deems sufficient, desires no further conquest in Burmah,
and is willing to consent that hostilities should cease.
But if the King of Ava shall fail to renew his former
relations of friendship with the British Government,
and if he shall recklessly seek to dispute its quiet
possession of the province it has now declared to be its own,
the Governor-General in Council will again put forth
the power he holds, and will visit with full retribution
aggressions which, if they be persisted in, must of necessity
lead to the total subversion of the Burman State,
and to the ruin and exile of the King and his race."

There are advices from Jamaica to the 29th ult. The
House of Assembly met on the 25th. There had been
plenty of rain and good weather. The market report
says the produce-market was reported generally inactive.
The heavy rains, however, which prevailed throughout
the island seriously interrupted the operations of the
harvest, and prevented the deliveries of produce already
manufactured in Kingston; therefore the markets were
slightly supplied, and prices were tending upward.

PROGRESS OF EMIGRATION AND COLONISATION.

A numerous meeting of employés belonging to the
Dockyard at Portsmouth was held on the 16th for the
purpose of forming an Emigration Loan Society. The
first resolution was to the effect that shipwrights in this
country were labouring under many disadvantages,
arising from the "excessive supply of the labour market,"
by which they were placed in an inferior position in
society, and that the only means of alleviating their
condition was by the promotion of emigration to the
Australian and other colonies. This resolution was
carried unanimously, the plan recommended being the
payment by the members of the association of threepence
per week each, from the fund so produced each emigrant
being allowed two-thirds of his expenses of passage-
money and outfit, the other third being advanced through
Mrs. Chisholm. It was confidently anticipated that the
loans so granted would be honourably returned, at least
by those who might be successful. Another resolution
for the formation of an Emigration Loan Society for the
shipwrights of Portsmouth dockyard on the plan above
stated was carried, and a committee was appointed to
carry out the objects of the meeting. It was also
determined to invite Mrs. Chisholm to Portsmouth to give the
required information on the subject, the day to be fixed
at her own convenience.

The ship Harriet, despatched by the Emigration
Commissioners, sailed from Southampton for Sydney on the
16th inst. She took out upwards of 400 emigrants, most
of whom were adults, and amongst them 90 single young
women. Most of them are decent farm labourers, a great
proportion of whom were from Buckinghamshire and
some of the south-eastern counties.

NARRATIVE OF FOREIGN EVENTS.

The Marriage of the Emperor of the French was
celebrated on Saturday the 29th, and Sunday the 30th of
January; the civil celebration on the former, and the
ecclesiastical ceremony on the latter day. On Saturday
morning, as early as half-past eight, the bride,
accompanied by her mother, the Spanish ambassador, and
several official personages, proceeded from the Elysée to
the Tuileries, where the Emperor awaited her. He was
surrounded by a host of ecclesiastical, military, and state
dignitaries; from amongst whom he advanced to the
door of the salon, and, cordially shaking hands with his
bride, he conducted her to the seat of honour prepared
for her. She was then led in procession to the Salle
des Maréschaux, where a brilliant crowd was assembled.
At the end of the hall were two chairs of state; one on
the right for the Emperor, the other on the left for the
future Empress. His Majesty took his seat, and then
invited the Empress to be seated. On the Emperor's
right hand stood Prince Jerome and the Imperial
Princes; behind the chair, the Countess of Montijo and
the Minister of Spain; on the left of the future Empress,
the Princess Mathilde; and in front, near the table, the
Minister of State. This functionary, M. Fould, then
advanced and said in a loud tone—"In the name of the
Emperor." At these words, the Emperor and the
future Empress both rose. M. Fould then continued—
"Sire, Does your Majesty declare that you take in
marriage her Excellency Mademoiselle Eugénie de
Montijo, Comtesse de Téba, here present?" The
Emperor declared—"I declare that I take in marriage
her Excellency Mademoiselle Eugénie de Montijo,
Comtesse de Téba, here present." The Minister of
State then, turning to the bride, said—"Mademoiselle
Eugénie de Montijo, Comtesse de Téba, does your
Excellency declare that you take in marriage his Majesty
the Emperor Napoleon III., here present?" Her
Excellency replied—"I declare that I take in marriage
his Majesty the Emperor Napoleon III., here present."
The Minister of State then pronounced the following
words—"In the name of the Emperor, of the Constitution,
and of the law, I declare that his Majesty
Napoleon III., Emperor of the French, by the grace of
God and the national will, and her Excellency
Mademoiselle Eugénie de Montijo, Comtesse de Téba. are
united in marriage." The ceremony of signing the
registry of marriage followed: the Emperor and Empress
writing as they sat, and the witnesses standing, according
to their rank. Then, in the theatre, a cantata,
from the pen of M. Mery, the Court poet, was chanted
to the music of M. Robert; and this being concluded,
the new Empress was escorted back in state to the
Elysée. The ecclesiastical ceremony was performed at
the church of Nôtre Dame. The whole city was in
motion at an early hour. The regular soldiery, horse
and foot, took up their positions along the line of the
procession; the National Guards were called out on
the same duty; and soon, from the Tuileries to Nôtre
Dame, the streets glistened with bayonets and swords.
Marching along from all quarters came the deputations
from the trades and workpeople, each headed by a great
banner, destined to await, in the garden of the Tuileries,
the coming and going of the bridal procession. About
two hundred old veterans from the Invalides, each
holding a tricolor, hobbled along. Windows were
filled, roofs were covered, and every corner of the streets
was crowded with spectators. The old cathedral
architecture was shrouded with decorations. A wooden
construction had been raised, in three compartments,
over the three entrances, painted in the mediæval fashion,
to match the edifice. Long green velvet draperies
floated over the entrances, and above them flags of all
colours; the towers were clothed with gold brocade; a
gigantic gilt statue of Christ stood between them; and a
large gilt eagle with outstretched wings was poised on
each summit. The doors were opened at ten, and the
crowd flowed in. The scene which met their gaze was
magnificent. Ten thousand wax candles, suspended
from the roof, dazzled the eyes. The pillars were
swathed from plinth to capital in crimson velvet, and
each capital bore a gilt shield and a gilt eagle. Above
these hung crimson draperies fringed with gold and
imitation ermine; and still higher, what may be called
a green velvet vallance, studded with bees, and inscribed
with an enormous "N" and "E" was seen,
intermingled with festoons of flowers. The pillars next the
nave, on either side, were clothed in crimson and
studded with bees. Hanging from the ceiling were the
banners of the eighty-six Departments, of various dyes
and decorations. A temporary altar had been erected
beneath a crimson canopy lined with ermine, and
surmounted by an eagle. The transepts were fitted up for
the Senate, the Council of State, the Ministers, the
Corps Diplomatique, and the Corps Legislatif. A salute
of 101 guns from the Invalides announced the departure
of the cortège from the Tuileries. Preceded by dragoons,
the bridal party followed in three divisions, each
separated by dragoons; then the Emperor's carriage—the
same used by Napoleon, Charles Dix, and Louis