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    October 17. I34C. THE NORTHERrO TAR, ^

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    October 17. I34c. The Northerro Tar, ^

    October 17 . I 34 C . THE NORTHERrO TAR , ^

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    " And I will war , at leasti * words , { And—should my chance so happen—deeds , ) With all wli « war wi th Thought !" I think I bear a little bird , who sings TSfce people byand by will bethe stronger . -Btrox . IS FRANCE A NATION OR A DYNASTY ? The Bien Public , of the 4 th instant , published an article on the Montpcnsier marriase , from the pen of the celebrated poet and deputy , M . Lamahtixe . "Do we wish , " says M . de lamartinc , " to baa nation or do we wish to be a dynasty ! We would wish , at pre-Stnt , to explain as clearly as possible to our readers of Mio S-ione and Loire the question of elevated diplomacy which is agitating tbe public mind—which is causing Cabinets to totter—which is inflaming the journalswhich is dissolving , in fact , the English alliance—which

    is reviving the extinguished embers of factions in Spain — which is launching a new Pretender amongst the Carlist mountains of the Peninsula , and which is reducing the value of stock on the Bourse of Paris—that thermometer of European tempests—to an unusual price . This question appears trifling , because in appearance it regards the marriage of a young Prince and a child . It is immense in reality , because it reveals an entire policy . An Italian poet of tbe middle age , who was at the same -time a statesman , imagined a strange and atrocious punishment . It was that of two nun united by supernatural force in one body , possessing two natures and two contrary wills , contending with tbe same members in a perpetual strangle , condemned to endure fatally the interior and exterior combat of these twe will *—to hate

    each other , to repel each other , aud to approach eternally without having the power of ever arreting or of separating . This punishment represents to us with sufficient accuracy tbe intestine struggle which has continued since tli 3 revolution of July between the two spirit * which are disputing for empire in our Government ol two heads ; we allude to the dynastic spirit and to the national spirit , the Genius of the uld Monarchy and oi young Liberty- Such an image can never represent ths mutual connexion between France and her dynasty . The marriage of the Duke de Montpcnsier is , however , the symptom of a tendency to this struggle . Let us judge the fact . The journals of a dynastic shade who reduce the question to a question purely Ministerial , vrliilst thev approve the marriage in the abstract , turn it

    as much as they can against the Ministry , and seek to blame the manner in which this negotiation was conducted . According to us , tboss journals are iu error . The negotiation , at first slow , secret , patient , then -cHan-ins : its nature at the proper moment , and becoming all at « n « sudden , unespDCted , violent , and provoking , like a coup d'Hai , is worthy of tbe genius of a Machiavel or of a Ilicbelicu , if it be considered in the point of view of the interest in which it has been conceived . There is -nothing to be said against , or nothing to be blamed in , the conduct of those who invented and perpetrated the conclusion of this affair , so mysterious and at the same time so theatrical . Cardinal Mazarin could not have better entangled or better unravelled the threads whilst concealing his hand . It is excellent Italian diplomacy .

    In this point ofviewthi conduct of the French calinet is admirable . Let us , therefore , be just to i ' . s adversaries , let us applaud when tbe act is well performed . But let us examine it thoroughly , and see whether the nation ought to rejoice at this pretended triumph of its diplomacy in Spain . According to the European public law . Hie crowns of Trance and Spain ought to be separate . This is the entire spirit of tbe treaty of Utrecht , which terminated the war of twelve years called tlie war of succession . This treaty defeated the entire policy of Louis XIV * . He bad expended his treasures ana thy blood of Franca in order that his grandson should reign in Spain , in order that there should be no Pyrenees , and that the brow of a Bourbon might one day wear two crowns , life-Charles V . and bis son . The treaty of Utrecht was an

    extraordinary and painful abdication ot this ambition of j the House of Bourbon . It left , it is true , a Bourbon on the throne of Spain , but on condition that Spain and Franca should renounce for ever the right of incorporating each other into tbe same monarchy under one TtoyaTry . The Bourbons , therefore , gained something by the treaty of Utrecht , but France nothing . The French monarchy was condemned not to possess Spiin , except On the cdndition of conquering and defending her conqnest against all Europe . But we have seen under Sapoleon , whose military genius was fully equal to that of Louis XIV ., bow Spain is conquered , and how it is preserved . This was diplomatically the state of affairs from 1713 , tbe date of the treaties of Ctrecht , until 1 S 4 U . the date of the Duke de Montpsnsier ' s

    marriage . What signifies , therefore , this marriage , considered with respect to the familyl It si-niines that a Trince of the House of Bourbon , of France , espouses a Princess of the House of Bourbon , of Spain ; in other words , that a cousin espouses a cousin—neither more nor less;—a family affair , useful , agreeable , and illustrious on both sides , ou which the two branches may congratulate each other , and honour themselves for tb- ; purity of their blaod . but nothing more . Considered in a point of Tiew of political eventualities and of the fusion of the interests and the Crowns—of the war of succession—of the treaty of Utrecht—of the formal and reiterated renunciations—tbe marriage is perfectly indifferent to the two nations ; the Pyrenees subsist . But have wc the right to say that in a political point of view this union , and the ;

    ideas it reveals , are equally indifferent to Fr . mce ' Let us see . First , does France attach to it an ambitions signification ? aad can she flatter herself that one day tlie Spanish monarchy wiH fallinto her band by tbe right of a Prince of the dynasty of July , and as ajowel of tbe dowry of the Princess he weds ? If the Prance of July thought so , she would be as decrepit as the France of 1713 revived . She could not have assisted at her own revolution , or she must have assisted at it without having comprehended the sense . The entire sense of the revolution of ideas , of law , and of fact , which have been effected in Europe within a century , may be comprised within those two lines . " That nations are no longer patrimonies or properties which follow their possessors , as a . hoasi or a field follows the civil proprietor ; and that

    no Prince or no Princess can bring as a marriage portion , or bequeath as an inheritance , a people , —a nation , —an empire , or even a geographical parcel whatever of a province or a hamlet . " Man has reconquered himself ; nations belong to themselves alone . This is the entire revolution of ideas , of morals , of public law , as well as of modern diplomacy . You might produce to the Cartes of Spain , to tbe French Chambers , or to an European Congress , 100 , 090 articles of a marriage contract or of a will , which wouldsettle or bequeath Spain as a dowry or as au inheritance to France , and not one Spaniard would follow yon , nor one Frenchm-m draw a sword to defend bis pretended shameful tight over tbe human species , -and not a diplomatist would reply othersvise than by a smile of pity . We are no longer in thepfcriod when Philip

    IV . placed a kingdom in the apron of his daughter . What signifies , therefore , tbe marriage as regards the geographical and national aggrandizement of France ! Hothing- or , at most , an idea of another century displaced into the present century . But , although this union cannot in reality produce any profitable eventuality , it may nevertheless become the pretext for a rivalry amongst Courts . It is a subject of umbrage between Cabinets , and is an umbrage which they will in crease designedly . Tbat is" the evil . But , see what , psrhaps , it signifies as regards political influence . Here thequestionbecomes more serious , and the mind resumes all its gravity in considering it . And first , let us understand of what n & ture is the influence to which we refer . It is the influencs of one family with another , of one

    -Court witb another more closely connected by tbrse kinds of unions ! Is it of an influence of one nation with another united by common interest , by geographical analogy , or by a consolidation of independence of liberty , and of similar institutions f If you sp-ak of the Court influence , no doubt the bringing nearer the two reigning families for a moment give some apparent intimacy to the policy of the two Courts . Tberemaybe between the palaces of Aranjuea and Xeuilly some correspondence and some relations which may permit some councils and even some ascendancy of the Court of the TuiUiries over that ofjMadrid . And remark , that we speak here only of hsaonrable an-1 legitimate influence such as might be exposed to the light of the sun , God iorbidthatwe should allude to those secret intrigues ,

    aad to those Tiberian mysteries of the palace , with which the British Ministerial press denies its pages ft propos of the Queen of Spain ' s marriage—of this in-£ * mous calculation as to the weakness of a husband—of tbat plot against the frukfulucss of a wife and Queenof that crime against youth of that sacrilege against nature ! We admit none such ; our opposition has no need of calumny and dishonours not what it combats , The mere supposition of tbe complicity of the Royal family of France with such abject intrigues , is sufficient to cause us to repel such an hypothesis with disgust . If this family is Eoyal in France by the eminence of its nature , it is particularl y so by its family virtues and its modesty , which the English journals accuse it of having iguominiously profaned at Madrid . We speak , therefore ,

    only of an honourable influence , and such assendancy as is permitted . "Well , all that is entirely domestic , and ; produces no national advantage . For what bsaring can family relations , or the relationship of Princes , , Lave on the conduct of a nation , or on stri-: oas political transactions during tlie period j in width we live ! Ask it of Marie Antoinette , ! the daughter and tbe sister of an Emperor ' Of Germany , dying on the scaffold in Paris without ! the empire stirring in time to defend or avenge htr ! Ask ! Sfaria Louisa , the daughter of an Emperor of Austria ,: dethroned by her own father J Ask Caroline of Naples , ; who made peace with the republic which retained her j sister in its dungeons ! Ask it of that family of Portugal ,: where the uncle and the niece , the father and the sister ,

    thet-rother-iu-luw and the sister-in-law , tear to pieces the throne and their honour , whilst they are waiting an opportunity to deprive each other of life 1 Demand it of tbat family of Spaiu itself which during forty years has iieen destroying tbe monarchy by its domestic s'rife . Demand it of all histories , and of all periods , and of all crowned beads 1 They wBl all reply by the spectacle of the vanity and ingratitude of blood . " Upon tbe throne , and about the throne , there are no relations , they are only princes . " That is true . Why , therefore , do jou pretend to attach such a value to family connexion , of which Snsiory , Europe , and yourself know so well the puerility ! Of two things , one ; this marriage is purely domesticand in such case you should not present it to the natioa as political , and make It an act of the Government j or this njwtfage , j | polUiMJ —« uj NPPtfSI j ) sj ^ ep ^ ^ aflt *

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    anee , a national ambition for France , and in tbat case you ought to submit it to the Chambers and consult the nation . Spain , one thousand times le s constitutional Vwn you , did well . Are we descended lower in tbe scale of national governments than Spain ! Ah , no doubt more intimate relations witb Spain , under every form , would and ought to be one of the elements of Frenih ascendancy in the south of Europe ; but it was by the affinity of the two nations , by the fraternity of the two liberties , by the consolidation of their mutual independence , and of their two constitutions , that France ought to identify herself nationally , and not by the affinity of the two families . Why , therefore , did you not do so when Spain in her extremity extended her arms towards France ? Was it tbat the eves of tbe French Cabinet

    were not opened until the young Queen was . marriageable , and that her sister , endowed villi so many expectations reached her 14 th year of her age ? A singular coincidence that the existence of the Spanish monarchy is not perceived until it has a daughter to marry 1 Strange policy which abandons Spain ten years to her calamities , to her deeomposition , to her deluge of civil blood , to her subordination to England , to the terrible oscillations which by turns overthrew tbe throne and liberty , and that she ' suddenly claims her on the day when I know not what matrimonial eventuality begins to shine in a false light' At this precise moment , tbe slumbering policy of the French Cabinet an akes ; its councillors recover their au dacity ; and their prudence deserts them ! Sixtus Quintus never more resolutely threw away his crutches at the moment when he thought he might seize on the object of his ambition , than the Council of Ministers castaway the pen which signed , during fifteen year ? , so many acts of condescension to England , and so manv acts of deference to Europe .

    Here M . de Lamartinc proceeds to review the foreiini policv of the French government during the last nftoon roars , lie avows that he approves of all the acts of moderation of the French government excent two : — ' The shameful and ruinous concealment of France in ISSOandin lSlO . in the eastern question : an j the non-intervention in Spain in ! S 3 GtolS 39 when the counter-revolution , anarchy , and a military dictatorship were causing the destruction , under our hand , of the liberty of a nation , and the nationality of a people whom we are bound to assist . " lie next

    returns to tllC main question and laughs at the idea of an universal monarchy by marriage . " It is no longer a time for family compacts , it is a time for compacts amongst nations . " lie shows that France could not apnrehend an English , Austrian , Prussian , or Russian marriage alliance with the Spanish throne : and that for her own interests France had test have supported theselection of some of those German non-entities [ like Queen Victoria ' s Prince Albert ] " who are destined to ascend thrones without reigning there . " lie thus concludes t— |

    To defend the ' eause of Spanish independence and prosperity against all the world and against ourselves—to defend and protect her constitutional liberty—to ally ourselves by ideas , by gratuituous services , by a conformity of maritime inierests , by an armed patronage , and , if necessary , to marry the two nations , and not the two thrsnes—that would have been a grand policy , that would have been true diplomacy , that would havejbecn thp nuptual benediction of a common revolution and of an indivisible liberty ! We enterinto quite another road . It will lead the country and the dynasty where God only knows . TVe have no pretensions to the sad gift of prophecy ; we confine ourselves to conjecture . And , now , suppose that England , accustomed durin . ' fifteen years to so much obsequisness and humility from our Ministers , feclsherself profoundly humiliated in a much more

    important matter by a diplomatic lejer-dt-matn , which between ourselves subjects her rather to the ridicule of the observing European diplomatists — suppose that the acerbity of her resentment is hatching in secret negotiations , and is preparing revenge in Spain and elsewhere ; suppose that she effects the escape of a son of Don Carlos , and procures him a loan in London m order to pay a fifth civil war in the Peninsula ; suppose that shepermits E ? partero to return , like Coriolanns . in the midst of a mutinous soldiery ; suppose that fl ' e Oov , rnment of the Queen should make a farther attack on the constitution and the revolution of Spain , and declare against what has been accomplished ; causing the Government in fact to be counter-revolutionary ; suppose that this Government fall , and flies for a third time , and summons vo-i in the name of your marriage , of

    your family iutiuncy , of your honour , and your pretension to the throne , to support and restore it at Madrid ; suppose tbat Austria and Russia maintain Don Carlos there ; suppose that England supports the Radical , suppose that the nation abhors the Queen aud those who surround her , suppose that Europe defies you to interfere amid such confusion , and makes your intervention a casus oeHt , what will you do S Will you not go 1 You -hall act as cowards , and be dishonoured ! Will you go S You will go , in the name and with the arms of revolutionary France , to restore absolute power!—the Government of the courtier and the priest , and the counter revolution in Spain . Shall you triumph ! Your triumph would be a contradiction of your natureand of your principles , and will convert you into the maintainors of the old si-stem , and the alguazils of the Spanish monarchy ,

    Sha U yo u fall ? You will have expended your gold , and shed ihe bloodof the French nation , to maintain the conseqnences of a purely private interest . The family on tlie throne will have carried with it the nation , without its knowledge and against its will , into its causes , its buniliation . and its disaster . This is exactly what we dread in this affair , a family war , imposed upon a nation by a marriage of private convenience , —a war of succession without the possibility of the advantage of thesuccession—a dowry of European mistrust and jealousy 1 The peace and existing alliances of the country sacrificed to a posthumous fireim of 1713 ; the ascer . dcncy oi the worn out House of Bourbon substituting ; itself , in imagination , for tbe permanent ascendency ef France imperishable and revived by its revolution . And if we regarded the otherpointsoi European policy in Europe and in Asia , bow many other

    complications would we not discover , where the concealed hand of England may envenom the spirit of Cabinets against the ambitious nepotism of the French Cabinet . and change the on- * r . italations of the Tuileries into bitterness , conflicts , and blood ? Royer Coilard , of sagacious memory , observed 20 years since , that" democracy is overflowing . " Is it necessary to besosagacious . toexclaimatpresent , when wesee what is passing , at home—abroad—in tbe Council—in tbe Chambers , in the Cabinets , and amongst the diplomatists of France , " the spirit of the dynasty is carrying us with it ! " Tho nation abdicates , engages itself and loses itself , witb its liberty and its policy , in an interest ill understood , and in a narrow and false family policy ! IVliat conclusion do we draw from this ?—that the nation and the dynasty are radically incompatible ? that we must separate them with violence one from the other , if

    we do not wish tbat one should absorb the other , and that both should perish smothered in a mortal embrace 2 To ! we are aware of the extreme difficulty , but we do not declare the sinister impossibilities of the co-existence of the hereditary monarchy with the sovereign na < tionality , and with the national policy of France , But if this co-existence , which the revolution of July resolved to try once more , is possible in effect , as we expect it is , for the repose of nations , it is possible only on one condition , which is , that the family and dynastic spirit should vanish and disappear completely in presence of the national spirit and interests crowned by the revolution ; or that tbe national spirit and interests should vanish , disappear , aud become subordinate to family ideas and ambition ; there will otherwise be no peace .

    But for who are you in this affair , as well as in all other affairs which regard France ? And which of the two interests do yon wish to see sacrificed ? Is it that of France ? Do you congratulate the Cabinet of the Tuileries on having married the son of the King ? Is it that of the dynasty ? Be afflicted , then , and be uneasy with us . The Cabinet of the Tuileries has abandoned the alliances of the revolution—engaged France—risked peace—sowed rivalries—encouraged civil war in Spaincollected clouds on the Continent—darkened the future prospect—drawn the diplomatic sword—not for a cause , " out for a dowry of difficulties . This dowry will press as heavily on the C > binct of the Tuileries as on the country , and the entire affair is characterized by us in two words —an unfortunate temerity and a giddy deception .

    Switzerland-Insurrection In Geneva. Tbe ...

    SWITZERLAND-INSURRECTION IN GENEVA . Tbe Council of State of the Canton of Geneva having had to pronounce for or against the dissolution of the seven Catholic cantons voted against that league , but in making reservations and stipulating certain conditions , considered by it as a guarantee for the maintenance of peace . The vote excited a strong discontent amongst the movement party , and popular meeting were convoked to protest against it . Proclamations were even published , calling the people to arras , and animated groups began to circulate in the quarter St . Gervais . A first assembly was held on Saturdav , the 3 rd inst ., in the Place du Temple , aud five hundred citizens protested against the

    decision of the Grand Council . They convoked tke people to a meeting for the next day , arid it took place in the church of St . Gervais , 2 , 000 persons being present . M . James Fazy read a protest against the decision of the Grand Council , by which the vote is declared unconstitutional , and as such not binding and null until the Confederation on its constitutional value . This was adopted by a show of hands , and M . James Fazv himself designated twenty-five persons to form " part of a constitutional committee charged to make direct representations to the Vorort . Tlie agitations having assumed a very "rave appearance , the partisans of the government

    placed themselves on Monday at its orders , bui at the same hour a fourth popular meeting tooKplace in the Protestant church of St . Gervais . It presented a more violent aspect than the preceding ones . M . James Fazv was of opinion to delay , saying that the moment Yor acting was not yet come . But on the proposition of M . Samuel Multer , the meeting resolved with cries of liberty or death ! to place on foot 300 armed men to act during the night as the guard of the Faubourg . On its side the government did not remain inactive , as the council of state ordered that five companies of the city and one of the country should be called out . The National

    says— , We learn from & certain source that after the meeting j of St . Gervais , the people raised a cry of— "To arms , **! —and immediately afterwards barricades were formed on bridges of the Rhone . The government wisher ] , in . til fisst iastftuse j to negotiate , but th 9 « one . ? sBioa *>

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    which it proposed being illusory , they were not accepted , and the militia was convoked . Soon afterwards artillery was brought to the Place du Bel Air , and at two o ' clock , on the 7 th , the government summoned tbe insurgents to surrender , and the troops commenced the attack . Four pieces of cannon were directed against tbe barricades , but the insurgents replied by a sharp and well-sustained flro of musketry from every point of the Qaai du IVhone . The combat was continuing with great ardour when these details were sent oft ' .

    SANGUINARY COMBAT-VICTORY OF THE REVOLUTIONISTS . The publication of the Radical protest paralysed the Conservatives , and to arrest its progress the Government determined to lay hands upon the printers and to confiscate the presses . All parties whose signatures were appended to this document , and who were regarded as conspirators , were to be arrested and imprisoned . This extraordinary proceeding and arbitrary exercise of power , provoked the revolt which broke out on the night of the 6 th . Geneva may be said to be composed of a population which may be divided into three parts . The upper town , which is inhabited chiefly by the higher classes ; the lower town , where resides the commercial community , and along which rnns the leftTbank of the Rhone ; and beyond the bridges the Faubourg St . Gervais , inhabited by the bulk of the working classes .

    It was on tbe night of the Cth that the operatives rose en masse , and established barricadoes on the bridges , and on the 7 th the militia attempted to carry them . After about two hundred cannon shot * , and a most determined resistance , the barricades were destroyed . The insurgents , however , entrenched themselves in the Faubourg , and , altliough the militia had been successful in tbe first instance , it was no easy matter to occupy that point . Ihe militia made the attempt on two points , but no sooner was that force perceived at tho entrance of the Faiibours than a deadly fire was commenced from the windows and from the tops of the bouses , which were literally crowded with people . The militia fought resolutely , but as the chiefs who bad led tbe attack were wounded , and some of them mortally , ' no alternative was left bnt to retreat anil reeross the bridiios . The militia , however , retained possession of the lower town , the insurrection being concentrated'in the Faubourg .

    In the night of the 7 th the insurgents set fire to the bridges , and as the population of the lower town was then increased , it roe in its turn . The auxiliary force of the canton of Vaud , composed of Liberals , which arrived about this time , and in great numbers , then lent its aid to the insurrection , and as the militia was threatened on all sides it surrendered and abandoned the contest . The crowning effort of the day was the resignation of the Council of State , which event was followed hy the occupation of the arsenal and all public establishments by the insurgents . The following l etter , describing the progress of ( he revolution at Geneva , is published in Galignani ' s Messenger : — Hotel des llergues , Geneva . October 8 . Havins been an eve-Witness of the recent outbreak at

    Geneva , and learning that many exaggerated reports had been circulated regarding it . I send you an account of tbe circumstances . In consequence of a dispute between the Government and the people , of the merits of which I , as a stranger , do not pretend to form any opinion , the latter determined to maintain what they conceived to be their rights . They accordingly seized the gates , anil took possession of the four bridges across the Rhone , which they strongly barricaded , in ore ' er to cut off the communication between the two ipiarters of the town . All attempts at an accommodation having failed , the fighting commenced yesterday , tlie 7 th , towards three o ' clock , simultaneously at the Porte Conlnvin , on the Place du Bel Air , which commands on « of the bridges : and , finally , at the bridge facing the Hotel des Bergues ,

    where two diligences , forming n barricade , were set on fire and destroyed . The cannonading at tbe . « e several points continued till towards evening , but without producing any decisive result . Last night the four bridges were partially set on fire , and were still burning this morning , but , owing probably to a heavy rain , without sustaining any very considerable damage . A train , however , had bean laid on each , which it was intended to blow np in case the passage should be . attempted . In fact things wore a sufficiently formidable aspect this morning , for we were virtually in a state of siege , and had not the Government not felt themselves obliged to yield , they had decided on firing this quarter of the town , and God only knows what would havo been the result . In anticipation of such an occurrence most of the strangers left the town , which they were permitted to do

    wfth as much baggage as they could carry . I and my family , together witb the undersigned , remained , and we unite in bearing testimony , not only to the irreproachable conduct of the people , who throughout manifested the ntmost forbearance and consideration both for person and property , but also to the extreme civility and attention we have experienced in this hotel , where the propriet- r himself has been the most actively zealous in procuring permits of departure for those who chose to avail themselves of them ; The report of the killed and wounded is so various that it is impossible at present to form a correct estimate of it . We have had one or two narrow escapes here . One ball pierced the shutter room on tho ground . floor , destroying a valuable mirror , and penetrating through an adjoining wall into the room beyond . Tranquillity is at present completely restored , and all further apprehension at an end .

    FORMATION OF A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT . On tbe 10 th tbe peace of the city was no longer disturbed , and business had been pretty generally resumed . A supplement of the Revue de Geneve ot the 10 th contains the following announcement;—This morning , at ten o ' clock , tbe people of Geneva met in general council , and voted unanimously the foU lowing decree : — " The grand council is dissolved . The resignation of the Councilor State is accepted . A provisional government , composed of ten members , shall be immediately elected by the general council . A new grand council is convoked for the 25 th instant . The number of deputies is reduced by one half . The

    electoral colleges of arrondissement are reduced to three —viz ., one for the city , one for the communes of the left bank of the Lnke and of the Rhone ; and one for those of the right bank . The constituent Is conferred on this grand council to prepare a revision of the constitution , to be submitted to the votes of the people . The paid guard shall be disbanded . All the damage done in tbe affairs of the 7 th shall be charged to the Council of State which has resigned , and the officer who commanded in chief the armed force of the Government . " After voting this decree the following persons were unanimously elected for the provisional government : —James Fazy , Louis Rilliett , Leonard Gentin , Border , Francois Janin , Balthasar Decret , Cnstoldi , Pons , lioulimc , Feutanel .

    The Provisional Government issued the following proclamation : — Fellow citizens , —In the midst of the most difficult circumstances , we accept , from devotedness to our country , the task of assuming provisionally the views of Government . With the co-operation of all the citizens , we can accomplish everything for the maintenance of order and public peace without it we can do nothing . Pellow citizens , of every opinion , rally round us for the interest of all . Our charge , which is purely provisional , catenates from a council general of citizens , a-semblcd

    to-day in the Dace du Molard . Constituting ourselves , In consequence a provisional council , we maintain in the existing state the authorilies and administrations . We render each responsible , as far as it is concerned , for the maintenance of public order , and the complete execution of the orders which shall he given to them . We conjure all citizens to maintain by their energetic cooperation public peace , and thus prevent calamities which would press upon all . Fellow citizens , of all parties , have confidence in us , and wait patiently the result of our deliberations , which shall bo carried on ns promptly as possible .

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    The War In Kaffirland, The Cape Of Good ...

    THE WAR IN KAFFIRLAND , The Cape of Good Hope papers to tbe 4 th of August , give much more satisfactory accounts of the progress of the British troops in the Kaflir country than those previously received . Tlie following official despatch from Colonel A . Somerset , describes a smart successful conflict with the Kaffirs across the Kyc river , in which forty of the enemy were killed , and about 5 , 000 head of cattle were captured . The troops under the command of Colonel Hare and of Sir Andreas Stockcnstrora , are also stated , by accounts in the Graham ' s Town papers , to have been successful in tlieir operations in tho Amatola mountains , but no official despatches are published of their successes , and jn . fresh attack was expected to be made at the time the latest accounts- were transmitted : —

    ( From the Oraliam ' s Toten Journal of Aug . I . ) Camp , on the llnnisbie , July 24 . Sib , — Having proceeded , agreeably to the Commander-in-Chiefs instructions , with the several detach - ments of the division under my command on the afternoon of the 27 th inst ., in pvusuit of the Kaffirs , I have the honour to acquaint you , for his Excellency ' s information , that B came up witb the rear of Ihe enemy ' s cattle late m the- afternoon of the-ISth ins 5 .,. going oil'in al 3 haste along the Genoubie Heights . Fseling satisfied thsrt these cattle were those belonging te . Umhala's tribe , J did no * pursue them , being determiiiad not to allow aay

    thing to divert me from my object in . following up Fato- ; I , thero & re , continued my march to the lower passes of the Sya River . Detaching Captain Size ' s battalion by a loww route along the coast I ptwsued them to tho Kye Mies ,, where they had crossed tbe cattle late on the 19 th iiisfc , and where I arrived late on tbe afternooa ef the f / 9 tlu Having received information that the enemy had passed over with all their cattle to tbe east bank of the Eye River , I moved the troops up on . the morning of the 25 « tinst ., when I observed large lierds of cattle on the heights on the opposite bank . Th ' j enemy having posted strong piquets , both mounted ar . d dismounted , at several Points ^ I i rnmediatsly made ' tbo accessary diajosjtions .

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    for crossing the river . In the course of the morning , I was joined by Captain Size ' s battalion , who had captured 270 head of cattle and taken four prisoners . Having placed the guns under Cuptnin Barnaby in position so as to cover tho movements , I directed the Fort Peddie Finsoes , under Mr , Sheprtone , to- move down the bank of the river to the ford . The Burgher forces , under Commandments Linde and Muller , having also moved down to the ford , Cnptnin Napier , with Captain Bonovan ' s squadron of Cape Mounted Rifles , moved in support .

    These arrangements being effected , I directed the wholt of these troops to cross . The movements were effected m the most spirited manner by the whole of the force employed . In consequence of the impoverished state of tin horses , the Burgher forces were obliged to move on foot . Observing , also , large droves of cattle passing along the lower banhs of tlie river , I moved tivo companies of Captain Size ' s battalion down the bank of the river to tin southward , directins ; Captain Melville's company to proceed up tho river and enter a large kloof on the opposite side .

    As the Fingoes advanced , I observed the piquets and detachments of the enemy retiring and proceeding to . wards the large bodies of the cuttle on the heights . Tho troops continued to push on , attacking the Kaffirs wherever they found them , und I had the satisfaction , in a very short time of observing the several detachments acting against tlie enemy , returning in possession of lai-g- ; drov .-s of cattle belonging to the chief Pato . A body of Commandant Linda ' s Burghers , undirC-jptain Groonwaldt , were sharply engaged with the enemy , and their spirited leader was unfortunately wounded by a musket ball through the arm . The enemy seeing thcinselves hard pressed , drove the cattle into several deep kloofs , n-here they were followed by the Fingoes und r Mr . Shepstone , who with his men were twice surrounded by the enemy ; each time they disengaged themselves in the most spirited manner , and secured large num . of cattle . Captain Donovan ' s squadron' m . irulied on in support , and secured a drove of about 500 head ol cattle .

    the detached companies of Curtain Size ' s battalion , who had entered the deep kloofs below tlie ford , succeeded in capturing a drove of 1 , 500 head of cuttle , which tliey seized from the enemy . I had directed the whole of tho troops to return across the river before nightfall , and by five p . m . I had the satisfaction of seeing the whole of the troops ( with the exception of Captain Melville ' s company , which had crossed higher up the river ) returning in possession of large droves of cattle . 1 took the necessary precaution of sending a supporting force of thu Cape Mounted Hides

    down to the ford to assist in crossing with thccattle , and by six I ' m ., I had the whole of the captured cattle , about 4 , 000 Ileai , safe in my camp . Early on the 1 ' olloning morning I detached 100 nicn of Captain Sizt's battalion to the ford in support of Captain Melville , whom 1 had observed spiritedly engaged with the enemy , and in possession of about 1 , 000 head of cattle and a few horses . Captain Melville joined me with the cattle , about ten a . m ., aud having been the whole morning engaged with the enemy , who continued to fiie upon bis people , although I was on the bank of the river with a large force in support .

    I decided to avail myself of the service of the prisoners to communicate with Creli and Pato , the prisoners having acquainted me that Patoand Uinhala had only thiee days previously received from Creli his permission for crossing with tlieir cattle over the Kye . I therefore in the presence of the troops sent to each chief a message to the following purpart : —Acquaint Pato and Unihala that I have seized these cuttle for the use of the troops ; that I shall take these cattle to the governor , and I shall then return . I shall then attack them , and give no rest to them or their cattle . That I this day take this ground , which 1 have driven them out of , for tho governor ; that I sliall-fire three shots this morning , one for Creli , one for Umhala , and one for Pato , which is to be a warning to them ; that I shall return and demand satisfaction

    for their uncalled-for attack on the colony . Acquaint Creli that I have followed Pato to the Kye ; that 1 found helms given Pato , the great enemy of the colony , place for bis cattle iu his country ; tbat I fire this gun to tell him that the governor will call upon him to answer for his conduct . ' Having despatched the messengers , and fired three guns at twelve o'clock ( midday ) , I commenced my return to the Buffalo river , with 5 , 000 head of the enemy ' s cattle . I returned with tho troops along the main ridge that intersected the Kye and Oenoubin riveis . I observed on the line of march that the Kaffirs occupying that part ot

    the country were not at all aware ot my movements , as I saw numerous bodies of the Kaffirs in the neighbourhood of all the kraals , which had evidently been very recently abandoned . Tnese Kaffirs followed up my rear , endeavoured to disturb my encampment each night , by firing shots at the picquets and into the camp , in order to get off the cattle , but without success . Had it not been fur the weak state of the horses , I should have made n severe example of those Kaffirs . I regret to add , that I was obliged to destroy one hundred horses of the Burgher force , and upwards of thirty horses of the Cape Mounted Rifles , as from the harassing nature of the duty they were quite unable to movo forward .

    I have to express my obligations end thanks to the officers commanding corps and Burgher forces for the assistance affonkd mc in the execution of this service , itiid to all officers and troops for their steady conduct under great fatigue , in the arduous service of conducting u , 000 head of cattle through the enemy ' s country , and guarding them each night against the attack of a wily enemy , who by setting fire to the grass , and closely pressing my flanks and rear , lost no opportunity of harassing my march , in order to get off the cattle . The loss sustained has been slight , Field Captain GroenwaMt of the Swcllendnm Burghers wounded , whose spirited conduct I beg to bring under his Kxcellencj ' s notice ; one Pingoe killed in the Kye , and one Fingoe wounded in the line of march . About forty of the enemy were wounded in tho several skirmishes , many more may have fallen iu the bush , but it was not possible to ascertain an exact account .

    The troops and burghers , together with the Fingoes conducted themselves to my entire satisfaction . I havo , tke ., ( Signed ) . H , Somekset , Col . Commanding 2 nd Division . Licut .-Ccl . Cloete , Ac . Cu . \ s . Lennox T . uti . asd , Cant . Gren . Guards , Assist . Military Sec .

    ( From tho Graham's Town Journal of August 4 ) Information has this moment been received from Fort Beaufort , briefly detailing the operations of the troops under the command of Col . Hare and Sir A . Strockenstrom , in the Amatola mountains , the substance of which is contained in the following extract;—Last Wednesday the Kaffirs attacked Colonel Hare ' s enmp under the Amatola , and I regret to say that a sergeant of the lloyal Sappers and Miners , named Barnes , was killed , also the sergeant major of the provisional company , recently commanded by Captain Loxton , and one Fingoe . The moment this attack was made a tremendous fire was opened in the direction whence the Kaffirs had fired , and which was continued sometime . Eight or nine of cur men ( coloured ) were wounded in

    this night attack , but the loss sustained by the enemy has not been ascertained , thought it is thought many must have been either killed or wounded . Before sunrise the next morning ( Thursday ) the principal part of this division ( Colonel Hare ' s ) and also of Sir Andreas Stockenstrom , were under arms and in motion , the co . loured companies entering the hush with the greatest alacrity and dcti-rimnnlion . The Fingoes especially are spoken of as fighting with so much resolution that their conduct excited the especial notice and admiration ol Col . Ilaro , who repeatedly cheered them on to the attack . The Kaffirs were in several divisions , and , it is said , displayed considerable taet in tlieir movements , and were not wanting in courage . The fight continued amongst the kloofs and mountains during the whole of Thursday ,

    the troops not returning to their encampment until after sunset . It is conjectured—though of course from the very nature of the loc-ility it can only be conjecture—that not less than one hundred Kaffirs fell in these engagements , irrespective of u great many wounded . Two prisoners were taken , and who , it is affirmed , have given important information respecting their powder magazine in the Amatola . During these actions bluo lights and rockets were thrown up at intervals as signals to the head quarters division , but no answering signal was seen , nor could it be ascertained where this division actually was . The following day all was preparatory for a second engagement , but on making a reconuoiasancc it was found that during the night the enemy had given our troops the slip , and had retired towards the poorts of the Buffalo , their favourite haunts . The crest of the mountain is now perfectly clear of the enemy , and not as it has usually been seen , lined with men daring the

    troops to come forward . Colonel Hare has now moved to Fort Cox , where-be will for tho present establish hii head-quarters , and where ho is to- be joined by Sir A . Stockenstrom , by another route , the same evening . A brief report has eome in of the movements of the latter officer , aud wboappers to have entered some of the most difficult passes in these mountain ranges , la approaching oi' passing Slirough one of tbese , a fire was opened upon his men from a commanding rocky eminence . Upon this a * order was issued to a detachment of the Hottentot levy to stoita and dis . lodge tlie enemy from this point , when so eager where tlie Fingoes for the fight , that , on hearine this order , tbay , without waiting for command , rushc . l forward , clambering the rocky and steap heights in face of the enemy ' s , fire , and by which , 1 regret to say , six of these brave fellows were shol dead , and three wounded . ¦ Shu eucmv wave , however , speedily driven from the fastness ,, with the loss of 89 killed and many wounded .

    rostsenu'T . Saturday ,. Three p . m . —Tho post from Fort Beaufort has jufth arrived . The information from this point is comprised in the following postscript ;—Fort Beaufort , July 50 . No junction yet between the Governor and LiMitenant Governor . The great attack was to have been made this morning on the Chumie Ho . k , but no firing heard all day . Tho impression here is , that the enemy will slip into the lYinterberg and Baviaan ' s Hiver , and that the great body of them have fallen back into Tainbookicland .

    NEW ZEALAND . Now Zealand papers have been received up tcfclio 23 rd of May .. An attaek had been made ugon , a p icquetiof tha 58 th Regiment , by a considerable body of-natives , in which gix sgldierg were kiltedaud SeY 8 ffaATT 0 ttn , d . e . d , »

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    FRANCFThe Courrier Francais says : — ' * General do Fitte Inspector of Marines , has just received a letter written to him at Tahiti , by an officer of his own corpse , according to which our troops in tho island experienced u check in a conflict with * the natives on the 30 ih of May . It is added that O & cf do liataillon de Brest , of the Marines , and Lieutenant Malmanche , of the nary , and about thirty men , were killed . "

    SPAIN . On the 6 th inst ., the French prajces entered Madrid . Aa their coming had been anticipated , the requisite preparations for their reception had of course been made . The whole of tho troops in carrison were drawn up in line , which extended from the Palace through the C ' allc Mayor . Puerty del So ' , Callo de la Motitera . and Calle de Fucncarral . to the gate of Bilbao , and the artillery was stationed outside the gate on the French road . The cuirassiers were drawn up in the Pserta del So ! . The Dukes ot Aumale and' Montnensier entered on horseback , dressed in French military uniforms , and wearing [ he grand cross of the Legion of Honour . Thev are both good-looking- yonng men , and the Duke of montpcnsier in particular , but without any verv

    distinguished air ; they bowed and took off their hats every few seconds to the crowd , which was far from numerous outside- the sate of Bilbay , and which made no demonstration of feeling of any kind , nor wn " s a single hat taken off to them . The iVinees were very coldly received at Burgoa , where the corporation positively refused to sanction any fetes , or to eo to any expunce in honour of the French princes ,, and the members have all been placed under arrest , in consequence of Iheir obstinacy . The Clamor Publico Eco del Comcrcio and Espectador were seized on the 0 th , illld On tlie 7 th the Espanol , Xucvo Es-p / ekukr , Espectador , and Eco del Comcrcio were seized f ,. r having sta ' ed that the French princes were not received with enthusiasm . A number of snsp > -ofcd officers were arrested on the night of the 5 th ; other arrests took place on the nihtof the Cth .

    ^ More than 21 ) 0 persons were arrested on the evening of the 7 th inst . The Eco of the S . h was seized , anil has announced in a circular that another line o ! -10 , 000 reals { £ 400 ) has been inflicted upon it . The Espanol of the 8 ih was also seized . A person had be n arrested on the charm ; of meditating the assassination of the Duke of Montpcnsier . A telegraphic despatch roci ived by the French Government on Monday announces tha ? . the marriages of tiie Q , ueen to Don Francisco D'Assis ami the Infanta to the Duke do Montpeasier , were solemnised on the evening of the 10 ; h . There was a grand mass performed on the morning of the 11 th .

    ITALY . Letters from Bologna of the 30 th alt . state thu ' the Austrians had of late considerably reinforced th » snrrisons of Ferrara and C-.-macliio , ' and that the Commander-in-Chief of the army of Lomb . trdy had repaired in person to Ferrara and ordered various works of defence to be erected round the citadel . The old Papal party was making common cause with Austria , but it met with little sympathy frmn tin people , and only retained influence in the G-ivernmenf . The press was becoming daily move free in

    'he Roman dominions . Many publications had recently appeared at Bologna , in which the reform : required by the country were di & ussed with complete independence . The Felsineo , a journal of that city , was prohibited in the Austrian provinces . A report prevailed at Bologna that the Secretary of Scate , Cardinal Gizzi , having experienced a strong opposition to his measures of reform in the last Consistory , had tendered his resignation ; hut that , after an interview of an hour with the Pope , he had consented to withdraw it .

    Letters from Rome of the 2 Sth ultimo menti'ii that Cardinal Amat was to be appointed legate ot Bologna , and Card ' nal Altieri legate of Ravenna . The Pope had granted to M . Jackson and Co ., the concession of a railroad from Bologna to Home and Civita Vcccliin . The enthusiasm in fnvo . ir of the Pope continued unabated throughout the Pontifical dominions . At Perugia , a banquet took place on the 20 th in the avenue of the villa , of Count Dandiui , at which 1 , 500 persons were present . Among the sincsts were several who had repaired thither from Giibbioand Foligno . ' prcceded by bands of music , and with banners unfurled on which was written " Sperctnza , " or hope . The banqueting tent was decorated with Hags bearing the same inscription . A similar feast in honour of Pius IX . had been given at Fermo , at which 300 inhabitants of Macera ' c assisted .

    GREECE . It is not M . Colctii ' s fault if anything short of a rci » n of terror exists at present in Greece . He has boldly set that constitution , which ho solemnly swore to uphold , at defiance . lie chooses to govern th . 3 country after the fashion of his old master , Ali Pacha of Janina , by brute force , employing for that purpose hordes of the Albanian Palicari . He permits , it he does not actually order , the most horrible tortures to be inflicted by subordinate Government nfliccrs , in cases where individuals have made themselves obnoxious to him . He clearly encourages brigandage , which may be said to have now become rm organised system , not only in the provinces , but in the very environs of the capital , so that personal

    security is at an end . Assassinations also are constantly occurring in Athens itself , and other parts , without any decisive efforts being made by the Government to arrest and bring the delinquents to justice . On tho contrary , pardons are "ranted by M . Coletti to the most notorious oilbnder . * , provided only that they promise for the future to support his views . Greek pirates infect tho Archipc ' agn ami the shores of Greece , without any steos beins taken by M . Coletti to put them down " by sending against them suitable small craft , so that they exercise with perfect impunity their robberies and outrage ? , a- - they manage to keep out of the way of such English vessels of war as may be in search of them . The

    most barefaced peculation , or rather wholesa l e plunder , is continually going on among those who have the fingering of the public revenues , without any sincere attempt being made by AI . Coletti to put a stop to the same . An enormous item in tiie annua disbursements is that for a standing army , which in the present position of Greece is not at all required . Another heavy charge ia for pensions and retired allowances , chiefly to the a- 'herents of M Coletti's peculiar system . No wonder , therefore , that th ? Treasury is constantly empty , and that on more than one occasion of late M . Coletti has been indebted to the opportune pecuniary assistance of Fr-auce to prevent a financial crisis .

    TURKEY . The last accounts from Kurdistan bring intelligence that the insurgents of Havendoux have been completely defeated by the Turkish . troops . The town of llavendoux was taken after several ineffectual attacks , and four hundred prisoners have been sent to Constantinople . Rissoul Pacha , who commanded the insurgents , has succeeded , however , in effecting his escape . At Constantinople , a prisoner , of the name of Ilohanes Koscycn , a subject of the Porte , has been kidnapped and sent on board an Austrian vessel , that ho might be conveyed to Trieste , and thence to Rome , on the pretext that he was an Austrian subject , suspected of holdinc religious opinions at variance with those of the Church to which he ostensibl y belongs , lie is b j piofcssion an Armenian , but issuspected of l ' votestrintleaning He effected his escape at Smyrna , and has since been protected by the English consul there .

    EGYPT . . . Alkxaxdria , Sept . 20 th . —Great curiosity is felt at present respecting tho proceedings of the approaching Mejelis , or convention of the chiefs of ' provinces and districts , shortly to be held here . The- great object of tlie Pacha is of course to procure mom-ys both to pay the expenses of the journey to Constantinople , and to carry on the expensive works now in progress . A circumstance lias lately happened highly significative of the course of policy about to be pursued by his Highness . Some years ago AWerraliman Bey was governor of tho Sherkieh , a rather turbulent provinces . In repressing rcalior fancied disorders he exhibited the most atrocious cruelty , lie scarcely

    ever thought of inquiring into the actual guilt of the men he condemned ; . the necessity of un example justified everything in his eyes . Sometimes he ordered a man ' s teeth to be knocked out ; sonic ; imes he would cause the tongues of two or three evil speakers te- he pulled out . Real or suspected pilferers were blows frorn ' tho mouths of guns , or impaled or hanged . The sheikh of a village who had omitted to pay his contribution was placed between two planks , and sawed in two . alive lengthways . Such was the terror inspired by this mmwter , that the population in s few months dwindled by emigration from a hundred thousand ' to one fifth : and vet he

    imisted on receiving the same revenue as before . Exasperated beyond all b & mng , the pcoi . le at length complained in a body ; tlie Pacha appointed a commission to try the offender ; he was , from political motives , found guilty , degraded , and sent to the galleys , whence he was discharged uhnut two years ago . This man has just bten reappointed governor of the same province which ho formerly desolated by his tyranny . It would appear that the Faeha is determined to sacrifice every consideration of prudence and humanity to the necessities of his exchequer . Now is the time for the consuls who have influence with him to interfere .

    RUSSIA . Recounts from Russia state that one of the sons of Scaon'L , who has been for some years a prisoner at St . Petersburg , has effected his escape . It appears tlvvk when only eight years old he was taken prisoner by the Russians . The Emperor had him brilliantly ed-ue & ted at the Military School , where he was considered one of the best pupils , lie never spoke o f his father , and appeared to have forgotten his birthplace . His comrades and professors were ignorant of his origin , and ho was known by a name different from hia own . lie loft the Military School last July , and was sent as Lieutenant tothe regiment of Finland . A month baek he suddenly disappeared , leaving a letter for his colonel , in which he informed him of Ms birth ,, aad declared , that , though young , be bad

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    never forgotten his native conntrv , and that lie was going to join his father and brothers . This news caused a great sensation . The young Schamyi ., who is eighteeni years of age , was much beloved by his follow pupils , who at present cannot help admiring jnc patience and courage with which he endure I his tot for so long a time . It is supposed that ho had succeeded in ranching Sweden . A family of rich unian . l peasants have bren arrested on suspicion of Having favoured his escape . A letter from Warsaw , of Sep . 25 , savs : —

    The Government displays an WtrnorutoiW BlVfirity o . vanls thu inhabitants of our , apital . All " tlie Clubs deirelesaroclos ,. ! . Passports for foreien countries me delivered only to ,., r , o .-JS well known to tl . « .. ucl . 0 . nta-s , and not unless they lui-nisl , a c-onsi . le .-abl , amount ot cawio ,,. mon » y . All Utters are examine . ) -Ml their arrival ami departure , -and then ve-seaU-d will , tin- police seal . As soon as three persons are M „ speaking i 0 "C . tiier in tlie street , the pulics agents ilispu-. se tlii'in . All men wearing an imperial on the chin are noted hy the police , anil considered as revolutionary . J-Jvery aiiiiirer . sary of the birthday of a member of the Imp ; rial Family lias been declared a fete-ilny , and the Government requires that on these occasions all thu houses in Warsaw shall be illuminated Irom dusk to midnight . Such persous as do not Jfcht up tlieir hnuFi-s , or do so incompletely , are to be Rued mid imprisoned , and looked on as suspected . Lntelv , on one of those days , some hits of

    wood were cut in front ot ' a house fcituatul at the extremity of the town A police agent entered aud asked for the owner of ihe house , and , as be was ai-s .-nt , arrested the man ' s wife , and had her detained in prison tor a mouth : or having profaned the fete of a member ot the 1-biiperor ' s family . TOE WAlt IN THE CAUCASUS . —NEW

    DKl- 'EATS OF THE JIUSSI .-LVS . Prince Woronaoll' has resigned his enmmand of the Circassian army < f Russia , and lias been appointed ambassador at Vienna . This a ' de and distinguished man w » s appointed general in chief of the army , in the < xjitctaii ( , ii that , by bi . s known groat military ability and the vigour of his character , he would siiece < : d iu efl ' cctiiii : that which none of bis predcwifsors in command have been nb ! o to c-tt ' eet . viz ., at least such a ciHiimviiceniciif . of conq . nst in Circassia as would give seine iood prospect of a final triumph tu the Russian anus in that country . Hut though he has had under his onb-rs . the hiruesi lone ever I'lnpli . yeii in this war , and has certainly shown mvnt liuliliius-s ami enterprise , his d : se .. i : ilituro has onlv

    been the more signal rn these account ' . His oxpciUtion to Darga , tiirin . gli a nust dimViiifc mountain country , every pass of which was stubbornly de' ended , was a in- st arduous one , nwi n-quiivd all ( iie uurve ar . d cuura-je the l'lincc is by all aeUo' . wledsed to possess to inspirit him to mnleW .-ike it lint having reached the point , at an i : mense sacrifice of men , where he ( hsired to establish a Russian post , ! -. is defeat was complete . Nothing can » ive a better : di ; a of how canr-lote it was than the fact that W ' oror . ji iff was forced to fi ^ ht there hand hi hand , in he Mio / ftf with the enemy : by -.-. Itieli display of pe- - ¦ ion .-il valour , it is said , his trcops were rescued from a frightful carnage . His retreat from that place ii ' so was a scries of defeats , which , at Janvouchv , in

    Ueoi-jtia , ( . where again , fi ^ bt in ^ like a common soldier , he barely escaped being taken prisoner ) , terminated in a mut aud a fliVht . On the lowest computation . 20 , 000 men of the Huss-ian army must have fallen iu battle duriiur the campaign , after this action had taken place . j \ s regards the winter and spring cainpai . L'ii of the hostile armies , it appears evident that all the ad van laces have been on the side of Siianiil . The last tidings of him that I forwaulcil was that a division of his force had succeeded iucrossin- ; the Russian lines , and establishing ccnimumciUiom with tha Circassians of the inteiiot *; anil we have now , within the last few days , learni that this division being joined by their countrymen , have already taken the important Russian fort of

    Asalijet-k , situated in the coast district of Abasnhk . In this and all tho cither Russian forts in Ciivassia , it is well known that the garrisons are prisoners ; that they possess not a rood of ground outside their foitiiicalions , bejond which if ' they vc-tituie thev immediately fall into the hands of the enemy . It appears , however , that in the fort in question a scarcity t . f foul prevailed , to such an extent that a mimerr . iii band of foragers were sent out to procure , if possible , provision , hy making asudJen attack on some neighbouring villages . But they could not accomplish their purpose . They were met by a body of Sha mil ' s men , and so hotly pursued baek to their fort , that tho pursuers got a lodgment within its walls at the same time that the fugitives entered

    them , The outward \ vor !; s of the fortress were speedily mastered by the Circassians , and the garrison was obliged to take refuge in the citadel , which w .- is a very strong hold . Shamil ' s men were , nevertheless , nothing " " daunted " at its strength . They brought up the lew guns they posos ^ cd , and opened a battery upon it . They miuht , however , have expended all tlieir ammunition in vain , if an accident had not given them the complete victory . The powder magazine of the citadel , into which some shot must have found its way , suddenly blew uu . 'flic whole garrrison , about 200 men and 33 officers , perished in tlie explosion . The Circassians , of course , razed the works , and entirely demolished the fortress . At the same time that this was doing , the various tribes ofPaguestau had organh ii themselves into military bands , and were about to place themselves under the command of Shamil . with the view

    it it is said , of prosecuting an offensive warfare in Gooi ' dia , it is no matter of surprise then , that in the face of those events Vr ' oronzaii ' .-liould resign his command , or suffer a recall ; for surely belli he and the Emperor his master must feel themselves disconcerted , battled , and mortified deeply by their repeated defeats , and the repeated triumphs of Shamil . Woronzoff ' s appointment-ns ambassador at Vienna mu-rt be regarded as a disgrace . , for by this appointment lie loses his post ns governor of iti * Crimea , and the Ukraine—as Viceroy , as he was called , of New Russia . After Darga he was made a prince , ; VJ H was thought behind this title to hide the reverses he had experienced ; but now that these reverses have become so paccnt that there is no loiurcr any hope ot hiding them , he is visited with this most angrv mark of the Emperor ' s displeasure . Shamil awl his Ciro . ysians shine heroically on the same canvas that depicts the discomfiture ot the Russian arms .

    ALGERIA . The Presse states that Abd-el-Knder and , his Deira were still in the environs of Tcm , but that his two indefatigable lieutenants , Bou Maza and Ilaily Suhir , still menaced the French frontier at the head f a few partisans ; the Hist , in the mountains contiguous to the coast , anil the other in the plains of Sahara . Their attempts , however , had hitherto bsen ineffectual .

    UNITED STATES AND MEXICO , The steam ship Cambria arrived at Liverpool , on Tuesday , after an exceedingly boisterous passage from Boston . The despatches received announce the important fact that the Government of . Mexico had d dined to accept the overtures of the United States for the termination of tlie war until the will of the constituent Congress convened for tho 1 st of December next , shall ho determined . General Taylor had advanced to within seventy miles of Monterey , but it is not unlikely that fche negotiations for pence will cause a cessation of hostilities . The ett ' er of mediation on the part of Great Britain , between the United States and -Mexico , has been rejected courteouslv , hut dccideulv .

    As regit : ( Utlic internal allairsot the United States , the mob law of Illinois , has triumphed with case and impunity over the Mormons . On the 15 th u ! t . several skirmishes took place in the vicinity of Nauvoo , in which eighteen or twenty persons were killed , The disputes were afterwards successfully compromised upon condition that the Mormons within live days evacuated ihe city . These terms hfcvii'g been accepted , the city was quickly invested by lawless citizens of the state : and , nceonlii-. u to letters from St . Louis , the exiled sect were arriving daily in that place in a state of extreme destitution .

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    Politics Fouuidokx.—Hkim.Iv, Oct. 5.—Res...

    Politics Fouuidokx . —Hkim . iv , Oct . 5 . —Respecting the refusal of the goveriiimntof Saxe Wejmer to permit the association of ( it-nnau l teiati to meet in that capital , we learn that iliisreMiUition has been adopted in consequence of a airi-ccment betwc n the German governments * , hy which such permi ^ ion shall not be granted uiih-s * the president of iho ns ^ - eiation , or meeting in qiie .-tiim . engages mjive a promise that thcdhenssiimsidiali he coiiliued to the proper objects of the as . - . ^ i- ' iatiou , and all political matters to las wholly avoided , or in no case made ihe subject of public di > cu :-sioi ) .

    The Jews is Tin : Canton of Bi imc have been relieved by the Grand Council from the restrictions imposed upon them by iheileene of 1 & . ' 0 , which compelled them to take out an annua ! l . eon .-e t <> trade —to submit all liilvanccs made on pici ' gts tu the police—and which forbade them Uotpii g tluir ac » counts in the Hebrew lauguaue . or in any langauge written in the Hebrew character . From tub Bohemian . Fno . vni-. iis , Sept 27 . —According to accounts from Bosnia , ihe wholo population , including the Mahomednn Slavonians , is in such a state of excitement , that serious disorders are expected , and that an attempt to nuutire indepeiu ! -

    anoe , encouraged by Serviu , may probably soon be made . French travellers have lately been frequently observed in the country : 0110 of them was lately put in prison bv the Pacha of Banjalaka , because he could not « ive a satisfactory accounted ' tho object of his journey . Tlie example of ; tho ; increasing prosperity of tho principality ot . Servia ha ? , great influence Thus the Ottoman empire , instead . ;©! maintaining a lead in Europe >^ ending :. mbjre ^ d ^ c to its dissolution . .-, ' rT ;'<; ., ; - ; - " . ; ' ¦¦' ' > : ? : ; t ; _ s i | f War Inven tion . —Weplearh . from Munich ? feat Lieutenant Weiss , of Bavarian Artillery ,- ; has ^ tnveKtcd a compression grobe ^ or ball , the effect of which are said to be twniendous . It is under examination by amiUtarj ^ tjoniiuissioH , — . ffflffgwwfr

• Citation
  • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 17, 1846, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_17101846/page/7/