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      1 THB EVILS OF LAND MONOPOL tO TBKXBROB OF THS HOBIHKBS STAB . $ rj jjj a , —Whoever his been intimately acquainted with 1 irift the condition of the operatives in the manufac * tarini taring districts of Great Britain must have been forrWy ^ bly struck with the miserable and degraded state in w jn which many thousands exist : even in seasons wbei when work is plentiful , and wages are comparatively hig h hig h , their domestic position is one of great discomfort , fort , ana too frequently of moral degradation . Art has has indeed usurped the empire over nature , and the rest result is such as might have been anticipated . The woi women , wives and daughters , labour all day at tbe ?~ _ -. « , islTITC t \ B IIVH urk-unnnT

      mil mills : they earn maney , it is true ; and their husfc * i bands end fathers are compelled to remain ia idle-B « bcss , and to live on the fruits of female labour ; but nl unat daecration of Home is the operative ' s garret ! tf flbat scenes of lavish prodi gal expenditure , and he ieart-crnshing famine does it not present—what misei se rahle drunken husbands are tbe companions of & these thriftless wives ; and ah ! what wretched , sti starving , opiateJulled children are the offspriHg of su such mothers ! The holiest duties , the most code dealing ties , are neglected and forgotten ; and man , to bom in the image of bis Maker , becomes but one df degree better than tbe lower animals of Creation .

      This is the result of factory labour , conducted as it it now exists , even in prosperous times ; but when tl there is a glut in tbe market , and short hours and h half weeks' work and wages are nniversal , is not the d distress of the manufacturing districts dreadful ? Let the high taxation for poor-rates witness how t many are thrown on parochial charity (?) for bread-• —men who , from previous habits , cannot dig , and i who yet are ashamed to beg . Is it not horrible , — - i is it not infamous , that man should beg his fellowl man for work , and be refuted ? And when , as at ] present , the poor operatives are driven into strikes , j from the privations which their scant ; wages compel them to endure ; when they have borne reduction of their weekly pittance until they hold patience to be a crime , and 'think , damnation better still , ' and when masters find their warehouses filled and their

      pockets empty , because foreign markets are overstocked , shall we not see how evil a thing it is to legislate for the few instead of the whole—for class instead of country ? Doubtless England may yet glory in her manufactures , and find her wealth in her trade ; but then her own poor will be able to purchase her goodsher great trade wiU be with Home . The head that devised the plan by means of which the attention of the working classes mi ght be withdrawn from the manufactures to the cultivation ofthe soil , is worthy of all honour : the heart that excited to the formation of the scheme must have been warmed with the . purest impulses of philanthropy , since the remedy proposed addresses itself directly to the disease , and can tail only through want of appreciation on the part of those who are to benefit by its operation .

      The National Land Company addresses itself particularly to that leading feature in onr characters which I noticed last week ; our love for that which we can call our own t the willingness with which we labour to improve it , and the lightness of ail toil which can render it more valuable . It has never yet been pretended by tbe most determined land-monopolist , that the soil of England is in the highest state of cultivation ; bnt it was reserved for those interested in the success of the

      poor , and working classes , to ascertain how very much below its capability is the present productiveness of the land . Practical farmers have now discovered that great waste is inevitable in every item of the expenditure of a large farm , whilst the produce is , out of all proportion , small . In fact , the work * done by plough , harrow , horses , and servants , instead of the proprietor's own willing arms and strong spade , is both expensive in the doing , and badly done .

      I have to tender yoa my best thanks , sir , for the courtesy with which yon forwarded me a letter addressed to you on this subject last week : and as I did not see it transcribed in yonr columns , you will , perhaps , permit me to quote it in evidence of the feasibility of the Land scheme . Burslem , September 15 th , 1817 . HoSOCBABLI ABO BzfKCTKD Sl » , In the spring of 1814 , for the first time in my life , I took spade in hand to apply hand labour to the land ; I had sixteen perches , tor which I paid sixteen shillings ; this land was a peat surface with clay substratum , and was not worth more than £ 1 an acre , although I gave at the rate of eight . When I dug my potatoes I felt well satisfied with the success of myTaboura ; I then felt a growing inquiry spring up within me , could I set grow

      wheat also ? shortly after I was in convene with a man who was in the habit of reading the JfoBTHOicSr . i , and he spoke to me of a work on' The Management ot Small Farmi , * wrote by Mr O'Connor . This work I resolved to nave , but previous to getting it , a copy of tbe Sta * foe the first time was put into my hand . I therein read an experiment in the growth of wheat by a gentleman , made upon one square yard in his garden , the result of which was at the rate of forty quarters an acre , or

      Iu October , 1814 , 1 laid out three beds , ten yards by three feet each , that being about one perch of ground , the manure used for this purpose was composed of road scrapings , lime , nightsoil , and ashes , the beds thus prepared , I formed holes six inches apart and one and half deep . In time it put forth its head , and one head measured seven inches and three-quarters . About the 10 th of August I cut it , and such was the curiosity excited by this wonderful phenomenon , that several persons commenced a search for the largest root , and , rather strange to relate , as many as thirty-seven , forty-one , for ty-five , and forty-nine strong reed stems were found from one root , tbe produce of one grain . With this much I conclude , and if yon deem this worthy of insertion , by so doing you will much oblige , Tour ? , with due respect , Jossra Hexsbaii , Burslem .

      If Mr HenshaH could on such land grow wheat to such g * od profit , it must be perfectly evident to every thinking man , that a family may be maintained { and in comfort , too /) on a two , three , or four-acre allotment . But to obtain such allotments ; to become proprietors instead of hired labourers—to be selfdependent and prosperous , depends not on Feargns O'Connor , but on the people themselves . He has done all , and is doing all in his power for them . He

      has led them to aland of promise , but their own hands must take and eat of the plentiful food by which they may be surrounded . The people must furnish the sinews of war—they must save and spare 4 o attain the power of becoming free . It is true , they have little power to do so with their present habits , but let them abstain for one year from the gin palace , and put one-half of the savings into a money box , and there will be no complaint of the want of power * o purchase land .

      The more independent proprietors there are among the labouring classes , the better must be the condition of the whole body ; since the power now in tbe hands of masters must be gradually reduced , and finally a just balance of power be established between the employer and the employed . It is a true saying , " There is fifty per cent , difference between will yoa buy ? ' and ' will you sell ? " * Hitherto the master " has had an unjust advantage , but it remains with the people to alter the face of affairs . So it is with the

      government . Now it can lay on what taxes it pleases ; on spirits , especially , it lays a heavy tax , aware that there are fools and madmen enough who , having little sense , wish to lose that little , and mil purchase the taxed poison at the risk of health , happiness , and even life itself . But let the people learn to say , « I can do without spirits-I will drink water , ' and the government finds its position reversed ; the people then become the sovereign power , and we shall have some chance of seeing a truly representative legislature .

      I cannot at this moment lay my hand on the report , which proves how much gin-drinkers have , within this year , contributed towards the forging of their own chains ; but I can tell them an anecdote which will prove , ( if proof be needed !) what valuable friends to despotism drunkards are . Iu India , food is cheap , and money scarce ; a domestic servant , for instance , can board , clothe , and lodge himself and family on wages equal to fourteen English shillings a month ; and this sua will allow his

      <» getting drunk every night . It follows that a man may make himself into a beast tor a very small sum indeed-one penny atthe utmost . Yet in 1836 the government returns showed that the East India Company made a profit of six lacs of rupees , or ± 60 , 000 , on the duty 0 n the sale of the common spirit arrack , in the city of Madras alone . But , on the other hand , the police reports of the same year , 25 ? i 0 Jf & HALP toe gross population were dead drunk every night !!! So much for supporting the government , rr ° I am , Sir , faithfully yours , Philodemos .

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      INDIA AND CHINA-. Th * fews frpm India byith e recent ' oteriand mail » not of great interest . The little ware in Koo . S ^& SSt "" fir , S'SfiJS ® fwLS ^ S 89 f 0 r th ?? a 5 = » ent of his debte to the F £ ^ ~ 5 . totheco 1 nfi 8 Cat «» gofthatprince sterritory ; the certain conclusion of all alliances contracted by the native powers with'the Company . ' Inthe 1 nnjanb things are quiet . As a specimen ofthe insolent manner in which the British are in the habit of treating the native powers , we quote the following from a Panjaub correspondent ef the Calctma Star ;—

      The Ranee has been grumbling lately at the want of attention paid her , so she was turned out to have a romp tor twenty-four hours in the Shalimar gardens , and caged again in the Sutnmun Boorj when she was tired of her picnic ; The alarm and distrust on both sides , occasioned by tbe precipitancy of Sir John Davis's descent oa Canton , continues in that city to the detriment of all trade . The relief troopahave arrived at Hong Kong , but the governor thinks it expedient to retain the regiments which were to have been sent back . The Hong Kong Register of June 24 th , says : « - Since our last issue there ha » been again a slight disturbance at Canton , attended with another attempt to burn tbe boat house adjoining the factories , A party of marines and seamen from the Pluto dispersed the mob , inflicting several severe wounds with their cutlasses or bayonets .

      FRANCE . . A great reform banquet has been held at St Quentiu , which was attended by Jfc Lherbette , M . Odilon Barret , arid several other Liberal members of the Chamber of Deputies . The opposition papers regard the banquet as another strikingproof of the progress of reform doctrines , and anticipate from . it an increased resistance on the part of the nation to the policy of the government . The public opinion in France on the appointment of tbe Duke d'Aumale to the office of Governor-General of Algeria may be collected from the fact , tbat of the twenty journals and upwards published in Paris , there is but one which has not condemned the measure . Of course , the exceptional paper is the organ of the court and the cabinet . The King has create- ! Marshal Soult , Marshal-General of France . The government have ieiven permission to Prince Jerome Bonaparte and his family to reside in France . M . Frederick Soulie , the author of a great number of popular French novels and dramatic pieces , died at Paris on Friday .

      . Arefonabauquettookplaceon Suuday . atMeauxi for the purpose , asoneof the Liberal papers expressee it , ' of protestingdevotednessto the country ' s instd tntions , love of progress , and aversion towards ths presehtsystem of Government . ' Seven hundred and fifty persons took part in the banquet , which was presided over byM . Dumoulin-Dulya . M . Odilon Barret , M . Drouin del'Huys , M . Larabit , M . G . Lafayette . M , O . Lafayette , M . F . Da Lasteyrie , and M . I . De Lasteyrie , all deputies , were present , as were also a great many public functionaries and eminent persons of the department . Speeches ofthe usual character en such occasions were delivered , and were received with great enthusiasm .

      SPAIN . It appears thatthe ' sew ministry is already in a state of crisis . Intriguing has already done its work , and the only Cabinet that for the last three years promised anything like an amelioration of the vicious system in force in Spain is about to be overthrown . The immediate cause of the Ministerial difficulties proceeds from General Serrano , who , it is said , has been bought over by the French party by promises which will no doubt be brokea . The little war in Catalonia continues , accompanied by the usual butcheries of prisoners on both sides . The Garlists have at length brought cavalry into the

      field . PORTUGAL . Lisbon news has been received to the 19 th inst . The continued and extensive frauds committed by the commissions in the registration of voter ? , the inutility of appealing for redress , the sense of insecurity felt by the people in the provinces and capital , and their dread of appearing at the urn , had induced the chiefs of the Septembrist electoral committee to send a deputation to the Minister ofthe Kingdom , with a petition to the Queen , claiming redress , protesting against the validity of the electoral process as far as it had gone , and demanding such a change of authorities throughout the kingdom aa wonld be a guarantee of fairness in the registration and personal security at the elections . The Minister consented to submit the demand to the decision ofthe Council of State . The Septembrist chiefs seat acopy ofthe petition , and addressed at the same time a note , to the ambassadors ofthe Allied Powers .

      SWITZERLAND . A letter from Berne ofthe 20 th , in the Debate , says : — The armament is still going on , and none bnt men in military uniforms are seen in the streets of Berne . About a hundred officers are assembled to practise tbe profession of arms . Four companies of artillery have been sent to Thun to practise -firing . Business is completely stagnant . The arrival of Lord Minto has made some sensation' After having conferred with Mr Feel , be made along visit to M . Ocfasenbein , president ofthe Confederation , who returned it a few hours after . Bach party puts its own construction on this event : but the

      most certain conclusion is , that his lordship has expressed to the President wishes that peace in Switzerland should be preserved . Lord Minto tooikhia departure this evening for Turin and Borne . Letters from Zurich of the 22 nd , say thatthe opening of the extraordinary session ofthe Grand Council took place on that day , when a resolution was adopted to make preparations to enforce the decree ofthe Diet against the Sonderbund , by a majority of 151 votes against 29 . A credit was accordingly voted in favour ofthe executive body o f the canton to enable it to complete the necessary military preparations . The credit demanded by the executive was 40 , 600 'francs . The Council granted 60 , 000 .

      ITALY . Advices from Rome say that the proclamation of Cardinal Ferretti , respecting the popular demonstrations , had elicited marks of discontent from the liberal party . The Nurenflwrg Correspondent of the 22 nd gives , under the date of Vienna , 18 th ultimo , the announcement that the Ferrara question is , in fact , terminated , for that a dysentery has broken out among the troops in that garrison , which has compelled the commander to discontinue the posts at the city gates for want ef men . Thus it is implied thatthe troops will now be limited to the occupation of the citadel ; and the statu quo previously to the present dispute will be re-established , and nothing will prevent the remaining points of difference from being arranged diplomatically . The following is the diplomatic note delivered by Count Lutzow , the Austrian representative , to the j cabinet of the Vatican : — j

      The undersigned , & c „ & c , having transmitted to bis court the notice his Eminence tbe Cardinal Ferretti , secretary of state to his Holiness , had done him the honour to address him , a protestation against the measures of military service adopted lu the fortress of Ferrara by Lieut .-General Coast Auersperg , commanding the imperial troops which form its garrison , has received order * from hi * court to send the following reply to the cabinet of tbe Vatican : The act of the Congresi of Visana , article 108 , gives to hit Imperial and . Royal Majesty the right of garrison in the fortresses ( places ) of Ferrara and Comachios ; This expref stonof fortress ( place ) leaves no doubt as to the right allowed H . I . M . The town of Ferrara Is surrounded by a fortified wall , which is contiguous to the works of the citadel .

      The ensemVU of these precinctsand the citadel form what is called the fortress ( place ) of Ferrara . How , it is the right of garrison in the fortress ( place ) which has been granted to Austria . The court of Rome has never had theleast title to contest this . uor to pretend tbat this right wasmereiyapp licable to thecitadeljthisreste ' ction isimpossible , in the fact . Besides which , if the intentbns of thecongresshadbeen to this effect , thetermin the article quoted would have been citadel , and not the fortress ( place ) , for every one knows the difference which exists between these two expressions . The occupation of this fortress having never had , and on account of tbe devotedness the Austrian Court bears the Holy See never being likely to have , any other character than that of a prudent defensive , the orders given to all Austrian

      commanders have alwaya been to limit the application of the military rules imposed on every garrison whatever to the immediate environs of the parts occupied by tbe imperial troops . The following passage , extracted from tbe notice of bis Eminence the Cardinal Secretary of State , of ttadth August , 1817 , Is itself a proef of the above . ( Her * follows a passage in Italian . ) It is in the interest of the Roman government , as well as in that of the imperial court , and of the population of Ferrara itself , that the military service of this town should be observed with order and regularity . The danger to which the promoters of the disturbance have exposed Capt . Jankowich , aud from which be was relieved by the sole possibility of his having been able to find a patrol to protect him , is a proof that the service of patrols prescribed by military rules , is necessary for the maintainance of public order . The Emperor , unable to consider

      the protestation made by the CardiualLegate , at Ferrara , founded on a right—rinding , on the contrary , in the manifestations which have recently taken place at Ferrara still greater motives for the strict observance of the rules of prudence it is the duty ofthe garrison to observe ia its interest , as well as in that of the inhabitants—requests ' the undersigned to inform his Eminence tbe Cardinal Secretary of State , that tbe Marshal Count Radetsal , commander-general ofthe troops of jj . I , and R . M . ia the kingdom of lombardy , has received orders to maintain the garrison of Ferrara In the ri ghts which appertain to it , and tbe execution of which i » , moreover , become militarily indispensable to its safety , if the imperial court , which wonld desire to keep up with the court of Romeithat friendly intercourse so necessary to the prosperity of the two states , . deplores the ground of this question , the Cabinet of Vienna , can-Mr , on the other hand , but regret the unusual form in

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      which his Eminence the Cardinal Legate has drawn up his protestation . Itis sot before a notary that the affairs ef governments can be treated in a dignified and careful manner . The cabinet of Vienna must , th » n , guard against the adoption ef such a ibnri . Relative to the communication sent to the diplomatic body ot the Holy See , the undersigned is requested tomakeknown to bis Eminence , the Cardinal Secretary of State , that he places the cabinet of Vienna under the necessity of csm * municating to such cabinets as it may concern the act ot protestation adrcssed to it , and the answtrmade to this said protestation . The undersigned , & c . ( Signed ) Inrzsw .

      Bttoom , Sen . if . —Some excitement has prevailed amongst the population ot our city for the last few days , caused by the return of the deputation sent to attend the manifestation Fett de I' Union at Florence , the passageof Prince Canina , to which has been added the discontent manifested by the friends of the Marquis Jambeccari and Tanari ( both com . Eremised in the affair of 1843 ) , neither of whom ave been appointed officers ofthe civic guard . Popular meetings were held on the 14 th at the Cafe del Teatro Communale , now called Cafe del Unione . On the 15 th the assemblages were more numerous and more noisy . On the 16 th a fete was held at San Giovanni di Monte , in honour of Pius IX ., on which occasion Colonel Guidotti presented tbe natior-nl guard with the colours sent to the Bolognese by the Tuscans . The Prinue de Canina has been ordered to leave Venice by the Austrian government , notwithstanding his election as president of one of the

      sections of the scientific congress . On theeveningof the 18 th the excitement had reached its pitch , and MM . Gassetti Mingbetti , Pietromessara , and others , endeavoured but in vain to calm the people . It was found necessary to call out the armed force and some arrests took place . The Cafe del Unione was ordered to be closed . The republic of Saint Marino has just felt the counter-stroke of the affaire of Italy . It is known that this little spot surrounded on all sides by the states of the church , baa always preserved its hide pendency . It counts a population of abount 7 , 000 souls ; all agriculturists . Its government is composed of two captains ( regents ) , to whom is entrusted the executive power ; of a secretary of state for home affaire , and of another for foreign affairs , and of a council of state . This last-named assembly has just been converted into a chamber of representatives , named by ail the inhabitants , and it has been declared that all deliberations in this assembly are . henceforward to be public .

      The JournaldesDebats confirms the account which we published in our last , of the flightof the Dukeof Lucca from his dominions after having installed a regency . It appears that the retirement of the jiuke of Lucca from his principality , on the plea of illhealth , was an act of the basest treachery on the part of this prince . After his proclamation appointing a regency to carry eut the same reforms in his duchy as were in progress in Tuscany , this shameless prince withdrew to tbe neighbouringprincipality of Mcdena , from the shelter of which he sent another proclamation revoking all his former acts , perfidiously breaking his solemnly sworn pledges , and annulling thede crees for the institution of the national guard , the liberty of the press , and other constitutional

      Guarantees , which before he formally proclaimed . It was generally believed that the duke was instigated to this act of perfidy by Austrian agents . " A Leghorn letlerof the 17 th states that the law on the organisation ofthe civic guard had just been promulgated in Tuscany . It did not come up to the wishes of Unpeople , the government having notably modified the organic law of Pins 1 X-, and taken too many precautions against the people . Thus , according to it , workmen , peasants , and labourers are excluded from active service , and confined to the reserve , without either arms or uniform . Of the officers , only the corporals would be nominated ; by . their comrades . This decree occasioned the most lively expressions of discontent in Tuscany , so much so , that a public protest against it was prepared and signed by thousands of persons . This remonstrance , however , was anticipated by the government , which was not slow to discover the false step it had taken , and the dav after

      the publication of tbe first decree , another appeared modifying it and appointing a committee to decideon the regulations under which the officers of the national guard should be nominated . Other advices say that the Grand Duke Leopold , revoking hia former decisions , had decided tbat not more than 200 muskets should be alio wed for the civic guard of Leghorn , and that even these should be placed in the charge of an officer appointed by himself . A letterfromTurinof the Ifth ult , states that the Liberal manifestations which had taken place in several towns of Piedmont appeared to have caused a different ^ effect on the Sardinian government from that which was intended ; and , it is said , had strengthened the position of M . de la Marguerite , whose retirement was announced some days ago . The three chiefs of the movement of Genoa . M . Doria . M . Balbi , and M . Baggi , who had been ordered to Turin , had been severely lectured , but will not be treated rigorously .

      Accounts from Naples of the 13 th ult ., state that the insurgents of Reggio , who had withdrawn to the mountains , had crossed the Apennines and fallen upon Gorace , a small town near the Ionian Sea . General Nunpiante , who was at Mounteleane with a detachment of troops and some artillery , bad advanced to attack tbe insurgents , and the result of the rencontre was eagerly expected . Sixty youths havebeen shot at Messina ! Letters from Naples of the 15 th ult ., say that the situation of ( that capital remained the ' same . The

      attitude of the population excited serious apprehensions , on the part of the government . The insurrection had continued to be propagated through the Calabrias , in spite of all the efforts cf repression used by the commanders sent against it , and tbe terrors ofthe most bloody system of execution !) . In case of any popular demonstration in Naples , the Austrians are to be called in , which declaration has incensed the Neapolitans beyond measure . Spies are about in every direction , dressed as priests , beggars , & c No one dares to speak one word of politics , yet all the youth of the city are known to be ready to fly to

      arms . A pamphlet appeared some days since , entitled 'Storiadi Santa Maria della Grazia , ' . and was sold throughout the city . It contained a history of the present King Ferdinand II . and his mother , the Dowager Queen . The scandalous life of the latter was fully narrated . The author throws doubt on tbe legitimacy of the reigning monarch . His priestly education is ondemned . That hia mind was completely moulded by the church there can be little doubt , for up to this day he is the tool of Monseigneur Cocolo , his confessor , through whom the royal ear maybe gained—by paying . Yoa may imagine how soon this publication was suppressed ; and how six darats are paid for a copy .

      MOROCCO . Accounts have been received from the eastern frontiers of Morocco , which , although not as precise and certain aa could be desired , are more consistent than the vague reports hitherto brought from the theatre of the operations ef Abd-el-Kader . It will be remembered that in the course of last month , two tribes , tbe Ben Amers and the Hachems / consisting of about 1 , 500 persons of both sexes with their children , who had been settled within the French colony , emigrated at the instance of Abd-el-Kader , and creasing the frontiers of Morocco , settled down at a place not far from the the city of Tazi . Here they were assured ofthe support of the forces of Abd-el-Kader , in the event of their being attached by those of the Emperor Abderrahman . It seems , however , that

      from misgivings ofthe promised protection of the Emir , and from apprehension of an attack from the imperial forces , this unfortunate population de . cided , on the 15 th August , to retrace tbeir steps eastward towards the frontier . They continued their march for three days unmolested , but when they had neatly reached the frontier of the district of the Kabyles , they were attacked by the trcops of the Era peror , commanded by his son , and massacred with all the circumstances of savage cruelty so common in these nations . They offered for three days and three nights a desperate resist ance . At length tbe few survivors , sinking under hunger , thirst , and fa tigue , laid down their arms . The men were instantly slaughtered without resistance , the children were flung down the precipicesand thrownintothe ravines , and the women were distributed as booty among tbe

      conquerors . Abd-el-Kader , being informed of their danger , was on his march to their protection and defence , when he was mot by the tidings of tbeir destruction . The Emir is reported to have been profoundly affected bj this event . Notwithstanding this circumstance there ia as yet no indication of any intention on the part of Abd-el-Kader to discontinue bis movement against Morocco . On tbe contrary , be is still established in the district of the Kabyles , with every present sign of unaltered purpose .

      UNITED STATES AND MEXICO . 8 ASQ 01 S 1 RY BITTMS . , The Caledonia , Capt . Lott , arrived at Liverpool at eleven o ' clock on Tuesday i . yit , after a rapid passage of 12 days from Boston . The news is important ; two great battles had been fought within tight ef the capital of Mexico , and in both General Scott had proved victorious . The los * oh both sides was severe ; tbe Americans lost 1 , 00 " men , among them five colonels , three majors , twentytwo captains , fifty-onelieutenants , and one adjutant . The Mexican loss is set down at 5 , 000 men , arid among the killed and wounded were thirteen generals . At the request of the British embassy , an armistice was agreed to , and commissioners were negotiating a peace . The following ia the ' official' account of the affair : —

      • Washixgios . Sept U . —Despatches for 1 hi > covernment have this moment been received . T h « in telligence heretofore received is fully cor . finw tl On 20 : h Aug . the American forces , consisting « i seven thousand men , met the enemy at Charbuses , three or four miles from the capital . The Mexicans were thirty-two thousand strong , and posted behind » n immense battery of heavy artillery . After two hours' bloody conflict eur gallant troops swept every thing before them at the point of the bayonet . Tbe

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      ^? 1 ^ . . ' «" le «* thMj a thousand , while that oL ^„ f !? ?? , ? i aeBtira ^ d at five thousand , and ^ 3 ^ kl !^ » re many distinguished men , both SSKaliB miI , au 9 - The armistice was agreed STfti ^ t co , mmissioue » appointed on the Mexi-™? ' 5 the ,. ? - ' : whoai was Herrara . The commisswnen . had two meetings , and were to hold atiurd Jon-t ^> 3 pUi . Valencia escaped ^ with two 2 " *» Palluca , and has : since pronounced against Santa Anna and peace * It seems that General Scott left Puebla on tlie 7 th rlrTtf " , 7 , u n ( la ? vancedonthe capital of Mexico . nS ™ i r » 0 f £ ugU 8 t ' woonnoissanoe made by tolonel Duncan , having satisfied General Scott that a road for artillery could be cut from Chalco to San Augustw , General Worth ' s division moved in tbat pSw ° n T he - 15 tb ' mmei by Generals Quitman ,

      On the 16 tk General Worth marched as far as the Hacienaa of San GregoAo . 0 „ mb General Worth resumed his march over a terribl y bad road , but by eight o ' clock in the . morning he was la light of the dorr . es and spires of the capital , without opposition , ezceptthat rocks had been rolled on the road , and ditches dug , evidently showing that General Scott bad stolen a HZn Sa A ™ - On reaching thispoint , how . ! m 1 „ k ! f ' Dgfirewag ° P ^ don the head of his SS ? ? f een my- At « wn o ' clock on the 18 th , a 12 SU ""*™? */ ? 8 n Aa 6 « 8 « " « - At ten o ' clock LT » a 13 ! * '" f *** *» ^ e City of Mexico brthe road Colonel

      mam . Garland ' s-farigaWwas then ordered to occupy a position on the plain , in alghtofthe tTS 'Ja I t ? 'S"B Attgttrtl " ' ^«« Colonel Stark ' s brigade and Duncan's battery tosk their sta-ion in therear close by . A party wasthen sent out to reconnoitre . This party had a skirmish with the enemy killing five or sir , and taking as many prisoners , without losing a man . Whilst this reconnolssanca was going im , General Worth had established himself at the Hacienda of Bunera , from tbe windows of which countless numbers of the enemy could be aeeti at work upon tbe batteries at San Antonio . About noon they opened upon tne Hacienda with both round shot and ihell . Ncurlv

      every shot took effect , but did no damage except to the buildings . Late in tbe evening they were again opened , but were silent during the night . Had the fire teen kept up , the Hacienda might have been torn to pieces , aad the entire command compelled to retire . . At eight o ' clock oa the morning ot the 19 th , the battalion again opened on General Worth ' s position . So hot was the fire , that the trosps were compelled to gain shelter behind the buildings , but did not give up their position . About nine , o ' clock the divisions of Generals Twiggs and Pillow were ordered to inarch in tho direction of Crontsra , and by one in tho afternoon , when in plain sight ofthe enemj ' a batteries , and within range of the heavier guns , the brigade of Ool . P . W . Smith was ordered to advance towards tbe ememy ' s works , whilst

      that of Colonel Riley moved towards a small village to tbe right , and thus cut off reinforcements which might bs sent to Valencia from the cit y . An incessant fire was opened on Col . ' Smith ' s command , and soon the rifles wereengsged with the picket of the enemy , driving them Jn . The tnelve-pounder batteries of Captain Marauder and the mountain howiszer batteries , now commanded by Lieut . Callender , of the Ordnanca Department , were pressed forward , and opened on the enemy , but were bo much exposed to fire from hearier guns , that they were soon silenced . Lieutenants Johnson and Callender weressriousty wounded . About four o ' clock General Soottarrlred , and seeing tbe immense strength of the Mexicans , at once ordered Gen . Shield's brigade to support Riley aud Cadwalader , and prevent , if

      possible , a junction ofjthe forces coming out from / the city with with those of Valencia . TJntii night had fairly clo « ed in the firing from the enemy ' s batteries had not stopped . It had been a continuous roar for nearly six hours . General Scett retired to San Augustin about eight o ' clock , ia the midst of a hard rain , and Goncrals Twigg and Pillow , came in abont eleven o ' clock , completely exhausted , not anticipating the great strength of the works of the enemy . It was thought that the batte ries could be taken at a dash , and tbat the troops would be comfortably quartered at San Angel for thu night . Instcud of this , a large portion of them were compelled to bireuao without blankets , in the midst of a pitiless storm . On the 20 th Worth was ordered to move with , a part of his divhloa ; Garland ' g brigade , to aid iri the attach on Vft >

      lencia , as to force tbii position , was deemed indispensable . At seven o ' alock , a few discharges of carnon were beard , a rattling of musketry , and some even said , that in the distance horses ofthe enemy could be seen flying towards the city , yet few deemed that the batteries had been stormed and cairied yet . It " was so General Scott himself accompanied General Worth , and started for the scene of action , when they were met by Captain Mason with the joyful intelligence that Valencia had been completely routed , after a terrible struggle . The attack upon his works was planned by General Smith , and resulted in the capture of fifteen pieces of artillery , and some 1 , 508 prisoners , among tbem Generals Blanco , Garcia , Mendoaa , and the notorious Salas . He also cap tured all the ammunition and camp equipage , whilst the road over which thone who escaped fled was strewed

      with muskets . No less than seven hundred of t'te enemy , among them many officers , wore left dead on the field , whilst the number of wounded was far greater . Gea . Scott at one ordered Gen . Worth to fall backto Sun Antonio , to turn and capture that work , and then push on towards the capital by the main road , whilst the main body of the army moved on towards San Angel aud Cohoycan , General Twiggs had scarcely moved half a mile tejond the latter village , when a rattling fire of musketry announced that it was actively engaged with the outposts of the enemy , and the heavy booming of canuon now gave token tbat the noted second division had fallen on another strong work ; a few minutes more , and tremendous firing from the ri ; ht made it evident that General Worth ' s division was actively engaged . H *

      had completely turned the strong works of Santonio , but while doing so tbe enemy had abandoned tho place with tbej loss of three heavy guns , and bad fallen back on a second stronger line of works . It was how one o ' clock in the afternoon , and about the commencement of the battle , and such a rattling of fire-arms has seldom or ever been heard on tbe continent of America , accompanied with such booming of artillery , and this wuo continued over two hours , when the enemy was completely routed from every point , and until those who ; were not killed or taken prisoners were in full flight for the city . Thirteen Mexican Generals were killed and wounded . More ammunition was captured than General Scott has uiedsiuee he has been iu the country .

      During ^ the month of Augusta formidable native insurrection broke out in Tepic and other towns , having for its object the destruction of the Spanish or white population . In T > pic , Merida , and Campeachy , the Indians slaughtered hundreds of the white males , sparing tbe women for a fate worse than death . This conspiracy originated with the Peons , a labouring class , aborigines of the country . The French and American naval commanders in the Gulf of Mexico had dispatched vessels of war—the former one and the latter two—to succour the fugitives that had escaped into the ports of Carcpeachy and Sisal . The yellow fever had been making terrible havoc at New Orleans .

      Tub Gamb Law Is Fbancb;--Two Sportsmen, ...

      Tub Gamb Law is Fbancb ; --Two sportsmen , one of them furnished with a license and ' . the other not , w ? re last week out with their guns , near Lyons , when a garde-de-chasse was seen at a little distance coming towards them . The unlicensed man became alarmed , and was about to fly , when his companion prevailed on him to stand hia ground , engaging to bring him harmless out of the scrape . When the garde came within a certain distance , he with the permit set off at the top ofhis speed , over hedge , over ditch , in true steeple-chaie stylo , leaving his friend immovable with astonishment . The gartleatob . ee concluded that the fugitive had good reason for his flight , and followed him till , at a considerable distance , the flying sportsman stopped and allowed him

      to come up . : As soon as the garde had recovered breath enough to speak , he demanded the other ' s license , This was produced , examined , and found to be perfectly regular . Disappointed and vexed , the garde , in no very good humour , asked the bearer of it why he had fled so'fast . ' The answer was , ' Only to stretch my legs ! ' To this there wag no reply . In the meantime the unlicensed gentleman turned in the opposite direction , and reached home unmolested . ' ' u' ¦ ,,, \ ' ; ; ' ' ''; ''' ¦ ' Death from Impure' 'AVa-pBofore , Mr Baker , jun-, at the Grasshopper ^ ublfcihouse , Charles-street , Mile-end , on view of the body of Rosina . . Ellis , aged three years , an inmate of Christcbiifch Workhouse . Mr Byles , surgeon , ' stated that , by , the . direction oi the clerk of the board of guardians , o ' f Whitecliapel union , he had called the present inquiry , in consequence of a dangerous nuisance existing near the workhouse , by which several persons have died from the iffects ef an obnoxious diluvium , which is

      allowed to prevail in the neighbeuruoiid . The deceased was attacked with diarrhcea during the last fortnight , gradually sunk , and expired on Saturday last . Witness attributed her death to an impure atmosphere arising from nuisances in the neighbourhood , particularly the manufacture of manure from nightsoil and bullocks' blood . The process is carried on by allowing the substances used to dry by the sun and wind , instead of being baked , or evaporated by steam , as formerly . The windows of the workhouse have been closed to prevent the smell affecting the children . Several children have died during the past week from tho same cause , and the mortality for the last quarter has exceeded five-fold that of any corresponding periods for the last several years . The jury expressed their surprise that such a nuisance sheuld be allowed to exist , and said they could scarcely live in their houses from tho offensive smell . They returned a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony .

      Since the death of Marshal Oudinot , Duke de Rigsio , there are only two surviving out of the twenty-six marshals of the French empire created by Napoleon . These are Marshal Soult , Duke de Dalmatic , who was promoted to the rank of marshal at the camp of Boulogne , in 1804 ; and Marshal Marmont , Duke de llaguse , who was nominated in 1809 , but deprived of his rank in 1830 , for having refused to take the oaths of allegiance to the new dynasty . The late Marshal Oudinot , Duke de Reggio , had received forty-four wounds in different actions .

      Towbanjis. It Was On Tbe Evening Of Sund...

      tOWBANjis . It was on tbe evening of Sunday , the day proeeeding the meeting of the late Conference , that I and some twenty others left the old city of Gloucester , travelling by omnibus to the estate of Lonbands . The evening was the finest imaginable ; tho scene all that was really English . The tall poplars waved their heads along the tedded gresn . The insects seemed to enjoy the holiday of their brief existence , as they danced suspended between earth and heaven . The noble horses stood with their beads stretched across tbe road stiles , and the gentle cow —tho cotter ' s last friend—gnawed ths grass with a sweetness of sound tbat indicated tho fulness of animal enjoyment . Have you ever in your evening walks lis . tened to the sweet sound of cows , horses , and sheep

      eating the grass midst the falling dew ? If you have not , go and listen , and jour reward will be immediate , Reflect but for a moment , and you will admire the practical thought of Moses , the Egyptian historian , v . ho , as he strayed among the flocks and herds of the mild and holy East , conceived the adoring thought of harmony , and wrote of tbe time when tigers were docile as thb housedog , and lions mild as tbe Arab steed , living but to leva and serve , This was a night when earth smiled , as if fresh from the'iuvpression of things divine , and music , the soother of all sorrow and the enchantress of all gladness ' poured forth her volume of sweet sounds from an orchestra iintrod by mortal foot . The toil . worn cotters rested at their doors—even rnun , tbe toiler , looked as if his face reflected an indescribable serenity , and seemed nt truce with all tbe animal creation . The instinctive

      link that binds man to the brute creation is the finest m nature , and he who desuoys it has a soul dead to love . Point out to me the man * ho ruthlessly kicks the dog , er beats the 'horse , and there stands the coward who fears danger because he knows no love—there lives the bruto who forsakes his wife , and nbines and moans in misfortune . He has no heart , but neglects the prattling lovely child , and dies unlamcnted . Ha la aa unciviUser of man —even no savage in nature , but a lump of coldclny . There are times when the soul it filled with beautyT drunk with tbe strertness of landscape-arid landscape is ever delightful—the shifting of clouds , the change , of cr . ? ps are never ending causes of pleasure , aud tbe glorious landscape is not yours or mine , it is ours It may be' your field , '' my hous » , ' ' your neighbour's woodland ; ' but the beautiful river , as it steals gently along under the rocky outshooh , aad the clear sun beams glitteringly among its ripples , as if to laugh at man ' s puny

      lighted chandeliers—is not yours , but ours . The landscape is the common property of man , owned by no parchment scioll , owing ne mortgage , cursed by no t ; ame law , encompassed by no trespass act , no boatd upon a tree saying , ' Whoever looks shall be prosecuted , ' no fence between man and the sun ; the king may own but the beggar may look—ay , and . rags cover sensations crowns cannot honour—the landscape destroys rank and office . When I look on earth and air , I owe antique rank no allegiance , but feel that man is more than a God in ruins . Back , then , you chartered pickers and stealers of land—you parchmcnt-privileged possessors , and own that when you look from your window ot stained glass , that you own no more—it may be own les <—than I who am perched on a dunghill . Under such circumstances did . I reach the looked-for haven , and with my mind filled with such thoughts I retired to sleep on tbe estate of Lowbands .

      Having slept soundly , I rose at an early hour , purposely-to examine the land and the cottages—and really the cottages are very supei'ior indeed—the most convenient and neat little houses I ever put my foot inpossessing every convenience fer comfort—and true comfort is really luxury . The kitehen ranges are buparh r to those of O'Connorville ; and the entire structure of each building is a model of good taste and convenience ; and what on earth is so comfortable as a . neat little house . The empty sound of largo rooms , badly furnished , makes nature recoil from the very action of her senses—and you seem to smell horror , as a putrid carcass ; there is something dismal in the look of huge piles of stoue . possessing no affinity to enjoyment . They are like the frame of the unfortunate idiot , mere existences , unlighted and dead to intellect . I have often wondered at the ' extreme desire shown by some women ofthe working clauses , and men also ( for , after all , Darby is generally quite as ambitious as Joao , and men are not \ m ridicu .

      lous ) , in their manifestations fer large roomy houses than is sister women—but yet a little reflection puts all right . Ths weak man speaks of the weights he can carry ; the trembling timid invalid of the giants he kills ; tbe starved beggar , of hit rich relations ; and tho poorest peasant struts majestic as a king , and in his haughty self-esteem calls himself Jupiter , whilst he looks ridiculous - as would Hamlet , Prince of Dtnmork , if dressed in harlequin properties , or . the sly old roguish fairy , Puck , accoutred like a field marshal , and riding through Hyde Park co-officering with Prince Albert at a grand review . Men and women , in some cases , who havo lived secluded in hovels and cellars , scarcely knowing the colour of clean glass , and certainly not the sireets of fresh air , think that cottages in the country should luokaa ester * n-rdly superb as tho huge domestic barrack tenements in the well-to-do districts of Lonien , Glasgow , or Edinburgh ; forgetful of the fact , that L . fty rooms are necessary to secure air to breathe in in crowded towns .

      Now , the charm of these little cottages is this , tbey have oil that is needed for domestic family associations , while their position secures to the inmates fresh air iu a healthful abundance , end their internal construction s « - cvwti heat , wbtn required , tha vwy elixir of life . I remember once sitting down by the fireside of Mr Petit's cottage , and conning over a verso of an eld song , unknown to me for years-but tho circumstances awakened tbe thought , and I murmurad , as if by instinct— A little house well fili'd .

      A little farm well till'd , A little wife well will'd , Give thou me . ' and if Mr Petit will excuse my familiarity , I venture to say he possessed in reality all that the genuine eld song implied ; and these cottages , with all that is connected with them , are just fitted to secure for the really industrious man such pleasures—with a security against vout and the fear of want—by habits of frugality he will ever havo plenty , and , as the gentle shepherd bas so well said , — -

      ' Who has enough may soundly sleep , The o ' ercome only fashes felk to keep . ' The land , also , is of a superior kind , and fitted to grow any produce the climate of Eugland will nourish ; and is so excellently sheltered that , if ever John Shaw had undertaken the selection of n choice warm corner for a churchyard , and seen Lowbands in the midst of disadvantages , he would have fixed on it at first sight , and never withdrawn from his first love ; and water is so plentiful , that every house has its own well , and an excellent pump to secure su easy and plentiful use of it . Good water is the most inestimable of blessings . Clear in the tumbler , it is a cheap and rich beverage , and in domestic

      and culinary operations , is almost a security against the doctor ' s bill , and adds a charm to a house that the distilled filth of rivers and common sewers cannot equal . Give me water from the rock , bubling from its spring . The very appearance of it suggests bounteous innocencp , and reminds one of tho rare enjoyments of meeting a friend , grown to the strength of manhood , and still re . taining , spite of all the twinlngs and twistlngs of tortured cunning , the native dignity of his character , and as he clasps your hand , his heart seems to overflow in the very exuberance of joy and friendship—a well of , kindness , that gives the more freely just as you renew the draught

      . ... The estate is situated within four railcs of the river Severn , which branches off into the Birmingham couul , and when In Gloucester I ascertained that the greater part of tbe potatoes , grown in the vicinity of the city , we bought by dealers and sent to Birmingham , which is one of tbo best markets for agricultural produce in England . Now , If it be profitable for dealers to buy potatoes , and send them to Birmingham , our lowbands friends may find it to their advantage to got a long boat to convey their produce to gnn-maklng Birmingham ; bringing coals to warm them , manure to enrich their land , and groceries from the cheapsst market . The allottees of all estates must remember that it was associated labour that

      bought their land , built their houses-ana the principle of co-operation must be practised hy them when necessary—although , essentially individual in their domestic arrangements , tbe co-operation must support tbe individuality of comfort and character ; and it is s feature in Mr O'Connor's scheme , that it springs from , and admits of all tbe benefits of centralisation for good , and neutralises centralisation for e ^ il . It is a wUe chief magiMraie cultivating tbe buddings of all that is virtuous , and guarding against all tbat is vicious . On the first day I strayed across lowbands , in the morning the weather looked doubtful , there seemed to be a dispute between Sol and the clouds , but the latter prevailed , and from above showered torrents of rain , The doy was a dreadful one , and the crowd of visitors

      immense , but there was no murmuring , a patient resignation to fate sacuted to prevail , acd some of tho wo . men wero perfectly heroic , pacing from cottuge to cottage , saying heartily , ' This is seeing both sides of it , but bow it will make tho cabbages grow and ilia just what is needed for tbe turnips . ' A few days rolled away , the weather got fine and a scene more cheering you could not imagine . Kverybody at work . One fine old fellow , I marked him in particular , a specimen of what Bugland ' s sons once wero , when broad bottomed chairs aud oaken tables wero tbe order of tbe day . The look of him would have done old Cobbett ' s heart good as he snubbed tbe twigs and planted his hedge , bis whole appearance indicating a love of bacon and hearty

      English cheer , whether he knows and loves ;• arsons as hv seemstodopigslknownot . But I could like tome cf the moustache * gents , ' who , ringed and gloved , sneer nt labour , to have seen him as he lifted his white hat oft his head and wiped the sweat from his open manly brow , whilst at the othir corner mi ght be seen his two sons at work in the same field , and the old demo washing the door-stead with the cleanliness that alw . iys dint ' uiguishos tbe industrious labourer ' s wile ; 1 said then that fortune will thrive and time will prove with their family , luck always u connate with industry and prudence , and to be unlucky where there is a fair field for the exercise of your labour , argues but little in favour of oil that is requisite for success in our undertaking * .

      Oaa more scene and I have

      World Of Matter,With The Certainty And E...

      world of matter , with the certainty and exactness of science . Mountains ever ^ ttac ) . great thoughts ; children learn from them the ideas of greatness ; posts see Iu them oceans of thought ; muthcma ticlans weigh their six * and distance , and from them dlrw . geometry and teacli geography ; the very language of people who live among mountains is different from the city herd of cltirens ; it is the language of strength ami analogy , and bears a relation to objacts with the vividness of imprea . sien of objects grand and impesing in aspect and great bycoairast . There is a bread grandeur in the huge mountain that constrainsyou to admire and feel the dignity and beauty of nature , but it is all subservient to man , it finds within him a representation ^ a living thought , but eminently simple becou ** of its truth to

      fact , sublimity to feeling . Mon'si mind is not the microcosm but the microcosm of all naiure , on it he bull » art and with it he breathes inspiration ? . 1 retired to a cottage Lord by , vay hostess ami host wire seated at the door gaz ' ng on tbeir allotment , and lo king the index of that quietness of mind , the result of a happy temp > rament and pl-.-usant association— when' a friend entered , a descendant 6 f a noble family whose names sre written in the margin of history , ' a fine branny frame , a fa < 0 of rural colour , and lilting a white hat off a head not ) et too old to think for another fifty ycan ^ he took h S charmed pinch of snuff with the familiarity , of a father . The good woman handed down a takteful box saying , « My father used to take this to the Indies : ' there is

      something fine in this love of relic , this devotion to rernembiance , it belongs to our psasantry , and freedom will flourish where it is nourished—sneer at it , ifjou please , but it betokens gratitude , devotich , remembrance , and love , and these are , virtues . Swiit who is always shrewd , somewhere says , ' He who calls a man ungrate , ful sumsup all the ills , ho can be guilty of ; ' It is ihe love of high aspiratiois that engenders feeling ond noble thought . I have a friend in London over whose mantlepiece bangs a twi g . of Highland Mary ' s thorn , and jet nevvr did bis knee bow to king or priest , but the bnro recollection ol the" unfortunate love of a Scottish poet , wins from him n holy devotion ; such a veneration constitutes a heroism that jour men of mere frothy mental fermentation never knew . The friend latelv introduced

      seemed to feel a respect for the favoured Miuff-box , and ns I looked at him , and thought of his history and character , his energy and simuHcUy , looked and observed before me houses erected b y his direction , and fields probably measured by his hand , my soul whispered , with that Inward conscieusness that never errs , that security that is ever correct , ' Grtat sir ! thy name i > uot written but ploughed in the histrry of your country , ' A Leap fhom thc Anhais or a Shoimikebb Gabbet , Aberdeen , Sept , 14 th .

      Engagement With Pirates. Intelligence Fr...

      ENGAGEMENT WITH PIRATES . Intelligence from Labuan and Bsrneo to tfcc 10 th of June , has been received : — At the end of May the Nemesis steamer , having ca board Mr Brooke , Captain Grey , of H . M . S , Columbine , and Lieutenant Gordon , of H M . S . Rojalist , proceeded to Biuni to oSta ' . d the ruiificotisn of tbe treaty with Ihe Sultan . On the 28 th of May the Sultan ratified the treaty , which Mr Br joke was to convey with him to England by the steamer which left Singapore on the t > ch of Auifust . It was on the steamer ' s return from Bruni to Labuan that » he encountered the Bal > . n ' . ni pirate * .

      Early on tho morning of tho 30 : h May , tbo Nemesis , with Mr Brooke and Captain Grey aboard , and having in tow a cutter of H . M . S . Columbine , loft rte town of Bruni , to cross over to the new British port of Libusn . Information was received on the way down the river tbat some fishermen had been chased at daylight , and on rounding the poiut of the island of Moarra , the look-out of the Nemesis descried a fleet of Balaaini or Sulo piratea infullchave of a trading prahu in the offlng . Immediately the steamer appeared , the pirates quitting the ) chase , pulled in shore to the westward , end at the snrao time , cut away the small boats thvy had in tow , whilst the steamer , pursuing at full pan er , lost much ground by having to round the extensive shoal which stretches from Moarra P « int ( Ujong Sope >) to tbe Wet of P : long Pilongan . The Bulanini were first descried ; it 9 30 a . m ., and about mid . day , finding the steamer gaining upoa . tbem . came to anchor ,

      At 1 pirn , the pirate fleet was plainly made out from the Neuieiis ; eleven large prahus , anchored in line at a distance cf about ten yards one from another , along a saiidy bench , with iheir heads to sea . their ( itirns ( fast by stern warps ashore ) in the surf , and with a hawser pissed aiong from boat to boat , Ths bows of . the prahua were protected by ampilans firmed of musket-proof planks ; they appeared well-armed , crowded with men , and in this formidable position awaited tbe approach of the steamer . At 1 30 the pirates opened fire on tho steamer , and . the action commenced in earnest at a distance of about two hundred yarda , the steamer being ia two fathoms of water , aud rolling heavily in a ground swell .

      Por two hours a heavy fire was kept up from the Ne * mesis , and the fire from the pirates ^ cing nearly silenced , and their prahus evidently greatly damaged , Captala Gray , with three cutters , ( one belonging to U M S . Co * lumtiue , and two le the II . C . steein « r Scmesis , ) resolved to make a dash at tho left of the pirates' posidon , whilst the steamer poured in grape aud canoister upon the centre and right , to prevent their rendcriag aid to their comrade ; , Oa the advance of cur threo small boats , the pirates , casting Iooee the hawser which attached their prahus together , pulled away to the eastward in a crippled stale-, lowing two prahus in possession of our boats , and numbers of men on the he . H'lior jungle . The Nemesis pursued to the eastward , and one after another drove six of the flying enemy ashore , all of which were for the time abandoned by their crews , but could not be taken possession of owing to the smalt number of our boats in the action .

      In the meantime whilst Captain Gray was securing tbe two prizes already mentioned to the westward , and ths Nemesis in full pursuit of the three last prahus to tho eastward , five out of tho six deserted boats were re * manned , and , with a resolution , praiseworthy in a botttx cause , bore down to the attack of our three cuttirs . Cap * tain IValluge , commander ofthe Nemesis , perceiving this manoeuvre , anxious for our overmatched bouts , and convinced tbat these prahus must at all events eccape to the westward , returned in that direction , while the Mxth , deserted f rabu being re-manned , aud favoured by a brteze , crowded all sail to tho eastward after her three consorts , and thus the four escaped , The five pirate prahus sow advancing boldly towards our three cutters , perceiving the retrograde monment of the Nemesis , made every effort to escape to tUo westward , and a severe

      action took place , between the stcrnmost prahu and the boats , tho enemy dtfeiidinghimself with tV . e utmost re * solution , and inflicting a severe loss ' on our party . Whilst Captain Gr . y was engaged in the capture of this large prahu , the Nemesis pursued tho four to the westward , two of which were captured , whilst tho re * maiuing two escaped in the dvrkness in a complete ]** ehnttered state , after having been several times deserted and as often re-mann ^ d . Thus concluded this successful action with , a pirate force consisting of eleven prahustwo of the largest size , lour somewhat smaller , « ith crews of fully fifty men each , and five with a complement of frotx thirtj-. five to forty hand ? . The force of the pirate * at a moderate computation must be reckoned nt 500 men , exclusive if captives , and these , on the testimony of some rescued Chinese , wore above 8 hundred P ' . rsons .

      [ It is difficult to form a correct estimate of thelilled and wounded oa the enemy ' s part ; but , as forty to fifty mm wem dead on the beach—ten men killed found ill the captured prahus , and the like number in the prahua which escaped , besides those which muy have died inthe jungle , we may nckon the killed at 80 or 100 men , and the wounded at double that number . The loss oo the British sido was one m * n killed , and seven woundedtwo mortally and most merely . Ten brats rum , varying in size from nine pounders to Lelos , and five iron guns , ( throe to six pounders ) were captured .

      Five prahus were taken , and the escape ofthe rest Is to be attributed to the small number of our boats , as at onetime eight l villus wero lying on the baiich abandoned by their crews , and had our boats been sufficient to secure thetx the other three would have been over * taken by the Nemesis .

      D.4.Ktp0rd Jhsiick.—To Enable Acts Of Pa...

      D . 4 . KTP 0 RD Jhsiick . —To enable acts of parliament i to be whftt thev . were intended , public lieneihs , it be * » hoves that public to exercise prompt and vigorous | supervision in their administration . Will it be j believed that in a trial Ivy jury nt this ago of istel * lectantl improvement , five men , ' respectable men . ' . ' could be found , so utterly lost to a sense oi propriety y —to say the least of it—as to resort to the discredit . ; . able mode of tossinjj a halfpenny , to settle an isua i to a right conclusion of which , on the merits of the ie > case , they were either loo lazy or too incompetent it to arrive ? Yet such a shameless perversion of ^ us « sf ' ce actually took place in the county court of this is town a few days since . A baker was the originator or of thissumma-y method of 'Dartfiml justice , ' and id had the unblushing rffreiiterv , as foreman of the live , re , to deliver the sentence as a true vet diet .

      Heroism Rkwakdkd by the Kino of Norwat . — — Duringtho dreadful atorro . in November last \ e-r a r a Norwegian vessel , naiised the Elisabeth of Bergen , ; n , was totally wrecked off Gnnwalloe , near Penzince , : e , the captain , M . Nitfo WuffElerslon , and hiscew , w , being rescued by several men rtishin ? into tho sea , an , and securing a communication with the uu / ortunnte tta Vessel from tbe shore bv means of a rope . A tew ew days since the pcrsoj . 8 who so nobly distinguished ied themselves , anions whom were Mr Henry Cuttance tee ol Gunwnlioe , and ' Mr Solomon Rowc of PorthtaMrcii , : n , met Mr Pearce , the royal Swedish and Norman aa consul , by appointment , at the national f ^ f ^ ' * ntUehtoiie , who . i « the name ei the k ng of Nor * or * way , presented them with two silver cups and a , I a , pane of sovereigns , with a vote of thanks for hor m Ffflportant services . The eups bore » n insertion , an , F om 0 .: car . King of Sweden , lor their brave and tnd noble exertions on the 20 th oi November , 1846 . '

      A boy , labouring under a disease presenting extra- traordinarV avmptoms , was lately admitted into Adden- lenbro .. he's l / ospital , at Osmond ** , and the Bureeons ona were unab ' e to determine the nature ofhis complaint unt until they discovered tlmi a common bean had been ieen forced up tho nasal passage . This bean was ex- extracted , and was found tohave vegetated since ithid htd been imbedded , and to have produced a sprout half half an inch long . There are thirty-six barristers at . d four attorney ! ney » returned to iho present pailianient .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 2, 1847, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02101847/page/7/