FOREIGN NEWS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume I, Issue 12, 29 March 1851, Page 2

FOREIGN NEWS.

In France the " treats" given to the army by Louis Napoleon had excited the grave displeasure of the high military officers, as subverse of all discipline, and had caused a quarrel between the President and General Cl angarnier, which it was expected would have serious political consequences.

The decided tone of Russia and Austria in the German quarrels would probably be successful, and the Prussian interference both in Hesse Cassel and Schleswig Holstein, be put an end to. Indeed, Prussia had been compelled to withdraw troops which were on the march, rather than risk a war with her formidable neighbours.

At Constantinople the Admiral's ship had blown up, and one thousand men were killed by the explosion. INDIA AND CHINA. From the Wellington Independent, March 15. By the Royal Shepherdess, arriving at Adelaide, news had been received from Singapore to the 12th December, and from the South Australian journals we aie enabled to make the following extracts: — Siam is in a frightful state, and a revolution is daily expected: the English residents were systematically insulted, and the Bombay and Madras merchants were about to abandon the country. The tyrant had employed 6,000 men to build him a fort. Sir James Brooke was expected to return shortly. India.—The Governor-General and lady had visited Peshawar and Simla. The Bishop of Calcutta was to visit Singapore. The steamer Reynard, with the Bishop of Victoria on board, had returned from Loochoo, to which place she carried a despatch of Lord Palmerston, demanding reparation for beating Dr. Bettelheim, a missionary, and insulting bis wife. There was a grand interview, an apology made, and better behaviour promised. This was the first steamer that had visited Loochoo. Golab Sing, Rajah of Cashmere, had sent to the Great Exhibition a present of manufactures valued at from 75,000 to 100,000 rupees. The laying of the electric telegraph was being briskly proceeded with at Calcutta, and preparations were making for commencing the railway. There was great sickness among the trooj.s at Lahore. Sir C. Napier had " cut" the Governor-General. The Calcutta journals appear to be chiefly occupied with reports of courts-martial, and animadversions on the loose system pursued in some of the judicial proceedings of Mofussil courts. Freights to London—Sugar, £3 6s. to £3 10s.; rice, £3 17s. Gd. to £4 ; and to Liverpool 10s. higher. Exchange—First class Bills, six months credits, 2 1% to 3 \)4 ; Treasury Bills, 30 days, 2 OX to 2 0% -. sovereigns eaeh'lo'4 to 10"5. In Bombay several atrocious murders had been committed, in which Europeans and Natives were concerned. Jung Bahadoor, the Nepnulese Ambassador, had returned from Europe, and was feasted and feted by the heads of society at Bombay. From Ceylon we learn that Governor Sir G. Anderson had arrived, having, as before reported, in obedience to a despatch from Earl Grey, t0 _P l"o^!_at once to Ceylon, left Mauritius in "the CslhpßucMrig/iamsJire, and reached Colliin-' bo on November 7th. But Mr. Hawes, the

under secretary, had intimated that he should remain at Mauritius until his successor, Captah'i Higginson, arrived, and had delayed to forward the Royal Commission, empowering Sir George to assume the Governorship of Ceylon. The consequence was Sir George could not net, and the power remained in the hands of Mr.M'Arthy, the Lieutenant-Governor. Lord Torrington having in one of his official despatches stated that the members of the bar at Kandy refused to defend the unfortunate priest Kadopolle Uranse, no less than five proctors have publicly declared the averment to be false. The Manilla journals contain little news. Prices were as follows :—Sugar, Ist white, 2nd do., 4,37^ to 5,75 dollars. Current clayed 3j£ dollars. Pampanga 3 dollars. Zebu 2^ dollars. Zlonglo 2| dollars. Taal 3% dollars, but the prices of all unclayed sorts likely to advance. Coffee, none in the market, last sale 103 dols. Exchange, 6 months, private bills 4s. Bd. ; Bank and Treasury at 30 d. at 4s.sMd. to 4s 6d. The Java Couranto gives an account of depredations committed by piratical prahus, and the unsuccessful efforts of the authorities to prevent their atrocities. Fifteen large prahus had made an attack on the Island of Bowcan, and notwithstanding a three days' resistance on the part of the population, led by the Assistant Resident and the Regent, had succeeded in plundering seven villages, and killing and carrying away many of the inhabitants. Search had been made in the Java seas by the Government, but the offenders cohld not be found. The crop of sugar had proved to be on the whole a fair average one, notwithstanding the unusual dryness of the season ; but for the next year's produce fears were entertained, in consequence of the young canes having died or suffered considerably from drought. The crop of coffee would be close on 50,000 tons, and the prospects for next year were very good. The China papers mention a visit of Admiral Austen to Canton in the H. C. steamer Phlegethon, which vessel the Admiral and his family "were obliged to quit prematurely, owing to her having got on the rocks below Canton, and had three holes made in her bottom. Exchange had further risen to ss. and os. id. at Canton, and ss. 2d. to ss. 3d. at Shanghae. The price of ordinary teas continued high, but superior descriptions were obtained at a comparatively low price. By the arrival of the Auriga we have news from Singapore to the 31st of December. We have only room for a general summary :— Mr. Fatt, a Swedish missionary, had been murdered at the River Nim. Cholera was raging at Hainan. A force of 10 thousand robbers had also congregated in the neighbourhood. H. M. S. Herald, Captain Kellet, one of the Discovery Ships, was at Hong Kong on the 19th December. Sir Jamesetjee Jeejeebhoy had bestowed a pension of 20/. per annum on the widow of Lieutenant Waghorn. Lieut.-Col. Curtis, C. 8., of the 37th N. 1., has been bought out for the sum of 30,000 rupees. Major Bartleman had been cashiered for attempting to seduce a brother officer's wife. Sir James Brooke has been unsuccessful in his mission to Siam, The Bamlay Times notices the arrival in Bombay of a native who, forty-five years ago, was moonshee to Sir Arthur Wellesley, now the Duke.