ARRIVAL OF THE EMEU.

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1326, 23 February 1859, Page 6

ARRIVAL OF THE EMEU.

(From the Melbourne Argus, Feb., 8.)

By the arrival of the Emeu, we have dates from' Europe to the 17th December, from India to the 2tUh, and from China to the 30th of the saiiio Month,

Tlio European intelligence is by no means of.-m important or stirring character. Colonel Sykc.i lias been elected Chairman of the East India Company. MonUlembert's appeal will be heard on trie 21st of December. Great preparations are being made at the Palais de Justice," Paris.' The Interior arrangements of the building' have bean altered. A private entry is especially reserved for magistrates. . The nimovs of a vav arising out of the affairs of Italy gain curreucy. There appears tv lie an imminent prospect of a rupture between France and Austria; and the general relations of the European powers fail to give any renewed promise of continued peace. Extraordinary activity has been displayed on the subject of lteform. Messrs. Gibson and Bright have addressed a great meeting at Manchester.

There is :i report of the resignation of Sir John Young. Several important diplomatic changes have taken place. The arrest of a number of persons supposed to belong to illegal secret societies has caused, great excitement in Ireland. • .Some revelations concerning Colonel Waugh's life in Spain have come before one of the law courts.

Mr.-John Thomas Smith is amongst the passengeis by the Emeu. C. J. La Trobe, Esq , has been made a Compauion uf the Most Honorable Order of the Bath.

The case of the Atlautic telegraph se"vns hopeless. It is found to be injured at both ends, and no remedy appears but to raise it or undcr-ruu it. Tlie enterprise is, nevertheless, to bo persevered in.

The following are the heads of commercial intelligence:—

Consols for account, 97.

Indian Government exchange on Calcutta and Madras, 2s. 2d.; on Bombay, 2s. 2£d. Bank rate, 2i- per cent. Markets generally quiet, but steady. The Pacification of India is progressing, and the last great combination of the rebels against the British authority is rapidly breaking up. The ex-King of Delhi has been forwarded to the Cape of Good Hope. Nana Sahib is a fugitive. Several engagements have take place between the natives and tbe European troops, in which the latter have been invariably victorious INDIA. The following was handed to our reporter by Mr. J. T. Smith:- ---" Per Ganges, from Bombay, arrived at Suez this morning. •' The Thanes are flying from the standard of revolt. The Nuwab of Banda has separated from_ the lebels and is going- to General Mitcliell's camp, en route to Inclore; he states he comes under the Queen's proclamation. From Sawunt Warree, 23rd November. The remaining rebel leaders have given themselves up to the Goa Government. The amnesty appears to be taking good effect in Oade, the chiefs sending in their arms, &c.