The course which events would take in Upper Canada was for a time doubtful.

Sir Francis Head, the Governor, placed his regular troops at the service of Lord Gosford, preferring to rely on the militia.

This unusual action was successful, but was not approved by the Colonial Office.

The state of affairs became very alarming at the close of the year, when it was announced in Parliament that Lord Gosford had resigned and that Sir John Colborne (afterwards Lord Seaton) had been appointed to succeed him.
In France the confederates of Louis Napoleon in the Strasburg outbreak were tried and acquitted; a treaty was concluded at Tafna with Abd-el-Kader, but negotiations for a similar agreement with Achmet Bey were less successful, and operations were continued against Constantin with successful results, the town being carried by an assault on 13th October, with some loss of officers and men on the French side.
Affairs continued unsettled in the Peninsula.

In Spain General Evans was defeated near San Sebastian, but afterwards, in conjunction with Lord John Hay, captured Irun, the frontier town.