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      - " " FRANCE . ^ aitt of Fooi ) A 5 i ) Biois . T-Tfae alarm in the Sq ^^ r j ^ ce on account of the aprehended J ^ lSfimn iheexportation of corn to England , ap . Jearfll K on thVincrease . . At- Cherbourg ,: St . J *** rtL n and other places , serious riots hare afc * j * fc & enplace , and in other places the excitement ie *^ t hat apprehensions are entertained of an Dn ^ espondent writes from St . Malo on the * $ rhis m orning a writing wasfouudpbstedup atthe p rof our fa " 6 and vegetable market calling upon ' ^ ' ^ niilace to assemble and set fire to the houses r MRov ius the mayor of the town , and M . Louis -nJuL form erly deputy , accusing them of the cause frtj ^ ncie ashigdearness of bread by their large ex-S ^ tions of black wheat Yesterday a company of H vTrlst regiment of the line was marched in uick Hme to Dhian , where a numerous body of the people S 3 intercepted the passage of the Ranee , by filling

      tT funnel with enormous diocks of stone . The wajdannery and the troops sent from this town being fSjjd too weak , and two of the gendarmes-having iLnserionsly wounded by the stones thrown at them , t ^ reinforcementsbecame necessary , and two coni-J ^ sof the line were sent for from St . Brieue , and ^ Icam that a battery of artillery has been dispelled in all haste from Rennes . We hear , how-%# that theriot has been renewed to-day , and that L-lies of people from Broons , Beckerel , and even St . litalo , have gone to join those of Dinan . A highly ^ mectable merchant , M . Paul Robert , is said to jiavehad oneoJ hisarms broken , and to have received o & er severe ill treatment . The authorities , howgrer , are able to enforce the laws , and through the firmness and courage of the Procureur du Roi se-¦ pxaiof the most forward among the rioters have jjeeu arrested . The same disturbances have occurred along the whole coast of Lower Brittany , black wheat j ^ ing the only resource of the poor in seasons when the growth of potatoes fail" .

      The French Press asd the Imposier . —The gagrancy of the proceeding in Ireland , in collecting money for O'Connell at a season like the present , has ctrack with astonishment even his ardent admirer , the Paris Presse . In speaking of the O'Connell tribute , that paper says : — It appears that the amount collected this year exceeds fiia t of the past : It is inconceivable how a man who has s private income which would enable him to live in a princely manner , can hare the heart to receive every year asumof aOO . OOOf . or COQ . OOOf ., extracted sons by sons from the wretched earnings of the poor , who cannot every day procure a meal of victuals . The population iciuch pays this tribute u one of the most wretched of

      Europe , scarcely ever tasting either bread or meat , and living in dens rather than houses . Thousands of families would consider themselves fortunate if they were treated half so well as the hounds kept by llr . O'Connell at Ms manor of Derrynane-abbey . But at the present time the collection of this tribute has something particularly re . volting in it . Ireland is threatened by , or rather is actually suffering from scarcity . The potatoe crop , the common food of the lower orders , has in many districts comp letely failed ; and it is at such a moment as this that Hr . O'Connell , who lacks no luxury , permits the agents of «« the Association '' to plunder those wretched creatures for the purpose of swelling his civil list How can he

      expect that his adversaries should place any faith in his sincerity , and allow themselves to beguiled when he dep lores in eloquent terms the sad situation of his country ? Had O'Connell , when the Protestant lords , forgetting their religious prejudices , came forward and subscribed large sums for the relief of the suffering poor , renounced the rent which he has hitherto received , he would have aoted a noble part , and would by so doing have proved to lie most incredulous that his sympathy for his countrymen was capable of influencing him to make real and substantial sacrifices . . To harangue for hours togetherin Conciliation Hall is an excellent thing no doubt , but the Irish people require something more substantial at the present moment than this eloquence

      - SPAIN . - More Blood . —' Accounts from Valencia to the 12 th instant state that the sentence of the-court martial on the parties implicated in the military insurrection of the 3 rd had baen carried into effect at two r . si . on the preceding day . A corporal and four soldiers of the Gerona regiment were shot in the Place del Remedio , the troops of the garrison forming a square , and immediately the execution was over , General Roncali harangued the troops , who were marched in rotation by the dead bodies , and then returned to their barracks . Seventeen soldiers

      of the same regiment have been condemned to ten years presidio at Geuta , three to eight years presidio in the Peninsula , and two to six years ditto . Sergeant Soarez , the head of the mutiny , iras still in concealment . The Madrid papers of the ISth state that General Narvacz has been raised to the dignity of a grandee of Spain , with the title of Duke of Valencia . General lioncali has resigned the Captain-Generalcy of Valencia . Kaxvaez ^ otwithstandms bisnew dignity , does not appear comfortable in his seat , and loses no opportunity of getting rid of those whom he considers as his declared or secret opponents .

      PORTUGAL . . We have Lisbon intelligence of the 131 U lusiaut . The disorganisation of society consequent on misgovernment was showing itself in the impunity of atrocious crimes , and in acts of violence and illegality inflicted on persons who had exercised their privilege as voters atthe late elections , in opposition to the views of government . The prosecutions of the press were going on vigorously , two in one week against one editor , and three others hanging over him . Commerce and agriculture continued in a very depressed state , the Custom-house receipts for October less by sixty centos than those of the same month last year . A slight earthquake was felt at Oporto on the 3 rd instant .

      SWITZERLAND . Lausaxxe , 2 vovejiber IS . —The Swiss Courier pnb lislies the speeches made in the General Assembly of the Clergy of the Canton deTaud , and the letter of resignation sent by the Protestant clergy of that canton . The conflict which has occurred in the Canton deYaud between the executive government and the national church is the subject of great . excitement here , and may give rise to serious results . Before Christmas the whole of the Protestant clergy of the canton will have quitted their respective charges , and the government will probably be obliged

      to supply their places with members of the laity , for the Council of State will not be able to find a sufficient number of successors , neither members of thechureh , nor students belonging to the canton itself , nor clergymen from the other cantons . The populace in general take but little interest in the fate of the receding clergy ; and the Government , seconded as it is by the Communist Societies , and the Liberals who oppose the Methodist and extreme parties in the church , will remain in power . The retirement of the clergy has , however , had a serious effect on the stability of the Conservative party .

      Lettersfrom Zurich , of the 20 th , state that the government of Zurich has set Lieutenant Brunner , one of the refugees from Lucerne , at liberty . Lientenant Brnnner had been arrested , at the request of the Lucerne government , as a party in the murder of M . Leu . The Zurich government , after a minute inquiry into the charges against Lieutenant Brnnner , came to the resolution lhattbere was not the slightest evidence in support of the charges brought against him , and that they therefore could not agree to detain him any longer , or to deliver him np , as had been demanded by the government of Lucerne . This determination has caused a great sensation , and the lucerne government considers it as a breach of the treaty between the cantons for the reciprocal extradition of criminals .

      The family of M . Casimir Pfyffer has applied to have that gentleman set at liberty on bail , but the committee of the Grand Council has refused to interfere . The election for the half of the members of the Grand Council of Bale city , who go out by rotation , hare turned out in favour of the Conservatives ,

      POLAND . CONSPIRACY 13 ? " POSES . The German JUgemdne Zeitung gives the following half official notification : — "Berus , Nov . 11 . "According to authentic accounts from Posen , twenty-five persons were arrested there on the 8 th instant , under strong suspicion of dangerous treasonable intrigues , bnt , with the exception of a bookseller , mostly belonging to the lower class of the communitv . "

      Letters from the Polish frontier , likewise of ^ ov . U , bring much more detailed accounts of the occurrence in question . The following are the chief particulars : — . " A secret political association has been discovered in Posen , which is , to all appearances , a continuation of the conspiracy of last February , of which the Government was at that tune unable to discover the ringleaders . The instigators of all these secret manoeuvres are most probably to be found in Poland and Paris , where the restoration of Polish independence is not yet despaired of ; and the idea' employed asa never-failing engineforstirringupthe exciteablc spirits of the unhappy Poles . The insurrection on this occasion was intended to explode in the grand

      duchy of Posen , in which all the Poles were expected to take part . The first act was to be the seizure of the powder magazine , to which it is said false keys had already been procured , through one of the conspirators , a _ locksmith , aided by a military person , ¦ who had _ given him access to examine the locks . The public treasury -was next to be got possession of , and then the signal was to be given for a . general rising of the people , to arm-whom the public depots ¦ were to be seized upon ; and in case these did not suffice , pikes , scythes , and other similar weapons are . declared to have been in readiness in several villages . Th is last circumstance leads to the conclusion that -the intended moment of revolt was close at hand , otherwise such collections of weapons would have teen most imprudently dangerous , as involving almost

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      certain detection . It is not yet known how , or by whom , the conspiracy was discovered ; on . e thing only is certain , that from forty to" fifty persons have already" been arrested , of whom the few who belong to a higher class of society are all foreigners , which confirms the conjecture that neither the source of the conspiracy , nor its leaders , are to be found within the Russian bounds .: -Among the natives of Posen who are implicated in . the affair , are especially named the locksmith above alluded to ( in whose loft seven persons were found concealed ) , a baker , several noncommissioned officers , a wine merchant , < fcc ., & c . A domiciliary search , ; which was yesterday set on foot by the police , produced no discovery . " .

      TURKEY . The Lebakox Disarmed . —Constantinople , Nov . 7 . —We were all astonished here by learning , a day or two ago , that Shekib Effendi had disarmed the Lebanon . Turkish troops , it seems , had possession of all the strong positions of the mountain ; the means were at hand suddenly to disarm the tribes , and the Porte has been tempted , by the facilities it thus enjoyed , toexecutea project which it has no doubt long wished to see carried into effect . The disarmment ( which if not already complete , will be completed in a few days' time ) has taken place , it appears , entirely without resistance . Indeed , the mountain has not for many years been so tranquil as during the last few months ; so much so , that there was hot even a pretext for having recourse to the violent and extreme course that has been pursued . . At all the embassies here , the intelligence of this event has occasioned great surprise and displeasure . .

      GREECE . * v Correspondence from Athens of the 10 th Inst , states that the Ministers were every day becoming more unpopular , and that considerable alarm prevailed throughout the provinces , in consequence of the number of brigands infesting them . To the present period , however , they had respected travellers , but they plundered villages indiscriminately . The 12 th inst . was fixed for closing the Chambers , after sitting fourteen months .

      THE RIVER PLATE . . The French Government has received accounts from Buenos Ayres of the ISthof September , which " state that the United French and English " squadrons have forced the entrance of the Uruguay aha the Parana Guarebaldi , the commander of the Mohtevideah forces , has occupied the . island of Martin Garcia , which commands the mouth of the Uruguay , and which is said to be the most important military station in South America . A part of the squadron had ascended the river for the purpose of occupying the islands , in the neighbourhood of Monte Video . " , The government of Buenos Ayres continued to publish decrees forbidding all intercourse and communication with the allied squadrons . None of the inhabitants of Buenos Ayres could obtain passports to leave the city , except by giving security ^ and binding themselves to nave no intercourse with Monte Video .

      CIRCASSIA . Ax Emissary feom Russia to Cihcassia Adjudged to Djj atii Br Shamii .. — ^ TJie following is an extract from a letter from Constantinople , dated November 7 th : —A ! fact has taken place in"Dagnestan , " which will produce much sensation in Russia , andmay have important consequences . An embassy , who has been called an ambassador , from the court of St Peters burg ( the Kaisasker or grand judge of the Mahomedans of the Crimea ) having been sent to make , overtures , or at least proposals of peace with Circassia , has been put to death at the instigation of Shamii . Two pretexts have been alleged by the Circassians in justification of this act : the first is that the Kaisasker did not go straightly and openly to * his professed

      object ; that he did net address himself , at once to Shamii , and declare distinctly the mission with which he was intrusted , but conferred previously with beys and chiefs possessing influence in Circassia , in a way to excite suspicion , and to give himself the character of a spy ( and that he did proceed in this manner all the accounts agree in affirming ); and the second is , that , being a Mussulman his appearance as envoy from a Christian power to a Mussulman people is , by the . Koran , declared to be the highest act of treason—incurring the penalty of death —of which an Islamite can be guilty . The Kaisasker , as soon as his proceedings and his ostensible purpose on the Circassian terri tory were known , was arrested by . order of Shamii , and brought before a council of Ulemahs , to

      be put on his trial . He underwent a regular trial or examination , the result of which _ was that he . was puMicly oeneaaea ; his quality oT ambassador from Russia , which he pleaded urgently , affording him no protection whatever . I must add , that this emissary was not accredited from the court of St . Petersburg , that though he claimed the title of ambassador he had no papers to showthat he was really one , and if , therefore , it be true , that he had been tampering with the fidelity of the Circassian chiefs , endeavouring to corrupt them , or to sow division among them , Ids execution as a spy was certainly a justifiable act . Shamii may on this occasion have acted fiom the impulses of a Circassian ; but assuredly , supposing that fact I have stated to be correct , he may justify his conduct by argument which will be held good by all civilised states . The effect of this bold measure will be , no doubt , to strengthen the Emperor Nicholas in the

      obstinacy ( which seemed to be relaxing ) with which he has ever prosecuted the Circassian war ; and this effect has been probably aimed at by Shamii ; for he has acuteness enough to see that the independence of Circassia may be greatly more perilled by peace , by the establishment of commercial relations between that country and Russia , than it can be by a concontinuance of war , in which Russia gets so dreadfully the worst of it , as to furnish a spectacle of defeat and disaster to the world every successive year she wages it . At the request of the Russian ambassador here the Porte has sent a firman to the Turkish provinces on the frontier of the Russian territory , desiring the Pachas of those provinces to take every measure to prevent the emigration of Mahomedans into Dagnestan , whether they have lately gone in great numbers to join the Circassians . Of course this firman will produce no effect .

      ALGERIA . Pjbogkess of " the Arab Lvsubreciion . — The Journal des Mats publishes news from Algeria of the loth and 16 th , from which it appears that the prospects of those parts of the colony where the insurrection has broken out are by no means improved . The Delicts even admits that the insurrection itself is spreading , and that the French troops continue still on the defensive , not being in a position to attack their enemies . Our contemporary states that this state of affairs is likely te continue for some time yet . Accounts from Constantine state that a serious of

      insurrection has taken place in the province Constance . One of the cherifs has placed himself at the head of some of the tribes in the part of the province situated between Setif and the camp of Batua , on the way toBiscara , and by the latest accounts that part of the country was in full insurrection . The Governor of Constantine has sent a strong column of troops in quest of the rebellious cherif , and set a reward upon his head . Marshal Bugeaud , in his reports to the Government on the state of the colony , does not conceal the serious nature of-the insurrection . He has made urgent requests for additional reinforcements , especially in cavalry .

      SOUTH AUSTRALIA . _ The Ports of South Australia . —A bill declaring Port Adelaide a free port , by abolishing dues and fees of every description heretofore payable by vessels visiting or frequenting our harbours , passed the Council on Thursday , July 3 , and takes effect from that dav . Its operation is not restricted to vessels of any nation , but applies equally to all ships , from whatever part of the globe they may have taken their departure . Doubtless the captains in command of the first arrivals will be as much surprised to hear that they have no tonnage dues , landing dues , entrance dues , clearance dues , light dues , harbour dues , pilotage dues , or Custom-house fees to pay , as were ' our own hon .- members of council , and the colonists generallv , at this spontaneous act of liberality on the part of his Excellency the Governor .

      NEW ZEALAND . Third Repulsb axd Slaughter op British Troops bt the Natives . —By intelligence froni New Zealand , received via Bombay , it appears ^ that a third attempt of the British forces torcduce the chief Ueki has turned out a total and disastrous failure . On the 1 st of Julv , after a week of unsuccessful operations before Helu ' s j ) aft , or stockade fortrcss-in the course of which the commander . Colonel Despard , Severed that » the guns he had brought with hhnfrom Auckland were quite ineffective for breach-««¦ from ' their very defective carriages , as they fre

      quently upset from Hieir own firing " - w w ™^ niined to resort to more vigorous measures . JBaving reinforced himself with one of the heavr gunsi belonging to her Majesty ' s ship Hazard , which piece of artillery was brought up to his camp with lunnite difficulty , over fifteen miles of " most execrable road " —and having likewise received practical evidences of the activity and resources of the rebels or the " enemy , " as they are variously designated , which made it clear that he must either advance or retreat—the colonel resolved on attempting to cany Heki's position by a coup < fo main . After firing off the "few shots brought up from the Hazard , twentysix in number , " which , it was expected , would so loosen the stockades as to enable the assailant party

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      to cut and pull them down , the assault commenced . We give the result in the Colonel ' s own words , in his despatch of the following day : — When the advance was sounded , they rushed forward in the most gallant and daring manner ; aad every endeavour was made to pull the stockade down . They partially succeeded in opening the outer one , but the inward one resisted oil their efforts , and being lined with men firing through loopholes on a level with the ground , and from others' halfway up , ' our men were falling so fast that , notwithstanding - the most daring acts of bravery and the greatest perseverance , they . were ^ obliged to ' retire . This could not be effected without additional loss in the endeavour to bring off the wounded men , in which they were generally successful . The retreat was covered by the party under Lieutenant-Colonel Hulme , of the 96 th regiment ; and too much praise cannot be given td that officer for the coolness and steadiness with which ' he ' conducted it under a very heavy fire ..

      In this action , the Colonel adds , '' one-third of the men actually engaged fell ;' . ' and " during . the eight days that he had been engaged in carrying on operations against the place , one-fourth of the whole strength of the British soldiers ^ iihder his command ( originally hot exceeding 490 ) had been either killed or wounded . " " A . private letter , of a later date , speaks of a second attack , some days afterwards , with the guns of the Hazard , which is stated to have been followed by the evacuation of the . ' pah in . the night time ; but the story seems of very dubious authenticity .

      AMERICA . .,..- . - -, ¦¦¦ ; .-.,. UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE AND THE LAND . ' The following pithy address , issued by the American National Reformers , is ¦ at present circulating through the States , in the shape of advertisements and handbills . It will , just now , possess peculiar interest for our readers : —

      VOTB YOURSFLT A FARM . Are you an American . citizen ? . Then you . are a joint owner of the public lands . Why not take enough of your property to provide yourself a home ? , Wliy not vote yoursitfafarm ? Remember Poor Richard's saying : — "Now I have a sheep and a cow , every one bids me . ' goo ' d morrow . "' If a man have a house and a home of his own , though ' it be a thousand miles off , he is well ' received in other people's houses ; while the homeless wretch is turned away . The bare right to a farm , though you should never go near it , would save you from many an insult ; - Therefore , ' voteyQurself a farm , ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ '" Are y » u a party follower 1 Then yod have long enough employed your vote to benefit scheming , omce-seekers : use it for once to benefit yourself—rite yourself a farm . ,. . Are you tired of slavery—of drudging , for others .-7 P . f poverty and its attendant miseries f Then , me yourself a farm .

      Are you endowed with reason ! Then you must know that your right to life necessarily includes the right to ' a place to Hre in—the right to a home . Assert this right , so long denied to mankind bv feudal' robbers and their attorneys . Tote yourself a farm . Are you a believer in the Scriptures ? Then assert that the land is the Lord ' s , because He made it . Resist , then , the blasphemers who exact moaey for His work , even as you would resist them should they claim to be worshipped foi His holiness . . Emancipate the poor from the necessity of encouraging such blasphemy—vote the fueedom of the PUBLIC LANDS . Are you a man ? Then assert the sacred rights of man —especially your right to stand upon God's earth , and to tiU it for your own profit . Vote ymtrself a farm .

      Would you free your country , and the sons of toil everywhere , from the heartless , irresponsible , mastery of the aristocracy of avarice ? Would you disarm this aristocracy of its chief weapon , the fearful power of banishment from God ' s earth ! Then join with your neighbours to form a true American party , having for its guidance the principles of the American Revolution , and whose chief measures shall be—1 . To limit the quantity of land that any one man may henceforth monopolise or inherit ; and , 2 . To make the public laud free to actual settlers only , each hariag the right to sell his improvements to any man not possessedof other land . These great measures once carried wealth would become a changed social element ; it would then consist of the accumulated products of human

      labour , instead of a hoggish monopoly of the products of God's labour ; and the antagonism of capital and labour forevercease . Capital could no longer grasp the largest shave of the labourer ' s earnings , as a reward for not doing hira all the injury the laws of the feudal aristocracy authorise , viz ., 'the denial of all stock to work upon and all place to live in . < To derive any profit from the labourer , it must first give him work ; for Xt could no ionger wax iat oy levying a aead . tax upon ms existence . The hoavy iniquities of Norman laud-pirates would cease to pats current as American law . Capital , with its power for good undiminished , would lose the power to . oppress ; and a new era would dawn upon the earth , - and rejoice the souls of a thousand generations , Therefore , forget not to voteyourself a farm .

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      INDIA AND CHINA . Arrival of the Oveblanb Mail . — Loxdojt , Saturday Mornixg . —Late last evening , letters and papers were received from Bombay to the 15 th of October ; from Calcutta to the 8 th of October ; from Alexandria to the 7 th of October ; from Delhi to the 7 th of September . The news brought by this conveyance is of more than usual political importance . It announces the death of Juwahir Singh , the Wuzeer , who was shot by the soldiery on the 21 st of October , in revenge for the death of Peshora Singh . Affairs were afterwards continued in the hands of the Queen-Mother . The ex-King of Cabool had died at Lahore of cholera . Hostilities were daily expected to be commenced in the Nizam's dominions , and a civil war threatening in Burmah . The bodies of Juwahir Singh , and oi two fellow-sufferers , were publicly burnt in . the Badamee . Garden , on the 22 nd , four women being also burnt at the same time . It was supposed that

      the younger brother of . the late Sirdar Heera Singh would be elevated to the post of Wuzeer . The intelligence from Hyderabad in the Deccan is of a somewhat momentous character . A peon attached to the British residency had been killed by some of the subjects of the Nizam ; The resident demanded that the murderers should be delivered up to justice ; but his highness , or his government , was unable or unwilling to comply with this demand . A fter reference made to the supreme government , the reisdent offered to the Nizam the alternative either of giving up the murderers within one month , or of expelling from his dominions the Pathans , a lawless tribe of Afghan origin , who were harbouring the murderers . Again , his highness , was found unable or unwilling to comply ; he neither delivered up the homicides , nor expelled theobnoxious tribe , but begged for additional time . This , however , could not be granted ; and it was rumoured at Hyderabad , that on failure of prompt compliance with the renewed demand of the resident , the city was to be bombarded .

      There are indications that war with the United States is inevitable and not distant . The Americans are rapidly reinforcing their squadron in the Pacific . Adding their vessels in the Chinese seas , they will assemble a force of six frigates ( each as large as an English 74-gun ship ) , five corvettes , one Brig , and one schooner . On the English side , Admiral Seymour , at or about this time , is near the coast of Oregon , with one ship of SO , one of 50 , one of 18 , and one of 1 G guns . Arrival of the Great Western . —Important News on the Oregon Question . —London ,

      Saturday Morning . —The steam-ship Great Western . arrived at Liverpoool yesterday morning . The news brought by this conveyance is of considerable importance . The Washington Union ( official organ ) of Saturday last , in a very long and empathic leader , which of course speaks the intention of the government , claims the whole of Oregon up to the Russian frontier , and urges Congress to maintain this claim , intimating that America claims to possess the whole against all nations . A letter from Washington says that it is a well known fact that the President will express himself strongly in the message for the whole of the Oregon .

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      FOREIGN MISCELLANY / . Eoval GiiiBLise , —The Constitationel mentions a rumour that Queen Christina has lost by the late failure at the Bourse a sum of 1 , 2 CO , 000 francs . Corn Riots in Italy . — Letters from Ancona of the 14 th instant , statethat some English merchants having made large purchases of grain in that place , the public are in a state of great alarm , and are endeavouring to get the exportation stopped . _ At Rimini the people are also in a state of commotion , and attacked some vessels in the harbour , loaded-with grain , which they obliged the owners to discharge .

      The BmxDiXG or the Pyramids Rivalled , —The Pacha of Egypt has given instructions for the immediate construction of the barrage , a work that will occupy ( if even then practicable ) at least ten years before it is finished . Thirty thousand men have been ordered to the Delta ; several thousan d have been landed from the ships of war , and passed up the canal : several idle Frenchmen , and their families , have been engaged to superintend in some way or other the work of destruction to Lower Egypt . An hospital is the first building to be erected near the spot . We do not recollect the exact amount of lives lost in clearing out the Mahmoudiea Canal , -but wis certain more than three times that number will be swept off . Several medical men extra have been sent up .

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      Mahometan Schism . —A ! new ? Iect has lately set itself up m Persia ^ t' ; the'heajlf 6 f | whichisa merchant who had retumeVU ' rom a . pUgrimage to Mecca , and proclaime ^ -himself : faysuoBesSorstoltne Prophet . ' ^ jV * y ; they . treatsuoh ; matters ; at Shiraz appears-in tb £ following account ( June 23 ) : —Four persons being mttrd repeating their profession of faith according to the form prescribed by the impostor , , were approach-A ^ iitriwkand found guilty , of unpardonable blasphemy ., ? Iney , were sentenced to lose their beards by fire being set to . them . Not deeming the ' loss , of their beards . a , sufficient punishment / they were further sentenced the next day , to have their , faces blacked and exposedthroiigh thecity ... Each . of them wasled b £ , a mirgazah ( executioner ) , who had made a hole in his nose and passed through !* a string , which he sometimes pulled with such violence that the unfortunate tellojys cried out alternately for mercy from the executioner , and for vengeance from heaven . ' .

      - ¦ A Hus band : POR ^ heISpanish Queek : —A Madrid paper , U _ Ticmpo , gives the following flattering account ot the young Neapolitan Prince Trapani , who is'spoken ^ of as . a husband for the young ' Queen of Spain- : ' He i 3 a child that eats , , drinks ; walks , and says hisprayers as he is ordered . " ' ' . - :. " c Wholesaler Robbery . —The Booty taken in tjciNDE :-. We understand that a grant has been made to the captors of- the booty taken in Scinde ' ,: by the troops un der Majof-Geheral Sir Charles Napieiv - in February and March , 1843 . - . The amount' of bullion and treasure isstated at upwards of £ 400 , 000 , ' —what the value of jewels , ' & c . ; may be "is not " 'known ; but they will probably realize" £ l 00 , 000 , so'that noteless . £ to n > half a-milliotf sterling-will fall-to be divided anVtag 4 hecaptore . ' - '' - '? A ' . ^

      ! The Scarcity in Holland . —The Hague , Nov . 1 Q- —In the . sitting of the ; Second '' Chamber ; of the States General to-day , the ^ rojectof law for ' ehequragmg the importation of provisions was adopted , after a long debate , by " a majority of 47 to ; 5 . . , \ . " . " .. " Tjib Opening , of the ; Diet in Mecklenburgh ScnivERiN took place on the 12 th inst . with the accustomed formalities . , Expedition to Borneo against the Pirates . —The Agincourt , 12 , with the , flag of the Commander-in-Chief , Rear-Admiral Sir T . Cochrane , and thesquadron with which the Admiral nrofifieded on an Ampdi .

      hon against the pirates of Borneo , returned to Hong-Kong on the 15 th and . lGthof September .. Theysucceeded in destroying a piratical tort at Borneo , after a desperate resistance , in which the loss on board the squadron was severe .. Twenty-five were outhors de combat , while lying at the raft , ten of them ? killed , and fifteen wounded . Among the officers , Mr . Leonard Gabbard ,. mate of the Wolverine , ; was : killed and Lieutenant Thomas Heard , ( lSiO ) ,-. of . the Agincourt , formerly of the Samarang ; rand Mr . Pyne , ser cond master oi the Vestal , wounded . The Admiral has given the . pirates a lesson which they -will not easily forget . . ¦ .,. . ... . „ .,.,.., .:. ,.. .,. , ;

      Famine in Prussia . —The deamess of-all . sorts of provisions in Prussia has already provotod ntrmei'mis petitions to the-govemmont . The bakers of Breslau have entreated the president of tho-province to prohibit , or at all events to restrict , the exportation of corn . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ :. ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - ' - ' . }¦ ¦ ; - ' ..-:.. ¦ .:. . - ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ - 1 ¦ The Press in Italy : —The Angsburg Gazette says , in its correspondence from : Palermo , that the censure is exercised ( vifch great -severity- upon the journals . The Reveille du Commerce had used the word " patriotism" in the sense of care for the general welfare . This expression was cut out . The editory after having spoken of corn , the price of which is constantly falling , had asked why the price of bread was raised from 5 to 10 der cent . ? This passage was rescinded In another article the subject was the mineral wealth of Russia . It experienced a similar fate .

      Foreign News. (From Oav Fourth Edition O...

      FOREIGN NEWS . ( From oav Fourth Edition of latt week . ) ITALY . The Augsburg Gazette publishes . a letter from Bologna , which , amongst others , contains the followingparagraphs : — " If persons imagine that the insurrectionists are discouraged by the check which they have met with at Rimini they are very much mistaken . On the contrary , the leaders are continually excit ing them to . freshattempts .,. The revolt will comntence again and with better : hopes of success . The disaffected reckon much upon the mavitisie expeditions which ihave been prepared at Malta , ' Corfu , and Corsica ; and the shore of the Adriatic , near the embouchure of-the river Tronto , is rAinf-pd . /> " * - '" - * i "> -r ' " ~*"" ' " *"" * J >» - ' »« ' 1 > " 0 ' "'" - *" " place . " '" ¦¦ ' ' '¦ " '' " '' '" ' - ' " ' ' ¦' ¦ ' : " ¦ ¦ ¦

      •"•'" -: ' -SPAINi i Barcelona letters of the 12 th inst . state that the French police had arrested a number of refugees on the frontier of Catalonia , and removed them'to ihe interior of France ; and that the authorities of Puicerda had captured , at Vilallovent ; a quantity of arms , smuggled into ; the country for . the service of the bands which infested the mountains .

      .-. ALGERIA ..:, Another Horrible Massacre op Arabs by the French . —Three Thousand Victims!—A letter from Algiers , quoted by the Qu » tidienm , relates the following fact : — " We were hoping that those lamentableexecutions en masse , which are so afflicting to every French heart , and the political consequences of which it was easy to foresee , would have been renounced when Col . St . Arnaud , in August last , comniitted a deed which left far behind that of Col . Pelissier . A numerous population of both sexes and all ages , with their flocks and herds , theirtents , their camels , and every means of subsistence , had concealed themselves in the grottoes of thelbeat of the Dahra , on the right bank of the Chelif . The Colonel walled up the seven or eight entrances with rocks , blown off by petards , and thus caused

      to perish , according to the unanimous accounts of the Arabs , 3 , 000 miserable victims . AH the French who formed the camp which the colonel , after this frightful execution , left . at . Ain-Meranthat is to say , the men of two battalions of infantry and two squadrons , of cavalry—raffirm , that not a man escaped from this vast tomb , which they were appointed to watch . Abd-el-Kader , with his usual ability , availed himself of these two horrible events to raise the exaltation ef the Arabs to its highest pitch , nnd induced several of the friendly . ' tribes to revolt and take lip arms against lis , arid rendered all the rest disaffected . We have been for two months the victims of this state of things . Every individual Arab has consequently became an open or covertenemy to us , and even in Orah our safety is insecure . " ' '"' :. '

      ' THE RIVER PLATE . Rumoured Declaration , ov War against Eng-Mxd and France by Rosas . —A Toulon journal of the 16 th states that the Ducouedic , which has arrived therefrom Monte Video , brings positive intelligence that Oribe has been compelled to abandon the siege of that place . Rosas has declared war against France and England ; and it was reported that he had already taken possession of several trading vessels of the two countries .

      Horrible Murder And Robbery Near Knowle....

      HORRIBLE MURDER AND ROBBERY NEAR KNOWLE . IN WARWICKSHIRE . A murder , under circumstances of a peculiarly atrocious character , has been committed upon the person of a respectable old man , named Tranter , a farmer , residing in a lone house situate in the parish of Berkeswell , midway between the Coventry and Hampton Railway Stations . The old man appears to have been of a most eccentric character ; so much so ; that he would not allow any person to sleep in the house with him ; He breakfasted last Monday morning with a boy named Satchwell , whom he employed about his grounds , and afterwards went with him into a field , to point out the work he wished to be done in the course of the clay . A short time afterwards the old man returned to his house , and was not again seen alive . At ten o ' clock the boy observed that the shutters of the house were closed . This

      circumstance does not , however , seem to have excited any particular attention in his mind , it being customary for the old man to do this whenever he left the house . About one o ' clock the lad went to the house to obtain his dinner , and finding the doors closed , he knocked loudly several times , but received no answer . He then went away , but returned in the evening , and the following morning , the house still remaining shut up , this circumstance gave rise to suspicion , and on Wednesday morning the door was broken open , and on searching the house the body of the old man was discovered in a closet , covered with blood , and on examining the corpse an immense cut was observed on the back part of the head . A carpenter ' s axe and a bill-hook lay near the body , both of these having quantities of blood and hair clotted round the edges .

      . The state of the house made it evident that the main object of the villains was plunder , every drawer and cupboard being ransacked , and it is generally believed that the old man kept a considerable sum of money in the house . This atrocious deed has created much excitement in the neighbourl . ool , but no clue lias yet been obtained that is likely to lead to the discovery of the murderers , except that on the day the act is supposed to have been committed two men ( strangers ) inquired of a boy the way to the old man ' s house , and whether he was likely to be at home . They have not been heard of since , An inquest was held yesterday ( Friday ) , but no new facts were elicited .

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      ^Nationa^ Association---Of United ' Trad...

      ^ Nationa ^ Association---of United ' TRADES ^ The Central , Committee' metiatTthe ' Trades'Office , 30 , Hyde street , " Blbonisbury , on . Monday , November 24 th . A huge mass of letters , each bearing the kindly feeling of the provincial trades towards the association , were laid before thecoinmittee . Amongst others the following are particularly ; worthy of notice : —From the Miners ' of Holy town , announcing the acquisition of 400 members from their body ; from the Carpet Weavers of Kidderminster , announcing the number of members who had already given in their adhesion as 1 , 392 , and also containing an order for payment for that ; , ' number ; from Mr . Goldirig , secretary of the Manchester district , announciugthat the Manchester Committee was very active in sending 'deputations to' the s ' everaltrades in that vast industrial emporium' from' Mr . Rogers ,

      delegate of the Bristol Trade ' s , announcing the adhesion ' of the Carpenters " and Joiners ; from Mr . Humphries , of Nottingham ,- conveying the adhesion of the Framework-knitters of that district ; from Mr . Orms , of Chester ^ bearing ' thc adhesion of the Plasterers of that district ; from Mr . " Jones , of Holywell ; ( Wales ); who forwarded the adhesion of the Boot and Shoe Makers of ^ that town . ' At . the conclusion of- the - business of , the Central Committee , - a mutual meeting of- the Board of Directors , and the Central Committee ; was ; held , ' for . vthe purpose , of making efficient arrangements ; for . the . agitation of . the provinces onthe .-joint : principles of ( both associations . Ityas agrecd . that Mr . David Ross ^ ^ shpuJddeTifcr . his first , provincial lecture ' in Manchester' on'Mdhday next , December , l ' s ' tl Upwards of fifty shares ; have been taken up in the association for the employment of labour since bur last report .

      ; Operative Tailors . —A document , drawn up with apparently great care by the Operative Tailors' Association , shows , that in Liverpool 1 , 187 men ,, 333 women , and 41 boys are employed in their own houses , which are for the most part in a dirty and unhealthy state ; ' while only 903 men and 139 boys are employed in workshops on their masters' premises . Of the dwellings used as workshops 522 are bedrooms and 127 are cellars ; while in 222 courts parties are working at home for shops . The United Trades' Association and the Lancashire Framework-knitters . —Sir , in the Star of Oct . 18 th , 1815 , under the head . of " Trades' Movements , " there appears a statement to the effect that the Leicestershire Framework-knitters have sent in their adhesion to . the United Trades' Union . This

      is not ( true . There are 18 , 000 Framework-knitters in this county , and not 1 , 000 as yet have joined the association . I send this that people may not be led astray . —TIiomas Winters , Secretary . —15 , Eatonstreet , . Leicester , Nov . 25 th , 1845 ; "• Leicester . —Framework-knitters . — JThe Frameworkrkiutters of this town held a public meeting in the Royal Amphitheatre , on Monday last ( when from 1 , 200 to 1 ; 400 assembled ) , to read and analyse the speech of M ; D . Hill , Q : C , delivered in the Court of ' < £ ueen ' s B « nch , in ~ the case of Chawnerv . Caminihs , concerning the stoppage of wages for framerent , < fec ., contrary to the provisions of the Truck Act . Mr .- George Buckby was unanimously called to the chair , who , after briefly opening the business , called upon Mr . T . Winters , the secretary , to address

      the meeting . He commenced by reading the speeches of the counsel , and argued that the whole of Mr . D . Hill ' s speech was a genuine piece of sophistry . throughout , showing there was no analogy between the services of man and a machine . If the frame was a coworkman of the man , by the same rule every machine or tool in the kingdom was entitled to a part of the man's earnings . Mr . Hill had said there was no gross sum , but a net sum , while all the world knew that from the earliest history of frameJinitting , there had never been a gross and net sum ., After reading a table of frame expenses under a Mr . Collins , Of * which the following is a summary , he concluded , by appealing to the good , sense of the meeting on the question at issue : — " Twelve frames ; one , tiree at once ; three , four at once ; three , five at once ; three , six at once ; one seven , and one , eight at once , whose united weekly charges amounted . to £ 0 4 s . od ., for

      which sum 135 dozens of stocking legs would have to be made , leaving the workman 4 s . lid . in debt , before they , could earn one farthing for themselves . These twelve frames , multipliedhy six , givesseventy two , makingSlO dozens for charges' per week , leaving the workman £ 1 9 s . 6 d . in debt . " Mr . ; W . Upton , of Tkumaston , next addressed the meeting in a vcrj- clfcutfire " cunuuer , nftcr -trhloh Mr . Kirby , of Great Wigstone , delivered an instructive address , enlivened at times by several amusing anecdotes . The chairman then delivered one of his usual effective speeches withgreat energy , fully demonstrating the baneful system under which we live , not only to the workmen themselves , but to the ratepayers . A few questions were , asked , and satisfactorily answered , whena unanimous vote of thanks were given to J . Briggs , Esq ., for the use of the theatre—Thomas Winters , Secretary .

      Mansfield Fkamework-knittkrs . —The Framework-knitters , as a body , are , doubtless , aware that the Ticket Bill will become law on the 1 st of January ; that is a bill compelling manufacturers to give a ticket on the delivery of work , specifying the quality and the price of the said work . This has caused a great deal of confusion in the ranks of the middlemen or agents , as they are fully aware that it will expose their nefarious practices . Attempts ' , are already being made to make up the loss which they will sustain through the Ticket Bill , by reducing the

      men's already starvation prices . Men are beginning to see how futile are mere sectional unions—that they arc incapable of coping with those gigantic evils which . meet thorn on every hand . We have now joined ' , the National Association of United Trades , and are determined to support the Executive in their laborious task . We called a public meeting on Monday , the 24 th inst ., for the transaction of the quarterly business , when committees were formed to prepare statements ' of all kinds of work , preparatory to the Ticket Bill , becoming law . We hope the Framework-knitters'throughout thelcountry will do likewise .

      National United Association For The Prot...

      NATIONAL UNITED ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY AND THE EMPLOYMENT . OF LABOUR IN AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES . Mr . David Ross , of Leeds , delivered his first lecture to a metropolitan audience on the objects sought to be obtained by the above association , in the Literary and Scientific Institution , John-street , Tottenhamcourt-road , oh Tuesday evening , 'November ISth . Mr . W . Robson , ladies shoemaker , and vice-president of the "Association for the Employment of Labour , " was called to the chair , and briefly introduced the lecturer to the meeting . Mr . Ross , who was received with loud applause , said the cause of labour had not had that attention paid to it its merits demanded . He had seen the working classes in comparative prosperity , and he had also seen them reduced to beggary and destitution . God and nature ev idently intended that all should live , and live happily . ( Hear , hear . ) The tillers of the soil , the hand-loom

      weavers , the shoemakers , the tailors , in conjunction with the other sons and daughters of toil , produced enough wealth for all ; but , alas ! they were not permitted to enjoy it ; nor would they , until such time they possessed sufficient intelligence to form a grand confederation of trades for their protection . Machinery was making giant strides , and far be it from him to attempt to arrest its progress j all he desired was , that the productive classes should enjoy its blessings . Notwithstanding the Act of Parliament recently passed , thousands of women and children were still degraded to the condition of slaves in mines and factories , while their husbands and brothers were compelled to become unwilling idlers , and walk the streets from lack of employment . The great failing of the English working classes was their proneness

      to over working . However , they were , now beginning to philosophise , and were now demanding a shortening of the hours of labour . The Miners and the trades of Sheffield had learned that short hours brought long wages . ( Loud cheers . ) The working classes possessed sufficient intelligence among themselves to work out their own redemption . What was Stephenson , the eminent engineer originally but a poor Miner ! What Hudson , the Railway King , but a plodding Draper ! Douglas Jerrold was also of the order of industry , and Thomas Cooper , who had recently gained so much fame by his poem , was an humble son of Crispin . The invention of calico printing and many other ingenious things were the brain-work of the working order . ( Hear , hear . ) Many attempts

      had . been made to benefit the working classes , and amongst others isolated strikes had been tried , and these , ineffectual as they were , had not been without good results , for many men were now in the enjoyment of their 25 s . per week as wages , who otherwise would not receive 10 s . ( Loud cheers . ) But the trades had recently resolved in forming a grand confederation , of which Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , M , P ,, was the president , ( Loud cheers . ) The first of these . Associations was for the protection of industry , and the mutual support of each other ; to give to any one trade that might require it , the support of the whole confederation . With such an irresistible combination , who could anticipate a failure .. ( Great cheers . ) In that Association , before entering on a strike they would well survev the

      National United Association For The Prot...

      blow . Thus , with care , prudence , and union , would they goon conqueringandio ' conquer . ( Loud cheers . ) This Association was progressing rapidly , they had enrolled no less than 3 , 000 members within the last month , and had already had a proof of the efficiency of . such . a-combination ; - * One ^ f"the' Metropolitan trades were ; 0 ut . ;« The employers ';; , said , ; we will starve yOuiht ^ " compliance , but rejoined the men , that is new happily rendered impossible , you might have done so whence werean-iisolated body , but we now form a portion of the i'dSatibnal Association for the Protection- of ^ lBdustry , * and we have thesupporfe of aU the trades in that confederation ^ ' ( Hear hear . ) The . consequence of which was , two days after , -the employers sent for the men and they ; were' now at work ' at an increased wara > ( Loud cheers . ) ' Such

      must ever be the moral influence of a well-directed general Union of the trades ; ( Great cheering . ) From tbe first / had sprung the second Association / . ?' For tne ^ EmploymemV 1 . of ; Lab 6 uri" ^ TtaTywas also undertheabie presidehcyof the ^ honourable member tor Finsburyj ( Loud ' cheers . ) This-association was intended ' to ; draught the surplus hands from the labour market and emplov them profitably for their own advantage on the Land , and who would not rather labour in the healthful fields than be confined in the murky atmosphere of the shop , the factory ; or the mine . ( Loud cheers . ) . And what an incentive to action was it , to know that such withdrawal , left full employment . at increas ' edwages , for those who rei raained .- ( Great cheering . ) How much better would it be for their turn-outs to be employed in

      buildings of their own , or in manufactures " on their own account , than to travel fifty or a hundred miles , ' to compete with their still more wretched fellow-men . ' Right pleasing it was to know that working men had begun duly to appreciate the advantages of self-employment . The , Woolcorobehf of Bradford had learned that they could , : with advantage , comb their own wool- ( hear , hear , ) --and a portion of the trades ot Leeds had started a project for building a colony Of Seventy cottages , with all the appurtenances' of drying-grounds . 'baths , & c , such cottages if let at a simple rental of £ 5 per annum would return interest to the amount of six per cenb on the capital requiredi He was also happy to find that a portion of the Cordwamers Of- the metropolis were clubbing their pence with a view of locating'themselves on the green sod . ( Loiul' Cheers : ) -The association- he represented was also an illustration of ¦ this growing feeling , they lalready had 383 shares taken upi / on' which deposits ie

      tot : amount of £ 650 had been paid ;' and ' which would of themselves ; when the entire' was' paid ; amount to £ 1 , 915 . ; The association would commence operations so soon as they had obtained subscriptions to the amount of £ 5 , 000 , and if working men only supported these associations as their own interest demanded , they would soon be in possession of all those great . blessings , combination , wisdom , energy , ana perseverance . was so well calculated to bestow . ( Great cheering . ) Mr . Ross resumed his seat amidst great applause . . Several questions were then put to and answered by the lecturer . —A vote of thanks was then moved to Mr . Ross for the able lecture he had delivered , which was seconded and carried by acclamation . —A vote of thanks was given to the chairman and the meeting was dissolved . '"" ¦ ' On Weonesbay Evening Mr . Ross repeated his lecture with much success at the South London Chartist Hall , Blackfriars-road .

      ; .• The: Irish Mokanna; -'.•.-Irelands'...

      ; . THE : IRISH MOKANNA ; - ' . .-Irelands'Lesson . —The' prospect of famine in Ireland , ^ has not prevented the collection of the 0 Connell tribute , and probably has not much reduced the amount below the usual average . It is equally ^ shocking and extraordin ar y that the tax should have been levied and paid by a people foreknowing that they were squandering the means of life itselt'in the money they" gave . The improvidence , it may be said , is characteristic ; the pinch of scarcity has not . yet . becn felt , andthe Irish peasant does not look before him ; but what is ' to be thought of ithe man who could . take advantage of this improvidence , and diminish the wretched means of the poor ' creatures'to swell his own income , knowing that the time must come whenthey must bitterly

      repentof their thoughtless generosity , and reflect that what they had given to Mr . O'Connell had by so much hastened the coming of the day of want ? But what cares he ? If thousands are doomed , to perish by famine or pestilence , what matters it whether it is a little sooner or a little later ? . The tribute kept in their pockets would not avert the calamity , would only postpone it ; and if they must die , it is as ; well that he should have the benefit of -the money , sufficient to prolong the struggle , but not to carry the sufferers through it . . This is probably the reasoning of the grasping man ; heartless as it is , we caa imagine no better . The peasant who this year has given his usual tribute to O'Connell has given in value at hast four-fold or Bre-fola the customary contribution . This Mr . O'Connell must have been

      conscious of when he levied the tax , and nevertheless he consented to the imposition , aware that the poor creatures know not what they were about , and were robbing themselves and their children for him . To take from the poor the gift they could not spare would seem the height oi cruelty and meanness ¦ , but that is not all in this case , for the poor , in their thoughtlessness , have drawn on their nan-owed means of existence 20 or 25 per cent , more than they have been , aware of , and sordid advantage has been taken of their want of foresight and reflection . Doubtless , however , the salveito Mr . O'ConnelPs conscience is the expectation that England will supply all wants , and he has never , as he avows , been an enemy to the connexion with England , for , in truth , he has no objection to her capital and charity . He is willing

      that Ireland should live with her on the terms , what ' s yours is mine , and " what's mine ' s my own—Ireland for the Irish , and English aid , when Ireland suffices not , for the Irish . For the last four years the Irish agitators have been reckoning with delight on the troubles and difficulties of England ; they have looked out for our misfortunes as their harbingers of good ; they have prayed for the worst curses on us that can visit nations ; but the first calamity has fallen" on the people taught to hope for their neighbours'troubles , and theif only resource is in the prosperity of the country whose adversity -was malignantly cou * nted on as the sure source of advantage . If England were now plunged in war , how hopeless would be the state of the people of Ireland ! The recruiting sergeant would not be able to take

      the multitude ready to serve for bread , and what thousands of the aged , the women , and the children would be doomed to famine , England being drained by the demand for her self-preservation . Happy , most happy is it for Ireland , that England is at peace and comparatively prosperous . As Mr . O'Connell believes that the reversal of his conviction was a miracle , he should also , in consistency , believe that the present calamity of Ireland is a judgment on her for the guilty prayers he has taught hev people to put up foi- embarrassments and misfortunes to England . He must not be like the pharisaical gentlewoman described by Gait , who never failed to call the

      afflictions of her neigbours "judgments , " while to her own she gave the mild name of " trials . " And it is to be remembered that he distinctly ascribed the miracle of his deliverance from gaol to the effect of the prayers which had been offered up ; and to the same cause he may , with more scriptural authority , attribute the pending scourge , for we are taught that the _ unhallowed ^ prayer for a neighbour ' s misfortune ? is likely to recoil in curses on those that offend heaven hy putting it up . Sweet are the uses of adversity , and profitable , indeed , to the Irish people will bo the present affliction if it teaches them the policy of humanity—interest in the well-being of othersand to renounce Mr . cO'Connell ' s precepts of hatred and ill-will . —Examiner .

      Deplorable Calamity In Ireland. At A Lat...

      DEPLORABLE CALAMITY IN IRELAND . At a late hour on Tuesday evening accounts reached Dublin of the following frightful catastrophe : —The night-boat to Longford started on Tuesday afternoon , having on board eight passengers in the fore or p rincipal cabin , and considerablv upwards of twenty ni the " after-cabin . Upon reaching the neighbourhood of Clonsilla , the steersman went below to dine , and unhappily committed the rudder , as we have been informed , to a boy employed on board the boat . This boy , either knowing nothing of the proper mode of steering , or not attending to the serious

      tuity untortimately and rashly committed to him , permitted the boat to run upon the bank of the canal , which caused her immediately to capsize , and speedily to fill with water . The fore-cabin passengers were saved , as that portion of the boat lay almost out of the water , which is , of course , sliallow at the bank ; . the unhappy after-passengers plunged into the deepest portion of the canal , could not extricate themselves , and as no immediate assistance was at hand many of them have perished in the waters . The precise number drowned is not known , but sixteen bodies have boen recovered . It is believed that others still remain in the canal .

      Fatal Accioekt At The Loud Water Paper M...

      Fatal Accioekt at the Loud water Paper Mill , near Rickmersworth . —Ou Friday night , Nov . 21 st , as Thomas Try , in the employ of Messrs . Weedon , and Son , was returning from a part of the mill whe ^ e alum is stored , to the engine-room , there beinga shorter cut over an almost dry ditch , across which a plank is laid , than by the main road , the night being very dark , it is surmised the ' poor fellow lost his footing and fell headlong into the cavity , a depth of many feet ; his head came in contact with one of the piles that support the bank , causing a violent contusion . A man passing at some distance hearing a noise made by the buckets , proceeded in the

      direction tnereot , but not seeing anything went forward witn ins work . Having again to pass the same way in a lew minutes , ho he-aid a groan , being much alarmed , he called loudlv for a light , when poor Try was discovered lying in the chasm , his head resting upon the pole , which had inflicted a wound from wiucu the blood was streaming . Further assistance having arrived , the poor fellow was removed . to his cottage in a hopeless , condition . Medical aid was procured with all dispatch , but the poor fellow lingered till four o ' clock the following morning when death terminated his sufferings . He has left a widow and six children totally unprovided for .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 29, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_29111845/page/1/