made seditious centres. Several persons having defied
this notice, by hanging symbols of revolution on a tree
in the Rue St. Martin, the police were ordered to
proceed with their work; and under the protection of the
soldiery the offensive task was completed.

A horrible murder and suicide have been committed
in Paris. A lieutenant of the 56th Regiment of the
Line, lodging in the Rue du Havre, killed his mistress
with his sword, and then threw himself from his window
into the street. He was killed on the spot.

The King of Prussia, together with the two chambers,
took the oath to the new constitution in the Hall of
Knights, on the 6th; divine service having first been
attended in the cathedral. The King and the Princes of
the blood royal entered the hall together; the Prince of
Prussia absented himself: the two chambers were
present in mass, packed together wherever they could
stand in the narrow hall: the constitution of the 31st
January lay on a table in front of the throne. The
King having taken his seat, rose, and in a tone solemn,
though not without humour, said he would avail himself
of the last occasion to address them unbound by the
influence of ministerial responsibility. His Majesty's
speech, which was patriotic in tone, and delivered with
much earnestness, was listened to with eager attention;
loud hurrahs burst from the assembly at its close.
Count Brandenburg approached, and read the formula of
the oath. The King, uncovering himself, pronounced the
oath, raising his hand and eyes to heaven, and then
with fervour exclaimed: "I, Frederick William, swear
it—swear it so true—God help me!" The ministers
were sworn to be faithful and obedient to the King, and
conscientiously to observe the constitution. All the
members of the two chambers wore in like form sworn,
each separately, and each according to his religious
belief, raising three fingers of the right hand, and adding
the characteristic asseveration of his creed. The minister
then addressed the King in terms of homage and gratitude;
the King replied by an invocation of God's
blessing on the work, and departed; and the assemblage
broke up with loud shouts of applause.

A letter from Vienna, of the 30th Januaiy, reports a
disaster from a snow-storm, in the neighbourhood of
Wieselburg. About 108 artillerymen received orders to
march from Nickolsdorf to Parendorf. When on the
road which leads across a great heath, they were surprised
by such a terrific snow-storm that they soon completely
lost their way, and many of them were frozen to death.
A few, after suffering inexpressibly, managed to reach
some of the neighbouring villages, and sent out the
peasantry in search of their unfortunate comrades; but,
alas! the twenty or twenty-five first found, among whom
was the captain of the company, were already dead.
The latter was on his knees. The rest have since been
brought in dead or so frozen that there is but little hope
of their recovery.

Intelligence from Lisbon has been received to the 9th.
A stringent law against the press had been presented in
the chamber of deputies. Violent attacks had been
made on Thomar in the chambers, and equally severe
remarks upon him had been indulged in by the press.
The government have a majority. Saldanha had been
dismissed from his office. The Prince de Joinville had
been entertained with great distinction at the palace,
and much importance was attached to his arrival in
Portugal.

Accounts from Rome describe murders to be of nightly
occurrence in the streets. On the 11th, General
Baraguay D'Hilliers issued the following proclamation:—
"Inhabitants of Rome—The General-in-chief, with a
view of putting an end to the vile assassinations that
endanger the lives of the officers and soldiers of the army,
orders that no person shall henceforward carry about
him knives, stilettos, or any instrument applicable to
the perpetration of a crime. Whoever shall be found
with such arms about his person shall be instantly shot."
—The life of the Prince of Musignano, son of the Prince
of Canino, was attempted on the 9th instant. While
on the Corso with his sister, he lifted one of many
bouquets thrown to him, and offered it to his sister,
who was looking in another direction; an explosive
concealed in the flowers burst in his hand. The prince was
badly but not dangerously wounded in the hand and
thigh, and the princess was slightly wounded in the leg.
One hundred and fifty persons were arrested. It is
further stated that Austria, having demanded that her
arms should be replaced at Rome with the usual pomp,
the Pope asked General Baraguay D'Hilliers whether
on such an occasion he could answer for the tranquillity
of the capital; to which the General had replied that
he could answer for nothing, and that his troops would
be consigned to their barracks and remain perfectly
neutral. The idea of restoring the Austrian arms had
been abandoned in consequence of this answer. The
loan to the Roman government has been taken by the
house of Rothschild. The amount is 33,000,000 francs,
divided into 42,000 bonds of 78 francs each. The
difficulties connected with this loan have for some time past
been considered the principal obstacle to the return of
the Pope to Rome, and it is now thought that there will
be no further delay.

A letter from Naples of the 18th, announces that the
King, at the suggestion of the Pope, had granted an
amnesty to all the Neapolitans who had fought against
the Austrians in Lombardy and at Venice. In the
province of Aquila no less than 1846 prisoners had been
restored to liberty. The amnesty, however, did not
extend to persons detained for political offences of a
domestic nature.

Advices from Athens of the 19th state, that Admiral
Parker, having arrived with his fleet, had demanded
from the Greek government the payment, within twenty-
four hours, of all moneys due to the British, or protected
British subjects, from Greece; also that the island of
Sapentia and Cabrera, off the south-west side of the
Morea, and which form a part of the Ionian Isles, should
be immediately given up to him, threatening, in the
event of refusal, to blockade the Piræus and make
reprisals. Otho, however, refused the demand in toto,
and Admiral Parker had consequently taken possession
of the men-of-war in the Piræus, and blockaded the
coast. The islands of Cabrera and Sapienza had also
been taken possession of by Enghsh parties.

The advices from New York are to the 9th instant.

The President had addressed to Congress a message
recommending that the constitution which California
proposes for itself shall receive the sanction of Congress.
The message was founded on the constitutional right of
every new state to decide for itself whether slavery
shall or shall not be among its institutions; thus
combating the principle of the Wilmot proviso, that slavery
shall be excluded from all new territories. In the
particular instance of California, the new state has
already decided against the existence of slavery within
its confines.

In the senate, Mr. Clay had moved resolutions
involving a settlement for the present of the slave question.
He proposed to admit California as a state; to establish
territorial governments over all other newly-acquired
countries without reference to slavery; to abolish all
traffic in slavery in the district of Columbia, but to
declare it inexpedient to abolish slavery there without
the consent of the citizens and the citizens of Maryland;
also assuming the debt of Texas. Mr. Clay advocated
his resolutions with effect, and induced the senate to
defer their consideration some days for the same calm
and patient consideration he had given them.

Four bills were before the senate on the subject of
appropriating public lands. They propose the free
granting of 160 acres of land to all applicants, whether
native or foreign, on the condition of their residing upon
them and cultivating them.

A serious Affair with Pirates has taken place in the
river Seba, on the coast of Africa. An English merchant
vessel, trading on the coast, was seized by a body of
pirates, and some of the crew were shot. The governor
of Bathurst obtained from the French governor of