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      United States. (From Own Oull Correspond...

      minis aims and objects freely opened to her aspirations- , her physical and mental eacalthcalth justly regarded , and all her natural strength elicited , without limit nr rest restraint , reward or punishment , other than the laws of her own nature ndnd ofnd of genera ! harmony nnpose , in order that , with enlightened conscience ncnduind imtramcled energies , she may do her proper work and contribute the eceeuUeeuliar elements of the new era of civilization , now opening upon the world i-atfhairhicli love shall overrule xorce , and equal liberty and justice shall relailacelace the degradation of castes and the oppression of individuals . ' 11 I have long been of opinion that inasmuch as Iranian nature s 5 ins made up not alone of the intellectual , which is the attribute of

      ¦ hhe ilic masculine sex , tne introduction oi lemale feeling into public ififfaiffairs vodd tend to aid the cause of human advancement . [ Tuili-nluckily , however , agitations like the present bring out oniv -stf strong-minded women "—women who , to a certain extent aisarioartake ' pf the masculine character . Until they light upon some aiMcajicans of bringing forward the real women—women in mind as ftivelft'eil as in person , all these Women's Eights Conventions will si soiisome to nought .

      I It is rumoured that the Fisheries question is no nearer being siserfcettled now than it ever was . Whether the protest of the colomiishists may have induced the British government to withdraw fiVoirom any arrangement which would be displeasing to them I Idavknow not , but the colonial journals assert that no such arrangeliaewents as those that have been mentioned have been sanctioned Ibyfoy the British government , adding that there is no probability < oi * oi * such a settlement , as the colonists are determined to lose i nononc of the rights guaranteed to them by the existing treaty . . A ] Appearances are in favour of the truth of these rumours , as the co correspondent of the Atlas writes that the Commander of the

      EEnglish cutter iNetley continues to annoy American fishermen . 0 On the 20 th of August , the Ketley boarded the schooner Powloloual . Capt . Coggins , and Leader , Capt . Hibbard , both of L Luke , between Campo Bella and Grand Manan , where there v was no fishing ground , and after searching the vessels endorsed 0 on the license " Found under suspicious circumstances . " The ( Commandar of the NeiJey told Capt . Coggins he observed the 1 Yankee papers stated there would be no more trouble to the

      f fishing vessels . He would like to know , lie said , where they < got their information . They would find him doing , in future , ] just as he had always done . A fire , arising from spontaneous combustion , has consumed ¦ the steamer Reindeer , the explosion of whose toiler I mentioned in my last . The jury that sat to investigate the cause of the explosion , acquitted the captain on the charge of criminal recklessness .

      Accounts from Peru represent the people of that Republic to be much incensed against this country , in consequence of Mr . Webster ' s letter . It is said they are ' ready to turn out to a man to defend the rights of Peru in the ' Lobos Islands . It is to be hoped there will be no occasion for their turning out for any such purpose . Meanwhile the , Peruvian government are making great military preparations to enforce their claims . From Central America , I learn that the town of Leon was seized on the night of the 19 th of August , by Munoz , with a number of French and Americans , at the instigation , it is suspected of the French government . The Prefect of Grenada immediately on the receipt of this intelligence dispatched one hundred and fifty men and four pieces of artillery to

      Managua . A quarrel has taken place between the British Consul at Aeapulco . and the Mexican authorities of that place , hi consequence of the empressment of some British sailors . As this is not the first time he has come into collision with the local authorities , he is determined to resign unless the British government interfere for his protection . Accounts from Havana state that yellow fever and cholera are committing fearful ravages in that city , and on board the ships in the harbour . The excitement in the island continues to increase and spread . Many more arrests have been made . It is reported that an invading expedition is now being prepared at New Orleans , and that an invasion will be attempted very skortiv .

      The following account of a torch-light procession to commemorate the anniversary of the death of Lopez , is given in a Xew Orleans paper : — " About 8 o ' clock the procession commenced moving down Eoyal-street from Canal , where an immense crowd assembled to see it form . First went the different companies of the Washington liegiment , under the command of Colonel Wood , who was surrounded by a numerous staff with brilliant uniforms . Next came the returned Cuban prisoners , with a large illuminated lantern , bearing on one side an inscription designating them , and on the other " Beaten , but

      not conquered . " A hearse , with all the insignia of mourning , and bearing on its sides the names of Lopez , Crittenden , Kerr , and others , as the next and most striking feature of the procession . Three nail-bearers walked at each side . Then came a large body of Cubans who are exiled in this city ; and then followed a multitude of firemen and citizens , whose unbroken line , as they marched past where we stood , seemed interminable . A large number of the members of the Society of the Lone Star and a German association , organized for the purpose <» f practising gymnasticscalled the " Turners , " also joined in

      , the procession . Last of all followed a number of well-known citizens on horseback and in carriages . As all moved ahng , the gleaming torches , the glancing bayonets of the military , the gay imiibrins of the officers , the shining caps of the firemen , the stars and regalia on the breasts of many of those who composed the purely civic part of the procession , the flags of the united States and Cuba , and banners with various devi ies , gave the pageant a truly imposing aspect . There were several kinds of

      music . Messmers celebrated band played a very fine piece which had been composed by him for the occasion , and is called u Lopez Dead March . " Every street through which the procession passed , during a march of nearly two hours , was crowded by persons of both sexes and all ages and conditions . The balconies and windows in the line of inarch were filled with ladies . The principal streets appeared as if the population of the city had rorned out en masse . "Vv lien the procession filed into Lafayette-square Colonel Scott Ilaynes ascended a stand

      and iiitroilnced W . J . A . Roberts as the orator of the occasion . That gentleman delivered a very spirited address , which was received with repeated applause . All passed off in the most narmonious maimer , and we did not hear of an accident or a breach of the peace during tbe progress of the procession throug h the city ' or at the meeting that followed . At the close of the procession religious services were held in the cathedral , when speeches were delivered by Lieutenant Haynes and others . Interesting ceremonies wore also held on board the steamer Painr . ero /'

      ARRIVAL OF THE ARCTIC . The Jfew York papers give a series of railway accidents ^ hleh have taken place since last accounts . In the United States District Court a true bill of indictment tor manslaughter had been found against the captain and officers ot the Henry Clay . The Toronto papers of the 15 th of September have the fol-

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      lowing : — We have received a special telegraphic despatch from Quebec , dated on Tuesday afternoon , informing us that Lord Elgin has been recalled , and that the office of Governor-General of British North America has been offered to Lord Harris . " jj v There had been 319 deaths by cholera , in Buffalo , from the commencement up to the 13 th . The epidemic is said to have entirely disappeared from Cincinnati .

      Dr . xUbert , editor of a German democratic paper , published in his paper of the 16 th charges against the character of the wife of Mr . Klaubrecht , the editor of the German Republican The latter , consequently , accompanied by two friends , called on Dr . Albert , and demanded a retractation of the charges , which being refused , Klaubrecht drew a pistol and shot Albert in the right breast . The wound is dangerous , but not necessarily fatal . Klaubrecht and one of his friends have been held to bail .

      Caravajal was at Roma , without means or men , waiting for movements in the interior of Mexico ; Santa Fe dates are to the 20 th ultimo . Much excitement existed on the subject of land titles in New Mexico , and the consequences will probably prove serious , unless the government interferes . ' The Black Warrior arrived on the 17 th of September , at New York , with later news from Cuba . The New York Herald says , at the time of the sailing of the steamer it was said that all was quiet a Havannah ; nevertheless , the details of the intelligence fully carry out the accounts of the volcanic state of affairs previously published , and justify us in asserting that there must be some determined and extensive movement in

      embryo for gaining the independence of the discontented people of the island . The Cuban government seem to have taken every precaution to prevent the real position of things from becoming known—it not only exercises complete jurisdiction over the newspapers published in the island , but probably would , if it could , also control the press of this country . It has gone so tar as to issue a proclamation impliedly prohibiting employes on board of American steamers running to Havannah from going on shore in order to procure information for the American newspapers .

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      A Letter From An Emigrant Furnishes Some...

      A letter from an emigrant furnishes some , very interesting and late intelligence from the Australian gold diggings , and from which a few extracts will , no doubt , be read with interest by those who are about to Keek their fortune in this land of promise . The letter is from Prahraw South Tarra , near Melbourne , and is dated in March , 1352 . The writer to bis brother says : — last of the

      " I wrote to you in September , informing yon Sydney gold fields . I also wrote about Christmas , informing you of our gold fields in Port Phillip , which , up to the present , surpass in richness all others yet discovered , and promise well for a continuance of the same , as our gold fields or diggings are spreading far and wide with the greatest success . In my last I stated that I had been two months at the diggings , during which time I procured from the earth gold to the amount or value here of seventy pounds , which certainly paid me well ; but still I could not be classed anything like a lucky gold

      digger , as many have made half their fortune in less time . I have just returned from my second spell of three months : had Mrs . H . and C with ' me . They have been troubled very much with a disease of the eye called the blight , which we do not think much of in this country . During our first two weeks of the three months , I was not very well , and ma . de but little more than what paid for my gold digging license , and during the last five weeks I procured about 3 lbs . weight of gold , or 3 * 3 oz ., which at < £ 8 per oz ., the present price here , gives me £ 108 , and still I am far from being a lucky gold digger . I promised in my last to do my best towards sending for you out . I therefore send you , by a gentleman who will post the letter

      for me as soon as he lands , twelve ounces of gold , which I expect will be sufficient for the passage out of yourself , wife , and family , as it will , in all probability , bring from £ 3 lis . ttd . to £ 3 18 s . per ounce . ' - « ' * I send for yourself and family , knowing , as I do , that where diligence is used , prosperity is certain here j situated as things arc just now , that even your ' son could earn sufficient to keep you all , as lads of 10 and 12 years are getting 30 s . per week and board for minding the tent , boiling the kettle , and baking a few dampers in the week , besides what little gold they can pick up , and that , in many instances , is more than double their wages . Should you object to come out when this gentleman waits on you , I have requested him to send me out goods with the money , as in all probability

      the goods which I have ordered would bring me £ 100 lor my £ 48 . ^ as all the working class have turned gold diggers . All articles connected with labour are very high , as you will see by the prices here annexed . Men ' s strong boots , £ 1 ; women ' s cloth hoots , 12 s . ; slop-made Wellington boots , £ 1 Us . ; bread , perlb ., 3 ^ d . ; cheese , 'is . Gd . ; butter , 2 s . ; sugar , 3 d . ; bacon , 2 s . ; beef f » nd " mutton , 3 d . ; tea , 2 s . ; coffee , Is . ; eggs , each , 4 d . ; milk , per quart , Is . Tailors have plenty of work at ls ^ per ho"i \ Joiners and bricksetters are getting from £ 4 to £ 6 per week . Blacksmiths at the diggings are earning from £ 20 to

      £ 40 oer week ; in fact there are very tew working men to he " ot at any price . As soon as you receive this , lose no time in making preparation and inquiry , and it is a serious matter to be one minute too late for a ship . You will have a deal ot time dirri »<* your voyage to mend and make , or attend to any little th ' nAhc children may want , and will pass away many a leisure hour . And . above all things , take this word of advice from me , as I know what characters there are . Doiiotplay one same of draughts on board , and keep your affairs entirely to yourselves . Place confidence in no one . Buy nothing about land

      voilr friends and relations either in this country or m Eng , as you will have to see your shipmates another day ; and it any difference arises , as is ' freq . uently the ease , when they know nothing they can say nothing to harm you . Livcipooi n , tne best place for you to sail from , as they are the best provisioned vessel that come out , and I have seen advertisements m passa ^' from there at £ 10 each ; and if such is still the case , you will have sufficient with what I have sent , beveral ot our passengersmadc bargainswiththe ship agents for their iamilies at a much hyver rate than c \ ie prices advertised , ancUliereoy saved several pounds .

      A Beehive in a Railway Cai ^ age . —Some passengers travelling at night on a railway in Ayr have had an unpleasant 4 beehive had been placed in the compartment ; the bees got out , attacked toe passengers , and stung them teverely . At tne first station , the bees were quickly left in the sole possession ot the carriage .

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      ivIuuder op a Soldier op tue 31 st Regiment . —A savage murder of a soldier belonging to the 31 st Regiment occurred last week in the county of Cork . It appears that on the night of Tuesday , the 21 st , two privates of the 31 st Regiment , James ¦ Degan , the deceased , and John Thompson , went from Fermoy to Ballyhooly , to visit a policemen of the name of Rice , who is stationed there , and with whom they were acquainted . They left Ballyhooly about six o ' clock , and reached the widow M'Grath ' s house , at Templenoe , about seven . They turned into the house to get some tobacco and a pipe , and as the

      deceased was in the act of receiving his change from the widow , some five or seven men also walked in , apparently for the same purpose . On entering the shop one of them trod on the foot oi Thompson or Degan , who thereupon addressed some words , most probably angry ones , to tbe offending new corner . These the other xasented , and addressed his companions in Irish ; but Thompson , not being acquainted with the language , cannot state what the nature or meaning of the expression was . Some altercation and hustling then took place , and after some difficulty the widow induced the new comers to leave the house . She then barred the door , and urged tbe deceased and his comrade to remain for the night ; but this they refused to do , sayins ; that thev should reach their barracks that night , and after

      some time left the house . They were not long gone when she heard a rush of men towards her house , and then a knocking at the door for admission ; but she , fearing that it was the countrymen who were returning , refused to admit the applicants . She then heard the noise of stones violently thrown , and on its ceasing she went out and found the deceased lying under a hedge , a yard or so from her door . He was then quite dead , though the body was warm . On Wednesday Constable J . Cudmore arrested , upon private information , a farmer of the name of Patrick Fiynn , in York-street , Cork . His face is much

      cut , which he says , we have been informed , was done by a soldier , and he is from the neighbourhood of Templenoe , where he holds % acres of land . Up to the present , however , he , has borne a most unexceptionable character . Another man—one of the parties , we are informed , to the murder , —is also in custody , and he has given , Ave are also informed , such information to the authorities as cannot fail in leading to the appre henslon of the other parties implicated in the crime . An inquest was held on Friday , when the . jury retired , and after a short deliberation returned a verdict of u Wilful murder against some persons at present unknown . "

      . Evictions . —The Gonmel Chronicle has the following particulars of an eviction scene which has just taken place on the property of the late unfortunate Mr . Callaghan Ryan , recently murdered in Tipperary : "On Thursday last the sheriff accompanied by the land agent , and assisted by a strong party of police , proceeded to Clashmagany , the property of this much lamented gentleman , to execute the habere , and eject the overholding tenants on three farms . These farms were occupied by the Plackets , one of whom stands , with his boy , Noonan , fully committed for trial , charged with the murder , under a

      joint lease , and from them Mr . Ryan could get no rent . The occupants were ejected , and the dwelling-houses levelled to the ground , with the exception of one slate house , which was left for the accommodation of a caretaker , or the use of any future tenant ^ ho might take the lands . There was , as may be supposed ,. the usual crowd of country people present on the occasion , and so great was their ' innocent pressure " on the sheri and his men , that the sub-inspector in command had to ord his party to prime and load and fix bayonets . Whether resistance was intended or not our informant does not pretend to say but if any such intention was entertained , the order had th

      eftect ot crushing it . The work of demolition did not last tw hours . " Another eviction scene in the outskirts of Galway thus described in the Galway Vindicator : "On ^ Friday , tho Sub-sheriff , G . McDonnell , Esq ., accompanied by a large party of constabulary police , under the command of Subinspector Goolde , and ' l 00 rank and file of the 9 th Regiment , under the command of two military officers , proceeded to the Fair Hill-road adjoining the Claddagh , near this town , for the

      purpose of ejecting the tenants occupying fifteen , houses on the property of Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey . Mr . Hill ( who was acting for Messrs . Guinness and Malum , agents of his lordship . was also present at the scene of eviction , and offered the families who were being dispossessed one pound each for possession , or to let them again into possession as weekly tenants at 6 'd . per week . The military took up a position near the village on the left , and in front of the bay . Great numbers of the fishermen had assembled . The inhabitants bad locked the

      doors of tho houses , and the bailiffs were therefore obliged , amidst the wailings of the women , and some evidences of excitement , to force open some of the doors to take possession . No violence was offered by the people . The people stated that they were paying only a small ground rent for their houses ; and the deputy-agent represented that they owed , £ 80 arrears .. Thirteen families , consisting of fifty persons , were evicted , and were afterwards allowed to re-enter their dwellings as weekly > tenants . The distressing proceedings terminated without any i breach of the peace . ' " '

      Intimidation . —The Kilkenny Moderator has the following : : "On fSunday last the Rev . S . C . Foot received , through the e Knocktopher Post office , an anonymous letter , desiring him to , ; o , lend the writer the sum of £ o , and to deposit the same , either : r in gold or silver , under a stone described at the entrance gate of of Yicarsfield , or to prepare his coffin . He was to have the money ry there by twelve o ' clock the following day , and not place any ry one to watch , or the forfeiture of his life would be the

      conse-sequence . Ihc money was placed as desired ; but the police , ic ,, who were in ambush , captured the mail who came for it . HeHe gave his name as Michael Prendergast , of Kilkenny , and was'ass committed by L . K . Izod , Esq ., to our county gaol , to be brough ^ ht . up before the magistrates at the next petty sessions at Stoneyey- - lord . " The Anglo Celt . —Mr . Wallace , the proprietor of thcthci Anglo Celt , lias retracted the charge that the 31 st Eegimenienh had lost its facings for cowardice , and apologised for havingingij given circulation in . his paper to that erroneous statement .

      The Case Qv Elizabeth ^Quiriiell.—At Noo...

      The Case qv Elizabeth ^ quiriiell . —At noon on Mondajdaji last the 14 daysMvatch over Elizabeth Squirrell termina . ted-. tedc Nne of the committee assures us that every means was taken ten til ascertain whether she had possession of her sight and hearingingLj but she gave no indication that ; she had the use of these faenlieiili ties . He also states that during the entire term of 14 days . sh ^ sh ^ neither ate nor drank , and that the linen was unsoiled . A Ai the close of the watch her parents were allowed to , s § e her heie After embracing them she became powerfully aftectegi / a ^ l ^& f some minutes it . was feared she was dead . The . committeeiJja ; v | a ; V ^ unanimously signed a declaration that they acquit ttie . ^ rJ , an | ; anM hsr parsnts of frsud . Many hundreds of psrsons ^ T ^ HrMrfiii during the watch , Ipswich Express . . ; Mf c .- ' .- ' :: '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 2, 1852, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_02101852/page/3/