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place at the capital of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha . Prince Alfred of England , AVIIO is heir to the duchy , having attained his majority , the event was solemnly celebrated . The Prince , his uncle the reigning Duke , and other celebrities , were present . A circular of the Italian Government calls upon the doctors in that kingdom to come forward and enrol themselves as volunteers against the new enemy the cholera , which is , Ave regret to say ,

extending its ravages . The doctors Avill no doubt cheerfully respond , as , Avhether English , French , German , or Italian , there is not a more disinterested and devoted class of men in Europe . In consequence of the recognition by Spain of the Kingdom of Italy explanations have taken place between the Court of Madrid and that of Rome . They

have resulted in an amicable understanding , the Spanish Government undertaking to protect the rights of Catholicism within her borders . It is now quite certain that the Emperor Napoleon will not visit Cherbourg or Brest to witness the naval evolutions . He will remain at Chalons till the end of the month , where he has already been joined by the Prince

Imperial , and the Empress Avill speedily follow . The accounts from Germany tend to the conclusion that the negotiations between Austria and Prussia on the Schlcswig-Holstein question are progressing favourably . The people of Barcelona appear to be Avild with affright at the approach of cholera , and are leaving their town in large numbers . In Constantinople the

disease is reported to be on tho increase . On Tuesday tho Emperor ' s fete was celebrated in Paris . No business was done upon the Bourse ; not even newspaper staffs worked ; the day Avas given over to amusement and the night to gazing upon the gorgeous illuminations for which such extensive and costly preparations Avere made . A telegram from Gastein reports that au understanding is believed to have been

brought about between the Emperor of Austria and the King of Prussia in relation to the Duchies . The King will leave Gastein on tbe 19 th . Baron von Beust , the Saxon Minister , who has always acted as a sort of advocate of the rights of the Duchies , has arrived in Gastein . The cholera alarm continues to grow all along the Mediterranean shores ,

At a banquet given at Cherbourg , the Duke of Somerset proposed as a toast "The Emperor Napoleon and the French Navy , " and the French Admiral replied with one a little more expressive— "Queen Victoria , the English Navy , and the entente cordiale between the two Governments . " The openair amusements , and the illuminations of the Emperor's fete

in Paris , Avere much marred by heavy rain on Tuesday evening . This is the second time within the last three years that rain has proved a spoil-sport at the imperial fete . The cholera appears to luve disappeared almost entirely from Alexandria , Damietta , Rosetta , and other quarters where it was lately prevalent . >

AMERICA . —A New York correspondent thinks that a war between the United States and Mexico is inevitable . His letter contains some very valuable information as to the feelings of the neople and the policy of the American Government on the subject , as well as to the relative forces the two parties eonld bring to the conflict . The Peruvian brings intelligence from

New York to the 5 th inst . President Johnson was reported as still indisposed , but improving . In Nashville , Tennessee , the Union candidate had been defeated ; but in other parts of the state " loyal" men were returned . An order has been issued at Washington to muster out of the service all white troops in Tennessee whose services could be dispensed with . Nothing is

said as to the coloured soldiers , of Avhom there are a large number in the state . General Grant is on a visit to Quebec . Advices received at New York from New Orleans report a

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defeat of Cortinas by Lopez , the Imperialist . Cortinas had retreated to the Texas side of the river , doubtless , in time , to organise another raid in conformity with tbe general tenour of his wild and desperate career . It remains to be seen how the Imperial Government will view this system of making use of a neutral territory for purposes of aggression . INDIA , CHINA , & C . —Melbourne news to the 25 th of June

contains the information from New Zealand that the chief known as AVilliam Thompson surrendered to Brigadier Curry on the 25 th of the previous month , and that the Avar Avith the natives was considered at an end . The attempt to capture the murderers of the Rev . Mr . Volkner had failed . From China we have the intelligence that the rebels threatened the Imperial

city—by which Pekin must , it may be presumed , be understood . If so , the rebellion must have mado vast strides since the last accounts from that quarter . The Pekin authorities are stated to have asked for the assistance of British officers . Burgevine still remained in the hands of the Mandarins , and an application for his surrender made by tbe American

Consul had been refused . Instead of the rebellion of the Taepings having been crushed , it appears to be growing more formidable than ever . In North China the rebels have become so threatening that the imperial authorities at Pekin have ' applied for the assistance of British military officers . The China papers contain some further

details respecting the new rebellion in the northern provinces of tho empire . It is known by the name of the Nyen-fei rebellion , and one of tho first achievements of the rebels was to defeat the well-known Imperial General San-ko-lin-sin , Avho

was , moreover , killed in the encounter . Affairs are complicated by the revolt of twelve Imperialist battalions at Hankow . It is a prevailing habit with many Chinese generals not to pay their soldiers , but to leave them to plunder the inhabitants . This renders the people disaffected and the soldiers reckless . AVe have a mail from the Cape of Good Hope Avith news to the

llth of July . Tho intelligence is of painful importance . A cruel and devastating war had broken out between the boers of the Orange Free State and the Basutos under Moshesb , their well-known chief . As is usual , the cause of hostilities is the aggressive conduct of the boers in trespassing beyond the treaty frontier . Moshesh took the initiative of resistance by

invading the Free State , which he ravaged , killing a great number of the boers and driving some 100 , 000 sheep and many herds . It is said he can bring 20 , 000 Avarriors into the field , and , if necessary , prolong the war pro agris , indefinitely . H » declares this to be a war of defence , and it appears to be so . A very shocking feature of these fierce border Avars is that

neither party gives quarter , but slay all . So it is in this case . The Governor of the Cape Colony had issued a proclamation warning the colonists not to interfere ; but a strong disposition to do so on behalf of tbe Free State was manifested in the Legislative Council . The State of Transvaal had sent to the assistance of the Free State people ; and a report AAMS current

at Cape Town just before the steamer left that the Basutos had attacked Natal and that British troops Avere moving to the frontier ; but this seems in the last degree improbable , because Moshesh had declared that he desired to respect tbe rights of the Queen , and not to make Avar on Englishmen .

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