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£ .iturDai> to iiflimtiaya$o#te. LONDON, AUG. 27. rpHE Paris papers to Thursday's date have reached I town. The Chamber of Deputies presented to the King on Tuesday the Regency Bill adopted by thai assembly. "These presentations," says a private letter, "are generally made without any ceremony tout, on this occasion, the King, dressed in his regal robes, had taken his seat on the throne, where, sur- rounded by his sons. Ministers, and Aides-de-Canip, Sie received the bill from the hands of M. Sauzet, with whom he exchanged gracious acknowledgments." Up- wards of -200 Deputies were present at the reception. No doubt existed that the bill would he adopted withoutanv amendment in the Chamber of Peers -The defection of M. Thiers from the Opposition, and the enthusiastic reception given to the Duke de Nemours at Strasburg occupy a considerable portion of these papers. The Duke. who was so unpopular during the lifetime of his brother the late Duke of Orleans, is quite a favourite with the people of Strasburg. No- thing so improves the temper, and so mollifies the speech, as the being a candidate for regal honours. It is clear that the friends of M. Thiers do not know what to think about him. He has supplied them with no clue to his proceedings. For our own part. we believe that M. Thiers has made his own terms with the King. At present he is not prepared to take office, as he wants to finish his History of the Empire, which is to form ten volumes of a continuation of his History of the French Revolutiou. As M. Thiers, when Minister for Foreign Affairs, had ready access to a number of im- portant State papers never yet communicated to the public, his new work will possess European interest, provided that he only employ the most ordinary in- dustry, and honesty in the use of his materials. In the interim many difficulties to his resumption of office will be quickly removed.-The squadron, under Admiral Hugon, arrived at Ajaccio, in Corsica, on the 13th inst. It consisted of eight ships of the line, two frigates, and a steamer, carrying together 11,000 men and 910 pieces of artillery. The squadron was to remain at Ajaccio until the 22d. A British steamer of war was at Ancona to watch their movements.—The Paris Globe exposes the blundering attacks of the Presse and National upon England, for the blockade of St. John of Niearaga. The. Globe concludes as follows We take no part in the recriminations of ihe Frenchjonrnals against the pretended projects of England. That nation does its business, and we should do ours, quietly and sensibly. instead of clamouring. We throw our soldiers on the norih of Africa, whilst England has not yet done the same in the north of South America. The difference is, that the French choose the worst points, and the English the best The French are quite furious at every word or doubt thrown by the English on their African possessions. Surely it is buffoonery in the face of this, to quarrel with her about Balize or the Mus- quito shore. She, at least, took the pains to invent an Indian King, and ge' a testament from him in her favour, whilst we set about robbing Abd-el-Kader without any circuitous excuses." Madrid journals are to the 18th inst.; those in the Ministerial interest deny the truth of the reports of changes in the Cabinet.—The Marchioness of Belgida lias published another letter, in which she persists in her former assertions with regard to the disrespect shown to the Queen by persons in her Majesty's house- bold.-Some disorders had taken place near Alicant, where the inhabitants of four of the neighbouring districts had combined and joined in an attack on the Government salt-works. The assailants succeeded in carrying off a large quantity of salt. The political Chief immediately repaired to the spot at the head of some troops, and easily succeeded in restoring order and arrested the principal leaders.—The Constitutional announces that the Regent has conferred the Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic on Brigadier Zurbano, for having pacified the province of Gerona. The Government intend moreover to promote this officer to a higher rank in the army, and create him Marquis of Gerona. By advices from Constantinople to the 3d inst., it would appear that the quarrel of Persia with the Porte would be amicably adjusted. A private letter states that a tatar reached the British Embassy from Persia on the 31st ult. with despatches from Teheran of tb« 15th of July. The English and Russian Ministers at the Court of Teheran had protested against the pre- tensions of Persia with regard to Turkey, and some- what calmed the warlike dispositions of the Schah. Some reinforcements had nevertheless been marched from the Percian capital to the frontier of Bagdad, and the caravans were still forbidden to enter the Ottoman territory The Porte was ready to make any reason- able concessions, and had despatched to Persia one of its officers, who, previous to his departure, received in, structions and despatches from Sir Stratford Canning. The Russians have suffered in their late encounters with the Circassians. Eight pieces of artillery had been captured from General Grabbe's camp, but were retaken, except two pieces, with a loss, however, of 1,600 Russians, and 60 officers. This attack on the Russian camp was made on the 13th of June.— The Prussian State Gazette announces that the town of Moekin, near Madgeburgh, had been reduced to ashes. Not more than 15 houses were left standing, and up- wards of 100 families were left without shelter, and re- duced to the utmost misery. It is said that the efforts hitherto made by the English expedition to open a com- munication to India by the Euphrates have failed, alia: that they will probably be obliged to abandon the undertaking. The Great Western steamer, arrived at Liverpool on Wednesday evening, has brought letters and papers from New York to the 11th inst. Capt. Wright, one of Majesty's special messengers, came home in the vessel, and is the bearer of a a copy of the treaty com- plete, which now only requires the ratification of the respective Government. All accounts agree that Lord Ashburton, having concluded his diplomatic labours, was expected at New York, where he would be enter tained at a grand banquet in celebration of the suc- cessful termination of his mission. Her Majesty's ship Warspite was to convey his Excellency to England.— The President has again vetoed the new Tariff bill, by which the national treasury is left in a state of insol- vency, without any reasonable prospect of a speedv remedy for the existing embarrassments. Stocks of all kinds were lower in consequence, and doubts were beginning to prevail about the future payment of the dividend on Alabama bonds. The Attorney-General had called upon several of the New Orleans Banks to show cause why a decree should not pass to forfeit their charter and drive them into liquidation, since they had infringed the law in various ways. All the banks of that city will probably be broken up.—The cotton and grain crops promise to be abundant; indeed they were expected to exceed any before gathered. Esti- mates carried up the produce of the cotton-growing States to 2,500,000 bales.—The exchange on London was for city bills, 1061 to 107 on France it was 5.35 to 5 40. There was no demand for specie for export. There is no news from Canada. Lady Bagot and family have reached Montreal in safety, and were to give a drawing room or levee, and then proceed to Kingston. Sir Charles and his lady seem to be great favourites in the Province. The news of the conclu- sion of the treaty with the United States bad given rise to great rejoicings in the colony. Accounts from Mexico under date the 7th of June give full details of the position of that country. It appears that Mexico is in a state of civil war; Arista and Santa Anna being arrayed against each other. In Texas, General Houston is preparing to carry on the war a party of Mexicans, nearly 1000 strong, have invaded Texas, and it was thought a battle would speedily be fought on the Guadaloupe river.-The town of Montevideo has been declared in a state of Sjige all the male inhabitants from 20 to 50 years of age have been called upon to enrol themselves in defence of the place, under penalty of immediate banishment in the event of refusal. The English mer- chants and their clerks, to the number of 150, have formed themselves into a volunteer corpse.—In the Caraccus a law has been promulga ed, by which the remains of Simon Bolivar, the ch«'f of the independence of South America, are to be removed from Santa Maria to the metropolitan church of Caraccas. The anniversary of the funeral is in future to be observed as a day of public mourning, and the statue of Bolivar is to occupy a public place in the Parliament House.- Her Majesty's ships Madagascar and Waterwitck have recently attacked and destroyed a settlement, or what is called a baracoon, at a place near Cabcnda, and liberated 900 slaves. An arrival from the Cape of Good Hope puts as in possession of papers to the 18th of June. News has just been received from Capt. Smith, who was sent with a detachment of H. M. troops to take posses- sion of Port Natal, the settlement of the emigrantBoers who abandoned the colony six years ago, and had formed an independent community beyond the frontier, in the country belonging to the Zoola tribe. The authorities seem to have miscalculated the risk of the enterprise, as they suffered the troops to march 1,200 miles through a barren and difficult country, instead of send- ing them by sea; and on his arrival at Natal, Captain Smith's force was reduced to 260 men, who were ex- pected to subjugate the Boers, numbering 800 men well armed and trained. The consequence was, that H M. troops sustained a signal defeat on the first at tack; and when the messenger left on the 25th May they were glad to defend themselves behind their entrenchments, until reinforcements could reach them from the Cape which could not arrive much under a month. —A private lettter from the Cape says with reference to this ex- pedition'—"We have dispatched two light six-pounders, and one 12-pounder howitzer, on hoard the frigate Southampton, 50 guns, flag-ship, lying in Simon's bay, and a detaichment of two non-commissioned officers, Bombardier Dallas and Beattie, and six gunners, com- manded by Lieutenant Maclean, for Port Natal. Four hundred men of the 25th Regiment have embarked for Natal, and 'hey are to be reinforced from the frontiers, and I trust that this force, with the assistance of our men- of-war sailors, will soon put down all opposition."

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