raising of the river blockade; consents to the renewal
of former intercourse with Ava; and now proclaims
the restoration of peace. The army of Ava will no
longer be maintained on a war establishment. At the
same time, a force will be permanently retained in
Pegu, amply adequate for its defence, and fully
prepared for the event of war." Lord Dalhousie returns
thanks to all the officers and men engaged in the war:
Commodore Lambert, Sir John Cheape, and Captain
Lynch, are especially mentioned.

The latest intelligence from the Cape of Good Hope
is of a favourable nature. The new constitution has
been the subject of great rejoicings. Not only Cape
Town, but Stellenbosch, Swellendam, Colesberg, George,
and Malmesbury, have passed hearty addresses to the
Queen, thanking her for "the inestimable gift of free
institutions." But some complaints come from Graham's
Town; where, while grateful for the constitution, the
settlers have passed resolutions complaining that its
provisions do not satisfy their moderate requirements,
and especially pointing out the omission of all provision
for removing the seat of government from Cape Town,
or for efficient government in that province. On the
whole, the constitution has been well received.

The efforts of General Cathcart to restore peace have
been uninterrupted. In a notice of the 14th May, he says
that "the rebellion is entirely extinct, and ample
precautions taken to preserve peace;" and that "at no
former period of colonial history was the eastern
province so well circumstanced." Sir George Clerk had
arrived, as a commissioner to settle the affairs of the
Orange River sovereignty, and to assist Mr. Owen and
General Cathcart in settling the eastern frontier
generally. Notwithstanding the late war, the material
interests of the colony have gone on improving.
Land has risen in value, capital finds employment;
labour is in great demand; trade is extending far and
wide; roads are in progress; and the quantity of wool
has increased. In 1852 the exports amounted to
£735,985 in value, £136,000 more than in the previous
year. "The imports for 1852," says a report of the
committee of the Commercial Exchange, "exceed in
value those of the former year by £290,000. The
increase on the revenue of the customs is £38,000; of
which the excess of wharfage-dues over the amount
collected in the former year is £2000. The increase of
shipping entered inwards is 21,350 tons, exclusive of
coasters, which number 52 vessels more than in 1851."
It seems that rebel Hottentots still lingered in the Fish
River Bush, doing deeds of violence. The police had
tracked, but had not taken them.

The legislative council of New South Wales have
proceeded to carry out the change in the constitution
lately conceded. On the 20th May, Mr. Wentworth
moved for the appointment of a committee to draw up
the new constitution. The chief point discussed was
the question whether the Upper Chamber should be
nominated by the Crown. Only one member, Mr.
Martyn, dissented from this view, which it was anticipated
would be adopted; but out of the council the
nominee system was unpopular.

The Australian Anti-Convict League was about to
dissolve, as soon as the convict system should be formally
abolished; and the dissolution was to be celebrated
by the grandest banquet ever given in the colony.

The Australian Mail has brought accounts of the
Loss of a Steamship of 1000 tons burden called the
Monumental City. She was wrecked on the coast
between Port Philip and Sydney. She had arrived at
Melbourne with a great number of passengers from the
United States, and was on the way to Sydney, several
of the colonists having taken passage in her. On the
night of the 15th of May she ran upon a formidable reef
of rocks in Malaquotta Bay. Out of 86 people who
sailed from Melbourne, 32 men, women and children,
were drowned.  Amongst the passengers who perished
were Mr. Wire, stockbroker, of Glasgow; Mr. and Mrs.
Stutts and child, Mrs. Wilson, William O'Gorman,
Charles Hopcott, Mr. Peter Stobell, Captain White, and
Mr. S, Porter. The loss of the Monumental City will
exceed £30,000.

The intelligence from Canada though of no political
interest, is very satisfactory. In Upper Canada the
wheat crop is abundant beyond precedent, averaging
40 bushels per acre. From Lower Canada the accounts
are substantially the same, with the exception that
comparatively little wheat is grown in that section of
the country. The railways in different parts of the
province are making rapid progress, and altogether the
prosperity of the country is very decided. It was never
so much so before, during the palmiest days of protection
of colonial produce in the home market. Lord Elgin,
the governor-general, has made a trip to the Ottawa,
and his progress was marked by demonstrations of
respect. The Lower Canada papers confirm the statements
of the existence of gold in their part of the
country. It is thought there is sufficient to repay
skilled, but not unskilled labour.

NARRATIVE OF FOREIGN EVENTS.

The Dispute between Russia and Turkey remains
unsettled. Some statements made by our ministers as
to the state of the negotiations will be seen in our
Narrative of Parliament. The Sultan has issued a
manifesto to his subjects, stating the case between
himself and Russia; telling the people that he is prepared
for War; and exhorting all his subjects to dwell in
harmony. He says,—"As has been already mentioned,
the claims of Russia relate to the religious privileges of
the Greeks. The Greek sect and their chiefs have
personally nothing to do with this affair, but have, on
the contrary, expressed their gratitude and thanks to
their government, and are sorry that such a question
has ever been mooted: they must not, therefore, be
looked upon as enemies. Armenians, Catholics,
Protestants, and Jews, are also the true and faithful
subjects of our Lord and Padishah; the Greeks are so also;
and they must therefore live in peace with each other."

The accounts from Paris describe the fête of Saint
Napoleon, on the 16th instant, as being held with
unprecedented magnificence. The fête opened with an
official reception in the Tuileries, of the members of the
Imperial family and the great officers of state. Mass
and Te Deum followed this; and then the Corps
Diplomatique were received in the salle du trône. Here the
Emperor advanced to Lord Cowley, and, taking his
hand, said—"I thank the diplomatic body for its
congratulations. What is most agreeable to me this day
is to behold the peace of Europe consolidated—at least I
consider it so—without that result having cost anything
to the dignity and amour-propre of any nation." In the
evening there was a state dinner; and the Emperor and
Empress returned to St. Cloud about ten o'clock.
Plenty of amusement was provided for the people. The
theatres were open, gratis; there were boat-races at
Bercy; in the Champ de Mars a mimic representation
of the capture of Laghaout in Algeria was given; and
the tournaments of the Field of the Cloth of Gold were
revived. In addition to this representation, M. Buislay
rolled his ball, whilst standing on it, up a spiral inclined
plane; Madame Saqui, now seventy-six, danced like a
girl of eighteen; and M. Godard made a balloon ascension.
All the principal points of amusement were
visited by the Emperor and Empress. But the great
show of the fête was the illumination and fireworks.
The vast space lying between the Tuileries, the Arc de
Triomphe, and the Barrière de I'Etoile, was full of
fanciful structures, arcades in succession, broken with
porticoes, and the whole hung thickly with lamps,
which when lighted formed a sketch of the architecture