who after a murderous struggle drive out the garrison and proclaim a republic. The city was next day declared to be in a state of siege, and General Marmora advanced with a large force to bombard it.

4. Arrest of the Conde de Montemolin by the French Custom-house officers on the frontier of Catalonia.-A Danish frigate and 84 gun ship disabled by the German batteries at Eckernförde.

5. A number of English visitors arrive at Boulogne on their way to Paris.

6. Bombardment and capture of Catania by the Neapolitan troops. 8. Austria, in reply to a circular note of Prussia, dated the 3rd instant, protests against all further decisions of the Frankfort National Assembly respecting the promulgation of the constitution, declines any longer to recognise the existence of the Assembly or the authority of the central power, and refuses to send a plenipotentiary to Frankfort to treat of German affairs.-Surrender of Syracuse to the Neapolitan troops.

12. The Genoese insurgents surrender to General Marmora.-The Tuscan assembly dissolved, and a deputation sent to Gaëta to recall the Grand Duke.

13. Defeat of the Danes by the combined German army at the Düppeler heights opposite the Isle of Alsen.-Great Financial Reform meeting held in the Music Hall, Leeds.

14. Declaration of the independence of Hungary published at Debreczin. Mr. Charles Gavan Duffy, who had been again put on his trial, is discharged on bail, there being a majority of the jury for his acquittal.

15. The English visitors to Paris entertained at a public banquet by the National Guard.-The Conde de Montemolin returns to London. 16. The French National Assembly decide by a majority of 112 for armed intervention in the States of the Church.-The fortress of DjagaRaga in the Island of Bally stormed by the Dutch.

18. Lord J. Russell acquaints an invited number of Irish members with his views on Irish taxation and the proposed rate-in-aid, and requests to know their views in return, which they resolve to give only in the House of Commons.-Escape of the Ranee of Lahore from the fortress of Chunar, near Benares, to Nepaul.-Prince Albert lays the first stone of the Great Grimsby Docks.

19. Carlo Alberto, Ex-King of Sardinia, arrives at Oporto.

20. The German army enters Jutland, and takes Kolding by storm. 23. The Danish forces defeated by the Schleswig-Holstein army under General Bonin.-Cabrera, the Carlist Chief, arrested at Err, a village on the French frontier, and sent to Fort Lamalgue: he was subsequently permitted to go to London.

24. Advices from Vienna announce the defeat of the imperialists before Gran, by the Hungarian insurgents; the raising of the siege of Komorn, and the evacuation of Pesth by the Austrians.-An Austrian force occupies the citadel of Alessandria.

25. The continuation of the state of siege in Berlin declared by the Lower Chamber to be illegal without its concurrence.-Advices from Hong-Kong of this date state that the Chinese authorities had refused to allow the British to enter the city of Canton, thus repudiating the Pottinger treaty.

26. The self-styled "loyalists" of Montreal publicly assault the Governor-General of Canada, Lord Elgin. They then enter the Parlia ment house, drive out the members, and set fire to the building.

26. Civita. Vecchia occupied by a French force under General Oudinot.

27. Disturbances attended with loss of life in Berlin; the state of siege continues; the Chambers are dissolved.

29. The King of Prussia, through his plenipotentiary at Frankfort, declines the Imperial Crown, and rejects the Frankfort-framed constitution. -The King of Naples at the head of a small force enters the States of the Church at Terracina.

30. A small French force repulsed from Rome.-Palermo closely blockaded by a Neapolitan force.-The Combined Court of Guiana adjourned sine die by Governor Barkly, as they refused to vote the supplies unless the salaries of the officials on the civil list were reduced.

May 1. A great meeting of Protectionists held in the Hall of Commerce, Threadneedle-street, London, under the presidency of the Duke of Richmond, to form an association for the purpose of "arresting the progress of free trade," of opposing the repeal of the navigation laws, and of reestablishing protection.

3. Insurrection at Dresden.

5. The vanguard of the Neapolitan army defeated by the Romans near Albano.-An Austrian force under General Aspré enters Tuscany.

6. A murderous foray executed by the British troops under Major Hill and Mr. Norman Macdonald, governor of the British colony at Bathurst, against a native King on the banks of the Gambia, for some unstated violence offered to the said governor. Keeming, the capital, and Bambacco, towns situated about 70 miles up the Gambia, were burnt, and a great number of the natives destroyed with grape and canister to avenge the affront.-Sir C. J. Napier lands in Calcutta.

7. Dresden bombarded by Prussian and Saxon troops :-two days after, the last of the insurgents were driven out of the town.

8. The deputies of all the town councils of Rhenish Prussia, assembled in Cologne, declare the Frankfort constitution binding, and determine to uphold the Frankfort National Assembly against Prussian reaction.— Insurrections at this time in Elberfeld, Düsseldorf, Breslau, and other towns of Prussia.-Advices from Cracow announce the march of a large Russian army through Gallicia, to assist the Austrians in Hungary.— Bologna invested by the Austrians under Marshal Wimpffen.

10. A royal ordonnance places Prussia under military law.-A serious riot at the Theatre in New York, originating in a dispute between Mr. Macready and Mr. Forrest, the American tragedian. The mob set fire to the Theatre in Astor-place, in which Mr. Macready was performing, and the militia eventually fired, killing 20 persons, and wounding several others. 11. The House of Lords, in the case of William Smith O'Brien in error against the Queen, decided in favour of the crown.

12. The Austrians under General Aspré attack Leghorn, which they take on the morrow.

13. The Neapolitan troops under General Filangieri enter Palermo.Military insurrection in Baden; flight of the Grand Duke to Carlsruhe. 14. Decree of the King of Prussia recalling the Prussian members of the Frankfort National Assembly.

16. Bologna after a sanguinary struggle of eight days surrenders to the Austrians.

18. Greatcon flagration in St. Louis, in the United States, by which property to the amount of 6,000,000 dollars was destroyed.-About the same time a large portion of New Orleans was destroyed by the rising of the Mississippi.

19. A large meeting held in Cape Town to express the indignation of

the whole colony of the Cape of Good Hope against the attempt of the Colonial Office to make the Cape a penal colony.-The Frankfort Assembly passes a resolution to elect a Stadtholder of the empire from among the reigning Princes of Germany.-A pistol fired at Queen Victoria on her return from a drive in Hyde Park, London.

22. The emperors of Austria and Russia hold an interview in Warsaw. -The first meeting of the Metropolitan Financial and Parliamentary Reform Association was held in the London Tavern, London.

23. A convention signed between the French and Argentine republics. -The Dutch expedition against the Island of Bally checked: General Michiels dies of a wound received at Kasoemba, and the expedition soon after returns to Java.

24. First meeting of the Manchester Registration and Financial Reform Association held in Newall's Buildings, Manchester.

27. The Legislative Assembly of the French Republic, consisting of 750 members, holds its first sitting.

28. The Austrians bombard Ancona by land and sea.-The forts of Florence seized by the Austrians.

30. The Frankfort Assembly passes a resolution transferring its sittings to Stuttgardt.

June 3. The French army under General Oudinot commences the attack on Rome.-The Archduke Johann refuses to resign his powers as Regent of the empire on the invitation of Prussia.

6. The German National Assembly meets in Stuttgardt and chooses a regency of five to replace the central power lodged in the Archduke Johann.

7. The exclusive privilege of navigating the Oronoco and Apure, by steam vessels, granted by the republic of Venezuela to an American company.

8. Captain Keppel, of the Meander, with 114 seamen and marines, storms the the gaol of Macao, and liberates a British subject, who was imprisoned by the Portuguese governor for an offence against the religious usages of the island.

9. The Queen of Spain grants an amnesty to all political offenders and refugees, the only condition being to take the oath of allegiance. 10. Death of Marshal Bugeaud, of cholera.

13. A Red-Republican procession, numbering about 20,000 men, among whom were not a few National Guards, advanced towards the National Assembly for the ostensible purpose of presenting a petition, but are dispersed by the troops without violence. In a sitting of the Assembly Paris was declared in a state of siege by 394 to 82 votes.

14. The French make a breach in the walls of Rome.-Continued excitement in Paris; barricades thrown up in various quarters were all carried by the troops without much resistance; the Red-Republican and Socialist journals were suppressed; several members of the Assembly were arrested, and leave was given by the Assembly to prosecute Ledru Rollin, Victor Considérant, Sergeants Rattier and Boichot, for conspiracy to overthrow the government, and for exciting to civil war. Some of the leaders mentioned fled from justice.

15. An attempt at insurrection in Lyons suppressed.-Death of James Knox Polk, ex-president of the United States.

16. Severe action near Gross-Sachsen, in Rhenish Bavaria, between a body of 10,000 insurgents under Mierolawski and General Peucker's division.

17. The Würtemberg ministry forbid the authorities to obey the resolution respecting the national defences, passed by the Rump of the German National Assembly sitting in Stuttgardt; next day the Rump was prevented from meeting, the Reit-bahn being occupied by the troops.

18. Ancona capitulates to the Austrians.-The Russian army, under the command of Field-Marshal Prince Paskewitsch, crosses the Hungarian frontier by the Dukla Pass.

20. The Austrians evacuate the citadel of Alessandria, and occupy the territory of Valenza.

21. Kronstadt taken by the Russians under General Lüders.- Battle of Szered between the Austro-Russian troops under General Wohlgemuth, and the Hungarians, commanded by Görgey; the latter were forced to retreat across the Waag.-The French send storming parties through the breaches made in the walls of Rome.

23. Battle of Eperies between the Hungarian insurgents and the Russians. The Prussian troops, after defeating the insurgent republicans of Baden, enter Heidelberg and Mannheim.-A Tariff bill, removing the prohibitions from the trade of Spain, passed by the Cortes.

25. The Prussians enter Carlsruhe.

26. The Association for the Protection of British Industry and Capital holds a meeting in Drury-lane Theatre, London, the Duke of Richmond in the chair.-The House of Lords rejects the Oaths Bill for the admission of Jews into parliament, by 95 to 70.

27. A public meeting, held in the London Tavern, Bishopsgate Street, London, to hear the statements of an Irish deputation respecting the alarming distress in Ireland.-All the shares of the Panamà Railway Company bought up on the morning of this day in New York.

28. A resolution adopted by 150 members of the Frankfort Assembly met in Gotha, in which they propose adhesion to the Berlin draft of the German constitution.

29. Raab entered by the Emperor of Austria, at the head of the first army corps.

30. A shower of red rain fell near the village of Bonvilstone, in Wales.―The Romans send a deputation to Marshal Oudinot to treat for a surrender.

July 1. Foreign capital, to the amount of 22,000,0007. sterling, nvested in the English funds within the six months ending this day.

2. Death of Mehemet Ali, Pascha of Egypt, in his 80th year.-Father Matthew arrived in New York on a visit, at the invitation of the authorities of that city.-Battle of Acs betweeu the Austrians and Hungarians.

3. The French troops enter Rome, which city surrendered unconditionally.-The Russians enter Debreczin.-Baron Rothschild returned to parliament for the city of London by 6619 votes; his opponent, Lord John Manners, polled only 3104.

4. A great meeting in support of Financial and Parliamentary Reform, held in the Princess's Theatre, London.

5. At a special court of common council, held in the city of London, a letter was read from the Irish Lord Lieutenant with reference to the purchase of estates in Ireland by the corporation of London.

6. Insurrection in the Turkish province of Bosnia.-The German army besieging the fortress of Fredericia defeated, with the loss of all their heavy guns, by the Danes, who took 1,800 prisoners.-The Porte protests against the march of Russian troops through Turkish Transylvania,

9. Messrs. O'Brien, Meagher, Macmanus, and O'Donoghue, removed from the Richmond Penitentiary, Dublin, and put aboard the Swift, in which vessel they were transported.

10. Armistice concluded between Prussia and Denmark to last for six months.-Accounts from the Cape of Good Hope of this date speak of the continued excitement of that colony on the subject of the introduction of British convicts from Bermuda. A public meeting, held on the 4th instant, passed resolutions for the formation of "Anti-Convict Associations" all over the country; and in another, condemned the conduct of the governor for not suspending "the degrading measure.

11. The Austrians enter Ofen and proceed to bombard Pesth.-Death of Mr. Justice Coltman.-Messrs. Ledru Rollin and E. Arago arrive in London.

12. The Tariff Bill passes the Senate of Spain by 71 to 23.-Fatal affray at Dolly's Brae, near Castlewellan, in Ireland, between the Orangemen and the Catholics; several of the latter lost their lives, and some of their houses were wrecked and burnt.

14. The Hungarians defeat the army of the Ban Jellachich at St. Thamas, in South Hungary.-Battle of Waitzen between the Russians and Hungarians commenced; it did not terminate till the 17th, on which day the Hungarian cavalry, under Görgey, had broken through the Russian lines, and was in full retreat northwards, in order again to get behind the Theiss.

15. Re-establishment of the temporal authority of the Pope proclaimed in Rome.

16. Battle before Komorn between the Hungarians and the AustroRussian army.

17. The governor of the Cape of Good Hope issues a proclamation suspending the execution of the order of the Colonial Office respecting the Bermuda convicts, till further advice from the home government.

18. Charles Bonaparte, ex-president of the Roman Constituent Assembly, arrested at Orleans, in France; from thence he was conducted by gens-d'armes to Havre, where he embarked for England.-The directors and shareholders of the Newcastle and Berwick Railway Company, at a meeting held in York, resolve to proceed against Mr. Hudson for illegally applying a very large amount (184,2047.) of the funds of the company to his own use.

21. A meeting of Liberal members, held in one of the committee rooms of the House of Commons, and presided over by Mr. Bright, resolves upon a united course of action during the next session of parliament upon the questions of the Irish Church, the English and Irish franchise, and the tenure of land in Ireland.

23. The Grand Duke of Tuscany arrives at Viareggio, on his return to his states. Battle of Miskolcz between the Russians and Hungarians.— A force of Hungarian insurgents, under Bem, enters Moldavia.- Meeting at the London Tavern, London, to sympathize with the Hungarian insurrection.-Unconditional surrender of Rastadt to the Prussians.

25. Prince Albert lays the first stone of the Portland breakwater.

28. Death of Carlo Alberto, ex-king of Sardinia, at Oporto.-Declaration signed by several Irish members of Parliament, expressive of unabated hostility against the continuance of the established church in Ireland as an endowed church.-Berlin relieved from the state of siege, which had been imposed from Nov. 12 of last year.

31. The Hungarian insurgents under Bem defeated at Schässburg, or Segesvar, by the Russians under General Lüders.