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The Week.
France or England . The Swedish journals agree iu stating that a treaty of alliance has been concluded between Denmark and Sweden , but will not be formally signed until German troops shall have entered Holstein . ¦ The " Giant" balloon of M . Nadar has had an unfortunate descent . Having left Paris on Sunday evening , it floated
away eastward , then northward , then crossed the Belgian frontier , and finally made its way into the German's Fatherlaud . But near Eystrup , in Hanover , it came to earth . The balloon was dragged for several hours , the anchors having broken . Of the nine persons in the car three were seriously , and two slightly injured . The aeronaut himself has had both
his legs dislocated . Madame Nadar , his wife , has suffered injuries in the thorax , and has had one of her legs severely contused . The sufferers were conveyed to the city of Hanover , and placed under the care of the French legation , whither the King of Hanover at once sent an aide-de-camp to inquire after their wants . M . Nadar himself telegraphed an account of the
fall to Paris . A highly significant paragraph relating to Mexico appears in the Paris papers . It purports to announce by telegram from Vera Cruz , that a large party exists in the interior of Mexico ivhich is calling out for the immediate and complete annexation of the country to France .
AMERICA . — - 'Neiv York telegrams of the 10 th instant have been brought to us by the China and Anglia . The latest Federal accounts from Chattanooga asserted that General Rosecrans had received large reinforcements and supplies of artillery and ammunition , and that he ivould soon resume offensive operations . The situation , we aro told , portended an early
engagement , and on the 5 th inst . the Confederates opened fire on Chattanooga from Lookout Mountain , and actually threw shells into Chattanooga . Large bodies of Confederate cavalry , under Generals Forrest and Wheeler , were actively , and more or less successfully , endeavouring to interrupt the communications of Generals Rosecrans and Burnside . In Tennesse they
had destroyed a bridge on the railway south of Mnrfreesborough , and they had taken Shelbyville and Macminnsville , with some 2500 prisoners . In Kentucky , however , they had been defeated , at Anderson ' s Cross Roads and Franklin , and had lost several hundred prisoners and three or four guns . The result of their operations was , it is admitted , to have rendered the roads in General Rosecrans's rear difficult to travel except for strong military commands . " A rumour transmitted from Cairo to New
York asserted that General Franklin had attacked the Confederates at Brasher City , Louisiana , and had been repulsed by them , but had subsequently received reinforcements , and had then renewed the attack , and defeated the Confederates . This rumour was , however , discredited in New York . Federal advices from Charleston of the 3 rd inst . stated that General
Gilmore had removed his head-quarters from Morris Island to Folly Island , in consequence of the height of the tides- There had been heavy firing between the Federal and Confederate batteries , as it had been discovered that the Confederatee were planting heavy guns amid the ruins of Fort Sumter ; but it was not supposed that the bombardment of the city would commence
before the 1 st of November . Subsequent accounts of the 6 th instant , apparently derived from telegrams published in the Richmond journals , state that the Confederates ' had attacked part ofthe Federal squadron . The result is variously announced , one version affirming that the Federal frigate Ironsides had sustained some damage , and another that she had much damaged
the Confederate iron-clad steamer Cldckora . There had been a few skirmishes on the banks ofthe Rapidan ; but neither of the hostile armies was known to have made any considerable move-
The Week.
ment . An expedition , apparently of no great importance , had left Fort Monroe for some unknown destination . President Lincoln had issued a proclamation desiring all Americans to observe the last Thursday in November as a day of thanksgiving . The Russian squadron was about to sail from New York for Boston , where the officers were to be entertained by the
citizens . By the arrival of the Bohemian ive have news from New York ( by telegraph to Cape Race ) to the 12 th inst . Among the more important items of intelligence are the following : that the Confederates are operating against Forts Smith and Scott in Kansas City ; that General Johnstone is reported to be at Santon , Missouri , with 15 , 000 men , to intercept Rosecrans ' -
the rumoured defeat of the Federals above Port Hudson , with a loss of 1500 prisoners ; that the Confederate cavalry had been overtaken below Shelbyville and routed , with a loss of 100 killed , the Federals being in pursuit ; that a strong Confederate force is concentrating in Virginia j a Federal repulse of cavalry at Culpepper ; and the fact that a combined laud and naval attack on Charleston was to take place on the 11 th . NEW ZEALAND . —The New Zealand advices brought by the
Calcutta and China mail estimate that about 7500 natives were in arms in tbe Northern Island . General Cameron's troops had been successful in one or two small engagements ; but it was believed that large reinforcements would be required before the war could bo terminated . The settlers were forming volunteer corps with great alacrity , and the Governor had applied for succour to the government of the Australian colonieswhence
, all the imperial troops and some bodies of colonial volunteers were to be sent to his aid . Several Europeans in the Northern Island had been murdered by the Maoris , and it was supposed that all the scattered colonists would be compelled to take shelter in the larger settlements . Some 35 gold miners had been drowned in a flood caused by a landship , and 40 more had been
overwhelmed by an avalanche of snow . INDIA . —The Bombay mail brings intelligence from India to tbe 29 th ult . The Governor-General was to leave Simla on the 26 th on his way to Sealkote , where he would be joined by his camp and then proceed to Kashmere . There he would be met by Sir Hugh Bose . There was so much disaffection on the frontier that leave of absence to officers stationed in the Punjaub bad been stopped . The prisoner Nana Sahib turns out
to be a high priest of the Mahrattas . Central Asia continued in a very disturbed state . The King of Bokhara had summoned his tributary chief ' s to his standard to march to ICokan , which was threatened by tbe neighbouring tribes . Captain George Hare had been shot dead in a mess-house at Elliehpoor , and the wife of Captain Macquoid had been severely wounded at the same place by a domestic servant .
JAI ? AN . —From Shanghai , we receive accounts to the effect that Admiral Kuper , with the British squadron , had arrived at Kagosima . Negotiations having failed to induce the Prince of Satsnma to submit to the British demands , Admiral Kuper " besieged and levelled tbe city , " and burned the three steamers which the Prince had purchased from Europeans . Having thus given a salutary lesson to the greatest of
the hostile and refractory Japanese Daiinios , the British men of war returned to Yokohama , where their presence is no doubt needed to convince the Tycoon ' s Government of the expediency of observing the treaties concluded with European powers . A telegram received at the Foreign Office , from the British Consul-General in Egypt , confirms the account of the bombardment and destruction of Kagosima and the Prince of
Satsuma's three steamers by the British squadron . The British loss amounted to 11 men killed and 39 wounded , including Captain Josling and Commander Wilmot , of the flagship JSuryalus ; and the guns of the Japanese shore batteries are represented to have been well served .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
T . B . HARRIS ( Hamilton , Canada AVest ) . —Remittance received with thanks . DELTA and W . BLACKBURN . —Next week . AV . L . —A ery soon ; it is nearly completed . J . S . —We will give you due notice . F . P . —In a week or two .
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The Week.
France or England . The Swedish journals agree iu stating that a treaty of alliance has been concluded between Denmark and Sweden , but will not be formally signed until German troops shall have entered Holstein . ¦ The " Giant" balloon of M . Nadar has had an unfortunate descent . Having left Paris on Sunday evening , it floated
away eastward , then northward , then crossed the Belgian frontier , and finally made its way into the German's Fatherlaud . But near Eystrup , in Hanover , it came to earth . The balloon was dragged for several hours , the anchors having broken . Of the nine persons in the car three were seriously , and two slightly injured . The aeronaut himself has had both
his legs dislocated . Madame Nadar , his wife , has suffered injuries in the thorax , and has had one of her legs severely contused . The sufferers were conveyed to the city of Hanover , and placed under the care of the French legation , whither the King of Hanover at once sent an aide-de-camp to inquire after their wants . M . Nadar himself telegraphed an account of the
fall to Paris . A highly significant paragraph relating to Mexico appears in the Paris papers . It purports to announce by telegram from Vera Cruz , that a large party exists in the interior of Mexico ivhich is calling out for the immediate and complete annexation of the country to France .
AMERICA . — - 'Neiv York telegrams of the 10 th instant have been brought to us by the China and Anglia . The latest Federal accounts from Chattanooga asserted that General Rosecrans had received large reinforcements and supplies of artillery and ammunition , and that he ivould soon resume offensive operations . The situation , we aro told , portended an early
engagement , and on the 5 th inst . the Confederates opened fire on Chattanooga from Lookout Mountain , and actually threw shells into Chattanooga . Large bodies of Confederate cavalry , under Generals Forrest and Wheeler , were actively , and more or less successfully , endeavouring to interrupt the communications of Generals Rosecrans and Burnside . In Tennesse they
had destroyed a bridge on the railway south of Mnrfreesborough , and they had taken Shelbyville and Macminnsville , with some 2500 prisoners . In Kentucky , however , they had been defeated , at Anderson ' s Cross Roads and Franklin , and had lost several hundred prisoners and three or four guns . The result of their operations was , it is admitted , to have rendered the roads in General Rosecrans's rear difficult to travel except for strong military commands . " A rumour transmitted from Cairo to New
York asserted that General Franklin had attacked the Confederates at Brasher City , Louisiana , and had been repulsed by them , but had subsequently received reinforcements , and had then renewed the attack , and defeated the Confederates . This rumour was , however , discredited in New York . Federal advices from Charleston of the 3 rd inst . stated that General
Gilmore had removed his head-quarters from Morris Island to Folly Island , in consequence of the height of the tides- There had been heavy firing between the Federal and Confederate batteries , as it had been discovered that the Confederatee were planting heavy guns amid the ruins of Fort Sumter ; but it was not supposed that the bombardment of the city would commence
before the 1 st of November . Subsequent accounts of the 6 th instant , apparently derived from telegrams published in the Richmond journals , state that the Confederates ' had attacked part ofthe Federal squadron . The result is variously announced , one version affirming that the Federal frigate Ironsides had sustained some damage , and another that she had much damaged
the Confederate iron-clad steamer Cldckora . There had been a few skirmishes on the banks ofthe Rapidan ; but neither of the hostile armies was known to have made any considerable move-
The Week.
ment . An expedition , apparently of no great importance , had left Fort Monroe for some unknown destination . President Lincoln had issued a proclamation desiring all Americans to observe the last Thursday in November as a day of thanksgiving . The Russian squadron was about to sail from New York for Boston , where the officers were to be entertained by the
citizens . By the arrival of the Bohemian ive have news from New York ( by telegraph to Cape Race ) to the 12 th inst . Among the more important items of intelligence are the following : that the Confederates are operating against Forts Smith and Scott in Kansas City ; that General Johnstone is reported to be at Santon , Missouri , with 15 , 000 men , to intercept Rosecrans ' -
the rumoured defeat of the Federals above Port Hudson , with a loss of 1500 prisoners ; that the Confederate cavalry had been overtaken below Shelbyville and routed , with a loss of 100 killed , the Federals being in pursuit ; that a strong Confederate force is concentrating in Virginia j a Federal repulse of cavalry at Culpepper ; and the fact that a combined laud and naval attack on Charleston was to take place on the 11 th . NEW ZEALAND . —The New Zealand advices brought by the
Calcutta and China mail estimate that about 7500 natives were in arms in tbe Northern Island . General Cameron's troops had been successful in one or two small engagements ; but it was believed that large reinforcements would be required before the war could bo terminated . The settlers were forming volunteer corps with great alacrity , and the Governor had applied for succour to the government of the Australian colonieswhence
, all the imperial troops and some bodies of colonial volunteers were to be sent to his aid . Several Europeans in the Northern Island had been murdered by the Maoris , and it was supposed that all the scattered colonists would be compelled to take shelter in the larger settlements . Some 35 gold miners had been drowned in a flood caused by a landship , and 40 more had been
overwhelmed by an avalanche of snow . INDIA . —The Bombay mail brings intelligence from India to tbe 29 th ult . The Governor-General was to leave Simla on the 26 th on his way to Sealkote , where he would be joined by his camp and then proceed to Kashmere . There he would be met by Sir Hugh Bose . There was so much disaffection on the frontier that leave of absence to officers stationed in the Punjaub bad been stopped . The prisoner Nana Sahib turns out
to be a high priest of the Mahrattas . Central Asia continued in a very disturbed state . The King of Bokhara had summoned his tributary chief ' s to his standard to march to ICokan , which was threatened by tbe neighbouring tribes . Captain George Hare had been shot dead in a mess-house at Elliehpoor , and the wife of Captain Macquoid had been severely wounded at the same place by a domestic servant .
JAI ? AN . —From Shanghai , we receive accounts to the effect that Admiral Kuper , with the British squadron , had arrived at Kagosima . Negotiations having failed to induce the Prince of Satsnma to submit to the British demands , Admiral Kuper " besieged and levelled tbe city , " and burned the three steamers which the Prince had purchased from Europeans . Having thus given a salutary lesson to the greatest of
the hostile and refractory Japanese Daiinios , the British men of war returned to Yokohama , where their presence is no doubt needed to convince the Tycoon ' s Government of the expediency of observing the treaties concluded with European powers . A telegram received at the Foreign Office , from the British Consul-General in Egypt , confirms the account of the bombardment and destruction of Kagosima and the Prince of
Satsuma's three steamers by the British squadron . The British loss amounted to 11 men killed and 39 wounded , including Captain Josling and Commander Wilmot , of the flagship JSuryalus ; and the guns of the Japanese shore batteries are represented to have been well served .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
T . B . HARRIS ( Hamilton , Canada AVest ) . —Remittance received with thanks . DELTA and W . BLACKBURN . —Next week . AV . L . —A ery soon ; it is nearly completed . J . S . —We will give you due notice . F . P . —In a week or two .