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The Week
Saturday announces that a treaty has been concluded with China . The ports are to be thrown open ; the Christian religion is to be freely practised ; foreign consuls and diplomatic agents are to be admitted to Pekin and an indemnity to be paid to England and France . Jeddah has been bombarded by the Cyclops . On the 23 rd of July Capt . Pullen arrived off the town from Suez , where he had been waiting instructions from homei He immediately demanded satisfaction , threatening extreme measures in case of non-compliance within thirty-six hours . Naamik Pacha ,
the Turkish Governor , was absent , and the kaimakan commanding the garrison sent no reply . After the expiration of fortyhours the bombardment was commenced , and continued at Intervals for three days . On the 28 th Naamik arrived and went on board . He stated the murderers had been arrested and were condemned to death , but that he had no authority to execute them . Their immediate punish meat was demanded , and not having been carried out by the 4 th of the present month , the bombardmsnt was resumed on the next day . On the 6 th , Ismail Pacha having arrived from Constantinople , armed with full powers , and
accompanied by 480 Egyptian troops , eleven of the murderers were executed m sight of the port , and four more were sent to Constantinople . The following day the Cyclops left Jeddah . —— -On the occasion of the Napoleon fetes , which commenced at Paris on Sunday , the 15 th , the Emperor Napoleon granted 1241 pardons or commutations of sentences , a pretty good commentary on the liberty of the subject under imperial rule . The official details of the Emperor Napoleon's tour into Brittany offer little interest . Trade in France continues in the same state . According to the commercial report of the Pressefor the past week , there had been little change in
business transactions in Paris , although there had loeen a slight increase in the departments . —On Tuesday an official despatch was received in Paris , which says that the commission for settling the question of the Montenegrin frontier has completed its labours . —— -The people are occupied with the elections in Spain . Reports have been made to the government stating that there are 30 , 000 names on the electoral lists , of persons whose existence is purely Imaginary . If this is the case , it is high time that a revision should take place . A desperate brigand , known by the name of the Muschina , who has long been the terror ofthe farmers of
the province of Cordova , has at last met his deserts , having been slam by the guards sent to hunt him up . He had retired to his birthplace at Estepa , with a view to enjoy at leisure the fruit of his crimes , but he was betrayed by one of his spies and killed in his own house . Spain has long been infested with such villains , and the fall of this , it is hoped the last one , is a matter of public rejoicing in the quarter which suffered from his depredations . The Patrie says that some difficulties have arisen between France and Switzerland re-
specting the settlement of the frontiers ; and that the Federal Council has proposed to the French government the nomination of an arbitrator . By the arrival of the Jason , from India , we have received advices from the Cape of Good Hope , of the 7 th of July . The governor had dissolved the Assembly and Legislative Council . The dry dock at Port Louis was complete and in operation . Upwards of 3 , 000 horses had been shipped from the Cape to India . The frontier intelligence is to the effect that all was quiet and prosperous . According to the latest advices , the ministerial crisis in Canada still continued . The Atlantic
telegraph is now working satisfactorily both ways , and full messages have passed , one from the directors in England to the directors in America , as follows : — " Europe and America are united by telegraph . ' Glory to God in the highest ; on earth peace , good-will towards men / " and another from Queen Victoria to President Buchanan . On Friday it brought the following important intelligence , "The Arabia , came in collision with the Europa off Cape Race , on Saturday last .
The Arabia on her way to New York , slightly injured . The Earopa lost her bowsprit and cutwater , stern sprung . She will remain at St . John ' s , Newfoundland , ten days from the 16 th . The Persia calls at St . John ' s , for mails ancl passengers . No loss of life or limb . " In the commercial world the railway meetings still absorb attention . At the meeting of the Metropolitan Railway Company , the report of the directors was adopted without opposition on the part of the shareholders , who appeared to place implicit confidence in the bona , fides of the gentlemen to whom they had confided the management of their affairs . Mr . Charles
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Week
Saturday announces that a treaty has been concluded with China . The ports are to be thrown open ; the Christian religion is to be freely practised ; foreign consuls and diplomatic agents are to be admitted to Pekin and an indemnity to be paid to England and France . Jeddah has been bombarded by the Cyclops . On the 23 rd of July Capt . Pullen arrived off the town from Suez , where he had been waiting instructions from homei He immediately demanded satisfaction , threatening extreme measures in case of non-compliance within thirty-six hours . Naamik Pacha ,
the Turkish Governor , was absent , and the kaimakan commanding the garrison sent no reply . After the expiration of fortyhours the bombardment was commenced , and continued at Intervals for three days . On the 28 th Naamik arrived and went on board . He stated the murderers had been arrested and were condemned to death , but that he had no authority to execute them . Their immediate punish meat was demanded , and not having been carried out by the 4 th of the present month , the bombardmsnt was resumed on the next day . On the 6 th , Ismail Pacha having arrived from Constantinople , armed with full powers , and
accompanied by 480 Egyptian troops , eleven of the murderers were executed m sight of the port , and four more were sent to Constantinople . The following day the Cyclops left Jeddah . —— -On the occasion of the Napoleon fetes , which commenced at Paris on Sunday , the 15 th , the Emperor Napoleon granted 1241 pardons or commutations of sentences , a pretty good commentary on the liberty of the subject under imperial rule . The official details of the Emperor Napoleon's tour into Brittany offer little interest . Trade in France continues in the same state . According to the commercial report of the Pressefor the past week , there had been little change in
business transactions in Paris , although there had loeen a slight increase in the departments . —On Tuesday an official despatch was received in Paris , which says that the commission for settling the question of the Montenegrin frontier has completed its labours . —— -The people are occupied with the elections in Spain . Reports have been made to the government stating that there are 30 , 000 names on the electoral lists , of persons whose existence is purely Imaginary . If this is the case , it is high time that a revision should take place . A desperate brigand , known by the name of the Muschina , who has long been the terror ofthe farmers of
the province of Cordova , has at last met his deserts , having been slam by the guards sent to hunt him up . He had retired to his birthplace at Estepa , with a view to enjoy at leisure the fruit of his crimes , but he was betrayed by one of his spies and killed in his own house . Spain has long been infested with such villains , and the fall of this , it is hoped the last one , is a matter of public rejoicing in the quarter which suffered from his depredations . The Patrie says that some difficulties have arisen between France and Switzerland re-
specting the settlement of the frontiers ; and that the Federal Council has proposed to the French government the nomination of an arbitrator . By the arrival of the Jason , from India , we have received advices from the Cape of Good Hope , of the 7 th of July . The governor had dissolved the Assembly and Legislative Council . The dry dock at Port Louis was complete and in operation . Upwards of 3 , 000 horses had been shipped from the Cape to India . The frontier intelligence is to the effect that all was quiet and prosperous . According to the latest advices , the ministerial crisis in Canada still continued . The Atlantic
telegraph is now working satisfactorily both ways , and full messages have passed , one from the directors in England to the directors in America , as follows : — " Europe and America are united by telegraph . ' Glory to God in the highest ; on earth peace , good-will towards men / " and another from Queen Victoria to President Buchanan . On Friday it brought the following important intelligence , "The Arabia , came in collision with the Europa off Cape Race , on Saturday last .
The Arabia on her way to New York , slightly injured . The Earopa lost her bowsprit and cutwater , stern sprung . She will remain at St . John ' s , Newfoundland , ten days from the 16 th . The Persia calls at St . John ' s , for mails ancl passengers . No loss of life or limb . " In the commercial world the railway meetings still absorb attention . At the meeting of the Metropolitan Railway Company , the report of the directors was adopted without opposition on the part of the shareholders , who appeared to place implicit confidence in the bona , fides of the gentlemen to whom they had confided the management of their affairs . Mr . Charles