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hope that they may lead to peace . Nevertheless both powers " make Russia responsible for future consequences , " and " repeat their former observations with increased emphasis . Cardinal Antonnelli is stated , by letters from Rome , to have again tendered his resignation , which this time has been accepted by the Pope . Cardinal Alfieri is said to be Antonelli ' s succesor . Dissensions , according to La France , have broken out amongst

the chiefs of the insurgent Poles , and it is not unlikely that the movement will henceforth be directed wholly hy the extreme party . If this be correct adieu to the hopes of the believers in Polish independence . A slight change in the personnel of the Turkish Ministry is reported from Constantinople , Hussein Pacha having been appointed bead of the War Department , in

the room of Hallil Pacha , resigned . The recent movement of Russian troops have induced the Ottoman Government to establish a camp of observation at Schumla . Intelligence from Vera Cruz states that Juarez , ex-president of Mexico , was still at San Louis Potosi , and that a French cruiser had captured an English brig with a cargo of 10 , 000 muskets on board , in the

waters of Matamoras . A banquet was given on Saturday night to the German Princes at Frankfort , when the Emperor of Austria took occasion to address the assembly . The speech was short but pertinent . " As Princes , " said his Majesty , " we are all united in hearty love to our common fatherland . " The statement that a collective invitation to the King of Prussia is

to be given by tbe assembled Princes is confirmed , and we learn that the King of Saxony is to convey the message . Frankfort advices affirm that the Austrian scheme for a reform of the German Federal Constitution proposes that the directory shall be composed of Austria , Prussia , Bavaria , and two other German states ; that the Federal Diet shall consist of an upper house formed of the Princes , and a lower house formed of delegates

from the different diets ; that the Federal Diet ' s powers shall be increased , and its sessions triennial ; and that certain federal laws , enforced by federal tribunals , shall be established throughout Germany . The Congress was opened on Monday by the German princes , who resolved to send a "deputation" in order to solicit the King of Prussia ' s attendance at Frankfort , and the task of carrying the message had been deputed to the King

of Saxony . The Belgian Independance asserts that a coolness has sprung up between the French , Austrian , and our own Cabinets , the assigned cause being the English and Austrian refusal to fall in with the views of the Emperor of the French on the Polish question . AMEEK _ . —The Africa has arrived ivith Now York advices to

the evening of the 6 th instant . It was reported at' Washington that the bulk of General Meade's army had crossed the Rappahannock , and taken up a position which would oblige General Lee either to fight or retreat beyond the Rapidan . Meanwhile , a portion of the Confederate army had taken possession of the heights of Fredericksburg !] , and large

reinforcements are said to have reached General Lee . On the 2 nd inst . the Federals were still engaged in their attempt to seize Battery Wagner , at Charleston , but the Confederates had successfully resisted every attack . Additional troops , it is said , were being hurried forward to the assistance of General Gilmore , who had not , it would seem , abandoned his design of taking the work

which the Southerners were defending with so much bravery . The Richmond journals report that General Banks had been defeated "in Louisiana" with heavy loss . No attempt bad been made to enforce the conscription in New York , and no one appeared to know when the government would again risk a collision with the people of that city . A " retaliatory proclamation" had been issued by President Lincoln , —the object being to intimidate the Confederate government into

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treating the negro soldiers who may fall into their hands in precisely the same manner as white prisoners of war are treated . The possibility of a war with England forms the subject of an article in the Washington Republican , which is described as a semi-official organ . We are accused of " injustice , insolence , and outrage through a series of years , " but retribution is looming in the future . The first thing to be done on the outbreak of hostilities would be tbe conversion of the steam

marine of the Northern States into privateers , and then , as a matter of course , " British commerce would be driven from the ocean . " The Imnau steamer City of New Yorlc left the city whose name she bears on the 8 th . The siege of Charleston was progressing on the 4 th . It is stated that General Lee ' s army was to be reinforced to number 150 , 000 by about the middle of this month , and that if Meade have not by that time advanced ,

Lee is to assume the offensive . On the other band , General Meade has been reinforced by 15 , 000 men from Grant's army . A strange item of intelligence comes from Yazoo , to the effect that the " city has been stripped , in consequence of the hostile attitude of the people . Quantities of merchandise and furniture , and numbers of negroes , have been carried away . " President

Davis has issued a spirited and hopeful address to the army . INDIA AND CHINA . —By the arrival of the China and Australia , mail we learn that at last a temporary settlement of the Japanese difficulty has been arrived at . At Shanghae there appears to be a lull in the civil war , there having been no action during the preceeding fornight , but from Nankin we learn that

a large Imperial army is assembled before that city , with the view of taking it before Captain Osborne ' s force can arrive . At Canton and Hong-kong matters are quiet . The Melbourne papers are chiefly occupied in discussing' the recent change in the Ministry . From New Zealand iwe have an account of an engagement between the English and the natives at Taranakh

resulting of course in the discomfiture of tbe latter . The intelligence brought by the Bombay mail seems to throw some doubt on the identity of the person supposed to be the infamous Nana Sahib . With him was captured a blind Brahmin , who turned Queen ' s evidence , and denounced his fellow-prisoner as the monster of Bithoor . The details of the manner in which

the capture was made are interesting ; but we shall not be surprised if , after all , we have trapped the wrong man . Troubles are apprehended at Kandahar , consequent on the death of the Ameer of Cabool , and British intervention is talked of aspossible . We should say , however , that we bave had enough of interference in the affairs of the Affghans within the

experience of the present generation to render such an event highly improbable and impolitic . There bave been heavy rainfalls in different parts of India , and iu Madras the cotton crops have suffered considerably , and in Kurrachee property to the amount of 14 lacs of rupees has been destroyed . By an anticipatory telegram from Suez , via Shanghai , J uly 4 , we have news from

China , Japan , and Manilla . The Japanese have paid the indemnity , hut on tha other hand the important intelligence is added that the Mikado had issued orders to expel foreigners and to close the ports . The loss of property through the earthquake in Manilla amounts , it is said , to 40 millions of dollars .

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ENGINEER must be mistaken . J . W . —There never was any brother of the name connected with the MAGAZINE , SO far as we know . ARCH MASON . —No . A . B . C . —The TBooJc of Constitutions and the Royal Arch Regulations are both out of print . BRO . BLOMLEY . —Next week .