Peshawur on the 15th of March. The most stringent
measures have been ordered by the Governor-General
to be carried out against those of the hill robbers who
should fall into our hands, and scarcely a day is said to
pass without one or more of them being hanged. A
commission had been appointed to inquire into the
malpractices of the Bengal Commissariat. A deficit of more
than £3000 had been discovered in the Bengal Military
Orphan Fund.

The dates from Hong Kong are to the 30th of March.
Some late disturbances in the province of Kuangtse
have had a deteriorating influence on trade at Canton.

The accounts from the West Indies are unimportant.
The imports duty bill had passed both branches of the
Jamaica Legislature, and received the Governor's assent.
The accounts from the agricultural districts are
unsatisfactory. Complaints are general with regard to the
want of continuous labour. It is feared, that not only
the present, but next year's crop will suffer from this
cause. The rebellion in Hayti had been suppressed,
Prince Bolos having failed to excite the Haytians in his
favour.

A public meeting has lately been held in Quebec, to
take into consideration the proposal of the British
government to aid in the construction of the Quebec
and Halifax Railway. This meeting, from the accounts,
was respectable and influential, so much so, that it may
be said to be the voice of Quebec. Warm gratitude was
expressed to England for its offer of aid. The
advantages of the road were set forth, and these, it was
contended, would be vast, considered in a national
point of view. It was agreed to petition our legislature
to take such steps as would meet the views of the
English government. The strong feeling in favour of
constructing railways still continues.

The intelligence from Australia relates chiefly to the
progress of anti-convict agitation. At a meeting in
Adelaide, on the 8th of February, the grievance to the
unpolluted colonies, of continually filling to overflow
the penal colony of Van Dieman's Land, was earnestly
insisted on. Opinions were expressed that indirect
transportation to the other colonies, through the
migration of the expirees, is more injurious than direct
transportation from the mother-country. A speaker from
Van Diemen's Land—once an official, sent out by Lord
John Russell's Government nine years ago—stated, that
almost every schoolmaster in Hobart Town, now, is a
convicted criminal. A meeting of delegates at Melburne
had pledged itself by resolutions not to employ convict
labour, and to have no dealings with any who do
employ such labour.

NARRATIVE OF FOREIGN EVENTSTHE close of last month left the Duke of Saldanha a fugitive rebel, and the opening of the present month
hailed him a victorious prime minister. There was a time in English history, now some three hundred
years ago, when a statesman could only anchor himself in the not always peaceful haven now called Downing
Street by sending some rival statesman to the scaffold; and the late movement of the Duke of Saldanha
against Count Thomar, with its issue, seems to show that Portuguese government in the nineteenth century
is pretty much what English government was in the sixteenth. The sudden turn of success to Saldanha's
outbreak was given by the unexpected adhesion of the garrison of Oporto.

In other respects the continental world has been quiet enough. The Germans are eagerly preparing for
the re-assemblage of the old Frankfort Diet, as a child might be looking for its re-constructed plaything which
in a sulky passion it had torn to pieces. The French are (more gravely) preparing for the revision of the
Constitution which is to make Louis Napoleon re-eligible with the consent of the Assembly, or for the alternative
of that coup d'état which is at once to re-elect him with consent of "the army and the people." But
all as yet is quiet.

In France there is much political excitement on the
question of the revisal of the Constitution. The great
political clubs are successfully taking their sides, with a
view to the approaching contest. The party of Order,
as the Conservatives call themselves, the Legitimists,
and the "Fusionist " branch of the Orleanists—a branch
now little to be distinguished from the overt Legitimists
—have all resolved to vote for the revision of the
Constitution. The followers of M. Thiers, who are the
really staunch portion of the "Orleanists," remain neutral;
intending, it is said, to declare at the latest juncture
in favour of the most probable winners. On the
other hand, the Republicans of all shades unite against
the proposed revision. The most remarkable feature of
these declarations is, that the Legitimists now make,
under the advice of the veteran Berryer, a frank avowal
of their hope that the nation will use the revision for
the direct and immediate restoration of the Legitimate
Monarchy and the enthronement of the Count de
Chambord.

The intelligence from Germany continues to be un-
important. The conference at Dresden terminated,
without any formality, on the 14th instant. At a morning
sitting protocols of the proceedings were finally agreed
on, and in an afternoon sitting these protocols were
duly attested. The plenipotentiaries then separated.
The event was marked by diplomatic banquets in the
evening. The King of Prussia has gone on a visit to
the Emperor of Russia in Warsaw. The two Sovereigns
met on the 18th instant at Skierniwice, and went in
company to the Polish capital.

The Duke of Saldanha's insurrectionary movement in
Portugal has been successful. The rising of the garrison
of Oporto in the Duke's favour decided the contest.
It was caused by the arrest of several officers by the
Count de Casal, the Governor of Oporto, who remained
faithful to the Queen's cause, and who possessed proofs
of a projected movement in Oporto. The Count, after
making several ineffectual attempts to quell the revolt,
abruptly quitted Oporto on the 25th ult., accompanied
by only one aide-de-camp. Colonel Cardozo, of the 2nd
Infantry, in endeavouring to bring his men to obedience,
was shot by the soldiers. The Duke of Saldanha
entered Oporto on the 27th, and established his
headquarters there. The whole city turned out to welcome
him, and his reception was most enthusiastic. On the
29th he reviewed the troops in garrison. The movement
in Oporto being communicated on the 26th, by
telegraph, to Lisbon, Count de Thomar's ministry
immediately tendered its resignation to the Queen, and
this being accepted, the Count embarked for Vigo, from
whence he arrived in London on the 15th inst. At
the date of the latest accounts from Lisbon, a new
ministry had been formed.

It appears by the accounts from Rome that that city
continues in a very disturbed state. The French General
Gemeau has issued a proclamation against the carrying
of arms. All fire-arms, and poniard knives were ordered
to be deposited at the "Etat Major de la place" before the
17th of May. After which delay domiciliary visits will
take place; every inhabitant retaining arms in his