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      FRANCE . ^ Paris . Saturday , Dec . 1 . —M . George Vashwgtoii ds Lafayette , son of the celebrated general of the same name , and godson of Washington , died yesterday at his chateau at Lagrange , near Paris . He was member of the Chamber of Deputies since 1822 . and Vice-President of the National Consti-«« ' AsS 8 mbl y ia 184 S - He was the father of MM . Oscar and Edmund de Lafayette , who were also members of the Constituent Assembly . M . Bezard , a member of the Convention , and late honorary member of the Court of Appeal at Amiens , died a day or two ago in that town . He had just completed his 89 th year . As a member of the Convention he had voted for the death of Louis XVI ., without appeal or reprieve .

      Sunday , Dec . 2 . —The dividend on the Roman loan fell dne yesterday , and a great number of the bondholders applied to MM . de Rothschild as usual for p & yment , but the answer was—no effects . The ' at ' wnal' says that the Papal Government asked the house of Rothschild to advance the money , but that i ' j declined . The ' Monitenr' announces that a review of the army , and ofthe national guards of Paris , will take place at the Champ de Mats on the 10 th inst ., in honour ofthe anniversary of the election of the President of the Republic . The review will take place in pr-sence of the President himself .

      A telegraphic despatch from Marseilles , of the 29 ih ult ., announces that despatches from Algiers state that on the 10 th ult . General Herbillon attacked the Arabs , at Ourtal , near Oued Djeddi , within five leagues of Zaatcha , and defeated them-200 Arabs were killed , 3 , 000 camels and 15 , 000 sheep were taken , beside a large booty . The whole of the tents were destroyed . On the following day the principal chiefs surrendered , It is thought that Zaatcha will surrender almost immediately . Monday , Dec . 3 . —The » Reforme' was seized yesterday , by order of the Procureur ofthe Republic , for a seditious and inflammatory libel in an article entitled , ' Au people des Compagnes . '

      Monday . —The * Steele' stairs to-day that at a Council of Ministers held at the Elysee on the 20 th ult ., a aote was read to the council , from which it appeared that England pronounced in favour of the right of the Roman people to choose its own government . The same journal says , that at a cabinet council held in Loudon , it was decided to support Louis Napoleon's policy at Rome , if the President engaged himself not to separate from England in the ah \ ir of the Hungarian refugees . The' Moniteur' publishes a decree , signed by-the President of the Republic , appointing M . Lacoste CotBinissarf Extraordinary of the Government at Lvons and throughout the sixth military division .

      It is announced that the President of the Legislative Assembly will give a dinner on the 9 th to a hundred guests , and that the President of the Republic will be present . It is also said that on the 10 th . the anniversary of the election of Louis Napoleon , there will be a grand banquet for 250 guests at tlie Hotel de Ville , a ; which also the President of the Republic will be present , and the banquet followed by a ball , for which 6 , 000 invitation-cards are tc « be issued . Twenty-seven of the Legitimists arrested in the Rue Rumfcrd , have been set at liberty . The farce of a military organisation had been performed by the conspirators , and amongst them were to be faun ;; persons designated from all ranks from General to diummer .

      Paris , Tuesday . —Yesterday , in the Assembly , the President put the question on M . Pean ' s poopositiou for the abolition of the custom of exposing the names of political offenders condemned by default on the pillory . The proposition was rejected by a large majority , and the house adjourned at balfpast six o ' clock . Four hundred of the insurgents of June , 1848 , arrived in Paris yesterday , escorted by a guard of city iergeants from Havre The Attorney-General attended at the Conciergerie and signed the order of liberation for all . They proceeded immediately each to his own home accompanied hy their friends and relatives who had been at the Conciergerie to meet them . An immense crowd was attracted to the spot , but the utmost tranquillity prevailed throughout .

      Moke PEBSEcunox . —Yesterday the Procureur of the Republic immediately after the publication of the work , ordered the seizure of the pamphlet entitled ' Le 13 / A Juin , parLedru RoUin ! printed by M . Schneider . Proceedings are instituted against the printer and all the publishers of the work : — Erst , for exciting hatred and contempt of the government ; secondly , for justifying facts considered as crimes by the penal Jaw . A person named Perrey , late a pupil of the Polytechnic School , was tried before the Paris Court of Assize , on Tuesday , for having on the 13 th of June last excited the population to take arms , under the pretence that the Constitution had been violated . He was found guilty , and sentenced to imprisonment fur five Tears .

      GERMANY . Berlin , Nov . 29 . —The trial of Waldeck commenced yesterday at a quarter past nine . A large number of persons assembled to witness the proceedings . The prison in which the jury hold their sittings is full of soldiers and constables , and in the immediate neigbbcroihood of the building the police prevented all persons from loitering about . Weldeck seemed rather pale , and his sharp features seemed thinner than ever ; but in his eyes there shone the light of that powerful mind which so often carried away with its eloquence the Chambers , and caused the ministry to tremble . His fellow-prisoner and secret accuser , the merchant Ohm , is a young man , aboii ? twenty-four years , of ordinary appearance , and vulgar Jewish features . lie appeared careless of the numerous spectators . Beta the accused pleaded ' Not Guilty . '

      The accused Oi . ni addressed the court , having previously received permission to assist his memory with some written documents which lay before him . fie first of all complained most bitterly ofthe bad treatment he had met with in the prison , and then spoke of his political proceedings subsequent to the revolution of Mirch . He had joined the democratic party , and had been made acquainted with their plan ' s . He sketched the proceedings of the ultrademocrats during the summer of 1848 , mentioned the storming of the arsenal as the work of French emissaries , one of whom he professed to have known as M- Soulier ; he alluded also to the celebrated

      proposition made by Mr . Stem in the Prussian National Assembly , and declared that on the 17 th Nov ., when this propositien was rejected , 100 men were stationed , with daggers beneath their coats , before the budding in which the Assembly was sitting . On that occasion he saw his error , and perceiving the egotism of the democratic party ; the feelings of a Prussian and a royalist were re-awakened in his ' bosom , and he above all grew disgusted with the democratic party , because they assisted the Polish revolution . For these reasons he had joined

      the party of order ; hut he imagined that he might serve his country to greater advantage by preserving the appearance of a democrat , and thus became acquainted with the plans of that party ; he , therefore , joined the new Prussian Gazette , ' in which journal he had published their plans ; the notorious Enthvllimgen ( disclosures ) were written by him . He mentioned his connexion with M . Goedschef ( one of the persons employed on the paper , and probablv the principal concoctor of the whole plot against Waldeck ) and with D'Eater in a very confused and hesitating manner .

      This unexampled piece of pleading created a most unfavourable impression . The accused spoke with the most rulgar pathos , in bad German , seeking nevertheless to create an impression that he bad saved his country . This unfavourable impression was heightened considerably by the examination which the president of the court then instituted . The accused was so completely embarrassed by the president , that he repeatedly convicted himself of having litd . The principal portions of the statements contained in the preliminary examinations he now denied , and moreover confessed much that he had formerly denied . Until now he bad maintained that he knew nothing of the letter said to be written by D'Ester , and upon which the whole accusation is based ; but in the course of this examination he declared that he knew it proceeded from D'Ester

      him-8 : 1 . In the crowd of listeners it was quite impossible to note every particular ; I must therefore wait for the short-hand reports , which will proclaim the curious fact how often the accused confessed , ' Yes , there I lied . ' Up to this time these reports have not appeared ; the house in which they are being printed is perfectly blockaded by the mob , and tbe police have been compelled to interfere to preserve order ; they fight for tbe copies of tbe reports . During tbemmirationthe spectators were frequeitly unable to suppress their just anger and disgust , flaldeck listened calml y and coolly , though

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      a smile appeared on his lips , at the more extraordinary portions of his accuser ' s testimony . The examinations having been concluded , Waldeck addressed the court in his defence , in a speech which lasted nearly two hours ; his speech was a masterpiece of cool , clear and perfectly objective description . Even his political opponents declare that he never before spoke so well and so effectively . The mere contrast between the defuse , vapid , and lying oration of bis predecessor , and this practical , cutting speech uttered with ^ the calmness of a good conscience , should be sufficient to decide the verdict of the jury .

      The impression created hy his speech was apparent in the solemn silence which succeeded it . The President announced that the speech was so comp lete and detailed that he had no further questions to ask . The Staats-Anwalt then put a few questions , which Waldeck answered in a calm and collected manner , and the sitting was then closed at half-past four . The extraordinary and unexpectedly favourable result of the first day ' s trial spread like lightning through the city . All the details of the trial were discussed , and a general opinion expressed that the process must terminate in the acquittal of Waldeck . To-day the examination of the witnesses was to commence , and the number of persons present was , if possiblestill greater than yesterday .

      , Only six witnesses were examined to-day , and it is therefore hardly possible that a verdict can be g iven before Saturday next ( Dec . 1 . ) One of these six witnesses was a most important one , no less a person than the president of the police , Herr von Hinkeldey . His examination was a most interesting

      scene . Herr von Hinkeldey made his appearance with all the insolence and rudeness of a superior Prussian ( I might say Russian ) official . He began by asking , ' Was stehtzuihren diensten . " ( What are your commands ?) The president ef the court reminded him that witnesses were summoned to answer questions . This somewhat humbled the autocrat of Berlin , but not sufficiently to prevent him behaving in a similar improper manner on several subsequent stages of his examination ; so that the president felt himself called upon to remind him that he ought to behave himself differently before a court of law .

      Herr van Hinkeldey was questioned as to his connexion with the accused Ohm . The following is his characteristic explanations . Herr Goedsche , whose namebad been so often mentioned , and whom hektiew as a faithful adherent of the King , had often made communications to the police which had subsequently been confirmed : upon one occasion the said Goedsche bad declared that he could procure for the police authorities several important papers which would iay bare the treasonable plans of several of the leaders of the democratic party ; but required a promise from him ( Herr Hinkeldey ) that the parties in whose hands these papers were should not suffer by their disclosing them . As president of police be had made that promise , and assured them that he should not be punished . Upon which the information was immediately rendered .

      Upon being questioned by the President whether he considered himself empowered to do so , the President of Police replied , ¦ Certainly ; I only do my duty in promising to let those go unpunished who assist me in discovering the plans which are still being concocted between here and Paris . ' He afterwards exclaimed with great violence , ' I am responsible only to my superiors in office . ' I must remark here , that the English practice of permitting a man to turn ' King ' s evidence , ' has hitherto been unknown in Prussia , and that the King alone had the power of promising life to any concerned in criminal accusations ; and since the publication of the constitution it is very doubtful , whether this right still exists , and if so , in whose hands ? Nevertheless , Herr von Hinkeldey has taken it into his own hands .

      After Hinkeldey came Herr Goedsche . This witness , after indulging in a long account of terrible conspiracies , each of which was more remarkable than its predecessor , and having uttered a tirade of such immense nonsense that even Waldeck was compelled to laugh , was subjected to a close examination . The witness showed himself sly and cunning , his replies were for the most part indirect , and he endeavoured at every occasion to return to his discoveries of frightful conspiracies . To all

      appearances he is himself the sonl of the plot invented to sacrifice Waldeck . Out of the many details of this examination , in which numberless contradictions were apparent between tbe evidence of tbe witness and of the accused Ohm , and between the evidence given at the present and at former examinations by the witness himself , I will only mention one fact , that in a letter from Ohm to Goedsche , which has been discovered , there occures the following : — » A letter will reach you from - ¦ ¦ use that handwriting . '

      On the third day proceedings commenced at halfpast nine . Several witnesses for the defence were examined to prove the connexion of Goedsche with Ohm . One of these witnesses said that he had known Ohm under a different name , and had been in the habit of carrying letters to him from Goedsche , in whose employment witness was . The same witness confirmed Ohm ' s statement of his being the author of the notorious ' Enthullnngen . ' Another witness , the publisher of the lithograph of D'Ester , beneath which appears a fae simile of his handwriting , gave evidence to the effect that the lithograph was only a

      partially correct imitation of the handwriting . The remaining portion of the sitting was consumed hy hearing the evidence of the parties appointed to examine and compare the handwriting of the letter in question , with other authentic papers in the handwriting of D'Ester . From their report and testimony it appeared that their handwriting of the letter in question was in some respects similar , but in others totally different to the authenticated handwriting , and further that Ohm ' s handwriting exhibited some affinity to that of the letter . It was further proved that ihe handwriting of the letter was very similar to that of the lithographic / aesimife .

      Several witnesses were then called and examined to disprove the statement made hy Ohm respecting tbe meetings which he affirmed had taken place at various cafes . These witnesses all denied any knowledge of such meetings . The landlords of the different houses in which D'Ester lived at various times denied all knowledge of Waldeck's person , or that he had ever visited D'Ester . This was cosfirmed hy the production , to the great astonishment of all present , of a public declaration , made by D'Ester before the authoritrs of the Canton Argau ,

      in which he denies that he ever was intimately acquainted with Ohm . He had become acquainted with Ohm in searching for lodgings ; in which search the accused , Ohm , had intruded his assist , ance ; and his conduct had been so suspicious that he ( D'Ester ) had regarded it as a roost solemn duty to preserve the utmost caution in all his conversation with him ; and he finally declared that he had never written a letter to Ohm , The porter of the house in which Waldeck lived denied ever having seen Ohm there .

      Fourth Day . —The examination of the witnesses was brought to a close to-day ( Dec . 1 . ) The case grows more favourable to Waldeck as it proceeds , and his accusers are gradually entangling themselves in the meshes of the net which they wove for bis destruction . The proceedings were very interesting to-day . The authenticity of a letter said to be from D'Ester , acd which was also found upon Ohm , and which referred to a debt owing by D'Ester to a wine merchant , ' was entirely destroyed by the wine merchant in question declaring that D'Ester had never been in his debt .

      Another witness testified that he met Waldeck on the day of his arrest at one of the gates of the town , and at the particular hour at which Ohm declared he had met and spoken to him at a totally different spot . The servants of Waldeck also gave evidence to the effect that they had never once seen Ohm at the house of their master . In the cross examination which was then instituted by the Staals Anwalt and Waldeck ' s counsel , Ohm entangled himself in sueh glaring contradictions , that his statement of having visited Waldeck many times was reduced to one single visit , and finally he was so driven into a cor . ner , that he declared it was impossible for bim to remember every thing that had taken place seven months ago .

      Tbe witnesses whose evidence was then taken were all former parliamentary colleagues of Waldeck . They , one and all , declared that Waldeck had never spoken of a republic even in the private meetings of the party to which he belonged , and that he had always spoken of the democratic monarchy as their object , and the parliament as the arenain which the struggle was to be made . His fellow-travellers on the journey to Dresden all agreed that the journey was simply one of pleasure , and that it was by a mere accident they had made the acquaintance of Bakunin , in a hotel in Dresden . Herr von Unrah specially testified that , in November of the past year , Waldeck was opposed to an armed conflict . Another deputy of the former Prussian National Assembly

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      swore that the witness Goedsche tried to bribe him to vote with the Right party in the Chamber , by promising bim three dollars for every miaor occasion , and forty dollars for every important occasion . G edsbhe was able to give only a most stupid explanation to this positive testimony of the witness . A bookseller proved that on the day on which Waldeck was arrested , Goedsche-came into his shop and demanded a portrait of Waldeck , containing a fac-timile of his handwriting , that he handed bim one , that while looking for some other , he perceived that Goedsche had carried it to the window , and was comparing the fac-simile with some writing on a piece of paper , which he hastily placed in an envelope as the witness approached .

      The evidence given by the daughter of the landlord of the house in which Ohm lived was most important . She swore that she herself gave to Ohm the seal with which the letters , said to be from D'Ester were sealed , and that Ohm had expressly asked for a seal without any particular marks upon it . The Staats-Anwalt and Waldeck ' s counsel both declined to call any other witness .

      ACQUITTAI OF WALDRCK . The ' Cologne Gazette , ' of Tuesday , in a telegraphic despatch from Berlin , announces that the accusation against Waldeck and Ohm had been dropped on Monday by the Staats-Anwalt , and that the jury of course acquitted both prisoners . The Staats-Anwalt in his speech characterised the letters said to have been written by D'Ester as the production of a knave . Waldeck was immediately set at liberty , but Ohm was detained ; tbe Staats-Anwalt announcing that he would be tried again for falsely denouncing Waldeck . Numerous groups of respectable people greeted Waldeck on his appearance in the street . a

      PORTUGAL . The news from Lisbon is . to the 29 th of November . A plot had been formed against Thomar , the . opposition press bringing against him strong charges , although be still retains the confidence of . the Queen . A ministerial crisis is the . result . Three of the ministers will , it is said , be ousted—namely , war , finance , and justice .

      AUSTRIA AND HUNGARY . From no parts of the empire do more dismal accounts come in than from Transylvania . Since the surrender at Vilagos the Wallachs , or Daco-Romans , as these savages classically dub themselves , have actually murdered no less than a tenth of the whole Hungarian nobility in Transylvania ; ' and , upon the strength of these deserts , a deputation , headed by a bandit and a priest , are on their way to Vienna to petition the Emperor to confirm the claims of tbe Daco-Romans to a separate nationality . The bandit is the ferocious Janka , and the priest the schismatic Greek bishop Schaguna .

      THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEES IN TU . RKEY . Widdin , Nov . 7 . —I returned here this morning from accompanying Kossuth , and the last portion of the emigration , two stations on their route to Schumla ; About a fortnight ago . arrived , from Constantinople , two , miralais , or colonels , with instructions to convey the whole emigration from Widdin to Schumla . From this moment the munificent hospitality , always intended by Abdul Mejid , ' was carried out in a congenial spirit . In addition to lhe pay proportioned to the . rank of the refugees , and . to the rations liberally distributed since the first complaints reached Constantinople , hourly proofs were given of the Sultan's magnificent gene rosity , in which chiefs , officers , and soldiers participated .

      Lodged in the best bouses of the town , and soldiers were clothed anew from head to foot ; and besides its being intimated that everything would be furuished on the road , a large gratuity to defray incidental expenses , and proportioned to the rank of the recipients , was paid over . Every general received 5 , 000 piastres , and to Kossuth 10 , 000 were presented , besides a new and costly travelling carriage for his journey . The oflcers despatched by the Porte upon this mission displayed a prevanance . forethought , and politeness , which would have done credit to the most polished circles ofthe west . Kossuth , Count Bathyaniahd Court Zamoyski , who , without violations of oriental

      etiquette , could not refuse the Sultan ' s present , divided one portion ofthe gift between the Mollahs and the Greek bishop , to be applied to the relief of their respective poor , and distributed tbe rest amongst the subaltern officers and soldiers . This , indeed , is the use to which , after the example of Kossuth , the Hungarian chiefs have allalong applied the weekly pay apportioned to them by the Porte . As the poles , Italians , and Hungarians were to commence their march in three distinct bodies , on tbe eve of separation a general explanation of all previous misunderstanding took place between tbe chiefs who came to take of the late president governor of Hungary an affectionate leave .

      Under tbe influence of bis genius , tbe result , so little to be expected under the disi ntegrating influence of adversity , has been the complete oblivion of all political differences , and the fusion of all op inions in patriotic unison of tendency . On the morning of the 31 st , the Polish legion undertook its march , under the military command of Ge neral Vysocki , but headed by Count Zamoyski , towhom the consent of the Polish portion of the emigration has been awarded by his countrymen . Gen . Vysocki , who represents the republican , and Zamoyski the monarchical interests amongst the Poles , have in fact given a touching and salutary example [ of abnegation of personal interests and opinions for the yublic good .

      At an early hour a marquee was pitched outside the citadel of Widdin on a space of ground which , out of compliment , must be called the glacis . Here the Pacha and Turkish authorities were assembled waiting for Kossuth , to review the legion and the Turkish Nizam destined for its escort before it ceni menced its march . Kossuth and his suit made their appearance on horseback . He was dressed according to his habit in very plain civilian clothing , covered by a blue cloak , but wearing the graceful low crowned black felt Hungarian bat , adorned with the white ostrich feather , which was distinctive of the Hungarian genera ' s and leaders .

      Old Derabinski , with his silvery beard , was in the national costume of Poland , and Kossuth ' s military followers in the dresses of their country , from which our own uniformes have been derived , and with which the appearance of Prince Esterhazy at our drawing-rooms and levies has familiarised us . Kossuth , after riding down the line , addressed au impressive speech to the Polish legion . All publicity and display are distasteful to the simplicity of Kossuth's tastes ; but in particular he piques himself on never holding out a false hope , or making even an ungrounded insinuation . On this account his appearance amongst the refugee troops was quite unwonted . He had impolitically refused to show

      himself in the camp because he could not give them conscientiously any assurance of safety . On this occasion , after thanking the Poles for their services he dwelt upon the generous hospitality extended to them by the Sultan and tbe Turks , but expatiated in particular on the cheering sympathy , of that great nation of the west , and on the human ty of its minister , to which , under Providence , they owed their lives . The effect of his eloquence on this impressionable people may be judged—prolonged and deafening cheers for Kossuth and for Hungary , such as perhaps Widdin had never heard before . Then followed cheers for Poland , and a right hearty cheer for the Sultan and the Turks . The Polish

      legion began its march amidst the good wishes of the Turkish population , one-third of the men literally shedding tears , and all joining in the chorus of their patriotic sengs . On the following day this scene was repeated by the departure ofthe Italian legion , under Colonel Couut Monti , and which Kossuth very eloquently addressed in the Italian language . The appearance of this legion did its commander the greatest credit ; after so many disasters , marches , and fatigues , it turned out without any assistance of clothing from the Turks , in better and bri ghter order than a French regiment of the line reviewed in the Champ de Mars . This result . Colonel Monti brought about bthe maintenance

      y of an iron discipline , by isolating himself with his men , and sharing their fate , encamped in the midst of cholera , in a marsh of the Danube . On the Thursday , General Bern , or Mourad Pacha , embarked in a government steamer on the Danube in great state . The two other rene gade generals , the gallant Kmettel , a magnificent specimen of a Hungarian , and Stein , a short , fat , ami fair German , a very questionable acquisition to the Turks , since he was avowedly on the point of making propositions to the Russians — quitted Wtddm by land with all due honours , accompanied by a large escort , and the remainder of the converts tolslamism . After all the fuss that had besn made of their numbers , it consisted fit Mb of ninety . eiirbt . As a great prejudice had been excited , there were

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      U there to speed them on their way ; but ; Kossuth , I le ieve , a little to their surprise , rode down and ook of them all a grateful and affectionate ^ leave . On the ensuing Saturday Kossuth and the Hun-. arians quitted Widdin . This of course was he Lat day , and the same ceremonies described at the departure of the Poles was repeated . One thing which seemed much to impress , the Turks was tbe frantic enthusiasm with which all these refugees whom they had seen so dejected , were inspired by the appearance and words of Kossuth . A striking and affectionate episode was his touching allusion to and their lament over 320 of ; their number , who

      had di ed of cholera , or from ' previous wounds during their sojourn at Widdin . ¦ A hundred waggons , a guard of honour for Kossuth , and an escort of four hundred cavalry bad been provided by the Turks . Kossuth , heading the column , rode side by side with General Perczel and Count Casimir Batthyany , who wore on his arm a black crape , in mourning for the execution of his cousin . The . fact and manner of that nobleman's death have now united in Count Casimir all the suffrages whoee aristocratic predilections had induced them to think feasible an arrangement with

      the House of Hapsburg . Two ladies only , the Countess Batthyany and the Countess Dembiuski , accompany the emigration . After four hours' march the emigrants halted for the night in a small village on the bank ofthe Danube , and last night reached another station six miles further on the road to Schamla . Nothing could exceed the kindness or goodwill of the Mahoniedan population in both these villages ' They strenuously refuse all payment for their hospitality . The very women , veiled to the eyes , quit

      their harems , and rush in crowds to seethe renowned Magyars and the ' great Kossuth' pass by . The peculiar circumstances of the sojourn of the Hungarians at Widdin have done the work of a century in neutralising the seemingly intractable prejudices of the Islamites . Here , on my return to Widdin , where everything is again dead , dull , and silent , the Turks volunteer their friendly greeting and inquire with deep interest after their departed guests . There is hardly a Turk in Widdin who has not picked up a few words of Hungarian .

      This circumstance so difficult to reconcile with their habitual disdain for the language of the giaour is , perhaps , mainly to be accounted for by tbe impression which has gone abroad amongst them that the Magyars belong to their own race—an impression the Magyars reciprocate , and which in the future may not be barren ef results . General Damianitch ( from an officer of whose staff we publish the following letter ) was banged on the 6 th of last month at Arad . Damianitch , a Hungarian Serb by birth , served' before the war broke out as captain in tbe Austrian infantry . He was one of the bravest and perhaps the ablest of the Hungarian generals . It was his habit in the hottest fire to urge bis soldiers on by remark , ' Never fear ,

      you see they cannot bit me , and I am twice your size . ' On quitting the Banat upon one occasion , he addressed a remarkable proclamation to tbe Servian population in which after reminding them of their former cruelties which bad made him utterly ashamed of the race to which he had the misfortune to belong , he threatened if they ventured to hurt a hair of the heads of any Magyar or German families to exterminate them all on his return , and then blow out his own brains that the last Serb might cease to pollute . the Soil of Hungary . Hanged last of his companions he turned to the officials presiding at these executions , and said banteringly , ? You know my friends that before the enemy I was always first , why here the last . '

      TO MAJOR GENERAL SEVERUS BOUTOURLINE , CHIEF OP THE STAFF TO F . M . PRINCB PASKIEWITC 0 . General , — After the capitulation of General Georgey he addressed a despatch to tbe garrison of Arad , ordering it to place itself under Russian protection . A council of war was held in consequence , at which it was determined to hold out against the Austrians to the last , but to open negotiations with the Russian General Rudiger . ' You , general , were under these circumstances sent from the bead-quarters of . Prince Paskiewitch to Arad , and with you I personally entered into negotiations on behalf of General Damianitch and of the garrison .

      . 'You must remember the assurances you gave and the promises yon made on that occasion , They were of a nature so positive and solemn ai to induce me to invite you into the fortress , and to inspire us all with confidence in you . ' If your memory fails you I accurately recollect , and propose here to recall the exact tenour of your words . . . . ; ' 1 After assuring us of the sympathy of your Emperor with , the Hungarian nation , and of his willingness and desire to shield us against Austrian persecution , you guaranteed to us that we should remain tinder Russian protection till a complete amnesty was proclaimed by Austria , and further the retention of our baggage , personal property , and arms .

      'We surrendered on these assurances , and in full reliance on the protection of Russia . We could not doubt the honour of your emperor as pledged through the accredited representative of his commander-we could not doubt a soldier ' s word . 'Well General I do you know that inconsequence of that credulity , General Damainiteh , the brave commandant of Aarad , has perished by the hangman ' s hands , and that the remaining officers who have not shared his fate , have been sent off , stripped of every thing , as common soldiers to the army of Italy ?

      ' And if you know these things , as you must know them , what have you to say to avert the universal execrations which I call down on the perfidy of your Emperor if you acted by bis orders or on your own murderous duplicity , if you did not ? Gustav . Frits . ' Widdin , October 29 .

      CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . - By the arrival of her Majesty ' s ship Eurydice at Portsmouth we have dates from the Cape to tbe 12 th of October . The' Cape Town Mail , ' of the 6 th ult ., says : ' Private letters from Graham ' s Town state that the effect of Earl Grey ' s last despatch , in that quarter , heabsen to create universal alarm and indignation . The inhabitants of the western districts are assured of the support of the people of the eastern province in carrying out the strongest measures of resistance which they think proper to adopt . " The same paper has the account of a great public meeting held on the 29 th of September when the following resolutions were adopted : —

      ' That the inhabitants feel compelled , by sense of duty to themselves , their children , their fri . nds , and their country , and fully justified in the sight of God and man , in the exercise of their undoubted rights and privileges as British subjects , to put into immediate operation all these means of self-protection which are expressed in the document called tbe pledge . ' ? That the words' any persons who may assist in supporting convieted felons , ' include all departments , by or through , or under the authority of which , supplies of any kind are conveved to tbe Neptune , until that vessel ' s destinatien be changed , and until supplies are required to enable her to prosecute her voyage . '

      ' That the chief departments responsible f or , or directly instrumental in , the detention of the Neptune , are—1 st , the head of all the departments , including the executive council . 2 nd , the commissariat and naval departments- ' 'That this colany , being formally degraded into a penal settlement , a parly of convicts being actually within . its limits , it is the opinion of the inhabitants that all colonists who may be called upon to act in the management of such convicts , if landed , such as field gornets and justices of the peace , may loyally resign their commissions . '

      The colony continued in a most excited state ; business was altogether suspended , and on the day the Eurydice sailed , most of the shops were closed . Sir Harry Smith remained at Cape Town . It was generally understood that the convicts were positively not to be landed , and that the Neptune only remained for her final orders to proceed on to some other place . The troops , as usual / marched down to the commissariat , stores for their daily rations of fresh beef

      , & c . ; the government had a supply in store of seven or eight thousand casks of flour , six or seven thousand oxen , and several thou sand sheep The governor had been compelled to B 6 iZ 6 bullocks while engaged drawing waggons , and to employ fore d measures to secure other provisions . A stipulated puce is paid for the captured cattle . The convicts were still distributed on board her Majestys store-shi p Seringapatam and on board the Neptune ,

      Although no violence had occurred previous to the de P arure of the Eurydice , the fait wa ! I at its S In ? ^ ° S had de « that they would not supply the naval service with anything whilst thesh . p w « uithebay . The governor had reS

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      that hehadmade eviry concession in bis power , and would not submit to threats . UNITED STATES , CANADA , AND MEXICO . By the Royal Mail steam-ship Cambria , Captain Shannon , we have advices from New York to the 20 tb , Boston to the 21 st , and Halifax to tbe 23 rd ult . respectively . .... The cholera has re-appeared in the Mississippi . Th steamer Constitution , which arrived at St . Louis on 15 th Nov ., from New Orleans , with emigrants , had upwards of thirty cases of cholera oa board , seventeen of which proved fatal , before the steamer touched the landing . The steamer James Hewitt has also ' arrived with a number of cases of cholera on board . ' She was prohibited from landing , by the public authorities , and lay on the opposite side of the river . The cholera bad also again made its appearance at Vicksburgh , Mississippi . i i k . t ,. j-m « H » •»» i-hnnessidn in bis power , and

      Advices from Nicaragua communicate the intelligence of the ratification by both Houses of the Legislature of the contracts with Mr . White , representative of the Ship Canal Company , and of the treaty of alliance , friendship , commerce , navigation , and protection concluded with Mr . Squirer , the Minister from Washington . Tbe government had . also negotiated a treaty ceding to the United States the Island of Tigre , in the Gulf of Fonseca , which was to be immediately taken possession of by an American squadron . - SHIPWRECKS AND EXPLOSIONS . — TWO HUNDRED

      LIVES LOST . New Orleans , Nov . 16 . —A terrible steamboat explosion occurred here last evening . The steamer Louisiana , bound to St . Louis , when about starting from her wharf , burst both her boilers , shattering her to atoms , and also badly injuring the steamers Storm and Bostona , that were lying alongside . The Louisiana was crowded with passengers , as were also the other two , which bad just arrived . It is supposed that , altogether , 160 lives were lost , besides many wounded . Already fifty dead bodies have been recovered . Tbe Levee is strewn with the

      dead and dying , and hundreds of our citizens are around the melancholy scene , rendering all the assistance in their power to those in whom a spark of life remains . Dead bodies , legs , arms , and heads are scattered in every direction , and the sight presented is most awful . It is at present impossible to ascertain the names or number o ( those who are lot . Nov . 17 . — Captain Kennon , of the steamer Louisiana , has been arrested , and held to ball in the sum of 8 , 000 dollars . The explosion having been attributed to . carelessness , a searching investigation will shortly take place . Many more dead bodies have bsen found . The number of killed , it is believed , will . reach 200 , besides many dreadfully wounded . They were mostly emigrants , on their way to settle in the Western county .

      Nov . 18 . —Another steamer called The Belle also exploded on tbe day after between New Orleans and Mobile , by which the engineer and several hands were killed , and several others more or less wounded . A third steamer called St . Paul , bound from St . Louis to New Orleans , struck a log off Hook Island on Sunday , the 18 th of November , and sunk to her main deck .

      Fourthly , the packet-ship Tuscarora , Capt . Turley , from Liverpool for Philadelphia , went ashore about five miles south of Cape Henlopen main lighthouse , on the same day . She sailed from Liverpool on the 13 th of October , is heavily laden , and has between four and five hundred passengers . The crew left the vessel by means of a rope fastened to the shore from the foremast . On Monday her main and mizen masts were cut away and she was abandoned .

      The fifth disaster happened on the 16 th ult ., when the new steam-ship Eudora , which left New York for Rio Janeiro and California , sprung a leak when two days out , and went , ashore on Ludlam beach , near Cape May on Thursday , and discharged her cargo in surf boats . She is valued at about 50 , 000 dollars , and the . cargo about 20 , 000 dollars , which was principally insured in Wall-street . It was feared that some misfortune had happened to a sixth vessel , the Columbus steamer , from Philadelphia to Charleston , She was considerably over - due , and was last seen disabled off Cape HaUeras .

      CANADA . — The British American League at Toronto had passed a resolution denouncing the annexation movement by a large majority . A telegraphic communication , dated Montreal , ' Nov . I 9 lh , says : — ' Serious troubles have taken place in the mining districts on Lake Superior , arising out of the difficulties between tbe Chippewa Indians and the government . The Indians can muster 1 , 000 warriors . One hundred soldiers , with artillery , have bam ordered from the nearest station to the scene of hostilities . The military department are making formidable preparations . '

      MEXICO . —We have advices from the city of Mexico to the 20 th of October , which state that Yolcara had raised the standard of revolt in favour of Santa Anna in Concula . ' The insurrection , however , had been suppressed , and the leaders executed .

      WEST INDIES AND THE PACIFIC . Jamacia papers and correspondence to the 7 th ult . have come to hand . Their contents represent the island as being healthy , and the season as very favourable to the cultivation of sugar . There is but one new feature in the position of the Legislature since our last advices , and that is that some progress bas been made on the important question of retrenchment . Up to the 7 th Trinidad was tranquil , and order has been

      restored by the measures of Governor Lord Harris . At the departure of the packet the Board . of Council was occupied with the new gaol legulations , which , after several amendments and alterations had been made by the Chief Justice , were passed through committee . No further outrages had been committed in the interior . ' The minds of the people ' ( says a private letter ) ' are a little more quiet since the riots of October , but they are still dissatisfied with the local government ; and are waiting with great impatience for the mother

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      country to take their grievances into consideration . Trinidad is placed iii the' most favourable situation for commerce , and her agricultural resources are immense , but the one can never be taken advantage of , nor the other developed , till a far different mode of government be awarded . ' In Hayti the Black Emperor Faustin was reignins with great pomposity . His Imperial Majesty had created ( besides the Prinees and Dukes men . tioned in our last advices ) 300 barons and 500 counts , many of whom were invested with the new orders of the Legion of Honour and that of Faustin . Several of the reports ef officers pro . claiming the empire , in which their speeches are quoted , are extremely amusing production ? . country to take their grievances into consideration .

      At Chagras the influx of travellers proceeding to and coming from California was still very great , and promised to increase . The travelling expenses were again being augmented . The rainy season had made the . roads very bad . Considerable quantitles of gold were finding their way across the Isthmus by parties who were returning home mith comparatively small amounts . It was said that several mercantile houses in San Francisco were stamping gold for circulation . Everything was quiet on the coast , and trade pretty brisk .

      If Mankind Are Liable To One Disease More Than Another, Or If There Are Any Particular Affections Ofthe Human Body

      If Mankind are liable to one disease more than another , or if there are any particular affections ofthe human body

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 8, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08121849/page/2/