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SPAIN.—The interest of the Spanish news still centres in the sequel of Zurbano's revolt. The last positively known of that leader is, that on the night of November the 20th, Zurbano and a party of horsemen tried to penetrate the village of Manzanares, but were repulsed by the fire of the inhabitants. From that time he has been lost to view. His eldest son fled to France, and crossed the frontier on the 27th. Zur- bano's younger son, Benito, his brother-in-law, Juan Martinez, and one of his servants, were found concealed in a vineyard, unarmed, and taken. Benito was twenty-eight years of age, a Major in the Army, and much liked. So strong was the feeling in the province against shooting the young man without trial, according to the standing orders, that General Oribe, the commander of the troops at Burgos, hesitated,

and sent to Madrid to ask for instructions. The inhabitants of Logrono, of all shades of opinion, took advantage of the delay to send a deputa- tion to Madrid, to ask for mercy at the foot of the Throne. The depu- tation consisted of the Mayor and some of the principal inhabitants of the place ; to whom were joined the mother and wife of the young man. On their arrival at Madrid, the deputation had an opportunity of seeing the two Queens, as they left the Palace. The two women went down upon their knees ; and in an agony of grief, one of them fell senseless at the feet of Queen Isabella, and was removed by the attendants. The scene was so sad as to have even affected the heart of Queen Christina, who is said to have wept. The young Queen, however, received the petition coldly, and merely said that she would lay it before the Council of Ministers. That very day, orders were sent off that young Zurbano and his companions should be at once shot ; and they were shot, without trial, on the 25th. It is said that Juan Martinez, a man who had held aloof from parties, had been sent by Benito Zurbano's young wife to her husband, in the endeavour to withdraw him from his dan- gerous enterprise ; and that this was the sole reason why the uncle had joined his nephew. The same courier who carried the order for exe- cution also carried the dismissal of Oribe from the command of Burgos, because he did not shoot them before, according to his instructions ; and for that offence he was to be brought before a court-martial.

Other revolters, General Ruiz, Colonel Gavila, and Commandant Casanova, were arrested at Oleron, on the evening of the 24th, just as they were about to cross the frontier into France. Subsequently, a few more of Ruiz's band appeared at Oleron, and surrendered. Allusion was made in the Chamber of Deputies, on the 26th Novem- ber, to these disorders in Upper Arragon. In reply to some question- ing, General Narvaez admitted that there had been "another rising of rebels and smugglers," and that a Central Junta had been formed, con- sisting of General Ruiz, Senor Madoz, and one Ugarte ; but he described in a general manner the steps taken to " exterminate the rebels."

The Supreme Tribunal of War and Marine have confirmed the sen- tence on Prim ; who left Madrid for Cadiz on the 23d, to be trans- ported to Cuba or the Marian Islands.

More convictions and arrests have followed. General Araoz, at Cadiz, has been pronounced guilty of conspiracy, and ordered for exe- cution. At Valladolid, a captain and two subalterns have been found guilty of some plot, and condemned to lengthened imprisonment in a presidio. One of the Van Halens and eight more general officers have been banished.

Narvaez has been raised to high nobility. The story is, that a day or two before Queen Isabella was going to his great ball, the Mar- chioness of Santa Cruz objected, that it would be unprecedented and too derogatory for the Sovereign to visit any under the dignity of a grandee. The Queen pouted, and said that, sooner than be disap- pointed, she would make Narvaez a grandee ; which was just what the Marchioness wanted. And Narvaez was elevated accordingly, with the title of "Duke of Ardoz."

Since his avowed marriage with Queen Christina, Munoz has affected royal manners, tutoyant all who approach him ; as persons of the blood- royal use the iu instead of ens or listed. PORTUGAL.—The Lisbon mail of 27th November announces a triple triumph achieved by Government : the Peers have voted, by a majority of 32 to 24, the bill of indemnity which ratifies as law twenty-nine edicts issued by Ministers during the prorogation of the Cortes ; the Deputies have assented to a measure for adding 5 per cent to the bulk of the ex- isting taxation ; and the municipal elections have been carried in favour of Government,—at the point of the bayonet, say some accounts.

The Bishop of Elvas had introduced in the Chamber of Peers a bill prohibiting the importation of immoral and irreligious books, and also "heterodox preaching or teaching in public." The first part, including an index expurgatorius, will probably be struck Out; and the latter, supposed to be directed against the missionary labours of Dr. Bailey, in Madeira, affirmed.

NAPLES.—The young Due D'Aumale was married to Maria Carolina, Princess of Salerno, on the 25th November, in the chapel of the Palace Royal at Naples, with great pomp. The Princess's father, the Prince of Salerno, is brother to the Queen of the French and uncle to the reigning King of Naples. The King and Queen, the Queen Mother, the Prince of Salerno, the Prince De Joinville, the Neapolitan Ministers, and French Ambassador, assisted at the ceremony. The marriage was to be followed by a week of festivities ; and on the 2d instant the French Princes were to bear the bride away. FRANCE.—On the 29th November, the anniversary of the Polish re- volution of 1830, the refugees in Paris, numbering 400, attended divine service in the Calvary Chapel at St. Roch, hearing a sermon in their own tongue, by M. Balsiewicz ; and then they repaired to the Polish Library, where the Polish Literary Society celebrated the anniversary by a public meeting. Prince Adam Czartoryski delivered a long dis- course, looking forward to the day when Poland would achieve liberty and political regeneration. In future, instructed by experience, the Poles would not neglect all but their own immediate interest, but would consult the welfare of humanity, and would court an effective support from their Sclavonian brethren. Some day, even the people of Russia may learn to recognize truth and justice. GREECE.—The news from Greece is ominous of future disorder, for the new Chamber of Deputies are proceeding to their duties in a spirit of reckless and arbitrary defiance of law. They have been engaged in scrutiaizing the elections ; and the Ministerial majority, led on by Gri- ziotis and Grivas, seem to have no rule for decision but the exclusion of their opponents. We take a few salient instances, strung together by the Times: the last-mentioned occurred on the 1st November, to which date the reports come down- " There is an election for Acarnania; N. M.avromatis and N. Math; are can- didates; the Election Committee arbitrarily transfer a number of votes, ex- pressly given to N. Mule, to N. Mavromatis, on the ground that 'though there was a man of the name of Matis, he was too insignificant to become a representative.'

" Again, we have an election at Tynos, and M. Vitalis is elected. There happens to be another Vitalis in the island. The Committee very ingeniously, draw the inference that neither is to he taken. To be sure, one Vitalis stood, and was elected ; and the other Vitalis did not stand, and was not elected. Bat there are two Vitalises, says the Committee, and one is not elected; and there-

fore the other shall not be. Grivas stands up and says, We have settled it in Committee: he must go!' "Number 3. The Election for Carysto. They (the Committee) have not been able to find any flaw in Mavrocordato a election for Carysto; but as they determined not to admit it, they have settled that a commission shall be Bent to Carysto to inquire whether any bribery or corruption was made use of. The commission is to be composed of two members and two employes of the Mi- nister of the Interior.'

"A scandalous scene took place the other day. The Committee could find no flaw in the election for Seopolos ; but Grivas was determined to exclude the honourable Member, and brought into the Chamber a gendarme to prove that one of the urns had been falsified. Boudouris, the Member for Hydra, was in- dignant at the cavalier manner in which Grivas treated the Chamber, and rose to turn the man out, appealing to the President to keep order; on which Grivas threatened to strike Boudouris; a scuffle took place, and the Chamber broke up for that day."

INDIA.—The overland mail brings intelligence from Bombay to the 1st November. The chief interest attaches to the transactions in the state of Kolapore ; to understand which, a little preliminary explana- tion is desirable. Kolapore is a district of the South Mahratta country ; a rich champagne, watered by fine rivers, and sprinkled with moun- tains rising to the height of a thousand feet, and terminating at top in table-land. These hills are rudely converted into strong, half-natural fortresses ; and to each fort is attached a tract of land, held by military tenure, rent-free, on condition of rendering one month's service in arms every year. The state was placed under British protection by its Rajah, a descendant of the celebrated Sivajee, in 1812. In 1821, the Rajah was murdered by his son, who tried to shake off the British yoke ; on which his power was crashed, and his state was placed under the di- rect control of the Bombay Government. He died about ten years after, leaving the government to his son, a child, and a female Regent. As usual under such Native Regencies, the despotism of Ministers has provoked popular discontent ; but the precise cause of dissatisfaction is variously stated : according to one story, the Government tried to deprive some chiefs of their property and to dismantle their forts ; according to others, as protracted peace has resulted in virtually giving the chiefs their lands for nothing, the Government tried to enforce actual taxes in lieu of the military service. The chiefs and their adherents revolted, and seized the Rajah. The aid of the British was invoked, under treaty, and at once accorded. A body of 1,000 men, under Colonel Wallace, was sent from Belgaum, to reduce Samunghur, a strong fort held by the in- surgents; but they could not accomplish the task. The rebels kept the besiegers at bay, and daily picked off some few with their guns. Major- General De la Motte, accompanied by Colonel Outran], marched from Belganm at the head of a force 8,000 strong, including cavalry and artillery. Guns were brought to bear upon the fort on the 11th October ; on the 12th, a practicable breach was effected; and on the 13th, a storm- ing party, in three columns, made their way into the fort. From the enemy they met with little opposition ; the rebels seemed to be without leader or concert; and no sooner did they see the head of the British column, than they hastened to lower themselves from the walls by their turbans. A chain of posts, however, had been established by General De la Motte all round the fort ; and it is supposed that all the fugitives were taken or killed, none escaping. Their loss in killed and prisoners was 1,000 or 1,200; the loss of the British was very trifling—two officers were killed during the siege, one died of cholera, and twenty or thirty men were killed. With a light force of 500, under Colonel Wal- lace, Colonel Outram pushed on to Kolapore ; which he reached on the 26th. He recovered possession of the Rajah's person ; instituted an inquiry into grievances, with a view to redress ; and was about, with the Rajah, to make a military tour of the state, for the purpose of re- ceiving the submission of the rebels. Some persons, however, antici- pate more difficulty in the final repression of the rebellion, and talk of protracted sieges of other forts as probable. Additional troops were getting ready, in Bombay and Madras, to march to the scene of dis- turbance.

Other parts of India were tranquil. In Seinde, the troops were healthy at all the posts except Shikarpore ; Sir Charles Napier having adopted a practice of marching them back from the banks of rivers at the subsiding of the inundations, so as to avoid the unhealthy miasmata. Six soldiers of the mutinous Sixty-fourth Regiment had been executed, as an example.

The Punjaub was still a prey to intestine intrigue and agitation ; but without overt acts. Dewan Lewan Mull, Governor of Mooltan, one of Runjeet's ablest men, had been killed—shot by a criminal who was brought before him for judgment. G walior was still disturbed ; Ram Rao Phalkea, the Minister set up by Lord Ellenborough, being very unpopular. From Afghanistan we learn that Dust Mohammed had established his power ; and it is said that the Governor-General had opened nego- tiations with the Dost for a new British alliance.

Ostensibly, however, Sir Henry Hardinge was perfectly quiet ; only busying himself in studying the internal politics of India, and in ad- vancing science and education. He had ordered a list to be made of native youths who should distinguish themselves in scholastic attain- ments, in order that they might be rewarded by Government. The Governor-General was highly popular. At Bombay, Aloo Paroo, a Native, had been convicted of causing the ship Belvidere to be burned in Singapore harbour. He had made a practice of burning ships which he had insured, and had thus destroyed five or six vessels within four years. The commercial intelligence is unsatisfactory. In October, there were flaming accounts of the crops, and the purchases of imports were stimulated accordingly. Latterly, however, there appeared reason to suspect that those fine accounts were false ; and the import-trade at once became depressed. In the mean time, an excess of importations had decidedly taken place, and the markets were glutted ; sales of goods being effected with difficulty, even at losing prices ; while the prices of commodities for export in return were proportionately high.

The revenue returns show an annual deficit of between one and two millions sterling since 1840. On this fact the Bombay correspondent of the Morning Chronicle observes- " Betwixt the Burmese end the Afghan war we had an annual surplus of from three-quarters of a million to a million and a half; and we require nothing but peace to insure a speedy return of this most auspicious state of matters. is by singular that the East India Company have never undertaken an improve- ment in the roads, tanks, or canals of the country, that has not made them a return of from 10 to 20 per cent in the shape of direct income; there are a dozen schemes at present before them, which among them, according to the most moderate reports, will increase the revenues by a million sterling annually, could the Board of Control only he persuaded to let us have peace."

CHIN/L.—There is intelligence from Hong-kong to the end of August ; but it does not need much space. Mr. Davis, the Governor of the British colony, was about to proceed to the Northern ports, in order to observe how the Chinese authorities were conducting themselves towards the new traders. The American Ambassador had negotiated a treaty such as that concluded by the British, with the addition of some clauses explanatory of it. The French Ambassador arrived at Macao on the 15th of August, in order to begin negotiations about his treaty.

B0RNE0.—At Singapore news had been received of the expedition against the pirates of Borneo, under Captain Keppel ; whose ship, the Dido, was accompanied by the steamer Phlegethon. A force went to attack the pirates in their towns on the river Sukarran : it was at first repulsed ; but, eventually, the pirates were discomfited, their fortifica- tions were demolished, and above sixty guns were taken ; though not without the loss of Mr. Wade, First Lieutenant of the Dido, Mr. Stewart, and several men. The King of Koti, whose people murdered Mr. Erskine Murray, refused satisfaction ; and his town was destroyed. The Dutch had also sent an expedition to exact some account of a mis- sing ship, the Charles.