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case was there any evidence tending to throw light upon the authors of the crime . Infanticide appears to be lamentably on the increase , and the existing means of detection wholly inefficient . An inquest wae held on Wednesday on the body of a Hungarian officer who had committed suicide in London . He seems to have applied to the Prince of AVales , Earl Russell ,

and other eminent personages for loans of money , and these being refused he was in a state of great poverty . On Thursday , the 2 nd inst ., he shot himself . The jury found a verdict of temporary insanity . FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE . —The long-talked-of letter of the Emperor on the Algerian question has at last been published .

It has now made its appearance . As to its contents we have as yet nothing , save the concluding paragraph , which a telegram brings . Probably , however , that paragraph summarises the pamphlet and its arguments . The Emperor declares his policy to be firmness and conciliation in dealing with the Arabs ; and the fostering of the colonists now in Algeria rather than the

encouragement of further emigration . The wisdom of all this is plain enough . The Monileur says that the importance of the Algerian insurrection has been greatly magnified . All that is certain is that on the 19 th October Si Lala made his appearance in the southern districts of Algeria with 2 , 000 liorseme . n and 1 , 400 foot . Ennez had been beaten and was in

full retreat . A semi-official Vicuna paper— -the Abendposthas an article on the project for a commercial treaty between France and England . As to the desirability of such a treaty we may be all agreed ; but the Abeudposl's reasons for it are not exactly of the best . Austria , we are told , desires the treaty for the extension of her commerce , while England desires a political alliance with Austria . After all it seems Count Sponneck is to be sacrificed hy the King of Greece . M .

Buigaris would not form a ministry unless the count was sent back to Denmark , and M . Deligoorgis , who , failing M . Bulgaris , was next called upon by the king , raised the same difficulty . Something like a compromise has been come to—M . Deligeorgis has formed a ministry ancl Count Sponneck is to leave Greece in the spring . The Brazilian mail has arrived bringing with

it details of the recapture of Uruguay ana by the Imperial troops . The garrison appears to have been reduced to great straits , ancl the town iv ;> s in a pestiferous state . This ends the invasion of Rio Grande by Lopez . Diplomatic relations had heen reestablished between England and Brazil . Mr . Thornton , the new minister , had his first interview with the Emperor at

Uruguayana . His speech was couched in wonderfully conciliatory language , ancl must have somewhat astonished the Brazilians , who have not boon accustomed to such " soft sawder" from an English envoy . There seems to be no doubt that the provisional arrangements for a treaty of commerce between this country and ' Austria have been completed . The draft of the

treaty contains twenty-three articles . It is stated that Count Mensdorff and Baron Wullerstorft are to be the plenipotentiaries for Austria , and Lord Bloomfield for England , in the negotiation of the treaty . The Federal Diet is troubled about Schleswig . The representatives of Bavaria , Saxony , and Hesse-Darmstadt propose that Austria and Prussia should be asked to

consult the wishes of the people of the Duchies as to how they shall be disposed of . Apparently , neither Austria nor Prussia has the remotest intention of doing anything of the kind , and therefore nothing is lost by the Diet postponing for a fortnight decision on the question . H similarly postpones for a fortnight the consideration of another proposal liy the same

representatives , that steps should be taken to bring about the incorporation of Schleswig into the German Confederation . There is a Ministerial crisis in Denmark . On Friday the Rigsraad

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adopted the report of the committee on the eonstitnfcion . The result was the Ministers tendered their resignation , which was accepted by the King . Recently it was announced that Count Frysenborg had undertaken to forma Ministry , anditwas believed that he would have a list ready next day . The Roman gendarmes have attacked some brigands in Terracina , and captured

Silvestro , the chief of the band . All the Powers of Europe have accepted the invitation of France for a sanitary conference at Constantinople . A Brussels telegram states that the Emperor Napoleon has written a letter on the Roman question to King Victor Emmanuel , and that it will be published shortly . The public will be curious to know what his Imperial Majesty

has to say on this subject . The Minister of Public Works in Spain has addressed a circular to the governors of the provinces in reference to the cattle plague . The disease does not seem to have made its appearance iu Spain yet , but the governors are urged to exercise the utmost watchfulness in preventing the importation of cattle , hides , or horns which may carry infection .

INDIA , CHINA , & C . —A telegram from New Zealand brings anything hut encouraging news . The war was spreading on the east coast , and martial law had been proclaimed . The Opotiki expedition had captured the pah of the Pai Mariri fanatics . The Governor has confiscated land in Taranaki . In the House of Representatives a motion to divide New Zealand

into two colonies had been negatived by a majority of fourteen . It was carried in the Legislative Council without a division . After an extraordinary rapid passage the China has arrived

bringing news from New York to the evening of the 26 th October . The Georgia State Convention has refused to recognise the rebel debt . Captain AVirtz's trial was concluded , and the finding of the commission had been sent to the President for confirmation . Wendell Phillips , in a speech he had made , recommended the House of Representatives to impeach

President Johnson . Gold on the 26 th was quoted at 145 i . Bombay advices to the 14 th October state that cholera has broken out with much severity in the 106 th and 45 th Regiments at Musseerabad , and Neemuch . The Viceroy was expected to arrive at Calcutta on tho 1 st November . The Russians , it was rumoured , had beaten the Bokharians , and

were within a short distance of Bokhara . Sir Bartle Frere held a durbar on the llth of October , on the occasion of the visit of the Sultan of Zanzibar to Bombay . The piece goods market was active on the 14-th , and cotton was advancing . The Cape mail has arrived . The Basutu war had virtually terminated , although it was not finally settled .

The Boers were quarreling among themselves , and their President had opened negotiations with Moshesh . That chief was willing to become a subject of the English Government , but was resolute in his determination to refuse to submit to the Dutch . Moshesh had opened communications with the Governor of the Cape Colony . A telegram from Shanghai

states that the Taku forts have heen evacuated hy the allied garrison . There had been a great hurricane at Manilla . Piracy in the Chinese seas is said to be extending .

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