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learn from Paris that the Emperor has received a letter from the Queen of Madagascar , notifying her accession to the throne . The Due de Montebello , French Ambassador at St . Petersburg !] , has received permission , at his own request , to pass two months in France , where the state of health of the Duchess requires attention . This leave coincides with , the stay of the Emperor
Alexander in tbe Crimea and at Moscow . The despatch of Earl Russell to the Russian Government ( in reply to which Prince Gortschakoff ' s letter has just arrived ) has been published in the Gazette . Earl Russell repudiates the assertion of the Russian A ice-Chancellor that the Polish insurrection mainly derives its strength from foreign support , briefly recapitulates
the arguments founded on the meaning of the Alenna articles , expresses his regret that the Russian Government should have rejected the essential parts of the proposals made by England , France , ancl Austria , and finally declares that by the refusal Russia has rendered herself responsible for any evil consequences which may spring from the disorders in Poland . The Russian
replies have arrived in Paris and in A ienna . On Tuesday afternoon Baron Budberg , in the former city , handed the reply to M . Drouyn de l'Huys ; and somewhere about the same time the despatch for the Alenna Cabinet was presented to . Count Rechberg . A dispute has arisen between tbe Pontifical and
Italian Governors , which is likely to result in the withdrawal of the exequaturs from their respective consuls in Italy and Rome . The brigands taken from the steamer Awnis have been finally handed over to the Italian authorities . ——The French papers publish the report of the " special commission" appointed by the Notables of Mexico to consider and recommend as to the
form of government best suited to the Mexican people . The report is for the most part a diatribe against the evils of republicanism , and democracy , and a lyrical panegyric of the glories of the French Empire . " The victorious eagles of France" come in for due glorification . There is likewise a panegyric in thes ame strain of the Archduke Maximilian .
The Dutch , notwithstanding the readiness which they have always shown to serve the purposes and endure the caprices of the Japanese , have fared no better than other Europeans at the hands of the party opposed to all intercourse with foreigners . All the Dutch have been ordered to leave Japan , and the Cabinet of the Hague has consequently despatched four men of war
to the Japanese seas with directions to follow the instructions of the Netherlands Consul General , or act in concert with the English . ——AVe learn from Madrid that the AA ashington Government has demanded that the distance to which the Spanish jurisdiction around Cuba extends shall be reduced to three miles —a demand to which the Spanish Government , it is said , is not disposed to accede .
INDIA AND JAPAN . —The news brought by the Calcutta mail is of varied interest , that from India being of little moment . Cholera was afflicting several towns in the peninsula , but the mortality was not serious ; . A treaty has been concluded between China and Denmark , placing the latter country on the footing of the most favoured nations . In Japan matters
remained very unsettled : a plot to murder the English consul is said to have been discovered , and it is rumoured that a French steamer has been attacked in the Inland Sea . In Burinah also internal affairs are unsettled . News has been received via New York that the Japanese had fired into a British and also an American ship , whereupon an English and American steamer
proceeded to the scene of the outrage , and destroyed the town forts and spiked the guns . NEW ZEALAND . —The Australian mail has brought New Zealand advices which confirm the statement that General Cameron had withdrawn the troops from Taranaki to Auckland ,
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in order to act against the whites . Although no encounter was known to have taken place up to the date of the latest accounts , it was reported by a shipmaster that heavy shell-firing had been heard inland . AMERICA . —There have been several arrivals since our last . The Asia brought news from New York to the 3 rd inst . Up to
the 28 th ult . Fort Sumter had not surrendered , General Beauregard having determined to hold it by means of temporary fortifications . The Federals were working hard in the trenches before Fort Wagner , and are said to have been repulsed in an assault they made against it on the 26 th . No more shells had been thrown into the city . There is very little news from the
forces on the Rappahannock . There were rumours that General Lee was making a movement to flank General Meade , and it was reported that General Stuart had crossed into Maryland for another raid . In the South-AA'est General Rosencranz ' s
army is said to have crossed the Tennessee river almost without resistance , and it was reported that an attack ' on Mobile by three Federal corps , under General Banks , supported by thefleet of Admiral Farragut , would shortly be made . There had . been a good deal of fighting in the neighbourhood of Vicksburg and in Arkansas , without any great advantage on either side ..
The New York Republican State Convention has passed resolutions against separation and against foreign intervention , and promising to support the Government in maintaining the ascendancy of the American continent , and approving the emancipation proclamation . President Lincoln has addressed a letter tothe Convention in which he states he does not think a
compromise embracing the maintenance of the Union is now possible .. The draft has been suspended in Ohio . The North American brought news from New York to the morning of the 5 th inst . On the last day of August the Federal iron-clads advanced without opposition , from Forts Sumter and Wagner , And engaged Fort Moultrie . It was then thought that the fleet would be
able to move up the harbour . A brief telegram , however , informs us that on the 1 st of September the monitors aud ironclads withdrew from the attack . The Confederates were
remounting guns on Sumter . General Gilmore had pushed forward his trenches close to Fort Wagner , ancl had carried tbe Confederate rifle-pits on his left , capturing seventy prisoners . The panic on the New York Exchange continued ; but on the evening of the 4 th tho market closed a litt ' e firmer . The steamer City of London brought intelligence from New York ,
by telegraph to Cape Race , to the evening of the 7 th inst . The latest accounts from Charleston were to the 3 rd . A general engagement between the iron-clads and Forts Sumter , AA agner , ancl Moultrie took place on the 1 st , which apparently ended in the discomfiture of the former , who retired without having accomplished their purpose of capturing Fo > . t Sumter , against
which dilapidated fort a renewal attack was preparing . General Rosencranz and General Burnside from different points were advancing in great force on Chattanooga . The former had passed only a portion of his force over the Tennessee River , and , previously to throwing his whole army across the river was endeavouring to destroy the Georgia railroad , and thereby
intercept Bragg ' s lino of communication . There was no news from the army on the Rappahannock , and no information bad been received of General Stuart ' s raid into Maryland .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
JUDEX . —The subject has not escaped our attention . R . AV . —AVe do not know to what you allude . S . AA . —You have no such right .
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The Week.
learn from Paris that the Emperor has received a letter from the Queen of Madagascar , notifying her accession to the throne . The Due de Montebello , French Ambassador at St . Petersburg !] , has received permission , at his own request , to pass two months in France , where the state of health of the Duchess requires attention . This leave coincides with , the stay of the Emperor
Alexander in tbe Crimea and at Moscow . The despatch of Earl Russell to the Russian Government ( in reply to which Prince Gortschakoff ' s letter has just arrived ) has been published in the Gazette . Earl Russell repudiates the assertion of the Russian A ice-Chancellor that the Polish insurrection mainly derives its strength from foreign support , briefly recapitulates
the arguments founded on the meaning of the Alenna articles , expresses his regret that the Russian Government should have rejected the essential parts of the proposals made by England , France , ancl Austria , and finally declares that by the refusal Russia has rendered herself responsible for any evil consequences which may spring from the disorders in Poland . The Russian
replies have arrived in Paris and in A ienna . On Tuesday afternoon Baron Budberg , in the former city , handed the reply to M . Drouyn de l'Huys ; and somewhere about the same time the despatch for the Alenna Cabinet was presented to . Count Rechberg . A dispute has arisen between tbe Pontifical and
Italian Governors , which is likely to result in the withdrawal of the exequaturs from their respective consuls in Italy and Rome . The brigands taken from the steamer Awnis have been finally handed over to the Italian authorities . ——The French papers publish the report of the " special commission" appointed by the Notables of Mexico to consider and recommend as to the
form of government best suited to the Mexican people . The report is for the most part a diatribe against the evils of republicanism , and democracy , and a lyrical panegyric of the glories of the French Empire . " The victorious eagles of France" come in for due glorification . There is likewise a panegyric in thes ame strain of the Archduke Maximilian .
The Dutch , notwithstanding the readiness which they have always shown to serve the purposes and endure the caprices of the Japanese , have fared no better than other Europeans at the hands of the party opposed to all intercourse with foreigners . All the Dutch have been ordered to leave Japan , and the Cabinet of the Hague has consequently despatched four men of war
to the Japanese seas with directions to follow the instructions of the Netherlands Consul General , or act in concert with the English . ——AVe learn from Madrid that the AA ashington Government has demanded that the distance to which the Spanish jurisdiction around Cuba extends shall be reduced to three miles —a demand to which the Spanish Government , it is said , is not disposed to accede .
INDIA AND JAPAN . —The news brought by the Calcutta mail is of varied interest , that from India being of little moment . Cholera was afflicting several towns in the peninsula , but the mortality was not serious ; . A treaty has been concluded between China and Denmark , placing the latter country on the footing of the most favoured nations . In Japan matters
remained very unsettled : a plot to murder the English consul is said to have been discovered , and it is rumoured that a French steamer has been attacked in the Inland Sea . In Burinah also internal affairs are unsettled . News has been received via New York that the Japanese had fired into a British and also an American ship , whereupon an English and American steamer
proceeded to the scene of the outrage , and destroyed the town forts and spiked the guns . NEW ZEALAND . —The Australian mail has brought New Zealand advices which confirm the statement that General Cameron had withdrawn the troops from Taranaki to Auckland ,
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in order to act against the whites . Although no encounter was known to have taken place up to the date of the latest accounts , it was reported by a shipmaster that heavy shell-firing had been heard inland . AMERICA . —There have been several arrivals since our last . The Asia brought news from New York to the 3 rd inst . Up to
the 28 th ult . Fort Sumter had not surrendered , General Beauregard having determined to hold it by means of temporary fortifications . The Federals were working hard in the trenches before Fort Wagner , and are said to have been repulsed in an assault they made against it on the 26 th . No more shells had been thrown into the city . There is very little news from the
forces on the Rappahannock . There were rumours that General Lee was making a movement to flank General Meade , and it was reported that General Stuart had crossed into Maryland for another raid . In the South-AA'est General Rosencranz ' s
army is said to have crossed the Tennessee river almost without resistance , and it was reported that an attack ' on Mobile by three Federal corps , under General Banks , supported by thefleet of Admiral Farragut , would shortly be made . There had . been a good deal of fighting in the neighbourhood of Vicksburg and in Arkansas , without any great advantage on either side ..
The New York Republican State Convention has passed resolutions against separation and against foreign intervention , and promising to support the Government in maintaining the ascendancy of the American continent , and approving the emancipation proclamation . President Lincoln has addressed a letter tothe Convention in which he states he does not think a
compromise embracing the maintenance of the Union is now possible .. The draft has been suspended in Ohio . The North American brought news from New York to the morning of the 5 th inst . On the last day of August the Federal iron-clads advanced without opposition , from Forts Sumter and Wagner , And engaged Fort Moultrie . It was then thought that the fleet would be
able to move up the harbour . A brief telegram , however , informs us that on the 1 st of September the monitors aud ironclads withdrew from the attack . The Confederates were
remounting guns on Sumter . General Gilmore had pushed forward his trenches close to Fort Wagner , ancl had carried tbe Confederate rifle-pits on his left , capturing seventy prisoners . The panic on the New York Exchange continued ; but on the evening of the 4 th tho market closed a litt ' e firmer . The steamer City of London brought intelligence from New York ,
by telegraph to Cape Race , to the evening of the 7 th inst . The latest accounts from Charleston were to the 3 rd . A general engagement between the iron-clads and Forts Sumter , AA agner , ancl Moultrie took place on the 1 st , which apparently ended in the discomfiture of the former , who retired without having accomplished their purpose of capturing Fo > . t Sumter , against
which dilapidated fort a renewal attack was preparing . General Rosencranz and General Burnside from different points were advancing in great force on Chattanooga . The former had passed only a portion of his force over the Tennessee River , and , previously to throwing his whole army across the river was endeavouring to destroy the Georgia railroad , and thereby
intercept Bragg ' s lino of communication . There was no news from the army on the Rappahannock , and no information bad been received of General Stuart ' s raid into Maryland .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
JUDEX . —The subject has not escaped our attention . R . AV . —AVe do not know to what you allude . S . AA . —You have no such right .