. The general outlines of the picture have readied us before, but -here we have the filling up. The correspondent of the .Daily Times tells us of 'Federal Court terminated with the bowie-knife and the revolver ; of a Mormon prosecuting officer entering nolle prosequis against Mormon murderers of Gentiles; of R Federal judge intimidated by pistols placed at his head and dirks at his throat while sitting on the bench ; and of what they call in Kentucky a free fight ' within the bar, while those exciting amusements were going on upon the bench. The correspondent of the Trainer deals more in social matters. Be tells how he heard a Mormon bishop—one Kimball—' in the presence of between 2000 and 3000 people, deliver a discourse on the intercourse of the sexes in which ho made use of language too obscene for the most degraded to utter,' literally calling things by their right names.' He says that the Rabbi and chiefs of the Sanhedrin' accuse women by name in their public discoiuses; of being prestifutei,' to further their own lascivious purposes ; and gives the name of a bishop who accused a married woman to her husband of infidelity, to gain her to his own uses. He gives names and dates. also, for other outrages too horrible to be repeated. The circumstantiality of these narratives forbids us to disbelieve them. Public opinion loudly calls upon the Government to do something to check the tide of corruption and treason. It is understood that if the Texas Ranger, to whom the post of Governor has been offered, shall decline, it will be given to Judge Drummond, with a sufficient military force to enable him to put down the despotism of the fanatics, and protect all who wish to leave the superstition. Just at this juncture there is a report that the Mormons themselves have risen against their tyrant, and expelled him from their settlement; and that he is now, if alive, a wanderer among the Indians. The rumour is not credited here. It is believed to be a lie, set on foot by his agents to prevent the Government from sending a force this your to restore order in the territory. Unless despatched at once, it will be impossible for any force to traverse the great plains between the settlements and the Rocky Mountains, and cross the high passes before winter. It is thought that these rumours are intended to impede the action of Government until a demonstration is impossible the present year." . .

tratral int fri ra.—Tho Government of New Granada seem disposed to put the state of the route across its territory beyond dispute. 'They have carried a bill through the Chamber of Representatives making the Isthmus of Panama a sovereign state, "free for the commerce of all nations, under the guarantee of the contracting powers" ; fixing the yearly contribution of England and the United States at 50,000 dollars, and of France and Sardinia at 25,000 dollars, for liberty to send mails over the route, besides paying ten cents a pound for letters and one cent a pound for newspapers. The railway is to pay 60,000 dollars to "the State of Panama.

Walker is still reported to be at once beaten and victorious ; but the evidence is against the reported successes of the-Filibuster.