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circumstances the purchaser applied to be set free from his bargain , and the Master of the Rolls granted his application . FOEEION INTELLIGENCE . —It is said that the unexpected death of the Duke de Morny , which occurred on Friday last , seriously affected the Emperor , and that at the Cabinet Council on Saturday his Majesty was quite overwhelmed by grief . The
receptions at the Tuileries have been suspended for the present . The remains of the deceased duke were interred on Monday with great pomp , in the Cemetery of Pere la Chaise . According to advices from Rome General Montebello has sent a dispatch to the French Government requesting it not to withdraw at present any portion of the French army , as otherwise it
would be impossible to guarantee the maintenance of public order in the Imperial City . The King of Italy has signed a decree granting a full amnesty for all political offences , and for all persons who were compromised in the Aspromonte affair . The Italian Minister of Finance made his annual statement on Tuesday last , and it can hardly have been beard with
much pleasure by the legislators who will be compelled to vote fresh loans ana heavier taxes . According to the Minister's estimate , there will be , in spite of the loans and imposts already authorised , an accumulated deficit of £ 17 , 000 , 000 at the end of September , 1867 ; and be asks for the power to contract a fresh loan of £ 17 , 000 , 000 , for the imposition of house and property
taxes expected to produce £ 2 , 400 , 000 a year , and for sundry alterations in the stamp and registration laws in order to augment the revenue . The American journals not long since published apocryphal accounts of disasters to the French troops which were besieging Oajaca ; but they now contain the announcement of the unconditional surrender of Oajaca to Marshal Bazaiue , on the 9 th ult ., and of the capture of the whole Mexican garrison , 7 , 000 strong . Diaz , one of the principal
Juarist leaders , attempted to make his escape , but was , it is said , arrested and immediately shot . Some Mexican guerilla bauds are also stated to have been " annihilated " by the French , who are alleged to have given no quarter , and to have instantly shot a guerilla chief who fell alive into their bands . Advices from Berlin assert that in that city it is believed that
Austria will , after all , consent to the annexation of Schleswig-Holstein , provided she receives a guarantee of all her present possessions . Nevertheless , it is stated that the plan of annexation is for the present given up because Russia opposes it , and France would only consent to it with the object of putting in a claim for territorial compensation . Vienna telegrams speak of
projects nurtured by the party of the Chevalier von Sellmerlitig , to come to an understanding with France and get rid of tbe Prussian alliance ; but the Minister for Foreign Affairs , Count MensdorfF , is represented as entirely opposed to such views . The Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia are , moreover , stated to be quite determined to keep up the alliance . An
agreement , therefore , on the Schleswig-Ilolstein question is looked to as an ultimate result in Vienna as well as in Berlin . AMEEICA . —No very important event is announced in the intelligence brought by the Furopa , and such accounts as we have of General Sherman's movements are obscure and contradictory . On the one hand , it appears to have been reported in
New York that General Sherman had marched in an easterly direction , and had effected a junction with General Schofield on the 27 tli ult . at some place not named . On , the other hand it seems to have been stated by the Richmond newspapers that General Sherman was moving against Raleigh , the capital of North Carolina , and had left the Confederate army , under its
new Commander-in-Chief , General Joseph Johnston , in his rear at Charlotte . The Confederate troops which had garrisoned Charleston under General Hardee had crossed the Santeeriver ,
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and were hastening to oin General Johnston . All or part of General Hood ' s army was said to be marching to join General Johnston's forces at Charlotte ; and indeed , some of General Hood ' s troops were alleged to have already arrived at Augusta—though there was also a report in New York that Augusta had been captured by the Federals . It was affirmed
that the Confederates had begun to remove guns and stores for the purpose of evacuating Petersburg ; and it was supposed that General Grant's army was about to make some movement . The Federal Congress had passed the Bill for a new loan of 600 , 000 , 000 dollars . A despatch from Melbourne announces that the Confederate cruiser Shenandoah had . arrived there , and
that she had burned eleven Federal merchantmen since her departure from the Cape of Good Hope for the Australian coast . NEW ZEALAND . —A telegram from Melbourne , dated the 26 th January , states that in New Zealand affairs were not looking so peaceable , and that the Taran ' aki tribes , assisted by
Tauranga and Waikato natives , were preparing to resist our forces . INDIA , CHINA , & C . —The intelligence from Bhootan , received by tbe Calcutta mail , is far from satisfactory , and the disbaudment of the Bhootan field force must be postponed . The Bhooteas had attacked four of our posts , and although driven
back by our forces they are so active and numerous that reinforcement of men aud material will be required to subdue them . In China various bands of stragglers , consisting mostly of men belonging to the class from which the Tate insurrection sprung , were assembling in the neighbourhood of Fuhchau , and although the inhabitants were alarmed and getting out of the way , the Chinese authorities were looking on with the greatest
supineness . In Japan the Daimios had assembled a large fleet for the purpose , it is said , of punishing Prince Nagato for rebelling against the Tycoon . The report that the Prince was rebuilding his batteries is proved to be incorrect . AUSTBALIA . —The last advices from Australia state that there was a good deal of excitement in Victoria arising from the
new tariff which the Government had submitted to the colonial legislature . Many of the shopkeepers are up in arms against the measure , but it is generally believed that with some modifications it will become law . The announcement that transportation to Western Australia would be abandoned had given much satisfaction , but an influential Melbourne paper now
expresses its unqualified belief that if the system had been persisted in , the affectionately loyal people of the great Australian colonies would have carried their resentment tbe reluctant length of complete severance from British authority rather than submit to the undeserved disgrace and injury of being the convict depot of Great Britain .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
BEO . ROUT . A . CABLITON . —If the report named has not appeared—and we have no recollection of it—it never came to hand . BEO . ED . Cox is thanked . J . H . ( Quebec ) . —The ruling was absurd . There can be no doubt the lodge bad tbe right to suspend the by-law , which was , however , evidently unnecessary , as the interpretation put the
upon it could not be supported either by language or common sense . Tbe amount involved , however , is ^ so contemptible that we would advise the brethren to pay it out of their own pockets . P . P . —We decline to answer any such questions . R . B . B . —We shall be happy to hear from you as often as convenient .
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circumstances the purchaser applied to be set free from his bargain , and the Master of the Rolls granted his application . FOEEION INTELLIGENCE . —It is said that the unexpected death of the Duke de Morny , which occurred on Friday last , seriously affected the Emperor , and that at the Cabinet Council on Saturday his Majesty was quite overwhelmed by grief . The
receptions at the Tuileries have been suspended for the present . The remains of the deceased duke were interred on Monday with great pomp , in the Cemetery of Pere la Chaise . According to advices from Rome General Montebello has sent a dispatch to the French Government requesting it not to withdraw at present any portion of the French army , as otherwise it
would be impossible to guarantee the maintenance of public order in the Imperial City . The King of Italy has signed a decree granting a full amnesty for all political offences , and for all persons who were compromised in the Aspromonte affair . The Italian Minister of Finance made his annual statement on Tuesday last , and it can hardly have been beard with
much pleasure by the legislators who will be compelled to vote fresh loans ana heavier taxes . According to the Minister's estimate , there will be , in spite of the loans and imposts already authorised , an accumulated deficit of £ 17 , 000 , 000 at the end of September , 1867 ; and be asks for the power to contract a fresh loan of £ 17 , 000 , 000 , for the imposition of house and property
taxes expected to produce £ 2 , 400 , 000 a year , and for sundry alterations in the stamp and registration laws in order to augment the revenue . The American journals not long since published apocryphal accounts of disasters to the French troops which were besieging Oajaca ; but they now contain the announcement of the unconditional surrender of Oajaca to Marshal Bazaiue , on the 9 th ult ., and of the capture of the whole Mexican garrison , 7 , 000 strong . Diaz , one of the principal
Juarist leaders , attempted to make his escape , but was , it is said , arrested and immediately shot . Some Mexican guerilla bauds are also stated to have been " annihilated " by the French , who are alleged to have given no quarter , and to have instantly shot a guerilla chief who fell alive into their bands . Advices from Berlin assert that in that city it is believed that
Austria will , after all , consent to the annexation of Schleswig-Holstein , provided she receives a guarantee of all her present possessions . Nevertheless , it is stated that the plan of annexation is for the present given up because Russia opposes it , and France would only consent to it with the object of putting in a claim for territorial compensation . Vienna telegrams speak of
projects nurtured by the party of the Chevalier von Sellmerlitig , to come to an understanding with France and get rid of tbe Prussian alliance ; but the Minister for Foreign Affairs , Count MensdorfF , is represented as entirely opposed to such views . The Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia are , moreover , stated to be quite determined to keep up the alliance . An
agreement , therefore , on the Schleswig-Ilolstein question is looked to as an ultimate result in Vienna as well as in Berlin . AMEEICA . —No very important event is announced in the intelligence brought by the Furopa , and such accounts as we have of General Sherman's movements are obscure and contradictory . On the one hand , it appears to have been reported in
New York that General Sherman had marched in an easterly direction , and had effected a junction with General Schofield on the 27 tli ult . at some place not named . On , the other hand it seems to have been stated by the Richmond newspapers that General Sherman was moving against Raleigh , the capital of North Carolina , and had left the Confederate army , under its
new Commander-in-Chief , General Joseph Johnston , in his rear at Charlotte . The Confederate troops which had garrisoned Charleston under General Hardee had crossed the Santeeriver ,
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and were hastening to oin General Johnston . All or part of General Hood ' s army was said to be marching to join General Johnston's forces at Charlotte ; and indeed , some of General Hood ' s troops were alleged to have already arrived at Augusta—though there was also a report in New York that Augusta had been captured by the Federals . It was affirmed
that the Confederates had begun to remove guns and stores for the purpose of evacuating Petersburg ; and it was supposed that General Grant's army was about to make some movement . The Federal Congress had passed the Bill for a new loan of 600 , 000 , 000 dollars . A despatch from Melbourne announces that the Confederate cruiser Shenandoah had . arrived there , and
that she had burned eleven Federal merchantmen since her departure from the Cape of Good Hope for the Australian coast . NEW ZEALAND . —A telegram from Melbourne , dated the 26 th January , states that in New Zealand affairs were not looking so peaceable , and that the Taran ' aki tribes , assisted by
Tauranga and Waikato natives , were preparing to resist our forces . INDIA , CHINA , & C . —The intelligence from Bhootan , received by tbe Calcutta mail , is far from satisfactory , and the disbaudment of the Bhootan field force must be postponed . The Bhooteas had attacked four of our posts , and although driven
back by our forces they are so active and numerous that reinforcement of men aud material will be required to subdue them . In China various bands of stragglers , consisting mostly of men belonging to the class from which the Tate insurrection sprung , were assembling in the neighbourhood of Fuhchau , and although the inhabitants were alarmed and getting out of the way , the Chinese authorities were looking on with the greatest
supineness . In Japan the Daimios had assembled a large fleet for the purpose , it is said , of punishing Prince Nagato for rebelling against the Tycoon . The report that the Prince was rebuilding his batteries is proved to be incorrect . AUSTBALIA . —The last advices from Australia state that there was a good deal of excitement in Victoria arising from the
new tariff which the Government had submitted to the colonial legislature . Many of the shopkeepers are up in arms against the measure , but it is generally believed that with some modifications it will become law . The announcement that transportation to Western Australia would be abandoned had given much satisfaction , but an influential Melbourne paper now
expresses its unqualified belief that if the system had been persisted in , the affectionately loyal people of the great Australian colonies would have carried their resentment tbe reluctant length of complete severance from British authority rather than submit to the undeserved disgrace and injury of being the convict depot of Great Britain .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
BEO . ROUT . A . CABLITON . —If the report named has not appeared—and we have no recollection of it—it never came to hand . BEO . ED . Cox is thanked . J . H . ( Quebec ) . —The ruling was absurd . There can be no doubt the lodge bad tbe right to suspend the by-law , which was , however , evidently unnecessary , as the interpretation put the
upon it could not be supported either by language or common sense . Tbe amount involved , however , is ^ so contemptible that we would advise the brethren to pay it out of their own pockets . P . P . —We decline to answer any such questions . R . B . B . —We shall be happy to hear from you as often as convenient .