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      THE WAR IN HUNGARY . ViexxA ; Juir 31 . —The news from Hungary is very important , and quite authentic . Georgey has crossed the Theiss at Tokay , which was already before his arrival in possession of an Hungarian force from the east of the Theiss , and fortified . Neither Gen . Sacken from the Dulka . nor Gen . Sass coming from the opposite direction , availed to foreclose Georgey from the Theiss . When Sass arrived from Hatvan at Miskolcz , he found the latter p lace alread y in possession of the Hungarians , whether from the east or from Georgey ' s corps he knew not , but he was repulsed ; and before the 3 rd army-corps came to his assistance , Georgey had , with his 45 , 000

      men and 120 cannon , gained Tokay . There he remains . In the meantime Paskiewitch , stirred by all manner of missives from Warsaw to strike some decisive Wow , has crossed the Theiss at the point where the road from Brian to Debreczin intersects that river . Here from Poross to the last town on the right bank , there is a mole running into the marshy river bed . This mole was completely swept by the artillery of the Hungarian corps upon the left bank ; but according to accounts which may be Considered of official authority , it was taken by the Russian vanguard of Paskiewitch , of the 2 nd corps ; and not without considerable resistance on the part ofthe Hungarians he succeeded in establishing his quarters on the 28 th at Tissa Fured .

      The Hungarian official journal ' Kozlong . of the 19 th , besides publishing several remarkable pieces of intelligence , seemed to announce a turn of tide , the fortunate surviving of a perilous crisis in the Hungarian affairs . It begins with a sentence printed in large letters , telling the people their fatherland is saved : * Szegeny hazauk mentve van V— ' Our poor countiy is saved ! ' Think how that must carry balm into the souls of myriads . Then it goes on to tell about the capture of Temeswar , and how 80 , 000 stand of arms and 2 , 000 , 000 of florins were won there . Then there is a letter of the restless

      Bern to Kossuth , wanting to leave Transylvania and come into the Banat , or rather to the Theiss -, as if disdaining such puny foes as Luders and Groihenhelm , and wanting to have a fling at the bead of the \ var , the Prince Field-Marshal Paskiewitch himself . Lastly , the parliament is at Szegedin . Haynau , on the 29 ; h ult ., shifted his head-quarters from Keiskemet to Felegyhaza . No resistance ¦ was shown anywhere . Tbeinhabitants supplied the camp readily with all sorts of provisions . Paskiewitch ' s head-quarters , on the 28 th ult ., were at Poroslo . The head . quarieis of the Ban were , ou the 2 fth , still at Ruma . Kinezanin had sustainedseveral skirmishes since the 22 nd .

      The German papers contain further accounts of shootings and hangings , of spoliation and robbery committed on schoolmasters , clergymen , merchants . & c ., by the Austrian commanders and other Austrian authorities in Hungary , snder the sanction of what they are pleased to define * martial law , ' as if martial law or any other lav can justify cold-blooded murder , cruelty , and cowardly vengeance . Head Quarters , Oerkeny , July 26 . —This morning we marched to Oerkeny , a paltry village , like Ochsa . Before the march , however , an execution took

      place . A schoolmaster in the neighbourhood of Ochsa was accused of promoting the formation of the militia , and to have taken the situation of captain over that body . Faur witnesses having proved the fact he was concerned by court martial , and the sentence was carried into effect this morning , at fonr o ' clock , by shooting him . The accused , on his defence , displayed much natural eloquence , and great coolness up to the last moment . Immediately before the muskets marie their fatal report he cried out , with an inspired voice' Men a ilagyarorszag !' ( Long live Hungary !)

      There appears in the ' Wiener Zeitung' an imperial ordinance , breaking the appointments of the Hungarian government to ecclesiastic dignities of the catholic church . The preamble deplores the dereliction of the imperial cause shown b y the catholic clergy , and stigmatises the harmony with which the convocation of catholic bishops in October at Pesth had co-operated with the committee of national defence for pushing the ends of the revolution . The Emperor accents the resignation of the primacy by

      John Ham , Bishop of Szatmar , appointed by the Hungarian government last year , and while the piety of that prekte is acknowledged , his excessive mildness is censured . Also the appointments of Lonovics , Bishop of Csanad , to be Bishop of Erlau , of the priest Horrath to be Bishop of Csanad , and of the canon Jchelfalussy to be bishop in the Zyps , are declared null and void . The primacy and bishopric of Gran , vacated by the resignation of John Ham , are hestoyed upon the Bishop of Funfkirchen , John Baptist Scitovskv , of Hagvker .

      The Lidepaadance Beige , ' of August 4 , contains a letter from Us Vienna correspondent dated July 30 , who says that Georgey , in the battle he fought against the Russians near Szikszo , between Kaschau and Miskolcz , made 5 , 000 prisoners . There was a report also at Vienna that the corps of the Imperialists which proceeded from Pesth towards the south , had been repulsed by Dambinski , between Czegled and Szalnok , to the very outskirts of Rakos near Pesth . Another report on the exchange was exactly the contrary , and that Dsmbinski had been beaten with the loss of several thousand prisoners , but the correspondent does not inform ns what effect this Tumour had on the Austrian funds .

      Perczel , whose army has been annihilated so often by the Vienna journals , is now , they say , at the head of 40 , 000 men , and they make him retreat before a less number ot Imperialists . The ' National Gazette ' of Berlin says , on the other band : ' General Vetter , with the greater part of the Magyar army , has attacked Haynau in tne flank : behind Haynau isDembinski at Czegled and Szolnok , and before him is Perczel , while Georgey , who as not crossed the Theiss , and who lias contented himself with making sure near Tokay , of the points most favourable for the passage , is occupying Paskiewitch on the road from Kaschau to Pesth . We consequently see that Haynan ' s position is indeed desperate , and should he he beaten , the main force of the Russians under the Prince of Warsaw would find itself literally surrounded on all sides .

      We learn from Constantinople that Omar Pasha and Tuard Effendi have transmitted intelligence to their government of General Bern having defeated an Austro-Russi & n force at Rothenthurm , and a Russian force at Fogaros . They state that General Dick has been severely wounded , and that General Luders , who is slightly wounded , has summoned all the troops in Wallachia to his aid . The Russians are represented as much distressed for want of provisions ; the "Wallachian waggoners who were pressed into the transport service , having cut their traces at the defile of Preclial , and fled with their horses , on account of the harsh treatment ihsy received from the Russian soldiers . Forty waggons are said to have arrived at Jassy , with wounded Russians from the army under General Freytag , who had failed in his attempt to pass the defile of Pylos , and had retreated towards the Buckowina .

      Bern T ? as said to he dangerously ill in some place near Maros-Yassarhely , in Transylvania . A letter from Czeraowitt , of My 27 » asserts that the Hungarians hare invaded Moldavia with 5 , 000 infantry , 1 , 000 cavalry and five pieces of artillery , that the Russian General Ustragoff had retreated before a superior force , but that Gen . JIuiler had set out in all haste from Jassy to oppose the progress of the insurgents . At the same time he had demanded reinforcements in Bessarabia . Jassy was completely evacuated by the Russians , and only a small militia force was at present stationed there .

      Private reports received at Vienna on the 30 th ult ., state that the Austrians lost 30 , 000 , muskets and eighty-five pieces of ordnance at Temeswar . The sortie made by the Magyars at Comornwas merely to secure the bringing in of a supply of live oxen sent to them . Emissaries from Kossuth were at work in Croatia , especially in thecitiss . Strong guerilla bands were moving about near

      Kaschau , JJperies , and Miskolcz ; everywhere in short in rear of the Russian armies ; they formed fragmentary parts of-Georgey ' s army : moreover the Russian garrisons left behind were too weak to che ~ k or ' suppress them . The task of these guerilla ' troops was to cut off from the Russians all thdr supplies of provisions and fodder , and to keep the Slovaks in check . It was confidently asserted that Haynau was in Presburg on the 30 tb ultimo . ' " ¦ * . .

      A recent letter from the seat of war in Hungary describes in considerable detail the formidable auxiliaries the Magyar armies have found in the wild population scattered over the vast steppes and foresfrof the interior , particularly the harssherds , or tenders of the troops of wM horses of the plains the swmeherds , and fishermen . The first named of „ IT rT" ^ dreaded ° y 'Anstriaa troops , on account of the extraordinary weapon they carry and . vXit ^ f - , Ieis **& Y the whip with which ttuy select and <*<<* aDy horse of the herd

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      they wish to tame and dispose of . The application of it in war is quite a novelty . It has a handle not more than two feet in length , while the thong measures from fifteen to twenty ; a leaden ball is fixed to the end of it , with smaller ones at different distances from it , like a shot on & fishing line ; when thrown it acts like a lasso , curling round man or horse , or it strikes either to the earth with a crushing blow . The horseherds ( or 'Chykosz' ) are so skilful in the use of this weapon , that at full gallop they will strike an enemy with unerring certainty , on any part of the body they please . In skirmishes any isolated foot soldier , if he fires bis musket and misses , is lost before he can attempt to reload—the

      wild horseman rushes past , and with the sweep of bis ball-loaded thong stretches bim lifeless on the earth by a Alow-on the head . There are some thousands of these men in the Hungarian armies , and they are generally mixed with the light Hussars and sent against the heavy Austrian cavalry . They often strike the officers from their horses with incredible dexterity . The wounds this weapon inflicts are described as frightful . Before it was knewr . that these horseherds were serving in the Hungarian ranks , a great number of cuirassiers were brought into Pesth , wounded in a manner the military

      surgeons could not explain . The injury was neither a cut , nor a puncture , nor a gun-shot wound , and the soldiers were for a long time ashamed to , own that it was caused by so ignoble a weapon as a whip . Fortunately , it can only be used where the horseman has ample space ; in anything like , close order' it would be as dangerous to friends as foes . One ol these men was lately taken prisoner at Wieselburg and , probably to obtain an exact knowledge of the power of bis arm , he was ordered to display his skill in the camp , A stuffed figure was set up , the Austrian officers pointing out the parts he was to strike while in full career . Twice he did as

      directed , but the third time introduced a startling variation ; swinging his whip in a wide circle he dashed his horse at a point of the line of soldiers round the place of exercise , broke through it , and was far on bis way to the open fields in an instant , untouched by the volley of balls sent after him . The swineherds ( or * kanasz' ) are generally Servians ; their weapon is a small axe , with a rather long handle , called' fokosch , ' and they throw it with such dexterity that at eighty or 100 paces they rarely miss a man , and the blow is almost always fatal , as the Austrian army surgeons can testify . The fishermen are employed in constructing bridges in their own manner , on a sort of tubs , in a style which the Austrians at first ridiculed exceedingly ; but , though rude , they were effective , and put together in a very short time , and have proved of the greatest use in the Hungarian operations .

      The same correspondent informs us that a fresh supply of troops is wanted to fill up the thinned ranks of the Imperialists , but that Austria cannot venture upon a fresh conscription—the fourth within a twelvemonth . Another conscription would not be tolerated in the German provinces , and the Sclavonic people cannot be relied on . Vienna , August 3 . —General Haynau has destroyed another Hungarian town . Csongrad not baring received the Austrian troops with such 4 friendly demonstrations' as the inhabitants of Ketskemet and Felegyhazs , the commander-in-chief ordered it to be first plundered , and then burned down .

      Munkac ? , a town in the Beregh counfy , northeast of Debreczin , has . been taken by the Russian corps , entered from Stry , and the Hungarian bishop , Popovich , hanged . The' Wiener Zeitung' contains extracts of despatches from Warsaw , which confirm the capture of Hermanstadt by Luders , and the occupation of the Rothentburtn Pass . A new extraordinary recruitment is ordered throughout the empire , of fifteen recruits to every 10 , 000 inhabitants . A long appeal is made by the official paper of the government to the patriotism of the nation , that they may comply cheerfully with this new call of the emperor , and send their sons with alacrity to fill those gaps in the army which are made by the insurgents .

      It is thought in military circles here , that Paskiewitch in likely to be superseded in Hungary by Prince Woronzoff , the commander-in-chief of the army of the Caucasus . The arrival of Woronzoff at St . Petersburgh on the 21 st inst ., and the very decided tone of displeasure which prevails against Paskiewitch at Warsaw , have probably suggested this expectation .

      GERMANY . Murder cf Patriots . — From Freihurgh we learn that one of lbs captives , M . Dortu , from Potsdam , was executed there on the 31 st ult . M . Dortu . a Prussian by birth , a member of the legal profession , and sergeant in the 21 th Regiment of the Landwehr , had left his native country to join the ranks ofthe Badish insurgents , whom he had actively aided in opposing the progress of the Prussian troops . Hs was captured , tried , and shot . M . Dortu died with great courage and devotion , assuring the soldiers who were commanded to shoot him he did cot care for his life , though he wished his life had been spared to enable him to continue fi ghting for the cause which he had espoused . On the place of execution be bared his breast , and , saying * Take a good aim , my brethren , ' he fell at the first discharge of the Prussian rifles .

      The ' German Gazette announces in a supplement , and the' Cologne Gazette' for the 5 th gives it also on the authority of the former , that Professor Kinkell ( of Bonn ) was shot on the 2 nd , by virtue of his sentence as pronounced by a court martial . Other executions were expected to follow . Later advices from Germany contradict the report of the execution of Professor Kinkel . He is a prisoner at Rastadt .

      FRANCE . Paws , Friday . —In the Assembly to day , M . Raspail put the question of which he had given notice , as to some alleged misconduct on the part of the governor of the prison of Doullens . M . Raspail stated that bis father , having been condemned by the court at Bourges , had been confined at Doullens . Of this he did not complain . He was undergoing his imprisonment without lamenting ; but he was much grieved at being deprived of those scientific occupations that had been the chief solace of bis

      hie . A few days ago he had been deprived by the governor of the gaol of all his books , papers , and instruments . M . Raspail was editing a scientific journal at the time , and the deprivation of his papers would not allow him to honour the engagement into which he had entered . It was against this arbitrary proceeding that M . Raspail , jun ., now protested in the name of his father . The Minister of the Interior replied , that he was sorry to see that there was much exaggeration in M . Raspail ' s statement . No scientific , but only political , papers were taken from the prison of his father .

      Here the incident terminated by the vote of the order of the day . A tremendous scene then followed in the Chamber , caused by the recall to order of General Gourgaud , who had interrupted M . Lagrange in a speech made by the latter on the subject of pensions to be granted to the father and mother of the procureur of Lodeve who was murdered some time since . M . Lagrange did uot oppose the pensions , but vsisawl to know why pensions were not also granted to the conquerors of February . General Gourgaud cried out , ' C ' est une surprise . ' " Whereupon he was called to order amidst great uproar . General Gourgaud got up to the tribune to explain . He said he had only replied in his interruption to the term vaingueur ,

      used by M . Lagrange . There had been no conquerors , for there had been no combat , There had been no firing , except at the Chateau d'Eau , where several unfortunate soldiers had been basely murdered in their corps de garde . Great cries succeeded the speech , and amidst the uproar the ordre dujour was voted . A long agitation succeeded . M . Beaune was seen to enter into strong expostulations , in the midst of the Chamber , with a member of the right . Several groups were formed , and much commotion shown in each . M . O . Barrot rushed to the tribune , where he remained long without being able to get a hearing . He at last was able to state ( hat he was not certain this scene had not been anticipated , and the Assembly would not reject the motion it was asked to adopt . It was ultimately adopted .

      It was scarcely to be supposed that the Pope ' s demands , and those of his camarilla , could be pushed so far as to disgust M . d'Harcourt ; yet so it is . This diplomatist has returned to Paris , to advise with ministers as to the means of putting an end to the resistance now openly offered to French councils at Gaeta . M . d'Harcourt also complains of M . deCorcelles and General Oudinot , who , he says , seem determined to oppose all his suggestions . The cabinet met yesterday to discuss the matter , and the only remedy as yet found has been to request MM . de Fal' . oux and Moatalembert to address letters of expostulation to Pins the IX . at Gaeta . This has baen done , and a courier left last night with these letters . The President of the Republic returned last evenins at half-past five , from his tour in the west .

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      Saturday . —Yesterday M . Passy made his finan ' eial statement . He acknowledged that a deficit of 550 millions is yawning like a gulph before the government . To fill it up , he proposes a loaa of 200 millions , besides other measures , including new taxes , of which the detail is not yet made known . Jean Sournet , one of the most ardent disciples of the Fourier school , appeared before the Paris Policecourt on Saturday to answer a charge of having distributed p rinted papers in the streets without a licence . These papers were entitled , ' St . Resurrection , ' Universal Felicity , ' and ' Cry of Distress . ' He was sentenced to imprisonment for six days . '

      M . Duchene , responsible editor ofLe Peuple , ' was yesterday again condemned by default to five years' imp risonment , and 6 , 000 f fine , for having published articles on the 9 th , 10 th , and 11 th May last , exciting the citizens to hatred of the government , to civil war , disobedience to the laws , & c . M . Duchene is in the prison of Saiute Pelagic . The ' Moniteur' publishes a decree , signed by the President of the Republic , summoning the Councils-General to open their session on the 27 th inst ., and to close it on the 10 th of September , throughout the departments of the Republic . The councils of each arrondissement are to meet on the 16 th of September , and to continue their sittings for five days .

      Paris , Monday , —The government , after shuffling and shifting from excuse to prevarication , has consented to meet the interpellations of M . Armand , which were accordingly brought forward in the Chamber this afternoon . A cabinet council was held at the Elysee this morning , when it was proposed to stave off the inquiry , but the Minister of Foreign Affairs was shamed into consenting to let the matter take its course by the advice of his cob leagues . As soon as the subject was brought forward , the President of the Assembly announced that M . Jules Favre , De Moiitalenibert , E . Arago , and others of note , bad inscribed their names to speak on this subject . M . Armand unfortunatel y did not perform bis task so well as we might have hoped .

      He merely told the Chamber what 'they full Well knew , that the French Republic had sneaked to Rome under false pretences ; that its only object was to upset the Roman Republic and establish the temporal authority of the Pope . He upbraided the government with having sent troops to Rome to destroy a Republic precisely similar to its own in every respect , and emanating from the same sources . "M . de Tocqueville delivered a lengthy and shuffling reply . After which , M . Jules Favre delivered a brilliant speech attacking the Minister and exposing the falsehoods and crimes ofthe government . He spoke for more than an hour and a half , when complaining of fatigue , and having a great deal more to say , the debate was adjourned , and the Chamber rose at a quarter to seven o ' clock . "

      M . Furet , formerly editor of the ' Republicain' of Rouen and the ' Republicain' of Havre , and who a short time ago was condemned by the Court of Assizes of the Seine Inferieure to eight months' imprisonment , for being mixed up in the secret society called Solidarite Republieaine , has just been arrested at Paris . Paris , Wednesday . —The debate on the affairs of Italy has finished , as was expected , in a vote in favour of the Ministry . The Assembly voted the trder of the day pure and simple by a majority of 428 to 176 , being a majority in favour of Ministers of 252 . The selection of the twenty . five members of the Assembly who are to be entrusted with the care of convoking the Assembly in case of need during the prorogation , is all from the Conservative party .

      Tiie preliminary investigations relative to the affairs of the 13 ih of June are now closed . Seventy , two persons have been ordered for trial , among whom are thirty-three representatives . Thirty-seven of the accused have been set at liberty for want oi evidence . Forty-five inhabitants of Montlugon have been committed for trial under a charge ot having been implicated in the insurrectionary movements of the 13 th of June . Amongst them are three mayors , the son of a mayor , an ex-mayor , a deputy-mayor , a barrister , three coffeehouse-keepers , and a rural postman . The remainder are either operatives , field labourers , or vinedressers .

      Fourteen inhabitants of the department of the Haut-Rhin , amongst whom are some of the wealthiest proprietors , have been committed for trial on a charge of having been engaged in the insurrectionary movement of the 13 th ol June . General Gemeau , the commander of the garrison of Lyons , has , by virtue of the authority with which he is invested , in consequence of the state of siege , closed five shops opened in Lyons by the Society of United Operatives tor the sale of bread , wine , groceries , pork , butchers' meat , & c . *

      BELGIUM . A letter from Brussels , of August 5 , states that M . Armelhni , the Roman Triumvir , has arrived in that city . He spent part of his youth there , and is married to the daughter of a Belgian physician . SWITZERLAND . Letters from Berne , of the 2 d , announce the opening of the session extraordinary of the Federal Assembly on the preceding day . It approved unanimously of the levy of troops which had been made . The question of the refugees was referred to a com . mittee of seven members . General Dufour was to be sworn in as Commander-in-Chief on the following day . A letter from Geneva announces that M . Mazzini is in that city .

      A letter from Berne ofthe 3 rd inst . mentions that Gen , Duf ) ur has published an address to the troops under his command , in which he tells them that their duty for the present is merely to guard their frontiers ; but that should a foreign enemy violate their territory , he was confident that the sons of old Helvetia would prove that they had hot degenerated from their ancestors . The Swiss directory , on learning that the French government tras about to expel / rom France a great number of Polish and German refugees who had

      taken part in the late political events , has demanded of the Federal Council to take measures to prevent their entrance into Switzerland , and the government of Berne has already ordered the prefects of the froniier districts of that canton to prevent the entry of any refugees coming from France . The Federal Council has also requested the authorities of the different cantons not to give any passports to refugees who may be residing there , for the purposs of removing into other cantons until a decision baa been come to with regard to them .

      ITALY . A report was current in Florence that Garibaldi had defeated a large Austrian corps which had attempted to arrest his progress . He had afterwards , it was said , marched slowly in the direction of Rimini , whilst the Austrians were occupied in burying their dead . Four of Garibaldi ' s officers , who abandoned the legion on the strength of General Morris's promises of a free pardon , safe conduct , and pecuniary assistance , obtained passports for Rome from the local authorities of Ovvieto , but all in vain ; the French general's promises went for nothing , and he ordered the four , oflleers to lift conducted as P m « im to Rome by an escort . . , v - - ,

      The operations of the police are most arbitrary , and are alternately directed by priests , spies , and French officers , independently of each other . A young exile from Vicenza , who supports her family at Rome by her tale . it for music , had become 8 great favourite at the cafes and places of public resort by the enthusiasm with which she sung the national airs in vogue during the republic , but on applying to the police authorities for permission to continue her avocation , she was ordered to sing nothing but opera music , and in that even to avoid such pieces as contained the words " Italia , " patria , " and similar incendiary expressions , besides being careful to from the

      sing nothing Marino Faliero , ' ' Due Foscari , ' and other national subjects , The prudent cantatrke presented a list of nine songs , in order to be surenot to offend ; four of them were condemned , and prohibited by the over-careful . French police . On Monday evening the ' Viceinina' sung again for the first time after the entry . of the French ; she w ? s dressed in mourning , and the Romans crowded round her , but her voice was' not so sweet as it was before . ' The audience groaned with evident ' disapprobation on finding that the performance concluded without the inspiring notes of the ' Marseillaise , ' « Air arm ! , Italian ! , ' or' Vive la Republica . '

      Garibaldi with his troops ( among whom are Ciceroacchio , with his two sons , Father Bassi , and Mar-: rocheti , ) after having beaten the AustrianS i has thrown himself again fnto . Romagno , by Terra del Sol ; and the Austrians are following him . Father Ventura has embarked at Civita Vecehia , on his way to London , with Guzzala and other excommunicated priests . VENICE . —The correspondent of the « Risorgimento' states that the besieged would hold out so long as they had any provisions left . They had of late strengthened their second line qt defence . The

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      Austrians had abandoned the siege works on the aide of Brandolo , on account of the fever , which decimated their ranks . The commander of the Aus . trian fleet had notified his determination not to allow English or French vessels to enter the harbour . RENEWAL OFTHE WAR IN CIRCASSIA . THE

      RUSSIANS DEFEATED . The war in the Caucasus has been renewed with great activity bv the Circassians'since they became Iware of the Russian invasion of Hungary . Sheik Mahomet , the emissary of Schamyl , had assembled on the right wing of the Caucasian line a considerable army , with which he advanced towards the Labs , in - ordw to incite the tribes at peace with the Russians to join him . General Kowaleski haa only seven companies of infantry , 2 , 000 Cossacks , and ten cannon m readiness to oppose this force . On the left wing Naib Talgik was at the bead of a strong band , and on the 17 th of June repelled an incursion over the Argun by a detachment under Colonel

      Circassianpilgrims , whohad arrived at Trebwond , on their way to Mecca , stated that several of the extensive works of fortifications constructed by the Russians in the Caucasus had fallen lately into the hands ofthe Circassians , and been destroyed , iney instanced , particularly , the bastions lately erected between Chedshene and Terbenjik , which were completely razsd by the Circassians of Chedsene in May . They also affirmed that the fortress of Acsti , which the Russians bad conquered in the past year , was now again in the hands of Schamyl .

      TURKEY . Bosnia , July 31 . — The insurgents , to the number of 12 . 000 , have quitted Posvityd , and have arrived at Bihac , where they summoned the Pacha Biscevie to open the city gates , the pacha replied that he could do so only by order of the Sultan , upon which the insurgents attacked the fortress . The pacha has been defending the fortress , for three days with his adherents , which do not exceed 300 in number . They have been obliged to have recourse to their cannon , and the pacha has sent to demand assistance from Bosnia ; : unhappily the government of Bosnia is unable to comply immedi .

      ately , being obliged in the first instance to procure orders from Constantinople . Mahomed Bey and Effendi Bey have fled to Ostraca , where they haveentrenched themselves . A price has been set upon the head of Keric , the principal of the insurgents . An attempt has already been made to assassinate him , which , however , proved abortive .

      CANADA . Feeling in Favour op ' Annexation . '—A Montreal correspondent of the' Spectator' mentions symptoms of the'increasing feeling in favour of annexation'to the United States . The writer refers to a paper in the ' Minerve , ' a French Canadian journal , which is the recognised organ of M . Lafontaine ' s government . The editor of the ' Minerve * begins by bantering the ' Montreal Herald ' , and the Canadian Tories for their recent adhesion to , annexation principles ; avows his own approval of them , on many grounds ; and cites a published letter by the American General Sjott , who expresses the opinion that annexation will be brought about in the fulness

      of time—that it ought not to be promoted by under , hand means , but will befal with the concurrence of the British government , . and that it will be advantageous to all parties . General Scott holds an opinion which we find extensively reflected in the better sort of American journals . The writer says : — ' All the English newspapers in Lower Canada are now , more or less , the advocates ot annexation . In Upper Canada , annexation is the fashionable doctrine . Tbroughout the province , even amongst the very few who are now sincerely attached to the British connexion , annexation to the United States is felt and

      admitted to be the only probable , and above all the only effectual solution of our troubles and difficulties . The whole 1 ) 500 miles of colony from Gaspe to Detroit is beggared by the disturbed state of our politics ; the restoration of peace , order , and prosperity , out of the materials at our own disposal , seems to he impossible ; . and the commonest as well as the most reflecting minds see no end of party warfare here , and its depressing effects on trade and the value of propeaty , except through our absorption into the great and prosperous confederation of Republics , from which we are only separated by the St ; Lawrence .

      UNITED STATES . The slavery question is beginning to assume a very formidable aspect . It would appear from the account given in the ' Evening Post' of the proceedings in a Whig convention at Cleveland , that tbroughout the union an effort is to he made to give prominence to the slave question in the elections for Congress : The convention was organised at eleven a . m . on the morning of the 13 th of July by the appointment of Judge Tappan , of Ohio , as President ; Harmon Kingsbury of Illinois , F . D . Parish , of Ohio , and Henry Ellsworth , of Indiana , as vice-presidents ; and Joel Tiffany , of Cleveland , and George Hoadley ,

      of Cincinnati , as secretaries . A committee of five was then appointed to draft resolutions to report to the convention . The Cleveland papers do not publish the resolutions , but the' Plain Dealer' gives the following synopsis : —' Resolution 1 endorses Jefferson ' s proviso . 2 . Slavery considered a moral and political evil , and it is the duty of government to re * strain it . 3 . Not heard . 4 . President Taylor , by auowing his name and influence in favour of extending slavery at the last session of Congress ( as charged by Giddings" ) , violated his pledges to the

      people . 5 . Relates to an union of all opposed to slavery . 6 . Recognises in Congress the power to legislate over slavery in the territories . 7 . Relates to the district of Columbia , and goes for abolition thfre , or for the removal of the capital to a free state . 8 . Affirms the platform at Buffalo . 9 . Re . joices in the prospective alliance of democrats and free . soilers . 10 . Benton is sustained . 11 . Sustains the organisation of the free-soil party . Speeches were made during the morning session by ILL . Ellsworth and J . W . Taylor .

      In the afternoon the crowd was much larger , and speeches were listened to from I . R . Giddings , Mr . E . Pardee , of Wayne county ; Willey , of Maine ; Judge Spalding , and John Van Buren . Letters were received by the committee from Hon . Martin Van Buren , Hon . H . Clay , Hon . John A . Dix , Cassius M . Clay , and others , all approving of the object of the convention , except Mr . Clay . Mr . Clay , to our surprise aud disappointment , indirectly censures the movement as calculated to minister * to the prevailing excitement , ' which is * now unfortunately agitating the whole union . ' Our accounts contain the following reply addressed by the American Secretary of State to a memorial praying that the independence of Hungary might be recognised : —

      ' TO MR . L . R . BREISACH , NEW YORK . ' Department of State , Washington , June 25 ; ' Sir , —I am requested by the President to acknowledge the receipt of your letter to him , of the 9 th inst ., and the printed account of the proceedings of the meeting of the Hungarians and others , in New York . These proceedings have not escaped attention . The government and people of this country are profoundly interested in the events Vfhich axe now passing in Hungary , and any information calculated to throw light on the present struggle between that country and Austria and Russia cannot fail to be welcome . It is the policy ami practice of the United States to recognise all governments which exhibit to the world convincing proofs of their power to maintain themselves . If Hungary sustain herself in this unequal contest , there is no reason why we should not reeosnise her

      independence . Congress , it is believed , would sanction such a measure , and this government would be most happy in this event to enter into commercial as well as diplomatic relations with independent Hungary . ' I am , Sir , respectfully , your obedient servant , John M . Clayton . ' An Hungarian envoy , Count Vos , was at Washington , and it is slated that the Cabinet had taken steps to procure the necessary information for decision touching the Magyar nationality . Colonel Benton was about to start for the Presidency .

      The cholera appears to have become less virulent and destructive . Generally throughout the cities , in New York , in Cincinnati , and in St . Louis , a diminution of mortality had bean noted . The deaths were still numerous , however ; on the 24 th ult . there were 33 in New York . At Milwaukie , Wisconsin , free baths had been erected by the citizens for the use of emigrants arriving there . At St . Louis the disease was diminishing . In the week ending Sunday , July 22 nd , there were 229 deaths from cholera , and 136 from other diseases . Compared with the week ending the 15 th this shows a decline of 401 deaths from Cholera ! and forty-six from other diseases . At St . Louis and Cincinnati when the pestilence was at its worst the young men there , or such of them as enjoyed good , health , enrolled themselves in associations Cor fee relief , yf the sick and destitute . In this way

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      much good was done , and many lives were saved . A serious steam-boat collision had occurred off Galveston . At Charleston two negroes , convicted merely of an assault on some white labourers , had been sentenced to death . A ship canal from the St . Lawrence to Lake Champlam was in contemplation . A . cotton factory , the first of its kind in the vicinity , had been , erected in northern Ohio . Generally manufacturing . industry appears to be spreading in the southern States , At St . Louis riots had occurred , originated amongst the Irish population . The struggle became sectional ,, and hundreds took sides with the respective partiesthe north and south Irish . Several persons were severely injured ; but the ringleaders were punished . .

      From Texas we have accounts exhibiting a curious state of society . On'the 4 th ult ., a man was shot in tlie streets of Brownsville by a desperado natred Dwyer . A man named Jack Mills , having mur . dered a respectable citizen of the Rio Grande city , by deliberately shooting him down with hisrei volver at a fandango , had been lynched By the Mexican inhabitants of the place . A meeting was held , resolutions determining " upon Mills ' s extermination were passed , and a committee appointed to carry the resolutions into effect , which they did most fatally , by perforating his body with full thirty balls . Accounts from Florida announce that an attack , had been made upon the settlement at Indian River , South Florida , by the Seminole Indians , and state that the settlers had all fled in

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      WEST INDIES . The intelligence brought by the Jamaica mail per the '' Teviof steam-ship , is particularly interesting . Correspondence from this island of the 8 th of July , mentions that a dissolution of the General Assembly of the island had taken place .: Tlie Legislature was called together on the 20 th of June , when the aOvernor , 5 ir Charles Grey , addressed them in a very lengthy speech . The Assembly made a very short and respectful reply , expressing their readi * ness and desire to commence and proceed with j } ie business of the celony , but at the same time stating that the measure of retrenchment would have precedence of all others . A motion was made in the

      house by Mr . Osborn , one of the members for St . Andrew's , and of the King ' s House , ©^ Government party , to proceed with the unfinished busines s ef the several prorogued sessions . This was powerfully opposed by the country party , and the following amendment , proposed by Dr . Spalding , was carried by nineteen to eleven : —That , as there seema to be no disposition on the part of her Majesty's government to ' afford the redress so urgently prayed for and demanded by this house and the people , as set forth in various memorials and petitions , but , on the contrary , every desire has been evinced to continue the present extravagant expenditure which tho impoverished condition of the inhabitants

      renders it impossible longer to sustain , the house cor . siders that it will best consult the rights and interests of their conetituency by abstaining from any attempt at the further exercise of legislative functions until the people shall have expressed their decision on the course which has been hitherto pursued by the house . " This resolution , which was opposed in all its stages through the committee and the hoHse , was ultimately agreed to and sent over to the Governor by a committee on the 7 th of July . Immediately after his Excellency commanded the attendance of the house in the Council Chamber ,

      when having addressed both branches , he forthwith dissolved the Assembly , This event was anxiously looked for by the country party , who are sanguine that in the next Assembly their numbers will be greatly increased . The days had been named for the several elections , and alt the writs were returnable by the 2 nd of September . In circles competent to judge , it was confidently stated , that the new Assembly-would contain a still larger number of the advocates for retrenchment than the old one , ar . d that more sweeping measures would be laid before the Council .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 11, 1849, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11081849/page/2/